\ AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE The Profile The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Friday, September 14, 1990 Volume 77, Issue 1 Rotten branch falls out of tree, crushing student's car Courtney Alison looks skyward for more fallen brances as Gerald Whittingcon inspects the damage already Students victi^^ by Kathleen Hill Public Safety officials are investigating the disappearance of two Volkswagens from the Winship parking lot The thefts took place early on September 2. "We approximate that the cars w ere stolen between the hours of three and tiw Sunday morning," said Russ Drew, director of Public Safety. Officers from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation recovered Kith vehicles later the same morning. "We checked the immediate area because many stolen cars are found close to the scene. This gives you an idea of the type of thieves you're dealing with, because if they w ere professional, the car wouldn't be round/' Drew added. The cars were eventually found approximately five miles south of campus, outside the Decatur city limits. The thie\ e> stripped the two vehicles of steering wheels, stick shifts, stereos, radar detectors, w heels, and hubcaps, according to freshman Kim Johnson, Her Cabriolet w as one oj the stolen cars. Johnson first learned of the theft when she was awakened by a call officer Inside Editorials Pam Allen Addresses Prejudice Page 6 Features Freshman Offers First Impressions Page 8 Arts Sinead O'Connor Rocks Chastain Page 1 1 from Dekalb County po R.C. Ivey. "He said that were in a very bad area. A huge number of cars are stolen every month," Johnson said. While these two incidents have been the only criminal activity of this magnitude on the campus so far this semester, the city of Decatur reported 86 cars stolen during the first six months of 1990. "The way to catch [these criminals] is to maintain continu- ous surveillance/' Drew >aid. Drew explained why Volkswagens are of particular interest to car thieves! "Basically, it comes down to a design factor. Most other car companies have taken the design precaution to conceal the locking mechanism. They have also switched from [the Volkswagen's] plastic covering to a metal covering of the steering column. And then once inside the coverings VW's wiring is such that it is easy for the criminals [to start the car]." A non-prc Sessional can open a locked Volkswagen in seven minutes, according to freshman Marianna Markwalter, the other car theft victim. by Michelle Roberts Nowhere is it stated that the penalty for parking in the president's parking space is the cmshing of the violating car by a giant tree limb. Actually, Junior Courtney Alison had parked her car at 7:30 in the evening, when students are free to park in staff parking. Students on the third floor of Main w ere preparing for a hall meeting on August 28 when Suddenly thev rushed to the win- dows facing the loop to find out w hat had caused the "loud, crashing" noise outside. Alison describes the sound as being "like somebody dropped a load of tin planks." They found that a rotted branch had fallen onto Alison's 1988 Nissan Sentra, cmshing the hood, denting the door, scratch- ing the paint, cracking the windshield, and breaking the air conditioner. Public Safety was notified, and several administrators arrived to inspect the damage. The metal campus map in front of Main was also crushed. Alison says her parents were "pretty cool about it" when she called them. "They w ere shocked but they had to laugh because it seems like my years always start out badly." She has faith that "if the year starts out this way, it can only get better" and that she will be < treated fairly by the school. Agnes Scott is paying lor a rental car while Alison waits for the appraiser to look at her car. The remains of the rotten branch were removed on the same evening of the accident. The ringing of chainsaws kept Main residents awake until "at least three in the morning," according to a junior living in Main over the loop. Meanwhile, a crew has been working since the incident occurred to cut down similarly threatening trees. Betsy Johnson, the R.A. in Main, states that it was "ex- treme ly odd for the branch to fall; there was absolutely n< ) breeze blowing at the time." Although there was a stonn that night, it had not yet stmck campus when the branch fell. As it crushed Courtney's car, the rotten branch mutilated tht front of Main. ctory map in News Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 2 A little freshman comes a long way 4. ^St-^ A Freshmen Emily Hcrrwik , Martha Daniel and Pemn Cothran hang on to reminders of home . by Bethany Blankenship I know God put me here tor a reason, hut I'm not exactly sure what He wanted me to learn here at Agnes Scott whether it was to learn humility hy sharing a bathroom with eleven other people or to learn patience and tolerance with a new roommate. Either way, IYe learned a little ot both while I've been here. 1 staggered into Agnes Scott on a crisp Saturday morning. My watch read 8:17 a.m. How depressing. 1 usually slept on Saturday mornings until my eyes magical lv popped open. Oh, well. I guess it was kind ot important to be here early on the tirst day ot orientation. ( It anything to beat my roommate to the room to get the better bed.) As I received my room assignment 1 could feel the tension building inside ot me and my mind was tilled with many questions. What if my room is intested with roaches bigger than my dog. 7 What it my roommate is from the planet Zircon and we don't get along. 7 What it I can't watch 'The Simpsons" because none ot the televisions here have cable capability? With these thoughts in mind, 1 took a deep breath and pushed open the door to my new home. Not bad, I thought. Not bad at all. The closet wasn't larger than the room, which I took as a good sign. My dad carted my ten tons ot junk into my room, load after load. (I had never before realized my capability tor accumulating such a mass ot stuff.) After settling in, 1 w ent to mv tirst ot many meetings. I'm sure 1 thought at the beginning that it was important to attend these meetings in order to get my disoriented mind on the right track ot getting used to the college atmosphere. 1 soon (continued on page 8) Activating military reserves could affect up to 187,000 collegians College Press Service As many as 187,000 college students across the country had their tall term plans cast into doubt August 22, when President George Bush said he would soon call up military reservists to support and replace troops already sent to the Middle East. If and when the call comes, the students would have to leave school abruptly, sometimes unsure if they will have a place when they return or if the tuition money they paid will be wasted. "I don't know what frame ot mind I'll be in tor my studies," said Junior Waldron, an Anny reservist who is a sophomore engineering major at the Polytechnic Institute in New York. No one knows exactly how many of the reservists subject to being called to active military duty are college students. Joe Hanley, spokesman for the Brad M- Cherson, R.Ph. 215 Clairemont Road Decatur, Ga. 30030 Call in orders available Fast, Personal Service Monday-Friday 9:30-6:00 Saturday 10:00-1:00 Sunday closed 378-6415 Delivery Available STUDENT DISCOUNTS U.S. Anny Reserves, estimated that 61 percent of his group's 579,000 members are full- or part-time college students. The other branches of the military do not keep figures on how many of their reservists are students. Colleges themselves typically don't know how many of then students are subject to the military calbup. To find out, Drexel University in Pennsylvania set up a hotline August 23 for any students or staff who would be affected by the Middle East crisis, but received just four calls only one from a student reservist during its first week ot operation, reported Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Woodring. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, its small but oil-rich neighbor, August 2, life became uncertain for both students and their schools. Soon after, President Bush sent 40,000 U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia to defend against a possible Iraqi invasion of that country. Originally Pentagon officials thought only 100,000 soldiers would be needed, but raised the figure to 250,000 a week later. On August 22, Bush said he would activate 40,000 reservists to support and replace the troops he had already sent to the Persian Gulf region. It was the first time reservists had beeri called to active duty since the Tet l Offensive in Vietnam in 1 %N. Suddenly campuses were t< >rced to p< >nder a significant number of students and staffers leaving mid -semester to serve. Course sections could lose their instructors. School finances could be disnipted if fewer students were around to pay tuition and donn fees. Students themselves could have their studies interrupted, without a guarantee of being able to resume them when they returned to civilian life. Although there is a federal law that protects the jobs of workers who are called to duty, there is no law protecting students, Hanley said. To ease uncertainty among student reservists, Purdue University published a detailed letter assuring students they would get their fees refunded and earn a certain amount of credit, depending on when they withdraw. "The department of personnel services was getting a lot of calls, and student services was getting calls as well," said Tim Newton, an editor for Purdue's news service. Newton said the school didn't know how many of its students are reservists. "I think it's a pretty small percentage," Newton said. u At this point we don't know." Whatever the number, financial impact on campuses ptobabfy would be minimal, added John Huie, Pardue's vice president for state rel.it ions. It students were missing from school when the state surveys the campus t, > determine its appropriate >n, "it could pi ten- tially have a modest impact" on state funding. However, Huie added, '"any change in enrollment doesn't show up (in terms of funding) for two years. We're not talking about a sufficient number of students" to cause funding problems, Smaller schools said they would deal with the situation on a case- by-case basis. "If any (students) were called up, we would do all we could to make their re-entry after serving their country as easy as possible," said Edward Macias, provost at Washington University in . Missouri. Meanwhile the student reservists and their families try to prepare for what may Lie ahead. Andy Wilson, a senior political science major at Purdue and a student reservist, "wouldn't hesitate at all if a call went out." 1 lowcver, while Wilson would have no regrets about leaving school, he admitted it would be hard to leave Kathleen, his wife of a month and a half. Being married "doesn't make it any easier," Wilson said. Rensselaer's Waldron, on the other hand, joined the Army Reserves <4 m< >re to pay for college" than to fight a war. When he enlisted, he didn't think he might be seni to battle, I h wever, I Jean < >t Students Eddie Knowlefi assured Waldron 1r- w< Mild get an automat ic leave of absence if he is called to active duty in the middle < >f the semester. "If 1 get called, I can just pie k up where I left off," Waldron said News Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 3 Incident in Winship highlights problems with dorm safety X BY JOSIE HOILMAN Many Winship residents en- countered a potentially dangerous situation one afternoon last week. Representatives from a local cosmetics company, which has since been banned from campus, attempted to vend their products door-to-door through the halls ot the dorm. The quick and decisive actions of dorm secretary Barbara Stitt forced t he intruders out of the building. The situation, although concluded without incident, did bring up the issue of how dorm safety is jeopardized by the lack of concern for safety guidelines, resulting in the endangennent of all resident students. Lobby doors present the most outstanding area for carelessness. These doors, as well as others, often remain unlocked through- out the late evening hours, cre- ating ideal entries for unautho- rized individuals. All residence halls are appar- ently experiencing similar problems with security. Signs reminding students to check locks are rapidly appearing on numer- ous dormitory doors. Developing responsible safety habits is a necessity of resident hall life. Two especially con- cerned persons reflected this ideal in their comments. Public Safety Officer Charlotte York remarked, "Freshmen in a new environment may not realize the necessity for cooperating with one another to keep the campus safe." Stitt noted, "Safety depends upon everyone. If just one student neglects to check a door, others cannot be certain that the recent Gainesville massacre will not be repeated here. Agnes Scott is not an oasis away from crime. The Honor Code cannot protect the campus from outside endangerment." H old a piece of tape up to your eyes, dim the lights and try to fill out your taxes. Now you're seeing things from her point of view. For this woman it's poor eyesight, for someone else it might be arthritis or maybe they just can't cope. The fact is, last year 4 million Americans got the help they needed from IRS Volunteer Assistance Programs. If you have the desire to help and a basic aptitude for math, you could become a part of the IRS Volunteer Assistance Programs. The programs are year-round and open to any company, organization or individual that would like to give something back to their community. The training is free and the rewards are enriching. So volunteer and call 1 800 424-1040. Beginning October 1, 1990, please call 1800 829-1040. Volunteer and help make someone's taxes less taxing. Gxnc Internal 1 Revenue ' Service \ Bairut l\ ed in something you enjoy. I, in my naive state, remember feeling a bit intimidated in my first year to do much. Do not be. If you are feeling like \ui oWt fit in, give it time. Letty Russell wnte> in Inhering Our Mothers' Gardens about the benefits ot feeling, at least temp* >rarily, like a "misfit": "Sometimes tins being on the margin can give you the freedom to breathe, even freedom to maintain a self-critical stance toward die use of your own inheritance, if indeed this i> a place where vou find it worthwhile to continue die struggle." Above all, use tins time u i deveh >p ,md grow. It has taken me three enure years to feel as th nigh I've U uind a 'niche" U >r myself and ti > reo >gnize that I belong here. I'm not insinuating that Agnes Scott is for everyone, but for tht*e who find it wi >rthwhile to a >ntinue the struggle and wh 1 survive, the opportunities both inside and outside the classroom are invaluable. Public Safety News by Officer Charlotte York Greetings to all new and return- ing students, faculty, staff, and other members of the Agnes Scott com- munity. The Department of Public Safety wishes you a safe and suc- cessful year. We look forward to working with you this year and we are pleased to be at your service. During the summer months the Department of Public Safety engaged in a comprehensive training session covering topics such as report writing, search and seizure, vehicle pullovers, race relations, and standard first aid and CPR certification. The training sessions included classroom as well as practical exercises simulating actual law enforcement situations. The instruction has enhanced our knowledge and effectiveness in these areas. Additional topics covered in optional training classes included recent legal developments, covering newly passed legislation affecting law enforcement; basic Spanish for police officers; law enforcement instmctor training; and fireanrts instructor training. Members of the department also taught courses at Emory and MART A police departments as well as the Fulton County Public Safety Training Center. Campus safety is a responsibility shared by all members of the Agnes Scott community* Please join us in welcoming Officers Michael Gaston and Ricky Bigby to Agnes Scott. Roth officers bring years of law enforcement experience and are anxious to serve vou. This school year opened to a small rash of car thefts. All three ot the incidents (2 thefts, 1 attempt) involved Volkswagen vehicles. The two stolen vehicles have been recovered. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the entering auto incident. In response to these incidents we have increased patrols of the parking areas and engaged in stake-outs of certain target lots, we have been developing possible leads that might help us to locate and arrest the respon- sible parties, and we have been considering measures for the protection of target vehicles. In a residence hal, a student reported missing her Rolex watch, which she placed on her desk before going to the shower. Campus safety is a responsibility shared by all members of the Agnes Scott commu- nity. We ask that you join us in securing the campus by paying particular attention to keeping residence halls and other secure locations locked properly. As you enter a building, please be sure that the door has closed properly and locks behind you. During the semester we will be offering seminars on topics of value and interest to you. Flyers concerning these programs will be posted in conspicuous locations around campus. We strongly encourage your partici- pation in these programs. Again, have .1 good year! Time Traveler by Elizabeth Peryam Why a college education? This summer, Time Traveler stood before the Vice President and Legal Counsel of a major international corporation and delivered a very important and convoluted message. Instead of the patronizing pat on the head Time Traveler would have received in her old "dumb blonde" days, the esteemed gentleman inquired as to her availability for full-time, perma- nent employment at a salary $10,000 higher than she ever made before. ."Thank you," she said, u but I have to go back to school in August." Time Traveler thought about that. The message as delivered was well organized, clearly stated and spoken with aplomb, all a direct result of her education here at Agnes Scott College. That job offer was only one of three, all in the same salary range. The disciplines we go through to get good grades create a clarity of thought and provide knowl- edge invaluable as a foundation for our best becoming. After living almost halt a century upon this earth, I've found that one can learn a lot out there in the "real world" looking for her prince, but most of it has to be learned the hard way and a lot ot it you don't really want to know. Perhaps the dream of a prince on a fine horse is universal among women. He will whisk us away from all this to a castle in the clouds where we will live happily ever after. There are still sweet princes left, but the ones I've found are invariably married to somebody else. Or maybe the prince is always sweeter on the other side of the picket fence. Let's get real. These days a sensible woman should plan for raising her children by herself. Fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce. In Georgia, only three out of ten of the children are awarded child support, and only one receives it. The State of Georgia attempted to collect approximately $200,000,000 (yes, ma'am, two hundred million dollars) in unpaid child support in 1989, and they were only able to get $100,000,000. That means a lot of mamas are out there working two jobs trying to feed and clothe those babies their handsome prince left behind as he galloped through their lives. They could really use that extra $10,000 in salary I was offered this summer. The woman lucky enough to keep her husband home had better hope that his most eloquent expression of emotion is not a fist in her face. More women are killed every year by their spouses than die in car wrecks, rapes and muggings combined. Uneducated women don't have the resources to escape and many don't escape except under the most desperate of circumstances. Then, on a global level, we women have to take our power back. For too long we have been limited to changing dirty diapers while the men who run the government and monster corporations have dirtied the d 1. 1 pers of the earth almost to the point of no return. In order to clean up this planet, we must be freed of our menial tasks and learn to speak the language of pi >wer. Mere in scho< A is where we learn that language. And a women's college provides the best torum for us to practice and perfect it. Editorials Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 5 Is Agnes Scott College REALLY committed to diversity in hiring? One student's opinion I guess I should let you all know right now that I am NOT an of- ficial spokesperson for the Afri- can- American students on campus. I am a student who, like yourselves, gets outraged at the inconsistencies of people and institutions. I, unlike most of you, write about what frustrates me. Do not Cake it personally unless I use your name. Yours truly, Michele A. Barard Opening Convocation II dem- onstrated.once again that Agnes Scott College has only a partial commitment to diversity in hiring. Let me clarify that statement. It is clear that Agnes Scott College has a commitment to hiring minorities and interna- tionals for every custodial position which is availahle. It is equally clear that Agnes Scott College is detennined not to search for minority and international professors and administrators. 1 wish to state for the record that I have no problems with the new hires as individuals. For heaven's sake, I don't know them all personally. Furthermore, I am confident that Agnes Scott College has hired excellent people to fill the positions w hich needed to be filled. However, this Joes not negate the obvious: Within the last year Agnes Scott College has replaced .i woman sociologist w ith a man. Also, at Convocation we met several white male and female professors and administrators w ho are new to the campus. Is this appropriate hiring practice for a women's college which claims a commitment to diversity. 7 Okay, let's suppose that Agnes Scott College is committed to finding qualified minority pro- fessors and administrators. How' did it happen that a woman was replaced by a man in the Sociology Department. 7 That was a per-fect opportunity for Agnes Scott to put her money where her mouth is and hire a minority professor. We may find out that the President's Committee on Diversity is working secretly to get some world-renowned minority woman to come to Agnes Scott College for a special project which includes teaching classes. I doubt it, but it could happen. Even this would raise questions in my mind. For example: What type of full-time ACADEMIC and/or ADMINISTRATIVE positions would Agnes Scott College be willing to offer to a minority person? Who would she have to be Alice Walker? Or, could she be a qualified graduate from Spelman, Emory, Oglethorpe, or Agnes Scott who has demon- strated expertise in her field. 7 These questions ma\ never he answered. However, I offer this challenge to the administrators, the deans, and the President of Agnes Scott College: Stand behind the commitment you made to the minority and international students on this campus. Show us that you mean it when you say, "Agnes Scott College values diversity and seeks to foster an environment that welcomes and supports contributions from all members of the Agnes Scott College community." (The Agnes Scott College Studeiu Handbook, 105.) by M. Leigh Bennett All this summer one nagging little thought has kept coming to my mind (yes, I do have one). That thought has been about our faculty. I know that we no longer w ish to rehash the plus/ minus controversy, but I think that one aspect of that situation must he addressed the idea of closed faculty meetings. (For the first year student, ask a junior or senior for information.) Now, I know that many of the faculty will resent my poking my nose in their business, but in my opinion, this is my business. I have been told, repeatedly, that faculty meetings are a chance for the faculty to come together and discuss the workings of the College among themselves, without any students present. Are not student opinions necessary to make a logical, well thought out, well researched decision on any of a number of issues? I know that 1 have asked professors' opinions on many issues, not because the professor was so much older and wiser than myself, but because that person represented another part of the triad at Agnes Scott. It is my belief th.it no decision should be made without considering how that decision will affect the rest of the campus. The first reaction will be a swift "No!" from many of the faculty. The reason: Change around Agnes Scott is never seen as good or necessary. The motto is, "Don't fix it; it hasn't broken yet." The point is that this system is broken. Students have to push their views on professors, in their offices, because no other option is open. Many professors blithely go on believing they know what the students want, but in truth, they haven't got a damn idea. The old patriarchy rears its head. "We know what's best for you; Giving us an opinion that is different just shows how wrong you are. Trust me." Aren't we being taught to think for our- selves? Practice what you preach, dear Agnes Scott. I do not take my family's opinions at face value, so I doubt that 1 w ould take yours. Yet, consider the changes this would cause. I have seen many changes around ASC since my first year here and none of them have caused the hell tower to collapse. I seriously suspect the tower could hold up to this one. Many professors will point to the fact that at many other schools* faculty meetings are closed. What does that have to do with the issue here? I do not helieve that we need to look to other schools to justify our actions. "Agnes Scott is the best of the best," and we should be able to make a decision without worrying about how other schools work. Other schools do not have the dynamics of our campus. Therefore, why should we compare? Also, it is true that in faculty meetings sensitive topics could arise. That is understandable. Students should not be able to listen to problems that have arisen with other students, but students should be able to know about subjects that directly affect our welfare. Conditions would have to be made about the procedures in sensitive situations, but that is a side issue and should not hamper the solution. So, should faculty meetings he closed? No! All student meet- ings, with the exception of Honor Court, are open. Any student, f ac u 1 1 y , ad m i n i s t ra to r/s taff personnel could go to any SGA, Interdorm, or another group's meeting. Some Very important issues have come up, but I have never heard a student say, "Let's keep the faculty out. They don't have our optimism, energy, or understanding of the issue to give any opinion that is worthwhile. What do they know? They just teach here." Change some of the words around and you have what the students have been hearing for some time now. Am I sorry I wrote this editorial? No. I believe that I have a right to voice my opinion. The students have been accused for years of apathy. This should get rid of some of that criticism. Do I believe I will receive some flak, if not a cold shoulder, from some of the faculty? Although I may sometimes look it, I am not naive. I believe some members of the faculty will be downright hostile about this. To them I say that this is only one student's opinion and they may take it or leave it, but it ain't going to go away. In fact, it will probably only get bigger and louder. You cannot poke your head in the sand forever; sometime you have to come up for air. Rep Rap by Laura Shaeffer As we begin a new year, Rep Council would like to remind everyone, especially new students, who we are and what we do on campus. According to the student handbook, "The purpose of this body is to represent the students to the administration and to be aware of student concerns and needs." Rep meets every Tuesday at 7:1 5 in the Student Center Annex and we encourage everyone with interest or concerns to join us. To stay in touch with student opinion we hope to continue to sponsor Student Forums which were held last year. This is a good opportunity for students to voice their opinions on an infonrial basis. Rep Council's executive board members are Holly Henderson, president; Christy Dickert, vice president; Amy Higgins, secretary; Robyn Porter, treasurer. The senior reps are Betsy Johnson, Cathy Pitney, Tammy Shirley, and Stephanie Strickland. Junior reps are Janet Johnson, Talin Keyfer, Kara Russell, and Laura Shaeffer. Sophomore reps are Wendy Allsbrook, Mary Frances Ken, El lie Porter, and Deborah Watters. The black American rep is Angela Miller and the international rep is Eva Mihlic. RTC reps are Joanie Kimble and Gina Pursell. The new dorm reps are Anika Dyrstad, Winship; Malikah Berry, Walters; Annetta Williams, Main; Kathryn Cullinan, Inman; and Debbie Miles, Rebekah. Editorials Friday, Septeniber 14, 1990 The Profile Page 6 The following is philosophy professor David Behans response to President Ruth Schmidt s Opening Convocation speech. Curriculum and Community: A Reply to President Schmidt As a member of the Curricu- lum Committee, I believe it is necessary to reply to President Schmidt's remarks at the Open- ing Convocation on August 3 1 . I address my reply particularly to the students. Two features of the College which President Schmidt has emphasized over her years here are our curriculum and our sense of community. In her remarks at the Opening Convocation, Dr. Schmidt delivered a mandate concerning curriculum. The mandate was that the Faculty, and especially the Curriculum Committee, take immediate steps to change our curriculum from a "male-dominated Eurocentric" curriculum to one which emphasizes the important cultural and intellectual contri- butions of women and people of color. In demanding that the Faculty take steps toward an inclusive curriculum, the President was calling the attention of the College community to issues which have been discussed and acted upon in colleges and uni- versities since the first programs in Black Studies were imple- mented in the late 1960s and since Women's Studies emerged in the 1970s. The Faculty of Agnes Scott College, and the Curriculum Committee in particular, have been well aware of those issues since the time they emerged. The Faculty has instituted a minor in Women's Studies and has approved in principle the possibility of a major in Women's Studies. The Curricu- lum Committee has agreed to the desirability of a program in Black Studies and has discussed with the President ways of implementing it. I regret that, in her mandate, the President did not acknow l- edge any of the steps which have been taken in both ot those areas by the Curriculum Committee and the Faculty. The Faculty is in general agreement that a more inclusive curriculum is desirable at Agnes Scott. Recommendations toward that end were sent to all faculty members by the Curricu- lum Committee last spring with the specific request that depart- ments report to the Committee the steps they have taken and propose to take. However, it requires the support ot the President to bring these changes to fruition. New programs do not come into being unless funds are provided to hire faculty for them. The President has steadfastly refused to add to the faculty complement in order to bring about the very programs which, last week, she urged us to implement. These are the pro- grams which the* Faculty has approved either in fact or in principle. 1 bring these facts to your attention because you might easily have been misled by the President's remarks. You were given to believe that significant curricular issues had neither been raised nor discussed. They have been discussed at length and action has been taken on them. You were given to believe that it is the Faculty which stands in the way of curriculum refonn. That is not the case. The Faculty has approved policies which would make the curricu- lum more inclusive. It is the President who has not provided the funds required to make possible those programs. But let me speak not only of programs, such as Black Studies, which have yet to be, nor pro- grams such as Women's Studies, which are struggling in place. Let me mention Latin American Studies. The program was put in place when a scholar in Latin American studies was added to the Faculty. Now the program in Latin American Studies is being phased out because of insuffi- cient funds to support it. Yet, while one important addition to an inclusive curriculum is being phased out, the President man- dates new programs. Let me turn to the issue of community. We are a commu- nity, and increasingly we are such in reaction to the policies and practices of the President. The Faculty was wrongly charac- terized as resisting an inclusive curriculum. I know that you have respect for the scholar- teachers of this faculty, and I believe tht you are deeply offended when they are mislead- ingly likened to rust in pipes and termites in wood. The Faculty, and through it the Curriculum Committee, holds in trust the academic quality of the institution, for which you, your parents, and our benefactors over many years have invested their money. We hold in trust the quality of the degree for which you pay so much and work so hard. We are, in an important sense, trustees of this College. We want to see Agnes Scott College grow, we want to see curricular innova- tion, and we want at the same time to preserve values for which it has stood for a century. But in trying to realize all of those goods, we are constrained by limited resources. The hard decisions which the Curriculum Committee and the Faculty face are usually not between good and bad proposals but between competing goods. We would like to be able to implement all good proposals, but a college of 500 students and 70 faculty members has its limitations. Faced with hard choices between competing goods, we had hoped that the Centennial Campaign would have made significant funds available for just the curriculum additions President Schmidt urged upon us last week. Yet she continues to freeze the faculty complement and starve the curriculum. It, then, we are to have the pro- grams she urges, we shall have to cut somewhere else. But where are those cuts to be made? Our existing programs are not ade- quately staffed, and those are the programs for which you came here. I do not believe we can make cuts without violating our trust and compromising the quality of your degree. There is another way of doing things. This was outlined by a fonner President of this College, Dr. Wallace Alston, when he quoted Edmund Burke's state- ment that a society is a covenant among generations. This other way begins not with a mandate to a faculty likened to rust and termites. It begins not by misleading students. Rather, it begins from a genuine sense of community. It begins with trust and respect and hope, and at the same time it honestly acknowl- edges frailty and failure. It rejoices in the progress we have made, deplores the progress we have not made, and moves on to patient, loving, and careful deliberation about competing goods within a college ot limited resources. It respects our trad itional values, u searches out and welcomes new members to our community, and it does not demean any single one ot us. It also seeks the financial resources to make the curriculum commensurate both with our community and with the interna- tional community. I urge you to adopt that way. I urge you to ignore the unfortunate, mis- leading, and demeaning aspects ot what we heard last week. 1 urge that this community ot scholars work together to preserve and improve the endangered coven- ant among generations which is Agnes Scott College. Asktn'American Prejudice A Personal by Pamela W. Allen In the quiet of my Saturday morning, comfortable, safe, and serene, snuggled under a blanket on my screened porch reading the paper and sipping coffee, I became frightened. My serenity was broken by a crush of reality tossed to me in the morning paper. The gentle shelter of the wet leaves vibrating under the kiss of rain shanged quickly to a false and decadent sanctuary which had lulled me away from harsh prejudices growing in the fuel of the Middle East crisis. Several things came together this morning to fracture my reverie: a casual conversation several days ago, a product promotion, and an article in the morning paper. I am privileged to be sharing my home with a dear friend and ASC graduate who happens to be of Islamic, Asian background while I am Christian, white, and U.S. bom. Our ethnic and religious backgrounds have never been anything but delightful to each of us. We enrich one another and learn from our differences. I have naively assumed that her ethnicity canied little if any discrimina- tion and that as any U.S. citizen she was well accepted by almost all she encountered. Shama is a bright and intelligent woman. Comfortable with herself, she dives into life and does not allow prejudice to limit her endeavors. I have picked up on her confidence and assumed that she moves through life with the safety, serenity, and protec- tion which I feel within my screened porch this morning. 1 am wrong. On an evening of fun and comraderie with her friends at Underground Atlanta, a man turned to Shama and said, u You fucking bitch! Thanks to you our sons are at war!" Alanned and incredulous, she and her friends moved on, laughing off the incident as an eccentricity ot the area and the interloper as a weirdo. Deep within she must have been terrified. At a local gift shop, a tee-shirt reads "IRAQN APHOBIA" a parody of Speilberg's popular film Arachnop/iote. Below the title are figures intended to be spiders covering the rest of the tee-shirt. The spiders have the faces of Asian people. The tee- shirt goes on to say, U HELP STOMP THEM OUT." An article by Cynthia Durcanin in this morning's Atlanta Journal newspaper (9/1/ 90) focused on threats against Arab-Americans. Her anicle outlined the growing prejudice, discrimination and violence against Arab-Americans. A gang of ten young men armed with a bottle beat a man who appeared Arabic. A Savannah TV station sponsored a "Towel head Weekend" with the slanderous use of an Islamic call to prayer as a call to denigration. Bomb threats were made against the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Gotnmittee (AADC) for monitoring discrimination acts. A parody of the Beach Boys song "Barbara Ann" using the lyrics "Bomb- Bomb- Bomb Iraq" is being broadcast in Atlanta and elsewhere. This apparent growing prejudice against Asian Ameri- cans smacks oi the prejudice shown Japanese Americans during World War II. Shall we again incarcerate a whole people because of the stupidity of a select few.' The anger and powerlessness we feel in response to Saddam Hussein's acts of aggression must be limited to the source and tempered in response. Our tendency is to lash out at a closer target which represents the source of the problem. Asa result, we may cut down the apple tree out of fury against the tree for dropping an apple on our head. If we do so, we never again are able to sample the sweetness the tree bore. The tree will no longer spawn new growth and the ground will no longer grow richer from the generation of fruit it would have produced. My porch sanctuary can become a prison if 1 use it as a barrier to keep ugliness and prejudice at bay. This insulation can allow^me to divest myself from involvement, personal Asicm'American Prejudice A Personal Reflection Craig, use this head to jump the gutter on the anicle above Features Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 7 "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" President Ruth Schmidt gave the following speech at Opening Day Convocation on Friday, August 31 , 1990. How many times have you heard this expression. 7 It seems to be a fairly popular one. I have never really heard anyone refute this statement, hut I think it should be. Lite has taught me chat .i lot of things aren't fit, even if they're not broken; that there is the possibility of rusting out, looking shabby, or maybe even being eaten by termites, and all these may have just as devastating an effect on the functioning of something as if it were "broke". One example that I can think of very easily is this: You wouldn't have said five years ago that am residence halls were "broken", that they couldn't be used any longer, but we did have some which were really unsafe because although the electricity continued to come into those buildings and students lived in them, there was Reflection exploration, and responsibility. I am then able to say it is someone else's problem at which point I become the CORE of the problem. Change happens from within, riot from without. Change occurs from the self outward; from ourselves, to our families, to our community, to our nation, and to the world. It does NOT happen the other way around. 1 must, we must, recognize a fire as it begins and open our eyes to the ways in which each of us fuels it. 1 hope the reader is outraged at this growing prejudice. I fear for Shama and my other Asian friends at Agnes Scott and elsewhere. I also fear for my children, that they may be swept up in a popular trend of ethnic prejudice. I fear they will close their eyes to the implication of tee-shirts saying, "No one thinks this means ALL Asians; it only refers to Iraq." And I fear for myself, that I may become complacent in my back porch serenity and allow my apathy to fuel the mass slaughter of the apple trees. Join the Profile Staff, just f ore the fun of it! a danger of fire from overloaded circuits, with electrical capacity in each room for a lamp and a radio, but not for the hair dryers, TVs, computers, stereos, etc. of today's student living. I think that those of you who were here pre-Victoria Lambert and our landscaping improve- ments, know that the lawns, trees, and bushes of the campus weren't "broken", but they certainly weren't trimmed properly; there were lots of needy patches and the trees were slowly dying without being fed or cared for. Unfortu- nately, even though we're trying to take better care of our campus and have planted hundreds of bushes and trees in the last few years, we cannot undo the damage of recent droughts and the fact that much of the foliage is mature, so we do have quite visible brokenness. Termite damage is really insidious. A few years ago I discovered that those hungry insects had been eating out the substance of some areas of the President's house and that although the outer appearance continued to be fine, about all that was left of the woodwork in the basement was the paint still giving it form. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." doesn't sound as if the proponent of this philosophy would have any time for "preventive mainte- nance", does it? What are the possibilities that we have some rust or termites in our ways of doing things at Agnes Scott? I believe that every one of you can think of some examples, not necessarily lrom the physical side but in the ways we do things, in our administrative patterns and habits, in outmoded office practices, in traditions whose meaning has long been lost, in clubs that somebody once thought a good idea, or a curriculum which may have been changed so much internally by changes in reading assignments and the content of courses that only the external shell of the curricular require- ments remains. What can't we see because we're part of a system which we who've been around a while take for granted? (New people in the community can often help greatly because they don't take the same things for granted.) Could it be that Agnes Scott, like many other liberal arts colleges, is the victim of its own good practices in the past, teaching the liberal arts as we Probably the most telling challenges to the way that we envision the liberal arts have come, in the last twenty years. from the ever increasing challenges to our Western-centered and male-centered curriculum. knew them years ago without reconceptualizing them? Probably the most telling challenges to the way that we envision the liberal arts have come, in the last twenty years, not so much from technological and scientific breakthroughs, although clearly the teaching of mathemat- ics and scientific subjects is being transformed constantly by new research and discoveries, but from the ever increasing challenges to our Western-centered and male- centered curriculum. I know that many of you were involved in experiences this summer which have furthered your education, formally or infonnally. We had some great programs on campus (Ford Foundation, Exploring Transfer, Hot Topics.) My educational experience was that in July, I was privileged to attend a conference of the International Association of University Presidents in Valladolid, Spain. Two hundred and fifty presidents and rectors (as they call presidents in many parts of the world) attended. The theme of the conference was internationalizing the university. We had a very great sense of the importance of education in its many facets and fonns as presented by educators from around the world. It was gratifying, on hearing various papers, to realize that we have been moving for years toward greater internationalization of the Agnes Scott educational experi- ence. Many prefer the tenn we use here, global awareness, to indicate that national boundaries and even nation to nation concepts are somewhat outmoded in this day and age of transnational business and global ecological interdepen- dence. One particularly telling paper in Valladolid was delivered by the President of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, Niara Sudarkasa, a distinguished anthropologist and friend of President Johnnetta Cole of Spelman (who, by the way, will be our speaker on Honor's Day next month.) President Sudarkasa said, and I quote, "The multiplicity of nationalities, racial and ethnic groups, and socioeconomic classes on American college campuses has not only under- SC< ared the need to international- ize the curricu- lum, it has given a certain imme- diacy to the call for a curriculum that is generally more inclusive of the perspectives, history and contributions of peoples of color." And she went on to say "...logi- cally and inevitably, the call for internationalizing the curriculum and broadening the humanities should be one and the same. No advocate of international studies would maintain that only Western nations deserve to be included. It should be obvious that the same case can be made for the humanities. The call for internationalizing the curriculum should embrace the call for a more inclusive humanities curriculum so as to acquaint students with the literature, music, art, philosophy, and other traditions and contribu- tions of peoples in the non- Western as well as the Western nations being discussed in the more social science-oriented international studies programs." I am very pleased that here at Agnes Scott we have many faculty members who are support- ers of and participants in the G lobal Awareness program and the international aspects of our curriculum, who are also working on the inclusive nature of a contemporary liberal arts curricu- lum. The Curriculum Committee has been struggling with these issues as well, and I believe that this year may be significant to Agnes Scott's progress in this area. In reviewing the responses to the Planning Committee question- naire, we noted that every category of respondents, faculty, students, staff, trustees, and alumnae leaders, all believe that one of the greatest successes in recent years is the establishment of the Global Awareness program. And faculty members also cite women's studies and African- American studies more often than anything else as areas desirable for Agnes Scott to develop or develop further. Returning to my experiences of the summer, in Spain, one cannot help but be constantly aware of the contributions of non- European peoples to the culture of that country. The richness of the culture of Spain and much of its distinctiveness is due to the influences on it from Africa and the Middle East, and there are many other examples which others will supply of the contribu- tions of the Egyptians, the Arabs, and other peoples of color, who in some cases predated and clearly influenced European culture very dramatically; yet most of the traditional liberal arts curriculum begins with a period of European dominance. What we have been teaching, according to President Sudarkasa, are the Euro-Ameri- can-ities instead of the humani- ties, for as she says, "Students need a world view that places the contemporary situation of natn >ns and peoples of the world in the cont ext of the ebb and flow of the fortunes of different groups over the full span of human history." She points out that African contributions through various periods of history have not been recognized to the degree of their importance. And if you have listened to National Public Radio this week, you will have additional examples. Because of the various streams of interest exhibited by our faculty members, I believe that Agnes Scott has the possibility of being a leader in the blending of the international stream and the in- clusivity stream to transform the liberal arts and to offer here an educational program suitable for this day and age, and also for the future. Although it is very important to continue to transmit the culture of western Europe, which is so basic to much of what we do and think, perpetuating only certain cultural streams will not be adequate for the preparation of students who are already living in a world very different from that in which most of us older folk grew up. Just as our student body is more diverse and we are seeking to make our staff and faculty more diverse, so the information about the rich human variety which research has opened up in recent years must be a part of the educational experience here. It "ain't broke", but it could stand some attention. It is an exciting time intellectu- ally to be on a college campus and I believe that this year can be a particularly significant one for us at Agnes Scott. It is challenging for faculty members as much as for students, and also for staff mem- bers who will benefit from the academic spill-over of these developments. This is an opportu- nity to put into practice what we believe about the liberating power of the liberal arts which can only be liberating to those whose stories are included. I wish all of us a very provocative and enlightening year of further discovery of the rich tapestry of human life in the past, in our present circumstances, and to the future by our collective efforts in learning and teaching. All the best to us! Editorials Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 8 Street Beat by Barbie Stitt The Question: How do you feel about the situation being played out presently in the Middle East? i mWm Carrie Noble, Class of 1993: I feel that it is extremely important for the United States to play an active role in the Iraq-Saudi situation. There are Third World countries gaining military force and I think it is imperative for world powers such as the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to reassert their position as .1 force to he dealt with in any instance. If we do not, I believe we will eventually have to deal with many power-hungry Third World countries. Jennifer Lard, Class of 1993: I'm scared to death. Anytime the United States government finds itself in .i compromising military position, it worries me. I have faith in our ability to perform, hut I don't trust Hussein's ability to react rationally. Elena Paras, Class of 1994: The Iraq-Saudi situation is an incredibly sensitive one. There are various options which need to be weighed, such as the seriousness of Hussein's actions and exactly how far he will go to obtain his goals. Yet, certain options should not be open to him. America needs to be strong in the fact that Hussein shall not invade Saudia Arabia, that he shall return all hostages without harm, and shall withdraw from Kuwait. America should be a strong and invinicible force over which Hussein shall not prevail April Van Mansfield, Class of 1992: From a military perspective, if my reserve unit is called I will go. I think that Bush needs to pull back a little and try to help the Arabs handle this. There are too many ways that this could become worse than Vietnam. I think the public should know that while Bush is saying that no American life is expendable, he is sending troops that have less than a seven minute life expectancy if and when shots get fired. Also, supporting the soldiers is not the same thing as supporting the war. Just let them know you want them to come home. Cynthia Richmond, Librarian: I don't think we should be sending our troops over there. The oil supply is not worth the lives that will be lost if there is a war. Mmority profile: Fanny Muriel Jackson Coppin, Educator BY MlCHELE A, BaRARD Fanny Muriel Jackson Coppin was bom the granddaughter of a former slave w ho sav ed money to buy himself and four of his six children out of slavery. Fanny's grandfather refused to buy her mother because of Fanny's birth. However, one of her freed aunts did save the $125.00 necessary to buy Fanny's freedom. Fanny developed a strong sense of duty to the African- American community at an early age. She was always determined to teach blacks and to experi- ence with them the joy of learning. To prepare tor her journey into the world of education, Fanny trained at the public colored school before entering the Rhode Island Normal School. From there, Fanny went on to attend Oberlin College on a scholarship in 1860. Oberlin was the first recognized college to admit women and blacks. Fanny graduated from Oberlin in 1865 shortly after the end of the Civil War. She was hired to teach black children at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia. She tool: great pride and delight in the achieve- ments of her students. However, Fanny soon realized that there was a need for black teachers, and that not every person was cut out to be an academic scholar. Fanny helped to start ;i program to teach the "tfeee Ely to those students who wished to go into the field of education. Soon these students were Sought out for jobs before they had even completed their course of study. Fanny also helped to start a vocational education branch of the institute which developed an equally outstanding reputation. Fanny dedicated her entire life to education. After working with numerous religious and educational organizations in the United States, Fanny went with her husband, who was appointed bishop of the A.M.E. Church in 1900, to Cape Town, South Africa. Fanny discussed w ith African women various aspects of religion and education and the roles of women in these areas. In 1 L )04, the Coppjfos returned to Philadelphia because of Fanny's failing health. During her final years, Fanny wrote her memoirs which are ent it led Reminiscences oj School Life , and Hints on Teaching. Finny Coppin died on January ZL 1913. Freshman comes a long way (continued from page 2) : - discarded this theory after the tenth meeting I had attended in two days. However, I did continue to .it tend meetings deemed "mandatory" for fear of the ominous Interdonn member who might torture me for not going to the required meeting. My parents left Sunday morning and after a tearful departure (both on their part and mine), 1 focused my energies on ( >ther matters of importance. I figured if I busied myself with decorating my room, working out a class schedule and whatnot, I wouldn't have time to think about home and all the old familiar places. (I especially miss The Texas Tavern, a greasy burger joint that served the best chili in town and still sold RC Colas.) Within the next few days I met new people, talked to faculty advisors, and generally got myself acquainted with the campus. So what if I continualy mixed up Buttrick and Presser Halls and 1 kept forgeting people's names? I spoke almost daily for an entire week to a girl whose name I had forgotten. Luckily she showed up in one of my classes and I was saved massive cmharassement by the professor's roll call. I was tasting the ripe fruits of college life and didn't stop feasting until I reached the inevitable pit. This occurred when the mutilated bodies of three University of Florida women were found. I was shocked that someone that mentally corrupt was on the kxxse in the seemingly peaceful town of Gainesville. Of course, that idea cranked my mind's wheels into motion and I couldn't help but worry about my own safety on campus. This first week was a long one filled with both happiness and sadness. I miss my Virginia mountains bur I love my Elementary Greek class, not to mention the Greek guys at ( ;hi Psi! I know I have many more adventures and follies to look forward to but right now I think I'll take a nap. Features Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 9 Gershwin kicks off new season for Agnes Scott Arts Series Benjamin Matthews, Eddye Pierce Young, and Leon Bates perform Gershwin by Request. by Laura Barlament Agnes Scott College's 1990- 1991 College Events Series celebrates in particular the culture of America by presenting instrumentalists, singers, dancers, authors and other artists from all over the country. The fall semesters offerings promise to be entertaining and diverse, as the college hosts pianist Leon Bates with soprano Eddye Pierce and baritone Benjamin Matthews, the North Carolina I )ance Theater, author John Updike, and the annually held program pi the Waverly Consort. Rates, Pierce, and Matthews will present the season opener, "Gerswhin by Request, " on September 22. This program oi light-hearted piano and vocal music by one of America's premier composers includes "Fascinatin' Rhythm", "The Man I Love", "Strike Up the Band", the famed "Rhapsody in Blue", and selections from Porgs arul Bess. These three artists are well- qualified for such a presentation; Bates has produced a classical music video of the Gershwin Concerto in F with the Basil Symphony in Switzerland; Pierce Is summer Compiled by Sandee McGlaun "Reading for pleasure" is an almost unheard-of luxury for college students. An informal poll was taken to discover what students read in their "spare time" during summer break, when they don't have four textbooks and sixteen novels screaming "REQUIRED!" at them from their bookshelves. Summer selections included: Margaret Atwood's A Hand- maid's Tale; Kate Chopin's The Awakening; Pat Conroy's The Water is Wide; }.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; Carlos Castenada's A Separate Reality; John Updike's S; Sam Shepard's Fool for Love and Buried Child; Amy Tan's The ]oy Luck Club; and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Below follow four reviews of other summer readings: Andrew Vachss's Hard Candy; Nadine Gordimer's A Sport of Nature; Marsha Norman's The Fortune Teller; and Arthur Miller's Timebends. Book review by Jennifer Garlen In Hard Candy , the fourth novel of his tales of the inscru- table Mr. Burke, Andrew Vachss has not only performed exten- sively, but also teaches at Sarah Lawrence and Penn State; and Matthews's recording of Porgy and Bess has been released on MMG carries the reader deep into the cold hearts of New York City and its most dangerous denizens. Burke's past rises to greet him in the forms of childhood acquaintances: a cruel boy who is now a contract killer, and a girl with yellow eyes whose motives and morals plague Burke as he uncovers yet another horror in the city that never sleeps. Vachss's stark descriptions and violent characters shed new light on urban life and the street people who exist outside the boundaries of nonnal society. The action is hard and fast- paced; the characters are believable and intriguing. Book review by Laura Barlament Before page one of Nadine Gordimer's recent novel A Sport of Nature, Ms. Gordimer quotes the Oxford English Dictioriary's definition of the term which makes up the title: "Lusus naturae sport of nature. A plant, animal, etc., which exhibits abnormal variation or a departure from the parent stock or type. ..a spontaneous mutation; a new variety produced in this way." The novel starts with the main character, Hillela, a and Opus Records. The North Carolina Dance Theater, which works from the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, will boarding school girl, long-ago abandoned by her mother arid now supported by an aunt, with whom she lives in South Africa while on vacation. Hillela begins to be identified with the term in the i n le in the first chapter, in which her innocent friendship with a decent and attractive but colored boy causes her shameful release from the Rhodesian boarding school and forces her move to the house of her other aunt, in Johannesburg. In her late teens, she leaves her aunt's house without finishing school or developing the social and political awareness one might expect from living in a politically dissident household. After drifting penniless and aimless for a while, she becomes an invaluable and unusual addition to an ambassador's household, the wife and widow of a black martyr in the fight for black freedom, an important figure and world traveler for the anti-apartheid movement herself, and finally the wife and most trusted aide to the Presi- dent, the leader of a successful political coup over the white colonial government of an African nation. Hillela's body is a magnet for men, and she has a kind of sexual present a program of both classical and modern dance on October 17. Founded in 1970, this group will perform its dances, based in the classic choreography of George Balanchine, Elisa Monte and Lars Lubovitch, in fifteen states this season. The company also adds new works each season created by director Salvatore Aiello, who started his professional career in the Joffrey Ballet and Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Aiello has created twelve works for the North Carolina Dance Theater since joining it in 1979. John Updike, author oi novels, short stories, poems and essays of literary and social merit as well as great popularity, will lecture and read from his own work on November 12. The author of over thirty books, he has received the National and Arnefican Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His most well-known writings are the novel series about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux, and Rabbit is Rich, and collections of short stories entitled Beck: A Book and Bech is Back. On November 28, the eight power which complements her quiet intelligence and intuition. singers and five instrumentalists of the Waverly Consort will present The Christmas Story in the tradition of medieval church drama and music. Although its music is not part of American culture, the Consort itself was founded in 1 964 at New York University and takes its name from the Waverly Plaza near NYU's Washington Square campus. Other performances to look fo/ward to this semester will be given by Agnes Scott 's OV0 faculty and students. Faculty recitals include flutist Carol Lyn Butcher on October 3 and organist Calvert Johnson on December 6. Two student voice recitals on November 4 and 18 will feature C 'athy Pitney and Jennifer Bridges, respectively. The Agnes Scott Glee Club will hold an open-air concert October 4 and the Agnes Scott Community Orchestra will perform music from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons November 1 1 ; the two groups will present a joint Christmas concert on December 9. The Agnes Scott Blackfriars fall season includes performances ol Antigone (October 25-27, Novem- ber 1-3) and the children's show Song of Guenevere (December 6-9), while the Agnes Scott Studio Dance Theatre has planned a children's show for December 3. All kinds of people powerful (continued on next page) DECATIR CONFERENCE PLAZA 130 Clniremont Avenue Decalur 371-0201 COMPLIMENTARY PARKING For your convenience we will be happy to validate your parking ticket while you are a guest at our hotel. Xft REUNION BAR Starts Off The Season With A New Team and Plays! Tuesday-*] thn, Saturday! LIVE DJ & DANCING Listen and Dance To Our New Plays! A Disc Jockey Spinning Records from The Big Band To the Big Chilli 10% discount on food & beverage with student ID or our VIP card! reading an oxymoron? Four books reviewed Editorials Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 10 World mourns loss of blues great Stevie Ray Vaughan by Claire Lemme Monday afternoon, August 27, 1990, music lovers tried to piece together bits of news regarding a helicopter accident which left five people dead. Stevie Ray Vaughan was among those killed when a flight from a concert went down in a thick fog northwest of its Chicago destination. The guitarist had just finished .1 performance with fellow hlues artists Robert Cray, Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton at the Alpine Valley Theatre near a Wisconsin ski resort. The summer tours last show ended late Sunday night with a blues/rock jam which included Vaughan's characteristiclly fast, complex style, reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix. While Clapton's manager, bodyguard arid a tour manager rode with Vaughan, the more renowned Clapton was on a separate flight. Although he lacked Claptons mass popularity, Stevie Ray Vaughan was highly respected among his colleagues. His traditional Texas-style blues band, Double Trouble, gained international attention following participation in the 1982 Montreux Jazz festival. Vaughan's skill was particu- larly appreciated by Jackson Browne, who lent Vaughan his studio, and David Bowie, for whom Vaughan played some lead guitar on Bowie's "Let's Dance" album. As Vaughan added more rock and jazz to his raw blues, he also added to his reputation, winning a Grammy for the album u Blues Expression" in 1985. Vaughan re-emerged into the musical community after a three- year absence during which he began his recovery from drug and alcohol abuse. His comeback album, "In Step," won him another Grammy last year. The 25th of this month the album "Family Style" will be released, featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan in collaboration with his brother Jimmie Vaughan of "The Fabulous Thunderbirds." This is certainly a significant list of accomplishments tor a 3 5 -year old guitar player from Dallas. Yet there is a tendency to equate popularity with ability. Be reminded, however, that the pursuit of mass appeal necessitates mainstreaming and distilling those very innovations which separate the talented from the genius, the sad song from the blues. Don't underestimate the loss of an artist of whom you have not heard. This article was aided by infonna- tion from The Atlanta Journal and The New York Times. The Agnes Scott Department of English present author CLYDE EDGERTON reading from his novels in Winter Theane Dana Fine Arts Building Tuesday, September 18, 1990 8:15 p.m. Free Books (continued from page 9) men, influential women, people of passion, children, blacks and whites of all nationalities are irresistibly attracted to her and feel compelled to help and trust her though they do not under- stand her. The strength of Ms. Gordimer's prose, along with her appreciation and understanding of the situation in South Africa, allow her to carry off this ambitious story, and her vocabulary and editorial creativity make the newel read like poetry. The story demands the reader's complete attention, for the dialogue blends in naturally with the text through the use of dashes instead oi quotation marks. From time to time short italicized passages -ire inserted into the action; these passages consist of physical descriptions and very intimate glimpses into Hillela's private life and thoughts, and lead to commentaries on the roots of the political situation. The physical differences between her and her black husband fascinate Hillela: "She examines his body minutely and without shame, arid he wakes to see her at it, and smiles without telling her why : she is the first not to fyretend the different colours ami textures of their being is not an awesome fascimtion. . .The laws that have deteimined the course of life for them are made of skin and hair, the relative thickness and thinness of hps and the rekitive height of the bridge of the nose. . ..The laws made of skin and hair fill the statute books in Pretoria. . . :Skin aiid hair. It has mattered more than anything else in the world." Although Hillela is brought up in a completely racist society, she leams nothing of its prejudice; she responds to people only through the medium of physical contact and perse ^na 1 experience. Seeming completely naive, she nevertheless has knowledge, and she survives when others despair of her. In Hillela, Ms. Gordimer creates a completely honest, colorblind, self-made woman. Book review by Courtney Alison The Fortune Teller, Marsha Norman's first novel, is a wonderful trip through suspend, love, feminism, relationships and the supernatural. Nonrtan, an Agnes Scott aluma, brilliantly captures one day in the life of fortune teller Fay Morgan in a book which kept me spellbound. The plot, which chronicles the attempts to recover a group of "kidnapped children, touches an assortment of emotions as well as religious and political ideologies. If you choose to read this incredibly well-written hook, be prepared to ponder such issues as abortion and mother-daughter relationships, as well as find that you .ire unable to put it down. Book review by Sandee McGlaun A $2.98 bargain-table find 1 bought on a whim turned out to he one of the most diverse and fascinating books that I have ever read. I purchased Arthur Miller's Timebenck in the early spring of 1990, and in typical Agnes Scott too-much-stress fashion, it remained on the bookshelf behind the "required" textbooks and novels tor several months. When I finally opened the book this summer, I was met by an unusual and attention- getting opening: "The view from the floor is of a pair of pointy black calf -height shoes, one of them tw itching ceStlessh - and just above them the plum- colored skirt rising from the , inkles to the blouse." My first thought was "Huh. 7 I thought this was an autobiography., .what's he talking about . , " Further reading revealed that Miller was painting a portrait of his mother from his viewpoint as young child. Although the opening struck me as a bit self- conscious (autobiograpies arc inherently so!), the uniqueness of the description motivated me to continue reading. Once I adjusted to Miller's unusual perspective, it became refreshing. He uses the descrip- tions of his "growing" or 'changing" perspective of his mother throughout the first section of the book as a meta- phor tor his growing and changing perspectives in other areas of his life. Biographies and autobiogra- phies are often dry reading, but Miller's work is anything but dull. He does not follow a typical, chronological sequence of events ("I was born, my childhtxxi was difficult, " etc.); instead he "bends time" (hence the title, my guess) and discusses/ describes events in a more comprehensive, associative fashion: mention of" a dining room table in a childhood scene .sparks a memory, and fascinating tale, of his first Broadway production, The Price (the table was used in the set), staged in 1968. Miller allows his story to tell itself, in its natural sequence, rather than forcing it to conform to .i traditionally linear struc- ture appropriate to human life. Miller's story is diverse, truly with "something lor every* >ne": he discusses his relationships with his parents, reveals his theories and inspirations in tegard to writing, and describes his clash with the "( .ommittec for Un-American Affairs, " and the McCarthy era. For theatre buffs he offers marvelous accounts oi his experiences with the early development of American theatre and such theatre legends as I (arold Ourman, Lee Strasberg and EJia Kazan, and, yes, he discusses his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Though some sections of the hook seem to get bogged down in discussions of the politics of the time, it always picks up again. Miller's plays are almost always s( >cial or political statements, as he reveals; therefore his lengthy treatment of the social ills of his generation. Miller explores human nature, relationships, politics, the arts and any and all combinations of these. A portrait of the times as well as a portrait of the man, Miller's autobiography is a fascinating read the thirty-two pages of photographs are great, too! Features Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 1 1 Sinead O'Connor Overcomes at Chastain Park u\ Kristin Li mmerman The Facts: Who: Sinead O'Connor What: Held a concert amidst ,i fair amount of controv ersy ox er her refusal to have the National Anthem played at her appear- ance in a previous city on the national tour When: On Septemher 2, 1990; from 8:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Where: Chastain Park The Proceedings: She was preceded by a relatively un- known artist, David Franklin, who sang several folksy, rather monotonous songs accompanied by his own guitar playing. Sinead herself began playing at 9:30, opening to a near-full house with "Feels So Different. " After two more numbers, she took a break to tharik the audience. "Aw, shucks," she joked, "I never know what to say except aWj shucks. You're too kind," there ensued a hnet pause "and THEATRE Neighborhood Playhouse in Decatur: Neil Simon's Broadway Bound, the third installment in his autobiographical trilogy, will run Septemher 14-October 13. Tickets are $8 for students. Call 377-3714 for ticket information. MUSIC Agnes Scott College: Recital of Romantic organ music by Durward En trek in at 3 p.m. on Septemher 16 in Gaines .Auditorium. Also: "Gershwin by Request," the instrumental and vocal music of George Gershwin, on September 22. At 8:1 5 p.m. b Gaines Auditorium. Cost is $12 general admission, $8 ASC faculty and staff, non-ASC students, and senior citizens. For more Information on these events, call 371-6294. Atlanta Symphony Hall: Folk-rocker Suzanne Vega will perform at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2. Reserved seat tickets cost $18.50 and are on sale now. Call 249-6400 for ticket informa- tion* Center Stage Theatre: The guitar music of Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists on September 27 at 8 p.m. Reserved seats are $13.50. For more information, call 249-6400. Variety Playhouse: Folk and traditional music from Robin and Linda Williams and David Wilcox on September 22 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. 1 wasn't sure what was going to happen." She was, of course, referring to the flag-wavers who had been parading just outside the gates until the concert began. Fortu- nately for the Irish singer's fans, paying to hear her oft-satirical political opinions and mournful rock ballads, the demonstrators were largely innocuous and threatened few concert-goers. Police stationed at every entry, checking ticketholders' bags and jackets, implied that they had been prepared for w orse. At the endof what seemed to be a short concert, applause brought O'Connor back for encore pieces, one new and as of yet not recorded. How much longer could we qqnvince her to play? At last this was revealed. Atlanta was the Last city on the tour, and Sinead's hand being the wonderful group of people that it was, we were to be the priv ileged few "tortured" by the vv Crew Song." Rack came the hand, along with all the backstage crew, to sing an extra-slobbery rendition of the Carpenters' "Close to You." They were too kind. The Verdict: Two thumbs up. The people I went with agreed that it was one of the best concerts they had ever attended. However, many older Sinead fans who knew that Sinead existed before this spring missed hearing old favorites from her first album. For those of you who missed that one, check it out. Titled "The Lion and the Cobra," on Chrysalis label, many agree that its originality and experimental- ist nature make it a much better album than anything she's done since. "Marilyn" ( 1968) is on view in the exhibition "Andy Warhols Celebrities" at the High starting Septemher 1 1 . Calendar of Events Compiled by Rita Ganey Also: David Grisman Quintet performing jazz and bluegrass fusion on September 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and $14 at the door. Also: Traditional music by Norman and Nancy Blake on September 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For more information on these events, call 249-6400. GALLERIES Agnes Scott College: "A Fifty Year Retrospective," an exhibition of the works of George Cress, runs in the Dalton Gallery through October 7. Call 371-6294 for more information. Atlanta College of Art: The Atlanta College of Art Faculty Show runs through September 29. Call 898-1 1 57 for further informa- tion. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Textiles by Laura Mills through October 5. Admission is free. Call 872-5338 for more information. The High Museum at Georgia- Pacific Center: Admission is free for all of the following events. Call 577-6940 for information. Faith Ringgold: A 25 Year Survey, shows over 60 diverse works, including 60s paintings inspired by the Black Power movement and selections of masks and sculptures. Open through October 5. Putting Pottery in Perspective: Past, Present, & Future exhibits 64 pieces of ancient, diverse, and contemporary artists through October 26. Also: On Wednesday, October 3 at 12:15 p.m. there will be a free docent tour of the Putting Pottery in Perspective exhibition. The High Museum of Art: "Andy Warhol's Celebrities" features 53 large, colorful portraits by America's best-known artist and one of the founders of Pop Art. The exhibit runs through January 6, 1991. Admission is $2 for college students with IDs. Jimmy Carter Library: LB]: The White House Years is on view through October 17. The 120 black-and-white photographs are primarily the work of principal White House photographer Yoichi Okamoto and reveal the 1960s from a unique perspective. Admission is $2.50 for adults. Call 331-0296 for information. The North Arts Center: "Georgia Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition" from Septem- ber 20-October 27. The reception is Thursday, September 20, from 7-9 p.m. Admission to the exhibit is free. For more infonnation, call 394-3447. MISCELLANEOUS The Alternate ROOTS Festival: Features original work by 52 southeastern performing artists and ensembles. There will be several performances in the Little Five Points area. Ticket reserva- tions can be made beginning September 27. All events are $10. A six-day pass is $45. Further information can be obtained by calling 577-1079. Atlanta African Film Society: Black Women Make Movies continues on September 2 1 . This is a popular series of films by black women in the United States and the United Kingdom. The showings begin at 8 p.m. Call 525-1 1 36 for more inforamtion. The Atlanta College of Art: The first in a series of lunchtime lectures, "Art for Atlanta's Public Spaces: Which Public is it For. 7 " by Atlanta artist Maria Artemis. Monday, September 17, at 12 noon in the Woodruff Circle Room in the Memorial Arts Building. Admission is $2; bring your own lunch. Information: 898-1157. The Creative Arts Guild of Dalton: 27th Festival of Arts and Crafts on September 22 and 23 from 1 1 a.m. to 6 p.m. Festival 90 features the juried works of regional and national artists and craftspersons. Call 278-0168 for information. Fernbank Science Center: September's Greenhouse Give- away features the day lily while supplies last. Each visitor may- take a young plant home. The greenhouse is open Sundays from 1-5 p.m. There is no admission fee. Call 378-4311 for more infonnation. Image Film/Video Center: For more information on these events, call 352-4225. Southern Circuit Screening of Watunna by Stacey Steers and Before We Knew Nothing by Diane Kitchen on September 14 at 8 p.m. at the High Museum of Art. Music Video Regional Retrospective. Friday, Septem- ber 28 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. The first program is a "snapshot ot some of the people, places and themes that have figured prominently in regional music and music video over the past decade." The second program features the unique contribution of the director to the music video. Fall Workshops: Intermediate filmmaking will be held on Thursdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m., September 2 7-December 13. The directing workshop will be held on Tuesdays, September 18-October 23, from 7-10 p.m. The North Arts Center: On September 30, as part of the 1990-91 Performing Artists Series,-Spalding Gray will perfonn "Monster in a Box." This is his thirteenth autobio- graphical monologue. For more infonnation, call 394-3447. Zoo Atlanta: Featuring College Days on September 29 and 30. Buy one adult admission and receive the second at half price with college I.D. card at the gate. Admission is $6.75 for adults. Call 624-5678 for visitor infonnation. Features Friday, September 14, 1990 The Profile Page 12 WE OFFERED THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN AND ENDED UP ON THE BOTTOM Frankly, its not surprising. After all, Instant Checking only costs 75

nor system. Dean Gue Hudson delivered an illustrative speech outlining the three requirements tor an effective honor system: individual responsibility, group responsibil- ity, and community values. The Honor Court works in conjunction with the students and faculty to instill the values of the honor system throughout the campus. Hudson described an athletic advertisement that she felt embodied the challenge of the Colleges honor system: "Just do it." She stressed that each student is responsible for choosing to lead an honorable life. Remarking upon its flexibility, Hudson read the honor pledge, along with the revised discrimi- nation clause. The Dean feels that not only does the honor system improve social life while at Agnes Scott, but it also enhances life after graduation. Dean Hudson also expressed her belief that the honor system increases students' sense of freedom and confidence, which is essentially the intent of an Agnes Scott education. Bill of Rights celebrated by suspending freedom of religion for a day by Sarah Kimble The freedom of religion was suspended on September 18. It was decreed that each student must conform to one doctrine. The purpose of this decree was to initiate a special Rights Day celebration, broadening students' appreciation of the Rill of Rights. Professor Sally MacEwen and an anonymous alumna began making plans for this campus- wide experiment three years ago. MacEwen and several students decided to focus on the freedom of religion because they felt that suspension of this right was least likely to disrupt students' daily activities. The organizers devised a myth surrounding the Goddess Agnes, and made water a sacred symbol of Agnes's wisdom. The myth formed the basis for the domi- nant campus religion. Believers in the "Hydra" religion wore blue on Tuesday. Non-participants wore black, and heretics wore colors appropriate for their chosen religions. Secret Police scanned the campus for heretics. Most noticeable among these were the Epicureans, led by Professor Cabisius, and the Sun- worship- pers, led by Professor Gillespie. The Epicureans, wearing white, Debate over research and piMLshing rages ( a manned from fxige I) and "students are short-changed." Another reason for the increased emphasis on research is, as for the research universities, prestige. According to one professor, if Agnes Scott wants to offer an education commensurate with that of the very prominent women's colleges ("Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr"), whose faculty equals Ivy League institutions in prestige, the faculty must engage in ' more scholarly work." The worth ot this reason tor increasing the emphasis on research, although from a practical stand|\>int perfectly legitimate, is rm >rc arguable because it assumes a certain type of research: published u\ >rk . One pn >tc\sor divides research into two types, that published in a "funded, refereed journal," in which the report is evaluated by "peer review," and that done on a purely personal basis only for classnxmi, not publishing, purposes. "Schools now stand before the decision, how do you give impor- tance to the two types. 7 Often, the second type is discounted." The expectations of faculty are drawn in the broadest tenrts. The three areas that are considered in appointment, reappointment, promotion and tenure of faculty are effective teaching, scholarship, and professional responsibility. Under the heading of "scholarship" are unpublished research, research in progress, and pn >pt >sed areas i >! research. Tli is broad definition can have its advantages. Theoretically, it allows the flexibility to make more fair and accurate decisions about individuals in their very different fields. However, in the words of one professor, "it can work for or against you." The problem is that this broad definition is also very vague. Because the young, un tenured faculty members are not sure what is expected ot them not only in tenns of numbers but also in terms of what constitutes acceptable research, they tend to err "on the side of caution," placing great demands on their time so that they must work after hours and weekends if their teaching is not to suffer. Young, untenured faculty members do not know whether research in the form ot papers presented at professional meetings count as "scholarship." One pn )f ess( >r als< > quest ii >ned whet her the evaluation of other scientists' articles and grant proposals fall under that category, since it indicates a certain status and reputation in the scientific community. Augmenting this uncertainty is a problem that is almost universal to college campuses a mutual distrust between faculty and administration. This tension, which one professor described as in some cases a "paranoia," adds to the stress of the review process by giving young, untenured faculty members the feeling that they can't get a fair shake. As one professor pessim ist 1 - catty put it, "it's almost a no- win situation." From the perspective of the administration, President Ruth Schmidt says that although "teaching is primary, tor g< k d teaching, one must be involved in professional growth." She prefers to use the tenn "professional involvement and development" rather than "research" and farther states, NV There was too little professional involvement of faculty when I came. Excellent teaching depends on learning.... You need to have the respect of others at your profes- sional level to be a good teacher." As the president's comments indicate, although an increased emphasis is being put on research in its various forms and under its various names, teaching is still considered "number one" by the faculty and the administration, although some professors question the administration's attitude. One tenured professor, having not published any major article for several years but having research preached peace and love for all humankind. The Sun-worship- ers wore yellow in honor of the Great Sun God. The experiment ended with an inquisition during convoca- tion hour on Wednesday the 1 9th. Grand Inquisitor Becky Prophet led the proceedings, Heretics, as well as believers who had committed minor offenses against the "Hydra" religion, were brought before Prophet and a panel of High Priestesses. The punishments given included command performances ot "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" before the audience, and 24-hour dehydra- tion. Debriefing and discussion sessions were held later on Wednesday for students who wished to talk with others about their personal experiences. Dr. MacEwen stated that she was pleased with the amount of involvement on campus since about one-half of the students participated "a little bit." She felt that this was a good turnout, and said that she hoped every- one had taken notice of Tuesday's activities and learned from the experience. Dr. MacEwen also pointed out that all activities were made possible by the anonymous alumfla who donated funds for the express purpose ol celebrat- ing the Bill ol Rights. in progress, said, "This is the kind of college at which you can get away with that." In the first six years of teaching before tenure, "there is pressure at any school, but at Agnes Scott there is not a lot of pressure. The fo<. us here is on teaching, 9 * sa ys on c untenured professor. Others disagree about what the emphasis of this college is becoming and what it should be. When one long-time Agnes Scott professor was hired, there was a "great emphasis on teaching alone," but since then there has been a "definite change." "Agnes Scott's reputation was built on great teaching," this professor states, and thinks that the sch(X)l is abandoning the solid foundation on which it was built. However, the consistent cry of all the professors is for the adminis- tration to clarify its goals and criteria for the faculty. As it stands, the uncertainty of what is expected of them "keeps the young, untenured professors nervous." News Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 3 Changing demographics affect college enrollment by Tara Somerville The changing demographics of the United States are affecting colleges across the country. Agnes Scott, however, has not experienced a decline in admissions, possibly because Southern institutions generally have lower tuitions. In the fall of 1985 there were 124 traditional first year women entering Agnes Scott. This fall, the statistics slightly fluctuated with 127 entering freshmen. The admissions office acknowledges the fact that there are not as many students graduating from high school. This creates a shortage in the pool of students the College can recruit. The problem can be combatted either by lessening the standards for incoming students or by creating new stratagies for attracting prospective students. Agnes Scott has opted for the latter approach. The new recniitment strate- gies include more direct atten- tion to minority women graduat- ing from high school and non- traditional women seeking a college education, known as Return-tO'College or RTC students. This year, the registrar estimates that the African- American population at Agnes Scott has reached nine to ten percent. The total minority The new recruitment strategies include more direct attention to minority women graduating from high school and non- traditional women seeking a college education y known as Return-to College or RTC students. New faculty and staff members announced by Tonya Smith and josie hoilman Opening Convocation II presented the additions to Agnes Scott's faculty and staff. Among those who were recognized were newcomers Sarah Blanshei, Dean of the College, and the Reverend Patricia Snyder, Chaplain. Also included were professors, custodial technicians, administrative personnel, food service staff, and foreign language tutors. The following is an overview of each new employee: Development Celeste Pennington Publication Manager Anne (Sandeen) Schatz Coordinator of Alumnae Class Activities Dean of the College Elisabeth Allgood-McKinnon Lecturer in Education Subhash Bhatia Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sarah Blanshei Dean of the College Barbara Blatchley Assistant Professor of Psychology Aida Borja-Pacheco Spanish Language Assistant Beatriz Cardelino Assistant Professor of Chemistry Bonnie Cataldo Artist Affiliate (Cello) Clyde Edgerton Visiting Artist in Creative Writing Arthur Farnsley Assistant Professor of Sociology Michelle Gillespie Assistant Professor of History Michael Kimbrell Physical Education Instructor Susanne Koenigsmann German Language Assistant Thomas Maier Director 6i Academic Computing Betty Noble Lecturer in Education Bernadette Peiffer Lecturer in Education Martha Rees Assistant Professor of Sociology/Anthropology Sarah Steinhardt Artist Affiliate (Piano) Mary Willingham Lecturer in Education Admissions Kathryn Deane Admissions Counselor Ginger Patton-Schmidt Admissions Counselor Dean of Students Cheryl Appleberry Athletic Trainer Ronald Henderson Cross- country Coach Patricia Snyder Chaplain Vice President for Business and Finance Ricky Bigby Police Officer Horace Brown Custodian I Donnie Durham Lead Custo- dian Michael Gaston Police Officer Ruth Hartsfield Custodian I Ranjan Jacob Maintenance Mechanic II Julia Johnston Personnel Assistant Bemell Jones Assistant Supervisor of Custodial Services Matthew Parkin Computer Operator Elsa Pena Director of Physical Plant Steve Rivers Painter I Willie Scott Painter 1 The Agnes Scott community welcomes these employees and wishes them success for the following academic year. population is estimated to be 14 to 1 5 percent. The average minority representation on American campuses is between three and five percent, and over five percent is considered to be "good." Agnes Scott has noticeably surpassed the common minority representa- tion. Agnes Scott enrolled 39 RTCs and 2 1 transfer students this fall, the greatest number for both groups of students in 1 7 years. Members of the admissions office are modifying their stratagies in an effort to curb the negative effects of the changing demographics. An extensive amount of literature is mailed to seniors in high school, more secondary schools are visited, and on- campus events such as "Great Scott" are scheduled throughout the academic year. Special attention is directed towards prospective minority students. In addition to the regular recruiting literature, minority students also receive a personal letter from Jennifer Cooper, an admissions counselor who is an African- American alumna of Agnes Scott. More minority-populated high schools are visited during recruiting. Formerly, only Atlanta-area minority schools were visited. A conscious effort is now being made to visit minority- populated schools across the Southeast. The admissions staff" plans to continue developing innovative approaches for recruiting all prospective students. MARTA expansion stimulates debate, concern over crime rate by Barbie Stitt MARTA has revolutionized Atlanta, creating jobs, greatly improving the city's public transportation system, and giving the city the edge in gaining the 1996 Olympics. However, the MARTA system has also been accused of generat- ing a rise in crime. Presently, Gwinnett County officials face the dilemma of whether to extend MARTA lines into their county. If the extension plan is approved, construction could begin as early as next year, making completion possible before the 1996 Olympics. The most important issue to Gwinnett County residents is not short-term benefits. Their concern lies with the possibility of long-term problems that MARTA s expansion might create. Concerns arise from the fact that other counties served by the MARTA system have experi- enced difficulties in dealing with the construction of their lines.The problems that occurred during the installation of Dekalb County's MARTA line, based in Decatur, are of particular interest to Gwinnett residents. Dekalb County's problems center around MARTA 's apparent lack of concern for historical sites. In the early 1970s, when MARTA was just beginning to approach the west end of Decatur, residents learned that four 100- year-old maple trees, located near the historic Swanton House on West Trinity Place, would be torn down to accommodate MARTA construction. Benjamin Swanton, owner of the Swanton house, had planted the trees on his property before the Civil War. Public outrage over the incident prompted MARTA to look into alternatives which would save the trees, but three were eventually destroyed. The wood from these trees was salvaged and used to make furniture for the Swanton House. MARTA also planted two new maples on the Swanton property. Other problems surfaced as MARTA construction claimed the lives of two dogwood trees on the Decatur Courthouse lawn. The destruction of these trees, planted by a group of Campf ire Girls over fifty years ago, violated an agreement between MARTA, the State Department of Natural Resources, and U.S. Interior Department officials. The agreement stated that because the Courthouse building and grounds are listed on the National Register of Historic sites, the trees would be moved to another spot on the Courthouse grounds. MARTA contractors tore down the trees, claiming no knowledge of the contract. MARTA was cleared by the President's Advisory Board Council on Historic Preservation and made reparations by planting several new dogwood trees around the Courthouse grounds. Next, construction continued to Sycamore, one of Decatur's oldest streets. In the early 1 700s the road was an Indian trail, which became a stagecoach route in the next century. Many old homes were built along this street, including George Wash- ington Scott's. MARTA 's plan for the line was to tunnel underneath Decatur and then connect the tracks with the Avondale Estates Station. The construction plan included the demolition of nine historical homes. Citizens banded together in protest, but their efforts yielded little success. Once finished with the Sycamore line, seven historical buildings had been destroyed, including a home designed by an Agnes Scott alumna, Leila Ross Wilbum. MARTA 's Sycamore line also eliminated the street's qualifica- tions for inclusion in the National Register of Historical Places. MARTA intended to return a section of Sycamore Street. However, officials instead sold it to W. Henry Schuab. He planned to constnict an office building, but the issue was resolved in court in February of 1990 in favor of Sycamore Street. MARTA also does not purchase its fuel from the city of Decatur. Any damage they inflict to the streets is not covered by gas taxes. MART As plans for expansion are not complete. Two new stations are presently undergoing construction in Indian Creek and Avondale Estates. An obstacle to the construc- tion of the Indian Creek line is a 200-year-old red oak tree. The Avondale Elementary School nearby has collected money to try to save the tree, and has called in tree experts to determine whether the tree could survive replanting. However, the experts said that the tree was dying anyway, and nothing could be done. Amidst protest and upset children, the tree was bulldozed on June 15. MARTA has since promised to plant 50 to 100 oak trees nearby. Parts of the old oak tree were given to woodworkers who have made bowls and other wood carvings, which will be auctioned off the first week in October at the old Dekalb Courthouse. Editorials Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 4 The Profile Bi * S| Agnes Scott College Box 764 Decatur, GA 30030 AGNES SCOTT Editor-in-Chief college Michelle Roberts Managing Editor Copy Editor Laura Shaeffer Kristin Lemmenrian News Editors Tonya Smith, Josie Hoilman Features Editor Angie Tacker Arts Editor Sandee McGlaun Arts Calendar Editor Rita Ganey Photography Editor Barbie Stitt Circulation Manager Mary Mathewes Advertising Manager Sara DiGiusto The Profile is published bi-weekly throughout the acadeinic year. Letters to the editor and guest editorials are always welcomed and shoxdd be typed or on disk using Microsoft Word. Names cannot be withheld. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated with the College other than tl\e author. Letters To The Editor Lagrdappe by Michelle Roberts My trip to England this summer not only afforded me a view of another culture, but also a perspective on my own country, and specifically on the Southern region of the United States. I found that most people associate three initials with all Southerners: KKK. Many people in our own country still consider the South to be a place where cotton-pickin, grinnin' folks rock on their front porches and have watermelon seed spittin' contests. We are supposed to be uneducated and unsophisticated. Those of us who live in and love the South know that this stereotype falsely represents the area but is the field of higher education propagating these images instead of working to denounce them.' The September 1 1 issue of the Atlanta Constitution announced on its front page: 'Auburn rejects tenure for maverick theologian." The Reverend Charles Curran, despite "overwhelming" faculty support, was denied tenure because of his "controversial" reputation. Curran was the first U.S. theologian to be censured from the Vatican. He was also ousted from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. His controversial stance includes the following beliefs: "that sterilization and contraception are not 'intrinsically evil/ that divorce should be allowed Tn certain circumstances,' that under some condi- tions homosexuality is 'morally acceptable,' and that abortion should not be unilaterally rejected." Richard O'Brien, who heads the University of Notre Dame's theology department, calls Curran a "mainstream theologian." The situation is, says O'Brien, a "clash of interests" between faculty and the business mentality that controversy is vv bad for business." Auburn trustee James Venable was quoted as saying, "If Auburn is being hurt by this decision, ttfs only among a small portion of the academic community. Auburn is not, and I don't ever want it to be, a Harvard. Auburn is intended to educate the middle-class group of people in the South." On the surface of this story, it is infuriating that a popular and respected theologian will no longer (each at Auburn. Students are entitled to an education which embraces every imaginable viewpoint. Actions like these by the hierarchy of a public university stum the already suffering future of education in the South. Beyond that, education suffers from the "bad for business" attitude. Admissions, public relations, and other administrative departments arc often so profit-oriented that they lose focus on what it is they are selling. The most offensive and sad pan of the whole issue, to Southern students, is the trustee's picture of Auburn. Since I am from Mobile, Alabama, his remarks particularly strike home to me. Several of the top ten members of my graduating class of 500 went to Auburn. Thev knew they were not enrolling in Harvard, but I'm sure they didn't realize that Auburn had no desire to add prestige to its faculty or its students. Qottf R n vim and excitement ewer a football game are encouraged; controversy and excitement in the classroom are prohib- ited. Is the middle-class group of people in the South doomed to inferior- ity? We cannot escape these attitudes even at a liberal arts haven such as Agnes Scot! ( bllege. Will the South ever be known as progressive, or are we doomed to an eternal reputation of backwardness by the tew who destroy any hope ot looking forward.' Student yearns to hear mowers again Dear Editor, Why is our campus so ugly? Our campus has never looked more unattractive than it has since our return this fall. The lawns have not been mowed, the sidewalks have not been edged, and the bushes have not been pmned. Even our flowerbeds, which are usually continuously stocked with blooming flowers, have suffered neglect; some are even choked with weeds. These are not merely com- plaints from an aesthetic point of view, but complaints with an added practical standpoint. I have noticed fewer and fewer of the ASC community sitting on the benches between the libra ry and Buttrick. Not because school is in full swing and no one has time to sit and chat, but because the overreaching, undipped prickly hedge renders the benches useless as a place to sit comfortably. Another inconvienence to the entire student body, not to mention guests of the college, which the neglect of our campus has caused, is the unmowed grass in the ampitheatre. Regretfully, our first band party had to be held indoors because the lawn in the ampitheatre was knee-high not very conducive for dancing or socializing. Our unkempt grounds have also caused me to fear for my safety when walking up the second set of stairs between Buttrick and the bushes, which have taken over half of the walk. At night, someone could have easily hidden within the branches of those bushes and attacked an unsuspecting passerby who though she was safe in the center of our overgrown campus. I noticed yesterday how remarkably wide the sidewalk appeared, then I realized that the 12 foot encroaching bushes were beaten off the path. I was relieved. I expected the "bushiness" of our campus to rapidly dissipate into neatness before last week- end, because many of the seniors invited their friends, parents, and other family members to attend Senior Investiture. Some clipping was managed, but I was largely disappointed. 1 feel that many of the parents will remember fondly how cm their last visit (our ring ceremony) the campus was clipped, shaped, and sculpted for the dreaded Centen- nial Celebration. How many mornings were we awakened bright and early to the sound of mowers, leaf-blowers, and edgers? Usually when things are bad, I have noticed and this is human nature that people attempt to appear composed, even when they are faltering. ASC keeps what is in public view looking good. That, after all, maintains the "IMAGE" of the college. Even though our inner campus grounds Look shabby, I expected the flowers, bushes, and shrubs along the road to look spectacu- lar. Eager to view something neat, I took a walking tour around the campus, and discov- ered the truth; well, the truth is that the public sees the same unkempt scenery as we do. I want to know why our campus is so ugly, and where is our pride? Sincerely, Jennifer Pilcher Time Traveler by Elizabeth Peryam Beauty and the Best "Ooh, she's so beautiful. I hate her!" was actually overheard on this campus. What a waste of energy, and what a waste of beauty. Let's enjoy each other's elegance. A face like a rare and expensive paint ing is a gift from God, not only to the one wrr< i wears it, but to all of us fortunate enough to kx^k upon it. And jealousy is very destmctive to the jealous person, who ought to be using that energy to develop her own special gifts and talents. The cult of beauty in this country is carried to ridiculous extremes. Only women's magazines allow their advertisers to dictate that the articles will also peddle their products. Readers of women's mags get fewer real articles for their money than they would if they bought one marketed toward men or both sexes. "Our" magazines bully the naive into believing that unless we BUY, BUY, BUY! the latest shades and colors, cremes, hemlines, silhouettes and scents, we won't be fashionable, and ( if course if we are not fashionable, we won't be loved. Well, ever so hogwash, my Sisters! If that were true, the world would not be overpopu- lated. Look around and you will find that some of the plainest, barest-faced and frumpy women are totally adored by their faithful mates for years, while souk- < >f t he most beautiful, slender and well- groomed ladies spend their lonely lives looking for true love, The woman who is obsessed by her appearance wiR be rudely awakened when the forties finally hit her face. Beauty carries its own karma, not all of it pleasant. The blessed one must put up with much unwanted attention, and when she rejects advances, the react k >n is sometimes very violent. Many men feed their egos by capturing a lovely lady to hang upon their arm to gain prestige f< >r them- selves, never really caring about the warm and sensitive being behind that pretty face. She may suffer silently the pain and humiliation of try ing to create a relationship with a man who is pr< Hid n ) t ike her out, but when she tries to talk about her thoughts, hopes and dreams, his eyes go blank and distant and he either disregards or interrupts her. "What did I do wrong?' she may think, taking it personally instead of recognizing it for the sexism in our si iciety which objectifies women by turning us into sex objects or a "trophy wife". Objects and trophies aren't supposed to think. The woman who is obsessed by her appearance will he rudely awakened when the forties finally hit her face. If all her resources are invested in her looks, she will inevitably take a loss, investments in good health, the mind and talents, the joys of the spiritual quest, and even real estate, yield greater, more bountiful and lasting rewards. With the proper perspective, we can enter our later life stages with dignity and grace instead of ridicule. "The world's oldest ingenue," was used to describe an elderly friend of 'mine. In Sheridan's School for Scanckd, Sir Benjamin says, "...but when she has finished her face... she l(X)ks like a mended statue, in which the conn* >isscur sees at once that the head's modem though the tmnk's antique." Editorials Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 5 Patriarchy and Parietals faR SUCH k ^WM/ffL^ cps BY Kim Compoc: So what is so had about parietals anyway? Despite the facts that they are absurd, an insult to our adulthood, and an extension of the arm of patriar- chy? Enough said. But I won' stop there. Year three at Agnes Scott and I have yet to see parietals extended. Survey after survey reveal that over half the student body favor 24-hour weekend parietals, yet the remaining minority are still at odds. These are some of the popular arguments. Agnes Scott propriety: Scotties don't have men stay overnight in their boudoirs. They become little sisters at Georgia Tech fraternities, and learn the arts of intoxication and copulation. In that order. Sometimes of their own volition, sometimes not. But certainly not on campus. Agnes Scott safety: Men who stay overnight with Scotties are inclined to anarchy. For the protection of the students, we require that she be without the sense of turf that comes with a community of 500 mace-carrying neighbors. Agnes Scott harmony: Roommate on roommate crime would skyrocket if adult women had to negotiate room privileges. The Dean of Students office would have to hold a mandatory "Sock on the Door" seminar, but it just wouldn't be the same. Agnes Scott hospitality: The college simply cannot afford to employ any more dorm hostesses, who are essential for male v Christy Dickert "Petitions open for the following positions on student and faculty committees..." How common to see posters bearing this phrase on bulletin boards around campus! Al- though students are well aware of vacant positions, how many people know who fills the \\ \s it ions? Student representatives on committeess play a vital role in voicing their constituents' opinions to the faculty and administration. Because Rep Council realizes the importance of continued dialogue between students and their committee representatives, the following list has been compiled: Committee on Academic Computing and Technical Support Mary Mathewes Committee on Academic Standards Joy Howard '91, visitation. Were it not for hostesses, who would we get those phone calls from at 12:01 a.m.? Let's face it, folks. We're talking about sex. Or maybe not sex exactly. Perhaps it's more the having to admit that it's a choice for some, and some are choosing to engage. And even when the Monday moon is shining bright, it does occur on this campus! The brave among us will live in infamy for their adventures in the chapel, the men's locker room, Presser, the CLC, the Robert Frost exhibit... but it's time we stopped playing games. Agnes Scott has the pretentions to compare itself to the best liberal arts colleges in the country based on our curriculum and our academic standards. But when you examine how our campus differs from others on this issue, you notice a profound hypocrisy in the facts that we have academic honor but no social honor. And you understand why we're still known as Agnes Scott "girls" and not as Agnes Scott women. Let me elaborate. Those three sisters schools up in Massachusetts (Smith, Mt. Holyoke and Wellesley) that are so often on our scholastic minds have an interesting policy on male visitation. One night a month there is none. At Mills College in California there is no such word as "pari- etals" just remember that if he stays for more than three days, you need to tell the RA. If he wants to apply for housing, that Fran Akins '92, and Cari Haack '93 Catalyst Committee LeAnn Ransbotham (Chair), Elena Adan, Cathy Alexander, Jennifer Bruce, Cindy Dunn, Sarah Kimble, Nanska Lovell, and Eva Mihlic College Events Committee Jennifer Bridges and Cathy Alexander Curriculum Committee Sharon Harp '91, Kim Compoc '92, and a sophomore to be chosen Elections Board Candace Woodard (Chair) Independent Study Commit- tee Jennifer Bruce Library Committee Regan Cone and Jennifer Garlen Student Representatives to Rep Council Committees: Annmarie Anderson Public Safety Committee Eve Allen Woodruff Center Committee can be arranged too. Bates College (ME) and Carleton College (MN) have added co-ed bathrooms to their longtime co-ed dormitories. Carleton College has all female housing, but there are no restric- tions (at all) for male visitors. I do not think that co-ed this or co-ed that makes for a better or more prestigious school. How- ever, these limitations imposed on students point to the campus-wide by Officer Charlotte York The Department of Public Safety recently participated in the Firearms Training System (F.A.T.S.) course. F.A.T.S. is a computerized system which projects onto a screen law enforcement scenarios involving a potential threat of deadly force. Officers respond as if the scenarios are real. Laser technology causes the shots fired to be displayed on the screen as if actual rounds had been fired. The computer then generates such data as whether the officer used good judgement, the response time, and the number of fatal and non-fatal hits. The system also allows replay so that officers can check their accuracy. Members of the Public Safety Committee, Public Safety intern applicants, and Public Safety work study students were invited to watch the sessions and to participate. Our special thanks go to Wendy Allsbrook, Annemarie Anderson, Regan Cone, Angela Miller, Barbara Scalf and Amy Tyler for their participation. City of Decatur officers also attended the training session. The course attitude that we are to be treated like children, half-citizens, or non-men. After all, telling a grown woman that it is a violation of the honor code to have a man stay overnight smells like some kind of threat that the cervical cops will be checking her at graduation. It amazes me that a campus can be both homophobic in the extreme and yet so heterosexually naive. was exciting, instructive, and fun, when it was over. The Department is very pleased with the current parking violation statistics. We have issued only 36 citations, most of which were first offense/warning citations. Cooperation between police and the community served is always the key to achieving the maximum levels of safety and service. Thank you all. Officers from the Department of Public Safety sewed in a strictly support capacity during the first campus party weekend. We were not called upon at all to act in our law enforcement capacity. We are always pleased to serve you on this basis. The Department received a tip from a staff member and her son that a runaway had taken up residence in the Alston Center. The juvenile female was fed and she was allowed to talk about her situation with the officer. She was reunited with her mother shortly thereafter. An officer observed two suspicious persons lying in the grass near the east entrance to Hopkins Hall at approximately 2:45 one morning. The two So what's the answer? Democ- ratization. Floor by floor, or dorm by dorm. Maybe propose 3 or 4 options like: Plan A (unlimited, 24/7), Plan B (unlimited on the weekends, 6- 1 2 Monday- Wednesday) and Plan C (what we've got now). I don't care. Let's split hairs and come up with a reasonable policy that listens to everybody. I'm tired of the snitches, and I'm tired of lying to DCs. Reactions? juvenile males carried a flashlight and claimed to be cutting across campus on their way home. One, a homeless juvenile, was turned over to juvenile authorities. The other was released to his foster parents. The City of Decatur Police Department assisted with this incident. Its resources and manpower are a tremendous asset to the Department of Public Safety, especially during the morning watch hours. A student called the Depart- ment to report harassing phone calls. An officer was dispatched to the scene to attempt to speak to the caller. Fortunately, this incident turned out to be the result of a glitch in the phone system where the incoming caller did not hear the campus recipient. Several people on campus have experienced this problem. It is currently being worked on by Telecommunications. Please welcome the new addition to the Public Safety Family. Christopher David Parrott was born to Sgt. and Mrs. Curtis Parrott as the first issue of the Profile went to press. Rep Rap Public Safety News Features Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 6 Milk College exchange student describes protest to Ujeep Mills 'for women*again!" by Allison Butler In my first few weeks as a domestic exchange student here, IVe been asked many questions about my experiences at Mills College in the last year, especially regarding the co-education decision of last May. For those who, like many Americans, have never heard of Mills, I'll include some background information. Mills is a women's liberal arts college located in Oakland, California. Undergraduates there number about eight hundred; there are two hundred or so graduate students, both temale and male. In May of this year, Mills' Board of Trustees voted to admit undergraduate men in the fall of 1991. This was largely a financial decision. After two weeks of around-the-clock protesting on the part of the students, with support from most faculty and staff members, the trustees met again and rescinded their decision. The women of Mills (and the men; male graduate students had been protesting with us) were jubilant. For me, those two weeks were arduous but exciting. I helped blockade a doorway of an administration building for hours at a time, while unsure of whether police would be called in, or whether admissions staff members were carrying on elsewhere in the work we were trying to stop. However, when I left for my home in Pa I ton, Georgia two days before the reversal was announced, I was already more proud than ever to be a Mills woman. I felt sure that, at least temporarily, we had achieved our purpose. We had gotten world- wide support and media attention, and the alumnae had raised millions of dollars for Mills in less than a week's time. This kind of reaction had to convince the tnistees! Before I went to Mills, 1 had heard and read much about the inestimable benefits of women's colleges in terms of academics, self-esteem, career goals, and that feminist buzz-word of the decade, empowerment. I had heard all the statistics about and testimo- nies of women's college alumnae, but empowerment was just a hackneyed tenri to me, until last May, when it became a personal reality. I joined my education, power, and natural gifts with those of other women in a concerted effort to preserve Mills' commitment to women's education, and to prove to ourselves, and to the world, that women can make a differ- ence in our male-dominated society. And it worked! I like to think that we also dispelled some of the myths surrounding women and women's colleges (I'm sure Agnes Scott women are aware of many). Not everyone got our message. Many newspapers and TV newscasts only publicized the immediate reaction to the co-ed decision: weeping and screaming (some women even took off their shirts in protest). But after the over-sensationalized display of WW DECATUR CONFERENCE IM A/ \ 1.10 Claircmont Avenue Decalur 371-0201 COMPLIMENTARY PARKING For nout convemrncr *t ,|| U happy to vl.dlr your park. rig titkl hile >ou rf a curM al our hotel tk REUNION BAR Starts Off The Season With A New Team and Plays! Tuesday Tuesday Saturday, LIVE DJ & DANCING Listen and Dance To Our New Plays! A Disc Jockey Spinning Records from The Big Band To the Big Chill! 10' > discount not a selfish battle, just tor the present Mills students, but a struggle tor every woman who has experienced oppression and who needs to know there are supportive places like Mills Where (continued on next page) Soccer team begins a hopeful new season BY KOUSALYA YADLA The Agnes Scott soccer team opened its 1990 season under Coach Anthony Serpico at Maryville with a loss of 14-0. Although they lost their second game 2-1 at La Grange, they won 3-1 at Wesleyan. Their first home game was a loss of 5-0 to Oglethorpe. Freshman members of the soccer team are Beth Barnes, Tracy Barnes, Amanda Daniel, Elizabeth Hertz, Kaki Horton, Margit Olsen, Tamara Shie, and Amy Smith. The class of 1993 is repre- sented on the team by Betty Hammond, Kiniya Harper, Sally MacMillan, Shannon Ramker, Mariken Ronde, and Suzette Titus. Juniors this year are Anne Bearden, Becca Biv alized religion, without an organized church. " To find an outlet for students who do not enjoy traditional types of worship, suggestion forrns and study groups will be made available. Snyder hopes to be a bridge builder. She is already involved with such diverse groups as Students tor Feminist Awareness .in J Christian Association. She will also be teaching "The Religious Quest" in the spring. In the midst of all this activity, she will be easily accessible from her Alston Center office or walking around campus being visible. Snyder looks forward to a year of spiritual growth for everyone. Madame Evanti: Musician extraordinare By Michhle Barard Madame Evanti, bom Lillian Evans, was bom in Washington D.C.in 1891. Lillian was the daughter ot W. Bruce Evans and Anne Brooks, a music teacher in Washington, D.C. Lillian demonstrated musical talent at a young age. She began singing at the age of four and started piano lessons at the age of five. In 1908, Lillian graduated from Armstrong Technical High School. She went on to Miner Teachers College. Upon graduation from Miner she started teaching kindergarten. She continued her career in education until she became a faculty member at her alma mater. However, Lillian had never forsaken her first love, music. She obtained her Bachelor of Music from Howard University in 1917. In 1918, Lillian married Roy Tibbs, a music professor at Howard University. The name Evanti was suggested by a friend and is a contraction of the names Evans and Tibbs. Lillian began her musical career by singing local concerts in the Washington, D.C. area. Fortu- nately, in 1933, Lillian Evanti made contacts in Paris which were to propel her singing career forward with lightning speed. She began taking singing lessons with Madame Ritte-Ciampi, a world renowned singing instructor. In 1925, Lillian won a singing contract with the Paris Opera for three seasons beginning in the fall of that year. It was Evanti 's debut in the opera "Lakme" which won her high praise as well as other singing contracts. By the summer of 1925, Evanti's reputation had grown enough to be praised in the United States. Between 1925 and 1928 Evanti studied and perfonried all over Europe. In February, 1934, Evanti was invited to give a command perfonnance for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Evanti was also committed to Pan-American unity. She per- tonned in Latin America and made efforts to bridge the cultural gap between Latin America and the United States. In 1941, Lillian composed u Himno Panamericano," which was considered to be a significant contribution to Latin American unity. Evanti also helped found the National Negro Opera Company in Washington, D.C. This organiza- tion sponsored opera performances in and around the D.C. area. Evanti spent her last years teaching voice. In 1950, she toured Africa and was awarded for her cultural contributions in several African nations. After a long illness, Evanti died on December 6, 1967, in Washing- ton D.C. Her. musical and cultural contributions continue to be shared around the world. Mills vntinued from page 6) women work to overcome the limits society places on us all. Some male Berkeley students came over with signs to support our efforts. Our blockade was serenaded one r night with such feminist favorites as "Sweet Home Chicago" by some friends from San feelings on the subject, but after days ot sharing women's college experiences with tellow blockad- ers, I found it easier to explain to her the experience of empower- ". . .the women of Mills, and of Agnes Scott , and of every women s college, have to work hard to ensure the survival of their schools . " Francisco who came over to share the experience and keep us in good spirits. The most affecting visit, though, was from an Oakland couple and their nine-year-old daughter, who plans to attend Mills nine years from now. The couple wanted her to hear first- hand the way we feel about Mills, and why a women's college is so important to us and to society. Betore that week, I may not have been able to articulate my vague ment in more tangible terms. My love of Mills had increased and become clarified during the stressful, uncertain times we spent on the concrete steps of "our building" sharing our devotion to education for women. 1 hope Mills is still for women in nine years, so that young girl can have a nurturing place to develop her dreams and her self. I hope the women of her generation don't have to fight as hard as those before her just to be who they want to be. In the meantime, the women of Mills, and of Agnes Scott, and of every women's college, have to work hard to ensure the survival ot their schools. After all, Mills is only guaranteed to remain single-sex for five years, at which time it must meet higher enrollment and financial standards. What would be the point of all our protests if only those of us involved in them could benefit from them? We at Mills were and are now working also for the women of future generations. That's why I'm so proud to be a part of Mills. The next time someone asks me, "So what was the co-ed controversy out there like. 7 " I hope she can understand how hard it is to explain such an overpowering and pervasive issue. The Reverend Patricia Snyder It's officiaL: Atlanta to host 1996 Olympic Qames by Susan L. McTier Waking up at 5:30 a.m. is not at the top of most college students' agendas. But for four brave Scotties, the event was too exciting to pass up. Chrissie Lewandowski, Geri Pike, Stephanie Wallace, and I rolled out of bed and dragged ourselves to the MARTA station eagerly anticipating the morning's events. What's the big deal 7 The Olympic Announcement party at Underground Atlanta, of course. We anived on the scene with a variety of emotions and wondered if on our return trip we would be filled with joy or disappointment. The crowd consisted of small children, families, high school and college students, business persons, and curious spectators. An incredible energy coursed through each individual who was able to make it downtown at this ungodly hour. All of the local radio and television stations were present, and each of them tried to capture the enthusiastic spirit of the crowd awaiting the 7:47 a.m. announcement. The vitality of the crowd was truly indescribable. Local cheerleaders joined the official Atlanta Olympic Honor Band in continuing to boost the morale of onlookers as they awaited the live telecast from Tokyo. The organizers had placed large screens in the courtyard so that the masses could witness the telling moment. When the screen switched from crowd shots to the platform in Tokyo, the eager onlookers gasped. As the IOC (International Olympic Committee) members took the stage, the fervor of the crowd grew, and uncontrolled cheers burst forth. A woman not too far in front of me raised her ann with her fingers crossed. Slowly, others followed as an intense hush fell upon the formerly boisterous crowd; a few heads bowed as final prayers were lifted in hopes of an Atlanta victory. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch's simple statement, "The International Olympic Committee has awarded the 1996 Olympic games to the city of [excruciating pause] Atlanta" brought forth triumphant shouts from all bystanders. The reaction of the crowd was broadcast back to Tokyo. A daylight fireworks display preceded the band's playing of the national anthem. Somewhere, a participant began to sing the lyrics, and soon all joined in. I watched a businessman in front of me pull a handkerchief from his pocket and wipe away tears. I did the same. The crowd lingered, awestnick by what all of this would mean for our city. A local radio broadcaster solicited the attention of those present and proudly displayed the "hot off the press" Atlanta Constitution with an "It's At- lanta!" headline. As the crowd thinned out, the unfortunate reality of 9:25 classes hit us, and we headed home. Each of us earned away a piece of sheer energy and enthusiasm that we'll never be able to completely explain and that we'll never Features Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 8 Mortar Board announces 75th Black Cat Black Cat is nearly here! Since 1915 Black Cat has been an institution on campus. As most of you already know, each year the Agnes Scott chapter of Mortar Board organizes this week of special events as the culmination of student orientation. It's a chance for the entire college community to come together to celebrate and welcome the new RTCs, transfer, and first- year students. This year s board has made exciting plans some traditional, some innovative. We want everyone to be aware of, and make plans to join in, the various events. Our first innovation is really a revival of one popular activity. The emphasis of Black Cat is on camaraderie and fun. In that spirit we have reinstituted the "prank." We invite each class to submit two pranks to Mortar Board for approval. The pranks should be directed toward another class, not toward other individuals. Each class will have a day on which to do their prank. It goes without saying that the class pranksters should consider safety as well as fun and, undoubt- edly, surprise. The idea is to get to know new students and help make them part of the community. Prepare for fun and games! Mortar Board's concern for the environment has resulted in a new event: a recycling competition! Points will be awarded to the classes bringing in the most newpapers for recycling on Tuesday and the most aluminum cans on Wednesday. Michelle Gillespie, Assistant Professor of History: Since choosing to be a historian and going through graduate school, I have been acutely aware ot the pressures to publish within my field and therefore have accepted this as a requisite in my eareer. My ow n Sensitivity about this, albeit based on limited experience, is that teaching and research can and should be complimentary and mutually reinforcing. I tend to think that my ongoing engagement with new methods, sources, and arguments makes me a better teacher. At the same time, my engagement with the course material and must importantly the students can bring new insight into mv own work. Watch for the bins set up for your class. Be thinking of ways your class can excel in protecting our precious environment The emphasis of Black Cat is on camaradier and fun. Last year Interdonn inaugurated the kickoff party combined with a bonfire and sing on Thursday evening of Black Cat week. This was so much fun we're continuing it this year we encourage everyone to participate. The first- year students will present their mascot on this occasion and all classes will sing their sister-class songs. The judges for the Black Kitty spirit competition will be there,and they will be basing their decision on percentages of class attendance. If you are an unclassified RTC, a woman without a class designation yet, please join whichever class you feel allegiance to, or the year in which you plan to graduate. All classes are glad for your participa- tion. Class decorations will adorn Gaines and will be part of the judging for the Black Kitty. Please remember class decorations must be completely installed in Gaines by Thursday at midnight. Other activities will be athletic ( ?) games including such events as volleyball, "Win, Lose or Draw," three-legged races, and so forth on Friday afternoon. We will have shortened classes so that everyone can come out to play. (Thank you, dear faculty, for this.) A commu- nity picnic follows the games. Don't anyone miss the hilarious junior class production on Friday night after the picnic! As tradition dictates, before the production the Hub brick will be presented and a Mortar Board member (suprise) will read the infamous Ah Woo legend. Black Cat week reaches its finale in the traditional formal at the Sheraton Century Center on Saturday night. Be sure to join your classmates in the class portraits photographed at the dance. This will a be a night to cherish. Mortar Board welcomes all newcomers and old friends alike and hopes you will enjoy the week's festivities. Aunt Agnes's Roommate Forum Dear Aunt Agnes, Pm an upperclasswoman with a really big problem. 1 just discov- ered my roommate of the past two years is a man. "Glenda" is a lovely girl, very popular with the Tech ATO house. I never suspected his/her secret until I noticed her five o' clock shadow last week when she was in bed for a few days with a cold. What should 1 do, Aunt Agnes . ? Should I let my fear of an infraction overcome the spiritual bond Glenda and I have formed over the years? Wondering in Main Dear Wondering, Turn that fruitcake in to Daphne Norton immediately! According to my calculations, Glenda has broken the HONOR CODE, that sacred tome, 3450 times! Also, don't bother to tell the frat house. Why ruin both his/her academic and social life? Dear Aunt Agnes, I'm a freshman and I hate my roommate. The problem: neither of us want to give up MY room. Oh, what to do! Stuck in Winship Dear Stuck, Why, the solution is quite clear. Make the roommate's life hell while telling Margaret Shirley and Mollie Merrick that she's the cause of all the problems. If she is neat, be messy! Make harrassing phone calls while off campus. Leave small, deadly objects lying on the floor for her to trip on when she gets up at night to go to the bathroom. Sleep with a large knife, and for added effect, sing to it and caress the blade. All the while, be telling the powers that be how evil she is. Get your freinds to back you up. Pretty soon you'll have your own cozy space and that nasty roommate will either be across campus or at Georgia Medical. The Question: Do you feel that the emphasis on research and publishing is adversely affecting prof essors' ability to teach? Candace Woodard, Class of 1 99 1 : Research is important to the teaching process. If faculty members are not actively involved in their area of study, they become stagnant and have less to offer their students. Patricia White, Assistant Professor of Biology: I find that research helps you remain cunent in a field, as well as expand expertise and knowledge into new areas. There is no question that it takes time but it is necessary to teach in an everchanging subject area such as the sciences, especially genetics. Brooke Colvard, Class of 1992: It varies from professor to professor. Some handle the excess pressure well; however, I do teel that some professors allow themselves to excel in one area research or teaching and suffer in the other. They should not be penalized for this. Dear Aunt Agnes, I have a big problem. When my perfectly sane roommate came back from break, she was a New Kids on the Block freak! Those obnoxious brats smile down at me from everywhere in our room. She never does homework, she only listens to that "music," cuts out new pictures, writes fan letters, reads fan maga- zines and plays with New Kids paraphernalia. HELLLLIT!!!!! Lost my roommate in Inman Dear Lost, Are you sure you are not just a little bit jealous of the rich new hobby your roommate has found. 7 I think you would fed better with a pasttime of your own. Try folk dancing with Ms. Darling, or gaze at the stars with Alberto, or start observing how many times Dr. Guthrie twitches his nose per millisecond. In other words, get a life, bonehead! Street Beat by Barbie Stitt Becky Prophet, Assistant Profes- sor of Theater: Research is a critical pan erf teaching. New materials discovered in research enhance what goes on in the classroom. Thus, research does NOT take away from teachings However, I he demand to publish definitely interferes with teaching, since time given to one is not avail- able for the other. In the arts, the pn >blem is even greater, since faculty must maintain teaching, work crea- rively and maintain one's abilities as an artist, as well as meet the pressure to publish. Creative endeavor and research have some connection to one another, but rarely is it strong enough for effort in one to reduce the time needed in the ( )ther. Creative endeavor does, however, result in many direct classnxmi applications. Arts Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 9 Author Clyde Edgerton entertains audience Southern-style By Christie Miller Clyde Edgerton, author of Raney, Walking Across Egypt, and The Fhcttpkcne Notebooks, and a current visiting professor in Creative Writing, entertained a packed Winter Theatre on Tuesday, September 18. Edgerton was scheduled to "read from his works," but when he walked out onto the stage carrying a banjo, the audience quickly realized that this was not going to be an ordinary "reading." He announced that first he and Curtis Jones (who can be heard with his guitar at the Freight Room most Thursday nights) were going to pick a few songs. The audience was immediately engaged, and he had them laughing from the first words he spoke. After the acoustic entertain- ment, Edgerton looked at the crowd and said, "Imagine I'm Raney." He proceeded to read one of the most humorous scenes from his first novel, a scene in which Raney describes her wedding and honeymoon. Assuming Raney s tight-lipped Southern accent, Edgerton read her analytic description of her family's behavior at her wedding and her shock at what her husband wanted her to do on their wedding night. Once the audience was able to stop laughing, Edgerton described a phenomenon that many writers experience a character who took on a life of her own. He read an argument between Raney and her husband Charles. Edgerton said that when he had written it, he had given the last word to Charles. However, when he began writing again the next day, Raney came back with a line of her own! Next, Edgerton read his favorite scene from his second novel, Walking Across Egypt. Again assuming the character s voice, Edgerton acted out the scene in which Mattie (an elderly Southern woman) gets stuck in a rocking chair with no bottom in it. She is rescued by a dogcatcher who has come to pick up a stray dog. Following this reading, Edgerton sang Wesley's (a juvenile delinquent character) favorite song, John Prine's "Please Don't Bury Me," which he accompanied on the piano. Edgerton then moved on to a more serious piece from his latest novel, The Floatplane Notebooks. He read the part of Mark, a reconaissance pilot flying over Laos. This scene gave the audience a disturbing insight into Mark's mind, as he sees for the first time a real human being Folk artists Joyce and Jacque bring the (cojfee)house down BY Bethany Blankenship "Your loneliness, it ain't wanted here," Joyce and Jacque sang in "Get Up Blues." None of the students and guests who packed in the lower Alston Center to jam with due > Joyce and Jacque, could resist this urge to leave the blues behind. The duo originally met at Spelman College here in Atlanta, where Joyce was a music perfor- mance minor and Jacque a voice major. They have been perfomiirig together for two years, frequenting local clubs and schools, including Agnes Scott. On October 2, they will open for Suzanne Vega .it Symphony Hall. And they are excited. u ] can't believe this is happen- ing," Joyce said. N % We love perfonning so much I think it's going to be a lot of fun perfonning for a lot of people." Their love of perfonning was evident as they started the coffee- house show with "Higher Ground," a funky tune with plenty of soul and cutting-edge acoustic guitar riffs. Joyce and Jacque blended their voices together into beautiful hannony for this "song about reaching inside of you to be the best you can be." After the folk song "Shine a Life", they pulled out heart strings with the tender mekxly "1 Love Myself." V T love myself when no one else will love me," they sang forlornly and more than one eye in the room moistened. That song received a standing ovation. Joyce and Jacque started out the next song with the statement: kl I ache for equality; am I not human. 7 One should not have to scream in order to be heard. One should not have to bleed to prove she too hath blood" The song was entitled "Sadie" and was inspired by Jacques confrontation w ith a homeless man w ho was willing to pay her in order to have her talk with him. They went on to perfonn several more songs including an incredible a capella version of Sweet Honey in the Rock's "Oh Children" and a spine-chilling version of "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho." Then they announced, "It's hammer time," and perfonned a wonderfully bluesy, finger-snapping rendition of It I had a Hammer." My favorite song of the entire evening without a doubt was "Get Up Blues." It was one of those tunes that makes a person feel really good, no matter how dow n she is. By the time the chorus rolled around, everyone was singing at the top of their voices "Get up, get up blues, go away!" Joyce and Jacque ended the evening with an encore of "Idle Minds," a song about two mothers in South Africa. One had lost her child to famine; the other lost her child through apartheid. "Idle minds dream of destmction, idle minds dream of death," they sang as the audience listened intently. When the song ended, the magical spell that they had cast over the audience was broken by applause, but their message about apartheid lingered on. Joyce and Jacque will be back in October to give a short perfor- mance in the dining hall and to advertise and sell their new- cassette. Addressers wanted immediately! No experience necessary. Excellent pay! Work at home. Call toll-free: 1-800-395-3283 SAVE 50% AT LEADING HOTELS NATIONWIDE At over 2,000 locations such as Holiday Inn. Travelodge, Mariott, Hilton, and Ramada Inn. Unlimited usage with 50% off lor one night or entire stay. No restrictions. One year membership in Hotel Express fully tmasferable. 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Edgerton ended his spectacular performance by singing "The Agnes Scott Blues": "Costs so much to go to college, ain't got enough money to buy a pair of shoes." There is no doubt that everyone present was highly entertained. In appreciation for an evening of enjoyment and laughter, the audience gave Edgerton a standing ovation. When you give blood you give another birthday another anniversary another laugh, another hug, another chance. + American Red Cross Please give blood. cS^l Present this ad for 10% off any sandwich -UNICH SOUTH 7 SOUPS, SALADS & SANDWICHES 125 CLAIRMONT AVENUE DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030 377-3739 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. MONDAY-FRIDAY i E. Ponce De Leon Lunch South Barrett Bank Two Decatur Town Center Commerce Street Soar * Htub firani We use only Boar's Head Brand Our meats contain no extenders, fillers, artific ial colors, or by products. Present this ad for 10% off any sandwich We have a large variety of snacks, candies, desserts, and juices. Arts Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 10 Blackfriars open season with "Antigone" Qeorge Cress: A Retrospective Exhibition by Christie Miller George Cress' life as an artist is currently represented on the walls of Dalton Gallery in Dana Fine Arts. The exhibit, entitled "George Cress: 50 Years of Painting," shows the evolution of the artist's style over fifty years. Approximately 60 oil and acrylic paintings and a small selection of drawings representing each decade of Cress' career are on display. One can see the influence that French Impressionism has had on Cress in his use of vivid brushwork as he explores the effect of light on his subjects. Many landscapes have the flavor of Cezanne with their reduction to fractural planes and simplified forms. Not only is Cress adept at using vibrant colors, but his ink washes are striking and mysterious. Overall, this exhibit is more personal than political. Cress often chooses Northeast Georgian landscapes and responds to "George Cress: 50 Years of Painting" is the third exhibition of Cress' works to appear at Agnes Scott. Al- though Cress does not challenge the viewer with his works, he pleases the eye with his beautiful paintings. The exhibit will nin through October 7. by Sandee McGlaun For the opening of their 75th anniversary celebration, Agnes Scott Blackfriars will pertonn Jean Anouilh's contemporary version of the classic "Antigone" as their tall production. In the play, Antigone and Creon, King of Thebes, are in confrontation over temporal law versus moral right. Antigone is "on the side of the gods against the tyrant," and Creon's insistence on logic and "reason" results in the tragic deaths of Antigone, his son Haemon, and his wife Eurydice. Senior Chrissie Lewandowski will portray the strong-willed Antigone, and Dayna Brown will play her sister, Ismene. The girl's nurse will be played by Barbie Stitt. Kim Hart, Sandee McGlaun and Elizabeth Peryam are the omniscient Greek Chorus. Pam Allen will portray Eurydice, and Jodi Crews will play the Page. Equity actor John Purcell, who has perfonned at the Alliance and Academy Theatres and Theatre Emory, is Creon, King of Thebes. His son Haemon will be played by Keith Houchen. Robert Jones, Jim Heddon and Roger Schuppert will play the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Guards, respectively, and Christian Mayer will play the Messenger. "Antigone" will nin October 25-27 and November 1-3, with nightly performances in Winter Theatre of Dana Fine Arts Building, Calendar of Events Compiled by Rita Ganey THEATRE "Eastern Standard" opens new season on October 4 and runs through November 17. For ticket and show information, call 584-7450. Neighborhood Playhouse in Decatur: Neil Simon's Broadway Bound, the third installment in his autobiographical trilogy, will run through October 13. Tickets are $8 for students. Call 377- 3714 for ticket information. MUSIC Agnes Scott College: Admis- sion to these events is free. For more information, call 371-6294. "Notes and Knocks" by Carol Lyn Butcher on October 3. Faculty recital featuring music for flute and percussion. At 8: 1 5 p.m. in McLean Auditorium. Agnes Scott College Glee Club will perform "Concert in the Dell" on October 4 at 8: 1 5 p.m. in the Amphitheatre. (In Gaines Auditorium in case of rain.) Atlanta Symphony Hall: Folk-rocker Suzanne Vega will perform at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2. Reserved seat tickets cost $18.50 and are on sale now. Call 249-6400 for ticket informa- tion. Eastside Baptist Church: Steven Curtis Chapman will perform on October 27 at 8 p.m. Reserve tickets are $10, $12 at the dmr. Tickets available at selected Chnstian bwkstores. Variety Playhouse: Tradi- tional music by Norman and Nancy Blake on September 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $ 1 2 at the door. For more information on these events, call 249-6400. GALLERIES Agnes Scott College: "A Fifty Year Retrospective," an exhibition of the works of George Cress, runs in the Dalton Gallery through October 7. Call 371-6294 for more information. Atlanta College of Art: The Atlanta College of Art Faculty Show through September 29. Call 898-1 1 57 for further informa- tion. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Admission to the following is free. Call 872-5338 for more infonnation. Textiles by Laura Mills through October 5. "Worries of the Western World Investigations of the Miracu- lous, the Mysterious, and the Mundane" by Atlanta artist Clyde Broadway. Will show from October 12 to November 9. Opening reception is October 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. The High Museum at Georgia- Pacific Center: Admission is free for all of the following events. Call 577-6940 for information. Constructed Images: New Photography features 7 1 works by black and Latin artists utilizing photography to stage narrative stories, revise historical events, reveal personal infonnation, and comment on contemporary concerns. Runs through January 11, 1991. Faith Ringgold: A 25 Year Survey, over 60 diverse works, including 60s paintings inspired by the Black Power movement and selections of masks and sculptures. Shows through October 5. Putting Pottery in Perspective: Past, Present, & Future exhibits 64 pieces of ancient, diverse, and contemporary artists through October 26. Also: On Wednesday, October 3 at 12:15 p.m. there will be a free docent tour of the Putting Pottery in Perspective exhibition. The High Museum of Art: "Andy Warhol's Celebrities" features 53 large, colorful portraits by America's best-known artist and one of the founders of Pop Art. The exhibit runs through January 6, 1991. Admission is $2 for college students with IDs. Jimmy Carter Library: LB]: The White House Years is on view through October 17. The 120 black-and-white photographs are primarily the work of principal White House photographer Yoichi Okamoto and reveal the 1960s from a unique perspective. Admission is $2.50 for adults. Call 331-0296 for information. MISCELLANEOUS The Alternate ROOTS Festival: Features original work by 52 Southeastern perfonning artists and ensembles. There will be several perfonnances in the Little Five Points area. Further informa- tion can be obtained by calling 577-1079. Ticket reservations can be made beginning Septem- ber 27. All events are $10. A six- day pass is $45. American Lung Association of Atlanta, Inc.: Camp Breathe Easy will hold a 5K Competitive and Non-Competitive Walk/Run for Better Breathing on Saturday, October 13 at 8 a.m. Entry fee before October 1 is $10. For more information, call 872-9653. Atlanta African Film Society: Black Women Make Movies continues on September 2 1 . This is a popular series of films by black women in the U.S. and U.K. The showings begin at 8 p.m.. Call 525-1 136 for more information. The Atlanta College of Art: The first in a series of lunchtime lectures, "Art for Atlanta's Public Spaces: Which Public is it For. 7 " by Atlanta artist Maria Artemis. Monday, September 17, at 12 noon in the Woodruff Circle Room in the Memorial Arts Building. Admission is $2; bring your own lunch. Information: 898-1157. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: For information on the following, please call 872-5338. Poetry reading on October 8 at 8:15 p.m. Guest poet to be announced. Admission is $1 for students. Also: A " Developing Your Creativity" workshop will be held on Wednesdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. for three weeks. It is designed to help remove blocks to creative thinking and expression. Fee is $48. Fembank Science Center: A new planetarium show, Birth of the Cosmos, continues through November 2 1 . Admission if $ 1 for students. Call 378-4311 for more infonnation. High Museum of Art: Films at the High, 1990. Tickets arc $2.50 for students. For more information call 892-HIGH. On October 5 at 8 p.m. in the Rich Auditorium, The Wild Party, starring Clara Bow. At 8 p.m. on October 6, Carmen will be shown in the Hill Auditorium. Nosferatu will play in the Hill Auditorium on October 13 at 8 p.m. In the Hill Auditorium on October 14, The Alvin Ailey Dance Company will air at 2 p.m. Image Film/Video Center: For more information on these events, call 352-4225. Music Video Regional Retrospective. Friday, Septem- ber 28 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. The first program is a "snapshot of some of the people, places and themes that have figured prominently in regional music and music video over the past decade." The second program features the unique contribution of the director to the music video. Arts Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 1 1 Ellen James Society fast becoming a new cult band here hy Kristin Lemmerman and Liz Harrington Somewhere in the middle of the summer, Kristin Lemmerman and Leigh Bennett were talking ahout who ought to play tor Black Cat. "Boy, it would be something it they'd get the Ellen James Society," said Leigh or words to that effect triggering Kristin's almost fanatical interest in hearing the music that could so enthrall as picky an audience as Leigh. Through the rest ot the summer and into the tall, this band grew in notoriety, much to Kristin's chagrin, as they continued to play in bars with "21 or over" laws. Kristin, who will turn 2 1 in March, has yet to be taken for being older than 16 by anyone who matters. Not until their engagement at the Roxy in Buckhead on September 1 5 was she finally able to drag her roommate, Li: Harrington, and assorted acquaintances off to hear the Ellen James Society. How valuable was the wait: as the band was playing an album release party that evening, the famed Indigo Girls were nimored to be coming as well, and possibly even to play. Arriving at the Roxy at 9:30, the little group waited with a fairly full house until 10:00, when Wendy Bucklew came out to open the show. A small woman wearing a cowboy hat atop long blonde hair, she accompanied her strong, clear voice with an acoustic guitar. Her pleasant, listenable style borrows heavily trom folk tradition, sometimes bordering on the country side. After about halt an hour, she thanked the Ellen James Society and congratulated them on the completion of their album. Deacon Lunchbox followed. A visually striking person tall, beer-bellied, roughneck, sporting the token baseball cap his Southern growl and good oF boy tacade hid a poet who plays the chamsaw while singing "In Gadda Da Vida, Baby." He soulfully crooned other classics like "I'm a Yup-yup- yuppie Bastard," accompanied by the hammering of empty waste cans and assorted junk. Energetic and funny enough to revitalize even the non-night people in the audience, he left with a medley of hits including "The White Man's Rap" and a New Kids on the Block parody. The Ellen James Society takes their name from a group fictional- ized in novelist John Irving's The World According to Garp. In the book, a group of women banded together to lend moral support to a rape victim who had her tongue cut out by her assailant, forcing her to keep his name a secret. Adamantly feminist, the women cut their tongues out as well to protect her. The feminist nature of this group comes through most in the band's songs, which are made powerful and strong through use of a heavy drum beat and domineering guitars. Beginning the first set with songs like "Rain" and "Tiger," they went on to introduce the Indigo Girls, who were (surprise, surprise) to play that night as well. The Indigo Girls joined them in a style totally alien to the melancholy, subtle folk style the group is famous for. Finally, after dedicating a song to AIDS sufferers, the Ellen James Society and the Indigo Girls left the stage, leaving behind a satisfied crowd. Nikki Meets the Hibachi plays year's first band party by Stacia Wells On the evening of September 15, Social Council sponsored the first band party of the year. As men from many various colleges crowded in, eager Scott ies looked forward to a break from the chaos of the opening weeks of the semester. The band party was originally scheduled to take place in the amphitheatre, but it was moved to the lower level of Alston Center. Nikki Meets the Hibachi, an enterprising duo of husband and wife, provided the music. The group's mellow, folksy renditions of classic rock songs, as well as some originals, provided a laid- back atmosphere for students to mingle with friends and meet new people. Studying Can Be Fun With The Right Partner... Zenith Data Systems Portable Computers i m ft ZENITH data systems Groupe Bull Zenith Data Systems Offers A Complete Line of Portable Computers Like No One Else... From the 60 lb MinisPort HD l to the VGA SupersPort l 286e and SX*model, Zenith Data Systems offers a wide variety of laptops with the performance of a desktop computer Various Models are available from 8088 to 80386. Just imagine no matter where you are, the beach, library, tram, or school, your fun and games (as well as your homework) go with you! if Cat Umn^v MO tnc S*riP*' m For More Information, Please Contact: BARBARA BRENNEN OR DARLEEN RUSSELL CALL 446-6170 Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 12 WE OFFERED THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN AND ENDED UP ON THE BOTTOM Frankly, its not surprising. After all, Instant Checking only costs 759 a month. And look at all you get. All the C&S 24-hour Instant Banker transactions you could possibly use. Seven checks a month. And there's no minimum balance. Even better, you don't have to keep up with all your cancelled checks. Because well store copies of them and send you a simple, itemized statement. All that convenience. All lor 75: it's good to know what your limits are. You see, a little sobering thought now can save you from a big problem later. U.S.S.A. urges students to oppose David Souter College Press Service Citing a "lack of respect for basic constitutional protections, including the rights of rape victims, reproductive freedom and civil rights," the United States Student Association (U.S.S.A.) urged students to oppose the nomination of New Hampshire Judge David Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court. Souter, who is now being evaluated by a Senate Commit- tee, has written legal opinions that show a "complete insensitiv- ity toward women," asserted Tajel Shah, vice president of U.S.S.A., w hich represents student body presidents in Washington, D.C. "This,' 1 added Shah in urging students CO ask their senators to vote against Souter s appoint- ment, "is especially disturbing since one out of every seven women on college campuses today has been raped. Souter's attitude toward rape victims would only increase women's fear of reporting this violent act." Columbus Day stimulates controversy in Mexico by Laura Horne October 12, 1992, two years from today, will mark the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the new world by Christopher Columbus. The United States plans to celebrate the occasion with tours of replicas of the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria in over 40 ports. But elsewhere this holiday is a day of sadness. About seven-eighths of Mexico's inhabitants are Mestizo part Indian and part European. Many Mestizos are unsure about the gaity of this occasion, as it marks the begin- ning of the end of part of their heritage. The intermingling of races, including some of African descent, causes further hostility over the celebration of the commencement of European dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Many people throughout Mexico reject the idea of an official celebration. In Mexico City, officials have planned only small events to commemorate Columbus Day, such as seminars, meetings, museum exibits, and the publication of a book on the tjrue history of Mexico. No parades, monuments, or festivals have been scheduled in an effort to respect the ideas of many Mexican people. Some Mestizos have begun to openly protest Columbus Day and express anti-Spanish sentiment. Radicals adv ocate deporting all Europeans now residing in Mexico, even those with citizenship. Not only in Mexico, but throughout the Western Hemi- sphere, Columbus Day has become the center of a battle for cultural recognition. C WO RapcTrcMmoX Cento. S*nu Mntuca HospuJ News Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 3 Helyn Wallace wins "Most Beautiful Eyes In Qeorgia" contest News Release The most beautiful eyes in Georgia attend Agnes Scott College and will be traveling to If what happened on your inside happened on your outside, would you still smoke? NOVEMBER 15. THE GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT. AMERICAN V CANCER f SOOETY* Chicago in mid-October to compete in the National Society to Prevent Blindness Most Beautiful Eyes in America contest. Those eyes belong to Helyn E. Wallace, a Gainesville, Georgia resident. Wallace will represent Georgia in the annual contest which highlights the fact that half of all blindness can be prevented and that healthy eyes are beautiful eyes. According to Ms. Annette Sage, the executive director of the Georgia Society to Prevent Blindness, someone becomes blind every eleven minutes. Half of them didn't have to. "The society is working to save an estimated 6.4 million people who suffer from eye disorders, chronic conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts and eye injuries every year," Sage said. "These problems, as well as lazy eye in children and improper contact care by our teens and college-age children are among many which are potentially blinding. Contests like the Most Middle East crisis raises questions for college reservists by Perrin Cothran The recent escalation of events in the Middle East has initiated the need to call military reserve units to active duty. Reservists called to service may fill positions vacated by military personnel sent to Saudi Arabia, or their units may join those already stationed in the Middle East. When reservists are placed on active duty, they must leave behind their civilian lives. This means leaving their homes, their families, and their careers. Fortunately, the government secures the jobs of all reservists while they are serving the military. When they return home, they are guaranteed the right to return to the positions they left. But what happens to college reservists? Of course they will be able to return to school, but what happens to the tuition funds reserve students have paid for school terms they are unable to complete due to activation of their reserve unit? According to April Van Mansfield, an Agnes Scott sophomore and a National Guard reservist, this situation is handled differently by each college or university. Recently, when Van Mansfield's unit was placed on call, she approached Dean Gue Hudson, who said that Agnes Scott would either refund her tuition for this semester, or hold it for the next semester when April would return. April was transferred to a new unit before her previous unit left for the Middle East. The government gives no assurances to college students regarding tuition investments, as it does for reservists who leave behind careers. Prof claims that women fear AIDS more than men do College Press Service A Penn State University professor has found that female students there tend to fear contracting and being exposed to the AIDS virus more than their male classmates do. At least 50 percent of the women polled by psychology professor Robert Bridges expressed "extreme" fear about AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), a fatal disease that destroys humans' immune systems. By contrast, only 1 5 to 20 percent of the men surveyed expressed "extreme" fear of the malady. "Women are socialized to take responsibility for reproductive health issues," noted Dr. Richard Keeling of the American College Health Association's AIDS task force. Keeling, who added Bridges' conclusions were consistent with other surveys he had seen, theorized women were more frightened of the disease because they feel they have less power in their relationships, and may not be willing to endanger the relationships to protect them- selves from AIDS. Meanwhile, Keeling asserted, men distance themselves from the entire subject of AIDS because of its association with homosexual- itY "Men also tend to disavow risk in general," Keeling added. "Some men take this to the extreme that there is no risk. Of course there is." Some scientific evidence shows it is easier for AIDS to be transmitted man to woman than woman to man. Beautiful Eyes help us promote eye care and safety.. and, of course, the fact that healthy eyes are beautiful eyes," Sage added. Established in 1908, the National Society to Prevent Blindness is the oldest national voluntary health agency working to prevent blindness through community service, public and professional education, and research. The Georgia Society to Prevent Blindness was incorpo- rated in 1965. American Airlines and Maybelline sponsor the Most Beautiful Eyes contest and will send the national winner and a companion on a week trip to Europe. Drug Update The DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT requires employees and students to be informed of legal sanctions applicable for violations of drug and/or alcohol laws. This summary was prepared form the Georgia Code. The excerpts highlighted here are intended to alert employees to legal penalties for general daig/alcohol violations. It does NOT provide every Code section, the Schedules of all controlled substances, nor the "definitions" of terms described in the Code. Persons wanting more detailed information or further explana- tions may consult with the ASC Department of Public Safety or a local law enforcement agency or attorney's office. DRUGS 16-13-1 ...It is unlawful to knowingly sell, deliver, distribute for sale,...or provide to a minor...ANY DRUG RELATED OBJECT. Firts offense violators are guilty of a misdemeanor. Subsequent offenses are possible FELONY convictions, punishable by impris- onment of one to five years, and/or fines of $1000 to $5000. 16-13-30 ...to possess, manufacture, distribute, deliver, dispense, administer, sell, or possess with intent to distribute, CON- TROLLED SUBSTANCES... is unlawful. Depending upon the type of controlled substance, narcotic, or non-narcotic, as defined in Schedules I, II, III, or IV of the Code, violations are considered FELONY offenses, and penalties ranging from prison terms of one year, up to thirty years for first offenses, and from five years to LIFE IMPRISONMENT for second and subsequent offenses. 16-13-30.1 ...It is unlawful for any person knowingly to manu- facture, deliver, distribute, dispense, possess with the intent to distribute, or sell a noncontrolled substance... as a narcotic or controlled substance. A violation of this Code section is considered a FELONY. Penalties include a prison term of one to ten years, or a fine of $25,000, or both. 16-13-31 TRAFFICKING in cocaine, illegal drugs, or marijuana... is unlawful. A violation of this section is considered a FELONY offense. Dependent on the nature, amount, and purity of the substance involved, penalties will range from imprisonment for not less thsn five years nor more than thirty years, and fines from $25,000, to not more than $500,000. ALCOHOL 3-3-23 No person shall furnish...any ALCOHOLIC BEVER- AGE to any person under 2 1 years of age. No person under 2 1 years of age shall misrepresent his/her identity.. .to purchase or obtain any alcoholic beverage. Any person convicted of a violation of this Code section,. ..shall be punished by... up to 30 days imprisonment, or a $300 fine, or both. 40-6-391 DRIVING under the influence of alcohol or drugs.. .is unlawful. Penalties range as follows: For first conviction, a fine of $300-$1000 and imprisonment of ten days to one year. For second conviction, a fine of $600-$ 1000 and imprison- ment of 90 days to one year. For third or subsequent conviction, a fine of $1000 and a MANDATORY PRISON TERM of not less than 120 DAYS nor more than one year. 40-5-70 Suspension/Reinstatement of driver's license If convicted for D.U.I. , the driver's license can be suspended or revoked as follows: 1st conviction one year, 2nd conviction three years; 3rd conviction indefinitely Agnes Scott College believes this information to be true and correct as of this printing. Editorials Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 4 The Profile Agnes Scott College Box 764 # Decatur, GA 30030 AGNES SCOTT Editor-in-Chief college Michelle Roberts Managing Editor Copy Editor Laura Shaeffer Kristin Lemmerman News Editors Tonya Smith, Josie Hoilman Features Editor Angie Tacker Arts Editor Sandee McGlaun Arts Calendar Editor Rita Ganey Photography Editor Barbie Stitt Circulation Manager Mary Mathewes Advertising Manager Sara DiGiusto The Profile is published bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Letters to the editor and guest editorials cere always welcomed and should be typed or on disk using Microsoft Word. Names cannot be withheld. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not necessarily reflect those of . anyone affiliated with the College other than the author. Lagnkppe by Michelle Roberts One of the most important lessons learned at a women's college is to value women's accomplishments and achievements in a world that constantly strives to smother them. The problem inherent in the coccoon that is Agnes Scott College arises when we enter the "real world" and discover that it has not progressed as we have in the struggle to overcome women's oppression. Somehow students become hypersensitive to the way women are treated in the media and, consequently, in the public sphere, not only by men but by other women who have not realized the necessity of the feminist perspective. I remember hearing some friends talk last year about their boyfriends having posters of bikini-clad women on the walls of their rooms. I considered myself lucky that none of the men I knew not even my 18 year old brother were that immature The names have been changed in the following story to protect the "innocent." John and Jake are roommates. John is supposed to be a "SNAG" (Sensitive New Age Guy), but he does nothing about the fact that Jake has Playboy's Miss October hanging over the den couch and a poster of three blondes sporting wet T-shirts and hawking tequila in his kitchen. John's girlfriend is infuriated. Doesn't John pay half the rent? Isn't he revolted by the posters? Apparently he is not, because he does nothing about them. She argues that they are degrading and offer an unrealistic, impossible image that women are supposed to aspire to. She threatens to slap a sticker across Miss October's naked bcxiy that reads, "This promotes woman hating." John asks her why the women posed for the posters in the first place. They never resolve the argument. 1 remember seeing a "Phil Donahue" show devoted to the controversy over "Married with Children." I knew that if it was controversial, I would probably like it. I hate it. The week before last, I happened to catch an episode in which Al Bundy, alone with his blonde daughter for a week- end, fantasizes over and over about a long blonde-haired woman who comes home from work in a short, tight business suit, hands him her paycheck after his day of drinking beer and watching television, and strips down to a red demi-cup bra. The T.V. audience (of men) whistles arid moans with delight. Then another blonde in the skimpiest teddy I have ever seen on television wrestles with the first for Al's attention while he whips out a camera. I can't believe I watched it that long, but I finally had to leave the room. "John" and u Jake" were glued to the television. Al Bundy is a fictu >nal character who, unfortunately, exempli- fies the attitudes ot many men toward women. For men like Jake and Al Bundy, these naked, frolicking, (continued on page 5) Rep Rap by Christy Dickert Each year at Agnes Scott, first year students are ovenvhelmed by mandatory meetings concerning date rape, eating disorders, and a variety of other health related issues. Although the intormation presented in these sessions is extremely important, day students are often unable to attend them. In addition, the meetings are often held during times which would otherwise be used for homework or for extracurricular activities. Therefore, Rep Council is proposing a course on women's health issues. Suggested topoics for the class include date rape, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, alcohol and dmg awareness, stress manage- ment, smoking, birth control, eating disorders, and osteoporosis. The class, as proposed by Rep, would be taken during students' first semester at Agnes Scott. It would satisfy one of the four hours of P.E. required and would be graded as any other P.E. course. Since the women's health course would present vital information and would replace many ot first year students 1 meetings, it would be mandatory tor all incoming traditional-aged freshmen and transfer students not having taken a college health course previously. Since many RTCs have already confronted or learned about a number ot the proposed topics, the seminar would be optional for these students. Rep Council believes that under the direction of faculty and guest lecturers the women's health issues course would be an asset to the Agnes Scott curriculum. Public Safety News by Officer Charlotte York The City of Decatur Police Department requested our assistance in apprehending a fleeing suspect. The suspect was seen in the campus area by an ASC officer on vehicle patrol. The officer identified himself and asked the suspect to stop. When the suspect kept running the officer gave chase on foot until he caught the suspect near the Freight Room. He held the suspect there until City officers anived. Any suspicious persons seen on campus should be reported to the Department of Public Safety. Give a brief description of the suspect's approximate height, build, age, race, complexion, and clothing. Additional information such as beards, scars, marks, and tatoos is also helpful. Give an account of the suspicious behavior that attracted your attention, the suspect's location, and the suspect's direction of travel, it appropriate. The ten week self-defense class is into its fifth week and is progressing well. We are cunently considering shorter sessions that cover basic self-defense. If you would be interested in a short course or seminar, please drop a line by our office. Please welcome David Austin to the Public Safety dispatcher staff. Dispatcher Austin works the Saturday evening shift. Sgt. Parrott has been placed in charge of firearms instniction. He has recently completed general instructor and firearms instructor certification courses. An American Red Cross CPR/ First Aid course is being offered on Saturday, November 17, 1990 from 9 a.m. -5 p.m. The cost of the course is $25.00 Please pre- register and pay your fees at the Public Safety office on or before November 9, 1990. The cost of the course includes a workbook and materials. Time Traveler by Elizabeth Peryam WYMYN OF THE WORLD, UNYTE! Time Traveler recently noticed a minor verbal skirmish on the Students for Feminist Awareness bulletin board wherein the word "wymyn" attracted hostile fire, including the supposed insult "Feminists!" Why the word "wymyn" . 7 So we can avoid being identified as a mere womb ("worn-") for men ("- men") as in women. Recognizing the need, I have coined a new word also for those retrograde women who are unwilling to stand up for their rights: "wimpmen." By far the majority of women in this country consider them- selves feminists. (You are surrounded, wimpmen.) And with very gocxi reasons, which have been outlined better than I could do. Joyce Stevens wrote Because We're Women for International Women's Day in 1975. Not that much has changed since then. "Because woman's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get the sack and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get bashed we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos and if we don't we're frigid and if we love women it's because we can't get a v real' man and if we ask our dexztor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect community care for children we're selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and v unfeminine' and if we don't we're typical weak temales and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and. ..for lots and Iols of other reasons we are part of the women's liberation movement." Oh, but I forgot that wimpmen don't care what women say, so here's a "real" man to tell you something. John Stoltenberg in New Men, New Minds says, "Radical feminism helped me imagine a gender- just future, a notion of a possibility that men need not he bnitish and loutish, that women need not be cutesy and coy. It was a vision that energized me. It helped me view the whole male- supremacist structure of gender as a sex: ia I constmction, not as a final judgment on our natures and not as a final judgment on mine. Radical feminism helped me honor in myself the differences that I felt between myself and other men; radical feminism helped me know my connections to the lives of women, with whom I had not imagined I would ever find a iruxJel for who I could he." The freedom and respect that we enjoy here at Agnes Scott College is rare out there in t he world, where all hx) often meanness is the measure of a man. Few are as enlightened as Mr. Stoltenberg. Most men tabor under the delusion that we are here to wait upon them hand and foot. They must be educated otherwise. Unless, of course, you want to wait on one. Feel free. If he turns out to be brutish and loutish, though, you can come running to us wymyn. We understand. Editorials Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 5 Letters To The Editor "Cobbers" urged to clean up their act Dear Editor, It's that time again here at ASC leaves are falling, trains are roaring, rice is still being served as an entree at every meal, and people are beginning to wonder who they are going to take to spotted dog. More importantly, however, it is time for letters to the editor and surprisingly enough, not all of them have to be to the Time Traveler. Senior Investiture is a thing of the past now, but before it is stored as just another memory, we think a couple of comments need to be made. First, Senior Investiture weekend is a time to honor the senior and her parents. Usually when one is being honored, he or she doesn't have to end up footing the bill, as was basically the case for the events occurring during this "special? 1 weekend. Parents were informed that they would be able to attend the Kirk concert for only a small fee of $12.00 a person, which we might add is the regular price. Maybe this would not have been so bad if people did not have to pay $5.25 a person for a couple of sausage biscuits and some celery sticks. This enticing meal was prepared not in the kitchen adjacent to the Rebekah Conference room, but in the laundry room atop some Maytag washers that served as makeshift counter tops. (Where are the Health Inspectors when you need them?) Each senior was given two free passes (ooh aah) and anyone else she wanted to invite to the brunch after the ceremony had to pay (or the senior payed for them). Consid- ering many parents are divorced nowadays, it seems that two passes just doesn't cut it. Not only that, but the senior or her parents (whoever had more money) were solicited to purchase a book filled with anything anyone would want to know about Agnes Scott. And what is the deal with all the power outages? We feel that if someone asks for the time, we would respond while blinking and saying, "12:00, 12:00." Not only could this be an electrical hazard, but a social one as well. Not to mention those many messages left on one's answering machine that she seems to be held accountable for. Around three times in a week the power outage excuse seems to lose its credibility. And how about all those executive decisions being made lately? Somebody made 'em, but no one will claim l em. Really we have a greater (faculty/staff) turnover rate than the Teamsters Union. Three cheers for Food Service. They've made a lot of improve- ments. But... if you've read the "Beef Board lately you'll see that nutrition by means of fresh fruits and vegetables is just not in the budget. Well why in the hell not? Sorry, but the line about students only paying for 60% of our meals just will not do. Oh, but that's not Food Service's fault. It must be another one of those "executive decisions" that we wouldn't understand. Here's one tip for Food Service though. Bones do not belong in the chicken soup, the chicken salad, or the turkey pot pie. The turkey pot pie, okay, maybe we can see that. When it comes to the chicken soup, however', we think we're starting to stretch it. When we get to two inch long bones in the chicken salad, that's when we cross the line. Surely it is stirred over and over, but one shouldn't miss bones that big. Really, we commend you for cutting costs by cooking and deboning all the chickens yourself, but it's not that hard if you pay attention to what you're doing. We're talking big bones here. We find your attempt at humor unappropriate for this situation, as I'm sure you will when some student (or administrator!) has one of these "mongo" bones lodged in her throat. Just one thing before we go. The Non-Cobbers United would like to welcome first year students to the land of stolen cars, parking lot accidents, and mutant tree branches. There is no place like home. " We also welcome any responses. If you have any questions, or com- ments, or this letter just makes you mad, we want to hear from you. Just write a letter to your friendly editor and we'll get back to you. Respectfully submitted, Hanz and Franz with Anita Moore Passes The Neighborhood Feminist Let me tell you about ugliness, my sister i >\ ( rv^w^ \n\r\n onn t-ht'T \A A r^f rhp I Krpp mnnrnc \atf*r cnp cirr by Kim Compoc To Jennifer Pitcher who in the last edition questioned "Why is our campus so ugly?" Let me tell you about ugliness, my sister. Ugliness is a snotty, over- privileged student complaining that weeds haven't been pulled. Ugliness is hyperbolic hogwash that slanders an unappreciated, unnoticed group of people behind the cause of "dancing... social- Who Will Teach Us the History of African- Americans? By Michele A. Bararp Once again, I am not the Official Spokesperson for the Black Community at Agnes Scott College. As I listened to Dwayne Redding speak about the issue of African and African-American Studies on college campuses I started to think about related issues. Most importantly, I wondered who will teach the proposed African- American History course. And, if we do obtain an African- American Studies Department who will belong to it? Most of us know the answer to the first question. A European- American woman has been chosen to teach African- American History next year. Let me state once again, for the record, that I do not question the credentials of the new professors. However, please try to understand my point. I, and other African- Ameri- can students, find it incompre- hensible that a white woman is hired to teach the history of people of color, especially after this college has made a commit- ment to diversity." In the spirit of diversity, I suppose the African-American students should be grateful that the administration has heard our plea for classes with which we can identify. I don't think so. There are problems with a har- assed program. Hiring, curriculum, and syllabi are interrelated. A European- American woman teaching African- American issues on a majority white campus will lack credibility with African- American students. One would find as much difficulty accepting a male professor to teach Women's Studies. Then, it African-American students do not sign up for the course, the administration will say that we must not be inter- ested in this type of course. Hence, there is no need for a department. This argument is not new to the women of color on this campus. Until we have achieved tangible diversity among faculty, administrative staff, custodial personnel, and students, it is inappropriate to have European- Americans teaching African- American History. How many times must we explain that marginalized people are forced to see the center while those in the center may never see the margin? We are at a point in the development of this program where it may be too late to rethink this decision. However, I strongly suggest that this administration think carefully about the future. We have the opportunity to forge a new path for this Eurocentric, cotton- padded world which we call Agnes Scott College. Will Agnes Scott College give up yet another of the proverbial golden opportunities to live up to its commitment to diversity? izing... and the'IMAGE' of the college." Ugliness is vanity of the sort that blinds us to our real ugliness. Ugliness is the kind of outrage I feel when I think about this myopic self-absorption. Have you taken a peak outside the flower beds, my sister? The graffiti-style Wymyn's Studies bulletin board reads "Wymyn of color are the majority!" Beneath it, someone scrawls, "Because they breed like rabbits." Jennifer Pilcher notices the sidewalks have not been edged. The faculty and staff have not received raises this year. Several departments have lost all their part time help, which means more work for less pay. Jennifer Pilcher whines about "12 foot encroaching bushes." A half-starved student panics before her date that she's obese. The maid unclogs her vomit from the shower drain the next morning. Jennifer Pilcher pouts that she isn't awoken "bright and early to the sound of mowers, leaf-blowers and edgers." A diversity-happy president votes "yes" to a full-time, tenure- track position in African-American Studies to the delight of a minority nearly suffocated by racial tension. Three months later she announces there will be no additional hiring. Jennifer Pitcher's pristine buttocks are pricked by the alleged undipped hedge. A student bakes cookies for the "red light" parry at the frat house where she's a little sister. After having had too much to drink she passes out and wakes up having contracted a sexually transmitted disease she's never heard of. Jennifer Pilcher champions the cause of justice for the benefit of "the entire student body, not to mention guests of the college." The college has hiked tuition and total costs $1000 per year two years in a row without explanation. A first-year honor student makes $4000 in one semester in the hopes of staying. She cannot return for her sophomore year. Jennifer Pilcher writes a temper tantrum of a letter to the editor and nobody knows what she's talking about. The country has gone to war "to defend our way of life," which is def ined by overconsumption and imperialism. Polls indicate George Bush's popularity has increased 75%. Good morning, people. It's 1990 and we're getting a $60,000 educa- tion. Where are all the voices of integrity? Lagrdappe (continued from page 4) mindless stereotypes of femininity are their reality. They live in a fantasy world in which real women cannot measure up to their pinups. They are both pitiable and danger- ous. On "The Andy Griffith Show" the other day, a mountain man exclaimed to his daughter: "How many wives do you know that's got a wooden floor and a husband hardly ever hits ya?" That sort of humor may have been funny in the 1950s. This is 1990, and it seems like we would have progressed beyond the women-as-object-of-mens jokes theme which can only lead to treatment of women which is totally void of humor such as discrimination, rape, and abuse. Features Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 6 Cathedrals to Cokes student travelers rejoice in this reminder of home. In the Faculty Spotlight by Bethany Blankenship Staff Writer Professor Christopher Ames may seem like the typical, mild- mannered English teacher at Agnes Scott, but underneath it all lurks an amateur jazz and blues guitarist who still enjoys jamming to the strains of Tuck and Herb Ellis. Ames was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, but was raised in Austin, Texas, where he moved when he was ten. He was the average neighborhood kid who loved baseball and listened to the music of the Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix. He was also politically active and started an underground newspaper in his high school. At the University of Texas at Austin, he was accepted into the liberal arcs honors program and took a concentration in English. He went on to Stanford Univer- sity for his graduate work. As a teacher at Stanford, he coordi- nated the freshman English program. Ames' next job was teaching English at the Thatcher School, a private boarding school in southern California. He coached the baseball and girls' basketball teams and advised the student newspaper and literary club. At the Thatcher School, each student owned his or her own horse. Once during spring break, Ames took a three-day horseback journey into the mountains with the school's headmaster. While he was riding his horse, it decided to lower itself like a camel and roll over onto its back. Just in time, Ames jumped off the horse, narrowly escaping being squashed flat as a pancake. He realized on that trip that horse- back riding was not his strong point. After two years at the Thatcher School, Ames came to Agnes Scott. He resides in Stone Mountain with his wife Kimberly and his dogs Kate and Cassie. He enjoys teaching here and feels that this is "a good college where [he] can teach what [he] wants to teach [to] good, motivated students." He also approves of the liberal arts education Scott offers. NV That approach to a literature educa- tion for the general student and not just for English majors [is a good one]," he stated. Although his main concentra- tion is teaching, Ames is publishing a book through the University of Georgia Press. It will be titled The Life of the Party: A Festive Vision in Modern Fiction. He describes the book as "the presentation of parties and, in general, the role of festivity in contemporary culture." Some sources cited in this work of literary criticism include James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. It should be available to the general public in April, and Ames said he would be delighted to sign copies. tc m Student's journal provides glimpse of summer trip to England and Wales by Michelle Roberts Contributing Editor Over the summer, professors Katharine Kennedy and Steve Guthrie and their families took a group of nineteen students on a trip to Englaivi and Wales as part of the Global Awareness program. Following are excerpts from a students journal recording some of the special moments she experienced during the four-and-a-half week trip studying medieval history arid literature. June 28 In some ot the most beautiful places we have been, the clash of today and yesterday becomes apparent in the tacky gift shops. I browse through them as greedily as any other tourist, but I wonder what William the Conqueror would think ot the large postcard stand and gift shop smack in the middle of the Great hall he built in Winchester. June 29 I was touched by the ardent and urgent movement to raise the funds necessary to save the Salisbury Cathedral spire [the highest in England]. There seem to be enough people who truly care about the future of the cathedral to make the restoration a success.... My favorite stained glass here was in the lady chapel; the glass shone deep blue in the long, narrow windows. They were built in 1980 and depict prisoners ot conscience. The two inner windows show scenes from die life of Christ, while the outer two reflect concern for modern prisoners of conscience. I found it remarkable and wonderful that modern life is reflected in a cathedral that is hundreds of years old, adding to its beauty without taking anything away. July 2 Before leaving Cambridge, we visited a medieval leper chapel just down the street from our hotel. ...I was reminded in that chapel of the fight today against ignorance about AIDS. AIDS seems to be the leprosy of the 1990s people do not understand tt, do not wish to understand it, and condemn those who have it rather than fight for a cure.... The tiny, musty chapel should serve as a reminder to us to educate ourselves.... July 4 Ii was sad to see something so beautiful in its own right, yet which we know must have been a powerful place once; what would Rievaulx or Fountains (ruined Cistercian abbeys] lmk like now, tt they had survived time.' Julv 6 A good bit of [Hadrian's Wall] actually survives, and it was a powerful experience to walk along it, gazing out at England as a Roman Soldier might have, and to imagine the future in store for it. July 8 Today we travelled to Wharram Percy, where an extensive archaeological dig was taking place, to learn about medieval peasant villages. While 1 confess that much of what the guide Sgdd was quite technical and difficult for me to understand 1 can't imagine any job so tedious and ambiguous as theirs 1 could appreciate the love and respect that the workers feel for the site where history seems to scream from the ground, "DISCOVER ME!" Julv 12 I am so aware of nature here, and of the importance of preserv- ing its integrity. I think it is a great reminder of the past in the modern age to see so much farming going on in the lush green countryside as we pass from village to village. Julv 1 J When I really think about how much students [in the Middle Ages] must have craved learning and worked lor t heir educations to originate the university in the first place, I realize that, although I have chosen to pursue a college education, the process of learning is never really as conscious or as appreciated as it must have been by the majority of Oxford students who persevered in their pursuit ot knowledge. Julv 14 I never considered that St rat I ord~ upon- A von could be a tourist trap almost on a Level with C iraceland, where "pilgrims" flock to visit Elvis's home and grave. July 18 The most astonishing thing 1 saw today was the view of Canterbury Cathedral from my room at the University of Kent. I had been reading about Henry II and Thomas Becket, and unex- pectedly seeing it lit , at dusk, towering above the city, gave me chills. July 20 I overheard a priest discussing Becker's violent death at the altar; he said that, if Becket's body were ever found, it would be easily identifiable because his skull would be cleaved in two by the klUghtS 1 swords, and that his brain was "scraped off the floor" and kept as a relic. Features Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 7 Decatur natkmaRy recognized for its historic significance by Barbie Stitt Contributing Editor Agnes Scott College is part of a historic district which has a nomination to become part of the National Register of Historic Places. The historic district includes various houses on South Candler Street and many of Agnes Scott's buildings, including Agnes Scott Hall (Main), Rebekah Scott Hall, Inman Hall, Presser Hall, Buttrick, McCain Library, Alston Student Center, the Alumnae House, and the Physical Plant. If approved, the College will officially become an historic place to the United States g< >vernment. Yet few of those who live at and around Agnes Scott know of the vibrant heritage of this area and Decatur. DeKalb County was formed in 1822 from Creek Indian land which they were forced to sell to the government. Because there was not a major town in the area, about 200 acres were purchased to serve as county seat. Some log cabins were built to be used as the county courthouse and the jail, and the town of Decatur was born. Soon schools, stores, churches, hotels, commer- cial buildings, residences, and, of course, saloons, began to line the dirt street of Decatur. The area where Agnes Scott was later begun was originally part of the Candler family farm land. The Candlers' land ran back as far as Kirk Road. Like the Candlers, most of the residents were farmers of Scotch- Irish descent who came from the Carolinas, Virginia, and other regions of Georgia. The quiet mral city of Decatur and the area around the town were turned upside down by the Civil War. The Federals attacked Decatur and dug a very long line of trenches around the south and west ends of Decatur. The trenches ran where Main and Rebekah stand today. Confederate General Wheeler moved his troops just south of the trenches and attacked the Federals. The Battle of Decatur was fought on July 22, 1864, right where Agnes Scott stands today. Wheeler captured 225 prisoners and their supplies. It was a major victory for the Confederates, who were trying to protect Atlanta, but it was only short-lived. Wheeler pursued the Federals north of Decatur until he got a report that General Hardee, just southeast, needed help. When Wheeler dropped back to help Hardee and the Federal troops they were pursuing, he met up with Sherman. Atlanta was lost. A stone monument placed in the campus loop in 192 1 commemorates those who fought in the war. With the National Registry nomination, the rich historical background of Agnes Scott and Decatur is being recognized on a national level. Mary Eliza Mahoney: Boston's Florence Nightingale by Michele A. Barard Staff Writer Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, now a part of Boston, in 1845. Her parents, Charles and Mary Jane Stewart, were originally from North Carolina. Mary Mahoney had two siblings, a brother and a sister. Mary Mahoney became one of the first African-American professional nurses in the United States. It is unclear what led her to choose nursing as a career. It is also unknown whether or not racism was a major obstacle for her. In 1878, forty women applied to the New England Hospital for Women and Children nursing program. Of that number, only eighteen were accepted, nine continued, and four received their diplomas. Mary was among that select group. Although it is believed that Mary's record of service helped to overcome prejudice, it appears that she worked primarily in private homes. This may have been the result of hospitals' practice of not hiring African- American nurses. In 1908, Mary supported and joined the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. When the organization held its first national convention in Boston, she gave the welcoming address. Mary was also a strong proponent of women's suffrage. She was one of the first women in Boston to register and vote after the ratif ication of the Nineteenth Amendment. Because of Mary's dedication to the nursing profession and to uplifting the status of graduate nurses, in 1936 the N ACGN established a Mary Mahoney Medal for distinguished service to nursing. This recognition was still awarded after the merger of the N ACGN with the American Nurses Associa- tion in 1951. Mary Mahoney struggled with cancer for nearly three years before she died at New England Hospital in Boston on January 4, 1926. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, in Everett, Massachusetts. Annetta Williams, Class of 1992: I feel that even though the Olympics will clean the city, it will only clean it on the surface. 1 think that it will only be a repeat of the Underground situation, where the homeless will be forced to relocate without finding a way to help them. Why should we be bringing people into this city when we don't have a place for the ones who live here. 7 The money that we are using for the Olympics should be used to help the homeless. Street Beat by Barbie Stitt The Question: How are the Olympics going to affect Atlanta! Ellie Porter, Class of 1993: I'm very excited about the Olympics coming to Atlanta. Already, the fact that we have clinched the bid has made Atlantans very proud of this city. It has brought people together and lifted the morale of the city. Elizabeth A. Seward, Class of 1 99 1 : I think that the Georgia economy will rise, even though the rest of the country is nearing a recession. The Olympics will bring tourists who will spend more money because of the exchange rate. Also, the Olympics will show Atlanta as an international city which hopefully will bring more foreign investors. Katie Cadwallader, Class of 1994: The Olympics will make more jobs for Atlanta. Also, any work that needs being done to the roads, the MARTA system, or the area airports will be done before any of the Olympic athletes arrive. The traffic in and around Atlanta will double or triple as the time for the athletes and their respective entourages near. More and more there will be Olympic mementos being sold. This will last from six to 12 months after the Olympics are Kara Weeks, Class of 1994: The Olympics might be a good thing for Atlanta they'll bring the city a lot of international exposure and flavor, financially it will prosper, the city will gain tons of new facilities. However, why does the city have to spend so much on these things that it won't have lots of use for later? Shouldn't the city government concentrate on real problems? Traffic will be hell MARTA is a good thing but can anyone visiting really figure out how to use it in a scant three weeks? Plus, it will probably be ex- panded to Gwinnett because of the Olympics, and the county doesn't need it. Personally, I plan to leave the city during July and August 1996, and I'll avoid the traffic jams caused by people who don't know what they're doing and the rest of the problems that will occur. The view is probably better on TV anyway. After dealing with Atlanta '96 banners for three years, I'm tired of it. Features Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 8 Professor Bicknese and students show their enthusiasm over the reunification of Germany on October 3. Qerman student expresses mixed feelings over reunification by Marie Anne Buhl The first question a lot of Americans asked me after they learned I am from Germany was: "Oh, you must be so excited about what's going on at home, aren't you. 7 " I answered with mixed feelings, vs Yes, I think so." Now that the two Germanys are united again after 45 years of separation, it is time to look back upon the conflicts of the past. Only one year ago a flood of East European refugees over- whelmed the West German Embassy in Czechoslovakia and the East German government finally pennitted East Germans to cross to the Western side. The government also closed its borders, sparking discontent. The late celebration of East Germany's anniversary marked the beginning of the State's attempts at reparations. Mikhail Gorbachev indicated that he was not prepared to economically support the East German govern- ment. Rapidly growing demon- strations in many East German cities drove the government into a state of disarray until it finally opened the Berlin Wall on November 9. The rush to unity began. By March 18, East Germany held its first democratic elections and by July 1 its economy merged with West Germany's. On October 3, the country celebrated its unification. Major American newspapers covered the spectacular event. The New York Times announced: "Two Germanys unite after 45 years with jubilation and a vow of peace." In the midnight celebration bells rang, national hymns were sung, speeches were held, fireworks exploded, and flags were waved. The unity means that the German Democratic Republic with its 16 million citizens acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany, which expanded to become a state of 78 million people and 137,900 square miles. Chancellor Helmut Kohl became the first chancellor of the reunited state and von Weizachlo the first President. Now that the Berlin Wall no longer separates Germany, Berlin has once again been made the capital of the country. I believe that in most Germans, a feeling of scepticism and fear is stronger now than their feeling of joy. Some East Germans feel they merely surrendered to West Germany and have lost their identity. They have to face an unemployment rate which is predicted to be about 50 percent by the end of the year. They also sometimes feel that they are effects of World War II and I feel that the West German residents should not be unwilling to assist. 1 also think that by now the fears and anxieties which other European countries had about a stronger Germany have basically been replaced by hopes that Germany will help to lead the continent into a new era of "I also think that by now the fears and anxieties which other European countries had about a stronger Qermany have basically been replaced by hopes that Qermany will help to lead the continent into a new era of unity \ stability, and prosperity" treated as second class citizens by "arrogant West Gennans." The West Germans are also facing new concerns. They are worried about the substantial cost of the unification, and they fear they must pay for the cost of improving East Germany's economy and social security by increasing taxes. They feel that the East Gennans suddenly want everything and they don't realize that even their own part of the country is not a paradise. For a lot of younger people the separation of Germany was always an established fact and if you had no relatives on the other side, you were generally unaffected by the situation. For example, I know the geography of the United States better than East Gennany's. However, now that I know that I am allowed to cross the line, I am excited about the possibility of exploring the part of my country that I was previously unable to. I am also anticipating the possibil- ity of working in East Germany. I think we have to be patient and allow a period of time for "getting to know one another" after an extensive period of living in totally different governments, which created completely different experiences. A great number of the East German people had to pay for the unity, stability, and prosperity. As Unberto Eco put it: "I understand the worries of other European countries. But 1 don't have that typical concern the fear of a new Germany, the fear of new Nazism because the younger generation is different from the previous one and democracy has produced a profound change. When I meet Gennan people of my generation I find people who have a sense of their historical responsibility for what their duty should be. I don't fear fonner nationalism." And to quote the fonner foreign minister: "We Germans are uniting in happiness and gratitude, not in nationalistic exuberance." I have the hope that we will develop solutions that will content Germans of both former parts; that an acceptable solution is found for unsolved problems, such as abortion and the questionable paragraph 2 IS; that it will not be the women wbo have to suffer the most because of an insufficient number of day- care centers and too few job opportunities. Overall, I hope that good will can be foremost in the minds of Genu, ins as they attempt to deal with tensions which may arrise between tbe former sides. Growing threat of censorship looms over future of art by Stacia Wells Staff Writer Censorship: the removal or prohibition of anything judged obscene, objectionable, etc. Most Americans think that the First Amendment, the basis of our country, protects us from censorship. However, as our politics swing toward conserva- tism, the urge to restrict is sweeping the nation From musk to books, from videos to art, the power of our media is being usurped. In the music world, censorship is today a hot issue. Stickers warning of "explicit" lyrics now cover many new and old albums. Bands are prohibited from perfonning in certain cities because of obscenity or contro- versy. And record companies police themselves in order to please defense and protection groups such as Tipper Gore's Parents' Music Resource Coali- tion (PMRC). Books have always been controversial with censors. Novels considered classics, such as J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye or Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, are constantly attacked because of language and attitude. Many schools cannot study these and other books because of restric- tions. Controls on videotape access are also being increased as they, too, come under fire. Many charge that, despite rigid regulations, video stores are renting out pornography to children. As a result, many communities are trying to prevent anyone from seeing them. Recently the world of visual arts, formerly a bastion of freedom, has also felt the blows of censorship. Many communities have refused travelling exhibits because of vulgar or debatable art. Museums, for example, have been anxious over certain displays because of public anger. Meanwhile, the National Endowment for the Arts, previously a friend of the little- known artist, has reportedly removed grants from those who spark indignation. You may be asking what all this has to do with you. Although this may seem remov ed and far away from your life, the power to censor is strong. Once censors know they can ban small things, such as a rxx)k or a movie, they may move on to larger issues. It is not a question of wanting to rent one video or go to one exhibit; it is a question of free speech. If you want to keep that basic right, use it today to fight censorship. Features Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 9 Senior class mascot disappears without a trace BY J ENN1FER PlLCHER After weeks of Kin-filled hut diligent preparation for Black Cat Week, the senior class realized that their acclaimed mascot, Jiminy Cricket, was nowhere to he found. After countless days of following rumors of his whereahouts, the senior class was nervous and wonied even though they "gave a little whistle" to keep up their courage. Finally, the seniors received a tip from a trustworthy source. Jiminy was last sighted relaxing with the Black Kitty at the Trackside Tavern. Sources report that he was overheard talking ahout his upcoming trip home to the warm, green hills of North Georgia. The Class of 1991 was incredibly excited over this promising lead, but all attempts to contact Jiminy failed. An all-night campus search for our beloved mascot initiated a massive search to comb the Kudzu patches of North Georgia. on by Michelle Roberts Contributing Editor First year students face a dilemma after the first couple of days of rice and bagels in the dining hall. Their stomachs hunger for a "home cooked meal" or for something from their favorite restaurant at home. The solution to the problem of bland food and that trapped On October 7, 1990, the Senior class, with teary eyes, had no choice but to declare their dear cricket missing. Yet faith was not lost so easily. A detenu ined party of seniors set out early Tuesday morning with renewed hopes of locating their faithful mascot. When they finally reached Jiminy 's home, no trace of anything GREEN could be found! The open fields of green were barren and desolate... nothing, nothing at all lived! Reliable sources revealed that Jiminy's home, which he shared with countless other creatures of the wild, had been destroyed by the use of Paraquat, a deadly chemical pesticide used to kill marijuana fields. The entire natural commu- nity, every living thing, was destroyed. In vain, the search party sifted through the remains of the meadow. They only tortured themselves with recurring questions.. .did Jiminy make it home only to be killed. 7 Or did he get home after the pesticides were dropped, only to flee the area after seeing the devastation of his home, family, and friends. 7 We will never know, but the search party unearthed an interest- ing piece of evidence: Jiminy Cricket's Last Will and Testament. This document moved us, and we decided to share it with the Agnes Scott community in honor of our sorely missed mascot. Jimmy Cncket's Last Will and Testamerit 1, Jiminy Cricket, of sound mind and body, state my last will and testament. I leave my top hat and cane to the Blues Brothers and Woodstock. I leave my bow tie to the Black Kitty, because she always had it on by the end of Black Cat formal anyway. To the class of '94, 1 leave my sense of humor, because everyone knew I was the chosen mascot of the Class of '91 when they were freshmen, too. The Class of 1991 cheers as another lead to jiminy Cricket's whereabouts is announced. But to the class of 1991, the mighty Seniors, I leave a mission. Because we are alive, we have inherited the Earth. I leave to you not only the memory of my destoyed home, but also the knowledge that many habitats, besides mine, have been violated by the thoughtlessness of humankind. If 1 had enough room in this will to list all the offences to the environment, I would, but I am running out of time. Pesticides have completely obliterated my home, so I am unlucky. Someday, humans will realize that every destroyed field accumulates until everything is destroyed and contaminated. Please, Seniors, fight the battle to save your environment. Bonappetit: Your guide to real eating pleasure-and survival-around Decatur feeling that grabs you on a weekend when everyone else has found an alternative place to stay? Go out! Find a few friends and explore the area cuisine scene. Following are some places you might want to try. Thumb's Up. Nothing is more enjoyable on a Sunday morning than going here for brunch (Saturday, too). There will probably be a wait, as seating is limited in this Deactur Freshman presents the fun and foibles of sharing a room by Stacia Wells Staff Writer "Look y'all, Laura came to visit!" Yes, our room, just like many other freshman rooms, is coordi- nated, curtained, and bowed, straight from Laura Ashley. Room coordination is only one of many exciting roommate activi- ties at Agnes Scott College. Studying, gossiping, confiding, and the all -important napping are quality times shared by roomies, as well as meals, meals, and more meals at the dynamic Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall. Who needs a microwave when you and your roommate can trot on over to a gourmet supper. 7 And don't forget in a roommate you have your own personal crisis clinic, wardrobe consultant, and all-around psychologist! But there are rainy days, sick days, I -don't- want- to-go-to-class days. These are the days that test a roommate relationship. PMS, bad grades, big tests, and the anxiously awaited phone calls that never come can add tension to an already stress-fraught atmosphere. Being a roommate is almost like being married: peaceful life must be maintained, no matter how great your personal differences are. No roommate relationship is perfect. Just because you have a screaming match once a week doesn't mean you can't live together. And keep in mind that if things get too bad or your grades get too low, rumor has it that you can always knock off your roomie and get a 4-0! restaurant, but don't let that prevent you from tasting the omelettes, the cream cheese special (eggs scrambled with cream cheese and herbs, or, heaven on Earth), or the cajun spuds. This restaurant is a glorified version of a Waffle House with healthy and delicious food. Everything is good, and the prices are very reasonable. Be kind to the waitrons who are very hard workers and put up with a lot on weekend mornings. Bninch is served until 1:45. Thumb's Up also serves lunch and dinner. Buck's. This cozy neighbor- hood restaurant is located in downtown Decatur, within walking distance from campus. For a change, ride MART A to Underground and try the Buck's there. You must order the chicken finger platter a heap of tender, delicious fingers with two types of sauce, peach and honey mustard. It comes with a choice of pasta salad or fries and costs $7.95. You might try the appetizer version with a house said ($3.95) which promises to be fresh and crisp and contains plenty of cucumber and red pepper and comes with a tasty piece of garlic bread. Try the honey mustard dressing or bleu cheese. Anything you order at Buck's will be good, if slightly expensive for the college budget (hamburgers, chicken sand- wiches, pasta dishes and salads are reasonably priced, though). If you never try anything else at Buck's, TRY THE OREO CHEESECAKE. Trust me. The Freight Room. Riijht across the tracks, the Freight Room is immensely popular with faculty and students. There are plenty of snacks to choose from and great musical entertainment to enjoy. Witness an accoustic jam or evening of blues or bluegrass here. There is no better escape from the oft- tortuous life of a student. You will love their chocolate chocolate chip ice cream. In the winter, go there for chili with cheese and nachos, and hot chocolate with whipped cream on top. I've heard that some students study there, but it is too dark for that leave the books in your room and bring someone you'd like to be alone with instead. The Old Spaghetti Factory. You will need a car to get to this restaurant which is toward downtown on Ponce de Leon Avenue. I have heard it called a tourist trap, but I can't resist it anyway. You will get a lot of good food for a little money and dine in a very unique setting. There is always a long wait on weekend nights, so go a little early or go on a weeknight, but be hungry when you get there. For around $5, you can choose from several sauces including meat, clam, and tomato I always order the "Manager's Favorite" with mushroom sauce and mizithra cheese sauce. They also offer lasagna (your best bet is to stay in the dorm and microwave a Lean Cuisine), tortellini, fettucini, and other specials at slightly higher prices. Your dinner comes with a good little salad and hot loaves of bread, and spumoni ice cream for dessert. Lettuce Souprise You. The two closest locations of this chain are at the Rio shopping center on North Avenue and on Briarcliff at North Druid Hills. It is a very casual place where you can build your own salad with everything you ever fantasized about including in one. There is also a soup bar with choices that vary, and choices of muffins and fresh fruit. This is a good place to go and pig out in the name of health. Pyng Ho. Craving Chinese food 7 Pyng Ho is nearby, on Clairmont Road, and they deliver. The most eceonomical way to dine here is at lunch (around $5), as dinner prices are more expensive (usually around $7.95 and without the soup, egg roll, and fried rice that come with lunch although the portions are often enough for two). The sweet and sour soup is satisfyingly hot and spicy, and they serve a mean egg drop soup with noodles. The atmosphere at Pyng Ho is friendly, and the food seldom disappoints. I could go on and on about restaurants I have known and loved (and frequented), but I will leave it to you to experiment and find places of your own. Enjoy! Arts Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 10 Don't turn your back on the Blues Brothers! Attend junior Production TONIGHT'. Brando spoofs godfather role in The Freshman by Rita Ganey Contributing Editor Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick on the big screen together. Who would have guessed ? The Freshman is a fun movie. Broderick, once again convinc- ingly playing the role ot a teenager, is Clark Kellogg, a freshman from Vermont, entering New York University with hopes of becoming a director. His first day in New York, a man steals everything he owns hut the clothes he is wearing. Now in need of money, he becomes entangled in what he and everyone else is convinced is the Mafia. The fact that Brando is playing a very Godfatheresque Carmine Sabatini adds to this impression. Consequently, Clark faces the moral struggle of choosing loyalty to this possible Mafia Godfather who seems to love him as a son, or betrayal to the Fish and Wildlife officials who are chasing him. The movie has its hysterical moments, but the end is somewhat confusing and leaves the audience wondering exactly what is going on and who is on what side. Even so, I highly recommend this movie for the intense acting (even the Komodo dragon does an excellent job) and the humor. The Profile Staff wishes everyone a happy & safe Black Cat! Why rent? Homes for $1.00 Repos. Gov't, give away programs! For information 504-649-0607 Ext. R-2193 Black Cat iveek reaches clhrncvcafits 75thyear by Rita Ganey Contributing Editor Once again, we have reached that time of year when the campus is thrown into a frenzy by a week (or two or three) tor activity preparation ending in total exhaustion. Trie bontire, an amphitheatre tradition, is traditionally the Thursday night before the actual dance. This is a time of singing and cheering to show your class spirit and of unveiling the freshman mascot. Thursday also brings a frenetic tew hours when each class tries to put up its decora- tions betore time runs out. Friday brings games in the field. Students will be donut- eating, egg-tossing, three-legged - racing and participating in many other events. Even those students who don't participate should show up and support the class. The Class of 1992 has been working hard on Junior Produc- tion. It promises to be a night ot laughs as they spoof Saturday Night Live with Production Night Live. Be there tonight, October 12, at 8:15 when they good-naturedly make fun of almost everyone on campus. But the event you've all been waiting for takes place tomor- row night, October 13, at the Sheraton Century Center Hotel. Beginning at 10 p.m., everyone will make their entrances in their formals, and spend the evening dancing to the tunes of the Bomb Squad, carrying on the 7 5 -year-old tradition ot Black Cat. Indigo Girls receive warm welcome home at Chastain by Elizabeth Seward and Christy Jackson On September 28, the air at Chastain Park was heavy with anticipation as Buckhead yuppies, middle-aged suburban- ites, and book-weary collegians gathered to indulge in the acoustic feast offered up by local favorites, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, collectively known as the Indigo Girls. The sold-out concert marked the duo's return to live perfor- mance in Atlanta following a summer dedicated primarily to the recording ot their latest album, Nomads, Indiam, Saints. Michelle Malone, an area native recognized for her soaring voice and straight-ahead guitar style, opened the show along with her band, Drag the River. Malone perfonned several cuts from her current release, Relentless, including "Long Love Century," on which she was joined by Amy Ray, and "Big Black Bag," the album's initial single. The hard-edged rock and roll of Michelle Malone and Drag the River then gave way to the Atlanta Ballet offers student discounts The Atlanta Ballet is offering reduced ticket prices for college students and educators for its 1990-91 season. Students with a college ID are eligible for a 10% discount on tickets to all Atlanta Ballet performances, including The Nutcracker, in sections B-E. Regularly priced tickets are $25.50 to $7. Tickets may he charged at any metro Atlanta Ticketmaster location or be charged by phone at 249-6400. Students are also eligible tor discounted season subscriptions. Educators may purchase 2-tor-l season subscriptions. For more inforamation call the Atlanta Ballet Box office at 892-3303, 1 2 noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. ^^Faijtastic S^njs the Original Family Haircutters Hours: M-F 9-8 Sat. 9-6 Sun. 12-5 melodic acoustics of the Indigo Girls, who began their set with a song titled, appropriately enough, "Welcome Me." This new offering was followed by an enthusiastically received rendition of "Closer to Fine," the breakthrough single from their critically and popularly acclaimed debut effort. Although the Indigo Girls did reprise a select sampling ot tunes from their previous two albums, among them "Land ot Canaan" and "Crazy Game," the primary focus of the show was on current material. Ray's alto and Saliers' soprano intermingled with recognizable familiarity on "Springtime in the Southland," "World Falls," and "Watershed" as the audience indicated their enjoyment of these newer offerings. In an unusual gesture designed to enhance the concert for their hearing-impaired fans, the Indigo Girls' vocal performance was accompanied by sign language provided by an interpreter tor the deaf. The set ended with "Hammer and a Nail," the new album's "emphasis track," according to Ray. After a lengthy standing ovation, punctuated with cries for more of Ray and Saliers' intricate harmonies, the Indigo Girls returned to encore with "Strange Fire," one of their signature songs. Michelle Malone and Drag the River then tk hi Okamoto and reveal the 1960s from a unique perspective. Admission is $2.50 for adults. Call 331-0296 for information. MISCELLANEOUS Fembank Science Center: For infonriation on the following call 378-4311. A new planetarium show, Birth of the Cosmos , continues through November 2 1 . Admission is $ 1 for students. On Saturday, October 20, Sue Bernard bf Zoo Atlanta will help Fembank celebrate Halloween with a live bat demonstration. Programs will be at 1 2:30 and 2:15 p.m. Admission is tree but seating is limited to the first 100 people. Fembank astronomers wish to announce that on the night of October 21 the Orionid meteor shower is expected to reach a maximum of 25 meteors pet- hour. High Museum of An: Films at the High, 1990. Tickets are $2.50 for students. For more information call 892-HIGH. In the Hill Auditorium on October 14, The Alvin Alley Dance Company w ill air at 2 p.m. New Dance on Video will show on October 19 at 8 p.m. in the Hill Auditorium. Ni)sferatu } the Vampyre will he shown on October 1 3 and 26 at 8 p.m. in the Hill Auditorium. On October 28 there will be a Third World Film Festival. Call 653>7160 for more information. Details of a Duel: A Question of Honor will be shown at 8 p.m. on November 1 in the Rich Auditorium. On November 2 at 8 p.m. in the Hill Auditorium, Meet the Director: Jem Cohen. Image Film/Video Center: October 12 marks the opening of Arts Alive!, the 5th annual evening of concurrent perfor- mances by over 20 Atlanta arts organizations. There will be an encore screening of 5 winning films ,uul videos from the 14th Atlanta Film/Video Festival. For more information) call 352-4225. Little 5 Points: I lolding a Halloween Festival with Atlanta's best local musicians, costume fashion shows, sidewalk sales, jugglers, clowns, magicians, fcxxJ, flea markets, and more. October 20 and 21 from noon until dark. Call 524-1931 for more infonriation. United Methodic (Children's 1 lome Auxiliary will hold their annual Fall Flea Market and Bake Sale on Friday and Saturday, October 12 and 1 3 from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Children's Home (Campus, 500 (Columbia Drive, Decatur. Call 296-0731 for more inf< innation. Zoo Atlanta: Lecture and presentation by Richard H. Leakey, director of Kenya's I department of Wildlife Services at the Georgia World Congress ( Center. Time CO fee announced. ( Call 624- 1 2 35 f< >r information. AGNES SCOTT C O L:L E G E The Profile The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Friday, November 2, 1990 Volumh 77, Issue 4 Campus favorite "Ms. Q" lands new job at Hamilton College by Dawn Sloan One of the best -known and most-loved characters on the A^nes Seott campus will soon he Leaving. Know n to the college community simply as "Ms. G," Karen Green, director of student activities, recently announced her resignation. Her last day of work here will he November 9. Most noted for her involve- ment with such group? as Orientation Council and her role as the co-chairperson ol the President's C Committee on Cultural Diversity, Ms. G came to Agnes Scptt as an undergradu- ate student in 1 98 1 . After receiving her B.A. in psychology and religion in 1986, Ms. G was appointed director ot housing. She remained at this post until 1 988, when she became director ot student activities'. In this position, Ms. G, with the help ot her assistant Rrcnda Jones, virtually created the student activities program. This program prov ides students with tun and fellowship as well as important information such as skills for leadership development and programs in alcohol awareness. It was this type ot leadership, combined with her important role in improving the diversity of the campus, that led Hamilton College, a private liberal arts college located in Clinton, New- York, to otter Ms. C ; ,i position as director ot multi-cultural affairs. Hamilton College was chartered in 1812 as an all-male institution. In 1978, Hamilton merged with Kirkland College, .i women's college founded in 1968 and located across the street. Today, Hamilton is a co-ed institution of approximately 1600 students. Two years ago, the president ot Hamilton College,, who prefers to be called "Hank" or Mr. Payne .is Opposed to President Payne, committed himself to creating a better environment tor his students. At that time, he appointed within the admissions office the dean ot minority recruitment, who happened to he Ms. G's sister. Atter her appointment, the number ot multi-cultural students at Hamilton began to grow and Payne felt that it was time to initiate the appropriate programs to meet the needs ot these students. Therefore, he created the position which Ms. G will till. According to Ms. G, her sister at first refused to enter her name into the list ot candidates tor the position, citing Ms. G's attach- ment to Agnes Scott. How ever, at the close ot the search w hen no candidate strong enough for the position had been found, Ms. G's name made it into the list. With some coaxing she agreed to submit her resume. Atter several interviews with adminis- trators, faculty, students, and staff, Karen Green w as chosen to till the position. In her new position, Ms. G will be involved with students from African- American, Hispanic- American, Latino, Native-American, and Asian- Am e r i c a n bac kgrou nds . She will work with them on leadership dev elopment and creating awareness ot these many cultures through forums, lectures, and speakers. Her greatest goal is Inside Editorials Students respond to Neighborhood Feminist Page 6 Features Getting to know Dean Bianshei Page 8 Arts 4 Choices/Pro Art exhibit reviewed Page 10 z % Ms. G and Brenda Jones "to help each constituency gain the respect it wants trom the larger community." This will help support Hamilton's already strong curriculum which includes classes in Asian Studies, African - American Studies, Russian (continued on apge 3) Weekday parietal extensions debated at Rep Council meeting by Mary Frances Kerr Staff Writer Atter years of controversy, two Surveys, impassioned debates on both sides of the issue, and multiple SGA meetings, a preliminary decision on parietals has finally resulted. The move tor extended parietals officially began when Inter- donnitory Council president Susan Cowan presented a six part proposal to the Student Govern- ment Association Representative Council on Tuesday, October 9. The noisy crowd in the Rebekah conference room heard the pro- posal, which included provisions tor extending lobby hours, parietals on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings, and extending weekend hours to 24 hours (trom Friday noon to Sunday midnight). The 24-hour weekend provision specified a written consent form to be signed by roommates before bringing a male guest to the room after hostess duty hours (i.e., overnight), and an alternate plan tor first year students during curfew. It was later decided that in the interest ot clarification, these provisions would be split into individual proposals. At the October 16 SGA meeting, the decision was made to put the issue of adding weekdays (Monday- Wednesday) to the already existing parietal hours to a campus-wide vote. In addition, it was decided that lobby hours would be extended to 24 hours every day. This was done atter concerns were allayed that lobby doors w ould only be unlocked during hostess duty hours, as is the current policy. Using ranked choices to vote between "no change," "6-10 p.m.," and "6- 1 2 p.m." on a day by day basis, the campus voted October 22 and 23. At the next SGA meeting, on Tuesday, October 23, the campus decision was reported. Rep Council vote-counters released their results: the first count detennined that a change was desired over no change (roughly 80% to 20%). The second count showed an average of 64% of the voting students desiring parietals trom 6 to 12 midnight on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednes- days. Tli is vote represented about 60% (332) of the ballots distribut- ed to the student body via post office boxes. Rep Council then unanimously decided to approve the vote's outcome bv passing the propos.il, RC193. RC193 now goes on to be approved by Judicial Review and the Board ot Trustees before it is officially adopted as college policy. Because RC193 will not be able to go before the Board until January, if passed, weekday parietals will go into effect next tall. In the coming weeks, Rep Council will continue to wrestle with the parietals debate, when they attempt to deal with the issue of 24-hour weekend parietals. If Interdorm comes up with a proposal concerning this issue, it will go before Rep Council. If passed, it will go through the same pRxzess of scrutiny by Judicial Review and the Board of Trustees as RC193. News Friday,No\tmber 2, 1990 The Profile Page 2 Record 300 prospectives attend Great Scott The Admissions staff prepares for Great Scott BY Mary Blth Gkavhs On October 28th and 29th" a record 300 high schtx^l juniors and seniors attended the Great Scott! Weekend of 1990. Most current students may remember that Great Scott is an event coordinated by the Agnes So >tt Office of Admissions which provides prospectives with the opportunity to experience first hand the "real" college lifestyle. The prospectives participated in numerous aspects of Agnes Scott life. They attended classes and dined in Evans and also spent time discussing with current students the realities of dormitory and college life. The weekend also offered an opportunity tor admissions interviews. The group ol prospective^ represented thirteen different states. Over fifty of the students had already submitted applications for early admission to Agnes Scott tor the 19914992 academic'yeat Approximately 4 5 pi the prospectives yisited the campus this summer during the "Hot Topics" Summer Seminar tor accelerated High School students. The prospectives stayed with current Agnes Scott students and also in Hopkins Dormitory. The Office of Admissions appreciates those students who hosted prospectives this year and encoup age c< intinual support trom the underclassmen in following years. Noted astrophysicist comes to campus as Distinguished Scholar by Allison Butler Students had the opportunity this Thursday to meet renowned astrophysicist Dr. Donald Osterhrock, this year's Distin- guished Scholar for the University Center program, The Distinguished Scholar program invites a noted professor to speak at Atlanta area colleges, Including Agnes Scott, once each year or tw< >. Dr. Osterbrock is the immedi- ate past president of the American Astronomical Society. He is the pr< lessor ot astronomy and astrophysics at Lick Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz, and was director of the observatory tor ei^ht years. Dr. Osterhrock earned his Ph.D. at the Univ ersity of Chicago, and was a postdoctorate fellow at Princeton University. His research has included work focusing on active Galactic Nuclei and the Interstellar Medium. Among his many publications are the graduate-level textbook Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae, and the more recent book Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nebulae. On Thursday morning, Dr. Osterbrock met with students, faculty, and cithers at the snack bar in Alston Center for an informal discussion and question- and-answer period. His discussion focused on the status of the astronomic community at present, and its developmeni in the next ten years. Today, Dr. Osterhrock will he giving more formal lectures for groups at Emory University, Georgia State University, and Georgia Tech. Alcohol Awareness Week a success at Agnes Scott by Amy E. Forham Upcoming election for state representatives promises to be heated one by Julie Brac;< On Novemher 6, C ie< a^gia residents will choose the next sute representatives. The candidates for and the issues surrounding the race for Qoyer- nor and Insurance Commisioner are currently the tocal points of the election scene. For governor j the Democratic candidate is Zell Miller. He supports ,i state lottery with the pi> k eeds allocated tor education. I lis Republican opponent, |ohnn\ kiUi in, is not againsi a lot ten, hut w ants to put the vote to the people. In terms ot increasing teacher wages, Miller is tor .in increase in pay based on merit in the educational system. Isakson is against .in increase based on merit. Miller supports the rollbacks ot insurance rates while kikson is tor insurance regulai ion reforms. Concerning the issue ot abortion, both candidates daim to be pro-lite. They agree that parents should be notified before abortion, and both oppose state- funded abortion. Zell Miller, who opposes gun control, but supports checking tor criminal record betore purchasing a firearm, is endorsed by the National Rifle Associa- tion. There are no endorsements from the Georgia Association oi Educators, the Sierra Club, nor from Womens' Rights Groups. In the Lieutenant Governor race, the Democratic candidate is hene Howard and the Republican candidate is Mati Towery. Howard is supported by the Sierra I ,1ul\ is pro-choiee, and has enacted such social reform programs as the P.E.A.C.H. program. M.itt Towery is pro-life. For Insurance Commissioner, the Republican candidate is Bill) Lovett, and the Democratic candidate is Tim Ryles. Basi- cally, they both support roll- backs of insurance rates. Ryles supports the recognition of the insurance system. October 14-19 marked the 7th National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness week during which college students throughout the count ry were able to focus on the myths and realities ot alcohol consumption. Activities planned by the Ottice ot Student Activities, C.H.O.I.C.E.S., representatives from various student groups, and the Alston Campus C .enter were all a tremendous success. Monday through Thursday display tables were set up in the Snack bar of the Campus Center, t he foyer of Buttrick Hall, and the lobby of Evans Dining Hall. The tables displayed informative literature, magnets, and other educational materials. A film series produced by the major brewing companies w as shown in the Campus Center Monday through Wednesday in an effort to further inform college students of the (acts oi drinking alcohol. Several Agnes Scott students also contributed to the education ot fellow students through then part icip.it ion in the presentation ot several vignettes on alcohol awareness m a 1 dinner Theatre Mocktail C ompelition in beans Dining 1 lal News Friday, November 2, 1990 The Profile Page 3 Playboy bows to student "pressure", begins search of women's colleges College Press Service by Tonya Smith Contributing Editw NASA breathed a sigh of relief utter the successful launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery ofi Oct. 6, 1990. After pn >bleitis with the i Hubble Space Telescope, and hydrogen leaks on both Columbia and Atlantis, NASA had begun < to dev elop a tarnished public image. Discovery's launch, along with the flawless deployment of < its payload the Ulysses sun probe helped restore faith in the Space Program. However, problems remain. ; 1 iubble is still only partially operational, and Columbia sits on Pad A undergoing tests to pinpoint the exact source of its hydrogen leak. : (continued from page I) Studies, East Asian Languages and Literature, and a host of foreign languages including Swedish, Arabic, Swahili, Japanese, and Chinese. 1 Ms. G feels "confident that the : Hamilton faculty understands that the well-rounded student needs to be exposed to other cultures." She hopes that her role w ill help bridge the gap between student services and the academic i community. Originally from a town near ; Rochester, New York, Ms. G looks forward to going home. She notes her new nephew and her grand- mother as two of the best reasons for taking the job in New York. While enjoying time with her family and her new job at Hamilton, Ms. G will also be working toward her masters of science in higher education at Syracuse University. This w ill be support ed by the college with both administrative leave and a financial commitment. However, going to Hamilton She said she did not know if the students who called were male or female. Regardless of who called, Pkiyboy editors also wanted to investigate the "myth" that students at women's colleges are all feminists with short hair, Norris added. "The response has been fabulous," Norris said. Some women's college students have a hard time believing her. "The attitude here is varying degrees of disapproval," said Melissa Dile, president of the Associated Students of Mills College, a women's college in Oakland, California. In mid-October, Playboy sent a crew to Boston for a w eek of Thus far, launch of Columbia has been scrubbed three times, once due to a problem with the recirculation tank in one of the main engines. Since that time, all three main engines have been replaced, but a hydrogen leak somew here in the aft compart- ment still remains a problem. Testing on Columbia was delayed when it had to be removed from the pad due to hurricane threats to the east coast of Florida. But Columbia has been returned to Pad A and NASA engineers plan to do a tanking test with liquid hydrogen at chryogenk temperatures. The leak only appears at these extremely low temperatures. Television cameras placed inside the aft c< >mpartment of Columbia should show the exact point of me, ms leaving Agnes Scott. Although she faces her departure from Agnes Scott with some sadness, Ms. G looks philosophi- cally at the min e as the closing of a chapter in her life. For her, this is the time to make an important career change. She feels th.u close associates such as Dean Que Hudson have been preparing her "to go off and do great things elsewhere. " Ms. G views this as a period of growth, and grow th crimes only through change. She hopes th.u in her new position she can "kelp Hamilton College be all th.u it can be." The students of Hamilton College already believe that she can. Her appointment was well- received and the general attitude among students has been one of excitement. The news of the enthusiasm at Hamilton was revealed to Ms. G last w eek during an interview with a reporter from the Hamilton Spectator. It was during this photographing students and alumni at schools that are all- female or have recently gone co- ed including Elms, Emmanuel, Mount Holyoke, Pine Manor, Regis, Simmons, Smith, Wellesley, Wheaton and Wheelock colleges. ll l thing it's important that the public knows that we (students at Mount Holyoke, don't w ant to be represented like this," said Heather Merrill, a Mount Holyoke senior who helped plan an sxtti'Playboy petition drive and a picketing of playboy's Chicago offices. Norris said that, despite the "fabulous" response, campus protests have "scared" some students into not keeping their the leak. Columbia's problems have been at tributed to extensive repairs m the aft section that had to be perfonned after its last mission. Atlantis also experienced hydrogen leak problems, but engineers were able to find the source of the leak and make repairs. Additional repairs to the aft section of Atlantis had to be made as well, due to damage done during mating of the orbiter with the Solid Rocket Boosters (SR1V). Technicians failed to remov e a support beam from the aft section, and when the orbiter w as raised to a vertical position, the beam fell and did extensive damage. Atlantis is now tentatively scheduled for launch on Novem- ber 10. interview that Ms. G found out that the student reporter's mother was an Agnes Scott alumna: Lenora Ann Davis '59. This is just one of sev eral Agnes Scott connections to Hamilton. C iav Malonev 7o, president of the Alumnae Association, has a relative who works in the Hamilton College Library, and Dr. Elizabeth F. Potter '69, is a member of their philosophy department. These connections, along with the warm reception of Hamilton students, should make the transition a bit easier. Ms. G begins her new job on November 19. However, she will return in April to attend Alumnae Weekend and her five-year class reunion; The Agnes Scott community said goodbye to one of its favorite members in a special Vespers service last Sunday, and presented her with a gift in appreciation of her years of dedication to the College. appointments for interviews that have made with Playboy. "It's not fair that they're (the protesting students) not giving their sisters the freedom to do what they want," Norris said. Tess Resman, vice president of the Student Government Association at Smith College, said students there "believe every woman has the right to do what she w ants to do with her own body." However, she said, they object to having Smith's name attached to a playmate. "I think it will be hard" for a student from Mount Holyoke to pose for Playboy, Merrill added. li I know many students would have a difficult time understand- ing why she would do something like that." Playboy claims that it already has convinced one women's college alumna, a 1986 graduate of Mills named Heidi Ellis, to pose. Dile said she and other Mills students cannot find any mention of Ellis in school records. "It's kind of strange that no one remembers her," Dile said, although models do sometimes adopt fake names when they appear in the magazine. The controversy is similar to the protests and anger that have greeted Playboy, whose corporate public relations specialists transform them into tree publicity, on its recruiting forays onto campuses each year. In September, University of California at Santa Barbara students held a small protest of Playboy hiring UCSB women for a "Women of the Big West " feature in the October issue. In March, the presidents of Athletic Coast Conference schools including Duke, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest, North Carolina and North Carolina State universities sent a letter charging Pkiyboy was "exploiting our universities" in a group of photos titled "Women of the ACQ" Dean Wistrand to reassume teaching duties by Laura Barlament Stuff Writer After this academic year, Associate Dean of the College Harry Wistrand will be returning to his "teaching duties" as a tenured faculty member of the biology department. He had orignally intended to hold the position of Associate Dean only through the transition period of selecting a new Dean of the College. Now that Dean Sarah Blanshei is getting settled in, he is "ready for a relief of responsibilities." Although there are aspects of the position he w ill miss, like being able to come in contact with a broad spectrum of students, his outlook toward the change is positive. Claiming it's bowing to student pressure, Playboy magazine has*Started asking students at women's colleges to pose in various states of undress for a spring pictorial. The magazine, which often trolls campuses for willing models, decided to recruit at women's colleges this year in response to alleged requests from students who felt "left out" because Playboy had never hired women from their schools, said Elizabeth Norris, a Playboy spokesman. Norris, however, would not name the people who made the unusual requests. Hydrogen leaks cause problems for shuttle program Ms Editorials Friday, Noxtmber 2, 1990 The Profile Page 4 The Profile | Agnes Scott College Box 764 "Decatur, GA 30030 AGNES SCOTT Editor-in-Chief college Michelle Roberts Managing Editor Copy Editor Laura Shaeffer Kristin Lemmerman News Editors Tonya Smith, Josie Hoilman Features Editor Angie Tacker Arts Editor Sandee McGlaun Arts Calendar Editor Rita Ganey Photography Editor Barbie Stitt Circulation Manager Mary Mathewes Advertising Manager Sara DiGiusto The Profile is pulylishcd bi-weekly throughout the acadcrtuc year. Letters to the editor ami guest editorials are alums welcomed and should be rvpi en on disk using Microsoft Word. Names cannot be wMeld. Views expressed ori the ediumal paps do not necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated wtth the College other than the author. Lagrdappe by Michelle Roberts It seems that the general public never paid much attention to women's colleges except , perhaps, to label them as "girls' schools," or vv places for dykes" until the uproar at Mills College in May. Mills' board of trustees announced its decision to admit men, after 138 years as a women's college, on May 3. After tremendous student outcry, the decision was reversed on May 18. Suddenly everyone was talking about women's colleges. The articulate women from Mills impressed even the skeptical, but there emerged an opposition to the "separatism" encouraged by colleges which accept only women. Alumnae and professors were speaking out against the concept of women's colleges, claiming that they are no longer necessary and that their 4 special treatment" of women adversely affects them when they leave that protective atmosphere. In an irritating piece entitled "Lately, militant feminists funnier than Dan Quayle," Mike Royko joked about "the young hysterics" at Mills: vv Talk about a tizzy. The thought of male creatures in their midst caused such revulsion that some female students were reported to have said 'eek' and nearly swooned." Even columnist Ellen Goodman, who was so well-received here last fall, wrote to denounce the reversal at Mills. A NOW representative was quoted recently as having said, at a meeting in Hampton Roads, Virginia, that any college admissions policy which excludes any person on any basis other than merit is constitutionally and morally wrong. Now Playboy has decided to capitalize on it all in its April 1991 issue, "Women of Women's Col leges." The press release it has sent to student newspapers boasts about the selection of Heidi Ellis, a 1986 Mills graduate, who "says she does not feel that posing nude compromises her personal integrity." Apparently, due to pressure from "women of women's colleges", Ellis has changed her mind and will not appear in the pictorial and assist in the search as Playboy originally intended. Attending a women's college is an individual choice, and posing for Playboy would seem to be an individual choice When it affects the college itself, though especially when our college and others are under attack appearing in the magazine could do nothing positive for the image we want to promote. On a personal level, students need to think about the ramifications of appearing nude in the magazine. There are more important things that students at women's colleges should be working toward than providing a false, carefully posed, airbnished, and artificially lit image with which other women cannot compete. There are enough cases of low self -esteem leading to eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, and even suicide among us without aided victimization bygone of our own." Posing for this Playboy issue would be completely incongruous with everything a women's college stands for. Do any of us want to jeopardize all (hat we have worked so hard to attain by adding the stereotype 4 'playmates" to the image of the women's college student, so that we can be taken less seriously than ever? Agnes Scott students need to mobilize on this issue and to educate those who are undecided or who think there is nothing wrong with posing, as some colleges have already done. We have too much at stake Public Safety News by Officer Charlotte York A 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 was stolen from Hopkins parking lot two weeks ago. The car was recovered by Atlanta police with only minimal damage. The steering column and a rear vent window had been broken. Fire drills were recently conducted in the Walters and Winship residence halls. The City of Decatur Fire Department participated in each drill. The students responded with the speed and seriousness that is required in emergency situations. Fire Department officials were favorably impressed. Emergency situations are the focus of the CPR/First Aid Course being offered by the Department of Public Safety on November 1 7. Resident Assistants who took the course at the beginning of the year reported that they enjoyed the class, they learned a great deal, and best of all, it wasn't eight hours of pure hell! Anyone wishing to register for the course should bring a check for $25.00 to the Public Safety Off ice within the next two weeks. Service is one of the most important aspects of a department charged with public safety and law enforcement. Services range from providing brochures containing crime prevention tips to active services such as escorts and fire drills to preventive services such as issuing citations fox offenses thai pose risks to the public's safety. In an effort to make the campus community aware of services available to you, we will highlight some of them in this space from time to time. A very helpful ser\'ice to$ is the emergency call box. Two are located on this campus in the South Candler and Tennis Court parking areas. The boxes are operated by opening the box and pushing a button inside which gives direct phone access to the Department of Public Safety. Emergency call boxes have been in use for decades on campuses across the country in conjunction with other public serv ices to provide some means of getting timely assistance to students in remote locations. You are urged to become familiar with and take advantage of this service. Time Traveler by Elizabeth Per yam What is the price per barrel of young American blood? Pardon me, ladies, if 1 don't just fall right in with the goose- step, knee-jerk march of the mindless "patriots" who are willing to leave the life's blood of young Americans on the desert sands in exchange for cheap arabian oil. This country's need to mainline oil is alarming, but not as alarming as our tendency to rush all over the globe, shoving our guns in where they don't belong. We allow ourselves to be driven into a patriotic frenzy similar to the feeding frenzy of sharks, fueled by such buzzwords as "Protect- ing democracy!" We continue to murder our fellow humans in order to protect 1 ) our corporate profiteers' interests which are protected by 2) corrupt tyran- nies, which, thanks to our support, still abound in Central and South America. This time we protect Saudi Arabia, another non-deiruKracy, a fuedal monarchy which enslaves, mutilates, and degrades women as an integral pan of their societal behavior. Thanks so much, Mr. Bush. Sounds to me like we are suffering as a nation from Ux) much testosterone putting pressure on our collective brain. If we could run this country on testosterone instead of oil, we'd be in fine shape. Then the macho men in the n^ht wing Republican party, the pentagon, and 95% percent of the prison population could provide something useful to society instead of greed, v iolence, death, and destruction. How many oil crises must we have before our leaders realize that we cannot continue on this same blind course. 7 One of the factors distinguishing humans One of the factors distinguishing humans from animals is supposed to be the ability to reason and plan for the future. from animals is supposed to be the ability to reason and plan for the future. Because he understood that the depletion of the world's oil supplies is inevitable, Jimmy Caner set us on the wise path of developing alternative energy sources. The United States has some of the greatest scientific minds in the world .and they have developed technologies to replace our ill-fated addiction to oil. But making the change-overs would be expensive and require a cenain flexibility of thought that appears to be alien to the macho male mind (if that is not a contradiction in terms). At the urging of corporate pirates, Reagan and his criminal cronies recklessly dismantled the wise programs Carter initiated. And Bush has completed their destruction. But never mind, he's doing his job getting his rich white male friends richer and to hell with everybody else. So what it we continue to get cheap oil? It we keep going in the same direction, someday soon we w ill have slurped up all the oil Arabia has to otter. Then we'll stick a straw in our own supply. And with the hucksters si ill huckstering their gas- guzzling cars on television, eventually we'll all run out oi fuel. Our entire economy will grind to a halt. We will sit there in our cars on the roads that have become permanent parking lots, staring at each other, shaking our heads, clucking our tongues and saying, "Somekxly ought to do something." Yes. Somebody ought to do something. Only not then, when it will be too late. We ought to do something now, while there is still time to switch to methane and alcohol fuel for our vehicles. These fuels can be manufactured from our own green plants, which would provide added income for our stmggling fanners as well as eliminate a lot of the garbage problem. We can ship products by train instead of truck, saving millions of gallons a year. Solar and wind energy facilities can help us kick our habit of toxic and polluting fuels like nukes and oil, while at the same time cutting our dependency on other nations. Editorials Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 5 Neighborhood Feminist Look where progressive ideas could take us in only five years by Kim Q jmpcx Perhaps I'm just a CiadMonalist, or a romantic, but 1 still have this old-fashioned idea that the university is the birthplace oi great ideas. The university is anything hut detached from the community; it is vital to it. It is here thai Leaders are molded and imagina- tions bloom. 1 try to make this vision true for myself, it anyone. I love this place; 1 treasure every morsel of knowl- edge and friendship. I jump to the defense ol this school when we get attacked. But behind closed doors, I admit: Agnes Scott is not living up to my ideal. Again, perhaps it is naive, hut 1 have a vision ol w hat this school could he. When I think of how far we tall short, 1 feel something between outrage and nausea. There is a mood ot despair on campus this tall. Beyond the usual complainingrabout time manage- ment, there is a sense that things are actually taking a turn tor the worse. While before things were just irritatingly stagnant, now there is the fear of what Agnes Scott will he even five years down the road. Though there is a place for another grievance list, I'm still trying to keep hope alive. Let me paint for you my vision of this college: Imagine first a place with about triple our present enrollment. Bigger classes? Yes. More dorms? Certainly. Less individual attention. 7 To a decree, yes. On the other hand, there will he more study groups, more student organizations, more varied and diverse opinion. Next imagine the student body composition. Geographic diversity is not so important in my hook. To me it's more important what you do with the people you've got. Thus: a full 25% African- American to start. U AH SHOCK; INVASION!" Yes, and wouldn't it he good. We could he the first liberal arts college in the country to have an At-Am constituency that large, and certainly the first women's college to have one. Even further, we could he the academic hotbed of feminist thought on black/white relations. African- American women will consider Agnes Scott a new breed of the predominantly white women's college. No longer will they refer to us as "the white Spelman" Agnes Scott will he a place where you don't have to Leave your fethnicity .it the door. (Considering we're in the "black mecca" ot the United States, this idea really isn't so farfetched, is it. 1 ) And about the race question: wouldn't it he nice if we had other minorities represented in the student body? Just to give Witkaze a break as the only organization committed to racial pride. Considering the pool of Asian and Jewish students going to college in the past few years, isn't it peculiar that they are so grossly underrepresented? Not to mention Hispanics, who are inching closer to becoming our largest racial minority, or Native American women, who I'm sure could come into (our) visibility given the incentiv e. Imagine a student council with representatives for each group! (Don't think of it with that George Bush "cjuota"-phohia; think of it like a U.N.) And you know who else would be represented. 7 LESBIANS! "Come exit, come out, wherever you are..." Lesbian parties, feministleshian dorm, even lesbian couples at Black Cat! My secret wish is for Agnes Scott to he a catchword in the General Assembly for pro-gay activism. Imagine it you will how the faculty will look. When you look in the course catalog, you actually see names you can't pronounce! Even further, since there's more of us, there'll he more of them, only less ov erworked. Time tor sabbatical, the arts, campus debates, political activism, community work, their families. Oh and let us not forget the on- campus day care center for faculty, students AND STAFF, with that tmly revolutionary model of sliding scale costs. And how about an academic plan that values the integrity of the curriculum ox er the size of the endowment. 7 And what majors: African- American Studies, Asian- American Studies, Computer Science, Geology, Geography, Dance, Feminist Studies! And never for a moment sacrificing the disciplines ot old: Classics, Art History, Philosophy. A little advising, yes; hut more knock- down drag-out debates about the purpose and composition of the liberal arts among students,* In terms of faculty/student and administration/student relations, imagine full-voting student representation on faculty committees, recognition ot student opinion as valid, aban- doning all distrust and condescen- sion. Finally, social lite on campus. And girl, they will have to remind me what that word "parietals" means. Drink in the vision. BUT WHAT WOULD THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAY 7 Gosh, 1 wonder. I have this image of them on the top floor of the library, on the top ranks of the hierarchy, grazing over our every decision. I can't say I know a single one by face. Wouldn't it be nice if I were invited to a meeting. 7 They may consider my vision the pathetic wish-list tribblings of a loud-mouth undergraduate, or they may just need someone with a passion and a vision. The Forum Does the "Thought Police" thrive at Agnes Scott College? By Kim Comix \ ,\np Michele A. Bararo Ij the print in the jness box is too small jor you to read, you may not reali:e this, si) we will repeat it: the views expvssed in this editonal column are those of the authors. Evidenee of anyone shcamg these opinions is purely coincidental . Light skin, dark s kin, straight hair, kinky. Round eyes, slant eyes, privilege, racism. It's so old hat, isn't it. 7 When will we stop talking about racism. 7 Everybody knows it's wrong; so, let's get on with our lives. Waaa, waaa, pout, pout; isn't life tough. 7 We are hearing from college campuses around the country the cry against "mental censorship." This cry has finally reached one of the final bastions of Southern life Agnes Scott College. Some people don't believe it's as had as all that. Students of color are accused of being egmes i >n Jennifer Pilcher, not the student w ith the eating disorder or the faculty without raises. By doing this she is utility of the same filing she accuses Jennifer of. I also believe she completely missed the point Jennifer w as attempting to make. The point I fed Jennifer was making is one not completely without a basis. 1 think she was outraged that the i mly t ime this campus makes an effort, or has any concern about its appearance is when they are convinced they will be able to extract money Out of the event. If they believed they would receive large donations from Senior Investiture weekend, you can believe they would have had this campus sparkling. It is well know n that no one has any monev left after paying tuition, and that is w hy the campus looked like hell; they stood nothing to gain from the senior's parents. Perhaps, the point Jennifer was making was that an absurd amount of monev w as spent during the Centennial ( 'clehration, all in an effort to impress contributors, and the ^enlors can't even get the hedges clipped. It is not likely that Jennifer, with one letter to the editor, is g< ring to change the fact that the (acuity did not receive raises, or help students with eating disorders or sexually transmitted diseases. However, this was m >me$iing she felt she could have a direct effect on, and that is why he spoke out. The author's joints are all very valid, but 1 completely disagree w ith the way she has presented them. It was not necessary to attack Jennifer Pilcher to make any ot those points. And as fat the Wvmvn's Studies bulletin hoard, or even the tenure track i. a Att k an'Americari studies, I think vout crtger i^ displaced 1 don't think it was Jennifer who wrote those truly offensive remarks on that board. I am disgusted at all the anger and hostility this campus has been harboring lately. And it is not one group against another. It is everyone against everyone; it appears that no one is immune. I have never in my two plus years here seen this campus so divided, and isn't it sad. 7 And what is next.' Will the "neighborhood feminist" teel attacked and attack me for writing this letter. 7 And where will it all end. 1 Kim Compoc, it is a wonderful talent you have, expressing your powerful emotion through your words. I hate to see you waste it by attacking someone you call your sister. This campus is so full ol apathy, and is it any wonder when you are attacked for expressing yourself. I commend Jennifer Pilcher on recognizing her voice and using it, rather than sitting in the dining hall bitching about it. For someone who is always speaking out against oppression, I'm wondering how the author of that article is feeling in the role of the oppressor. Because, I'm sure Jennifer Pilcher is feeling oppressed. I only hope she has the courage to use her voice again. Respec tfully su bm ttted , Kara M. Russell Editing blunder offends RTC Dear Editor, No matter how we try, we can't escape categorization. Labeling people by profession, gender, personality type is an unav oidable and even conv enient grouping process. This pnxress is effective only when it is accurate. In "Changing demographics affect College enrollment" (Profile, September 28, 1990), the author created an inaccurate category and then put me in it! I refer to the following sentence: "The new recruitment strategies include more direct attention to minority women graduating from high school and non~ traditional women seeking a college educa- tion, known as Ketum-to-College or RTC student v" While my husband, from w hom I am separated, and some ot my friends may take issue with my disclaimer, I do not regard mwlt as a "non-traditional worn, in." I enthusiastically respond, however, to character- ization as ,i woman pursuing a college education at a rtori- traditKmcdage. Sincerely, Eulalie D. Mellen Sisters attacking sisters makes for bad family relations Gentle Neighbors, While I strongly Support the position out of which The Neighborhood Feminist argues in "Let me tell you about ugliness, my sister" | Issue J], I fear that her most compelling and eloquent message is blunted by including a personal attack on "[her] sister" Ms. Pilcher. TNF deflects the force of her statements; her appeal to our outrage would have been more effective had she spoken solely out of the moral force of her position. Let's leave the vitriol to the Grizzards of the world let's not give them a chance to invite us to run on over for a saucer of milk. Lest I he misconstrued, I'm not reiterating that old demeaning admonition, "Be sweet, dear." I'm saying, "Keep the personal out of the issues." Sincerely, Ms. Manners Student gardeners defend "landscaping demise" Dear Editor, We are writing in response to Jennifer Pitcher's letter concerning our campus V'landscaping demise" | Issue 2]. We are student gardeners and work directly with the Physical Plant. This year, like many departments* we have faced budget problems that we have not had to deal with in the recent past. If every bush has not been trimmed immediately and every weed not instantly conquered, it's been due largely to the following two reasons: 1 ) Our grounds crew has not been working at full capacity since Alumnae Weekend. 2) Our budget has been cut back, resulting in no overtime hours for the landscaping crew, fewer flowers, etc. In regard to Jennifer's concern about the grass not being mowed, the sidewalks not being edged, and the bushes not being trimmed, we would like to state the following facts. The grounds crew mows the Agnes Scott campus as well as the surrounding ASC property on a daily basis. As for the sidewalks, they are edged three times every year and this year will not be .in exception. And finally, the bushes the bushes on our campus must he trimmed in cold weather. It they are not, they will sprout new growth, and trimming that w< >uld damage the life cycle of the bush. So when you see the campus bushes getting a little unruly, please realize that we trim them as soon as w e can. So, next time you take a walk around the campus, Jennifer, please notice the newly planted pansies, the freshly trimmed bushes, and yes, the sound of mowers, and try to ov erlook a tew straggling weeds. In the future we hope that maybe you'll be able to take pride in our campus as we do. It not, we offer you a more constructive solution than an editorial a pair of gardening gloves. Sincerely, Wendy Allsbrook and Talin Keyfer Is editorial column an outlet for libel? Dear Editor: In response to the Neighbor- hood Feminist's October 12th editorial: Let me tell you about ugliness. Ugliness is libel libel which skirts the issue and docs little except leave a bad taste in my mouth. I realize I run the risk of bringing cries of "racist" on my head for my next statements, but they need to he said. Not every white student on this campus is vx snotty" and "overprh ileged." The racist overtones in the N e ighbc >rh< x kI Fern i n ist s editorial were offensive and appalling. I suspect that had Ms. Pitchers letter to the editor been written by a minority student, the Neighborhood Feminist would have lost a lot of ammunition. Racism on this campus is not a One-Way av enue of hate extended from the white European- American students to the minority students. It goes both or all ways, folks. Perhaps the Neighborhood Feminist did not mean to imply that every white student on campus is snotty and over- privileged; I'm willing to give her the benefit ot the doubt. That being the case, her remark was a personal attack, which brings us back to where we began: libel. I'm tired of and disgusted with the people on this campus who champion rights and the freedom of speech, only to use those freedoms to abuse others; who refuse to allow anyone to express an opinion different from their own without insulting or ridiculing the disagreeing party. Freed >m comes with a certain aim mnt I >t &sp< >nsibilitv. Until you can learn CD respect others' freedom ( >f expressi, n and rigfti to disagree, you have no right to express your own thoughts freely you forfeit that freedom. Both women made good points in their editorials. 1 agree that there are more important issues on this campus than whether or not the hedges are trimmed. However, one person can not be responsible for all the world's problems. Am 1 to understand that even student should be actively involved in seeking a solution to racism, demanding more monetary support for overworked faculty, curing eating disorders, demand- ing fairness from a President who refuses to put our monev where her mouth is, prevent ing date rape, protesting the outrageous cost of tuition, and writing letters of protest to George Rush, in hopes of preventing a hideous war. 1 Call me cynical. No one cm effectively deal with all these issues at once. Well spend all our time worrying and scurrying from one problem to another without accomplishing any- thing. So people pick and choose. Some choose to address the smaller issues. "Small" issues are valid. There's something to he said tor aesthetics. However, Ms. Pilcher addressed an issue more important than campus beautification: campus safety. While we're worrying about rape at a trat house, let's look at olur own backyard. Walking home from Dana late at night after theatre rehearsal, those mon- strous bushes between Buttrick and the library where there is no lighting within twenty feet make me very uneasy. What a marvelous place tor someone to lie in wait. I don't mind if my "pristine buttocks" are pricked by hedge Enough said. The Neighborhood Feminist made some valid points, but so did Ms. Pilcher. I am unconvinced that the Neighbor- hood Feminist is personally, actively involved in all the issues she berated the rest of us for ignoring; it is impossible. She could have gotten her point across wake tip and get involved in something with< >ut slandering a fellow- student and ridiculing Ms. Pilcher's ideas. The Neighbor- hood Feminist is not the only source of legitimate ideas on this campus. Il her column is going to be an outlet for libel, I vote to scratch it. There is enough tension on this campus already without it. Sincerely, Sandee Mc( ilaun Friday, November 2, 1990 The Profile Page 7 Faculty in the spotlight: Lewin exudes energy in her teaching andherlife BY Bethany Blankenship Staff Writer "Welcome to Myrtle Lewin," Dr. Lew in, associate professor of mathematics, sayS as she runs her fingers rapidly through her short hair. Sitting excitedly at the edge of her chair, she gives the impression of being able to go in a ttiiUion different directions at one time while simply sitting there. She speaks quickly and precisely arid with great conv ict ion about her life Pr. Lewin was horn in Johannesburg, South Africa. She grew up and received her fbttrial education there. She cartie to America lor the first time in 1966 with her hushand to continue her study oj mathematics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. During this time she gave birth to two children, liana and Shira. She and the Rabies went to England tor a year while she studied itiath under one of her professors on sabbatical there. In 1970, after she had finished her Ph.D, she and her family traveled to Israel. She attended the Hebrew University in Jerusa- lem for her post --doctoral work, during the same pericxl that the Yom Kippur War was being fought. After three years of teaching at the Ben Gurion University of the Neger, the Lewins returned to South Africa to visit ailing parents and to rest from the stress of the war. They continued to live there, where they both received teaching positions and were tenured. They stayed in South Africa until 1980, when they came back to the United States, settling in Appleton, Wisconsin. Dr. Lewin taught at Lawrence University, a liberal arts college. This kind of teaching was new to Dr. Lewin, as she had been accustomed to teaching mathemat- ics mainly to engineering students in large research institutions. After two and a hsfcfi years there, Dr. Lewin moved to Atlanta, where she came to teach on the Agnes Scott campus. Again, her method of teaching was altered to cope with concentration on the education of women. She supports the collaborative learning process in which ever} individual learns differently. 'There are differences in the way women approach the learning pnx:ess," she states. She has shifted her interests from her original research area with some regrets but has adapted well to this environment of learning with the philosophy that there are other things that are more worthwhile. The recycling program is < >ne < >i her present interests on campus. Although she did not start the pr< >grartij she is actively involved with keeping the process func- t h >ning. ByMichele A. Bakaro Staff Writer Clara Ann Thompson was one of three poet children of John Henry and Clara Jane Thompson, two ex-slaves from Virginia. She lived in Rossmoyne, Ohio, near Cincinnati. Clara spent most of her life with her sister, Prise ilia, another poet in the family- There is no exact date of birth recorded for Clara. When her obituary appeared in the March 20, 1949, Cincinmd Inquirer, it stated As a professor of mathematics, she says that her knowledge of mathematics helps her realize that the world is indeed in trouble with Oveip< >pulation and the waste of the earth's natural resources. This realization is a "selfish" one, she says, in that she wants to help clean up the earths problems for her grandchildren's sake. Also, a lot of her enthusiasm for environmental issues comes from the young people of today. She says that "young pe< >ple appreciate the need to do something much mow that she was 80 years old when she died. Tli is would place her year ( >f birth at 1869. Although Clara was educated in public schools, she also received priv ate tutoring. She taught sch< >ol for a short while away from Rossmoyne. Later, she returned home to write poetry and to give readings of her works. Clara published her first book, Songs From the Wayside, herself. Newman Ivey White, a white critic of that period, criticized her lack of imagination and culture, than older people." Mathematically speaking, Dr. Lewins book, An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis, was published about two years ago. Dr. Lewin enjoys teaching here. Her students are her audience, involved in every step of the mathematical prQcess, She's the kind of professor who d( jesn'l stand ^t ill f< u" a second but is everywhere at once, detn< >t\< m rating, teaching, and enjoying what she knows and loves best mathematics. failing to take into account Clara's very different ethnic background and experiences. Clara wrote on all aspects of life: religion, family, hope, nature, and death. Hers was a dialectical style which offered advice on race relations through the voices of different characters. Toward the end of her life, Clara lived with a niece in Cincinnati and taught catechism at a Catholic church. She died in March of 1949, and was buried in an unmarked grave. Clara Ann Thompson: A black voice in poetry Britt Brevvton, Class of 1994: No, I'm too mcxJest. 1 think it would be good for someone to do it. Some people have an idea that the women who go to women's colleges are "rejects." These people should see that most [of these women] are not just intelligent but beautiful, too, I don't think people should be offended by this. Actually, I think it is quite amusing. Street Beat by Lynda Johnson The Question: Would you pose as a women's college student for Playboy? Karen Cox, Class of 1993: I see the Playboy issue as a matter of personal decision. I personally would not pose. But I believe that each woman on campus has the right to decide for herself and not be influenced by the "reputation" of ASC or the "integrity" of women. Sally MacMillan, Class of 1991: No, 1 would not pose because, even though I believe it's a personal decision (to pose or not to pose), we have a responsibility to other women. Our responsi- bility is showing ourselves as intelligent and able women and not just beautiful Ixxlies. We (women) should be recognized for our achievements and not just our appearance. i Emily Perry, Class of 1992: No, I wouldn't pose. I think it is degrading for women to be looked at as "'cows in a meat market." Women should be admired for their intelligence and our thinking abilities and not just for our bodies. Dawn Sloan, Class of 1992: There is nothing morally wrong with posing for Playboy. I think people should be proud enough of their bodies that if they want to show it off, then they should. Should anyone consider posing nude immoral, that person should consider only the action, and not allow the action to become a reflection of the model nor upon the institution of Agnes Scott Features Friday, October 12, 1990 The Profile Page 8 Who is the real person behind the tide 'Dean of the College* 7 by Mary Frances Kerr Staff Writer You know the face. You know the name. You know the office she holds, and you probably know some of her many stellar credentials. But who is Sarah Blanshei? Dean Blanshei brings real rallies, experiences, and goals to Agnes Scott in the first year here, some of which she revealed in a recent interview. The dean explained how her various experiences including educational experiences that run the gamut from large state university to a men's college that changed to co-ed to a women's college have prepared her for her current role. The very different environ- ments she has been in allow her to see beyond the myths and misunderstandings certain types of institutions may hold about other types, and have enabled her to apply these perspectives to the situation at hand. She pointed out that the Values she has developed will help her to make the decisions rhat Agnes Scott will be making in order to face the tremendous challenges oi the S>0s. She also recognized that as Dean of the College, she is in a perfect p< >sition to help facilitate the dec i s i o iv m a king process . Her values, while not a "blueprint for change'V'will inevitably shape and influence anything that [she] would do here at Agnes Scott." The first value that she specifically talked about was her ^ < Miimirment in concurrence with that of the college to the development of the "total student". She tied this in to a host of accompanying ideals. She expanded on her desire for a balance (and sometimes the conflict) between the impor- tance of the individual and the importance of the community. She gave several examples of the relevance of this point. First, she touched on the pros and cons of the College's emphasis on the individual; with all the positives of small classes, lots of attention, and close faculty-student relationships, there is a constant pressure in the need and desire to perform academically, a legitimate source of stress for students. In discussing the community oriented side of the balance, Dean Blanshei spoke of the high level of activity amoung students as a sign of the strong commu- nity feeling and commitment to the institution. Reiterating her initial idea of placing emphasis upon the total student", Dean Blanshei chose two mam thrusts. First, the college years tor both tradi- tional aged students and RTCs are a time of such amazing transformation, a time to reaffirm and fulfill all ones values. She stated that it is vitally important for the college to think of the w hole person and to equip that person for a lifetime of continued growth and develop- ment. She took this off to another angle long enough to relate this personal value to the mission of the college. She noted that Agnes Scott has remained true to developing not only the cognitive and intellectual, the DATES: NO PARIETALS? We have a spec ial discounted room just for you. We always allow you in our rooms any time, any day. Call us please. All you need to do to receiv e this discount is have an Agnes Scott student register you with her 1.0. $45*00 per room- based on space available. For reservations please call (404) 371-0204 Tuesdsy-** Ssturdsy. LIVE DJ & DANCING A Disc Jockey Spinning Records from The Big Band to The Big Chill / 0% so runt (m food & beverage with student ID err our VIP card! WW DECATUR CONFERENCE PLAZA I K) Claircmont Avenue* IVcatur* 17 1 -0204 <. OMPUMFNTARY f'ARKINi; F.* >.hi cimwnknre m will K km w ralkbrt whik MB ttC . cuv*' M hmcl cultural and the social, but the spiritual as well. She did not mean spiritual in the religious sense, but in the importance of realizing that higher education can not only be an analytical pursuit or studies, but also a problem-solving experience where values do exist. Blanshei said, "The move- ment toward the interdiscipli- nary, the emphasis now on civic learning. ..is trying to get the values and the spiritual back in." This excursion into the purpose of education led back to the second main thrust of how education plays a role tor the individual and her or his role in the community. She addressed the possible stereotypical views on reasons for education; preparation tor a career and learning tor the sake oi knowl- edge. The Dean, recognizing that both oi these are legitimate, introduced a third view to this argument: the students obliga- tion to society. She emphasized the absolute importance ot adding this third perspective to the two-sided "career vs. leaming-tor-its-ow-n-sake" debate. "You're not going to be able to deal in a highly technological society if you don't have technical knowledge, or at least have the skills to know you don't have the technical knowledge. You simply aren't going to be an informed member ot a demo- cratic society." While she discussed specifics going on in the Dean's office, particularly the specifics qj planning both short range and long rangeDean Blanshei turned back to the idea ot the mission ot the college. She concluded the interview by saving thai in racing the challenges and opportunities ot the 90s, she intends to do her job of directing change. Her goal is to continue the process oi shaping and selecting new venues in the pursuit oi knowl- edge, as the world around us changes, and the individuals along with it. Laura Thruston shares secrets of the stage by Shirley Kennedy This alumna interview is the first of a series conducted by the Career Advisory Board to give students persona/ perspectives on various career fields . Laura Thruston, better known as "Spike" to her fellow Blacktriars members, graduated from Agnes Scott last year with a degree in English. Instead of ending up in a classroom, the route many English majors follow, Laura used her degree to begin an exciting career as a performance proper- ties ma>ter .it the Alliance Theatr. As properties master, she is in charge of props and scene changes during the main stage season. Some electrical work is done, including running lights tor show s. She is also responsible for lending props to movie crews filming in Georgia, as well as to area schools: When she first left school, she was offered a job managing a moving theatre. The job paid $32,000, but she gave it up because she wanted to work at the Alliance. "Besides," she adds, "sitting around telling other people w hat to do w as not exactly what 1 wanted to do." Among the things she enjoys about her job are the variety ot her schedule and the different types ot people she meets through her job. Eor example, says Thruston, "1 have two working schedules: a show schedule and a tech week schedule." Tech week is the time when the actors come onto the stage for the first time. "Before any production, my schedule varies from day to day. "Typically, however, 1 am in at 5:30 p.m. to get the props ready tor the show, which begins at 8:00. Atter the conclusion of the show, the entire set is removed and another sfct Is assembled for the following show. "During tech week, which actually runs for two weeks, I come in at 7:00 a.m. to prepare the stage tor the actors. Around lunchtime the actors begin rehearsals, which normally run for ten to 1 2 hours". "Following rehearsals, the director then gives notes he made during rehearsals to me .is to w hat he liked or didn't like, and changes are made according to his instructions." As to the people she works with, she points out that the actors are from, among other places, i Jalifornia* New York, and, for the Christmas product ion "A Christmas Carol," from London. Overall, her work is full ot diversity, an aspect that she loves. However, the most exciting part CO her is, in her words, "Live theatre! Anything can happen. You work with different casts tor each production. Working with the Alliance is tun, but you have to be on your toes; expect the unexpected." Of her education, "people are really impressed when they hear that I graduated from Agnes Scott. I'm glad 1 majored in English, but as in my case, your major may not have anything to do with the career you choose to pursue. Education did, howev er, intensify my love ot the the.it re." Laura worked in the theatre department here, beginning with publicity her freshman year. From there, she was secretary, vice-president, and president of (continued on next pqgej Don't Haul it! Store it! At Avondale Mini Storage. Just 1 0 minutes from Agnes Scott!! 20% Discount for students on all units. 5' x 5" to 20' x 40" AVONDALE MINI-STORAGE 292-9173 Call 292-9173 Robert White, Manager Noiili Drcilin A ^ IK'S Su.ll ScottduR Mill s de I. con 1 1 1 1 1 It 1 1 1 1 1 College Ave Features Friday, September 28, 1990 The Profile Page 9 Conference provides adventures in the environment BY WtNNfE VAROHESE Staff Writer Catalyst, the National Student Environmental Confer- ence, was held at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, October 5 - 7. 7500 students, representing every state and eleven nations attended. In a caravan with tour students from Georgia Tech and one from Florida, Wendy AJlsbrook, Jennifer Bruce, Madeline Cohn, Talin Keyfer, Eva Mihlic, Chrissie Van Sant, Deborah Watters, Lea Widdice and I braved the fifteen hour drive in the big blue machine. When we arrived at the University of Illinois, we immediately recognized our conference by the abundance of tie dye, torn jeans, bandanas and old school buses with environ- mental slogans and psychedelic prints. Indeed, some of the sessions seemed like a step back into the '60s, complete with radical speakers telling college students th.u we could change our world. However, our agenda has evolved extensively since then. The student environmental movement has taken a m< >re holistic approach, realizing that political, social and economic choices directly impact our environment. One workshop on eco- feminism exemplified this attitude by stating that feminism and ecology are interrelated, in that patriarchal oppression does not end with our species. The oppression oi animals and exploitation of the earth should also be on the feminist agenda. The speakers were part of the highlights of the conference. Robert Red ford, the founder and president of the Institute for Resource Management and the Sundance Film Institute, opened the conference. He was followed by Helen Caldicott, the president of Physicians for Social Responsi- bility. Lou Gold, a member of Earth First, a nonviolent action group, spoke about the destruc- tion of the remainder of the 2% of old growth forest keft in the Pacific Northwest. Ralph Nader closed with an inspiring barrage of facts ant figures on both consumer safety and environmental issues. Later in the weekend, Cezar Chavez, president of the United Fann Workers, and Winona LaDuke, president of the Indigenous Women's Network, spoke of the issues facing their own organizations, including the boycott on grapes to protest the use of poise mous pesticides that harm migrant workers as well as the environment in California. The march on Saturday was the most empowering part of the conference, with over 7500 students participating. The Rev. Jesse Jackson closed the confer- ence on Sunday afternoon with a pep talk about student activism, an account of his own activism in the '60s, and an invitation to join the Rainbow- Coalition. GAIA, the campus environ- mental group, returned to school with new purpose. We have established a network with environmental groups in Florida and Alabama as well as Emory and Georgia Tech, and tenta- tively planned regional events tor the spring. Some members of our expedition almost drowned in their tents on Saturday night during the thunderstorm and now share a bond that only people who have floated in a sleeping hag around a flooded tent share. Precycling, reducing waste at the source, is something everyone on campus can easily do. It involves avoiding excess packaging, reusing bags, and avoiding disposable items. Laura Thruston (continued from previous page) the Black friars. Without really blowing initially what she intended to do with an English major, she did know that she was interested in doing "behind-the-scenes" theatre work after graduation. Thruston feels that if one wants something badly enough, with a little hard work and a confident attitude, she can achieve anything, regardless of major. For those interested in working with the Alliance, Thruston offers this advice. 'First, it's hard to get in. People who work tor the Alliance love it so much that they never leave! "Additionally, you must possess the ability to work well under pressure. You can't let petty arguments and the like get the better of you; never take anything personally. By the next day, everyone expects that This graffiti-covered bus, reminiscent of the '60s, was among several at the environmental conference. Eating lower on the food chain also greatly impacts the environment and is something everyone can do. America's meat-based diet accounts for much of the de-forestization of the rain forests, and widespread hunger in nations that use their grain and land to produce beef for export instead of feeding their own people. For more information on any of these issues, contact any member of GAIA or participant in this adventure. Symposium focuses on contemporary health issues by Mkjhele A. Bararo Staff Writer Mary I in Darling, from Agnes Scott College's physical educa- tion department, recently sponsored two community service health symposia tor her classes and the Agnes Scott community- The first was conducted by Ruth Ann Marcus, an AID Atlanta volunteer. Employed by the Center for Disease Control, she answers questions from other health care professionals about AIDS and the ways the disease may and may not be contracted. AID Atlanta is a community- based organization designed to help people with AIDS and then- families cope with this devastat- ing disease. The second symposium was conducted by Orelia Sands-Bell. She started the Victim Witness Assistance Program tor the metro Atlanta area. disagreement to be forgotten and the work carried out as efficiently as possible. "Most of all, you have to keep a level head and keep your cooL As a matter oi fact, my co- workers sometimes kid me about keeping my cool. They may say something like, "you know that pissed you off. Go ahead and get mad!" So far, it hasn't hap- pened! I really enjoy my work and the people I work with." This organization grew out of Ms. Sands-Bell's recognition that victims of crimes and their families are frequently the losers in our justice system. VWAP operates on a shoestring budget which must be voted upon each year by the Atlanta City Council. Both symposia had high attendance from members of the Agnes Scott College community as well as students from DeKalb College. They were conducted in a lecture format followed hy questiotvand-answer sessions. Ms. Darling hopes to sponsor more modem-day health related symposia. It you have any suggestions tor topics, feel free to contact her at x6360. Also, both AID Atlanta and the Victim Witness Assistance Program need volunteers. Call the numbers below for more information: AID Atlanta 872-0600 VWAP 658-6392 Present this ad for 10% off any sandwich LUNCH SOUTH 7 SOUPS, SALADS & SANDWICHES 125 CLAIREMONT AVENUE DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030 377-3739 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. MONDAY-FRIDAY E. Ponce Dc Leo Lunch Barren South Bank Two Decattir Town Center Commerce Street lori Kes* Srani We use only Boar's Head Brand Our meals contain no extenders, fillers, artificial colors, or hy products* Present this ad for 10% off any sandwich We have a large variety of snacks, candies, desserts, and juices. Arts Friday, Noxtmber 2, 1990 The Profile Page 10 Roxy Canwchad takes a light-hearted look at small towns by Bethany IlankensHip Staff Writer "It's good to want things" seems to be the theme ot Hollywood^ latest gem, Welcome Home Roxy Carmicliael. The "things" w anted in this movie are the dreams every one in Clyde, Ohio, instilled in tow n heroine Roxy Cannichael. Roxy left tow n CO seek her future out West, Leaving her boy- friend, Denton (Jeff Daniels) w ith the care ot her newborn daughter. Now, Roxy has decided CO return to her hometow n tor the dedica- tion of the Roxy Cannichael College tor Cosmetology and Drama. Although the story centers around Roxy's imminent return, the main character is fifteen-year- old Dinky Bosetti, played by Winona Ryder. Dinky is anything hut the typical high school student. She dresses in black, w ears comhat hoots, and teams up w ith animals as her best friends. (She has cats, dogs, a pig, and a goat w ho keep her company w hile she builds a The 4 Choices/Pro Art exhibit continues in Dana. "4 Choices/Pro Art" features local women artists by Christie Miller Staff Writer The "4 .Choices/Pro Art" exhibit currently on display in the Dakon GUarey features the w ork of tour Atlanta women artists, Kerry Wooten works in clay and wood, creating an enigmatic group ot sculptured figures. These resemble dolls, m an odd way. Wooten has removed them from any context, SO that they seem to question the viewer with their outstretched arms and unblinking eyes, In her artist's Statement, Wooten relates that these sculptures were inspired by the traditional santos figures of Lai m Amcnei. Working more spontaneously, FAST FUNDRAISING 1000 Rita Brenner explores revealed surfaces and mystery in her canvasses. This reactionary working lends itselt to her expressive brushstroke. Also, she experiments w ith different materials, building up textures that engage the viewer's eye. Nan Maddux, w ho teaches art part-time at Agnes Scott, presents an enthralling collec- tion of works. She paints striking and sometimes stark images against black back- grounds. The variety w ithin Maddux's w orks is especially pleasing. Each one explores a different idea in an energetic movement of form. These ideas range from the somber effect ot a work tor friends who had lost a child to a charming series ot small works called "Male Landscapes." Conversely, Estela Loret de Mola focuses on many versions of the same theme barriers. Using the swirling motion ol barbed wire and bar-like verticals, she creates a tee ling ot the types of harriers people experience, either real or imaginary. "4 Choices" is an exciting exhibit rich with meaning and individual style. With such a spectrum of local talent, the show holds something tor every viewer. 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Dinky gathers her information about Row from Denton, w ho is now married but is still pining tor Roxy. These two team up to help each other: Dinky, with her growing fascination ot Roxy, and Denton, with the burning memory of Roxy still imprinted in his mind. Dinky is such an outcast that her adoptive parents, Rochelle (Frances Fisher) and Les (Graham Beckel) want to send her to a priv ate school where she can receive special attention. Her guidance counselor, Eliza*: beth (Laila Robins), tries to help Pinky to save her from the threat of boarding school. Although Pinky is a tough cookie, Elizabeth's efforts do not go unnoticed. Dinky soon confides in her and they cut sety >ol one day to buy a dress tor Pinky for the Roxy Rail. Pinky is not the only one getting excited about Roxv's return. The entire town dolls it sell in pink (Roxy's favorite color) and holds Roxy sales and specials for the main event. Director Jim Abrahams' parody of small town attitudes is hilarious, from the huge pink banners all over town proclaiming "Welcome Home Roxy Carmfchael" to the hourly tours given ot Row V tormcr bouse. The townspeople seem overly excited about Roxy's return in the beginning, and when the viewer discovers the actual reason tor Row's lame, their excitement seems ridiculous. However, in the etui, Abrahams' mocking is not bitter but endearing. Pinkv's character is an interest- ing study. She seems almost entirely closed ofl to everyone, vet she cprrfldes in Elizabeth once confided in. The irony ot her animal friends is also Interesting* She loves her pet pig better than her adopt ive mother. Actress Winona Ryder performs well as Pinky, making her believ- able and even fleshing her out in the end at the Roxy Ball. Ryder makes Pinky a likable character instead ol a pathetic, misunder- stood cre.it ure. Overall, Welcome I l>mc Roxy C \mmchael is a funny, li^ht -hearted look at lite in a small town. The performances are sound and believable, making the film tun and true to heart . Blossom, Stalk & Vine takes root in female experience byJosieHoilman C Amtrihuiin^ editor Blossom, Stalk & Vfne, a col- lection ol poems by new Southern poet Judy Odom, is a pure voice ot the female experience. Throughout the book, each word seems io have been methodi- cally, though naturally, chosen in relation to syntax. The lines flow smo< >thly and freely like tine wine to inc ite m the female reader an impression i >f kinship and th( m >ugb understanding. The poetry should not, however, be categorized as feminist, tor this assumption is inaccurate. Instead, the individual poems relate an experience through the insight only another worn, m cm ideal ify. TheKx>k is dnided into three different gectfl tfis, all named respec 1 i\ ely tn m the title. Each division represents ,i separate phase ot development and perst mal perception. The first, "Blossom," concen- trates upon Odom's present Life ,1- ,m English educator with a husband and two sons. "Stalk," the sea >nd, traces her relationships with her past families and relat ives. The hist section, "Vine," concentrates upon various other types ot relat ionships, especially friendships*. I have km >wn Judy c \l >m f< >r the past year and a hall and w as recently priveleged to experience a pers< >nal reading in her ( )w n kitchen. 1 ler perf< >rmaiue w as enlightening and inc teased mv appreciation lor her work. Although it is extremely unlikely that anyone at Agnes St on w ill have the opportunity to attend a similar reading, I highly recom- mend the alternative purchasing an $8.95 Cppy ot this p >tent lal t lassie. It is a worthwhile investment in literature, as ( \|< >m draws the reader into her * iwn lite, c real ing an inexplicable feeling * >t intuit iveness. It you are a w< >man, you will a imprehend the unique beauty Odom ( >tfers and w ill, as I ht p< k-iii "Li \t\g I Hstanc l" desc ribes, "km >w my dllSty set rets all the St< dCS I keep h >t ked away and hidden as 1 1 m i painful or ridiculous lor celling." Arts Friday, November 2, 1990 The Profile Page 1 1 Calendar of Events Compiled by Rita Ganey - Cmtrihuting Editor Theatre Agnes Scon College; Jean Anouilh's contemporary version 6i the classic Antigone is playiftg November 2 and 3 at 8:15 in the Winter Theatre of the Dana Fine Arts Building. C kll the Blackfnars' btm office at 57 1 -6248 tor ticket information. Horizon Theatre Company: Sparkling romantic comedy luLsicm Star\dard playing through November 17. For ticket inforrna- lion, call 584-7450. Neighk >rh( x k! PIayh< >use: Singin in the Rain w ill play November 2 through December 8, It is a story about Hollywocxl in the 20s as the era oj silent Bidvies*gives way to "talkies" and changes all the movie-making rules. Tickets ate $10 for adults, $8 for students, $5 for senior citizens. Call 373-5313 tor more information Also: Audition Notice for Mu rder at the Vicarage . C ^ast i ng s i x men and six women. Open auditions are November 11 & 12 at 7:^0 p.m. Call 373-3904 for further inforrxiation. Also: Theatre Gael and Neighborhood Playhouse will present an original children's theatre production of Arthur, King, based on the Arthurian legends of the sword and the stone. Novem- ber 9 at 4:30 p.m. and November 10 & 17 at 1 1:00 a.m. General admission is $4- Gall 573-5311 for reservations. Theatre League of Atlanta: Juliet Prow.se stars as everyone's favorite aunt in the production of Jerry Herman's hit musical Mame. Will show at the Fox Theatre, Tuesday, Novemher 6 through Sunday, November 1 1. For more infomiation, call 876-4300. The Underground Theatre: Opens 2 1st season with Robert Anderson's Sf'/ent Night, Lmely Night. This is a bittersweet drama about love and despair on a Christmas Eye. Runs from Novemher 8 through Saturday, Novemher 17. Call 634-5 134 for ticket information. Variety Playhouse: Second City National Touring Company will perform comedy skits on Novem- ber 16 at 8 p.m. Reserved tickets are $13. 50. Call 892-502 1 for more infonnation. I )ance The Atlanta Ballet: Presents an exciting weekend of dance highlighting the company's depth and versatility, November 1 5 through 17 at the Civic Center. By l reorge, Prodigal Sort, and The Four Temperaments will he accompanied by the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. Call 873-581 1 tor more infonna- tion. Music Agnes Scott College: The Community Orchestra will begin its season with a performance on Sunday, November 1 1 at 4 pari, in Gaines Auditorium of Presser Hall. The orchestra is directed this tall by Lynn Thompson, fonner guest conductor of the Akron Symphony Orcestra in Akron, Ohio. The GET ThZE HENCE fOK AN AWESOME VEAL IN this AP To you& H&tx book, fcrchase: AT SHAKESPEARE A CoMfANy. ANP pON^ MvSS OUR OUTRAGEOUS amrite cm>s /MP ^ifts-Au. -pKictrp so you VOti'T HAVE" TO ks l. Mb A\Jor\dBle,TZoSf knit I ilg throughout the play. The Blackfriars have produced in Antigone a powerful pidce oi an. It is very thought^provoking while being fch< m Highly entertaining. If you've missed the earlier performances, be sure to catch it tonight at 8: 15 in 1 tana's winter Theatre. disecL. n ^ ...reflect. ir information about humane alternative to animal dissection in (lavaooms. (m TOLL-FREE DISSECTIOS HOTLINE t-80O-922-FROC I student ftiitmu h (HWftS / <,/ tin- \nmml Iryil Defense! ttnd AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE The Profile The Independent Student "Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Friday, November 16, 1990 Volume 77, Issue 5 Agreement with Phoenix School will provide on-campus day care by Laura Barlament Staff Writer After many years of research and negotiation, Agnes Scott has arranged tor day care for the children of faculty, staff and students through an agreement with the Phoenix School. The Phoenix School is currently located on land it leases from Emory University. In October, however, an agreement was passed by the Board of Trustees for the Schml to lease the lot bordered by McDonough, Adams, Ansley and Dougherty Streets from A^nes Scott. As soon as certain precondi- tions are met, the College will negotiate a lease agreement with the School, winch will build and operate the center. According to Professor Christine C "o::ens, one of several Scott professors who currently depend on the Phoenix School for day care, the "idea [of having an Agnes Scott day-care center] has been abroad for at least fifteen years." "In the past," she stated, "if you taught and you were a woman, you usually didn't have children." But things have changed in the teaching world, so that many professors have children. Agnes Scott's increasing number of Retunvto-College students who are mothers make the need for child care even more urgent. Cozzens and Professor Sally MacEwen, another "Phoenix parent," were the main (though by no means the only) faculty proponents of the effort to get day care. Such a center was not started earlier, despite the need for it arid the many benefits that could be derived from it, because after much consideration and study K outside consultants it was concluded that Agnes Scott did not have the population to support a day-care center on its own. In addition, the administration did not want to invest the impracticably large amount of the College's resources that the complex business of child care would demand. I n the meantime, the lease the Phoenix School has with Emory will run out on August 31, 1 99 1 . According to Phoenix School director Karen Butler, Emory "needs other use of the property," and therefore the Phoenix School must relocate. Because the School wants to be affiliated with a large organiza- tion, it approached Agnes Scott with a collaborative proposal in which they would provide day- care. It has t aken approximately a year for the Phoenix School to (continued on page 2) Public Safety attempts to account for missing art by Laura Barlament Staff Wmer Since last year, the Department of Public Safety has been conduct- ing an inventors of all artwork owned by Agnes Scott College. Most, but not all, of the art has been found. According to Lieutenant Amy Lanier, work on the inventory started last year in response to a request by the Board of Tmstees. They needed the intonrtation for a Board meeting so that they "could get an idea of what Agnes Scott has in terms of art." The main responsibility for the job circumstantially "fell" to Public Safety because of the urgency of the Pk card's request and because art department head Terry McGehee was on sabbatical at the time. Lieutenant Lanier said that it was decided that it would be 4 easier for Public Safety to do it because we are staffed twenty-four hours a day." The discovery that a very rare nineteenth-century painting is missing also prompted Public Safety to account for Agnes Scott's artwork. This fact came to light last academic year when the Smithsonian Museum asked for information about the painting. Regarding the absence of this painting, assistant art Professor Donna Sadler stated, "This typifies the state of disrepair that things are in." Public Safety is cunently Inside News Anne Harris receives Rhodes scholarship nomination Page 3 StreetBeat A smoke-free environment at Agnes Scotr.' Page 6 Arts Juliet Prowse stars in Mame Page 8 formulating an accurate inventory of all the art owned by the College. The inventory process starts with a list of all the artwork that is currently insured. It is Public Safety's job to locate these pieces, and in addition they have added works that they find which are not on the insurance list. For documentation, the pieces are videotaped, and the inventory is updated with the title, artist, and location of each piece. Currently, there are 1 58 pieces of art listed, most of which are paintings and approximately forty of which are pre-Columbian statuettes. In addition, around twenty-five paintings located in Dana fine Arts Building remain to be added to Public Safety's updated list after they are recorded on video. The art owned by the College ranges from a series of paintings by former Agnes Scott professor Ferdinand Warren, to the pre- Columbian pieces, which are from South America and Mexico and come from the period of about 100 to 1500A.D. These ancient statues are some of the most valuable pieces, as is the painting The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Head Bodies of Romeo and Juliet by Lord Frederic Leighton, located in the reference nx)m of McCain Libra ry. Lanier stated that she "has no This pre-Columbian statuette is one of the valuable pieces of art owned by the College. idea" when such an account of the College's artwoik was last made. Professor Sadler added, "although an inventory was made in the past, it had no practical value because of the haphazard nature of the survey." After the initial work on the inventory, it was abandoned for a while. Since this school year started, work on the list has continued. The Public Safety interns have done an especially large amount of work and have found many pieces which were not located last year. According to Lanier, most of the artwork which has not been accounted for consists of pre- Columbian art, including additional statuettes. However, Sadler mentioned that these pieces have recently been worked on and are being catalogued. The paintings are located on the w alls of various offices around campus, including Admissions and the offices of first floor Buttrick, as well as in McCain Library and Dana Fine Arts Building's gallery and storage area. Artwork is misplaced, Lanier said, in situations such as the redecoration of an office, when it may be decided that the old paintings on the wall don't match and are traded for those in another office or simply stuck away somewhere. In such a situation, "It is inevitable that things go missing." Public Safety officers have found artwork in closets, behind doors, in attics, in basements, and even in the donn rooms of students. The artwork that is not hanging on the wall of an office is now stored in Dana. Lanier proposed the idea of developing a 'check-out system" so that the artwork can continue to be used but be kept track of. The majority of the insured artwork has been accounted for so far. Lanier also stressed that Public Safety is still leaking for the missing pieces, and she is sure that "most will turn up." If any person is aware of the location of any College-owned art w ork, Public Safety requests that he or she inform their office. News Friday, No\tmber 16, 1990 The Profile Page 2 byTalinKevfer Many of you have noticed the increased recycling efforts going on on campus and have prohahly been wondering where all these efforts are taking us. Recycling on this campus began last year and since then has increased dramatically. From July 12 to September 9, 1990 the College community generated 670 pounds of computer paper, 155 pounds of white office paper, 1240 pounds of colored paper and 1 1 1 pounds of alumi- num. The paper recycled during this time has saved 52 trees, 740 gallons of fuel, and 14-4 cubic yards of landfill. If the amount of recycling continues to increase at its present rate, the environment will be significantly benefitted. During this school year we have also recycled tons of newspaper and glass. All ot the newspaper and glass is taken to Kroger on Scott Boulevard, and the proceeds go to Eggleston Children's Hospital. Two weeks ago we recycled 3,500 pounds of assorted low-grade paper and earned $13.10. Tie recycling centers com- pletely pay for themselves, as all the money that is earned goes to pay for the bins and the fees to Recycall to pick up aluminum cans. However, not all campus recycling has come from the bins. This year Mortar Board held a recycling competition during Black Cat and generated 600 pounds of aluminum cans and 130 boxes of newspaper, a large amount for one week ot recycling efforts* Physical Plant, particularly the landscape department, is also getting into the spirit of recycling. The landscape crew now recycles all ot the plastic containers they get from the hundreds of flowers planted every year. Tie landscape crew has also been chipping all the wocxl from recent tree trimmings, using the w< x k! chips for mulch rather than throwing them away. Finally, the landscape depart- ment plans to invest in a 14-foot- tall blue spmce to plant in the center of the quad. We will no longer have to cut a tree down to decorate the gazebo every Christmas. GA1A members emphasize that while the College s recycling efforts have been fantastic, the only reason recycling has become a necessity is that our efforts (o reduce and reuse are so poor. by Elizabeth Peryam The Women's Studies Committee of the University Center Consortium met at Agnes Scott on November 7. The Consortium includes colleger and universities in the Atlanta area plus the University of Georgia in Athens. Started seven years ago by Ann Ellis of Kennesaw College, the Committee is dedicated to the support ot women's studies programs in the schools of the consortium. To this end, they invite visiting scholars to provide information. In 1989, they addressed the issue ot adding the perspectives of women and minorities into existing humani- ties and social science courses. This year the Visiting Scholar is Karen Warren, a feminist philosopher. She teaches at Macalaster College in St. Paul, Minnesota and has co-authored a new book on ecological feminism, the subject she addressed last vear when she spoke to the Committee. As Visiting Scholar, she will teach "feminist pedagogy", or how to use feminist principles in methods ot teaching to create .in ll Pret t . Since an arrangement with , in established day-care center would he the only feasible way for Agnes Scott to provide day care, the administration was interested in the proposal trom the first. Gizzens commented that such an arrangement is favorable to the personnel office as well because having day care helps to attraci and retain staff. Difficult ies came in finding an acceptable location tor the center. One early pn *p< 1 1 suggested converting Hopkins dormitory. This idea was rejected, however, because ot the expense of converting u to .i day-care center and because ot its location l ft the mre campus. This tall, the Phoenix School presented a proposal to the Board of Trustees which involved the use of the I^hiliIktu Street site. This proposal passed, and Agnes Non reached an agreement to lease the land it the Phoenix School meets certain conditions. The first condition is that the School obtain pennission from the Church of the Nazarene to rent the church parking lot on weekdays. This lot abuts the pn >p< vsed site ot the day-care center and will provide a more effective use of the space. The second condition is that the Phoenix School raise $1CX),000 towards the cost i A building the center by "selling slots" to community businesses and organizations. In this procedure, the Phoenix School will guarantee money- donating organizations certain numbers ot slots tor the children ot their employees, who will still tuition but will m >t have to be on a waiting list. After these tw< > conditions are met, Agnes Scott has agreed D i lease the Phoenix School the land and to provide a $100,000 "line ot credit" toward constmc- tion costs. The Phoenix School will also have to difcall of what Vice President tor Business and Finance Gerald Whittington calls the "politicking" on their own. This part of the agreement includes arranging tor any necessary rezoning, obtaining a building permit, and taking care of all the applicat ions, tees, committee meetings and public meetings that go along with these type of procedures. "They must convince the community that this is a g< k id thing," Whittington stated. Agnes Scott also has a list of requirements, all ot which have been agreed to bv the School, to include in the lease. The Phoenix Sch< >< >l will provide an unusual "drop-in" day care service especially geared toward RTCs, who only need to leave their kids in day care for a couple ot hours a day. ' Instead of having to pay for full-time day care, they will be able t > pay a pn irated fee f< >r only the amount ot hours that they use. Agnes Scott will receive fifteen full-day slots, which will probably serve forty to fifty people, according to Whittington. Another service the day-care center would provide t he C College is "curricular enrichment." The education and psychology departments in particular could use the Ph< vnix Sch< K ] tor observation and st udy as an extension ot classroom learning. The Phoenix School is presently working on fulfilling the t wi ) preconditi< ins p i signing a lease, and is m perfect agreement with all the requirements of the C "olleLie. "We hope that this nets done," stated Whittington on behalf of the college administrators, "and we are very excited about the pi )ss|hiln ies." Another benefit for Agnes Sec >tt students is the \\ >ssibility . >f part-time work ,it the center. G)zzens observ ed, "Phoenix always nerds substitute teachers and has a number of part-time p< isita iris. A work-st udy arrangement has not been discussed. Since the Phoenix School proposed this arrangemeni with Agnes Scott, the whole prOCessoi getting the long-awaited daycare center has been running smoothly. Cozzens was pleasantly surprised at the administration's constant support of the idea >t having a day*caire, at least m theory. "We never had to convince the President or ( ierald Whittington that it was the right thing to do," she said. Now th.it the practical matters are being worked out, things ,ne pn n eeding wit Ik ml major difficult ies. The collaboration m ffks well because each institution is fulfilling the- i >t bet's needs. Agnes Scott is prov iding the large-organization affiliation, the land and the tinaik lal backing the Ph. >enix Si h< >< >l needs, ;ind the Phoenix Sc h6( >l is taking care d the business side * >f the day- care center which Agnes Scott needs. ' News Friday, November 16, 1990 The Profile Page 3 Arme Hariris hopes to "save the world" as Rhodes nominee ry Dawn Sloan Staff Writer For senior Anne Harris, life does nor hihg% OFF youR. N&tr -OOK- T^KCHASC AT SHAKESPEARE A SortffcM/, ANP pON^ M*SS OUR. 0trpA6ous a&enfe cm>s z^NP ,IFTS-Aa -PEICEP SO you VOWT HAVE TO S?Hp AH OUfgA&BOOS FORTUNE'. (Spires H-3o-SO~) Shakespeare Co. "Books i. Not i . Lkn< m how it feels to be intimidated and stifled by mv sisters. Imagine I tu& There are feminists who shave their legs, wear makeup, and get married. None of those details prevent us from feeling as strongly about women's issues as anyone else, and we resent being deemed "an extension of the arm of patriarchy" just as m\ feminist cesents being stereotyped We all come from different backgrounds and have diverse experiences tQ shafts I w ould [ike to see a celebration of our differences rather than this homogcnization of feminist clones who automatically condemn the rest of us as interlopers on their private agenda Feminism should be all -inclusive; at Agnes Scott, "feminists" have become an elite and often judgmental group.* Sadly, there are many women who feel strange using the tenn to apply to themselves because they di > m >t "fit in" with those who have established themselves as the feminists. Public Safety News by Officer Charlotte York A staff member reported the theft of $21.00 from her purse, which had been left in her office. A possible thief often checks under desks, in the low er right desk drawer, or the backs of chairs. Pearsons should keep their purses in locked or unusual locations, limit the valuables kept in their purses, or keep cash, credit cards and checks on then- person so the thief will not have the time or opportunity to make off with hard earned money or possessions. A Volkswagen J etta was broken into in the Candler lot The would-be thief entered the car by using a tool to compro- mise the door latch and then broke open the steering column to expose ignition wires. The car apparently was not removed from the lot. Since the begin- ning of the semester our police officers have made commons checks on the parking areas, surveyed the number and location of Volkswagens on campus, and have rotated shifts sitting in the parking lots to ward off thieves. We will continue to take these and other security measures as the situation demands. When allowing noivASC persons to have possession ot entire key rings, please remove any dorm or other campus keys. The security ot entire dorms and other areas accessible by students' room keys is at stake when keys are in the wrong hands. Residents of Main, Rebekah, and Winship should take care to pull the doors all the way closed when exiting or entering the lobby areas. Main and Rebekah lobby doors will frequently remain ajar, even when locked, if the door is not pulled to. A similar problem occurs with some of the interior doors in Winship. Also, it you Open doors to ventilate the lobby-areas please close them before you leave the area. Persons wishing to sign up for the eight hour American Red Cross Standard First Aid/CPR course should do so immediately. The course will be taught by Officer Charlotte York 01} November 17, $90. You are encouraged to attend. Two short seminars on self* defense for women will be ottered by the IVpanment tor those who* want to learn some basic self-defense but are unable to attend the regular 10-week course. The classes will he taught by Paul Cuenucci and held in the aerobics room ot the Alston Campus Center from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28 and December 5. There will be a $1 5.00 fee tor the seminar. To sign up or get more information call the Department of Public Safety at ext. 6355. Time Traveler \w Elizabeth Peryam Antigones (of whom) I have known "To strive with your last ounce of courage To go where the brave dare not go..." from Man of La Mancha Those of you who saw Antigone may have recognized Antigone as an archetype. "In the three thousand years since Antigone, ...other Antigones have arisen," the Chorus tells us. 'Their cause is always the same. ...A passu >nate belief that moral law exists. ...And a passionate regard tor the sanctity of human dignity" As the cast developed our characters tor t he Show, the director asked us to name some u other Antigones". Suddenly our minds were full ot the names and stories ot coura- geous women who risked their reput.it h uis, hi 'Hies, families, ,inJ lives to protect the world trom the tyranny which destroys human dignity. Most ot the abolitionists were women who argued in the face of vicious opposition that slavery was ,i vi< dation of moral and spiritual law. Then, when women were denied a voice in the abolitionist meetings merely because of their sex, they realized that the tre.it ment ot women ,i|s< i vk dated m< >ral law and human dignity and the feminist movement began. Margaret Sanger saw the misery and poverty into which her mother and other women with unwanted children were forced because ot lack ot birth control. In the face of strict Victorian mores which abhorred even the mention of the History is full of courageous people who have stood up to authority and told others that the emperor is naked, told the tyyrant louldy and clearly that he was wrong." possibility ot the existence ot sex, others joined her. For years these w< >men marched and pleaded for the "sanctity of human dignity" for themselves and their sisters and in return were reviled, beaten, spat upon and jailed. But Sanger was finally sua essful in beginning the distribution ot effective means ot birth control. Planned Parenthood is a direct result of her efforts. Mother Jones saw that children were being exploited tor cheap labor at long hours under unbearable conditions. She defied the industrial profiteers, got the laws changed and won freedom and dignity for children. Simone Weil, a Jew, calmly, dearly and insistently pointed out to the ( Catholic Church how tar it had deviated trom the path that Jesus had set . Karen Silkwood saw how Kerr-McGcc endangered the lives ot its employees with radiation in unsafe working conditions. She reported it and was subsequently murdered before she could test il\ . Bella Abzug, in Washington tor the first l tme as an elected represent at ive, met President Nixon and, as she shook his hand, looked him dead in the eye and said, "Mr. President, my COITptttUentS want us out ot Viet Nam." Jane Fonda risked everything she hail, but she made a state- ment heard around the world whet! she w ent to 1 lain >i to try to stop the war in Vict Nam. This is only a partial list. History is full ot courageous people who have stood up to authority and told others that the emperor is naked, told the tyrant loudly and clearly that he was wfOng, Some have won everything, others lost every- thing. Everything, that is, except the comtort ot knowing that they die\ have done their best to leave the world a better place. Editorials Friday, November 16, 1990 The Profile Page 5 The Forum Why do the African- American students seem to separate themselves? BY MlCHELE A. BaRARD Let's get this straight. There are a few African-American women on campus who feel fine about sitting with anybody who strikes their fancy that day. However, some of you have asked me the question. I'm offering an answer not every African- American woman's answer, but an answer. PEACE. On more occasions than I care to mention I have had w hite friends ask me, "Why do the African- American students segregate themselves? I'd love to interact with African- American students, but they always seem to sit together on one side of the dining hall." Well, let me Begin by stating that it is not that we segregate ourselves. Segregation, in the truly modern sense of the word, is NOT when people choose where and with whom they like to hang. Segregation is separation which is imposed upon one group by another. Now that we've clarified our terms, let's go hack to our original question: Why DO the African- American students seem to separate themselves? African- American students are, to my knowledge, about 10% of the Agnes Scott College community. Most of us come from neighborhoods arid, in by Kara Russell The following comments reflect my opinions, and not those of the entire Rep Council. These are my words, and Til own them. On November 9, Rep Council held a student forum. Overall there were twenty people in attendance. Sixteen of them, 1 might add, were Rep members. I'm not sure what that means to you, but what it says to me is APATHY, and apathy is always sad. The student forum, like the campus-wide parietal vote, was another attempt by Rep Council to empower the people. I'm beginning to think the people/ the students don't want to be empowered. I mean, come on 60% of the people returned their votes, and while that is above the national average, it should many cases, schools where African-Americans account for anywhere from 50%- 100% of the population. Naturally, we tend to feel more comfortable taking our meals and relaxing with people who look like us, share similar backgrounds and, therefore, do not require explanations for every word we utter. What we're talking about, basically, are comfort zones. African-American students tend to feel a greater level of comfort when sitting together. We may gravitate toward one .mother because we share similar joys and pains, particu- larly those related to our experiences at Agnes Scott College. We have a language all our own which is just as legitimate as "correct' 1 English, Spanish, French or German. In fact, it is more legitimate because it is derived from the oldest of 'forgotten" languages from the heart of Mother Africa and the bastard English of the most "powerful" nation on earth in 1990. We have a joy which is real and pure and a bitterness which is dangerously deep. It is comforting to rest among people who understand this and do not require EXPLANA- TION all the time. We spend our lives among Rep Rap have been higher. Parietals touches every single person on this campus. For the on-campus student it will affect her everyday life in obvious ways, and for the Return to College student well, she will continue to attend a college unwilling to grow, which will in turn affect her in many other areas. So, it was important for every student to vote, and it couldn't have been easier. (Ballots were placed in student boxes and you had to walk by the ballot box to Leave.) As for the student Forum, as tar as I'm concerned that needs no further explanation. I mean, 20 students out of 550. 1 think it is popular opinion that Rep Council, Interdonn, and Honor Court have this unlimited power. Well, that is way off. We only have the power that you give us. We are empowered by you, and if we White Americans explaining who we are and what we mean by every word and every action. We deserve to get to eat three meals each day without such pressures. To our White sisters at Agnes Scott College: Why do vou seem to separate yourselves from us? We'd love to interact with White students, but you always seem to sit together on your sides of the dining hall. If you want to get to know us, come and join us at "our" table. Instead of constantly expecting the African-American students to come to vou, why don't YOU offer to make the first move? v have these student forums and you don't come, well, then we think you don't care, and it's not important to you. I know publicity wasn't the greatest on this thing, but it was in the "Campus Connect ion" and there were signs up. I hear all the students complain about this, about that, parietals, no voice, etc. And I think it is so easy to put all that on Rep Council, Interdonn, and Honor Court, and while the responsibility is largely ours, I think you as students also have a role in that responsibility. What I'm saying is that it saddens me that many students are content to just let the world (our world at Agnes Scott) just go on around them, without ever playing a part. Rep Council will continue to fight for what you want. I just hope you will join them. Neighborhood Feminist "Get up, get down, get funky, get buteh!" byKjmCompqc As at all women's colleges, Agnes Scott women endure two eternal stereotypes: We're either debutantes or diesel dykes. We hate to admit the latter exist at all. Despite much talk, no "Lesbians and Friends" organization has yet to emerge. In our cool, sophisticated aca- demic way we ponder how odd it is that gays are closeted considering our liberal-minded campus. But we know the truth. Gays aren't vocal or visible because phobia triumphs over courage. There is this image of "The Lesbian Takeover." They'll be on every comer, re- cmiting harder than Tower Coun- cil, annpits hairy, clad in tank tops, army khakis and combat boots, spitting tobacco, "666" tattooed to their bulging biceps. There'll be that one that keeps looking at you. She's really nice to you. She smiles at you all the time, she helped you move in, she changed your flat tire. Then the seduction. She kid- naps you, sweeps you up into her love palace. She knows all kinds of games, owns all kinds of gadgetry. She teaches you things the condom box literature never could. She gets you reading that "feministic stuff." She shows you different castration and ball-busting methods, then makes you repeat "Women good, Men bad." Your friends are growing sus- picious. You try to go to frat houses but somehow you just don't fit in. One brother starts to tell a queer- hashing joke and you catch yourself warning him, "Hey buddy, watch it." You can't play with boys the same way again. They want to play straight with you, but you can't politely giggle anymore. You're a changed woman. You go off the pill. You start to go to gay clubs, incog- nito. "I just like the music," you lie. Then your roommate asks you the fatal question: "Are you a lesbian or something?" You're mortified. Nolxxly was supposed to find out. Your world caves in; crisis of the self. "I'm just a bowhead from a no-name theocratic Georgian town. I'm not supposed to be butch!" Your parents reject you. Your siblings reject you. You lose your inheritance. Your god damns you to hell. But wait! "You mean she's gay?" "She was in my swim class, and saw me naked!" "But she's so pretty!" "She drank out of my cup!" "But I saw her in church." "Do her parents know?" "She does take a lot of women 's studies classes." "That means she can't have babies!" "What does she do in bed?" "It's immoral!" "It's a sin!" She's your friend. She's you. Don't be afraid. Go to that gay church. Go to that gay bar. Go to that rally. Find out, learn, read, seek, live, grow, and experiment if you so choose. Then let's write a new song for the in-coming class: "A dyke without a Scottie..." Editorials Frbday,November 16, 1990 The Profile Page 6 - Letters To The Editor - If what happened on your inside happened on your outside, would you still smoke 7 Parent thanks students for happy Halloween Dear Editor, I would like to extend a special thanks to all of the students who participated in the Halloween festivities for children of the Agnes Scott community. Unfortunately, we were not able to attend the story telling on October 30, but we did go trick-or-treating in Winship, Main, and Inman, and to the games in Walters. Our children had a wonderful time! I don't know how many parents took advantage of the students' offerings, but those who did had to be as pleased as I was. My child received more treats than she could carry. The students were not only generous with the treats, but also with their imagination and time. Again, thank you. I hope you will consider doing this again next year. We'll be here! With gratitude, Peggy Owens Office of Development Conservative seeks a voice among "liberals" Dear Editor and editorial ists: We seem to have a mix-up in our understanding of a certain word in the English language LIBERAL. Did von know that this word means (and I quote from Webster) "possessing or manifesting a free and generous heart", "free from narrowness, bigotry, or bondage", and "appropriate or fitting for a broad and enlightened mind". 7 Obvi- ously, some of the people toting this word around in reference to themselves are terribly mistaken. As one of the "conservative Republicans" of Agnes Scott, 1 have had my views assaulted by so-called "liberals" one too many times. This letter is in response to "The Time Traveler" and all her followers. I happen to be Protestant (Presbyterian, with a background of Fundamentalist Church of God!); I happen to be pro-life; I happen to be a Republican. All of this seems to mark me as a white-male-demoivspawn to the so-called "liberals' 1 oi Agn.es Scott. After over a year here, 1 must have heard and read at least a million things wrong with m\ personal opinions and the people with whom I sympathize. 1 know that there are serious problems with my beliefs. 1 also know that there are serious problems with my country, but you don't see me emigrating! I appreciate the fact that other people want me to be aware of their feelings and their beliefs; I do not appreciate the fact that a whole lot of these people try to come after MY beliefs with a political bazooka in hand. There are lots of problems in every- thing, Agnes Scott, Christianity, and George Bush included. 1 am already aware of this fact, but that doesn't mean I'm throwing any of them out! Back to the problem of liberalism, however. If a liberal is a person who is free and generous, then people who attack my beliefs cannot be liberal. They're just as closed- minded on the other side of the mental coin. A conservative can be just as open- or closed-rBinded as anvone else, it's their attitude tow ards the views of other people that define them as such. 1 try to be liberal myself; I do not scream at others or attack then- opinions; 1 try to understand the views of my sisters and brethren. That doesn't mean that 1 have to change my opinion, it just means that I accept your opinion as one of worth and merit. My point here is that to be a liberal, you must understand Webster's definition, and be willing to accept the ideas around you; I wish we could all be liberals at Agnes Scott, don't you . 7 Sincerely, Jennifer Garlen PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR PROFILE Street Beat Com bi led by Anne Harris The Question: How do you feel about the proposed "smoke-free campus" policy? Stephanie Sidney, Class of 1993: I can respect everyone's right to smoke, but I wish more smoker would remember the fact that smoke travels when they smoke. But as to the policy, 1 would be hesitant to be that strict on people. Staci Dixon, Class of 1992: I think that this is just another example of the administration creating a policy without regard to the student voice. We are already very restricted in the areas we can smoke. Instead of denying a person's right to smoke, why don't we combat the stress which causes people to smoke in the first place? Suzy Crocker, Class of 1993: I don't think that it's fair but it really saddens me that people who have the mind and potential to change the world are killing themselves. I think that it's a personal decision and other people don't have the right to mandate it, but watch your bodies, petite flowers! Jill Dunaway, Class of 1994: lis not fair for non-smokers to have to breathe the second-hand smoke because it causes cancer too. I would support this policy because it would be a healthier way to Features Friday, November 16, 1990 The Profile Page 7 Faculty spotlight: Confessions of philosophical geek Dr. Parry BY Bethany Blankenship Staff Writer 'TftQiigktfiiP' and "intellectual" are two adjectives one could certainly apply to Richard Party, professor of philosophy, but in high school he was referred to as the "pet geek." That's right, folks. The man who teaches us ethics was the nerd in high school who liked to study and listen to classical music instead of he-hopping to the tunes of Elvis and the Big Bopper. Although he was bom in Easton, Pennsylvania, Parry grew up and went to high school in Atlanta. After he graduated from high school in 1957, his parents literally put him on a train and sent him on his way to discover the world according to Georgetown University. There he majored in philosophy. Parr>' went on in 1965 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his graduate work. It was there that he married in 1966. He, his wife, Susan, and his two children, Matthew and Amy, reside in Decatur. In 1967, Parry applied and was accepted to teach philosophy here at Agnes Scott. He has taken a few sahhaticals since then to write articles about Plato and contempo- rary philosophy for scholarly journals. In 1987, Party' worked in Washington, D.C. for the National Endowment for the Humanities where he recruited people to help design and establish trust funds. He returned in 1988, though, and has remained here since. Parry enjoys teaching for a liberal arts college because he believes that this sort of education helps the student not only in the classroom, but also in life. He says that the liberal arts education is the "best education for leading a good life." Administration proposes smoking policy, opinions by Bethany Blankenship Stafj Writer "To smoke or plot to smoke?" is the question the administra- tive officers at Agnes Scott have been pondering recently. A new policy would prohibit smoking from all buildings, r6oms, and offices except in students' dorm rooms and outside. According to Dean ot the College Cue Hudson, this new policy was written in order to create an awareness about the hazards of smoking. She hopes that if the policy goes into effect, it will discourage present >mokers from smoking and nonsmokers from starting. Dean Hudson also hopes that this policy will help create a cleaner, safer breathing environ- ment lor nonsmokers. Keeh Payne, sophomore, agrees with this new policy. She says, "1 think it's t i good idea. I think if you want to smoke, you should smoke in the privacy of your dorm room because that smoke infringes on other people." But what about the professors who smoke in their offices now? The new policy will not allow professors to smoke in their offices. Payne thinks that professors shouldn't smoke in their offices anyway because the smoke affects students who enter those offices. Junior Juliet Carney feels differently. "[The professors] should have the right to do just as [students] do." she says- Carney believes that the administration shouldn't give professors the right to smoke and then take it away. The adminis- tration, however, reserves the right to change college policies. The new policy would also extend its regulations to prohibit smoking in the dining hall and the snack bar. Freshman Courtney Harris disagrees with Military (continued from page 3) The aide, who asked not to be named, said many of the 300 no- new mixed the policy because it "would cause a lot of problems because a lot of roommates [have the problem where] one roommate smokes and one doesn't and if the only place they can smoke is in the room then there's going to be a lot of problems between roommates." Smoking outside is another opt ion tor smokers, but with winter coming, the RTCs, lacking a dorm room in which to smoke, are quite literally Left out in the cold. Freshman Kim Walker thinks the policy is i ml air to RTCs. She states, "You can't tell them to stop smoking just because they go to Agnes Scott College." Dean Hudson would like to hear from the students, faculty, .and staff about the proposed policy. She will he accepting both letters ot complaint and approval* All letters will be taken into considerat ion before the administrative officers take a final vote on the policy/ Addresses to write to men and women serving in the Middle East: Army/Air Force: Operation Desert Shield APO,NY 09848-0006 Navy/Marines: Operation Desert Shield ' FPO, NY 09866-0006 Cards and letters must be sent by November 26, 1990 in order to be received in time for Christmas. shows may have been called to active military duty in Saudi Arabia just before school started. Whatever the reason for the lower enrollment, N.C. State has been forced to Lay off s taff members, cancel scores of classes, and decrease the number of hours its libraries are open to help save money. Less drastically, Purdue, Iowa State, and Middle Tennessee State Universities, along with Robert Morris (PA) and Metro State (CO) Colleges have all announced tuition refund policies for students and faculty who might be called to the Middle East to fight*" Professor Richard Parry Wendy Alkbrook provides a new image for college women By Michele A. Barard Staff Writer Wendy Allsbrook '93 recently participated in a regional Tae Kwon Do Tournament at a local high school. Wendy, an orange, belt in the sport, won her division by being judged best in form and winning two sparring matches. Wendy got involved with Tae Kwon Do when she started taking the self-defense class from Paul Guerruci in the Alston Center last spring. She became more interested and sought lessons m the sport at Mr. Guerruci's karate studio. Wendy finds Tae Kwon Do satisfying because it is a lifetime sport which requires the same type of mental discipline as competitive gymnastics in which Wendy participated in high school. Tae Kwon Do has a lot to do with attitude as well as physical strength and ability. Also, it is a defensive rather than an offensive sport. Wendy says that she feels safer as a woman and no longer has fear of the "mysterious" power or strength of men. She thinks that most women underestimate their own strength and ability. Tae Kwon Do may be an especially good sport for women because it involves the physics of movement. It is not about being stronger than another person; rather, it is about being able to manipulate movement and use the Opponent's strength to debilitate him or her. Wendy likes that Tae Kwon Do is a philosophy as well as a sport, teaching both cooperation and control. She hopes to go on to obtain her black belt which is possible within four years under rigorous training. Wendy is a teaching assistant for the self-defense classes this year. She encourages the entire College community to make arrangements to take self- defense. Don't Haul it! Store it! At Avondale Mini Storage. Just 10 minutes from Agnes Scott!! 20% Discount for students on all units. 5' x 5' to 20' x 40' JT AVONDALE MINI-STORAGE 292-9173 Call 292-9173 Robert White, Manager North Decatur Agnes Scon Scottdak Mill Ppnce de Leon llllllllllll College Ave. Arts Friday, November 16, 1990 The Profile Page 8 "You'd charm the husks rigjit off of the corn- by Sanpee McGlaun Contributing Ediurr Nothing beats a great pair of... legs (to dance), lungs (to sing), and tickets (to see Juliet Provvse use those legs and lungs in Mame at the Fox!). Glitzy, glamorous and gorgeous, Mame is what you think of when you think blow- out Broad way musical: catchy songs many familiar favorites, great dancing, showy set, flashy costumes, humor, romance, even a touch of adventure and lots of glitter. Outrageous Mame Dennis, played by the incomparable Compiled by Sanpee McGiaun Contributing Editor Entries arc now being accepted tor Playboy's 1991 College Fiction Contest, open to all registered undergraduate and graduate students. The competi- tion is judged by the editors of Playboy magazine. Submit an original, unpub- lished story, maximum length 25 typed pages, double-spaced. Send the manuscript with a V x 5" card with your name, address, phone number and college affiiation to: Playboy, College Fiction Contest, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 1L, 6061 1. Headline tor submissions is [dtuiary 1 . 1991j first prize is $3,000. Vector Marketing C Corpora- tion, a national marketing firm which otters high income Juliet Prowse, is better known as "Auntie Mame" to her orphaned nephew/adopted son Patrick. She wants to raise the boy on experience ("You've got to LIVE! Life is a banquet and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."), but she is thwarted at every move by stuffy, pompous Mr. Babcock, executor of Patrick's father's estate. Convention wins, and Patrick is sent away to prep school at the same moment that Mame loses her fortune in a stock market crash and is forced to go to work. While attempting to work as a manicurist, Mame meets and opportunities to thousands ot colleges each year, will sponsor its Fourth Annual Essay Contest. Students are asked to write a one- page essay, not exceeding 250 words, on the following topic: "Rising Tuition Costs: How Can Corporate America Help?" The winning essay contestant will receive a $1000 scholarship. Two second prize winners will receive $500 each, and five mnncrs-up will be awarded $250 each in cash prizes. Copy should be typed, double- spaced or neath printed, and must include a return address and phone number along with the student's class and major. All submissions become the propertv ot Vecto^Marketing Corporation. Entries must be postmarked bv November 1 1 and mailed to: Essay Contest, Vector Marketing C Corporation, 1260 East Wtxxl- tails in love with Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, a Southern gentleman by trade, and they go off on the "world's longest honeymoon." When Mame returns, after Beau falls off an Alp, Patrick is in college and in love with teeth- clenching snob Gloria Upson. Mame "saves" Patrick from Gloria, he meets a "real" girl, and everyone lives happily ever after. Juliet Prowse was stunning as Mame. She was energetic, flamboyant, and outrageous, and her enthusiasm was contagious. She obviously was having a great time, and wanted everyone else to have a great time, too. land Avenue, Springfield, PA 19064. The Elie Wiesel Found, it ion for Humanity announces the 1991 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics essay contest. Open to full-time undergraduate senior students in accredited colleges and universities in the United States, the contest offers first, second, and third prizes of $5000, $3000, and $2000. Contest themes are w ( seating an Ethical Society: Concepts i >f the Common Good/ 1 and "The Meaning of Ethics Today." Headline for submission is December 28, 1990. Entry forms and further information! about the contest can be obtained by writing to: The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, 666 Fifth Avenue, UthHoor,New York, NY 10103 Diana Baffa-Brill's choreogra- phy gave Ms. Prowse ample opportunity to display her incredible dancing abilities, and Prowse also has a marvelous sense of comic timing. She was equally adept in the more serious scenes in the musical. The most touching moments of the show were scenes between Mame and young Patrick, engagingly portrayed by Joseph R. Sasnett. Their affection for each other was evident in the "Open a New Window" number, as Mame showed Patrick how to "LIVE!" Most charming was the underground dance hall sequence, where Patrick, his face set in tierce determination, showed himself a dance partner worthy of his show-stopping aunt. Everyone should have an Auntie Mame! Young Patrick's rendition of'My Best Girl" was heart- warming; as it should be. When older Patrick, played by John Scherer, reprised the song in the second act, it was spine-tingling. Scherer is possessed of a clear, beautiful tenor voice, which ran towards the heart -melting end ot the spectrum. Two of the most humorous numbers showcased the talent of Delphi Lawrence in the role of Vera Charles, Maine's best "and oldest" friend. Vera is an aging actress, and when Mame loses all her money, Vera offers to get her a bit part in her "avant-garde opera." Vera, as a "lady astronomer," makes an incredible discovery: 'The Man in the Moon... is a Lady!" Mame is the Lady in the moon, until she suddenly gets stage fright and crashes to the ground. "The Man in the Moon," complete with fifties-style backup singers, a leading man dressed suspiciously like Fabian, and a set straight out of the fairy land of the Nutcracker, was one of the most entertaining numbers in the show. Vera's and Mame's catty-hut- oh^so-loving duet "Bosom Buddies" was also great lun. Any woman win ) has a close, longstanding female friend would get a kick out of the digs and "darlings" exchanged m this song. The plant.it inn scene, located at Beauregard's C ieorgian plantation, Peckerwi tod, showcased some of the funniest supporting characters in the show. The fierce, snarling Mother Burnside (Lou Ann Miles) was hilarious. "The Fox Hunt" number was one of my person. il favorites. Its staging tlie focus on following the imagined Mamc-on- horseback was excellently done and the tall-tale nature of the song lyrics, telling how Mame was the first woman in history to bring the fox back alive, made it one of the more polished and humorous scenes. Mame's "humanity" wins the hearts of Beauregard's family, and the company paid tribute to the indomitable woman with the now-classic "Mame." This number was somewhat disap- pointing, mainly owing to the sound system in the Fox. The lyrics to "Mame" could hardly be heard or understood over the orchestra; this problem could be remedied by turning up the volume on the performers' body microphones. The costume choices tor the company were also a bit disturb- ing in "Mame." The women were in frothy pink, the men in white tiding pants and scarlet jackets. This color combination, against an olivc-grccn/pcacby background, was distract ing. It is possible that the idea was to contrast the more Subdued "northern" color Schemes (gray in New York, golds and brow ns in Connecticut ) with the "indulgent" South. One very nice costume- lighting effect occurred during "Open a New Window," as the lights' green cast blended with Mame's dress, leaving Patrick (in navy and white) in full focus while he "discovered* 1 New York. Last but not least, special mention must be made of Meghan DuJfy's delightful portrayal of Agnes C iooch. From the opening scene, when the curtain rose on her in her brown orthopedic loafers and white bobby socks, Puffy charmed the audience. Her "coming out" scene (as she Covered her chest and screamed, "Where. 7 !") was wonderfully. funny, and her rendition of "C lOOCh'jS Song," as she returned from "opening a new window" ("Who would have thought it VI be so hard to close it. ? ") six months pregnant, was simply hysterical. Although a bit slow in the ( opening, the sh< m steadily gained momentum throughout the second act. Maine was .i well-crafted piece of pure entertainment, full of old familiar favorites ("We Need A Little ( 'hristmas" originated with Mame), lots of laughs, spectacle and flash. From the glittering Brooklyn Bridge in the background to Mame's silver sequins, the show- was an upbeat, engaging experience, which had audience members humming songs from the show as they walked out of the theatre. J idler Prowse stars in Mame. Attention Writers! Arts Friday, November 16, 1990 The Profile Page 9 Calendar of Events v 'Compiled by Rita Ganey - Conti'ibuting Editor Theatre Hotizon Theatre Company: Sparkling romantic comedy Eastern Standard playing through November 17. For ticket informa- tion, call 584-7450. Neighborly x >d Playh( >use: Singin' in the Rain will play November 2 thrpugb December 8. It's the story about Hollywood in the 70s as the era of silent movies gives way to "talkie^" an J changes all the movie-making rules. Tickets are $ 1 0 for adults, $8 f< >r students, $5 for senior citizens. Call 373-531 1 for more informa- tion. Also: Theatre Cael and Neighborhood Playhouse will present an original children's theatre production of Arthur, King, based on the Arthurian legends of the sw ord and the stone. Novem- ber 17 at 1 1:00 a.m. General admission is $4- Call 373-531 1 for reservations. The Underground Theatre: Opens 21st season with Robert Andersons Silent Night, Lonely Night, a hittersweet drama about love and despair on a Christmas Eve. Runs through Saturday, November 17. Call 634-5 134 for i icket information. Variety Playhouse: The Second City National Touring Company will perform comedy skits on November 16 at 8 p.m. Reserved tickets are $13.50. Call '892-5021 for more information. Dance Agnes Sc( >ttG >1 lege: The Studio Dance Theatre presents its Christmas children's show, "Bob Humbug, The Christmas Crump," on Monday, December \ at 10:25 a.m. Admission is SI per person. Gall 371-6430 for reservations^ The Atlanta Ballet: For more information on the following events, call S73-5S1 1. Tickets are available at all metro Atlanta Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 249-6400. An exciting w eekend of dance highlighting the company's depth and versatility, will be presented Nov ember 1 5 through 1 7 at the Civic Center. By George, Prodigal Son and The Four Temperaments will be accompanied by the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. A 1st): The Nutcracker returns to the Civic Center December 8 through 29. The Georgia Ballet, Inc.: Per- forms The Nutcracker December 7 through 9 at the Cobb Civic Center. For tickets or information, call 425-0258. Music Atlanta Feminist Women's Chorus: Celebrating its tenth anniversary with a concert on December 1 in the June Cofer Auditorium of Southside High School. There will be two shows, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. The concert will have an inter- preter for the hearing impaired. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. For further information, call 523-7455. Windstonn Prcxkictions: New- age pianist David Lanz will be in concert with a 36-piece orchestra on November 17 at 8 p.m. at the Variety Playhouse. Reserved tickets are $ 1 7.. 50. For more mlormation, call 892-5021. Also: Andy M. Stewart , leader of the popular Celtic group Silly Wizard, appears with Irish multi- instrumentalist Manus Lunny on Saturday, November 17 at Emory's Cannon Chapel. Co-sponsored with Theatre Gael. For more ticket information, call 874-2232. Galleries The High Museum at Georgia- Pacific Center: Admission is live for all of the following events, Call 577-6940 for further lntonnation. Consmictcd Images: New Photography features 71 works by black and Latin artists utilizing photography to stage narrative stories, revise historical events, reveal personal information, and comment on contemporary concerns. Runs through fartuary 11, 1991. Also: Poster Art of the Soviet Union: A Window into Soviet Life is a collection ot eighty-five contemporary ppst-glasnost posters w hich reflect the changing Soviet STUDENT LOANS: $74,000 in low-interest loans available regardless of finances, income or credit history. For information call 438-3055. Why rent? Homes for $1.00 Repos. Gov't give away programs! For information 504-649-0670 Ext. R-2193 scene. Will run November 5 through Fehmary 8, 1991 . The High Museum of Art: For the follow ing events* admission is $4, $2 for college students w ith IDs. For information, call 892- HIGH. "Andy Warhols Celebrities" features 53 large, colorful portraits by America's best-known artist and one ot the founders of Pop Art. The exhibit runs through January 6, 1991. Also: Art on the Edge: Elisa D'Arrigo, an exhibit of sculptures and drawings by Elisa LTArrigo runs through December 9, 1990. The exhibition includes 15 works, five sculptures and 10 works on paper, produced during the past three years. Also: Japanese Porcelain: The Jacobs Collection, the first exhibition of the John L. Jacobs collection of Japanese porcelain will be on view through February 24, 1991. -Forty objects have been selected for the exhibition. They provide a survey ot the porcelain from the beginning ot the 17th century to the end ot the 19th century w ith a concentration on the earlier period. North Arts Center: These exhibits will be running through December 23. Call 394-3447 for more information. Artists explore the history ot art through Table Scenes in Gallery A. Also: In Gallery R are John Hawkins's Recent Paintings. Jimmy Carter Library: "Folklite of the Georgia Wiregrass" opens on November 2 1 at the Museum ot the J immy Carter Library. It focuses on traditional ways ot lite in the communities of south Georgia. Admission is $2.50 for adults, $1 .50 for senior adults, and free tor ages 16 and under. Call 331-0296 for inform.it ion and 3 3 1 - 3942 tor group reservations. FAST FUNDRAISING IN JUST ONE WEEK. 1000 Earn up to $1000 in one week for your campus organization. Plus a chance at $ 5000 more! This program works! No investment needed. Call 1 80^932-0528 Ext. 50 Self-portrait fry Elisabeth Sunday, now at the High. Miscellaneous Atlanta Atrican Film Society: Garbage Boy, a film shot in Mali about the economic and moral injustice and inadequate health and education services, will air on November 16 at 8 p.m. Admission is $5. Call 525-1 136 for more information. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: On November 17 and 18, pottery created by Callanwolde instructors and assistants will be on sale. For more information, call 874-9351. Fern bank Science Center: Astronomers announce that on the night ot November 17 the Leonid meteor shower is expected to reach a maximum of 15 meteors per hour. Interested observers should look to the northeast atter midnight to see this shower. Also: In observation of Ameri- can Education Week, "Plant Detectives" will be presented at 2 p.m. in conjunction with the regular 1-5 p.m. greenhouse open house. Sunday, November 18. There is no charge for this special program, For more information, calf 378-4311. Arts Friday, Noxtmber 16, 1990 The Profile Page 10 Stallone retires, resorts to fighting in the streets in Rocky V by Rita Ganey Contributing Editor Rocky's back. And to my surprise, this is the best Rocky movie since the first. Instead of focusing on boxing like the others, this movie puts more effort into relationships and feelings. Rocky V picks up where Rocky IV left off, right after the fight with the Russian. Back in the States, Rocky and Adrian find out that their accountant has used and lost all of their money. To top it off, Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) has irreversible brain trauma from the beatings he has sustained in the ring. Rocky retires because of the damage. The BalBoas head back to the old neighborhood with what they had started out with nothing. It is at this point that a young Fighter from Oklahoma shows up. He has potential, and Rocky becomes his manager. Since 1939 Bringing Decatur affordable, quality commercial printing MODERN PRESS NEWSLETTERS BROCHURES FLYERS STATIONERY SIGNS POSTERS LABELS TICKETS COPIES CARBONLESS FORMS ANNOUNCEMENTS WEDDING INVITATIONS BUSINESS CARDS PROGRAMS We provide complete in-house design, typesetting, desktop publishing, bindery, and finishing work on one- color to four-color printing. We have quick access to large volume and specialty color sources for ALL your printing needs. DECATUR OFFICE SUPPLY Now carrying 2 full line of convenient office supplies for your home or office. 373-3337 225 North McDonough across from the Decatur High School Auditonum The young fighter, Tommy Gunn (Tommy Morrison), has his sights set on a title match. He is seduced by a crooked promoter, George Washington Duke (Richard Gant), who actually wants Rocky to fight again, to fight for him. Through this, Rocky keeps his faith in Tommy, though the rest of the family sees what is happening. This causes much tension in the family. Adrian (Talia Shire) takes back her old job in the pet shop. Sage Stallone, who plays Robert Balboa, Rocky s son, has a chance to fight in this movie. His fight is one to gain the attention of his father, who has seemingly abandoned hi in tor this new fighter. The only thing I did not like about the younger Stallone's perfonnance is that he pouts throughout the whole movie. The situation between Rocky and Tommy finally comes to blows when Tommy challenges Rocky. What ensues is the best street tight since Clint EastwcxxJ's tights in Any Which Way But Loose. If you never have liked the way Rocky talks, or just can't get used to it, like me, be prepared to listen to almost a full two hours of the same stuff. That part of the story doesn't change. Even though I was skeptical about seeing a fifth Rocky movie, I was excited to find that it was much better (ban the three in the middle (Rockys II, III, and IV), since this movie tends to concen- trate more on an emotional level than the others. The novelty of Rocky's fight not being in the ring appealed to the crowd watching this latest offering. The audience loved it, cheering and clapping throughout Fools of Fortune escapes from the generic movie pattern by Julie Inabinet Have you been longing for a change of pace from the mindless movies with good-looking, studly males, weak hi mho- like females, pointless violence, mushy love scenes, and a sound track by Bon Jovi? Fools of Fortune may be the movie to get you out of that rut . Set in the 1920s in Ireland after World War I, the first half of the movie is told from the perspective of Willie Quinton, the only son of a wealthy Protestant Irish family. The family's small hometown is being patrolled by the violent Black and Tans, a British military 6 >ree sent to Ireland to cmsh the resistance. Mr. Quinton, w ho owns a barrel-making factory, has recently had to rehire a man who has just returned from military service with the Black and Tan. The man is snubbed by his co- workers and later is found, hanged, on the Quintons plantation, Kiltory. Quinton is blamed, Kiltory burned down, and several characters are killed. Suddenly, the time jumps forward ten years, making Willie aK )Ut twenty years old. (Movies are neat, huh?) Iain Glenn plays the older Willie: shy, tortured, and, well, wimpy. Now that he has returned from school, he must take over his fathers business responsibilities and care for his alcoholic mother, played by Julie Christie. Next enters Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who plays Willies cousin and future lover, Mary Ann. I'd tell you more, but at this point, the movie gets really intense (with an hour still remailiMf), and I don't want to give anything away. Though, likeeverv movie, Fools of Fortune has a few hokey moments, predictable lines, etc., it WE WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER When you walk in to take your graduate level exam, you want to be armed and dangerous. Let College Bound give you all the ammo you need. Our preparation classes can raise your score as much as 30% or more. And that's just one part of our complete program. We also offer Grad School Counseling-a service that helps you target and win entrance to the right grad school for you. JANET RONKJN'S CollegeBound DI N WOODY 404-452-7074 VININGS 404-952-0311 VIRGINIA-HIGHLANDS 404-874-1455 OTHER LOCATIONS 1-800-2-TEST-HI gets an "A" on creativity, style and photography. The music is wonderful, the scenery breathtak- ing When you go to see it, don't expect a mindless, simple movie, because this one requires your full attention and your thought tulness. Paving the full price to see it on the big screen is well worth the money. Blackfriars prepare for annual children^ show by Sanoee McGlaun Contributing Editor The Blackfriars will present Song of Guenevere, written by Atlanta playwright and director John Stephens, as their 1990-91 season children's show. Si >ng of Guenevere is a children's fairy tale based on the Arthurian legend. The small tamilv ol women in the play are on ( i quest tor C uienevere. In their search, they discover th;it without love and iamily unity, it is impossible to survive their "journey into the unknown." Kathleen Hill will play the rble of Guenevere. Pam Allen will portray Annie, Jeanne I Campbell will play Lillith, C "hrissie LewaQdowski is Blanche, and Andie Morano w ill play the pan of Childie, Alumna Susan Pwhcr will take the role ol the White Musician. Senior theatre major Annmarie Anderson will direct the product ion w ith the assis- tance ol junior 1 lelene Barms. Scpng ol C menevere w ill run December 6th through 9th, w ith performances at 9: JO and 1 1 : JO .i.m. and 1 p.m. on the 6th and 7th and ;it 1 p.m. on the Sth and 9th. Tickets are $2.00. DATES: NO PARIETALS? We have a special discounted room just for you. We always allow you in our rooms any time, any day. Call us please. All you need to do to receive this discount is have an Agnes Scott student register you with her l.D. $45. 00 per room- based on space available. 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Chapter AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE The Profile The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Friday, December 7, 1990 Volume 77, Issue 6 Student prepares for possibile shipment to Persian Gulf by Dawn Sloan Staff Writer Since the early days of August when Suddam Hussein's Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait, the threat of war has grown until now it seems unavoidable. To prepare for this likelihood, many Reserve and National Guard units have been called into active duty. While some of these units take over the daily activities of the regular Army here in the United States, many others will perform administrative duties, provide communications, and also go into combat in the event of a war. Sophomore April Van Mansfeld is part of the 48th Brigade of the 148th Headquar- ters Unit of the National Guard which was recently called into active duty. She, along with the other troops in the Brigade, left from Macon, Georgia last Sunday, December 2, for Savannah to train for 16 days. This training, according to April, will be similar to basic training. The 48th Brigade is an Administrative Unit. Asa member, April's duties include handling paperwork, ordering necessary parts, making sure that proper vehicle maintenance is performed, keeping track of who is responsible for what duties, and maintaining log sheets for all vehicles. April was originally part of the 190th M.P. Company which has already been sent to Saudi Arabia. Because there were already two other individuals who performed the same duties as April in that unit, she was assigned to her present unit, which needed her skills. Although she hopes the United States will not go to war, April is attempting to prepare - herself and "find the proper mind set." Her mother's only child, April is her father's youngest and her biological father's eldest. She has a nineteen-year-old brother who is in the Navy. He too is still in the U.S. "As the oldest, I wish I could ensure he wouldn't have to go [to the Persian Gulf]." Although part of an adminis- trative unit, April and the others in her troop would be in consider- able danger if sent to Saudi Arabia. As a woman, April asks the question, "Do I want to die as an administrative clerk or as a soldier on the front line?" She points out that "keeping us [women] out of combat doesn't mean we won't be killed. If I die I don't want to be on the back lines killed by a sniper." April points out that in every war in which the U.S. has fought, many women have been killed, yet their deaths have been unheralded. "I think a lot of people, particularly the media and government, who refer to 'our boys' are pushing under the carpet the fact that there are a lot of women who are going to be killed." She also believes that if women are going to be allowed into the military, "[we] should [be able to] April Van Mansfeld go into any field we want." April wonders what the friends she leaves behind will "do without me when I'm gone." She believes that these women will carry on, just as she plans to, and urges everyone to remember that "supporting the troops doesn't mean supporting the war." SVC begins fight for student representative on Board of Trustees by Laura Barlament Staff Writer The first two meetings of the Student Voice Coalition (SVC) have resulted in the formulation of plans for achieving a concrete goal: student representation on the Board of Trustees. The first meeting on Novem- ber 1 5 defined the organization, clarified its immediate goals, and discussed issues of student concern. The SVC was called into session by Jessica Carey, Kathryn Cullinan, Eva Mihlic, Jeanne Peters, Kat Robinson, and Kara Russell. Jeanne Peters facilitated the lively discussion, which ranged from the effects of media coverage of campus events to the school color. The SVC was created as an outlet for discussion and action on campus issues. All Agnes Scent students who wish to be involved with the Coalition are members. Meetings may be convened by any student or group of students to discuss any issue; but "no member of the Student Voice Coalition may issue a statement on behalf of the Coalition without the expressed consent of the members present," according to the group's constitution. The Coalition's immediate objective, which was unanimously agreed upon in a straw vote by the members present, is to have student representatives with voting powers on the Agnes Scott Board of Trustees. Students feel that representa- tion is necessary to provide "access to information so we know what's going on" and so that student opinions can be voiced to the Board, said Carey. It was felt that the Board needs to let students know the reasons behind its decisions and needs to be more accountable to the students. Student representation on the Board was adopted as the primary goal because it can serve as an "umbrella" which will facilitate the achievement of other objec- tives. It was also felt that student support for this issue would be high. The discussion centered on the many ramifications of this proposal and other issues of student concern, such as African-Ameri- can studies. The suggested method of actually selecting student reps to the Board of Trustees was by the regular petition process, possibly with additional input from minority student groups. The legal aspects of having student Board members with voting privileges and the necessity of holding Board meetings in Atlanta were also addressed. SVC's second meeting on November 28 mainly provided an update on the proposal process. A letter was read asking pennission for members of SVC to attend the meeting of the faculty executive board on December 10. Attendance at that meeting would give them the position to petition for a vote of faculty support for student efforts to gain representation on the Board. This letter met with approval. Also presented was a draft of the proposal to the Board of Trustees stating the goal of the SVC to have student representa- tives on the Board. The proposal will list the issues on which the SVC would like to "initiate dialogue" with the Board. To mobilize campus-wide support for the proposal, SVC members are communicating with other student groups such as Interdorm, Witkaze, and Chimo to gain their backing. SVC is also circulating a student petition in hopes of getting most of the students' signatures. Rep Council has written its own proposal, R.C. 196, for student representation on the Board. It is currently being contemplated for a second vote; thereafter it will be submitted to the Judicial Review Committee, and then to the Board of Trustees. Rep Council is working towards obtaining an invitation to the January meeting of the Board in order to present their proposal. If they are invited, they will act in representation of SVC's efforts as well. The Coalition also plans to write a resolution in support of the faculty's attempt to gain represen- tation on the Board. It is scheduled for presentation to the SVC members at the next meeting. Inside News AAUP Reactivated Page 2 Features Clyde Edgerton interviewed Page 9 Arts Local acoustic scene explored Page 15 News Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 2 Chemistry department to face unsteady future by Anne Marie Haddock With an unknown numher of faculty continuing in the chemistry department next year, its accreditation is at risk. 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DECATUR CONFERENCE PLAZA I 30 Clairemont Avenue Decatur* 37 1-0204 COMPLIMENTARY PARKING For your convenience wr will he hjppt to validate wKiic y-\, .ire i t;ni-vt it ur h.-tci importance ot an American Chemical Society (ACS) ap- proved degree. 7 Why are four full time professors required fox ACS approval? Finally, it the depart- ment tails to meet ACS's minimal standards, will Agnes Scott continue to offer a major in chemistry? Approximately 92% ot graduat- ing chemistry majors in the United States come from the 593 ACS-approved chemistry depart- ments presently in existence. Out ot these institutions, only 42% are graduated with an ACS-certitied degree. A wide range ot institu- tions have accreditation. Many employers and graduate schools, including medical schools, are unfamiliar with small, women's liberal arts colleges. Often the public presumes that institutions like Agnes Scott do not have a strong chemistry department. Chemistry Professor Alice Cunningham said that the ACS approval is a "real plus," especially since Agnes Scott students cannot get a B.S. in chemistry. The ACS approval proves to indiv iduals untamiliar with Agnes Scott that no less than the minimal level ot standards is maintained in the department. Another chemistry Professor, Leon Venable, said that ACS approval is a good recruiting tool for the department because the approval is a distinguishing characteristic of Agnes Scott. Not only do students receive individualized attention, but they also get an education that is equal to, if not better than, the educa- tion available at larger universi- ties. Professors usually do not apply for positions in non-approved departments, and granting agencies that supply research tunds look tor institutions with accreditation. Since faculty promotions are detennined upon the research these grants cover, the depart- ment needs as many advantages as possible. According to Cunningham, "We would not want to put ourselves in the group that graduates the other 8% of chemistry majors [lacking accreditation] in the United States." At least tour professors are required tor ACS accreditation. This is in part to limit contact hours tor each professor (no more than 1 5 per w eek). Traditionally, each professor in the chemist rv department specializes in one ot the tour areas ot the discipline: organic, Inorganic,, physical, or analytical. This breaks down the work load, giving each professor time tor research, individualized attention to students, paper work, instrument repair, and waste disposal. As these activities are time-consuming, a department with less than four members would lack stability. Presently, Agnes Scott employs three full-time and two part-time (continued on next page) Two are indicted in shying of Clark Student by Kathy Scruggs Two Atlanta youths, includ- ing a 16-year-old who served a year in prison for shooting a man in the back, were indicted Friday [November 16] in the murder of a Clark Atlanta University student. The indictment allows Jeremy J. Johnson, 16, of 1053 Parsons St. SW, to be tried as an adult, said Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton. "He couldn't get anything more than two-and-a-hall years as a juvenile," Slaton said. "The ' judge should have more leeway in his sentencing." Slaton would not comment on whether he will seek the deat h penalty. According to a statement one suspect gave police, the gun went oft acciden- tally atter Jeremy allegedly hit the victim's companion in the head. Jeremy and Montavis Areious Farmer, 1 7, ot 949 West view Drive, who has juvenile convic- tions tor trafficking in cocaine and possessing a fireami in the commision ot a felony, are charged with the slaying of treshman Duane Goodman, 19, of Columbus. They are also charged w ith the anned robbery of Goodman and his companion, Harold Kitt, as the students were walking on Vine Street at the edge of campus early Sunday morning. Jeremy, w hose only Fulton County charge was shoplift ing, was released September 29 from the Youth Development Center. He had served a year for aggra- vated assault in I Clayton C \ >unt\ tor shooting Morris McDuffie, 40, of College Park in the back, said Sam Washington, court service worker with the state Department ot Human Re- sources 1 Youth Services Division. Jeremy also received a suspended sentence in Clayton County in February 1989 after being convicted ot credit card theft and fraud, stealing a pistol and a car, theft by receiving stolen property and reckless conduct, Washington said. Jeremy and some friends gOI into a confrontation wnh McDuffie, who "supposedly was going to hit Jeremy with a pole or broom," said a law enforce- ment i >ttk lal. "Jeremy asked one of the other buys to give bim a [gun] and he tired five rounds and one struck Mr. McDuffie in the back. ... There's still a piece ot bullet in him." Reprinted fnnn the Atlanta Joumal/i lonstitution. Agnes Scott AAUP chapter reactivated by Professor Jack Nelson The Agnes Scott College chapter of the American Associat ion ot I Iniversity Professors has been reactivated .is of this October and recognized by the National Assoc lat ion in Washington, D.C. The officers ot the ASC chapter are: President: Jack Nelson Vice-President: Patricia Pinka Treasurer: Leon Venable Secretary: Gail Cabisius At-large members of the Executive Committee: Katharine Kennedy and Arthur Bowling, Jr. The first ASC chapter was established in 1965 under the direction of Catherine Sims who was then Professor of History at ASC and was last year the Interim Dean of the College. Professor Sims recalls with pleasure the day she informed President Wallace Alston that the AAUP chapter had been formed. The Presi- dent greeted her news with enthusiasm and welcomed the chapter's help in solving problems that he faced. AAUP is "the organization of professors at colleges and universities, public and private, large and small, dedicated to the defense of academic freedom. The Association's advocacy of enhanced faculty participat ion in inst nut lonal government, increased rcpre- sentat ion for women and minorities, support for state and federal legislation benefi- cial to higher education, and document at ion of salary and compensation benefits makes it the voice of the profession. AAUP is the only national organization exclusively representing the interests of college and university faculty members." News Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 3 Campuses pose potential problem crime areas, warns lecturer by Allison Butler Staff Writer Interdorm Council, in an effort to increase campus safety, coordinated special crime prevention seminars during the week of November 12th through 16th. Crime prevention practitioners from the Citizens Action Team, based in Stone Mountain, con- ducted these seminars in all the residence halls of Agnes Scott. Kathi Roberts, president and founder of the organization, and her husband J. R. Roberts dis- cussed with students some fundamental methods of avoiding assault. Roberts first taught the neces- Markert and Merrick appointed summer conference coordinators by Jessica Carey Staff Writer After a search committee was formed and resumes accepted, the College decided it had the right person to handle the position pi summer conference coordinator already working on campuv The full responsibilities ot the conference coordinator have been delegated to Dorothy (Dot) Markert, with additional help to be provided by Mollie Merrick, associate dean pi students. For the past few years there has been no official director, so Markert and Merrick assumed all of the responsibilities of summer conferences. According to Dean oi Students Gue' Hudson, these conferences provide a number of things for Agnes Scott, including additional revenue, public relations, and a productive use of the facilities. The search committee was fonned in an attempt to locate a person who could effectively present our facilities and services. Chemistry professors. The latter are filling Professor Bottomley s position due to her resignation in the spring of 1990. The department is currently searching for a professor to replace Professor McCloskey, whose resignation will be effective this spring. The administration decided not to fill the fourth position next year. The two part -time profes- sors, who each are included in the "minimal four," will not be returning in the spring. Another position may be opened dependent upon Cunningham's time of retirement. The College presently has three senior chemistry majors, no juniors, and three to five potential sophomores. After filing the annual report in July to the ACS committee, which Cunnigham chaired from 1986 to 1988, Agnes Scort may be flagged because the department does not have four full-time professors nor does it have any students who w ill be graduated with the decree in 1992. The AC'S committee will By presenting the campus in a positive light and centralizing responsibility in a more struc- tured manner, the College hopes to increase conferences on campus. After assessing the situation, the committee, chaired by Gerald Whittington, recognized that Markert had the expertise and experience required, and only needed the full support of the College to provide all of the necessary services. This decision allowed the college to continue to provide summer conference opportuni- ties without the burden of another salary. Markert has been given more authority, allowing her to negotiate price structures depending on conference size and needs, act as a liaison between the college and outside groups, handle food service needs and arrange scheduling. The appointment of confer- ence coordinator is hoped to boost Agnes Scott's reputation as a first class conference center. The use of the College's facilities for summer conferences has many benefits. It provides year-round employment for maintenance and food-service workers, and creates new job opportunities for students remaining in the area over summer breaks. It also acts as a strong public relations tool when familiarizing new people and prospect ive students with the Agnes Scott community. Some of the conferences that have been on campus in the past include the Ford Scholars program, the Hot Topics admissions seminar, and IDEA, a meeting of superintendents of private schools in the South. All of these groups benefit not only from Agnes Scott College, but also from the broader Atlanta community. With close proximity to downtown Atlanta events, the MARTA station nearby, and access to the recreational facilities on campus, groups recognize that Agnes Scott may provide the right place at the right time. (continued on page 2)~ detennine whether Agnes Scott's problem is temporary or long-term. Cunningham provided some insight into the probable decision: "During consideration of a situation which might lead to probationary status or removal from the ACS-approved list, the College would have the opportu- nity to request an investigative visit by an ACS committee associate. 44 If the ACS Committee on Professional Training determined that minimal standards were not being maintained by the college, a probationary period (usually a year) would be allowed prior to removal from the list." The Committee provides the College with many opportunities to return to the standards. If it is obvious that the policy has been changed and the College does not attempt to return to the standards, then the department will lose its ACS approval. Both Venable and Cunningham agree that it would be "academi- cally suicidal" for Agnes Scott to lose its accreditation. Administrations at many institutions do not strive for the approval of the ACS because it requires long-tenn commitment of money to chemistry depart- ments to meet the minimal standards. However, past administrations of the College have been support- ive of maintaining approval. The result of this policy has been consistently exemplary reviews since the department was first approved in 1957. Even though meeting standards is expensive, the College does not have to pay membership fees, visitation fees, or probation fees to the ACS. Venable hopes that when considering long-term planning, the administration will look at the overall average of 3.4 graduating chemistry majors rather than the 1992 exception of 0 graduates. Over the past twenty years the number of graduating chemistry majors has ranged from one to seven. Because chemistry majors are generally scarce, this appar- ently low number is high relative to other institutions sary lesson of thinking like a criminal. Once we realize that criminals crave quick, easy, low- risk crimes, removing ourselves from the easy target category becomes much easier. Roberts stressed the importance of not looking like an easy target. She said that criminals tend to search for particular characteristics in their victims. The seminars offered several important suggestions to increas- ing home security. Owning a dog not a big, fierce-looking one, but a small, loud, and protective dog makes a robber's job risky and difficult Other ideas included keeping lights on, locking the door as soon as you are inside, fonriing a neighborhood watch program, and displaying security system signs with warnings like "Owner not responsible for personal injur/' or death/' In the nine years since founding the Citizens Action Team, the crime prevention practitioners have interviewed many criminals who feel 44 it's too easy to go someplace else" if they might get hurt or caught. According to one, 44 [People] do the weirdest things to protect themselves." The team emphasized that no one with a good sense of self preservation will challenge someone who is obviously prepared to handle an attack. It is our responsibility to take both seemingly weird and common sense actions in order to keep ourselves safe. According to Roberts, humor- ous and embarrassing crime- prevention methods often prove effective in preventing assaults. For example, a woman who feared she was being followed through a mall parking lot suddenly called out excitedly to a group of women, as if she knew them. They must have thought she was crazy until she explained the situation to them. When all seven women turned and looked directly at her pursuer, he turned and hurried back the way he had come. Similar tips to remember in such situations are to yell "fire" instead of 44 help" so that people won't be afraid of endangering themselves when they rush to your rescue, and to check under a car and in the back seat before entering it. Students found that one of the most disturbing topics touched on in this session was date rape. In most cases the woman feels that the rape was her fault and she can't face, let alone accuse, the friends or acquaintances who committed the crime. Roberts pointed out that men should be educated about rape prevention because most rapes are committed by men. Another point stressed in the seminar concerning rape was that we all, as friends and neighbors, have a responsibility to protect each other. The important things a friend can tell a rape victim are: that it was not her fault because she did the right thing and is still alive; that the friend is sorry it hap- pened; and that the victim is all right now. These are vital messages to a victim of any crime, because the knowledge returns some of the power that was stolen by the r $5 OFF COUPON ~l L. Brad M. 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Views expressed on the editorial pages do riot necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated with the College other than the author. Parting words from April Van Mansf eld Dear Agnes Scott community, There are so many people who IVe promised to say goodhye to that this is the only realistic way to do it. This semester has been very difficult for me. I've had to pretend to be a normal student (socializing, homework, classes) while the entire time IVe dreaded every phone call, every answering machine message. I've dreaded being away from my room because I wanted to be there for the call, and I've dreaded being there because I didn't want to hear it. I've wanted to forget my classes and spend all my time with my friends and family. Yet IVe also wished that I could bury myself in my work so that I wouldn't miss people so much. In the midst of all my confusion 1 must thank my sisters at Agnes Scott as well as the faculty and staff for being supportive and flexible. What amazes me is that in mnay ways this has been my best semester at ASC. Academically, I've never done as well as I am now. Personally, I feel blessed to he surrounded by my friends. Many times I've visited one of them and |usi sitting in their room, or listening to them, has raised my spirits. The women of this campus have been so kind to me, and I don't know if I will ever be able to repay them. To my friends who are graduating: I wish you all the luck and success you all deserve. To my classmates: As Arnold would say, "I'll be back." To my professors: Thank you for everything. To Deans Wistrand and Hudson: Thank you both for your help. To Patti: Thank you for being there for my Mom. She's going to need you. To my friends: Arrange it among yourselves so that once a week at least one of you calls my parents and drives them crazy. When I was in high school, I ran with a group of women that I loved dearly. There was a nucleus of about five, but with all the satellites there were about 20 of us. I never thought I'd have that again; then I went to basic, where there was a nucleus of about seven, but there were 52 of us in the platoon. I was sure I would never have that again. Then I came to ASC, and now there is a nucleus of 20 and over 600 others. I will write as often as I can and send an address as soon as possible. Take care of yourselves and each other. Continue to strive for excel- lence. Sincerely, April Van Mansfeld The Profile staff would like to thank Bill Washburn for his time, expertise, and support over the years* He will be missed* RTC Corner by Kat Robinson RTCs are required not only to do well scholastically, as are the traditional members of the Agnes Scott community, but also often have full or part-time jobs, families, homes, and other social obligations to attend to. This makes it mighty difficult for many of you to keep abreast of vsmpud happenings. Hence, the reason for this column. This w ill he a column with news on class meetings and RSO meetings, including information that may affect you as an RTC. This will also be a place for you to air an important viewpoint that you feel pertains to campus relationships. If there are any issues you would like to address, or informa- tion you would like included in this column, please write to The Profile, or stick it in Box 648. Be sure to mark it clearly "RTC Corner." If you haven't been able to make it to the RSO meetings, 1 . RSO meetings are held at 10:25 a.m. on the first Monday of every month in the lower lobby of ANton Student Center (the building that houses the snackbar). There are also RTC support group meetings the rest of the Mondays of the month, at 10:25 a.m. in the Chapel Lounge (upstairs in the same building). Our next RSO meeting will be in February. 2. Our president is Jean MacDowell, and our other officers are Sue King, Kathy Monturo, Ginger Hicks, and Denise Crowe. 3. Our representatives on Rep Council are Donna Kimball and Kat Robinson. 4. Our contacts on the Student Voice Coalition, for those of you who can't attend but would like to have your voice heard, are Jeanne Peters and Kat Robinson. 5. There are 105 RTCs at Agnes Scott, which is a sizeable percent of the entire body of 590 students. 6. We have our own study- lounge room in the Collabora- tive Learning Center in the small building (the Student Center Annex) east of the Alston Student Center. Our room is upstairs, #210, and we will soon have a telephone number and an answering machine. At the last RSO meeting we discussed: 1 . The opening of a position on Honor Court for an RTC. Any volunteers. 7 2. The proposal to begin a special newsletter to RTCs as well as a column in The Profile. 3. The proposal to compile a handbook specifically for RTCs w ith valuable information we can't find in the Student Hand- book that the traditional students seem to get by osmosis. Any suggestions for what you would like included would be gratefully accepted. Just drop in Box 648. We will not be able to get out a separate newsletter this semester, but we will try to covet the priority issues in our column until we do (hopefully early in the spring semester). Anyone who would like to contribute ideas, stories, poems, problems, or time (. ? !!. ? ), please let one of us know: Donna Kimball, Box 531, Jeanne Peters, Box 501, or Kat Robinson, Box 648. Time Traveler by Elizabeth Peryam "Let them eat cake* The neat thing about being human is that none of us are carved in stone. No matter what our ancestors have believed for the past 500 years, we ourselves can change our beliefs if we find reason to do so. The trouble with "conserva- tive" thinking is that it isn't as much thinking as it is a state of mental stagnation. Conserva- tives look backwards into the past for answers to problems in a world that moves inexorably into the future. The conservative way of life is self-destructing, which would be just fine with Time Traveler except that it threatens to drag the rest of us humans and other earth crea- tures into oblivion with it. When the rest of us try to help the oppressed, the conservative is the first to scream "Reverse discrimination!" and veto every effort. Although his cant is U A thousand points of light," he himself is a black hole in space. He's unwilling to fund programs that provide the underprivileged with job training and hope for thetulure. Let them eat cake. And when the only way poor kids can make money is by prostitution or dealing dope, the right-winger is thrilled because then he feels justified in sending in the police to gun them down. Myopic by choice as to the cause of crime, he prefers to spend billions on prisons instead ot millions on prevention. It is the conservative that drives the native peoples off their homelands in Guatemala and El Salvador so U.S. corporate profiteers can sell us cheap coffee. It's all right if these people starve. Let them eat coffee beans. It's all right if the soldiers who beat them and torture them are trained with our tax dollars. Conservatives just call the process the Monroe Doctrine instead of armed robbery and murder so it sounds better. But then they curse the tide ot refugees pouring over our southern borders. "Well, they should learn English." "They .ire taking our jobs." We took their land and their livelihoods. They have no place to go. The conservative thinks ( iod made a big mistake by creating sex and is willing to punish women unmercifully by withholding birth control and abortion SO she serves more time in hard labor caring for her children for having sex than a man spends in prison for murder. The conservative thinks it's neat to tear down cheap apartment buildings to con- st met grand, albeit untenanted office towers. Then they bitch about the homeless who huddle hungry (Let them eat concrete) and freezing around their walls because they can find no affordable 'housing. These people crow when they are able to "cut costs" for their company by robotizing, computerizing and dehumaniz- ing their corporations so they can lay off thousands of people. "Conservatives" think that since there has always been clean air, clean water and vast forests, there always will be. The past, present and future run together in their mushy little minds. Denial of reality is a symptom of alcoholism and drug addiction. C Conservatives deny reality daily and are addicted to the fantasy that what once worked will always work. Time Traveler has no in- terest is helping to preserve this self-deluding way of lite. Please spare us the whiney little letters that complain that this way of thinking is being attacked. You ask us to tolerate intolerance, a move typical of right-wing double-talk and double-think. Editorials Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 5 Neighborhood Feminist by Kim Com roc Our actions in the Persian Gulf are doomed for disaster. We have given Iraq the ultimatum: get out of Kuwait by January 15, 1991 or we will use force (read: war.) Even mainstream press has captured the people's sentiment: this is Vietnam II, and George Bush is an idiot. The United States is trapped in a perpetual state of political adolescence. We are playing war in a nostalgia for superpower status and we are making fools of ourselves. Nobody wants this war. The annexation of Kuwait was wrong and the human rights violations atrocious, but no good is coming out of this eye- for-an-eye military aggression. 500,000 troops at the Iraqi/ Kuwaiti border and onl) now do we question whether the war deserves Congressional approval? Considering that the constitution says you can't go to war without it, are we to consider Iraq a "big Panama". 7 Or is it that the troops can't be sent artillery until Congress ok'.s it? What coincidence that the administration decides to draw world fear ot the Kuwaiti annexation just as the reces- sion is getting into swing, the S ek L bailout is getting brought to a head, and the Civil Rights Bill (1990) is getting vetoed. We thought tlag burning was a national distraction. At least that didn't cost us $40 million a day. Bush says our fight is not with the Iraqi people (non- civilians and children), but with Saddam Hussein. But an economic embargo that includes food and medicine does nothing but that. Make no bones about it, Bush. War equals rape. War equals poverty. War equals devasta- tion. Political rationale comes in handy when you try and explain your war strategy to families, nations, the soldiers, me. If Bush thinks oil is impor- tant enough to toss away this much human power, face facts, buddy: those oil reserves won't last forever. Though it will mean funding education, it's time to research other forms of energy. If we're the addict and Saddam Hussein is the dealer, rest assured supply is low and rehab is imminent. Imagine what would happen were Saddam Hussein assassi- nated. Then all Bush's excitement for the destruction of Iraq would be down the toilet. Just when he thought he could get rid of Blacks and Hispanics. Then Bush would have to lasso U.N. concerns to fight some other enemy. (It helps having the old veto power, doesn't it Bush. 7 Makes it just like home.) The statement that Hussein is Hitler is hyperbole. If we mean peaceful solution, why not at least preliminary negotiations. 7 At this point Rep Rap ry Christy Dicker? I was going to begin by talking about how Rep, like everyone else at this time of year, is caught up in a whirlwind of projects. After this evening [November 29], however, 1 want to begin by talking about a wonderful break from such a hectic pace. At Rep's Diversity Forum, storyteller Nancy Kavenaugh delighted a small group with tales from many cultures, all portraying a positive image of women. Unfortunately, you will notice I said the words "small group." 1 regret that most of you were unable to make the time to experience the forum f i rst ha nd . Re membe r d i vers i ty forums are open to anyone! Now, let me tell you briefly about two important projects that Rep is working double time to accomplish before Christmas. First, based on growing frustration over the lack of student voice in administrative matters that affect the future of the College as well as day to day life, Rep Council is recommending a student position with full voting rights on the Board of Trustees. Rep Council feels that such a position is vital for student opinion to be represented to the Board, as well as for keeping students infonned of issues being considered by the Board. Full voting rights must accompany the position to ensure that student representa- tion is taken seriously. Secondly, Rep is trying to address student alarm over failure to renew the contracts of certain professors during recent years. Rep realizes the importance of acknowledging to the adminis- tration the faculty members that students believe to be outstand- ing. In an effort to support our faculty, Rep is implementing a faculty award to be nominated and elected by students once a semester to begin in April of 1991. Rep plans to return from Christmas break ready to continue these projects as well as to tackle other student concerns! even if Saddam Hussein wanted to admit fault and release Kuwait, why would he? Bush has made it plain that we intend humiliation of Iraq. The move would cause irreparable damage to Muslim/ Christian relations in the region. It would be a humilia- tion to the Arab world to have a Christian, Western power go in, kick some ass, then demand low oil prices and power leverage over the region for having done the "favor." My hero in this mess is Muhammed Ali. Here the Muslim former boxing cham- pion gets invited to Iraq, meets with Saddam Hussein for 50 minutes and comes back with 14 hostages. Unbelievable. Iraq has already asked for negotiations. In the past weeks we've heard nothing but more hostages getting released. Sounds like cooperation in my book. It's time for a peace conference to address the Israeli/Palestinian question, and anti-Arab Western imperialism in the Middle East. Doesn't anyone remember the hope we felt in 1989? Be warned, Global Aware- ness trippers. The anti- American sentiment abroad must be phenomenal. Have a happy holiday all. Protest well, and peace. Public Safety News Another round was fired in the ASC fight against alcohol and rug abuse when an ASC officer arrested a person who was driving through our community under the influ- ence of alcohol. The officer cited the driver for two other violations in addition to the DUI charge. C.L.A.S.S. (consumption of lawful and safe substances) is always in progress at Agnes Scent College. For once a fire alarm went off during daylight hours on a warm day. The City of Decatur Fire Department responded to i lire in the Campbell science building. The source of the smoke and minor conflagration turned out to be a smoldering cigarette butt thrown into a trash can containing papers and photographs. Tlease join the Department of Public Safety in whishing a fond farewell to Lt. Amy Lanier. Lt. Lanier is a 1972 graduate of Agnes Scott College who returned in t he summer of 1986 to protect and serve the community that had done the same for her. Lt. Lanier has been as faithful and as loyal an employee as the department has ever had. Her presence on campus and in the department will be missed. TBS network reporters were on campus recently gathering materials for a feature on campus crime prevention. The reporters spoke to Chief Drew about various issues relating to campus crime, they observed and took photographs of a self- defense class that was in progress and the interviewed some students they encoun- tered during their visit. The feature is tentatively scheduled to air on December 15, 1990. Among other safety services, the Department of Public Safety provides several courses and seminars each semester that relate to safety and/or crime prevention. This past year we have offered self- defense courses in long and short formats, a first aid course, and a seminar on rape preven- tion. Additionally, we periodi- cally produce newsletters to keep you informed on matters of safety. As this year comes to a close we are already discussing possible topics and formats for bringing important information to your attention. We would like to encourage you to make us aware of any topics you would be interested in having a course or seminar on. As always, we encourage you to please PARTICIPATE. The Department of Public Safety wishes good luck to all of the students on your exams and to the entire campus community a safe and happy holiday season. Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, As a student worker at the Information Desk of the Alston Campus Center, I see many people come and go. My job is to observe people who come in and determine if they are of a suspicious nature. During my time as an Information Desk Operator I have never seen a truly suspicious person in the building. Perhaps my criteria for judging suspicion is different from other students. I assume this because of a recent series of events. Two weeks ago a group of gentlemen requested the use of pool cues and ping pong equipment in the game area of First Floor. I recognized the gentlemen as employees of the Dining Hall. I also recognized one of the young men as the younger brother of a fellow student. For these reasons I let them use the equipment. Shortly thereafter a student came in. She immediately asked about the young men. "Who are they? What are they doing?" The answer seemed obvious to me. "They're cafeteria workers. They're playing pool." She asked, "Why?" "Because they want to," I replied. She accepted this answer and went on her way. Seemingly, this would be the end of the story. But not so. Today a group of high school boys participating in an one-act play competition came in and requested equipment. I did not know them personally. But with a standard exchange of I.D. for ping pong paddles, I let the boys play their games. Members of the ASC community came and went. No one asked who this unsupervised group of White males were. I didn't even realize that no one cared until the next (continued on next page) Editorials Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 6 Letters To The Editor group of boys came in. As timely as clockwork, the dining hall workers came in at 3:30 pm to play games until dinner time. I distributed the equipment cheerfully as I try to do for everyone. Then they went to play their games. As if it were my fate to be plagued by chronic worriers, in walked another questioning student. "Hello/ 1 1 said. "Hi, Jennifer. Who are they (referring to the Black men in the game room). 7 " I felt a sudden feeling of deja vu mixed with "Here we go again." "They're the cafeteria workers," I replied. She accepted the answer and left. My co-worker and I then pondered the question, "Don't you generally recognize pe< >ple you see everyday at dinner?" I don't look for them. They are just there pushing around trays, glasses, and flatware. I realize the questioning students didn't know my friend's brother, but the question still remains (as asked by my co- worker), "Do you think she would have said anything if they hadn't been Black. 7 " I don't think so. I also believe if an ASC student had been with them the questioning student would have still asked, with a worried look on her face, "Who are they 7 " I feel we Scotties would save ourselves a lot of grief if we would stop panicking at the sight of Black males. Submitted with disgust, Jennifer Lard Too little too late Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Michelle Roberts' editorial in the last issue of the Profile. In addition to answering charges she levels at feminists outside of her mysterious "we" group, I would also like to bring to light and refute her false generaliza- tions, as well as her dangerous and subtle themes and assump- Hons. * Feminists' have become an elite and judgemental group" she says. The only organized, explicitly Icmmist group at Agnes Scott is SFA. Although historically, many of Agnes Scott's best, and most successful students have been members, that is not justification tor stereotyping the group as elite. Most ot us are on tinancial aid fust like M k belle's NV we" group of feminists. SFA members dp not dominate the political ranks of Agnes Scott. Perhaps Michelle falls into the common trap of generalizing from select vocal members ot a minority to the entire group. Saying that SFA has become more inclusive, BUT..." makes me feel like the student who writes an excellent paper, only to have her professor slap her on the hand for handing it in minutes late. Far from clones, feminists in SFA are a diverse group. What Michelle perceives to be homoge- neity is only her own complicity with prevailing stereotypes. We are single heterosexuals, engaged, divorced, lesbians. We are members of the anned forces, pacifists. We are from different countries and different ethnic groups. We are scientists and art historians. We are Christians, Muslims, and even Neo-pagans. Like most groups on this campus, we have had to struggle for inclusivity. From afar, our constant efforts are easily overlooked. Given our efforts and our progress, generalizations such as Michelle's are falsely homogenizing dynamics. Her criticisms come much too late; they would have been more appropriate a year ago when we were still perpetrating some of our near fatal mistakes, such as pitching our group discussions at a too elevated level of feminist theory. SFA, for example, is so inclusive that it does not even take group stances on what I personally consider to be crucial feminist issues, such as abortion and militarism. If Michelle had come to a meeting this year, she would not have found herself an interloper on our "private agenda." Today we vary our format, discussing everything from marriage to racism to pornography, to body image, eating disorders, dress preference, the situation in the Middle East, etc. Hardly a private agenda. We have even avoided defining feminism in any very specific tenns, instead inviting the student body to the Ladies of the Roundtable in order to discuss and collectively define the term. If there is any definition to which SFA strives to adhere, it would be the following given by Barbara Smith in her book, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies: "[Feminism is] the political theory and practice that stniggles to free all women: women of color, working-class women, poor women, disabled women, lesbians, old women as well as white, economically privileged, heterosexual women. Anything less than this vision of total freedom is not feminism, but merely female self- aggrandizcdment" (49). As for the charge that feminists are "judgmental," I will readily admit that I, personally, criticize, and sometimes even judge the political positions of others. I do n >t subscribe to the naive, homogenized, romanticized visions of "sisters" and "sister- hood" that Michelle tosses around so freely in her editorial. Mary Daly, in her essay, "Be- Friending," says that she and other feminists "do not flinch from seeing the complicity of women as token torturers. At the same time, we struggle always to see who in fact holds the institutuional power that man- ipulates and damages the consciousness of women who oppress other women. Examples of such complicty are legion." When a woman oppresses another woman, it is only too appropriate to criticize her. I strive to keep my criticism sensitive, open, and constructive. Notice I use the word criticize, for I save my condemnation for those who do in fact hold the institu- tional power. However, Michelle's criticizing the "group" of feminists (the only formal group which exists is SFA) as judgmental ignores the diversity among us. As a group so diverse in our lifestyle and ideology, who and what "as a group" would we judge? "It seems to me completely antithetical to feminism to enforce one sexual orientation upon us all. What ever happened to choice?... I know how it feels to be intimidated and stifled by my sisters," Michelle says. The notion that lesbians on this campus, as closeted and afraid as most of them are, are forcing their sexual orientation on others is absurd. This is the very response that the "homophones" as Michelle calls them, will give to a lesbian support group. "Get the reality of your sexuality out of my face! It oppresses me," say the heterosexists. In a world of heterosexual privilege, lesbians have little power to force much of anything on anyone. Michelle defies all reality by insinuating that feminists and/or lesbians could intimidate her the way that the heterosexual majority, which is invested with absolute institu- tional power, intimidates lesbians. Even if a lesbian does approach a heterosexual here, which is highly unlikely, she is hardly forcing her sexuality on another. What is compulsory in our society, what is really imposed on all of us is heterosexuality. Since men posses such sexual coercive power, it would make more sense for Michelle to he freaked out over their advances than any she may anticipate from lesbian feminists. As a heterosexual feminist, I do not feel oppressed by lesbian feminists' "difference". If a lesbian tells me that to be a real feminist I too must be a lesbian, I openlv disagree. I venture to assert t hat < >tten when s< >me feminists say that they are oppressed by others radicalism, it is often a cop-out to avoid defending their own particular brands of feminism. There is another dynamic within Michelle's editorial that disturbs me. I've heard many women at Agnes Scott say: "Oh I'm a feminist, but that doesn't mean I'm a lesbian. Oh no!" This remark leaves heterosexism completely unchallenged. Similarly I have often heard a statement that leaves sexism unchallenged: "Oh sure, I'm a feminist, but not that much of a feminist. I mean I shave my legs, I wear make up, I'm going to get married." What is important here is that we examine our eagerness to assert these things. Is it an attempt to reap the benefits of feminism without taking the risks and incurring the wrath that is heaped upon "those radical feminists." Or do we simply feel a subtle pressure exerted on us by a sexist society? Or are these really just matters of preference? If Michelle has a bone to pick, she should do it with the "individuals" with whom she professes to have it. She should not rehash long corrected mistakes or give credence to stereotypes that damage all of us who claim feminism. It's time to stop running away, stop sitting on our "panic" and "anger" until it erupts into condemnatory' rage; it's time to stop putting the blame on others, the radicals. It is time to engage in rigorous selfcriticism and constructive dialogue with those with whom we differ. The format and forum for this activity already exists and flourishes in SFA. Come and meet with us so that the struggle to free all women doesn't become simple female self- aggrandizement. So that our various strategies for empower- ment don't defeat us. If someone feels she doesn't fit in with other feminists, she should contest the term not abandon it! Sincerely, Joy Howard Dangerous stereotypes Hear Editor, I feel compelled to respond to Michelle Roberts' column of November 16. I am concerned th.it i he tone < >< her piece may have serious effects for our school. In our academic world, words ,ire invested with threat power and misdefinitions often lead to dangerous and inaccurate hypotheses. Michelle laments "the radic.il attitude that women must be or profess to be lesbians to be taken seriously as feminists." In my three months at Agnes Scott, I have not encountered a horde of radical lesbians demanding that all other feminists on this campus adopot the one true vision of political correctness. Rather, I have had the privilege of meeting a number of feminists, some gay, the vast majority straight, who emerge from diverse backgrounds with disparate political agendas and personal belief systems. What I have observed is their struggle to open forums for dialogue on this campus dialogues we must all join if we are to achieve true diversity within this community of women. I've heard opinions like Michelle's expressed before on campus. I've heard the whispering .is a real or suspected "feminist" walked by. I've heard, "She's a feminist and you know what that means." To portray all activ e or vocal feminists at this school as lesbians is to fall back on a technique which has been employed as a tool of division since the earliest days of the women's movement. Sadly, the method has often been successful in separating us from each other. Too many times homophobia and fear of "guilt by association" win out . It's not easy to stand up to peer pressure when that so frequently means standing alone. How ironic that Michelle "resents" stereotypes yet relies on them so heavily. The image of lesbians presented in this editorial is the old cliche of aggressive, ov erhearing sex maniacs forcing all others to adopt their sexual orientation. They are portrayed as elitist, judgmental, condemnatory clones. And ot course, none of them "shave their legs, wear makeup, or get married." I wish that my reaction to stereotypes ended at resentment. It doesn't. It has grown over the years into a rage. I "resent" attitudes or ideas that are offensive. I rage at the atmospheres created and rein- forced by stereotypes atmo- spheres of hatred, hostility and sometimes homocide. I believe Michelle when she says she knows "how it feels to be intimidated and stifled by her sisters" and I feel for her, but 1 wonder if she knows how it feels to live as ,i lesbian or gay in a homophobic world. 1 wonder if she knows how [1 tee Is to he beaten or shot at or raped or killed, just tor being yourself, your gay self. I wonder if she knows how it feels to have your children taken away by a judge because y< >u, ;is ,i lesbian, are a felon in this State -ind theref( >re ,in "unfit CtH >ther." I wonder if she knows how it feels to lose a job because you are a 'security risk" or "d< >n't present the right image." I wonder if she knows how it feels (continuL'd on next page) Editorials Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 7 to be disinherited hy your parents, shunned hy your friends. I wonder if she knows how it feels to be told by a hospital administrator that you may not make important medical decisions concerning your lover because you are, after all, not her "next of kin." 1 wonder it she knows how it feels to go to every company party, every high school reunion, every family wedding or funeral without your partner because you dare not speak honestly of your love. I wonder if she knows how it feels to have someone tell you a faggot or dyke joke because they assume you are straight. I wonder if she knows how it feels to be forced to lead a double life, changing pronouns, standing silent while others talk of their lives, their loves. I appreciate Michelle's com- ment in favor of a support group for lesbians at Agnes Scott, but 1 will feel secure with nothing less than an end to the homophobia which runs rampant here. An anti-discriminatory clause is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't end the gossip and innuendos, and it doesn't end the couched homophobia concealed in this editorial. I wish I could say that homophobia only serves ti > make life difficult for those of us who dare to be "out" on campus. However, the real damage falls upon all ot us, self-proclaimed, proud lesbians; women struggling to accept their sexual orientation and "come out" as lesbians, and straight; women as well. 1 fear the most for those young women at this school who are in the process of accepting a lesbian orientation. You see, I remember how in- tensely personal and difficult the process was and how painful it became when surrounded by the kinds of attitudes I see in Michelle's column. I can only pray that these words don't encourage another woman to reject herself, retreat to the closet, live a lie, sedate herself with drugs or alcohol, or attempt suicide as thousands of gays and lesbians do every year when faced with the oppression of our homophobic society. I respect Michelle's right to express her opinions and her concern, but I urge her to remember the power of words and the damage that stereotypes and generalizations create. I urge her not to contribute to the silence already imposed upon those voices of this student body which fall outside the mainstream. I urge her not to condone the invalidating invisibility forced upon that minority of the college who are lesbians. Most of all, I urge her to include all of us, including lipstick-wearing feminists such as myself, in her feminist vision of diversity. Sincerely, Jeanne Peters Editor's response Dear readers: Jeanne Peters rages at the stereotypes she finds in my editorial concerning the pain 1 and many others on this campus have experienced in the process of learning about feminism. I rage at the fact that my words have been completely misunderstood and that may be my fault but I do not appreciate her references to my "couched homophobia." No, I have not experienced life as a lesbian or gay in a homphobic world although Jeanne never considers that she has no idea about my sexual orientation and I am sure that Jeanne has not been through every terrible instance she describes personally. I have many friends who are gay and who have been through these and other situations, so I am not ignorant of the effect of homophobia and resulting discrimination based on one's sexual preference. I share Jeanne's concern that no one is hurt by my words. I apologize to anyone who misconstrued them, and I hope that everyone will spend some time thinking about Jeanne's passionate letter, considering how our actions may have contributed to the unhappiness of others. That is precisely what I wanted everyone who read my editorial to consider. Finally, I must respond to one particular sentence in Jeanne's letter. She writes, "The image of lesbians presented in this editorial is the old cliche of aggressive, overbearing sex maniacs forcing all others to adopt their sexual orientation." Surely she has confused my editorial with Kim Compoc's infuriatingly stereotypical "Get up, get down, get funky, get butch!" which was in the same issue. Sincerely, Michelle Roberts A hint to time travelers Dear Editor: For an accurate account of the life of the remarkable and saintly Simone Weil, your readers may wish to consult the authoritative and exhaustive two volume biography by Simone Petrement. Its English title is Simone Weil. Sincerely, Richard Parry Classics prof urges students to embrace differences Dear Editor: I found a sad common chord in many of the opinions and articles in the latest edition of the Profile: alienation from all those deemed "other." All the writers of the columns in one way or another indicated that they felt that most people did not understand or agree with them, using phrases like "quick to label," "bitterness," "apathy," and "eternal stereotypes." Even in the article about smoking, the worries are about "infringement" and "problems between room- mates." In some cases, I agree with the views of the writers, but the sum total of the discussion was a frightening sense that many people on campus are convinced that the other people here don't like them, don't understand them, don't want to understand them, and aren't interested in solving the problem of understanding. Last month, we had a conference on campus called "What's Wrong With Rights?" There were very few students there, and that was all the more unfortunate because two issues that were raised there are relevant here. One is the "community" issue: should community identity be acknowl- edged? are we going to identify ourselves only from the commu- nity of people who are like us, or as part of a community of people who are not like us. ? Obviously, we should be able to do both, but in order to do that, as Dr. Johnnetta Cole said (and her sentiment was repeated over and over again throughout the conference), we must both be free to identify with our own group and be willing, not just to tolerate others, but to "embrace difference." In terms of "Rights," this means that, if we demand the right to do things the way we want, we must extend the right of others to do things the way they want, whether that means where people sit at lunch or whether people are smokers or lesbians. As we heard again and again at the conference, this is going to be essential if our form of free society is going to grow in the nineties and the twenty-first century, when both the country and the world will be even more crowded and more diverse. At the Rights Conference, Michael Sandel, whom many of us have studied in various classes, said this on the subject of tolerance: "The trick is to persuade members of one [lifestyle] to stand up for the rights of people who have different [lifestyle]. Not simply on the instrumental tenns that. ..if you don't defend them today, you will be next. But instead and the more ambitious moral argument that what they're engaged in, different though their convictions and practices may be, in some way gestures toward the same kinds of goods or search for meaning that your practice does...." That's different from saying, "Put up with it though you disagree with it and deplore it." It says, "Affirm the right of the other to practice his or her [lifestyle] precisely out of an understanding of what it is to have a [belief or lifestyle] and of what sort of goods the practice of [any lifestyle] seeks to affirm." Sometimes we do not say anything to someone who is "different" because we do not know what to say to them. That is not a good excuse: we must, as Dr Cole said, embrace differences, not avoid them. We can't wait for the "other" to smile first, either, and the the majority communities who have the power must be willing to go first. Here is what another of our speakers at the rights conference recom- mended: "One issue is the recognition of people that are different from us; we must acknowledge the 'other' without making her into 'self or the 'other' into a monster. Any encounter with a stranger is frightening, even when we know it will be friendly, so we must approach it with a sense of hospitality, of charity, with the idea that the 'other' will be a friend rather than an enemy." We feel awkward when we do not know whether a friendly gesture will be ignored or even rejected; however, we can turn this anxiety into positive action by dealing with our discomfort and pursuing eye-contact and talk at exactly those times we feel anxious. Aristotle recommends some- thing called "civic friendship" we are all part of a community and that makes us friends even to those whom we do not know personally. For human nature, embracing members of other communities may be the most difficult thing to do; it is also absolutely essential to our survival as communities. As a small women's college, we have a unique opportunity to create a group dynamic that truly embraces difference. Let us follow the advice of these thinkers and turn these current anxieties into something positive. Sincerely, Sally MacEwen "Get up, get down, get funky, get real!" Dear Editor, In response to "Get up, get down, get funky, get butch!" (Friday, November 16, 1990), I take issue with The Neighbor- hood Feminist's thoughtless, stereotypic rescripting of "The Lesbian Takeover." In her desire to shock all us less-militant females, she has resorted to the very form of bigotry she claims to abhor. Her garish vision of khaki - clad seductresses will not change any minds that would require more emphasis on balance. May I offer a different picture here an image of a young woman struggling to maintain her place in a culture that can't see past the stereotype she is trying to counter; a young woman who shouldn't have to, but is quietly trying to live a "clean" enough life so that she and her lover can reclaim custody of a child a child whose grandparents can't see past the distortion that TN F so blithely recapitulates; a young woman who daily fights her pain at not being able to claim her identity because would-be, consciousness-raising journalists won't let people lose their prejudices. The young woman I know no longer bullies her way into others' social awareness. She tried it and spent three years climbing out of the hell of addiction that her assumed stridency led to. Like many other women, this woman works steadily for a living, has committed to a loving relation- ship for two and one half years, attends meetings in support of her sobriety and personal growth, worries about auto maintenance, laughs, dreams, and goes to the dentist. She is also dearly loved by her parents, sister, aunts, uncles and friends. She no more resembles The Neighborhood Feminist's ugly portrayal than Gary Trudeau resembles Charles Manson. I know. She is my daughter. All she wants is for people to stop thinking in caricature. Give her a chance. Let the hate and the bigotry and the prejudice die. Sincerely, Eulalie D. Mellen Another opinion on feminism Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your editorial in the last issue. I, too, as a feminist on this campus, have exp erienced frustration over my place in the "feminist spectrum" in relation to the seemingly prevalent attitudes on campus. I know that I'm a feminist and that my commit- ment to women's issues is a very important part of my life. However, at times I have felt threatened by some of the (continued on next page) Editorials Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 8 attitudes espoused by many of our more vocal sisters. It hasn't been so much blatant criticism of my views, but rather impressions that I have gotten through columns in The Profile, random comments spoken in classes, the condescending looks directed toward anyone discussing dating, weddings, or any of that "silly" stuff, etc.. The impressions have been that radical feminism (i.e. a complete rejection of the white male establishment, embracing lesbianism as a lifestyle for all true feminists, the need for the goddess, etc.) is the way to go. Those of us who do not adopt these principles are obviously still being co-opted by the patriarchy (I realize this is a gross over-simplification, 1 just want to make a point). Personally, I'm tired ot this. There is no reason why Mich- elle, me, or anyone else on this campus should feel awkward about expressing our views because they may not be considered "politically conect" by another group. First of all, everyone has a right to express her or his opinion and hope that the entire community would be open-minded enough to respect that right. Secondly, we, as concerned feminists, have too many other more important concerns than ideology. Battered women, rape, sexual harassment, sexual discrimina- tion (on the basis of both gender and sexual orientation), the feminization of poverty, the negative portrayal of women in the media and advertising, and eating disorders are just a few of the issues that we should be concerned about. We will never be able to help those women who need us most unless we do act as true sisters and accept each other's differences so we can work together and make a difference in our world. I hope that these negative impressions I have received are just a result of misunderstandings and mispercepnon. I would hate to think that some of the people on this campus who seem so committed to equality could be so intolerant. Respectfully submitted, Betsy K. Johnson Missing: empathy. If found, please return immediately. Pear Editor, I write this as a letter to the entire community and on behalf ot every student who uses the library. As it is, many of us have to go to other universities (Tech, Emory, Ga. State, etc.) to find books and journals that we need to write papers. Our small facilities are one ot the downfalls of going to a small college. However, we do have many journals in many fields so that it is often possible to complete research on campus. At the beginning of this semester, I found an article that I would need later in the semester to write a paper. Recently, I went back to copy that article, and to my utter astonishment, found that the entire journal was gone! After an hour of searching the library and the most remote canels, I was told to come back the next day and maybe it would have been found on the daily pick-up. I came back the next day but it was still missing. I was then told that it had probably been stolen. STOLEN. 7 . 7 Not only was my one journal missing, she told me that many psychol- ogy and sociology journals had been stolen. She said it was so bad that she "could hardly keep them!" Now wait a minute: We have an honor code here, right 7 In this year's Honor Court orienta- tion, we were ALL reminded that it is not only against the honor code, but also illegal to remove journals from the library. 1 am sure that most of us have enough consideration for our fellow students to understand that by taking a journal, we may be depriving a fellow student from being able to complete her papers. I mean, I don't mind going to Emory or Tech to do research when it is because we do not have the journals I need. However, it makes me furious to be forced to go off campus for a journal our own library has because some inconsiderate student is stealing them! ! I am amazed that this has not come up before. It has been going on quite a while and predominantly with psychology journals which are used by a large number of students here. Is it that no one else minds the hassle of making unnecessary trips off campus 7 Does it bother no one else that the honor code is being violated so frequently and at such expense of other students 7 I doubt that. Apathy, perhaps. 7 That, I can believe. Maybe it's just that no one thinks anything can be done. Maybe so. We certainly can't go on a witch hunt and search n N >m& for missing journals. But maybe, just maybe, whoever it is that keeps stealing these journals (at least we know it's probably a psychology or sociology major or majors) will read this and think twice before stealing another i Mie, and maybe bring back all the journals she has already stolen. I'm not holding my breath, though. It isn*t even that the honor code is being broken that bothers me so much. It is more that I tmsted the students here to be more considerate ot each other. We're all in the same boat. We have to take the same classes and write the same papers. How would anyone like to go to the library only to find that even- journal they need is missing. 7 Yes, some of them are brought back. Meanwhile, however, no one knows how many students have had to make a very inconvenient trip to another college just to read an article in that journal that has been gone for two weeks while someone did their paper. I really thought better of the students here. Meanwhile, I spent three hours driving, finding, parking, and looking up my article at Georgia State. What was most interesting, though, was the sign I saw posted at every door. It basically said that removing any periodical from GSU was a crime punishable by "no less than 2, and no more than 10 years in prison!" It's something to think about. Nevertheless, the irony of all this is almost funny. Take a wild guess at what this cursed article was about. What else but EMPATHY. 7 I hope whoever has that journal reads that article and makes good use of it. Not to be spiteful, but it would seem that she needs it. Sincerely, Janet Kidd Threat of war Dear Editor, Something of grave impor- tance is now facing us. This problem goes beyond lesbian rights, seating in the dining hall, and student members on the Board of Trustees. The threat of war in the Middle East lurks before us closer and closer everyday. I'm not saying the lesbian, African- American, and Board of Trustees problems are unimportant. As a matter of fact, they are very important to this campus and the people who live and work here. However,if the United States goes to war in the Middle East, 20,000 to 30,000 American soldiers could die according to the Department of Defense. I'm not just talking about hurt tee lings or lost money here, I'm talking about DEATH. Many members of the Agnes Scott community have already experienced the loss of of their friends and family members to the stand-off overseas. It we don't act now, these loved ones could very well die in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. A New York Times Magazine article warns that "the Iraqi forces are actually tailored for a prolonged war. The ten-year war against Iran was a war of attrition: of artillery barrages and haphazard missile strikes against distant civilian targets. The U.S. force now assembled in the Middle East, in contrast, prefers rapid, fierce fighting. Protracted standoffs are not part of the new American military thinking." War is not a pretty sight. It's not like the old movies where lovers are seen separating with a kiss and a wave at a train station as he goes off to war and then returns a decorated and honored soldier. Iraq has enough powerful chemical weapons to rip our soldiers into shreds. We can help prevent this war. The Washington Spectator suggests to "make every Ameri- can aware of the need for energy conservation." This means instead of taking a car every- where, try using MART A as an alternate form of transportation or carpool with friends. Also, try writing to your congressman to request the production of oil efficiency automobiles. Statistics state that if there were laws requiring automakers to increase the average mileage of theirs cars to 40 miles to the gal km by 2005, this could reduce U.S. oil comsumption by 16% or 2.8 million barrels of oil a day. We can help prevent this war and the unnecessary loss of lives. Please, try to help our world beyond Agnes Scott. Sincerely, Bethany Blankenship Exchange student bemoans Winship lobby Dear Editor, As a resident student in Winship I just want to mention something which has been on my mind for quite some time and about which 1 have talked with several other students as well. The matter is this: A lot of Winship residents are not comfortable with the basement lobby. This place simply has no atmosphere whatsoever! The room is huge and cold as far as both temperature and atmosphere are concerned. There is no nice little comer where one could sit down with a friend and have a long, private conversation or where one could stretch out and read a good book. It is certainlv not a place where I would like to spend an evening with a date or a boyfriend when he comes on a night during the week when we do not have panetals. And vet, the lobby is supposed to he a place where you can spend time with friends. I have thought about it and 1 am sure that just a few minor changes would improve the situation considerably. One could put up some room dividers like we already have in the dining hall. One could get some more carpet or some rugs. This would help a lot. I hope that I have not offended anybody and that the people who are responsible for our dorms will give this matter some consider- ation. As a foreign exchange student I cannot go home on the weekends and relax in my family's cozy living room. I spend a lot of time in the lobby, and the dorrfl is my home. So I would really appreciate it if something was done to improve Winship's lobby. Sincerely, Ruth Hennig 1 ^ Profile ivishes you a Features Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 9 Clyde Edgerton shares advice for writers in interview by Sandee McGlaun Contriving Editor Clyde Edgertoi^ author of Raney, Walking Across Egypt, The Floatplane Notebooks , and the soon-to-be-released Killer Diller, is currently a visiting Professor of creative writing at Agnes Scott. Sandee McGlaun: Where did you grow up, and how much influence has your childhood had on your writing? Clyde Edgerton: I grew up about six miles outside of Durham, North Carolina, between Durham and Raleigh. I went to school on and oft for nine years at Chapel Hill; then I was in the Air Force. ...I'm living now close to where I grew up. When I first started writing, I was a good distance [from my childhood] somehow, either psychologically or with time, so that I was able to write about it. Some of the first stories I wrote were stories about when I broke my thumb and other kinds of incidents out of my childhood. I also dealt with some family relationships and family matters. Flannery O'Connor or Eudora Welty or someone said you could spend your whole life just writing about your childhood the genns of a lifetime of writing are there. I think that's true. 1 think of what I see my daughter seeing she's eight. I see something happening in our family, and I imagine her view of it, and I see that it's huge, that it will last forever even though to me, an adult, it seems to be relatively minor.... (Laughs) Something that took me forever to figure out was of course, when you're three feet tall, and the snow is two feet deep, it's like walking through a tunnel almost. For a long time I thought that it just used to snow more than it does now, but then I realized that I was just shorter. then! And when I realized that, I said, well, of course and I think child- hood is like that in a way that what happens is so big that it stays with you forever.... SM: How long have you been writing? CE: 1 started writing Christ- mas of 1977 13 years. I had tried to write short stories, I had tried to start a novel. I had been impressed in [unique] ways by [reading] short stories I think I dreamed secretly of writing short stories. I'd tried, but I'd been unsuccessful. Then in Christmas of 77 I'd finished writing a dissertation that summer I had two weeks of nothing to study or work on or write on, and I wrote a short story about somebody falling through a soft spot in the floor. We had a soft spot in our kitchen floor, and I made up a story, and it worked, and I got to the end of it, and it was a wonderful experience. Then May 14, 1978, I heard and saw Eudora Welty on television reading "Why I Live at the P.O. "...and to see and hear her read that made me decide that the next morning I would start writing fiction seriously. So May 1 5, 1978, is when I started writing fiction seriously, and I wrote four stories that summer and have been writing since. SM: What was the first work that you had published? CE: ...The first story I had published was a story called "Privacy." The main character was Raney, a woman named Raney Baskett, and as a byline I used that pseudonym. It was about this woman, Raney, talking about her husband's unrealistic feelings about privacy. It was published in Campbell University literary magazine. The first one I wrote was the second one published, about a boy falling in a well, through the soft spot in the floor. SM: Is there anyone who you would consider to have been or to be a mentor in your early writing career? CE: All my mentors have been absent physically. They would be Emerson, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, in the main, I think. And for a period of time when I first starting writing fiction, I would read the inter- views from the Paris Review called "Writers at Work"... because I. was interested in writers, and how and why they wrote. [I read] Flannery O'Connor's The Habit of Being and marked it up and dog-eared it, and whatever she said about writing I studied and thought about and copied and under- lined.... SM: Where do you get the inspiration for your stories? CE: Usually from an inci- dent. Let's see, I had this figured out one time. I used to say that I would start with a strong character and that character would keep me writing. But I realized once I thought about that answer that the truth is that usually there's an incident or a conflict, and that immediately I attach a character to that; and if I'm lucky, the incident is strong enough, and the character is strong enough, so that I begin to make a story which may reveal to me something deeper. (Pauses, laughs.) Sounds pretty academic, doesn't it? SM: Do you have a favorite character that you've created ? CE: 1 would say that my favorite characters are Raney and Meredith. They came out of the wood work.... It's hard to believe that I created those characters. They came from a variety of sources that I couldn't name. There's a certain kind of spunk in both those characters that I like in people, and I think that made me want to write about them. A certain kind of toughness. SM: Is there any character with whom you personally identify yourself? CE: ...One character, Mark, in The Floatplane Notebooks, came out of some stories that 1 wrote that were close to my own experience when I was growing up. He was an Air Force pilot, which I was. ..I'm probably closer to him [than my other charac- ters], but I see him as another person. Raney 's family is not unlike mine the families of these characters in many ways resemble my family and families I've known and grew up with. SM: What is the "process" of writing a novel for you? CE: I try to start with a character that's somehow attached to a specific incident, and I just keep writing, I keep filling in scenes. If it sort of dies on me, that is, if I wake up and I'm not interested in writing the story, then I abandon it. And I don't try to question that... if it holds my interest, and I'm interested in seeing what happens, 1 keep writing. That's the process. However, I've also found in writing four novels that the problems presented by each of those four novels are different in each case, and therefore detennine to a certain extent the process for each one. The story to a certain extent detennines the process. SM: In Killer Diller you took a supporting character from Walking Across Egypt and made him into a protagonist. What sort of fleshing out did you have to do in order to develop him as a main character? CE: Well, it was hard. I had this guy, sixteen-year-old boy with rotten teeth, blond hair, kind of lanky, foul-mouthed, but somehow redeemable, good at heart, adventuresome, and it was easy with him as a secondary character to paint him and have him sort of stand out; and for me, the reader, he came across convincingly as a secondary character. But when I started spending a lot of time with him. ..it was uncomfortable. When he was a secondary character, I mostly had to deal with him physically, to see him; but once he became the main character, I had to spend my time with and in and about him. I had him have some interests that helped. He was interested in blues music, he was interested in a woman, and he had some ideas about religion. He was in some ways an easy character to work with, because he didn't have a background that's tied to a family. He was institutional- ized when he was growing up, and I always felt like that gave me a certain amount of freedom. It was a complicated process that I still don't understand. I feel less confident about him as a main character than I do about (continued on next page) GBT ThBB HENCE fOK AN AWESOME VEAL. -$WW2> JN THIS AP TO GuB'T youz. Ner Book, t^kchasc i AT ,SHAKSPfiARE*oMfl*NK ANP PON^ MvSS our. I /\np 6IFTS-AU. -pei^ep so . you VOH'T HAVE TO SfZHp A)J ' ShakespearcXCa -Books Avo*\tlaiegitates / 6A 30002. , ZK>-HO2&0r*x* parking in rear) Features Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 10 Carter Center hosts Arias, peacebearer of Costa Rica Keith Chapman Kudos to Keith Chapman, the smilin, man in the dining hall and "BMOC* By Kristin Lemmerman Contributing Editor November 14 was a day of virtual Carter innundation: Rosalyn Carter spoke to a psychology clas, Rosalyn Carter led Convocation, and Latin American Studies students visited the Carter Center to hear a former President speak. Far from being the predecessor of Ronald Reagan, Dr. Oscar Arias only ended his term this year. The former President of Costa Rica, winner of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize, discussed his plan for making peace in Central America, and his work with other leaders, including Manuel Ortega of Panama and Reagan, on putting his plan into action. When Arias was elected to office in 1986, he took control of the only country in Central America without an amny. In the unique position as a token peaceful nation in a war-tom area, his country was officially neutral in the ongoing contra conflicts. When Arias realized that their territory was being used by guerillas invading their neutrality, he told the United States amhassadc >r that things must change. In the interest ot allowing his citizens to know the truth, he wanted the surrounding g( )\ emments to end their secret plotting and work for peace. To this end, he participated in ( bntadora, a United States plan tor peace that eventually collasped under the weight of its own complexity. In December of 1986, he made an unofficial v isit to Washington, D.C to speak to Reagan and then-Vice President George Bush. Because they talked little about Latin America, he says, "It was a very cordial meeting." I le was able, however, to discuss some ideas for a new peace initiative. The basis of the short dratt was that by dropping inherent conflicts, including defense issues and national security, democrat \ could be built, and peace would exist. A democracy, claims Anas, should have verifiable standards: a multiparty system, respect for indiv idual liberties, a free press, and respect for human rights. Arias overcame many roadblocks to implement his plan: he had to first convince other Latin American leaders to meet together to discuss disanna- ment. He later had to eliminate competition from the latest U. S. initiative, aimed specifically against Nicaragua, which he was certain would fail as had previous attempts. This agreement, the Guate- mala Accord, was finally passed in 1987. Withstanding the critics, it proved itself in the 1990 Nicaraguan free elections. Says Arias, "Now, everywhere I go, I am satisfied with what we achieved in Central America.... It is very different to what was three, four, five years ago. At least now there is hope, opti- mism about the future. At least we have been able to silence the guns in Nicaragua." Among the side effects of the Accord was the first meeting of many Central American presidents; Ortega, for example, although generally considered an enemy, had never met any of the other leaders in the area. Arias believes there is a different climate* in Central America now, because leaders do meet to talk about their eco- nomic and political future. The main obstacle they still face is lack of political will to comply with their pledges. Another new problem is that ( Vntial America has moved away from the world spotlight, and thus no longer faces pressures from the outside world to maintain peace. Arias' main goal, however, is to progress to what he sees as the next stage: persuading the world that economic and social development are not compatible with military expenditures. How can the world fail to see the consequences of the war with Iran in the 1970s; not expect Saddam Hussein to arm Iraq in the 80s; be surprised by the Sandinistas? Supporting democracy and autocratic governments is a contradiction. In closing, he called for the disarmament of Panama and Nicaragua. He feels that the time is right for that small part of Central America to inspire the rest ot the world to support peace without arms. by Rerekah Hurst Many positive changes have been noticed in the dining hall since Keith Chapman has taken the reins of ASC food service. If you have yet to meet Mr. "just call me Keith" Chapman, then you should make sure to do so. He is anxious to start putting names to faces, and to learn the concerns the student body has about their food service. Keith lives in Stock bridge, Georgia, with his wife Nancy and their two young children, Sarah and David. He graduated from Berea College in Kentucky with a BS in Business Manage- ment. Since then he has worked at many colleges including Oglethorpe and Oxford at Emory. This is the first opportunity Keith has had to work at a By Shirley j. Kennedy The Qireer Advisory Board is sponsoring a series of interviews with alumnae. The second in die scries is devoted to Linda L 1 larris, hngl ish Literature/Creative Wn 1 1 1 ig major, '89, a media relations director with the Decatur Down- town Development Authority. CTckP currently offers an extemship with the Authority. Interested students should contact Amy Schmidt or Laurie Grant. SJK: What exactly do you do as media relations directs >r.' LLH: I edit a newsletter that goes to every h< nisehold in the city of Decatur. It combines the business community, residential, IVcatur schools, and advertising. I Jo that plus the press releases for all the events. Our best [annual] bet [for publicity] is...thc Fidelity family women's college. He finds it challenging because the student body is very demanding. He has noticed the respect the students have for the food service which makes it easy to fulfill their wants and needs. Keith feels the food service belongs to the students, and that they should be demanding. He is very concerned that the students' needs be met. The Beef Board, located outside ot the tray return in the dining hall, was initiated due to this concern. Its purpose is for students to he able to write down any com- plaints, questions, or suggestions they may have, knowing that Keith will try to meet their requests. He hopes that in the future more students will approach him personally with their needs. Two new programs are also in tree lighting. I [also] go out and solicit people to advertise. [Lyn Menne,the director ot the 1 Vcatur Downtown Development Auth >r- ity] and I both work together on events. SJK: Did you intern? LLH: I [created my own internship U >r credit] k'cause they [Agnes Scott] don't haw journal- ism* SKJ: So that's how you got your job here? LLH: No. 1 got my job here because Lyn needed somebody to answer the phones, and she knew I was kx)king for a job.. ..She knew I majored in English, so she handed me [a] press release, and she said, "Would you edit this. 7 " And 1 said "Sure." I read it, and I slid, "Tins is horrible! Who wrote this. 7 " And she said, 1 did." I said, % \ {J& You need me!" S), our skills compli- progress. One is called Nutri- tional Awareness, and should be started when the community returns from Christmas break. Everything that is served in the dining hall will have a label that includes its nutritional value. The other program will involve glass ;md metal recycling in the dining hall. Keith has noticed the concern the College has for the environment. 1 le teels that, unlike most colleges, .Agnes Scott puts ,i large emphasis on recycling, and this environmental awareness [$ important. Keith has summed up his experience at Agnes Scott SO far in one word: "tun." He looks forward to meeting everyone on Campus and tackling other problems concerning the dining hall. ment each other because she doesn't like to do the writing, and I dd. So, I coin liked hei th.it she needed to hue me full-time. SJK: What compromises have you had to make.' LLH: I was ( >Hcred a job a with Ben Jones, and I turned it down. I interviewed with [him and was offered a job]. It was real difficult for me to do [not accept the position] because he [offered a small pay raise], I felt that [her current job] Was where I needed CO be (and where she p >uld gtt >w]. SJK: I > > you think majors really make a difference if you arc detennincd toperfomi well at a job? LLH: What I got from AgtfeS Scott is that I can do anything I set my mind & >....! think any major y< >u have, it's like that. ..You learn how to think . Arias' main goal is to progress to what he sees as the next stage: persuading the world that economic and social development are not compatible with military expenditures. An interview with Linda Harris Features Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 11 In the faculty spotlight: Becky Prophet, theatre professor extrordinaire Becky Prophet by Bethany Blankenship Staff Writer Once upon a time, not so very long ago, theatre professor Becky Prophet was born. She was raised in Alfred, New York amongst five siblings. Dr. Prophet attended Alfred College, a small liberal arts college in her hometown where she majored in theatre arts. She met her future husband, Craig, there and married him soon after her graduation. Prophet then moved to Asia where her husband was trans- ferred in the AnTiy. She came back stateside the next year to teach theatre in a Massachusetts high school. She continued teaching at that level for four years. After deciding that teaching high school drama was counter- productive to her original purpose, she decided to return to school for her doctorate in acting and directing with a minor in theatre history. After completing her doctoral work, Prophet taught for a year at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater before she and her husband moved to Atlanta. Why theatre? Why not? Prophet has enjoyed acting for as long as she can remember. She remembers her first acting role well. When she was in the first grade, Prophet played a dormouse and the Jack of Hearts in a summer stock version of Alice in Wonderland. Her most memorable role was that of a clock her freshman year m at Alfred College in a production of The Dark Tower. She had not expected such a part and was rather disappointed. By the production's end, though, she had learned methods of acting beyond what she already knew and had gained an interest in experimental theatre, an interest she has retained through- out the years. However, Prophet enjoys directing better than acting. "It has aspects of teaching, aspects of research, aspects of understanding the key to the text but also finding the way in which to make the text more meaningful to actors so that they can make it more meaningful to an audience. I think it's a way to express both what I think and feel about society, about people, about politics." Prophet has been teaching and directing theatre here for nine years. She, her husband, and her children, Cameron and Riha, live in the suburbs of Stone Moun- tain. She feels that as long as there is a need for drama teachers, she'll remain here. Interview other main characters in the first three books. SM: Some of the situations in your novels seem almost absurd, such as Mattie getting stuck in the rocking chair, yet in looking around, I've noticed that these apparently absurd situations (continued from previous page) actually occur all the time! Do you find a lot of of your material in everyday human absurdity, in "real life" situations? CE: I think I do find a good bit of material in everyday absurdity. What I do is just jot something down that strikes me, STUDENT LOANS: $74,000 in low-interest loans available regardless of finances, income or credit history. For information call 438-3055. and then I go back and look at what I've jotted down, and if it's strong enough, I write a story about it. That's what happened [in Walking Across Egypt]. My mother sat through a chair without a bottom in it and got stuck for about fifteen minutes, and part of the humor in it was the way she told us my aunts and me, my mother's sisters the next day. She started out by saying, "I'm gonna tell some- thing I wasn't planning on telling anybody," which is the way she tells a lot of things. (Laughs) She pointed to the chair and said, " I sat through that chair yesterday and got stuck," and we all fell in the floor laughing.... So immediately when I got home, I didn't take the time to jot it down, I just started writing a story. Of course I had to make up the dogcatcher, and of course she had to be there all day you learn to exaggerate and change and shape. There wasn't any theme, old-age or anything it was just a funny thing tht happened, that I had tun writing about. I finished it, and it was absurd. The way I rationalize, or the way I explain why I write about these situa- tions, is that it's a very quick way to discover character. You find out who's clumsy, you find out who's smart, who's cowardly, you find out all these things about people in these kinds of situa- tions. So it's ended up that in each book I've had at least some kind of predicament. It's always a danger that it becomes unbelievable, but that's one of the things you hope to do as a writer you've got to tell it in such a way that the reader doesn't think that's what happened the reader must always say: this did happen.... SM: Tell me about the "Chicken Song" in Raney. I read somewhere that you are a musician as well as a writer? CE: I was a musician, an amateur musician, before I was a writer. I started writing songs in the early seventies, and between 71 and 77 when I "started writing fiction I wrote probably 20 songs. So that was a song that I had when I was writng Raney, and I liked it. Sometimes I tell people that the reason I wrote Raney was so I could get that song published there was no way I could get the song before people except by writing a novel to go around it! I remember when I wrote that.... For some reason I was sitting in a rocking chair in the front yard of this little house we lived in in Chapel Hill, on the sidewalk, I guess, doing something. And the line, "My chickens ain't layin, my cow's gone dry," came to me, and then I wrote the song around those lines. I feel like that's the way I do novels and stories I start with a little something, and as I write I get an idea, and I see where something might go. SM: What is it that you admire in other writers' works? What makes good fiction? CE: If a writer puts me in a place in a way that I forget that I'm reading to me that's the best thing that can happen to me as a reader. And when that happens 1 grant the writer the honor of having done that to me. When a writer disappears, that's when he or she is most powerful. When I read Larry Brown's short stories, I do not feel, emotionally, that I am reading a story that someone has written about someone else. I feel like I am in the head of that character, and the way he writes makes it that way. It's a kind of out of body experience; it becomes something beyond sitting and reading it becomes being someone. ...You can be very conscious of the writing, and that can also be a very good experience. SM: Do you have advice for aspiring writers? CE: Advice for aspiring writers? Yes, I always do. One piece of advice is not to worry so much especially if the writer is young not to worry about whether or not you're going to be a writer because it's like whether or not you're going to be tall. You either are or you aren't. And if you aren't, you'll find that out when you stop writing, when the obsession goes. If you are going to be a writer, the obsession will never leave, or, it will come and never leave it might not be there yet. It's not something that you choose to do; it's something that chooses you. Many writers would say that differently, because it sounds like you don't have to work. You do have to work; you have to put in time. Some writers will say [writing is] fun; some say it's torture. But I think it's something that chooses you. Features Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 12 Voices from the silent minority: Agnes Scott lesbians speak BY Angie T acker AND Winnie Varghese We recently conducted interviews with several lesbians who wish to remain nameless in an attempt to uncover attitudes toward lesbianism on campus. What is the real meaning of diversity? Should the "diversity" propounded by the administra- tion be extended beyond color boundaries to encompass alternative lifestyles, attacking bigotry from all levels? Or should we allow those who do not conform to societal standards to remain silenced? Hidden within the pristine walls of Agnes Scott tradition is a group of wymyn who under- stand the oppression of silence and the ironic pain of finding a voice. There are lesbians at Agnes Scott. The sexual preference of your classmates is not usually an issue unless she suddenly shaves her head and gets a tattoo. How would you feel if the womyn in the next seat suddenly revealed herself to be a lesbian? Though she poses no tangible threat, would you feel her value as a human being had decreased? Would with. The upperc lass womyn stated plainly no homosexuals were allowed in her circle. The womyn in question felt Homosexuals have to consider their sexuality more seriously than heterosexuals because they stand to lose a great deal. Social support, friends, and most importantly, family could all evaporate. you change seats? Bigotry does not have to be violent. Said one Return to College student who happens to be a lesbian, "I think the kind of queer bashing that goes on around here is real subtle because we're all too nice and too polite ^to say anything confrontational to anyone's face." Scotties know their manners. A first year student who formed a friendship with a junior was warned by an upperclasswomyn that her new friend was a lesbian, a fact that the womyn was mature enough to be comfortable the brunt of discrimination. She committed a crime in the eyes of another student simply because she was friends with a lesbian. This type of guilt by association is a common misconception expounded by those sheltered from exposure to lesbians. "It's not like [she] go[es] cruising for chicks.. .or that [she is] going to attack you..." or try to "convert" you simply because a friend is a lesbian, responded an RTC. The attitude that if a womyn happens to be a lesbian she is somehow reduced to little more than a sexual being is dangerous not only to lesbians but to anyone who associates with them. The attitude fosters discrimination and places lesbians in an alien nation, separated by the fear of those unwilling to shed their veil of ignorance. Homosexuals have to consider their sexuality more serio.usly than heterosexuals because they stand to lose a great deal. Social support, friends, and most importantly, family could all evaporate. One ot the RTCs quoted a joke someone once told her asking whether she would rather be black or gay. Her response was poignant. M H you're black you don't have to tell vour parents, which to me is a good example of the kind of discrimination we face, because not only do we lose [friends]. ..we also lose our families." The sophomore was disturbed by an off-the-cuff" remark by a classmate who declared that she "didn't mind" lesbianism, but she is "offended" by the lesbians on this campus who are vocal about their sexuality. "1 can't apologize," responded the junior. "I'm not throwing it your face, but I won't be silenced." To quote the first RTC, "College is supposed to be a preparation for the real world." The real world includes many forms of diversity, including homosexuality. Are we ready to accept sexual orientation as yet another form of the diversity which enriches our college community? Street Beat Compiled by Anne Harris The Question: Do you feel that lesbians are discriminated against on campus? Jessica Carey, class of 1992: Having been here only one semester, I haven't seen any blatant discrimination. I think there is a definite social disc rim i nation if someone found out someone else was a lesbian she might not talk to her as much. Something could be done as far as AIDS awareness is concerned mostly to combat the idea that anyone who is homosexual is diseased in some way. April Van Mansfeld, class of 1992: Yes, because (a) when lesbianism is mentioned in a classroom, there is a quiet. People avert their eyes or change the subject. And (b) if there wasn't any you wouldn't have so many lesbians on this campus who aren't open about being gay- To alleviate this I think we should have some open lesbians come on campus and into classrooms to talk and have a lesbian convocation. Bettina Gyr, class of 1991: No, 1 don't think so. 1 would hope that people on this campus are open enough to respect the views of others even if they J iff ei from their own. Anika Dyrstad, class of 1994: Yes. It is accepted by a lot of people as long the lesbians are not open about their sexuality. Some are scared that lesbians are going to make advances towards them simply because the womyn is a lesbian. Attitudes like that are due to ignorance. Roxanne Speight, class of 1993: Yes, they are. Because of the homophobia, a stigma is attached to anything lesbian. Seminars and such would do a lot of gcxxJ for awareness, an event where a lot of stereotypes are alleviated. Everyone needs to be more aware students, faculty, staff there is just too much that is not understood, from religious, heterosexual, and moral points of view. People should find out what it is they are not under- standing or tolerating. which he was certain would fail as had previous attempts. Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 13 Renew the Christmas spirit with Dickens* A Christmas Card Charlotte Stapleton, a freshman at Agnes Scott, rehearses with the Glee Club for the annual Christn\as Concert. The Glee Club will join the /Kgnes Scott College Community Corchestra on Sunday, December 9 at 2:30. For more infornuidon , call the College at 371-6294. Waverly Consort provides medieval version of Christmas by Sandee McGlaun Contributing Editor [f the "Bah, Hum" bug has bitten you, perhaps you should take an evening out and renew your Christmas spirit with the Alliance Theatre's enchanting adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Adapted for the Alliance by playwright- iiv residence Sandra Deer and directed by Fontaine Syer, the production is a charming vision of Dickens' masterpiece. The opening setting is that of a lone pine tree, little more than a sprig, propped up at the back of an otherwise naked stage. (I was reminded of the poor lonely "tree" in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," which needs only love, in the form of Linus' blanket, to spruce it up no pun intended.) After a chilling portrait of the beggars of London wandering through the fog and cold of the barren stage/streets, the forlorn pine is covered by a scrim; when it is whisked away again, Ebenezer Scrooge appears where it stood before. He, however, requires a bit more for his salvation than Charlie Brown's tree! This analogy may not have been intended, but it seems to fit Ebenezer is also wanting of love. The set, designed by John Paoletti and Many' Griswold, is one of the most meritorious factors of the production. The intricacies of the story require an equally intricate set to portray the changes in place and time, as Scrooge is transported to various locations in the past, present and the future by the three spirits. Various city scenes have been painted on multiple scrims, by Christie Miller Staff Writer Continuum, the new art exhibition, opened in Dalton Gallery Sunday, November 18. The works in the exhibition are representative of ten years of the life of local artist Cynthia Knapp. She is currently repre- sented by the Faye Gold Gallery located in Atlanta. Within this collection of works, Knapp holds nothing back. The pastels on paper have colors literally flying across their surfaces. She intersperses quick which can be made to be transparent or opaque, depend- ing on the lighting. The scenes shown to Scrooge by the spirits often take place behind one of the back-lit scrims, making them appear, appropriately, like mirages. At certain intervals, the scrims slide across the stage on pulleys, showing change of place and passage of time, and contributing to the overall phantasmal effect. Scrooge's office and bedchamber are also movable set pieces, which whirl on and off stage as the story demands. Lighting designer Geoffrey Bushor's lights, including a myriad of special effects, added to (he 'enchantment" quality of the show. One of the nicest moments was the "journey" of Scrooge and the child Ghost of Christmas Past to the past, as they appeared to float up into a starry night sky, hover above the horizon, and descend again without rising more than two feet off the ground. The special effects, on the whole, were impressive, but at times they became so amazing (the light inside Marley's mouth) that they were distracting. I found myself wondering, "How did they do that?" instead of paying attention to what was going on! Roy Cooper plays a delight- fully grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge. Mr. Cooper, originally of the United Kingdom and Canada, is physically and vocally the epitome of the infamous miser. Cooper is particularly good in the first part of the play, as the alternately cynical and fright- ened Scrooge. He is assisted in his characterization by Deer's lines along the areas of moving color. In many of these pastels there are small patches of criss-crossed lines that resemble reflected light. These areas shimmer and could be small works within them- selves. Also, Knapp has a collection of smaller pastel works. These relate on a more personal and intimate level, but they still exhibit the same energy as the larger works. In her canvasses, Knapp mixes pastels and acrylics. She de- scribes her process: First, she surprisingly humorous script when told by Marley he will be visited by three ghosts, he pleads, "Can't I take them all at once and have it over with, Jacob. 7 " Cooper could be more exuberant as the transfonned Scrooge. His attempt to find an appropriate laugh ("he-he-he, no...ha-ha-ha, no...ho-ho-ho! that's more like it!") is a very nice moment, but his childlike joy is more a muffled pleasure than a burst of exhilarated Christmas spirit. Characterizations are distinct, all the more praiseworthy since almost everyone in the company plays multiple roles. Particularly enjoyable are Al Hamacher as an endearing, somewhat goofy, Bob Cratch itt, and Peter Thomasson as Fred, Scrooge's engaging nephew. Other noteworthy perfor- mances are John Purcell and Suzi Bass as Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig, James Mayberry as a disgruntled beggar, and Afemo Omilami as the bagpiping Ghost of Christ- mas Present. The Ghost of Christmas Future also looms largely in my imagination. Deer's script is imaginative, touching and witty. The direct address of the audience at the end, possibly due to time constraints, is a bit awkward, but the laughs and bits of wisdom, and the general sense of Christ- mas spirit present throughout the play, more than make up for it. If an evening in Dickens' London isn't a possiblity, replenishment of your Christmas spirit needn't be neglected. As the Ghost of Christmas Present tells Scrooge where to discover "good cheer": "It is no secret. It is found in the human heart, in abundant creates lines and fonns with the pastels. She then works back into those forms with the acrylics, continuing in this additive process until the image is complete. Her works also have a strength which is created by the use of fast diagonal lines which accentuate the movement of her vibrant colors. Continuum is a pleasure to view. Knapp's ten years of work holds together in a cohesive artistic statement of style and energy. The exhibit will run through December 16. by Laura Barlament Staff Wnter In its representation of "the seemingly sparse scriptural narratives of the Nativity with the fluid perspective peculiar to the medieval ritual and perfor- mance space," the Waverly Consort plunged its audience into a deep and mysterious rendition of the familiar Christmas story. The Waverly Consort tells the story of Jesus' birth principally through episodes from medieval Latin liturgical drama composed from the 10th through the 1 3th centuries, with the addition of later polyphonic compositions from the 14th and 15th centuries. The performance consisted of singing, instrumental music, and carefully choreographed and ritualistic dramatic action in fantastic costumes. This striking perfonnance would have been even more effective were the lights on the audience dimmer (impossible because of the necessity of non- Latin speakers' following the translations in the program) to emphasize the events onstage, and were the acoustics in Gaines Chapel more cathedral -like. Nevertheless, the Waverly Consort managed to create an appropriately medieval atmo- sphere. The play began with a single droning note to which other voices were gradually added. All the members of the company processed around the auditorium while performing the first piece, and the cycle was completed by another procession at the end of the drama as well. The entire drama gave a distinct impression of the medieval focus on the after-life. Neither the Christ Child nor the Virgin Mary were visually represented onstage, as if their presence were implicit in the sunoundings. Although the introduction of conflict by the worldly Herod and his court set up a vivid contrast to the purity and peace of the Nativity and the Journey of the Magi, the sense of other- worldli- ness remained in Herod's chorus, "a greater king is bom." Separated from a 20th-century American's experience by distance, the span of centuries and the evolution of language, the musical drama held an archetypal appeal in its symbolic union of birth and death in the Nativity and the Passion of Christ. The absorbing commentary in the program guide notes that the term "Christmas" derives from "the central act of worship of the medieval church, the Mass," in late Old English called "Cristes Maesse, Mass of Christ." Yet the drama also becomes familiar in its celebration of the traditional themes of Christmas, with pure adoration and scenes of peace, and as the performers had their final bow their smiles showed that the personalities behind the serious and selfless masks had returned/ Continuum exhibits works by local artist Cynthia Knapp Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 14 John Updike puts Rabbit to rest at reading John Updike Updike: Just a regular guy with skinny ankles by Bethany Blankenship Staff Writer Prestigious novelists are often perceived as stuffy and arrogant individuals. Recent ASC visitor John Updike isn't either of these things. Instead, he is a person- ahle, intelligent man. However, Updike feels that people he meets find him very unreal. A native Pennsylvanian, Updike gathers much of his material for novels there. The Rabhit series, for which he is most famous, was based in Pennsylvania. Updike has been writing seriously since his college days at Harvard where he edited the Harvard Lampoon. He went by Michelle Roberts Contributing Editor The first thing that went through the minds of the sold- out audience at the John Updike reading may have been: He looks like a rabbit! The comparisons between "Rabbit" and Updike are inevitable. He told the audience that he "has made a point of keeping quite far from the Rabbits of the world." Rabbit was created to raise questions and arouse debate. Updike, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Rabbit is Rich and who has stirred contro- versy and praise for his Rabbit series and other novels, was the second performer in the Agnes Scott College Events Series. The author came to the podium, announcing that he would not focus on his latest w ork, Rabbit at Rest. He joked that he would like to put the book to rest, tired of the publicity which "confuses him from there to The New Yorker where several of his poems had previously been published. His first publication was a book of poems entitled The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures. His first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, was published in 1959. Updike's next novel was Rabbit, Run, the first of the well- known Rabbit series. The novel, representative of its time period (the 1950s), was highly ac- claimed by critics but severely criticized by women for its chauvinistic title character, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. In defense of Harry, Updike says, "I don't think I should be blamed too much for not creating dramatic career women or writing about Eleanor as he tries to explain what he was trying to do." Updike claimed that he would "try to read a few gender-related poems" since the reading was at "one of the surviving all-female colleges." Calling himself a "light verse practitioner," Updike pro- ceeded to read five poems about a variety of simple subjects including one descrip- tion of "female rage" through an observation of some Radcliffe students fencing. His dry, humble sense of humor was evident in the comments he made about his light verse. When he made a mistake about the sex of a mosquito in the original version of one of his poems, readers immediately caught it. Changing the w ords changed the sound of the poem. "It's a danger to a poet to know too much," he confessed. After peading his poem about New England seagulls, he confided that James Dickey Roosevelt. No, I dealt with what I saw and knew and can't feel too apologetic about it. "Some of my characters are male chauvinists, but a lot of the men in my generation and maybe later generations are male chauvinists." Updike is not only a novelist and poet, but also a renowned literary and art critic. His criticisms can be found in such magazines as The New Yorker and New Republic. Updike has also published a book of autobio- graphical essays called Self- Consciousness. Updike resides in Ipswich, Massachussetts with his second wife Martha Bernhard. He enjoys the suburban life where he can golf, paint, and most of all, write. praised the phrase "rhythmic glass" to describe water, liking its sexual implications. He concluded the reading with a long poetic story called "Plumbing" from 1970. Updike then opened the program up to questions. He discu>scd the abundant themes ot sc\ and religion m his works, his daily routine, advice to aspiring writers, and his opinions about making movies out ot fiction. He admitted that the plot of The Witches of East wick eluded the movie makers, so "it didn't make much sense." The audience mav have been disappointed that Updike was not more willing CO share his recent work. Instead, he gave them a glimpse into the process ot writing that has made him the writer he is today. "Poetry," he savs, "is the most exciting way to work with language. 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The members (Thurston Moore on guitar, his wife Kim Gordon on bass, Lee Renaldo, guitarist, and Steve Shelly, drummer) have increased in popularity so much in the past few years that they have gone from playing the Metroplex to playing Centerstage. Thurston mentioned at dinner that this new popularity had helped them greatly improve their music. Before, the locations that would take them had horrible sound systems, with microphones thai would stop working with little to no provocation, and atrocious acoustics. Now, he says, the band is earning enough money that they have their own sound system and can play in auditorally better locations. No longer do they have to wonder whether something will be missing in sound, or will fail without warning. After touring Centerstage with Sonic Youth's amiable agent (while we watched Thurston sign everything handed him) we met Kim Gordon and the other members of the band. Kim was the only member who actually changed clothes to perfonn, ending up in a hot pink flowered Lyrca bell-bottomed bodysuit and a hot pink mock turtleneck. Her unique style of dress was not matched by the other people in the band, each of whom has his own style (largely represented by the color black). We were led to seats for 12 in the auditorium around 10:30, when the opening band, Lizard, *m|^H mm W (/-?-) Pam Allen, Andrea Morano, Chrissie Lewandowski , and Jeanne Campbell rehearse a scene from Agnes Scott College s annual children s "Song of Guenevere ," a fairytale for children. Plays in Winter Theatre of the Dam Fine Arts Building from December 6 through 9. finished their show. Sonic Youth began playing shortly afterwards, with selections from their four most recent albums: "Goo," the latest; "Daydream Nation"; "Sister"; and "EVOL", their oldest. Dedicating nearly every song to a relative in attendance (including one to Thurston's grandmother), they kept the volume up on the nearly sold-out crowd for an hour and a half. The only distraction in the concert was the incessant stage-divers who, although numerous, were apparently nothing compared to the stage- diving fans of the Metroplex days. Even at an extremely high volume, their music is entertain- ing. The song lyrics are often cynical commentaries on the Catholic religion ("1 Got a Catholic Block"), politics, and the superficiality of popular music. In addition, the members of the band are die-hard performers, active and enthusiastic. All in all, they give a great concert, easily worth the price of admission For excellent adventures on the local music scene* . Caroline Aiken and Cold Shot by Winnie Varghese and Staci Dixon With finals approaching, the thought of a night on the town is received' with "oh yeah, right" and "give me a break." But for those of you who will be spending your break in Hotlanta this could be a reality. What can you do this holiday with the majority of your friends away from the area. 7 You could hear great acoustic music in the Atlanta/Decatur area! First, grab a Creative Loafing and look for venues that cater to acoustic and folk music. If you find such names as Wendy Bucklew, Kristen Hall, Dede Vogt, Blue Prayer, Joyce and Jacque, Michelle Ma lone, and Caroline Aiken, you're in luck. Also keep your ears open because the Indigo Girls are home during most holidays and usually get together at their favorite bars to play an unannounced set or two. With the exception of Michelle Malone, acoustic guitar and folky vocals remain the focal point of these artists' perfor- mances with subtle drum beats, electric guitar slides, and harmonica notes adding a nice variety to the music. Malone's band, Drag the River, dramatically changes the overall sound and performance of her music into pure rock and roll. A tew of the acts which are duos include Ashley and Mark, Blue Prayer, Joyce and Jacque, and Nikki Meets the Hibachi. Among the wymyn we most Don't let your holidays be boring. Spice them up with great food, great drink, and great local acoustic music. love and admire for their musical ability (and personality) are Wendy Bucklew, Caroline Aiken, and Kristen Hall. Kristen Hall, after what seemed like a never-ending hiatus, has returned to the music scene with new songs and a new band. Hall perfonns her original music with a passion and presence few can match. You can hear her in your own abode with her old recording, "Real Live Stuff' and a soon-to-be released CD and tape. She is also a guest performer on Indigo Girls' "Strange Fire" and Michelle Malone's "Relent- less," both major label releases. Caroline Aiken has been on the music scene since she" was 17, playing in New York and other large cities. She claims Bonnie Raitt as a friend, and Raitt's influence is obvious on her locally released tape. Her strong deep voice is her most powerful asset but her playing ability (guitar, piano, keyboards) rivals for a brilliant performance. Caroline's lyrics speak of family, love, and the tribulations of life. Her band, "Cold Shot," l ikes its name from a Stevie Ray Yaughan song and would do Stevie proud with its wide range of blues covers and originals. Caroline and the band play tomorrow night at Trackside. And bodacious Bucklew is, well, bodacious. She's a rage on stage and her tape, "Rage in the Ring," is a beautiful sampling of her work. Her vocals are astonishing. She sounds like nothing you've ever heard before and we cannot think of a way to convey the experience. Don't let your holidays be boring. Spice them up with great food, great drink, and great local acoustic music. If acoustic isn't your style, we suggest the Ellen James Society. This group, signed to Amy Ray's label, Damien, is pure fun rock and roll! f Arts Friday, December 7, 1990 The Profile Page 16 Theatre Alliance Theatre: Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, will be running through December 30. Call 892- 2414 for ticket information. Horizon Theatre Company: An encore performance of last season's sold -out hit comedy, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNaly from December 13-30. Call 584- 7450 for further information. Neighborhood Playhouse: Due to popular demand, Singin' in the Rain has been extended to run through December 8. It's the story about Hollywood in the 70s as the era of silent movies gives way to "talkies" and changes all the movie- making rules. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students, $5 for senior citizens. Call 373-5311 for more information. Also: Audition notice: Non- equity auditions for the Atlanta premiere of the musical Ro- mance * Romance. 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General admission is $6. Call 939-3279 for information and reservations. Dance The Atlanta Ballet: The Nutcracker returns to the Civic Center December 8 through 29. For more information, call 873- 5811. Tickets are available at all metro Atlanta Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 249-6400. The Georgia Ballet, Inc.: Performs The Nutcracker December 7 through 9 at the Cobb Civic Center. For tickets or information, call 425-0258. Music The Atlanta Bach Choir: Will present their annual candlelight Christmas concert on Sunday, December 9 at 4 p.m. at the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church. Advance tickets are $8, $7 for students and senior citizens. For more information, call 872-BACH. The North Arts Center: The Atlanta Symphony Chamber Orchestra returns for its fourth encore presentation of holiday favorites and light classics. December 16. Call 394-3447 for more infomiation. St. Lukes Episcopal Church: A sing-along of George Frederic Handel's Messiah will be presented on Sunday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. For further information, call 873- 5427.' Galleries The Atlanta College of Art: The Atlanta College of Art Gallery and Nexus Contempo- rary Art Center will present Revered Earth, a traveling exhibition of new works by contemporary artists whose life's work is an affinnation toward the Earth. Showing through J anuary 16, 1 99 1 . For further infonna- tion, call 898-1157. The High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center: Admis- sion is free for all of the following events. Call 577-6940 for further infonnation. Constructed Images: New Photography features 7 1 works by black and Latin artists utilizing photography to stage narrative stories, revise historical events, reveal personal informa- tion, and comment on contem- porary concerns. Runs through January 11, 1991. 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Box lunches are pennitted. Free admission. The High Museum ot Art: For the following events, admission is $4, $2 for college students with IDs. For informa- tion, call 892-HIGH. 'Andy Warhols Celebrities" features 53 large, colorful portraits by America's best- known artist and one of the founders of Pop Art The exhibit runs through January 6, 1991. Also: Art on the Edge: Elisa DArrigo, an exhibit of sculptures and drawings by Elisa DArrigo runs through December 9, 1990. The exhibition includes 15 works, five sculptures and 10 works on paper, produced during the past three years. Also: Japanese Porcelain: The Jacobs Collection, the first exhibition of the John L. Jacobs collection of Japanese porcelain will be on view through February 24,1991. Forty objects have been selected for the exhibition. They provide a survey of the porcelain from the beginning of the 17th century to the end of the 19th century with a concen- tration on the earlier period. Also: French Ceramics: Masterpieces From Lorraine is the first American showing of a comprehensive exhibition of earthenware from Lorraine, the leading French pottery manufac- turing center for over tw< ) centuries. The exhibition's only- showing in the United States is 99< SUBWAY SANDWICH 99< Buy any Sub Sandwich & Medium Drink at the Regular Price Get Second Sandwich of Equal or Lesser Value for 99c Expires January 1 SUBIUPY* 2113 N Decatur Rd . Emory Commons *248 9764 1496 Church St.. Suburban Plaza *3 77 7449 3201 Tucker Norcross Rd '621 9283 in Atlanta. The exhibit runs through January 6, 1991 . North Arts Center: These exhibits will be ninning through December 23. Call 394-3447 for more infonnation. Artists explore the history of art through Table Scenes in Gallery A. Also: In Gallery B are John Hawkins's Recent Paintings. Jimmy Carter Library: "Folklite ot the Georgia WiregraNs" at the Museum of the Jimmy C barter Library focuses on traditional ways of life in the communities ot South Georgia. Admission is $2.50 for adults, $1.50 tor senior adults, and tree for ages 16 and under. Call 331- 0296 for infonnation and $31- 3942 tor group reservations. Miscellaneous Atlanta African Film Society: On December 7 and 9, the Society will present its sixth Hoyt Fuller Film Festival, celebrating the Black Aesthetic. Friday, at 8 p.m., Ganja and Hess will be shown in the Georgia- Pacific auditorium. Admission is $5 for the general public. Saturday, at 3 p.m., Voices of the Gods will be shown at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. Admission is free. Clergy and Laity Concerned: All peoples, all faiths are invited to pray for a peaceful solution to the Mid-East crisis at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 9 at the Martin Luther King Center. Bring your candle. Call 377- 1983 tor more information, Femhank Science Center: For more information on the following events, call 378-43 1 1 . The Christmas Express, the annual children's holiday planetarium show will run through December 27. Admis- sion is 50 cents. Also: Star of Wonder, the annual holiday planetarium show will run through December 27. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for students. Also: During December the greenhouse will feature the 'Taper White Narcissus." While supplies last each visitor may take a bulb home to force/ FAST FUNDRAISING PROGRAM $ WOO JUST ONE Earn up to $1000 in one week for your campus organization. Plus a chance at J 5000 more! This program works! No investment needed. Call 1 800-932-0528 Ext. 50 AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE The Profile The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Friday, February 15, 1991 Volume 77, Issue 7 Saudi oil spill creates yet another crisis in the Gulf BY Mary Ami The effects oi the Oulf crisis have had a major detrimental effect on the environment. Since Last w eek, millions of gallons oi oil from Saudi Arabian refineries have been poured into the Persian Gulf. Allied bombing attacks and an Iraqi attempt to defend themselves against an amphibi- ous attack were reportedly the cause of the oil spillage. Ironically, even an oil spill of this size would not stop an amphibious Allied landing. Already troubled by pollution from city and f acton' waste, the Gulf is relativ ely shallow and narrow. It is practically cut off from the ocean, and much saltier. Now into tli is delicately balanced area fell an estimated 300-400 million galtens-df oil- much more than the Exxon- Valdez spill of eleven million gallons. Along with the hazards to the Gulfs domestic life, the sea birds and marine life are also suffering. Several small islands in the Gulf are home to these many rare species of animals, including a relative of the manatee and a cormorant found only in the Gulf. The Persian Gulfs fishing industry could also face the apparent problems associated with an environmental disaster oi this type. Some scientists report that the spill is less dangerous than believed. The slick has been at sea for more than a week and man\ &i the toxic compounds have evaporated. Since it is mostly these chemicals rather thcin i he gooey sludge that kills aquatic life, the Gulfs environ- mental future might not be as bleak as expected. Scientists have never dealt with a spill of this size, so the severity of damage at this time is only speculation. Initially, Saudi Arabian officials showed little effort in fighting the spill beyond closing some desalinating plants. Now Saudi officials have decided to begin more active measures to halt the destructive flow. This recent display of action has received criticism from other countries because of Saudi Arabia's inefficient equipment and late beginning. Saudi officials have also been unwilling to put more money into saying their Gulf. Concerned countries are continuing to send more equip- ment to clean up the oil slick. Officials hope the spill can be eradicated, leaving one less problem to overcome in the Gulf. New parietals policy alters dorm life by Dawn M. Sloan Contributing Editor During the most recent Board of Trustees meeting, the Student Affairs Committee met to discuss proposed changes in lobby hours and parietals. Proposals R.C. 192 and 193, which prov ide for 24-hour lobby hours for male guests and extend parietals to include Monday through Wednesday evenings, were a direct result of student demands for extended parietals. These proposals were already approved by Rep Council, but had to meet the approval of the Student Affairs Committee and the Board as a whole before they could be initiated. On January 25, the trustees voted in favor of both R.C. 192 and 193. The resulting changes in parietals went into effect on Friday, February 1. Men are now pennitted in desig- nated areas of dormitory lobbies 24 hours a day and in students' rooms from 6 p.m. until 12 a.m. on Monday through Thursday evenings. Other hours under the parietal policy remain unchanged. "Singin songs and carry iri signs.. Anti-war demonstrators carry an effigy of George Bush in the protest in Washington, D.C. Witkaze spreads the spirit of unity BY MlCHELE A. BARARD Staff Writer On the first day of this month, Witkaze Sisterhood and Emory's N AACP gathered at the Alston Center to eat, drink and be merry in the name of Black History Month. Students from the entire Atlanta university system were in attendance at the Black History Month Kick-off. The DJ was Marvin Coleman, an Emory student who is also co- chair of the Emory branch of the N AACP and co-chair of Emory's Black Student Alliance. Coleman also helped to found Emory's only black student newspaper, The Fire This Time. He was enthusiastic about working with Witkaze on the party as well as on educational and cultural events in the future. Kech Payne, Witkaze president, was equally enthusias- tic about the prospect of working with other African- American organizations, both college- sponsored and independent. Payne stated, "We just want to show that we're all black; \\v don't want any barriers between us because we share so much." Inside AGNES SCOTT REACTS TO THE WAR Editorials Time Traveler blasts right wingers Page 4 Features Interview with student from Kuwait Page 8 StreetBeat Women in the draft ? Page 9 News Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 2 Symposium provides help for beating eating disorders by Angie Simmons Eating disorders are often prevalent on college campuses, with higher frequency at women's colleges. As part of the College's battle against the problem, the physical education department hosted guest lecturer Susan Langston. A representative of the Rader Institute, founded in 1984 by Dr. William C. Rader, Langston specializes in the field of eating disorders. The Institute focuses on the treatment of anorexia, bulimia, and overeating. Langston hegan her presentation with the grim facts profiling eat ing disorders. Over 60 million Americans suffer from one or more of these diseases. One in every five females has an eating disorder. Of these individuals, 40% also have cross addictions to alcohol or drugs which require priority treatment. She continued her discussion with specific facts about eating disorders. Information included the characteristics of anorexia: self- starvation, compulsive exercise, and abuse of laxatives and/or diuretics. If this disorder is not treated, it can prove fatal. Langston also addresed the characteristics of bulimia: bingeing or compulsive eating, self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives, fasting, strict diets, and compulsive exercise. This disease can also be fatal if untreated. The basic properties commonly associated with compulsive ov ereating include consistent inability to control food intake, continual attempts to lose weight by dieting, and regaining of lost weight. Langston also explained the steps in the progression ol an eating disorder. First, the individual cannot cope with emotions such as depression, loneliness, rejection, anger, or tear. She hicks knowledge ot an effective way to deal with these emot ions so she turns to food tor comfort or relief. Afterwards comes the guilt, pain, and depression resulting from eating too much, beginning the cycle once more with the confusion of not knowing how to deal with these feelings. Shari >n Langston emphasized watching tor multiple si l mis ol cat ing dtsi u Jers including: repeated unsuccessful attempts ,u dieting feelings of self-consciousness or embarrassment about eating habits . compulsive exercising eating sensibly in the presence of others and then making up tor it when alone eating when one is not hungry Additional information on the topic of eating disorders can be attained from The Rader Institute bv calling 1 -800-255-1818. All calls .ire confidential. Stoned-2 virus continues to plague computers on campus by Tom Maier Director of Academic Computing Computer viruses, infections unique to the world of silicon and circuitry, are pieces of software designed by someone to alter the operation of a computer system without the knowledge or penrtission of the system's operator. They are called viruses since they behave in a fashion analo- gous to a biological virus; they interject their own special code (set of instructions) into a normal program or operation. This interjected code has two major functions. One is to cause replication of the virus into as many other accessible areas as possible. The second is to in some way alter the operation of the currently infected system. In the latter case, the alter- ations caused by the viruses fall Exceptional compete for by Cara Cassell Honors Days and Scholars Weekend provide opportunities for prospectives to receive a first- hand experience of college life. This year's Honors Days* February 1 8 and 2 1 , are for those students who have high GPAs and who have exhibited leadership potential. Scholars Weekend, which took place last weekend, is for those students who have very- strong academic backgrounds and who will graduate at the top of their high school classes. into two classifications; benign or malignant. In the case ot an infection by a benign virus, the alterations caused are usually not destructive. Infections by a malignant virus are quite different. Here the alterations are at a minimum destructive and can even be catastrophic. The virus that was detected on the Agnes Scott campus before Christmas, known as the stoned-2 virus, began as a benign virus from New Zealand. However, the strain we were infected with can easily become malignant, espe- cially when the infected disk or hard drive is near capacity. At this point the College has dealt as successfully with this particular virus as possible. We can detect, disinfect, and even protect against stoned-2. There are literally hundreds more viruses out there that could infect our computers. The academic computing office strongly recommends the follow- ing preventive steps: Have all your diskettes scanned if you have notatready done so. There are machines set up in the Academic Computing (.'enter in the library and another in the Writing Workshop, Just follow the instructions and if your disk tests positive, then bring it to the Academic Computing Center. Back up your data frequently. It it was worth saving once, it's worth saving on more than one disk. If you don't know where the software came from, don't use it. Better ways to detect and cure infections will probably continue to be discovered, but no matter how fancy solutions may be, their effectiveness depends on user cooperation and vigilance. prospective students scholarships to ASC These groups contain the largest number ot students invited to ASC to compete for financial awards. The increased number oi applicants (up 36% from this time last year) explains the increase in competitors. Many of these students will graduate first in their class. Others have studied abroad; many are fluent in languages other than English; still others are accomplished artists. One student was flown to Washington, D.C., and com- mended by President Bush for starting a drug awareness program in her school. While the groups are on campus, they visit classes, take part in information sessions with current students and faculty, and are interviewed by a panel. This year's scholars visited Underground Atlanta and the Coca-Cola museum. These visits provide an opportunity for the high school students to become acquainted with one another and with the campus, and provides the College community with an opportunity to meet them. Philosophy conference calls for undergraduate papers, participation by Ric hard Parry Philosophy Professor The Undergraduate Philosophy C Conference has been held each year for the last thirty or so years. Agnes Scott College is one pi the charter members of this distinguished group of colleges, which includes Emory, University or Gerogia, Vanderbilt, Spelman, Morehouse, Sewanee, and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This year's (.Conference will take place on February 22 and 23 in Agnes Scott College's Dana Fine Arts building. The rationale of the Conference is to offer undergraduate students the opportunity to present and critique papers on any topic in philosophy. According to tradition (that is Occasionally broken), only students may ask questions i.e., the faculty should remain silent during sessions. However, faculty may ask quest i< >ns priv ately, alter sessions are over. Thus, in the typical session a student will read her paper for half an hour and then answer questions tor .mother ten minutes. On the opening night of the Conference, however, a faculty member from one of the colleges in the core group gives an opening talk. Dr. Nicholas Fotion, from Emory University, will be this year's faculty speaker. Alter his talk, there will be a social event so that pan Icipants can get acquainted. The C bnference is a good way to meet phik >si >phy students Irom other campuses and to C< unpare the Way the discipline is pursued in other places and other styles. All are welcome to attend the Opening session, ,\ lecture to he given by Dr. Nicholas lotion ol Emory University, the m h. iaJ event to follow, and the papers to be given Saturday. Finally, if any recent or current philosophy student has ,i paper which she would like to read at the Conference, please contact Dr. Richard Parry, ext. 625 3. News Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 3 Phi Beta Kappa lecturer speaks on timely topic: stress and its effects Press Release As part oi the Visitrig Scholar Program sponsored hy the honor society ot Phi Beta Kappa, Agnes Scott College hosted a free public lecture hy Professor Steven F. Maier. The title of his lecture was "Stress, Copingj an J the Immune System." Maier has heen teaching psychology at the University of Colorado in Boulder since 1973. One of the originators of the concept of learned helplessness, Professor Maier has been editor since 1982 of "Learning and Motivation* and is the former consulting editor of "Journalism of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes." The Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program makes available every year thirteen distinguished scholars who visit approximately 100 institutions, meeting infor- mally with students and faculty members, taking part in classroom discussions, and giving a public lecture open to the entire academic community. The purpose of the program is to contribute to the intellectual life of the campus by making possible an exchange of ideas between the visiting scholars and the resident faculty and students. Stop spread of viruses: Wash those hands, stock up on Sudafed by Mary Lu Christiansen Director of Student Health Center Despite the appearance of a tew spring-like days, this is still mid-winter, and peak flu season is now approaching. Taking special preventative care and getting early treatment are important to minimize the effects of flu. Campus life seems to encour- age these attacks of "germ warfare.*' Close living conditions, classroom situations, stress, and irregular sleep and diet patterns are all factors. Our community is especially vulnerable to many different viruses because the student population is from all parts of the country and the globe. Flu shots, still available at the 1 [ealth Department, will prevent the occurrence of three specific llu viruses that the ('enters for Disease Control feel will he the most commonly seen this year. However, there are many more viruses that can cause respiratory and flu-like symptoms. A healthy lifestyle is always a good defense mechanism. Proper diet, adequate rest, regular exercise, and stress reduction activities (fun!) strengthen the immune system to make illness less severe or prevent it. Frequent handwashing is the next single greatest preventative measure against vital illnesses, often passed "hand to hand." Early, agressive treatment of initial symptoms will help decrease the severity of the illness and prevent complications, although it cannot he expected to he a quick fix. Viruses simply have to run their course through the body, with the help of increased rest and oral fluids. Antibiotics will not cure bacterial infections, not viruses. Some over-the-counter medica- tions may help relieve viral Update on effects of war at LLS* colleges College Press Service At Michigan, demonstrators slashed the tires oj cars parked in front of the ROTC building, and University of California at Los Angeles protesters spilled blot >d and oil on the steps of the Federal building in downtown LA. More peaceful demonstrations were held at W illamette, Tuit, Louisiana State, Howard and Jacksonv ille State Universities, and at the Universities oi Kentucky, Denver:, Seattle, Louisville, Illnois-Chicago, among many others. The Associated Press esti- mated t here were more than 100 pro- and anti-war confrontations nationwide on January 17, the first full day of war, with more than 1,400 people arrested. Alan Canfora, one of the Kent State University students injured by National Guardsmen firing at anti-war demonstrators in May 1970 has signed with International Talent Associates, a booking agency, to help him capitalize on an anticipated demand for him to speak on campuses. 47 Texas AckM students have had to leave school for active military duty. 22 withdrew from class to serve in the days before bombing started in Iraq. The other 25 withdrew from class January 17, AckM vice president tor student services Dr. J. Malon Southerland reported. Southerland speculated that AckM is "perhaps the Leading institution in having students withdraw as the result of Reserve units being called to active. symptoms, however. Learn to read labels, watching out for the "new and improved" products which have added Tylenol to the formula to double the price. For a good, cheap deconges- tant to clear the head, try plain Sudafed; Dimetapp and Sinutab also have antihistamines to help clear up post -nasal drip. Cough medications should be used with care, since a cough is the k idy's natural defense mechanism to remove harmful secretions from the lungs. Robitussin DM is a good expectorant/suppressant (o remove these secretions while suppressing a dry cough. Finally, Tylenol and Advil can be taken to relieve fever and aches. At the first sign of a cold, get more rest, drink lots of liquids, and begin taking decongestants. 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Editorials Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 4 The Profile AGNES Agnes Scott Collece'Box 764Decatur, GA 30030 SCOTT COLLEGE Editor-in-Chief Michelle Roberts Managing Editor Laura Shaffer Associate Editor Kristin Lemmerman News Editor Josie Hoilman Assistant News Editor Dawn Sloan Features Editor Bethany Blankenship Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard Arts Editor Sandee McGlaun Assistant Arts Editor Rita Ganey Copy Editor Tonya Smith Photographers Sunny McClendon, Barhie Stitt Illustrator Annetta Williams Circulation Manager Mary Mathewes Advertising Manager Sara DiGiusto The Profile is published bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Letters to the editor arid guest editorials are always welcomed and should be typed or on disk using Microsoft Word. Names cannot be withheld. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated with the College other than the author. Lagniappe by Michelle Roberts The price is great Sublimely paid Do we deserve a Thing That lives like Dollars must he piled Before we may obtain? This stanza from an Emily Dickinson poem expresses the opinion that many people who oppose the war in the Middle East hold: No blood for oil. Others reason that the war is being fought for much more complex ideals, including stopping a madman from gaining dangerous control of a region. However my owti feelings concerning what has become "Opera- tion Desert Storm" fluctuate, I am constantly amazed at the bestiality of war. Human beings who cannot resolve their problems resort to brutality in an effort to "make peace." We fight "aggression" with agression. War is raging in the Middle East, and although attempts are being made to let us in on every aspect of the events, I am lost in feelings of helplessness and ignorance. I watched the Bob Hope Christmas special from Saudi Arabia, among i int less other features on the troops there before we delared war. From everything I saw on the news, war seemed inevitable. As the camera panned Bob Hope's audience, I found myself crying, again, as I looked into the faces of men and women who were around my age. How many ot them would die in the next days, weeks, months. 7 1 don't have any particular nostalgia far the '60s, but the war between American people on two sides of the issue seems ominously reminiscent ot the Vietnam era. After all the rational discussion of Vietnam protests that has gone on recently, the confession of mistakes made, the vows that nothing like that will ever take place again, history may be repeating itself. Americans really turned against the war when they witnessed the images of blood and gore on television. When Saddam Hussein refused to remove himself from Kuwait, he paid the consequences set by the peaceful United Nations. 1 could Clot stop the images on that first night of innocent people asleep in their homes, as I would be later that night, being continually bombed by our "sorties," a politely Frenchified word for total destruction. Many Americans did not agree with President Bush's actions; there is no way that every Iraqi citizen agreed with Hussein's. The media has portrayed this war, which has continued beyond the original approximations, as a faraway game. Fatalities? We haven't seen any. The censors have made sure that we only see the sanitized, Nintendo version. How long will it be before we know the truth about what is happening over there? Will it be too late to ret ute Bush's policy.' Why can't "support the troops" demonstrators realize that anti-war protesters are supporting the trOOpS in their determination to bring them home with as tew deaths as fx issibte? Why else would they concern themselves enough to demonstrate.' The semester has begUEk I don't have CNN in my room; I'm too busy to read the newspapers every day; I no longer know what is going on at every minute. Rut does anyone really know? My imagination nins wild, though, in spite of censorship. We can only hope that the horror of war will end soon. CPS Public Safety News The Department of Public Safety would like to officially welcome the student body back from Christmas holidays. As usual, the break provided training opportunities for the Department. The major area covered was race relations. The race relations class was also practical in that it helped officers to think about ways of enhancing relations with persons of different backgrounds. On a campus with a diverse population, the need for developing positive realtions is very real. Please join us in welcoming Officer Karen Lide to the "Do as 1 say and not as I do." A Baptist preacher Most right-wingers seem to greet this war with gleeful, ghoulish enjoyment. You might think it was a great big Super Bowl. Only this game uses bombs and bullets instead oi footballs and the players don't always get back up. They tend to die. The other team's players die, too, along with their tans in the bleachers ordinary, innocent folks as well as soldiers. War kills people, painfully and hideously. Babies die because of it, along with mommies, daddies, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. previously living, breathing, walking, talking people. And our soldiers are killing these people because it is more convenient to bombard them with our prepaid, prepared technology than it is to retool our energy system and because it is more financially expedient to blast them out of existence than it is to ask the pampered American public to pay higher prices for fuel. Department of Public Safety. Officer Lide was previously employed for over 7 years by the DeKalb County Police Depart- ment and Sheriff s Department, and has held other county ' positions. We are very pleased to have Officer Lide aboard. Two stolen vehicles were recovered recently by ASC officers. One had been stolen from Track side Tavern and abandoned in Walters parking lot. The other was located on a nearby street. Both vehicles were turned over to Decatur Police Department for impound. An ASC officer assisted a Time Traveler by Elizabeth Peryam Yet the most gung-ho supporters of this war are the same ones who call themselves "pro-lite," who oppose the availability of safe legal abortion for women because it "kills babies," as they refer to an inchoate mass of cells. And they especially oppose abortion when performed for "conve- nience or financial expediency," as they refer to a woman's need to have a life and make a Living. But wait! Haven't we heard i hose words before, "conve- nience and financial expedi- ency"? Oh, yes. Those are t he reasons for killing real people in Iraq right now. Hitler outlawed birth control and abortion, as have the Catholic and Mormon Churches, and the late, beloathed dictator of Romania, Ceausescu. With total disregard for the sanctity and sovereignty of a woman's body, they reduced women to mere breeding Mock for their own patriarchal purposes. Forced birthing provides warlike dictators with Decatur P.D. officer who was holding eight juveniles in connec- tion with shots being. fired in front of Decatur High School, Two weapons were recovered from the scene. It's fire drill time again. The residents oflnman performed well in ,i drill conducted February 5th. Please be prepared; your residence hall may be next. The Department of Public Safety has received calls recently concern- ing the doors of Main Hall being unlocked late at night, [fa door appears to be unlocked, please pull on the handle, ll the lock does not engage, please notify Public Safety. more polit ical power and vast numbers of expendable soldiers, or "cannon fodder" to fight and die in their wars, the way our babies who grew up to be soldiers are dying now, in this one. But CeauSeSCU neglected to consider the vital importance ot loving mothering fcn normal human development. So Romanian women dutifully bore t he obligatory five or mote children each, but the unwanted babies ended up in government orphanages, unloved and uncared for. As a result of their forced hirth policy, Romania now has on it- hands ,i generation of woefully retarded children. The same thtag could happen in the U.S.A. if the right wing has its way: No doubt right wing thinkers (il that is not an oxymoron) have douhlethunk up some justifica- tion for this prowar/"prO'life M contradiction in their philosophy. Time Traveler can hardly wait to hear their d( mhlespeak about it. In the meantime, it fits nicely under the dictionary definition of "hypocrisy." Editorials Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 5 The Forum "Just Cause" and Other Rhetoric Letters To Lesbians unite! Dear Editor: I am thrilled! 1 just received a copy of a recent "Neighbor- hood Feminist" column titled "Get up, get down, get funky, get hutch!" from a former classmate of mine. It at] of the Profile material is of this quality, you and your staff are doing very well indeed. Kim Compoe's description of fears of "The Lesbian Takeover" is a relatively accurate picture of what the atmosphere was like regarding the issue of gay Scotties when I attended the college just a few years ago. For almost all the women 1 knew of as gay, vv phobia [triumphed] over courage" in all aspects of our lives as Scotties. Although I did not personally experience many of the phases of Lesbian identification that Kim humor- ously relates (i.e. seducing unwilling debutantes with a collection of sexual gadgets, chanting anti-male mantras, etc.), I could also identify very closely w ith the experinece of trying to tit in with frat boys, alienating friends and family and losing my membership in religious groups. Kim did the Lesbians on campus a real service by encouraging them to explore and celebrate w ho they are and by poking tun at (but educating 1 hope) those members of the campus commu- nity who actually think things like, vv But she's so pretty!" or v "She drank out of my cup!" (While at Scott 1 personally knew of a professor who would- not grade a Lesbian's papers tor fear of contracting AIDS.) Thank you very much tor printing such a valuable and entertaining editorial. 1 would also like to comment th.it I was very encouraged by the column's reference to a "Lesbians and friends" organiza- tion. Although mmany of the Lesbians on campus during my tour years were leaders and outstanding scholars (members of Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, SGA, SBA, Honor Court, Christian Association and even Social Council to name a few), we never had a formal setting in which to support each other and to utilize our skills as a group tor the benfit ot Lesbians in particular and Scotties in general. To be lair, the Lesbians at Scott w hen I w as here (myself included) never took the initiative to form a support group or a political group. I think our inaction grew out ot fear and of a lack of Lesbian consciousness. We didn't realize then that to pretend to The Editor be straight when you are living as a gay is a form of homophobia (especially in cases like mine where evryone knew and 1 knew everyone knew but we all decided not to talk about it!). We didn't know that while we may have had the support of Lesbian friends or partners there were other, less visible women who needed our support but couldn't break down the walls of our self-protective cliques to ask for it. We didn't know that Lesbian feminism seeks the betterment of all women (and men too if you are not a radical separatist). There was so much to be learned from each other and so much support to give. There obviously still is. I want there to be a group supportive of Lesbi- ans at Scott. If alumnae support is in any way needed, I welcome a contact. Once again, I commend and thank you for the excellent portrayal of the reality of Lesbianism at Agnes Scott. Sincerely, Jacqueline Stromberg Class of 1987 501 12th St., NE,-26 Washington, D.C. 20002 Magic bus? Dear editor: I have a modest proposal to make; I would be interested in hearing from your readers a%Mt its feasibility and desirability. It seems to me that Agnes Scott ought to start its ow n bus service to the campuses in the city. One van, say, could make the round trip: Agnes Scott to Georgia State to Atlanta University Center (here more than one stop would be neces- sary) to Georgia Tech to Atlanta College of Art to Emory and then back to Agnes Scott. The trips could start early in the morning and end at early evening. If they were run counter clockwise, those interested in going to Emory would not alwyas have to make the full circuit. The service would greatly enhance the possibilities tor cross-registration, i.e., taking courses on other campuses both by Agnes Scott students and by students from other colleges. It w ould also encourage the sharing of other facilities. I suspect that van service would also help in retention and recruitment. So, what do you think. 7 Sincerely, Richard D. Parry byMiuiell A.Bararo "Our cause is just. Our cause is moral. Our cause is right." President George Bush State of the Union Address, January 29, 1991 On January 16, the United States military began bombing Iraq. President Bush told the nation that this would be a quick, relatively painless surgical operation; this would not become another Vietnam. The media report that this message has been taken well by a large percentage of the U.S. population. Americans do rally around the flag well. Now, I feel it is necessary tor us to examine a few of the many related issues which George Bush has chosen to brush aside. To be quite honest, 1 find it incomprehensible that a nation which only one year ago invaded Panama to settle a "dispute," feels justified in condemning Iraq for its similar endeavor. As an associate of mine asked during the Panama invasion, "It Gorbachev feels Dan Quayle has broken a Soviet law, can he send in the army to capture him and try him in the U.S.S.R.. 7 " The question is justified. The U.S. has succeeded in becoming the biggest and most powerful hypocrite on the international bl< >ck. Our government and the North American people seem to haw selective short-tenn memory and, once again, we have proven to be a poor model for morality. Short-term memory is not the only portion of the U.S. conscious- ness which seems to be lapsing at this time. George Bush's attempts to ignore the peace demonstrators is an effort to separate peace and patriotism. Most of the demonstrators have no quarrel with individual military personnel; however, they abso- lutely refuse to support the biased war-mongering policies of this administration. War is not patriotic; it is merely destructive. The protesters feel that the U.S. government had not exhausted all peaceful alternatives to solving this "crisis" prior to bombing Iraq. In addition, most protesters question the moral necessity that the U.S. involve itself in yet another foreign conflict. It it is the moral duty of the U.S. to defend freedom- loving people around the world, where was the U.S. military when the Chinese government killed thousands of demonstrators in Tienammen Square in the summer of 1989? It it is the responsibility of the U.S. to work against threats to decency, where was (is) the U.S. military during the fight for a free and equal South Africa? If it is the job of' the U.S. to protect the rights of people who cry out tor democracy, where was the U.S. military when the Baltic people dared to defy the Soviet Array? The U.S. public should question why, if we have so many moral obligations m Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, we haw had no such obligations in other countries; however, international issues are not the only ones w hich merit discussion at this time. It is reprehensible that African- American, Hispanic-American and other minority groups have been sent to kill other people of color simply to protect the oil and money which fund the U.S. war machine and line the pockets of White- American CEOs. When approximately 25% of the U.S. population makes up an estimated 40% of the Armed Forces due to lack of civilian economic opportunities, obviously the U.S. government is failing these people on the domestic front. When President Bush can kill the 1990 Civil Rights Bill despite overwhelming evidence of continuing racism and, then, can send the over represented minori- ties to the Middle East to "protect the American way of life," the government is killing people whose lives are not fully protected here in the United States. These issues must be discussed. The questions must be asked of ourselves and of our government. The American people did not give George Bush a mandate to perform at least one act of aggression each year. Many people, whether silent or protesting, want no part of this "operation." Perhaps you Jo not care about one voice, one opinion; however, I assure you that the groups of protesters will get larger and louder. Maybe it is time for the U.S. to ask itself: How many lives must be t >m in order to prove that we've gi >t bigger balls than Iraq? BRING THE TROOPS HOME ALIVE NOW1 A COUMTRV WWEE W0Al>J CAKj'T DRIVE, CAM'T SWIM INI TUE SAMEL POOL AS MEM, ARE STOWED TO DEATH FOR ADULTER"/, WAVE ONLY TU10.SE. RI6MTS GRANTED TO TUEM e>y TUEiR uuse>AMDS"- vour joe>: PROTECT THE STATUS QUO Editorials Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 6 Guest Editorial Mortar Board members tell all (The opinions of this column are those of Holly Henderson, Chrissie Leivandjowski, and Shannon Price, members of the 1 990- 199 J Mortar Board. They do not necessarily represent those of each and every Mortar Board member.) It's that time of year again Mortar Board elections and complaints about Mortar Board's requirements, its elections process, and its crime of provid- ing recognition to students who are both scholars and leaders already abound. In the interest of de-mystifying Mortar Board's image and easing the hurt feelings that always result when so many very qualified people apply for but only a few can be accepted to a coveted position, we are writing to explain what exactly Mortar Board does and how its membership is selected. First of all, Mortar Board is based on scholarship and leadership, not just leadership alone nor scholarship alone, as National Mortar Board's motto "Scholars chosen for leadership. ..United to serve" illustrates. As an organization, our purpose is to perform service work, whether that be to the College in the form of organizing Black Cat or helping with the Red Cross Blood Drive or to the community in the form of assisting Morningside Elemen- tary with its Halloween Carnival and providing workers for the Special Olympics, this year's Winter Project. Many of Mortar Board members were also involved in service work outside of the campus prior to their election last spring, and they have continued to carry out their activities. Thus as a group and as individuals, we are very active. Mortar Board is not an honor society in name only, merely another item with which to beef- up your resume. Accepting election to Mortar Board brings with it a committment of time and energy that few people realize. As a body, Mortar Board stands not only for leadership and service, but also for a high degree of scholarship. Those members of the Class of 1992 eligible for consideration during the elections process are first of all those students who are in the top 35% of their class academi- cally, meaning that they must have a GPA of 3.39 or better. After this academic requirement is met, then each student is considered for election on the basis of her involvement in both on-and off-campus activities and other relevant information. The academic standard is set by National Mortar Board, which brings us to our second point, Mortar Board's national affiliation. Mortar Board is a nationally organized and recognized honor society. In its inception, it honored only women, and it was the first national organization to honor senior college women. Men were not allowed to be considered for election until 1975. Election to Mortar Board is an honor and a much-deserved reward for hard work and dedication. Because Mortar Board is a national organization, National Mortar Board sets standards and policies that the Agnes Scott chapter must meet, including the academic standard of being in the top 35% of one's academic class in order to be eligible for election. Again, for the Class of 1992, this means a GPA of 3. 39 or higher. In a sense, each class detenrtines its own standard of eligibility for election by its overall degree of academic achievment. National election regulations do allow for exceptions to this rule, but only if there is not a large enough pml of qualified applicants. In the Class of 1992, there were 56 students who met the academic criteria. Thus Mortar Board has no grounds to request National Mortar Board to make any exceptions. Elections are done anony- mously, with all applications retyped without any names. It is not a "popularity contest." We are mature adults committed to making unbiased decisions, and we will not be voting on who we NV like" and who we vv don't like." Maybe this has happened in the past, as rumor often has it, but the 1990-91 Mortar Board is committed to voting on new membership objectively and without personal biases. Finally, we would like to address the tapping ceremony, the culmination of all hui i feelings concerning Mortar Board. The tapping ceremony is the ceremony at which the new Mortar Board members are f iim recognized. First of all, the entire c ampus is invited and encour- aged to attend. It will be at 9:00 p.m. in the quad on March 12, 1991. Secondly, it you are applying and are elected, Mortar Board will contact your family and invite them to attend tapping. Only contact by a Mortar Board member will mean that a student has been elected. Other students should not contact family members of applicants and invite them to come because they "have heard" that an applicant has been elected. The tapping ceremony, complete with song, also comes from National Mortar Board. For those of you who have not seen it before, go and experience it yourselves. It cannot be described briefly here. The point we would like to make is that no matter how we announce the new Mortar Board members, those who were hoping to be elected and are not will have their feelings hurt. They should not, tor being considered for election is an honor in itself. The ceremony provides a very special memory for those who are elected, as it is one of ours. For those who are not, we will wax philosophical and say that life is full of disappointments. When we get into the "Real World" outside of our Agnes Scott ivory tower, we will find that disap- pointments abound, and that if not being elected to Mortar Board is the greatest one that you experienced, then your life will evidently be the proverhial bed ol roses. Students running f< >t president of SGA, Honor Court , and [nterdorai must submit an article and photo by Thursday, Feb. 21 to Box 764. H6LU - A VAUENT7N& ffsOK INK/ Simple In^coons I /) PASTE PQcwOCAT\v w^Ct PE a^O mail tc? LOSE WOvt ft*** oo nor M*u Vi-eJT.fctS To giwkf] MAA)6 MEAD W S*4AM. Features Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 7 Ouxaca: old and new m Rita Ganey Contributing Editor "What do you think of w hen you think 'Mexico'. 7 " This is the first question that Professor Ocasio iskeJ i uir Global Awareness class in hoth the tall and spring semes< ters. My first response to the question was automatic tor a child who grew up in the age of television. I thought ot the Mexico that Hollywood has portrayed tor years. Westerns always depicted Mexico as a barren wasteland where outlaws fled the authorities. Now, Hollywood shows us a Mexico with tourist-polluted heaches where a different sort of outlaw flees the law. Fortunately, I was able to see past that Mexico. 1 am not sure what I expected to find once I got there, hut I was sure that Holly- wood had steered me wrong. Mexico City, heing the most densely populated city in the world, did not offer the same atmosphere and experiences as the smaller, somewhat less touristed, Oaxaca. Oaxaca was a very sensual experience. The colors, smells, and sounds were unlike anything I had ever experienced hefore. From the fresh fruits, vegetahles, and meats for sale in the markets to the hands playing in the zocalo to the young children hegging for money, there was always something new to feel. Oaxaca, located in the south of Mexico, has remained fairly isolated. It is surrounded hy mountains and was not considered an important area by the Spanish invaders. Therefore, the integra- tion between the Spanish and the Indians was not as complete as eUewhere in Mexico. Even today, some of the older inhabitants of Oaxaca only speak their native Indian languages. Professor Ocasio experienced this when he tried to speak to an old woman in a weaving village we visited. After trying for several minutes to speak with the woman, he realized that she spoke little to no Spanish. The younger generations, though, tend to speak Spanish, as well as their Indian languages. The lady who cleaned the home of my host family taught Jenny Rymer, my roommate, a few words of the Mixtec language during an interview. I think the one thing that I found most interesting about Oaxaca (and Mexico, in general) is the contrast of old and new. The language as well as the buildings exemplify this: On one block one might find a church that was built by the Spanish hundreds of years ago, and next door will be a building that was constructed in 1950. Rita Ganey and Michele Barard pose with three kings in Mexico City. In the center of town, blind and disabled men play instruments and beg for food and money, and younger people pass out flyers informing the tourists of a national foundation for the arts. Artesans, men and women who do woodwork, leatherwork, weaving, and a thousand other crafts, display their wares on the sidewalk in front of a record and tape store featuring, American and Spanish music. Old homes that were con- structed during the Colonial period of Mexico's history now house offices. The entrance to Monte Alban, one of the archaeological sites near Oaxaca, contains a museum and a cafeteria, while outside there are men riding donkeys around the site. In spite of the images of Mexico that had been forced upon me by being a norteamericana, I fully enjoyed and now appreciate most ot the experiences I had in Oaxaca and Mexico (Mexicans refer to Mexico City as Mexico). But now that I have actually been to Mexico, I had a harder time answering Professor Ocasio's question than before. Now, I have so many impressions and images floating around in my head that it is difficult to separate them enough to cohesively answer the question. Faith and learning symposium to investigate our Christian heritage by Jessica Carey This year's Founder's Day celebration next Wednesday will be held in the midst of a much larger event: a campus sympo- sium on faith and learning that will include lectures, discussion groups, and special guests from across the country. The symposium was designed and planned by the Faculty and Student Committee on Faith and Learning, and begins at 4:00 p.m. this Tuesday, February 19 in the Winter Theater in Dana with a panel discussion on "Faiths in Transition: Trends and Issues." The symposium will continue through the evening and the next day. Discussion groups will meet on Wednesday beginning at 8:30 a.m. Classes are suspended in honor of Founder's Day and to encourage participation in the Faith and Learning Symposium. The morning discussion groups will focus on such topics as "Afro- American and Feminist Critiques of Traditional Liberal Arts Education," "Liberal Learning and Religious Values," and "The Teacher, The Classroom, and Religious Conflict." The Committee on Faith and Learning is comprised of four faculty members (co-chairs John Carey and Linda Hubert, Richard Parry, and Tina Pippin), tour Agnes Scott students (Anne Marie Haddock, Diane Jordan, Vivian Sakar, and Jennifer Trumbull), and one student from the Candler School of Theology at Emory (DeAnna Jones). The Committee presented a report to the Board of Trustees in May of 1990 in response to the Board's request for a report on the issue of faith and learning on campus and how this issue might continue to be a vital part ot campus life. The report discussed the various routes the Agnes Scott community might undertake to examine and encourage the College's Christian heritage while still respecting the academic integrity of the institution and the need for multi-culturalism. According to Carey, the symposium seeks to investigate "what the changing times mean for the College today." It will try to address such issues as the extent to which the Christian tradition still provides an identity tor the College and forms a moral framework in which people live and work. Other questions posed, Carey says, will include, "How has our understanding of Christianity changed from the days of the founders of the College to the present day? What does globalization mean for liberal arts education and especially (or those schools which are rooted in the Christian tradition. 7 " Talks will also deal with maintaining the school's faith to its founding vision while welcom- ing others of different faith backgrounds and persuasions. Finally, asks Carey, "What are the religious implications of the current debate over diversity?" Carey also stressed that the symposium was an effort to focus on the campus community and the direction in which it finds itself going; students who may have no strong religious roots can still actively participate in and learn from the discussions. Many students at Agnes Scott are unfamiliar with the College's Presbyterian heritage and did not consider that as a significant factor in their decision to come to Agnes Scott. Carey noted that "many schools around the country are studying their religious ties and what role these ties should play in their current efforts to educate men and women." The report to the Board of Trustees does state, however, that "...if there is not a unani- mous consensus that the College should be solely shaped by its Christian heritage, there is at least a broad consensus that the College be a moral community, respectful of all faiths and cultures, and that students should grow in their sense of personal and professional integrity. Agnes Scott College, after all, is a liberal arts college, not a seminary or an intentional religious community." One of the goals of the upcoming symposium is not only to reflect on the differences of culture and faith that are evident at Agnes Scott, but to discuss how we can respect and under- stand these cultures so that we may better understand ourselves. Many students, faculty and staff plus numerous outside resource persons are scheduled to participate in the panel discus- sion groups. Outside guests include the Reverend Joanna M. Adams, Pastor of the North Decatur Presbyterian Church. Agnes Scott Board members Dr. Douglas Oldenburg, Presi- dent of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur and Dr. Larry Cunningham, Professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, will attend the symposium. Also attending will be Duncan Ferguson, Director of the Committee on Higher Education of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and Dr. Rogers, President of Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. A complete list of all partici- pants, along with a complete list of topics and discussion groups times, can be found in the Faith and Learning Committee's brochure, which will be placed in all student and faculty boxes. Participation by all students is encouraged, regardless of religious affiliation. Additional information can be obtained from Carey at ext. 6207 or Hubert at ext. 6241 Features Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 8 Memories of Kuwait stay vivid in one native's eyes by Bethany Blankenship Contributing Editor Try to imagine a country where there is literally no drug problem or homelessness, education is free, there are no taxes, and the people are caring and compassionate. It seems that such a place could only he found in storybooks but in fact, it is indeed a real place. According to native Leila Alhusaini, a first- year student at Scott, Kuwait was this fairy tale land. Leila was born and raised in Kuwait until she moved to Lubbock, Texas in 1987. She remembers the Kuwaiti people tondly: " People were loving and giving. They did things for each other, not because they knew each other, but because they would want someone to help them if they were in a similar situation. People would help each other secretly so that they ; They aren't looking for look alikes. 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Leila and her family spent many summers traveling around Europe and the United States. The summer temperatures in Kuwait rose sometimes as high as 1 50 degrees, so in order to heat the heat, the Alhusaini family would visit such cities as Paris and London. As Leilas mother is Ameri- can, the family would also visit the States every summer to spend time with Leila's maternal grandparents and uncles. Back in Kuwait, Leila and her family (including her two sisters, Danah, now 1 5, and Sarah, now 8) lived in the suburb of Mishrif. They didn't always reside there, though. 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There, Leila hung out by day on the beach (which was cleaned daily) and by night, she attended the nearby sidewalk cafes to get a good dose of European and American music from local Kuwaiti bands who played there. Although Leila's father is full- blooded Kuwaiti, since her mother is American Leila was not expected to wear the traditional long scarf covering the head and a robe- like dress that covered the entire body, including the legs and arms. Although none of the Kuwaiti women were required to wear the traditional dress, the older, more religious women, did. Kuwaiti women were also very protected there. For example, Leila did not go beyond the fence surrounding her house without a chaperone. She says that she wasn't restricted, just protected. "Arab women aren't repressed there. Most men put then wives on pedestals. Women were allowed to work but it w as never because they had to," she says. "U both the man and woman in a family worked, the man SttO had to pay tor the house and the household things but the woman's money was her ow n." , her two sisters, and her mother min ed to the United States in 1987 so that her mother could obtain her masters degree in library science. Her father remained in Kuwait to finish out contracts tor his job as a banker. He is now temporarily living in the Emirates. For the first time in her lite, Leila was faced with a new country and a co-ed school. She says that it wasn't too bad but she felt that the girls were a bit stand-offish. The boys, however, were very responsive to her and made her feel w elcome. Now that the United States and Kuwait are involved in this great battle, Leila is concerned tor her relatives left in Kuwait. She says she knows that her aunts and uncles are safe but that one of her cousins was either captured or killed. She believes that there is bot h good and bad coming trom this war. "The Kuwaiti youth have a chance to prove themselves. They were always spoiled and never had to work tor anything, but in a time ot need they all pulled together and are turning the country right now. They have a very powerful under- ground system." While Leila, like most, doesn't believe that violence can solve all problems, she says that "the Arabs would sacrifice anything tor their land because they believe it to be a gift from God? 1 Leila believes that the only way to stop Saddam 1 [ussein is to tight. "War is the only way to Stop Saddam but it's not a pleasant way. One thing that has surprised me about this is the belief that this is gj] for oil. A big injustice was done to the people of ;i happy country; We can't call ourselves free unless we're willing to help others to be free." Features Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 9 Japan hosts "high profile" conference for student leaders by Layli Miller Bashir I spent part of my winter vacation in Japan at the Interna- tional Conference '90. The conference was sponsored by a Japanese consulting firm to gather students who would be the " leaders of tomorrow" from around the world in a forum to debate issues and dialogue with present business and political leaders. One hundred students were chosen from countries around the world including Canada, the U.S., Japan, Western arid Eastern Europe, the U.S.S.R., China, Australia, and other countries in southeast Asia. We were divided up into teams prior to the conference and prepared our defenses over the phone and FAX machines. There were several teams debating topics ranging from sturctural adjust- ments to the world's economy to solutions tor regional conflicts. My team was made up of students from the University of Tokyo, Georgetown University, Harvard University, and the Yale School of Management. We were to defend Japan's present economy and trade practices against demands from the United States and the European Community to change it. The debates received publicity from Newsweek, Japanese newspapers, and the national television network. The high profile and extravagant nature of the whole conference were something with which I was not familiar. In addition to the other students, participants included former Secretary of Defense Casper Wienberger, interna- tional journalist David Halherstam, Japanese television personality Yuko Ando, Minister of State Hideyuki Aizawa, former ambassador to the U.S. Nobuo Matsunaga, and many other business leaders. Casper Weinberger propheti- cally stated his opinion that 11 It you want peace and justice you have to be willing to fight for it." Weinberger also had some interesting insights into the debate about Japan's contribu- tion (or lack of) to the Middle East efforts. After the conference was over, traveled by train to several cities and attempted, unfairly, to stuff Japan into four days of intense sight-seeing. The conference was wonderful, but I must admit this part of my trip was the most enjoyable. I was able to make some great friends and taste a tiny part of Japanese culture. After my trip, I grew to respect Japan and its people in ways far beyond its economic and academic achievements and, instead, for its history, character, and integrity. panese' From student to media by Shirley J. Kennedy Career Advisory Board Member This is a continuation of the interview with Linda L. Harris, Media Relations Director with the Decatur Downtown Development authority. Portions of this interview ran in the December 7, 1990 Profile. SJK: Tell me about some of the events sponsored by the Develop- ment Authority. LLH: We have bonfires/ marshmallow roasts on the Square, and in December we have a "decorate Decatur contest." In May and September we do concerts in the Square every Wednesday at noon, and Saturday nights. We help the Business Association with a welcome for the Agnes Scott freshmen and their parents. SJK: So what do you find to be the most exciting aspect of your work? LLH: A few things. One, being able to take this newsletter and grow with it and figure out what to put in it, what works, and what doesn't work. That's really exciting to me because it's like my baby. I'm not taking over some- one else's job no one's ever done it before. SJK: So your days are pretty varied? You don't have a "typical" day here? LLH: We don't. We had a heritage festival up on the Square in October that drew 2000 children. We had "old timey" things like candle dipping, soap making and a blacksmith. We had a band at noon, popcorn and apples, and that night we had a low country shrimp boil. We worked from seven in the morning till midnight that day. SJK: I guess one of the benefits of your job may be that you newer get bored. LLH: Yes. I really love where I am. It's great for me. I love being able to do what I want when I want; I don't mind working hard, but I like being able to take time off, too. SJK: Do you think we [RTCs] are in a better position to decide going in what we want to do? LLH: I think because they've been out in the work force RTCs know what they don't want to do. Street Beat Compiled by Barbie Stitt The Question: If the draft is reinstated, should women be included? Dee Dee Tucker, Class of 1994: A friend of mine said it best: "They damn well better not say the men won the war and the women helped." As legislation stands today women are unable to take part in combat. They do, however, perform many services upon which the lives of "our men" on the front lines depend. Women have the same capacity as men to decide for themselves what they believe to be just and then to act upon their decision. I do not feel that the draft must include women, but that those individuals who express a willingness to participate in combat and who possess the mental and physical capabilities to do so, should not he- prevented from taking part strictly on a gender basis. Sally MacEwen, Classics Professor: 1 don't believe there should be wars, so I obviously wouldn't believe there should be a draft. If there were a draft for national service, as some European countries have, it should certainly include all citizens. draft is reinstated, women should be included in the draft Along with equal rights must come equal responsibility. Tonya Smith, Class of 1993: Yes, Tom Maier, Director of because women, by being protected Academic Computing: If the from military' action, cannot experience the real em or ions of war the anxiety and fear experi- enced by those being forced to join in the war effort whether they believe in the war or not. Women have enjoyed the luxury of staying home and philosphizing about war for far too long. That became evident during the Vietnam era when soldiers came home to hatred and were labeled as "baby-killers." I support the war in the Gulf and all the trtx)ps who fight to uphold the U.N. resolutions. I don't want to see anyone die, but I realize that war is a part ot life and I will fulfill my duty if called to serve. I con- demn draft-dcxigers and don't feel that they are worthy to live in this country and enjoy the freedoms that others have FOUGHT to establish and preserve! Joy Howard, Class of 1991: Although I think that feminism and militarism are essentially incompatible ideologies, I do think that women and men .should be treated in the same way. I also have to say that I am unequivo- cally opposed to this war and would also be opposed to a draft. But if men are drafted, I suppose women should be too. Perhaps then we'll be more reluctant to go to war. In any I think Neil Bush and the sons and daughters of congresspersons should be drafted first. Arts Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 10 Morgan and Morgan shows and shows at Dana by Christie Miller Staff Writer What is it? Half the fun is gue u Morgan2," an exhibit featuring a husband and wite team of artists, is currently showing in the Dalton Gallery, Arlene Burke-Morgan has presented several solo exhibi- tions ot her sculpture as well as participated in over 20 group displays within the last 15 years. Her husband Clarence Morgan has most recently exhibited at Virginia Common- wealth University and at the Atlanta College of Art. He is the recipient of several grants, and his work appears in collec- tions across the country. Arlene Burke-Morgan conjures up images of 20,000 B.C. with her sculptures, one ot which is entitled "Venus of Willendorf." With her use of clay, oil and pigment, she explores the Venus image, expanding it into her own series of forms. She uses folds and textures in the clay which resemble flesh, and leaves gaping holes to create new and different symbols. Her works seem almost alive; they glow with earthy browns and reds. Her furthest departure from the 44 Venus" is in "Senti- nel," where she uses spikes and rope in a way that both repels and invites. Clarence Morgan also uses symbols in his own personal way. Many of his works are devoted to exploring a coccoon-likfc shape in the midst of a barrage of color. Other images he uses are the skull, stairs, circular forms, and the tongue. With the tongue image, Morgan displays his sense pi humor. First, he has a series ot graphite drawings called 'Tongue Studies." He has expanded these studies into a wall-size canvas called "Tongue Lashings." Morgan exhibits a number of other wall-size canvases as well. These works are powerful because of both their subtlety and their boldness. Morgan layers color upon color in an energetic brushstroke, then adds his large symbols to complete the picture. These works have a tactile quality to them. By leaving them unstretched, these paintings seem less "precious" and more ot an expression. Morgan's smaller paintings contain the same use ot symbol, color and motion, but they are not as solidly present as the larger works. He also experi- ments with many other media on paper, such as crayon, water- color, and the monotype. What is particularly interest- ing about this exhibit is the complimentary' way in which the two Morgans' pieces work together. Their symbols and textures create within the Palton Gallery an entirely new environ- ment. u Morgan2" will be on display through March 10. Oklahoma!: Where the fluffy fun falls flat by Sande McGluan Contributing Editor OHHHH OH! my. Opera Northeast's performance of Rodgers Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA !*as part of the College Events Series was, well, a grand disappointment. 1 was looking forward to seeing a performance of a Broadway musical on campus. Like most everyone else, I was familiar with several of the more ''classic" (i.e. popular) songs from the show, and I had read the play. The tunes I knew were catchy, and although the script on paper seemed a little fluffy, I expected at least a bang-up, hum-along piece of lighthearted entertain- ment a good study break, something more divesting than telev ision, at any rate. Somehow it just didn't make it, even as fluff and it was fluffy. The costumes were horrendously fluffy, pink plaid, yellow chiffon. ..ick. But I'm getting ahead ot myself; Let's be fair. I have been told that the January 28th perfor- mance was the last one of Opera Northeast's tour. There had probably been numerous cast changes, and after several months of being on the road, a show can lose something. Closing shows are notoriously quirky they often either run at fever pitch, or they're flat. OKLAHOMA! was flat. Another big problem was the performance space, something which the company had no control over. Gaines Audito- rium was simply not meant to be a showcase for a big Broadway musical. Opera Northeast's set looked rather cramped, and the ensemble numbers seemed jammed up. The actors, particularly Curly, looked ridiculously out of proportion. I can't explain how, but he simply looked disproportionately LARGE on that stage. A really good show can override space problems. Had I been caught up in the show and characters, I would not have had any trouble believing those people were on the wide open plains of Oklahoma. I wouldn't have minded that Curly looked bigger than Laurey's house (again, concessions do have to be made for a touring set, but it was distracting nonetheless). Instead, I kept seeing that purple curtain and proscenium arch I wasn't draw n into the musical at all. I was a person sitting in an auditorium, watching a bunch ot people acting and singing on a stage and I was \ cry consci< >us i >f that fact. There were positive points m the production. Adam Rubin as Jud Fry was frightening and repulsive precisely .is he should have been. There was real host i liry and he ^rror onstage when he was present. Louis DalPAva as peddler Ali Hakim provided welcome comic relief, and Leslie Grays Ado Annie was silly, but fun. On the whole, the cast members seemed to be too mature for the characters they were portraying. And those catchy songs I'd been looking forward to when Curly (Mark Meredith) walked onstage and crow ed, u Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" in a nasal baritone, 1 could have cried. 1 had always thought of Curly as having a rich, powerful voice, something to make Laurey swoon. There was no swooning in this part of the territory. by Tonya Smith Contiibuting Editor Nine students were recently selected as new members of studio dance theatre. Auditioning dancers joined studio dance members for a regular company class and then were asked to perform some acro-t he-floor combin.it ions while company head, Marilyn Darling, and rehearsal coordina- tor, Peggy Lamberson, observed and evaluated the technique and potential of each dancer. Darling and Lamberson made the final decisions on who was to be admitted for apprenticeship to the company. The nine women chosen to join studio dance theatre will serve as apprentices for one semester. They will attend the required two classes per week of ballet and modern dance instruc- The ensemble dance numbers were fun, especially "Kansas (. aty," featuring Will Parker (Thomas Sinihaldi) and the men in the company. Better sound would have helped the show- immensely I can't understand why they didn't use body mikes. For some audience members, the show was a bang-up, hum- along success an elderly woman several seats down from me was literally singing along but many people expressed tion as well as attending rehears- als. After successfully completing their apprent iceships, they w ill become full company members. All members of studio dance are presently gearing up for their spring recital, which will showcase ballet, modem, and jazz disappointment. Voices seemed strained, the acting came across as rather stiff, and those clouds that kept changing color instantaneously and seemingly randomly were very irritating. For .i lightweight musical, Opera Northeast's product ion ot OKLAHOMA! was a pretty heavy load to hear. No criticism of the College Events Commitee how could they know.' But, no return engage- ments, please. Okay. 7 pieces trom a variety of talented ch< >rei >graphers. New members are Susan Abernatln , Bernadette Brennan, Britl Brewion, Le Trei iVkinson, ( teorgia Fuller, Beth Hunt, Mary Jordan, Elena Paras, and Tonya Smith. Studio Dance Theatre Wwelcomes new members Arts Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 11 Soviet Georgians' love of all music permeates their lives by Tracy Peavy On my recent visit to Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia, I encountered many wonderful things, but the aspect of their culture that most tugged my heartstrings the one that makes me want to return as soon as possible is the everpresence of music in their lives. In the Georgian culture, music is an active part of the people's lives, while here in America it is more a passive part. All Georgians sing. Some might ask for a little wine first if they are going to have an audience, but they all sing. They do, however, like American music very much. The university students we were around enjoyed rock, pop, and wanted to know more about "rap rock." MTV is on television a few times a week, and the students videotape it, then play it at parties and dance to it. Another example of the popularity of American music: Alexandra Wack and I stopped by Betsi Gordon and Regina Greco's host family's apartment "for a moment" to pick up something. Instead, we were there for a couple of hours, because a friend of their family got out his guitar and said (as they commented that he often did), "Sing with me! Dance with me!" He proceeded to play and sing Beatles songs, and other classics such as the Eagles' "Hotel California." However, he did ask us to write down the words and tell him what they meant. The people as a whole like traditional American jazz, and are especially fond of African- American musicians. A tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr. aired twice on televison while we were there, and several people mentioned it to us. At a Tbilisi chamber ensemble Christmas concert that I was able to participate in, at least three Scott Joplin pieces were performed, and more than that rehearsed. On the airplanes people always wanted to listen to our Walkmans. On the plane from Moscow to Tbilisi several men listened to Lea Widd ice's AC/ DC tape and liked it very much. Contemporary play opens Blackfriars spring season by QmissiE Lewanixwski As a continuation ot their 75th Anniversary celebration, the Blackfriars will present Maria Irene Pomes' Abingdon Square as their spring production. Although Fomes is a very important contemporary feminist playwright, she is relatively unknown outside of theatre circles. The Blackfriars chose this play for their 75th season both to further promote Fomes as .1 contemporary female artist and also to present her compelling views on female sexuality and women's positions in society in the early 1900s, during World War I. The play's format is unusual. Composed oi thirty-one brief scenes, it follows the development and sexual awakening of its young protagonist, Marion, portrayed by first-year student Jodi Crews, from age 1 5 to 24- Playing the fifty-year-old Juster, who marries the teenage Marion shortly after her parents die, is stage veteran I Charles Knott. The cast includes junior Sandee McGlaun as Aunt Minnie and sophomore Lauren Granade as Marion's cousin Mary. The other cast members are Doug Hamilton, who plays Michael, Marion's stepson; Micheal Atkins, who is Frank, Marion's lover; and Harrison Foster, who plays the Glazier. The play is being directed by Dr. Andrew Apter; costume, lighting and scene designer is Dudley Sanders. The perfonnance dates are March 8, 9, 14, and 15. Concur- rently, as part of the 75th anniversary festivities, there w ill be an exhibition of Blackfriars 1 historical information, memora- bilia and artifacts. Georgian men treat the Global Awareness group to traditional songs. But, as much as they listen to and perform American music, they do not forsake their own music for it. Their folk songs have changed very little over their extensive history, and every Georgian knows them. The style of their folk songs is unique to the Caucus region where Georgia is located. The folk songs have a polyphony in which more than one melody line exists, and each mov es independent of the others. In some of the national songs which people frequently sing around the u supra" table, my ear does not hear the polyphony so much as beautiful harmonizations, the likes of which I have not heard else- where. A "supra" is much like a dinner party, but supras are held on a regular basis, and they are an important part of the Georgian culture. We attended some with just the family, others with family and friends, and others with just students, but no matter what the mix of people, someone would inevitably pull out a guitar or sit down at the piano. Every house I entered had a piano, and it was always in the dining room. As soon as someone started singing, everyone else joined in everyone. Each person added another dimension to the harmony. I wish that I could describe the beauty of the rich harmonies and polyphonies the "sound" of their music. The rich beauty of it touches the soul. One minute the music is sentimental, and the next it is full of energy and life. The women's voices are light and floating for the most part, while the men's are thick and full of power. All of them sing with great enthusiasm and often great intensity. Many people have a natural vibrato, and they embellish notes freely and easily, as gospel singers often do. All of the people show such feeling when they sing; in fact, their faces are transformed. All the cares of the Soviet troops in their city, their children going through the "terrible twos," the collapsing economy, and car problems, seem to be completely forgotten as they irresistably join in with their friends on a traditional love song or a song just for fun. When I hear tapes of my friends singing, I can still see the flushed faces, the straining necks, and the sparkling eyes. I cannot forget the expressions of peacefulness and happiness among the hard working women they all looked years younger when the music began. Considering this transforma- tion, it is no wonder that music is everywhere in their lives. It not singing at dinner, we were watching TV with a music special on. Many music specials aired for the holidays: New Year's, Christmas, and Traditional New Year's. If life at our host home was ever boring, some family member would get Tamuna, m\ host sister, to sit down at the p i.i no and play a song for her little daughter to dance to. When singing American songs, friends would join in with Georgian harmonies. As one Soviet Georgian friend told us, "Georgians have singing sottls." It shows. Steinhardt gives a recital to remember BY MHLANIli H. CLARKSON Faculty member Sarah Steinhardt's February 3rd piano recital was an excellent concert. She opened with William Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost Rag," which was a perfect opening piece. Her second piece, George Rcx:hberg's "nach bach, fantasy for piano [sic]", was definitely a fantasy piece. Had Picasso been a a impose^ his style would have been like Rochberg's. It was musical, yet very abstract confusing, yet entertaining. Steinhardt was assisted by Beverly Hillmer during John Corigliano s "Gazebo Dances," a work for four hands. The four movements were enchanting, and Steinhardt and Hillmer worked well together. Watching them cooper- ate with each other was part of the entertainment. Following .i brief intermission, Steinhardt returned to the stage to play an excerpt from Charles E. Ives's "First Piano Sonata," which was very nice. Her finale was a movement from Frederic Chopin's Grande Polonaise brilliante, Opus 22, played entirely without sheet music. Steinhardt not only gave the audience something pleasant to listen to she moved with the music and showed the audience that she felt the music .is well. The piece became a part of Ms. Steinhardt, and it was obvious that she enjoyed playing it. Steinhardt's recital displayed true musicianship, a feel for the music, and enjoyment of her art. I recommend her future perfor- mances to those who enjoy music of any kind her variety of pieces appeals to most tastes Arts Friday, February 15, 1991 The Profile Page 12 Calendar *~ of Events L ^ "CoMPii.F.n rv Rita Gasify / ' "Compiled by Rita Ganey Con muring Editor Theatre The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: February 22-March 1 7, Inherit the Wind, based on the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial." Call 872-5338 for more Information. 14th Street Playhouse: Pre- miere of Shell Find Her Way Home by Atlantan Valetta Anderson through February 24. Call 873-1099 for more informa- tion. Also: Letters from the Front runs March 6 through 24- A man and woman find their lives unexpectedly changed when they encounter Letters written by >oldiurs during times of war. For ticket information, call 892-2414. Fox Theatre: Jane Curtin and David Dukes star in the hit play, Love Letters, February 26 through March 3. For more information, call 873-4300. Horizon Theatre Company: The Secret Rapture by David Hare will run February 22-March 23. For ticket infonnation, call 584-7450. Neighborhood Playhouse: Romance * Romance makes its Atlanta premiere February 1 5- March23. $11 adults, $9 students. Call 373-531 1 for more information. 99< SUBWAY SANDWICH 99< Buy any Sub Sandwich & Medium Drink at the Regular Price Get Second Sandwich of Equal or Lesser Value for 99c Expires January 1 subwrv- 2113 N Decatur Rd . Emory Commons *248-9764 1496 Church St.. Suburban Plaza *377-7449 3201 Tucker- Norcross Rd # 621-9283 FAST FUNDRAISING IN JUST ONE WEEK 1000 Earn up to $1000 in one week for your campus organization. Plus a chance at $5000 more! This program works! No investment needed. Call 1-800-932O528 Ext. 50 Music Agnes Scott College: For more information on the following events, call 371 -6294. Joyful Noise presents its spring concert on February 17 at 8 p.m. in MacLean Auditorium. Admis- sion is free. Also: Pianist Leonard Shure presents Beethoven's Diabelli variations at 4 p.m. in Gaines Auditorium on February 24. General admission is $12, $8 ASC faculty and staff, non-ASC students, and senior citizens. Also: On March 3, Rowena Renn will present a faculty recital at 3 p.m. in MacLean Auditorium, Admission is free. The Fox Theatre: Sting will be in concert Februarv 22-24- Call 249-6400 for ticket information, Grace United Methodist Church: The Tallis Scholars, performing music from the Renaissance, on Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $16 at the door, $14 in advance. Variety Playhouse: For further information on the following, call 524-7354. The Seldom Scene, America's top bluegrass band. Saturday, Febmary 16, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $1 3 in advance, $1 5 at the door. Also: Sweet Honey in the Rock, a cappella vocals combin- ing gospel, choral, and traditional music, with special guest Joyce and Jacque on Friday, February 22, at 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. Reserve tickets are $15. Also: Dirty Dozen Brass Band from New Orleans performs jazz, Saturday, February 2 % at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Also: British folk-rock per- former Richard Thompson, featured Tuesday, Febmary 26, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14. Also: Wednesday, February 27, at 8:30 p.m., folk-rock music by Two Nice Girls. Advance tickets are $8, $10 at the door. Galleries Agnes Scott College: Morgan 2, runs through March 10 in the Palton Gallery of the Dana Fine Arts Building. Call j? 1-6294 for more information. Atlanta History Center: The Real Teach tree: Past arid Present opens on March L. Illustrates the evolution of seven Intersections on Peachtree Street and the historic significance of the street to the city. Admission is free. For more information, call 238-0655. The CaUanwolde Fine Arts Center: The Persistence ot Nature, paintings bv Jean Hess, runs February 22 through March 29. Admission is free. Call 872- 5338 for more information. High Museum ot Art: For more infonnation on the following, call 892-3600. Japanese Porcelain: The Jacobs Collection runs through February 24. This is the first exhibition of the collection. Also: Lynda Benglis: Dual Natures, the first full review of the work of Benglis, one of the most I I GET 7HZE HENCE fOK AN AWESOME DEAL 1 i i I 1 IN This AP TO GaE-T OX>% OFF yoUZ. H&X "OK. T^CKCHASe AT SHAKESPEARE &CM?*UY % ANV pONT MvSS OUR. ^NP ,IFTS-AtL -PPICEP SO you VOH'T HAVE TO SFENpAN OUfZA&ZOUS FORTUNE'. (expires n-3o-9o") Shakespeare Co.f5ooks Avoids itiZ&etes, 30002. 29b- VOS&Cnxx* parft/w )n rear) 1 1 I The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars important female sculptors of our time, runs through March 51. Also: The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars, Ford Motor Company Collection from the Metropolitan Museum of Art runs through April 28. 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The symposium began in the Winter Theater ot Dana with a panel discussion oi "Faiths in Transition: Trends and Issues." Speakers included Or. Jane Smith from the I lift School ot Theology in Denver, Colorado, an expert on Islam; Dr. Lawrence ( Cunningham, Professor ot Theology at Notre Dame University; Dr. Justo Gonzalez, adjunct Professor at Columbia Theological Semi- nary; and Rabbi Phillip Kran: from Temple Sinai in Atlanta. The speakers examined the numerous challenges that face different religions. Among these are dealing with rs describe Helen as "a very remarkable student." A history major, she liked to write as well, and had a satirical piece pub- lished in last year's Aurora. Sue King further described Helen as the kind ot student who "wanted to expand on anything that interested her." Helens love ot music prompted her involvement in a local folk music association. According to her friends, she "embraced the whole community ot Decatur." Having Lived in Canada for many years, Helen mi wed to Florida after separating from her husband. There she attended college at Florida State Univer- sity. Later she moved to Decatur in < >rder to help care for her aging parents. After learning about Agnes Scott's Return to College program, she began classes here in the spring semester of 1987. She was expected to graduate in May of 1992. Friends say she had no concrete plans tor graduate school or work. Her friend Barbara Swan said that tor Helen, "it was not a singlemmdcdness. She was just enjoying the process of learning." Another student stated that "she was just enjoying the moment ...dreaming about the future." Professor Regine Reynolds- Cornell honored Helen on Tuesday by placing a flower in Helen's usual seat in her class. Funeral services for w ere held on Wednesday afternoon. There was also a memorial service for her in Thatcher Chapel. Both the graveside service and the memo- rial service were led by Reverend Patti Snyder. News Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 2 The new satellite computer center in the basement ofWlnship is now open for student use. Campus computer facilities continue to grow BY LAYLAGE GOUKlE The Academic Computing Center is pleased to announce the opening oi the new Satellite Center located on the first floor ot Winship. The center is open twenty --four hours a day, and is presently equipped with SIX computer . Stations. Two more stations will be installed as soon as t he necessary equipment arrives. Those pi you frequently plagued with disk or computer problems will be happy to know that Wendy Davis joined the Academic Computing staff in January as the campus computer specialist. Davis attended Spelman College and graduated from Indiana University. She is currently a candidate for an M.R.A. m Computer Information Sciences at Georgia State. Davis's office is located in the library computer center. She is available to help students on weekdays. College campuses become smoke-free College Press Service Drives to make U.S. campuses absolutely smoke-free picked up speed in recent weeks as one state mulled forcing its campuses to stop investing in tobacco companies and another college banned smoking. As of February 1 , students could no longer use or even buy tobacco products on the Univ ersity of Pittsburgh campus. Two weeks earlier, California's top health official urged the state's biggest cam- puses to sell off their investments in tobacco companies. In his letter to Stanford Univ ersity and to the universi- ties of C California and Southern California, state Helath Services director Dr. Kenneth Kizer said it made no sense for them to invest in tobacco companies while the state spends $150 million on an anti-smoking campaign. Most colleges and universities invest their donations and endowment funds in various kinds of stocks. The profits from the invest- ment help hind a variety ot the schools' programs. During the 1980s, anti- apartheid activ ists succeeded in getting many campus money managers to sell off stocks, no matter how profitable they might be, in companies that did business in Segregationist South Africa. The same tactic is now being employed to smoking. "We should not be profiting from tobacco addiction," maintained Brad krevor, executive director of the Boston- based Tobacco Divestment Project. "How can we solve the problem if we require it to continue to make money?" Krevor asked. Tobacco stock can be quite lucrative. Philip Morris Companies, the count it's largest tobacco intetst, was the best-performing corpora- tion on the 30-stock Dow Jones industriual average (.luring the 1980s, rising 825 percent in the decade. "It 1 were a fiduciary (the person in charge ol investing a college's money), my concern would be to manage (funds) to achieve maximum returns," said George Knox, vice president tor public affairs for Philip Morris. In tact, money managers have a legal obligation called a "fiduciary responsibility" to wring maximum profits out of their inv estments, and can actually be sued and punished it they disregard their duty. Campus money managers might not be able to earn maximum returns it they mix politics into their investment decisions, Knox added. "One does give up some pro! it" when divesting then- tobacco stocks, Krevor conceded. "But consider where these profits come from." Harvard University and C ot v University ot New Yprk bopth allowed their endowments to be invested in tobacco companies last spring. \ [ora wer, representative^ form Vale, Brown, Cornell, Rice and Johns Hopkins universities as well as the universities of Texas, Wisconsin and Hawaii are all working with the Divest- ment Project on campaigns to get their schools to divest, Krevor said. In California, the University of CsJifomia has no stock holdings in any tobacco com- pany, said spokesman Rick Malaspina. Committees at Stanford have been considering divesting from tobacco since last tall, a spokes- woman there said. Stanford, tor one, already has banned smoking from all buildings on campus. Pittsburgh's new ban will include all university vehicles, residence halls, the medical complex, hospitals and labs, said spokesman Lawrence Keller. "There really hasn't been much of a student reaction. We don't know how strongly the law w ill be enforced/' said Pitt student Njugi Ngiriyo. Other campuses that have enacted either partial or total bans on smoking or the sale ot tobacco products include Tulane and Pennsylvania State universi- ties, the universities ol West Virginia, Arizona and South- , western Louisiana, and Colorado's Metropolitan State College. Agnes Scott College adopted a smoke-tree policy, with tew a implaints, the first ot January. Smoking is now allowed only in dorm rooms. Symposium examines role of faith and learning (continued ffom /u,mmitment to the C !hristian tradition, and the role religion plays m the broader commitment to pu >viding women with a quality liberal arts edlK at ion. Panel members included Frances bite, a senior RTC, Kech Payne, president ot Witkaze, Richard Parry, Professor ot philosophy, Linda Hubert, Professor ot English, and the Reverend Joanna Adams ot North Decatur Presbyterian Church, a member ot the Board ot Trustees. Because classes were sus- pended tor the full day on Wednesday , many wondered why participation was not higher. Though student participation in the symposium was considered strong by Agnes ScOtl Standards, there were still many who did not attend any panel discussions or the Founder's Hay convocation. Some students expressed embarrassment ov er the lack of participation, considering the distance that some resource persons trav eled to participate, while others saw the open da\s ,i chance to catch up on reading and studying, Man - Williams, a junior sociology/anthropology major, stated, "Yes, in some ways it was embarrassing, but I wouldn't have attended it it wasn't required by one ot my professors. I can't blame anyone else for not attending it I would not have myself." Jeanette Elias, a junior math and physics major, noted that "it students had known more about Agnes Scott's history with regard to the Christian faith, such as the old Bible and religion retirements and the C College's mission statement, the discus* Sii ins would hav e meant more. But it was as it the talks were building on a ground that was not common to everyone" Jennifer Trumbull, student member ot the faith and learning committee, noted that although participation was light in some specific parts ot the symposium, such as com i Krai L< >n and the opening talks on Tuesday evening, discussion groups seemed to draw l#rge numbers ot students. "'We wanted it to be a come* as-you-can arrangement," she said, "but as Pr. Sheehev pointed out, many who participated were in agreement oyer the role ol the C christian tradition at Agnes Scott. It's really those who are not in agreement with our current position who we encouraged to attend." Professor John Carey, co- chair ot the committee on faith and learning, expressed optimism over the success ot the sympo- sium, though noted that it was too early to determine the next step tor the committee or the campus. Many of the t;alks delivered at the symposium are going to be h >und ti >r publicat ion, acc< >rding to ( .a rev , but he recognized the sympi >sium was breaking new- ground tor Agnes Scott. It raised more issues than it answered, which was its purpose. Black History Month celebrated Cotton Club-style &Y Mk;helh A. Bararo Staff Writer Nearly forty-five people celebrated Black History Month with Witkaze at the I tfgankal L< >n\ annual banquet. Instead ot the standard dinner party torm.it, Witkaze chose a nightclub atmosphere and African-American cuisine i i show everyone how African*. Americans socialized during segregat ion. Kecji Payne, president < >t Witkaze, made it c [ear in her welcoming address that the organization is strengthening- She Stated, "Witkaze is here to Stay. We will continue to grow." Awards of appreciation were presented to key members ( >t the < ngamzat n >n and to Kub\ Perrv - Adams: News Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Pac;i 5 Agnes Scott tennis team smashes Wesley an 9-0 by Dee DeeTi vki-:r The tennis ream was ,c bn the ball'* in the first match of the season, soundly defeating Wesleyan 9-0. ( bach Cindy Peterson believes that "We have the potential to he the hot tennis team A.^ncs Scott has had in the past eight years. It we can demonstrate the mental tough- ness as well as w e have demon- strated the physical talent we will he a team to be reckoned with." Team player Krist in Louer attributes part of the team's Local colleges host Conference Pkl-SS RLLhASE Agnes Scot t College, hmorv University, DeKalh College, Georgia State University, and Spelman College will host the second annual "Difficult Dia- logues: C .ontlicts and Connec- tions. " The program, focusing on women's communication issues, begins at 9:30 a.m. on March 2, m the Living and Learning Center II at Spel'man (College, Letha A. Lie See from the Department oi Social Work at the University of Georgia will present the keynote address. There will be ,i panel discission later in the morning entitled "Why the Dialogues are Difficult: Working through Communication Ob- stacles." Panelists Marsha Houston ot Tulane Univ ersity, Paula Dressel oi Georgia State University, and Jung Ha Kim oi success to the new players who "have added strength and depth to our team." Success for the team comes not without sacrifice, including two-hour practices lour days a week, plus matches. Other elements w hich help boost the team upward in their climb lor greatness include Strong team spirit and consistent support from fans. If the first match serves as an indication of the amount oi suuport the team can expect, then a new set ol hleachers for the tennis courts may he needed. This year's tennis team memhers ,ue: fCrfel m Louer, Adricnnc \ anek, Mary Beth Quinley, Reina Rarreto, Crystal Couch, Kate Simpkins, Kristin Merger, Courtcnay King, Cathy Alexander, and Debbie Miles. Peterson encourages all memhers of the campus commu- nity to "come out and support their team." 1991 Schedule: Date Event Time March 1 Berry (at Emory) 4 p.m. March 2-4 GA Collegiates at Emory TBA March 6 Georgia State 3 p.m. March 1 1 N. Georgia College 3 p.m. March \2 at I VKalh College 3 p.m. . March 15-17 Women's College Invitational at Bivnau TBA March 25 Moh.lc College 3 p.m. March 28 Georgia College 3 p.m. April 4 at Oglethorpe 3 p.m. April 6 at Converse 1 p.m. April S at Georgia State 3 p.m. April 1 1 at West Georgia 3:30 p.m. April 10 at Emory 3 p.m. April 19 Brenau 2:30 p.m. April 29 1 VKalh College 3 p.m. May 2-5 District 25 Championships at UNF-Jacksonville, FL TBA The tennis team abandons their halls and enters an impromptu air guitar contest on the court. Witkaze's speaker gives testimony, tells of social changes Good grades can't predict work success CPLLEUE PKESS 'SERVICE A higher grade>point average won't necessarily translate into a successful working career, a University of Tennessee professor claims. "Grades don't really predict anything/ 1 said psychology Professor Howard Pollio, Pallio was a panellist fo$ "CPA Valid Predictor of Joh Success?/' a \ ideoconference sponsored hy the College Placement Council. Employers have only a four percent chance ol choosing an applicant who will succeed on the joh il the\ use grades to screen out candidates, he maintained. ''Screening doesn't help us," Pollio said. What's more, it makes it even tougher lor companies to hire minorities, Pallio added. Minority students tend to have more financial problems and a tougher time adjusting to campus life, particularly in the first two years. As a result, their CPAs tend to suffer during that time. Another panelist, Gale Varma, ATckT manager ol college recruiting, noted her organization's research docs indicate a correlation hetween GPA and successful on-the-joh performance, particularly for technical positions where course work and joh responsibilities are closely matched. Yet AT&T, she added, doesn't use GPA as a job- candidate screening device. That's the exception, Pollio says. In a study he conducted five years ago* more than halt the employers he surveyed had some sort of GPA hurdle students had to clear before making it to a first interview. the Original Family Haircutters Open 7 days a week M-F 9-8:00 Sat 9-6:00 Sun. 12-5:00 r- i i i J At Emory Co mmon s Shopping Center Shampoo Precision cut I [320-3128 | Full Service Salon No Appointment Necessary I I $ 0 Reg. $14.00^ ^J 19 ' Expires 3 3 1*91 * A by Deikdre McClain When Cora Johnson spoke to a handful of students in Maclean, she did not have a prepared speech because, as she told the audience, she cannot read very well and did not want to embarass herself hy farnbiing with papers. The formality of a speech was not necessary, hecause Johnson was not here to give a list of her awards and achievements, hut a testimony of her struggles and triumphs. Featured in / Dream a World: Portraits of Blaek Women Who I Changed America hy Brian Linker, Johnson is responsible for many social as well as political changes in her hometown of Soperton, l jeorgia. The people in Soperton who rely on government programs for housing, health cue, and nutri- tional care depehd on her for assistance'; She is rcsponsihlc for the appointments of the first two hlack city councilmen in Soperton, and she enairs the Treulton County Client Council, the Rural Black Women's Leadership Project, and six other organizations. She does not hold these positions for fame or recognition, hut hecause she cares about her people. Although her formal education ended at age thirteen when she w is still in the fourth grade, Johnson stressed the importance of education. She pointed out that "a diploma is important, hut it means nothing if you don't have common sense." ( oi a Johnson has accomplished many things with the experience she has gained from the world. Give Another Chance. Give Blood. American Red Cross Effl CoincH Editorials Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 4 TheProfile AGNES Agnes Scott ColleceBox 764Decatur, GA 30030 SCOTT Editor-in-Chief Michelle Roberts Managing Editor Associate Editor Laura Shaefter Kristin Lemmerman News Editor Josie Hoilman Assistant News Editor Dawn Sloan Features Editor Bethany Blankenship Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard Arts Editor Sandee McGlaun Arts Calendar Editor Rita Ganey Copy Editor Tonya Smith Photographers Sunny McClendon, Barbie Stitt Illustrator Annetta Williams Circulation Manager Mary Mathewes Advertising Manager Sara DiGiusto Lagniappe by Michelle Roberts There are many facets of campus life at Agnes Scott in which Return to College students cannot or do not participate: band parties, restricted "visitation" by men due to parietals, hostess duty as a requirement for dorm living, late-night runs for food to local hangouts, pitchers of beer drunk with some friends at Trackside, knowing everything about everyone on campus ... the list is endless. At the same time, "traditionals," the RTC-coined word for traditional-aged students, do not have the responsibilities and pressures that make up RTC life outside the classroom. RTCs share a common bond with one another they have returned to college alter experiencing life outside of the dorm, with a completely different perspective then that of students fresh out of high school. The RTCs I have met in my four years of college have given me so much insight into my own reasons for coming to Agnes Scott, my motives for achieving a bachelor's degree at 21, my position to face the future. I realize how lucky I am to have completed college at such a relatively early age, and also how blindly I take advantage of that privilege. RTCs tend to take their education more seriously and with more intensity and sense of purpose than most other students do. Ask any student how much per semester hour her courses cost; a "traditional" may think nothing of sleeping through an occa- sional class, but would not necessarily calculate the amount of money she has lost. RTCs rarely miss classes, except possibly when there is a family emrgency, and they can often quote the exact figure. RTCs and traditionals have a unique relationship, learning from each other's successes and failures in life. For the most part, the two groups harmonize on campus, but occasionally, of course, there are moments of tension* RTCs seems more intent on establishing real connection by making themselves visible and demanding tO be heard. We need to be more sensitive to and inclusive oi this large group of women. There are many hardworking and dedicated students who are my age. The percentage of students who are truly committed to learning and achievement must consist largely of RTCs, though. The dedication and self-sacrifice I have witnessed among these women astounds and often shames me. The courage it takes to return to college after years away from school, to write that first paper or take that first test, to be alone in a classroom full of eighteen-year-olds, to feel that the professor is the only. true peer she has, after years of doing something (e.g. mothering and housekeeping) which society views as worthless or inferior, is remarkable. RTCs teach the whole community so many lessons. Two weeks ago, a beloved RTC was killed in a tragic car accident. Once again, the RTCs acted as role models for the rest of us. They bonded together, relying on their friendships and support group to carry them through the tragedy. In recent days, RTCs have shown us what being a family really means. Public Safety News By Officer Charlotte York On February 13 a wallet was stolen from a purse left by a jewelry vendor on a table in the lobby of the dining hall. If you have information about this incident please call 371-6355 to assist in the investigation. Several students in Walters Hall reported receiving suspicious phone calls between February 16 and 18. The caller was reported to be a professional sounding male who identified himself as a surveyor for the University of Iowa. It you receive suspicious calls please document the time and date of the call, any identifying information the caller gives, the length of the call, and any details about the call or caller you can remember. We are looking into the many services now available through Southern Bell for identifying annoyance callers. We will keep you advised. The Department of Public by Elizabeth Pervam In the midst of a group of Spanish-speaking strangers, Time Traveler opened her mouth and spoke the Spanish words the way Senora Herbert had taught her to say them. The most amazing thing happened! Those people understood and answered back. I responded. We began to talk and suddenly a whole new world opened up to me, full of millions of potential friends. That was last autumn, and now many of those people are very dear to me. What a leap from the mentality of my home town. Out west, where I was born, all who spoke Spanish were assumed to be Mexicans and everybody "knew" that ^ if you turn your back on them, they will stab you in a minute." But alter six mi oaths of being amorig them, my back is still intact. 'They" have turned out to be loving, warm and wonderful people. What an ugly prejudice has been perpetrated against them. But all bigotry is ugly. It is really no more than superstition, defined a-, "A belief founded on irrational feelings, espe- cially of fear, and marked by credulity." Life seems so much neater and easier to get a handle on if we can just slip people safely Safety recently completed its Bi- Annual Firearms Qualification. Please join us in congratulating our high scorer, Officer Rick Bigby. Firearms qualifications are scheduled during the winter and fall seasons to account for differences in weather conditions, temperature extremes, daylight, and other non- ideal situations that might affect performance in an actual incident. Additionally, officers are encouraged to practice as often as possible between qualifications. The Department of Public Safety sent representatives to the February- 12 meeting of the Interdormitory Council. Depart- ment representatives expressed concerns tor the safety of students and their property given the new 24-hour lobby parietals. The presence of visitors at all hours in areas which provide ready access to the living areas increases opportunities for thefts and other crimes. Please take care to secure your room at all times, especially Time Traveler into categories based upon their appearance, nationality, sex or profession. We may do so because of long- ingrained tradition or our own limited experience. But it rarely ever works. In real life, not everybody of any one group acts any one way or does any one thing. We are all indi- viduals, with much in com- mon, but as different from each other as snowflakes. By classifying and dismissing people, we unthinkingly eliminate enriching friend- ships, while causing great harm and pain to those people themselves by our irrational rejection of them. There is no such thing as a Christian bigot. Oh, you say, but I know some people who call themselves Christian who have searched with a fine- toothed comb through the Old Testament and found some little obscure verse that justifies their hatted of another race. Then they geff righteously parade around, believing the Bible says it's all right to be a bigot. I know those people too. But those are only "kristians", kindergarten Christians still working on the ABCs, caught up m the letter of the law, disregarding the spirit of it as taught by the main man, Jesus. "Love thy neighh >r as when sleeping. Members of Interdonn ex- pressed concerns that the Walters and Inman lobby doors are being left unlocked after hours. We are making more checks of these areas and have advised the resident assistants of these concerns. Representatives of the Depart- ment of Public Safety met with the Public Safety Committee of Rep Council on Febmary 20. The committee members requested additional lighting in Walters parking lot and on the walkway between Buttrick Hall and the Library. The committee members also asked that we consider offering the self defense course on a more frequent basis. Both of these matters are under consider- ation. We appreciate opportunities to talk with campus groups as well as individual students about your safety concerns. Please feel free to address us personally, in writing, or through representative groups. We are here to protect and to SERVE. thyself is the new command- ment they ignore. When a slick lawyer asked Jesus who his neighbor was, He responded with the tale of the Good Samaritan, one of the mixed- blood race the Jews despised, the target of hatred and bigotry in Jesus' own time and among his own people. And that despised Samaritan was the hero of the story. Many an angel appears in our lives to lead us a little farther along the way toward higher knowledge and spiritual understanding. Those angels will not always wear white and have wings. They may not be of our own race, speak our own language, or fit into our current idea of who is socially accept- able. Most of us are here at Agnes Scent to learn more about life and how to live it If our challenge is to gain more knowledge, we fxUSl rate i ourselves m attaining that goal if we close ourselves off, out of fear, to people other than the kinds we know well. Il t he rainbow were all white, there wouldn't be a raink >w. If it were all black, there wouldn't be a rainbow either. Let's keep our eyes and minds open so we don't miss the entire cultural spectrum of t his beautiful life. Don't let yourself be blinded to the rest of the rainbow! Editorials Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 5 The Forum Ethnic Strife as a Common Problem By MicmEle A. Bararo 'They [the Russians] didn't understand because they weren't the ones being suppressed. They weren't told that they couldn't speak their language" Jessica Carey We spend a lot of time looking at the problems of various rial ions in political science classes. In Comparative Communism, Jessica C ,arcv made the above statement w hen she discussed the ethnic strife in the Soviet Union. Our classmates nodded their heads as a sign that they understood the situation there. Unfortunately, 1 have the feeling that it an African- American student chose to discuss these issues in terms oi herself and Agnes Scott College she would be faced with the inevitable sighs of exasperation. This is not to say that every student and faculty member would exhibit signs of coma-like sleep when faced with ethnic and racial issues on campus; how ever, I have heard (on too many occasions to count) that certain people are tired of listening to the "complaints 11 of marginalized groups. My question for those students, faculty and administra- tive staff is: Why is it that w hen an African-American student (or, any other marginalized student for that matter) tries to discuss issues of racism and diversity that student is per- ceived a s a "complainer"? 1 believe this arises from an unwillingness to realize that the Sixties Movements did not solve all of our problems. In fact, I assert that the Civil Rights Movement has newer truly changed the United States and Agnes Scott College. Black History MONTH and Soul NIGHT do not constitute racial div ersity nor do they successfully promote racial harm* >ny. The reality is that the problems have not been solved; they have merely been. resolved for the time being. I do not profess to know all of the answ ers; however, 1 do know- that we must get over this lack of understanding. I also know that there is no magic word that marginalized people can say to the dominant culture to open hearts and minds. I offer the following sugges- tions to you in the spirit of "Faith and Learning 11 : 1 . read the books you never thought about reading, Letters To The Editor A bitter pill to swallow Dear Editor: 1 have been a great fan of The Profile for the past four years. Even though I may not always agree with the written word, I have supported and applauded the journalistic efforts of the various Profile staff and contributors. So, it distresses me to have to file a complaint regarding the February 1 5th issue. The article I submitted regarding colds and flu was subsequently edited by a member of your staff. While I appreciated a few of the deletions of excessive verbosity, the editing process created several (five to be specific) erroneous, misleading, and possibly dangerous statements: 1 . "Viruses simply have to run their course through the body, with the help of increased rest and oral fluids. 11 Viruses do not run their course with the help of increased rest and fluids. The rest and fluids help to decrease the symptoms that occur while the virus runs its course. 2. "Antibiotics will not cure bacterial infections, not viruses." Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections. Antibiotics will not cure viral infections. One of my main purposes for writing this article was to correct this one piece of infromation that consis- tently causes confusion. This one sentence is so grossly erroneous that my professional credibility becomes suspect. }. Learn to read labels. A single statement that needs to stand alone. "New and improved may add Tylenol to the original formula at twice the price. 1 ' This does not mean the medication is bad or even falsely advertised. It simply means that the only new or improved ingredient is Tylenol. A person may already take Tylenol and not need the additional medicine or may think that a specific ingredient to treat congestion or cough has been added to strengthen the com- pound. By some manufacturers, this could almost constitute a libelous statement. 4. "Pimetapp and Sinutab also have antihistamines to help clear up post-nasal drip. 11 Dimetapp and Sudafed have antihistamines added to a basic decongestant. Sudafed does not contain antihistamine. Antihistamines do more than just relieve post nasal drip. Statements 3 and 4 only fuel the confusion that exists as the public tries to select appropriate medications. This totally defeats my purpose for writing this article. 5. "Get enough rest to avoid relapses, allowing for complete recovery. 11 This statement doesn't make much sense. 1 realize there was no deliber- ate intention to create such errors in the editing of this article. However, because of the serious- ness of the misinformation that could cause additional medical problems for persons with an illness and to protect my profes- sional integrity and credibility; I must insist that this article be corrected with a full explanation to your readers. Sincerely, Mary Lu Christiansen It's debatable Dear Editor: I wonder how fair or objective your readers would think the following statement? "The bloodthirsty dictator Josef Stalin, the genoeidal maniac Adolf Hitler, Planned Parenthood, and all feminists believed or believe in the murder of innocent humans in order to promote social and political goals." Does such a statement hinder or help reasoned debate? Sincerely, Richard D. Parry 2. speak with the person with whom you never thought to speak, 3. listen to the "complaints 11 of the marginalized with open ears, 4. look inside yourself to see why you feel so threatened, 5. ask your friends, your family, your school, your church, and your government the question "Why do we allow this unfairness?" Then, go out among your people who will reject you, despise you, beat you, call you names and laugh at you, to carry out your mission and preach love and peace among all peoples. Don't just PRAY FOR PEACE, WORK for it! RTC Corner by Kat Robinson The RTC Corner of the Profile would like to honor the memory of Helen Mcintosh with any thoughts, remembrances, or anecdotes that you might like to share. Please place in Box 648 (tentative deadline, March 5). SGA would also like to honor Helen, and would appreciate any ideas for doing so. We have considered donating to her favorite charity or, even better, to donate to a cause for RTCs at Agnes Scott which would remain here as a tribute to her. We also considered gathering any memories that her fellow students had of her into a pennanent package to present to her family. Perhaps RSO would like to cooperate with SGA and make this a joint project. Please contribute your feelings to Box 648 so that we can return to our friend, Helen Mcintosh, if only in memory, some of the love we received from her. Let's get to know each other better! Please take a few- minutes to write a short "bio" of yourself, family, goals at Agnes Scott, etc., and submit with a small photo to Box 648. We'll try to publish as many as possible in the Profile. RSO BULLETIN BOARD: Keep an eye on our bulletin board in the Alston Center for last minute info on class meetings, ring fittings, and other issues. Your contact is Ramona Davidson, Box 607. ELECTIONS: Check out the list of nominees in the Post Office for our RSO steering committee and representatives. Thanks to all who signed up! Part icipat ion = Power! STRATEGIC PLANNING TASK FORCE NEWS: Monday, March 4, 10:2 5-1 1:15 in the lower level of the Alston Center, there will be a special fomm for RTC" issues with Task Force D: Quality of Student Life. Bring issues you want addressed, i.e., RTC/ traditional student relations, RTC parking spaces, reduced-rate meal ticket booklets to eat in the cafeteria, special RTC library check-cult arrangements for items on reserve (when you cannot get them in by 8:30 a.m. the following morning), etc. Please see bulletin board for more infonnation posted m the RSO JOURNAL. Other dates for Task Force meetings which would benefit from our most dignified input are also posted. 1 HELP! ONLY 15 MINUTES A WEEK OF YOUR TIME! We need help putting together the RSO Handbook ideas, talent, time, anything! Respond to Box 531 or 648. THANK YOU! Elections 9 1 Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 6 Candidate Speeches SGA PRESIDENT Amy Hkic.iNs Working together makes the world a hetter place. My name is Amy Higgins and as your next SGA President I am going to work together with you, the entire student body, to help make Agnes Scott College a Tara Somerville Three years ago u could see pre< isely the moment on the basketball court when I gave up, but looking through my lasi other colleges have dealt with these problems. This can be achieved by attending conferences with the leaders of Representative Councils of other colleges. Another way we can actualize these goals is to utilize our community. This means greater community participation and interaction with Rep Council. During my past three years at Agnes Scott, I have served on several committees and organiza- tions which have provided me with a good understanding of our student body representation. 1 believe this is one important criteria which defines a well- qualified candidate tor SGA President. Having a comprehen- sive know ledge oi the div erse interests and beliefs of many students creates a stronger liaison between the SGA President, students, faculty, and administra- tion. I have also served on Rep Council as a Sophomore Repre- sentative, Secretary, and member open but by show ing that all meetings are open. Suggestion K >xes ( r aside of each representative^ door are more of an invitation tor dialogue than a beautiful sign on a closed door. As students, we must also realize thai there is dynamic life beyond E. College Av enue and S. Candler Drive. We live in a world forced into war, faced with environment self destine t ton, infested with racism and sexism, and stricken with the epidemic of HIV. Student government, as the student voice, should take a stand on these issues and provide a network for student expression. 1 want to serve as president to do my part in seeing that the tremendous resources ot Agnes Scott women are tapped. 1 offer my experience with Interdormitory Council, Tower Council, and The Profile as evidence ot my qualifications. Although I have not been two and ,i halt years on Rep, I can honestly say there has not been one issue 1 have aban- doned. It it is important to the students, it is important to me. That is w hat represent.it ion is all about. The President of SGA plays a very vital role on our campus. The duties of the President are extensive, both in directing the Representative Council, and as serving as the official spokes- person of the student body. In leading the Representative Council the President is responsible for setting the weekly agenda, checking into issues important to the campus, inviting outsiders to meetings when necessary, attending all Rep meetings, Executive Board of the Executive Board. These experiences have provided me with the awareness ot the details and organizational skills required to serve as an effective SGA President. My experiences on Rep have allowed me to witness the ever changing issues, problems, and needs of the student body. Pluses and minuses, childcare on campus, and international student housing over winter break are some ot the changes that I have helped initiate by serving on the council. Student representation on the Board of Trustees, parietals, racism, and tuition increases are the issues. 1 am going to collectively lead the Agnes Scott Community in dealing with these and any other issues which may arise in the coming year SO that we can work together to achieve the larger goal of strengthening t he Agnes Scott C bliege community. lucky enough to serve on Student Government at Agnes Scott, 1 have leadership expert ence with student governments While I was in high school I served as student government president for two years, as firsl vice president ot the state student council association, and as a state representative to the National Assocaition of Student ( buncils. I realize that high shoo! and college are very differem but leadership skills afid experience are the same, regardless ot their source. I have newer been one ot the woman selected to be on Agnes Scott's Student C >o\ eminent Association before. This is merely a sign of had luck, not an indicator oi qualification. Now you have a chance to decide how you want your voice represented. Thank you for you considerat ion and d. rn'i fi >rgel to EXPRESS YOURSELF on March 7 th. meetings, and a weekly meeting with Dean Hudson. In organiz- ing Representative c )< >uncil, the President has to set up uniniit- tees and make sure they are doing their work, select a Parlimentarian, see to it that an Assistant Treasurer and a member to Catalyst Committee are elected, guarantee all petitioned positions ;is well as any unfilled elected positions are tilled in the spring following ele< t u wis, and ensure that annual Rep events such such as the fall "Welcome Back" party, winter project, diversity projects, and student forums are carried out . C )hvi< >us|\ heading Rep Council is no small task; my two and a halt year? serving Rep Council have n< >t only Elections '91 Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 7 Candidate Speeches HONOR COURT PRESIDENT Jhanltte Eli as After spending a Ibrtg Jay in the library Studying for a take home test; 1 decide to leave my books where they are so 1 can join the 5 p.m. dinner crowd. 1 walk into INTERDORMITORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT Vanessa Eliot Dear members of the ASC community, My name is Vanessa Elliott, and I am atnriing for the position of President of Interdormitorv Council, There are many reasons for which I think I should be shown me this, but have prepared me for these responsi- bilities. Many of the other aspects pi being SGA President are unknown or often over- looked. The SGA President plays a very large role in plan- ning the fall Student Leadership Retreat. She also serves on the Judicial Review Committee , which handles student judicial matters, and policy changes affecting student life, and on the President's Committee on Community Diversity- The SGA President is frequently called upon to represent the student body as a whole to such groups as the Alumnae Board, the Student Affairs Committee ot the Board of Trustees, the Administration, and to anv the dining hall and set my purse down, amidst backpacks, books, keys and mail. I nev er worry about my belongings because 1 trust those around me Ideally, the honor system should be a system ol trust that encompasses our lives at Agnes Scott. When it is respected, we grow as a Community because we are committed to the idea ot honor and integrity as our way ot lite. 1 believe every student can live within the honor system without sacrificing personal freedoms. We can make no progress if we live in tear ot Honor Court when its very purpose is to ensure a feeling of trust. Honor Court has an image problem. Part of that is based on the impression that the members of the Court should take sole responsibility in maintaining our honor system. Honor court alone cannot hand the responsi- elected, beginning with the fact that I have already served tor two years as a member ot Interdonn. 1 ctinrently hold the position ot President of Rebekah Scott Hall (you know that dorm over the Admissions Office on the other side ol the campus from the dining hall), but my affiliation with lnterdorm began my sophomore vear when 1 a donn counselor in Rebekah. During those two years 1 have also been a member of the Judicial Board of lnterdorm which, it you have never heard ot it, is basically the court of appeals tor cases tried by your friendly neighborhood dorm council. I am also a junior, a member ot Tower Council and Joyful Noise, and an International Relations major. Manx of t he ideas I hope to fulfill as President ot Interdonn stem not only from m\ years of experience as a member ot that organization, but also from a one- day retreat I recently attended that was especially geared for Other persons or group interested in student view points. If elected Student Government President I would take this responsibility as representative more seriously than any other. Serving as the student body representative requires an ability to listen to everyone, and to be able to express all opinions, including those that are not necessarily mine. When those occasions arise, the student body needs someone who w ill stand firm for what they believe in, someone who will be able to articulate those beliefs without hesitation or reservation. I am that person. 1 believe that culture, race, and life experience characterize each of us differently, and with bility of upholding that system for every person in school here. That task is too vast and should be shared by everyone who signs the Honor Pledge. If we maintain a sense of honor within ourselves, no one is burdened with the responsibility of watching over us. It is my wish to communicate this, and for next year's Honor Court to he a reflection ot this philosophy.- Another part of Honor Court's image problem is the impression that Honor court is not account- able to anyone. No one know s if their Honor Court representa- tives are functioning at an appropriate level. This problem will never be completely alleviated because ot the necessity ot confidentiality within Honor Court. But the Court does need more interac- tion with everyone on campus in order to help restore its credibil- residence hall administrators from colleges .ill over Georgia. Not only did this retreat offer me the Opportunity to exchange program- ming ideas with residence hall leaders from other colleges, but it also allowed me the chance to learn more about certain issues such as campus diversity, homophobia, sexism, racism, and other issues that lace special interest groups on campus. 1 learned much v aluable informa- tion at this conference which I would like to share with the ASC community and, in particular, next year's lnterdorm. My goals as President ot Interdortri are simple: the first thing I would like to do is review the current system of penalties employed by lnterdorm to cam- out its policies. 1 believe the current system to be archaic and unworthy ot a woman of the 90s, and believe that it could seriously bear revision. I would also like to stimulate more communication between our Interdormitory i his beliei in mind 1 would welcome the opportunity to represent ALL students on the President's Committee on Community Diversity. Differ- ences of any kind are not tolerated on this campus. In hopes ot correcting this problem, all areas ot diversity will need to be addressed, and I am prepared to do so. I believe Rep Council has an unlimited potential, Fullfilling that potential takes goals, which I have already begun to formulate. 1 have already talked about my committment to diversity, but along w ith that I would like to see some dialogue on scholarship indexing, improvement ol the total ratio ot student to faculty ity and end its "holier than thou" image. It the campus can become more familiar not only with individual court members, but the proce- dures of the court, it will help explain the reasoning behind the rules. Honor Court can main- tain confidentiality and still proVide more information than has been available in the past; the minutes from regular business meetings (excluding cases) should be posted along with a list of members in attendance. It is of utmost importance that the Honor Court President remain impartial, for without this impartiality, the effectiveness, as well as the fairness of the court proceedings is greatly dimin- ished. The court should assume the honor system is respected until a fair trial has been proven otherwise, and a biased mediator makes this ideal of a fair trial Council and similar institutions at other colleges in order to encourage the flow ot new ideas onto our campus and broaden IntcrdomVs perspectives and horizons. My strongest objective, however, is to de-emphasize lnterdorm s role as a disciplinary force on our campus and strengthen its role as a facilitator ot comfortable living within the residence halls. I am very much opposed to the notion of the "( icstapo" dorm council and believe that lnterdorm would make better use ol its time listening to the suggestions and needs of its residents than slapping the lingers of 20-year- old women for minor offenses. This is not to say that I have no respect tor most of the rules that now govern ASC residence hall life; on the contrary, I believe many of them to be necessary for the peaceful co-existence ot donn residents. I do, however, feel that too much time is spent votes on faculty committees, and re-introducing the issues of a gradute studies resource center, and tree housing for International students over the breaks. Perhaps the greatest issue in need ot addressing is the communication problem. This involves all levels of communi- cation, within Rep, from Rep to the student body, and from the student body to the adminsitrattion and, visa versa. I believe that communication could prove to be our most powerful and valuable asset. Hopefully, when we gain representation to the Board of Trustees some of the strain on communication will be allevi- ated. Communication can be impossible to maintain. Everyone talks about communi- on ion but tew ot us have strived for it. There must be a consis- tency of understanding among all members of the community; not only must we articulate common goals, but we must also interact with each other with mutual respect This is the only way we can recognize our short-comings and work together to overcome them. I have seen the progression of the court over the last two years, and it is virtually impossible to spend one year as a representative and one year on executive board without realizing what the position of Honor Court Presi- dent entails. Honor Court is not the inquisition, nor should any of us want it to be. Rather, it should be used to maintain the high standards of honor and integrity that Agnes Scott was built upon. by many dorm councils on hunting down potential rule breakers instead ot designing interesting programs for the "innocent," particularly in the freshmen dorms?* I would like for people to look at Interdonn with positive feelings instead of with dread (and maybe a little apprehension). Interdonn should be a link between you and a relaxed living environment, not feu and the electric chair. I hope that, if I am elected President of Interdormitory Council, you will feel free to come to me with your ideas and suggestions. I want to breathe new life into Interdonn by updating old policies and introducing new ones, and I am not afraid to experiment with novel ideas. All ot these things 1 pledge to fulfill to the utmost ot my abilities, and with the greatest respect for the Agnes Scott woman. Sincerely, Vanessa L. Elliott encouraged by continuing to create new ways of communicat- ing, by repairing some ot the old paths that might have grown over, by utilizing those paths already av ailable to us, and not by alienating those people making efforts to keep communication existent. CHANGE, seems to be the word that most everyone is afraid of, but without change we are in danger of stagnation. I am committed to progressive change and am determined to promote that change, as well as ensuring that all students are fully repre- sented. I thank you for your time and consideration, and hopefully your vote. I also welcome any and all questions. Features Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 8 Spiritual quest continues in Oaxaca The Cathedral of Soledad in Oaxaea is the spiritual center. BY MlCHELE A. B.ARARn Staff Writer It took several weeks tor me to seriously think about what the trip to Oaxaea, Mexico, meant to me. In fact, it was not until I gave a presentation about my experience that I began to realize all that I had learned there. I spent a lot ot time looking at Catholic churches while 1 was in Mexico. Since I am Catholic, I find it interesting to compare and contrast various aspects of my Catholic experience with those oi other people. In Mexico, I saw and felt a dangerous beauty in the religion, 1 am sure that this view reflects mv own biases; howev er, I saw this in the architecture, the art and the legends of the Church. I looked for images of myself and my ancestors in Mexico. I saw people whom I would dare to call Afro-Mexicans, if they would permit the term. I saw the carvings of the Olmecs, inde- scribable large statues w ith African features. 1 visited Monte Alban and Mitla, archaeological sites near Oaxaca. I felt the power ot the gods and goddesses. 1 heard the heartbeat ot a glorious indigenous people. For me, the Clohal Awareness trip was part ot mv ongoing spiritual journey as well as an academic one. I left Mexico with more questions than answers. 1 still can feel Mexico in mv heart. It 1 chose, 1 could discuss in a purely intellectual fashion almost every aspect ot the trip; however, the most meaningful part tor me was the joumey ot the soul, the questioning ot the spirit and the search tor the goddess in myseU and in my lite. Suiting up for interviews challenges students by Tiffany Goodman Attention all future interviewees! Are you worried that you have nothing to wear and not enough money to spend on the outfit that would be perfect tor that certain inter- view.' 1 [ere are some great, inexpensive ideas to update your wardrobe and add class without eating up your cash. To accessorize a suit tor an interview, try these simple adjustments and additions: 1 . Shorten the suit skirt that falls below or just above your knees. 2. Add a bright, patterned shirt or blouse. 3. If possible, just wear the suit jacket without the blouse and wear larger jewelry up top. (Try a jumbo pearl earring and necklace set.) Take care, however, not to get trapped by these changes. Beware of bulky jewelry. Also take care to make sure that you can sit comfort- ably and elegantly in your newly shortened skirt in other words, don't shorten it too much! The March issue ot C Uamour magazine lists the following accessories as "must-haves": -colored pearls (jumbo style, ot course) -large, silver bracelets -hi\ x >ches -pale stockings -low-heeled shoes Don't forget, ladies, it's almost SWimsuit season. Spring break is only two weeks away. You should start checking out those new bathing suits; Popular with critics this year are racer-back suits. 1 lappy toning and tanning! Search and seizure: your rights as a resident student explained by Susan Cowan Interdorm President Recently, a mandatory meeting tor all treshmen sparked new interest in the rights ot privacy for resident students. Interdorm and the Dean of Students' office addresssed the issue i >t underage drinking on campus. Interdorm president Sus.m C a >wan, with consultation from dean ot students C nie Hudson, responds to common questions voiced by the student body. So, you searched my dorm nxnn and found alcohol in my room, and I am ru >t yet 2 1 . What will happen to me! Interdorm will take over from here and the Judicial Kurd of Interdorm will set up a case for vou. All tnM offenses of the alcohol policy appear before Interdorm. However, if this fa your second offense your case will appeat befi ire 1 lonor Court. Please refer to pages 107 and 108 ot vour Student I landhxk tor Complete description ot the alcohol policy. We, the I Van ot Students office, Interdorm, and Honor ( oun. ire not here to catch vou tor the things vou do wrong; rather, I think th.it we want to help your lives run as smoothly as possible here. We all must remember that we are living in a communal situation that we have chosen as we decided to matriculate at Agnes Scott. Thus we must live by some rules and codes of conduct. Any penalty that is a result ot i 'lie's violation of the drug and/or alcohol policy is not only tor one's needs but also tor the needs ot the community in which we live. We must keep our commu- nity safe. / don't know what to do became I use drugs and/or alcohol arid even with the warning I don't warn to take them out of my rexm . I feel like I haw u i use them. What can I do! If a student finds that she cannot live in the residence hall without alcohol or drugs then she should please contact someone on campus with whom she feels comton.ible. Mv suggestions are 1 V,m Hudson, Margaret Shirley, Chaplain Snyder, your R.A., or vour dorm counselor. It is very difficult many times to admit to yourself that you have a drug i ft alb >hoI problem but you are much better off going through the pain ot this process than the legal problems of being caught with possess ion. Once a student has reached this \\ unt, she has stepped into serious waters. Most surely her case will be heard by Honor Court and the Judicial Review Committee and she will be suspended or dismissed. Also note that civil authorities (i.e. police) may be contacted and fines and/or imprisonment may be involved. Please refer to page 109 of the Student Handbook for the complete statement of the Drug Policy. What happens if people haw been drinking da >/i< >l in my nxnn and I am under 21? Most likely the first response is the one residents of Winship and Walters received from Dean Hudson at the mandatory dorm meeting on Febmary 1 3 a warning. Dean Hudson reminded the students of the drinking and drug policies i >n campus and ot the penalties tor abusing these substances. She also informed the students ot her right to conduct a Residence Hall search. With this warning Dean 1 [udson hopes that any suspected underage or illegal dnig use will stop. What might hapten ifjicoplc in my dtrnn are dunking arid using drugs and the warning didn't stop this ? In reference to page 100 of your Student Haridhook, E. 1 . states th.it "Students may petition Honor Court or the Dean of Students that residence halls be searched/' Thus, if you and some fellow residents suspect a wide use ot these substances and detect an extensive problem, you are able to suggest and ask tor this search. However, most ot the t ime, according to statements E.2., E.3., and E.4., dorm searches are called by Honor Court, Interdorm, or the Dean of Students (please read these statements tor details). Features Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 9 From Student to Systems Manager by Shirley J. Kennedy An interview with Edith Waller, matheinatics major, class of 1973 SJK: What Joes your job as systems manager entail? EW: I manage a group of ten people who work with data used to create the White Pages [telephone books]. We keep information such as phone numhers and addresses updated. We also process information with respect to delivery of both White Pages and Yellow Pages, either by mail or hand delivery. SJK: How long have you heen with Bell South \ EW: I started in 1981. SJK: What did you do prior to that time' EW: I taught soldiers high school math in West Germany, SJK: Wow! That sounds really interesting. How long did you teach. 7 EW: West Gennany was very interesting. I did it for three years, and at the end of that time, I felt that I did not have the creativity and the energy I felt a teacher ftY Christy l\ klrt By the time that most people read this article, they will have already scanned computer disks tor vi ruses, typed at least one paper, and maybe (sigh) even lost part of that paper in the process. Aware ot the increasing use of computers by students, Dr. Tom Maier, director of Academic Computing, visited Rep Council on Fehruary 5 to hear student concern about on-campus computing. "In addition to asking for screens with better resolution, printers that are in good working shape, and a replenished supply of manuals and DOS disks in each center, Rep members asked the following questions and received the following informa- tion. \re thae plans for networking? should have. I was not satisfied with myself as a teacher. . SJK: How did you come to work tor Bell South. 7 EW: When I decided not to teach anymore, I came back to the United States, and the computer field had become more act iye. I worked with two other companies before coming to Bell South, working on two different hardware systems, but 1 had always wanted to work on IBM computers. In order to make that change, I needed a big company that was willing to train, and Bell South was willing to do that. SJK: Were you a "traditional" student or an U RTC"? EW: I was a traditional student, straight out of high school and into college for four years. I obtained my masters degree from Georgia Tech in computer science in 1981. 1 attended night school while working, and I did all this before I had children. I can't imagine how people do all three! SJK: Is your position directly related to your major? EW: Yes, I think it is. My Rep Rap Plans are being made to set up a modum in the library computer center. This should eliminate the need for students to drive across town in order to use the computers at institutions at which they are cross- registered. Has there been discussion of computerizing the library card catalog on a system such as DOBIS, which Emory has? There has been talk about a number of systems. Because of the expense, however, there are no immediate plans to computerize the card catalog. Arc there plans to get any different word processing software packages such as Word Perfect? Although Word Perfect is the most-used word processing package in the business world, it has the disadvantage ot not allowing one version of a file to he run under another version. Microsoft Word, the second THE WALL D TSfe. has 1, lif~ - " 1- mnmripf]? Tiui meh ter ftfe am-%uaoshan^ra 7CZ3C jvlc7 i Th ey suck . CZDCZ 3 CDC major did play an important part in this, hut I now really appreciate the liberal arts education. I strongly support a liberal arts education. SJK: Tell me about both the exciting aspects of your position, as well as the mundane. EW: 1 am enjoying the management aspect of my job now. I was a programmer analyst until most commonly used package in business, is superior to Word Perfect in this regard. At this time, the computing staff is not large enough to support both Microsoft Word and Word Perfect. Can we expect to have hard drives in the future? One com- puter with hard drive should be installed in each computing center during this semester. The hard dn\ es will benefit students who realize that they need to type something after the library has closed. In closing, Dr. Maier told Rep that the college is currently trying to gather funds for a computerized classroom labora- tory facility. Any student with an idea or concern about on- campus computing is urged to speak with Dr. Maier or Wendy Davis, a new Academic Comput- us stafj member. KIDS PLAY!! Have you ever wished to be a kid again? Now's your chance. The American Lung Association of Atlanta needs volunteers to work as counselors at Camp Breathe Easy, June 8-14, 1 991 . Camp Breathe Easy is a 6-day overnight camp for children with asthma. Counselors participate in camp activities such as sailing, swimming, hiking, canoe- ing, and team sports. Camp Breathe Easy is held in the beautiful North Georgia Mountains in Cleveland, Georgia. If you have a love for children, and are interested in 1*e caw \ 9 is ao<\ aJa servin 9 as a volunteer counselor, call the Camp Breathe W fTH /Vfl Easy staff at 872-9653. 1986. At that level, I enjoyed the challenge of splvihg a problem, dealing with the responsibility of getting something to work, and creating and developing. As a manager, I feel that 1 am learning different skills, learning to work with people, and learning how to motivate those people and get them to be as productive as they can he. SJK: Do you experience much variety in your work or is it very stnictured ? EW: Due to the deregulation and divesture, the company I work with now w a> formed in 1986. Now we have a small company atmosphere, yet the security of being part of a large company. We're pretry loose out here. This company is very concerned about their employees, values their employees' opinions, and tries to empower its employees so that they can make a difference in the company. It was stnictured arid stale, but now it's great. SJK: Are you married? Children? How does your work affect your family life? EW: I'm not married now. I married right out of college and divorced in 1988, and I have two children. There is overtime involved with my job, such as reading and planning, but I am able to work from home because I can access office information on my computer. STUDENT LOANS: $74,000 in low-interest loans available regardless of finances, income or credit history. For information call 438-3055. $5 OFF COUPON ~1 Shoppe' L Brad M. Cherson, R.Ph. 215 Clairemont Ave. Decatur, Ga 30030 Special Items carried Call in orders available Fast, Personal Service Monday ^Friday 9:30^6:00 Saturday 10:00^1:00 Sunday Closed In front of McDonalds 378^6415 ^Delivery Available STUDENT DISCOUNTS Coupon not valid for delivery J Arts Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 10 Strftg 99< SUBWAY SANDWICH 99< Buy any Sub Sandwich & Medium Drink at the Regular Price Expires March 14 2113 N Decatur Rd , Emory Commons *248-9764 1496 Church St., Suburban Plaza 377-7449 Equal Or LeSSer Value TOr 99C 3201 Tucker- Norcross Rd '621-9283 Get Second Sandwich of Sting supports unknown talents on tour by Kristin Lemmerman Connibuting Editor - \ ;es, Sfing pur on a wonderful concert Saturday night (February 23), his voice only giving our a lirtle in the second of a three- night run at the Fox. Nobody ever doubted rhat his long (over a decade) career as a pei-foriner would lack irs polish, that his lyrics would fail their political and personal punch. It anything^ the drasricallv different style he rook upon with Soul Cages (his latest album, which this concert promorcd) raised some eyebrows as he experi- mented with ja:: in a new, well- mixed mode. The performance he ggtye proved this album and brought back fond memories of everything from the old Police archives to his laresr albums. Yer, his success, in this concerr was never really an issue ro rhe audience rhat night, nor was ir parricularly ro him. In fact, it he was hoping tor rhe sell-out houses he ^or every night he was in Atlanta, his concern was minimally for himself, and a great deal tor rhe exposure it would give his Litest pn Jte^es Sting* AmiuMv lnternation.il activ e membe., pioneer, Qi the environmentally conscious CD case (look tor ir in such main* stream record shops as Gamelot) and lova! husband/father oi three, is devoting t\is record label, Pangaea, ro rhe encouragement oi artists who would nor likely be given a chance by anyone else. Showing rhe energy that being new can give struggling talent, Kennedy Rose opened rhe show with a personal Introduction by Sting, Vinx, who Drums, played immediately afterwards, just preceding Sting. Kennedy Rose is Tennesson singer/sonpvriter/musician duo Mary Ann Kennedy and Part) Rose. The group has been compared to Indigo C nrls but with minimal reason, as all the groups really hav e in common is rhe temalcanale rario and a bent tor acoustical guitar. The majority of rheir songs were ott their new I lai Ku album, promoted as being full oi lyrical "m\ steries ot romance." This Kind has the potential ro go either way in listerner reviews. Wirh a more distinctive lead singer., more percussion (supplied by Kennedy when she laid down her guitar on only two oi sev eral S>Qgs, most notahly "Iron Horse/' to be on ,1 fit fire album) and f more (and clearer) harmoniziijg, their strong melodies would realize their potential and give this band the niche it needs to survive in the music world. As they left the stage, Vinx w as given acclaim by Sting as being somebody who "totally blew [him] away" when he heard him. Except for the blue braid dangling from his brow, this man would look like any other Afro-Ameri- can Arlantan it you saw him on the street. Straddling two barrel-sized drums to accompany him, however, he becomes a traditional African singer -well, sort ot. Skilfully beating out primitive patterns that cry back to simpler times ot non-Western cultures, his Jeep, sonorous voice pours out American tunes, and North American tunes at that, which end up not clashing w ith the rhythm ot the drums at all. His album c< >mes out on March 1 2 and should be well worth checking out. Kennedy Rose's album is out now and available at Turrle's, and is worth checking our it only to keep the band from disappearing while ir further develops the positive in its style. Stmt's latest, ol course, is also on the shelves. While unlike i ;ny.hmga > -|)o4ias^ lH ho i n. dept h , mat ure;fuf u >spejM* >q y typical of Sting is still present, making it an album to catch. Qodfather III proves to be another "hit" BY Tonya Smith Contributing Editor The Corleone saga continues with Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather III. New York, 1979: A distin- guished, ^rev-haired Michael Corleone (Al Pacirio) has legitimized rhe Corleone family and has turned over rhe "olive PEACE CORPS world wise Pu For further information about Peace Corps, write Box 896, Washington DC 20526 INSTRUCTIONS: The U.S. Peace Corps has volunteers serving in more than 70 nations around the world. By solving this puzzle, you will learn about one of these countries. Solve the four numbered puzzle words and then unscramble the letters in the squares to produce the name of the country darkened on the map. Daniel Arap Moi is the President of this former British colony 1 . The U.S. has banned the importation of this product 2. A unit of measurement 3. Large lake named after English Queen 4. Capitol of this nation oil business" to mafia families in i be old neighborhood. Following his father's loot steps, Michael controls the New York families and regulates rheir actions ro keep dings out ot the business. Problems arise when Michael's illegitimate nephew , Vincent (And\ C iarcia), crashes a family celebration to bring news of drui_:-dealin<4 within one ot rhe New York matia families. .Alt In >ugh Vincent is y< rung, foolish, and not-headed; Michael rewards him tor his loyalty by bringing him into the family. Michael, whose only son has rejected any dealings w ith the family business and has pro* fessed a desire ro become an opera singer, treats Vincent as i son and begins to mold him for a tut ure in the Corleone family. As part ot his continuing efforts to keep the family legitimate, Michael begins dealings to take over an international conglomerate owned by the Vatican. Owner- ship of this company will secure the Corleone family financially and will ensure rhat the family w ill stay le^al. Rut there are shady dealings going on between Vatican C Council members, Cardinals, and other interested part Les in Italy. Michael travels to Italy to finalize business with the Vatican C ouncil and the Pope. I le is accompanied by his daughter, Mary (Sofia Coppola), the family counsel (( reqrge Hamilton), and Vincent . Much ot the t ime in haly is spent in Sicily, where Michael joins his ex-wife (Di#ne Keatpn). She has come w ith their son, .Anthony, who will si h >n debut at a (aim his Sk ilian opera house. The opera turns i >ut to be a great SUC lcss for Anthony, but holds little happiness tor the rest ot the ( A >i lei Hie family. There are many surprises m the third but hopefully not final episode of the ( lodfather series, bans ot the lust two c lodfather films will enjo^ the continual n >n of established themes ;md will apprei laie the parallels (as well as the con- t lasts) emphasized between Vincent, Mk hael, and Vito I Mai. m Brando). Those not familiar with the early ( iodjathcr f ilms w ill find ( iodjathcr III enjoyable lor its action, its emphasis i >n relat i< >n- ships and family loyalties, its examination of Italian mafia life, and its inherent ^oriness. Arts Friday, March 1, 1991 The Profile Page 11 New York, discontent, magic herbs abound in Alice By Laura Shaeher dm n Uniting Editor For those oi you out there who are Woody Allen fans, put A/ice on your must-see list, This is the eleventh film that Allen has made with Mia Farrow, who plays Alice, .in J it is in typical Woody Allen style. Alice lives in Manhattan and is the wife of a rich corporate type who rinds herself at a point of crisis in her life. She becomes bored and no longer content w ith the unproductive life she leads. After visiting specialist after specialist about her increasingly painful backache (a psychoso- matic symptom of course), Alice visits an obscure doctor in China Town who specializes in acupuncture and herbal rem- edies. Dr. Yang, played by Keye Luke, diagnoses Alice's discon- tentment simply by taking her pulse and then prescribes some special herbs. Shy and proper Alice meets Joe, an intriguing-divorced jazz musician played by Joe Mantegna, who she suddenly begins to fantasize about. Poor Alice is too shy even to strike up a conversation with him until she has the help of Dr. Yang's rjiagica) herbs. Suddenly Alice is trans- formed, for .i short time at least. Alice soon receives a visit from the ghost of an old boyfriend. Ed, played by Alec Baldwin in his usual dapper Style, remembers Alice's more carefree teenage years. Me is t he /live for the moment" teenage rebcl-w ith-a- leather-jacket type who encour- ages Alice to break out of her rut. In her search to find herself, Alice begins looking for a career to occupy her time. Her "support- ing" husband hints that she is not smart enough to pursue her childhood dream of being a writer. Instead he suggests that she join the wife of one of his colleagues, who is opening her own sweater boutique, because Alice knows so much about sweaters. Despite her husband's "practi- cal" advice, Alice decides to try to break into television script writing. Alice pays a visit to Nancy Brill, played by Cybil Shepherd, an old friend whose career Alice helped to begin. This dear old "friend" is now too busy to help the one who Mia Farrow and Keye Luke in a scene from Woody Allen s Alice. helped her. Alice is encouraged to keep trying by her comical muse, Bernadette Petters. With the aid of Dr. Yang's invisibility herbs, Alice is able to spy on her other friends and her husband. Unfortunately, people are never quite what they appear. What Alice sees and hears surprises her and forces her to make some tough decisions. In the role of Alice, Farrow is the perfect Wocxiy Allen-esque, angst-ridden, guilt-filled character. The movie combines reality with mysticism in a humorous and touching fashion. In one of the funniest scenes, Alice goes in desperation to Dr. Yang, only to share a bong with he and his budies and pass out on the floor. Allen ends the movie with a final scoff at Manhattan superfi- ciality and a picture of Alice as a woman who has overcome society's oppression by taking her life into her own hands. The world of Segalove: not to be framed or on the wall by Christie Miller Staff Wnter Imagine going into a museum and listening to people talk about parts oi their body through a pair of headphones or watching a video about the leisure suit. You think, "What is this' It can't be art. It's not on the wall it's not even framed!" This is the world of llene Segalove. Segalove, a Lbs Angeles media .in ist, presented a mult i -media talk on her work in conjunction w ith her exhibition, "Why I Got Into TV and Other Stones: The Art of llene Segalove" at the High Museum at the Georgia - Pacific Center on February 7th. Segalove explores grow ing up in modern America m large-scale photographic collages, video tapes, audio tapes and installation works. In her talk Segalove explained that as a child, she had more respect tor Popeye than she did for art in museums. She thought then that she would rather he on TV than in a museum. From that point on she proceeded to use TV in her works and later as a medium. She showed a video titled "My Puberty" in which she played herself as a pre-teen. She said that she originally thought of herselt as a visual artist with her photographs and these videos, but one day she discovered that her videos worked without the pictures. This discovery led her to radio. Segalove related that she soon came to like radio better than video, not only for economic reasons (video is expensive and difficult to get funded), but also for its accessibility to the public. It shps into people's everyday lives in ordinary places. In this way her mother's voice as well as her own. Segalove related with amusement how once someone suggested that she get an actress to play her mother on the tapes. More than anything, Segalove thinks of herself as an anthropolo- gist. She wants people to know- that the raw material for art can come from life and that the personal cm indeed he universal. Segalove both challenges and entertains with her works. She call her viewers to look at the world around them more closely, more carefully and with a sense of humor. people do not have to go to the museum to be exposed to Sega love's work. Between the narrative and the art, Segalove creates a wonderful tension in her works. The tension is evident even in her visual images: one of her works, << Kenny", is nothing but a story, framed. Her photographs also have a story-like element to them. She layers and compares images in an intriguing way. Segalove also does a number of works involving her family. She played her audio tape, "Shopping at Mom's." At first, it was a strange experience for the audience to be listening to the art rather than seeing it, but soon everyone was involved in the story and laughing. One nice touch is her use of She wants to emphasize that art does not have to be hard and condescending. Instead, she makes her works funny and entertaining. The only drawback is that some people may not be able to look beyond the entertainment level to the fresh new ideas that Segalove has explored. She was one of the first artists to adopt the medium of video and was closely associated with the California Institute of the Arts and the cultural investiga- tions of John Baldessari. Her use of radio as a medium is a rather unusual concept, especially for this visual generation. Segalove both challenges and entertains with her works. She calls her viewers to look at the world around them more closely, more carefully and with a sense of humor. Her speech was enlight- ening and fun, like her work. Perhaps she made a tape of it and will include it in her next show! The Segalove exhibit will run through March 22 at the High Museum at the Georgia-Pacific Center don't miss it. Dancers demonstrate authentic African dance by Kelly Bell Aiming to bring hack aw areness of a culture, the Uhuru Dancers held a workshop/ performance on campus recently. Commonly known as Freedom dancers, they are a non-profit dance organization with a goal of bringing about an awareness in the community of a traditional African dance. The founder, Toni Young, illustrated dance movements signifying African tribulation and celebration. The dances consisted of calculated foot movements, expressive arm manuevers, and rich hand gestures. Every movement had a colorful African history Behind it. For instance, the delicate twisting of the hands indicated turning over the soil while the swaying of the arms expressed "welcoming with open hands." All movements were accompa- nied by West African music. The musical tunes were common tunes from the African countries of Guinea and Senegal. A local African percussionist provided soulful rhythms. The dances told of a profound history through movements of depth and meaning. It was an experience worth relishing. Senior April Cornish de- scribed the dance session as "exciting and upbeat. I thor- oughly enjoyed being an active participant in the dances. I was able to relate as an Afro- American, and it reminded me a great deal of the dance move- ments done today. "Many Americans don't realize that the movements done today are slightly altered movements from African dance traditions. I felt the powerful history behind it. It really put me back in touch with my unique heritage." The Uhuru dancers hold workshops on Saturday mornings from 10:30 to 12:30 at the Ebster Recreation Center, 404 W. Trinity Street. For more information, call 241-0560 or 498-6099. Arts Friday, March L, 1991 The Profile Page 12 Ii> - Calendar ^ V <. /V * ' ofEvknis * ^"7^^^"^^ ^Qfttri^ting Editor . / ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' \Y7/femi Henry J^foon's Toltfo Forpe and Tunnel is one />i-mr m Mammoth Plates and Early Views of the American West at the High Museum. Theatre Agnes Scott College: The Blackfriars presents Abingdon Square March 8, 9, 14, and 15. Admission is $4, $3 for ASC faculty and staff, noivASC students, and students, $2 for ASC students. Performances are at 8: 1 5 p.m. in the Winter Theatre of the Dana Fine Arts Building. Trie Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Through March 17, Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee will be presented by Callanwolde Theatre. It is based on the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial" Call 872-5338 tor more informa- tion. 14th Street Playhouse: Letters from the Front opens March 6 and runs through the 24th. This new- play revolves around a man and woman whose lives are unexpect- ed 1\ c hanged hy encountering letters written hy American soldiers during times of war. For ticket infonnation, call 892-2414. The Fox Theatre: Jane Curtm and David Dukes will star in A. R. Gurney's unique hit play, hove Letters, through Sunday, March 3. Tickets on sale at all Ticketmaster Outlets. For more infonnation, call 873-4300 Horizon Theatre Company: The Secret Rapture by David Hare will run through March 2 3. For ticket information, call 584-7450. Neighborhood Playhouse: Ronuince i: Romance is making its Atlanta premiere through March 23. $11 adults, $9 students. Call 373-531 1 tor more infonnation. Also: March 3 & 4, open non- equity auditions will be held for Arthur Miller's A View From the Biidge. Casting 1 2 men and 3 women and looking primarily for Italian/Meditenanean types. No monologues needed, only cold readings from the script. Call 373- 3904 for more infonnation. Theatre Gael: Remembering When, a children's play {or the entire family, centers on a very special friendship between an African- American slave and a newly arrived Irish immigrant in 1840s Georgia- March 1, 8, & 15 at 4:30 p.m.. March 2, 9, & 16 at 11:00 a.m. Tickets are $4 for- children, $5 for adults. Call 373-531 1 for reservations. Music Agnes Scott College: For more infonnation on the following events, call 371-6294. On March 3, Rowena Renn will present a faculty recital at 3 p.m. in MacLean Auditorium. Admission is tree. Also: Kirk Concert Series presents Stephanie Chase, violinist on March 7. The perfonnance is at 8:15 p.m. in Gaines Auditorium. Tickets are $10 general admission, $7 ASC faculty and staff, non- ASC students, and senior citizens. Also: Agnes Scott College Community Orchestra Concert on March 10, at 4 p.m. in Gaines Auditorium. Admission is free. The Fox Theatre: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber runs from March 5 through March 10. The soaring, dramatic melodies of Britain and Broadway's Tony Award-winning theatrical composer come alive in this brilliant presentation. For more information, call 873-4300. Grace United Methodist Church: Quantum Productions presents the Tallis Scholars, performing music from Renais- sance England and Prague, on Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $ 16 at the door, 514 in advance. Variety Playhouse: For f urther' infonnation on the following events, call 524-7354- There will he traditional Irish music by the Boys ol the Lough on Friday, March I, "at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $12, $14 at the door. Also: Soul and rhythm and blues hy Little Milton on March 2, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $16.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. Also: Sukay, South American folk music of the Andes on March 3, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door Also: Stideshow and humor from the popular cartoonist of "Dykes to Watch Out For,* 1 Alison Bechdel, with Special guest Venus Envy. Wednesday, March 6, at 8 p.m. Admission is $6 in advance, $8 at the door. Also: Country music by Marv- Chapin Carpenter on Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Reserved seats are $15. Also: Windham Hill acoustic guitar music by Alex de Grassi on March 13, 8 p.m. Reserve tickets are $12. Galleries Agnes Scott College: Invita- tional art exhibit, Morgan 2, runs through March 10 in the Halt on Gallery d the Dana Fine Arts Building. Admission is free. Call 371-6294 tor more infonnation. FAST FUNDRAISING Earn up to $1000 in one week for your campus organization. Plus a chance at $5000 more! This program works 1 No investment needed. Call 1-80O932-0S28 Ext. 50 Atlanta History Center: The Real Peachtiee : Past ami I \esen t opens on March 1. Uses historic photos, postcards, and artifacts to illustrate the evolution of seven prominent intersections on Peachtree Street and the historic significance of the street to the city. Admission is free. For more infonnation, call 238-0655. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: The Persistence of Nature, an exhibit of paintings by Jean Hess, will run through March 29. Admission is tree. Call 872-5338 tor more information, High Museum of An: F< >r nn >re infonnation on the following events, call 892-3600. Lymla Benglis: Dual Natures, the first full review oi the wide-- ranging w ork of Lynda Benglis, one of the most imp tttant and experimental female sculptors oi i iur t line, runs through March 5 1 . A k >: The New Vision : Photography Between the World Wars, Ford Moun- ( Company C 'ollcction from the Metropolitan Museum of Art will run tha >ugh April 28. More than 70 American and European master photogra- phers are represented in this survey ol the radical innovations and revelations of Modernist photogra- phy In the early 20th century. Also: Art at the Edge: Joel ( kterson will run March 16 through May 19. Tins exhibition of large-scale, assemblage sculpture- is the first in-depth examination of Otrerson s witty, recent work, through w hich he comments on the peculiarities of consumer culture. The High Museum at ( Je< nrgta- Pacific Center: For more infonna- tion on the follow ing, call 577- 6940. Admission ts f ree at all tunes. Why I Got into 7A ' and ( )ther Su tries: The Art < )f llene Segal wc will be featured through March 22. Sega love explores the trials, tribulations and amusements of lite in middle-class America. (See review in this section.) Also: Mammoth Plates and Harly Views oj the American West mns through May J, This exhibition consists of 4^ photographs taken in the American West during the second halt of the nineteenth century, Miscellaneous Agnes Scott I College: Dolphin Club presents a Water Show on March 6 and 8 ;it 8: 1 5 p.m. in the Woodruff Pool. Admission is free. Call 37 1 -6294 f< >r m< ire irrf >rraja* rion Fembank Sc ience- ( "enter: lor m< >re information i >n the folk iwing, call J78431L In o injuria i m with the $ws oj India planetarium program, running March 5 through June 2, and exhibition of 1 lindu art ifa< ts, including ceremonial saris, bronze statues, and original artwork, will be ( m d isplay Also: An exhibits >n of draw ings and paintings by 1 VKalh and I >ther mem s C hool readier- produced as part of a st.iff develop- ment a rutse i m the beaul iful unspoiled island of Tortola in tlu- British Virgin Islands, entitled Perceptions of die Tropics, will he at Fembank March 4 through April 30. IN THIS AP TO G*E~T YOU& NBfT Book. T^KCKASE i AT 6HAKESPAKE*C0MfAMK 1 ANV pON'T MVSS OUR. | Aup -pKicep so you VOti'T HAVE TD AH Sha fcespea re XCo. 'Books Avon da festetes, 6 A 30002. , Z9b - 4*0886*** p*fc*j m rear) AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE The Profile The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Friday, March 15, 1991 Volume 77, Issue 9 Nude pictorial featuring Agnes Scott women sparks controversy Deborah Reel autographs Nug&x Kuhadze's copy 0/ Playboy. Latest tuition increase raises concern among students , faculty by Dawn Sloan Contributing Editor The following is the first of a two- part seiies regarding this years tuition increase and student concerns rekiting to Agnes Scott College s spending decisiom . While last years centennial campaign proved successful, the close of the campaign has forced the administration to make many cuthacks which have been perceived hy students and faculty as undesirable. The students' major concern is the annual increase in tuition, and the ways in which the increase will he spent. The faculty also maintains an interest m the College's budgetary decisions. Professor Jack Nelson, president of the Agnes Scott chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), stated that AAUP has been looking at how money has been spent. However, their examination has been mainly from a faculty standpoint. "We are simply trying to understand how money is spent and budgeted/' Nelson stated. Faculty salary increases for 1990-91 were very small and were not received until January 1990. Typically, the College makes an effort to meet the recommended salary levels in the number one ranking for full, associate, and assistant professors at I IB institu- tions as established by AAUP. I IB institutions are those which offer only a baccalaureate degree. The number one ranking provides average salaries at or above the 80th percentile. For the 1989-90 academic year average salaries for the number one ranking were as follows: Full professors $45,000 Associate Professors 36,700 Assistant Professors 30,400 Agnes So >1 1 C >Uege attained number one status for the first time in 1989-90, but failed to do so in 1990-91. Professor Dan Waggoner, chairperson of the College's Faculty Compensation Committee, believes that over the past several years there has been "a good faith effort to meet these goals" and hopes that "they continue to make this effort." Waggoner seems confident that the College remains commit- ted to meeting AAUP's standards, offering reasons for 1990V decrease in raises. "Salaries did not increase as much this year due to a projected decrease in student enrollment and smaller earnings from the endowment." He also noted that the administration has publicly stated their commitment to a raise for the coming academic year even if projected enrollemnt is down. Questions still remain for students. If tuition is not riot going to raise salaries for profes- sors, they want to know where it is being spent. Many students believe that a large portion of their tuition goes into the salaries of administrators. In the 1989-90 academic year, President Ruth Schmidt's salary was $104,000 and a house. This marks an 8. 5 $% increase from the 1988-89 year. The average salary of full pre >fess< >rs f< )t the same year was $46,500 (no house included), representing a change of 8.4% from the previous year. Average salaries of associate and assistant professors were $37,400 and $30,500 respectively in 1989-90. Percent changes for these positions were 7.8% for associate professors and 5.9% for (continued cm page 3) ryJosieHoilman Contnbutiw Editor With the release of the April edition of Playboy featuring "The Women of the Women's Colleges" has come the release i 'I student opinions and emotions, varying from enthusiastic approval to blatant disgust with the three Agnes Scott College w< 'men w ho posed in the magazine. The issue originated when Playboy Enterprises decided last fall that 11 It was only fair" to add women's colleges to their list of institutions featured in their 14- year history of university pictori- als. Thus, in October, Playboy sent Contributing Phon \graphers David Chan and Amy Freytag in search of qualified women for the pictorial. The result was a portfolio of representatives trom 14 schools in five states four each in Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania and one each in New Jersey and Missouri. At least 25 Agnes Scott students were among the auditionciN according to Pkyfei >\. Cindy Rakowitz, Pkiyboy's vice president of public relations, stated that "due to the fact that we knew there was opposition, we thought that turn-out would be less [than usual], but it wasn't." Flyers distributed the informa- tion on campus. Rakowit: believes that most likely a student passed them out 'Tm not going to deny that we will be aggressive in getting the word out. ..but we will not go on a campus uninvited." Rakowitz stated that Playboy's policy is to attempt to promote the auditions on the campus. If that doesn't work, they publicize off-campus. Typically the women want to go to Playboy. She said, "They call us. We don't force them to p< >se. Wherever we go we find girls who want to do it." She also mentioned that there are usually a significant number of women who are interested in other aspects of the magazine, such as writing. These women, who have no desire to pose, choose to support Playboy by spreading information about recmitment. She said that the most important qualities Playboy searched for, especially for this issue, were intelligence and personality as w ell as diversified good looks. "We are known for our tasteful pictorials. It's an ail- American type of look" that they want. Although the controversy began during the recmitment phase in the fall, it essentially disappeared until the release of the April issue on Tuesday, February 26. Apparently the great majority of the campus community was unaware that three of Agnes Scott's students were featured in the pictorial until the magazine actually reached the stands. From that time until now, various interviews have been given by seniors Suzanne Redmon and Deborah Reel and sophomore Kathleen (Kitty) Voss, all of whom appeared in the "Women of Women's Colleges" issue. In the midst of these inter- views, groups of Agnes Scott students have protested against their choice to pose in the (continued on page 2) Inside Rep Cc uncil announces Undoing Racism workshop Editorials PqgE 5 Memories of trip to Soviet Georgia Features Page 8 Doors: Break on through to rhe other side Arts Page 11 News Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 2 Kitty Voss sjgns her picture with a smile. 1991-92 election results Compiled by Ginger Hartley Rep Council President: Amy Higgins Vice-President: Jessica Carey Secretary: Open tor petition Treasurer: Meredith Jolley International Representai ive: Elections held Tuesday, March 12 African- American Representa- tive: Elections held Tuesday, Match 12 [nterdorm President: Vanessa Elliot We- President: five Allen Secretary /Treasurer: Miranda Walker Dorm Presidents: Inman: Emily Perry Main: Mary Curtis Lantord Rehekah: Mary Ahhir Winship: BarhieStitt Walters: Cari Haack I >Otm Secretaries: Inman: Jennifer Bmce Main: Susan Pittman Rehekah: Jen Waddell Winship: Tonya Smith Walters: Ahnna Williams Dorm C ounselors: Inman: Laura Andrews, Recca Boone, Kendra Outler Main: C .ourtne\ 1 larris, Amher Martin Rehekah: KtmJohnsOTl, lenniter Lard, Rnxike Parish, Angela Weaver Winship: Beth Barnes, Katherine Brenning, Aiyson Bunnell, English lliinell. Willa 1 lendrickson, Debbie Henon [osie 1 [oilman, Stacey 1 lonea Kim Walker Athletic Association President: Anne Bearden \ k e President: ^ )peil t< >r petition Orientation Council President: ( arol Wilcher Vice-President: Deana Young Social Council President: Juliet Carney Vice-President: Shannon Grace Secretary: Shannon Ramker Treasurer: Mary Beth Graves Honor Court President: Jeanette Elias Vice-President: Cynthia Neal Secretary/Treasurer: El lie Porter Class Officers 1992 President: Lauren Fow ler Vice President: Courtney Alison Sec re t . i ry/Trcasu rer: Ruth Lightfbot Reps: Leigh Bennett, Ann Btidwells Kara Russell, Tara Sommervifle Honor Court Reps: Noelle Hemming Paige Priester 1993 President: Traci Conim Vice-President: Run-off between Betty Hammond/Helen Nash Sec re t . i r\ /Treasurer: Cathy Alexander Reps: Wendy Allsbrook, Ellen Chilcutt, Maty- Frances Kerr, Deborah Waiters Honor Court Reps: Helene Barrus, Ellie Porter 1994 President: Betsy I lorton Vice-President: Claire Laye Secretary /Treasurer: Tift am Goodman Rej s: Amka Drystad, Andie Medven. Elena Paras, Bryn Perry Honor Court Reps: Julie l\kes, Laura Rice RSO Rep: Jeanne Peters Honor Court Reps: Helene Barms, Susan Buckley Steering Committee: Sandi 1 larsh, Kathleen Monturo, Donna Kimball, Melanie Pavich-Lindsay Playboy controversy (ci minuted from page I) magazine. Individuals from outside the college community have also questioned the reasons behind the w omen's choice, often questioning students other than the three involved in an harrassing manner. Playboy sponsored two auto- graph sessions in Atlanta the day of the issue's release. The students from Agnes Scott, Brenau Women's College and William Woods College w ho are featured in the pictorial w ere available at B. Dalton Book seller on Peachtree from 1 1:30 a.m. to 1:00 and at Newsrack in Lenox Mall later that day from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00. During the Lenox session, between 40 and 50 Agnes Scott w omen dressed in College attire protested the pictorial with posters. Security required protesters to put aw ay their signs. One sign read: "Why should we be jealous of exploitation. 7 " A senior present at the demonstration commented that the message on the poster was in direct response to a remark made earlier in the day by Voss on a local radio station. Voss had stated in a radio interview that the students at her college who w ere upset about the pictorial felt that way simply because they w ere jealous. She commented to ,i spectator that "All my life Pve dealt with people who don't approv e of what 1 do." She hopes that ~ there are people who will take this seriously." In response to the protesters, Voss remarked to Soviet C Georgian reporter Nugzar Ruhadze that she "anticipates it [protesting] will get worse. I'm proud 1 had the guts to do it." However, she felt that "it [would] blow over in a couple of weeks." Deborah Peel commented to Channel 5 New s reporter Doug Richards that she "knew it [protesting] was going to happen." "So what," she said. "They have their opinion, I have mine. Pm an independent person and I'm free to do as I w ish and SO are they. I don't have any problem with their right ti ) be here." One student present at the demonstration said th.it "We aren't here because of the immoral implications involved. That's something for the three women to deal with. We are here because whether inadvertently or not, they have represented our college in an extremely negative way. 'That is why we feel we have to let the public know that Agnes Scott is not an institution of women easier and w illing to degrade themselves by removing their clothes tor money." Spectators at Lenox expressed varying opinions concerning the autograph session. One 31 year-old male said, "I can't understand why women w ould want to autograph a centerfold because women think it's degrading; I think it's degrad- ing." Another male spectator, age 22, responded quite differently when asked his opinion. He stated, "That's their priority to show what they have. Whatever is good art will always be contro- versial." Two Agnes Se< >tt alumnae w ho happened to he at Lenox said t hey w ere shocked by the actions tit the three Agnes Scott women. Kimberly Osias '89 questioned, "Has nothing sunk in.' Has no educational message hit home' The message o\ feminism and independence has been ignored [by these students]." Mitrina Mogelnicki W said she telt that "this will create a lot of misrepresentation. Even the alums will feel it." Lenox Square Mall manager Jim Adkins commented that the protesters from Agnes Scott were "cooperative." He admitted, howeyer, that it he had known the demonstration would occur, he might have denied the news stations the t ight to bring their cameras. When asked it aware ot the questionable window display at the Newsrack, he responded that "We may go up and talk to them about their display. We try to monitor these. We will probably speak to them." Adkins said he did not request for the store to remove the covers ot PLi\hn\ trom their w indow immediately because they were blocked from view by the pn testers. Senior Suzanne Redmon made no comments during the Lenox signing. Since the demonstration at Lenox, Voss and Reel haw participated in several radii) interviews. Voss commented during a morning show program on WKtST'M that she teels the protests by Agnes Scott students were misguided. "I'm really flattered that my breasts are more important than the war." The administration of Agnes Scott released .in official state- ment on the April 1991 issue of Playboy, stating that the College believes the magazine "perpetu- ates and reinforces steret >types against women and that its values run counter to all we represent," and said that it was "disap- pointed" by the choices of these students, but did not deny their right tt make them. Reel informed The Profile that she had previously been told by the Office of Public Relations tli.it the ( College would not have an u ( fficia) opinion. " As V< 65 predicted, the controversy has dec reased significantly. Agnes Scpjfl students still question the actions ot their peers. Reel extends an invitation to clarify any questions. "I'm happy to speak with anyone about the experience. I'm happy to discuss this with anybody. I'm perfectly willing to listen to other opinions. That's what learning is about that's why I'm here." She also clarified her stance on her actions: "I'm not officially representing Agnes Scott. 1 am a student. 1 am a female and 1 happen to attend A SC. I don't proport to represent anyone but myself. It is what it is, it's nothing more. It's ;i picture in a maga- zine." Reel also said that "I'm not so sure it would he such a big deal it A Si ] were co-ed." Phyb 'x's Rakownz provided official comment regarding the magazine's views about their depiction ot women, especially the women ot women's colleges, to the effect that "the readers would have been disappointed it we had featured dressed w omen," and that "the women who protested have a very limited view of feminism; women have the right to do whatever they want to do." When informed that Agnes Scott had experienced numerous cases ol hanassmenl ranging trom mild to more serious. Rakowitz related the information to Playboy Enterprise's I Hrector of Security, w ho w ill be looking into the incidents in the upcoming weeks. The magazine claims to be \ via concerned about threats i< i the safety ot women who pose as well as th.it ot people affected by assi nziation. The director was part icularly interested in an incident involv- ing junior Leigh Bennett two w eeks ago. While driving in Atlanta, a car bearing C ieorgia Tech stickers tailgated her car and then proceeded to drive next to her. Yelling at Bennett, the group of young men waved a copy of April's Playboy at her. In conjunction with posing in the pictorial, each of the women have equal opportunity i >t winning a $5000 scholarship towards their education. By dialing a "900" telephone number and entering a t< >uc h> tone c< >de, readers \ < >te I >n the models, whose messages concern- ing their academic and pers. >nal plans can be heard. Readers may also leave personal messages fot the models. Seni( >r Suzanne Reditu >n's message disc usses her healthy eating habits, menti ming that she tries ti ) stay away In >m "salt and pec ker, uh pepper." Each of the three w < mien mentn >ns ,i desire f< I travel n her message. News Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 3 Students boycott classes for SFA-sponsored teach-in on war BY Missy Mullinax In response to what was called the "underdeveloped" war awareness level of Agnes Scott students, Students for Feminist Awareness sponsored a teach-in on the war. On Thursday, Fehmary 28, students gathered on the quad from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to share opinions, facts, and gut-level emotions about various aspects of the Persian Gulf situation. Several professors, including Cathy Scott, Gus Cochran, and Steve Guthrie, joined the student discussion. Many students participated throughout the day. Although there were a few organized speakers (among them Mary Frances Kerr '93, Layli Miller-Bashir '93, and an Emory student who had heen in Iraq), the stmcture of the teach-in was open and informal. SFA printed and distributed flyers on campus advertising the teach-in. The group encouraged students to "dedicate this day to teaching ourselves and listening to each other" and to "create a non-intimidating environment of mutual respect" where opinions could he exchanged. Topics addressed ranged from "Why is the U.S. in the Middle East. 7 " to "What does the war mean for the peace dividend and the economy?" SFA organizers felt that the teach-in was very successful in its consciousness raising effort. Task force attempts to improve quality of academic and social life m Bryn Perky Task Force D: Quality of Student Life visited student dorms from February 18 to March 5 to discuss their concerns about academic and social life. Each meeting hegan by questioning how the traditional Agnes Scott campus culture fits the current community. Special discussion groups were set up with the RSO, African- American, and international students. Students expressed concern in several areas. Issues commonly addressed were the lack of religious and racial toleration, campus employment, coping with stress, tuition, lack of community among students, and the campus- wide necessity for upgrading morals. Students suggested several ideas for improving the quality of the Agnes Scott experience. Ideas ranged from instituting an aerobics class as part of work study to installing divides, comfortable furniture, and a juke hox in the lower level of the Alston Center. The task force intends to continue conv eying the concerns of the student body to the proper individuals. Task Force D Members currently include co-chairs Gue' Hudson and Rosemary Eheriel; Ron Bymside, Russ Drew, Jennifer Cooper, Cindy Peterson, Patti Snyder, Patricia White, Larry Riddle, Bryn Perry, Rhina Fernandez, Lauren Fowler, and Melody Martini. First sophomore family weekend a success byNAnska Lovell anp Tra( y Peavy The first weekend of March, sophomores experienced two important events as their family and friends visited the campus, and they received their class rings. After attending the reception with the faculty, many sopho- mores spent Friday evening talking and dining with their guests. Weekend festivities hegan on Saturday. The sophomores set aside this morning as a time to show their family and friends what campus life is about at Agnes Scott. Guests had the opportunity to attend two half-hour mock classes. CldSS choices included Myrtle Lewin's "Mathematical Perspec- Global Awareness group presents trip to Oaxaca by Rita Ganey Contributing Editor Have you ever wanted to tour Mexico but never had the opportunity. 7 If so, you missed your chance. On Monday, March 4, everyone on campus was invited to tour Mexico without getting travel sick, Montezuma's revenge, or any of the other negatives associated with extensive travel in Mexico. The 1990-91 Global Awareness class to Oaxaca presented this tour. Beginning in Mexico City, the excursion went to Oaxaca and Cancun. The tour was complete with humorous skits that had actually happened to the group and brief "lectures" on topics the students researched while in Mexico. Some of the topics were feminism, religion, and government. A slide show, narrated hy a "tour guide," gave a sense of the color and atmosphere of the trip. On display were some of the purchases, dolls, wall hangings, rugs, and other things the students had made in Mexico. The guacamole, salsa, and tortilla chips also gave the "tourists" a taste of Mexico. The effect was not only to tell, hut to show, some of the aspects of Mexican life the group encountered. tives in Escher Art," Bemita Berry's "An Introduction to Sociology," Linda Hubert's "Consider Charles ek Kate: 19th Century American Letters," and Cathy Scott's "State and Market in Post Communist Systems." After attending classes, guests regrouped with the sophomores to participate in games in the Alston Center. After several rounds of ASC-style Family Feud, students and their visitors enjoyed a buffet in Evans Dining Hall. Later in the afternoon, sopho- mores presented a slide show depicting their campus life from the past two years. Sophomores spent the remain- der of the day socializing with their families. A fonnal dinner held Saturday evening began with President Schmidt commenting that this was the largest group she had seen at the dinner portion of what used to be Sophomore Parents Weekend. Michael J. Brown also spoke at the dinner, sharing some of his reflections about his many years as a professor at the College. The ring ceremony in Gaines Auditorium immediately followed dinner. Family members and friends sat in the center section with the sophomores filling the two side sections. Tuition increase (continued from page I ) assistant professors. The salaries of administrators at Agnes Scott College can be compared to the median 1990-91 salaries of others in the AAUP's I IB category. The following data were taken from the January 23, 1991 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. The data are based on a survey sent to 3400 colleges and universities in the fall of 1990. Hie response rate was 41%. The source was College and University Personnel Association (CUPA). Median Salaries of College Administrators, 1990-91: (Colleges that offer the B.A. degree only) Chief executive officer of a single institution $90,482 Executive vice president 63,205 Chief academic officer 63,600 Chief business officer 6 1 , 364 Chief student afrairs officer 49,284 Dean, students 40,425 Chief admissions officer 40,000 Chief development officer 58,500 Chief public relations officer 35,223 Assistant to chief executive c^rficcr 37,150 Registrar 33,419 Chief executive officer of a system (All institutions) 98,666 These are median slalaries. Salary infonnation from Agnes Scott College for 1990-91 is not yet available. Waggoner points out that although faculty salaries for 1990- 91 did not increase dramatically, there were rather large increases in the cost of health insurance due to the rising cost of insurance and health care. Benefits as a percentage of salary equalled 22% in 1989-90. He notes this as one important area in which money is being spent. Another, according to Waggoner, is financial aid. Typically a "winner" in budgetary decisions, financial aid makes up 1 7% of expenditures for 1 990-9 1 . Dean of the College Sarah Blanshei lists academic areas in which she feels the most money has been spent. She cites the Global Awareness program as a major recipient of funds. Previ- ously funded by an outside grant, the program is being supported completely by the College for the first time this year. Other areas of large expendi- ture are the funding of the new position of the Director of Academic Computing and extra funding to support faculty development of the sciences. Despite these answers, students are left unconsoled. Many feel that money is not being spent as if should be, citing faculty as the lifeblood ot the College and voicing concerns over the possibility of losing Agnes Scott College's faculty to higher-paying institutions. These concerns have craeted a great deal of resentment over rising tuition. Students feel that until money is more efficiently budgeted, tuition should be frozen. Various plans, including one for guaranteed tuition, have been investigated, but no solution has been found. Editorials Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 4 AGNES SCOTT The Profile Scott Coilbce* Box 764 # De< atur, GA The Forum Editor-in-Chief Michelle Roberts Managing Editor Associate Editor Laura Shaefter Kristin Lemmerman Assistant Arts Ediu Illustrator Circulation Man Advertising Man DSie noil man . Dawn Sloan Blankenship >oke Colvard Icq McGlaun ..Rita Gane) Tonya Smith i, Barbie Stitt :tta Williams Lagniappe by Michelle Roberts It's very hard to give up something that you have been involved in and committed to tor tour years without sounding sappy. Prn feeling mixed emotions, though, as I write my last words as editor in this issue. During my tirst two wide-eyed and naive years at Agnes Scott, I always looked to this space first when 1 read The Profile. At that time, the editor's column was one of the only places in which a writer expressed her feelings about an issue or idea for the whole commu- nity to read and scrutinize. IVe come to realize that this space is not as impor- tant to others as it has been to me. Writing a regular column has given me the self confidence that does not necessarily come with writing ease. I have learned that 1 do have opinions and that they can make a differ- ence. My responsibility has not allowed me to make changes in the way Agnes Scott College functions, but it has given me a sort of bird's-eye view of what goes on. I have had the privilege of hearing women articu- late their own beliefs in a community that acknowl- edges and values us tor what we have to contribute, not f< ac what we look like or how well we can serve others. In a larger college, in which the campus newspaper editor is usually an elected (and paid) position, I'm sure I would not have had this opportunity what more can I say regarding the merits of a small liberal arts college. 7 The experience has been tough. The pressure (largely self-inflicted) to produce a quality paper deserving of this college has often been high; the work has consumed many hours which I usually longed to spend in other ways; but I don't think 1 w ould have had it any other way, I am proud ot the way The Profile has evolved as a valuable channel tor communication. The current editorial ^taff is one ot the most dedicated in years, and 1 sense that the paper is read with enthusiasm by Students faculty, staff, alumnae, parents, and friends. 1 wish Laura Shaefter and Kristin Lemmerman much luck as co-editors. I would like to thank them for appreciating organization as much as I do and lor being unbelievably dependable. Thanks to everyone w ho encouraged and supported me in the past year. I would feel very pretentious if I named them, but I think they know who they are. 1 never thought fid say it, but I will really miss this job. Issues behind the April Playboy "Women of Women's Colleges" issue are complex BY MlCHELE A. BaRARO The latest controversy here at Agnes Scott College has been the pictorial debut ol three students in PLiyhoy magazine. The photos were advertised as part of an article about the 'Women ol Women's Colleges." Naturally, many students, faculty and start members are quite upset. There are many people w ho leel that these women have done a disservice to the institution. They wonder how the women can attend a women's college which promotes women's intellectual strength and indepen- dence and pose tor Playboy. One could possibly argue th.it it is precisely because che^e women attend an institution which promotes women's right to choose that they could bare all for the general public. Other people leel that these women have damaged the reputation ot the scKooi. I hate to inform these people that women's schools already have a charming array ot images ranging from "They're all man-hating lesbians" to 'They're sluttier than the w< >men at co-ed sehtxils." iwEuzaretiiPfiryam Time Trawler li >vesjesus because he brought us such a simple set ot messages designed t< > make this earthly lite Heaven- Here-Now. But in the past 2000 years, he has been burdened down with so much patriarchal garbage, w hi can hardly find the poor fellow amidst it all. Most t >f the excess baggage leads us m >t tc nvard the \w ffshjp ( >t G< xJ, wht ) is pure spirit; but comlit i< >ns suhlinunally to commit idolatry ot the human male by denigrating powerful Biblical women. The end result is ft i instill in us, if we disengage < kjt minds long em >ugh u ) Mieve this sniff, such a sense of guilt and unworthiness thai we will gladlv stay pregnant in the kitchen a x >king a ncred dishes. Alth( nigh tlx* church maintains that Adam was supen< >r because ( u xJ created him first, die discerning reader of the Bible will discov er that all I i the lesser an im, lis were i reated first. Adam was a rough draft. Altht nigh Eve was created by the s ii i le eternally U >rgiving C i( xJ, si >mehow the church his made her sin unforgivable U % eternity. Not i nl\ that, Kit she infected all her daughters with her guilt. But Eve wasn't even There were numerous objections to the women's participation in Playboy's publicity gimmicks including the issues ot sexual exploitation and campus safety. All ot these arguments have validity; however, at this time I would like to raise some other relevant questions. Is it not possible that a campus where a woman can get a hotel room twice each year with the tacit approval of the administra- tion but cannot have a male companion in her room after midnight invites such "breaches ol moral conduct. 1 "' After all, our campus lite has not made significant moves to address the mixed messages promoted by our society. Also, is it not interesting, ai least, that our campus has so many cases of eating disorders and these women, as well as the others who may have tried out but not been chosen, felt the need to seek physical approval in Playboy! We have many discussions ol how to tell if you or a friend suffer from an eating disorder; we do not have any forums, except in women's studies I am sure, to address the problems related to Time Traveler FREE JESUS! made yet when GcxJ gave Adam his instructions about the fruit of die tree ( )t km miedgc. She was deceived by the serpent* while Adam knew that be was defying orders. Tie "Holy Trinity' 1 is never mentu >ned in the Bible. They talked that ( )ne later. It the human family is made in the image ot die heavenly family and that is o imp >sed i f Father- S>n-Ghost, doesn't it seem i vld to you that while die m >ther is si > crucial to human survival, diere isn't one in heaven. 7 Yeah. Maybe if they made die superstructure c >f Christ ianitya little ttU >re [< >gical, [ft >re pet iple \\\ hAI be able to believe it Mary Magdalene wasn't ,i prostitute, either. Nor was Sah me the st npper who got John the Raptist beheaded But calling Magdalene a win >re is a |vrfeet way n > discredit Jesus' m >st 1( jyal disciple, the ( me courage* hls em hi Ji t i stand by the u\ ^s with him while the men cowered in hiding. Sak me was really the m< itherof the disciples James , ind Jt lfo& 1 len xJias' daughter has m > name in the Bible. Tie churches win i bar w< >men from the pnesth( x kI use several excuses, all ( >f which are t( >tally women's physical self-images, Let us think seriously about these questions. We have the golden opportunity to use this current "crisis" as a vehicle for dialogue and change. Let us look at these issues outside ot "the morality question" and stop condemning one another tor our individual, it poor, choices. Women condemning women does not encourage change. When Playboy ^nwnwKcA its intentions last semester, the only people who expressed eoncern were our local, olten-ostracized feminists. They asked for our support in a protest. We declined; we just laughed it ofl at the time. Now, we have deckled to get angr\ and to protest. We could have gotten together, as rumor says that Spelmanites did, and made a conscious, collective decision that no student would apply to Playboy. We missed our chance; now, we are upset. The time tor protests was last tall. Now, it is time to look at the possible issues behind the issue and to attempt to deal with them accordingly. PEACE illogical. Eve's eternal guilt is one. And, "Jesus was a man," they siy, ^therefi >re w< >men can't be pnests." Jesi is was also a y< n ing, eta n usual Semite, and yet the priesthood is not limited to such men. Besides, as S >n >i oner Tmth \\ tinted out, if Jesi is was K >m ( 4 a virgin, then men had nothing at all to do with him. Then they'll say, "Well, St. Peter was a man when Jesus said "I fpon this rock I will build my church.'" I low- ever, rocks have no discernible sex 1 haven't Ken able t< I Itvate the tninslation where Jesus says, 1 shall build my church upon this peter." ^ince all humans haw the simc sex organs, the only difference is that men have, in enlarged*. Iitorisand fallen < ivaries, If < heaven. I X >e s anylxxly ten w if ( ath( >l ics who are checking out a new i hurt luarry alt >ng a tufcf? Ladies, believe what you want but, according ti ithe Bible, Jesus was a feminist If men attempt to enslave y< >u in 1 lis name-, d( >n't Mieve a w< rd 1 4 it. "R i many shall < < me in my nape, and they shall de< eive many." 1 le was right ah id that, i < k >. Editorials Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 5 U5- poHeafc 4np fSrhign Policy Rep by Christy Dickert During the weekend of April 12-14, all Agrees Scott students will be Invited to attend Rep's diversity project, the Undoing Racism Workshop, which will he unlike any previous Rep- sponsored diversity program. What will be so spec is 1 about this project I First, four facilita- tors will be coming from the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond in New Orleans to Lead the conference. Secondly, those attending will need to commit Friday evening, Satur- day, and Sunday to the work- shop. Now before you begin to make excuses such as having to attend this < >r thai party or having a big paper due on the following Monday, consider what you will gain from the Undoing Racism Workshop. First, you will develop measures that can be taken here at Agnes Scott toward dealing with racism on campus. In addition, you 11 leave the workshop with the individual skills to deal with different kinds of power structures, whether they he racism, sexism, or ethnocen- trism. These seem like valuable U.S. and Them Deaf Editor: I managed to attend about two hours of the teach-in February 28, and I want to thank the organizers and discussion leaders for their efforts. It was clear that people had done then- homework and, even more, that they had thought long and hard about the issues they raised. There was also more openness to diverse opinion more of an attempt to mediate and incorpo- rate than I remember from my own college days in the 1960s. There are dozens of things I would like to say now, especially after a night to think about them, and I'm sure that everyuone who was there feels similarly. I'll limit myself to one thought, which as far as I know was not discussed during the discussion. Once or twice at the teach-in, and several times elsewhere on campus in recent weeks, someone commenting on the treatment of Palestinians has used a phrase like "the Jewish people" when they meant "the state of Israel." I'm sure no harm was intended, hut there is a difference, and we need to keep it in mind. Current Israeli policies are those of an elected Rap skills to gain from just a weekend - long workshop! The Undoing Racism Workshop will he very interac- tive and w ill work best it participants come from all different beliefs and backgrounds. It is Rep's goal to have at least 40 students attending. One of the goals of the workshop will he tor participants to see how structures such as racism are built. By understand- ing how these hierarchies are formed, participants will learn how to more effectively deal with them. Students will also learn to look at the history of movements for equality through the eyes of those being oppressed, rather than from the traditional viewpoint of the dominant group. Agnes Scott women who have .it (ended the Undoing Racism Workshop elsewhere in the past say that while the weekend w as very intense, they left the workshop feeling empowered. Past participants highly recommend the workshop, and Rep hopes th.it students will take advantage of the opportunity to learn how to effectively deal with an issue of vital concern to our campus. government (as our own policies in the Middle East are those of an elected government.).* but Israeli policy is not the will of all Israeli citizens there is orga- nized opposition within Israel, just as there is organized opposi- tion here to American foreign policy and they are not the policies of "the Jewish people," most of whom don't even live in Israel and have no say in the matter. I still believe that Israel's policy toward Palestinians is wrong, hut this war has given me a new understanding of the precariousness of Israels exist- ence, and I am less sure now that there is a simple solution to the problem. Maybe more impor- tant, the byproducts of this war the general moral anaesthesia, the rhetoric of demonization on both sides, the harrassment of Arabs, including Arab-Americans ("the Moslem people"), here and in Great Britain and elsewhere have reminded us all once again of the danger of blaming things on an abstract "Them," whoever "They" are. Count the cost, starting with six million of u Them" in Germany and Poland and millions more in Armenia, Africa, both Americas, (continued on page 6) by Kat Robinson I would like to thank those of you who responded with your thoughts about Helen Mcintosh. Here are nvo: From C. Snead (from an old tombstone) To live in the Hearts We leave Behind Is not to die. Fn >m Pn )fesH >r Penelope Gimpbell Helen was in my course, "The United States and Japan," during the fell semester, N8 L ). Lcoking back in my grade book, something I almost never do, I find that she had perfect attendance 6 >r the semester and also that she had a high A for the course. There are many things that 1 remember about Helen, hut two stand out in particular. One is die puckish Imk she had on her face one day in class when she recommended Tsingtad Beer to me and told me what "Tsingtao" means. The other Is the term paper she wti >te and presented to the class at t he end of die semester. She selected the topic of the reaction of the American public to the dropping of the ate >raie K >mhs on Japan* It was an excellent paper and the bibliogra- phy was so gtxxi that I made a copy of it for my own future use. On the final examination, die students ( 1 1 of diem) were required to write hnefly about one term paper other than their own. By a large majority, more students chose Helen's paper to discuss than any other. It was a great joy to have Helen in my class and to converse with her on campus after that semester. I shall always remember her rich voice and RTC Corner her cheerfulness. I shall always cherish her memory. Also, thanks to SO A tor voting to donate $100 to RSO for a memorial pn )ject ( it their ch< nee for Helen. There are several projects being discussed at diis time. If w >u would like t< i c< attribute either ideas or donations, please contact Jean McDowell, Box 585. UNDOING RACISM WORK- SHOP: SGA is sponsoring an Undoing Racism Workshop April 12 to 14. This normally expensive seminar will be i feed free of charge! Spaces are limited! Please call Karhryn Cullinan, ext. 6842, for more information. Mark your calendars! THANK YOU DEAN HUDSON! Our request for a daybed or sofa in the RTC room at the Annex may be just around die comer. Cue' Hudson and Brenda Jones will be looking into the allotment of space at the Annex to see if we can move out the extra desk and move in a sofa bed. Also, Dean Hudson is very receptive to the idea of a special RSO Handbook and is willing to help us widi its produc- tion. Those of you who are inter- ested, please contribute any ideas to Box 648 or 53 1 . We are considering try ing to paste something together over die summer for fall presentation. Wanna help. 7 ! CONGRATULATIONS!! to all RSO seniors GRADUATING in '91. YEA!! How about you being the first to contribute to our u bio" request 7 Just a few short sentences on who you are, your family, pets, goals, a small photo, and how many times you've wanted to throw in the towel! Be an inspiration for all those of us wh( i sometimes wonder if it's really wordi the pain to stick with it till die end! Support your fellow RTCs by sharing \\ >urown SUC X-ESS^ THANKS to ail of y< ai who attended die Strategic Planning Task Force meeting Monday, March 4. I know your ideas were appreci- ated and may help make a difference in die lives of RTCs in the coming sernesteis; Please d< fri't let your idea* fade away. Bring them up at RSO meetings, submit them to Box 53 1 or 648 for publication in the RTC CORNER and our Newsletter. Each time you express your thoughts, they make an impression, and somehow before you know it, they become reality. There are lots of little changes diat would make RTC and day-student life here even more pleasant and supportive. We make up over 10% of die student body. We can be an important positive force at Agnes Scott. You are a part of that force. By participating and directing focus, you can help make yourself and others more comfortable in die hair- pull mg experiences oi life! So tear off a a urnef h\ xn your notebwk, jot down that idea or solution or problem diat has been floating around in your mind tor die last year regarding campus life, and see it solidified in print, as will at least 1C\? other RTCs! It's not likely to fade away after that! DEADLINES! for any contributions you would like to see appear in The Profile, the next deadline is April 1 1 . Put your material in box 53 1 or 648 before that date, please. There is no deadline for die Newsletter. Letters To The Editor Editorials Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 6 Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and so on. I don't have precise figures, but I wonder if it would surprise any of us to learn that the world has lost more lives in this centur> r from the wish to be rid of "Them" than from drunk driving, smoking, and fatty foods combined. Sincerely, Steve Guthrie Overexposed Dear Editor, The recent exposure received by three ASC students in Playboy Magazine has provided us all with an opportunity to re- examine the issues and values by which we choose to define ourselves. The reactions 1 have witnessed have been as diverse as our student body. They have ranged from a "live and let live" attitude to outrageous indigna- tion at such an "obviously damaging decision which harms not just the college but the entire female population. " I believe this process can be productive, but am inclined to see what has happened amongst us as divisive rather than consensual. A process I have witnessed repeatedly on campus. A precess I would like to change. For if as womeen attending an all-women's college in pursuit of fairly similar goals we fail to coalesce, how do we plan to progress in the "real world" ? While 1 am personally disappointed any woman would decide to pose in Playboy, I do not seek to participate in the condemnation of these women personally, but rather the condemnation and subsequent transformation of a system that attempts and all too frequently succeeds in convincing women that their primary source of value lies in their sexuality as defined by the white male. Some readers of this letter may deny the validity of this argu- ment, claiming it to be a "cop- out" for a woman's responsibility in this process. While there is truth in the acceptance of the value of self-detenriinance, in its strictest application it fails to allow for differences amongst us in the acquisition of this value. This argument is very close to the uninformed position put forth by those of us who are so tolerant of the women in abusive relation- ships. That is, "Why don't they just leave?" This lack of empathy for women who are not as strong as others of us, or are simply caught up in circumstances they cannot transcend causes us to frequently abandon those women in the most need ot our collective strength. All too often disgusted by what we label as timidity in these women, we alienate them further rather than empowering them to do what is best tor themselves, as well as for women in general. I am calling on each of us to remember that we are all individu- als, but we make up a greater whole. We are all on the same side. Focusing on particularism as lesbian-feminists, heterosexual feminists, feminists of color, feminists who wear makeup or "I'm not comfortable with the feminist label" feminists is divisive. We are all women in support of women. Most especially when one of us is confused, temporarily immobilized, imma- ture, or manipulated. Creating divisions amongst ourselves in the scheme of things impedes our progress as a gender. It fails to allow for the very issue our foremothers fought for: freedom of choice. Sometimes our choices are good, and sometimes they are not so good, but we do the best with what we have at the time. And at least these choices are becoming choices we make for ourselves. It is time to move on. ..together. Karen A. Schulze The "D" word Dear Editor: Questions arising from the Faith and Learning Symposium are the same type of complex questions asked of our pluralistic society as a whole. Although Agnes Scott is traditionally Presbyterian, the same dilemmas that exist at this college arc also experienced in business and government can religion be "pushed: 1 ? As a democratic nation, we af given the challenge of upholding the rights of a diverse society. How far can an inatitution go in teaching a single religious doctrine? The key question is whether Agnes Scott wishes to remian "traditional" or expand on our new *' progressive" ideas. In order to meet the future needs ot women in our modern society, it will be necessary to apply a principle that will incorporate our diversity with a high moral standard. Agnes Scott has already made greal strides in meeting these challenges. Diversity and freedom of thought have been encouraged with great success. At the same time, Presbyterianism is there for th< ise who "feel the call" through our new full-time chaplain Patti Snyder. Great strides have also been made in the religion department by the appointment ot Professor John Carey as head of that department. Both of these fine individuals are there for those who want to explore the Presbyte- rian faith. If diversity has served the development of this country so well throughout its history, why wouldn't it also make Agnes Scott a great community. 7 Let's just keep moving along in the direction we are going, for we are alraedy on the right road. Carolyn L. Williams Peryam responds to Parry's letter Dear Dr. Parry, Reasoned discourse is a luxury available mainly in academic settings and then only to the privileged few. It is useless in tmng to deal with an organiza- tion that considers my uterus more important than my intelligence. It is useless also to a woman trying to explain to her numerous children why they don't have enough to eat or a place to live. The women of Agnes Scott need facts about the life they face in the real world. One fact is that if they join the Catholic Church and marry, they will be considered breeding stock to manufacture more Catholics for the Pope. This is a usefl fact w hen planning one's life. For an example ot the Catholic Church's reasoning, let's construct an exercise in logic, using as premises two fairly recent statements made by the Vatican (paraphrased): "Dis- crimination against women is bad." "We discriminate against women and will continue to do so." "Therefore we are ." I leave you to till in the conclu- sion. It will not be the same according 10 logic as it is according to the Vatican. Time Traveler 200^500 Summer Camp Positions Available Staff Referral Services provides a network of camps, now hiring, from "The Keys" to WisconsiivMinncM >ta. ( h\c application reaches all camps. Applicat ions at the Student Employment Office. Applications for the L992 Most Beautiful Eyes in America Contest will s( >on be available in the post office. Proceeds to benefit the National Society to Prevent Blindness. Questions. 7 Gail 4984729 AT THIS POINT. YOUR ALMA MATER DOESN'T MATTER. There's one exam even the best of colleges can't prepare you for. Last year alone. America's businesses lost more than $60 billion to drugs. So this year, most of the Fortune 500 will be adminis- tering drug tests. Failing the test means you won't be considered for employment. And that's a matter of fact. WE'RE PUTTING DRUGS OUT OF BUSINESS. Partnership for a Drug Free America Features Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 7 Student Health Center needs some improvements by Bethany Blankenship Contributing Editor Why can't we have 24-hour health care services. 7 Why don't we have a pharmacy on campus. 7 Why can't our health center provide more gynecological services? These are questions we've all pondered about the Agnes Scott health center and the solutions aren't easy to come by. Mary Lu Christiansen is a nurse practitioner and Director of Health Services here at Agnes Scott. She received her nursing diploma at St. Joseph's Hospital. She earned both her bachelor's of science and nursing and her master's in nursing at Georgia State University. "Certified Registered Family Nurse Practitioner" is her title. By definition it goes vv beyond basic nursing, it allows for more independent practice, provides additional training to make more effective assessments of common health problems and management of those problems through direct management, direct care, and referral systems," she says. Christiansen works with only the assistance of secretary Pat O'Doherty and one part-time student worker. The college is in the process of trying to hire another nurse practitioner for the health center. He or she will hopefully be able to provide increased gynecological services. The staff number hasn't always been so limited in the health center. In fact, the health center used to reside in what is now the Collaborative Learning Center. In the 1950s, the building was called the Walters-Winship Infirmary At one time three nurses under the supervision of one doctor headed the infinnary. It provided 24-hour health care services for the students. However, in the 1970s the 24- hour health care service was re- evaluated because there weren't enough students actually spend- ing the night in the infirmary to make it worthwhile. The infir- mary then reduced its hours and cut down on staff. The health center moved in the mid-1980s to where it resides now in the bottom of Main. The hours are still as short and the staff number as low but a doctor does visit the health center. Dr. Spruell can be found at the health center on Fridays from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Christiansen refers students to him when she cannot make a clear assessment of a student's problem. The health center isn't perfect. Here are some problems students have encountered: Why cant the health center provide 24-hour services? The health center lacks the funding to provide enough staffing for 24-hour services. Even when the campus was provided with 24- hour health care, it was not popularly used. Also, during that period of time, Dekalb Medical Center had not yet been built. When students were sick, they had no other place to go other than the health center. Now that there is a local hospital emergency room, students can go there for treat- ment after health service hours. Even if a student doesn't have a car, her senior resident, resident assistant, or even Public Safety can give her a ride to Dekalb Medical. Why cant the health center provide an over-the-counter phaiinacy on campus? Christiansen receives samples of medication from drug represen- tatives but many drug reps cannot give her certain types of medica- tion (like antibiotics) because those types of drugs can only be given to a pharmacy to distribute. Although the college doesn't have the money to open a pharmacy, the health center does work with McKinney's Drug Store, which delivers to Agnes Scott. Why can't the health center provide more gynecological services? Christiansen is limited in the services she can provide. Hopefully the new nurse practitioner who is hired will be able to increase the health center's gynecological abilities. Why doesnt the health center provide a full- time doctor? U A full-time doctor isn't necessary. The majority of illnesses [seen here] are common, easily treated illnesses that can be treated without the expense of a full-time doctor," states Christiansen. Isn't it obvious that there is a common trend in each of these questions? It all comes down to money. If there were no budgetary restraints, these problems could probably be eliminated. The problems do exist and Christiansen welcomes your suggestions to try to improve our health center. Street Beat Compiled by Willa Hendrickson and bethany Blankenship The Question: Where do you think the latest tuition hike is going? Angie Simmons, Class of 1994: "AU 1 know is hearsay. I think the information on tuition should be presented to everyone [explaining] exactly w here it goes. I had read in previous Profiles that financial aid does not change when tuition goes up. I think that there should still be in the works a freeze on tuition." Claire Lave & Betsy Horton, Class of 1994: "We don't know where tt r s going, but some oi it should go to increasing the scholarships and more financial aid, although the financial aid here at Agnes Scott is very gotxl. ASC is very well endowed. Perhaps those in need could get a little more money." Mario Oliver, Class of 1992: "The saying is, everybody knows how much the Blackfriars enjoy bending over backw ards to raise money for their productions, so the money will probably be used to recompense the theatre department." Andie Medven, Class of 1994: "1 would hope that the tuition increase goes to something important like academies, but it will probably go to finance some new administrative position." Georgia Fuller, Class of 1993: "1 really don't have a clue w here the money's going to, bin I wish 1 knew, how about you?- Features Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 8 T aim ma, Mil hat Gaumarjos megobrobas! a toast to lasting Georgian friendship by Sanpee McGlau Laura Shaeffer Contributing Ediu m As we w ere preparing through- ( >ut the tall semester to gp to Tbilisi, C leorgia, we w ere given the usual "what to take" lists, cultural "what to expect" tips, and a speed v survey of 2000 years < >f Georgian history. We were told about the i reoigian people and how important, even sacred, friendship ____ is to them. We were tptd to expect to be enchanted by the warmth of the ( le< >rgians. But w hen Keti, our C ieotgian language tutor, told us, "You might even find love/* we all smirked. Yeah, right. But she was right We (the authors) did not find love in the romantic sense, hut we did find the bve o! friends and a new family. When Georgians tefer to friendship, they are referring to a lifelong KmuI forced in childhcxvl. They make friends m primary school, and they maintain these friendships tor the rest of their fives* We arrived in Tbilisi on New Year's Eve. Georgians don't celebrate New Year's Eve. Let us clarify that statement. They begin celebrai ing at midnight, and the party continue- until dawn. We spent the tir^t h< >ur t >f the new year with our family, sampling C icorgian delicac ies. The minute the clcxrk stnick twelve we toasted the New Year; then the phone calls from family and friends began. The phone rang w ith incoming calls or was being dialed for outgoing calls fern midnight until one am Then the guests began to arrive. There were over 25 people jammed elhow to dhow around one long dinner table. At first it seemed like an American party, with a large group of acquaintan- ces whose only common t ie is the While there is no more love in the Qeorgian culture than in others, it is much more apparent. Before we left, we did not believe that such deep bonds could be forged in such a short time. host. We ate, we danced, we toasted; the parry finally broke up shortly after five. We later discovered that everyone in attendance at the parry was a close friend of our host brother and sister, Nika and Tamuna. We were introduced to at least ten 11 he st" friends. "Best" is plural in Georgian. Perhaps the word choice was due to a language barrier, and they actually meant "close," hut it was pn tbabiy more of an illustration of an innate difference in our tw< i cultures. Friends arc family members. They pome in and out of their friends' apartments with the familiarity 1 *t * >ne who lives there. Our first day there we were served lunch by a woman who we assumed to be a cousin of our host family; her manner and actions suggested to us that she was a relative answering the phone, serving lunch, etc. We later discovered she was a neighbor, one of the "best" friends. Georgians 1 favorite pastime is simply gathering at one of their friends' homes for an informal supra, or party. People sit around, eat, dance, and simply enjoy each other's company. Our best __ memories are of the supras we took part in. Georgians treat their guests with even more devotion than they show their friends. As guests, we were immediately welcomed into their circle and designated friends. It felt almost like cheating! It was an honor to he called friend hy those to whom the word means so much. We made more friends than we could team the names of. (Luckily, main of them had the same name! George, or Giorgi, is particularly common in Georgia, as he is their patron saint.) Not only are friends family, but family are friends. C }& >rgians are very affectionate with and protec- tive of both their friends and family members. Brothers and sisters ,ire part of the same group of friends. They dance together and hang out t( >gether. Older hn >t hers are very protective of their younger sisters. Nika would always make sure that Tamuna stayed out of trouble. Several times Tamuna referred to American young adults' practice From Student to Attorney by Shirley J. Kennedy Connie Patterson '84, who tnajored in English and psychol- ogy at Agnes Scott, is an attorney specializing in real estate development law with Hyatt cx Rhoads, P.O. In this instance, 1 feel that it might he of more interest to raeders to learn about entering and completing law school than the work performed as a lawyer. Based on my personal experiences in the legal world and the opinions of a few of my attorney friends, "LA. Law" it ain't! SJK: When did you first decide that you wanted to be an attorney. 1 CCP: When 1 was a junior at Agnes Scott. SJK: How did you go about obtaining admission to law- school. 7 CCP: The process is fairly similar to the undergraduate admission process. Instaed of taking the SAT, you take the LSAT and fill put applications, just like college, but the applica- tions are usually longer. SJK: Where did you attend. 7 CCP: The University of Georgia. 1 chose it because 1 wanted to practice in Atlanta, and Georgia is a good "feeding 11 school into the Atlanta market. SJK: Hid you immediately enroll in law school upon graduation from Agnes Scott .' CCP: Yes. SJK: I've heard from some friends of mine who are currently in law school that the first year is pure hell! What was [aw school like for you.' CCP: Absolutely! Actually, tor me personally it was probably the best year of my life and the worst year of my life. SJK: Can you elaborate? CCP: The amount of time studying and the amount ot time spent, the frustration level everything was at a peak. 1 thought 1 studied hard at Agnes Scott ! In law school it was increased ten times. At the same time, 1 met wonderful people. I made friends that 1 know 1 will have the rest ot my life. You go through so much together, it becomes a really tight-knit group. When you rise to meet those challenges, it is that much rriore re wad ing. The funny part is that it's just the first year. You sort of breeze through the next two. The only hard thing about my second year was that I was on Law Review, SJK: During a law school student's second and third year, she attempts to obtain a clerk posit ion with a firm, which will, hopefully, lead to a full time position with that firm. What is involved in securing such a position.' CCP: Every major law school has an on-campus recruiting program. Before the firms ever come to campus, you select who gets your resume. Resumes are shipped oft to the firms, they come onto campus for a prelimi- nary interview, and a call-hack interview. Then out of the t wenty or however main the\ interview that day, they choose two or three to come to their firm to interview, SJK: Is it true that an English major is the best prcpar.it i< mi .i lawyer can have? CCP: That's probably true with most colleges. That's not necessarily true.it Agnes Scott, because no matter w h.it y< hi major in at .Agnes Scott, you wind up writ ing a million papers. 1 hose |in law school] who didn't have 'he writing skills really suffered. of moving out their homes and away from their parents. That action is simply unthinkable to Georgians. They live with their parents until marriage, and often after that, too. Tamuna told us several times, "We could not live without our parents." The bond between parents and children is very strong. They take care of each other for all of their lives. While there is no more love in the Georgian culture than in others, it is much more apparent Before we left, we did not believe that such deep bonds could be forged in such a short time. But C ieorgia and its people are intense in their emotions, their love, their friendship. We were blessed and honored to be considered "friends" in ,i place where friendship is so highly valued. Travelers often claim, "Oh, it was ihc/>cn/)/e who made the trip special." It sounds like a cliche for us to make the same claim, hut the Georgian people are truly unique. Every posteatd we sent hack home contained the phrase, "The people are wonderful/ 1 and it is true. When we It x k through our photographs, we don't pause so much toooh and aah over the beautiful architecture of the churches and monuments instead, we sigh over the pictures of our friends and family. We had wondered if our trip to Tbilisi would change us, or if it would simply he an isolated event in our lives. When we left C Georgia, we did not leave our ( Jet >rgian friendships behind; we brought the love we found there hack with us. Our beans, however, remain in Tbilisi. Features Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 9 Public Safety officer played dual role in war by Brooke M. Colvard Contributing Ediu >r The following article was inadverp mdy left out of the last issue. Michael A. Gaston has been a member of the Department oi Puhlic Safety since last summer. On January 7, he left Atlanta boiind tor Jeseri training in California. Gaston was horn in New York City to the late Paul Gaston and Lois Gaston. He has a sister, Lis t a, and two brothers, Paul and Vincent. At the age of five, C Gaston's family moved to Los Angeles, where his mother still resides. 4 As a child, he was military minded very patriotic," says his mother "He loved to watch John Wayne/ 1 In L972; at the age^of seventeen, Gaston enlisted in the Marines, becoming an armed escort. While in the marines, Gaston was stationed in several foreign countries Including Spain, England, France, and the Phillipines. After serving as a marine lor eleven years, he joined the Army and worked tor security ;it the Los Angeles airport In 1985, he moved to Atlanta, "to further his education by attending Morris Brown Acad* emy," according to Mrs. Gaston. "He wants to get his education and career together before marriage/ 1 Mrs. Gaston says that Michael is a "second generation American" on her side of the family. His grandmother was British and his grandfather was from the Middle East. His father's family has lived in Georgia for over a hundred years, and now reside in Savaiv nah. Gaston comes from a long line of military service; one oi his relatives fought in the Civil War. His mother calls his participa- tion in Operation Desert Storm "a dual role he wants to free his ancestral land and serve the United States." Gaston currently serves as an active member of the Army's armored corps. He has been stationed at Fort Irwin with the intention of going to the Middle East forty days after his arrival at the fort on January 7. At press time it remained unknown if Gaston's unit left for the Gulf on the planned date or if the date of departure was postponed. CDCC SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR 111 EC STUDENTS WHO NEED MONEY FOR COLLEGE Every Student is Eligible for Some Type of Financial Aid Regardless of Grades or Parental Income. Many scholarships are given to students based on their academic interests, career plans, family heritage and place of residence. There's money available for students who have been newspaper carriers, grocery clerks, cheerleaders, non-smokers. . etc. Results GUARANTEED. CALL BETWEEN 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. EST. 1-800-542-5174 E H Ellen Wheaton You'll enjoy meetin' Ellen Wheaton m Janet Kinn Ellen Wheaton joined our campus February 1 3 as the long- awaited Coordinator of Student Activities. Since lew students have had a chance to meet her, the office of Student Activities w anted to give the campus community a brief introduction to our newest member. Wheaton is an Atlanta native. She majored in public relations at the University of Georgia and just recently completed her master's degree in counseling at Georgia State. Although she has no pets to keep her company at home, she does have a husband named Mark, w hom she married a year ago last August. She enjoys aerobics, running, and generally "anything outside." She is also Involved in youth counseling at her church. Wheaton brings to Agnes Scott a Lot of energy and enthusi- asm for her job. She encourages students to come by her office anytime to give her suggestions oi ideas for new programs or activi- ties, or just to come by and meet her. In the few weeks she has been here, she has made herself an important part of our community. She is already busy planning coffee houses and ordering new pool cues, not to mention supervising all the workers at the Information Desk. When asked what she would like to accomplish in her job, she laughingly replied that she wanted to book the Indigo Girls for a coffee house within the next two years. Good luck, Ellen! Congratulations Seniors! You have been chosen... The Career Advisory Board is proud to announce a new feature section of The Profile in your honor. In order to recognize the rewards of your academic efforts here at Agnes Scott, we w ill publish a list of students' names along with accepted job offers and graduate school acceptances in each issue of the campus newspaper. To be recognized, submit your name and phone number, along with the name of your company and job title, or your graduate school and area < >f study to Susan McTier, Box 427, or to Laurie Grant in CPekP. Save this announcement for the big day. Don't be shy; we're proud of you! Buckle Up For Spring Break '91 Features Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Pact 10 Caution: This article may contain radioactive material! by Brooke M. Colvard Contributing Editor What do smoke detectors, rocket launchers, Coleman lantern mantles, cat s eye marbles, vaseline glass, Fiesta Ware, camera lenses, and the tile that was in the Georgia State University president's bathroom have in common? Give up. ? They are all radioactive! Three classes in the biology deptartment (cellular physiology and biochemistry, microbiology, and molecular genetics) attended a professional training program on February 21 and 22 con- ducted by Drs. Paul Frame and Elbert Carlton at the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) in Oak Ridge, Tennes- see to learn how to safely handle radioactive majtjrials, with an emphasis on P , a radioactive isotope of phosphorous. The radiation safety program consisted of lectures and hands- on lab experimentation from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on both Thursday and Friday. Lecture ropics included introduction to radioactivity, principles of radiation safety, radio tracer techniques, and gamma spectros- copy. Lab topics included basic lab techniques, primary productivity, solvent extraction, ion ex- change, and gamma spectros- copy. The program kept us all very busy, but we gained useful information that we will be incorporating into our individual lab experiments here at Agnes Scott. We also learned a little bit about the history of ORAU while participating in the program. ORAU is a part of the historic Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL). ORNL was built in 1942 as a part of the famous Manhattan Project and manufactured weapons for World War II, including making the fuel for the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. ORNL is also the site of the first man-made reactor. The buildings in which the ORAU are presently located housed classified government documents during World War II. Today Open 7 days a week M-F 9-8:00 Sat 9-6:00 Sun. 12-5c00 ^^aritestkSanis* the Original Family Haircutters J At Emory Commons Shopping Center Shampoo tfjjjr {k t/vA ' Precision cut \J S ^ 0 Reg. $14.00^^1^1 1 320-3128 Expires 33191 ^r^k^^TA | Full Service Salon No Appointment Necessary I 1 $5 OFF COUPON ^^^^ National PrekcriDtlon Centers Brad M. 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Students find overseas friends through penpals by Janelle Bailey Early in the fall semester, signs were posted asking for pen pals tor soldiers in Operation Desert Shield. With more and more units being sent to Saudi Arabia, Agnes Scott students began writing letters addressed to "Any Service Member." So why did they write. 7 Mainly it was to show their support tor the troops regardless of their opinions about the war itself. Susan Pittman '93, said, "I started writing to a soldier to show them that they are being supported ewer here and this would not turn into a Vietnam situation with the American public." And, added Jessica Roosevelt '94, "I know what it's like to not get mail." Others are writing to family members or friends. Stacey Honea '93, is writing to a friend from high school. She says their correspondence has strengthened their relationship. Most students who wrote through the pen pal "want ad" expressed that they weren't really sure of what to write at first, although it became easier with time. They have told their soldiers about daily happenings, personal hobbies and likes, and supportive thoughts to help keep up spirits. And, "1 always have a joke," says Kimberly Miner '94- The soldiers usually talked about themselves and sometimes what they had been doing while waiting for battle or a return home. They had to be careful of how much they said, though, as the mail was being censored in order to keep information from the enemy. Stacey s friend Curtis Salyer, a lance corporal in the Marines, told her that, "Wild things happen ewer here.... But Four months without being around a female can do that I suppose." Another thing Curtis men- tioned was his opinion of the press coverage of the war and he STUDENT LOANS: $74,000 in low-interest loans available regardless of finances, inepme or credit history. For information call 438-3055. didn't like it. "The press over here are a bunch of pessimistic, nagging, whining, bed-wetters who look tor gloom and doom stories," he said in one ot his letters to Stacey. "I think it's sad that the press finds out about things before the Pentagon does," she adds, karyn Adams '94, said she valued the extensiv e coverage at first, but then they began to give out too much information. "1 feel like the media just pounced on it to see who could get the nil t points and the best coverage," she said. Kimberly emphasized, "It's important to keep us informed, but not to the point ot jeopardizing the soldiers' safety." No matter what the soldiers write about, they are all very appreciative ot their new (and closer) friends. "Many times he thanks me over and over again," says Kimberly. Adds Karyn, "1 think they value it even more | than we do]." Susan's pen pal, Sgt. Rodney Thurman of the Marines, says, "I've been to this part ot the world four times. The Other three were on six-month deployments in the Mediterranean Sea. We never received any v Any Service Member' mail then. "So now I'm really amazed ;it the amount that comes in. It's truly astonishing! Most of these people lb, i! have never been deployed are taking it lor granted. Not me!" With the fighting over and the troops coming home fairly m >on, what will happen between these new-found friends? ( Varices aie they will continue to write to one an< >tber. "I think tb.it we'll st ill w rite e.k h I >tber. I le SeettlS to be .1 type ot guy lb.it COttld still be .1 re. illy c lose- friend, either pera mally or through the mail,* 1 commented kimberly. Sus.m agrees, adding, "I want to meet him ,it least once, though. I think that would be really cool." Kimberly, when .isked ;ih< nit her decision, Said, "If I could do it all over again, I would." Cruise Ship Jobs HIRING Men - Women Summer/ Year Round PHOTOGRAPHERS. TOUR GUIDES. RECREATION PERSONNEL Excellent pay plus FREE travel Caribbean, Hawaii Bahamas. South Pacific. Mexico CALL. NOW! Call refundable 1-206-736-7000, Ext. 500N! Arts Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Page 11 "Hydra" by Lynda Bengfis The Doors examines Jim Morrison's sad, short life by Bethany Blankens Contributing Editor Oliver Stone's new film, The Doors, resembles a drug-induced dream. The sweeping camera shots and wildly colored sets ghee the film a dizzying, psychedelic look tO the strains of "Break On Through." The movie begins with Morrison's memory of a family road t rip where rhe family encounters a truckload of Indian workers which had overturned, [mages of Indians are a recurrent theme as the ghost ol an Indian shaman visits Jim regularly. The movie takes its audience through Jim's early days at U.C.LA. Film School, his first meeting ol his future lover, Pamela Courson (-played by Meg Ryan in an unconvincing red wig), and his fust band rehearsal with Doors members. Here the viewer meets drummer John Densmore (Kevin Dillon), guitarist Robby Kricger (Frank Whaley), and keyboardist Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan). The seemingly insignificant SOlflg "Light My Fire" takes the band to a local club in LA., the Whiskey A Go~Go, where their music is a hit. Kilmer fleshes out Morrison's free will in the following scenes where Morrison and the band trip on acid in the desert. Once The Doors become nationally known, Jims wild gyrations onstage and outrageous act ions offstage with drugs and alcohol become a giant reality to the public. The remainder of the movie is a whirlwind of drunken stage performances by Jim, and his part- time love affair with photographer and witchcraft priestess Patricia Kenncalv (Kathleen Quinlan). His intoxicated performance in Miami goes too tar and the guards drag Jim away from the stage and into court tor indecent exposure and simulating oral copulation. Jim is given probation but his career has already begun its rapid decline. The Doors decide to make one last album to salvage their reputations. This final album is one of their greatest, L. A. \\"( mum. Jim and Pamela leave tor Paris in a matter of days after finishing the album to rid themselves ol the American public, so tli.it Jim can be tree to write poetry again. After only a few months, Pamela finds Jim dead of heart failure due to drug overdose in his bathtub. Director Oliver Stone's treatment of the Jim Morrison legend is peculiar. Stone also forgets that Jim Morrsion alone did not comprise The Doors. The movie should be retitled, Jim Morrison: His Life (and The Doors). The film contains sound performances, vivid sets, and a soundtrack that will leave your ears ringing. Benglis's history evolves in "Dual Natures" by Christie Miller Staff Writer "Lynda Benglis; Dual Natures," currently showing at the High Museum of Art, carrier the viewer through the artist's different creations of symbols which explore the human tonn and the ideas of sensory responses and gender roles. All of Benglis's polyuretharie sculptures are now destroyed, due to the nature of the chemicals (they shrink down), but the works w ere documented. In the exhibit there is a wall-size photograph of one of these installations. Also, Benglis made .i few metal versions <*1 these works which capture their flowing and floating essence. After creating the.se large public works, Benglis retreated to her studio to work on a mi >re intimate scale. She worked with wax, mdkifig forms that related to the human body both in size and texture. Next, Benglis began using the knot a.s a form of expression. Some of the knots are silver and seem to dance like human forms. Her gold works explore the feminine form, barely suggesting the twist of a female torso turning in space out from the wall. The tonus arch and turn, almost like classical statues. Benglis later expanded her work with knots, combining them with metal and pleating and twisting them to create new forms. "Cassiopeia" comes t< >gether like hands clutching one another. In her latest works, Benglis goes full force with her metals in her wall chrome pieces. They have the flying rhythm of the first pottred works and the intertwining of the knots. Benglis explores male and female roles in society more in her films than she does in the exhibition. A screening of several of her videos will take place in the Hill Auditorium of the Fligh Museum on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. In this exhibition, Benglis fulfills her idea that people can come to know the world through their senses rather than through their intellect, and that t he human form can be represented without being figurative. The exhibit will run through March 31. Simon's trilogy concludes with Broadway Bound By L.uraSiiaeffer Contributing Editor The Alliance Theatre's BroadMdy Bound is the bittersweet finale to Neil Simons autobio- graphical trilogy which began with Biloxi Blues and Bnghton Beach Memoirs. The entire play centers around the Jerome household in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, where brothers Eugene and Stanley work to fulfill their dream of writing comedy sketches tor radio in the 1940s amidst the breakup of then- parents' 33-year marriage. Eugene and Stanley work like any two brothers, where the slight 1\ older and, as he figures, much wiser Stanley bosses Eugene. He instructs him from his vast knowledge on comedy writing and the importance ol complete dedication. Both brothers exhibit talent at their craft. Eugene (Nicholas Strouse) is the more easy-going of the two. His sarcastic satirical pokes at the family have the audience in stitches. Stanley (Bruce Nozick) is always a little tense and easily excitable. Another member of the household is Ben (Alan Manson), the socialist, Trotsky-reading . grandfather, who must watch the breakup of his daughter's marriage while being too stubborn to save his own. Kate, the boys' mother, is played by CajpJ Harris. For 33 years she has loved her husband and now: must watch him as he falls in love with another woman, even as her children grow-up and leave home. She is left with only her pride for her boys and her fading memories of youth. Madison Arnold plays Jack, the unsatisfied husband. He has fi ireg( >ne opportunities he once had no courage to take, but now yearns for something more. He falls in love with a more educated, experienced, and intellectual woman than his wife. In the wonderfully detailed set, designed by Robert Odbrisio, a double : decker cross sect ion of the Jerome house reveals the family room, dining room, the stairs leading up to and including the boys' rooms, and the front and back 'porch, stretching from one comer of the stage to the tether. The audience could see Eugene and Stanley collaborating and daydreaming in their rooms, while at the same time witnessing Kate confront her husband Jack with his infidelity. Broadway Bound will be running at the Alliance until April 6. Student tickets are available on a space-a\ ilable basis. Rent the other two, then see this one live. You won't be disappointed. 6* Val Kilmer plays Jim Morrison in The Doors. Arts Friday, March 15, 1991 The Profile Pace 12 Calendar * ^ of Events La v ^Compiled by Rita Ganey <- t Contributing Editor Theatre Agnes Scott College: Audi- tions tor the spring puxJuction of student-directed one-act plays by the Agnes Scott Blackfriars will be held on March 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Winter Theatre of the Dana Fine Arts Building and will be cold readings. For more information, call the theatre department at ^71-6250. Alliance M.un.stage: Present- ing Broadway Bound through April 6. It is the final episode in Neil Simon's celebrated autobio- graphical trilogy. Student tickets are $10 w ith I.D., on a space av ailable basis. Call 898-1 137 for more information. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Through March 17, hhefit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee will be presented by Callanwolde Theatre. It is based on the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial." Call 872- 5338 for more information. Festival of" Indonesia: The Music and Dance of Sumatra will be performed on March 16, at 8 p.m. Ticket.s are $ 1 5 in advance, $17.50 at the door. Student and senior discounts are av ailable with IP. For more infonnation, call 377-7777. 14th Street Playhouse; Letters from the Front runs through March 24- This play cevolves around a man and woman w hose lives are unexpectedly changed by- encountering letters written by American soldiers during times of war. For ticket information, call 892-2414. The Georgia Ballet: Feu more infonnation on the following, please call 425-0258. All perfor- mances will be at the Cobb Civic Center in Marietta. The romantic ballet Giselle will run April 12 & 1 3 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are adults $14/$ 12, students $12/$10. Also: The delightful musical You re a Good Man Charlie Brown will be perfonned on April 1 3 6k 14 at 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices are adults $10, children $8. Horizon Theatre Company: For tickets and further information on the following events, call 584-7450. The Secret Rapture by David Hare will mn through March 23. For ticket information, call 584- 7450. Also: Meet the stars, real and impersonated, at Horizon Theatre Company's first annual Acadcmv .Awards Party, Monday, March 25, gathering at 8: JO p.m. at Parkside Restaurant in Piedmont Tark. Tickets for the event are $35. Neighborly >od Playh< >use: Romance * Romance is making its Atlanta premiere through March 23. $1 1 adults, $9 students. Call 373-531 1 for more infonnation. Theatre Gael: Tea in a China Cup, the Southe, intern premiere of Christina Reid's touching plav, opens March 20 and runs through April 17. Call 892-2414, for reservations. Music Agnes Scott G allege: The New fOK AH AWESOME DEAL. WNS IN "This AP To Ge"T yoUZ. NfT Boo*. TfKCHASE AT 6HAKESPARE ACOHFfrMV. ANP PONT tA\$S our. SPENp AH Shakespeare Co. "Book* A^xi4letets / 6A 30502. Z9b 'V08SCtto* m rtar) York Woodwind Quintet will perfonn as part of the Kirk Concert Series on April 1 , at 8:15 p.m. General admission tickets are $10. Call 371-62^4, for more information. The Atlanta Bach Choir: Celebrates Johann Sebastian Bach's 306th birthday with the 10th annual Bach Around the Cbck marathon concert on March 23, from 2 to 10 p.m. at the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church. Admission is $1 5 at the door, $12 in advance. Call 872-* BACH, for more information. Variety Playhouse: For further infonnation on the following events, call 524-7 354- Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Smith Africa's leading band, will perfonn on March 19, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the door. Also: Irish music by Patrick Street, featuring Triona Ni Dhomnaill on March 2 1, at S p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the door. Also: R ek B and jazz flavoured dance music from the popular Atlanta bands, Several Dudes and The League of Decency on March 22, at 9 p.m. General admission tickets are $5. Also: Folk-rock from the legendary performer, Shawn ' Phillips, on March 23, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Also: On March 24, at 8 p.m., Aswad, the British reggae band, will bring their wonderful dance music. Tickets are $ 1 5. Also: Feminist comedian Kate Clinton will perfonn on April 5, at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $ 13 in advance, $ 1 5 at the dcx)r. Galleries The Atlanta College of Art: Contemftnary Bronze: Process and Object will mn through April 13, at the Atlanta College of Art Tonight is the final performance of Abingdon Square, Gallery, h is a combination oi sculpture, installations, rnaquettes, and drawings K se^en contempo- rary sculptors. For farther infonnation, call 898-1 157. Atlanta History Center: The Real Peachnee: Past and Present opens on March 1 . Uses historic photos, postcards, and artifacts to illustrate the evolution ot seven prominent intersections on Peachrree Street and the historic significance of the street to the city. Admission is free. For more information, call 2 38-0655. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: The Persistence of Nature, an exhibit of paintings by Jean Hess, will nin through March 29. Admission is free. Call 872-5 3 38, for more information, High Museum of Art: For more infonnation on the following events, call 892-3600. L>'?ula Benglis: Dual Natures, the first full rev iew of the wide- ranging work of Lynda 13cngli\ one of the most important and experimental female SCttlptOjQS 1 A 99< SUBWAY SANDWICH 99< I I I I L Buy any Sub Sandwich & Medium Drink at the Regular Price Get Second Sandwich of Equal or Lesser Value for 99c Expires March 28 SUBUJRY* 2113 N. DocatLr Rd.. Emory Commons *248 97&4 1496 Church St. Suburban Plaza 377 7449 3201 Tuckar -Norcross Rd '621-9283 our t ime, runs through March 5 1 . Also: The New Vision : Photographs Bet/ween the World Wars, hind Motor C Company I ^ollcction from the Mctropolium Museum of An w ill run through April 28. More than 70 Ameri- can and European master photographers are represented in this survey ot the radical innova* t ions ,inJ revelations oi Modernist photography in the early 20th century* Also: An at the Edge: Joel Otterson w ill run March 16 through -May 19, This exhibition of lar^e-.seale, assemblage sculpture is the fust in-depth examination ot Ottcrsons witty, recent work, through which he comments on the peculiarities oi consumer culture. The High Museum at ( icor^ia- Pacific C Center: For more information on the following, call 577-6940. Admission is free at all t imcs. W r hy I ( lot into TV arid ( Hher Stones: 1'he Art of llene Segaluvc w ill be featured thr< >ugh March 22. Segai< >ve expl< ires the trials, tribulations and amusements of lik- in middle-class America. (See re* icw in this sectu >n.) Also: Mammoth Plates and Early Views of the American West runs through May }. This exhibition consist , .f 4 ] photo- graphs taken in the American West during the second half i >l the nineteenth century. Also: Eterrvd Meuiphrrs: New Art from Italy w ill open April 1 and run through May Jl. This is an exciting exhibition of contem- pt liaty It. ill, in art Q >nsM ing of the works i >f nine art istS. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE The Low Profile The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Monday, April 1, 1991 Volume 77, Issue 10 Jealousy Impels Saddened Scotties to Suicide BY E. X. POSHUR The Agnes Scott Community reacted in sorrow last week as Task Force 1MJLS began its investigation ot the bizarre suicides ot several students. After seeing the most recent issue of Playboy which features girls of the Women's Colleges, a group of 1 7 Scotties was overcome by jealousy. Individu- ally, they hurled themselves from the bell tower to their grisly deaths in Woodruff" Quadrangle. Upon investigation by this reporter, it was found that these Scotties were terribly jealous of the three playmates from Agnes Scott who appeared in this issue. Among those who tragically killed herself was the vice- president of the class ot 1992, Courtney Alison. In a note to friends she explained what drove her to kill herself. "President Schmidt, Dean Hudson, campus community, tnends...My life has become meaningless and I cannot go on. I have become increasingly despondent and depressed following my rejection by that fine pillar of journalism, Playboy. (I hear that the articles are the main reason men read it). "That I was rejected as an object for the pleasure of men in artificial insemination centers around the country was a tremendous blow to my ego and my psyche. My father's disap- pointment that his friends would not be able to see me nude was too much I ...," (Unfortu- nately, the rest of this line was made illegible by teardrops.) Tmjust so darn JEALOUS!" Lauren Fowler, president of the class of 1992, addressed the tragedy today when she called for nominations to replace Alison as vice-president. "Okay, Courtney's dead. Who wants to replace her- Anyone, anyone?" Other students interviewed stated that, although they were not as overcome with such jealous angst as some, they, too, were very envious. One Scottie said, "Yes, it has been my lifelong goal to become an object. I mean, sure, I have a brain, but it I could get by without using it and just use my body, I probably would. But of course, I'm just not as perfect as those girls from here who got in. I guess you could say that I'm very jealous." Most women on campus agreed. Although she asked to remain nameless in this article because of her shame at not being seen in a cheesy nude photo shoot by millions of sex- starved men, one student stated that she was "more jealous than I've been of anything in my life. How horrible it is to be viewed as intelligent, independent and capable! I just want to be meek and air-headed, kind of a subservient sex toy for some man." When asked her opinion, Agnes Scott College President Ruth Schmidt said, "Why, its simply tragic. Of course, I am appalled. Bob and Irene would never have wanted their quad used in such a manner. I am forming another task force in order to determine how to receive financial retribution from the students who abused it so Inside Editorials Page 3 The Next-Door Fymynyst Features Page 5 Women of Weight Reveal All Arts Page 8 The True Story of Killer 'Diller Jealous students display the true Agiies Scott endoxvumrxt. horribly/ 1 Funeral services for all 1 7 students were held in the Agnes Scott Chapel. Afterwards, a special emergency meeting of the Community was held. Here, Task Force IMJLS announced its preliminary findings. Based on these findings, the College's administration plans to make a deal with Playboy in order to prevent further deaths from jealousy. In this agreement, Playboy offered the College $8,000,000,000. In return, the College agreed to allow all of the jealous students to pose in Playboy. Students reacted in great delight at this announcement. "Now, I've got my chance! I get to take all my clothes off and be ogled and my tuition is getting cut in half because of how much money the college will make," said one rising sophomore. Vice-President of Business Affairs, Gerald Whittington, denied reports that tuition will be cut. New Shuttle Service Available for Students by Bro. Ken Ford Beginning April I, a new bus route will be available that will shuttle Agnes Scott students directly to and from fraternities at Georgia Tech. One official, Al Ways Thair, explained the creation of the new route. "We realize that with the significant decrease in tuition, students will be carrying a lot more cash on the trains. In order to protect the safety of the 400 women consistently using the route to Georgia Tech, we felt that this addition was necessary." Dubbed "The Ponce de Leon Trolley," it will run every half hour, twenty-four hours, seven days a week and will make a stop at each fraternity on the campus. While officials had questioned the need to run continuously, the conclusion was that the runs were necessary because of the late hours students use MART A. One soph more at ASC commented to reporters that "You can find me at the Midtown Station every Tuesday and Thursday morning at seven-thirty. MARTA always gets me back on campus in time for my 8:15 English course with Dr. Phallic. It's one class I never want to miss," she admits. Not surprisingly, this project is also funded by the Interfraternity Council of Georgia Tech. John Dear, President of the IFC, comments, "Well, basically we were concerned about the environment. Too many men were driving to and from Scott every night to pick up their dates. We figured, hey, why not carpool?" With the seating capacity of 30 women per trip, approxi- mately 100 gallons of gas per day will be saved through this system. In an infonnal survey, 45% of Agnes Scott women polled approved of the shuttle and 98% of the Tech Men polled ap- proved. Higher Tech support comes from environmental concern and the men's fascina- tion for "really neat plans [sic]." As of now, MARTA has no plans for adding stops to the dormitories on campus because of lack of demand. Say officials, "The very few women at Scott who don't have a Greek usually aren't very eager to get to Tech anyway." News Monday, April 1, 1991 The Profile Page 2 USPS Efficiency Daunted by zoo Posrmaster General Reditt models the new, zoo- proof uniform coming soon. Professor's Pets Pose Poop Problem in Quad BY FULOV CRAPPE If you have noticed that there seems to be an excess of crap around campus lately, don't blame it on your profes- M>rs; the real culprits are their pets. That's ri^ht, from Dean Wistrand's Springer Spaniels to the Presidents cats, all the pets have taken to using the Quad as their personal litter box. The worst of it, however, seems to be that it is sanctioned by the administration. Naturally, students have been \vr\ upset. A non-cobber in the Senior class stated u As much money as they spend cutting the grass, you'd think they would at least try to keep pels from pooping all over it." Students have been con- stant lv disgusted by all the fecal matter that has reeentlv appeared on our campus. M.mv students remarked that they had unwittingly stepped in it numerous times. "Do you have an\ idea what it's like trying to c lean d< >g mess off black pumps?" a concerned freshman stated. When confronted with this problem, a worker in Physical Plant merely remarked, "Hey, it's fertilizer, and an ecologi- cally safe one at that!" An administrator simply said, "Do you know how much fertilizer from a Plant company costs? Well, let me tell you, your tuition only pays for one eighth of what we spend each year on fertilizer. We're just trying to get by." Unless they have stepped in it themselves, most faculty, staff and administrators seem to see no problem. However, the students who have to run an obstacle course just to get to C lass are very upset and have formed a new task force to confront this problem. Task Force BS will meet soon in each of the dorms and will hold an open town meeting to try to bring our concerns to the administration. One junior said, "We won't rest until our quad is free of all animal messes!" BY W.AIRS M.AH iVl.ML As the snarling beast steamed up his windshield, United Postal Service Deliveryperson Jim Bob Jones realized that it was time to alter his well-worn logo to "neither rain nor snow nor dark of night will stop me but this rhino might. ' Jones, 35, a ten-year veteran of the USPS, vvas yet another victim to the rapidly escalating escape rate of hazardous zoo animals, when his postal truck was gored three times on March 23. He was obliged for the safety of his own person to abandon the truck before the rhinoceros went after his little blue cap, a part of his uniform which he wears with pride and would never dream of removing. "I didn't see [any] reason to. I never (sic) seen a rhino attack a mail carrier before, but I says (sic) to myself, Jim Bob, that animal won't be eating none (sic) of that mail, and I can by Watta Shame Agnes Scott President Ruth Schmidt's disappearance from campus remains as of yet unexplained. Her absence became evident when the President missed her weekly breakfast meeting with student leaders, an event m which she had never previously been late. A subsequent search for the President found her home at 213 South Candler Street in amazing disarray and a broken window on the second floor. Public Safety is still gathering information. "I did the normal rounds L&S1 night, and we had no reports oi activity on campus," said Public Safety officer Neida Doughnut. "Broken windows are relatively common on campus, SO we didn't suspect anything last night when we heard the glass break, a car squeal, and a few screams here and there." Campus reaction to this apparent tragedy has been overwhelming. A lavender flag was raised almost immediately, stating "PRAY FOR RUTH," and students formed a human chain around the quad, holding bands and offering prayers. The Agnes Scott chapter of the American Association of University Professors issued a statement proclaiming their indescribable sadness: "President Schmidt has done great things for faculty well- always call the zoo to take htm away." So many lost -mail com- plaints have been filed in the past three months that the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion was compelled to begin an investigation. It was then that the trend in lost mail showed its unusual characteris- tic: almost all was confiscated by escapee zoo animals, who went for postal trucks within two hours of making their break. Says FBI press representa- tive Y. Tel Yu, "We haven't pieced together all the information yet, but it appears that the attackers two rhinoceri, a giraffe, three hippopotami, a llama, and eight zebras, as well as several otter families have been going for the catchy blue and red stripes on the side of the vehicle. "Then, in 95% of all reported cases, they home in on the little blue cap," he said. Postmaster General Ive being at Agnes Scott College. Her constant willingness to hear faculty concerns, her personal commitment to the needs of each department, and her commitment to the College Events Series, to the extent of sacrificing 15% of her own salary so the series could be continued for the next five years. It is to minimize OUT grief to say that our sadness knows no bounds." Tension in the dining hall increased through the lunch hour as word was circulated that Vice-President for Business and Finance, Gerald Whittington, had received a ransom demand. Talks of a rise in tuition to meet the ransom demand were met with joy as students rushed to the accounting office to contribute their fair share in the effort to bring Ruth home. Witkaze announced the creation of the "Ruth Schmidt award," to be given annually in honor of the kidnapped Presi- dent. The award will recognize the faculty or staff member who, like the President, "demon- strated the highest level of commitment to the needs and concerns of the African Ameri- can students at Agnes Scott ( College." Rep Council passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of the President who "took administra- tive-student relations to new heights, who was a constantly visible presence in student life, Reditt remarked that "the conjunction of the Gulf Crisis and the Zoo Attack devastated our network. "Either one alone we could have handled, but trying to keep up w ith the increased Gulf flow when trucks are being waylaid by runaway bandits, none of whom speak any language we know, is nearly impossible." Few postal workers have been seriously injured, althought none have escaped without a few scratches. Fortunately, the USPS requires all carriers to have their rabies immunization current. Reditt asserted that "Now that we know the problem, we should be able to get past it. Customers should expect mail delivery to be back to normal in two to three w eeks." No comment was available on why so many ZOO animals have in fact been escaping. Interestingly, over halt were on route to the Atlanta Zoo at the time of their escape. who stood by us in our fight for representai ion to the Board of Trustees, leading the way in making an Agnes Scott educai ion an affordable and pleasant experience tor all women." A search for clues in the President's office, however, did reveal some interesting developments. A locked safe was found in a hidden deposi- tory underneath the President's Persian rug. Its enormous weighl fueled speculation that it contained the President's medallion. Agnes Scott SWAT team leader 1 lav.i Twinki insisted on the necessity of recovering the medallion, Stating that "The bright glare of the medallion could he used to blind the enemy it we need to recapture the President in a covert operation." (Twinki was recently featured on the hit show "Top C ."ops" for his sptvJy capt ure of the 84 year-old woman stealing Volkswagens from the c.unpus parking lots.) Anyone- with information regarding the disappearance of President Ruth Schmidt is asked to contact Public Safety. In the meantime, Assistant Dean of Students Brenda Jones has taken over the duties, proclaiming that "At least now 1 will get some respect." A coffeehouse will be held in tin- President's office at a later date. Open 7 days e a week 9-8:00 Sat 9-6:00 Sun. 12-SOO ^FaqtasticS^js the Original Family Haircutters e At Emory Co mmon s Shopping Center Precision cut ^JJ ' J F*9 m Reg. $14.00 320-3128 Expire* 33f91 Full Service Salon No Appointment Necessary President Schmidt Disappears Editorials Monday, April 1, 1991 The Profile Pac;i 3 The Next-Door Fymynyst by I ma P. C. Dyke I want to dyspel some of the rumors that have already begun to run rampant on thys campus. Why Jo rumors spread fastyr than a fire in a recycling hyn around here? I say it's sexual frustration among the heterosexual types created hy the patriarcha for u Saks Fifth Avenue." The departmynt store has agreed to stand behind us in our goal of fymynyst consciousnyss raising. At the same time, yt "Tyna Pyppyn has commynteyed that she loves Saks new Patriarchy Pynk" lypstych. and archaic systym oi pairietaJs. The currynt rumor concyrns SFA. Yes, somethyng has been happynyng. But it's not \\ ht any oi you are thynkyng. It is dangerus for some of our systyrs to thynk at all hut all that will soon be chartgyng. Because oi misconceptions concemyng the word "fymynyst w e have come to the concynsus that we need to make changes yn our name. From how on, "SFA" will stand will oflfyr substantial discount prices on designer clothyng, shoes, accessories, and cosmetycs, to suit the most demandyng actyvyst lifestyle, includyng energy-efficient saunaS and makeup that has not been tested on any ma Is. Tyna Pyppyn has commyntyd that she loves Sak's new "Patriarchy Pynk- 1 lypstyck. Their packagyng will be completely const ructvd of recycled materi- als hearing the new SFA logo. Pyrhaps the most excityng thyng about the SFA transytyon has been their commytmynt to inclusyve language. The popular spellyng "wymyn" (whych we have been usyng for years) has led to a complete, more fymynyn form of every word. Agnys Scott Collyge will soon adopt the new spellyng in all its puhlycations. The wymyn on campus who have not been involved in SFA will now have no reason not to nan in. Thys wyll be a very liberatyng experience for all of us. After all, as wvmvn, what do we love more than conspyuous consmption? Let's face it and vmbrace it. We are dyffyrynt from myn. Let's all dialogue about this subvyrsyve move in a totally posytive way. Time Traveler Just a Fool in Love by Elizabeth Peryam Time Traveler, while double- timing it through time and space with a two-timing man, over- loaded the left wing of her time machine, hit a hidden bank of lost time and careened bfJ into hypertime, which is right next door to hyperspace. Old Time Traveler used to think that when she reached the age of 2 1 , she might as well just go ahead and plan a nice, quiet suicide. Anyone over that age, she thought, had already done all her good living, was just ready to go senile, and might as well pack it all away. But I'm happy to report, Ladies, that life just keeps getting better. This is the April Fool's issue, so I thought I'd tell you about my marriage. When 1 was 24, my modeling agent introduced me to another of her clients, a handsome Austrian Olympic skier. He was charming and witty, sophisti- cated, well-travelled, athletic, urbane, a sharp dresser and all those wonderful things one looks for in a man (besides the dull stuff like stability, sobriety, dependability and honesty.) 1 was getting really old for an old maid, or so I thought at the time, so when he said he was going back to Austria for a visit and would I wait for him. 7 , 1 said no, not unless we got married first. So we trekked down to the courthouse and officially made all sorts of rash promises to each other. Then he went to Europe. He came back with pockets full of pictures of pretty women, him with pretty women, cards with names and phone numbers of women and all sorts of other stuff. That was only the beginning. That man couldn't say no. In fact, it turned out that he went around looking for women to say yes to. It also turned out that he would rather climb a tree and tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth. It was a cultural thing. People who grew up in the middle of World War II had to learn all sorts of tricks to survive. I tried to be a good wife. I STUDENT LOANS: $74,000 in low-interest loans available regardless of finances, income or credit history. For information call 438-3055. spent four hours in the kitchen one day making sweet and sour cabbage rolls. It was a hot day, too, in July! He came home from work and little wifey, wearing her apron, served her hubby his dinner. He didn't even taste it before he touched the plate and said, "But, Darling?/ 5 he said, "You didn't heat the plate!" So much for my marriage. Took me years to figure out that was another cultural thing. When you live high up in the cold Alps, you heat the plate so the food will stay warm longer. He ne- glected the cultural fact that we were in the middle of Georgia in July. No regrets. I saw Europe and learned a lot. More, in fact, than I ever wanted to know how to ski, a little German, that he was not my prince. He never wanted to have kids, so I went looking for someone who did. Well, I had so much fun looking, I forgot to have children. Time flies whether you're having fun or not. Senior Wills Due by April 24 in Box 764 The Profile AGN ES Agnes Scott College* Box 764* Decatur, GA 30030 SCOTT Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta Editor-in-Chief Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman NEWS EDITOR Josie Hoilmaa Assistant News Editor Dawn Sloan FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard ARTS EDITOR Sandee \4cGlaun ARTS CALENDAR EDITOR Rita Ganey COPY EDITOR Tonya Smith PHOTOGRAPHERS Sunny McClendoft, Barbie Stitt CIRCULATION MANAGER Mary Matkewes, Tamar Shie The Profile is published bi-weekly throughout the academic year Letters to the editor and guest editorials are always welcomed and should be typed or on disk using Microsoft Word. Names cannot be withheld. Views expressed on the editorial pages cio not necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated With the College other than the author. Land Yappie by Kristin Lemmerman and Laura Shaeffer As we sit here trying to pull our first editorial to- gether, we compare the lists of things we didn't do over Spring Break. We have too much reading left, the head start on the semester's major project was never made, and a rough draft is due on Wednesday. Yet, even with all this work hanging over our collec- tive head, all we still want to do is unpack, clean our rooms, and veg out in front of the TV finally seeing the Ten Commandments, which neither of us have ever had the time to sit down and watch. What else is Spring Break for? Thus, in the spirit of procrastination, we bring to you our favorite excuses for failing to do your work: / had to keep up with personal Rooming. Nobody can argue with the importance of flossing one's teeth, washing one's hair, flossing toes, picking the lint out of one's belly-button, and painting your finger- nails ten different shades of pink. / had to take the dog for a walk . If he doesn't get that once around the block he gets real irritable and I have to start watching my shoes for tooth marks. / had to catch up on all my soaps. We worry about how Jack and Jennifer are doing, really we do, especially now that they're headed out to the wild West handcuffed together on a train. The dog ate all my textbooks. It was that one day I missed the walk. I thought my soaps were more important. My mother didnt want to cook. Honestly, we are home so little that the least we could do was to treat our families to our versions of the delicacies we find each day at Letitia Pate. They really enjoyed the Boston Lettuce with Mandarin Oranges and Poppy Seed Dressing Salad. We were too busy panicking over running our first issue of The Profile by ourselves. Happy April Fools! Features M onday, April 1, 1991 The Profile Page 4 Global Awareness Trip Proves a Disappointing Journey by Laura Palmer We were all excited at the prospect of staying an entire week in the community of Twin Peaks. Every detail was planned to the "T" and we were especially- anticipating the fresh air, doughnuts, and their renowned hlack coffee. by Barfy Bouffant The Agnes Scott faculty' recently welcomed its latest addition, rounding out the College's Cumculum Diversity. Dr. Richard "Dick" Chauvanist graduated from the Sexist University in Bias City, USA. Chauvanist will he teaching a new course, Male Studies. Chauvanist plans to cover such topics in his class as: 1 . Male intellectual and physical superiority 2. PMS and Your Sanity 3. Pick-Up Lines and Other Fallacies Dr. Dick also plans to cover how to handle an accusatory woman with answers like: Our plans were arranged hy our host family, the Hayword's. We were told that thier daugh- ter, Donna, was very eager for our amval. It appeared that she had had a rough senior year in high school and never went to class anymore. We did, however, have a tew concerns. Our safety was utmost A still love you, sweet pea. -Would I lie to you? -Who, me? -The devil made me do it. In his spare time, Chauvanist enjoys cat-calling, opening doors for women, and picking up "chicks" at Tracksides. Chauvanist, a bachelor, is looking for a wife. "I haven't found a woman yet who has made enough time for me. All I require is complete submission," he says. Chauvanist loves teaching on an all-female campus. "So many babes, so little time," he smiles and winks. The administration hopes he will receive a warm Scottie welcome. on our minds. We had all heard different stories about Twin Peaks and we were not quite sure what to expect. All of our concerns were put to an end when our tour guide by Diala Real- Won 1 would like to begin by thanking the Agnes Scott community for participating in the Semi-Lunar Telephone Conversation Psychological/ Verbal Usage Poll (SLTCPVUP). Many of your telephone conversations have been abruptly cut off in order for my polsters to log needed infonna- tion from the random monitor- ing of phone conversations. Therefore, I apologize for the inconvience my staff may have caused. However, the findings of this poll were rather unique, but foreseen, indeed. My staff, while listening in on random phone conversations between 11:13 p.m. to 4:36 p.m. and 7:49 p.m. to 1:07 a.m., were sent us our orientation packets. They included a tour of the sheriffs station, a lecture on dream interpretation given by Agent Dale Cooper, and a side trip to Canada to a club called looking tor specific key words and the most unusual words. Upon finding these words, the pollsters disconnected your conv ersations to log the various words, and to let you know that your conversation was used in the poll. (All procedures were earned out according to federal laws and regulations.) The key words the pollsters were looking for were love, money, home, school, sex, and hate. The findings were as follows: 1. Love: 19.07%, usually directed toward males, a sign of dependence and affection. 2. Money : 0.00%, severe sign of lack of cash. 3. Home : 12.85%, sign of need for real food and a long vacation. 4. ^ ? *!: 16.71%, expected One Eyed Jack's. Our tour guide, Bob, assured us that Twin Peaks was a safe place for innocent young women. We all hoped that we would recognize Bob at the station. percentage of profanity of the average college student. 5. school : 0.02%, sign of stress and avoidance. 6. sex: 32.38%, Red Flag devestating sign of lack of/ need of intercourse repression/ depriva- tion. 7. hate: 19.07%, usually directed towards males, a sign of independence and rebellion. Last, but not least, the most unique word found and its meaning; Beans: usually described as cool, a sign of the times. It seems difficult to avoid the use ot 'cool beans" in daily conversation, as it occuned in 87.64% of total conversations polled. Again, thank you for allowing my staff to poll 2,745 Conversations over 1 .24 semesters. My staff and 1 look foward to working with you in the future. New Male Studies Program Shows Promise SLTCPVUP Staff Polls Agnes Scott Students' Phone cConversations Street Beat Compiled by Betty Boop The Question: What do you think ofASC's proposal of levelling the campus, creating paid parking spaces for the 1996 Olympics? Bunni Rod, Class of 199x: "So wh.it ! 1 lev, Joes it look like my nails are dry to you?" Ima Outta Dinero, Class of 1992: "I have to say that I feel it would be a sound idea. We could take all our classes cross- registered at other schools, and as long as they let us live off campus I'm all for it. But, are the costs of construction going to be figured into our tuition. 7 And how soon?" O. Vern Dowment, Administration: "This would add substantial amounts of capital to the dwindling endowment. We do not see this affecting the student body in a negative way; rather, it will benefit the academics of our school as they gain even more administration, who desire only to guide their lives." Jim Morrison, Dead Rock Star speaking through Sister Joni, spiritualist: "Dreamiftg is no solution." Jimminy Cricket, Class of 1991 Mascot: declined to comment because of his recent murder hy the senior class. However, his forest friends express disap- pointment in the proposal, as n lacks in environmental conscK >usness. Features Monday, April 1, 1991 The Profile Page 5 Women of Weight: As Fat as They Wanna Be BY MOCKO AND SHARONA In this era of politically correct thinking on college campuses, we would like to raise the consciousness of the populace by introducing an often-ignored "-ism." This -ism lurks in the outside world and, surprisingly enough, at Agnes Scott. While racism and sexism are usually suhtle, or at least disguised, SIZISM is always hlatant and cruel. These women who are discriminated against are known as Women of Weight (W.O.W.s). Women of Weight can he attractive, intelligent, sexy, and funny : and they always know where the good restaurants are but society still values women for their bodies, and prefers them to be small, even at the risk of their health. Women of Weight must unite and tight this discrimination. Women of Weight challenge the societal norms of the patriarchy and as a result they suffer. Beauty can no longer be defined by the patriarchy. How about that famous double standard. 7 Its okay for men to be overweight because they're cute and have a "teddy bear" quality. Women who are overweight are consid- ered slovenly and have "let themselves go." Men and other women consider these women unfeminine. As Roseanne Barr says, "If you don't like me, you can suck my dick." Women of Weight should no longer be ridiculed by the media. We are, first of all, women. We Jo not fit (no pun intended) society's standard size, but that is the only difference. When Oprah Winfrey lost fifty pounds, she seemed to lose some of her personality. The liquid starva- tion diet she went on is ex- tremely dangerous; fad diets and yo-yoing are surely more detrimental than some extra pounds. The W.O.W.s on campus recently drew up a petition to have Oprah, a successful W.O.W., speak at graduation. Most people pity Carnie Phillips, of the pop group Wilson Phillips, who has "such a pretty face; it's a shame she's so overweight." The directors of their videos make every attempt to disguise the fact that she is c 3 C DO DC 3CZC CZJ JL DC DLZDC 1 J c larger than the other two singers, who do not help much by flaunting their skinny arms and legs in every shot. Why can't she be considered beautiful the way she is and not criticized for the size of her body? Most women can go into any store and buy (or order from any catalogue) fashionable clothing in their size. They cannot imagine what it feels like not to be able to find anything that fits. In the "fat lady stores," the dresses are restricted to shapeless tents, polyester blends, and granny panties. The meanest joke of all is when you find a pair of size 22 jeans that are really 12's in disguise. On campus, whenever the inevitable rash of stealing food from the refrigerators in the dorms occurs, who is blamed? It's not the Women of Weight who binge and purge. We do not steal other people's clothes because we couldn't fit into them! We do, however, take Profiles from the recycling bins and cut out the Subway coupons! The first official W.O.W. goal is to add a clause to the harrassment policy in the handbook regarding incidents of sizism, including comments made by thin women about how fat they are in the presence of any true W.O.W. W.O.W. also plans to encourage President Schmidt to put on a few pounds and to increase the number of W.O.W. faculty members. They also intend to rename Dolphin Club the Water-retaining Sea Cow Club, and to donate funds to saving whales and manatees. To demonstrate her solidarity with W.O.W., Professor Cathy Scott stated that she was "going to buy a Ya-hoo instead of my usual Evian, boycott the track, and plant a bomb in a Nutra Sweet factory." ERCS Gives Student Rights On the Campus by Bea Frareal and Trina Okkelberri The National Organization of Equal Rights for College Students (ERCS) has finally organized a chapter on the Agnes Scott campus. The organization originated at a joint meeting of the students of Western U.S. colleges in the late 1970s. The organization won support from conservative and liberal students alike and was soon sweeping the nation's college campuses. To commemorate Agnes Scott's own ERCS martyrs, a monument is being dedicated to the selfless souls who brought their motto to our campus: "Down with the jerks, let the flood gates open wide, the ERCS are here to stay!" The commemoration ceremony will be held next Wednesday during convocation hour in the Woodruff Quad- rangle. The recent ERCS victory at Agnes Scott "opens the flood gates" to numerous student rights possibilities. Descriptions follow of the five traditional task forces which form the core of every newly-formed ERCS chapter. Task Force S-x: This force will concern all sexual rights and opportunities. This includes faculty and student interpersonal relationships, same-gender pairing, pros and cons of virginity, availability of male services, and the right to self- exploitation. Task Force D-h concerns one's right to vegetative experi- ences. Among the topics discussed will be future availabil- ity of such items as a masseur/ masseuse, a jacuizi, a nude male juice bar, and provocative male dancers in the dining hall every Friday night. The primary goal of Task Force U-g has been to give students rights in the classroom. This involves elimination of weekend homework, and the assignment of faculty home- work and grades by student ERCS reps. Protection of one's private and physical properties will be covered by Task Force K-l. Among the topics discussed wil be physical search and seizure laws for all male GT students, sacrificial burning of all rapists and car thieves, and the right to use and abuse opportunistic males. Finally, Task Force A-h concerns student inflicted extinction of the authoritative figures oi the college, "the jerks." This includes debates on "jerk" capital punishment. 99( SUBWAY SANDWICH 99< Buy any Sub Sandwich & Medium Drink at the Regular Price Get Second Sandwich of Equal or Lesser Value for 99c Expires April 14 SUBUJfiY" 2113 N. Decatur Rd.. 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With her use of cow manure as a medium, Smellsogood transcends the notion of art as an investment and bypasses the entire gallery mindset. In the installation "Watch Your Step," the artist has spread cow manure all over the entire gallery floor. Ironically, there is no way to vv watch your step," for there is no way to avoid stepping in her work. Viewers must pass through this room in order to see the rest of the exhibit. Says Smellsogood, 11 1 was becoming increasingly aware of Pinhead to face down Rocky On his newest "Rocky 6: On Pins and Needles. the human race's growing alienation from nature. In this installation, I wanted to force a reconciliation. " Smellsogood explores her medium to the fullest with her series of sculptures, "Pie in the Sky." In these works she uses several kinds of manure and manipulates them into different forms. These forms she then suspends from the ceiling. Describing the exploration of her materials, she said, "1 never imagined there would be so much variety available. Manure comes in different shapes, colors and textures. Also, its consis- tency differs acording to the stage of its drying." In the third room of the exhibit, Smellsogood has painted abstract murals with the manure. These works recall primitive cave paintings and are like the painted prayers lor fertility. In this way, Smellsogood explores the organic ism of the universe and the never-ending cycle of which all humans are a part. As a thoughtful touch, shop- fly pie and milk were served at the opening reception. Also, Terry McGeehee announced that they are calling for volunteers to help dismantle the exhibit. For all who are interested, contact the gallery at *71-MOQO. This exhibit will run through April 1st. Don't miss it; it will be an experience you will never forget- Rocky Raises Mental Hell by Phil O. Krait Rocky's back again. But this time there are not any boxing rings, boxing gloves, or huge muscle-bound opponents. In this combined sequel to the Rocky and Hellraiscr serieSj On Pins and Needles, America's favorite hero must face the evil Pinhead to save his family. A boxing fan, Pinhead decides that Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) will serve as a worthy opponent to his pqwers. He wants to fight Rocky in a showdown of good v ersus evil, proving once and for all that evil rules. Rocky refuses Pinhead's initial proposal to fight. In retaliation, Pinhead takes Rocky's family hostage to force him into a showdown. What ensues is an hour and a half of Rocky running from Pinhead. Pinhead did not take into account the fact that Rocky's mere fists were no match for his supernatural powers. Since Rocky is contained by his physical limitations, he has to rely on his wits to outsmart Pinhead. That is why it takes an CDCC SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR rllCC STUDENTS WHO NEED MONEY FOR COLLEGE Every Student is Eligible for Some Type of Financial Aid Regardless of Grades or Parental Income. Many scholarships are given to students based on their academic interests, career plans, family heritage and place of residence. There's money available for students who have been newspaper carriers, grocery clerks, cheerleaders, non-smokers etc. Results GUARANTEED CALL BETWEEN 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. EST. 1-800-542-5174 hour and a half to finish the movie. Without the surprise appearance of Pinhead, Rocky's life as a retired boxer has become stale. He no longer has the physical challenges that were before him daily $S a boxer. Rut with Pinhead on the seene, Rocky has to be physi- cally ready. Ready to run. Fortunately, Rocky gets a little help from Cutana, a traveling psychic played by Roseanne Barr. She makes a delightful portrayal of ,1 woman desperately wanting to help the world. Gitana teaches Rocky that he will never see his family again, if he continues to run from Pinhead. She gives him a crash course in meditation. By LjettinL; in touch with forgotten tears from his childhood, Rocky can face the ghosts oi his past and the ghouls of his present. Surprisingly, the symbolism in the movie Is striking. The utter goodness of Rocky is in contrast to the intense evil of Pinhead, The struggle makes ,i moral statement about the Mate oi relationships in the world today. Pinhead needs Rocky as ,i more worthy opponent than what he has had up to mow. Rocky needs Pinhead to bring him out ot the physical trance retirement has placed him in. Gitana needs to help Rocky rid the world of Pinhead. Rocky needs C utana to help him rid the world ot Pinhead. This movie gets an A- for creativity and stimulating thought. It has already been nominated lor twelve Acad- emy Awards, including Best Actor (Stallone), Pest Sup- porting Actor (Pinhead, as himself"), and Best Screamer [Talia Shire). Parr has yet to be nominated tor any awards. This movie has proven to be a must -see. You w ill never forgive yourself, it you miss it . And you w ill never sleep again, it you see it . r $5 OFF COUPON L Brad M. Cherson, R.Ph. 215 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, Ga 30030 Special Items carried Call in orders available Fast, Personal Service Monday^Friday 9: J0-6:00 Saturday 10:00-1:00 Sunday Closed In front of McDonalds 378^6415 Delivery Available STUDENT DISCOUNTS ( .oH/xm not valid for delivery J Arts Monday, April 1, 1991 The Profile Page 7 Reach Out and Be Touched By Innovative Poetry by Belle South The newest installment in the Southern Bell series of poetic classics is a masterful blenci oi language, rhythms and numbers. Entitled Greater Atlan ta Residence , this revolutionary and revealing epic work traces the evolution oi the people of Atlanta from A to Z, sparing nothing and no one. The poem consists of a series of images, made up of words and numhers, which gives the reader a sense of the essence of the Peach tree town and its inhabitants. While it may at first seem confusing or difficult to read, it really is quite simple. While it is open to interpretation, must critics agree that the most effective translation of the work is achieved by reading it in columns, beginning on the left side of the page. The numbers should be read individually. The natural rhythms of the text expose themselves in this way. For example the opening line on page 1386 would read: "TRIPLETT Anthony Tennyson twenty-two Peachtree Towers six two four dash seven nine one two." The alliteration in this line is par! icularly nice, and the unusual rhythm shows true mastery of the English lan- guage. The first two syllables are accented, as indicated by the capitalization and boldface type. In addition to such helps as the boldfacing, the first twenty- three pages of the hook of fer helpful hints in interpreting the more difficult passages as well as special directions tor ad- vanced study of the text. Possibly one of the most accomplished pieces of litera- ture of our time, and probably the world's longest poem, this encompassing work is full of hidden meanings and memo- rable images. The unique rhythms of w ords and numbers, with multiple repetitions and varied combinations, makes for an exciting voyage into the world of poetic genius. Every house- hold should have a copy of this classic of the modern age! Auditiom for Chippendale's soon to be on campus. Does this auditioner get your vote? He doesn't get ours! Dr. Bymside performs "4 minutes & 33 seconds' 1 John Cage's "4 minutes and 33 seconds" Captivates Listeners His innovative music of silence leaves audience members speechless by S. Hush Dancers to Entertain Mind and ilmagination By I.C. Itall The College Events Commit- tee is proud to announce that it has just signed a contract with the nationally acclaimed Chippendale Revue to perform during the 1991-92 College Events series. In light of the poor atten- dance during the 1990-91 series, the committee went to each residence hall to speak with the students about what they would like to see. The students overwhelmingly responded that they wanted to see more "enter- tainment." The committee promptly began to search for performers to fit this description. Some students suggested Chippendale's, and a contract was quickly negotiated. Although no specific date has been set yet for their perfor- mance, many committee members are leaning toward scheduling the revue for the weekend of Senior Investiture. "1 think this is a performance that will interest parents as well as students," said Dr. Cal Johnson, a member of the committee. The Chippendale dancers will perform to many different types of music in an attempt to appeal to all members of the audience. Some of the more popular tunes that they will dance to are "Wild Thing" and "U Can't Touch This." The College Events Commit- tee urges all students to take advantage of the wonderful opportunity that this perfor- mance makes possible. Arts Monday, April 1, 1991 The Profile Page 8 Killer T>iller (The TRUE Story) by Squirrel Anthony as translated by Laura Barlement Most animals know the legendary Killer 'Diller, but I am the one who can tell the TRUE STORY, because I knew him from the beginning. We were friends, you see, Arma- dillo George and I, and no other animal in the forest can say that. Now why would he, the superhero Killer 'Diller, be friends with somenone like me, Squirrel Anthony, you say? Now that, my friends, is to my mind another indication of his greatness and his true charac- ter. George's appearance was terrible: he was large and very- ugly. His face was long and pointed; he had long, fierce claws; his eyes popped from the sides of his head; his upper body was covered with armor and scales, but his underbelly was soft and covered with long, coarse strands of hair. At night, he dug for insects in the earth, and he always kept to himself. The other animals were suspicious and afraid of George. No one ever knew exactly why George chose to live in our neighborhood, where no others of his race were. If he hap- pened to trundle by a group of chattering females, they would hush up and steal glances out of the corners of their eyes. When baby birds and rabbits wouldn't go to bed nights, their mothers would threaten, "Armadillo George is going to get you!" That always got them scampering off, but the next morning the baby birds happily scratched for their breakfast in the holes George had dug during the night, and in the hot midday the lazy baby bunnies would lie in the cool earth George had uncovered. Despite George's reputa- tion, 1 made it my business to know everyone in the neigh- borhood and to keep busy everywhere. So after I had spilled Mama Squirrel Daisy's acorns or had danced on Rabbitt Greengrow's patch of green grass or had told one too many stories to 'Possum Peter, I would sneak off and find George. It was a secret friendship, you see, and George would always welcome me. He never said much, but he was a great friend. I could tell him all my problems, and he would listen patiently, and nudge me gently with his long pointy nose, which usually had dirt hanging from it, but I liked it anyway. Then he would show me a new hiding place or a stash oi acorns he had discovered in the woods. We had a very special relationship, as you can see. One day I was in particular disgrace after having acciden- tally dropped a nut square on sparrow Bill's head, knocking him out and causing him to fall from the tree into a pile of droppings left by that nasty dog Woofer, so I was out looking for George. Peering from the branch of a tree overlooking a stream, I saw a rabbit looking across the stream, which was widened by rain, for a place to cross. The rabbit looked pretty frustrated and seemed about to cry, when suddenly a rock rose to the surface no, it was not a rock, it was George! He swam to the rabbit, who was standing stock-still and terrified, and nudged him gently with his long, pointy, wet nose. At least it wasn't dirty, 1 say. Then the rabbit gingerly climbed on George's back. Before my very eyes, George started putting up larger and larger until he looked like a balloon, and he floated to the other side of the stream, carrying the rabbit on the hard shell of his back. As soon as he reached the other side, the rabbit streaked off without a word to George. George simply deflated back to his normal size and walked into the water. I was so flabbergasted by what I had just seen that I forgot to hold on to my branch and fell smack into the water with a large splash. George was so startled that he leapt about three feet straight up into the air and hit his head on a low-hanging branch. Water was filling mv nose and ears. 1 gasped tor air and got a lungful of water instead and was splashing around desperately, when I telt a hard, firm force pushing me upwards. It was George! He swam me to the bank, where I lay coughing and spluttering, for the first time in my life not able to talk, as George nudged me with his long, pointy Rose. Of course I just got in trouble for getting soaking wet and had to go to bed early, and no one believed my story. "George is a hero!" I insisted. 'That black ugly animal with the dirty nose. 7 " Mama Squirrel Daisy screeched. vv You must have some water on the brain." But the day was coming when the bravery of the quiet Armadillo George would make him the legend he is today, and here are the straight tacts of the matter from me, eyewitness and true friend of the hero of my story: One peaceful evening two weeks after my rescue from the stream, Baby Rabbit Jimmy had hopped from the woods into human territory and was heading for some tender daisies. His mother was just calling, "Jimmy, get over here; it's time for bed," when suddenly that dirty dog Woofer came sniffing around the corner. Everybody froze, a silent scream caught in our throats, as he caught sight of Jimmy and started galloping towards him, barking and slobbering eagerly. Sheer terror froze Jimmy to his spot, his eyes bulging and his neck straining as the beast lunged closer and closer. But then we all heard a commotion as if ten warthogs were crashing through the underbrush, and out popped George from the woods into the human territory, sniffling and grunting and generally calling attention to himself and away from Baby Jimmy. He was so loud that even one- track-minded Woofer noticed him, instantly forgot about little Jimmy, and went with double fury after the larger prey of Armadillo George. But that dog did not know what he was up aginst when he took on Killer 'Diller. George turned on his heel and scampered towards a nearby thornbush with Woofer running pell-mell after him. "George!" I screamed, just jnowing he would be torn to threads by the long spikes of the thorny bush and by Woofer's terrible tangs. I squeezed my eyes shut to avoid seeing this terrible sight and listened tor the end of my dear friend. Instead, I heard W oofer yelping and whining as if a Mac truck had run over his two front paws, and 1 opened my eyes just in time to see the dog limping oft, his nose full of prickers and his coat torn and bloody. George's ugly armor had protected him from the thorns, and he had led the witless dog tight into his trap. We all shouted "hooray!" and Jimmy's mother rushed out and grabbed her crying baby bunny. Those are the facts of the case, and whatever else you may have heard about Killer 'Diller could be speculation or could be fact, 1 don't know. George continued his quiet lite, minding his own business, but from then on, when he hap- pened to trundle by a group ol chattering females, they would stop their talking and smile shyly QUI ot respect and awe. George remained the mystery he had always been, but as the years passed and the animals told stones about w hat had happened, his figure became surrounded with a shining mist of legendary deeds. George never commented on the part he played in his heroic rescue of Baby Rabbit Jimmy, but 'Possum Peter and Rabbit Greengrow maintained that once Killer 'Diller got Woofer inside that thorny hush, he slashed the dumb pup to shreds with his long claws. Then all the other stories (.ame out: how Killer 'Diller had fought off ten alligators in order to get a rabbit across the stream; how he rescued me, Squirrel Anthony, from the jaws of death by pulling me from the water and touching me with his magical snout; how he was so generous th.it he fed the entire neighborhood of birds and set a cool breeze going in the hot midday to cool off the baby bunnies. And more and more stories have grown up about Killer 'Diller, stories that every little squirrel, rabbit and bird has heard since they were babies. But I, having special insight into the matter, have given you the facts of t he case, so that you may know the TRUE STORY of Killer 'Diller. So when your mothers say, "If you don't get to bed right now, Woofer's going to get you!" you say, 'Til get Killer 'Diller to protect me!" And you can rest assured that he wall. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE The Profile The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College Friday, April 19, 1991 Volume 77, Issue 1 1 Capping 1991 Captures Tradition of Agnes Scott Seniors by Jessica Carey The members of the class of 1992 were unofficially installed as seniors last week in the Agnes Scott tradition known as capping. Wednesday, April 3 through Friday, April 5 seemed to be a blur of polyester, spandex, and heavy make-up as the graduating class of 1991 tortured the juniors with the capping theme of "TV Shows." The three-day event began at on Wednesday morning at 6:30 a.m. as a small group of seniors led the juniors through down- town Decatur picking up trash and singing "Row row row your boat." The cappees were told to wear either a leotard, bathing suit, or biking shorts under their sweats for the outing, but the extra clothes only served as a mechanism for determining who sang what refrain of the song. Wednesday progressed with juniors dressed as MTV vee jays, Saturday Night Live characters, including the coneheads, Charlie's Angels, Happy Days, and many others. Lunch was peppered with various performances required by the senior cappers. Some cappees had to sing songs, reac] statements related to their characters, and some had to mimic actual Top 40 songs. ("Like a Virgin" seemed to be popular.) Numerous juniors had petitions to be signed, stating they had made a certain performance at the beginning of every class, or acted in a certain way. One junior had to have her professors sign a sheet of paper certifying that she had acted sexy during the entire class. Kara Russell, for example, declared herself a picture of Scottie femininity and renounced blue jeans, high top sneakers, and going out without a chaperone. Over twenty-five people attested to Kara's transformation. Wednesday evening took at least half of all cappees out on scavenger hunts all over metro Atlanta. Georgia Tech, Emory, Underground, Fat Tuesday's, and Buckhead bars were littered with Agnes Scott students in curlers, bathrobes, and funny clothes seeking signatures and memora- bilia documenting their adven- tures. Thursday's capping activities paralleled Wednesday's, and the talent show during dinner provided funny evening entertain- ment. Performances ranged from scenes of Dirry Dancing (the movie), the Home Shopping Network, Hee Haw, and a rendition of the Sound of Music to a Star Trek rap, pregnant aerobics, and a discussion between a Juniors in "class"-)' attire pose at Phar-Mor during their scavenger hunt about Atlanta. healthy penis and a sick penis. Many juniors who couldn't go out the night before because of exams and papers went out Thursday evening. Many of the same places were visited, and all displays were put on the front table of the dining hall for everyone to view. Friday afternoon is the traditional time for the capping excursion, and members of the class of 1992 had numerous ideas about where they were headed. The final destination turned out to be the Stone Mountain Park Ice Skating Rink, where juniors and seniors alike put on ice skates and succeeded at slipping and sliding all over the ice. After an hour of skating the juniors lined up and their cappers revealed themselves, many with small surprises and cameras flashing. (continued on page 3) Administration Addresses Concerns Over Tuition Increase by Dawn Sloan Contributing Editor The following is the second of a two-part seiies regarding this years tuition increase. Students at Agnes Scott should appreciate "how good they've got it," is the message sent forth by members of the Co 1 1 ege 's ad m i n ist ra t ion . During recent interviews with the college president, Ruth Schmidt, and Vice-President of Business Affairs, Gerald Whittington, the two showed interest in student concerns over the "annual" tuition increase. They also tried to explain why a tuition increase is necessary. One of the most important points made by Mr. Whittington is that income from tuition and fees alone cannot cover the costs of running Agnes Scott. Only 48% of the College's budget comes from money paid by students and their families. The remaining 52% comes from gifts, grants, the government, and Endowment earnings. Mr. Whittington stated that a $1000 increase in tuition and fees for 600 "full-time equiva- lent" students would add only $600,000 to the budget of the college. This is compared to the $635,000 required to increase financial aid and provide faculty with a 5% increase in pay and medical benefits. Financial aid plays a major role in determining where the money of the college goes. President Schmidt points out that under 20% of all students pay the "full-advertised tuition." She says also that "as tuition increased, the cost to families did not increase equally." This is due to the decision by Agnes Scott's Board of Trustees "to meet 1 00% of demonstrated financial need of all students." According to Gerald Whittington, financial aid is the fastest rising portion of the College's budget. From the 1980-1981 academic year until the present, financial aid has gone up 348%, which is equal to an average increase of 1 8% per year. "In 1980-81," Whittington says, "$600,000 was spent on financial aid. In 1990-91, $3,000,000 will be spent." Whittigton also added that, "In an odd way, it's really uncontrollable, [because it] is so person specific. If a student is admitted and needs X (dollars), our policy says we give her X." Whittington also points out that tuition has never increased by as much as 18%. The average increase for tuition and fees is 7%. Increases in financial aid are not the only factors which results in the annual increase in tuition and fees. President Schmidt (continued on page 2) Inside Editorials Kitty Voss speaks out page 6 Features Student spends break at Indian Reservation Page 8 Arts Anne Harris' rave review of Senior Art Exhibit Page 10 News Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 2 Campus Committees Strategically Strive for Excellence byJosieHoilman Contributing Editor Task forces have seemingly appeared from nowhere at Agnes Scott. Throughout the Spring semester of this academic year, the campus has been hearing a great deal about them, yet no one appears to completely understand their purpose and role on campus. In an effort to clarify the differences between each task force and to stress their importaiKe in improving the Agnes Scon experience, the following article provides a summary intended to answer these and other relative questions At the end of the Fall semester of 1990, President Ruth Schmidt issued a memorandum to "The College Community" regarding "strategic planning at Agnes Scott." The President requested support and participation in addressing issues that had been identified by students, faculty, and staff as "critical to our future prosperity." The Strategic Planning Steering Committee, comprised of students, officers, elected faculty members of the earlier planning committee, and an additional faculty member from the Faculty Executive Committee, was formed "to guide the overall process." Members of this group are: Chair, President Ruth Schmidt, Dean of the College Sarah Blanshei, Administration Jennifer Cooper, Gue Hudson, Bonnie Johnson, Sara King, Terry Lahti, and Gerald Whittington; Professors Art Bowling, Gus Cochran, Rosemary Eberiel, Linda Hubert, Kathy Kennedy, and John Pilger; and students Lauren Fowler l 92, Becky Nowlin k 93, and Tracy Peavy '93. Next, in order to achieve the highest possible level of community part icpat ion, numerous task forces were formed in various areas. Each is co-chaired by a faculty member and an officer. The Strategic Planning Committee itself serves as Task Force A Campus Climate and New Members Selected for Tower Council, Pi Delta Phi byJosieHoilman Contributing Editor After deliberation and consideration of qualifications, several students were recently chosen to become new members of two selective organizations on campus. Seven students were inducted into the Kappa Kappa Chapter of Pi Delta Phi on Thursday. March 14: Seniors Anne Francoise Harris and Tatiana Mejia, Junior Wendy Sue Baker, Sophmores Bernadette Brennan and Sunny McClendon, and Kirsty Taylor. This National French Honor Society was established at Agnes Scott in 1990. The purpose of the Honor Society is to recognize outstanding scholarship in the French language and literature. Membership is open to students who have taken at least five courses in French and have been nominated on the basis of their academic achievement. As a whole, this year s group of inductees had a cumulative grade STUDENT LOANS: $74,000 in low-interest loans available regardless of finances, income or credit history. For information call 438-3055. ! GET meE HE MCE FOK AH AWESOME DEAL. 1 in this ap To c^e-r YOUR. H&tT BOOK 7=VKHAS AT SMAKESP5ARE A COM FAN/, ANV PONT M\SS OUR. /^NP -PKICSP SO you VOH'T HAV TO .SftfNpAH ourzA&eous toktunE'. Shakespeare XCo. "Books (. HcxlW ^v/ondflte.'Eo&J Avoids legates, 6/\ 30002. Zfb' V08B Cfton parkug in rear) l point average ranging from 2.8 to 3.9. Their grade point averages in French ranged from 3.1 to 4.0. New members were also recently selected for next year's Tower Council. With the restructuring of the program came the addition of seventeen students as well as seven charter members of the sub-organization, Tower Reps. According to the Student Handbook, "the concept of Tower Council is to maintain a small, selective group of student public relations ambassadors who are involved in sharing informa- tion about Agnes Scott college and articulating its goals." The members of this presti- gious organization work with and are sponsored by the Office of Admissions. Ginger Patton- Schmitt, member of the first Tower Council at ASC, is cunently the coordinator. The students serve "in an organized, official capacity as spokespersons to both internal and external communities." Members of the newly created Tower Reps group will primarily be responsible tor giving tours, hosting overnights, and phoning and corresponding with prospectives. Students newly selected to Tower Council are: Junior Jessica Carey; Sophmores Wendy Allsbrook, Bernadette Brennan, Sarah C ,'arruther.s, Debbie Miles, Roxanne Speight, Winnie Varghese, Deana Young; First- Year students Courtney Hams, Kim Johnson, Claire Lave, Bryn Perry, Michelle Smith, Charlotte Stapleton, Kim Walker, Nancy Zehl; and Aimee Fish. Charter members of Tower Reps are: Junior Barbie Stitt; Sophmores Kristin Louer, Catherine Rouse, Tonya Smith; and First-Year students Alyson Bunnell and Perrin Cothran. Communication. How these issues are handled is critical to the success of the entire planning process, which should be communicated "so as to relate sincerity of purpose." The process should also "determine the other issues that have an effect on the campus climate and address them in order to improve the campus commu- nity." This committee met most Friday afternoons this semester and deliberated such issues as organiza- tional culture and campus diversity. Task Force B Academic Initiatives: Understanding the Consequences is co-chaired by Gus Cochran, Linda Hubert, and Sarah Blanshei. The purpose of this group is to reevaluate some of the partly realized initiatives of the 1980s and to detennine what is important in the 1990s. Items specifically discussed included the seven-point Centen- nial Academic Plan, the centrality of the college mission, the competieive advantage over other institutions, and the impact on clearly limited sources. John Pilger and Sarah Blanshei co-chair Task Force C Support- ing the Faculty and Academic Support. The responsibility of this committee is to address strategic issues "concerning the recmitment, retention, and support of the best faculty for Agnes Scott in the 1990s." This group is faced with a particularly serious task because it is predicted that there will be a faculty shortage for this decade. The committee is concerned not simply with the issue of compensation but also with the quality of life. They are attempting to identify and put into effect a plan for sustaining a faculty "with a strong commitment to its institu- tion." The task force recommends specific proposals in priority order, "appropriate to the kind of college Agnes Scott wants to and can be, with full consideration of costs." Task Force D The Quality of Student Life is co-chaired by Rosemary Eberiel and Gue Hudson. The purpose of this committee is the "analysis of the current student environment and culture of the College and consid- eration of changes that will enhance the College s ability to fulfill its mission." The group met in each donn and with special interest groups such as RSOs and international students to examine the "scope and emphasis of student activities, including religious activities and athletics." The task force attempts to "focus on the student as a whole person and as a member of the campus and of the larger commu- nity." Art Bowling and Ten Lahti co- chair the Enrollment Manage- ment and Financial Aid Task Force, also known as Task Force E. Its main intent is to evaluate the overall enrol lemnt issue. The committee addresses such issues as to the extent ASC will continue to subsidize a students education, and how the college is to retain the students who do enroll. Task Force F The College Economy and Infrasmicture, co- chaired by Kathy Kennedy and Gerald Whittington, examines ways "to assure the efficient and cost-effective deployment of resources, provide information to the campus community about those resources, maximize use of the College s facilities, and attract, retain and sustain staff personnel. " The Board of Trustees and the Alumnae Association have also become involved in the planning process. They have formed their own task forces and control the determination of their focus. Each of these Task Forces submitted their final reports tor this semester by April 1 5. Each were sufficiently successful in the initiation of their main goals. A report of their specific accomplishments will be made available to the campus commu- nity at a later date. Tuition (continued from page I) points to the reality of inflation as a reason why tuition must be increased. Each year as "things cost more, people expect to be paid more." The inflation rate for educational institutions is higher than the rate of inflation for the general public. Because educaton is a highly labor intensive field, and colleges must meet the rising costs of technol- ogy, costs for educational institutions are very high and rise quickly. Part of this is due to efforts in the 1980s to increase faculty salaries which did not rise with inflation during the 1970s. President Schmidt also says that it is the Endowment which "...saves us." She feels that "without it, the cost of tuition would be double what we charge" and the same quality of education at Agnes Scott would ni >t be possible. Despite any explanation, the increase in tuition is still not easy to bear. It is, howev er, more easily understo< >d. The fact that the college is undergoing a "vigorous budget process" at this time adds hope that if a tuition increase i^ necessary next year, that it can be smaller than the one students face now. News Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 3 Politically Incorrect: The New Oppressed? Stories of Ostracism, Even Expulsion; Troducts Of The Reagan Generation^ by Amy Hudson, College Press Service Last term, an anti-abortion group at the University of .Wisconsin-Madison erected a display of 125 tombstones. The group hoped the grave markers would dramatize the number of fetuses that are aborted in the area. Straining not to alienate Jewish passersby with an array of exclusively Christian symbols in her mock cemetery, Pro Life Action League Co-president Sheri Johanfson decided to put crosses on top of some of the tombstones and Stars of David on top of others. The effort to be sensitive, however, outraged a Jewish group on campus, which accused Johanfson of comparing "Jews to fetuses' 1 and being anti-Semitic. "You can't win, 1 guess," Johanfson sighs in recalling the incident. Such is life among the "politically inconect" on cam- puses these days. Trading honor stories of campus residents being ostracized, punished, and even expelled for offenses such as wearing certain T-shirts or saying something someone else didn't like, "incor- rect" students nationwide now speak of themselves as the most oppressed people on campus. "On most campuses, you can say anything you like about white males or pro-life women," observed Glenn Ricketts, research director of the National Associa- tion of Scholars (NAS), a A campus-wide picnic had been planned for Friday evening, complete with a junior-senior softball game, but because of the weather the meal was moved inside. An informal pickup game was eventually played, with the juniors winning. Capping does not officially end until the traditional capping ceremony held every year in the infinnary garden on the last evening of capping. The seniors processed to the garden with their robes and mortar boards holding candles and singing God of the Marching Centuries. A short statement was read, as the seniors unofficially passed on the rites and responsibilities of being the senior class to the class of 1992, and the cappers gave their candles and robes to their cappees. The seniors then marched out with the junior class following, and each junior placed her candle on the bench in front of Princeton, N.J., group trying to fight what it sees as the growing politicization of higher education. But these same people, Ricketts continued, aren't allowed to express themselves. "There are a number of extremely angry students," he claimed. "A lot of students are starting to feel oppressed," agreed Kristin Luedtke, president of the College Republicans chapter at St. John's University in Minnesota. Luedtke's claim to feeling oppressed derives from St. John's presidential candidate Barry Goldwater: "Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them." Administrators nixed it because it had the word "sex" in it. The other featured two elephants dancing. It was censored, Luedtke says she was told, because the elephants "were dancing suggestively and one elephant had nipples." Noting the administration never had a problem with the posters before, Luedtke thinks her group was singled out for other reasons. "It's got a lot to do with the v politically correct' thinking on campuses nationwide," she said. Director of Joint Student Activities Roxanae Molinari says she rejected the Goldwater poster because "it didn't have anything to do with the meeting times of the College Republicans." It "may have been objectionable to some people," she added. "I was told that because I was pro life, I shouldn't be on student the Alston Center. The candles continued to bum throughout the evening. Freshman are usually unfamil- iar with the rites of capping and what it is. Capping has histori- cally been viewed as a time for members of the graduating senior class to honor a junior or group of juniors they like and feel close to, and unofficially pass on their duties. The class of 1992 will not become seniors in the eyes of the College until Senior Investiture in September of 1991. All juniors who participated felt the experi- ence was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. Seniors who did the capping were astounded by the amount of work that goes into the three-day event. By the time the Friday evening ceremony was over, juniors had already begun planning next year's capping events, and the sophomores seemed to already be dreading it. government," recalled Johanfson, a former student government member. vv The rest of the government felt that I shouldn't open my mouth about any subject." Not everyone sympathizes. The complaints, says Piene Barolette of the United States Student Association, are little more than a group of conservative students wonied about losing their position. "They're products of the Reagan generation," he said, vx and they figured there would be no challenge to their views." Nevertheless, there seem to be a lot of students complaining. Ricketts tells of a student who was told by her adviser that her senior thesis, a requirement for graduation, must be from a feminist perspective, a viewpoint the student doesn't support. "She doesn't know what to do," Ricketts said. "She needs that thesis to graduate." byJosieHoilman Contributing Editor An important part of the campus since September of 1960, Rosa Smith, supervisor of custodial services, has now resigned "for personal reasons" from her position at ASC. She began as a laundry checker, a position long ago eliminated, and was promoted on August L, 1976 to Assistant Director of Custodial Services. On July 1, 1982, she was again promoted to the position of Director which she main- tained until her official retire- ment on March 3 1 of this year. A farewell dessert was held in her honor on Thursday, March byJosie Hoilman Contributing Editor At approximately 10:35 a.m. on Friday, April 12, Physical Plant worker Cory Cash was thrown from a work truck onto the street. Apparently, as the vehicle turned the corner, Cash, who was in the bed of the truck, lurched backwards out of the vehicle. He suffered surface wounds above his eye and along the side of his arm and leg and possible injury to his head. "It's difficult to get students to talk about it," Ricketts said, declining to name the student. "I have to think there's a very large number of students having these problems." Last spring at the University of Texas, during a demonstration against a fraternity that used a caricature of Sambo on a T-shirt, one student, in support of the house, held up a sign that said, "Keep Sambo." "The university tried to take disciplinary action against him," recalled Paul Yioutas, president of the College Republicans there. In introducing a bill in mid- March that would give students the right to challenge campus rules that regulate speech, Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., cited about 20 instances where unpopular opinions had been stifled. The Hyde bill may help their cause, the "incorrect" agree, but few think the climate for their 28, from 12:30 to 1:30 in the Faculty/Staff Dining Room to provide the campus community with the opportunity to say their goodbyes. Elsa Pena, Director of Physical Plant, sums up in her own statement the feelings embodied by the entire campus: "She will be greatly missed. Rosa had been here such a long time that she knew everything; she knew what to do and didn't need instruction. That can't be replaced. That's a lot of history that's gone with her." Rosa mentioned during her last week as an employee at Agnes Scott that she was looking forward to travelling during her retirement. Several Physical Plant workers including Director Elsa Pena and Victoria Lambert rushed to his assistance with emergency first aid kits. An ambulance was called and Cash was taken to the emer- gency room to determine the severity of his injuries. Upon realization that Cash had been thrown from the truck, the plant employee who was driving the vehicle slammed on his breaks and jumped from the truck to help Cash. In the process he sprained his ankle. He also was taken to the views will warm anytime soon.' "People are finally becoming aware of what's going on," St. John's Luedtke said, "but we've got to try to rally some kind of widespread student support." ON OTHER CAMPUSES Compiled from the College Press Service In Drug Bust, Feds Shut Down U. of Virginia Frats Charlottesville, Va. In an apparently unprec- edented college raid, federal dnig police raided three University of Virginia fraternities March 22, anesting 12 members and taking control of the house them- selves. Members not involved in the investigation can move back into Phi Epsilon Pi, Delta Upsilon, and Tau Kappa Epsilon houses, but not before signing new "rental agree- ments" with the federal government. The 1 2 students were arrested on charges of selling hallucinogenic designer drugs, LSD and mushrooms. Because taking possession of private social clubs like fraternities is so unusual, Drug Enforcement officials said they got prior approval for the raid from U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh. Rapes Plague Several Campuses Rapes and rape investiga- tions galvanized students at Cornell University in New York, the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Wisconsin at Madison the third week of March. On March 22, meanwhile, a U.S. Senate report claimed more women were raped around the U.S. in 1990 than ever before, exceeding 100,000 victims for the first time. "American women are in greater peril now from an attack than they have ever been in the history of our nation," Senator Joseph Biden, D-Del., said in releasing the report. CctppiTl^ f con tin ued from page I ) Beloved Faculty Member Retires to Smell the Roses Physical Plant Employee Thrown from Moving Vehicle Editorials Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 4 El The Profile AGNES Agnes Scott Cdllege'Box 764* Decatur, GA 30030 SCOTT Printed bv Chapman Press, Atlanta COLLEGE ' r EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman NEWS EDITOR Josie Hoiiman Assistant News Editor Dawn Sloan FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard ARTS EDITOR Sandee McGIaun CALENDAR EDITOR Rita Ganev COPY EDITOR Tonya Smith PHOTOGRAPHER Barbie Stitt ADVERTISING MANAGER Tamara Shle BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin CIRCULATION MANAGER Mary Mathewes, Tamara Shie The Profile is published bi-weekly throughout the oca editorials are always welcomed and should be typed c cannot be withheld. Views expressed on the editorial anyone affiliated with the College other thin the auth Lagniappe by Kristin Lemmerman On the evening of April 2, 1 was diverted from a tortuous homework reverie by a phone call asking me to deal with a larger issue than a liberal arts education in itself prepares people to deal with. A writer, working on an article on campus racism issues, had been denied access to a student meeting which she had hoped would give her a better perspective on the issue at hand. She was denied the right to attend this meeting because of color: She was white. Her confusion at being excluded by a group which actively works to eliminate discrimination against color reminded me of the sharp feelings I felt when, as a freshman, I tried to understand why students of color felt that an African American student representative to SGA was necessary. I attended several high schools whose African American populations were at one extreme, non-existent, and at the other, scarcely noticed amongst all the other ethnic groups present. Thus, I could honestly claim to be ignorant of the problems that existed. For taking the time to try to understand the issue, I was called "petty" and told that people like me kept the system running the way it did. I would argue that it was the people who refused to talk to me, to help me understand how racism still manifests itself even today, who keep the issue from being settled. Many people of color have, understandably enough, grown impatient with the tedium of educating people from different backgrounds on their own ethnicity. Not only is the education process long, tiresome, and an easy way to become the target of insults, but it often seems to be without reward, particularly where the problems are worst. It is not easy to be the target of racial slurs, and I will not ever claim that bigotry is justified: it is inane in this day and age to claim that non-white people are less able to achieve great things than whites, just as it is inane to say that women are less capable than men of achieving greatness. But to band together and seek empowering positions as a group will only solve half the problem. Unless I am extremely misguided, the goal is to conquer racism and discrimination throughout all of society and among all peoples. Unless racism is completely eliminated, then somebody's black, or Indian, or Amerasian, or white child can still be sitting in kindergarten and be told by a classmate that her daddy doesn't like niggers, spies, white trash, or whatever slur the child's parents have passed on to her. Discrimination will continue in exactly the same ways it has since schools were integrated, unless the people who propogate it are taught that they must stop and that their beliefs have been made invalid. Is this the kind ot change that a small group of students is eliciting by excluding a student because of her color? It is still discrimination, and still racism, and we would do ourselves all a favor by getting that out of our systems. Public Safety News by Officer Charlotte York A set of speakers valued at $50.00 was stolen from an office in the Dana Fine Arts building. Anyone with information on the theft should contact Public Safety at 371-6355 with details. A student reported that her expensive running shoes were taken from her room while she was in the shower. The shoes were recovered without incident. The Department of Public Safety has been quite active in providing forums for the exchange of public safety information and concerns. In recent programs, Public Safety Interns Regan Cone and Juliet Carney presented a seminar on campus safety. The seminar included a video, discussion of safety issues, and a handout of safety tips. Next, Sgt. Gregory by Elizabeth Peryam The hardest lesson Time Traveler ever had to learn is that of personal responsibility. Since it appears to be one of the unspoken cosmic laws, I'll share it with you: We are each one of us individually responsible for our own lives. Period. Time Traveler has a distant cousin whose "thing" is to recite recipes. She is very intelligent you would have to be to memo- rize all those recipes but crashingly boring to me. In my opinion, both food and music should be indulged in, but not discussed much. Old cuz fell right into the woman-trap when she was young (a long time ago) and her mind just never came out of the kitchen. She allowed other people to define her life for her. Women traditionally have been trained from birth to be passive and other-centered to sacrifice our lives for the sake of our man, our children and the rest of our family. After centu- ries of training, this has led to a great wave of wimpicity among us. But we no longer need to knuckle under to others' wishes Scott coordinated a Crime Symposium featuring guests from the metropolitan Atlanta law enforcement community. The Department attempts to maximize its resources in making this information available to the campus community. On Wednesday April 24, 1991, the Department of Public Safety is sponsoring a seminar entitled, "Basic Self Defense For Women," the Seminar will be held in the Student Center Aerobics room, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The cost of the seminar is $10.00 per person. This seminar was developed in response to student requests for sessions shorter than the comprehensive 10- week course which is presented twice per school year at a cost of $60.00 per person. The self defense Time Traveler instead of our own. ,It's a human instinct when something goes wrong to look around for somebody else to blame it on. It makes you feel so much better in the midst of disaster to be able to point a finger. Parents are the handiest. But everybody in this world is doing the bestnhey know how to do at the time, and that includes parents. Nothing is to be gained by going back into the past and beating them over the head for the things they did wrong raising us. But we do grow up with our little minds recording all the things that are said to us and around us, and, as adults, these recordings shape our thoughts and actions subconsciously if we remain oblivious to their influence. If you were raised in a family that felt guilty and sad all the time, you are likely to be depressed. Those kids who got loving attention only when they were sick may grow up to be hypochondriacs. People who complain all the time will raise children who complain all the time, even when there is nothing to complain about. Believing that the way we were courses are always well received. The Department of Public Safety maintains a taxi fund for students stranded away from campus after hours. Students needing to use this service should take a taxi back to campus, where a Public Safety Officer on duty will make a loan to the student to pay the driver. The student must repay the loan within one week. As the school year is coming to an end, the Department of Public Safety will need to begin consideration of improvements that can be developed and implemented over the summer break. It you would care to express concerns or offer sugges- tions please submit them, in writing, to the Public Safety office. Our goal is to be respon- sive to the needs of the campus community. Your responses will be greatly appreciated. raised is the way to act, we are amazed when people reject us for oUr behaviour. But we can change our behavior! Those old recordings can be erased or discarded and replaced with more positive messages. The most amazing things happen when we do this. A new-found attitude of love can pave our path with ease, abundance and love-in-return. Sometimes such changes take years to complete, but the effort can work wonders. If we can only become aware of the recordings that run our lives almost against our will, then we can make a conscious effort to change those old words from destructive ones into encourag- ing messages. The next step is to build an image of the person we want to be and the things we want to do with our lives. With our consciousness clarified, our goals clear and our path set, life becomes simplified. We may change our ideal image from time to time, but as long as we know that the change is under our control and we take full con- scious responsibility for the consequences, we will be a fully- functioning adult human being. The Profile needs writers and photogaphers! Interested? Leave a note in Box 764 and we'll be happy to get you involved! Editorials Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 5 Rep Rap What's going on in Rep Council and how if affects you ! Retarded Spock- Spate -Whttey- Kraut -Nig^-Kike- X T^af anddumt raotrae Oaee 1 " 'Joho xyke- Gey. Flamer CTippJea.^dn:^^-^ ' ; ir >White-ColoM-Gadio Bi Looney JfoY^oiok.' Wetback:- tor*^ Chink -KV^r . Stick -Yell^J Jap Ucfa^ Dagp Beauf ** r Wop - Cur-jac" Limey- Cong^^ Frog - Grea^'" fife Camel Joui - by Jessica Carey Rep Rap has now been officially expanded to one half of a page. Rep Council requested this expansion because we felt that The Profile was a great way to keep in touch with the student body and let you know what we are doing and why. You can find in this section a list of unexcused absences from Rep meetings (because your friends can't represent you if they are not there), the major issues that have come before Rep in the past two weeks, and an update of issues that perhaps haven't been discussed in a while. There will also be a riddle ... for no other reason than that it will be interesting to see if anyone can figure it out. (It will describe a Rep member). Good luck and keep reading! FYI: who's who on Rep Council Behan Celebrates Bigoted Buffoons Dear Editors: I continue to be enchanted by Elizabeth Peryam's essays in gynecological theology. Her virulent anti-Catholicism is a refreshing change from the humorless bigotry one finds, say, in the 'Wymyn 6k Religion' papers on display in McCain Library. Peryam's recent Peter piece reflects a knowledge of human anatomy commensurate with her knowledge of Roman Catholi- cism. According to Peryam, "Since all humans have the same sex organs, the only difference is that men have an enlarged clitoris and fallen ovaries". We Amy Higgins: President Jessica Carey: Vice-President Tracy Peavy: Secretary Meredith Jolly: Treasurer Kara Russell: Class of '92 Rep Tara Somerville: Class of '92 Rep Amy Bridwell: Class of '92 Rep Leigh Bennett: Class of '92 Rep Wendy Allsbrook: Class of '93 Rep Ellen Chilcutt: Class of '93 Rep Mary Frances Kerr: Class of '93 Rep Deborah Watters: Class of '93 Rep Anika Dyrstad: Class of '94 Rep Andie Medven: Class of '94 Rep Elena Paras: Class of '94 Rep Bryn Perry: Class of '94 Rep Mary Claire Myers King: RTC Rep Jeanne Peters: RTC Rep haven't been able to enjoy science like that since Lysenko's politically correct genetics. While she's at it, Peryam might want to look into the phlogiston theory and the view that Blacks are genetically inferior. There's a whole world of pseudo-science waiting to be explored once she tires of pseudo-theology. I do hope, however, that one of the Sisters will explain to her a basic reproductive difference between the clitoris and the penis before she puts her anatomical expertise into personal practice. Peryam's parochial particular- ism seems an unnecessary restraint. Why is she not more catholic, as it were, in her buffoonery? Why, when she is determined to "Free Jesus", does she not tell us that the Jews Eva Mihlic: International Student Rep Malikah Jordan: African- American Rep Carol Wilcher: Orientation Council President Kathryn Cullinan: Inman Rep Jessica Daugherty: Walters Rep Beth Hunt: Winship Rep murdered Jesus? Why, when she does not blanch at a Vatican conspiracy, does she not tell us about an international Jewish conspiracy? Surely one who believes that all human beings have the same sex organs" should have no reason to question the authenticity of the Protocols of Zion. If Catholic-bashing is her way to get her rocks off, I would hardly desire to prick Peryam's phallophobia. Her columns have restored humor to this dour campus. By continuing to publish them, The Profile shows that political correctness can have a sense of humor after all. So let us now celebrate bigoted buffoons. Yours sincerely, David Behan Debbie Miles: Rebekah Rep Annetta Williams: Main Rep These names were listed for a reason. It is crucial for everyone to know who their representa- tives are. Seek them out and talk to them about what's on your mind. They want and need to know! Open Faculty Meetings One issue of concern on campus right now is open faculty meetings. Currently these meetings are closed to students, and students must request an invitation if they wish to speak. Rep members felt that open faculty meetings would familiar- ize students with the concerns of faculty members, and provide essential insight into the needs and concerns of faculty. Rep Council is sending a resolution and letter to the Faculty Executive Committee urging that faculty meetings be made open to students in order to improve this area of communica- tion. Changes in Faculty Committee Structures Recently the faculty approved a series of changes in the faculty committee structures that reduces the number of persons on each committee and subse- quently the number of students. Rep has talked a great deal about this, with all members expressing apprehension about the new change. The two most visible faculty committees, namely Academic Standards and Curriculum, can be very intimidating to students, and Rep members worried that no one student could adequately represent the entire student body under such conditions. - Rep Council therefore decided to include this concern in the letter being sent to the FEC (Faculty Executive Com- mittee), and request alternative means of student representation. Possible options include keeping the current number of student seats on the committees (i.e.. one senior rep, one junior rep, and one sophomore rep) and letting them have a combined vote. This example illustrates why students need access to faculty meetings, as this entire issue came and went with no student input. Faculty Award In the fall, Rep Council created a new award to be given once a semester to a faculty member who students feel deserves recognition as superior. The award will be presented this semester, and nominations should be in essay form, describ- ing why you feel a certain professor is deserving of the award. Faculty should be nominated based on the following criteria: motivates students to learn, promotes diversity, possesses past and current academic knowl- edge, challenges students, shows innovation, shows a sincere interest in student concerns, or any other special quality which you feel distinguishes this faculty member from others. Nominations should be sent to Debbie Miles at Box 293 or Wendy Allsbrook at Box 12. Rep Council will be accepting nominations through Tuesday, April 16. That evening Rep Council will narrow the list down to ten professors and on April 19 present a final ballot to the student body for voting. Voting will last for one week. The award will be given at the Awards Convocation on May 8. Rep Council 199M992 The Rep Council that you elected this spring is committed to the student body. Part of the reason for the new and improved Rep Rap is an effort to bring Rep Council closer to the student body, so that you know what Rep is doing and how it affects you. (continued on page 6) Letters To The Editor Editorials Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 6 Letters ( continued from page 5)~ Kitty Clears the Air Dear Editors: Incidentally, I did not even say that you were jealous. It's not really my business whether you are or not. Here is the real story: The Z~93 guy asked us did we think our classmates would be "jealous." I Rep Rap ( continued from The meetings are held every Tuesday night at 7:15 p.m. in the CLC and they are open. Rep Council encourages anyone and everyone to attend the meetings to get a better feel for the responsibilities and activities of Rep. PLEASE feel free to talk to any of us ... we need to know how you feel about some of these issues that we talk about. I would like to see one part of the new Rep Rap be a question and answer section, where anyone can write in to get a thought it was an absurd question and I answered rather nonchalantly that I didn't know. Not a very interesting or articulate answer on my part I must admit, but a safe one, so I thought. Then I guess some- body decided that I accused all womankind of jealousy, because page 5) question answered or propose an idea. I promise if Rep doesn't already have the answer, we'll find it. You can send them as letters to the editor of Rep Rap, a kind of mini "beef board" for student (and faculty) concerns. A strong student government is the key to a strong student voice. We need your help to be the best that we can. The riddle: "I think there is someone following me!! I should have taken that class with that does make a good story. I can see it so clearly, passing from ear to ear, "Kitty says we're JEALOUS!" What a shame that the real story is not quite as spectacular as the rather mis- shapen story everyone's been telling. I won't bitch too much about being misquoted. I should have expected to be misquoted, or at least to have my words twisted. I understand, after all, you needed something to put on your protest signs and in your informative articles. I figure if you want to know what I think, if you care, you'll ask. I invite you. It amuses me that really no one has attacked me individually, but you were not afraid to attack in a group of twenty-five (or was it thirty?)- But I see that some of you find it more convenient (and certainly less mental work) to talk about me without ever having talked with me. You say that what we have done encourages or perpetuates crimes FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE DOWN THE TUBES. If you think the tests in col- lege are tough, wait until your first job interview. Last year. America's businesses lost S60 billion to drugs. So this year, most of the Fortune 500 will be administer ing drug tests. Failing the test means you won't be considered for employment. After all. if you're into drugs, how smart can you be. WE'RE PUTTING DRUGS OUT OF BUSINESS. Partnership for a Drug- Free America against women? Now think about when a woman is attacked, or raped, and think about those people who say she provoked it by making poor choices, or by simply wanting to be admired, which is the nature of men and women. In both cases, women are the focus. But I say we, as women, are not responsible for the cruel actions of men, whether we dress provocatively, whether we pose for a magazine. Men choose to commit the crimes. Men are responsible, and at that, only certain men. Take the Ms. Bennett issue, tor example. You put both blame and focus on women for the vices of men. Men need to start taking responsibility for their own actions. Encouraging or allowing men to say Playboy made me do it certainly does not further this cause. It's not my job, nor your job, nor your neighbor's job to be some kind of a martyr for the rest of womankind. Nor is it anyone's duty to be some constant "representation" of a school, a family, or of women in general. I represent me. I do what makes me happy. I hope you do too. But now my interest in the big "controversy" is waning, frankly, as I hope yours is. I had my fun. You had yours. Sometimes it's more amusing to laugh than to debate. Sincerely, Kathleen (Kitty) O'Neil Voss P.S. Let met take this opportu- nity to confess that the 1 7 suffering Scotties who allegedly committed suicide were actually murdered. By me. I thought; I started this, it's my duty to put them out of their JEALOUS misery. Besides, they were all quite stacked and I had to eliminate any competition. ATTENTION ALL SENIORS The deadline for wills and testaments is April 24. Please submit to Box 764> preferably on disk using Microsoft Word. 9 the Original Family Haircutters^ Commons Shop Open 7 a wee days J* thp Oriainl Famik/ HairrurtPrs &t 9 " 6:00 Sun. 12-400 At Emory Commons Shopping Center Shampoo Precision cut Reg. $14.00- 320-3128 Expires 3 3 1 9 1 Full Service Salon No Appointment Necessary Features Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 7 Ladies of the Round Table Continue Feminism Lecture Tradition by Anne Harris On April 1, 2, and 3, and again on April 5 and 6, Students for Feminist Awareness (SFA) once again conducted their open dinner panels entitled "Ladies of the Round Table." The format is energetic and informal and welcomes the whole campus community. In an attempt to engage dialogue and perhaps even attain resolutions within several key issues of our times, SFA invited speakers from on and off campus to explore men and feminism, ecofeminism, women's spiritual- ity, and lesbianism. The concepts of men and feminism have notoriously and unfortunately been deemed incompatible by many perhaps due to the inherent opposition of the root words, perhaps due to an intellectual abstraction of the personhood of men indealing with the political and personal issues for which they have been held account- able. What emerged during the conversation was a desire for understanding of women's issues and feelings on the part of the men as well as the realization that women's expression, their ways of knowing, can be freeing for men. Tension arose over the question of men truly under- standing the experiences of women in a sexist society the limited opportuni- ties, fear for personal safety, frustration of not being taken seriously in specific realms, to cite a few examples a tension which holds in the understanding of experiences of women of color in a racist society. Men and women working together within the movement was seen as vital to its success, for men's liberation from their own society-dictated roles as well as for the previously largely unacknowledged worth, of women's contributions. The ecofeminism panel was less conceptual and dealt more precisely with the issue of animal rights and vegetarianism. Women presented slides concerning the treatment of animals for food. They stressed the Our inner perceptions dfour bodies have been too long governed by the expectations of the media and society- established standards of beauty. interconnectedness between animals and human beings, and warned of the parallels in liberties human beings take with lives of animals, and with lives of other human beings. Women's spirituality is a topic being explored by many women through their writings and discussions with other women. Having for so long been deprived of the wealth of folklore and symbolism ascribed to male deities, women are rediscovering myths of old as well as current traditions which explore female spiritual figures. Many aspects of women's spirituality can be acknowledged in the everyday, such as our inner perceptions of our bodies, too long governed by the expectations of the media and society-established standards of beauty. A ritual followed the discussion, during which the women present voiced local and global concerns and took time out to think about who they were in relation to life and its meaning. The final panel examined the issue of lesbianism, one which needs much discussion on our campus. The two off-campus guests spoke of their personal experiences as lesbians in a society which, for the most part, is unwilling to affirm the validity of their choice. They are proud of their choice and feel that they can contribute to their community only by being their natural selves. The heterosexual dictates of the Agnes Scott capmus have been felt strongly enough by the gay community to thwart any attempts at forming a lesbian association in which women could discuss their roles and choices. Most college campuses housing any sort of intellectual exploration soon realize the human values and personalities behind the labels and stereotypes ascribed to lesbians, and it is surprising that Agnes Scott has not manifestedly done so. Students present discussed the possibility of an association such as the one mentioned above. The campus community may soon benefit from its diversity. The "Ladies of the Round Table" panels have become a tradition with SFA, which has been impressed and pleased with the interest shown by many different sections of the student body. A forum for discussion of material rarely found in our classrooms opens up all sorts of possibilities for the development of our college. Street Beat Compiled by Anne Harris The Question: Do you believe that racism is involved in administrative hiring and firing? (not pictured) Aida Najarian, Class of 1992: i would like to say no, but then look at the statistics, look at the campus. It's definitely there, but it's impossible to find out officially. We should ask the Board of Trustess look at their color and sex. I think that Agnes Scott is trying to come out of its 40s and 50s mentality, but it's a late bloomer; like a recovering racist, but very slow. Kech Payne, Class of 1993: Yes it's apparent in the way that the administration has tired professors that "don't mesh," and yet it will keep on professors who make racist comments in and out of class. The deans know this and yet they do nothing, but try to "facilitate" the problem they don't want the issue to go any further than the classroom or their office. An example of this is that it was Rep Council who wound up organizing the Undoing Racism workshop why wasn't the administration more publically supportive? Kathleen O'Neil Voss, Class of 1993: I see that all the gardemers and custodial services "happen" to be black while those who are in charge tend to be white. It isn't really for me to say since I don't have the power to hire and fire we don't know what goes on. But from what I see, it's hiearchically placed, with black people on the bottom and white people on top. Malaika Jordan, Class of 1994: More than likely it does. I don't see too many black or minorities for that matter administrators. So it's evidently something. Making the faculty and administration part of a campus- wide Undoing Racism workshop would bring us together. We could do that, seeing as how we were able to spend three days on faith and learning earlier this year. Change is really difficult the way the hiearchy is set up. Lauren Grenade, Class of 1993: 1 don't understand how come the custodial sendees are all black and administrators are white there's a definite imbalance. It's not a new kind of problem at this school. The problem in the hiring policy comes from old hiring policies, but 1 don't think there's neces- sarily a problem with hiring and firing, except that there isn't any hiring. Features Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 8 Dn Patricia ML White Appointed Assistant Dean of College Dr. Patricia White hangs around in her years as an Agnes Scott student by Donna L. Perkins Dr. Patricia McGuire White, ASC biology professor, will begin serving as Assistant Dean of the College on June 12, 1991. After graduating from Agnes Scott College, she received her master's in Population Genetics from the University of Georgia and her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, with a minor in Microbiology, from Georgia Tech. She has been a member of the biology faculty at Agnes Scott for the past four years; she previously served as an instructor at Palm Beach Junior College and Kennesaw College. Dr. White's alum status makes her feel that returning to Agnes Scott to teach was like "coming home." She enjoys working with the faculty and students alike. However, her favorite aspect of teaching is being in the laboratory. She maintains that this is a time in which she can get to know her students. With a smile, she adds, "I'd never keep my students late in labs," but as all the biology students under- stand, Dr. White insists that the labs are 4 quality" time, not "quantity." Yet, she occasionally compensates this "quality time" with a fresh box of doughnuts. She stated that while many things have changed since she was a student here, many things have remained the same. "The first time I stuffed an exam envelope, 1 remember by Sara DiGusto Atlanta, instead chose to head to the hills of North I Carolina. Tucker, a member of Silver Hills Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, was given the unique opportunity to spend five days on having an eerie feeling. It was very unusual stuffing the envelope instead of removing an exam that I had to take." How would she describe herself as an ASC student? She jokingly replies, X T was the perfect student, of course." Dr. White states that she is excited about her new position and is pleased that she will also be able to teach a class in population genetics next spring. She commented on the chal- lenge of her upcoming work and said that she thinks it will prove to be an interesting experience. She will continue working with Dr. Sandra T. Bowden on their long-term microbiological reseach project at Davidson- Arabia Mountain in DeKalb County. She and Dr. Bowden are isolating culturable bacteria from soil in two different island communities in order to study their diversity. During this study, they have been able to work with the Institute of Applied Microbiology and with the scanning electron micro- scope at Yerkes. This summer they plan to add a genetic component to the study: they will attempt to establish a collection of naturally occurring plasm ids from the outcrops through plasmid isolation and screening. Dr. White has previously isolated, cloned, and characterized a plasmid from Pseudomonas maltophilia, a commonly found microorganism. Dr. White is a past recipient the Cherokee Indian Reserva- tion in Cherokee, North Carolina. She went with a group of nineteen college students involved with the Baptist Christian Ministry at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. From March 1 7th through the 2 1st, Tucker and the other students worked with Cherokee's Head Start program. \ lead Stan is a government funded program that allows disadvantaged tcxldlers and pre- schoolers to be surrounded by a loving and affectionate environ- ment while learning such necessities as hygiene, manners, the Cherokee language, and English. The children are also served a "home-style" lunch. Due to the chilly weather and lack of heat, the program was closed for a day and Tucker spent the day painting and of a National Science Founda- tion Award and a Regents Opportunity Award. She recieved this award for her three years of genetic research while she was a student at Georgia Tech. She received the NSF Award (Improvement in Laboratory Instrumentation) for her work with Dr. Bowden in establishing a molecular genetics laboratory here at Agnes Scott which had not previously existed. The Spring Break Beach sanding buildings on the Reservation. One of the special events that occurred during the trip was a trip to the Anrioch Missionary Church. Tucker commented that the worship service, led by an Indian elder, was a moving and fulfilling experiece. "[I] wouldn't have done anything else. [The experience] was very fulfilling and it gave me a new direction. I wouldn't have traded it for a trip to the beach in a minute," Tucker stated. Spring Break provides a wonderful opportunity tor students to explore different cultures and educational experiences, while taking a rest from the regular academic rigors at Agnes Scott. Instead of going to the beach or mountains next year, take time out to explore one of your own interests. The beach will always be there! award, in the amount of $32,500, was matched by the college. This money was used to purchase equipment for the lab. Dr. White was bom in Savannah, and grew up in Jacksonville. She currently lives in Stone Mountain. She has been happily married for eleven years to a man the students commonly know as "Mr. Frank." Her spare time is spent traveling with her husband to their house in Highland, NC, working in her yard, and occasionally doing needlework. She has also been interested in photography, interior design, and golfing. In fact, Dr. White was a golf instructor for about two years. Like most of students, Dr. White is looking forward to a restful vacation this summer. During her vacation she plans to spend a week in the mountains followed by a week at the beach. After relaxing, she plans to return and begin what she hopes will be yet another good experience for her in the Agnes Scott community. Basic Self Defense For Women Wednesday April 24th Student Center Aerobics Room 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Cost: $10.00 Spniisnnil lt\: lfc'|>;irl mcnl Df Public Safi'l \ Explore Your Interests on and Break Away from the Spring Break that perennial event that occurs in late March when hordes of college and high school students flock to beaches, tropical islands, and hometowns, in search of good times, short Lived romances, and the perfect "savage" tan. Agnes Scon students, this year, hurried to pack their bags and be out of the dorms by Saturday, March 16th, in order to head to i heir appropriate de.M mat n >ns tor a little rest and relaxation. However, not all of Scott's students chose to pursue a tan this Spring Break. Dee Dee Tucker, a first year student from Features Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 9 Looking Great Starts With Shoes, According to KIWI from KIWI Brands, Inc. compiled by bethany Blankenship Contributing Editor It's no secret that the. college campus and corporate America are worlds apart, and in today's competitive job market graduates need to adapt accordingly. In fact, a recent survey found graduates are making significant changes in their attitudes, right down to their now-polished shoes. ACROSS 1 Mire 6 Quarrel 10 Retail event 14 Hurry 15 Water sport 16 Cheese 17 Each 18 Propagate 20 Art style 21 Proper 22 Less colorlul 23 - race 25 r ull 27 Cosmetic 30 Dry feeling 31 Small island 32 Woody vine 33 Mischievous one 36 Existed 37 Throb 38 Time period 39 My Gal 40 Appellation 4 1 Card game 42 Some fruits 44 Money containers 45 Goblins" kin 47 and abets 48 Utah city 49 Chemical suffix 50 Exude 54 Levee 57 Shatter 58 Neighbor of Can. f.O Objool nf worship 60 Greeting 6 1 Seafarers 62 Away 63 Join DOWN 1 Discard 2 Melted rock 3 Secondhand 4 Sit astride 5 "-. Rube!" 6 Small piece of bush 7 laureate 8 Mont Blanc. eg 9 Rocky peak 10 Some autos 11 Flatienes 12 Shoe tier 13 An abrasive 19 Carmen." e.g. 21 Distant 24 Electric unit 25 Facet 26 Football group 27 Touches clumsily 28 Great Barrier Island 29 Wide traveler 30 Plows 32 Instruments 34 Voiceless 35 Corp VIP 37 Whistle s km The Weekly Crossword Puzzle 38 "The Four of the Apocalypse" 40 Teacher 4 1 Slander 43 Peace and Pecos 44 Baked item 45 Small herring 46 donna 47 Body |Oint 49 Manana 51 Beer ingredient 52 Emerald 53 Norse god 55 Great 56 Fuss 57 Female 1 2 3 4 7 8 - 1 1 1 12 13 14 1 : 17 19 20 21 L 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 _ 37 38 39 40 I 41 42 43 44 45 46 _ 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 58 1 59 I 60 61 - 62 63 COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE r $5 OFF COUPON ~1 L. Brad M. 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New York-based Audits & Surveys found paying attention to the details of good grooming becomes significantly more important for young men and women in the professional workplace, as compared to their attitudes in college. That may not come as surprise to anyone who is familiar with the rather informal grooming styles on college campuses. However, the survey found a high level of good grooming consciousness amoung the post-collegiate crowd. Among young professionals in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles, Audits & Surveys found only 50 percent of the respondents said they considered good grooming important while they were in college. However, 90 percent of those same young professionals now consider good grooming important to getting ahead professionally. While emphasis on five aspects of good grooming (shoes, suits, shirts, nails, and hair) increased over time, the impor- tance of wearing clean, freshly- shined shoes made the largest jump. Among the respondents, only 44 percent had considered wearing clean, freshly-shined shoes to be important during their college days. However, that figure increased to 78 percent for the same young men and women once they were in the workplace. "It's a reflection of how effective you will be in business," said Christine Mannion of New York, when asked why she feels shined shoes are important to success. "People in power notice the little things, like shoes," added an especially insightful respondent, Lisa Mana of La Canada, Califor- nia. Sponsored by Kiwi Brands, the Audits & Survey study is part of a continuing look at attitudes on the importance of the details of good grooming and making favorable first impressions. A previous Kiwi-sponsored study, conducted nationally among personnel professionals, confirms the 1990 survey's repondents are on the right track. Nine out of ten respondents in that poll said good grooming was either extremely or very important to becoming a senior executive. In fact, at least one respondent to the current study knows personnel experts take shined shoes seriously. U I was told one of the reasons I was hired for this job was because of my well-shined shoes," com- mented Randy Paulk of Norcross, GA. Graduation means goodbye to spring breaks, summers off, And IBM student prices. Before you put on your cap and gown, there's >lill tim6 to take advantage of the grvat student price on an IBM FVrsonal System/2.' W hethef you need to create impressive papers, graphics and spreadsheet lor school, or business reports lor work, or even resumes, the PS/2 conies preloaded with software that will let you do just that. \nd it has a mouse to make it eas\ to use. Plus, then- an- added tools like a notepad, calendar and cardfile even games. And its expandable so it can grow with vou throughout graduate school or on the job. 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US IBM Corporation 1991 J Arts Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 10 Annual Writers' Festival Brings Together Literary Types by Rita Ganey and Michelle Roberts Gloria Naylor and Sharon Olds were special guests at the Agnes Scott Writers' Festival last weekend. The two popular writers read from their works, signed copies of their hooks, and judged the college poetry and fiction competition. Professor Steve Guthrie introduced Sharon Olds as his personal favorite among the five contem- porary women poets he teaches in his introductory poetry writing class. He stated that "these are exciting times for poetry. "Olds proceeded to read twenty poems from her three hooks, Satan Says, The Dead and the Living, and The Gold Cell, from her soon-to-be - Gloria Naylor relaxes at the Winter s Festival published The Father, and some unpublished work. True to Guthrie's description of her poetry's effect on him, her reading sent chills up the spine as it made the almost-packed audience in Winter Theatre laugh. Having lived in New York City for many years, she said that she likes to think of it as "one big, unhappy family living on a beautiful stone island." Her love of the concept of family, sometimes but not always happy, dominates her poetry. Her work concerns the everyday life of a woman, made brilliant by her words. Her childhood, complete with sexual abuse by her mother and an obsession with her alcoholic father, plays an important role. Her frank and sometimes graphic descriptions of sexuality have made her as controversial as she is repected. The audience broke into applause at the end of several poems; there was buzzing after each as people expressed the powerful and personal effect of her words. One favorite, "Topography," which shows a man and woman's closeness as a map of the United States, was a favorite with the audience. After reading it, Olds com- mented, "Is it our duty to find things to love in order to be bound to the earth T\ Another favorite was "Adolescence," in which an eighteen-year-old girl attempts to put in her slippery diaphragm, on her hands and knees retrieving it from the corner of a seedy motel bathroom as her date lies in wait beyond the door. She gave some hints of her poet personality as she read, stating that after writing love poems all her life, it had been a big shock to write her first one. She also described her "dream reader" as "the woman ahead of me in the Shop-Right." She longs for her poetry to be read and enjoyed by the masses, and jokingly asserted her intention to market it in grocery stores so that it will be accessible to everyone. Gloria Naylor, novelist, screenwriter, and film producer, read excerpts from her as of yet unfinished and unpublished novel, Bailey s Cafe, on Friday morning. Naylor has served as visiting professor or scholar- in-residence at many U.S. universities. She has received several awards, including the American Book Award for The Women of Brewster Place in 1983 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988. Her books include Linden Hills, Mama Day, The Women of Brewster Place, and the coming Bailey's Cafe. Bailey's Cafe is about "food, sex, and jazz" and should be completed some time this summer. The novel is either about a boarding house where the women tenants do whatever they please, or it is about a whorehouse. Naylor does interesting things with point of view in Bailey's Cafe, as in Mama Day. She read two sections as told by two different characters, Esther, a young prostitute who lives in the basement of the boarding house and doesn't quite understand that she has been sexually abused for over the past twelve years of her life, and Jesse Bell, a divorced woman who lives on the second floor and laments the loss of her husband and son. The audience rose to its feet in applause as Naylor concluded her reading. Her reading was a powerful and overwhelming experience. Following Naylor's reading, Memye Curtis Tucker, Agnes Scott alumnae and author, announced the winners of the Writers' Festival Contest. She commented that Sharon Olds said that each of the poets represented "is a true poet." Also, she said that Gloria Naylor had praised each short story as "a gift to American literature." "Jilly's Song" by Nancy Ellen Sherrod won first place in the fiction division. "The Rest" by Theodore Worozbyt, Jr. and "Tenns of Trade" by Joy Howard won honorable mention in poetry. Second place in poetry went to Nicole Sarrocco's "Father's Mother. Anjail Ahmad was awarded first prize for "the thorn in the side of the rose." Shining Student Artists Display Work in "Lumen Naturale" by Anne Harris Staff Writer The Agnes Scott Senior Art Exhibition, featuring the works of Lori Amnions, Diane Cook, and Michelle Cook, as well as invited student artists, opened to numerous viewers on Sunday, April 7. Under the theme of "Lumen Naturale," a medieval Latin term taken from a philosophical treatise meaning "natural light," the show explores the concept of innate inspiration faced with external expression. A wide range of mediums and approaches characterizes the show. Realism in such works as Victoria Swilley's "( )otning ot Age," depicting a young girl looking uncertainly about her in a moment of consciousness ot self, against ,in abstract background, contrasts with color and shape theory works such as "Backgammon Board" hv Angela W eav er. Many small-scale ceramic and sculptural pieces are housed on podiums throughout the gallery. Pots displaying multiple firing and glazing techniques reveal different ways to treat clay. The contrasts between Tammy Shirley's large, organi- cally shaped raku pot and Janiece Hotson's three smaller pots, which seem to unfold like huge flowers or thick felt hats, illustrate this point. Sculptural groups tend to focus on body studies. Kara Russell's "Beloved I, II and III" depicts female figures with straight backs and wide shoulders folding in upon themselves in both strength and vulnerability. Two stretched-out figures by Amy Robertson still hold the marks of her fingers and highlight the maleability of muscle. Works such as "Chap" and 'Lion" by Victoria Swilley and vv Mashafa berhan" by Florence Hind ley- Hinds combine ceramic structure and body figure in elaborate masks. Works on canvas stand as individual as their artists. Diane Cook fragments and challenges the concept of stained glass in an "Untitled" work. This work also realizes a personal interpretation of a XHIth-century stained glass window from the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, depicting the French king St. Louis bringing relics to Paris from the east in the XI II th century. The importance of the vibrancy of blues and reds to Cook is apparent in her spirited work "It's About Red." Lori Ammons explores many possibilities in her depictions. From the glass-like realism mixed with surreal coloring of "Dana Gardens" to the feathery pale-grey synapses of an "Untitled" work, Ammons searches out shapes with color. "Nyriads" can alternately be representative or abstract to the viewer, depending on the shift of emphasis in the long, smooth strokes of blue. Michelle Cook takes bold, ragged, colorful brush work into powerful formal combinations. Her "Untitled" works present spirals, slashes, and segments in a rich exploration of juxtaposition of colors. In looking at her work, one becomes involved in the integrating and separating of the colors as they answer to each other within the paint- ing, or create new hues by their placement. Michelle's more abstract work is filled with the energy of diagonals and edges. While several pieces had political undertones, few played on the many controver- sial issues in which art has found itself involved. Christie Miller's "Cultural Warrior" pins the image which Jesse Helms has cultivated for himself over the matter of art in the NEA. Curiously resembling a work by an artist whom Helms felt free to judge and condemn as religious obscenity, Christie's piece radiates satire. In addition to the visual arts the up and coming realm of performance art was represented in this show. Lori Ammons and Christie Miller designed the piece "A Certain Mission" in which Elissa Gydish and Joy Howard participated as dancer and reader respectively. Contemporary late night TV and music video clips and modern art images formed the backdrop for Elissa's free movement dance, executed in relation to the images of Joy's reading of a compilation of poetry by Adrienne Rich, Erica Jong, and Christie Miller. The piece extricated meaning and consequence of the images and their subse- quent demands on women's bodies and self-concepts. The video of the performance will play in the performance space- as long as the show is up. This year's student art show represented a range of explora- tion in multiple mediums. The body of the work is consistently strong and reveals a promising future for the place of student works in Agnes Scott shows. A price list is available upon request. Friday, Apirl 19, 1991 Th Profile Page 11 Spotlight Talent Show Spotlights Locals by Janelle Bailey Music and theatre came a little closer to us on April 10 at the first Agnes Scott Spotlight. Sponsored hy Student Activi- ties and Social Council, Spotlight was a display of talent from students and staff. Student organizations Blackfriars and Joyful Noise were represented in the first three performances. First on the hill was a scene from Song of Guenevere, a children's play put on hy Blackfriars in December. Cast members were Annmarie Anderson '91, Jeannie Campbell '93, and Andie Morano '93. It is the story of a street family waiting for the arrival of Queen Guenevere, who is supposed to take them out of their ruivdown life. Melissa Johnson '93, a member of Joyful Noise, sang "Ribbon in the Sky." She has done several performances on campus as a soloist as well as with Joyful Noise. Another member of Blackfriars, Elizabeth Peryam '91, performed a scene called "French Fry" from the play Talking With . She portrayed a bag lady who wanted to live in McDonald's and claimed to have seen a man cured of "cerebral walrus" by a Big Mac. The first staff member to be a part of Spotlight was Deborah Houston, who works in Physical Plant. She sang two country songs, "Telling Me Lies" and "Walking Talking Crying Barely Beating Broken Heart." The last group was called Lunch Opera, made up of five ASC students Eve Allen '92, Ellen Chilcutt '93, Georgia Fuller '94, Kate Simpkins '93, and Allyson Whitley '91 and Mark Burrows, a student at Emory University. They performed two cover songs (one by Rod Stewart and one by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians) as well as six originals. Four of the originals were written by Kate Simpkins, one by Christy Jackson '92 and Mark, and one by Allyson and Mark. Juliet Carney '92, Social Council President, and Ellen Wheaton, Director of Student Activities, began Spotlight for several reasons: to promote diversity, to bring the campus together, to allow the perform- ers to share their talents and to have a place to express themselves, and as a great way to have fun. The idea came from a discussion with Kathryn Cullinan '91, Morano and Jackson as an elaboration on the present Coffeehouses. With a turnout of over 75 people, Carney was very encouraged and said she hoped to have Spotlight again several times per semester. She also said they had not ruled out the possibility of another one before this year is over. If you are interested in participating in an Agnes Scott Spotlight, talk to Ellen Wheaton or any member of Social Council. Students, faculty, and staff are all highly encouraged to perform and attend. Ann Mane Anderson, And/ Morano and Jeannie Campbell reenact a scene from "Guenevero" What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been - The Dead Play On by Karyn Adams Long, long ago, a stranger was walking through a foreign town when he came upon a group of people. The group of townspeople were abusing and making fun of a dead beggar's body because the beggar was too poor to afford a burial. The stranger passing through town, not even knowing the beggar, gave all his money to pay for an appropriate burial. Later, a few adventures down the way, the stranger who Press Release Blackfriars will present a festival of student directed one- acts on April 25 and 27, Friday and Saturday. This year's collection features three plays: Penguin Blues, Ariel Bright, and Women on Women, a one-person show. Ethan Phillips' black comedy Penguin Blues, is being directed by junior theatre major Kerri Allen. K.C. Thurman plays Angel ita, an alcoholic nun, and James Scott portrays Gordon, an anti-Catholic voice-over artist, who forces Angel ita to confront her alcohol- ism. Also a black comedy, Kather- ine Long's Ariel Blight, directed by had paid for the burial of the beggar got in a tight fix. The grateful dead man came to the rescue of the stranger to repay him for his burial. It is from this story that Jerry Garcia derived the name "The Grateful Dead." The band consists of two lead vocalists/ lead guitarists, Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh, keyboardist Vince Welnick (replacing the recently deceased Brent Mydland), drummers Mick Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, and pianist Bruce Hornsby. It's Blackfriars' President-elect Li: Hanington, is the story of a mystical undertaker and an eccentric would-be actress. Jeannie Campbell plays Ariel amd Charles Harper portrays Hiley, the clairvoyant under- taker. Women on Women, a compi- lation of monologues by Ameri- can women playwrights, includ- ing Claire Booth, Anna Lora Mowatt, Jane Martin and Tina Howe, will complete the even- ing. It is arranged and perfonned by senior Chrissie Lewandowski. The one-acts are free of charge, and students, faculty and friends are invited. Curtain is at 8:1 5 pm both evenings in the Winter theatre. a large band, but they weave their music into a beautiful tapestry. Unfortunately, in Atlanta, because of the layout of the parking lots, the scene is almost non-existent in comparison to what most scenes are like. u The scene" is the area outside the arena or colliseum where dancing, drumming, vending, and almost anything else takes place. The scene is an important part of a Grateful Dead show, thus, one strike against Dead shows in Atlanta. The scene is one part, but the music is definitely another. The Grateful Dead's sound is a mix of jazz, blues, and some unexplain- able spacey-trippy element. The lyrics can make you feel the blues or touch the sun. Another element of the Dead is the format of the shows. After the first four of five songs of the second set, Jerry, Bob, Phil, Vince, and Bruce always leave the stage, and Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann keep the music going with drums. After drums, Jerry, Bob, and the whole crew return to play "Space" (the name is self-explanatory). The music played at all three of the Atlanta shows was strong and varied. The Dead opened the first set on Wednesday, April 3 with "Touch of Gray," the Dead's only top 10 hit in their 25-year career. The last song of the first set, "Sugar Magnolia," is a well- known Dead song among most college students, as is "Truckin'," also played on Wednesday night. A rare playing of "They Love Each Other," generally played only by the Jerry Garcia Band, appeared in Thursday night's first set. The second set was jammed with great music, starting with "Help On the Way," "Slipknot," and "Franklin's Tower." The Dead ended the first set with a rockin' version of "Good Lovin"' and ended with one of my favorite songs, VX U.S. Blues." The Grateful Dead cranked out one more hot show Friday night, starting the first set with "Shakedown Street" and also playing (with less pizazz than usual) "Friend of the Devil." "Iko Iko" began the second set. "Terrapin Station" was another great song The Dead played at The Omni that lacked power in comparison to other versions. After "Terrapin Station," the Dead surprised the crowd with a "Stir It Up" jam. Closing the second set was vv Throw in' Stones" and vv Not Fade Away," where the entire colliseum chanted vv You know our love not fade away!" All three nights ended with the encore vv The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)." Summing up the Grateful Dead shows in an article is next to impossible. The best way to understand them, to enjoy them, to appreciate them, is to experi- ence them. So "get out of the door and down to the street" and truck on over to the next show you can. It's a trip you'll never forget. Spring Fling's Tomorrow Night by Shannon Ramker It's time once again to put on a dress, grab a date or go it stag, and party at Spring Fling tomorrow night, April 20, 1991! You can begin your celebration on Friday, April 19 at the Social Council sponsored TGIS (Thank God it's Spring) on the Quad from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. This year's dance will be held at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel (directions available with purchase of tickets). This hotel is equipped for partying with an outdoor and indoor swimming pool, a hot tub, and a gorgeous ballroom. The Piedmont Cooks will be entertaining from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Class pictures will be taken at the following times: Class of 1994, 12:00; Class of 1993, 12:15; Class of 1992, 12:45; and Class of 1991, 1:00. Be sure to get in your semi- formal duds (men in coat and tie of course! ) and come join the party ! Tickets are $12.50 single and $25.00 per couple. Blackfriars Present One Acts Directed By Students Arts Friday, April 19, 1991 The Profile Page 12 Theatre Academy Theatre: Three Plays in May will run May 9-25 at Seven Stages' Back Door Theatre in Little Five Points. Kafkaphony by Frank Wittow, Housebreaking by Dennis Camilleri, and WaMn to Heaven by Stephen Peace will be presented in repertory. Call 523-7647 for more information. Agnes Scott College: Blackfriars will present one-act plays on April 25 and 27. Admis- sion is free. Performances begin at 8: 1 5 p.m. in the Winter Theatre of the Dana Fine Arts Building. Call 37 1 -6250 for more information. Also: Showdown: A Horse Opera with Pickup Truck, written and directed by Elizabeth Peryam, will be performed on April 27 at 5 p.m. on the Courtyard Stage of the Dana Fine Arts Building. 14th Street Playhouse: Jomandi Productions, Inc. presents 2 1st Century Groove, an absurd cutting edge satire by playwright Alonzo Lamont, through May 5. For infomnation, call 876-6346. Horizon Theatre Company: Angry Housewives, by A.M. Collins and Chad Henry, will nin through May 25. This musical comedy is about four suburban housewives who ditch Betty Jean Cosmetics to form a punk rock band. For tickets and further infonrtation, call 584- 7450. Neighborhood Playhouse: View From the Bridge, by Arthur Miller, runs April 19-May 18. Based on a true story, it is the drama of an Italian- American longshoreman who cannot deal with his obsessive feelings for his niece, leading his family into tragic circumstances. Call 373-53 1 1 for more informa- tion. Also: Open non-equity auditions for Kaufman & Hart's Once in a Lifetime will be held April 21 & 22, at 7 p.m. Call 373-3904 for further information. Music Agnes Scott College: For more inh umation on the following events, call 371-6294. On April 2 1 , Amy Higgins, pianist, and Michelle Cox, cellist, will present a Junior Recital at 3 p.m. in MacLean Auditorium of Presser Hall. Also: The Agnes Scott College Community Orchestra will perform April 26 at 8:15 p.m. in Gaines Auditorium. Also: London Fog will present a concert on May 1 , at 8: 1 5 p.m. in Gaines Auditorium. Admission is free. Atlanta Feminist Women's Chorus: I Celebrate >prmy with the AFWC and popular folk duo Joyce and Jacque. Two shows will he presented on April 27, in the June Cofer Auditorium of Southside Hiyh School Tickets are $8 in advance, $ 10 at the door. For more information, call 523-7455. The t allanwolde Fine Arts Center. Medea Ruhadze- namoradze, international soprano Calendar of Events v ^Compiled by Rita Ganey - Contributing Editor This figure, from "Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought," is on display at the High m Atlanta. coloratura and graduate of Tbilisi Conservatory, Georgia, USSR, will perform on May 10, at 8 p.m. Admission is $6. Call 872-5338 for more information. Variety Playhouse: For further information on the following events, call 524-7354- Mike Cross, the fiddling, guitar- playing storyteller from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will enter- tain the young and old at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. Advance tickets are $12, $14 at the door. Also: John Hammond and Little Charlie & the Nightcats will perform April 24, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Galleries Agnes Scott Cbllege: The Senior Art Exhihition will mn through May 18. Call 371-6246 for more information. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Photographs by Chirk Brown hegins May 10 and runs through June 7. Admission is free. Call 872-5338 for more informa- tion. High Museum of Art: For more information on the following events, call 892-3600. The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars , Ford Motor Company Collection from the Metropolitan Museum of Art will nin through April 28. More than 70 American and European master photographers are represented in this survey of the radical innova- tions and revelations of Modernist photography in the early 20th century. Also: Art at the Edge: Joel Otterson runs through May 19. This exhihition of large -scale, assemblage sculpture is the first in- depth examination of Otterson's witty, recent work, through which he comments on the peculiarities of consumer culture. Also: Yoruba: Nine Centimes of African Art and Thought opens April 23 and runs through June 16. The Yoruha people of Nigeria and Benin have one of the oldest and finest artistic traditions in Africa. The High Museum at Georgia- Pacific Center: For more information on the following, call 577-6940. Admission is free at all times. Mammodi Plates ar\d Early 99( SUBWAY SANDWICH 99< Buy any Sub Sandwich & Medium Drink at the Regular Price Get Second Sandwich of Equal or Lesser Value for 99c Expires May 2, 1991 *SUBUmY" 2113 N Decatur Rd . Emory Commons *248-9764 1496 Churcn St.. Suburban Plaza *3 77 7449 3201 Tucker Norcross Rd 621-9283 Views of the American West runs through May 3. This exhibition consists ot 43 photographs taken in the American West during the second half of the nineteenth century. Also: Eternal Metaphors: New Art from Italy runs through May 3 1 . This is an exciting exhibition or contemporary Italian art consisting of the works of nine artist. North Arts Center: Heiitage: Afiican-American Artists in the Southeast runs through May 18. Call 394-3447 for more informa- tion. Tula Foundation Gallery: Old Wives' Tales: The Artist as Mother will nin through May 4. Call 351-3551 tor more inronviation. Miscellaneous Agnes Scott College: For more information on the following events, please call 371- 6294. The Dolphin Club will be perforating April 19, at 10:25 a.m. in the Woodrufi Activities Building. Also: The Studio Dance Theatre presents its Spring C Concert on April 19 at 8:15 p.m. "Dance Kaleidoscope" will be performed in Gaines Auditorium ol Presser Mall. Admission is free. Also: The Atlanta ( bllege Dance Festival holds its annual spring program on April 27 at 8: 1 5 p.m. Admission is $ 3 per person. The program will be in Gaines Auditorium. 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The Alumnae Board began planning for Alumnae Weekend in the summer, trained alumnae leaders at Alumnae Leadership Conference in September, worked with reunion classes throughout the winter to finalize their plans, and then watched Alumnae Weekend take shape like a giant puzzle. Because this year is the 75th anniversary of Blackfriars, Alumnae Weekend took as its theme "It's a Class Act." A special convocation on Friday morning began the weekend with Becky Prophet speaking on the vv Stages of Blackfriars." Current Blackfriars Chrissie Lewandowski and Pam Allen performed monologues from plays which have been done this year. After a luncheon in the Alston Campus Center, the alumnae attended classes taught by faculty members Alice Cunningham and Michele Gillespie. 'The opportunity to be in the classroom setting is very important to the alumnae," said Lucia Sizemore, director of alumnae affairs, 'They are eager to know the faculty members who have come to Agnes Scott since their graduation, and they value the opportunity to learn from them." On Friday afternoon, a reception was held honoring the class of '91, retiring faculty members Gunther Bicknese, Eloise Herbert and Lillian Newman, and the three alumnae receiving Outstanding Alumnae Awards this year. The members of the senior class were also the guests of honor at a "Dinner by Decades" Friday evening. This dinner gave them the opportunity to meet alumnae from the eighties. Members of the Fifty-Year Club (those who graduated 50 or more years ago) had a special dinner in the Katharine Woltz Reception Room, and later everyone adjourned to the Agnes Scott Community Orchestra Spring Concert. Saturday began with physical activities for alumnae and the campus community. Twenty- five alumnae and several students participated in a fun run on the Gellerstedt Track. The Agnes Scott tennis team hosted a round-robin doubles tournament which paired alumnae with team members. Alumnae were very impressed with the wonderful facilities of the Woodruff Physical Activi- ties Building and the College's new emphasis on healthy lifestyles. The Outstanding Alumnae Award recipients were honored again at the Annual Meeting Saturday morning. Jean Hoefer Toal '65, first woman Supreme Court Justice of South Carolina, received the award for outstand- ing career; Mary Gene Sims Dykes '48, a community restoration activist, was named outstanding alumna for commu- nity service; and Anne Register Inside Editorials Peryam and Barard bid farewells Pages 5 and 7 Features Seniors leave earthly possessions in wills Pages 8 and 9 Arts "Angry Housewives" from punk rock band Page 14 Older Blackfriars alumnae enjoyed seeing the renovations done in Dana Fine Arts during their Saturday reception. Jones '46 was selected for her outstanding service to the College as a trustee, class officer, and Centennial Campaign volunteer. The Fifty-Year Club enjoyed lunch in the Rebekah Reception room after the Annual Meeting; the other classes were unexpect- edly moved at the last minute from luncheon under a tent in the Woodruff Quad into the dining hall, as a light drizzle threatened to turn into a rainstorm, as it did later that afternoon. A Blackfriars reunion party including tours of Winter Theatre, a special Witkaze reception for African-American alumnae, and an RTC reception rounded out the day. Sunday morning Alumnae Weekend ended as the College began in worship. Chaplain Patricia Snyder led a community worship service attended by alumnae, faculty, and students in Gaines Chapel. At the brunch following the worship service, special tables were set aside for granddaughters of the College and their alumnae mothers, while others enjoyed one last chance to visit with classmates and friends. Late Sunday afternoon alumnae could be seen linger- ing on the Quad for one last look before leaving town. Mortar Board Winter Project Helps Special Olympics by Cara Cassell Crowds cheered as John Hudson placed second in the 25m run and third in the softball throw. The Olympian trained on the Agnes Scott track in the weeks prior to DeKalb County's Special Olympics. This event was held on April 17 and 18. Approxi- mately fifteen Agnes Scott students and staff members joined other area volunteers on April 17 at the Briarcliff High School stadium to facilitate the 400-person competition. Volunteers aided in set-up, food preparation, participant supervision, and clean-up. Seniors Annmarie Anderson, Frances Fite, and Chrissie Lewandowski also served as clowns and marched in the opening ceremony. Dean Gue' Hudson, mother of John, was pleasantly sur- prised to see the Agnes Scott volunteers. The Special Olympics was Mortar Board's Winter Project, open to campus-wide participation. Dean Hudson expressed deep appreciation for the efforts of the volunteers. She stated that the Olympics is one time when children with special needs are able "to feel like other children, and it takes more effort for them to feel that way." Daphne Norton '91, one of the volunteers, felt the Olym- pics benefitted the volunteers as least as much as the competi- tors. She and other volunteers only wish that more could have joined the effort. The volun- teers realized their own talents as they helped the Olympians to demonstrate theirs. News Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 2 A Fond Farewell to Coach Black Doris Black by Mary Frances Kerr This past fall, the student athletes, as well as the student workers in the Physical Activities Building were informed by Coach Black that her contract had not been renewed by the college , and as a result, she would not be returning the next fall. This article is based on an interview with Coach Black in an attempt to answer the questions vf students, as well as a message of appreciation from those who worked with her. At the end of this year, when her contract expires, Athletic Director/Coach Doris Black will not longer be a part of the college faculty. In June of this year, Coach Black was informed that her contract would not be renewed. For the three years since her arrival, Coach Black has been a prominent figure at this school, and the news of her dismissal spread quickly throughout the campus. She will definitely be missed by those who have been acquainted with her. The strong relationships she developed with students can be testified to by the student concerns that arose with the new that Coach Black would not be returning to Agnes Scott next fall. Students' reactions centered around the circum- stances of Coach Black's leaving. Several questions surround the departure of this popular faculty member. According to Coach Black, no specific reasons were given as to why her contract would not be renewed. In a meeting with Dean Hudson and Coach Black, which President Ruth Schmidt later joined, two specific issues were brought up that seem to be the basis for the decision not to renew Coach Black's contract. According to Coach Black, the problems that the adminis- tration focused on centered around a youth basketball camp held at the college over the summer. Dean Hudson's son attended this camp, one of many summer programs organized and directed by Coach Black. First, with Agnes Scott being a Christian-affiliated college, the administration objected to the camp being scheduled to start on a Sunday. Second, Coach Black was charged with nepotism, for allowing her daughter to direct the camp, and Mr. Timothy Hart to assist with the camp. Coach Black acknowledges that "in her effotts to build a program from the bottom up, sometimes she has made folks mad." Coach Black felt she adequately responded to both complaints. In regard to the Sunday scheduling Coach Black replied that Dean Hudson had pre-approved the camp. The only thing that was not on the flier was the starting time. Coach Black pointed out that Dean Hudson did have an opportunity to see the starting time on the information letter that came to her house for her son. The second complaint, of nepotism was, according to Coach Black false. Tammy Holman, Coach Black's "daughter", who helped direct the camp, has a mother- daughter type relationship but has no biological relationship and was more than qualified to be the assistant camp director. Mr. Timo- thy Hart, husband of Coach Black's secretary Patricia Hart, who assisted with the camp is of no relation to Coach Black. Even if this was interpreted as a form of preferential hiring, Coach Black explained that extenuating circumstances deemed it necessary for her to have Ms. Holman run the camp. The Friday before the camp began, Coach Black became ill and had to go to the emergency room. Although she was ill, she came in on Sunday to register and direct the camp. When she could not return on Monday because of her illness, Coach Black turned the direction of the camp over to Tammy. Patsy Hart suggested that her husband Tim would not mind helping for a couple of days, Canterbury Club Discusses Presbyterian Report on Human Sexuality Directed by Dr. Carey by Dawn Sloan Contributing Editor Students from focal colleges, faculty and other interested parties came together on Wednesday, April 17, 1991 for a meeting oi the Canterbury t "Ink Agnes Scott's Episcopa- lian organization. The purpose of this meet ing was to discuss the recently released Presbyte- rian Report on Human Sexual- ity. This report i.s the result of three years of work done by the Presbyterian Church's (USA) General Assembly Special Task Force on Human Sexuality. This task force was formed and given authorization to do its work at the 199th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in June of 1987. Dr. John J. Carey, head of Agnes Scot t \ Bible and Religion department, was chairperson of the 17-member task torce. The report addresses almost every conceivable aspect of human sexuality. In doing so, it draws from the great diversity of opinion among task force members. The report, which has been met with a great deal of controversy on the part of conservativ e Presbyters, deals with many issues which are important, not only to members of the Presbyterian Church, but to all. Issues discussed in the report include, but are not limited to, the quality of relationships in the justification of sexual relations, ordination of homo- sexuals, issues-of sexual vio- lence and the response of the Church, as well as, extramarital sexual relationships. It is extremely important to understand that the word "extramarital" as used by the task force does not mean having sexual relations with someone other than one's spouse. As the task force uses it, the word applies to anyone engaging in sexual activity in an unmarried state, divorced, single, or otherwise. The work done by this committee has been called "compassionate and liberal." It is the goal of task force mem- bers that the report will be read and understood in a positive manner. In an introduction to the report on human sexuality, Dr. Carey lists the nine principles which guided and influenced the task force. The first of these principles states that "human sexuality is complex," and touches on every aspect of a persi >n\ life, including his understanding of identity and gender roles. Among the other influential principles which affected the task force were the ideas that "Sexual norms are culturally shaped and serve various purposes," "Heterosexuality is the dominant sexual norm in American culture today," "The impact of the AIDS crisis may be the most signifi- cant issue to be taken into account in any thoughtful study of human sexuality," and "Biblical ethics and Chris- tian ethics for the church today are not the same thing." Along with these guiding concerns oi the task force, Dr. Carey's introduction to the report also presents and explains the group's four theological convictions. The first of these states that "human sexuality is Intrinsically good." Such caring and liberal beliefs on t he part of the task force have drawn fire from conservative critics. The task force has addressed such attacks by addressing the context under which the Bible was written and the biases of the writers. This criticism, as well as the findings of the report, were discussed thoroughly at the Canterbury Tea, which was attended by persons of several beliefs. These issues, which are currently dealt with by indi- vidual dioceses of the Episcopal Church, will be addressed at this summer's General Confer- ence of the Episcopal Church. until Coach Black could return, but this too was at the last minute. It was reported that Ms. Holman did a fine job, and that the camp ran smoothly. Given the circumstances, Coach Black felt she had handled the situation in a very responsible and professional manner. Coach Black stated that Dean Hudson's response was that these people could have been child molesters and could have been properly cleared by her. Again, according to Coach Black, the individuals that had worked the tennis and soccer camps were not cleared by Dean Hudson. A statement like this was not reported to have been made toward these individuals. Coach Black said that she had approved their hiring, which she had done the year before. Coach Black expressed the frustration she has faced in her three years here. She felt that she has done her job, and has confronted the unique and difficult challenge and had managed to build a viable and growing athletic program. Coach Black, admittedly a controversial person at times, pointed out to the President that she was a very straightforward person before she was hired by the college. She acknowledged that in her efforts to build a program from the bottom up, sometimes she has made folks mad. 1 lowever, C bach Mack reported that she has consistently received g< u >d evaluat ions, including one ment ion of needing to be more ;i\varc of msi itut ional policies and procedures. To C loach Black, these re asons do not support President Schmidt's decision to not renew her contract . To main students and co-workers, Coach Black's promotion of the student-athlete ideal within the libera] arts philosophy was reason enough to renew her Contract. This is not to mention the strong ties of friendship ( bach Black has made with many of those she has come into o tntac t with. Despite her quest ions, Coach Black is leaving. She says she will miss the students, whom she says have given her strength to stay here these three years, coach Black Said she would do it all again, because she feels it has been part of her mission, and that she has faith in herself and in "the Man upstairs" that her mission will continue. Unfortu- nately for the students and the athletic program, it will not he here. From the outspokenness of students and others in her behalf, it is evident that she will be missed. News Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 3 CUNY College Press Service In the most emphatic and radical response to some of the massive tuition hikes being announced nationwide for next fall, students at at least nine campuses of the City University of New York (CUNY) forced the cancellation of classes and took over buildings the second week of April. Enraged by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo s call to raise tuition by $500 per semester, lay off faculty and staff members and slash state aid by $400 million, students at one CUNY campus City College took over five buildings. At the same time, students at Borough of Manhattan Commu- nity College, Lehman College, Hunter College, Bronx Commu- nity College, Hostos Community College, New York Technical College and Brooklyn College chained and barricaded them- selves insie administration and academic buildings. 'They can't ignore this," said Rafael Alvarez, president of City College's Day Student Govern- ment. Like those at CUNY, students in at least a dozen states may be facing tuition hikes of more than 10 percent next fall. In early April, for example, Virginia community college students, who already have faced two tuition hikes this term, learned they will have to endure a 17.5 percent jump. The nine-campus University of California system will increase its fees by 40 percent. In mid-March, trustees of one of the largest college systems in the U.S. the 19-campus California State University system announced they were raising fees by 20 percent for next fall. The State University of New York, which is the biggest system in the land, will cost students 60 percent more next year, while Massachusetts Gov. William Weld in February imposed yet another tuition hike the fifth in two years on public campus students in his state. All of the hikes, of course, were prompted by the budget emergencies in at least 20 states, where the recession has dramati- cally decreased the amount of tax money local governments have collected. As a result, the state govern- ments have less money to spend on everything from roads to schools. Left with less money from their states, public colleges must then slash their own spending and raise money from other Some orientation council members went to a special conference in North Carolina. Orientation Council Update by Carol Wilcher On August 12-14 North Carolina State University hosted the 17th annual Southeastern Regional Orienta- tion Workshop (S.R.O.W.). Five members of Agnes Scott's newly elected and appointed Orientation Council along with advisor Ellen Wheaton at- tended the workshop. The five members included: Carol Wilcher, president; Deana Young, vice-president; Laura Khare, secretary; Colleen Cordts, special projects coordi- nator and Aimee Fish, transfer student coordinator. The three-day workshop consisted of various programs designed to be both informative and entertaining. The pro- grams addressed a wide-range of orientation-related issues such as financing orientation, including non-traditional students in the orientation process, and encouraging team spirit among orientation leader. S.R.O.W. affords participating institutions. a unique opportu- nity to discuss the orientation programs of schools in the Southeast and to implement new ideas into their own programs. Orientation Council consists of thirteen student and two advisors, six of whom were already mentioned. The other members of Orientation Council are as follows: Dawn Hayes, treasurer; Allison Petty, social coordinator; Fran Akins, academic coordinator, Kathy Monturo, RTC coordinator and Brenda Jones, advisor. Orientation Council began working in March to imple- ment programs for the class of 1996. Orientation for the incoming first year students will include such activities as the new student excursion, focus group activities and dessert with President Schmidt. sources such as students. Students, on the other hand, protest they can ill afford to pay more for college. Cal State's fee hike may keep 10,000 to 43,000 students from enrolling next fall, the California Postsecondary Education Commission and the state Assembly Committee on Higher Education estimated April 8. "What (Cuomo) is doing is closing the doors to access for thousands of students in the CUNY system," City College's Alvarez maintained. NV If students can't make it at CUNY, where else can they go?" CUNY chancellor W. Ann Reynolds agreed. "The City University has clearly expressed its opposition to the proposed $500 tuition increase and budget cuts to Albany officials," Reynolds said in a statement April 9. "I understand the deep concern the students feel, but this does not justify the obstruction of classes and access to college facilities," she continued. Nevertheless, protesters force Manhattan Community College, Hostos Community College and City College in Harlem to cancel classes April 1 1 . Hunter College President Paul LeClerc suuspended all students occupying the campus' East Building. "We've got nothing to lose," said Carol Bullard, president of the Graduate Student Government at Hunter College. A similar, if less widespread, 1989 CUNY student protest of a proposed $200 tuition hike eventually forced Cuomo to veto the increase. The governor asserts he will stand firm this time. 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The lecture was held during last Wednesday's convocation. Dr. Terry McGehee, head of Agne^ Scott's art department, was the lecturer. Dr. McGehee quickly put to rest any notions that this convoca- tion would be ordinary, unexciting, or boring. Taking the stage, she quipped that her nervousness stemmed from wearing a dress, which always "means that something important is going to happen." She then proceeded with her lecture. The lecture, according to Dean Blanshei, was based on Dr. McGehee's sabbatical report, and was entitled "The Rapture of Self- Expression." As it began, McGehee spoke of her desire to share her "thoughts on creativity and art." Her lecture was organized, she said, into two parts dealing with "related, yet separate subjects." These subjects are teaching and creative production. It is a "challenge," according to McGehee, to balance the demands ot teaching with creative activ ity. The foundation of the process, however, is "the belief that self- expression is essential to the realization of one's potential as a human being." This idea is ^applicable to all of the arts and arenas of creativity." To McGehee, self-expression is one means of attaining excellence. She says, "Each person defines his own fulfillment and meaning of life." Creativity can be one way of achieving this sort of fulfillment. In accord with this idea, Dr. McGehee said to students and faculty alike that her lecture was a reaffinnation "that the conscious participation in creativity is a goal." She reminded the audience, as well, that we live in a world without teeling, where meaning seems to have become lost. It is to information from the media, education, etc., that society looks for its meaning. In her words, society has "confused content with form." This led to McGehee's presentation of an alternative method ot addressing such frustrations which "provides personal revitalization." The process begins, she said, with the "assessment of personal fulfill- ment." She explained that in achieving this there is the need for a new perspective, and often, a need for the changing of the "context" of life in order to STUDENT LOANS: $74,000 in low-interest loans available regardless of finances, income or credit history. For information call 438-3055. determine creative abilities. This added to one of the most important points of McGehee's lecture, which stated "Life is not an intellectual activity." McGehee firmly insisted that "creative endeavors cannot be excluded from life." In her discussion of teaching, Dr. McGehee pointed out that, far too often, creativity is excluded from formal education, where "realism is preferred." She said that everyone enters the world with the ability to create. However, at some point early in the educational process creativity is stifled due to lack of encouragement from teachers, parents, and peers, and preference for the realistic. Artists have no "special talent," McGehee said. It is merely that they have been encouraged and work hard. She pointed out also that it is a matter of "responding in artistic means to objects." She listed the thirteen criteria given to art students at Agnes Scott to help them accomplish this. These criteria be applied by anyone wishing to develop his or her creativity. Some of these include "recognizing the value in all things," "believing some risk is necessary and appropriate," "considering personal experience when appropriate," and knowing that "passion, obsession and compulsion are appropriate; so is patience." The lecture ended with a slide show depicting some of Dr. McGehee's own work which uses natural material from the Colorado Rockies, where she spent part of her sabbatical. Beautiful and extremely creative, the works shown illus- trated many of McGehee's criteria, as well as the same conviction to personal growth and fulfillment that she encourages in her students and colleagues. The Dean's Faculty Lecture is available on videotape in McCain Library. Sandee Mcllaun & Laura Shaeffer say goodbye to their host sister Tamuna Chkudze who is now part of the Tbilisi groyp visiting Atlanta and Agnes Scott. Georgians Welcomed to United States RY JOS1E HOILMAN Contributing Editor It was midnight on April 30 when a group of approximately 30 students and faculty arrived from Georgia. As a part of the Global Awareness program, these individuals hosted ASC students earlier this academic year. While on campus, the Tbilisi students will stay in the dorms with their hostesses. The Georgians had their first of several Letitia Pate meals Tuesday morning before their departure for a city tour of Atlanta. They visited MLK Center, Peachtree Center, City Hall, CNN Center, World of Coke, and Underground Atlanta. Afterwards, the students returned to campus and spent the evening with their ASC hosts, while the faculty members had the opportunity to particiapte in a shopping excursion to Northlake Mall. On Thursday, the Georgian delegation was divided into three different groups for purposes of visiting local ' schools. The Atlanta-Thilisi Sister City Committee hosted an honorary reception in the Alston Center from 4:30 to 6:00 Thursday evening. ASC students attended with their guests. Today, Tbilisi guests will have a shopping excursion to Market Square and Outlet Mall. Late this afternoon, students will begin their homestay in the homes of their American families. While with their host families, Tbilisi students will participate in several activities. Tentative plans include attending a Braves game, going to Six Flags, visiting church services, Callaway Gardens, the Atlanta Zoo, Cyclorama, and a cookout at Stone Mountain. An optional tour to the High Museum and the Atlanta Historical Society are planned for May 7. An evening farewell dinner will be held in the dining hall Tuesday evening, followed by a Jazz Concert at the Atlanta Civic Center. The Georgians will then rour Washington, D.C. and Manhattan for three days each. They will depart on May 14 for their return to Moscow. Sarah Kimble, an ASC junior who is hosting a Tbilisi student, comments that "We hope that the campus community will extend the same hospitality to the Georgians as they so graciously did to the Global Awareness students while we were in the Soviet Union." News Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 5 Rep Rap by Jessica Carey Rep' Council has finished its business for this academic year. Here is an update on the issues that were discussed and the actions that were decided upon: Faculty Committee Structures The Faculty Governance Committee made a number of recommendations regarding faculty committee structure that has resulted in a number of committees being merged or reduced in size. Student representation to the Academic Standards and Curriculum Committees has also been reduced to one student per committee beginning next fall. Rep Council has requested a meeting with the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) in order to discuss this restructuring and the impact it will have on student input and opinion. Rep Council feels that student representation on Academic Standards and Curriculum needs to stay at its current level: 3 students on each committee, made up of one senior, one junior, and one sophomore. A compromise could include allowing the students on each committee to have a collective vote; each student would only have 1/3 of a vote, but could do a more adequate job of representing her class. It is likely that no action will be taken on this, issue until faculty and students return in the fall. Rep Council would like to encourage any students, faculty, or other interested parties to come to our meetings to hear discussion on this issue, or seek out Rep members so we can be sure all sides have been consid- ered. Open Faculty Meetings Rep Council passed RC 197 regarding open faculty meetings and it has been posted around campus for a number of weeks. Initial reactions to this action were mixed; many felt the RC was too strongly worded, while others commended Rep's actions. Rep Council had a lengthy discussion on the precise wording of the RC and felt that while the specific language was strong, it was not negative and should not be viewed as such. This is another issue that cannot be resolved before students and faculty adjourn for the summer. Rep Council has requested that the FEC look into the possibility of opening faculty meetings to students and allow it to be placed on the agenda in the fall. Rep Council has appointed an ad hoc committee to examine specifics of the proposal, examining such issues as whether students will be allowed to speak, matters of confidentiality, the number of students in attendance, etc. Undoing Racism Workshop On the weekend of April 12- 14, Rep Council sponsored an Undoing Racism Workshop on campus. Though publicity about the workshop was widespread around campus, the workshop was not full, and Rep members giving an update on the success of the workshop expressed (continued on page 12) Time Traveler Qot to be TravelirC On...* by Elizabeth Peryam As Time Traveler prepares to graduate, she offers most heartfelt thanks to the Board of Trustees, Faculty, alumnae, staff, cleaning people and landscapers who have made my time here at Agnes Scott College so pleasant. The RTC program has changed many lives for the better. Thank you for providing to us older women the nurturing and means for transformation. Old Time Traveler is about to complete half a century of traveling through time this time. Born and raised in The Equality State, Wyoming, the first state to give women the vote, I just never learned to sit down, shut up, and be op- pressed. My purpose in this column has been heuristic. I wanted to show you that it's okay to think independently of the common rut, to find facts, explore their meaning and come up with your own conclusions. We have seen in these pages how men respond to feminist deconstruction of the myth of male superiority emotion- ally, irrationally, with name- calling, personal attacks, non- contextual distortion, smears and innuendo. Please learn how to distinguish these tactics from truth. The Profile will not be an independent student newspaper if the men of the faculty are allowed to dominate it by intimidating its readers and writers. This is a liberal arts college after all, not a convent. What can we do with men like this? Keep explaining to them and then ignore them. We can't let their hissy fits deter us from thinking and exchanging ideas and informa- tion. The bashing of plurality and political correctness is sweeping the country, a fad among mean white males who, unfortu- nately, control most of the media. They forget that they isolate themselves from the rest of humanity. They forget the strength there is in numbers and lose sight of the fact that they are woefully outnumbered. Reagan's survival-of-the- meanest economics, or machonomics, has resulted in a flooding upward of this country's wealth. Social advances have been destroyed. A lot of ordinary people, women, children and minorities suffer abject poverty as a result. When greed makes a nation top-heavy, the poor and oppressed are neglected. Out of desperation, they begin to shake the superstructure. Change through the political process may conceivably save the U.S.A., but we must act fast. Ladies, we must vote, register others to vote, run for office ourselves or actively support the candidates who care for the majority of people. It is our duty if we call ourselves Christians to protect and care for the least of these as we would have others care for us. Make fun of feminism if you will. As you do it, just make sure you aren't planning to take advantage of all the opportuni- ties feminists have fought and are still fighting for you to have control over your own bodies, good jobs, good salaries, etc. I leave to all of you the fire to light your torch of freedom and dignity for all people. Carry it proudly, carry it fearlessly and carry it far. And in parting, I will use the Hindu NAMASTE, which means "I salute the God in you." The Profile AGNES Acnes Scott College Box 764 Decatur, GA 30030 SCOTT Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta COLLEGE Editors-in-Chief Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmennan NEWS EDITOR Josie Hoiiman Assistant News Editor Dawn Sloan FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard ARTS EDITOR Sandee McGlaun CALENDAR EDITOR RitaGaney COPY EDITOR Tonya Smith PHOTOGRA PHER Barbie Sritt BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Grirtin CIRCULATION MANAGER Tamara Shie The withheld. Viei filiated uah th i the editorial /\ itum the audio Lagniappe by Kristin Lemmerman and Laura Shaeffer The rampant misunderstandings of the duties of an editor never cease to amaze us. Thus, seeking respite from controversy-monger- ing, we thought we might bring you a few of The Duties of the Editor-in-Chief. Our first and foremost problem is finding engaging and pertinent text with which to fill up twelve pages every two weeks. We encourage those interested in writing to attend our weekly meetings and discuss ideas for forthcoming issues (to resume in the fall). The material we receive (on deadline or not) is edited (thus the job title, editor) for readability and consistent press style. On occasion, we receive an article written exactly as we need it, and are able to save precious time and leave it as is. Typically, the longer writers work with us, the less editing their work needs. If, on the other hand, an article could be made more interesting by simple rearrangements or removing redundancies, then it is our duty to do so. As Webster says, to edit is "to assemble by cutting or rearranging." Our final goal is to have a newspaper full of articles, each one of which is read to its completion because it is just so darn interesting. Often we get complaints because we are acting as Webster prescribes. Authors feel that their articles were already exactly as they should have been. However, conscientous editors never change the essence of the article's content, and rarely change the style of an article save to make it more coherent. While we do not claim to be perfect, we do believe that we perform our duties as editors to the best of our capabilities, especially considering the dearth of journalism courses at Agnes Scott. It is a time-consuming job which we are certain could be facili- tated were there more reliable writers and editors, and fewer bashers (we distinguish between constructive criticism and uninformed, misdirected assaults upon the editorial board). As a college newspaper, we have limitations that keep us from printing every piece as we receive it, even when we are happy with its content and style. The main one is that we cannot produce issues of anything but four-page multiples. Thus, in order to include as much copy as possible, we must sometimes cut articles down for size, or postpone their publication until a later issue. We apologize for the misunderstandings that sometimes arise from this, but we ask for support as we work to make The Profile the most inclusive paper that it can be. As for editorials, they should not be thought of as anything but the undiluted and unedited opinion of the authors. Letters to the editor (or, as in this issue, Senior Wills) are never edited for size and only rarely for blatant spelling errors. If the pieces must be shortened, we ask the author to shorten the piece. We would never presume to change anything in a letter. We hope that we have made more clear our role as we see it in the editorship. We look forward to working with the campus in the year to come. Editorials Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 6 Voss Mistaken, Bennett Feels Dear Editor, Letters To The Editor This letter is in response to Ms. Voss's from the last issue. I have many rebuttals and statements to her letter and 1 will try to be succinct. There seemed to be three main points to the letter: ( 1 ) She (Ms. Voss) has been misquoted and misrepresented by The Profile; (2) ^That no one tried to talk to her about this issue; (3) That the incident involving myself and another car is only being blamed on the women who posed. I first must say that I find all the aforementioned incorrect and disputed by the evidence. When Ms. Voss, Ms. Redmon, and Ms. Reel were on Z-93, their interview was taped not only by The Profile, but also by other, independent students. I have it from three (3) Profile members that the interview was transcribed VERBATIM and I have personally listened to the interview. Whatever Ms. Voss' stated intentions (levity and/or nonchalance) she failed miserably. There is evidence to show that her answer was made as a statement of fact, not humour. I have found that the best way to procure levity is to laugh sarcastically and to achieve nonchalance is to make no reply; to answer in any way does neither of these. About Ms. Voss' statements that no one tried to discuss this issue and its ramifications with her This is simply untrue. In October, when Channel 1 1 was at ASC doing interviews on the dining hall steps, Ms. Voss told reporters that she saw nothing morally wrong with posing and would think seriously about posing (this is a paraphrase, but it is accurate). I was there when she made this statement. I spoke directly to her stating that I too see nothing morally wrong with posing but the social ramifications are intense. I tried to engage her in a non- threatening discussion (the reporter was there and to yell would have seemed petty and was totally unnecessary) when she stated that she did not agree with me or my points and walked off. The point of this is that myself (and others) tried to discuss this issue but were turned down, both before and after the issue came out (a Profile member tried to get an interview and was turned down) but Ms. Voss would not make any efforts to discuss or think about the issue. The incident involving myself and the car of men is very difficult. I was harassed because I was a woman and an Agnes Scott student. I know that I was not the only ASC student harassed and I also believe that students from other women's colleges were harassed. However, I cannot only blame the students who posed for that harassment. Of course the men who harassed me must be held accountable for their actions. Playboy must also be held responsible because the magazine has made certain sexist beliefs acceptable (ie women are objects). But many men receive this socialization and do not act as these men did. I wish I had not been so shocked and had gotten the license plate number, but I unfortunately did not. I do hold these men accountable for what they did, just as the other students who have been harassed hold these men responsible. It must be remem- bered that not only have we been harassed because we were women, we were also harassed because we were Agnes Scott students. Therefore, the women who posed must realize that their "independent choices" have affected many others. We were all taught in grade school that we had to take responsibility for our actions. Therefore, none of the women who posed can totally set aside the blame for what has happened to myself and many others. There would have been no "Women of the Women's Colleges" pictorial if no women had posed. I have tried to be as succinct as possible and I think that I have failed. I want it under- stood that I do not wish to personally attack Ms. Voss. I addressed many parts of this letter to her because I was responding directly to her letter. Also, I have included Ms. Voss because of the direct contact I had with her in October. I do not believe that the students of any college who posed should be "thrown out." They have the right to express themselves in any way they see fit. But they must understand that their actions have conse- quences they do not know, can not foresee, or wish to try to ignore. Also, all must remem- ber that one person's freedom of expression stops where another's begins. Respectfully Submitted, Meredith Leigh Bennett Class of 1992 Students Question Decision on Tenure Dear Editors: We are writing to let the campus community know our dissatisfaction with a recent decision made by the college. Dr. Edward Hover has been a biology professor at Agnes Scott for almost seven years. Just recently he has been refused tenure and to our knowledge this decision was based upon insubstantial publishing. This is a big mistake. We have been told many times that the professors are here to teach without heavy pressure on them to publish. We can not understand how the college can see such an excellent professor as expendable. Dr. Hover has always been available for our questions and curiosities. Over the years he has helped increase our confidence in our biology skills which has helped further our goals. He has gone beyond the call of duty as an advisor and professor. A great injustice has been done. Sincerely, Sarah MacMillan and Sally McMillan Alumnae Interview "Arbitrarily" Cut? Dear Editors: It is with much regret that I write this letter, but I feel that I have been left with no other choice. As a member of the Career Advisory Board, one of my duties is (or perhaps I should say was) to interview alumnae for The Profile. These interviews are provided as a service to the student body of Agnes Scott to enable students to make informed career and/or graduate school choices. In undertaking this task, 1 knew that with my class load and full- time job, I was stretching myself, but I felt that it was worth the extra effort. Appar- ently, you do not concur. No, there is no guarantee that these interviews will help students make right choices, but cer- tainly, there is nothing wrong with trying to assist students in making informed choices. Unfortunately, you see it differently. Michelle Roberts worked with the Career Advisory Board to publish these interviews, as she thought they might prove useful to the student body. Obviously, you do not, but that is not my problem. My problem is that I have spent many valuable hours contacting and interviewing alumnae, and they have taken time out of their busy schedules to comply with these requests. You have arbitrarily decided that you do not like the format of the interviews (as was relayed to the Board by Dawn Sloan) and have now simply decided not to print them. How tacky can you be? It is a shame that you were not women enough to contact the Board or Career Planning and Placement personally to inform us of your plans. Instead, you just decided not to print the articles; you now remain silent and think this will blow over. I am afraid that I, in all good conscious, cannot allow this to happen. I feel compelled to place this question before you: is The Profile a STUDENT newspaper or, as I feel, a paper for the STATUS QUO? If you, the editors, don't like something, you don't print it that does NOT a student newspaper make. As evidenced by your actions, The Profile has become YOUR paper, and what anyone else feels or needs is unimpor- tant to you. For example, I venture to say that some students might be more interested in their career goals than articles on capping and talent shows, so please do not try to use the "there wasn't enough room" excuse. Again, what a shame! Your actions lend nothing to my personal attempts to live with the "status quo" atmosphere which presently exists at Agnes Scott College as a 3 2 -year-old black female, I think I hardly qualify. However, I am here, I plan to stay, and I plan to continue to try to help other students with their career choices through the Career Advisory Board. I do not wish to see my fellow students in my current situa- tion working full-time and going to school because they made uninformed decisions. Simply stated: I want to help. If you do not wish help, mote's the pity. In closing, I would like to say that with past interviews as with the interview you chose not to print I have always promised the alumnae a copy of the paper. In this instance, I will have to send Ms. Sherman a letter of apology instead. 1 must explain to her how she wasted over an hour of her time in an interview which will never make print. I guess this is my problem, right? Wrong. It is your problem as well. The alumnae of Agnes Scott College go out of their way to provide services to the current students of the college. If we alienate them, to whom will we turn? Think about it. Your arbitrary decision affects not only me, the alumnae and the other students, but it affects you as well. You may choose not to print this letter, as you chose not to print the interview. However, I am satisfied that if you have at least read this letter, its purpose has been served. Most sincerely, Shirley J. Kennedy Career Advisory Board Member Editor's Note: The aforementioned interview can be found in this issues 1 s Features section, where it regularly appears . This feature's publication was postponed in the most recent issue of The Profile, both for space considerations and for format revision. The articles which Ms. Kennedy memioned in her letter were published, respectively , in News and Arts , and therefore would not have been affected by a lack of space in Features. The Profile does not make a jnactice of arbitrarily " omitting articles , and makes every effort to publish all materials received. Time Traveler Responde to Behan: Behan, I expected better Ire >m -i pn >fess< >r < >t phil< >so- phy something more rational, cogent, something more philos< >phica] peril. ips. You accuse me of both bigotry and political correct- ness. Since the two are (continued cm \xige 7) Honor Court wishes everyone good luck on their exams! Features Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 7 The Forum A Final Message BY MlCHELE A. B/XRARD In many ways, each of us has reached a turning point in our short lives. For some, it will he unrecognizable until several years from now. For others, it is seen clearly while walking across the Agnes Scott campus on one of the classically beautiful spring days: The end is near. 1 chose to stop writing the Forum several weeks ago in order to concentrate on my final weeks in purgatory. I am sure that decision thrilled some of you. Now, I again take up my pen to leave you with some final thoughts: Please try to remember that each of us has come here to this cotton-padded microcosm for our own very personal reasons. Yet, we each have the right, no, the obligation to stand up and fight tor the improve- ment of this institution with which some (dare I say 'most*) of us have a love-hate rela- tionship. The voices that cry out for change and for justice generally belong to those people who most love this college. Please try to remember that we are, for the most part, sisters in solidarity against the discrimination against women in the workplace and in other spheres. The labels "feminist," vv woman-ist," and individual- ist are unimportant. Let us use our understanding of discrimi- nation against us as women to understand classism, heterosexism, ethnocentrism, and every other -ism that pervades our society. As the women of the proverbial future, it is our obligation to do this. As for the rest, let's look at our years here as more than just a time to prepare ourselves academically so that we can perform well in the market- place. Please, let's remember to love and to appreciate our female friends. At Agnes Scott College we've had a chance to meet and to live with some of the most out- standing women from this nation and abroad. We must treasure this. 1 leave to the first-year students my hope that they will grow into the women they aspire to become and beyond. To the sophomores, I leave hope for a better tomorrow here and everywhere. To the juniors, I leav-joy that they can see the light at the end of the tunnel (this time it is not an oncoming train). Finally, to the seniors, the class that adopted me despite my long- running debates with the Committee on Academic Standards, my friends, I give you all my love for all time to come. Peace ... Letters ( continued from page 6 1 diametrically opposed, would you like to choose one? Let me give you some hints. I do not discriminate against you. You support a church that goes all over the world teaching that discrimination against me and all other women is ordained by God and Jesus Christ, an accursed lie. Who are the bigots? You support a church that teaches that domination of women by destruction of our reproductive rights is just fine. And with our freedom you propose to destroy our constitu- tional guarantee of separation of church and state. Who are the bigots? Your letter provided no information. While accusing me of ignorance of the Catholic Church, you carefully avoided educating us upon the subject. If there were a logical argument for the way your church treats women, I'm sure you would have presented it. It was glaring in its absence. Your defensive stance behind a barrage of vituperative invective provided only the same information that all such mean white male politically pitiless stances do you've got the power, you mean to keep it by any means necessary, and you feel no need to expend time, thought or compassion for those you walk over to maintain it. You choose to cast your church in the role of victim. Attempting to smear me with racism, you try to hide your church behind those who are real victims when, in fact your church is not victim but oppressor. Blatantly lying about the teachings of Jesus, you impose suffering upon women all over the world, using the examples I gave in my FREE JESUS! column. If we are commanded not to bear false witness against our neighbor, what is the penalty the Vatican will suffer for bearing false witness against Jesus himself? How clever of you to accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist. The Catholic con- spiracy against the freedom of American women is a matter of public record, however. It is listed in the phone book under Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Atlanta and it is called erroneously "Pro-Life." The news media reports the fact of excommunication of Catholic politicians who support the right of women to control their own lives. If men are so Christlike, why is 95% of Georgia's prison population male? If they are, then why are the vast majority of people who abandon their children male? If men are so godly, why do they so mindlessly destroy this Earth home God made for us? If men are so saintly, why do they rush gleefully into war, using high technology for the slaughter of innocents. (If the Catholic Church is so pro-life, why don't they excommunicate those members who join the army in combat and kill?) If women still carry the evil of Eve, why do we fill the churches and care for the children, the elderly, the sick, the weak and the dying? Why are we the compassionate ones, nurturing life wherever we find it while men batter and murder and destroy? Oh, but avoid the facts. Keep your illusions of superiority at all costs. But your letter did inadvert- ently provide information. Now we know that the entire Philosophy Department is made up of Catholic males. That explains why we hear nothing about Simone Weil, the great female philosopher or any of the great number of feminist philosophers. Because any self- respecting thinking woman will criticise the Catholic Church and its misogynistic teachings. Student Disagrees with Lagniappe Dear Editors: I am writing in response to an editorial printed in the April 19th issue of The Profile. Under the section entitled "La- gniappe," Ms. Kristin Lemmerman protested the "exclusion" of a student from a meeting of African American students on the basis that "she was white." First of all, Ms. Lemmerman based her "editorial" on very questionable "facts." The only reference she had to base her article on was that of the student who presented her very one-sided opinion of what happened at that meeting. ( 1 ) the student did not bother to state that the letter sent out requesting the meeting was specifically addressed "To: All Black Students." (2) If the student wanted to attend the meeting, then she should have gone to Ms. April Cornish whom the student knew to have called the meeting and announced her intention to come. That, Ms. Lemmerman is called COMMON DE- CENCY. Instead what the student did was to come almost thirty minutes after the meeting had begun and sit down without ONE SINGLE WORD to anyone in the room. In fact, all in the room thought that the student was merely unaware that we were holding a meeting at that time. It was only after we addressed her that the student deemed it necessary to tell us that she wanted to attend the meeting. Further- more, the student told us that she was there to do "an article on campus racism issues," not that she was there "as a con- cerned student." At that point, every effort was made to explain to the student that the meeting was to discuss certain issues among African American students issues which we were not at all certain we wanted to get into The Profile. Therefore, the student's color was not an issue. Her status there as a Profile reporter was. She was asked to leave for that reason, not "because of color." Secondly, I disagree with you that "seeking empowering posit ions... will only solve half the problem." Seeking self empowerment is THE FIRST STEP to solving the problem. Unless we as a people are strong, we cannot help anyone else become strong. Strength, Ms. Lemmerman is what we were trying to attain with that meeting not school-wide press. Finally, as an editor, Ms. Lemmerman in particular should be aware that The Profile is received by not only every student on this campus, but by the faculty, the administration, parents, and alumnae. Thus, Ms. Lemmerman as well as all the others should investigate their "facts" carefully before placing them in a newspaper even as an "editorial." Instead of going off half-cocked as the student did with Ms. Lemmerman, and as Ms. Lemmerman did by placing incorrect assumptions in an extensively reaching newspaper for further misunderstandings to take place, she should have at least made an attempt to express her concerns in the proper forum, and thereby gaining a better grasp of what was really going on. In addition, upon learning that her concerns were not at all well-founded, Ms. Lemmerman should also be more than willing to write a retraction of her statements. Instead, I have been informed by Ms. Lemmerman that she would only be " willing to state that the meeting was not a Witkaze meeting," and that vv such a move has in fact been advocated by Dean Hudson." Well, quite frankly I think it stinks that because one student incorrectly perceiving a situa- tion and her refusal to print a retraction now that she knows that she was wrong (with the support of Dean Hudson, 1 might add), I now must take the time to justify that meeting and tell what really happened. By basing your article on a fallacy, Ms. Lemmerman, you have very successfully under- mined any argument you were trying to make. Most Sincerely, Dara D. Mann Editor s Note: As mentioned by Ms. Mann, the meeting discussed ivas not a Witkaze meeting, but a private meeting. However, the author has not, in fact, been convinced of the error of her ways as is stated by Mann . Further- more, the student who attended that meeting arrived at 8:00 sharp , which is when she had been told the meeting would begin. Gue' Hudson Thanks Special Olympics Workers Dear Campus: I want to thank those of you who gave of your time in volunteering for the Special Olympics held recently a| Adams Stadium. In addition to the students Travis Nolley, who is a member of the Agnes Scott staff, took a day of vacation to volunteer. Many of you know that I have a special child, John. John and I had been training on the track for some time for his big race, and of course Bill and 1 would not have missed seeing him participate. I want to thank Mortar Board for organizing this community service opportunity, and 1 appreciate those students and staff who gave their time so my child and many other children could enjoy this wonderful event. Gue' Hudson Dean of Students Senior Wills and Testaments Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 8 I, Michele Barard, being of dubious mind and no body, do hereby bid my last farewell to Agnes Scott College. I go with joy at having done the "impos- sible": the cramming of too many credit hours into too few semesters. To my professors, I give my gratitude for their support of my endeavors and for the ideals which they helped to inspire in me. To the administrators, I offer my appreciation for the prompt and efficient "handling of any and alf paperwork (except for financial aid forms, but this I forgive). To the maids, food service workers, and physical plant people: I thank you for being friendly and helpful and for making this place livable (a difficult task, I might add). To Joy, Anne, Kathryn, Melanie, and Stacey (my new friend) I give my spirit and my writing. I will write every line with you in my heart. To Deirdre S., Shelia, Yolanda, Sonni, April, Deanna, Carol and Erika: I leave my voice and my laughter at the foibles of our people; for if we cannot laugh at ourselves, surely we shall cry. To Jeanne, Pinky, Kathy, Winnie, Stacey and everyone else whose names I would write if I had the time and the space - You too shall escape some day. I love this place far more than I hate it. I pray to the goddess that we always may be able to say this about our alma mater. T I, Alicia Long, being of marginally sound body and questionable mind, bequeath the following: To Leigh and Elizabeth 1 laeve my ability to write papers quickly and with little revision, hoping it will be useful with independent studies next year. To Sarah and Teresa I leave what little knowledge of chemistry remains in my brain and permission to call me next year with questions if you can find me. To Tracey I leave my room it she really thinks she wants it. You might consider putting a net at the bottom of the stairs, or a firemen's pole. To Sandee McGlaun I leave the Mortar Board Vice Presient's notebook which I really will get to you M>metime before I graduate. To Elizabeth 1 leave pa- tience dealing with family between now and April next year. To the Terrible Trio I leave a three-year supply of protec- tion of various sorts so none of you does something stupid and has to count again. After you graduate, I absolve myself of all responsibility. To Leigh I leave my obses- sive-compulsiveness about class attendance so she'll graduate and also better luck with grad school plans than I've had. To all double majors, especially those silly enough to major in a science and some- thing else, I leave a warning RUN! TURN BACK WHILE YOU STILL CAN! Me, Mel Mort., sounding my mind and being somebody, want to leave some stuff to my pals. Cara deserves a longer school year so that she can present her full line of fashion wear. Dixon has my permission to wear Cara's dresses. She also gets my lotion bottle. I give to Spyra all of the Greek cuss words that I learned in the car with my mother. To Tara, I give the prophesy of a life on wheels, thirty hours at a time. Winsome Winnie, you get the EFPC badge of approval and every female artist cassette that I own. Kate, I would like for you to have my copy of Ray's novel, and hope that you will articulate well when you read it to new friends. Yean, I mean Jeanne, what can I give you that you don't already have. 7 I leave you the beauty of procras- tination in pairs. To Kim, I leave you Saga. To Saga, I leave Kim. And to the both of you, I leave a non-pc senior year of institutional revolution. Lea, I would like to buy you a new Repo-man air freshener for your bike. To Heather, I give a life-long PITA membership. Catherine, my dear, I leave you all of the coolest beans in the world, and a late night listening to the ocean and uttering simple words. For Michelle, I leave you a million backrubs and a room-sized carpet. To Joy, I leave a rain of dogwood blossoms and the full moon. To Anne, I give thanks and praise. You are my hymn. To the spit sisters - many songs together and a collective identity found in transcendent love. To all of my sisters, I love what you do. [, Anne Harris, being of assuredly sound mind and Student body, do hereby declare this to be my last act of will and a testament to the love I have for those I love and will leave behind to carry on various and sundry torches. To Stacy, I leave the hell and utter fullfilmment of an independent study: may you forge out truths. To Christina, I leave a funky French accent to be used in appropriately smoky atmo- spheres. To Betty, I leave the desire to minister unto others. To Winnie, I leave the exploration of other realities in other lands: remember, reality is but a construct. To Kara, I leave my lack of taste in clothes which she so smashingly makes up for. To Jeanne, I leave my secret desire for combat boots and my admiration for an incredible spirit. To Madeline, I leave the misunderstood truth and beauty of art history: may you, through your delicate understanding and innovative approach, show them all the light. To Kate: I leave my bated breath waiting for your next beautiful spontaneity. To Sarah, I leave the wandering of the halls in Inman. To Juliet, I leave hallway conversations and dorm room confessionals: I'll miss your impromptu. To Debbie, I leave the whole bloody Emory campus: may you smash a Miata, and may you always shine your light and laughter on me. To Dr. Cabisius and Dr. MacEwen, I leave my gratitude for an incredible challenge and the best seminar philosophy I've ever had. To Ramona, 1 leave my messy greek handwriting, I still love your gammas. To Christie, I leave the giving birth process of the Aurora: thank god you're radical. To Saga, I leave my gratitude for your fervor and purpose. To Aida, I leave the fate of humanity's most treasured art pieces: may you be the one to touch up Mona's smile. To Dr. Parry, I leave endless thanks for your endless patience, insight, kindness and (yes) philosophy. To Michele, whose truth I always want to keep alive within me, I leave the memory of dining hall conversations making us slip into Narnia time. To Melanie, Kathryn, and Joy, who will be going on with me in every way: I leave you every "I love you", every hug, every slightest immediate and the sharing of what it is to be a woman. It is beautiful. To Donna, I leave you the most multi-valent love and rhetori- cal (but then sometimes not) exploration of the human condition, the whiff of Paris in the corridors of Dana, my appreciation for your guruhood, all of our unfinished conversa- tions, and my fledgling life's endeavor. After all, beloved everybody, what is life but kitsch and consequence. 7 I, Heather "Truth" Kelley, being of noisy mind and lazy body, do hearby bequeath: To Lea: An autographed (by me) copy of that best-selling book, How to Succeed in Condom-Wearing Without Really Trying, weekly deliveries of cheesy carnation arrangements, and a personal shuttle bus to the Masquerade. To Tracey: A deluxe pastel airbrushed t-shirt, inscribed with "Tracey and Steve 4-ever" surrounded by unicorns cavorting with pineapples, and a subscription to Southern Voice. To Teri and Suzy: An entire fleet of Hertz rental vehicles at your command, and your very own satellite-linked driver's license approver. To Saga: The contract for your first book, and some tickets to Sweden and back. To Michelle: A syndicated radio program entitled "Michelle's Favorite Things Ever!" and a personal hair stylist for those swiftly-chang- ing moods. To Sarah and Madeline: A bootleg of every Girls concert ever performed. To Christie: An entire Kinko's at your beck and call. To Winnie: The most liberal Indian guy on that continent. To Jean: Peace and a piece. To Cara: A new dress (hee- hee). To Tracy and Ellen: A new audience, and maybe a good tune-up on the old one. Good Luck! I, Michelle Roberts, being of warped mind and large body, do hereby bequeath the following: To Christine Cozzens, I leave thanks for all your support and encouragement. I will really miss you. To Kathy Kennedy, I leave thanks for your organization and kindness on the trip to England. You helped make it a wonderful experience for me. To Bo Ball, 1 leave a proposal. Will you marry me? To Linda Hubert, I leave your Joker Outfit and your quote: "You don't have to be reading about orgasm to have it." Palaver? Indeed! To the Writing Workshop Tutors, I leave our funny, touching, and scandalous Log, lots of snacks, and tutees who think you're great. I'll miss you all don't forget Michelle From Hell! To Robyn, Regan, and Donna, I leave memories of our England trip. I loved getting to know both of you better. We'll always remember Digger, "making a move," pouring things over the balcony, a certain odor in the air at Oxford, the importance of blow dryers, and cheese sandwiches, among other things. To Becca, Sarah, Julie, and Christian, I leave "RUBBLE RUBBLE!", "TOO BAD!", young Italian studs, drinking margaritas in the middle o' London, Liverpool, Lord Hungerford, "Can I borrow some powder?", gay hairdressers, Laura Ashley, and shower heads. It was so much fun laughing our way through England. To Rita and Laura, I leave a six-pack of beer, the signs on the hall, my room complete with my lingering ghost, and memories of me as your honorary capper. Do not stress yourselves out too much and think of me when you go to the weight room! By the way, where is that spider? To Sandee, Christie, and Beth, 1 leave Clyde's pale blue eyes. May they haunt us forever! To Staci "Dixie" Dixon, I leave thanks for teaching me to be tough and smoke Camels, late-night phone fun, the tapes that we owe each other, panties hanging on the door, memories of Celina, the contents of the refrigerator, and an open invitation to visit me anytime! I'll miss having you near me! To Helene, I leave the presidency of W.O.W., the restaurants we frequented, and my thanks for your constant reassurance and friendship. To Sharona, the Sharonster, McSharon, the Sharonmeister, I leave a million laughs! M Pm so scared! And I'm so afraid!" The English Department (Dr. Ames BUFFET!). The est Dog in the World. Subway. W.O.W. When I think about you, I touch myself. I'm going to miss you a left, To Betsy, Denice, Marv, Jenn P., and Jen S., I leave ill the good times we've shared, especially last year when we were Six. I know we'll always stay in touch. To Betsy (Betsy Beav, Simone de Beavoir, LiF Hate- ful), I leave thanks for being my bright, funny, considerate, and sometimes crabby friend since freshman year. You have always brought me up when I'm down, and have never disappointed me. I can only hope I've done half as much for you. I, Kathryn Cullinan, being ofsound mind and body, do hereby will and bequeath to Sarah, Madeline, Angie, Betty, Spyro, Lea, and Tracey: the knowledge that kitchen tables are where most everything good originates; to SFA: the round table and an events calendar with some openings; to Drs. Senior Wills and Testaments Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 9 Rees, Pippin, and Berry: the assurance that you do change our lives in the most beautifully powerful ways; Winnie: My anger, energy and love for life, and the search for truth; to Staci: continuing rebellry; to Heather: all that is good: to Saga: springtime and the search for inner peace; to Jeanne and Kim: revolution; to Michele: a respite; to Sou lie: a dogwood tree and all my dreams; to Mel, Anne, and Joy: a year of shared questions, coffee, struggles, and ghtosts in the Ivory Tower we have been right all along; to the powers that be at Agnes Scott: the desire to change, and the untapped potential of the power of hundreds of women. Long live EFPC! T T I, Sally McMillan, being of confused and stressed mind and tired body do bequeath the following items. To Sarah MacMillan I leave her own mail (no more of mine), her own course card and her own phone number. It's been wonderful sharing medical records and responsibilities but you get it all to yourself now. To Tara Greene I leave three more years of wonderful and memorable experiences. I also leave you some of my sanity (I may have found a few of the pieces I lost.) Try not to stress about everything. You'll make it. To Stephanie Richards and Jennifer Bruce I leave my Vertebrate notes and a pack of wine coolers. I only regret that I didn't get to share more of them with you. Keep up those bird calls! To Shannon Ramker I present the honor of being an outstanding soccer player. You got good instinct and you should follow it. You can be one of the best players ASC has had. Don't forget to carry on the tradition and yell at everyone. To Becca Boone and Catlin Olsen I leave... Actually I don't anything wicked enough to give you. Anything I could come up with would be too mild. Keep up that Eleanor Dill tradition! To Anne Bearden I leave a little of my interest in "hard" rock music (not acid). You have some of the most varied tasted I know and it'll get right in next to your classical violin pieces. To Donna Perkins and Brooke Colevard I leave some of my DNA. Cut it, clone it, run it on a gel and put it in any other organism you desire. Have fun with those independent projects! To Elizabeth Hertz I leave the strength to deal with crappy men. You seem like you're doing pretty well so far but I give you my support as well. To the rest of the student body I leave my thanks for some of the best times of my life. It is with a heavy heart and an empty pocketbook that I leave. I'd do it all again. T T [, Elizabeth A. Seward, being of random mind and overworked body do hereby bequeath the following. To Angie Weaver, I leave all the frustrating movies you want to see. You will find relief at Oglethorpe. I also leave the great talks you and I have shared. To Jennifer Garlen, I leave the way to Emory and two years supply of food and Redi- Whip. I also leave you the Republican handbook so you will never forget! Thank you for making me laugh. To Claire Lemme, I leave all the jazz you would want to hear. Keep singing those tunes and keep dancing. I also leave you dates with Gene Kelly (to dance with) and Harry Connick (to sing to you), enjoy the company. I love you Eclaire! To Ellie Porter, I leave all the mail in your box and all the Este Lauder makeup. Enjoy them "Paulina." To Leigh, Theresa, Janelle, and Charmy, I leave Tracksides. I know you will enjoy it as much as I did. To Jenessa DeFrees, I leave a great wedding with no problems. Keep your sight on Him and you will never fall. We have to stand together to spread the Word. To Kate Simpkins, I leave the greatest book of life. Never go a day without reading it, He will be with you always. To Ellen Chilcutt, I leave a two year supply of toothpaste for the five times a day habit. Keep you voice singing for His glory! To Dr. Sheehey, Dr. Cunningham, and Dr. Johnson, I leave the economics majors. I hope they won't cause as much trouble as I have. Dr. Sheehey, thank you for your great advisement. Dr. Cunningham, thank you for the best trip in the world, no one will forget it. Dr. Johnson, thank you for the laughter that keep this economics major sane. To the Athletic Department, thank you for your love^and generosity! To Christy Jackson, I leave tennis matches, basket- ball games and all the concerts you can go to in your senior year. Good luck in 1991-1992! To Emily Hornak, I leave all the eligible older men that I haven't taken! Good luck at Citadel this summer! To Brook Parrish, I leave all the Dr. Ruth seminars that you can teach. Thank you for the condom picture. Good Luck in Med. school. To the rest of my friends here, I leave my love and the best wishes for the years to come. I, Candace A. Woodard, being of sound mind (I think) do hereby bequeath to: Cynthia Neal long summers of research, hot soil, and lost communities. May you never be eaten by the purple bacteria from the great unknown. Ruth Blackwood head lab assistant; You can experience the joy of lost chemicals, missing equipment, and of teaching others what to do. May you have a great power trip. Anne Marie Haddock the difficulties and conflicts of Agnes Scott and its lovely administration. Good Luck with C.A. Kelly Barnett Rm 114 Campbell. I know you will appreciate this. Dr. White although we leave Campbell together I leave you the pleasure of this year's entire incoming freshman class; not just our usual ten. WWW I, Mary Rognoni, of not so sound mind and body do hereby bequeath to: Cindy Dunn: the oh-ever-so difficult job of keeping up the roll at Circle K. Also, my size 12 pink pants and my prized Bud Bear. Anne Marie: long yours in the library researching for those fun loving Psychology papers. Also, the strength and motiva- tion to make CA work. Dr. Spencer: my whining voice and drive to drive myself crazy. I, Allison K. Davis, being of strong mind and feeble body do hereby bequeath to: Laura Andrews my heartfelt thank on a job well-don and best wishes to you in the future. I couldn't have don it without you! ! Cindy Dunn my Frogs- take good car of them as I know you will! Dr. Byrnside Many, many thanks and Happiness forever from you pal Al! ! Emily Perry all of the late nights and "challenges' of Interdorm Good Luck! Ellen Chilcutt Tower Council, Fog, NAPC, Houston's We're counting on you cooking for us next year! Thanks for your friendship. Kate, Lauren, Michele, Amy Thanks for the memo- ries we'll be back!! I, Jennifer Bridges, being of sound mind and. ..oh well. ..hereby bequeath to: Amy Higgins a box of chocolate, a pint of ice cream and the courage to get dessert whenever you want it. Lauren Fowler a "bri'tuh" sky, 'cause I know you 'arent 'ad one! Ellen Chilcutt my Fog folder complete with dog protection (so your dog, rest his soul, can't eat it), a perfect blend, and a bag of groceries so you can come cook for us, and the courage to be famous one day. Ronniebelle Byrnside and the Frogs thanks for four great years! I'll miss ya'll madly! T T 1, Janet Kidd, being of sound, but perpetually stressed, mind and body, do hereby bequeath the following: To my devoted roomie, Claire, I leave a plethora of late-night procrastination talks for when rearranging the furniture just isn't enough. To Christia Holloway, I leave five years of friendship, a big hug, and the confidence to do whatever SHE wants to do with her life. To Dr. Cooley, I leave all my extroverted neuroticism; I want to make sure it has good com- pany. To Dr. Carden, I leave class after class of prompt students and about ten hours a week of totally free time (subject to approval). To Dr. Blatchley, I leave a multitude of eager BioPsych majors. I bequeath to Leigh Bennett a lot of patience to deal with the rest of the world. I give Kerri Allen memories of a hectic house hopping summer. To Kristin Lemmerman, I leave a long , unedited, features article, turned in ten minutes before deadline, and a single white candle from tapping. To Brooke Parish, I leave an authentic Austrian accent to accompany her informative dialogues on sex and a large culture of gonococci. To Claire, Angie, Jen, and Ellie, I leave thanks for introducing me to Mayo Bubba and teaching me what a goove-a-thon was. WWW I, Joy Howard, being soundly embodied, do hereby bequeath the following: my magic markers, picket signs, and spray paint to Kim, Jeanne, and Karen. I also leave them plenty of late night rap sessions about homophobia, racism, sexism, imperialism, and sex. I leave Dr. Behan everything ever written by Angela Davis, Mary Daly, and Adrienne Rich and also suggest he pick up a copy of Feminist Politics and Human Nature by Alison Jaggar. To Penny Campbell I leave a copy of Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. President Schmidt will enjoy a copy of the Too Te Ching. To Tara Somerville and Missy Mulinax I leave my love for writing in the hopes that they will write for the Profile and counter some of the right-wing reactionary *@^@! that has been coming out if it since the new editorial staff took over. I leave my rage and energy to Dara, Kech, Kiniya, and Shanika: Fight the Power. Some nerve for challenging intransigent racist and sexist members of the faculty and administration goes to all of the above as well. To Kara Weeks I leave and apple, a glass of milk, and some sunshine. To Karen I leave memories of Freddy Jesus and the Pagan Spirit Gathering. I also leave her much love and the last word: Marxism is not a religion. I leave the smoke-ins in the dining hall to Winnie, Spiro, Staci, and Angie. To Sarah Fisher, I leave the sacred cup of java. I leave good jazz music and my Phi Beta Kappa key for Bryn. Tracy and Lea can have all the trivialities and ethical dilemmas of Mortar Board, AKA Bored Martyrs. To the EFPC I leave many happy trips to Tortillas and much good poetry. To Roxy goes a mango, to Kendra more papers to write, and some healthy love to both. To Robyn I leave a perverse passion for politics and all my favorite book about Women in Development (and I don't mean Bonnie Johnson). To the members of SFA I leave a very important piece of informa- tion: for get Schmidt, Dot Markert is the most powerful person on this campus. To Dr. Scott I leave 120+ pages of jargon and some tips form the spirit medium, which she can obtain by being very still and quiet in the woods. To the professors I have liked, I leave my thanks and a bit of peace and quiet in the class- room. To Madeline, Kitty, Christy, Eve, Angie and Anjail, I leave the dream of a common language keep writing! We would like to wish Eloise Herbert and IMian Newman a fond farewell* They will he missed dearly. Features Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 10 Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk among Agnes Scott Students by Tom Hogan and Eileen Cooley The fall, 1990, survey on sexuality and attitudes concern- ing HIV risk stemmed from coverage of human sexuality as a standard part of Professor Hogan's general psychology course. After a presentation on human sexual behavior as described in the Kinsey Reports (1948, 1953), students wanted to know about the frequency and diversity of human sexual behavior today, particularly that of ASC students. Many students in the general psychology class had little concept of the frequency of the AIDS virus (HIV) in the college population. Half the class thought its frequency was one in ten thousand persons or even less. Conceivably, if students thought HIV was extremely rare, then they would not take steps to protect themselves. These issues provided the motivation behind the survey. During the final days of the fall semester, 172 students in psychology, biology, and sociology classes were given a two-page questionnaire concerning sexual behavior and HIV frequency. Of course, students were told that partici- pation was voluntary, informa- tion would be confidential, and data would be grouped for presentation. Students were first divided into groups according to age and marital status: SINGLE (17-22); SINGLE (23 + ); and MARRIED. These three groups were further divided into subgroups according to whether or riot each student indicated ever having had sexual inter- course with a male (HAD and HADN'T subgroups). The questionnaire did not ask whether intercourse was voluntary or non-voluntary. In the SINGLE (17-22) group, 36% said that they never had sex with a male, whereas 64% had. Of the 144 students in this single group, 13.2% had sexual intercourse by the age of 15 and 60.4% by the age of 19. These percentages are slightly below the 1988 national averages of 25.6% and 75.3%, respectively. Statistics computed on the SINGLE (23 + ) and MARRIED groups are not as reliable or valid because of the small numbers of people in those groups. Of the SINGLE (23 + ) group, 80% had had intercourse with a male sometime in their lives. All students in the MARRIED group indicated having had sex with a male. The average ( mean ) age of first sexual intercourse with a male was 16.7 years for the SINGLE (17-22) HAD group and 16.5 for the combined SINGLE (23 + ) and MARRIED HAD groups. These figures are in line with recent national statistics which indicate an average age of first intercourse for women to be about 17.5. In the SINGLE (17-22) HAD group, the median number of males with which the student had had intercourse was 2.1. The mean number was over 3, but the mean was inflated, as often is the case with sexual data, by some high frequencies. Eight percent of the group had intercourse with nine males or more. Nationwide, adults report having had an average of seven sex partners. The mean number for the SINGLE (23 + ) and the MARRIED, HAD groups combined was also approximately seven. National research indicates that the earlier sexual activity starts, the more sexual partners one has. This finding was supported in the present study. In the SINGLE (17-22) HAD group, a statistically significant negative correlation of -.40 between age of first intercourse and number of sexual partners means that there was a moderate tendency for earlier age of first inter- course to be associated with a greater number of sex partners in this group. Frequency of sexual relations with another female was low in the SINGLE (17-22) group: of 144 students, only 7 (5%) reported having had such a sexual relationship. Six students reported this in the combined SINGLE (23 + ) and MARRIED groups (25 stu- dents). Typically, students in the SINGLE (23+) and the MARRIED HAD groups had intercourse with one male during the past year. In the SINGLE (17-22) HAD group, the median number of males with which the student had intercourse during the past year was 1.2. The distribution was as follows: 3%, had 0 partners; 66%, 1 partner; 17% 2 partners; 10%, 3-5 partners; 3%, 6 or more partners. Condom use during the previous year in the SINGLE ( 1 7-22 ) HAD group was as follows: 17% used them all the time; 42% never or rarely used them; and the rest fell between these extremes. Those students who had three or more sexual partners in the past year did not regularly use condoms. Furthermore, there was no relationship between how frequent students think the HIV virus occurs in the college population and their condom use. On the average, students are not greatly worried about contracting HIV. The scale of worry ranged from 0 (no worry) (coiuinued cm page 1 1 ) Street Beat Compiled by Anne Harris The Question: i you change about Agnes Scott? Joy Howard I want a new African-Ameri- can woman president, 30% African-American faculty and students, and an African- American Studies Program. Vivan Saker I would change parietals. I wish that the administration would stop begging us for money. I wish that we didn't have to obey all the stupid little rules that invade our dorms. Michele Barard The president. The focus of Academics: students are under too much pressure, they're not getting enough out of their education. The whole concept of liberal arts is to expand your mind. People don't do that enough. Melanie Mortimer I would reopen Hopkins as an alternative residence hall. I would get rid of all Interdorm and Honor Court tell-on-your- peers policies. I would brain- wash the silent majority with radical feminist ethics. I would create an egalitarian system where all students, faculty, staff, and administration would have an equal vote in campus decisions. Michelle Cox Everything. I would change the people who don't want to change. Features Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 1 1 Handicapped accessibilty hard to find at Agnes Scott by Bethany Blankenship Contributing Editor As she waited for her parents to park the car, Mary* looked around the beautiful campus. She saw the impressive staircase leading to the main building and looked down at the wheelchair she was bound to. Maybe Agnes Scott wasn't the place for her after all. Marys parents wheeled her through the back entrance of Rebekah Scott Hall to the admissions office where she was met by a kind tour guide. From there they toured the campus, from the stately Buttrick Hall (where she noticed only one handicapped bathroom on ground level, only reachable from the outside entrance) to the fun, frolicy Walters dorm. They told Mary if she came to live on campus, she would live in Inman dorm as there were no other dorms with specially- equipped bathrooms or wheel- chair ramps. She wanted to see Bradley Observatory as she was interested in becoming an Astronomy major but was told by the tour guide that Bradley was not readily equipped with a ramp or elevator. Mary did, however, see all of the Alston Campus Center, McCain Library, and Campbell Science Hall. (Unfortunately, Mary couldn't see the computer satellite center in Main because the elevator was out of order.) After her tour, Mary and her parents met with the Dean to discuss her future at Agnes Scott College. Would she feel comfort- able being one of the few handi- capped students on campus. 7 Were there any changes on campus that would need to be made especially for her? Mary felt a little self-conscious during the meeting. She didn't want the college to have to go to so much trouble to suit her particular needs. But then again, maybe that's exactly what they needed to do. ***** A quick glance around campus should tell a member of the Agnes Scott community that ASC may suit the needs of mobility handi- capped visitors but not of its special students. Presser Hall is only accessible to the first floor (including Gaines Auditorium). To even reach Campbell Science building, a student would either need to go around Presser and through the parking lot or through Buttrick on the ground floor. If a mobility handicapped student were in danger, she couldn't even get to Public Safety because of its stairs. A wheel- chair-bound student couldn't get her own mail or enjoy a quiet Public Safety inspects the only elevator, a large dumb waiter, in Presser Hall, which doesnt even go the the top floor of the building. . evening sitting out in the gazebo. What's to be done about the limited access? Georgia state law only requires that buildings "that are constructed or renovated by the use of private funds" after July 1, 1987, be made readily acces- sible to handicapped persons. Renovation is defined by the statute as: "Any component of a building, structure, or facility, which is replaced, except for the purpose of repair, or moved." Thus Winship Hall, which was Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk (continued from page 10) to 10 (extreme worry). The means were as follows: SINGLE (17-22) HADN'T, 2.2, HAD 3.4; SINGLE (23 + ) HADN'T, 0.0, HAD, 3.8; MARRIED 1.9. Some students in each group reported having had a test for HIV. Many students have an unrealistic estimate of HIV in the college population. The U. S. Centers for Disease Control reported an average frequency of 1/500 (0.2%) in the fall of 1990. For ASC students, we consid- ered an estimate of 1/1,000 or less as a mis-estimation of the frequency. The proportion of students who made these mis-estimations was 40% for the SINGLE (17- 22) HADN'T group and 54% for the SINGLE (17-22) HAD group. The picture of sexual behav- ior and HIV attitudes in the SINGLE (17-22) group seems to be as follows. Most of them (64%) have had one or more sexual partners. In the HAD subgroup, most of them (66%) have had only one partner in the past year. Consequently, most seem to be monogamous at any one time. However, because relationships change, some proportion will be monogamous with someone else next year. A large percentage of the students do not have a realistic knowledge of the frequency of HIV in the college population, and even if they do have some knowledge and even if they have multiple partners, these factors do not appear to result in their using condoms all the time. Our recommendations to students do not stem from moral considerations, but from judgments as to the best means of avoiding HIV. Because HIV occurs with a frequency of 1/500 in the college population, the prob- ability is 2/500 or 1/250 that at least one of two partners with whom one has had sexual relations has the virus. Five partners increases the risk to 5/ 500 or 1/100. Single people often think that they can determine HIV risk in another person by asking about their prior sexual rela- tions. Psychological research has indicated, however, that people are often not truthful about the extent of their past sexual activity. Condoms offer no guaranteed protection against HIV. Realis- tically speaking, the greatest safety with regard to the HIV virus is having no sex with another partner; the next greatest safety is having only one partner who has never had sex with another female or male, used intravenous drugs, or had blood transfusions. Other than that, the chances of contracting HIV go up and up. Lest students become extremely anxious about having HIV, the odds are in their favor. Yet, persistent, unprotected behavior can quickly switch the odds to being very unfavorable. If one is worried, one should change one's behavior to reduce worry and have an HIV test. Because of the life-threaten- ing nature of HIV, students should become more realistically aware of the threat and explore alternatives to reduce this threat to themselves. We thank the students who participated in this survey. recently "renovated," would not be included in this definition. It the law can't make Agnes Scott more mobility handicapped accessible, maybe a decline in admissions could. Making this campus more accessible will make it more attractive to those prospectives who are bound to a wheelchair. *name does not refer to anyone living or dead. Image Index Rates Your Prospects for Getting Ahead compiled by Bethany Blankenship What kind of first impression do you make when you walk into a roomful of business associates? Are you perceived as authoritative and reliable. 7 Or, are the impres- sions you leave behind sabotaging your chances of getting ahead? You can assess the kind of first impression you make by using a specially-designed "Image Index" created by KIWI Brands, the world's largest manufacturer of shoe care products. "The Tmage Index' is designed to enable people to calculate their prospects for getting ahead in situations where first impressions are important," explained Edward L. Collier, president of Kiwi Brands. This includes getting a new job, earning a promotion or complete ing a successful sales presentation. "Recruitment experts tell us there are a number of elements that contribute to an executive's image, including clothes, groom- ing ... (10 various aspects doesn't fit in with the overall look, it can throw off the person's entire image," he added. The Image Index is based on the likelihood of making the best impression on the greatest number of people in most business and professional situations. u Tcx3 many intelligent, up-and- coming people undermine their best efforts because their overall appearance projects the wrong king of image," said Karen Kaufman. vv The Image Index can give people a sense of what they're doing right, and wrong," added Donald Kaufman. The Image Index lists 12 elements that make up a person's overall image. One Index is tailored for women and one for men. After taking the test, you can add up your score, and immediately determine how your image measures up. Collier explained that Kiwi developed the Image Index to draw attention to a trend among youger people toward ignoring shoe care. "People under 40 don't shine their shoes as aften as their older counterparts the people who make the decisons on hiring and promotions," said Collier. According to Donald Kaufman, anything that calls attention to itself, either negatively or posi- tively, can detract from an overall favorable impression. And well- shined shoes play an important role in projecting a consistent good image. "Wearing shined shoes, or even scoring high on the Image Index, won't necessarily guarantee success in getting a new job, or moving up in the corporation," said Collier. "However, it could help keep you a step ahead of the competition," he added. Features Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 12 ACROSS 1 Rests on chair 5 Metric unit 10 Ham's brother 14 Inkling 15 Sayinq 16 Body opening 17 Snow field 18 Sailboat 19 Thiow out 20 Crag 21 Utah natives 22 Hair dyes 24 Decolored 26 Furnace 27 Rrlipve 28 Male tram worker 3 1 Jewel weight 34 Political units 35 Humorist Georqe 36 Bovmes 37 Tutor 38 Magnitude 39 Wrong prel 40 Medita'e 4 I E'hausied 42 Star 44 Strong dnnk 45 Old-womanish 46 Reptile 50 Fast talopy 52 Helper 53 Cul down 54 Noted essayist 55 Spokes 57 Pond 58 Cod type 59 Avoid 60 Piod 61 Venetian lurlgo 62 Called 63 Colored DOWN 1 r .coens 2 N'twii 3 cotta 4 Part of city name 5 Stood up 6 Didn't work 7 Nr>w Mexico Indian 8 Conceit 9 Blame 10 - cakf 1 1 Domestic helper 12 Gaplic 13 NY learn 21 Mm 23 Annoys 25 Asian land 26 Garment 28 Unmarked 29 CuMmg tool 30 Requirement 3 1 Stupor s kin 3? WW It group 33 Metaling 34 A stale The Weekly Crossword Puzzle capital 37 Young ones 38 Cornmeal 40 Small group 4 i Panel 43 infuriate 4 4 Depended 46 Slither 4 7 Polishing substance 48 Norway" In Norway 49 Woolen labnc 50 Detained 51 Mixture 52 Parentless man 56 A Gardner 57 Ooze 1 2 3 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 ~- 1 17 20 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 16 37 38 39 40 42 43 44 I 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 54 56 58 1 1 60 61 63 COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE Whether heading home from college or away on vacation, Mail Boxes Elc. will get your things there safer, faster and all in one piece. We even pack your boxes for you! Ship It. 15 7o OFF any UPS shipment I LMra*cxxewcxdioin I MAIL BOXES ETC Emory Commons S/C 2103 North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033 (404) 982-9584 Fax: (404) 982-9478 Hostels help traveling students COMPILED BY JANELLE BaILEY American Youth Hostels (AYH) is a group that allows members to stay in dormitory- style housing (hostels) for an average of $10 per night. For an annual membership fee of $25 (for one adult; $35 for a family rate), a person has access to over 5,300 hostels in 59 different countries. AYH also offers recreational and cultural programs at some of their locations. Some examples of hostels are medieval castles in Ger- many, a lodge in Australian bush country, a California lighthouse, and a dude ranch in Colorado. Overnight fees range from 35 cents to $18.75 per night. AYH also describes how a student could receive indepen- dent study credit for keeping a journal of his/her travels. American Youth Hostels is a non-profit organization. For free information and a member- ship application, write: American Youth Hostels Dept. 481 P.O. Box 37613 Washington, D.C. 20013-7613 or call (202) 783-6161 Tanning Pills Are Dangerous, Says Neutrogena Skin Care Institute compiled by Bethany Blankenship They are sometimes advertised on late-night television and in the backs of magazines. So-called "tanning pills," they carry claims that they can provide a "safe, sunless, painless glow." Now there's evidence that taking these pills is not safe and could be life- threatening. The most commonly used tanning pills contain an active ingredient called canthaxanthin, a beta-carotene substance that, unlike other beta-carotenes, cannot be broken down into vitamin A, and thus, is not well matabolized by the body. Canthaxanthin is approved by the FDA as a food coloring and is used in small amounts in animal feed to enhance the color of chicken skin and egg yolks. In these tiny amounts, it is believed safe for human ingestion. When found in the much larger doses in tanning pills, canthaxanthin can deposit an Rep Rap dissatisfaction about this. A number of the persons on campus who attended the Undoing Racism workshop came to the Rep meeting on April 16 to express their opinions. Many participants felt the workshop was very productive and helpful, and encouraged Rep Council to sponsor the same event next year. Others recognized the need for such a workshop, but had reservations about some of the specific techniques employed by the leaders of this workshop. The general consensus at Rep was to continue to sponsor activities and workshops such as the Undoing Racism workshop next year, but to examine the concerns of students not comfortable with the methods presented in this particular one. Rep Gift Rep Council has decided to give $250 of its annual Rep Gift to the Graduate Studies Resource Center in Buttrick. This gift will enable the Resource Center to pay for some of the more expensive catalogs of graduate, law, medical, and business programs that were previously unobtainable. The remaining $750 of the Rep Gift will go to the renovation of the Alston Center, and more specifically to some kind of sound system. Ideas have included a jukebox, or a central sound system for general use. orange dye in the skin and tatty tissues. The FDA has classified the use of canthaxanthin in tanning pills or in any other cosmetic product as illegal though such products are available through health food stores, tanning salons, and mail- order services. Recently, doctors at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennes- see, reported a case of a twenty - year-old white woman who experienced malaise, headaches, increased fatigue, easy bruising, and weight loss after taking a course of "tanning pills." The woman was diagnosed as having aplastic anemia, a disease in which the bone marrow is unable to produce platelets, and red and white blood cells. Ultimately, the woman died. After ruling out any other problems, the researchers concluded that her illness and death were do to the canthaxanthin pills she had ingested. "The woman's skin was still yellow, even four months after she had ceased taking the pills," says Renata Bluhm, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine who treated the woman. 14 We believe that canthaxanthin is a total body dye; not only does the skin appear orange, but inside, the liver, intestines, even the blood are also being dyed. "In this case, we believe that the canthaxanthin caused bone marrow toxicity, which in turn, affected all the other cells in the body by lessening the number of red blood cells and the amount of oxygen that reached cells." The researchers note that this is only one case report, but that there could be other detrimental effects from canthaxanthin pills. "It's hard to know since the distribution of this drug is illegal and therefore not well moni- tored," says Dr. Bluhm. "Even if there is only a small risk of a toxic effect, the use of the drug for cosmetic purposes does riot justify this risk." (continued from page 5)- Food Committee Update GET EXCITED!!!! Keith has informed Food Committee that the deli bar will be in place at dinner next year. The survey results showed breakfast as the most favorite meal and dinner as the least favorite ... hopefully this will help fix that! Other issues discussed at Food Committee included "asking the registrar to re-examine class times that force students to miss lunch, a Faculty prepared exam breakfast, and the possibility of beer in the Snack Bar. Keith promised to look into the possibility of Service America getting a liquor license that would allow them to serve beer in the snack bar, and make it a more comfortable, "hang-out" place. (WE HOPE YOU DO IT, KEITH!!) Bits and Pieces Interdorm presented a constitutional change to Rep requesting the creation of the position of Treasurer. This is a position that will be filled by petition, and responsibilities will include the upkeep of Interdorm's financial affairs. Cunent SGA President Amy Higgins, former President Holly Henderson, and current Vice- President Jessica Carey met with the adh(K committee of the Board of Trustees on Thursday, April 18. This adhoc committee is looking at the student and faculty requests for representation to the Board. The three students gave background infonnation regarding the student proposal to the adhoc committee, along with a handout of researched information on the status of student representation at Other schools, and the specifics of Rep Council's proposal that was presented to the full board at their January meeting. The adhoc committee will now make a proposal and present it to the full Board in May for a decision. Rep Council approved the final ballot for the first annual Faculty Award on April 23, The professors on the ballot include Dr. Ayse Carden (Department of Psychol- ogy), Dr. Catherine Scott (Politi- cal Science), Dr. Art Bowling (Physics), and Dr. Christine Cozzens (English). The ballot was presented to the student body for voting on Friday, April 26. The winner will be announced at the Awards Convocation on May 8 and a reception for the faculty member will follow. Well, that's all for Rep Rap for this year. I hope next year Rep Council will continue to be as pnxluctive and active as possible, and I hope that many of you not currently involved in Student Government will take some time out of your schedule to make the well-being of Agnes Scott students one of your priorities. Rep Rap didn't receive any letters this week; I hope that will change next year. See you then. Features Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 13 Job Search Versus Graduate School-Options to Consider by Laurie Grant Assistant Director, Career Planning & Placement Many juniors and seniors struggle with whether to pursue graduate school or a job after graduation. This is a multi- faceted issue, and one we encounter frequently in Career Planning and Placement. Factors to consider when making this decision often include how much time it would take to complete a particular graduate program, financial issues, professional interests, lifestyle perferences, and other obligations. Needless to say, every students situation is different and so ultimately the decision of what to do is a personal one. Graduate school can offer the opportunity to further pursue an area of study that you have become interested in at Agnes Scott. It can also serve as an opportunity to pursue specialized training. Some career fields require an advanced degree, and so students who are interested in law, for example, may feel "forced" to attend graduate school. Other students just want the personal satisfaction derived from receiving a Master's or doctoral degree. Something to keep in mind is that some graduate programs prefer applicants who have prev ious work experience. This is particularly true with Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs. Another option to consider is to apply for graduate school in your senior year with the intent to defer enrollment for a year. While not all graduate programs allow prospective student to defer, it is a great way to take a break or save money before beginning work on another degree. For thoses students who do want to work full-time after graduation, their reasons include wanting to "get on with my life," being tired of school, and wanting to explore professional interests before obtaining another degree. The desire to be financially independent can also be a strong motivator. Working full-time can help you sort out what it is you really want to do before you invest in another degree. It is also important to realize that some employers are willing to pay for graduate work, and so it is possible to avoid the financial strain of pursuing another degree. Unfortunately, it is not unusual for seniors to make their plans out of default because they feel "backed into a corner." Some choose graduate school because continuing to be a student is comfortable after years of writing papers and taking tests. Others end up working full- time because they realize too late that graduate school is "right" for them, and application deadlines have already passed. A key point to remember is that if you begin exploring your options and developing a plan early, you can avoid these scenarios. Both graduate school and the " real world" have their merit; it is a matter of deciding which route will best fit your needs. Alumnae Interview: From Student to Artist by Shirley J. Kennedy Career Advisory Board For those of you who have considered self-employment as a career option but fear paying the rent, hold on to your dream. Successful self-employment is possible! Erin Sherman graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1973 with a degree in art and is now a successful artist and illustrator. Erin finds self- employment exciting, but she warns that there are certain drawbacks. Self-motivation is essential; there will be no one hovering over to push the work along. Discipline is required, as well as hard work. Initially, Erin paid her dues by working as a commercial artist, but she was patient. As her bank account grew, she was enabled to begin traveling the road to her dream. This road is not an easy one to take due to the one think we all need to survive: a steady paycheck. An artist cannot sit back and wait for her paintings to sell, she must keep working. Once a painting leaves her hands, she must forget about that work and Colleges Need to Refigure the Way They Teach Math, Boost Interest, Study Says College Press Service Colleges should make radical changes in the way they teach math, make better use of comput- ers and even develop new teaching methods, the National Research Guincil urged April 9. College students' interest in majoring in math is at an all-time low, few students take advanced courses and fewer than ten percent of those students are minorities, said the council's Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000 in calling for reform. It found other reasons for reform. Only one in five doctoral degrees in math, for example, is awarded to women. Senior math professors, the report added, are retiring faster than they can be replaced. "In the United States, we have achieved pre-eminent status in mathematics research," said committee Chairman William Kirwan, president of the Univer- sity of Maryland at College Park. "We must develop mathematics education to a comparable level." The report, titled "Moving Beyond Myths," said undergradu- ate mathematics is the second largest discipline taught at colleges and universities. Each year 3.5 million students enroll in math courses. But about two- thirds of all college math enrollments are in high school -grade courses below the level of calculus. While 3.6 million ninth graders took math courses in 1972, the report said, the number dropped to 294,000 by the time the same students reached college. Only 1 1 ,000 majored in math, 2,700 earned masters and 400 received doctoral degrees by 1986. "Some changes in teaching practices would be helpful," allowed Ron Freiwald, a math professor at Washington University in St. Louis, but he thinks changes need to be made at the elementary and secondary levels. "We can't undo a dozen years of damage that easily." SwimAtlanta is now hiring swim instructors for positions beginning in May and June. Gwinnett and Roswell locations. Full and part time positions. Excellent work environment, flexible hours. Call Lisa Andrews at 992-7946 to schedule an interviews. begin her next project. How does one get started? Upon graduation, Erin desired to paint full-time but had no idea how to accomplish this feat. Unaware of any painters who made a living practicing their craft, Erin decided to meet successful artists and find out how they got started. She attended arts festivals in Atlanta and asked questions of the exhibiting artists. Her first agent was obtained by attending one of the festivals and getting a name from a painter who was exhibiting work there. Next, her work was taken to a gallery in Atlanta, and the gallery liked her work and agreed to sell it. For Erin, her greatest thrill was to receive that first check for work she created. Erin's second greatest thrill may well be having another artist in the family her hus- band to critique her work and, in a sense, work with her. Recently, both Erin's and her husband's works were purchased by a bank in Panama City through the Marilyn Wilson Gallery in Binningham. The bank initially purchased one of his works and commissioned Erin to do three paper pieces. For her, it was both exciting and fun to think that they were creating and displaying work which would be exhibited in the same location. Erin's work can currently be found at Fay Gold Galleries in Atlanta, with whom she has been exhibiting for the past seven years. In addition to painting, Erin is quite an accomplished illustrator. In the role of illustrator, Erin has created a logo for the University of Georgia Executive Program's Business School and designed a workbook about history. However, she most enjoys picture-book illustrating and hopes to both write and illustrate books in the future. This desire, perhaps, stems from Erin's experiences with art as a child, when both she and her brother spent many hour creating books from crayons, paints, and paper, with ribbons as binders. Erin was fortunate to have parents who recognized and nurtured her talent in art. Having grown up in a small town where football, not art, was the major source of entertainment, Erin's parents provided private lessons for her, with the goal of cultivating her talent. Their goals were met Erin entered Agnes Scott College and continued to pursue her dream. She is fortunate; her dreams have become reality. After all, what are dreams for. 7 They are pursued, and sometimes, as proven by Erin Sherman, thev can even be fulfilled. This Issue's Puzzle s 1 Lh T E s H E M \ D 1 A D A G 1 p 0 R E F T O n n | U L E 6 oj p P rii 6 N u s S T N E F OR G E R D B R A IK E. M A N c A R A B L A D 0 X e N CIO A ' s Z E M 1 s I H 1 N A I ^ i r R S K p y M A N 1 IT E e m E N 3 o H 0 T R 0 D A I i ' M 0 vv E L i A D 1 M e" R E L N 1 ! 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But this musical is so much darn fun, why bother with hidden meanings and messages? Just laugh. And laugh. And laugh. The premise of the show: four suburban housewives Bev, a widow; Carol, a divor- cee; yuppie new mother Jetta; and soon-to-be-married Wendi bored and in need of money, ditch Betty Jean cosmetics and form a punk rock band to enter a contest at the Lewd Fingers club for a $4,000 prize. Could anything less than hysteria result? Chad Henry's music parodies everything from punk rock to fifties' doo-wop to advertising jingles. His inventive lyrics range from sheer silliness to witty one-liners. In the opening number, "Hell School," teenage punk rocker Tim (Bryan Mercer), Bev's son, wails that "the drama club only does Pinter plays." When Bev (Spring Mason) follows with the oozingly optimistic ' Think positive," Tim's response is V T worry about you, Mom." Henry's music in combina- tion with A.M. Collins' book is by Rita Ganey "Much of my writing begins as a meditation on past events. But memory for me is the 'jumping off point; I am not, in my poetry and my fiction writing, a slave to memory" Judith Ortiz Cofer, Silent Dancing: A Partial Remem- brance of a Puerto Rican Child- hood. "Judith Ortiz Cofer was born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Early in her childhood, her family followed her father to Paterson, New Jersey, when the Navy transferred him. Most of her childhood was spent traveling between Puerto Rico and NV-w Jersey. She receiv ed a B.A. in a dangerously funny brew. Collins has a knack for quirky characters and for wisecracks. When asked how long she's been divorced, Carol replies, "Well, I've gained forty pounds, so it's been ... two months." Add bits like snacking on the Betty Jean cucumber face cleanser, and the show is off to a rollicking good start. And it doesn't stop. The songs get funnier ("Generic Women" bemoans being a vv major brand in a plain wrapper") and the characters get wackier (there is actually a character named Lewd Fingers). The highlight of the show is the women's first performance at the club. Decorated with detergent boxes, clothespins, hair rollers and other vestiges of an overworked, "angry house- wife," they pound out "Eat Your F**king Cornflakes" with fliptop garbage cans for drums, screaming "motherly abuse" at the audience as they snarl sv Do what mommy tells you!" Words cannot describe this scene. The audience was still laughing when the lights came up for intermission. Not snickering. Laughing. In tune with the script, the acting was campy, with lots of takes to the audience, punches, etc. All of the characters were believable and very clearly defined. Bryan Mercer's Tim was especially enjoyable as the put-upon teen who will be the "first kid on the block with a mom in punk rock." Wendi's fiance Wally (Tim Habeger) is also very endearing. Like most fairy tales, Angry Housewives would not be complete without a happy ending. Although the men in English from Augusta College and an M.A. in English from Florida Atlantic University. She has served as an English instructor at several colleges and universities. She now lives in Louisville, Georgia with her husband, John Cofer, and her daughter, Tanya. Her works include Silent Dancing: A Partial Remem- brance of a Puerto Rican Child- hood, a collection of personal essays and poems based on her childhood. Her only novel, The Line of the Sun, won a Fulitzer Prize nomination in 1989. She has two collections of poetry, Terms of Survival and Reaching for the Mainland. the lives of these housewives raise strong objections to their punk rock leanings, they come around and support them in the end, if not out of love, at least out of default: Wally tells Wendi (Teresa DeBerry) that he doesn't want her to have regrets and tell him years later, "I could have been a punk rock star it I hadn't of married you." Rochelle Barker's funky and functional set design in neon pink and turquoise is the perfect accompaniment to this absurd comedy. The band also deserves a big round of applause. From the reggae take-off "Stalling for Time" to the Betty Jean jingle, Angry Housewives, directed by Lisa Adler, is an uproariously funny show. The KV Angry Housewives" band may lose out to "Big Dick and His Privates" in their fairy tale contest, but in the real world, Horizon's production is a screaming success. Cofer Silent Dancing is a touching collection of works on many topics. The poetry and essays in this book deals with many memories her grandmother, her father, her mother, Christ- mas, different characters from her Puerto Rican childhood. Even though Ortiz Cofer considers herself to be a native Spanish speaker, she says her first language is English. When she started writing, it was only natural for her to write in English. In her writing, she tries to mimic the rhythms of the Spanish language in English. And her English prose with a mixture of select, descriptive Spanish words is tnore than effective. by Kathleen Hill Incorporating a wide range of dance techniques, Studio Dance Theatre presented Dance Kaleidoscope in Gaines Audito- rium April 18 and 19. Created by six professional choreographers, the dances varied from a form of old English folk dance to a modern, New Age type of movement. First-year student Maria Balais added to this diversity with her jazz invention, Excessive, set to INXS' Need You Tonight, which opened the performance. A classical ballet solo choreographed by Studio Dance Theatre director Marilyn Darling immediately followed Balais' piece. Darling restaged her ballet Jade Flower for dancer LePret Dickinson in Studio Dance's recent production. This piece, originally choreographed in the early 1980s, debutted at the opening of the High Museum's Chines exhibit, according to Darling. Leaping from classical to contemporary, Kaleidoscope fulfilled the promise of its name, asd the noise of thunder replaced the quiet strains of James Gal way's Evening Prim- rose. Susan Abernathy, Suzanne Redmon and Tonya Smith explored a new dimension of modern dance as they moved to Steel Raih Under Thundering Skies by Brad Galway in Laura Jane Cavanaugh's Moving Ahead: Dreams and Realites of Four Women. Contrasting sharply with its predecessor came Peggy Lamberson's You re Always Welcome in Contra Corners. A dance reconstructionist, Lamberson recreated an old English country dance to Ponal Lunny's Across the Mill/ An Fainne Oir. Rivers of Rain, choreographed by Nica Poser, followed the British folk dance, adding another facet to the variety which Kale ide scope offered viewers. Poser formed her dance around authentic Turkish music. Alumna Suzanne Redmon's Dreams of St. Dymphna was the next piece on the program. "This piece was a fantasy piece, an e x p ress ion of di ff e re n t women's dreams," said Darling. Redmon's supernatural piece preceded Anne Marie Huffs Juxtaposed. "(Huff) wanted to combine soft, flowing mov e- ments with very sharp, angular types of movement. So that's what she's done with this dance," Darling commented. Darling's Baroque-style A Cache of Jewels completed the performance. Set to Mozart's Symphony to No. 40, the dance was a tribute to the composer and 8 celebration of the bicentennial of his death. Studio Dance Theatre brought together dancers and choreographers with a " high technical level of expert ise," according to I )arling, and the performances of Dance Kaleido- scope exhibited the unusual blend of their diverse talents. Meet Writer Judith Ortiz Arts Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 15 Joel Otterson by Christie Miller Staff Writer Get ready to dance as Joel Otterson creates an unusual and exciting exhibit in his "Home Sweet Home" exhibi- tion at the High Museum. This exhibition is the seventh in the vv Art at the Edge" series which highlights adventurous contem- porary art. In this installation Otterson creates a series of "rooms," each with a central constructed piece of furniture and minimal additions to the walls. Otterson explores the idea of the museum as a quiet, almost sacred, place. He invades this quiet and sets up a sense of excitement which carries the viewer through this "house." As the viewers enter the "front door," they are greeted with a huge welcome mat and the sounds of disco music. They are almost immediately drawn to one of the most powerful works of the installa- at Home tion "Disco's Bed (Rocking, Craftmatic, Disco, Canopied, Bed)." This work has a stereo system in it playing the music, complete with a spinning mirrored globe. At first, this work reads as humorous; however, it conveys a message with its strange materials and studded bed- spread. It is a decisive com- ment on the sexuality of the 70's and the tragedy of AIDS. Other works are equally as unusual. "Heavy Metal Service" brings an antique- looking china service to the world of heavy metal. Otterson has painted over its delicate flowers with the insignias of popular heavy metal bands and placed it on a Harley Davidson doiley. All of the pieces are made by Otterson himself, including the doiley. He combines what are typically thought of as mascu- line and feminine aspects in unique ways. He relies on his knowledge of plumbing, which he learned as a child, to create maze-like candleabras out of pipes. Also, he uses his experience from fashion school to explore the different effects of textiles. Overall, Otterson explores the way in which people relate to objects in this consumer culture. He comments on the way these objects tend to become extensions of self for the people who own them. This exhibit is both entertain- ing and educational. It will be on view on the fourth floor of the High Museum through May 19. Object Could Have Been "Beautiful," but Missed the Mark by Bethany Blankenship Contributing Editor Money can't buy happiness, right. 7 Not so in Michael Lindsay-Hogg's new film, The Object of Beauty. Starring John Malkovich and Andie Macdowell, the film tells the tale of a couple, once wealthy, living in financial straits in a luxurious London hotel. Malkovich, last seen in Stephen Frear's hit Dangerous Liaisons, gives a magnificent performance as Jake, a business man who travels wherever his work takes him, living in hotel romm after hotel room with his mare, Tina, played by Andie Macdowell. The couple, as Jake states, is "not married in the classic sense," but the status of their relationship remains unclear until one particularly touching scene later on in the film. The "object of beauty" in the movie is a little Henry Moore, statue given to Tina by her ex- husband Larry (Peter Riegert). While in London, Jake loses a major business deal and all of his savings. The couple is left penniless and stranded in a beautiful London hotel, as they can't leave until their bill is paid. The Henry Moore statue is their only possession of value, but Tina refuses to sell it because of its sentimental value. She decides, however, that if they could pretend to steal the staute, they could then collect the $50,000 insurance. Unfor- tunately, before they can steal it themselves, someone else does the job for them. So who's got the missing statue? Could it be the deaf hotel maid who longingly admired the piece of art. 7 Could it be Jake simply trying to fool Tina and the insurance com- pany to get the $50,000? Or could it be Tina, fooling everyone by taking the statue for safekeeping herself? Throughout all this calamity, Jake and Tina must rely on each other for support, but they continually fight like cat and dog, lie to one another, and in general, make each other's life a living hell. One exceptionally beautiful scene turns it all around, though; When the couple has completely given up on retriev- ing the missing statue, they are genuinely affectionate and profess their love for one another. Unfortunately, this wonderfully acted, beautifully staged scene is completely lost by the end of the film in a series of bunched-together quick scenes. Andie Macdowell, usually a sound actress, does not play Tina to the actress's full potential. After her fantastic performance as Ann in sex, lies & videotape, Macdowell seems inconsistent in this film. She never seems quite sure what kind of personality to give Tina.Lolita Davidovitch, last seen as Blaze Starr in Blaze, plays Joan, Tina's best friend. Davidovitch does an excellent job making Joan an entertain- ing, unforgettable character. The film was disappointing in that it never delved fully into any one particular character. by Janet Kinn Staff 'Writer The Blackfriars closed their 75th anniversary year on Thursday, April 25 and Saturday April 27 with their annual evening of One- Act plays. The performances for this year were: Women on Women , Penguin Blues, and Ariel Bright. Women on Women was an insightful look into the portray- als of female characters as seen through the eyes of female playwrights. This one-woman show was created and performed by Christina Lewandowski. She began her performance with a brief history of women in the perfonTiing arts, first as actresses, then as playwrights. She stated that the depictions of women by other women are vastly different than those written by male playwrights. Instead of describing the variety of female characters created by women, she per- formed them. In an amazing show of versatility, Ms. Lewandowski played characters ranging from a gossipy trouble- maker to a housewife rapidly Instead, it showed only some of Jake and Tina's traits while not giving nearly enough spotlight to Larry and Joan (Tina's ex- husband and friend, respec- tively). The finale of the film was all losing touch with reality in favor of living in Oz. The perfor- mance was truly amazing in its artistry as well as being informa- tive and entertaining. Penguin Blues was written by Ethan Phillips and directed by Kerri Allen. It. is set in a rehabilitation center for alcohol- ics. The two characters, Angelita, a beer-drinking nun, and Gordon, a Catholic-hating voice-over artist, were played by K.C. Thurman and James Scott. During the play, Gordon has to confront his painful past; Angelita must face her alcoholic present. Both Ms. ThunTian and Mr. Scott had a wonderful stage presence that made even the silences full of action and emotion. One could tmly feel the anxiety in the room. Ms. Thunnan was extremely convincing in her portrayal of the quiet, but strong nun. Her strength and presence were a perfect counterbalance to Mr. Scott's exuberance and humor- ous dialogue. Ariel Bright, a play by Kather- ine Long, was directed by Liz Harrington. Following the lead too predictable and disappoint- ing. The story kept building to something priceless and memo- rable, but it petered out in the end when it could have socked the audience with a resounding punch. of Penguin Blues, the setting was a little bizarre. The entire play takes place in the back room of a funeral parlor and in front of a "dead" body. The eerily clairvoy- ant undertaker, Hiley, wa> played by Charles Harper. Enid Sneed, a prim schoolteacher whose secret stage name is "Ariel Bright," was played by Jeanne Campbell. Mr. Harper was truly unset- tling in his portrayal of the clairvoyant mortician. His speech and his mannerisms were extremely fitting to the role and drew the audience into the funeral parlor with him. Ms. Campbell was wonderful in her performance of the hesitant, perhaps slightly neurotic, schoolteacher who dreams of performing Shakespeare, but has never been hired. Beth Barnes plays Mrs. Moxem, a 99-year-old woman who died earlier that night. Ms. Barnes was very convincing in her difficult role as a dead person. She never moved, indeed, barely breathed, throughout the entire play, thus making the focus of the play, Hiley and Ariel, that much more pronounced. One Acts Review Arts Friday, May 3, 1991 The Profile Page 16 Theatre Academy Theatre: Three Plays in May will run May 9-25 at Seven Stages' Back Door Theatre in Little Five Points. Kafkaphony by- Frank Wittow, Housebreaking by Dennis Camilleri, and Walkin to Heaven by Stephen Peace will be presented in repertory. Call 523- 7647 for more information. 14th Street Playhouse: Jomandi Productions, Inc. presents 2 1st Century Groove , an absurd cutting edge satire by playwright Alonzo Lamont, through May 5. For information, call 876-6346. Also: Theatre Gael presents iyykin Thomas: Return journey on May 3 & 4 at 8 p.m. It is a hilarious and touching one-man production that examines the troubled psyche of Welsh poet Thomas. Single tickets can be reserved by calling 873-1099. Horizon Theatre Company: Angry Housewives, by A.M. Collins and Chad Henry, will run through May 25. This musical comedy is about four suburban housewives win . ditch Betty Jean Cosmetics to form a punk rock band. For tickets and further information, call 584-7450. Neighborhood Playhouse: View From the Bridge, by Arthur Miller, runs through May 18. Based on a true story, it is the drama of an Italian-American longshoreman who cannot deal with his obsessive feelings for his niece, leading his family into tragic circumstances. Call 373- 531 1 for more information. Also: Open non-equity auditions lor Stephen Sonheims hit musical Into the Woods on May 19 & 20 at 7 p.m.. Casting 7 men, 12 women, and 1 girl. Call 373- }904 tor more information. Calendar of Events Compiled by Rita Ganey Contributing Editor Music The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Medea Ruhadze- namoradze, international soprano coloratura and graduate of Tbilisi Conservatory, Georgia, USSR, will perform on May 10, at 8 p.m. Admission is $6. Call 872-5338 for more information. Also: The Callanwolde Concert Band is looking for clarinet, French horn, and saxophone players for the spring and summer concert seasons. Call 872-5338 during business hours or 279-BAND in the evening for more information. Variety Playhouse: For further information on the following events, call 524-7354. Atlanta Jazz Theatre Celebra- tion 20, a jazz dance recital from Georgia's official jazz dance company, to be held May 3-5. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for adults. Also: John Wesley Harding and the Judy Brats will perform May 10 at 9 p.m. General admission is $15. Also: Solo concert by the young genius of jazz piano, Marcus Roberts, will be May 1 1 at 8:30 p.m. Reserved tickets are $14. Also: A unique blend of folk, new age, and world music from the 16-year-old quartet Trapezoid to perform May 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. r $5 OFF COUPON 1 L. Brad M. Cherson, R.Ph. 215 Clairemont Ave. Decatur, Ga 30030- Special Items carried Call in orders available Fast, Personal Service Monday-Friday 9:30-6:00 Saturday 10:00-1:00 Sunday Closed In front of McDonalds 378-6415 Delivery Available STUDENT DISCOUNTS Coupon not valid for delivery J Also: 77 year old jazz hall of famer, Sun Ra, who claims to be from Saturn, returns to Earth with his big band for a wild evening of swing and jazz on May 18 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the door. Also: A concert-dance from the Cambridge, MA based Latin band, Flor de Cana, who mix Nuevo Cancion (Latin New Song) political and folk music with hot and spicy Latin dance music. Performance is May 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Also: Wrek benefit concert on May 24 at 9 p.m. It will benefit GA Tech alternative radio station. Features Holly Faith, Seven Simons, Deacon Lunchbox, and Hanging Francis. Admission is $5. Galleries Agnes Scott College: The Senior Art Exhibition will run through May 18. Call 371-6246 tor more infonnation. The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Photographs by Clark Browii begins May 10 and runs through I une 7. Admission is free. Call 872-5338 for more information. High Museum of Art: For more information on the following events, call 892-3600. Art at the Edge: ]oel Otterson runs through May 19. This exhibition of large-scale, assemblage sculpture is the first in-depth examination of Otterson s witty, recent work, through which he comments on the peculiarities of consumer culture. Also: Ycrruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought runs through June 16. The Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin have one of the oldest and finest artistic traditions in Africa. Also: Impressionism/ 'Post- Impressionism and the Art of Printrnaking will run May 14 through August 4. This exhibition features more than 50 important prints from the Museums permanent collection and loans to the Museum. The High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center: Eternal Metaphors: New Art from lnh runs through May 31. This is an exciting exhibition of contem- porary Italian art consisting of the works of nine artist. Admis- sion is free at all times. For more infonnation, call 577-6940. North Arts Center: Hcriu^: African- American Artists in the Southeast mns through May 18. Call 394-3447 for more informa- tion. Tula Foundation Gallery: Old Wives 1 Tales: The Artist as Mother will run through May 4. Call 351-3551 for more informa- tion. Miscellaneous Agnes Scott College: An open house for Bradley OKmt\ ,i lory h.i> been scheduled for Rrid&y, May 3, at 8 p.m. The lea ure will be "To the Ends of the Earth." For more informa- tion, please call 371-6294. "Sarah Wearing Her bonnet and Uape, try Mary Nassau, is being shown at the Atlanta High, May l4to August 4.