Profile 1991 92

AGNES
SCOTT

COLLEGE

The Profile

77* Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, September 20, 1991

Volume 78, Issue 1

Huerta First to Recruit Hispanics through Grant

Cooper and Huerto ponder recruitment strategies.

Exciting Prospects Revealed for the
Future of Agnes Scott by Schmidt

bj Dawn Michelle Sloan

Contributing Editor

There have been many signs
during 1991 which have appeared
to some individuals as signs of
impending Armageddon. Two
have recently occured.

The Atlanta Braves, as this
issue goes to press, are the number
one team in the National League
West, and Agnes Scott College
just announced that it plans to give
its students something for free.

The College, however, isn't
offering just anything for free: it
wants to provide students who
have completed four years at the
college an opportunity to remain
for a free fifth year.

Although Dean of the College
Sarah Blanshei says that it is
"premature to describe" the
program, she says it is "a very
exciting idea and one that Fm very
enthusiastic about."

The proposal, which must still
be approved, came from an idea
regarding co-operative education
programs which emerged during
last spring's task force meetings.
Dean Blanshei said. Apparently,
the question of whether or not
Agnes Scott is locked into a four-
year program arose.

The Dean raised the question,
"Is there a way to ease pressure
[on students] and expand the

learning experience?"

These and other issues in
regard to a tuition-free frfth >ear
were discussed by facult) and
administration at their retreat on
Pine Isle last weekend.

Yet, as exciting as the concept
of a free year at Scott may sound,
there was even more exciting
news. In addition to offering a
tuition-free fifth year, the College
plans to initiate a master's degree
program.

The College hopes to get this
program started during the
summer of 1992. It is designed
for people whose undergraduate
degrees are in the field of English
or in one of the sciences.

Through Agnes Scott's
master's program, graduate
students would be able to receive a
Master's in the An of Teaching in
the areas of English and science
education.

As the director of Teacher
Education Programs, Dr. Elizabeth
Roberts, points out, the program
"is geared toward students who
want additional content in their
field, but want to be certified to
teach."

Through this program, students
will get a great deal of on-the-job
and classroom experience. The
academic session would begin
during the summer, run through
the academic year, and be

completed with another half-
semester during the summer.

Although none of the details
have been decided yet, Roberts
sa\ s that a tuition-reduction plan is
being examined.

She points out that the program
will also accept students from
other colleges, including male
students. English Department
Chairperson Dr. Linda Hubert
states, "by law, graduate programs
cannot be single-sex."

Hubert says that she is "very
much in support of it." She adds
that while there has been "a very
united front and enthusiasm"
among members of the English
department, the program must still
meet the approval of the Curricu-
lum Committee and the faculty .

One of the program's benefits
listed by Dr. Hubert is that it
would save the student from
having to take time out of her
limited period at Agnes Scott to
student teach.

It is also an ideal program for
those who wish to teach but also
want to concentrate on their field,
since the State of Georgia
mandates that teachers receive a
master's degree within a short
period after they begin to teach.

Although the program is not
fully approved, both Roberts and
Hubert hold high hopes for it.

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by Josie Hoilman

Contributing Editor

Demographics prove Hispan-
ics are the fastest-growing ethnic
group in the U.S.

In recognition of the impact
this growth has upon our
educational system, the Admis-
sions Office of Agnes Scott, with
the support of the Knight
Foundation, has added an
admissions counselor specifi-
cally for the recruitment of
Hispanic students.

Norma Gonzales Huerta
began her position as the new
counselor in March of last year.
She immediately reviewed the
files of Hispanic applicants for
fall of 1991 and began to provide
them with more personalized
contact from the college.

Agnes Scott received the
highest number of applications in
its history this year, including a
record number of 2 1 from
Hispanic students. There are
currently 16 Hispanic students
enrolled.

Huerta now expands her
duties across the country, visiting
high schools in Texas. Florida,
Georgia, and Colorado. She
hosts both "Dessert & Discus-
sions" and "Counselor Break-
fasts" in restaurants and also
speaks to interested groups in
Hispanic churches.

Her contact area includes
Puerto Rico and extends even
farther overseas.

Although our campus is not
alone in its efforts to increase
Hispanic enrollment, Huerta
believes that ASC is "one of the
first institutions in the state of
Georgia" to adopt a structured
program.

In addition to the sincere
effort to improve the percentage
of Hispanics attending post-

secondary school (only 55
percent complete two-year
programs), she feels that the
College is "also trying to
increase diversity and social
awareness to let others know
it's okay to be different."

The Knight Foundation has
awarded a two-part grant, which
consists of $163,000, for
"recruiting Hispanic women
through the admissions coun-
selor, and aiding in the retention
process." Dean Sarah Blanshei
served as project director for the
Knight grant.

The grant also provides the
funds which pay for Huerta's
position and travel expenses.
Agnes Scott must match the
funds which the Foundation
provides in order to receive their
assistance.

Huerta explains that the
second half of her duties
involves "providing Hispanic
students with personal attention
and coordinating campus cultural
events."

Part of the College's stride
towards increasing diversity also
serves in the retention process.
The recently-developed "Increas-
ing the Hispanic Presence"
program targets the entire
campus community.

Dr. Rafael Ocasio, Spanish
language and culture professor,
works to broaden the range of
literature housed in the campus
library. He is presently in charge
of ordering Hispanic literature in
both Spanish and English by
such authors as Oscar Hijuelos
and Judith Ortiz.

The celebration of the
declaration of Hispanic Heritage
Month at the state capitol on
September 12 was also part of
the retention and awareness
program. Numerous members of
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Inside

Editorials, page 4
Neighborhood Feminist returns

Features, page 8
A "Year" Spent in Spain

Arts and Entertainment, page 9
Summer Book Reviews

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News

The Profile

Friday, September 20. 1991

George Brown Casting Wide Circles at Friendship Force

George Brown, now at Friendship Force, will be missed at ASC.

Hispanic Recruiting

(continual from page I )

the campus attended.

The Latin Urban League
of American Citizens
(LULAC) banquet held on
September 14 provided the
campus with an opportunity
to recognize the achieve-
ments of three Hispanic
scholarships recipients from
ASC.

Huerta stresses that the
academic standards for
admission are not lessened in
order to recruit more specific
groups of students. Of the
incoming Hispanic students,
she responds that "they're
sharp students, very intelli-
gent!"

Master's Program

ii ontinued from page I )

Roberts says. "We're trying to
make this program
innovative. ..a wa\ of strength-
ening our lies with public
schools."

"We want Agnes Scott to
maintain its long-established
reputation for educating
excellent teachers." she added.

I luhcrt agrees, stating that
h\ initiating this \1 VI
program. Agnes Scott will be
"helping to pro\ ide gtxxl
teachers in a time when a lot
needs to be done for educa-
tion."

Agnes Scott may s(x>n have
the opportunity to provide
exact I > the right preparatory
program for a career in
education.

Honor Court
1991-92

by Noelle Fleming

Honor Court provided
students and facult) the
opportunity to voice their
opinions on the honor system
during Honor Emphasis Days.

Honor Court would like to
thank those of you who
participated in the Honor
Emphasis Days* activities.
Your comments in the forums
will help us make many
decisions about improving the
honor S) stem.

If you were unable to attend
the week's activities but would
still like to discuss sonic issue
with us, please contact an
Honor Court member near you
lists should be posted on
each hall.

We have been working hard
to improve the absence
committee system and to make
the judicial process fair for
everyone involved. Your
suggestions are welcome.

We look forward to a
wonderful year. Remember.
onl\ you can make the Honor
System work!

Pictured here are this year's
members. On the back row .
left to right, are Helene Barrus,
Cynthia Neal (Vice-President),
Noelle Fleming. Melissa
Johnson. Angie Tacker: on the
front row. El lie Porter (Secre-
tary). Susan Buckley. Jeanette
Elias (President). Laura Rice.
Paige Priester. Julie Dykes.

bv Malikah Berry

The Global Awareness
Program lost its director. Dr.
George Brown, this year.
Brown has returned to his
former positon at the Friendship
Force as Vice-President for
World and Citizen Exchange.

Brown joined the Agnes
Scott facult) and administration
to shape the burgeoning Global
Awareness Program in 1988.
At that time, the administration
had no idea how to implement a
program designed to give
students an international
experience.

However, their philosophy
was that an understanding of the
interdependent world was
necessary to a liberal arts
education.

"A liberal arts education
continually has to change to
redefine and redefine what is
liberal arts." says Brown. "If 1
could tell you what it would be
like, you wouldn't have to go.
Some things can only be gained
by experience."

The Global Awareness
Program is based on the home
stay aspect of the Friendship
Force, which has sponsered
home sta\ trips to 50 countries.

Presently. Brown is organiz-
ing a series of large exchange
trips between Atlanta and
Jerusalem. 1 30 Arabs. Jews
and Atlantans will not only
trade countries but will trade
households.

Other projects in the works
include a series of small
exchanges with Moscow

scheduled for the w inter. Each
group of 25 will take a ton of
food, 100 lbs each. Brown
hopes the exchanges will take
place during Thanksgiving.

The Friendship Force is also
considering exchanges with
Eastern Europe and Capetown,
South Africa, depending on
political changes.

In the past, the Global
Awareness program has made
trips to France. Germany, Hong
Kong, Mexico, and Tblilsi.
This year's trips to France and
Germany have been cancelled
because of lack of student
interest.

A new associate dean, who
w ill handle Global Aw areness
and other administrative duties,
will be hired to replace Brown.

Convocation Spotlights Outstanding Students

by Wilta Hendrickson

Surprised students received
high recognition on Wednes-
day, September 1 1 as Agnes
Scott held its annual Honors
Day Convocation.

AgnesThe tradition of
recognizing academic excel-
lence began at the college in
1893 with a Blue List read at
Commencement. Some years
alterw aids, students were
recognized at the mandator}
Saturday chapel service.

In the 1950s, President
Alston introduced the tradition
current students recognize.

Author and lecturer Wilma
Dykeman spoke at this sear's
convocation. Dykeman has
w ritten sixteen novels, numer-
ous magazine articles, and
several book reviews.

The recipient of the Distin-
guished Southern Writer Award
in 1989, she is also a member of
the English Department at the

University of Tennessee at
Know ille.

In her address. l)\ keman
encouraged students to choose
freedom to express themselves
and to use moral imagination of
the world.

She also encouraged the
audience to take better advan-
tage of their freedom by quoting
from a survivor of a German
concentration camp, "Practice
more humanity ."'

Of the class of 1995, 23
students received Agnes Scott
Honor Scholarships. Four were
awarded National Merit Scholar-
ships w hile three received
Governor's Scholarships.

First-year students w ho
received other merit scholarships
from the college were also
announced.

The Dana Scholars for each
of the returning classes were
recognized at Convocation as
well. The recipients are as
follows:

Class of 1992: Anne
Bearden, Jennifer Bruce. Jessica
Carey, Cindy Dunn, Jeanette
Elias, Rhina Fernandes, Laurie
Fowler, Anne Marie Haddock.
Amy HigginSu Kristin
Lemmerman, Kathleen Monturo,
Laura Shaeller

Class of 1993: Wendy
Allsbrook, Ellen Chilcutt, Carine
Haack, Melissa Johnson,
Meredith Jolly, Mary Prances
Kerr. MarvClaire King, Mary
Curtis Lanford, Claire Lemme.
Tracy Peavy, Ella Porter

Class of 1994: Rema Barreto,
Layli Bashir. (Catherine
Brenning. Alyson Bunnell. Julie
Dykes. Anika Dyrstad, English
Hairrell, Elizabeth Hertz. Elena
Paras, Melanie Puckett. Laura
Rice, Charlotte Stapleton

The Strikes Scholars lor 1991-
1992 are Sandee McGlaun for
the class of 1992, Tina Louise
Wells lor the class of 1993 and
(Catherine S. Brenning for the
class of 1994,

News

Friday, September 20, 1991

The Profile

Page 3

Lower Alston to Become Center
of Student Life After Renovation

b\ Janelle Baile\

The Dean of Students' office
predicts a change in the focus of
student life on campus. This fall
the Agnes Scott community will
witness the opening of the "new
and improved" Alston Campus
Center.

Remodeling is scheduled to
begin Monday. September 16.
and should last about eight
weeks.

The idea to change the Alston
Center came from last year's
Task Force D, the task force on
student life. When Task Force
members talked to students about
w hat could be improved on
campus, the Alston Center
quickly became a major issue.
"Lower Alston." as most of us
know it. is not widely used and.
to many people, not very
comfortable.

Dean Cue Hudson and

members of the Student Activi-
ties Board traveled around the
Atlanta area to look at other
student centers, including those
of Emory, Georgia Tech, and
Spelman. They found that most
included the bookstore and post
office in addition to lounge
rooms or snack areas.

Upon approval from the
college's budget committee,
plans were made for turning the
lower level of the Alston Center
into the kind of student union
that is more widely used. The
major changes include:

turning the snack bar around
to facelhe larger room;

moving the post office into
what is now the TV lounge
and putting in new (locked!)
boxes;

mo\ ing the Campus Shop into
\\ hat is now the snack bar:

opening a new RTC lounge;

opening both the patio areas.

In addition to the room
changes, the school is looking
into purchasing new furniture,
wall hangings, and other
decorations as the budget allows.

The lower level will be
unavailable for general use
during the construction period.
Students may find the snack bar
temporarily located in the terrace
level of Evans Dining Hall.

Dean Hudson commnets. "I
am very pleased that we will be
able to establish a campus center
that will regularly draw students,
faculty, and staff to the building.
I think it w ill help build commu-
nity and improve communica-
tion."

She is also in search of a new
name lor the center. Just as the
Murphy-Candler Building was
affectionately known as 'The
Hub." lower Alston will be given
a name. Dean Hudson is now
taking suiiiiestions.

Council and Campus Orient New Students

b\ ( ami Wilcher

President of Orientation Council

Orientation Council and other
members of the campus warmly
welcomed incoming students and
their parents in this year's
Orientation Weekend, held
August 24-25.

This annual event consists of
numerous pre-planned activities
designed to provide parents and
their daughters with opportuni-
ties to get to know the College,
its students, faculty, and staff.

In addition to new students
and their families, several other
campus offices and organizations
participate in the activities each
year.

Among those represented this
year were the President's office
and Dean of the College's office,
as well as the offices of Admis-
sions and Public Relations.

During Orientation Weekend,
new boarding students moved
into the dormitories and met their
roommates for the first time.
They also experienced their first
taste of Evans Dining Hall.

Both students and parents
were given an informal welcome
by several members of the
campus community and partici-
pated in specialized group
discussions.

Orientation events are
structured towards the separate
issues involving parents and their
daughters.

While the former attended
talks on their daughters' health,
safety, and psychological
maturity, the latter took pan in
candid discussions about career

planning, recycling, and volun-
teer services.

Some other orientation
activities included President
Schmidt's and Michael Wear's
welcomes to ASC and to the city
of Decatur, the Dean's dinner.
Focus Group brunch, and the
Athletic Association's scavenger
hunt.

Special group sessions were
planned to address the concerns
of minority and international
students.

When asked to describe her
overall impression of Orientation
Weekend, first-year student
Cheronac Porter replied that
although she received a great
deal of information in a rela-
tively short period of time, the
activities w ere "informative and
we 11 -organized."

Orientation Council will
finalize fall orientation w ith a
class party for first -year students
and in October will begin
planning for spring orientation.

First-year students Kina Hospodar, Paula PendariVs and Laura
Hinte take a break from orientation activities.

Because of uncomfortable seating and lack of interest, the Alston
Center is litte-used now.

Shuttle Service Takes Off

by Photenie Avgeropoulos

The problem of finding
transportation is not a new
one. For students in every
class, w hat used to be a quick

event.

Of course, you could
always buy a car or begmom
and dad for one: however,
that may not work. In that
case. Agnes Scott may have
just the solution to your
transportation problem.

This fall the school w ill be
running shuttle buses to
certain points of interest
ever) Saturday.

As you may have heard.
Agnes Scott has purchased
two new 25-passenger
vehicles this year. These
vans will be used to transport
students not only on "field
trips" but also to off-campus
events on Saturdays.

The first shuttle service on
September 14 ran from the

campus to Emory Library and
to Lenox Mall. The vans also
stopped by the Decatur
MARTA station.

The vans w ill operate
between the hours of 1 2 p.m.
! and 10 p.m.. picking up and
dropping off students on ;i
regular basis about every
ninety minutes.

Future possibilities include
transportation to the Buford
Cinema 12 (where all seats are
always S1.50) or to special
events like the Piedmont Arts
Festival.

The Dean of Students'
office also plans to provide
sen 7 ice to other colleges by
spring semester in order to
provide more students w ith the
opportunity to cross- register.

The shuttle buses should
render a tremendous service to
those students who have
trouble finding rides and may
even save ''some gas money for
those with cars!

Students should check their
mail boxes lor schedules of the
routes.

New Faculty Welcomed

by K. Kristin Rabun

I lave you noticed fresh faces
in the familiar old campus
surroundings? Six new faculty
members have been added this
year.

In the Spanish department.
Dr. Annette Cash has been
appointed Department Chair-
person.

Dr. Nell Sprague is the
newest member of the art
department, while Dr. Susan

Stevens is the new Professor of
Classical Languages and Litera-
ture.

The chemistry department
welcomes Dr. Margie Tucker, as
the education department greets
Dr. Julie Weisburg.

Ms. Mari Yerger will remain
on campus for one semester as
the visiting instructor in sociol-
ogy.

The campus welcomes each
new faculty member to the
community.

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Editorials

The Profile

Friday, September 20, 1991

THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Box 764, Decatur, GA 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman

ASSISTANT EDITOR Laura Barlament

NEWS EDITORS Josie Hoilman

Dawn Sloan

FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Sandee McGlaun

Assistant Art & Entertainment Editor Kathleen Hill

LAYOUT EDITOR Rita Ganey

PHOTOGRAPHERS Barbie Stitt and Claire Lemme

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

CIRCULATION MANAGER Tamara Shie

Circulation Assistants Teresa Beckham

Melanie Effler
Heather Shirley

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other than the author.

What is Rep and Why
You Should Care

by Jessica Carey

This first Rep Rap of the year
is dedicated to all of you who are
unfamiliar with this body called
"Rep Council," what it does,
why it's necessary, and why you
should even care.

First-year students, transfers,
new faculty and staff, and ALL
OF YOU APATHETICS,
(especially you veteran
apat hetics) need to read this
carefully.

Rep Council is the governing
body of the Student Government
Association. Except for First-
year reps and dorm reps, its

member are elected in the spring.

The members are elected
either by the entire student body,
as is the case with officers, or by
the members' respective
constituencies (the class of 1992
elects four class reps, the
African-American students elect
the African- American rep, etc. ).

SGA is the umbrella for all
campus organizations, and
students are automatically
members of the SGA. When
organizations need to change
their constitutions or present a
major change in policy, they
must go through Rep Council,
which is the governing body of
the SGA.

The food committee, for

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Neighborhood Feminist

Toward a Feminist Ethic of Academics

by Kim Compoc

My first semester at Agnes
Scott the academic struggle was
intense. I got C's, one after the
other. My papers got slashed
with big red marks that red "NO."
I had only one woman professor,
and all of them were White. I
was told by my DC that escape
from academics could be found at
Georgia Tech, where one had the
opportunity to bake cookies for
frat rapists. Needless to say, I
hated it. The only advice I
remember receiving on how to
keep my head above water was:
"Get less sleep."

Finally I realized this ascetic,
self-effacing philosophy toward
college is the antithesis of health
and good grades. The "No pain.
No gain: JUST DO IT" nonsense
just did not work for me. Where
was I, in high school again?
Furthermore, good grades became
a weak panacea for living as an
academic robot.

My new attitude is influenced
largel) h\ feminism, and the
committment to self-love I see in
the feminists around me. Don't
sacrifice for the grade, follow
your bliss, and make the learning
work for you. School need not be
a competitive, adversarial
experience, but rather a coopera-
te e. tutorial one. I joined study
groups, gave some thought to
quality of life improvements, and
learned how to be a student
w ithout killing myself.

Spring of 90 was a time when
my ideas on academics were
really challenged. You may
remember the raging debate when
Academic Standards committee
proposed to include plusses and

minuses in the GPAs. Thanks to
our student representatives on this
faculty committee, we managed to
organize behind this one, perhaps
because studies proved inclusion
lowered GPAs, but I think it was
more than that.

Everywhere, everyday,
students were debating. Why do
we need to make our already
strenuous academic atmosphere
all the more cut-throat ? Wh\ is it
that the college puts next to zero
effort into multicultural and
feminist curricula, then decides
that the way to "academic*
excellence" is through "fine
tuning" the grading process? Yet
another example of distracting
attention a\\ a\ from the real
problems around here.

Luckily, the facult) voted
down the measure. And though
it's seldom mentioned anymore,
the passion around that whole
controversy is still inspiring to
me. So what if I get slammed
with a lower grade for calling a
professor on sexist language now
and again? So what if I get
labeled a Third World commie
dyke for urging curricular reform?
Students have a duty to the
improvement of their education as
well as the learning process itself.
(Especially considering it costs us
over $60,000 at Agnes Seott! )

There are so many good things
about this place: self-designed
majors, minimal core require-
ments, a pass/fail option, indepen-
dent studies, a late polic) .
unproctored exams. Many of our
classes are small and taught in
circles the way they should be.
Yet remnants of the patriarchal,
military ethic toward study are
still influential.

Why not exclude first semester
grades from the overall GPA like
they do at John Hopkins? Why
not introduce independent studies

co-researched and co-written by
two students (even from different
departments) or better yet whole
classes taught as group indepen-
dent study projects, as Brown
University students are allowed?
win not abandon the mysterious
and ill-conceived traditions like
the McKinney Book Award and
Dana Scholars for student panel
debates and departmental
distinction awards? How about a
for-credit internship policy
which shows the college values
co-curricular learning?

1 don't mean to paint a
portrait of feminist pedagog\
that is purel) Utopian. The sell-
love ethic as I have outlined here
is most effective to the already
aggressive student who needs to
be reminded to nurture herself
and to appreciate a group process
of learning. But 1 see also how it
seems like nonsense for some
students. Oftentime feminist
pedagogy takes for granted that
the student not onl) likes the
course material but wants to be
transformed b\ it. Journals,
group study, and attendance
requirements are flat out
annoyances when you hate the
class.

So how to make a disciplined
feminist scholar best ?

What 1 am describing is best
captured in the word tough love,
an approach which w holl\
rejects both sexist self-deprecia-
tion as well as the grind of
academia. The former keeps us
underexcelling. w hile the latter
keeps us on a suicide tightrope. I
need challenges that are mean-
ingful and tough, yet not so
many and so often that I abandon
a love for the process, or a love
for myself. Goddess forbid I
take for granted, or forget to
enjoy, this luxury of formal
education.

Dear Editor

Who knows what's in store
for us in the up and coming year,
but last year when I left here I
felt like an enormous blanket of
negativity had been thrown over
the entire campus. It w as
exhausting. It was such a relict
to get out of here. This is
supposed to be the place, your
safe place, where you can be
you, and no one will care. I 'm
hoping the summer break will be
all it takes to rejuvenate us.
What prompted me to write this
letter? The thought that maybe
if we start this thing right, we'll
be okay. We just cannot go on

the way it was. I have a reputa-
tion of always being the first one
to point out all the problems.
And, I guess I feel like that is not
always bad, because we have to
recognize the problem in order to
solve them. But. if I'm the first
one to point out the problems,
then I also want to be the f irst
one to point out the good things.
In tact I have a responsibility to
point out the positive. And. if
that seems really out of Character
for me. well then that's your
mistake, because the worst thing
that can happen when you put a
range on someone else's

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Pollywag

Rep Rap

(continued from page 4)

by J. Ciarlen

( lonsider me mid-metarnor-
phosis. Tin a two-legged tadpole,
half a pollywog, crawling onto the
SOmevs hat solid shores of Reason
while my feel are still stuck in the
mud.

I've been here a w hile now .
When I came, I brought along
with me everything I had ever
been taught and a lot of faith in
just how right all of that had to be.
You probably did. too. We were
pollyw6gs, little black spots in the
pond.

Well, things have changed. I
met some people, learned a few
things. It got my head up out of
the water, [t changed m) beliefs
about what was right and was not
right. Maybe you found this
happening to you, too.

So here we are, two pollywogs
w ith lungs and a lew feet. Tin

by Tonya Smith

Warp Factor I : the Speed of
Light. Modern science tries to
convince us that Waip Speed
exists only in science fiction.
Maybe that is the ease, hut then
again maybe it isn't.

I happen to helie\ e an) thing is
possible. Like m) mother always
w arns me "Never say never, or
something will happen to prove
you wrong!"

.All of us like to belie\ e we
approach new issues in our lives
w ith an open mind. But do we
really? My purpose in writing

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behavior is that the) will adhere
to it. Never surprise you.
Never grow.

HAVE YOU NOTICED?

President Schmidt If you
haven't noticed the incredible
effort this woman is exhibiting
then get > our head out of the
clouds. She's really trying, so
give her some feed-back. Let
her know \ on appreciate the
effort. She's visible, she's
eating with you in the dining
hall, waving at you on the quad,
and she's trying to listen. So.
cut her some slack, and give her
some room to change.

Orientation Council One
weekend of acti\ ities ma) look
like no problem from where
you are standing, and if that is
the case you better change your
location. Orientation Council
worked hard all summer long.

going to write about things that
bother me. those buzzing flies we
see around our heads everyda) .

Will you call me conservative?
I don't know; are you a liberal?
Maybe you'll be the conservative
and I'll be the liberal.

We all have some changes left
to experience. Either way,
something productive w ill,
hopefull) . come out of it.

The purpose of this column is
to further the development of
pollywogs and two-legged frogs
e\ er\ w here in our communit) .
We all want to be frogs; we need
to get those other legs to stand on.

'The Pollywog" is written by
J. Garten and will appear every
other issue; "Warp Speed" is
written b) Tonya Smith and will
appear in the alternate issues.
Both columnists w ill appreciate
an) comments or letters their
readers choose to submit.

this column is to challenge the
facts as you see them and ask you
to evaluate your own open-
mindedness in the face of
contradiction.

B\ sharing my opinions w ith
you, I hope to open your mind to
ideas other than your own to
get you to see past your own
perceptions and v iew life from a
different perspective.

In essence, I'm asking you to
disregard the facts and give Warp
Speed a chance! If you can do
that, you ma\ begin to realize that
life has man) more possibilities
than you have ever imagined.

They had a lot of barriers to
climb, and the) did so w ith
style and grace. So, don't be
afraid to grab a woman in green
and just sa) thank \ on.

Ellen Wheaton student
activities super w oman. Ellen,
fairly new to the Agnes Scott
campus, had to take on a lot of
responsibility with our unfortu-
nate loss of Dean Brenda Jones.
1 think it's safe to sa) that no
one could have done any better.
She handled the pressure quite
well, and I am proud of her.
From the outside looking in.
yeah it looked like chaos, and it
was. but be careful not to
criticize when you real I \ don't
know .

Patti Snyder "From my
w mdow " I see a blur Hash
across the quad. Who is it? It's
the Chaplain, the Volunteer
Lady, your friend, the Reverend
Patricia Snyder. If you are
feeling dow n. just pick up
something that she has w ntten.
or listen to her speak publicall)

example, then investigates
getting juice machines, finds
some answers, reports back to
the entire council so everyone is
informed, and POOF we
have juice machines on campus.

So big deal, you say. Who
cares about juice machines,
especially when it cost 75 cents a
can? What else does Rep do?

One of the largest accom-
plishments of last year's and this
year's Councils is student
representation on the Board of
Trustees' standing committees.
The issue of student representa-
tion w as raised at a student
forum and w as an enormous
amount of work lor everyone
involved.

The Board of Trustees
responded to our concerns for
student representation by
opening up one associate
member seat lor a student on
each of these committees;

sometime, and it is sure to give
you a lift. 'I'his is a w oman so
full of hope, it is contagious. She
can't help but pass some on to
\ on. If \ on ha\ e ne\ er sloped to
sa) 'hello'* \ qu just do not know
what you are missing.

SO, II YOU HAVEN'T
NOTICED then open youreyesi,
and if you still don'l see w hat is
good, I fear you never w ill.
Don't get me wrong, we've still
got problems, but every place
does. Just don't get so wrapped
up in the problems, and solving
them that you forget w hat is
already good, or someone w ho's
really trying to be better. Let's
not lose the people who are
making a difference, simply
because we cannot take the time
to show them they are valuble to
this campus, and to lis as
students. So, "keep your feet on
the ground and keep reaching for
the stars."

Kara Russell '92

Academic Affairs, Audit.
Buildings and Grounds, Develop-
ment. Faith and Learning.
Investment and Student Affairs.

After petitions were received
from all interested students, the
petitions committee narrowed the
field to eleven candidates, all of
whom were interviewed by the
entire Rep Council.

( )ur recommendations for
student associate members are
Missy Mullinax '94. Leigh
Bennett '92. Renee Cox '93,
Amka Dyrstad '94. Elizabeth
Morgan '92. Karen Schutze '92.
and Sarah Cardwell '93.

Just for reference, the Board of
Trustees is the group of people
who are responsible for insuring
the long-term health and viabilit)
of the college.

They make final decisions
regarding the hiring and tenure of
professors, the hiring and firing
of the President, the maintenance
of the endow ment. upkeep and
maintenance of our campus
facilities, and ( this is important )
the) have the final sa_\ on major
changes in parietals (read: 24-
hour parietals).

SO. ..what else does Rep do
that keeps them in regular two-
hour meetings every Tuesday
night?

We present resolutions to the
faculty regarding open faculty
meetings and work w ith them to
make this a reality.

We work with the Faculty
Executive Committee regarding
the changes in faculty governance
that eliminated two student
positions on the Academic
Standards and Curriculum
committees and that removed all
student input on Academic
Computing and the Library
committees.

And we sponsor events such
as ENERGY CONSERVATION
MONTH in order to make our
campus both more environmen-
tally aware and to save money at
the same time (of which we have
been promised a share, if there is

indeed money saved!!).

So maybe you are a die-hard
apathetic, true to the core, and
you still don't understand w In
you are even reading this article
about Rep Council. Let me give
you a few reasons:

I ) Rep Council is for the most
part your only official path of
recourse when you encounter an
action or a polic) which you feel
is unfair. Contrary to popular
belief, complaining in the dining
hall is both eas) for higher-ups to
ignore and the quickest way to be
sure nothing is accomplished.

2) Rep Council can get the
straightest answer any of us are
going to receive. The governing
body of the SO A has a degree of
legitmacy that allows us to press
for answers from many who
would tend to blow off individu-
als.

3) Rep Council will do the
work for you. We'll investigate
your concern or complaint, find
out wh) things are the wax the)
are, and report back to you. You
don't have to do a thing, besides
contacting a member of Rep
Council with the issue or leaving
a note in one of the bright yellow
envelopes around the dorms.

4) Rep Council will prove to
you that as long as students are
docile and apathetic, they are
forced to be reactionary. Nobody
is forced to recognize and deal
with students, their issues, their
concerns, and their RIGHTS
when the students themselves
could care less.

So I encourage you to
seek our your Rep (found on
page 120 of the handbook), eat
dinner with us, come to our
meetings, leave notes in our
yellow envelopes, and read the
minutes.

Take a stand and realize that
you didn't and should not have
come to college to have all of
your decisions made for you.
(You shouldn't be in college if
you are content to let all of your
decisions be made for you.)

That's for adolescents, not
intelligent women.

Time Warp

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Fotini Soublis and Tricia Chin get their hands dirty on the Marine Biology trip.

Unforgettable Memories Created
on Marine Biology Trip 1991

hv Michelle Martin
and Fotini Soublis

Tired -of the the same old
summer routine of school or
work? Looking for an experience
which combines mental challenge
\\ ith plain olej fun? Then the
marine biology course may be just
the thing for you.

This three-week course, led by
biology professor John F. Pilger,
was a field study of marine
organisms in temperate, semi-
tropical, and tropical environ-
ments. Biology 105 and permis-
sion of the instructor were the
only prerequisites.

Excitement mounted at 12:00
p.m.. AugQSt 3 1 : the marine
biology class w as about to begin!
Our study was conducted at
selected sites on the Georgia and
Florida coasts and in Jamaica.

The marine biology class of
1991 consisted of the follow ing
students: Tricia Chin, Margaret
Hammond. Lisa Lankshear.
Michelle Martin, Gina Pursell,
Robin Snuttjer, Fotini Soublis,
and Barbie Stitt.

The class consisted of a one-
week campus component and a
two- week field component.

From July 31st until August
5th we lived in the Alumnae
House, where we spent our days
and evenings preparing ourselves
for the field work.

We heard lectures on the
environments of estuaries, barrier
islands, beaches and coral reefs;
watched videos on various marine
subjects and on snorkel ing;
learned about Jamaican history
and culture from a guest speaker;
ate a Jamaican dinner, and of
course enjoyed some free time.

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On August 6th we were
packed and ready to go! The
first stop w as the Skidaw a\
Marine Science Center near
Sa\ annah.

Our three-da) sta> there
focused on studies of salt
marshes and barrier islands. We
took a boat trip to nearb) islands
and conducted field and lab
studies.

Next we traveled to the
Kennedy Space Center, where
we had some free time. The
space center \ isit supported the
portion of the course that dealt
with the acquisition of oceano-
graphic data from space-based
satellites.

Following the space center
stop, we moved on to the
Smithsonian Marine Station at
Fort Pierce, Florida, where we
studied sandy beaches and
dunes. Our study was
accompanied by lectures,
laboratory work, and a dredging
trip in the Indian River lagoon.

On August 12th we began out-
tropical studies at the Hofstra
University Marine Lab in
Jamaica. We studied man-
groves, beaches, rocky shores,
and coral reefs.

Our days were full with
snorkel ing. boat trips, and lab
work. In addition, we spent one
day in Ochio Rios shopping and
climbing Dunn's Falls.

Our experience was breath-
taking! Every ecosystem that we
studied, especially the coral
reefs, was so full of life and
ordered relationships. The
whole course added to our know-
ledge of the marine environment.

We also learned so much
about nature's beaut \ and life in
general. The trip will remain
unforgettable to us!

We encourage any interested
students to take this course. Dr.
Pilger may offer this course next
year, so do not lose the chance to
have an unforgettable, exciting
learning experience!

Car Accident? Take
These Tips for Safety

bj Barbie Stitt

Contributing Editor

"Watch out for that car."
Bethany said, indicating a car
pulling out of a side street I was
about to pass.

Even though I swerved, the
driver of the other car didn't sec
me. She plowed into the left
side of m) bumper, forcing it oft
m\ car and into the other side
causing S2.cS()0 worth of damage
to my 1980 blue Volvo DL.

I had just become part of the
statistics. It is predicted that in
Georgia, each person with a
driver's license w ill at some
time be involved in a car
accident.

Your chances are even higher
if you are between the ages of
16 and 24. If it has been a lew
years since driver's education,
arc you able to remember what
to do m the e\ cnt of an acci-
dent?

Agnes Scott Public Safety
officers Sergeant Curtis Parrot!
and Chief Terra I Drew offer this
advice:

1 ) Check for injuries. You
are required by Georgia state
law to help w ith first aid as long
as you don't endanger yourself.

2) Gather witnesses. These
can be people in other cars, in
parking lots, or on the side of
the street. Be sure to get their
names and phone numbers.

3 ) If the cars are driveable
and you are impeding traffic,
move the cars off the street into
a parking lot or emergency lane.
It is against the law to impede
traffic; plus, it makes life hard
on other drivers during 1-285 's
rush hour.

4) Call the police or ask
another motorist to do so. If
you do call 91 1 , be sure to give
the specific location and the side
of the street on which the
accident occu red.

5) Don't discuss the acci-
dent. This can be hard if the
other driver is upset and
screaming at you. BE CALM!
Tell the other driver that \ ou'll
let the authorities decide who is
at fault,

6) When the police arrive,
make sure you have a valid
driver's license, proof of
insurance, and registration.

7 ) Explain your story to the
officer and let the other person
explain his/her side of the story.
Try not to argue.

S) If the officer states that
you are at fault and you led
there arc circumstances that
were not looked at. discuss the
problems w ith the officer. If the
other person is at fault and
w ants to argue about it. sta\ out
and let the officer be the referee.

9) Get the name of the
officer, case number of the
report, and the name, address,
and phone number of the other
involved party. If possible, gel
the name of then- insurance
company and polic) number,

10) I ; mall\ . call your
insurance companies and take
the car in lor an estimate. Also,
take your own set of pictures of
the damage.

Also recommended to have
on hand: a copy of your car tag
number. \ chicle identification
number, registration, license,
and insurance proof in your
room or home in case your car is
stolen. Drive safely!

Barbie Stitt knows from experience what to do in an accident

Friday, September 20, 1991

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Senior Investiture -
What It Used to Be

Not Quite

by Bethanj Blankenship

Contributing Editor

Senior I n\ estiture is upon us
thai time-honored tradition
which formally recognizes the
seniors of Agnes Scott as the
new leaders of the college pack.
This ceremony, however, hasn't
always been public or even
honored at Agnes Scott.

Mary L. Cady, a history
professor here from 1 908 to
1918, founded Senior Investi-
ture in 1 908, The first cer-
emony took place privately in
the President's office, where
each student knelt before the
Dean of Students and had her

mortar board placed on her
head.

Between the years 1908 and
1 9 1 3, the juniors decided to
begin their own tradition:
trying to steal the senior's
academic robes. When these
pranks finally got out of
control, the ceremony was
made public m 1 9 1 3.

(The tradition of kneeling to
be capped was also nixed as the
students protested this symbol-
ism in the early 1970s.)

One tradition that has
remained with Senior Investi-
ture is the selection of the
ceremony's speaker by the
senior class.

Dr. Michele Gillespie is this
\ \s Senior Investiture
speaker. She plans to speak
about the celebration and about
the responsibility each senior
should take upon herself as an
"historical agent of change."
Gillespie stated. "Seniors have
an opportunity to make tradi-
tions now."

The Class of 1992 Senior
Investiture begins Saturday,
September 21 at 5 p.m. with Dr.
Gillespie's opening speech and
the capping ceremony in Gaines
Auditorium. There is to be a
reception following the cer-
emon\ in the {Catherine Wolt/
Reception Room.

Confessions of a First- Year Student

by Annette Dumford

OK. OK, everyone wants to
know the answer to the burning
question w hat's it like to be a
freshman this year?

Well, one would suspect that

it would.be the same as it was for
every other person who has ever
been a freshman. But. of course,
if you are a "first-year student."
it's something new .

A tew feelings are probabl)
floating around inside all of us

freshmen: seared, nervous,
confused, brain-dead and. most
of all. lost.

The first week we were here,
we probably heard more
information than we w ill ever
hear again in our entire lives

Sports Arena

by Christy Beal and Joy Farist

New Coaches Warm
Up Campus

Those students w ho
frequently visit the Woodruff
Pin sieal Aeti\ ities Building
have no doubt noticed two new
faces there. Yes, these faces do
have names: Susan Martin and
Nancy Rast.

Coach Martin is the new
cross-country coach and Coach
Rast is the new basketball
coach. Although they manage

different sports, the) share some
central ideas.

Both believe that becoming
involved in a sport is beneficial
to all aspects of life. Coach
Martin stated that cross-eountr)
"'lends a discipline in life that can
can y over into other avenues.''

Coach Rast also commented
that basketball teaches that there
is a "cost to be excellent at
an) thing." Both women
reported that sports give one the
opportunity to work with and

C heryl Appleberrv and Nancy Rast are new coaches on campus

learn more about others as well
as themselves.

Both coaches desire support
at all their athletic functions. It
is \ er\ important to them, as
well as to those involved, to
have the college commuriit) 's
support.

In order to attract a bigger
crowd at basketball games.
Coach Rast has arranged for
door prizes to be given awa) at
the home games. Prizes will
include Agnes Scott College
duffle bags (as used by the
team) and t-shirts.

Support is vital to these two
new and determined members
of the Agnes Scott faculty.
Please come out and support
these new coaches and then-
teams.

Sporting events on
campus

The soccer team played their
first game on Sunday, Septem-
ber 8, against West Florida.
Team support was abundant
and the team hopes each game
will gain even more attendance.

The cross-country team ra in
the "Metro Atlanta All-Stars
Invitational" against Oglethorpe
University on Saturday,
September 7. Out of Agnes
Scott's 15 runners, six earned
top ten places in the meet.

Michele Gillespie will be the Senior Investiture speaker this
weekend

but the worst part of it all is that
they expect us to remember it!

Surely, most of our brains are
still in the relax mode. Tell me
we didn't spend all of three
months veggin' in the sun and
working (to pay for our college,
of course). And surely when we
weren't dowv^ those things, we
were out having fun.

So an) w a\ . back to the point
probably only about 35% of
everything that was said at
meetings w as actually retained.
One first-year student's opinion:
"'I don't know about everyone
else, but I feel as though I have a
severe case of brain overload."

And in the midst of all these

meetings, which were conve-
niently held so that it w as
impossible to get organized or
get anything done between them,
we were expected to get to know
our roommates and organize our
rooms. (OK, maybe not
expected to, but it would have
been nice.)

There ought to have been one
long drawn-out meeting instead
of trillions of little one.

As for all of the papers we got
well, they would probably
have done better in one big book.
That would especially be good
for those of us w ho don't
remember much not that we

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Perspectives

compiled by Claire Lemme

If you had the option of taking a fifth year
of classes free of charge, how would you
use the time?

Lisa Rogers, Class of
1992: Education certifica-
tion classes. I feel that at the
current tuition rate it would
be better to go to a state
school to obtain certification.
Although, if it were free, 1
would definitely take that
extra time.

Annetta Williams. Class
of 1992: I would take Global
Awareness because it's more
economical to go with the
school than on my own.

Angela Miller. Class of
1992; J would lake a Cathy
Scot l class because I missed
taking a class with her
before she went on sabbati-
cal. I*d also take Biology
because 1 took Astronomy
for my sci requirement even
though I've always loved
Bio. I might also take a
Spanish class just because 1
think Rafael Ocasio is a
supremely sew guv.

Jennifer Lard. Class of
1993: I would take all the
introductory courses in the
disciplines that I thought I
was not interested in as a
freshman. I thought 1 knew
what my major was so I
ignored everything else. I
would take sociology,
theater, philosophy, and
another Global Awareness
class.

Beth Ann Christian. Class
of 1993: 1 would take as many
Philosophy classes as possible,
especially from David Behan.
Philosophy is the foundation
^ Off all other disciplines.

Bchan's 17th 6c ISth Century
Philosophy class covering
Descartes. Locke, Barkle\. and
Hume was the mind-opening
experience of a lifetime and
forever changed the manner in
which I think.

Great To Be Back, But...

b\ Teresa Beckham

Since 1 returned from my
junior year in Spain, everyone
lias asked me how it was. 1
invariabl) respond. "It was
wonderful!"

However, "wonderful" does
not begin to describe the dear
friends I made, or all that I
learned. ^\\\ and bad. about
Spain and myself.

How can one word communi-
cate all of the fear of failure, the
pride of success, the frustration of
working in a system that was not
m\ ow n and in a language that
was not my own?

After I inadequately answer
the first question, friends ask.
"And how does it feel to be
back?" Once again I cannot find
the words to convex, that I am
glad to be back in my country
and m\ school, hut that I miss the
independence and excitement of
the last year.

I'm also dying lor the fresh
bread and I cannot wait to get
back to the beautiful city and
friendl) people.

What I do not miss are the
daily trials I faced like trying
to order ground beef by asking
for cow meat in tiny pieces and
watching the butcher laugh until
he cried.

Nor do I miss not hav ing hot
water lor a week in February
because the gas men went on
strike. And it certainly is a
pleasure to understand people on
the street the first time the) sa\
something.

I suppose that the best answer
would be that yes. it is very good
to be back, but it was hard to
leave and I'm so glad I went.

Many of my friends who
sounded miserable the entire time
we were in the countr) now talk
as if the) had the time of their
lives, w ithout a single hitch from
start to finish.

For anyone considering going
abroad, keep in mind that while it
is hard to go away, it may also he
one of the best times pf my life.

The difficulties 1 did have all
made me grow. Through the
laughter m\ many fumbles
brought. I've learned to cook
without a microwave (gasp! ) and
to sun ive a w inter in an apart-
ment that was im ariabl) ten
degrees colder than outside.

I learned to work in a
universit) system in which the
word "organ i /at ion" has no
meaning, and I learned to live in
a countr) w ith doorstep deliver)
of bread, beer, and eggs, but
never new spapers.

Some of the most striking
differences between the two
systems can be seen b) cpmpar
ing the universities of each
count 17. After seeing both, I feel
that the .American universities,
lor all the criticism the) receive,
are infinitely better.

In Spain the professor stands
at the front of the class like an all-
knowing god, whose word is
never questioned but rather taken
down m lull-sentence paragraphs.
The only pail ici pat ion I ever
heard from the students were
requests for the professor to
repeat.

My Spanish friends laughed at
the concept of an honor code.
Cheating is condoned by students
and parents, w ho consider it
necessary to beat the system, and
it is accepted by professors.

A student caught cheating is
merel) asked to leave the exam
room and return for the retest a
few months later no other
penalty exists. The idea of being
dismissed from a college for
cheating is unheard of.

I had to accept the fact that
such a wax of thinking, w hile
diametricall) opposed to what I
have been taught to be right, has
just as much \ alidit) in its ow n
context as my wa\ of thinking has
in mine.

My year in Spain was one of
the greatest grow ing experiences
of my life, giving me perspective
on m\ ow n culture as well as on
that of Spain.

1 am prouder than e\ er to be an
American, hut I have a much
clearer view of our many
problems, having viewed them
through the eyes of another
people.

I am a great advocate now for
stud) ing in another countr) : I
think 11 is \ ital to a person's
awareness of the world and of her
ow n countr) .

It puts a lot of things into
perspective, but one can't expect
to come back an expert in the
language and culture. It lakes a
lifetime to trul) know a countr) .
and even then I'm not coin meed
that anyone can understand the
whole reality.

Start looking into study-abroad
programs now there are main
to choose from depending on your
specific interests.

Be sure to give yourself time
to get used to the culture: It took
me the first semester alone to he
comfortable enough that I could
settle in second semester and
enjoy myself.

Freshman

< continued from page 7)
are stupid, because we are
definitel) not that.

On the average, one could
assume that it would take one
week to learn exactly where
every thing is. not to be just as
specific as. "Well, I think it's on
that side of the campus."

The first few days everyone
tells you where everything is
"Oh yeah, that's on the other side
of Buttrick to the left of Dana"
but understand that this can be a
little tricky for us first-year
students. First of all, where is
Buttrick and who is Dana/

And then you have the
pointing people. These are the
people w ho give you visual
directions, although it's aw fully
hard to point to the other side of a
building.

Mo\ ing along, let's talk about
dorm life. For freshmen, excuse
my diction, living in a dorm spells

one thing FREEDOM,

Now, how do we get this?
Well, it's quite complicated. We
are able to decide our own
"curfews": how late we can stay
out and still function the next day.
It's great: you are able to go and
come as you please.

But homework also comes into
play. Who is gonna make us do
our homework? This task in itself
can be extremely difficult.
Actually, the ail of balancing
everything becomes quite
important, unless of course you
don't want to be here next
semester.

And just how long did it take
to realize what a D.C. was? It has
to be human because not many
other species w rite smiley faces
beside their initials.

VOU wonder why they want
you to yell "hot water'' before you
flush the toilet. You wonder,
until one day someone Hushes

w ithout giving you warning, and
you emerge from the shower
only to find out that you're well-
done.

As far as '"man on the hall"
goes, we have gotten that, except
lor the fact that we don't think of
our little brothers as "men!"

One thing that's quite
annoying is w hen people
walking down the hall with men
wait until they are passing the
bathroom to yell, "Man on the
hall!" No, sorry, we don't want
an early career as flashers!

Last, but not least, why is it
so hard to tell the first year
students what Black Cat is.' It
doesn't sound that difficult.

Nevertheless, we've got the
idea it's some sort of twisted
version Ol homecoming. But
we've only been told it's
unexplainable. Something we
are all interested in and want to
hear, and it's unexplainable.

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Friday, September 20, 1991 The Profile Page 9

Alumnae Exhibit Opens in Dana

"ERDA: Birth of New Forms," by Pinky Bass & Clara Couch, is
now in Dana

Studio Dance Exchanges
with Atlanta Ballet II

by Stephanie Sidney

The artwork of four Agnes
Scott alumnae is currently on
exhibit in the Dalton Gallery of
Dana. Clara (Kitty) Couch
(Class of '43), Pinky Bass
('58), Lynn Denton ('63), and
Minii Holmes ('78) represent
four decades of Agnes Scott
histor) .

Among these women were
three exhibits. Ms. Denton's
"Intervals" uses photographs,
audiotape (to associate voices
with images), and earthenware
to present aspects of women's
lives.

Denton's work reflects
aspects such as companionship
and stages of growth in life that
involve tragedies, hopes, and
accomplishment of goals.

One interesting angle
explored is the relationship of
women to their houses, the
bond between the two, and the
home as an extension of a
woman's identity. She presents
the contrast between illusions
and reality in women's dealing
w ith issues m their lives.

Kitty Couch and Pinky Bass
present "ERDA: A Birth of
New Forms." This exhibit, an
example of their collaborate e

Once again I asked several
fellow students to betra\
themselves and confess what
sort of "literature" the) devote
themselves to during the
"nothing's required" laz) days
of summer. A few short
reviews follow .

Good Omens: The Nice and
Accurate Prophecies of Agnes
Nutter, Witch, by Neil Gaiman
and Terry Pratchett

by Jennifer Garlen

Good Omens is the hilarious
tale of two supernatural beings
one angel, Azirafel, and one
demon, Crowley and their
attempts to thwart Armageddon
and kill the AntiChrist before
the world ends. This is no
small task, as the world is due
to end on Saturda) . just shortl)
before dinner.

Their antic efforts lead them
all over Europe and North
America and across the paths of
some of Creation's most
interesting characters, including
War, Death. Famine. Pollution
(also known as the Four
Motorcyclists of the Apoca-
lypse), several random mem-
bers of Hell's Angels (both the
real things and the imitations).

efforts, involves the mystery of
process.

Erda, the Nordic goddess of
the earth, is the locus of this
particular collaboration. Both
artists use images of the female
body as well as of nature.

Bass, who is a photographer,
presents death as the ultimate
transformation. Couch uses
cla\ to form abstract parts of
the female body and parts of
nature, such as tree branches, to
illustrate her environmental
concerns.

Couch believes that if
humankind would take its place
alongside nature, it could
promote the harmon) that is
possible between nature and
man. Both women combine the
elements of nature and the
female body to discover new
images and forms.

Holmes, the most recent
graduate, showed her concerns
about AIDS and the ongoing
oppression of women. In this
exhibit she specifically ad-
dresses oppression through
religion. Her self-described
theme is "What Are We Doing.
Where Are We Going, Stations
of the Cross."

Holmes grew up in the South
around churches that held

Book Reviews

and of course, Elvis.

The fascinating tw ists on the
major themes of Christianity
and a de\ ilish sense of humor
make Good Omens a perfectly
wonderful book to pick up and
enjoy.

Red Dragon, by Thomas
Harris

by Rita Ganey
Contributing Editor

Forget The Silenc e of the
Lambs (and good v. bad and
cats who go underground).
Thomas Harris has wrought a
masterpiece of popular fiction
with Red Dragon. Red Dragon
Is the debut of everybody's
favorite serial murderer.
I lannibal "the Cannibal"
Lechter. Once again, the FBI
asks Lechter to help them track
dow n a serial killer the press
has labelled the 'Tooth Fairy."

The 'Tooth Fairy" chooses
his victims very carefully. He
then breaks into the house and
kills the entire family
mother, father, and two chil-
dren. The families he has
chosen have middle-class-
family-things in common but
not enoush to link a murderer to

fundamental doctrines, and she
presents some vivid memories
from her childhood in the images
of her work.

She uses slats of wood to
create crosses with written
messages, organized in various
shapes, which cause one to think
about aspects of religion that
particularly concern women.

Her AIDS exhibit is com-
posed of hand-painted masks,
whose boldly-colored, short
written messages provoke
innovative thought in the
observer. She reveals some of
her own feelings and convictions
in her w ork.

Holmes' work makes us look
at our own judgments or
convictions about these issues.
I [er work is also meant to
provoke people to talk to each
other about their personal
experiences even as they observe
her pieces.

All four of these artists use
installation art. which emplo) s
the idea of transforming a space
into something else rather than
simpl) putting an object in a
space.

There is still opportunity to
view these creations. The
exhibit will run through October
6, 1991.

each family.

When the FBI has tried
everything, FBI supervisor Jack
Crawford drags retired forensic
specialist Will Graham out of
retirement in the Florida Keys.
Graham leaves his family and,
while trying to find the "Tooth
Fairy." becomes the target of
Lechter who continually tells
his fellow serial killer that
Graham is going to catch up
with him.

Red Dragon is the kind of
book you will lose sleep over.
This book should not be made
into a movie. I wouldn't want
to see it ruined. Thomas Harris
will thrill you and keep you
wrapped up with the plot and
characterization of the "poor,
little" serial killer. Try it;
you'll like it.

The Cat Who Went Under-
ground, by Lilian Jackson
Braun

by Sandee McGlaun
Contributing Editor

I hear the groans already
from those who know me as an
incurable cat lover, but Braun 's
murder mystery was as sus-

( continued on page 10)

by Tonya Smith

Contributing Editor

In an agreement that may be
the first of its kind for Georgia
colleges, former Atlanta Ballet
Company lead dancer Joanne Lee
will be sharing her experience
and knowledge as a dancer with
the Studio Dance company
members during the 1991-92
academic year.

Still a member of the Atlanta
Ballet, Lee now teaches company
classes and appears in cameo
roles m Atlanta Ballet produc-
tions.

Due to her long-standing
friendship with Studio Dance
Theatre Director Marilyn Darling,
Lee has agreed to teach company
ballet classes here at Agnes Scott
as part of a cooperative effort
between Studio Dance Theatre
and Atlanta Ballet Company.

Atlanta Ballet II, Atlanta
Ballet's apprentice company, will
also be involved in this exchange.
They will be performing several
times on campus throughout the
coming year.

Confirmed performance dates
are not yet available, but look for
the company to perform once in

Novemeber and once again in
March of 1992. Guest perfor-
mances in Studio Dance Theatre
productions are also a possibility.

According to Darling, Agnes
Scott's collaboration with the
Atlanta Ballet establishes the first
known relationship between a
professional dance company and
an academic institution.

Studio Dance Theatre hopes to
maintain this cooperative relation-
ship with the Atlanta Ballet in
years to come in order to benefit
the entire campus community as
well as its company members.

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Press Release

As pari of its 1991-92 College
Events Series, the College will host
The New York Cornet & Sacbut
Ensemble on September 2 1 .

Pla\ ihg music from 16th-
century Europe, the New York
Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble
continues its 17th season of brass

performances with a period
instrument called a sacbut. a
desqigndent of the trumpet and a
predecessor to the trombone.

The "'Nets and 'Buts" were
formed in 1974 to explore and
present Renaissance and Baroque
music for brass and other loud
winds on historical instruments.

The ensemble often performs
with choirs and other early music
groups in large-scale works of the
Renaissance. Baroque and
Classical periods.

ASC students can use their
College Events passes: tickets arc
$10 for the general public and $7
for faculty, staff, and off-campus.

If We Ruled the World

bv Elizabeth Harrington

Women, tired of world leaders
with a bit too much testosterone
for their own ^.ood! Weary of
ll\ ing in a society that seems to
favor men just a tad?

Well. Gertrude Delphos
certainly is and she has chosen to
do something about it. With the
help of two prominant female
attorneys. Kate and A.J.. Gertrude
decides to hold God accountable

for 25 centuries of male domina-
tion. The trio brings him to court in
the Blacklriars" latest production.
MsTnal.

In this uncommon comedy the
battle of the sexes is fiercely waged
as God's male defense council tries
to prove that in reality, women are
content in their historical place.

Both the prosecution and the
defense call upon an assorted
number of Equity actors, who
attempt to prove various points for

Suspense Grips Audience:
Will Margaret Die Again?

In Jennifer ( iarlen

Kenneth Branagh. director
and star of the widely acclaimed
Henr) V duvets and stars m this
rivetitlg tale of murder and love.

Branagh \ wife, Emma
Thompson, co-stars in the film as
a woman w ith no memory of her
current life. However, she
recalls v i\ idly her past life as
Margaret Strauss, w ho w as
stabbed to death in the 1940s.

Branagh plays two roles:
Mike Church, an American
detective who is hired to discover
the woman's identity; and
Viennese composer Roman
Strauss, who was executed lor
his wife's murder.

The plot twists beautiful!) as
the characters and the viewer try
to figure out who really mur-

dered Margaret Strauss and
whether she is fated to be killed
again.

The story moves hack and
forth in time, using h\ pilosis
sessions to reveal the events of
Roman and Margaret s life and
death together.

The flashback scenes are
fluidly filmed in black-and-
white, with perfect clarits and
just enough distance to give the
audience a sense of w atching
memories from another life.

The film is intricately
crafted, and strict attention on
the part of the viewer is
required in order to appreciate
the minute details woven into
the plot. A surprise appearance
b\ Robin Williams as a dow n-
and-out psychiatrist is an added
bonus to a fantastic film.

either side by portray ing famous
theatrical characters from the past.

Also included in the cast are
Jlidges Irving and Joan. who
struggle to maintain order in the
court, and Beneatha. a prosaic
court stenographer who has more
influence than you might think.

The cast for MsTrial includes
Lauren Ciranade as Kate Shields.
Deidra I larns as A. J. Funda, K. C.
Thunnan as Ciertrude. Pinky
Balais. Sandee McGlaun and
Dayna Brown as Equity actors.
Ese Burlingame, Cynara Webb
and Amy Kim as court Bailiffs and
Angela Miller as the voice of God.

MsTrial is an Atlanta premiere
and runs October 24, 25, 26. and
3 1 , and November 1 and 2.

Revolutionary Artist Munch
Exhibits at High Museum

In C hristie Miller

Staff Writer

The High Museum of Art is
now exhibiting Edvard Munch:
Master Prints from the Epstein
Family Collection. Munch
features ninet\-four lithographs,
etchings, mez/otints. and
woodcuts of Munch 's most
well-know n images.

Know n for their expressive-
ness, these revolutionary works
represent one of the major
accomplishments in the graphic
arts of this century.

In this exhibit, one can see
how Munch exploits varying
printing techniques to achieve
great psychological depth. He
focuses on the human emotions
portraying themes such as love,
jealousy, anxiety, and separa-
tion.

Two versions of The Kiss,
one an etching and the other a
w oodcut. show how Munch
alters the treatment of his
subject according to medium.

With the woodcut, he uses
simple forms and the natural
grain of the wood to portray the
two figures with their faces
joined as one. In this way. he
creates a bold use of pattern
which contrasts w ith his etching
technique.

!n the etching, the figures are
in the same pose, but Munch
combines line etching with
dry point and a delicate use of
aquatint to model the figures
and their surroundings in subtle
lights and darks.

This display is particularly
appealing because it includes
several versions pulled from the
same plate, stone, or block.
Each one shows a different

approach to the same image
w ilh changes either in color or
medium.

In the three different
versions of The Sin, one can see
how Munch experimented with
color. First the lithograph is
shown in plain black-and-white
and then in tw o colors.

The most striking of the
series is a three-color print
portraying the woman \\ ith
burnt orange hair and bulging
green eyes. By studying these
variations of one print, one can
gain insight into Munch's
progression within an indi-
vidual work.

Munch*s altitudes tow ards
women are also apparent in this
show . In his portra\ a) of
women, one can see the effects
of the early loss of his mother
and sister, and of his stormy
love affairs. Women are often
show n as ha\ ing the t\ pical
Munchian dark troubled eyes
and long flow ing hair, giving
them a sinister feel.

In most of the w orks dealing
with relationships, the male is
portrayed as trapped in the
tendrils of the woman's hair
such as in Attraction I and II.

This theme reaches its
climax in the work Man's Head
in Woman's I lair, w Inch
portrays the subject as two
disembodied heads w ith the
man's floating in the woman's
hair.

( )\ erall. this collection
provides an exccllcnt'opportu-
nity to jfelve into both the
psyche and technical achieve-
ments of Edvard Munch. It will
be on view through November
10 in the third floor galleries at
the High Museum.

Books

(continual from pag4 V)
penseful as it was charming.
New spaper columnist Jim
Qwilleran retreats to a cabin on
the lake at Mooseville for a
summer of relaxation. But
you guessed it he soon
wishes he had stayed at home.

Upon arrival at the lake.
Qw ill. as he is known through-
out the book, discovers that the
heating (it is a summer in
Canada) in his cabin is inopera-
tive. A young plumber, Joanna
Trupp. arrives to take care of
the malfunction, but it is onl\
the first of many. Next the
water heater fails, then the pipes
burst.

Qw ill decides that the cabin
needs a major overhaul, and
begins asking around about
carpenters. The natives of

Mooseville a curious lot of
characters warn Qw ill that
the local carpenters will never
finish any job the) start.

I le goes ahead with his
renovations and hires Clem
.Cottle, a quiet, hard w oi k mg
young man. True to the
warnings. Cottle gels partially
done and disappears.

Qw i 11 begins asking ques-
tions Cottle is the third
carpenter to have vanished, and
two others were recently killed
in freak accidents. Something
is rotten in Mooseville.

So where is the cat? Qwill
ow ns two imperious Siamese.
Koko and Yum Yum. Koko
has a special sense, so it
appears, lor sniffing out crime.
When Koko leads Qwill to the
body of Clem's replacement

carpenter, buried in the craw I
space of the cabin. Qwill
determines to identils the
murderer be I ore any more

carpenters disappear.

Braun herself is the ow ner of
two Siamese, and her character
ization Oi the cats is right on the
mark. .Any eat ow ner w ill see
her cat in Koko and Yum
Yum's antics.

Br aim is likewise a master ol
human characterization, and the

inhabitants ol Mooseville.
including the wacky Mrs.
( fliflko and the m\ stenous Miss

Russell Sims, provide a colorful

range ol personalities.

The Cat Who Went Under-
ground is one of a series of Cat
Who... books by Braun. l or
mystery-lovers and cat-lovers
alike, these books are great

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, September 20, 1991

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Page 1 1

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

Four Decades, Four Artists, an
aft show featuring four ASC
alumnae, will run in the Dalton
Caller) al Dana Fine Arts Building
until October 6,

The New York Coronet and
Sacbul Ensemble \\ ill play
September 2 1 at 8:15 in Gaines
Auditorium. Then performance
features music from I6th-centur>
Europe.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art: for
more information about the
following, call 892-4444.

R.S.V.P.. an exhibition of
creative in\ itations to art show s,
will run through November 15 at
the Georgia Pacific Center.

An exhibition of the artwork of
Hemy OssaWa Wanner, the
foremost African-American artist
at the turn of the century, w ill run
through November 24. Tanner's
subject matter ranges from
depictions of African-American
life to Biblical subjects.

Edyard Munch: Muster Prints
from the Epstein Family Collection
runs through November 10. A
Norwegian painter and printmaker,
Munch exercised great influence in
modem an.

The High has expanded its
weekend hours to include Frida>
evenings until 9:00 p.m.

The Atlanta College of Art: The
Atlanta College of Art Faculty
Show will run through October 3.
For further information call 898-
I 137.

Atlanta History Center: "On the
Set of Gone With the Wind:
Photographs by Fred A. Parrish"
w ill be on display through
September 30, 1992.

The Arts Connection: Fiber

Artists of the 90s will be on
exhibit through October 4.

"Meet the Artist" Carol Brull
in a workshop environment
September 26 from 7-10 p.m. as
she demonstrates millifore (inla\
of colored clay) into jewelry,
sculpture, etc. Preregister b\
calling 237-0005.

Theatre

Neighborhood Playhouse
presents Private Lives, Noel
Coward's classic bedroom farce
about the fireworks that go off
when a divorced couple, honey-
mooning w ith their new spouses,
accidentally run into each other.
Runs through October 12. Call
373-531 1 for more information,

I [orizon Theatre ( !ompan) :
The Heidi Chronicles will run
through November 2. This is the
Atlanta premiere of the Pulitzer
Prize and Tons Award-winning
comedy. For more information,
call 584-7450.

The Fox Theatre ppesents a
Gone With the Wind benefit on
September 22 tor the restoration
of the Margaret Mitchell house.

The Callanwolde Fine Aits
Center: The Piccadill) Puppets
present Garden Party, a nocturnal
fantas) in a vegetable garden with
performances by the Dancing
Baryshnicarrots and Magician
David Cabbagefield. Perfor-
mances begin at 7:30 p.m. Call
872-5338 for details.

Music

The C oca ( ola Lakewood
Amphitheatre will host the
following:

Sting in concert, September

21.

Alabama in concert. Septem-
ber 22.

Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert,
September 28.

For ticket information, call
249-6400.

Clayton State College: For
information about the following
concerts of the Spivey Hall
Inaugural Season, call 961-3683.

Thamyris debuts as ensemble-
in-residence at 8: 15 p.m. on
September 24.

Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard
Conversations, an audience-
participation lecture, will discuss
Two Passionate Classicists:
Mozart and Brahms. September
29 at 3:00 p.m.

Variety Playhouse: Kodac
Harrison. Kristen Hall, and duo
Kristian Bush and Andrew Hyra in
an all-acoustic show on September
28, 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 at VP
and Ticketmaster.

Miscellaneous

Atlanta-Tbilisi Sister City
Committee presents the Friend-
ship Fesi, a celebration of both
Georgias' arts. The Opening
Night Gala Performance is on
Friday, September 20, 8:00 p.m..
Clayton Count} Performing Arts
Center. For tickets call 977- 1 696.
Festivities continue Sept. 27.

Callanwolde Concert Band
needs musicians: Clarinet.
Saxophone, Trumpet. Call 872-
5338 for more information.

The Wren's Nest presents
Tales from the Briar Patch.
Saturdaxs at 2:(K) p.m. through
May 30, 1992.

Fembank Science Center: Eyes
on the Universe, a new plan-
etarium show , runs September 24
to November 27. For further
information, call 378-43 1 1 .

Atlanta African Film Society
presents Blacks' Images on
Television, a screening and
discussion of the images of
African-Americans within various
television show s. For more
information, call 525-1 136.

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now at the Neighborhood Playhouse.

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Volume 78, Issue 2

Health Care Woes Not as Bad as They Could Be

Man Lu Christiansen talks to a first-year student in the clinic.

by Janelle Bailey

Staff Writer

The College Press Service
reported recently that across the
country, budget cuts are severely
damaging college health services.
Fortunately, this is not the case
here at Agnes Scott.

According to CPS, when
budgets are cut, many student
services, especially counseling
programs, have to be ended.
Because schools are trying to
keep costs low, they do not wish
to increase health fees to keep
such programs alive.

Counseling services such as
rape crisis centers, alcohol and
drug abuse treatment programs.
AIDS programs, and programs on
eating disorders are often cut
because they have minimal
funding from student fees.

However, according to Dean
Gue Hudson, budget cuts have
had no effect on our own health
services.

Gerald Wnittfrigtori, Vice-
President for Business and
Finance, said the health center
budget was increased by 407c for
the 1991-1992 school year.

Instead of the students* paying
set health service fees every year.

Physical Plant Removes Asbestos from
Dining Hall last Spring Semester

by Laura Barlament and
Kristin Lemmerman

Last spring semester, due to
some water damage to the dining
hall floor, the upper layer of tile
had to be removed and replaced.

Under this upper layer of
flooring is a layer of asbestos tile,
which under normal conditions
would present no danger.
However, the fibers which
compose asbestos tile, when
exposed and loosened, could
cause health problems.

In fact, research indicates that
individuals who breathe in
asbestos fibers have a higher
likelihood of developing
asbestosis, a form of lung cancer,
as well as other respiratory
diseases.

Consequently, it was decided
that although the exposed asbestos
tile had only a negligible amount
of asbestos in it less than
0.03% it should be removed.

In an "in-house" operation, so
called because the school was
treated under regulations which

apply to private homes, Agnes
Scott physical plant workers
removed the tile.

The workers were supervised by
a certified supervisor, Subash
Shander of Georgia State Univer-
sity, as they were not themselves
certified to do the work (as would
be required had the work not been
an kk in-house" job).

A plastic enclosure was erected
around the removal area overnight;
using the necessary respiratory
masks and a special type of air
vacuum, known as a HEPA
negative air unit, Physical Plant
removed the asbestos tile. Then the
floor was repaired.

Elsa Pena, director of physical
plant, reported that an air monitor
was not used, since it was assumed
that the level of asbestos measured
by an air monitor was likely to be
"less than 0.01 fibers/cubic
centimeter," the federally estab-
lished limit of detection for clean
air.

Asbestos removal programs
have been especially prevalent
since the 1986 Asbestos Hazard

Emergency Response Act
(AHERA), the EPA's mandate for
the inspection of the nation's public
and private schools for asbestos.

However, it is now believed that
it is better to leave intact asbestos-
containing materials in place rather
than risk releasing asbestos fibers
into the air in the removal process.

Asbestos is only dangerous
when inhaled, and it can only be
inhaled if the fibers are released in
the air when the asbestos-containing
material is damaged or disturbed.

Therefore, the asbestos tile under
the top layer of tile, which contains
no asbestos, in the dining hall
should not present any health
hazard unless it is exposed and
broken.

Pena also stated that in the large-
scale campus renovations under-
taken a few years ago, all known
asbestos on campus was either
removed or sealed up.

However, she states that while
there are no projected plans for
further asbestos removal, should it
become necessary, it will be
undertaken.

the cost is included in room and
board.

The college is currently
interviewing for a second nurse
practitioner specializing in
obstetrics and gynecology.

Mary Lu Christiansen and the
new nurse practitioner will work
under the consultation of Dr.
Hugh Spruell, our current medical
director. Dr. Spruell now visits
campus every Friday for consulta-
tions.

There is a large amount of
support for additional counseling
services.

"Counseling is a need that is
very real. We have lots of
students and lots of pain for a
variety of reasons, and I think they
need a safe place to go," com-
mented Dean Hudson.

Dean Hudson said. "Where
we'd like to go in the future,
frankly, is peer counseling.... We
think it's much more likely that
students are going to talk to one
another than they will talk to a
variety of professionals."

Currently, most service
programs are offered by a variety
of organizations.

Interdorm. Public Safety,
physical fitness classes and others
have all sponsored programs to
help students become more
informed about AIDS, crime
prevention, eating disorders, and
drug and alcohol abuse.

Mary Lu Christiansen said that
she "would like to see [these
programs be more] coordinated
not because I don't think that
any one department can't handle
it. but. ..you can consolidate
efforts- and get more information
out."

As for the budget of the health
center. Mrs. Christiansen said
extra services that have been
suggested are often simply not
cost-effective.

These services, such as hiring
a 24-hour doctor or making
prescriptions available through
the health center, would only
increase student fees and eventu-
ally be a waste of money.

Agnes Scott to Become
Racism-Free Zone

by Photenie Avergopolous

There are so many fliers,
posters and reminders on campus
that authorized areas often seem a
confusing mess of information.
Many students just look for the
word "mandatory" and pay little
attention to anything else.

The Racism- Free Zone
document is one sign which the
College wants everyone to notice.
Many wonder, what exactly is the
Racism-Free Zone? Is it simply
someone's idea, a club or is it a
real place?

The answer to all these
questions is yes.

The Racism-Free Zone
concept came to campus this year
when Bahati Ansari visited Agnes
Scott College.

In a two-day workshop, she
spoke to a small group of students
about her efforts to tear down the
many walls and inequities racism
has created.

Bahati has developed her ideas
into a program now used by
schools in Eugene, Oregon. By a
declaration much like our Honor
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Inside

Editorials

Page 3
Polly wog Tired of Sex

Features

Page 6

The Charms of a Small German Town

Arts

Page 10

Campus Artists in Piedmont Festival

Editorials

Page 2

The Profile

Friday, October 4, 1991

THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Box 438. Decatur. GA 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman

ASSISTANT EDITOR Laura Barlament

NEWS EDITORS Josie Hoilman

Dawn Sloan

FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Sandee McGlaun

Assistant Art & Entertainment Editor Kathleen Hill

LAYOUT EDITOR Josie Hoilman

PHOTOGRAPHERS Claire Lemme, Brooke Parish.

and Karen Shuman

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

CIRCULATION MANAGER Tamara Shie

Circulation Assistants Melanie Eftler

Heather Shirley
Dana Shea

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. We eannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily reflect those oj anyone affiliated with the College or
The Profile staff' other than the author.

Et Cetera

Have you ever had one of those days/week s/semesters/years?
Ever>' assignment in your 1 8-hour course load is due on October
14, and just when you are beginning to see the light of day, you
wake up Saturday morning with a hundred and one-degree
temperature. What do you do?

If you are at Agnes Scott, there is not much you can do aside
from filling out the appropriate absence committee forms. You
can always take care of the academic complications, but when
your clinic is closed weekends and after 4:30 on weekdays, caring
for physical complications is difficult at best.

Although Agnes Scott has an ever-growing student body,
physical and mental health care facilities are failing to keep pace
with demand for them. For example, while Margaret Shirley is
certainly a competent counselor, she is still the only person
employed to fill this role. It is often difficult for people experi-
encing sudden crises to even schedule an appointment with her
within a short period of time.

The same types of difficulties arise not only in the clinic,
where nobody is available to take Mary Lu Christiansen's place
when she needs to leave the office: the physical trainer, Cheryl
Appleberry, is supposedly only part-time yet works full-time
hours while also completing graduate school. All of these
departments are overworked and understaffed.

Furthermore, the range of services they can provide are too
limited. Why do we not have gynecological services on campus?
Why do we not have people on campus qualified to give the
measles-mumps-rubella vaccination or allergy shots? Have
special services for minority counselling been considered? It is
time for the Administration io reassess its priorities and put as
much emphasis on caring for its students as it does in recruiting
them.

Letters

Dear Editors,

One night last week, m>
roommate and I decided, alter
hearing a friend's clever
answering machine message, to
come up w ith a w itt\ message of
our own. With much debate and
creative effort, the result was the
following:

"Dear friend, we regret to
inform you that we ... are unable
to answer the telephone at this
time as we are being held hostage
by a small one-eyed Nigerian
rebel named AL As soon as his
demands are met, we will return
your call. Thank you and long
li\e the revolution."
Three da\ s passed and my

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

Sometimes I wonder if White
people can get through the day
without putting dow n Black
folks at least once. Do I exag-
gerate? I don't think so. Let me
recount for you the racism I have
witnessed this week alone,
against this group of people.

- A telephone answering
machine message giggles
sarcastically. "Can't come to the
phone right now. ..we're being
held hostage by a one-eyed
Nigerian!"

- Near-belligerent, a student
demands "Y'all need to replace
the skim milk!" to an underpaid,
unappreciated worker of 20 years
"whose name nobody seems to
remember.

- In a White/Black classroom
dialogue on racism in feminist
community, the class cringes to
hear the so-tired defense: "But I
have friends of other races!"

Seems something always
happens to remind you the old
Agnes Scott plantation mental it\
is alive and well. Then you
realize, no, it's more than a
mentality, it's institutionalized.
Then you realize, hell, it's in my
major. Then you realize, help:
it's a part of me, too.

Sadly enough, it's a part of
Women's Studies. Somewhere
within all the free-floating White
liberal guilt that dominates, is an
attitude that women of color
"spice up" a s\ llabus, but are not
integral to it. We are "guests" to

the table of White feminism, late-
comers, w ith a kind of imperfect
feminism encumbered with all
this racial justice jargon.

Big example: Two years ago I
read Uncle Tom's Cabin in my
lily-White classroom at Scott,
where Stowe's racism was
ignored and the novel was
considered to be "profoundly
feminist." Reading it for a second
time at Spelman, where I am the
only non-Black face, we have had
aheyda) slamming the book tor
its blatantl) racist stereotypes as
well as for its sexism.

But Women's Studies is no
more racist than any other area of
the school. Seniors especial 1\ can
remember the Rep Council battle
for an African-American seat, and
the Atlanta magazine article that
told it like it was. We remember
those w ho transferred, and why,
and to where. Our heads are
filled with the promises of
"diversity,' 1 parodied now for
almost four junior productions.

But! We must count our
blessings. In my time, we have
seen all of two (!) African-
American professors hired. The
first, Coach Doris Black, is no
longer here, and nobody knows
the specific nature of wh>\bui we
won't probe that now because
we're counting blessings.

Since the second African
American professor. Dr. Bernita
Berry, has appeared on the scene
the follow ing has managed to
occur:

- A faculty exchange with the

Sociology Department of
Spelman: "Sociology of Gender"
is being taught b\ Spelman
professor Dr. Mona Philipps.

- Intro to African histor) is
being taught b) Spelman \

I listor) chair. Dr. Michael
Gomez.

- African- American history is
being taught at Agnes Scott by a
European-American but,
nonetheless, registered as an
actual course in the Agnes Scott
curriculum

- Representative Cynthia
McKinnev from the Georgia
State House is teaching "Politics
of Development."

None of the above w as true
last Spring, and I think these are
steps in the right direction. At
the same time, win must I feel
so grateful'! How long have we
been begging for African-
American studies. African-
American professors, and an
integrated curriculum'?

The "Racism Free Zone"
declaration looks at me with Us
lavender lace, and I read it for
the hundredth time. "We will no
longer sit silent!) The line
about pri\ ilege hits me hard as 1
realize that m\ few -shades-
darker-than-the-White-majorit)
ain't the same as being Black on
this campus. So you do what
you can, keep your eyes on the
prize, hoping someday the
questions will get more compli-
cated than "Is it real I \ so racist
around here ?"

roommate and I received
\ arious compliments on the
originality of our message.
However, on the third night I
returned to my room at about
I 1 :00 p.m. and discovered this
message on our machine:

"Dear, you could have just as
easily said that you were being
held by a black man. and I think
your message is perpetrating
some racism here and I really
don't think it is appropriate so
reevaluate it, o.k., bitch? bye. In
the days that followed, we
received several calls of a similar
nature. To say the least, I was
shocked and I am deeply sorry if
what we meant to be very
amusing and clever came out
racist instead. I have never had
to experience the amount of
pre judice that many of my
African- American classmates
have beedn victim to for their
entire lives, and I realize that
what might be considered
amusing to one person might be
harmful to another.

However. I cannot help but
ask: was there sufficient reason
to accuse me of being bigoted?
W hen we decided on themes-

-sage, we chose Nigerian
because ni\ opinion was that an
"Albanian Rebel named Al" was
too alternative; atthe time I
couldn't even remmber where
Nigeria was, much less the color
of the people who populated it.

I am unsure whether my
choice of countries w as subcon-
sciously a racist decision or not
and if it was, I should change my
way of thinking. Regardless. I
would appreciate someone
calmly explaining to memy fault
and helping me see my mistakes.
Leaving denigrating names on
my machine helps no one and
only puts more antagonism in a
situation that calls foreveryones
understanding and tolerance.

Respectfuly submitted,
Elizabeth Harrington

Letter from the
Trinity

(Thank you, Patty Snyder, for
our title)

Dear Editors.

Since our communication, or

lack thereof, seems to be a
recurring issue on our campus,
we, as representatives of
Interdonn, Honor Court, and
Rep Council, believe that it is
our responsibility to help break
down some of the communica-
tion barriers by sharing some
valuable experiene we gained
from the "Choosing Our Future
Together" Retreat.

Friday the 1 3th of September
found us packing our bags and
heading lor the beautiful Lake
Lanier Islands, clueless of our
excursion ahead. To be honest,
we expected a re-hash of last
year's task force committee
meetings, but though many of
our discussions took on that
character, we found that there
was a more important element to
the Retreat that we had not
anticipated.

Being able to associate with
other members of the Agnes
Scott community in their
"civilian clothing" gave each
attendee a unique opportunity to
uncover misconceptions each
faction had about the other. As
faculty, staff and students, we all
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Editorials

Friday, October 4, 1991

The Profile

Page 3

Sold Short by Sex in our Society

by J. Garten

You wake up in the morning.
Your radio alarm is blasting
something appropriate for the
beginning of a new day. maybe
one of those catchy little tunes by
2 Live Crew or perhaps that
current hit about touching
yourself.

So you get up. You go to
class. Your English professor
lectures about Sharon Olds' The
Gold Cell, in which almost every
poem makes good use of the
word "pen is." You'll have a test
on it next week.

You go to lunch and meet
your friends. Between forkfuls
of salad and cherry chocolate
cake, you talk about what
else? sex. The jokes you tell
run along the same lines.

Time for a break. You go
watch your favorite soap opera,
on w hich at least a dozen people
will sleep with, cheat on, fool
around behind, get pregnant by.
or rape the rest of the cast.

When a commercial airs, you
see a curvaceous blonde or
muscular male try to sell you
dandruff shampoo by implying
that you won't get laid if you
don't buy it.

Maybe you go to a fraternity
parts that evening (ever bother to
wonder WHY the brothers are
alwa\ s so glad to have women at
the house???), or maybe you rent
a movie, like 9 1/2 Weeks or
Wild Orchid.

Hey, you might just stay
home and watch television, since
Peg might actually get Al to ha\ e
sex on "Married with Children"

she'll certainly try, and there
are always a good dozen jokes
about daughter's love life,
anyway.

Then you go to bed, and i f
your dreams seem fraught with
Freudian fantasies, who's to
wonder? You have spent a
perfectly ordinary day, one in
which you were almost constantly
bombarded with S-E-X.

It's no surprise that you find
yourself frustrated, when you
consider the amount of sexually-
oriented material you have
received in a mere sixleen-hour
period.

I'm not telling you that sex is
bad. or that it ought to be banned
from advertising, television,
poetry, or song lyrics. Not at all.
Sex is good, in fact it's great: it is
important to lis all as part of the
human experience.

But it isn't ALL of the human
experience! You may be led to
think otherwise, because you see
it everywhere from Big Red
chewing gum ads to the showgirls
on "The Price is Right." but that's
when you really do get screwed.

People are worth more than
that: our thoughts are bigger than
our anatonn and more important
than our orgasms.

Manx of the best and happiest
moments of human life have
nothing to do with sex at all (think
hard, you'll come up with one).

Be aware of the sexual
obsession that society is trying to
sneak into your psyche, and don't
fall prey to it. Sex is a good thing,
but it isn't everything. Anyone
who tries to tell you any different
is selling you something.

Plain Black and White

by Nadine Evette Curry

Racism is alive. I have
already begun wiping my tears at
the thought of being black at
Agnes Scott. I do not have a
problem with my identity, the
problem is that someone else
does.

How can I make such
accusations? Open your blind
eyes to see the words that I write.
Open your ignorant ears to listen
to my voice. Open your mind to
the truth. Racism is alive.

Being black on a predomi-
nantly white campus is hard
enough without constant explana-
tions as to why we are here.

Some of us are here because
we have a substantial amount of
financial aid, others like the

by Jessica Carev

An Open Plea to the Faculty

In the spring of last year, three
students attended a meeting of the
Faculty Executive Committee
(FEC) to discuss the reduction of
student seats from the Faculty
committees of Academic Stan-
dards and Curriculum. This
elimination, 'streamlining" as it is
so often termed, was a recommen-
dation of the Faculty Governance
Committee and their efforts to
reduce the number of hours spent
in seemingly endless meetings.
The student representation to
those committees was a casualty
of that process.

The students at the FEC
meeting (Amy Higgins, Leigh
Bennett, and myself) were
representatives from the Student
Government Asociation, con-

cerned about the impact this
streamlining will ha\ e on
students. We recognized the
Faculty's right to streamline if
they so desire, and their right to
determine the number of students
on each committee. But we
disagreed with the elimination of
two student seats, (which brought
total student representation down
to one per committee), and we
wanted to propose some alterna-
tives.

To begin, students were
initially placed on the respective
Faculty committees in order to
give student opinion, input, and
insight. That is an enormous
responsibility for one student, and
no student can do so and be
effective. The student body is
diverse and complex: ten students

probably could not articulate all
the different student concerns on
Curriculum and Academic
Standards matters. To ask one to
do so is unfair and unjust.

Faculty meetings and Faculty
committees can be very intimi-
dating to students. Few students
want to take on the responsibility
mentioned above with six
Ph.D.'s (who seem to be more
knowledgeable, more articulate,
and more respected than she)
sitting around the same table. It
is hard to be on the opposite side
of an issue and stand your
ground when you are alone and
accustomed to a typical faculty-
student relationship.

Surely the faculty do not
believe that the decisions made

(continued on jm^e 5)

educational opportunities, and
then there are the black students
that feel Agnes Scott was the only
college for them.

Whatever the case may be, we
are here. Our voices should and
must be heard.

Our existence can be dis-
missed as being an asset to the
Agnes Scott Community
bringing ''diversity."

The black existence cannot be
dismissed, because we have
needs. We need to be understood.
We also should be able to live in a
racism-free environment. This is
not a reality at this time.

I wiped my tears when I saw
the presentation of the declaration
for a racism-free environment in
Convocation.

First, it made me think how
bad the situation must be. Then I
thought that the declaration meant
the campus was open about
racism. Wrong.

I found soon after becoming
involved with Racism-Free Zone
that the campus is everything but
open about racism. Students,
faculty, and staff members are
scared.

Do you hear my voice? I said
scared! They are scared because
speaking out against racism could
cause controversy, commotion,
and anger.

It angers me that members of
the community feel that they
cannot express their feelings.

It angers me that I could count
the people present without turning
in my seat at the last two Racism-
Free Zone meetings.

It angers me that some group
members posted signs on third
Buttrick. and the signs were taken
down.

It angers me that we are
actually fighting to have the
Racism-Free Zone Declaration
posted in Buttrick beside the
Honor Pledsie.

It angers me that pail of the
problem is that some faculty
members, perhaps four to five in
particular, are actively against the
Racism-Free Zone Declaration.

It angers me thai im fust
conference with a professor here
ended with the professor warning
me.

The professor made it clear
that I will experience at least one
racist remark or situation by the
end of my first semester.

It angers me that any student,
faculty member, or staff member
that stands up against racism can
be dismissed from this campus.

But the blind, deaf, and dumb
refuse to see the truth. I have
been on this campus for four
weeks. I see the racism, I hear
the racism, and my mind
prepares for racism. Racism is
alive.

I am privileged to have the
position of speaking to the Agnes
Scott community. My voice is
one of many.

This column was made to
voice opinion, to educate, and to
inform. I am informing you of
the racism crisis on campus.

I wipe my tears for the fools
who think racism does not exist.
I wipe tears because as long as it
stays in the dark, the problem
will remain.

I am reaching for the light
switch. The Racism-Free Zone
group is touching the light
switch. The light is the truth that
we must find as a community. It
must happen before it explodes.

I would like to invite every-
one in the Agnes Scott commu-
nity to the Racism-Free Zone
meetings.

Witkaze meets every Sunday
in the CLC or the Chapel Lounge
at 7 p.m. I want to see more
Sisters at these meetings! The
meetings are for self-discovery
and support.

News

Page 4 The Profile Friday, October 4, 1991

Mortar Board Presents Black Cat Week 1991

The staff at Public Safety would
like to welcome the college
community back to a new school
year. We hope everyone had a great
summer. As of this printing,
criminal activity on campus has
been down.

There have been three reported
thefts from the Dana Fine Arts
building in September. The first
theft was a speaker that was taken
from Winter Theater.

The second theft was a
Panasonic answering machine taken
from the ticket office.

The third theft was a red jacket
with a blue hood and yellow zippers
taken from the second-level
classroom area. Anyone with any
information concerning these thefts
should contact the Department of
Public Safety.

Training has been a very active
area of Public Safety. During the
month of September, Sgt. G.A.
Scott conducted a C.P.R. and First

by Dana Shea

A mandatory symposium for
first -year students sponsored by
the Student Health Center
addressed the complex and
controversial issue of acquain-
tance rape.

Included in the September I X
symposium were a film, pam-
phlets, and a question and answer
session on the problems of dale
rape.

1 he film dealt with the
possibility of putting yourself in a
situation where date rape could
happen and pro\ ided information
on how to extricate yourself tmm
a bad situation.

Following the film, students
were given the opportunity to
voice their opinions on the film

Aid course for the senior residents
and resident assistants.

Sgt. Curtis Parrott and Officer
Alice E. Fernandez held a short
course on car theft prevention and
emergency car maintenance for
the students.

Fernandez also conducted a
course on community policing for
our officers and officers from
Emory Police as well as the City
of Decatur Police.

National statistics show that
October is an active month for car
thefts and break-ins. Please make
sure you lock all doors and roll up
all windows to your vehicle.

An anti-theft device such as a
car alarm or steering wheel lock
bar can go a long way in deterring
or stopping a thief from getting
inside your car.

We would also like to
recommend to all students that
you lock your dorm room door
whenever you leave, even if its for

itself and the feelings it evoked.

The Student Health Center also
distributed pamphlets discussing
date rape. The information
included a checklist which
enabled students to see how they
would label rape.

Another pamphlet dealt with
statistics of date rape and gave a
brief description of how a man
and a woman could view the same
situation differently .

The "Dater's Bill of Rights."
established by the Crime Preven-
tion unit of the University of
Florida Police Department, lists
seventeen rights of both men and
women when they are on a date.

If you missed the acquaintance
rape seminar, information is
available through the Student
Health Center.

just a minute. An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of
cure.

Racisim

(continued from page I)
Code, a campus promises to live in
an environment free of all racism
and prejudice.

The students w ho heard
Ansari's ideas were inspired to
begin a similar strategy. In the
three weeks since her visit, three
Racism-Free Zone meetings have
taken place.

This small but enthusiastic
group consists of students, faculty
and staff. The meetings are casual,
but the members are serious about
their goals.

The members of the organiza-
tion are ready to make Racism-Free
Zone into a real place at Agnes
Scott College.

They propose to accomplish this
goal by posting the Racism-Free
Zone declaration, which states that
any type of prejudice or racism will
not be tolerated on this campus.

Racism-Free Zone plans do not
end there. Members of the group
are busy forming committees that
will benefit the campus at large and
will educate the community about
racism.

They also hope to serve as a
liaison between the administration
and the rest of the campus.

Racism-Free Zone seems bound
to become stronger, but only if
more people get involved. Look
out for the fliers and other an-
nouncements about the next
meeting.

Racism-Free Zone offers a
positive and intellectual place for
students, faculty , and staff to voice
their opinions and present their
ideas.

The group encourages everyone
to get involved the changes that
can be made together will be well
worth it.

by Jennifer Trumbull and
Kristin Lemmerinan

Are you behind on your
assignments? Do you feel like
you're short on sleep, and you're
not quite sure why'.' Sounds like
you have the classic signs of
Black Cat Week upon you!
Mortar Board welcomes you to
the official culmination of
freshperson orientation.

In order to clear up some of
the confusion that annually
surrounds (his event, an explana-
tion follows of some of the
changes this year's Mortar
Board has made in Black
Catting.

Our biggest emphasis has
been to remove class competi-
tion and divisiveness, generating
instead a campus-wide spirit of
cooperation and friendship.

To this end, points to garner
the Black Kitty are focussing
primarily on creativity, spirit,
and participation. The rules for
this year reflect the importance
of having spirit and participating,
as well as for being more
environmentally aw are.

For example, decorations
materials will be limited both in
quantity and dollar amount.
Thus, classes will have to find
more ingenious ways to work
w ith similar materials while
doing less damage to the
en\ ironment.

There will be no recycling
competition this year, since the
campus should already be
engaged in the ongoing recy-
cling program.

The dining hall will be
decorated with spirit displays
starting Sunday at midnight, and
Gaines will be decorated
(starting Wednesday at mid-
night) as outrageously as
possible, according to tradition.

Not according to tradition:
no points will be awarded for
decorations around campus.
However, everyone is still

Sunday Midnight

Wednesday Midnight
Thursday 8:15 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Midnight

Friday

1:30-4:30

5:00-6:30
8:15 p.m.

encouraged to get the campus
into the spirit of Black Cat.

Pranks can also begin on
Sunday at midnight. There will
be no need for "un-pranks" this
year, since no mean-spirited,
indh idually-oriented, or dorm-
located pranks will make it past
Mortar Board's rubber stamp.
Any unapproved pranks will be
worth negath e spiril points,

On Thursday evening, classes
will gather areas around the
Woodruff Quadrangle. From
there, everyone will "process" to
the amphitheatre for Bonfire,
where the classes will "ser-
enade" each other w ith then
class and sister class songs.

The weekend fun really kicks

on Friday . though, w ith
shortened classes, a community -
w ide lunch, and then games
starting at 1 :30.

We'll be play ing British
Bulldog, Blob, and Amoeba
Race along with some more
traditional games if they
sound strange, wait until you
come [May them' Look for
faculty to be participating in the
games as well as judging them.

( lass points will be won not
for winning the games but being
involved in them, so come, show
your class spirit, and meet some
new people!

A picnic in the amphitheatre
will offer traditional fare for
everybody. Afterwards, faculty
and students w ill meet in Gaines
for Junior Production.

Sing your class and sister
class songs once again and then
get ready to smile. Feel free to
bring your date if you want, but
wain him beforehand that he'll
be confused! The Black Kitty
will be awarded immediately
alter production.

Mortar Board's role in Black
Cat at this point is over. Have
fun at the formal, and please
don't throw burning mattresses
over the balconies.

Start decorating dining hall(and
campus, if desired).
Pranks may begin.
Start decorating Gaines
Bonfire Lineup in the Quad
Bonfire in theAmphitheatre
(If rain: in the gym)
No more decorating!
See Shortened Classes
Schedule in the Connection.
Games on the Soccer Field
(If rain: in the gym)
Picnic in the Amphitheatre
Junior Production in Gaines

Have a fun and safe Black Cat!

Seminar Alerts Students to the
Dangers of Acquaintance Rape

Black Cat Events Schedule:

News

Friday, October 4, 1991

The Profile

Page 5

Soon You'll Ride Six
More Miles

by David BeasLej

reprinted \\ ith permission of
Atlanta Journal/Constitution

MARTA has three major
construction projects under-
way, totaling $300 million.
v\ hich will add an extra six
miles of track to the 32. 1 -mile
rail system h\ (993 and push
it beyond [-285 tor the first
time.

The Doraville station on
the north line is slated to open
in December 1992, which
will put MARTA rail within a
mile of the Gwinnett Counts
line. The station will open as
scheduled despite the
disclosure last week that it is
sinking. Officials believe an
estimated $ I million in
repairs can he completed in
tinie.

MARTA will stop there
for now, since Gwinnett
voters last November
overwhelmingly rejected a
one percent sales tax that
would have paid for an
extension into their country.

A sidewalk will provide a
footpath between the General
Motors plant and the
Doraville station.

A newly constructed

bridge spanning 1-285 past
the Dora\ ille station is
deceptive. The bridge and the
track are only for storage and
cleaning of rail cars, not for
t ransport i ng passengers.

Two new stations on the
east line. Kensington and
Indian Creek, are slated to
open in June 1 993.

Indian Creek w ill have an
exclusive ramp from 1-285, a
fust lor .Atlanta.

"If you're traveling north
[on 1-285) you'll be able to
peel off on an exit ramp and
right into the parking lot."
said Bill Medley, a MARTA
assistant general manager.

Southbound travelers will
probably prefer to exit at
Memorial Drive and use the
nearby Kensington station, he
said.

The MARTA expansion
has prompted a host of road
improvements to enhance
access to the stations. New
Peachtree Road is being
widened near the Doraville
station. Improvements are
under way on Covington
Highway, Mountain Drive
and Kensington Road near the
Kensington station and on
Redan Road near the Indian
Creek station.

AIDS Symposium Sends Strong Message

by Stephanie Price

No seriousness could be
spared b> students on September
19, as physical education classes
attended a mandatory sympo-
sium on AIDS.

Angelle Smith, Director of
the Infectious Disease Clinic at
Grady Hospital, addressed the
subject of AIDS in relation to
unprotected sex and offered her
opinions on any future cure for
the disease.

Topics of discussion included
the effect of AIDS on society,
and the tendency of those who
are sexually active to fail to test
lor an HIV infection.

Smith said that individuals
will lie about their sexual history
and health prior to engaging in
intercourse.

People often think that
remaining monogamous for a
long period of time makes them
free from contracting an HIV
infection. This is not always the
case.

The actions of one's lover,
whether promiscuity or drug use,
can greatly increase one's chance
of contracting AIDS.

Symptoms of the disease may
not show up for as many as
seven years after infection.

Smith reports that one
solution to this is to make HIV
testing mandatory for everyone.
However, this has not been done.
The key to the individual s
health still lies with her.

Rep Rap

on these committees onl\ affect
them. I assume from the
facult) 's request for representa-
tion to the Board of Trustees
standing committees that they
also recognize a body's right to
information and input on matters
that pertain to them. Regardless,
perhaps they think one student
on Academic Standards and
Curriculum is enough. That
leads to my grand finale which I
think the faculty must answer
themselves:

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO
LOSE? It can't be that you think
we will out-vote you on some
crucial issue. Two students on
each committee will give more
ideas, more input, and more

(continued from page 3)

answers. You have dedicated
your lives to teaching young
women to question, consult,
investigate, and interpret. You
train us to be insightful, thought-
ful, and articulate. So put your
vote where your teaching
philosophy is.

If you oppose the idea of two
students on each committee
( w ith 1/2 vote each), tell us why.
We deserve more of an answer
than "Faculty committees are
just for faculty." The truth is that
if decisions are made at faculty
committee meetings which affect
our education, we have a
fundamental right to be aware of
them, and inform you of their
possible impact. Many of the
Strategic Planning task forces

found student feelings of
alienation and powerlessness.
Will you help us combat this?
Will you help us communicate
across constituency lines? If not,
why? Do you find us threaten-
ing? Trivial? Inwhatwaxs *

We really like you. We were
mad as hell when you didn't get
raises, we write letters on your
behalf to the Dean and the
President, and we long for some
way to show our support in your
agonizing tenure process. You
have been more than teachers,
but also counselors, mentors, and
friends. We are tired of working
against each other when we have
the same goal: to obtain the best
education possible for all
women.

We want to work with you.
Will you work with us???

Correction from last issue:

The state of Georgia does NOT mandate that a classroom teacher EVER receive a degree beyond
the Bachelor's level. However, for required periodic renewal of teaching certificates, it is required that
the\ earn a certain number of hours of continuing education credit in other words, take some
courses. This requirement is often accomplished through local Staff Development programs, and may
never lead to an advanced decree. We thank Professor Beth Roberts for this information.

This responsibilit) stimulated
thoughts about how AIDS is
related to the women here at
Agnes Scott.

Is a college campus sexually
safer than a pick-up at a local bar?
Surprisingly, the answer to this
question is no.

Strangers who are picked up at
bars are not as likely to lie about
their sexual activity because they
have been toughened by having to
survive promiscuity.

A college student worries
about fitting into the right crowd
or being accepted by the opposite
sex. Here at Agnes Scott, we'd
like to think that every young
woman tells all of the truth all of

the time about her sexual activity.

The fact that our society makes
us feel that we must he to be
accepted is the mistake that claims
main of the lives of our friends to
AIDS.

There is not now a cure for
AIDS. Prospects for a future cure
are hazy as medical and scientific
experts continue all possible
research.

For now, the definite answer is
abstinence. For those who are
sexually active, the best answer is
the use of latex condoms.

Finally, an individual's chance
of contracting AIDS depends on
how much she or he is willing to
hear and take to heart.

Trinity

(continued from page 2)

realized we have a lot to learn
about each others' roles on
campus.

We realized, for instance, that
many faculty and staff had no
idea about the rules and ideas
that govern student life on
campus. On the other hand, we,
as students, realized that we
would not have recognized an
FTE or an ARPT if they had
propped on our heads. If
nothing else, it was a scream to
watch Harry Wistrand, Gerry
Whittington and Rob Thies do
the wave every time the Braves
scored on Friday night.

We hope that this experience
did not end on the Saturday we
came back to campus. Anyone
can have a committee meeting to
come up with ideas on how to
improve our college, but it

takes a relaxed, open-minded,
unique environment and spirit of
cooperation to break down a
legac) of miscommunication and
factionism.

We hope to continue to
promote the level of enthusiasm
and good-will we experienced at
this retreat. We

encourageeveryone to take time
out and take a closer look at what
their neighbor is all about.

And until next time, we are
out of here!

Vanessa Elliott
Jeanette Elias
Amy Higgins,

Presidents of This, That, and
The Other

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may be submitted to box
764. Names cannot be with-
held for publication.

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The Profile

Friday, October 4, 1991

Germany Is Not As
Far Away As It Seems

bv Laura Barlament

When take-off finally rolled
around, I settled back into my
window seat next to a small,
very round Indian woman, like a
small mountain over which I was
forced to climb every time nature
called (and with the steady flow
of food and drink offered by
sadistically smiling stewardesses,
it happened frequently).

Looking out of the window at
the typical rainy Frankfurt
landscape gradually receding
from sight, I reflected on the past
four months I had spent as an
exchange student in Germany.

They suddenly seemed so
long ago.

My initial memories were
fogged by jet-lag. On my first
day, I went to the grocery store
with Sigrid, a family friend who
met me at the airport.

Two boys were riding their
bikes through the parking lot,
and I was amazed when I heard
them calling to each other in
German.

After a few seconds, I woke
up to the fact that those nine
hours of sitting in the plane had
taken me to an entirely different
country and that German was not
a foreign language here.

About a week later, Sigrid
and her son Marc drove me to
Germersheim, the town which
was to become my home for a
semester.

I had known that the place
was small, but knowledge and
actual experience are two very
different things. I was dismayed.

Sigrid immediately grasped
the situation and attempted to put
a positive light on it. "Look,
isn't that nice places to sit
outside and talk," she said. "It
looks like a comfortable place to
live."

By this time we had already
passed through the main part of
town and had arrived at the
university campus.

Once we had moved my two
lone suitcases into my room,
Sigrid and Marc left, and I was

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left standing in the middle of the
large, light room trying to think
of where to start with my
unpacking.

During my first few weeks
there, I had to make the most
basic adjustments. Grocery
shopping was one of them.

Standing in the unfamiliar
store filled \\ ith unknow n
products priced in a different
monetar) system, I realized that I
had no idea what to buy.

What do I eat? I wondered.
For the first night, I managed to
get away with some bread,
yoghurt, and water.

And I remembered with
amusement my distinct feeling of
shock when I found out that a
man lived across the hall from
me.

Coining from a school where
you must yell "man on the hall/'
the possibility of my living in a
co-ed dorm had never even
occurred to me.

I felt the same way the next
day, when Klaus Schmidt, the
friendly, talkative, unorganized
young man in charge of the
American exchange programs,
told me that I shouldn't worry
about being a day late for the
Start of classes and that there was
no registration.

"The first two or three weeks
are total chaos," Klaus told me
with a characteristic grin and
shrug. "People enter and drop
classes as they please, so it takes
a while for things to get settled
down."

So I learned the principle of
totally self-made schedules as
well as that of completely self-
motivated studying.

And in my classes made up of
students of German from all
nations. I learned not only plain
old regular German, but French
German, Italian German ( just
add an extra syllable to every
word), Chinese German, Arabic
German, and more accents from
every c6mer of the world.

I got used to the idea of a
summer of wearing not shorts
and T-shirts but jeans and
sweatshirts until the month of
July. (It was unnaturally cold
that summer, I was told.)

I also discovered that often,
speaking only German and
English was not enough to get
you through.

Since half the people who
lived on my hall were from
France, I had to learn enough
French to answer the hall phone
when they weren't there and to
tell their mothers, "Elle n'est pas
la."

However, one student's
mother refused to believe that a
person who knew enough French

Market Street in Germershein

to say "Je ne parle pas Francais"
("I don't speak French") could
not understand what she was
saying.

So we spent five minutes or
so on the phone with her trying
her best to make me understand
and my repeating that I did not
understand in every language I
could muster (French, German,
and English).

A sight I am not likely to see
again very soon (not in the
South, at any rate) was the
amount o! bared flesh on the
students' lawn at the lake.

Once the weather finally did
gel warm, that field was a
fa\ orite spot for sunbathing.
Women with their tops on were
in the distinct minority of the
female population there.

I also recalled the da) I all at
once realized that m) time in
Germersheim was about to run
out, and that I wasn't nearl)
ready to go yet.

As my relationship to the
place and the people there
developed and my knowledge of
them grew, Germersheim
seemed to have mysteriously
expanded.

And when the semester
ended, goodbyes were hard to
face.

I stayed in Europe for another
month to travel (I could write a
book on everything that can go
wrong when you travel by train
and stay in a different youth
hostel almost every night).

But that experience, though
valuable and positive, was of a
totally different son than the
good I had found in
Germersheim.

As I finished my third
beverage of the flight (Frankfurt
was now far behind us) and
planned out a way of surmount-
ing the little round mountain
beside me, I realized that that
discovery is the part of my time
in Germersheim that would
always stay near me.

collegiate crossword

ACROSS

1 Where one might
study Andy Warhol ' s
works ( 3 wds . )

12 Enrollment into
col lege

14 "Calculus Made Sim-
ple," e.g. (2 wds . )

16 Evaluate

17 Extremely smal 1

18 Fol lows a recipe
di rect ion

19 Belonging to Mr.
Pacino

22 Of land measure

23 Meets a poker bet

24 Gay (WW II

plane)

26 Capri , e.g.

27 Belonging to Mayor
Koch

28 Irritate or
embitter

30 Train for a boxing
match

31 and the

Belmonts

32 Processions

35 Diet supplement
(abbr. )

38 Scottish historian
and philosopher

39 Col lege in Green-
ville, Pa.

40 The Venerable

Edward Jul ius

41 "... not wi th

but a whimper."

43 Return on invest-
ment (abbr.)

44 Pondered

45 Belonging to Mr.
Starr

47 Part of the classi-
fieds (2 wds . )

48 Possible place to
study abroad (2 wds)

52 Smal 1 school i n Can-
ton, Ohio (2 wds.)

53 Orson Welles film
classic (2 wds . )

DOWN

1 Those who are duped

2 "Do unto . . ."

3 Fourth estate

4 Goals

5 Wei 1 -known record
label

6 Wei 1 -known k i ng

7 151 to Caesar

8 Pref i x meani ng mi 1 k

9 Confused (2 wds.)

10 husky

11 Most immediate

12 Like a sailboat

13 Cash register key
(2 wds.)

14 En (as a whole)

15 Auto racing son of
Richard Petty

19 Political disorder

20 cit. (footnote

abbreviation)

21 Traveled on a
Flexible Flyer

24 Glorify

25 Prospero's servant
in "The Tempest"

28 Well-known govern-
ment agency

29 American league
team (abbr. )

30 Fictional hypnotist

32 Styl e exempt i f ied
by Picasso

33 "She's ..."

(from "Flashdance" )

34 Be unwel 1

35 Visible trace

36 Think

37 Woman's under-
garment

38 Commit kiri

40 burner

42 ". . .for if 1

away. . ."
44 Actress Gibbs

46 African antelope

47 Wei 1 -known TV band-
leader

49 Pince

(eyeglass type)

50 1968 film, "

Station Zebra"

51 1965 film, "

Ryan's Express"

Features

Friday, October 4, 1991

The Profile

Page 7

Black Cat Defined For
First- Year Students

In Heather Shirley

For a month, we first-year
students have been busy with our
college curriculums. dormitory
life, and ventures through
Decatur and Atlanta.

We've learned about Honor
Court, SGA, and sister classes.
We've explored the campus,
eaten the cafeteria food, and done
our homework.

Yet through it all the
mandatory meetings, the
conversations of upperclass
students, and the general buzz
around campus we've
continually heard two words
chanted like a mantra: Black
Cat.

So, we've elected our officers
(God bless them!), chosen our
mascot, and kept a wary eye out
for sneaky sophomores.

Yet, we first -year students still
have some questions as to what
this whole Black Cat affair is
about.

Our handbook has defined
Black Cat as follow s: "In the
traditional Black Cat celebration
early in the fall, the campus
community contributes its talent
in drama, song, and artistic
endeavor to produce a celebra-
tion honoring the first-) ear
class."

But w hat about the actual

details? I've compiled a list of
answers to first-year student's
questions that may hopefully
dispel some of the mystery.

Do I have to have a dale '/
Many women choose to take a
date, but those students opting to
go stag w ith a group of friends
have just as much fun. Either
way, tickets are $12.50 per
person or $25.00 per couple.

What exactly should / wear to
the dance? Most women wear
formal or semi-formal dresses
including cocktail, tea. and
floor-length dresses.

Black is a popular color, and
velvet is a popular material.
Most guys wear tuxedos, while
some wear coats and ties.

What time is the danc e? The
dance begins at 10 p.m. at the
Ramada Renaissance and lasts
until 2 a.m.

Students may choose to get a
room at the hotel. The school
has arranged discount rates of
$63.00 if you make a reservation
before October 2.

What is the itinerary for the
prec eding ac tivities'/ Black Cat
activities kick off Thursda) .
October 10. with the traditional
bonfire.

It begins at S: 1 5 p.m., and is
the site for the revealing of our
class songs and sister class
songs, and a 'spirit-test." at

Fun games for everyone Friday of Black Cat

which the class of 1995's mascot
is revealed.

On Friday, October 1 1 , there
is a community luncheon
between 1 and 1:30. Games
between teams composed of a
random mix of all members of
the campus community are held
between 1:30 and 4:30.

At 5 there will be a picnic,
followed by the Junior Class
Production at 8: 15 p.m. On
Saturday, we get a day-long
break until the dance begins'

Where can my date and I eat ?
Many people opt for pizza, while
other may enjoy the Melting Pot.

If you desire more refined
cuisine, there are two excellent
restaurants on Ponce de Leon
the Abbe\ and the Mansion. But

Snyder Organizes Campus Volunteers

b\ Emily Stone

Amidst all the changes taking
place on campus this year, one
stands out above the rest.

The chaplain's office has
formally introduced the Agnes
Scott community to volunteerism,
The response to this addition to
our college has been overwhelm-
ing.

Patti Snyder, Agnes Scott's
First full-time college chaplain, is
in her second year here. When
she accepted the job, she took on
some enormous tasks. One of
them was to make the campus
volunteer programs cohesive.

In the past, many faculty . staff,
and students have volunteered on
their own in various places
according to their personal areas
of interest. Snyder's goal is to
bring volunteers together to form
a campus-wide organization.

Last January, Snyder sent out a
survey on volunteering and
received an overwhelming
response. From this survey, she
N as able to determine some
general areas of interest.

The information helped her to

develop the three-fold volunteer
community service program.

The first phase of this program
is the Volunteer Partnership
Teams. In this phase, teams o!
volunteers will work in specific
programs.

This year's two teams will
work with Project Read, a local
agenc) concerned with adult
literacy, and with "Best Buddies, ,,
a national organization that helps
mildly mentally handicapped
individuals.

The persons on each team will
work individually according to
what their schedule will allow
them to do.

A second type of volunteerism
will be the one-shot opportunities,
in which people with limited time
to commit may offer their services
tor one day.

These activities will include
the Metro Atlanta Hunger Walk,
the Harvest Basket, and the
Adopt-a-Family program.

Another opportunity is the
alternative spring break being
offered this year. A limited
number of students will work in
Mississippi with Habitat for

Humanity to build affordable
housing for low-income people.

The third component of Agnes
Scott volunteerism is (he informa-
tion base, which will be located in
the chapel lounge.

Three notebooks will contain
updated information about local,
national, and international
volunteer opportunities. Any
information on volunteerism can
be obtained from the information
base.

Volunteering is a personal
project in which individuals can
commit as much time as they
hav e in areas of their personal
interest. No experience is
required, although certain
positions involve training given
by the agency.

The volunteer program
steering committee welcomes any
suggestions. If you are already
volunteering on your own, let
Snyder know so that the campus
can get involved as well.

Snyder is very excited about
the whole program. "So far, I've
been amazed/' she commented.
"The response has been very
good."

remember, you are in Atlanta and
your options are virtually limitless'

Will our professors acknowl-
edge our busy schedule? Mortar
Board has sent a letter to our
professors asking them to be
considerate of the time centered
around Black Cat. However,
whether they do in fact arrange
their schedules accordingly will
vary from professor to professor.

Classes get out early on Friday,
October 1 I, with the last classes

starting at 12:50.

What does everyone mean by
^decorations'?" In the dining
hall, each class will have an 8 by
10 wooden frame to decorate,
sort of a "two-dimensional
float/'

Black Cat looks like it is
going to be a lot of fun. If you
have any questions, someone on
Mortar Board or an upperclass
student should be glad to help
you. Have a great time!

In Jenny White

Tired of studying? Weary
from sitting in the same place
for hours on end?

To combat the stressed-out
student's symptoms, the ASC
physical education department
has planned lots of exciting
activities for both fall and
spring. Everyone faculty,
staff, and students is invited
to participate!

Intramurals for this fall
include ultimate frisbee
(Tuesday and Thursda) from
4:30 to 5:30), volleyball
(Monday and Wednesday from
7 to 8), and co-ed flag football
( begins October 2 1 and will be
held Monday and Wednesday
from 5 to 6).

Students should feel free to
invite their male friends and
boyfriends to play football.

Also, a hydrobics class is
being offered for eight weeks,
on Monday and Wednesday, for
a $30 fee. The student activities
center is offering yoga on
Monday and Wednesday from
4:45 to 5:45 at $15 for 8 weeks.

These two activities are
already in session, but if you
couldn't fit one in your sched-
ule, they will possibly be offered
again.

Intramurals offered during
the spring semester w ill include
basketball, volleyball, racquet-
ball, and tennis. An ASC
Olympics will also be held.
More information about these
acti\ it les will be a\ ailable next
semester.

You have probably noticed
the posters for Century Club in
the dining hall. While partici-
pating in the Century Club,
students can record their biking,
w alkmg. swimming, or
stainnaster mileage.

Students who complete 100
miles walking or stairclimbing,
30 miles sw imming, or 400
miles biking will receive a free
T-shirt.

A gift certificate (from a
local food establishment such as
Buck's) will be given to students
who complete double the above
mileage in any category.

Sign up in the dining hall.
Forms for recording your miles
are located at the track, in the
weight room, and in the dining
hall.

The physical education
department welcomes any
suggestions for activities!
Contact Cheryl Appleberry,
director of intramurals, if you
have any questions, comments,
or ideas.

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Page8

The Profile

Friday. October 4, 1991

Perspectives

compiled by Claire Lemme

WHAT IS THE CRAZIEST THING YOU
WOULD DO TO GET A
BLACK CAT DATE?

Julie Stowe,

Class of 1992:

f I didn't have a date, I'd
pose nude for Playboy.

Kari Sager, Laura Webb,
Tara Greene, Lara
Home, and Courtney
Harris, ^

Class of 1994:

Take a road trip to the U.S.
Naval Academy with eight
girls where 4,400 men in
uniform await us!! !

Patricia Schopfer,

Class of 1993:

Serenade the intended "date
to he" with my sexiest
version of "You are my
Sunshine" with nothing on
except whipped cream.
(However. I think this might
get me more than just a
date.)

Amy Heins, Jennifer
Ser rouse, Allison
Burleson, Christen
Drewes,

Class of 1995:

Go on a diet!!!

Margaret Bickers,

Class of 1995:

Call my friend in Annapolis.
(The one with 14 girlfriends).

Outer Perimeter Proposed Again

b\ Melanie Kffler

The state of Georgia may
soon be spending $2 billion on a
new loop around Atlanta.

The proposed highway will
lie 20 to 25 miles outside of the
current 1-285 perimeter, and it
will stretch 21 1 miles. The state
hopes to break ground on the
new perimeter this year.

The outer perimeter was
originally proposed in 1969. and
it was revived in 1986 by
Commissioner of Transportation
Tom More land.

Under Georgia law.
Moreland 's decision to construct
the outer perimeter did not
require the appro\ al of the
legislature, the governor, or an\
other elected official.

Rather, the State Transporta-
tion Board has full jurisdiction
over approval of construction.

Moreland is heavil) involved
in the acth fries of the Board, a
ten-member panel. The Board
supported Moreland's decision.
This proposal never went to
referendum.

Environmental impact of all
proposed road projects must be
m\ estigated.

The Department of Transpor-
tation (DOT), who conducts its
own tests, reported that the 89-

mile northern segment of the
outer perimeter will not cause
excessive harm to the North
Georgia environment.

Yet environmental experts
and planners disagree, saying
that North Georgia's water
shortage w ill worsen if the outer
perimeter is constructed.

The state has already spent
more than $30 million to
purchase land for the outer
perimeter, and more than a
million more will be added in
order to preserve the develop-
ment value of some previously
ow ned lands.

For example. Falcon owner
Rankin Smith. Sr.. sold 461 acres
of innett Count) land to a
Texas de\ eloper. Of this land.
70-80 acres would not have been
developable because of the outer
perimeter.

Smith met with DOT
officials, and he got the outer
perimeter moved 600 feet to the
west, increasing the length of the
highway by two-tenths of a mile.

This change contributed not
only to an increase in land costs,
but also to construction costs.
There was no public hearing on
the route change, because it was
only a minor change according
to the DOT.

In addition to causing the

development of suburbs, tracts of
inexpensive land on the new
perimeter w ill draw growth and
investment taxes.

One of the results of new
de\ elopmenl will be to build
shopping malls in areas w here
forests now exist. It w ill also
pull the North Georgia moun-
tains closer to Metro Atlanta.

Since his retirement in 1987.
Moreland has profited great I \
from his decision to build the
outer perimeter.

1 lis Firm has taken in
$250,000 in outer perimeter
design contracts, and he also
works for landowners along the
path of the proposed road.

hew alternatives to the outer
perimeter have been proposed,
but one v iable altemath e is the
development of the rail system in
North Georgia.

The rail lines m northwest
and northeast Georgia could be
connected with MART A for less
than the construction costs of the
outer perimeter.

However, the government
seems to favor the construction
ol roads over rails. The federal
government pays for 90 percent
of interstate highway construe
tion, while it pa\ s for less than
75 percent of new rail transit
lines.

Real Myths and Legends

by Brooke M. Colvard

Contributing Editor

"Hon should we be able to
forget those ancient myths that
are at the beginning of all
peoples, the myths about
dragons that at the last moment
turn into princesses...."
from "Letters to a Young Poet"
by Rainer Maria Rilke

Anywhere we look we will
find myths and legends, passed
down over time by word of
mouth, forever etched in both
our minds and our souls.

Agnes Scott, with her ever-
present traditions and nostalgic
atmosphere, is no exception.
Stories get passed down or
just passed around the quad
from person to person, class to
class, alumna to alumna, decade
to decade.

If a member of the Agnes
Scott community is asked.
"What stories or rumors have
you heard about Agnes Scott?* 1

not a soul around here w ill be
found who does not know at
least a simple stor\ or two.

I. as a senior. ha\ e been in
these hallowed halls tor over
three years: I am no exception. I
have spun a tale or two about our
school to friends,
unde re lass women, professors,
and to w hoc\ er might listen.

Again, as we all know, stories
get distorted from one storyteller
to the next. Tales become
"myths about dragons that at the
last moment turn into princesses"
or vice versa.

This idea is like the lesson
taught in sociology: whisper a
message to a person next to you
that pigs fly, have it passed down
through a group of people, and,
at the end, see if those pigs do
still fly.

I want to be that person at the
beginning and the end of this
message-receiving line. 1 want
to find out if the pigs that could
fly at point A could still fly at
point X.

The Profile wants you

Meetings in the Profile office, CLC
Mondays at 6:30 p.m.

And, if those pigs could no
longer l l\ . I w ant to know w hat
happened to both the pigs and
their flying capabilities.

I hope that the upcoming
articles entitled "Real Myths and
Legends" will feed the souls of
genuine curiosity and captivate
the interest of the masses, w hile
at the same time dimmish false
rumors and make a clear
distinction between fact and
fiction.

Look for the truth about the
statuesque Christmas tree, which
became a part of the campus
(near the Wall) last fall and
perished this past summer, to be
included in the next "Real Myths
and Legends."

Givk Blood Today
Wi K\ow
You've Got It In You.

Americaji Red Cross

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, October 4, 1991

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Heidi 11 Sends" Audience at Horizon

by Sandee McGlaun

Contributing Editor

Horizon Theatre's season
opener The Heidi Chronicles is a
superbly acted, moving monu-
ment to women, feminism, and
friendship.

A versatile cast, a funny,
touching script, and directing so
natural it doesn't appear directed
combine to make this production
a pleasurable and thought-
provoking evening's entertain-
ment.

The play opens with Heidi
1 [olland (Rosemary Newcott). a
thirty-something art-historian,
lecturing in New York in 1989
on women artists who have
been left out of art history texts
("Are you with me?") for years.

Something in one of the
paintings reminds her of "those
awful dances"" she used to attend
as a school girl and we are off
to 1965, to the Winter Dance.

Thus begin the "Heidi
Chronicles," a series of scenes
that chronicle Heidi's life
starting with the dance in 1965,
where she first meets Peter
Patrone, "a small noise from
Wenatchka," who becomes her
life-long friend.

The story next takes her to
college, where she falls in love
with Scoop, an "arrogant and
difficult" but smart up-
and-coming Yuppie, and then on
through a successful career,
failed relationships, and chang-
ing friendships.

Heidi does discover a sort of
peace at the end of the play, but
her |ourne\ there is often painful.

Some of the more memorable
scenes are those between Heidi
and Scoop (Alan Kilpatrick).

Everyone knows a Scoop
the arrogant, intelligent charmer
to whom everyone succumbs
\\ ithout knowing why.
Kilpatrick charmed and irritated
and charmed again.

Scoop's and Heidi's first
meeting at a McCarthy rally
established a chemistry and
understanding between them that
threaded through the rest of then-
scenes. Their later encounter at
Scoop's wedding brought tears
to my eyes.

Brad Sherrill as best friend
Peter Patrone brings a healing
warmth to Heidi and to the stage.

I le is most striking as he
confronts I leidi w uh his
homosexuality at a "Women in
Art" rails and gently demands
that she give "equal time and
consideration" to his minorit) as
she does to her ow n cause.

Newcott' s most gripping
monologue was a speech on
"Women where are we
going?" given at a women's
luncheon. Anyone who appreci-
ated centennial speaker Ellen
Goodman's rendition of "Super-
woman" will ha\ e heartfelt
sympath) lor I leidfs version.

Newcott. Kilpatrick and
Sherrill give marvelous, steady
performances as the "leads." but
their fellow character actors
come close to stealing the show
from them.

Shari K. Garretson plays
Susan Johnston. Heidi's best
female friend, who metamorpho-
ses from a long-haired, bell-

bottomed leader in a 60s
''women's consciousness-raising
group" to a spiked, dyed "let's
do lunch" LA executive
producer.

The rest of the cast plays
multiple roles w uh amazing
versatility. Shelly McCook's
militant lesbian I ran is so far
removed from her giggly, blond
talk show host April she is
scarcely recognizable.

And Teresa QeBerry's oh-so-
Southem Lisa is delightful
contrasted with her formerly-
uptight "f ing Hostess
Cupcake" Jill, "mother-in-
residence" of the women's
consciousness group.

Matt Magi 11 and Mary Lou
Newcott also do a very nice job
with their various characters.

Jane Williams Flank's set
was versatile as well as it
changed from scene to scene.
Flank used Horizon's intimate
space to its lull capacity with
seeming success.

Director Lisa Adler has
another hit on her hands. (I hate
to sound so cream-puffy, but
there really isn't anything to
criticize about this production.)

Wendy Wasserstein's
Pulitzer Prize-winning script is
both witt> and thought-provok-
ing.

Her characters walked right
out of life and settled themselves
on her playscript, and now they
have picked themselves up and
deposited themselves on
Horizon's stage.

.1 urge you to pick yourself
up and deposit yourself in the
audience ASAP.

MsTRIAL Playwright Leads Workshop

by Heather Shirley

with Sandee McGlaun

Director/actor/playwright
Lawrence Broglio, co-author of
the controversial comedy
MsTRIAL, the Blackfnars" fall

production, was on campus the
week of September 28th, leading
workshops and working with the
cast in rehearsal.

MsTRIAL has only been
produced once before, and
director Becky Prophet is very

iPInf^ifillif"

Ms Trial cast rehearses for upcoming production

excited to be producing it for its
second time and to have the
opportunity to work directly with
the playwright.

In MsTRIAL. Gertrude
Delphos, angry at the damages
women have been subjected to for
centuries, tiles a class action suit
against God.

The prosecution's and
defense's evidence involves
scenes from theater history,
scenes w hich exemplify the
injustices which have plagued
women for all time.

These scenes come from a
variety of time periods, including
Greek comedy, Elizabethan
theater and Restoration comedy.

Even with such a volatile
topic, the pla\ still allow S tor
tension release, and is, as Prophet
says, "insanel) funn\ and at the
same time makes a good political
point.''

She added that people will not
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Heidi and Scoop spark their life long relationship at the McCarthy
rally in The Heidi Chronicles.

Black Cat 1991 Promises
Fun for Entire Campus

by Dawn M. Sloan

Coj i u i but it tg Editi )i ;

Once again fall is in the air.
As the crisp autumn breezes
blow across campus they
bring with them a sense of
tradition and excitement.

This is a feeling well-
known to seniors and juniors,
and familiar to sophomores as
well. Yet, to the class of 1995,
this sense of excitement is
quite new.

Of course, this feeling is
the anticipation of Black Cat.
The traditional end of
freshman orientation, this
event is looked forward to by
the entire campus.

Black Cat events will begin
on Monday, October 7, and
culminate on Saturday,
October 12, at the Black Cat
Formal.

This year's formal pro-

mises to be even more fun than
ever before due to the hard
work of Agnes Scott's Social
Council and its officers.

Black Cat '91 is being held
at the Ramada Renaissance
Hotel. Located near Atlanta's
I lartsfield Airport, the Ramada
Renaissance is easily acces-
sible by MARTA.

Those who wish to take
MARTA to Black Cat Formal
should take the tram south
from Five Points station to the
Airport station.

Upon arrival here, students
should look for All-Ground
Transportation. .The Ramada
Renaissance shuttle departs
from the fourth island every
15-20 minutes. This service
should greatly benefit students
who do not drive.

Entertainment for this
year's Black Cat should be

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The Profile

Friday. October 4, 1991

McGehee's chair and Forbes pottery were on display at the
Piedmont Arts Festival

Ensemble Performs Music
from a Different Time

by Margaret Bickers

With a tlourish of brass, the
New York Cornet and Sacbut
Ensemble began its performance
of Late Renaissance and early
Baroque music.

The group consists of director
Ben Peck, bassists Terry Pierce
and David Titcomb, tenor
Ronald Borror and cornetist
Allan Dean.

Their performance, the first of
the 1991-91 College Events
Series, in Gaines Chapel on
September 2 1 kicked off the
group's eighteenth concert
season.

The program began when the
ensemble walked onto the stage
to perform six or seven dances.
After the applause. Peek gave a
brief introduction to the group
and their instruments.

The ensemble performs "early
music ... on carlv instruments,"
Pack explained. They pla>
mostly Renaissance "pop
music," comparable to "Cole
Porter" musk of modern limes.

People listened to this type of
music at weddings and parties
and also in the palaces and courts
of the time.

The ensemble performed
most}) fast, light dances and
tunes during the first half of the
program. After each selection,

Peck provided background and
histor) about the music and
when it had been composed.

The second half of the
program contained more
ceremonial music as well as a
hymn setting by Praetorius. This
delightful concert closed with
popular German band music
from around 1 560.

For readers who are desperate
to know what a sacbut is it is
the ancestor of the trombone. It
has a slide, a mouthpiece, and is
made of brass.

The sacbut differs from the
trombone in its sound, and the
bass sacbut has a different shape.
The sound is best described as a
bunch of "Mats" sliding up and
down the scale. It is a nice,
warm brass sound.

The bass sacbut has an extra
turn near the mouthpiece and is
so long that the performer has a
handle attached to the slide in
order to reach the low notes.

The concert was well-
attended. The audience included
several faculty members and
students in addition to alumnae
and off-campus \ isitors.

The audience responded very
well to the music presented and
appeared to be having a wonder-
ful time. The ensemble did a
brisk business selling records
and CDs during intermission.

ASC Artists Recently Featured
in the Piedmont Arts Festival

by Christie Miller

Staff Writer

This year's Atlanta Piedmont
Arts Festival featured the works
of Agnes Scott's Terry McGehee
and Steven Forbes-deSoule in
the Inman Park group exhibit.

Forbes, who has been
involved with the~Inman Park
Artists' group for several years,
described it as a loose consor-
tium of artists who show their
works together on an occasional
basis.

McGehee was invited to
participate in the Festival by the
group because they were looking
for unusual crafts and fine art
that would enhance their
exhibition.

Forbes works in ceramics and
deals with issues of control and
spontaneity . 1 le explained that
"the nature of throw ing on the
wheel involves controlling the
material. As the process
progresses, I try to release that
control which culminates in the
raku firing."

This firing process creates
unpredictable situations, and one
can see its effect on the beauti-
fully crafted pots, which have
bright, energetic colors.

Forbes stated that in contrast
to some artists w ho deal with
world issues, he deals with the
issue of beauty. "It's a subtle
heart issue as opposed to a mind
issue. 1 believe that there's truth
in beauty."

McGehee works three-

dimensionally, making artist-
made furniture. She deals w ith
the tension between form and
function and challenges the
conservative tradition of crafts.

She describes her work as a
"new aesthetic" and considers
herself a sculptor for the first
time.

McGehee's works are
different from the public
expectation of traditional hand-
made furniture, for they have a
conscious design element that
comes from her training as an
artist as well as her personal
aesthetic.

'The design dri\ es the
craftsmanship. The craftsman-
ship is important, but I'm w illing
to sacrifice some of the function
to good design." she stated.

A particularly interesting
factor of the Inman Park
exhibition was the overall
diversity of the work and the
w a> s m which these works
complemented one another.

Forbes described the exhibi-
tion as a collaborative effort to
create a gallery-type setting in an
outdoor space. This was a
challenge due to such limitations
as not ha\ ing enough light.

"Overall," he said. "it's
important to create an intimate
space for the work to be seen in."

This space was created with
the use of multiple platforms to
create a home-type atmosphere.
Hand-made rugs were shown
under McGehee's furniture, and
Forbes' works were placed on

pedestals, McGehee's tables, and
the w alls.

McGehee explained that her
works added a different dimen-
sion to the show due to their
scale and sculptural vertically.

She said, "The linear qualities
and use of natural materials in
my works intrigue people." She
freely uses rusted metal and
shaped glass in conjunction w ith
natural woods.

Forbes added that one
interesting result of this exhibit
w as his collaboration w ith
another Inman Park artist,
sculptor Caroline Montague.

They combined media cla\
and metal to create two
powerfu I sc u 1 pt u res w h i c h .
Forbes said, "benefitted from a
w hole new interaction and
s\ nergv that comes from
collaboration."

On the whole, Forbes
described the cooperation
between artists as necessary in
order to create an exciting
exhibition and to facilitate a
positive collaboration experience
tor artists.

I le said. "I suall\ the artist
works as an isolated individual.
It's nice to occasional!) work
w ith a group to put together an
exhibit like this.'"

Next issue, part 2: ASC artists
on the Piedmont Arts Festival
Forbes and McGehee talk about
the effec t of the Festival on the
Atlanta community as well as
how they deal with the commer-
cial aspect of art.

Take a Wild Ride with Trabi

by Laura Barlament

If you happen not to be
familiar with the German Saxon
dialect and you have the
opportunity to see Go Trabi Go
with English subtitles, take it
you will "laugh yourself to
death." as the Germans say
(compare the English "split a
gut").

In case you have never heard
of a Trabi before, it is a pet name
for the Trabant. the only
available car in East German) .
This car is not known for its high
quality, to say the least.

The film, a mix of slapstick
and satire, shows the adventures
of an unsophisticated East
German famil\ as the\ travel to
the shining goal of Naples m
their own vintage Trabi.

The neighbors bet the) II
never make it and after the first
few miles, you start to wonder

too.

It probably takes a native
German to best appreciate the
satirical social stereotypes and
situations.

However, anyone can
understand the humor in the
teenage daughter Jacqueline's
smart remarks and in the
family's on-thc-road and big-cit)
mishaps.

The looming question of
whether the beleaguered Trabi
w ill make it one more da\ gives
the film its forward motion, as
the car's flimsiness makes it the
butt of constant jokes.

In fact, a jovial truck driver
w ho took pity and ga\ e the
family and Trabi a ride on his ear
trailer told 148 Trabi jokes. I
believe it was. one right after the
other.

A lot of the abuse Trabi got
was of a more physical kind.
When the car broke down and

the family couldn't pay for its
repairs, they set up a roadside
Trabi-show for 5 DM a minute.

However, that experiment
w as ended by the indignant Papa
when one less-than-respectful
customer drove Trabi around in a
circle on its side wheels. "What
do you think this is? A toy?' 1 he
yelled.

But by the end of the mov ie,
faithful Trabi's new look
parallels the new outlook on life
the famil) gams from their eve-
opening experiences in the big
Western world.

The Profile wishes

: you

a safe and fun
I Black Cdl! !

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, October 4, 1991

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Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

Reflections on Quasar Jets, a
lecture b\ physics chair Alberto
Sadun, will he accompanied by
open house planetarium show
entitled "Midnight Madness," on
October 4 at 8 p.m.

Neil Sprague's coilographie
prints, the college's second art show
of the year, will open with a
reception on October 13 from 2 to 4
p.m. in the Dalton Art Gallery of the
Dana Fine Arts Building.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art: For

more information about the
following, call 892-4444.

R.S.\ P.. an exhibition of
creative invitations to art shows,
w ill run through November 15 at
the Georgia Pacific Center.

An exhibition of the artwork of
Henry Ossawa Tanner, the
foremost African-American artist at

the turn of the century, through
November 24.

Edward Munch: Master Prints
from the Epstein Family Collection
runs through November 10.

Southern Expressions: Tales
Untold, works by seven Southeast-
em artists, runs from October 26 to
January 5, 1992.

Linda Conner: Spiral Joumew
an exhibit opening September 30,
features the contemporary photog-
raph) of Linda Conner.

Atlanta College of Art presents
Gardens: Real and Imagined,
which will show from October 15
to November 15. For more
information, call 898-1 157.

The Arts Connection: The
opening and reception for Louisi-
ana artist Larry Casso will be held
on October 1 1 from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. Exhibit runs through October
31. Call 237-0005.

Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center: Tw isted Cement, a look at
the strained interconnectedness of

The company performs "Masquerade" in a scene from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the
Opera"

Theatre

urban society, opens October 1 8
from 7 to 9 p.m.. Exhibit runs
through November 15.

MsTRIAL

onl\ be entertained b) the play, but
will also gain exposure to theater
of different styles and time periods.

( )ne of the unique aspects of
MsTRIAL is the accessibility of
playwright Lawrence Broglio.
Prophet has worked with Broglio
in the .Association for Theatre in
1 [igher Education, and invited him
to spend a week in-residence at
Agnes Scott, working with her and
the cast.

Lawrence began his stay with a
theater workshop on the morning
of September 28. In attendance
was the MsTRIAL cast and director
and \ isting theater students from
Georgia State.

At 9 a.m. on a Saturday, the
workshop-goers were sleepy-eyed
and heavy-limbed. Broglio's
charismatic personality and
contagious energy soon infected
the attendees, and the workshop
exploded into a journey of
creativity.

Broglio, also a teacher of acting
and directing, described his
teaching method as "power
rehearsal techniques,' 1 a blending
of techniques he has absorbed
while working with other actors
and theater professionals,

"Cross-over techniques" arc a
major part of Broglio's philosophy.
These techniques are classroom
instruction "crossed over" to the
stage. Broglio also works with
"polarization," juxtaposing
opposite characters' feelings, and
"character faceting," where the
actor explores different facets of
emotion joy, fear, lust and rage.

In character faceting, the actor
focuses on making his fellow

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ictors/characters feel one of these

lour emotions, sharing the victories
of having succeeded or failed at
doing so, and changing tactics
when necessary.

The focus is always on reaction
and the interchange of emotion, as
opposed to reading a script and
determining from the w ords "how"
one should "act."

An advocate of "bold choices
and barrier breakers/' Broglio
confesses that he has never done a
workshop the same wa\ twice.

After an intioductor) speech.
Broglio prepped the workshop-
goers for a warm-up. which
consisted oTTx>undine around on

the stage and "shaking everything
loose."

This activity relaxed everyone,
allowing them to be more open and
receptive to their creative impulses.

Broglio worked first with several
exercises in s ulnerabilit) . then
carried the workshoppers through
some physical ization exercises and
character-faceting, working both
w ith and w ithoul a w ritten text.

The workshop attendees seemed
to benefit greatly from both
Broglio's enthusiasm and knowl-
edge and left with fresh ideas for
rehearsal techniques and new
approaches to discovering a
character.

Neighborhood Playhouse

presents Private Lives, Noel
Coward's classic bedroom farce
about a divorced couple. Runs
through October 12. Call 373-531 1
for more information.

Horizon Theater Company :
The Heidi Chronicles will run
through November 2. This is the
Atlanta premiere of the Pulitzer
Prize and Tony Award-w inning
comedy. For more information,
call 584-7450.

Fox Theater presents The
Phantom of the Opera the week of
November 1 1 through 16. Tickets

are available at Ticketmaster
outlets. Call 249-6400.

Georgia-Pacific Center
sponsors Art at the Heart, a series
of free lunchtime showcases.
Performances begin at 12: 15 p.m.
in the Georgia-Pacific Center
lobby-level auditorium. Programs
include Barbara Sullivan's Atlanta
Dance Company on October 1 0 and
Onstage Atlanta on October 17.

Music

Variety Playhouse: For

information, call 524-7354.

Allan Holdsworth Group,
October 7 at 8 p.m.

Black Cat

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pleasing to all. Curiosit) Shoppe,
headed by lead singer Andrew
\1\ les. is a fun. rocking band w ith
a large following. They play a
wide variety of music and really
get the audience involved.

Seniors and juniors ma\
remember Andrew from his days
w ith Side by Side, a band SO
popular with Scotties o\ oW\ that
they played both Spring Fling '89
and the street dance the follow ing
fall.

However, Social Council
didn't stop with just a band in its
effort to provide the perfect blend
of entertainment for the night.

Thanks to the help and
suggestions of interested students.
Social Council has been able to
contract a D.J. to play as well.
"D.J. Kendnck" will be playing

during an\ breaks taken by the
band so that the energetic Scottie
can dance all night.

This is just one of the ways in
which Social Council hopes to
improve Black Cat \ and the
rest of its formals.

Social Council President Juliet
Carney urges everyone on
campus to help by completing and
returning the surveys which were
sent to students through campus
mail.

Another wa\ in which this
year's Black Cat will be changing
for the better is that Social
Council is encouraging all faculty,
staff, and retum-to-college
students to attend.

The formal will last from 10
p.m. until 2 a.m. and promises to
be lour hours of fun lor all!

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AGNES
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COLLEGE

The Profile

The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, October 25, 1991

Volume 78, Issue 3

Dean of Students Lifts Limit
on Beer, Increases Prices

b\ Dawn ML Sloan

Contributing Editor

Anyone who attended the most
recent T.G.I.F. parties sponsored
by Agnes Scott's Social Council
was amazed to learn that she or he
was only permitted to drink lour
beers.

This limit was set by the
Office of the Dean of Students as
a means of regulating alcohol
consumption by off-campus
guests who might be driving, or
who might pose other problems.

While members of Social
Council who serve beer are
responsible for determining when
someone has had enough, or too
much, to drink. Dean Gue
Hudson pointed out that "it can be
rather difficult for a twenty-one-
year old woman to cut off a
twenty-one-year old man."

As Hudson states, "We are
very fortunate to be allowed by
the Board of Trustees to serve
alcohol on campus." At a time
when many campuses are
becoming dry or making "com-
mon-container consumption* 1 (i.e.
kegs) illegal, this statement rings
very true.

it was while doing reading and
research this summer that Hudson
decided that consumption by
certain individuals in "high-risk
situations" should be reduced on
our campus.

She defined "high-risk

situations" as "those which
encourage people to drink too
much." She cited Agnes Scott
parties at which beer was free or
minimal 1\ priced as examples of
such situations.

The four-beer limit which was
implemented at Social Council's
first two T.G.I.F.s, at which beer
was sold for twenty-five cents,
was supposed to minimize any
risk involved.

However, this limit w as met
w ith much protest by both
members of Social Council and
the student body at large. Many
felt that such a policy implied that
students here are not capable of
making rational and responsible
decisions regarding alcohol.

Hudson refuted such implica-
tions, stating, "By and large our
students have handled this
responsibility very well."

Working with Juliet Carney,
Social Council president, Hudson
was able to find other methods of
deterring excessive drinking at
Agnes Scott parties, thus allowing
the four-beer limit to be lifted.
These new measures were put
into action at the September 27
Street Dance.

In order to slow down
consumption, the price of beer
was raised to $ 1 .50 per beer. At
the same time, Public Safety
officers became responsible for
checking id's at the keg and for
assisting members of Social

Council in cutting off those who
have had too much to drink.

In a move of its own, however,
Social Council took a responsible
stance on the issue of drunk
driving. At the street dance, signs
encouraging responsible drinking
habits and discouraging drunk
driving were placed throughout.

In addition. Social Council
posted signs making it clear that
anyone who w as unable to drive
should contact a member of
Social Council, who would then
call a taxi lor the intoxicated
individual.

Hudson is optimistic that such
policies w ill help reduce any
problems caused by alcohol,
while at the same time allowing
students the freedom to make
their own decisions about "how
much is enough."

Furthermore, Hudson states
that she "is committed to having
successful social events on
campus." She says, "We need to
learn how to have fun," adding
that the campus must develop and
maintain "quality programming
and quality interaction."

Perhaps through the further
interest and involvement of
Hudson, Social Council can
obtain the funds necessar) for
making such interaction a reality.
Better, more well-known, more
expensive bands could then play,
making beer and beer prices less
of an issue.

Stay With Alumnae as You Travel:

AGNES-Alumnae Guestroom
Network Endowing Scholarships

> ress Release

The Agnes Scott Alumnae
\ssociation is launching a new
project this September, providing
guestroom services in several
cities to alumnae, faculty, adminis-
rative staff and students. It w ill
>e called AGNES: the Alumnae
juestroom Network Endowing
Scholarships.

The Alumnae Board, in
indertaking this project, felt that in
iddition to providing safe and
economical lodging for Agnes
Scott travelers, the network will
create new opportunities for
tlumnae, students, and faculty to
jet to know one another and
trenpthrn their tir.s tn thr^ College.

The money earned through
the room charges will endow an
alumnae scholarship for Agnes
Scott students.

Several cities have been
designated as pilot cities for the
project. They include Atlanta.
Charlotte, Houston, Boston and
Washington, D.C.

Local chairs will match
travelers with accommodations
in the homes of alumnae who
have agreed to participate in the
project.

The chairs include Dorothey
Quillian Reeves, '49; Lucy
Hamilton Lewis, '68; Caroline
Wilhelm, '84; and Bunny Folk
Zigmon, '71. For reasons of
spniriry and privacy, the, names

of hostesses will remain unpub-
lished.

Next time youVe planning a
trip to one of the pilot cities,
become an AGNES guest!
Contact one of the National
Coordinators, Betsy Boyt, 1-409-
860-572 1 , or Christie Woodfin
1-713-520-1583, or the Alumnae
Office at least two weeks before
your planned date of arrival in an
AGNES city.

Working with the local chairs,
Christie and Betsy will match
you with a hostess and confirm
your reservation. Incidentally,
your spouse is also welcome to
accompany you!

If you would like to volunteer
(continued on page 2\

Students sign the Racism Free Zone declaration after opening
Convocation part 2. See article in Features for an update.

ACLU Sues Attorney General;
Alleges Lesbian/Gay Discrimination

Press Release

Atlanta In a challenge to
both religious and anti-gay
discrimination, the American
Civil Liberties Union today sued
the Attorney General alleging
that he improperly fired a
woman after learning of her
plans to undertake a Jew ish
religious ceremony of marriage
with her female partner.

The lawsuit, which was filed
in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Georgia by
the American Civil Liberties
Union's national Lesbian and
Gay Rights Project and the
ACLU of Georgia, charges that
the Attorney General Michael J.
Bowers violated Robin Shahar's
rights to religious freedom,
freedom of association and equal
protection under the United
States Constitution.

Shahar, who graduated 6th in
her class from Emory Law
School in the spring, had been
offered and had accepted a job as
a staff attorney in the Attorney
General's office.

On July 10th, however, she
was presented with a letter from
Bowers in which he withdrew
his offer, saying that his action
had become necessary after he
learned of her "purported
marriage" to another woman.

Shahar and her partner of 5
years were joined in a private
Jewish ceremony performed by
their Rabbi on July 28, 1991.
The religious ceremony was
attended by the family and
friends of the couple.

"After long and careful
consideration and consultation
with our Rabbi, my partner and I
committed to one another as an
act of our faith." stated Shahar.

"I was stunned when Attor-
ney General Bowers fired me
even before the ceremony had
taken place for my religious
practices. I know enough about
my religious freedom to believe
that my rights have been
violated."

"Bowers has clearly acted
unconstitutionally," said Ruth E.
Harlow, an attorney with the

(continued on page 3)

News

Page 2

The Profile

Friday, October 25, 1991

Visiting professor from Japan compares educational systems.

Publications Wants You to Give Them
Your Best Shot...For Cash Prizes!

In the past edition of the
Alumnae Magazine, the Publica-
tions office announced Agnes
Scott's Best Shots Photo Contest.
They're looking for photos of
Agnes Scott's faces and places,
moments and moods.

The first place winner will be
awarded $200, second place SI 00,
and third place $50. Winning
entries will be published in the
Spring 1992, Agnes Scott Alumnae
Magazine.

Alumnae, students, faculty and
staff are eligible to enter, so reach
for your camera and capture college
life!

1 . Send 8x10 black and w hue
prints or color slides taken after
January 1. 1991.

2. Enclose your name, address
and phone number with each entry
and include the names of all
identifiable people appearing in the
photograph.

3. All entries should be
submitted no later than December
31, 1991. Entries will be consid-
ered property of Agnes Scott and
cannot be returned.

Entries will be judged by a
panel of professional photographers
who have worked with the College
and are familiar w ith our campus.

Japanese Lecturer Compares Schools

by Laura Barlament

Cot i tt t but it ig Ed itot

Visiting lecturer Kazunori
Yokota, affectionately known as
Kazi, began his talk 'Trecollege
Education in Japan" by explain-
ing the term "mama gon."

Mama gon literally means
"mother dragon." These
mothers have been the legendar)
force behind the Japanese
childrens' success in school.

There are many mama goris
all over the world. Kazi said, but
there ma) be a particular!) large
number in Japan because
education is very highl) valued
in society.

tn a lecture at Agnes Scott on
October 1, Kazi addressed the
subject of mama gons and other
educational topics, including the
similarities and differences
between Japanese and American
precollege education and the
pros and cons of each country's
s\ stem.

Japanese schoolchildren are
driven to excellence from
kindergarten through secondary
school by the pressure to get into
the best schools possible at each
level, in order to some da\ enter
a prestigious university and be
guaranteed a good job.

After the ' examination hell"
of the college entrance exams,
the lour years in college are a
vacation for Japanese students.

Japanese schoolchildren are
always under the pressure of
numerical comparisons with
other children according to their
"deviation value," evaluation by
mathematical quantity.

Chaplain Snyder Leads Vespers Service in
Recognition of World Communion Sunday

In Margaret Bickers

On October 7, Christians all
around the world celebrated
World Communion Sunday.
Congregations belonging to all
denominations and branches of
Christianity gathered to pray for
unity and peace and to share the
sacraments of communion.

This year. World Communion
Sunday fell on the same date as
the Presbyterian World Peace
Sunday, causing many preachers
to emphasize the need for global
peace and unity in the present and
the future. Music ministers
selected anthems dealing with
peace and love.

Offerings collected that

Housing

(continued from page I)
your guestroom, please call
jitetsy, Christie or Lucia. They
ire hopeful that this idea will
:\pand into a nationwide
ict work of alumnae guestrooms

Prices for guestrooms are
listed below.

\LUMNAEISTAFF DOUBLE

King $40*50

L)uenn 30-40

Twin 20-30

ALUMNAE/STAFF SINGLE
King $30-40
Queen 20-30
Twin 15-20

STUDENT
King $20-30
Queen 15-20
Twin 10-15

Sunday were dedicated to such
funds as missions, domestic and
foreign aid, and other global
pursuits.

During the campus vespers
sen ice. Chaplain Patricia Snyder
focused on the need lor conserva-
tion and stewardship, as well as
world peace. Her text was Amos
5:24: "Let justice roll down like
rivers."

Many students felt that the
presence of se\ cral international
students at the sen ice added to
the feeling of sisterhood and
sharing.

Many churches displayed the
diversity of their membership this
Sunday. Some asked local
exchange students to wear their ,
national costumes and to help in
sen ing communion.

( )ther churches sang settings of
the prayer of Saint Francis, which
contains the line. "Lord, make me
an instrument of Tin peace."

The Japanese realize the
problems of this dehumanizing
process of measuring a young
person's worth, and gradual l\
the system is being changed,
Kazi said,

Another pressure on students,
w hich is particularl) brought to
bear by mama gons, is the shame
the) w ill bring to their family b\
failing to perform well in school.

In the U.S., Ka/i quipped, we
can hide in our big houses
surrounded b\ the protective
layers of our big yards, but
Japanese families live close
together. Therefore, the mothers
force the children to study, lest
they bring shame on the famil) .

Kazi did not sa> w hich
nation's schools are better, but
he did point out the ^ood and
bad points of each.

The Japanese school system
has it over the American one in
teacher salar\ and in central it)
and uniformit) of educational
quality and content.

I le also felt that the smaller
difference between social classes
and the more stable family
structure improves the Japanese
educational experience.

But Kazi cited the opportunity
for high school students to take
college courses, the possibility of
ha\ ing guest speakers in the
classroom, and the tradition of
life-long education as positive
aspects of the American school
system that do not exist in Japan.

Kazi has observed some
unquestionable problems with
Japanese schools: the students'
poor English skills despite long
years of instruction in the
language: and the large number
of prep school students waiting
for a place in the universities.

Me also feels that the educa-
tional goal of Japan should be to
infuse more creativity into the
learning process.

Until now. Japan has been
catching up with the Western
countries. Under those condi-
tions, non-creativity was a good
quality to have; "just follow, just
labor." was important for rapid
imprcn ement.

But these tendencies should
be finished now, because
creativity is needed in the
production, the distribution, and
even the consumption of goods.

Japan has "sacrificed a
generation" in order to catch up
w ith the rest ol' the world. Kazi
said. These young people have
been shaped by the forces of
"examination hell" and "devia-
tion value," and now they are
suffering from an "unbalance
between intelligence and
morals."

The young Japanese, accord-
ing to Kazi, have too much
"knowledge" and not enough
"morals." In order to correct this
fault, the emphasis of education
must be changed from quantity
to quality.

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Chimo Convocation Provides Brief
Trip Around the World for ASC ! -

Professor Tiffany Patterson of Spelman addresses Convocation.

Spelman 's Patterson
Encourages Students to
Seize the Moment

by Jenny White

This year's Chimo convocation,
held on October 2, introduced all
the new international students,
who come from three continents:
South America, Europe, and Asia.

Chimo is the Eskimo word for
hello. True to its name, this
organization for international
awareness is welcoming and
friendly. This was evident from
the relaxed, entertaining atmo-
sphere of the convocation and the
enthusiasm of the incoming
students.

First to speak at the convoca-
tion w as Rhina Femandes,
Chime's president. She welcomed
everyone, invited all to become
members of Chimo. and also
introduced this year's officers:
vice-president, Zehra Mooraj;
secretary, Layli Miller-Bashir:
treasurer. Reina Baretto: and social
coordinator. Adrienne Vanek.

New students followed with
their individual presentations. Each
student held up a map of her
country, allowing the audience to
guess which country it was.

Deya Kurchieve, from Bul-
garia, made the first presentation.
She commented on the revolution
that has recent l\ taken place in
Eastern Europe and the part
Bulgaria played in this.

Bulgaria's change from
socialism was relativel) quiet.
I lowever, Deya misses the
meetings and demonstrations in
w hich she took part w hile in
Bulgaria.

Next Ngozi Amu and Lisa
Sandblom presented then country,
Sweden. Ngozi pointed out many
famous things which come from

\. V_-^ JLi (continued fr

ACLU's national Lesbian and
Gay Rights Project, w ho is
handling Shahar's case.

"Although lesbians and gay
men cannot be civilly married to
one another in Georgia, the state's
refusal to recognize gay marriage
does not preclude individual
couples from making religious
vows to one another." stated
Harlow. "Robin's marriage was a
purely religious ceremony,
centrally protected by the First
Amendment."

The lawsuit seeks both
compensation and punitive
damages and asks the court to
order Bowers to rehire Shahar.
Shahar's case will be litigated by
the ACLU's national Lesbian and
Gay Rights Project, w ith the
ACLU of Georgia, and cooperat-
ing attorney Debra Schwartz, of
the Atlanta firm of Stanford,

Sweden, including tennis players
and the music group Roxette.

She also emphasized that
Swedish people are very friendly,
unlike their stereot) pes.

Lisa told the audience about the
September \5 election in Sweden,
when the conservative party won
over the socialist-democratic party.

Next up was Akiko Kizaki from
Japan. Akiko mainly expressed
sadness over her country's loss of
its old culture, w hich is being
replaced by westernization and
technology.

She also told the audience that
the democratic party has been
dominant in Japan for over forty
years.

Claudia Schneider's presenta-
tion was especially amusing.
Claudia, who hails from Germany,
didn't really know w hat to tell the
audience!

( rerman) is quite similar to
America, and almost everyone she
has met here so far has been to
Germany or knows someone there
so she had a hard time finding
new and different things to talk
about.

Lu Zheng, with the help of two
other Chinese students, told the
audience about one of her
countr) 's mam features, the Great
Wall of (lima, w hich is the only
man-made structure that can be
seen from space.

They also recounted some of
the history and legends of the w all
and sang a traditional Chinese song
about it. Lu is from Shanghai.

Nitya Jacob, who was bom
about 75 miles from Bombay,
India, stressed the diversity of her
countr) . India has fourteen official
languages, over KXX) different

Lagan & Giolito.

As a result of the Attorney
General's discriminatory behav-
ior, the Emory University School
of Law earlier this week prohib-
ited Bowers from recruiting on its
campus.

The law school determined that
the Attorney General's action
amounted to discrimination based
on sexual orientation w hich
violates school policy, as well as
the policy of the American
Association of Law Schools.

The American Bar Association
also condemns discrimination
based on sexual orientation.

'The real losers here are the
people of the state of Georgia."
stated Teresa Nelson, the Execu-
tive Director of the ACLU of
Georgia.

"First, they have been deprived
of the services of one of the finest

dialects, and 25 states, each with a
unique culture of its own.

There are especially great
cultural differences between the
northern and southern sections of
India.

India is the seventh largest
countr) m the world and is
governed by a parliament, like
England. At present, its political
system is somewhat unstable.

The last presentation was made
by Raquel Bordas of Santo
Domingo, or the Dominican
Republic. ( !hristopher Columbus
disco\ ered this island. The
Dominican Republic is a young,
small country of approximately
48.000 square miles.

The Dominican Republic
considers itself a part of America
in the Caribbean, not pail of
Central or South America. It is a
poor but happy country, predomi-
nantly Catholic, with a fairly stable
government and beautiful beaches.
It is influenced greatly by the U.S.

RaqueLs presentation (and the
convocation ) ended w ith the
smgmg of the I limno
Panamericano. and the audience
was invited to join in the singing.

Rhina then thanked everyone
for attending and reminded
everyone about Chimo's potluck
dinner to be held November 2.

[f the opening convocation is
an) indication of what an interest-
ing and diverse organization
Chimo is. then the club has a great
year in store.

If you are interested in getting
to know more people and more
about other cultures, Chimo is an
excellent place to start. Watch out
for.more of Chimo's activities as
the year continues'

young lawyers in the state because
of the religious intolerance of the
Attorney General. What's worse,
every Georgian's religious
freedom is in peril if the state is
permitted to make employment
decisions based upon whether it
likes or dislikes particular
religious practices."

"Michael Bowers has once
again placed himself at the
national forefront of discrimina-
tion against lesbians and gay
men," declared William B.
Rubenstein. the Director of the
Aclu's national Lesbian and Gay
Rights Project.

"As with the sodomy case the
ACLU litigated through the Su-
preme Court in 1986 (Hard- wick
v. Bowers), we fully intend to
litigate this case as far as we have
to vindicate Robin's constitutional
rights. No one is above the law."

by Nadine Everette Curry

Appearing in the Woltz
Reception Room wearing bright
pink, green and black, her short
Afro glistened from the knowl-
edge she was going to share.
Who was this person? Tiffany
Patterson, Associate Professor of
History at Spelman College, who
addressed the subjects of gender,
race and class at convocation on
October 16.

Patterson began her lecture by
saying, "It is time to seize the
moment." Remembering
pre\ ious painful da) s, she
thought this motto w as subject
for discussion.

Patterson combined the topics
of racism addressed in the last
issue of the Profile and in the
Clarence Thomas hearings to
make her point clear.

Patterson reiterated that
racism is alive on the Agnes
Scott campus by quoting from
the African-American column
"Plain Black and White" by
Nadine Curry.

She also quoted last issue's
letter to the editor by Elizabeth
Harrington, who was concerned
about accidentally being racist
on her answering machine
message.

Patterson commented that
"students should not be allowed
to leave a college campus and
not know where Nigeria is
located or the color of its
people."

1 nese acts should not be
present on campus, but they are

present. Patterson concluded that
n is the responsibility of all
colleges to educate about and to
deal w ith racism.

The painful days that Patterson
initially brought up relate to the
subjects of gender and sexual
harassment. As she watched the
Thomas hearings, she became
appalled b) the male bonding that
was displayed.

Males crossed race and class
lines to bond against Anita Hill
and for Clarence Thomas in her
eyes.

It was time to seize the
moment. Women came together
to support Anita Hill by speaking
up against sexual harassment.
"Black and white women have
not come together on many issues
in the past but this is one.
Women collected to come
together!" exclaimed Patterson.

"I've been labeled as a
feminist, a woman ist, and even a
communist. I accept all these
labels because I am a determined
fighter against any oppression,"
explained Patterson.

She mentioned that the United
States has the fastest-growing
homeless population and that
faculty members at colleges are
scared to make students think.

As a result, students are not
taught history properly, and they
do not realize that racism and
sexism exist in themselves.

Because of these facts, she
concluded that it is time for us as
a nation to seize the moment, but
"we must have trust to have a
movement."

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Editorials

Page 4 The Profile Friday, October 25, 1991

THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Box 438, Decatur, GA 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman

ASSISTANT EDITOR Laura Barlament

NEWS EDITORS Josie Hoilman

Dawn Sloan

FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Sandee McGlaun

Assistant Art & Entertainment Editor Kathleen Hill

LAYOUT EDITOR Josie Hoilman

PHOTOGRAPHERS Claire Lemme, Brooke Parish,

and Karen Shuman

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

CIRCULATION MANAGER Tamara Shie

Circulation Assistants Melanie Effler

Heather Shirley
Dana Shea

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. We cannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily reflect those of anyone affdiated with the College or
The Profile staff other than the author.

by Jessica Carey

Many of you probably know
that the students recommended
by SGA to be associate members
on the Board of Trustees'
standing committees did not
receive the committee for which
they petitioned.

SGA was informed, after we
revamped our constitution and
opened petitions for specific
committees, that it was the
Board's prerogative to give
committee assignments.

So we proceeded to interview
candidates for the associate
members' seats, asking each
student if they would be willing
to sit on any committee if the
situation were to arise, and
submitted seven names with a
cover letter explaining why we
felt certain students were more
strongly matched with certain
committees.

But to no avail. The Chair of
the Board named the seven
student to the seven committees
at random, which we are told is
the normal procedure for naming
lull Board members to commit-
tees.

The students and facuk)
member are not full Board
members, mind you, because
they don't sit for the full four-
> car terms of other Board
members, and they don't take
part in actual lull meetings of (he
Board.

Hut. the\ are assigned to
committees the same way,
regardless of the tact that then
own personal strengths may be
in completely different areas and

that they only serve for one-year
teniTv

All of this is just for you own
personal information.

In other news, the Board did
meet over Black Cat weekend,
and the new associate members
(both student and faculty > had an
orientation session and their first
meeting w ith their committees.

Associate members were
reminded that the responsibility
of the Board of Trustees is to
look out lor the long-term
interests of the college.

The duties of associate
members are not to act as
representatives for respective
constituencies; associate
members cannot (and should
not) go back to their groups and
report on the actions discussed
and taken by the Board. Only
one person can speak for the
Board of Trustees as a body, and
that is President Schmidt.

Consequently, after the
student associate members were
informed of this policy. President
Schmidt was invited to the Rep
Council meeting on Tuesday,
October 15, and to all other Rep
meetings that take place immedi-
ately following Board meetings.

She happily accepted this
invitation and arrived with Dean
Hudson Tuesday evening to
report to Council members and
answer questions. Some of the
more interesting decisions:

1 ) The addition of two
A f ri c an - A me ri c a n f ac u 1 1 \
members, beginning in 1992-
1993. These professors wiD
form the core of an African-
American studies program at

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

Lest you forget that gay
liberationists are real freedom
fighters, get a load of the latest in
heterosexist legislation: California
governor Pete Wilson, contrary to
his campaign promises, has vetoed
a bill barring discrimination
against homosexuals in the
workplace. The rationale?
Increased litigation will burden the
business community.

Seems I find that Republican
double speak everywhere. War
will stop aggression. Unemploy-
ment equals growth. Corporate
bigots need protection from
discriminatory employees.

Hurray to the 7000 who trashed
the San Francisco civic center,
then protested for a solid week. I
wish I could have been there.

Even more outrageous
however, is the homophobia in our
proud city of "Hetlanta." Robin
Shahar, an out-lesbian who
graduated seventh in her class
from Emory Law school, had the
position offered to her by Attorney
General Michael Bowers revoked
when he learned she will be
marrying a woman.

Bowers explains that her sexual
orientation is not the issue. That
she has the audacity to name her
religious union a "marriage,"
constitutes the problem. To hire
her would give "tacit approval" to
same-sex marriages, which are not
recognized legal!) in the state of
Georgia.

Don't miss the message, gentle

reader. You're allowed to run
around with these labels "lesbian.*'
"gay," etc. You're allowed to be
as promiscuous as you please:
holding hands, kissing on the
mouth, and any other
debaucherous acts above the waist.
You're even allowed to have a
pretend wedding.

But you may not name it
marriage. Marriage is an institu-
tion wherein the morality of the
community resides. Marriage is a
sacred union between a penis and a
vagina. Marriage is reserved for
those citizens who obey the rules,
and breed more straight children
for the state.

Seven years in the same house
can be named marriage. Tab A
enters Slot B, and a marriage is
consummated. Even one night in a
hotel room registered under "Mr.
and Mrs." equals marriage.

But what you have, Ms. Shahar,
is sodomy. Sexual anarchy. Play-
acting. An illusion. A mental
aberration. You'll grow out of it.
In the meantime, the attorney
general's office will piss on it.

Sorry you lost your job,
sweetie. These are cutthroat,
recessionary times. Go find
yourself a man; tax breaks and job
protection w ill be forthcoming.

Luckily, Shahar is filing a
federal lawsuit against Bowers and
the ACLU has taken the case.
Emory has now prohibited the
attorney general's office from
recruiting on campus, in keeping
with the Association of American
Law School's policy. Looks like

Bowers will fry.

In other matters. Police Chief
Eldrin Bell has announced that the
city won't track gay-bashing as a
hate crime. Neither will we
recruit out-lesbian and gay
officers to the police force
because "no discrimination
against homosexuals exists in the
department."

When you see the work of
Human Rights Campaign Fund,
the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force, Queer Nation, ACT
UP, not to mention Agnes Scott' s
Lesbian/Bi-Sexual Alliance,
remember that hate is hate. That
violence and discrimination are
serious factors which shape
people's lives and livliehood.

Call people on their
homophobia. Vote for the
candidates who are committed to
the repeal of the sodomy law, and
to recognizing same-sex marriage
legally. And finally, contribute to
the Fund for the Assassination of
George Bush and Jessie Helms.
(Hee hce hee.)

Somehow it doesn't seem so
surprising that no lesbian/gay
organizations in Atlanta organized
for National Coming Out Da) this
year. For the queer Mecca of the
South, we have a long way to go.
Neighborhood Feminist gives
Woman-of-the- Year award to
Shahar: may her struggle in this
bass ackwards state push the
national consciousness, and all of
us, nearer to justice.

Agnes Scott that will be similar to
Women's Studies headed by
Christine Cozzens.

Professors will have obliga-
tions m their major departments,
but will also teach specific courses
in African-American studies.

2) The study of the fifth-year
"Scott Free" option is being
accelerated to try to make this a
reality for this year's senior class.

3) A higher fall enrollment
raised the operating revenues of
the college, but literally all of this
money was funnelled into
financial aid.

4) A consulting firm will be
hired in the next year or so to
examine the feasibility of com-
puter networking the entire Agnes
Scott campus.

Rep Council felt very positive
about President Schmidt's
announcements and about her
willingness to come to Rep and
inform the students of Board
decisions.

I feel that this was a very
strong step in the right direction
toward open communication, as
was the lunch with the Board that

was open to all students on Thurs-
day, October I I .

Rep Council felt very strongly
thai the lunch with students should
be held before every Board
meeting.

Other SGA Points to Ponder:

STUDENT FORUM: Rep
Council is planning a student forum
sometime in the next few weeks.
Keep your eyes open for a notice in
the Campus Connection for a
specific date and time.

This will be a great opportunity
for students, faculty, and staff to
voice their concerns and ask for
answers. We can't work on your
issue if we don't know what it is.

FIRST- YEAR STUDENTS:
First-year student elections are very
soon! By the time you read this
there may be only a day or two left
in scratch/add.

If you are considering running
for a representative seat on Rep
Council please consider the huge
responsibility you are requesting.
Rep meets every Tuesday evening,
ty pically tor two hours or more.

You must go to your class
meetings to gather student opinion

on issues we are discussing, and
you are required to sit on two Rep
committees.

It is a lot of work, and it is not to
be taken lightly, but the rewards,
both personal and campus-wide,
are enormous. Just be sure you
know what you are getting into.

In closing, I want to make two
points. One, I am curious as to
why no faculty member responded
to the last "Rep Rap" dealing with
an additional student on faculty
committees.

I find it interesting that in Agnes
Scott's own "marketplace of
ideas," new ideas arc viewed so
skeptically.

Second, the part of this article
dealing with the committee
assignments of student associate
members will inevitably be
declared "too strong."

All I can say is that the Board
did not sugar-coat their explana-
tion of the committee assignments
to SGA. and I feci no need to
sugar-coat SCiA's explanation to
the students. We would all be wise
to get in the habit of just telling it
like it is.

Editorials

Friday, October 25, 1991

The Profile

Page 5

Warp Speed

Losing Faith

by Tonya Smith

Religion is supposed to bring
\o\ e, peace, and unity to the
world. Its doctrines are sup-
posed to be a guide by which its
followers can make moral and
practical decisions about life.

With few exceptions,
however, I see the everyday
impact of religion and its
doctrines as destructive rather
than unifying rigid rather than
guiding.

Each religion is different,
having its own beliefs and
practices, and I don't wish to
point a finger at any one group.

In m\ s iew . all organized
religion is equally to blame for
promoting prejudice, separatism,
and elitism. Every religion
thinks it is right! At best,
everyone else is misguided, or at
worst, they are just plain w rong
and are going straight to hell!

Why do we have to have such
a negative view of others who
either reject religion or practice it
under a different name'.'

When it comes dow n to the
bare facts, all religions
whether Catholic or Jew ish or
Baptist or Hindu are saying
and doing the same things, but
attaching different labels to their
actions and beliefs.

On the other hand, those who
reject religion have their own set
of beliefs which should be
respected and accepted as viable
by those of religious affiliation.

A person can be w hat western
religions define as christian
without belonging to a church, if
we define christian as being
charitable toward and concerned
about others all others, not
just those w ho fall w ithin the
parameters of particular religious

or personal beliefs.

I know that prejudice and
elitism exist outside of religion,
but it is m\ opinion that religion
is often the basis from w Inch
these t\ pes of attitudes form.

Think about your ow n
religion. What are its views on
issues such as racism, homosexu-
ality, abortion, and feminism?
I low do those \ iew s translate into
action for or against persons in
society?

Does your religion look to the
bible or some other religious text
for loopholes that allow it to
condone and promote anger and
hatred toward groups that don't
follow its religious teachings?

My answers to these questions
w hen I look at the religions I
have been involved in all express
my negative view of religion.

But my answers are based on
my own personal experiences. 1
hope you will make your own
evaluations and share your
thoughts with me.

Ed like to leave you with an
image of what 1 want to see from
religion. An example might be
lor religious groups to take an
active role in supporting not onb
those women who choose to keep
an unplanned pregnancy, but also
those who chose abortion.

It seems to me that it is much
more "christian*" to help a woman
through the traumatic experience
of abortion than to stand outside
the abortion clinic shouting
insults and displaying hatred.

I know that there are excep-
tions religious groups and
individuals that do take a
supportive rather than an
offensive stance but these
exceptions are so rare that my
"faith*" in religion has disap-
peared.

Letters

(Jive Real Braves
More Respect

To the A.S.C. Community:

In the spirit of ASC's Racism
Free Zone I'd like to initiate
some consciousness-raising
about our attitudes towards
Native Americans. I realize the
Atlanta Braves have overcome
all odds in their race for the
pennant and I too am excited
and wish to support our home
team. But the methods with
which we show our support
upset me.

Our use of the tomahawk
chop in support of the Braves

peipetrates the idea of Native
Americans as savages. In
discussions with students and
off-campus friends I have often
been asked what else should we
call our team? If we name them
alter an animal, they sa\ . then
the animal rights acth ists w ill
fight it. Since when are we more
concerned about animals than
our sister and brother humans .'

Our use of "Native Ameri-
can" chants, dances, and
rhythms/music is in essence a
mockery of their religion and
culture. We have taken a people
and made them a mascot!

Let's reconsider how we
express our support for Atlanta's
baseball team, and also show

Plain Black and White

by Nadine Evette Curry

Where is my Sisterhood?
Who are sisters? Why are we
not communicating? I want
communication. I want true
sisterhood. I am not talking
about "Scottie*" sisters. This is
an African-American sisterhood
problem.

Before I address this problem,
1 want to make it clear that all
African- American women on
this campus do not have a
problem. It is a select few and it
is to these individuals that I
speak. It is these indh iduals that
make communication difficult.

When I initially made m\
decision to attend Agnes Scott
College, I looked forward to the
Sisterhood that I thought would
be present on campus.

As it first-) ear student
walking to classes. I waved
enthusiasticall) to fellow
African-American students.
Some waxed back at me others
turned the other wa\ .

Now I basicall) know when to
w a\ e and w hen not to bother.
Sad isn't if?

Why is this happening'.' Pari
of the problem is identity . Let's

lace it. Some individuals on the
campus refuse to realize how
beautiful they really are.

I don't know what has caused
them to choose this path, but
w hatever the reason, it is not
good enough. There is no reason
for any person to forget their
heritage.

A statement was raised in
com ocation that we are all
human beings. Tiffan)
Patterson, Associate Professor of
History at Spelman, responded
that "I luman beings have
identities!""

Some sisters do not commu-
nicate because of conflict ing
personalities. This is fine to a
point, but being minorities on
this campus should bond us
regardless. I don't care if you
don't like me personal!) .

But when I wave, speak to me
because I share your skin, speak
to me because you recogni/e that
we are in this together, speak to
me because we only have one
African-American professor on
campus, speak to me because
almost all the physical plant and
food service people are African-
Americans, and most of all speak
to me because we are here

struggling.

We have enough problems
with others ignoring our
presence. So, tell me, sisters,
why we are ignoring each other?
Will it stop?

I always dreamed of going to
college and meeting women that
I would make bonds with.
Women that I would be friends
with the rest of my life
Sisterhood.

Witkaze, the African-
American organization, is a
support /one for us. It allows the
ideals of Sisterhood to come into
pla\ . but all the sisters are not
present.

This is what bugs me. All
sisters need to be present at
Witkaze. If everyone comes, we
can air all of our concerns among
ourseh es.

I must remind you that I am
one voice, therefore all African -
Americans on campus may not
agree with what I have written.

My approach may have been
appreciated behind closed doors,
but behind closed doors there is
darkness. I am opening the
doors towards light and truth. I
dream of true Sisterhood. Will
you help me find it?

some support for the real Braves,
the Native Americans. Do
support our team but let's find
an alternative to the tomahaw k
chop and the chants, songs, and
dances.

Respectfull) submitted.
Lisa Anderson
Class of 1992

Dead, White
European Males?

To the Editor:

How ^ool\ it is that Our
College Community benefits
once again from the clear
thinking of The Neighborhood
Feminist. Her column of
October 4 goes a long way

toward clarifying vexed issues
having to do with the staffing of
courses. She points out. for
example, the educational
disadvantage of having "a
European-American" teach a
course in African-American
History. Her reasoning seems to
be that, for maximum educa-
tional advantage, courses should
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Editorials

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Letters

(continued from page 5)

be taught only by those qualified
by race, gender, religion, sexual
orientation, physical enablement,
etc.

I suspect TNF was restrained
by personal modesty and so did
not extend her clear thinking to
other cases of educational
disadvantage. A quick look at
who teaches what at this college
shows how outraged we all should
be at the following:

A course in Roman Catholi-
cism taught by an ordained
Presbyterian minister;

Courses having to do with
so-called psychological disabili-
ties taught by persons of robust
'mental health';

A special reading in Lesbian
Ethics directed by a heterosexu-
ally married woman;

A course in Milton taught by
a woman;

Courses in medieval
Christian art and architecture
taught by a Jew;

A course in American
Popular Music taught by a man
over fifty;

Courses cross-listed for
Women's Studies taught by men.

Those are merely particular
instances: in fact the disadvan-
tages are widespread. In general,
as soon as we realize that the
Western cultural heritage has been
dominated by dead white Euro-
pean males (DWEMs), we have to
ask why we should tolerate non-
whites, non-Europeans, and non-
males leaching in that tradition.
After all, if the Western cultural
tradition was created, developed,
and perpetuated by DWEMs. it
should be taught by DWEMs.

Well, TNF might say. it's
salutary, enlightening, and
liberating to have the Western
cultural tradition viewed and
criticized from other perspectives.
They serve as a corrective to the
paternalistic hierarchical stand-
point of the DWEMs who have so
oppressed so many people for so
long. In addition, there is a lot of
truth in those perspectives.

Now if TNF is willing to go
that route, the particular instances
listed above do not constitute
educational disadvantage. Indeed,
the\ are salutary, enlightening,
and liberating. But what, then, is
w rong w ith "a European-
American" teaching African-
American History? Does TNF
want to claim that a white cannot
appreciate the oppression of
African-Americans? Does TNF
w ant to claim that the Nobel
Committee made a mistake in
awarding the Nobel Prtee tor
Literature to a white woman
(Nadine Gordimer) who for forty
years has been an effective critic
of apartheid? Would TNF
suggest that Nadine Gordimer is
not qualified to teach African
Literature at .Agnes Scott because

she is white ? Given her modesty.
I suspect TNF would merely
constrain Ms Gordimer from
teaching Uncle Tom's Cabin
at least until a better-qualified
teacher could be found.

Yours sincerely,
I)a\ id Behan

Tacker criticizes
Harrington

Dear Editors,

Because of the amount
insignificant drivel turned out
week after week by this "news-
paper", I vowed never to
contribute anything to its shallow
pages after my resignation as
Features Editor a year ago.

But Liz Harrington's letter in
the October 4 issue changed my
mind. Obviously, in her
desperate attempt to justify the
racist tone of her answering
machine announcement,
mentioned in Kim Compoc's
"Neighborhood Feminist"
column, Harrington missed
Kim's point entirely.

Harrington claimed ignorance
as to the location and color of the
people of Nigeria. She claimed
she didn't intend to offend.

Yet she fails to realize that
ignorance and intentions do not
justify the fact that her an-
nouncement called to mind in
my own case, and that of several
others, a picture of a stocky
black man deflowering poor little
white girls.

She doesn't even speak to the
fact that the message remained
for days after a stunned African
American womyn responded
with outrage.

Yes, Harrington has the right
to say whatever she wants on her
answering machine. But the
problem I and others had with
the whole incident is that
Harrington's roommate,
noticeably anonymous in the
letter, is none other than Profile
editor Kristin Lemmerman.

As editor of a student
publication she receives phone
calls from people of all colors.
The position makes her respon-
sible lor every thing she says and
does.

Yet even in these racially
sensitive times she cannot break
out of her white privilege
candyland enough to realize that,
yes, she can ot tend someone
with carelessness.

All Harrington proved with
her letter was that she and
Lemmerman are merely ignorant
participants in the structure that
continues to classif\ people
according to skin tones and not
their worth and fail to even
recognize the damage they might
have done or could possibly still
do.

Come on, wymyn, wake up

and make responsible decisions.
Everyone is subconsciously
racist. It is only when we stop
seeing ourselves as these great
white liberals, open to all,
recognize our racist tendencies,
built into us b\ speiet) , and
become aware of how what we
say and/or do affects the world
around us. that we can begin to
chip away those walls.

Don't waste time running
around justifying yourself. Just
open your eyes and remember
your individual responsibilities.

And also. Ms. Lemmerman,
showing a friend an unpublished
editorial so that she may respond
to it does not exactly qualify as
fair or good journalism. Please,
either refrain from that practice,
or give anyone else mentioned in
articles or editorials without their
knowledge the same chance.

Angie Tacker

Dear Readers,

// may surprise you to hear
t/nn I did not. in fact, show Ms.
Compoc's editorial to Ms.
Harrington; she had written her
Letter to the Editor nearly a week
before the paper had been
published. I will stand by my
roommate' s belief that if the
message truly offended, it would
have bee/i much more productive
to leave a name and telephone
number where one could be
reached, rather than leaving
behind an anonymous, vulgar
message.

Incidentally, being the editor,
it is my prerogative to choose
who sees things before they are
printed, and I have in the past
shared letters to the editor to
people they involve when I felt it
was warranted.

Sincerely.

Kristin Lemmerman, Ed.
in Chief

Can't We Talk

Dear Editors,

Since arriving at Agnes Scott
last year,.l have enjoyed reading
the various columns and letters in
the editorial section. Even though
I don't always agree with what is
said. I am often introduced to a
point of view that I had been, until
then, unfamiliar with. This is
what learning is all about.
However, reading about the same
thing in every issue is getting
rather dull.

I real i /e that racism is a lot
stronger on this eampus than we
often choose to see. Making us
aware of the racist environment
we live in is the first step not
the only one. Education and
communication are the kc\ s
(although not the only tools) to
ridding society of racism. We
should not attempt to bust down

the wall by name-calling and
hateful comments, but b\ careful
and calm explanations about the
reason something is offensive to
us.

I find it sad that Agnes Scott
isn't ^\o\n^ more to meet the
needs and desires of its African-
American students. And I agree
that African-American women are
an integral part of our history and
culture and should be studied as
such. But while "counting our
blessings," as Kim Compoc put it
in the last "Neighborhood
Feminist" article, we left out
Zacharia Manare, assistant
professor of mathematics. Or
does he not count because he is
part-time? 1 am grateful to have
the opportunity to take an
African-American studies class
something I had only heard of
in passing before I came here.

No, it is not enough. There
will, in all probability, ne\ er be
enough done to completely end
racism. But the key lies within
us. and we have to get over our
own prejudices before we can
attempt to help rid another of
theirs. Call it not only as you see
it but when you see it.

In closing. I hope that this can
introduce a new point of view to
at least one person. I have just
done exactly what 1 complained
about in my opening paragraph
talked about racism in a seem-
ingly pointless fashion, against
m\ better judgement. But I am
willing to be a hypocrite for a
while if it can accomplish what
other columns and letters have
done for me.

Respectfully,
Jane lie Bailey

Beware of
Impoundment

Dear Editor,

I am writing this letter to you
because I feel I have no other
recourse.

My car was parked on the
loop in a reserved administration
Staff parking space at 9:30 a.m.
on Monday, September 30, and
at I 1:15 a.m. my car was towed.
My problem is that I arrived on
campus at 9:15 and spent 15
minutes driving around Agnes
Scott parking lots looking for a
place to park. I drove by that
administrative staff parking
space three times before I finally
decided that it was the only place
I could park. I figured since it
was already about 9:30, and
Agnes Seott staff is supposed to
be on campus between 8:30 and
9:00, no one was going to use
that space that day. By 9:30 I
was running late for some
meetings with professors and my
elasscs. so | parked and hurried
into the dorm to get reach . At
11:15. not two hours after I
parked there, my car was towed.

1 have received tickets from
Public Safety before, but all
those tickets were lor parking in
reserved spaces when there was
no other place to park. I realize
that 1 was at fault in parking
there, but again I want to
emphasize, there was no other
place to park. However, the
situation was worsened by the
fact that at no time that day was I
notified that m\ car would be
towed. Six hours later when m\
roommate went out to her car.
she noticed that m\ ear was not
w here I said it w as. and then a
friend said she thought she had
seen my car being towed when
she was driving around looking
for a parking space. My point is
that I would not have even
known my car had been towed if
some one else hadn't noticed,
because Public Safety says it is
not their polic) to notif) owners
that their car has been towed. I
would not have found out until
5:00 the next morning when I
went out to get in my car and go
to work and it wasn't there. 1
would ha\ e automatical!)
accrued a five-dollar service
charge from the towing service
for not picking my car up before
midnight. And Public Safety
informs me, the policy is not to
notify students until two da\ S
have passed, and then they'll
only put a notice in the student's
box. So if I only check my
mailbox once a day and they put
the notice in my box after I have
checked m\ mail, conceivably
four days could pass before 1
find out that m\ car has been
towed, thus adding a twenty-
dollar storage fee to the sixtj
dollars I have to pay in cash to
get m\ car released from
impound. To top it all off. after
they towed m\ car at I 1 .15. no
one parked in the space they
towed my car from, so I really
was not "stealing'' anyone's
space!

However, this is not the end
of all this mess. Because I have
a job and work every morning
from about 5:00 a.m. to between
9:00-1 l:0()a.m.. I will lace this
parking dilemma daily. It is
unjust that I was towed when
there was no other place to park.
It is unjust that I had to pay a
sixty dollar l ine to get my car out
of impound. However, it is even
more unjust that I. and other
students like me, will continue to
circle Agnes Scott parking lots
daily, missing appointments and
classes because if we park in the
available reserved parking spaces
we laee the possibility of being
towed. I have talked with Public
Safety and they say they are
restricted to sehool policy, and
their hands are tied. Meanwhile,
what are we to do?

Signed.

Totally Frustrated

Features

Friday, October 25, 1991 The Profile Page 7

Real Myths and Legends: Truth Behind the "Tales of the Tree"

This allegedly expensive tree beautified the campus...

Panel Discussions Explore
Majors and Career Options

by Shirley J. Kennedy

How many of us wonder what
we are going to do after gradua-
tion? Better yet. how many feel
you may have trouble transfer-
ring your major to a career in the
"real world?'"

Not to worry. The Career
Advisor\ Board, in concert with
Career Planning & Placement,
plans to present two panel
discussions dealing with majors
this year during convocation.

The first took place on
Wednesday, September 25.
discussing foreign language
majors with a panel composed of
Agnes Scott alumnae who
majored in French, German,
Latin and Spanish.

Moderating the panel was our
own Regine Reynolds-Cornell,
and the meeting was opened with
an introduction b\ Janelle
Bailey. Chair of the Career
Advisory Board.

On the panel were Donna
Blanton, '88. French: Christine
Silvio, '80, German; Robin
MacLeod, '86, Psychology and
Latin: and Beverly Garcia
Barnard, '88, Spanish and
Political Science.

Donna is employed with
LOMA, a professional associa-
tion for insurance companies, as
administrative assistant in the
French Programs Department.

Although French proficiency
is not a prerequisite for employ-
ment with LOMA, they certainly
seek out individuals who are
learning or interested in learning
the language and are willing to

pay for courses.

Christine works with Radix
International and uses her
German daily through communi-
cations with her supervisor as
well as with German clients.

Even though her position
does not require German, as
many of the clients speak
English, Christine explained that
her proficiency in German helps
to clear up misunderstandings in
translation.

In addition. Christine teaches
at the German School of Atlanta
on Saturdays. She is also
involved in Amnesty Interna-
tional and worked with the
Democratic National Conven-
tion, both due to her German-
speaking skills.

Robin MacLeod, who
attended Agnes Scott as an RTC,
is a teacher of Latin at Brandon
Hall, a school for students with
attention deficits and learning
disorders.

Rohm explained that Latin
helps her students to understand
the English language, because 65
percent of English is based on
Latin.

She went on to discuss the
need for Latin teachers, while
pointing out that Latin skills are
not limited to use in teaching
Latin is utilized in law, medicine
and ministry.

Beverly Garcia Barnard is
currently employed by Neiman
Marcus and has begun Natural
Packaging Materials, Inc., with
her husband of one year.

Although Beverly is not

(continued on page H)

by Brooke M. Colvard

Con ft i but it ig Editoi '

The woods decay, the woods
decay and fall.

The vapours weep their
burthen to the ground,

Man comes and tills the field
and lies beneath.

And after many a summer
dies the swan.

from "Tithonus"
by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Last fall when everyone on
campus was counting the days to
the festive vacation of the year.
Physical Plant was busy decking
the quad with a giant Colorado
Spruce, the annual campus
Christmas tree.

Conversations centering
around this botanical addition to
the campus soon began, and the
tree slowly became another
"bunn> ": you either loved the
tree or hated it.

The fact that the tree signified
a traditional form of Christmas
celebration seemed to be
irrelevant. Instead, people were
more interested in referring to the
tree as another way for the
college to "squander funds."

Such comments were made
as. 'die, hideous tree, die!", "why
did we need yet another tree?"
and "why did they put the tree by
the wall?"

As you know by now, this tree
died over the past summer,
leaving only a circle of pine
needles and an electrical outlet
near the wall.

Of course this inexplicable
summer death sparked campus
curiosity the moment we all
returned. The tales rolled in by
the do/ens, each a little bigger,
and each a little bolder.

The myths, however, were
different this time around. The
cost of this perished tree became
the soul of the "tales of the tree."

The college purchase price
estimates began at a mere $800,
and soon almost doubled to
$ 1 ,400. The estimated cost did
not stop here; it rose to $4,000
and peaked at $5,000 as of last
week.

My tree value guess was
$600, but I was assured by a
source who claimed to have
"inside information" that it cost
$800, as mentioned above, and
"was shipped special all the way
from Oregon."

I wanted to check this ""inside
information." so I went straight
to the top. I spoke with Victoria
Lambert, head of Physical Plant's
grounds crew, and received the
real legend of the tree.

"The tree did come from
Oregon," said Victoria, "but with
a shipment of other trees that
were going to a Pike's nursery

nearby, which is where we got
the tree." So much for the
imported tree story!

Victoria went on to mention
that we must keep in mind that
for at least the past tour years, the
college has purchased a dead
Christmas tree (for about $200)
which would take Physical Plant
all day to erect: thus, added to the
cost of the tree were various
amounts of overtime, "depending
on how bad the wind was
blowing" and from which
direction.

The purchase of a live tree, if
the tree had survived, would have
ensured that the college would
never have to spend more money
and time erecting and removing a
new, dead Christmas tree each
year.

Also, because of the tree's

size and weight, "a tree service
donated their crane and labor to
hoist the tree into a hole that our
crew dug," said Victoria, further
decreasing the time and money
spent w ith the annual tree.

The cause of death of the tree
is unknown. However, Pike's has
agreed to pay for half of the
purchase price of the college's
new live tree, w hich it w ill plant
this year.

The new tree will be located in
the same spot as the old one, near
the wall, so that the electrical
outlet located there can again be
used to light the tree at Christmas.

So, how much did this
conversational, "now-dead" tree
cost? In the laughing words of
Victoria Lambert. "Four hundred
dollars That's Four Zero
Zero!"

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Features

Page 8

The Profile

Frida\, October 25, 1991

Perspectives

compiled by Claire Lemme

DO YGU THINK THAT AGNES SCOTT
SHOULD LIMIT THE
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AT
ASC SOCIAL FUNCTIONS?

Helyn E. Wallace

Class of 1993:

-Yes; I believe it would show
that we at Agnes Scott
promote responsible drinking.
As well, it would help attract
people to our social functions
for other reasons besides just
to get drunk.*'

Mary Jordan

Class of 1994:

"No. If you arc 2 1 , then you ^
should be allowed to drink ^
whenever and wherever you
w ant to drink."

Beck) Nowlin

Class of 1993: "Yes. because
most of the functions that take
place involve people driving
from other campuses to get
here, and an unlimited
consumption of alcohol will
put e\ eryone at risk. Such
things as drunk driving and
rape are just a lew examples of
the effects of too much
alcohol. Sociable drinking is
fine, but excessive drinking is
socially corrupt."

Angela Weaver

Class of 1993: "It's really a
shame that there should be a
need to limit anyone's
consumption. However,
since the need does exist. I
think consumption should he
limited, but I would not want
to have to decide upon the
limit."

Beth Hunt

Class of 1994: "No,
because I don't really think
it would matter. If people
w ant to drink. they w ill get it
somew here."

World-Traveler
and Would-Be
Archaeologist
Tucker Settles
Down at ASC

by Stephanie Sidney

Dr. Margie Tucker became a
member of the ASC faculty in
August 1991, but her interest in
the College started even before
she was finished with her own
schooling.

While still a graduate student.
Tucker was influenced by the
good things she heard about Dr.
Alice Cunningham as well as
about the college and accepted
the position of Assistant Profes-
sor of Chemistr\ .

She received her B.A. in
biochemistry at the James H.
Quillen College of Medicine in
Tennessee.

This is Tucker's lust teaching
position. She was a Post-
Doctoral Fellow at Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland.

Tucker states that so far she
has enjoyed teaching at Agnes
Scott and that she finds the
students bright and rewarding to
teach.

What does she hope to see in
the near future in the Chemistry
Department? She emphatically
replies that she hopes to see
more students in biochemistry.

She herself is fascinated by
the study of living organisms and
the discovery of how diseases
affect the human system. Tucker
thinks that an appreciation of
chemistry is necessary for
understanding the molecular
basis of biological systems.

Alter finishing undergraduate
school. Tucker took one year off
to take care of the oldest of her
three children, who are Tracy,
12: Jonathan. 9; and Rachel. 4.

Because Tucker's father was
in the army . she has lived in
several countries, including Iraq.
Ethiopia, Beirut, Lebanon and
Greece.

It is also interesting to note
that Tucker's first ambition w as
to become an archaeologist. Her
inspiration w as a female
archaeologist who spoke to her
class when she was in the second
grade.

1 ler aspirations changed,
however, following the Six-Day
War. which began shortly alter
her family left Beirut. Her
interest centered on the countries
Of that area, and she felt that the
war would have made a career in
archaeology difficult to pursue
there. Thus, her interest in a
scientific course of study
evolved.

Tucker is married to Mr.
James Tucker. The family lives
in Avondale Estates.

Margie Tucker, new chemistry professor, professes a longstanding
lo\ e of archaeology.

Career

( com i nucd from page 7)

currently relying on her language
for employ ment. she highly
recommended a foreign language
major.

During her time at Agnes
Scott, Beverly travelled to
Madrid with the Global Aware-
ness Program, and she recom-
mended these trips to all
language students.

Introductions completed, the
floor was opened to questions.
First, how do you develop
fluency and become comfortable
speaking your chosen language /

Both Donna and Christine
recommended travelling abroad.
Each spent a year studying in
France and Germany, respec-
tively, improving her language
skills while enjoying the
experience.

How much school is required
to teach in another country?
Regine Reynolds-Cornell stated
that in France, one must possess
the equivalent of an American
PhD. Christine stated that in
Germany, however, each person
is judged individually .

If you are unsure as to
whether you might like to teach
in a foreign country . exchange
programs for teachers are
available. Information can be
obtained from Reynolds-Cornell;
additional information is

a\ ailable from the United
Nations in New York.

You must, however. ha\ e
two years' teaching experience
in the United States before
acceptance to these programs is
possible.

The panelists gave helpful
tips for mastering a foreign
language. Donna suggested
getting in touch with foreign
communities in the city.

She herself currently meets
with a group which gathers to
speak French. The skill levels
range from beginner to fluent.
The more time spent with your
language, the easier fluency
becomes.

Finally, will proficiency in a
foreign language be advanta-
geous even if your career turns
in a different direction'/

Beverly assures us that
knowledge of a language is
definitely a plus. Foreign
languages not only make us
well-rounded, they can't hurt
our resumes or value in the
work force.

With all of this in mind, w hy
not consider a foreign language
major? [f you have already
decided to pursue this course,
rest assured that the time you
have invested will pay greal
dividends in the end.

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Features

Friday, October 25, 1991

The Profile

Page 9

Bahati Ansari Sends Message of
Hope for Racism-Free Society

by Malikah Berry

"One by one we all walked in
a circle of chairs and identified
our ethnic background, told how
racism affected our lives, and
[named] a goal upon completion
of the workshop," recalled
admissions counselor Jennifer
Cooper about her experience in
the original Racism-Free Zone
workshop facilitated by Bahati
Ansari.

"Bahati stressed that we all
start at different points and that

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until we can deal with our own
racism we could not attempt to
deal with others'," she added.

Ansari identifies herself as a
trouble-maker. But if she is truly
a trouble-maker, then we must
ask ourselves, for whom does
she make trouble? We must also
ask. isn't this the kind of trouble
we need?

She is not only a trouble-
maker but also an optimist. She
believes that there is a chance the
world can become a better place.
That hope is based on children
and education.

A picture, drawn by a child,
of a black child being hung by
the Ku Klux Klan upset her fifth-
grade son, and his response to
the picture upset Ansari. The
picture was posted, and the

children were told that it was a
part of black history.

That experience prompted her
crusade of encouraging individu-
als and groups to take responsi-
bility for undoing racism. Bahati
believes that "the Racism-Free
Zone affirms the right of all
people to be respected, honored
and celebrated for their diverse
cultural backgrounds."

Cooper said, "Bahati doesn't
have an aggressive approach.
She is frank, down-to-earth. She
shares with you, including the
fact she does not have all the
answers; we come to the
conclusions together. We admit
to our own ignorance. She
makes you feel it's o.k. not to
have known before, but she
makes you move forward."

Homeless Man Lectures at Cal State

In Karen Neustadt

CPS

When Len Doucette became
homeless, he got angry. He
v\ anted others to understand the
humiliation, the hopelessness, the
loss of self-esteem. So he began
teaching a class about his situation.

"1 want to get m\ students as
angry as 1 am about the conditions
angry enough to do something
about it," Doucette said. 'The
problem starts with misconceptions
about the homeless.

When he first offered the course
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at Bakersfield, only a dozen
students showed up. That has
changed.

His lectures peppered with
anecdotes of welfare agencies,
unemployment lines, street life and
experiences in overnight shelters
are not easy to listen to. Some
students dropped the course after
the first lecture.

'The students who do stay in,
however, are very motivated and
concerned with the problem/" sa\ s
Jaci Ward, a program coordinator
for the college.

"Mr. Doucette puts his ego

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8 June 6, 1944
12 A in one's

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14 Body of an
organism

15 V shaped pro-
tective work

17 Fit to be

18 Big truck

19 Previously
old style

20 Picture value

23 Follows
printemps

24 "The Yard"

25 Trees of light
wood

28 Shock

29 Walking -
(elated)

30 Anderson of TV

31 Que-?

35 Robards film

38 Aquatic bird

39 Desserts

40 Eastern deity

41 Legal matter

42 Like some
cereal

43 Card shark

48 Play part

49 Launched by
Helen of Troy

54 Lades

55 Racetrack
figure

56 Ember

58 Doctrine

59 Nev. town

60 Ballesteros
of golf

61 Depend

62 Go-getter

63 Viet holiday

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of 11D

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5 Digits

6 Bovary or
Lazarus

7 Principal parts
of countries

8 Evoked

9 Remove
condensation

10 Like very much

11 Open areas
13 Loyalty to

an idea
16 Cozy abode

21 Hokkaido city

22 Type ol
architecture

25 Gravy or steam

26 AM word

27 He played
Cowardly Lion

28 Indiana
(Ford role)

30 Wounded
superficially

31 Art of govern-
ment

32 Boring tools

33 Easy task

34 Pale

36 Kingly titles

37 Coniferous
tree

42 oil

43 Biblical verb

44 Speak

45 Radiated

46 Bath need

47 Vigorous

50 contendere

51 Ellington

52 Watson or
Holmes

53 Except
57 Rent

aside and discusses the problem
objectively. He's able to
depersonalize it."

Doucette first became homeless
four years ago when he was in an
accident that cost him his low-
paying job. He lived in San
Francisco, working part-time jobs
that did not cover the rent. He is
now temporarily living with a
friend because he can't afford rent
on his part-time instructor's pay.

The outspoken Doucette, who
sa \ s he does not allow himself to
become discouraged, compares the
current wave of homeless persons
with the Depression of the '30s.

"Except that now these people
are single. The dissolution of the
family is a contributor to this
problem."

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10. Trick or treat at your
grandparents' house and get last
year's Christmas candy.

9. Eat the Halloween meal in
the dining hall and realize that it's
always that scary. (Just kidding.
Keith.)

8. Hide in the bushes in the
Boonies and scare your oblivious
friends as they return from a party.

7. Get maced by your oblivious
friends.

6. Hand out to unsuspecting
trick-or-treaters the expired food in
your food drawer.

5. Turn your room into a
haunted house when your room-
mate has gone to class.

4. Watch a horror flick: Ernest
ScarecfStupicI.

3. Re-enact Psycho while your
roommate takes a shower.

2. Shave your roommate's
stuffed animals and write
"REDRUIVr across their fore-
heads.

I . Wear the ultimate Hallow-
een costume: dress up as a member
of the Kennedv clan.

Arts & Entertainment

Page 10 The Profile Friday. October 25. 1991

"Sin and Lure" and Sprague Exhibits Open

"Place Setting Pink ( hair with Blue Table" exhibited in Dana.

Micro Movie Review
The Fisher King

Glee Club Sings - and Dances

bj Sandee McGIaun

Contributing Editor

Easily the best movie of the
'90s thus far. The Fisher King is
the haunting, riveting story of
smart-A D.J. Jack Lucas (Jeff
Bridges the best work he's
ever done) and Parry (Robin
Williams incredible), a former
medieval history professor who
lives in a world of his own
creation following a personal
tragedy.

Parry is a knight on the streets
of New York on a quest lor the
1 loly Grail a picture of u Inch
he saw in a maga/ine. Jack,
struggling to overcome a sense of
guilt that is destroying him. meets
Ptoy one night when Party
rescues him from some teenage
thugs.

The two men strike up an
unusual sort of friendship. Jack
hopes io relieve his conscience h\
helping the near-homeless Parr\
meet the woman he idolizes,
clumsy-but-charming Lydia
(played b\ charming Amanda
Plummer).

With the help of his tough
Italian girlfriend Anne Napolitano

(a marvelous performance by
Mercedes Ruehl). Jack arranges a
double-date at a Chinese restau-
rant one of the funniest scenes
in the movie.

The Fisher King has been
hilled as a corned} . but the
appellation is misleading. The
movie is comic, but the realism
and tragic undertones are almost
overw helming. Be prepared to
cry as hard as you laugh. The
movie contains probably the
single most disturbing moment
ever to be shown on the silver
screen.

Directed by Terry Gilliam and
written by Richard LaGravenese,
The Fisher King has also been
called a "20th-century medieval
romance.*" It 's one of the most
powerful movies to have hit the
big screen in a long time. This
micro review does not could
not do the film justice.

The myth of the Fisher King is
the stoiy of an ailing king who has
lost the 1 lol\ Grail and is fmall\
healed when his Fopl finds the
Grail lying just out of sight and
gives it to the King. Who is the
Fisher King? I'll teave that for
you to decide.

b\ Heather Shirley
with Christie Miller

The art exhibits currently on
display in the Dalton Gallery of
Dana are a collection of "New
Works" by Nell Sprague and an
exhibit entitled "Sin and Lure,"
which is composed of tw o
portfolios of printwork done by
students, faculty and other artists
associated with the University of
Tennessee at Knox vi lie Depart-
ment of Art.

"Lure" is a series of varied
prints done by twenty-five
different artists. A prominent
print is the first one displayed,
done by Tracy Boyd.

It is an interesting interpreta-
tion of the theme "lure." as it
colorfully invites the spectator to
"START HERE."

"Sins" prints arc both black
and white and color, w ith much
emphasis placed on form and

by Margaret Bickers

The first Glee Club concert of
1991-1992 began w ith the usual
last-minute rush backstage. Then
the brightly dressed chorus jumped
into its first number and the show
was on.

The Glee Club performed a
good mix of numbers that ranged
from the dark wail of the Blues to
the fast, spicy beat of the Samba
from "Carnival." The soloists and
chorus managed to communicate
the feelings, of the variety of music
that they performed.

contrasting colors. One of the
more interesting "sin" prints,
done by Valerie Sigmon,
reminds one of works by Eduard
Munch.

The print depicts a newlywed
bride and groom. Faceless, the
couple looks lost against a stark,
dark background with nearl)
in\ isible color.

"New Works by Nell
Sprague" distorts the viewer's
sense of scale and proportion. In
one piece, "Place Setting." mixed
media are employed.

The spectator's eye is drawn
into the picture by the peculiar
way a chair is portrayed, with
uneven legs and a slanted
cushion.

Sprague's collograph "Warm
Bed" depicts a bed in a two-
walled room. The picture uses
varied hues of orange to create a
look of both warmth and
comfortable shadow.

The program walked the
audience through the bright and
glittering history of the Broadway
musical and its composers. The
music led from the slightl)
disreputable halls of Tin Pan Alley,
through the Blues Era. and up to the
giant productions of the earl)
1980s.

It also told of the composers'
progression from a loose group of
friends into the powerful ASCAP.

The dance routines flowed
smooth!) from step to step and
number to number as the dancers
kicked and spun to the lively music.

Perhaps the most perplexing
and thought-provoking piece by
Sprague is her "Cross-Section,"
a three-dimensional off-center
representation of a cross-section
of a house. The w alls employ
haphazard lines, while one open
w mdow . complete w ith blinds,
allows one to see another room
that could well be anyone's den
or living room.

The "Sin and Lure" exhibit
and the works of Nell Sprague
complement each other, because
each piece helps in creating a
certain surrealistic,
misproportioned mood. The
works give one the feeling of
standing on the edge of a step,
neither on nor off balance.

Both exhibits will be on
displa) until November 10. after
which "Sin and Lure" w ill go on
tour visiting various other
universities and colleges in the
South, as well as the World's
l air Park in Know ille.

- the Blues

The bright colors worn by the chorus
helped to make the performance very
active and captivating.

The audience really enjoyed the
excellent production of the Broad-
wax tunes and other music. It was a
fair-sized audience, but the Glee
Club definitely deserves a better
turnout if the music continues in this
wonderful way lor the rest of the
year.

Special credit should also go to
the supporting musicians who added
so much to the program. An extra
kudo is extended to the director and
conductor.

i \manda Plummer i together in "The Fisher kin<j."

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, October 25, 1991

The Profile

Page 11

ASC Artists on the Piedmont Arts Festival

In Christie Miller

Staff Writer

In last issue's article "ASC
Artists in the Piedmont Arts
Festival/* Terry McGehee and
Steven Forbes diseussed how
they ereate their works and how
those works related w ith the
other artists in the Inman Park
exhibit at the Piedmont Arts
Festival.

When asked about the
Concern of the eommereiality of
the Festival, both artists admitted
that it was a (actor but that its
prevaleney was diminished due
to the juried exhibition of
minimalist art. the folk art show ,
and the children's exhibit.

McGehee said. "Any outdoor
festival w ill have a commercial
intent because a majority of the
artists support themselves by
their art. but the Piedmont
Festival balances that aspect with
the other more educational
aspects."

However, Forbes stated that
he was not satisfied with the
exhibits this year. 1 le com-
mented. "The Bathhouse exhibit
w as not on the cutting edge like
it should be. The Arts Festival
has become static, and needs to
be growing in terms of its
scope."

Both McGehee and Forbes
have addressed the commercial
aspects of their own work and
have emerged with different
approaches.

For Forbes, the sale of his
works is important to help pa)
lor the cost of living. He
remarked. "I have two part time
jobs and rely mostly on my work
to make money ."

This is difficult lor an artist to
do without losing creativity to
the demands of the public.

Forbes believes that he
maintains a balance between

eommereiality and creativity. He
said, "I walk on the edge of
making my work commercial
and making things the way I
want to make them. Its a
commons thing."

On the other hand, McGehee
does not depend on the sale of
her art to support herself. The
mam reason she participated in
the Festival was to gain exposure
to the hundreds of thousands of
people who see the exhibit each
) ear. These people include
gallery owners and museum
personnel from all o\ er the
country .

She remarked. "1 am seriousl)
pursuing the development of m)
own aesthetic. It's nice to sell,
but I never have depended on it.
If I did. I would be making
different works w ith more
accessible prices."

Currently. McGehee produces

two to five works a year and
spends a lot of time on each one:
"I make them accessible to
people that \ alue and w ant to
pay for the highest level of
craft."

Both artists said that the)
would participate in the Arts
Festival again next year if
circumstances permitted.
McGehee said that if invited, she
would "possibly design objects
for the purpose of selling to meet
the expenses of being in the
Festival."

Forbes stated that he would
"create a variety of work rather
than only 'saleable' pieces."

Overall, Forbes said that there
exists the need for a "group of
artists and arts administrators to
get together and brainstorm
about making the educational
aspects of the Piedmont Arts
Festival more dynamic."

Martyrdom Is Not
An Easy Job

by Laura Shaeffer

How strong are your convic-
tions? Chances are most of us
couldn't hold a candle to the
strong morals and courage of Sir
Thomas More as he is portrayed
in A Man For All Seasons.

The Alliance Theatre is
currently running this inspiring
drama of Sir Thomas More, a
man w ho is willing to risk
even thing, even his famil) and
his life, for w hat he believes in.

When King Henr\ Mil asks
More to support him in his quest
to dump Queen Catherine in his
pursuit of a male heir. More s
beliefs force him to refuse his
king. But as you ma) ha\ e
guessed, this doesn't make King

Henry very happy.

While More's convictions are
unwavering, the King's pressures
are unyielding. More is eventu-
ally forced to resign from his
post, forcing his once noble
family to become paupers. Yet
this king doesn't stop there.

When More won't sign the
decree in support of making the
King head of the Church, he is
thrown in jail for high treason.

The lynching is led by
Thomas Cromwell and his men
who dig for any scrap of
evidence the) can find again
More. But when their search
turns up nothing, all the) can do
is perjure themselves and
fabricate a lie to coin let him.

Yet, not even in the face of

til

Ray Birk plays Sir Thomas Move in A Man For All Seasons at the
Alliance.

ASC \ production of MS I KAIL, an Atlanta premier, opened last night. W hat cool actors-go see it!

his death does More ever waver
his beliefs. While he loves his
king and his country, he will not
perjure himself in front of God.

More, played by Raye Birk. is
a simple, pensive man. He is
loved dearly b\ his famil) and
friends, who. try as the) might,
can never understand his desire
to be true to himself. Their
pleading is futile. He w ill not
bend.

Birk. making his Alliance
debut, presents a stunning
performance of this historical
man against whom we can all
measure our own convictions.
Although More is an extreme, he
forces lis to examine our own
beliefs.

Richard Fane 11 plays a jolly,
fun-loving King Henry VIII. a
man on the other end of the
spectrum from More. As King,
he sees himself as a man above
all laws, even if they are. as
More believes, the laws of God.
Instead, he simply has them
changed to convenience him and
his own goals.

A Man For Ml Seasons w as
written by Robert Bolt, the
English playwright also famed
for the screenplax o\ Law rence
of Arabia.

Bolt insists that his play about
events more than 400 years in

the past has meaning tor today.
1 le asserts. "The life of a man
like Sir Thomas More offers a
number of caps u Inch, in this or
any other century, we many try
on for size."

According to director Libby
Appel. "In this production, we ...
use the story of More to clarify
the passions, dilemmas, and
questions of our lives. Each of
us has to resolve the ethical,
moral, and value questions
having to do with the one place
deep inside ourselves which we
can never sacrifice the point
at which we can go no further."

Alliance Dramaturg Waller
Bilderback adds. "Although the
settings and costumes w ill
remind us that the actions take
place in the 16th century, they
[are] performed by a group of
people that spring out of our own
life, reminding us that we are
laced with similar questions of
conscience in our everyday lives,
as individuals and as a societ) .'"

A Man For All Seasons w ill
run at the Alliance through
November 16. Show times are
Tuesday through Saturday at S
p.m.. Sunday (and some
Saturdays) at 2:30 p.m. and
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Affordable
student rates are available, so call
X e P-2414 for more information.

Arts & Entertainment

Page 12 The Profile Friday, October 25, 1991

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

Pilobolus Dance Theatre, a part
of the ASC '92 College Events
Series, will perform at 8: 15 p.m. on
November 7 and 8 in Gaines
Auditorium of Presser Hall. For
more information, call 371-6430.

Blackfriars present MsTRlAL
by Lawrence Broglio and George
Ralph. The story of two female
prosecuting attorneys who seek
reparations for 25 centuries of
discrimination against women, the
play runs Oct. 24-26, 3 1 and Nov.
1-2. Call 371-6248.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art: For

more information about the
following, call 892-4444.

R.S.\ P.. an exhibition of
creative invitations to art shows,
will run through November 15 at
the Georgia Pacific Center.

An exhibition of the artwork of
Henry Ossawa Tanner, the
foremost African- American artist at
the turn of the century, will run
through November 24.

The Lloyd McNeill Trio will
present an hour-long program of
jazz and classical music created
especially for the Henry Ossawa
Tanner exhibit on November 3 at
2:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium.

Edw ard Munch: Master Prints

from the Epstein Family Collection
runs through November 10.

Southern Expressions: Tales
Untold, works by seven Southeast-
em artists, runs from October 26 to
January 5, 1992.

Linda Connor: Spiral Journey \
featuring the contemporary
photography of Linda Connor, will
run through January 3. 1992.

Atlanta College of Art: lor
more information about the
following, call 898-1157.

Gardens: Real and Imagined,
the responses of eleven contempo-
rary artists to the idea of the garden,
will run through November 15

Artist Rudolph Baranik and
critic Donald Kuspit will lecture on
Inferiority as a Value on October 30
in Rich Auditorium at 8 p.m.

The Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center presents Twisted Cement, a
look at the strained interconnected-
ness of urban society, which w ill
run through November 15.

The Arts Connection: for more
information about the following.
call237-0005

The work of Larry Casso, a
Louisiana artist, will be on display
until October 31.

A group of performers from the
North Atlanta School of the Arts
will perform highlights of their
upcoming musical. Little Shop of

At the High Museum: Maria Brito's "Meanderings."

Horrors at Oxford Books on Pharr
Road on November 3 at 3:30 pm.

Theater

Horizon Theatre Company:

The Heidi Chronicles will run
through November 17. This is the
Atlanta premiere of the Pulitzer Prize
and Tony a ward- winning comedy.
For more information, call 584-
7450.

Music

Windstorm Productions: lor

more information about the
following, call 524-7354.

Nana' Griffith and the Blue
Moon Orchestra will play on
October 25 at 8:30 p.m. in the
Atlanta Symphony Hall.

The Battlefield Band, inspired
h\ then- Scottish culture and
heritage, will perfonn a collection
of Celtic folk music on October 26
at 8:30 p.m. in the Variety
Pla\ house.

Michael Hedges. "Windham
Hill guitar w izard," will perform on

Affordable Eateries Abound in Atlanta

by Kristin Lemmerman

Contributing Editor

So, you have a date, or you
have parents coming to visit
from out-of-town, or you can't
stand to suffer through the
"dining experience" on campus
once more. Can you afford to go
out? Almost certainly! Wel-
come to Atlanta, where you can
find any type of cuisine for a
price you can live with.

Being a senior, and having a
strong dislike for the dining hall,
I consider myself something of
an unofficial expert on cheap
area restaurants. All of the
following, my personal favorites,
are accessible by MARTA; most
of the pizzerias are within
w alking distance.

/ranco's. 303 College
Avenue. Phone: 377-4579.

Formerly Pizza by Candle-
light, this restaurant underwent
some massive improvements
both in atmosphere (I no longer
look for bugs; my vision is no
longer impeded by lack of light)
and in quality of food.

Prices are incredibly low, and
the friendly owners deliver to
your dorm until closing time if

you can't deal with the idea of
walking across the street to get
there.

Avondale Pizza Cafe, 70 N.
Avondale Road. Phone: 299-
6922.

It's a longer walk than
Franco's, but the fresh-baked
pretzels you can get there are
more than worth it.

The pizza is above average in
flavor, and one medium pizza
with an order of pretzels comfort-
ably feeds at least three. Go
when it's nice out you can sit
on the outdoor patio and
people watch!

feUinfs. 923 Ponce de Leon.
Phone: 873-3088.

There are actually several
FeUinfs locations around town,
but the one listed above is my
favorite, because I like the music
tastes of the people who dine
there (you won't hear their music
on Power 99).

Fellini's offers unique pizzas
(like the White Pizza, which lacks
tomato sauce) and toppings
(garlic and feta cheese, for
example). And, of course, it's
cheap.

Frijoleros, 1031 Peachtree St.
Phone: 892-8226.

Fnjoleros is the most colorful

restaurant on the list h\ far, and
the only Mexican restaurant I
know of where you can order
one large burrito, specify what
you want in it and on top of it.
and find that it feeds two
comfortably.

Do go with friends, especially
if you're driving at night, since
downtown alone can be scary.
Frijoleros burritos have been
named the Best in Atlanta by
Creative Loafing, and they still
have reasonable prices.

Feng Nien. 5000 Memorial
Drive. Phone: 296-8386.

Chong's Jimm\ Chinese
Restaurant. Phone: 233-3224.

The two restaurants listed
above are my favorite Atlanta
Chinese restaurants, not neces-
sarily because their prices are so
wonderful (although 1 have yet
to see a Chinese restaurant
whose prices weren't low-to-
moderate, and most of these
two's dishes cost between $6
and $8).

Rather, I like them because
although they've both been
around for some years, they still
haven't lowered their standards
to what Americans expect. Their
dishes are tasty and unique and
the service is good.

Unfortunately, Chong's is
currently in the process of
relocating from one Piedmont
street address to another. By the
time this issue comes out. they
may be ensconced in their new
location: call to find out.

Eat Your Vegetables, 438
More land Ave. Phone: 523-
567 1 .

This restaurant has been
included not so much lor its low
prices (although it is reasonably
inexpensive as well) but more as
a suggestion for more special
(i.e.. willing-to-spend-more-
money) occasions.

It's also a nice place to take
your parents if they ever tire of
the all-American cuisine
available at Buck's in downtown
Decatur (which is also a good
special-occasion spot: try the
Oreo cheesecake!).

While food at Eat Your
Veggies is primarily vegetarian,
as the name suggests, they also
know how to prepare fish,
chicken, and fresh-baked whole
grain rolls.

My father, the world's biggest
Republican and pickiest eater,
asked to go there and would go
again: just because it's in Little
Five Points needn't scare you off.

October 3 1 at Center Stage Theatre
at 8 p.m.

Dekalb Choral Guild will
present a performance of Mozart's
Requiem in a tribute to the com-
poser on the 200th anniversary of
his death on November 1 at 3 p.m.
in the sanctuary of Emory Presbyte-
rian Church. For further informa-
tion, call 264-6101.

( lavton State ( !ollege presents
its Spivey Hall Concert Series. For
more information about the
following performances in that
series, call 961-3683.

Atlanta Chamber Players will
perform in concert on October 28 at
8:15 p.m.

Jeannine Morrison, pianist, will
give a lecture and recital on October
3 1 at 1 2:05 p.m. She will follow her
lecture with a concert at 8: 1 5 p.m.

Anthony Newman, harpsichord-
ist, will perfonn on November 4 at
8:15 p.m.

Eilward Parmenlier. harpsi-
chordist* will perform November 5
at 8:15 p.m.

Jos van Immersed, harpsichord-
ist, w ill perform on November 6 at
8:1 5 p.m.

George Lucktenbcrg. harpsi-
chordist, will perfonn November 7
at 8:15 p.m.

Miscellaneous

Atlanta Histon ( enter

presents the next of its series of
Livingston Lectures. Writer Tony
Hiss will lecture on The 20th
Century: I'he Experience of Place
on November 7. The lecture begins
at 8 p.m. and will be followed by a
reception.

Smith-Corona and Story
magazine will sponsor the 1992
Story ( lollege Short Story
Competition. Entries must be
postmarked by midnight, December
31, 1991 . For additional informa-
tion, .send a SASE to: Stoty. 1507
Dana Avenue. Cincinnati, Ohio
45207.

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The Profile

The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, November 8, 1991

Volume 7S, Issue 4

Variety of Organizations Express Concern for
Environment at GAIA's First Education Night

Sarah Fisher and Winnie Varghese dispah their literature on Feo-Feminism at the Fnvornmental
Education night.

New Lesbian/Bi-sexual Alliance Encourages
Student Awareness of Homosexuality

by Josie Hoilman

Contributing Editor

National Coming Out Day held
special meaning this year for the
Agnes Scott campus, as October 1 1
also marked the announcement of
the newest student organization, the
Lesbian/Bi-sexual Alliance.

Approved through second
oting by the SGA on the 8th. the
founding members introduced the
organization by placing Flyers in
student mail boxes.

Stickers were also made avail-
able reading, "Come out for your-
self !/Come out for your friends!/
Come out for justice!" They are
intended to be worn by anyone
wishing to show their political
allegiance.

National Coming Out Day is a
day of celebrating those who are
"out" and encouraging others to
come out."

Many cities have parades, but in
the opinion of Kim Compoc.
member of the organization. "It's a
scary time to come out because of
AIDS and the fact that homophobia

is so prevelant: AIDS has made
homophobia fashionable." Atlanta
did not sponsor a parade.

The organization chose an
inverted pink triangle to symbolize
their group. Homosexuals in Nazi
Germany were forced to wear this
same s\ mbol.

Many organizations, including
the AIDS Coalition to Unleash
Power now support popularizing
the triangle.

Often phrases will appear under
the symbol, such as silence=death.
Jeanne Peters, another member,
feels that it is "a way of reclaiming
and not being silent."

Many who began the
formation of this Alliance have
already graduated. Compoc feels
that "it is a legacy of the lesbians
and bisexuals of the college."

The general goal of the organi-
zation is to encourage student
awareness of homosexuality.
Peters reports that the group will
"provide the campus with
information and education about
homosexual issues.

It v\ ill "function as a social
network and sponsor parties and
other events for similar organiza-
tions on other campuses."

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by Kate Simpkins

It seems that we could all use
more information on such topics
as toxic emissions and the
destruction of tropical
rainforests.

On October 23. in Rebekah
reception room, GAIA held its
Environmental Education Night
in order to spread the informa-
tion to all those concerned and
interested.

As GAIA member Lea
Widdice pointed out. maybe the
most interesting aspect of the
festival was the involvement of
other groups on campus.

The Christian Association
held a table with reading
selections and lists on environ-
mental topics, and Interdorm
presented its concerns over
toxins in the home. Several
individual students also pre-
sented tables and booths on toxic
emissions, animal rights and
Eco-Feminism.

Off-campus groups and
individuals also came to share
their concerns, including a

National Wildlife Federation
representative who hoped to
strengthen the Federation's
proposed act for the protection of
endangered species.

Gail McCormick brought an
energy petition urging all "on
behalf of planet Earth ... to adopt
a national energy policy based on
energy efficiency and renewable
resources [and to support |
mandatory control of carbon
dioxide emissions."

Some students, including
Susan Pitlman and La\ lage
Courie. presented proposals for
action against and information on
the destruction of rainforests in
Bolivia, other South American
countries, and Hawaii.

Pittman and Courie recent l\
attended a national conference on
the subject at Princeton
Universtiv.

Although the turnout fortius
important event was less than
abundant, all those involved both
gave and received helpful infor-
mation with which they hope to
spark renewed concern and action
in the fight to preserve our Earth-.

Hooks Deals With Boundary
of Death and Leaps over
Boundaries of Thought

In Laura Barlament

Contributing Editor

Writer and educator Bell
Hooks captivated a large
audience of students and faculty
from Agnes Scott and other area
colleges with her comments on
death and dying, women and
writing, the recent Clarence
Thomas hearings, and other
topics.

Hooks devoted the majority
of her October 22 lecture,

entitled "Black Women:
Recovery and Resistance" and
sponsored by Women's Studies,
to reading a personal, informal
response she had composed
upon writing an essay on the
African- American experience of
death.

Initially, she was "overcome
with feelings of grief at the
thought of friends and relatives
whom she had lost to death. But
she recognized this reaction to

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Three Strikes Against Bravedom
Features
Page 9

New Classes Broaden Students' Horizons
Arts
Page 11

Students Exhibit with "One Night Stand"

News

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Bell Hooks lectures on feminism

Hooks' Lecture

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be a sign of her own fear of
dying.

She recalled that during her
adolescent years, she was firmly
convinced that she would die
before she finished her teen years
because of her strong identifica-
tion with an aunt who had died at
an early age. She has also
wanted to die at other times in
her life, she said.

Now, although she is in the
middle of a 'life crisis," she is
glad to be alive, and she recog-
nizees thai one lives more fully
with the knowledge of the reality
of death.

However, awareness of death
fuels frustrating feelings of
impatience, haste and urgency.
To reach (he "height of spiritual
enlightenment/' she said, this
awareness of death must be
balanced by patience and
willingness to wait, which for
her is part of her Christian faith.

The many changes now
occurring in her life cause this
general fear of death, since life
changes are "like many small
deaths inside me." she said.

The steadying component of
her life is her commitment to
writing, which she called a
"vocation" and a "'calling."
Words have a healing power for
her.

However, she is unsteadied
by the thought of the main

and writing.

women writers who have died
while their work was in full
bloom. "How can I survive
when they did not?" she queried.

Citing the examples of Sylvia
Plath, Lorraine Hansberry,
Bessie Head and others, she
drew the generalization that an
"untimely tragic death has been
the fate of all transgressive
women writers, especially those
working from marginal loca-
tions."

"Creative females of genius
and spirit" have undergone great
struggles to master their fear and
to express themselves in the
stilling atmosphere of "repres-
sive patriarchy/' but many have
succumbed to angst-ridden
paralysis and the ultimate self-
betrayal of suicide.

Hooks reached the conclusion
that if the world is not willing or
able to provide an emotionally
safe environment for women
writers, then they must avoid this
"toxic air" and find their own
safe space where they can
nurture themselves.

She ended her talk by saying
that she is "dying to the part of
[herself) which was convinced
that [she] did not have the right
to live."

In the question and answer
session. Hooks defined herself as
"transgressive." Being trans-
gressi\c in\ olves a kind of
complex thinking which moves
beyond accepted boundaries and
can be surprising.

Best Buddies Forms New Chapter

by Dawn Sloan

Contributing Editor

If the 1 980s was the decade of
greed, the 1990s will be remem-
bered as the decade of helping
others. And it's starting off with
an explosion of volunteer projects
and attitudes of concern at Agnes
Scott.

One of the new est and most
exciting volunteer projects at
ASC this year is Best Buddies.

Best Buddies is a national
organization that "facilitates
friendships between college
students and mildly to moderately
mentall) handicapped people."

Agnes Scott students who are
involved are paired with students
from College Heights Elementary
School in Decatur.

The organization got its start
here after its founder, Anthony
Kennedy Shriver. spoke to
members of the student body last
spring.

Shriver, the son of Eunice
Kenned) . founder of the Special
Olympics, and Sargeant Shriver,
founder of the Peace Corps,
started the first chapter of Best
Buddies in 1 9SS when he was a
student at Georgetown Univer-
sity.

Anthony Shriver currently
serves as the organization's
president, w ith his father serving
as Chairman of the Board of
Directors.

With 113 chapters, 1991
marked the year Best Buddies
came South. This year, 20 new
chapters were started at colleges
throughout the South, including
such schools as Emory, Georgia
Tech, the University of Texas,
Clark-Atlanta, and several
schools in Florida.

According to Best Buddies
Agnes Scott Chapter Director,
Courtney Harris, several Agnes
Scott students are already
involved with Best Buddies.
"There are fifteen College
Buddies that are matched with a
buddy and five Associate
Members, " says Harris.

While College Buddies are
active!) involved w uh such one-
on-one interaction as taking then-
buddies to the park, to plays, to
ball games, etc., associate
members assist w ith planning
activities and going on group
outings.

Although it is too late to
become a College Buddy or
Associate Member of Best
Buddies this year, Harris points
out that an) assistance with fund-
raising through the donation of
time or money would be greatly
appreciated.

I [arris, w ho attended a
conference for chapter directors
this summer in Washington along
with Best Buddies Program
Coordinator Margit Olsen. is
enthusiastic about the direction

the organization is taking.

She expects a great deal of
support from the Atlanta
business community. In fact,
currently in the works are two
major events which she expects
to be attended h\ several Atlanta
celebrities.

The fust of these is a fund-
raiser to be held at the local
Atlanta night club Rupert's.
Several Atlanta athletes includ-
ing members of the 1 law ks and
Braves have agreed to attend this
event.

The second Best Buddies
function, a cocktail part) .will
receive the support of such
celebrities as Evander Holyfield
and President and Mrs. Carter.
This party is being held b\ the
Best Buddies Regional Advisory
Hoard, of which both I [arris and
Dean of Students Cue Hudson
are members.

Hudson is a parent representa-
tive on the Board. I ler son.
John, is a student at College
Heights, and happens to be
1 [arris's Budd) .

As Harris and others involved
point out. Best Buddies is very
fun and rew aiding, both tor the
college student and her buddy
even if you didn't get to rub
elbow s w uh Arnold
Schwarzenegger at the gala fund-
raising ball being held for Best
Buddies in Washington this
weekend.

As an examnple of her
transgressiveness. Hooks cited
her religiosity, an aspect of her
life which often surprises people
who consider it incongruous with
her liberalism and intellectualism.

Her reaction to Anita Hill's
accusations against Clarence
Thomas is another example of her
transgressive thought, for she did
not blindly defend Hill.

Rather, she thought that Hill
should have been smarter and
have thought out explanations for
the gaps in her testimony (such as
the numerous phone calls she
made to Thomas when she was
no longer working for him) in
order to better defend herself to
people who do not understand
sexual harassment.

As it was, the whole spectacle
w as disem powering for women.
Thomas, Hooks said, made no
wrong moves. His "quivering
lower lip" was part of the very
effective "homosocial bonding
technique" he exploited in the
hearing.

Hill, however, was perhaps
'victimized by her failure to show
vulnerability/' She presented a
flawless, rational image of non-
sexuality, which created mistrust
among the senators.

Instead of using "polyphonic.

pol) \ oca! discourse." Hill used
extremel) rationalized, "law
school"' reasoning, unintention
ally creating an image of irreality
for herself and making herself
even less s> mpathetic and
believable.

We must be critical of women
such as Hill who reap the
benefits of the feminist move-
ment but then choose to ignore it.
Hooks said.

In reply to a query about the
application of the terms
womanism and feminism. Hooks
explained that feminism is a
perspective on life which all
people can have. Hooks said
that she uses one term or the
other based on its usefulness in a
particular situation and that the
different movements should not
be separate.

1 looks also refused to define
what she means by "right" and
"left." She claims this ambigu-
ousness to give herself "freedom
of movement," and she claims
the right to use these terms in all
kinds of instances, since to her.
"everything is political."

When asked about how she
deals with the loneliness and
misunderstanding that often
come with a transgressive
viewpoint, Hooks expressed that

she is rewarded by the excite
ment and happiness of intellec
tual lite.

She has been called "too
white" by people who have
misunderstood her critical
thinking about the black
movement, but she has also
found out that initial highl)
critical receptions of her books
often change over the course of
the years.

In conclusion. Hooks stated
that black nationalism will not
succeed until the sexism within
the movement is overcome.
Now, she said, black solidarity is
"phallocentric" and "patriar-
chal," as was exemplified by the
black reaction to the Hill's
testimony as betrayal of the race.

I looks, a professor of English
and women's studies at Oberlin
College, has written numerous
books on the roles race and
gender play in society. I ler most
recent publication is Breaking

Bread: In Search oj Black
Intellectual Life \ 1991),

By her willingness to extend
beyond the boundaries which
society tries to set for her. Hooks
proves the complexity of her
thinking and stays on the cutting
edge of all movements for
minority empowerment.

News

Friday, November 8, 1991

The Profile

Page 3

Other Women's Colleges: A Brief
Glimpse At Institutions Like Our Own

by Josie Hoilman

Contributing Editor

Editor's Note: Although the
News section of the Profile may
sometimes address exciting
events pertaining directly to the
College, I often receive the
impression that man) of the
items we cover are either
identically or closely repeated
each year. To decrease redun-
dancy, we often include articles
or press releases of interest that
occur off-campus. Yet. I believe
something is still missing. In an
effort to add more diversity to
our student publication. I decided
to include in this issue an
overview of some basic informa-
tion about other w omens'
colleges. I chose this topic
mainl) because there is a sense
of camaraderie between the
single-sex institutions, but man)
ASC students know little if
anything about the more
publicized ones, and probably
even less about the remaining
others. I would like to thank
Sara King in the Public Relations
Office for supplying to me The
Women's College Directory
(1988).

Across the country other
women \er\ similar to the those
found at Agnes Scott are
receiving the unique educational
experience a\ ailable onl) at a
womens' institution.

"Ninety-four such institutions
remain in the U.S., although a
large percentage of them, like
Agnes Scott, allow men to enroll
in classes. Others now also
allow men to receive degrees.

Despite the presence of the
opposite sex. these instituions
have remained predominant!)
womens' colleges and universi-
ties.

Although these institutions are
all very similar, they also possess
many differences. They are
located in twenty-six states and
the Distrct of Columbia. 55$ of
women's colleges are located in
the Northeast. 23% in the
Southeast, \Wc in the Central
states, and A ( k on the West Coast.

X2 c /c of these institutions have
four-year programs, the rest
having two-year programs. Half
of them are independent, with the
remaining hall affiliated with
different religions. 30% of which
have Catholic ties. Only two
institutions are state-affiliated.

According to The Women's
College Directory, since 1970.
undergraduate enrollment is up
15%. Overall, w omen's institu-
tions enroll about 125,000
students.

In addressing enrollment
specifically, five institutions, each
of which are fairly unknown to
the students on this campus, were
chosen to compare with Agnes
Scott.

The graph provides an overall
comparison of enrollment in
relation to Agnes Scott. The
following information contains
brief overviews of the spotlighted
institutions.

SCRIPPS COLLEGE
Man) students on our campus are
aw are of the exchange program
with Mills College in California
but are unaware of the existence
of other w omen's institutions in

that state. Scipps College is one
of them. Located in Claremont, it
was founded in 1926 and is non-
affiliated. The current tuition is
$14,700 per year, and room and
board stands at $6,350. It boasts
a student/faculty ratio of 9: 1 .

STEPHENS COLLEGE
Located in Columbia, Missouri,
this institution w as founded in
1833 and is also non-affiliated.
Current tuition and room and
board are S 1 1 .475 and S4.500
respectively. Its faculty/student
ratio is 10:1.

MT. VERNON COLLEGE
Students participating in the
Washington semester may w ish
to \ isil this campus, w hich is
located in the heart of the District
of Columbia. Founded in 1875.
this eollege also has independent
status. SI 2.5 10 is the current
tuition rate and $6,090 is the
current room and board. The
facult) /student ratio is 1 2: 1 .

JUDSON COLLEGE
Located in Marion, Alabama, this
is the closest of the institutions of
this profile to our ON* n campus. It
was founded in 1838 and has a
Southern Baptist affiliation.
Current tuition is $4,090 and
current room and board is $3,100.
The faculty/student ratio is 12:1.

TEXAS WOMEN S UNI-
VERSITY One of the only
two state-supported women's
institutions in the country . this
universit) is located in Denton,
Texas. It was founded in 1901
and has a faculty/student ratio of
26: 1 .

Public Safety News

We have had two major
incidents in the last month that
we want all students, faculty and
staff to be aware of and to take
the appropriate precautions
against.

On October 19 during the
early evening hours, a woman
was walking from the Decatur
M ARTA station to her residence
on Hancock Street (located one
block south of campus) when she
noticed that a man was following
her. As she turned off the
sidewalk on Candler Street onto
1 lancock Street, the man
attacked her, beating her about
the head and face, knocking her
to the ground and then fleeing
the scene.

The woman was able to
continue to her residence and call
the police. Our department as
well as Decatur Police Depart-

ment responded. The woman
w as treated on the scene by
Dekalb County EMT's while
officers checked the area for the
perpetrator. A short while later.
Officer Daugherty of our
department arrested a subject
matching the suspect's descrip-
tion. He w as found to be in
\ iolation of his probation for a
previous assault charge.

The second incident, which
occured on October 3 1 between
10:30 pan. and 12:30 a.m..
in\ olved a ear theft from the
Hopkins Parking Lot. The
vehicle was recovered by the
Atlanta Police Department
approximately one mile from the
campus as it was being dis-
mantled b) two individuals, who
were arrested at the scene.

Fortunately, in both incidents
arrests have been made and

perpetrators jailed, but w e should
nevertheless continue to exercise
the daily tools of caution and
prevention.

Try to remember some of
these safety tips in your everyday
comings and goings: Be aware
of ypur surroundings. Do not
walk or jog alone after dark or
early in the morning. Do not
leave valuables in your car. If
you think you are being fol-
lowed, change directions
abruptly or cross the street: if
you are still being followed, go
to a public place for help. Take
the time to call and report any
suspicious activity or individu-
als to the police.

Do not forget to use the escort
service. If you arrive or leave
alone at night, please eall the
Public Safety Office for a safe
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Editorials

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THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Box 438, Decatur, GA 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman

ASSISTANT EDITOR Laura Barlament

NEWS EDITORS Josie Hoilman

Dawn Sloan

FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Sandee McGlaun

Assistant Art & Entertainment Editor Kathleen Hill

LAYOUT EDITOR Josie Hoilman

PHOTOGRAPHERS Claire Lemme, Brooke Parish.

and Karen Shuman

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

ADVERTISING MANAGER Mindy Denso

CIRCULATION MANAGER Tamara Shie

Circulation Assistants Melanie Effler

Teresa Beckham

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. We cannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily refect those of anyone affiliated with the College or
The Profile staff other than the author.

Et Cetera

As we enter the dark and
stormy part of the semester, the
Profile staff w ants to carry a
glimmer of light into the black
and white.

There are still good things
going on around us, and since
the soon-dark nights and end-of-
the semester stresses often
obscure some of them, we bring
to you this gently reminder.

Perhaps you have too many
tests. Remember that you go to
one of the few schools where
self-scheduled exams and take-
home tests are still possible.

Yes, classes are hard.
1 low ever, they would certain!}
be worse if we were only faces in
the crowd: instead, our profes-
sors know our names and are
interested in our extracurricular
activities. Some of them even
host dinners for students.

furthermore, one-person
classes are rarely possible except
on campuses of this size.

The cuisine is not always our
favorite but the people w ho
serve it. and the "Swedish chef/ 1
are friendly and do their best to
grant our idiosyncratic wishes.

Alliance

(continued from page I )

Peters also feels that it is
isolating for young women on this
campus w ho are coming out: *'In
the past there has not been a
support group, there was an
underground network, but this
(organization] will provide a safe
place for support* 1

Their more immediate goal is
to hold a Panel Discussion

The physical plant and custodial
workers are also consistently
patient and friendly.

At how many colleges can
you not only leave the door to
your room unlocked but also
your post office box open (a
tradition that, b) the w ay, will
soon sadly be coming to and end
with the new post office in the
Student Center)? Our Honor
Code makes easier not only out-
academic life but also our
communal social life.

Although there is room for
improvement, there has been a
noticeable increase in the
diversity of opinions and
experiences on campus, which
we try to reflect in these pages.
Contrary to "popular" belief, the
Profile staff is not composed
entirely of right-wing reactionar-
ies.

In conclusion, as you sit
looking from the window of your
spacious dorm room (even if you
live in Walters, compare your
room size with that of a Georgia
Tech room) at our naturally
beautiful and well-manicured
campus, count your blessings.

concerning the Shaharcase.

They hope to have professional
legal council and local lesbians
participate in the dicussion, which
is tentatively scheduled for
November 14.

The meetings are open to all
students with interest and are held
each Wednesday evening at 7:CX)
p.m. Students should check their
Campus Connection for location.

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

Too often Palestine and the
Philippines go undiscussed
within Left circles, or forgotten
altogether on the Left's priority
list. Even within the women's
movement, we tend to neglect
these international connections
for feminist struggle. Yet the
events in the last month warrant
attention.

The long aw aited, "historic"
Middle East peace conference
began October 30 in Madrid.
Secretary Baker has been
working his hiney off to convene
this little gathering, with eight
trips to the region this year alone.
And what an opening act! Bush
and Gorby will break the
champagne, and shake conde-
scending fingers to, these
naughty, belligerent parties who
can't seem to kiss and make up.

But it takes no genius to see
through the bru-haha. UN
Security Resolutions 242 and
338 will be left ignored, com-
memorating 24 years of Un-
sanctioned disregard for interna-
tional law. Georgie and the boys
will send the same $3.5 billion to
Israel as was given for FY9 1 ,
with a promise for more loan
guarantees to illegally settle the
West Bank. No two-state
solution in sight thus the

humiliation. na\ the extermina-
tion, of the Palestinians lives on.

The crowning hypocrisy
came a day before the confer-
ence, when the Washington Post
did a cover story on Israeli arms
transfers to South Africa, a clear
\ iolation of the international
boycott. Still Shamir whines
about the Palestinians' recogni-
tion of Israel's right to exist.
And still the Republican press,
bought and paid for, do their best
to confuse victim and victimizes

In other news, the Philippine
Senate voted down a measure to
renew the U.S. base agreements
at Clark and Subic Bay. What
this means is the nationalist/anti-
n uke/fem inist intellectual
movement has succeeded in its
goal to oust the bases which have
kept the Philippines in a neo-
colonial noose. The Third World
[sic] breathes a sigh of relief.

It also says that impoverished
nations need not be grateful for
to Western "development"
strategies that foster prostitution,
AIDS, mail-order brides, and sex
tours. It also tells the U.S. to sit
on its Pacific Rim strategy and
spin.

What non-renewal means in
the long term is debatable.
Telling the Yankees to go home
is one thing. Getting away with
it is another. It is naive to

assume there won't be punish-
ments (especially economic ones)
forthcoming. It is also a dubious
triumph considering the U.S. will
probably just relocate and start
again.

So what does this have to do
with feminism ? Hard to believe,
but women do exist behind ever}'
foreign policy decision, just as
masculinit) is a presence in every
foreign policy arena. Likewise,
liberation struggles are just as
dependent on women's labor
though our press conveniently
forgets to tell us.

For example. Palestinian
women have shown that they will
claim their place within the
Intifada, despite fundamentalist
notions on the roles of women.
Women have begun clandestine
day care centers and schools,
where curfews and univcristy-
closings have been imposed.
While this ma} sound like t\ pica!
women's caregiving work, in an
occupation, where going to your
backyard garden is considered a
political threat, such work is
crucial to keeping a culture and a
people sustained.

Outside the family household,
though women have been not
been at senior levels of the PLO
they have been crucial to
intelligence and policy analysis.

(continued on page 6)

Plain Black and White

by Nadine Evette Curry

I have been more aware of the
feminine aspects of my selfhood
since I have been attending
Agnes Scott College. My eyes
have been opened to the topics of
women's rights and feminism.

In fact, feminism determines
the ways of life of sonic women
on campus. It is constantly a
topic of discussion because of its
visibility.

But one topic I want to
address because I am an African-
American is womanism.

Woman ism. What does this
term mean? Win is it neces-
sary? Why do women of color
have to define themselves? Why
can't all women be together? Is
womanism another means of
separatism?

These few questions are the
only ones for which I have space
in this article, but I will address
other topics at a later date. At
this time. I think these questions
are the most important ones.

Alice Walker came up w ith
the term "womanism" to define
women of color and their

struggles. Walker defines a
womanist as a black feminist or
feminist of color. A womanist
loves men and women sexually
or nonsexually. A womanist
loves culture and in any case
loves herself.

The term womanism is
needed to define women of
color. It is needed because
women of color have had
different struggles than all other
women on this earth.

The black woman in particu-
lar has had to overcome the
reality of her people's being
lashed, murdered, and raped in
slavery. Not only do women of
color have to remember the past,
but black women also have to
deal with the struggle of being
black every day of their lives in
America.

It is necessaiy for women of
color to define themselves not
because no other women have
had struggles but because
women of color are still strug-
gling!

Granted, all women do share
the same bodily functions and
emotions and we should be able

to unite on this alone.

But the fact still remains that
black women had to endure
slavery, Indian women had to
deal with their land being
invaded and their being victims
of rape, and Oriental women had
to deal with being sold like
furniture.

Yes, white women were
accused of being w itches and put
to death. These all show
Struggles that all types of women
have endured.

But white feminism still does
not describe what women of
color need. We African-
Americans need the sense of
unity among ourselves
support. We need to heal from
our past struggles, and at the
same time we need to find
solutions for our now struggles.

We must also keep our entire
family in mind the black
family. We must keep it
together because it was driven
apart through slavery.

Not saying that all feminists
do away with white males, but
they are stereotyped as doing so.

(continued on page 6)

Friday, November 8, 1991

Editorials

The Profile

Page 5

Pollywog

Three Strikes Against Bravedom

by J. Garlen

Aah. baseball. The recent and
unexpected winning streak
enjoyed by the Atlanta Braves
brought out the tan in almost all
Atlantans and most Georgians as
well.

( )ne would think that such a
spectacular display of sports-
manship w ould rail) the state,
and the city, into a unit) never
before know n b) its man)
denizens.

Alas. no. While I think most
of us were very pleased to

44

represented by the group bearing
the name and historicall)
persecuted by that group, do care
and have every right to be
grievously offended.

It is important to point out
here that the Native .Americans
have been protesting the name
lor quite a w hile, but that the
press has only become interested
in the situation since the Braves
became popular.

I- mall) , strike three against
Bra\ edom is entire!) the fault of
the less couth of the Atlanta fans,
w ho took their fen or too far

/ do not think of myself wrong to
say that sexism saturates American
professional sport"

witness our team's success,
man) were greatly disturbed by
s arious and sundr) problems
w hich came into the public eye
and into personal experience.

Of course, there are difficul-
ties right off the bat. I myself
find it less than entertaining to
watch an) sport which I cannot
pla\ : it is a common and
conspicuous observation that
there are no female baseball
players.

If you watched the game and
saw an) women (or wymyn,
whichever you choose to be) out
there on the field, please inform
me and I will gladly recant.

I low ever. I do not think
myself wrong to say that sexism
saturates American professional
sport. The beer ads, ever
present, displa) the nubile young
women and praise the beer-
drinking "man's man." Pans of
the cheering crowd show more
of the same.

Where are the women?
They're on the sidelines at best,
wearing nonexistent skirls and
jumping around with pom-poms.
You can tell that equality is
real I \ at work here.

.Another problem with
baseball, this time a team-
specific one. is the Braves'
name. No, folks, the Native
Americans do not want you to
quit playing or quit watching or
anything of the sort.

They would, however, very
much like lor you to condemn
the desecration of their people
and their rituals and get a new
name. Be the Thrashers (that's
the state bird), or the Possums, or
the Pink Flamingos; animals
don't care and won't be of-
fended.

People, especially those not

when they brought transistor
radios and even mini-televisions
into the performances of "The
Phantom of the Opera" at the
Fox.

Having had the privilege to be
at the Sunday evening perfor-
mance. 1 was appalled to hear
cheers and clapping erupt during
the show . not lor the show itself,
but lor the baseball game in
progress.

I feel confident that were I to
listen to the "Phantom"
soundtrack at the stadium. I
would certainl) endure ridicule,
if not an actual beating, by the
fans.

My enjoyment of the
performance was stunted b) this
remarkable exhibition of poor
taste and outright rudeness. One
either goes to the theater in the
proper fashion, or one does not
go at all. You wouldn't think it
too dif ficult a rule for people to
follow.

It is not my intention to
demean anyone's enjoyment of
baseball in any way, although I
(reel) admit that I am no sports
fan.

Go to the games, cheer for the
team, buy yourself popcorn and
Crackajack and have a ball, but
bear in mind that it is only a
game, and that women players, a
new, less-prejudiced name, and a
little tact wouldn't hurt it at all...

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by Jessica Carey

Here we have yet another
week of Rep Rap. and many of
you ma) be wondering whom
I'm going to slam this week.
This is m\ second attempt at Rep
Rap for this issue, and I rewrote it
because I think people need to
hear positives along with
negatives.

So I'm not going to complain
about students being ignored
(though the) arc), or about then-
being shut out of decisions which
pertain to them (though it is quite
a frequent occurrence). Instead. I
want to update and congratulate:

*Congrats to the four new
first-year student representatives:
Allison Burleson. Wendy Riviere,
Ashle) Seaman, and Kreisha
Shropshire. We hope you'll
enjoy Rep Council and be
encouraged b) the opportunities
for change that arc present, but
sometimes overlooked.

*Thanks to everyone who
came to the Student Forum on
Monday, November 4. Rep
Council desperately needs to hear
the concerns and opinions of
everyone on campus, and we are
more than willing to seek
solutions and answers to your
concerns, regardless of how big
or small.

* Everyone should be on the
lookout for forthcoming infor-
mation on Rep's fall diversity
project, which is tentatively
scheduled as a program on
religious diversity and tolerance
to be co-sponsored by the
President's Committee on
Community Diversit) .

*Congrats to the new
Hispanic student organization on
campus. Espiritu Latino. Their
constitution was approved
unanimously on October 29, and
their advisor will be Norma
Huerta from the Admissions
Office. Good luck!

:i: Thank you to all students
who made nominations tor the
Fall Facult) Award. This faculty
award is given tw ice a year, in
November and April, and faculty
arc nominated by students and
elected by the entire student
body.

This is a great opportunity to
sa\ thank you to a facult)
member w ho has made a real
impact on your life. Last year's
spring award went to Christine
Cozzens.

*A big thank you goes out to
the faculty lor voting to open
facult) meetings, beginning in
November. Though the limita-
tions on attendance and restric-

tions on seating arrangements
leave a lot to be desired, the vote
itself is to be applauded.

Students, any of you may
attend the faculty meetings if you
sign up in the post office.
Attendance is limited to ten, one
of whom is a Rep member
(Elena Paras, sophomore rep).
Feel free to contact any of your
representatives for more
information.

*Bravo to the strategic
planning task force for carrying
through with the recommenda-
tions put forward b) the various
task forces from last year. A
recommendation was made to
have a student from Rep Council
serve as a budget liaison between
the administration and the
students definitely a step in
the right direction.

* Pet it ions are open for one
RTC representative to Rep
Council. They close on Monday,
November 1 1 , so call Jessica
Carey (ext. 6573, Box 562) if
you have questions or need help
w ith the petitions process.

I hope some of you feel more
up-to-date with Rep Council
now. We have yellow envelopes
on our doors so that you may
drop off suggestions any time. I
hope you have a great day!

Letters to the Editor
are due to Box 764
by Thursday, November 14

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Neighborhood Feminist

{continued from page 4)

Women have died shoulder to
shoulder w uh men in prison
camps, and been raped and
tortured there as well. Inside the
Green line. Israeli women have
had a" Women in Black" weekly
protest, demonstrating a level of
committment unmatched b\
Labor party or Peace Now.

Second, Filipina women have
shown the world how feminist
struggle and nationalist struggle
are intrinsically linked. In order
to get the U.S. bases out, broad-
based coalitions with literally
hundreds of women's groups
united as it became apparent that
the horrors of Western imperial-
ism are only outdone by Western
imperialist patriarchy. Coali-
tions realized that a true dignity
for the nation arises from a true
dignity for women. Filipinas in
Gabriella have made sure that
committment sta) s w ithin a
feminist paradigm.

It is easy to dismiss foreign
policy as irrelevant or boring
when domestic controversies
over sex scandals are so titillat-
ing. But as students of the 90s
and witnesses of the war on Iraq,
we must also be articulate on the
Middle East even as it falls out
of the popular press. We must
also have a keen understanding
of the South East Asian "the-
atre/* where the memories of
Korea and Vietnam linger, and
U.S. hegemony prevails.

Furthermore, as Western
women interested in an effective
and lasting feminism, we must
abandon our ostrich act into the
sands of the Northern hemi-
sphere. Abortion rights and
sexual harassment have interna-
tional consequences true, but
forever retreating into women's

poetr) as the ideal revolutionary
tool often posits us as anarchists.
For feminism to emerge from the
ashes of the Reagan/Bush
papac) . we must infuse our
myopic political imaginations
w ith the international connec
tions, and seek out international
solidarity. We just might learn a

Plain Black and
White

i continued from page 4 )

Black women cannot and must
not forget the black man. Alice
Walker even says that a
womanist is committed to the
survival and wholeness of an
entire people, male and female.

So, does this separate us
women? Maybe it does. But
one must know self before
getting to know others. Women
of color have endured many
struggles, and I think that if one
term can help us unite, then it
should be used!

The only way all women will
ever completely unite is if all
women recognize everyone's
struggles. Until thcrf ...
womanism is the term I will use
to describe my femininity and
my way of life.

Here is a brieT list of books
that you can read to learn more
about womeh of color: Alice
Walker's /// Search of Our

Mother's Garden: Womanist
Prose, Katie Cannon's Black
Womanist I .thus, Jaclyn Grant's
lUiu k Woman's Jesus & White

Woman's Christ. Tom

Morrison's Beloved.

Features

Friday, November 8, 1991

The Profile

Page 7

Support Racism-Free Zone Efforts
With Your Signature and Commitment

h\ Noelle Heming

Opening Convocation Pan II
this fall concluded with an
announcement by a group of
focus-group advisors and
members of the President's
Committee for Community
Diversity that everyone would be
invited to read and sign a
declaration to help eliminate
racism on campus.

The group had just attended a
two-day workshop with Bahati
Ansari and had been heavily
burdened by the conviction that
sonic things On campus simply
must be changed.

The declaration, we felt, was
a productive outpouring of the
hurt, anger, tears, and determina-
tion that came out during the
workshop.

With so much talk and so
much Profile space devoted to
this topic in the previous issues
this year, we ask that you bear
w ith this attempt to share some
background concerning the
declaration itself and how it
came into existence.

(Please note that the formal
copies of the declaration are kept
outside Patty Snyder's office and
are available for signing at any
time. )

It is amazing in an age of
beauracrac) and red tape that an\
committee is ever able to
produce anything.

Vet. the thirty-plus campus
members who attended the RFZ
workshop, including students,
custodial staff, faculty members,
and administrators, met at least
five times in the week and a half
following the workshop to plan

events and strategies and to draft
the declaration.

Even with Bahati gone back
to Baltimore, the fervor with
which every individual devoted
time and deliberate effort to the
cause was contagious.

No one just listened at those
meetings. Each time, a new
facilitator was appointed to direct
discussion, and ever) person had
something to contribute, w hether
a word or phrase or the diligence
to write them down. We knew
w hat w e had to say, and the
words came.

First, we had to ask people to
acknowledge the problem.
Man\ students, myself sadly
included, had roamed the
campus for years without
realizing that racism was
blatantly present in the class-
rooms, curriculum, and employ-
ment procedures.

It was and is deeply rooted
within the institution, and it will
hurt to pull it out. We had to get
people to see that privilege of
an\ sort perpetuates the oppres-
sion of others.

We had to ask them to keep
an open mind and examine
themselves for abuses of
privilege. Only then would they
be ready to discuss and fight
racism.

We had to urge them to take a
stand wherever they were,
whether in the classroom, dorm,
or office, and to not only speak
out when directly laced with a
racist comment or action, like the
many who are already willing
and prepared to fight sexism, but
to work towards a more nurtur-
ing and fair environment for

everyone. If this means relin-
quishing privilege, and it does,
so be it.

The battle against racism
requires the support of the whole
community. In an academic and
intellectual environment, one
would think that those w ho are
enlightened enough to be
teachers and administrators and
students would be beyond the
abuse of power that is so
common in society.

One would think we could all
learn to get along and support
one another, and to focus on our
common characteristics the
desire. to learn and to grow into
responsible women and citizens
rather that on our outward
differences.

The declaration for a Racism-
Free Zone was written with the
desire to see people work
together to bring about real
changes in attitude and policy at
Agnes Scott and with the hope of
being an example to the larger
community in which we are set.

Weekly meetings of the
Racism-Free Zone's "Un-ass
Task Force" are held every
Thursday afternoon in the chapel
lounge from 4:30 to 6. If your
class or work schedule will make
you a little late, please under-
stand that you will still be
welcome.

The administration told the
declaration drafters that upon the
300th signature, the Declaration
and signatures could be posted in
Buttrick. There are currently
280 signatures. Please consider
the in\ nation to stop by and sign
even if you cannot attend a
meeting.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!

Get your work ready for the upcoming student, faculty,
and staff uncensored art show.

EVERYONE is invited to contribute one piece in any medium:
Painting, Drawing, Photography, Printmaking,
Ceramics, 3-D, Multi-Media, Crafts.

EVERYTHING is welcome.
This art exhibit is coming SOON,
so watch for fliers with more details.

Questions?
Call Aida at X 6812 or Christie at X 6586.

B K W A R E
OF

F ly-By- N i c; h t
Rel at ionships

Mortar Board invites you to attend
"Don't Quote Me" with speaker

Victoria Lambert on
Friday, November 15 at 10:25.
Refreshments will be served.

CP&P Offers Minority
Resources in Career Library

by Janelle Bailey

The Career Planning and
Placement office has many
services available to minority
students of ASC. In addition to
several books on the subject,
there are also a number of
periodicals and articles kept in
the Career Library.

Below are some of the books
specifically for minority
students:

Directory of Special Pro-
grams for Minority Group
Members, by Willis L. Johnson,

ed. This hook lists programs for
minority students, including (but
not limited to) financial aid
programs, job placement
services, and internship opportu-
nities. The various programs are
offered by businesses, universi-
ties, and others.

The Black Woman 's Career
Guide, by Beatrvce Nivens.

Nivens' book includes descrip-
tions of jobs, salaries, training
requirements and career profiles
of successful women. There are
also tips on resumes, interviews,
and job searches.

The Minority Career Book,
by Miquela Rivera, Ph.D.

Rivera's book helps minority
professionals prepare for the
business work! by showing them
challenges they may lace and
options they may have. She
gives advice on how to deal with
minority status in the business
world while keeping individual-
ity.

The Black Resource Guide,
1990-1991 edition. This
networking guide lists prominent
African-Americans in a number
of positions, including church
leaders, business leaders,
politicians, and executives..
There are fifty-three categories
ranging from accounting firms to
united fund organizations.

In addition, CP&P has the
Journalism Career Guide for
Minorities and Thinking About
Graduate School: A Planning
Guide for Freshman and
Sophomore Minority College
Students.

They also carry several
periodicals, such as The Black
Collegian, Equal Opportunity,
Hispanic, and Vista.

CP&P has a file folder of
pamphlets and mailings describ-
ing minority services. All of
these materials are available in
the Career Library.

Features

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Friday, November 8, 1991

Perspectives

compiled by Claire Lemme

DO YOU FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS?

Kate Simpkins. Class of
1993:

Most of the time, yes. But, if I
stop to think about it, usually
as I am walking across a dark
parking lot, I find myself
asking, "Where is Public
Safety now?" It's not that I
g expect them to tail me and
walk with me everyw here I go;
yet, 1 feel if an emergency
situation came about, whether
it be a robbery or rape, there
really would be no reliable
source of protection around
here. I think the Public Safet)
officers are great people, but
fve had bad experiences late
at night trying to convince
them to come give me a ride.
That shouldn't be necessary.

/

Amy Br id well, Class of
1992:

Not really. 1 sometimes get
nervous when 1 have to ^
walk alone at night because ^
many areas are underlit.
The parking lot by In man
can be reallv dark.

Jennifer Bruce,
Class of 1992:

Yes as safe as I can feel in
Atlanta. 1 make an effort to
stay aware of what's going on
around me and avoid dark
areas or walking alone you
can't ever he too careful. But
I think Agnes Scott does as
well as can be expected to
ensure our safety.

Ladda DeCristina, Class
of 1993:

Yes, 1 feel safe! Sometimes
it can get scary, especially
when one has to walk alone
from their car. Maybe we
need more lights between
the tennis courts and Dana
Fine Arts Building.
Especially for the ones who
work out late hours.

Ella Porter, Class of 1993:

Of course, I feel safe on
campus, especially when 1
am loaded with my tear gas.

Basketball Coach Anticipates
Improvement with New Season

by Kathleen Hill

Contributing Editor

Early in September, the
basketball team began its pre-
season conditioning with 6:30
a.m. practices. Now, as the soccer
and cross country teams bring
their seasons to a close, the
competitive basketball season
begins in earnest.

Jumping into their season h\
w inning their first scrimmage on
October 27. the team will proceed
to scrimmage against Emory at
home on November 1 I .

"I view the scrimmages as
nothing more than glorified
practices w Inch we don't ap-
proach w ith the intensity of a
regular game/' basketball coach
Nancy Rast stated. Rasi com-
mented that the team uses
scrimmages as learning experi-
ences to judge its levels of fitness
and preparation.

Rast hopes to increase campus

awareness and support about the
basketball team. To achieve this
goal, the team will be giving door
prizes to basketball viewers.

The team will host Shorter
College in their first regular game
on November 14.

"We play Clayton State and
Shorter College twice each, and
they'll both be \ er\ tough,
although the games w ith
Oglethorpe and Wesleyan should
be pretty good," Rast said.

According to their coach, the
team is playing more of a regular
college schedule this year in
preparation for their anticipated
transition from club to NAIA
conference level next year.

"Considering that last year's
team only won one game, I think
that if we win two or three games
against other colleges Pd feel like
we'd made some progress," she
said.

Rast also commented that most
of this year's opponents as well as

Step Right Up For Your
15 Minutes of Fame...

b\ Aim Rewiolds

College Press Service

Three young women clutch
microphones and jerkily sway to
the beat of the music, snapping
their fingers Steve Martin style.

"Sign says whooooooo!
Stay away fools, cuz love rules at
the lu-hu-huv shack."

The B-52's "Love Shack"
never sounded more off-key. But
the women sang on courageously
and the audience Yes! This
happened in public! wildly
applauded as a bright \ellow
"applause" sign Hashed behind
the women's heads.

This is not the Gong Show
revisited. It's not David
Letterman's Stupid Human
Tricks. And, no, it's not
"America's Funniest People."

It's karaoke, one of the latest
forms of entertainment sweeping
the country and particularly
popular w ith the college-age
crowd. Would-be singers with
voices sweet as Linda Ronstadt.
sour as an off-key Bob Dylan and
strange as Pee Wee Herman are
becoming stars, if only for a few
fleeting moments.

Karaoke is a Japanese word
that means "empty orchestra."
says Dave Bellagamba. president
of Karaoka Showtime, the largest
U.S. distributor of karaoke
machines.

Karaoke involves laserdiscs
that play popular songs without
the vocals. Brave (and often
drunken) people sing the lead

vocals to their favorite songs by
following lyrics that appear on a
television screen behind a pre-
recorded music video. An emcee
runs the show.

Bellagamba developed his first
karaoke system based on a rough
model he saw in a lounge. That
system proved primitive, so
Bellagamba met w ith Pioneer
Electronics Corp., a Japanese
company that developed karaoke
and is the leading manufacturer of
karaoke systems.

Three years ago, karaoke was
already popular in Japan. Pioneer
wanted to begin marketing it in
the U.S.

"They told us. You've got to
call this karaoke.'" Bellagamba
says. "I thought they were crazy.
... It was very difficult to promote
at first because no one believed it
would work.

But it did.

The karaoke system, which
allows people to choose from
more than 500 popular songs and
keep a cassette tape of their
performance, was so successful.
Bellagamba changed his line of
work.

Before karaoke, Bellagamba
and his father. Babe, ran an
entertainment agency that booked
bands, comedians, and other
performers in bars and clubs
across the country.

Now, Bellagamba just sells
karaoke. "It's amazing how
many markets karaoke caters to.
No band can do that," he says.

those schools w hich compete in
the NAIA division provide
athletic scholarships and are thus
more competitive.

With this in mind, the athletic
department agenda includes the
probable incorporation of all
intercollegiate sports into the
NCAA III division two years
from now .

"NCAA III colleges have a
philosophy low aid athletics
which is similar to ours. It real I \
expresses the epitome of the
student athlete." Rast said.

Unfortunately, the NCAA
conference requires that a school
have four intercollegiate sports
alread) in place before it ma\
become a member, thus
precluding ASC from member-
ship for the next iw o years m
least.

If what happened
on your inside

happened on your
outside, would

you still smoke?

NOVEMBER 15.
THE GREAT AMERICAN
SMOKEOUT

AMERICA*
VCAf*CR
TSOCJETY

Features

Friday, November 8, 1991

The Profile

Page 9

New Classes Broaden Students 1 Horizons

by Stephanie Price

Each year, ASC acquires new
faces that soon become a part of
its tradition. This year, along
with new faces, a number of new
classes have been added to give
students the opportunity to
experience many new things.

Of the many new classes
which provide all kinds of outlets
and opportunities for students to
use in pursuit of future goals,
here are just a few to whet your
appetite:

Dr. Susan Stevens, visiting
Professor of Classical Languages
and Literature, is teaching a new
history class from which many
students have gained new
perspectives on a different
ci\ ilization.

Stevens also teaches Classics
221, History of Greek Civiliza-
tion. This upper-level history
course introduces students to the
many aspects of Greek civiliza-
tion and presents the cultural
history of Greece.

Some opportunities include a
reading of Homer's Iliad and
readings from other Greek
writers such as Pindar. Aristotle,
Herodotus, Tyrtaeus, Solon, and
many more.

Classics 222, History of
Roman Civilization, taught by
Dr. Gail Cabisius, complements
the Greek history course. To
begin next year, this course will
emphasize the social history of
ancient Rome.

Students will have the
opportunity to study how the

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20 Protection

21 Ring stone

22 Reasons out
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26 Witness stand
word

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28 Tipping items

29 John

32 Strongboxes
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37 Departure

38 Ball loss

39 Cote denizens

40 Gets drunk

42 Obtuse

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45 Sward

46 Rid of rodents
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supplier

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61 Worn away

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style

2 Puts the
kibosh on

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named

5 Spoke with a
burr

6 Pseudonym

7 Swimming spot

8 Lodge

9 Renegade

10 Computer feed

11 Gridiron score

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squiggles
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cousin

30 Wallet fillers

31 Existence

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economy, the institution of
slavery, and the government
made up the core of society in
ancient Rome.

An emphasis of the course
will be the shift of focus in
recent scholarship and study
from the majority group (Roman
males) to minority groups such
as women, children, and the
lower classes. In this course,
students will be exposed to the
changes in Rome from the early
period through the Roman
empire.

This year, students also enjoy
the chance to discover the
different aspects of a closely
\\ atched country, the Sov iet
Union. History 3 12, History of
the Soviet Union, taught by Dr.
Katharine Kennedy, presents the
origins of the Soviet people from
the Russian Revolution to the
present.

The course explores how
change has taken place through-
out history in the Soviet Union
and covers the ideals behind
nationalism.

This history course examines
the recent revolutionary events
that took place in the Soviety
Union in the summer of 1 99 1 .

Students have the opportunity
to enhance their knowledge of
the Soviet Union with texts
about Soviet women and the
Stalinist period.

Many of our students provide
enjoyment through their acting
talent. Soon to come for students
interested in theater will be
Cultural Perspectives in Ameri-
can Theater, taught by Dr. Becky
Prophet.

This elass w ill examine the
history of American theater in
terms of various groups that
contribute to it. The class is
intended to sway students away
from the idea that theater is just
commercial and American to the
knowledge that many different
cultural perspectives influence
theater.

Students will have the chance
to see how various groups, such
as Native Americans, African-
Americans, and Asian- Ameri-
cans change perspectives of the
theater.

Agnes Scott has acquired
many classes that provide

Dr. Susan Stevens, visiting professor in Classical Language and
Literature is teaching a new class on campus this semester. She
also hosted a lecture for Mortarboard's kk Don*t Quote Me" on
October 25; this exciting and well-attended lecture was on
"Rediseo\erin<i Carthage: Modern Archaeological Findings."

endless opportunities for
students. I regret that I w as not
able to cover them all.

However, do check the
curriculum and with Mary Kay

Jarboe in the Registrar's Office
for any new classes in which you
may be interested for next
semester.

Thanksgiving is near - please remember those less
fortunate by contributing to your dorm's Harvest
Basket! See your D.C. for more details.

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Arts & Entertainment

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Friday, November 8, 1991

MsTrial ended its run in the Winter Theatre last week.

A Stunning Performance:

Voice of the Turtle Involves
Audience in Vibrant Judeo-
Hispanic Tradition

by Margaret Bickers

In the second performance of
the College Events Series, Voice
of the Turtle fascinated its
audience with the ancient, exotic,
and varied melodies, textures,
and lyrics of Sephardic music.

Group members Derek
Burrows. Lisle Kulbach, Jay
Rosenberg, and Judith Wachs
sang and played a variety of
instruments including the
Spanish medieval bagpipe,
flutes, the medieval fiddle, and
the mandolin, just to name a few.

Primarily in the Judeo-
Hispanic language, these songs
derive from a Jewish, Islamic,
and Christian background and
have been preserved over the
centuries by the communities of
the Sephardic Diaspora since the
Expulsion from Spain in 14 ( )2.

But this music, preserved
through oral tradition, has not
remained unchanged throughout
the years; rather it has been
enriched by all the cultures with
which it has come in contact:
Arabic, Turkish. Greek. French,
and Slavic.

Voice of the Turtle's perfor-
mance demonstrated how alive
and powerful this tradition still
is. Throughout the
entirerconcert, the audience sat

spellbound by the hypnotic
rhythms of the music.

A few times, the audience
joined in, either clapping
rhythms or singing three
different parts as the ensemble
added another four harmony
lines.

The subject matter and style
of the songs covered a range of
situations and emotions. The
children's song "Estaba Senor
Don GatO" rang against the
painfid KS A la Una/" which told
of war and split families.

Also included in the program
were a ballad about a daughter
who fights in her father's stead,
love songs, and "Esturulu."
about another daughter who
annoys her poor mother by
playing in the dirt.

The name "Voice of the
Turtle" comes from the "Song of
Songs'* in the King James
version of the Old Testment.
"Turtle" actually refers to the
turtle dove "the symbol of
exile, the harbinger of spring and
peace, 4 ' 1 according to the program
notes.

After the show, the enthusi-
asm of the audience was
evidenced by their going to the
stage to hear more about the
music and musicians involved in
the, convert

MsTRIAUs Success Lies in Its Actors

by Bethany Blankenship

Contributing Editor

Ev er w ondered who is guilty
of defaming women over the
centuries? Is it men. women,
God or playwrights? Or is
anyone guilty at all?

The Blacklriars' latest
production, MsTRIAL. w ritten by
Lawrence Broglio and George
Ralph and directed by Becky
Prophet, explores the equality (or
lack thereof) between women
and men through the ages.

In MsTRIAL. which is set in a
modem-day courtroom, the
plaintiff. Gertrude Delphos
(Eseroghene Burlingame).
charges God with creating
women to be dominated by men.
Her estranged husband. Charles
(Jonathan Smith), sits on the
defense as she claims God made
her to be subsen ient to him.

Gertrude's lawyer. Kate
Shields (Lauren Grenade), and
her assistant, A. J. Funda (Deidra
Harris), try to prove their case by
using actors of the Equity
Company (Pinky Balais, Sandee
McGlaun. Dayna Brown,
Michael Drinkuth and Da\ id
Myler) to act out scenes from
plays throughout time that show

women and men in their struggle
for equality.

The Equity Company acts out
scenes from Aristophanes*
Lysi strata. Euripides* Electro
and The Trajan \\ omen. Plautus*
Amphitiyo, The Presentation of
Adam. Noah. Shakespeare's As
You Like 1 1 and The taming of
the Shrew. Moliere's The Doctor
in Spite of Himself. Congreve's
Love for Love. Sheridan's The
School for Scandal, and Wilde's
The Iniportance of Being
Earnest.

The defense consists of
attorney Jack Jefferson (Ton)
Falcitelli) and defendant Charles
Delphos. They. too. use the
Equity Company, but to prove
that God is not responsible for
men's actions toward women.

Instead of one judge, two
judges. Irving (Jim Hedden) and
Joan (Mary Wohlfield) Cry the
case.

.And if that's not confusing
enough, besides the bickering
between Irving and Joan over
certain rulings. A.J.'s accusations
and mild violence against Jack
and the constant arguing among
the actors of the Equity Com-
pany, God (Andy Nowicki and
Becky Nowlin) intervenes

several times to warn the group
to settle dow n.

The other courtroom charac-
ters, the bailiffs (Amy Kim and
Cynara Webb) and the stenogra-
pher Beneatha (Marsha Hall),
not only provide more personal-
it) for the court but are also
(especially Beneatha) a major
source of comic relief.

Though the play 's tone is
serious, some of the one-liners
are hilarious. Audience partici-
pation was also key in lightening
the atmosphere.

The strength of MsTRIAL lay
not in the plot but in the charac-
terizations. And the develop-
ment and personality of each
character excelled not because of
good writing on the play wrights'
parts but because of the superior
acting.

The plot was confusing at
times and sometimes got stuck
on one form (particularly on the
many yelling matches, during
which no one character could be
distinctly heard), but the actors'
superb ability pulled it all
together to make the perfor-
mance more cohesive and
entertaining. Two thumbs up to
all of the actors for an incredible
job well done.

Castle Rock Shopkeeper Sells Needful Things

b\ Leigh Bennett

Needful Things. Stephen
King's latest book and suppos-
edly his last about Castle Rock.
Maine, is a must for his fans.

However, neophytes to Mr.
King should not attempt to cut
then teeth on this novel. The
plot is convoluted and rambling,
and the book makes so many
references to other stories that
those who haven't read Cujo or
The Dead Zone will be confused.

Castle Rock (or the Rock, as
the locals call it) is not your
ordinary town. Underneath the
city sidewalks something keeps
drawing the strange and unex-
pected, w he t her it be a crazed
rapist {The Dead Zone), space
aliens in a neighboring town
(The Tonunyknocker). or an evil
physical incarnate of a fictional
character {The Dark Half).

Except for these "occasional"
lapses, small-town life goes on
as usual. The town sheriff. Alan
Pangbom. is a good man ("but
not as good as oF George
Bannerman." the locals would
say i just try mg to do his job.

After Alan, the second central
character in the novel is Polly
Chalmers, a (oca! w ith a past of
her ow n.

The third central character is
really why Needful I lun^s was

written. Leland Gaunt is the
proprietor of a new store in town.
Needful Things, which seems to
have something for everybody
from a vintage Sandy Koulax
card to a pair of Elvis's sun-
glasses.

The prices, in monetary
terms, are unbelievably cheap
but Mr. Gaunt also makes you
pay for your "treasured posses
sion" w ith a small prank.

Nothing really, just harmless
fun. but once the "fun" begins,
the tow n is in for a domino effect
of trouble.

Confused about the plot yet/
Don't worry : others are or were
too.

It seems that all the residents
of the Rock have a needful thing.
Polly's is a cure for her almost
debilitating arthritis. Other
needful things are a Ba/un
fishing rod. a wind-up horse
racing game that predicts actual
w mners. carnival glass lamps,
and so on.

Soon everyone is playing
"pranks" on everyone else, and
Alan begins to wonder what Mr.
Gaillll is really selling. The real
action begins here. (Alan has a
needful thing too. but it would
ruin the story to tell you. )

For those who are not
acquainted with Stephen King
but who really wish to read this

book (even after all my urging),
it is important to know that Alan
has dealt w ith a supernatural
experience earlier in his career as
sheriff. This experience helps
him to understand that Needful
Things is not all it's cracked up
to be.

1 .ike most of the ( 'astle Rock
StoriSS* Needful Things begins
very slowly with a great deal of
dialogue and explanation. Most
of the action is contained in the
final 100 pages, so expect to be

tantalized for aw hile.

But don't \us[ read the last
100 pages. As Stephen King
tans know , the suspense of the
finale is worth the wait. Just ask
anyone who has read all 1000
plus pages of The Stand or // .

Needful Things is an enjoy-
able read for Stephen King fans
but lor others, don't waste your
money: borrow the other Castle
Rock stories first to see if y ou
enjoy the place, then stay a

w hile.

Reviews are always
welcome. Please contact Asst.
Arts Editor. Kathleen Hill if
you would like to submit one.

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Friday, November 8, 1991

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Page 1 1

Sprague Takes Fresh
Approach To Printmaking
and To Teaching

b\ Christie Miller

Skiff' Writer

This year, the ASC Art
Department welcomed a new
member to its faculty Nell
Sprague. A graduate of Wash-
ington University with a MFA in
printmaking, Sprague takes an
exciting approach to her work as
well as to teaching.

Sprague currently has work
on display in the Dalton ( ialler)
of Dana Fine Arts Building.
This collection of prints and
installation art shows a direction
far from the traditional realm of
printmaking.

Thus, it is not surprising that
Sprague prefers not call herself a
printmaker except in terms of a
vocational title.

At Washington University,
Sprague went into printmaking
because it was the "most open-
minded program** that w as
offered. There she began to
work on a larger scale and to
experiment w ith collograph (a
technique using textures on
masonite).

'They have large presses and
stress the large-scale print rather
than the traditional!) intimate
more precious object," she
commented.

Also, Sprague doesn't make

the traditional edition of several
of the same print. Instead, she
makes only two to three prints
from each plate.

She explained this decision
by sa\ ing that "the textures of
the collograph break down after
a lew runs through the press.
Besides, it's boring to do a large
edition."

Sprague emphasized the
strength of the Dalton exhibit:
"It's the best show I've had. and
together with the works from the
University of Tennessee, it's a
very important printmaking
show .*'

However, she expressed the
frustration that main artists have
when the) move to a new
location. "Because the Dalton
Gallery is off of the beaten path,
not as man) people will get to
see the show as I would like,
especial 1\ since I*m new in town
and few people know me or my
work."

After teaching graphic design
at the University of Alabama for
a year, Sprague is enthusiastic
about the Agnes Scott environ-
ment. She explained that at the
state school, there was usually
more interest in football than in
classes.

"I love my students here."
she said. 'They are much more

Spellbinding Phantom of
the Opera Haunts the Fox

by Jenny White

"Sold! Your number, sir?
Thank you ..." It is an auction at
the Paris Opera House in 1905,
40 years after the great m\ stery
of the Phantom took place.

One of the items up for
auction is a "chandelier in
pieces," the same one that had
crashed to the floor of the opera
house years ago.

The auctioneer decides to
show the bidders how wonder-
fully the chandelier has been
reconstructed, and with a blaze
of lights and triumphant music
the chandelier rises to the
ceiling....

So begins Andrew Lloyd
Webber's version of The
Phantom of the Opera, now
pla\ ing at Atlanta's Fox Theater.
I have been a fan of Phantom for
several years and was excited
into fits at the opportunit\ to see
the real play.

I wasn't disappointed
Phantom went over and beyond
all my expectations. I was

thoroughly impressed and would
love to see it again!

The story behind Phantom is
a tragic one. The Phantom of the
Opera, a man so deformed he
can only bear to be seen with a
mask on. has lived since his
childhood in the bowels of the
Paris Opera House. For years,
only minor disturbances m the
1 louse had been attributed to
him; few had seen his lace and
lived to tell about it.

The sudden appearance of
Christine Daae. corps dc ballet
member and budding singer,
moves the Phantom into the
spotlight when he falls in love
with her and moves to woo her.
in the guise of the "Angel of
Music."

In direct competition for
Christine's hand is handsome
Raoul de Chagny, her childhood
friend and a major Opera patron.

Through the Phantom's
coaching and casting directives,
Christine soon rises to stardom in
the house, much to the chagrin of
(continued on page 12)

The Big Yellow Chair in the Basement* by Nell Sprague.

self-motivated and want to learn
the subject. This way, I can be
more flexible with my assign-
ments because the students get
behind it and make it personal."

As she does in her work.
Sprague takes an unusual
approach to teaching students.
She explained, "My goal as a
teacher is to become unimportant
to my students."

In the classroom. Sprague
stresses the importance of

students' talking with then peers,
who "will be with them as a
support system all of their lives."

Also, she believes that
seeking a "right" way to do
things is limiting. "Once a
person realizes that there is no
limit, they can find a way that is
"right* for themselves." she
explained.

In the future, Sprague sees her
work going towards more
installations and also sees herself

working with performing artists.
"I like the idea of preparing a
certain space carefully con-
structed for a specific site and
combining it with spur-of-the-
moment activit) ."

The new works by Nell
Sprague and those of "Sin and
Lure." a traveling exhibition
from the University of Tennes-
see, will be on view in the
Dalton Gallery through Novem-
ber 10.

Students Exhibit at "One Night Stand"

by Christie Miller

Staff Writer

On Friday, October 25,
se\ eral Agnes Scott art students
discovered a new meaning of the
term "One Night Stand" at New
Visions Gallery.

Two to three times a year,
New Visions gives local artists
an opportunity to display their
work in the gallery. This event
is unjurored, and anything that
takes up no more than five
square feet can be shown.

On the specified date, artists
bring their works in at a set time
and hang the work themselves on
a first-come, first-served basis.
The exhibition is left up over-
night and for part of the next
day, .After the exhibition, the
artists remove their work and
help clean up the gallery.

Students Lockey McDonald,
Christie Miller, Aida Najarian,
Amy Robertson, and Chrissie
Van Sant all participated in this
show . Najarian explained, ''It's
inspiring to see w hat my peers
are doing, and it's made me
think more about how to
transport my work."

Despite transportation
problems. Najarian 's work
"Blame" was a strong addition to
the show. This three-dimen-
sional collage using a coatrack,
coat, xerox, take leaves, and real
apples w as an intriguing
commentary about the Thomas
hearings and men's expectations
of women.

Van Sant also exhibited a
three-dimensional piece along
w ith some draw mgs. 1 ler w ire
sculpture "Mosquito" caused all
viewers to squirm as they looked
up high in the gallery comer to
see a huge bug resting on the
wall.

Van Sant said. '1 w anted to
see what it would be like to put
my work up on a wall next to
other's work which has no
relation to my own."

One intriguing thing about
this exhibit was the \ ariet) .
ranging from the amateur to the
professional to the bizarre.
Leigh George's "Self- Portrait,"
which incorporated a spinning
wheel with the female nude on it.
engaged the viewer both
ph) sically and mental 1\ .

Scott S. Behr's "Subliminal.

Subconscious, Hypnotic" was
disturbing and shocking. This
work used a real tongue,
plexiglass, plastic and wood to
create an enigmatic box.

Overall, the gallery termed
the show a success. One
employee stated. "Anytime we
get work on the walls, it's a
success."

Van Sant expressed the
opinion that "it's a good
experience, because it takes
some kind of guts to come down
here and hang your work."

New Visions will hold
another "One Night Stand"
sometime in May, so watch for
the fliers and participate.

Interested in
journalism?
Come to The Profile
meetings, each
Monday at 6:30 in our
student office in the
CLC.

Arts & Entertainment

Page 12

The Profile

Friday, November 8, 1991

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

For more information about the
following, call the College at 37 1 -
6294:

Agnes Seott Community
Orchestra will present A Copland
Salute on November 17 at 4 p.m. in
Gaines Auditorium.

Pilobolus Dance Theatre, a part
of the ASC 1 99 1 - 1 992 College
Events Series, will perform at 8:15
p.m. on November 7 and 8 in
Gaines Auditorium of Presser Hall.
For more information, call 37 1 -
6430.

Thamyris. the Soulh's finest
contemporary music ensemble, will
present a program of twentieth-
century chamber music entitled
Reflections of Our World:
Multicultural Roots of Twentieth
Century Music on November 1 1 at
8:15 p.m. in McLean Auditorium.

Literal Illusions, an invitational
exhibition of sculpture, will be on
display in the Dalton Gallery of the
Dana Fine Arts building from
November 17 until December 15.

Atlanta Ballet II will perform on
November 21-22 at 8 p.m. in
Gaines Auditorium in conjunction
with the 1991-1992 Arts Series.

Galleries

The Hi^h Museum of Art For

more information about the
following, call 892-4444.

R.S.\ P.. an exhibition of
creative invitations to an shows,
will run through November 15 at
the Georgia Pacific Center.

Artist Michael C. Morgan will
discuss the influence of Henry

Ossawa Tanner's famil) on the
artist's work on November 10 at 2
and 3 p.m.

Phantom India: The Indian and
the Sac red. Louis Malle's epic
documentary, will be shown in
conjunction with the exhibition of
Linda Connor's work on Novem-
ber 1 2 at 1 2: 15 p.m. in the Georgia
Pacific Center Auditorium.

An exhibition of the an work oi
Henry Ossaw a Tanner, the
foremost African-American artist
at the turn of the century, will run
through November 24.

Edward Munch: Master Prints
from the Epstein Family Collection
runs through November 10.

Southern Expressions: T ales
I niold. works b) seven Southeast-
ern artists, runs through January 5.
1992.

Linda Connor: SpiralJourney.
featuring the contemporar\
photography of Linda Connor, will
run through January 3. 1992.

Atlanta College of Art: For
more information about the
following, call 898-1 157.

Studio Museum in Harlem
Director Kinshasha Conw ill and
photographer Loma Simpson will
lecture on \ fyhiirig Difference in a
Multi-Cultural Society on Novem-
ber 1 2 at S p.m. in Rich Audito-
rium as pan of the Art in Context
lecture series.

Gardens: Real and Imagined.
the responses of eleven contempo-
rary artists to the idea of the garden.
Will run through November 15

The Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center presents Twisted Cement* a
look at the strained

interconnectedness of urban
society, w hich will run through
November 15.

The Arts Connection: For
more information about the
following, call 237-0005.

An exhibit b> constructionist
photographer Terry Lung will open
on November 8 at 6:30 p.m. To
complement his work, the Georgia
Association of Woodturners will
display works b) their members.
Both exhibits w ill run through
November 30.

Photographer Bill 1 lunton will
lead a workshop on Seeing
Photographically on November 14
from 7 to 9 p.m.

Theater

Horizon Theatre Compan) :

The Heidi Chronicles will run
through November 17. This is the
Atlanta premiere of the Pulitzer
Prize and Tony award-winning
comedy. For more information,
call 584-7450.

Academy Theatre presents
finy Tim is Dead, a tw ist on the
familiar themes of charitable gi\ ing
and yuletide cheer. The play will
run from November 7 through
November 23 at Seven Stages. For
ticket information, call 523-7647.

Theatre Gael w ill open its
eighth season with Talbot' s Box. a
comic portrayal of the perils of
modern sainthood, at 14lh Street
Playhouse November 7-24. For
more information, call 872-9453.

Neighborhood Playhouse will
present Rodgers and Hart A
Musical Celebration from Novem-
ber 8 through December 14. For
ticket information, call 373-53 1 1 .

Underground Theatre re\ ives
Frank D. Gilroy's The Subject \\ as
Roses as the first play of its 22nd
season. The show will run for two
weekends only from November 14
to November 23. For more

Phantom (continued from page 1 1 )

snobbish but aging prima
donna Carlotta.

The audience watches as
several productions are put on
through the Opera season: as it
progresses, more and more
people are found to get in the
way of the Phantom's aspirations
for Christine and are summarily
disposed of.

In the end, Christine is
compelled to play the lead in the
Phantom's own opera, Don Juan
Triumphant, which is interrupted
midway through as the entire
crew of the Opera rushes to catch
the ominous spectre, who steps
in to the lead opposite Christine.

In what must be the greatest
climax ever written, the Phantom
w hisks Christine away to his
dungeon chambers and begs her
to marry him. at the risk of the
life of her lover. Does the opera
crowd catch him and send him to
his death? May the suspense
hold you until you get a chance
to see the show yourself.

Phantom is a lavish affair.
The stage is surrounded by a
huge, ornate gold framework,
topped with the famous angel
statue behind which the Phantom
often hides.

My favorite sets were the
Phantom's chamber the
Phantom and Christine ride on a
boat over a lake, the candles and
mist giving the appearance of
real water and the mauso-
leum, where Christine laments
her father's death. The stage
looks like a real sepulchre.

The special effects in
Phantom are startlingly realistic.

When he takes Christine from
her dressing room, they both
disappear into the mirror. And
w hen Raoul is being held by the
magic Punjab lasso, the rope is
suspended in mid-air.

The costuming is elaborate,
much of it period and some even
specifically styled to suit the
European theatre. In the
masquerade scene, every player

wears a different costume, all
colorful and complicated.

The Phantom's makeup,
which takes two hours to
complete, is a masterpiece in
itself.

The cast was vocally well-
chosen. In particular. Christine
(Ten Bibb) and the Phantom
(Kevin Gray) sound wonderful
together her vocal range
blends splendidly with his.
Keith Buterbaugh plays a
dashing Raoul.

All of the acting is superb,
especially on the part of the
Phantom Gray makes you
feel for the Phantom and his
unhappmess.

All the other actors and
actresses are wonderful, too,
especially the managers they
are hilarious and Carlotta,
who is the perfect snobbish
Italian diva.

Phantom is heartrending and
filled with emotions love, joy,
anger, sadness, pity and the

Theatre Gael presents Talbofs Box
and Lindy Wood.

information, call 634-5 1 34.
Music

Clayton State College presents
its Spivey Hall Concert Series. For
more information about the
following performances in that,
series, call 961-3683.

Shown: Actus Bryan Mercer

entire cast works together to
display this depth of feeling.

The story is about so much
more than a mysterious Phan-
tom. It is about a young girl,
who is tom between her loyalty
to the memory of her father and
her love for her suitor. It is
about a young man unable to
understand his love's ties to a
seemingl) heartless and brutal
creature.

And it is about a man.
horribly deformed, who longs to
live in light and love, but
because of his disfigurement is
banished to darkness and denied
the only person he has ever truly
loved.

Phantom was worth the
money a hundredfold. If you are
going to see the play. I hope you
enjoy it as much as I did. II
you're not, I would definitely
recommend it next time it comes
it'll keep you on the edge of
your seat and leave you in tears
at the end.

Blandine Verier, harpsichord-
ist, will perform in concert
November 8 at 8:15 p.m.

I loracio Gutierrez, pianist, will
perform in concert on November
14 at 8:15 p.m.

Miscellaneous

The Leonid Meteor Shower

will be visible between midnight
and 2:30 a.m. on November 17.
For more information call the
DeKalb School System's
Fembank Science Center at 378-
4311.

The Atlanta History Center

will sponsor National History
Education Chair Kenneth T.
Jackson as he delivers the 1 99 1
Elston Lecture, The Future of the
Past: History and Multicultural
Education in America's Schools
on November 18 at 8 p.m. in
McElreath Hall.

Smith-Corona and Story
magazine will sponsor the 1992
Story College Short Storj
Competition. Entries must be
postmarked by midnight.
December 3 1 , 1991. For
additional information, send a
SASE to: Story, 1507 Dana
Avenue, Cincinnati. Ohio 45207.

The Jimmy Carter Library's
presentation, U.S. Detention
Camps. 1942-1946. will run
through January 2, 1992. l or
museum infonnation. call 33 1 -
0296.

An

AGNES
SCOTT

COLLEGE

The Profile

The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, November 22, 1991

Volume 7<S, Issue 5

Whittington Resigns, Accepts Position in North Carolina

h\ Dawn M. Sloan

Contributing Editor

Gerald Whittington, Agnes
Scott College Vice-President for
Business and Finance, recently
submitted his resignation.

Whittington. who has been
Vice-President since 1984. has
been appointed Vice-President for
Business and Finance at Elon
College in Burlington, North
Carolina. His duties there will
begin on January 1 . 1 992.

A co-educational institution
with 35(X) full-time students, Elon
College is North Carolina's
largest private college. Besides its
undergraduate program, Elon
offers graduate programs in
business administration and
education.

Whittington points out that his
"responsibilities will be substan-
tially the same there as here."

Over the last eight years.
Agnes Scott has seen many
changes, which have been made
possible by Whittington 's careful
financial guidance.

While the endowment rose
from a paltry $44 million in 1984
tO its current value of $ 1 75
million, the number of full-time
students has increased by 25

percent from 465 to 582 over a
five-year period.

In addition, under
Whittington's guidance each
dormitory and academic building
on campus received major
renovations, including the addition
of a boiler in each building.

This improvement, the shutting
down of the Agnes Scott steam
plant, and ''other energy manage-
ment measures'' have saved the
college "more than $600,(XX) in
energy costs over the last five
years.*'

Whittington also helped bring
Agnes Scott into the computer age.
He states, "When I arrived in
1984, the college had one micro-
computer and no other computing
at all. The accounts of the college
were kept on a mechanical posting
machine, an unthinkable situation
today !"

Now the college has a complete
on-line administrative computing
system and expects to have local
area networks and wide area
networks available for students,
staff, and facult) in the near future.

The college has benefitted from
Whittmgton's financial wizardry m
several other ways as well,
including the Global Awareness
Program, the new shuttle system,

the Woodruff Physical Activities
Building and Gellerstedt Field, and
the strategic planning effort
undertaken by the college.

Whittington regrets having to
leave before the plans made during
the recent effort can be carried out.
"After the actions that the Board
took in October concerning the
funding of the strategic plan, I am
jealous of my successor for the
satisfaction and fun that he or she
will have in working on the
realization of the strategic plan."

Although Whittington and his
family naturally feel sad about
leaving Agnes Scott and Atlanta,
he says that he looks forward to
the challenges awaiting him at
Elon, noting that they "are as
exciting and interesting as could
be found on a college campus
today."

He points out that Elon College
is in the midst of "a major capital
campaign, a major facilities
construction and renovation effort,
a bond issue to finance part of the
construction and renovation, a
significant upgrading of the
computing systems, and a
redefinition of the curriculum and
teaching effort in more focused
and less stressful ways."

(continued on page 2)

Dr. Brenda Stevenson Introduces Antebellum
"Gender Conventions" Among Slave Women

In Tara Somerville

The first speaker in the
Women's Studies African-
American History Series. Dr.
Brenda Stevenson, treated the
Agnes Scott Communit) to a
lecture on "( lender Conventions,
Ideals and Identity Among
Antebellum Virginia Slave
Women."

Stevenson is currently
Assistant Professor of History at
UCLA ;uid a student in the TCLA

Film Studies Program. I ter

manuscript on family life in
antebellum Virginia is forthcoming
from Oxford UP.

Stevenson began her lecture on
the "potent female slave culture in
antebellum Virginia" by quoting
Fanney Berry's image of Mammy
Lou. which begins with Mammy
Lou sitting in a chair with a quilt
over her legs.

When white men came in
search of a runaw ay slave man.
they were duped because the slave
was hidden between Mammy
Lou's legs under the quilt.

Inside This Issue

Editorials

Page 5

Warp Speed: Stop the Persecution

Features

Page 9

Do You W ear Stockings to Dinner ?
\rts

Page 10

Thamyris Cutting Edge of Contemporary Music

"Specific female codes of
behavior" for slave women were
based on a survival ethic of "self-
protection, self-determination, and
self-reliance."

These gender codes provided
African-American women with
"their own standard of morality
and womanhood" based on the
preservation of the African
community as well as of them-
selves.

The slaves' cultural model was
two-fold: "It was theoretically
based on West African
culture...! and was also) influenced
by the amount and the kind of
exposure to European-American
standards, especially the Bible."

The Christian morality of the
slave women was based on piety,
charity and service only insofar as
it w as important to their survival

Occupational and racial
segregation w ithin the plantation
households also prescribed the
slave women's sense of identit) .

"Domestic African- American
Slaves* 1 adopted the gender roles of
their owners in order to "impress
their masters." Field slaves.

Gerald Whittington will be leaving Agnes Scott in January.

however, "were not so easily
influenced in their public and
private lives" by white gender
roles.

All women in antebellum
Virginia shared "an ideal of female
behavior. Motherhood and
marriage were important to both
African- American and European-
American women."

However, African-American
women were treated primarily as
workers: priority was given to their
slave work over their responsibili-
ties as members of a family.

African- Americans needed
permission for marriage from their
owners. In a few cases, though,
slave women took this power away
from their masters, making the
blessing of an older and respected
African-American woman in the
community a prerequisite for
marriage.

The slave women of antebellum
Virginia "fought back to protect

themselves against miscegenation
and the perverse whims of white
men." This resistance often
resulted in flogging.

As a continuation of this sexual
abuse, the masters often demanded
that their slave women have man)
offspring. Along with this demand
that the slaves provide them with
more property, the owners also
insisted that the women work as
much as any laborer.

Many slave women "refused to
work beyond their limits" and
induced miscarriages to resist the
breeding notions of their owners.

As a result of their independent
attitudes, the African- American
women received physical punish-
ment just as harsh as that for men
as well as gender-specific sexual
and verbal abuse.

Mistresses of the plantations
were also involved with the brutal
treatment of African-American

(continued on page 2)

News

Page 2

The Profile

Friday, November 22, 1991

Chandler Rosenberger, shown above, has joinedChristiansen in
the Student Health Center in an effort to expand services.

New Nurse Practitioner to
Provide Gynecological Care

b\ Laura Berlin

"General education of the
students" is Chandler
Rosenberger* s goal as Agnes
Scott's newest nurse practitioner.

Rosenberger joined the
Student Health Center in October
and has since been working with
Mary Lu Christiansen, our
present nurse practitioner, to
expand the services of the center.

Rosenberger received her
BSN at Georgia State University
and is nationally certified by the
Nurses* Association of the
American College of OB/GYN.

1 ler experience working as a
nurse practitioner in Georgia
reflects her training, which she
says is *very heavily oriented
toward well -woman care.*'

She spent five years at the
Fulton County Health Depart-
ment practicing in her field of
OB/GYN and the following
three years carry ing out the same
practice at the Douglas Women's
Center in Lithia Springs.
Georgia.

The training and experience
she brings to ASC will play a
large part in expanding the
availability of on-campus
g\ necological sen ices.

In the past, the Health
Center's sen ices have been
limited to refilling prescriptions
Of bilth control pills, basic
counseling, and personal

education. Routine examinations
such as pap smears, pill start-ups
and treatment for vaginal
infections were not available.

To receive these services,
students were referred to Dr.
Cheng-Leng Yu, a local physi-
cian of OB/GYN in Decatur.

Thanks to Rosenberger's
background and her concern for
ASC students as women, these
off-campus visits for routine
gynecological services will no
longer be necessary.

Beginning next week, the
Health Center will offer these
services every weekday exclud-
ing Wednesday from 8:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m.

Although Rosenberger will be
the primary provider of gyneco-
logical services, both she and
Christiansen have a personal
concern for the students of ASC.
The "primary goal," according to
Christiansen, "is to teach
students about themselves."

Rosenberger agrees that
education is the priority of nurse
practitioners. Her arrival brings
students the opportunity to
expand their own self-awareness
and to address their needs and
concerns as women with the
know ledge that the) ill be met
w ith care. The communit)
welcomes Rosenberger with
much appreciation and great
excitement.

Students Continue Efforts to
"Give the Rainforests a Chance"

by Kate Simpkins

In mid-October, several other
students and 1. sparked b\
attending the National Rainforest
Conference at Princeton Univer-
sity, began planning ways to make
the campus aware of the forests'
destruction.

Although the conference
excited and encouraged us. our
plans fell through. During
National Rainforest Week, we
planned to have a Brazilian
guitarist, loads of Rainforest
Crunch ice cream for everyone,
and plenty of donations for a good
cause.

Due to complications and the
busyness of mid-term week,
nothing worked out completely,
and an inadequate amount of
money was raised. No one could
figure cuit w hy there was a
Brazilian man singing in the dining
hall.

The purpose of all these efforts
was to purchase a plot of rainforest
equal to the size of our quad. The
forest sells for $27 per acre in
Belize, Mexico.

For those readers who are not
familiar with the process, the land
will not belong to us. We can't
play frisbee in Belize. Instead, the
land would belong to the people of
Belize.

Why did we buy in Mexico and
not in other dense!) forested areas?
For one, no indigenous people,
who would suffer at the cost of
preservation, live on the land. This
land is not used as extractive
reserve.

Belizians bought the land on
trust, but have had problems
fulfilling their commitment to pay.
Therefore, the Nature Conservancy
helps them through the donations
we send.

Win all this explanation? Why
save the rainforests? Aren't you
sick of hearing, "save this. ..save
that?" I know I was. I had to hear
it straight from the mouths of
native South Americans and from
the top eco-biologists in the world.
After hearing the facts. I needed no
further persuasion.

At the present rate of destruc-
tion, SO percent of the rainforests
w ill have disappeared by the end
of the century.

The disastrous effects of this
destruction are wide reaching.
Rare animals and plants w hich
exist only in the forest are
suffering extinction. The people
who live on the land and are
sustained by its resources are
poverty-stricken and oppressed.

Most significantly, global
wanning is perpetuated, as these
biological!) diverse eco-systems'
collection of moisture is termi-

nated.

In other words, when the
rainforests go, so do you.

Although our first attempt did
not attract much interest, we have
planned another event not
coinciding with midterms. Flyers
will be posted for a movie to be
show n some time during

deadweek. The Mission was
filmed with the breathtaking
backdrop of the Brazilian
rainforest.

If you are concerned, please
become active, [f you aren't, this
concerns more than trees. Give the
rainforests a chance.

First-year Student Wins
Cross-Country District Title

by Stephanie Price

Staff Writer

First-year student Christen
Drewes recently attained
"celebrit) " status on campus In
becoming the first ASC student
to w in a cross-country district
title.

The meet w as held on
Saturday, November 2, at Berry
College.

Excited that all of her hard
work paid off. Christen com-
mented. "m\ time was better

than 1 expected: the course was
\ cr\ difficult."

Christen admits that she w as
"'surprised" at her performance.
'*1 haven't been working out as
much as 1 did in high school,' 1
she explained.

Despite the difficulty of
juggling extra-cu rri c u 1 a r
activities and academic responsi-
bilities, being a part of the cross-
country team has ob\ iousl) been
something that Christen has been
able to carry along with her
studies.

Stevenson , continued froft

women. One slave owner, Frances
Scott Mill, wrote of her very
strong-willed slave Rose. When
Mill tried to demean her. Rose
resisted \ iolentl) .

To test Rose's limit and break
it. Francis repeatedly Hogged her
until she fell asleep. Because Mill
did not want to break Rose's will,
she decided not to Hog Rose again.

Stevenson concluded her
discussion with a comparison of
how free African-American
women in the 1930s and African-
American slave women in

page I )
antebellum Virginia view the
"domestic arts''

Clara /Mien said that the slaves
defined their womanhood through
the domestic arts, which were
valuable things to know. Allen
questions what has happened to
these women: now they have
always "gotta go to town."

If you are African American,
you are being oppressed by simple
virtue of your race. What are you
going to do about it? Will you "go
to tow if or "aid your sisters in
forming a supportive community?"

Whittington ( continued from page

I)

The tension of moving into a
new home on December 3 1 and
beginning a new job on January 2
(school begins on January 2 for the
Whittington children as well)
should be eased by the fact that
both Whittington and his w ife
have family in the area.

Whittington points out that
being near his mother "is impor-
tant to me now that my father has
passed away." He adds that he
and his family will be able to
attend the same church they
attended when he worked at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill

Whittington has also been
employed at Duke University and
the University of Virginia. The
Associate Vice-President lor
Business and Finance at Duke.
James Henderson, recommended

Whittington for the position he now
holds at Agnes Scott, a position
which Henderson once held
himself.

Whittington \s final regret in
leaving ASC is having to leave
behind the staff with whom he has
worked so closely. I le states that
"the successes that this college has
achieved in my areas of responsi-
bility can be traced to their efforts
and creative, but hard, work. I
salute them each and all."

Whittington also thanks
President Ruth Schmidt and the
Board of Trustees lor the confi-
dence which they placed in him.
Due to their foresight in appointing
Whittington, the college has
reached its current point of success.

A committee is currently
conducting a nationwide search lor
Whittmgton's replacement.

News

Friday, November 22, 1991

The Profile

Page 3

Students Get Taste of German Culture at Immersion Weekend

by Jennifer Jenkins

The anniversary ot the Berlin
Wall's collapse on November 9
held special meaning this year

for Agnes Scott German
students.

The German Department and
German Club were co-sponsors
of a special German Immersion

German students Margaret Bickers, Laura Barlament, and
Jennifer Jenkins peel apples for dessert during German
Immersion Weekend.

Weekend designed to help
students polish their German
speaking skills and increase their
cultural awareness.

The program began Saturday
morning with the preparation of
typical German foods such as
Wiener schnitzel and
Apfelstrudel. Dr. Ingrid
Wieshofer of the German
Department took the opportunity
to enrich the students' vocabu-
lary with cooking and baking
terms.

Following the traditional hot
lunch, participants watched
videos detailing the unification
of West Germany with the five
former East German states.

To lighten the mood, students
afterwards enjoyed games
designed to improve their
German skills. One such game
put participants of all levels of
fluency together to compose
detective stories in Madlib style.

In order to give students
exposure to German family
lifestyle and a chance to compare
cross-cultural similarities in
family life, participants watched
an episode of the popular
German situation comedy
"Ravioli."

Following this theme of
educational entertainment,
German instructor Susanne
Koenigsmann led groups in
games w hich challenged then-

vocabulary and comprehension
skills.

Kaffee-Kuchen (afternoon
tea) was served after an informal
question and answer session with
Laura Barlament and Claudia
Schiffler, participants in the
Agnes Scott exchange program
with the German university in
Germersheim.

Wieshofer then led a craft
workshop. Students were invited
to participate in making holiday
decorations from wood, dried
pasta, and other materials.

Following a traditional
German dinner of cold cuts,
cheese, the famous German
black bread, and juice, students
settled down for the surprising
experience of viewing a popular
American movie. Pretty Woman,
in German.

Sunday proved equally
exciting, with first-year student
Margaret Bickers* dinner
preparation. Specialties served
included Sauerbrdten (marinated
roast), Rotkohl (red cabbage),
and Spaetzle (noodles).

Sunday's entertainment was
similar to Saturday "s. w ith
games including "Win, Lose, or
Draw" in German, cross-word
puzzles, and distinguishing
genuine from counterfeit
German art.

Highlights of the day included
renditions of German beer-

AIDS Epidemic Spreading at Alarming Rate

by Man Lu C hristiansen

Director of Student Health
Services

Magic Johnson recently
announced that he is HIV
positive. The shock of this
disclosure has accomplished two
major tasks.

First, it has placed the AIDS
epidemic back on the front page;
secondly, it has caused many
people to think that "maybe it
could happen to me."

The general public appears to
have become very complacent
about the AIDS epidemic.

AIDS has stopped making
headlines, and only those
personally affected by it seem be
aw are of the thousands of dail)
tragedies resulting from this
epidemic. As publicity has
decreased, the public perception
seems to be that "the worst must
be over."

Unfortunately, nothing could
be further from the truth. The
statistics about the current types
and rate of HIV transmission are
frightening.

Richard Keeling, M.D.,
president of the AIDS Task

Force for the American College
Health Association, recently
presented the following statistics
and observations from the U.S.
Public Health Service:

1. As of January 1991, AIDS
has become the number one
single cause of death in the U.S.
for men ages 25-44. (The
combination of accidents/
suicides/homicides is often cited
as the number one cause of
death, but AIDS takes more lives
than any single one of those
causes by itself.)

2. As of February 1991,
AIDS has become the number
two cause of death in the U.S. for
women ages 25-44 (number one
being accidents/suicides/
homicides).

3. It is predicted that by the
end of 1991, HIV disease will be
the most common cause of death
for all Americans between the
ages of 1 6 and 56.

4. Figures show a decline in
the rate of transmission among
gay men and an increase in the
rate of heterosexual transmis-
sion.

5. 96 to 97 percent of college
students know how to prevent

HIV transmission. 80 percent of
college students are sexual 1\
active, but onh a minority of
students use condoms regularly,
according to a compilation of
surveys taken on several college
campuses.

These facts present only a
brief synopsis of w hat is
happening with the AIDS
epidemic. Several pages would
be required to displav all the
graphs and figures needed to
completely track past and current
incidence of this epidemic and to
show the predicted course the
epidemic will take.

However, with all the
information available, certain
assumptions can be made.
Keeling stated some of these
assumptions:

* AIDS is no longer a ki gay
men's disease." In the last
twelve to eighteen months, the
most significant increase in HIV
and AIDS transmission has been
in the heterosexual community
through vaginal intercourse.

* Intravenous drug users
continue to represent a large
percentage of increase in HIV
infection. Since IV drug use

continues to impact younger age
groups, HIV will occur in
younger adults and adolescents.

* Increasing heterosexual
transmission means more women
will become infected with HIV.
Since the infected women will be
of childbearing age. more
children will also be infected
through in utero transmission.

* Generally, lesbian transmis-
sion is very low. However. IV
drug use and bisexual behavior
increases the risk factors for the
lesbian community.

These demographics project
an alarming increase in those that
will be infected with HIV. By
1999, "nearly one million persons
in our society will be diagnosed
with AIDS itself/' said Keeling.

The physical and emotional
ramifications of these numbers
will be staggering to our society.
When these predictions about the
actual spread of the AIDS virus
are considered together with the
financial impact accrued from
lost lives, lost wages, and
insurance and health care costs,
the number of people affected by
the AIDS epidemic rises dramati-
cally.

drinking folk songs such as "Und
Jetzt Gang ans Peters Brunnele"
("And Now Go I to Peter's
[Alpine] Well").

Kaffee-Kuchen was again
popular. Students enjoyed
delectable German pastries and
desserts.

Dr. Wieshofer expressed
immense satisfaction with the
weekend's success: "I was very
impressed by the participation
and enthusiasm of the students
and their willingness to cook,
sing, play and chat with each
other in German."

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Et Cetera

Over the years, Agnes Scott students have been proud to list a
functioning Honor Code among the benefits of attending our
institution.

Indeed, just this past week students were given the opportunity
to symbolically show their belief in the Honor Pledge. "If you
would like to demonstrate your support for the integrity of the ASC
Honor System, sign the Pledge," we were urged in the Campus
Connection.

Virtually every person on this campus has signed the Pledge
thus it should follow that virtually everyone here promises to live
by the System.

1 Iowever, in looking around the campus, it becomes apparent
that the symbolic signature is for many only a vacant gesture, and
the Pledge an optional promise.

There are professors on campus who no longer give take-home
tests. The rumor mill has it that people have cheated, destroying
the professors' trust in student integrity.

Entering students, many of whom were impressed as
prospectives that their hosts left books lying around and their doors
wide open, are now encouraged to lock the doors to their rooms.

Laundry and detergent disappear from the laundry room on a
regular basis.

Journals on permanent reserve in the library, many vital to
academic research, leave (with students? One has to assume so)
and never return.

Clearly, the list could go on and on. If we were at any other
institution in the world, that would hardly be a surprise. However,
we arc instead at Agnes Scott College, and whether we like it or
not. it's time to wake up and smell the coffee.

All the little perks we've been granted, like self-scheduled
exams and an open-door policy, are slowly being taken away from
us by the inconsiderate number who want to play by their own
rules.

What is next? Shall you be surprised to walk into your room
after class one da\ and find that your word processor is gone? Or
your stereo? (It doesn't matter if your stereo is worthless. One
disappeared from Dana lane Arts which barely worked and has yet
to reappear. Ditto with the Black friars answering machine.)

Life is too shod and Agnes Scott is too stressful already. Next
time you're in the kitchen, reconsider taking someone's left-o\er
pizza w ithoul telling the owner first, and take a little tension out of
her life.

I he I lonor Code is supposed to be a help, not a hindrance go
ahead and let it shape \our life here. You said you would anyway.

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

Even her sulk is intimidating.
And I love that.

You've seen her on
Letterman, Arsenio and the last
two episodes of Roseanne. Her
Jewish, gay, intelligentsia
following is growing. She's a
comedienne, a singer, an actress,
a cultural critic, a feminist. More
than that, she represents a new
breed: I call it Diva Feminism.

Of course I am referring to
Sandra Bernhard, who came to
Center Stage almost two months
ago on her Giving 'til it Hurts
tour. And I am still in awe.

The show was similar to
Without You Tm Nothing, which
was a hit on Broadway for six
months in '88 and then enjoyed
rave re\ iews in the film version,
f [er style has also been described
as "informed, deconstructive
comedy, confessional collage
and self-mythology.* 5

On the new show, she says:
"I describe it as an eclectic blend
of rock n" roll, cabaret and
monologue. It's very personal.
It's show business. It's exciting.
It's introspective."

It was outrageous. And
Atlanta couldn't get enough of
her. But in what economy do I
shell out $18.75 for one night?
my PC critics nag. And for some

almost-lesbian who won't stay
out like a grown up? ("/ will not
have my gay brothers and sisters
telling me who toj**k and what
to like")

What can I sa> . I am a
groupie. Perhaps it's because
she is the onl\ woman in
mainstream media who calls
herself a feminist. And she
makes feminism seem so hip,
like it is the intellectual move-
ment with which everyone is
fluent. Attitude: if you aren't
outraged, darling, you haven't
been pa\ ing attention.

You might know her also as
Madonna's alleged lover and pal
In an early show she opened with
"Is Madonna here? Is my
inspiration for living here?
Madonna, please be my friend!"
She has a cameo in Madonna's
Truth or Dare, which further
launched her fame.

Note however, that there is a
difference between diva feminist
and slut feminist. Bernhard
simply isn't as pretty or perfect
as Madonna or some MTV sex
kitten. Rolling Stone's Bill
Zehme describes: "It is all
exaggeration: soaring eyebrows,
flared nostrils, profuse mouth. *I
have one of these reall) hard to
believe faces... I'm so glad you
can see how trulx beautiful I
am.'"

Her message on women's
sexuality and women's beaut \ is
what makes her utterly enig-
matic. She shocks and ridicules,
then exposes her soul. I ler
arrogance is quelled w tth this
ironic ugly duckling complex.

She flashes back to growing
up as a teen in Arizona, getting
stood up for the long-awaited
Cat Stevens concert. "Oh Stacy,
1 just know you shined me on for
some cooler kids!"

She talks to the audience, gets
the rumors out of the w a\ . does a
little jazz, then says, "/'/>/ hot. I
think Tm going to change "
Next we see her strip down to
granny panties while a member
of her band (The Strap Ons)
smgs the Commodores' "Brick
House/' gyrating circles around
her while she changes, deadpan
and unnoticing.

I think she has taken off her
clothes m ever) show, which on
one level is utterly typical and
boring. Must women performers
always have to take off their
clothes to get publicity?

In the earlier show . she does a
half-beat cover of Prince's
"Little Red Corvette," stripping
down to an American flag G-
string. This is the closing scene
after a circus of stage personas:
their egos, their compulsions,

(continual on page 6)

'Our Campus Community'

by David Behan

For the last several years,
great emphasis has been placed
upon Agnes Scott College as a
community . That emphasis is
the source of many of our current
problems. If it continues, the
problems will get worse and the
intellectual vitality of the college
will continue to deteriorate.

The most obvious sign of
deterioration of intellectual
vitality is the fact that many
students are afraid to speak and
write what they think. They
point out that there is a prevail-
ing orthodoxy in three areas.
The first is that, contrary to its
history, Agnes Scott is becoming
a Presbyterian college. The
second is the dominance of a
political philosophy of feminism.
The third is the moral insistence
that the college be a racism free
zone. Many students fear that if
they question any aspect of the
prevailing religious, feminist, or
anti-racist orthodoxy, they will
be harassed by their peers and
punished by their professors.

The overall reasons tor the

deterioration of intellectual
v itality are multiple and com-
plex, but one fundamental cause
is the great emphasis which has
been placed on Agnes Scott as a
community.

The word "community" is
used in a variety of ways today,
but in traditional political theory
a community is a unity of
religious, political, and moral
beliefs. Its members are parts of
a whole rather than independent
individuals. A community
cannot be pluralistic and tolerant,
for its very existence is defined
by its shared religious, political,
and moral values. Any challenge
to that shared framework of
belief is viewed as seditious, tor
it undermines the values
constitutive ol the community.
The good member of a commu-
nity is one who accepts its
values; the virtuous member of a
community is one who excels in
them. Individuals who do not
share community values
experience discomfort, are
silenced, shunned, abused, and
eventually driven out.

It would be inconsistent at

best and self-destructive at worst
for a community to celebrate
diversity, for to do so would be
to acknowledge religious beliefs,
political positions, and moral
values opposed to those which
constitute it. When a community
celebrates diversity, it invites
internecine strife, for only one
framework of belief can prevail
in a community. Diverse groups
have to fight to obtain exclusive
control of the prevailing ortho-
doxy in order to prescribe their
standards to the community. In a
traditional community, values
are "all or nothing." and toler-
ance is not tolerated.

In the academy, however,
tolerance of diversity is essential.
The academy is the free market-
place of ideas, and ideas which
would not be allowed in the
larger society are tolerated there.
All ideas and positions arc-
vigorously criticized and
V igorously defended in the*
search lor truth. Il has to be that
wa\ . lor the academy is prima-
rily devoted lo the search for
truth, and truth is often diverse.

(continued on page 6)

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Stop The Persecution

Distributed by inbune Meaia bervices

Plain Black & White

by Tonya Smith

In recent days, new s reports
have been filled with announce-
ments that basketball star Magic
Johnson has been diagnosed as
HIV positive. The current cover
of Newsweek features Johnson
proclaiming "Even me." Even
this shining example of manli-
ness and heterosexual ity can
contract HIV.

Surprise, surprise! AIDS
activists, both homosexual and
heterosexual, have been broad-
easting this message for quite
some time now .

Johnson's dilemma is not a
new thing. Many people have
the I (IV \ ii lis. man) ha\ e died
from it. and man) more will die.
Have you people not been
listening?

Don't get me wrong I am
as saddened as anyone b\ the
news that Johnson has HIV, that
another victim has been claimed.

But I am saddened even more
that man) other victims arc
ignored daily by their family,
their friends, their neighbors.
Yet a famous sports figure gets
the sympath) of the entire world
simpl) because he is well-
known.

With the exception of a very
few "acceptable"* \ ictims like
Brian W hite arid Kimberly
Bergalis, the majority of HIV
infected individuals arc not seen
as \ ictims at all.

Rather, the) are punished for
contracting the virus b) being
shunned b\ their community and
run out of town. The) arc
pointed at as if the) arc criminals
who have been rightfully
sentenced to death lor unspeak-
able crimes.

And do \ on know w hat these
crimes are? These "crimes"
include homosexuality. ( The
Bible says it's wrong! There we
go getting loop holes from the
big book again! And by the way,
doesn't it also sa) that it's wrong
to judge and condemn your
fellow man?)

Other so-called crimes would
include hemophilia, operations

that require blood transfusions,
and yes. even heterosexual sex!
I believe there arc lew adults
alive w ho don't find themselves
guilt) of at least one of these
"crimes/'

If \ on don't belie\ e that the
persecution I speak about is a
reality, then research the facts.
Only a few years ago, three
hemophiliac brothers w ho tested
HIV positive were shunned by
their neighborhood and refused
an education by their local
school system.

Also, their entire famil) was
blamed lor being associated w ith
persons with the virus. Never
mind that these persons were
their children.

Now the American people are
screaming for mandatory HIV
testing for all health care
workers. Not only that, but they
w ant the results of these tests to
be made public! There are some
very good things that could come
out of such a policy, but do the)
outweigh the bad?

By the bad. I mean the
mandator) identification of
persons with HIV. making those
persons and their families targets
for humiliation and rejection
even though they may very well
have contracted the virus w hile
trying to do the job of saving
lives and curing illness.

And there is also the possibil-
ity that health care workers,
know ing that now not only their
h\ es but also their livelihoods
are in jeopard) as a result of
HIV, will begin to demand
information from then patients
and refuse to treat those w ith the
HIV virus.

There is a simple solution,
however. We all need to open
ourexes to the facts about HIV.
Anyone can get it for any
number ofc reasons, and every
one w ho contracts it is a victim
that needs care and love.

We don't get to pick and
choose w ho is allowed to have
AIDS and who is not! When
everyone can understand these
facts, then the persecution w ill
stop and the healing can begin.

by Nadine Evette Curry

I remember looking in the
Agnes Scott College viewbook
as a high school senior. I
yearned to have African-
American professors teach me
courses throughout my college
career.

In fact, Agnes Scott had a big
centerfold picture of Dr. Bemita
Bern , as if the school had a great
number of full-time African-
American professors!

My disillusionment was soon
checked when I came to be
educated here. I soon found out
that there is only one African-
American professor full-time on
this campus!

This is a subject that concerns
most of the African-American
sisters on campus. We want
full-time African- American
professors in the classrooms!
But every time the need for a
more diverse faculty comes up,
questions and doubts take over.

Why is it necessary to have
African- American professors ?
What would the African-
American professors teach? Are
African-Americans qualified to
be college professors? How
many African-American
professors make up a diverse
faculty?

It is necessary to ha\ e
African-American professors on
campus. There are man) reasons
as to why they should be on
campus, but I would like to locus
on representation and the
possible knowledge that can be
obtained from their presence.

First, how can a college
consider itself diverse if it do not
even represent diversity in the
full-time faculty? As long as

there arc African- American
students, there should be
professors that reflect their
heritage.

As long as there are not
professors that reflect their
heritage, the recruitment for
African- American students w ill
never meet its maximum
potential.

Think of the knowledge.
African- American professors are
not only needed to represent the
students present at the school but
they would also enlighten our
minds. Our minds will be
enlightened on the African-
American point of view.

Don't we learn the Latin
American point of view, when
we take up Latin-American
studies'.' As African- American
students, we don't have that
option! I am glad that the Latin-
American students have that
opportunity, but I am stating that
the African-Americans should
have this as well.

What would African-
American professors teach?
What do you think? Professors
usually teach a wide range of
subjects such as English,
political science, and math, to
name a lew. Just because the
professor is African-American
docs not mean that professor has
to teach African-American
studies courses!

[fyou would look at Richard
Wright and Maya Angelou, you
would know that my people are
writers. If you look at Henr\
Tanner. \ on will know m\
people are artists, [fyou look at
Billie Holiday and Marvin Gaye,
you would know that my people
are singers. If you look at Miles
Davis, you would know that m\

people are musicians. If you
look at Marcus Garvey and
Martin Luther King, Jr., you
would know that my people are
thinkers!

See, this describes many of
my people. The African-
American people are diverse.
Just think, if Agnes Scott added
some color to their faculty!

African- American professors
need to teach the "norm" classes
at Agnes Scott College. "Norm"
are the English, political science
and math courses.

It is necessary because we
need that African- American
teaching that geometry
considering that our ancestors
mastered it centuries ago in
Africa. Aren't our pyramids still
standing? Oh. that is a history
lesson!

African- American professors
need to give the majority at
Agnes Scott College a lesson in
Huckleberry Finn and
Shakespeare's Hamlet. The
courses that could be taught go
on and on.

Don't get me wrong. I would
love to have African-American
professors teach African-
American courses on this
campus. But I would like to just
see more African-American
qualified professors in their
seiected field!

Also, do not think that just
having more African- American
professors would satisfy the
sisters on campus. We do need
and want an African-American
studies department, but it would
be hard to do considering we
don't have facult) members'

I have heard that we might
have more African-American

(continued on page 6)

Letters to the Editor
are due to Box 764
by December 4

Editorials

Page 6 The Profile Friday, November 22, 1991

A Campus
Community

(con tinned from page 4)

By its nature, the academy is a
disquieting place where one's
beliefs and values are regularly
subject to challenge. This point
was made recently by Professor
Genovese.

Who wants to be acctised of
insensitivity? The answer is, those
who recognize "sensitivity" as a
code word for the promulgation
of a demagogic political
program. ...I routinely assign
books that contradict the point of
view presented in my own
classroom. I insist only that
students challenge my point of
view in accordance with the
canons of (Southern) courtesy,
and in obedience to a rule: lay
down plausible premises, argue
logically, appeal to evidence. If
they say things that offend others,
the offended ones are invited to
reply, fiercely but in accordance
with the same courtesy and in
obedience to the same rule. I
know no other way to show
students, white or black, male or
female, the respect that ought to
be shown in a place of intellectual
and ideological contention. Thus
I submit the First Law of College
Teaching: Any professor who,
subject to the restraints of
common sense and common
decency, docs not seize every
opportunity to off end the sensi-
bilities of his students is insulting
and cheating them, and is no
college professor at all. (Eugene
D. Geno\ esc: "Heresy, Yes
Sensitivity, No." The New
Republic, April 15, 1991)

If Agnes Scott is to flourish as
an academy, tolerance of diversity
must be encouraged. And if we
really want to celebrate diversity,
we must realize that Agnes Scott

Neighborhood
Feminist

(continued from page 4)

their desperation. ("Without You,
I am Nothing.")

But in this strip-tease, the
audience laughs uproariously. It
isn't sexually titillating: this is an
emotional stripping. How can
someone be so volatile and yet so
vulnerable .'

Pve heard it said that "she
puts it all out there until it
becomes strength.*' Whatever.
Perhaps I mistake irreverence for
depth. Time will tell if I think
she has an\ genuine feminist

message.

Meanwhile, the diva, the
singer, the performer, the
stripper, the ugl\ duckling, can
do whatever she wants. I'll keep
w atching.

cannot be a community in the
traditional sense. That may seem
a great loss to some. Yet, if we
will acknowledge that Agnes
Scott is not a community, the
college will have a chance to
thrive as an intellectual institu-
tion. The alternative is an Agnes
Scott which is a community of
shared values and beliefs and
intolerance: a college in which
one is nurtured and empowered
and molded within the prevailing
orthodoxy. The result will be
loss of individuality, which is the
greatest oppression, for it
demeans a student as an indepen-
dent thinker as a person.

What I have been saying was
recently said better by an
eminent historian. Professor C.
Vann Woodward. Writing in the
New York Review of Books
(September 26, 1991),
Woodward connected tolerance
with the academy.

We must seek agreement on
the ideals, mission, purpose, and
character of the academy
what the university means. One
way to say what we are is to
agree on what we are not. I do
not think the university is or
should attempt to be a political
or a philanthropic or a paternal is
tic or a therapeutic institution. It
is not a club or a fellow ship to
promote harmony and civility,
important as those values are. It
is a place where the unthinkable
can be thought, the unmention-
able can be discussed, and the
unchallengeable can be chal-
lenged. That means, in the
words of Justice Holmes, "not
free thought for those who agree
with us but freedom for the
thought we hate."

A final point. Those who
question orthodoxy at Agnes
Scott are considered to be right-
wing conservatives, while those
who espouse the prevailing
orthodoxy call themselves
liberals. But traditional conser-
\ atives are those who seek to
impose a single framework of

Plain Black and
White

(continued from page 5 )

professors as soon as next year. I
hope the recruitment w ill not
stop there.

Personally. I am not sure how
m an y A f ri c an - A me ri can
professors w e need to have a
more diverse faculty. I just
know as long as I look at the
faculty as a whole and I don't see
the African-American students
represented, the Oriental students
represented, the Indian students
represented, and more Hispanic
students represented then I will
assume that the faculty is not yet
diverse!

belief upon a communit) and
preserve it against challenge.
Traditional liberals, by contrast,
are pluralistic: they insist upon a
free marketplace of ideas which
includes "freedom lor the
thought we hate." Those who

resist the imposition of ortho-
doxy are liberals. Those who
stress community the new
conservatives have appropri-
ated some liberal values on
particular issues, have made
them unquestionable articles of

faith, and have \ irtuall) suc-
ceeded in insulating them from
debate. By their intolerance you
shall know them. It is now time
lor those w ho are liberals to
speak and write freelv in public
w ithout fear of the intolerant.

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Features

Friday, November 22, 1991

The Profile

Page 7

Dudley Sanders A Soon-To-Be Renowned Playwright in Our Midst?

In Stephanie Sidney

Dudley Sanders has been at
ASC since 1976. With a B.A. in
English and drama from Kenyon
College in Gambier, Ohio (just
outside Chicago), Sanders set out
to write screen plays and movies.
His MFA from Northwestern
University is in scenic design,
appropriate to a practicing artist
who also works in academics.

Sanders states that the ASC
Theater Department, whose
program is two faculty-directed
shows per year, has not changed
much since he first came.
Sanders and Dr. Becky Prophet
compose the two-person depart-
ment.

Although he was bom in San
Antonio, Texas, Sanders grew up
in Kentucky . Both parents made
a career out of the Air Force. In
fact, his mother, who was a
sergeant, outranked his father.

Sanders states that theater has

been his main interest since high
school, when he was intrigued by
seeing his friends decked out
costumes for school plays.

An interesting project of
Sanders' is a movie script called
Dead Reckoning* on which he
collaborated with another pla\
writing colleague named Mark
Perry.

The plot centers on a character
who is transported by a time
machine onto the Titanic and who
must accomplish a secret assign-
ment and get off the ship before it
sinks.

Sanders sent Dead Reckoning.
along with other scripts, to several
TV and movie producers. He has
received responses indicating that
his scripts have been read, but so
far he has received no definite
offers.

However, he is not discour-
aged, since the field is so com-
petitive.

His most current project, a

screen play entitled Control, is
based on the shooting that
occurred last year at Perimeter
Mall. Sanders said that the piece
will give a clear message about
the necessity of gun control.

Sanders feels hopeful about
his work w ith the agency
InterTalent and states that he is
pleased with the progress he has
seen since working with them.

The agency has arranged for
him to have six meetings with
studio heads and producers,
including such well-known
names as Touchstone Pictures,
Disney, and Hanna-Barbara
Production Company, as well as
w ith Richard Donner, the
director/producer of Lethal
Weapon.

Sanders has high hopes for
future success, so all you aspiring
producers, directors and writers
out there in the ASC community,
if you're looking for a mentor.
Dudley seems to be a worthwhile
person to talk to.

Marketing Your Way In the Door

bv Susan L. MeTier

The Career Advisory Board
recently served as hostesses at
Progressions, a career sympo-
sium for women's college
alumnae held on campus
November 2.

At the symposium, women
discussed carder issues ranging
from how to get a job to finding
a good compensation package.
In the next two issues, informa-
tion shared at these workshops
w ill be printed as Career

Advisory Board features.

Career Planning and
Placement's Laurie Nichols and
Amy Schmidt led a session
entitled Marketing 101. which
dealt mainl) with resumes and
interviews. Laurie and Amy
passed on the follow ing tips
(note: these are tips, not rules).

Resume styles and lengths
vary. A chronological resume
traces development of skills
through a listing of jobs and
work experience in reverse
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A functional resume highlights
skills w hile downplaying dates.
Most resumes are one page long,
. though two pages are acceptable
if you cannot describe your
qualifications forcefully enough
on one page.

Resumes should be concise
and use active language. When
v\ riting your resume, use short
results-oriented statements to
support your skills. Most resumes
include a clear job objective.

When mailing out a resume.
always include a cover letter; this
cover letter should convey your
\\ riting and communication skills
as well as your personality .

A sample format might include
three body paragraphs: describe
your interest and purpose of the
letter, direct attention to your
qualifications, and tell when you
will call or follow up the letter.

Before going to an interview,
do some research on the company

Dudley Sanders collaborated with play writing colleague Mark
Perry on a movie script, Dead Reckoning,

with whom you are interviewing,
The Career Planning and
Placement Library has resource
files and books to help you.
Also, he familiar with current
events, because an interviewer
will often begin with small talk
to break the ice.

When answering questions at
an interview, try to substantiate
what you sa\ with an example.
Also, have several questions of
your own. You may want to
prepare several broad questions
for all prospective employers,
but also have several specific
questions for each interview.

Always write a thank you note
after every contact you make.
Thank you notes allow you to

add something that you may
have omitted during the inter-
view or to clarify a response to a
question. If possible, refer to
specific people with whom you
spoke.

Remember, enthusiasm
makes a difference. Being
yourself is the most important
thing to remember when writing
a resume and interviewing.

For more information on how
to market yourself for the
business world, contact a Career
Advisory Board member or the
Career Planning and Placement
office. The Career Library is full
of books and videos that can
enlighten you further about the
career world.

Student Demands Increased
Diversity in College's Curriculum

bv Malikah Bern

Editor's Note: The following
is a letter written by Malikah
Berry on October IS to the
President's Commit tee on
Community Diversity and is
included on behalf of Racism-
Free Zone.

When I entered college, I had
no idea I would be giving my
opinion or would have an

opinion to offer on the subject of
curriculum diversity. 1 admit I
have no knowledge of how
courses are chosen but I do know
what is necessary....

Presently, students at Agnes
Scott arc receiving a Eurocentric
education. Western culture and
European classics are taught and
accepted as universal truths for
all peoples regardless of specific
ethnic backgrounds.

Therefore, ethnicity only

becomes important when various
groups come in contact with
Europeans.

This is dangerous, [because]
only considering a country's
history or culture in reference to
Europe implies [that] their
history or culture is nonexistent
or unimportant until Europe
became involved.

White students of this
Eurocentric model are taught

(continued on page 9)

Page 8

Features

The Profile

Friday, November 22, 1991

Perspectives

compiled by Claire Lemme

WHO WOULD YOU NOMINATE FOR
"TURKEY OF THE YEAR" AND WHY?

Sharon Eaddy
Class ofl995:

"Dan Quayle, but he's real
turkey of a lifetime."

Michelle Downes
Class of 1995, and
Julie Evans,
Class of 1995

"Guy Sharpe, meteorologist ^
for Channel 1 1 , because he ^
has that loose wrinkly skin
on his neck! Che Schifo!' 1

Shanika Swift,
Class of 1 993, and
Kelley Rogers,
Class' of 1994:

"Clarence Thomas. He's
a tough dry bird ready to
be baked."

Mia Fresslev,
Class of 1994:

"David Duke because he ^
is a white racist, he needs to ^
be cooked or better yet,
burned."

Lauren (Unmade,
( lass of 1993:

"George Bush, because he
keeps doing all these turkey
things: starting the war,
furthering recession,
bringing in Clarence Thomas
and also Dan Quayle: yet he
manages to keep his
popularity, so maybe the
people are the turkeys/'

Student Counseling Extends Beyond
the Services of Margaret Shirley

bj Stephanie Price

Staff writer

Day in and day out, we ASC
students see each other and
smile. Sometimes, however, we
cannot see the pain that is
harbored behind those smiles.
While our community includes
people who can share their
thoughts and feelings, there are
also those who cannot relate
their emotions to their peers.

One of the privileges of being
at a small college is the sense of
responsibility we feel toward
each other. But if we see that
w e cannot reach a friend m need,
we ma\ then turn to the counsel-
ing sen ices on our campus.

When a student needs
counseling, she automatically
thinks of Margaret Shirley. An
outlet forsafet) and confidence.
Shirley is concerned about those
who don't make her w aiting list.

"Students feel the) ha\ e
needs that aren't being met/'
Sha le) says. She expresses

concern for those who haven't
been able to bring crises to
someone who can help them.

Because Shirley is "con-
cerned about students being
concerned" that the) can't he
seen. Shirle) reminds lis that
there are plent) of other capable
adult counselors on campus
besides herself.

Chaplain Patti Snyder, Man
Lu Christiansen of Health
Services, Dean of Students Gue
Hudson, and the career counsel-
ors Laurie Nichols and Amy
Schmidt are all capable and
willing to hear the needs
(academic or personal) of
students.

Shirley desires to discourage
students from thinking that they
have now here to turn if her list is
filled. She even suggests that
"perhaps I'm not the one that
some people feel comfortable
w ith."

In this case, students have the
options of seeking out Snyder.
Christiansen, or an) of the other

adults mentioned.

Counseling issues are also the
concern of ASC\s group
Choices. This group, w Inch
includes Shirle) . Snyder,
Christiansen. Ellen Wheaton.
and several students, provides
group discussions on the crises
that surround us as \ oung
w omen.

Besides discussing issues.
C !hoices deals w ith w a\ s of
coping and reminds students of
the people on campus w ho can
help.

In addition, Shirley often
gives students the option of
seeking help with an off-campus
psychiatrist affiliated with Agnes
Scott.

( riven these varied options,
students should come to realize
that help does not stop w ith one
person. Shirley is certainly one
who cares; she feels, though, that
students should not overlook the
option of seeking out the man)
other adults w ho sincerel) w an!
to help.

Real Myths And Legends:

The Lefties of the World

b\ Brooke M. Colvard

Contributing Editor

"Left-handed people are the only
people in their right minds."

While the world spends its
time directing prejudices tow ard
people of different ethnic,
gender, sexual, monetary, and
geographic orientations who
constitute the minority of a given
population, a silent prejudice
exists against a minority group
who are known to be physically
different, not physically handi-
capped.

This minority group is known
as the lefties of the world
people who predominantly use
their left hand and/or foot for
most daily activities.

Lefties have suffered great
hardships over the years to
which righties. also known as the
right-handed majority, cannot
relate.

Some let tics were considered
to be possessed by demons or
even the devil. Because of this,
many lefties were forced to
conform to the norm set by
righties.

Teachers and various other
adult figures attempted, and in
some cases even succeeded, to

convert lefties to righties. But
the injustice does not stop here.
The world in which w e live is
created for righties, seldom
taking lefties into consideration.

What makes life so difficult
for lefties? As a righlie myself. I
did not real I \ understand until I
spoke to lefties and heard their
side of life as we know it. If you
are a rightie, pay attention, you
might learn a thing or two.

Everyone knows that "normal
scissors" are difficult for lefties
to use and that left-handed desks
are better for them. loo. But
what about the things we righties
take for granted like can openers,
notebooks, arid cars?

Try opening a can with your
left hand, driving with your left
hand and foot, and writing left-
handed in a big three-ring binder
or a spiral bound notebook.

This is just the tip of the
iceberg. What about buttons,
knobs and dials that are on the
right-hand side of televisions,
computers, wind-up watches,
and other office equipment ?

I lave you ever tried to set
your watch with your left hand
or scan the TV channels by using
your left hand to turn the knobs .'
Did you know that the total
button on calculators and cash

registers is on the right hand
side?

I low about such sports as
golf, hockey, fishing, and
baseball? Left-handed equip-
ment is often difficult to find
and/or costs more than the
"regular" right-handed stuff.

And don't forget the receiver
of the telephone that is attached
to the unit so that the right hand
is most convenient to push or
dial numbers, or coffee mugs
w ith the handle on the right of
designs or inscriptions.

The list of discriminations 1
directed towards lefties by
righties is very long. Survival in
this "right* 1 world forces lefties
to either ad just to our right -
oriented world or spend their life
driving with their legs crossed
while searching tor the "left
side" of life.

So w hile you go on living
your life the "right" way,
remember that there is a small
minority of physically different
people who only want the simpk
things in life to be made left.

Also, the next time you see a
leftie. put your left loot forward
and greet him or her with a f irm
hand shake, using your left hand
Of course!

Features

Friday, November 22, 1991

The Profile

Page 9

Do You Wear Stockings to Dinner?

by Janelle Bailey

How would you like to be
required to wear stockings to
dinner? A Saturday morning
class, perhaps ? A ehaperone on
a date? Seem like too many
rhetorical questions? These are
jusl some of the things Scotties
of old had to put up w ith.

So, considering our history,
life at ASC today is pretty
relaxed. Sometimes dull, but

fairly unrestricted.

Wait a minute. Unrestricted?
What about parietals? Quiel
hours? Too few computers
during exams? Ending breakfast
at ^ a.m. ? "How can you
possibly think this unrestricted?"
you ask.

Because, I reply, we go to
elass in essentially whatever
clothes we want. We go to sleep
when we get tired (or when we
give up on the homework.

whichever comes first). And no
escorts wait to join us in the lobby
when our dates arrive.

Picture a woman going on a
journey beyond sight and sound.
She has left 1991 and has
entered. ..Agnes Scott of the past.
It has many rules and traditions
that have since been abandoned
(much to the pleasure of modern-
day Scotties). Take for example
the following:

Our sisters of the past were

Lesbian Lovemaking Is Justicemaking

bv Missy Mullinax

The Lesbian/Bisexual
Alliance of Agnes Scott College
announced and continues to
announce its presence on
campus.

In the last weeks, 1 have heard
comments regarding the "obnox-
ious screaming of lesbians
regarding their sexualit)
People often ask. "why do they
have to be so verbal about their
sexuality? I don't scream.
'Heterosexual and proud."'

Sisters w ho aren't yet making
the connections, let me tell you
one reason. Lesbians' proclama-
tion of power through identity
liberates! It liberates us all.
because it ignites and pushes
forward the struggle for justice.

Carter Hey ward writes in her

book Touching Our Strength,
"h\ this power, in this power,
and with this power [lesbians]
fi nd 1 1 hem |selves-in- re I at ion ,
breaking out of the isolation
imposed by silence and invisibil-
ity:'

Our loud declarations break
the wall of heterosexual assump-
tion and acceptance. Lesbian
lovemaking is justicemaking
because it rejects confining/
compulsory heterosexual ity.

At the same time, it promotes
egalitarian relationships between
women, because so often
heterosexual ity degenerates into
violent male sexuality at the
expense of women.

Our Lesbian/Bisexual
Alliance strives to educate and
liberate all women, beginning
w ith our lesbian and bisexual

sisters.

Our meetings are designed
specifically to provide acceptance,
sale space, and friendship for
those women. But the far-
reaching implications of our
presence and our lives empower
all women.

So when you see posters
announcing our film series
particularly the film being shown
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20
at 7 p.m. in MCKINNEY DATE
PARLOR come and join us.

And when you see us at the
Christmas party with our lovers or
just around campus, remember
that "liberation of anyone depends
on the tenacity of the connections
and coalitions we are able to forge
together" (Carter Hey ward.
Touching Our Strength).

Student Demands

(continued from page 7)

| that | their ancestors w ere and
still are superior because of their
universal importance in various
curricula.

As an African-American
student, the exclusion of our
culture btatantl) declares that
African and African- American
culture, classics, and history are
not important enough to be
taught as a part of higher
education.

Although I appreciate the
effort to include African and
African-American history, much
more is needed. A starting point
can be a more extensive African
concentration for the interna-
tional relations major and
History Department.

The Profile
wishes

everyone a
happy and safe
Thanksgiving!

Since I am only in my third
semester here. 1 w ill not presume
that there is staunch resistance to
curriculum diversity, but I will
assume that there is a fear.

It is my observation, based on
the current debate on
multiculturalism on college
campuses, that by adding others'
cultures and classics, the
reputation of the college will
somehow be blemished.

An example of the opposite
working right here at Agnes
Scott is the Global Awareness
program and Us purpose.

According to the '91 -'92
course catalogue on page 39,
through global awareness
"students develop a better

understanding of their own
culture values as well as an
appreciation for the physical and
cultural diversity of our world."

To borrow from the catalogue
again, in our interdependent
world it is fundamental that every
liberal arts student have a global
world view.

My point is that the very goals
that the Global Awareness
program seeks to achieve can be
realized to a lesser extent by
simply diversifying the curricu-
lum. A more diversified curricu-
lum will produce a more well-
rounded student, and isn't that
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required to dress for all occasions
including dinner. That meant a
skirt (of appropriate length for the
time), a blouse, and yes, you
guessed it, stockings.

Today you would be hard-
pressed to find a single student,
who is not going to work or on a
elate, in stockings.

The Scotties of days gone by
also had a specific time for lights
out. Now the only time we're
required to turn out lights is for
energy conservation.

First-year students don't like
curfew? For many years, students
were only allowed off campus for
church services.

For the fans of Social Council
and band parties everywhere, an
interesting tidbit of information:
women of Agnes Scott were not
allowed to dance with men on
campus until 1947.

Let us not forget the outstand-
ing class schedule of the past.

when classes started at 7:30 a.m.
and took place on Saturday as
well. Today there are too many
Scotties at Tech on Saturday
mornings to be able to have
classes.

Agnes Scott's original faculty
consisted of only four members,
one being President Frank Gaines
and another Dean Nannette
Hopkins compare that to the
many and diverse faculty mem-
bers we have today.

As Scotties of today anxiously
await pink slips in their boxes
announcing the arrival of a long-
overdue care package, they should
mourn for their predecessors who
were not allowed to receive any
care packages at all, because the
college encouraged healthy
eating.

So, every time the rules o'
ASC get you down, don't forget
about those who have trudged
before us and suffered for it.

The Crossword

THE Crossword

By June J. Boril

c 1991 Tribune Media Services

ACROSS

DOWN

1 Cavort

1 Grate

5 Duo

2 Slouan

9 Leash

3 Cal. county

14 Chin, nurse

4 Linguistics

15 Take the bus

specialist

16 Oyster find

5 Sham

17 Agra dress

6 Assistant

18 Esau's land

7 False gods

19 Join

8 Send payment

20 Stamp col-

9 Russ. satellite

lector

10 Decade

23 Meadow

11 Shore bird

24 Battery part

12 Comedian

25 Prick

Johnson

27 Give tempo-

13 Request

rarily

21 Fruit drink

29 Double dagger

22 A Caesar

33 Game on

26 Family tree

horseback

specialist

36 Chair

28 Precious

39 Rogue

30 Caroled

40 Eagerly

31 Russ name

excited

32 Trailer

41 Tidal bore

33 Young salmon

43 Hindu land

34 Curved molding

grant

35 Ms Falana

44 Ignited anew

37 Grow old

46 Control

38 Musical group

47 Fire deity

42 Letter

48 Motive

wrapper

50 Ellipse

45 Naval missile

52 Regale

49 Maiden name

55 Lyric poem

word

58 Mercatorial

51 Gl address

Item

53 Map book

61 Rock specialist

54 Hackneyed

64 Fr. school

56 Kind of dance

66 It. resort

57 Bar legally

67 Ratio words

58 Beef

68 Leading

59 Pain

69 Sleep like

80 Sonnet

70 Glasgow native

62 Aroma

71 Rhythm

63 Carry

72 Withered

65 Opce around

73 Drink to

the track

excess

Arts & Entertainment

Page 10 The Profile Friday, November 22, 1991

Thamyris-Cutting Edge of Contemporary Music

Thamyris raises awareness about 20th-centur) music.

Bibliophiles Gather at Ohio State for " Art
of Contemporary Book" Conference

by Laura Barlament

Contributing Editor

For two days, the casual
passer-by could hear the sounds
of a type of music very different
from the traditional Mozart and
Beethoven floating from Presser
Hall.

The name of its performers is
as unconventional as the music:
Thamyris, in honor of an ancient
Greek musician of legendary
skill.

This Atlanta-based ensemble
preceded its October 1 1 , concert
with a workshop on campus.
Thamyris plays exclusively
twentieth-century music, which
in its extreme newness and
individuality can be daunting to
the uninitiated listener.

According to ensemble
pianist Laura Gordy, two trends
in music of this century are a
breaking down of the barriers
between different forms of music
and use of non-Western ethnic
music.

Percussionist Peggy Benkeser
demonstrated instruments of
these ethnic groups, such as the
African talking drum, and new
techniques for playing more
traditional instruments, such as
bowing the vibraphone with a
bass bow.

According to soprano Cheryl
Boyd-Waddcll, modern compos-
ers often demand large, sudden
jumps in pitch and dynamic and
expand on the usual elements of
singing by using more consonant
sounds and the full range of each
vowel sound.

The Bute is one of the oldest
musical instruments, and after
demonstrating ancient flutes
from various countries, Paul
Brittan worked with several
Agnes Scott flutists on twenti-
eth-century music they had
prepared.

Players of modern piano
music must learn to play not
only on the keyboard but also
inside the piano. Gordy demon-
strated plucking the strings and
using different objects, such as a
paper clip and a glass rod. to
create new sounds.

Gordy concluded with the
theory that within the next
hundred years, "classical"
orchestral music as we know it
will have died out, because it is
no longer being composed.

The following night,
Thamyris had a chance to prove
the accuracy of her words.

Modern music is not yet
drawing the crowds an Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra concert
does, but it obviously has a
following, which was treated to a

tine and sensitive performance,

"Eclogue lor Flute and
Percussion" ( 1970). a non-

traditional combination of
instruments, by the Japanese
composer Teruyuki Noda, opened
the concert. Eclogue is an ancient
Greek term for a dialogue between
shepherds.

The flute imitated its airy and
natural -sounding Japanese
counterpart in order to imitate the
w ind, water, and other sounds in
nature.

Because of the variety of
percussion instruments used, the
piece was interesting to watch, but
the musical language was so far
from my experience that I did not
relate to the piece.

'Two Fantastics" (1972) by
Jeno Takacs hit closer to home
because of its jazz idiom. Ironi-
cally, the composer of this piece
for saxophone (played by
ensemble clarinetist Ted Gurch)
and piano is Hungarian.

My favorite piece of the
concert was Alvin Singleton's
"Between Sisters" (1990) for
soprano, alto flute, piano, and
vibraphone. Based on the poem
"The House Slave" by Rita Dove,
the piece made very effective use
of silence to express the pain and
tension of the text.

The concert continued with
what I considered a humorous
work by Roberto Sierra.
"Invocaciones" (1986). Both the
vocalist and the percussionist
were required to contribute to
each other's roles, as Boyd-
Waddell played percussion w^hile
both she and Benkeser sang in a
percussive manner (hard syllables
and single vowels such as "ka"
and "ah").

Gurch returned to the stage for
an effective performance of
Shulamite Rail's "For an Actor:
Monologue for Clarinet" (1978).
I enjoyed thinking of scenes or
characters the clarinet could be
representing in this "wordless
monodrama" (as described by
Ran).

The clarinet covered a range of
emotions from raving madness to
soft, savvy control. Gurch was
also required to include some
techniques he probably didn't
learn in school, such as blowing
around the mouthpiece while
playing.

The final piece, California
composer Lou Harrison's
"Ariadne" (1987), made the
perfect finale for this eclectic
concert the work represents a
Greek myth played on Western
instruments (flute and some
percussion) in the style of Indian
music.

This type of Indian music has
two components on which the
instrumentalists improvise: the
"rag," which is the pre-established
scale from which the flutist never
deviates, and the "tal," the rhythm
(( on tinned on page 1 1 )

bj Christie Miller

Staff Writer

At the Ohio State conference
"The Art of the Contemporary
Book," a group of approximately
100 artists, writers, collectors,
curators, librarians, and publish-
ers bound by their love of books
came together to discuss book
art.

The conference focused on
the artist's hook, which is the
most contemporary of book
tonus and w Inch can he sirnpl)
described as a book which is a
work of an.

Author and critic Doris
Grumbach began the conference
by questioning the use of texts as
"vehicles for artists." She noted
various "feats of craftsmanship."
such as a heavily illustrated
version of Moby Dick, in which
the text becomes secondary to
the artist's illustrations.

However, at the end of her
speech, she conceded the validity
of the artist's book and proposed
a new title for it the neo-book.

Anne Hyde Greet, an ail
historian and writer, gave a more
historical presentation, showing
how the artist's book grew out of
the French livre de peintre
(literally, painter's book)
tradition.

To conclude the first session,
Robert Rainwater of the New
York Public Library discussed
his current charge of the library 's
Spencer Collection of prints and
illustrated books.

He showed slides from the
collection, which includes
Egyptian scrolls and medieval

books of hours, and pointed out
that as a librarian one has to
"look back and re-evaluate in
terms of current attitudes what
will be important to purchase."

In the second session, three
book artists spoke about the
creation of the artist's book.

Betsy Davids from the
California Institute of the Arts
discussed the advantages of the
new technologies which arc
being used to make books, such
as the computer and the xerox,
and the misconceptions that
people have about them.

Two advantages that she
listed were "the hands-on
involvement one can have w ith
the text and the | greater | ease to
do longer prose than with a letter
press."

Also, Davids raised the issue
of the "oxymoron of using the
computer to create books w Inch
are viewed as timeless."

Susan King brought up one of
the most common debates
among book artists which is
better: cost or concept? Which is
more valuable, the limited
edition books or the more
accessible works done in such
media as offset or xerox?

The keynote address was
delivered by Andre Schillrin,
formerly of Pantheon books. I [e
talked about the changes that
have occurred in society's
relationship to books and to
reading.

He discussed the danger of
the practices of the booksellers
and publishers of today
keeping books in large quantities
for short periods of time in hopes

of best-sellers.

I le claimed that "w hen the
publishers exploit the interest of
the public with Nancy Reagans
and Scarlctts it leads to a
degradation of society." Even
worse, he pointed out that the
public libraries are a part of this
type of censorship as well.

This address brought up the
theme which David Townsand
explored further in the third
session. He discussed the
importance of text, w hich he
described as "the soul of the
book," and made startling points
about the responsibility of this
generation to preserve texts lor the
future.

He provided an interesting
argument for the production of
expensive "beautiful" books - "it
is an excellent strategy lor saving
texts." Also, he encouraged the
participants to remember that
"what we buy and save detennincs
who we are as a culture."

Finally, Colin Franklin
provided the perspective of a
serious collector of books. I le
described his collecting as i
expensive, ornamental, and
useless, because to him "collect-
ing books is linked with a desire
that is quite dif ferent from
reading."

Although this conference gave
an interesting overview of ,
different opinions, not enough
time was allowed for in-depth
discussion of many of the
controversial aspects of the artist's <
book. More focus on one aspect
of the contemporary book might
be a more rewarding route for next
year's conference.

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, November 22, 1991

The Profile

Page 11

Saga of Scarlett Continues 55 Years Later

bv Michelle Smith

Gone With the Wind has been
published successfully in 37
countries, translated into 27
languages, and sold in 155
editions. The book is second in
publication onk to the Bible.
The film has been seen by more
people than the entire population
of the United States.

With that large of an audi-
ence, no sequel could ever
satisfy every reader or viewer
after the 55-year success of the
original. Even Margaret
Mitchell did not attempt the task.

In fact, she jokingly referred
to a sequel as "Back With the
Breeze, a highly moral tract in
which everyone, including Belle
Wat ling, underwent a change of
heart and character and reeked
\\ ith sanctimonious dullness."

Whether Mitchell would have
eventually given in to public
persistence and written even a
sanctimonious sequel we will
never know. She died a tragic

death in 1949, just 13 years after
the first publication of Gone With
the Wind.

Keeping all of the above in
perspective, one must attempt to
judge Alexandra Ripley's Scarlett
\\ ith as open a mind as possible.
She already had the disadvantage
of a large, suspicious audience, as
well as the mystic powers
surrounding a revered legend.

Ripley's literary style in
Scarlett is comparable to that of
Margaret Mitchell's original
work. The diction and tempo
parallel Gone With the Wind with
relative ease.

Moreover, the characteriza-
tions retain a similar flavor. In
fact, the book reads as an easy
continuation of Gone With the
Wind.

The book picks up with
Melanie Wilke's funeral, fol-
low ed by yet another
heart wrenching series of scenes as
Mammy takes to her deathbed
back at Tara.

Determined to get Rhett Butler

back, Scarlett dashes out to
Charleston to make desperate
amends. But alas, Scarlett's
attempts are of insignificant and
futile consequence.

New and expanded Irish
O'Hara characters are brought in
and the stage is final l\ set lor the
real action to start. The saga
begins again.

But I must warn you that it is
not the same. Scarlett does have
an extramarital affair, and says the
word damn quite a few more
times than Rhett did in Gone With
the Wind. However, Ripley does
manage to make the character
variations work for her book.

She has been quoted as saying,
"Gone With the Wind was a great
book, mine is a good book." I
think that she is right.

Scarlett reminds me of a great-
tasting cake. The first piece is
always the best. You go for the
second piece of cake, and it just
isn't quite the same. It tastes
good, but it's just not as good as
the first one.

flir S('(jit('l to

MARGARET MIlCHELiS

m with

rHE WIND

ALEXANDRA RIPLEY

One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest Overcomes All Obstacles

b\ Sandee McCilaun

Contributing Editor

Perhaps it is a bit hackneyed
to quote "all the world's a stage."
but I am reminded time and
again that theater will exist,
against all odds, and often the
greater the obstacles, the greater
the theater.

Take, for example, Tri-Cities
Community Theatre, a former
gas station currently hosting a
moving production of One /'lew-
Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

R.P. McMurphy is a high-
spirited repeat offender who has
too much zest for life and not
enough respect for authority in
the cold, steely eyes of Nurse
Ratched, disciplinarian of the
mental hospital ward to which
McMurphy is committed when
the jails have had enough of him,

Mac is horrified at Wretched
Ratched's treatment of the other
mental patients, who are kept
dependent and in a state of
mental crisis through daily "rap
sessions/' in which Nurse
Ratched systematically destroys
their fragile self-esteems with
abusive questions.

Mac and Nurse Ratched
engage in a battle of control
which results in Mac's subjec-
tion to shock therapy.

He refuses to give in and
plans a party for the patients. A
prostitute is invited to relieve
Billy, the young man on the
w ard most painfully under Nurse
Ratched's thumb, of his virginity

and to boost his confidence.

The plan works, and Bill}
appears to be nearly cured, when
Nurse Ratched enters and literally
destroys him w ith her guilt-
im oking accusations.

When the nurse accuses Mac
of playing God, he can no longer
contain his hatred and attacks her,
leading to the tragedy 's inevitable
end.

A strong sense of ensemble is
present onstage, particularly
among the patients. The portrayal
of each patient's individual
mental illness is realistic and
generally consistent.

Patrick Parker is a gem as the
tomcat McMurphy. His engaging
laugh and careless non-confor-
mity make Mac infinitely
likeable, and his presentation of
Mac's simple but profound
understanding of human beings is
on target.

Sharron Gunderson plays the
horrifying Nurse Ratched. Her
eyes actually glitter. When she
blamed Billy's death on Mac it
was all I could do not to get up
and attempt to strangle the
w oman my self.

I did occasionally have a little
trouble hearing her; my only other
suggestion would be that Tri-
Cities put up guard-rails to keep
the audience back!

Chip Powell as Billy gave the
most moving performance I have
ever seen onstage in Atlanta.
With frightened eyes, stuttering
speech, and body language from
head to toe which bespoke a

young man who could not love or
believe in himself, who desper-
ately needed approval and could
not find it, Powell was magnifi-
cent.

I cannot be critical of the
facilities, considering how
ama/mg it is that a show of such
calibre could be mounted in a
former gas station in the first
place. John David Williams'
spare set made good use of the
space.

During the matinee perfor-
mance, the daylight had serious
repercussions on the lighting
design, but did not detract too
greatly from the overall effect of
the production.

The biggest technical problem
was lack of ventilation. The
actors smoked onstage, and by

the end of the first act. the smoke
was becoming bothersome.

With the help of psychological
consultant David Myler, director
Linda Patton has achieved a
moving, realistic portrayal of the
frightening state of life in a state
mental hospital in the '60s. Not
being knowledgeable enough to
comment on the current state, I
will abstain from drawing broad
conclusions.

However, at the performance I

attended, a nurse escorting a
group of patients from a local
mental health center was in the
audience. She filled out reports
during the entire first act. refusing
to take pail in her patients*
activity. It made me wonder
where the real tragedy was.

Cuckoo's Nest runs through
November 24, Thursday through
Saturday evenings, and a 3 p.m.
Sunday matinee ^ Call 681-6091
for tickets.

Thamyris (continued from

created by the percussionist.

Brittan and Benkeser
proved the richness and
liveliness of this ancient
musical idiom which is little-
heard in the Western world.

Thamyris proved itself to be

page 10)

an effective communicator of
the music of our century. By
staying on the cutting edge of
current composition, they
provide a valuable outlet for
composers who may be future
Mo/arts and Beethovens.

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The Profile

Friday, November 22, 1991

Blackfriars to Present The

Emperor's New Clothes

b\ Liz Harrington

Once upon a time there was a
powerful but foolish ruler who
believed that fine clothes and a
handsome face were all one
needed to be a successful ruler.

To those of you that think this
story sounds familiar: no. I'm not
discussing Dan Quayle. Instead,
Fm referring to the main charac-
ter in the Agnes Scott Blackfriars'
newest endeavor. The Emperor s
New Clothes.

This charming children's play
follows the traditional tale of a
certain vain ruler and his harried
secretaries. Timely and Pucker-
ing, who are duped by two wily
con artists. Sly and Dim, who sell
a "magical" cloth that only the
truly honest can see.

The emperor and his entourage
are faced with the dilemma of
whether they should tell the truth
and confess that they can not see

the non-existent cloth and thus be
labeled dishonest or whether they
should be truly dishonest and
unwittingly help the two crafty
weavers perpetrate their ruse.

Of course, this play is simply
a retelling of a very old fable, but
its adaptation is written by two
former Agnes Scott students,
Meg Bryant and Jeanine
Dwinell, w Lth a humor and a
freshness that makes it entertain-
ing and fun to watch.

Though this production is
billed as a show for children, it is
a play that can appeal to audi-
ences of any age.

Directed by Kerri Allen
(Class of 1992), The Emperor's
New Clothes features Kathleen
Hill, Cynara Webb, Tracy
Walker. Britton McMullian and
Tony Falcitelli. It runs Decem-
ber 5 and 6 at 9:30 a.m., 1 1 a.m.
and 1 p.m. and December 7 and
8 at 2 p.m.

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

*

For more information about
the following, call the College at
371-6294:

Studio Dance Theatre will
present its annual perfonnance of
The Littlest Christmas Tree on
December 3 and 4 at 10:25 a.m. in
Gaines Auditorium.

The Blackfriars produce The
Emperor's New Clothes as retold
by ASC alumnae Meg Bryant and
Jeanine Dwinell. The children's
play will run at 9:30 a.m.. 1 1 a.m.
and 1 p.m. on December 5 and 6,
and at 2 p.m. on December 7 and
8.

VS( Community Orchestra

will present its Christmas program
on December 8 at 2:30 p.m. in
Gaines Auditorium.

The Vgnes Scott Glee ( !hib
will present its annual Christmas
concert on December 8 at 3 p.m.
in Gaines Auditorium.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art: For

more information, call 892-4444.

"'Ot an t iKommon Beauts ":
The Adolph Weil, Jr. Collection
of Rembrandt Prints.' will be on
display from November 23, 1991
through February 2. 1992. In
connection with the exhibit, the
museum will sponsor the film ///
Search of Rembrandt on Decem-
ber 5 and 6 at 3 p.m. m Walter
Hill Auditorium.

Atlanta ( 'ollege of Art tor
more information about the

following, call 898-1 157.
Juried Student Exhibition:

works in all media b\ students at
the college will be on display
December 3 through December
20.

Architect Hams
Dimitropoulos and artist Amy
Landesberg present "New
Architechtural Concepts of
Private and Public Space" on
December 2 from 12 to 1 p.m. in
the Woodruff Circle Room.

Critic Suzy Gablik and
museum director Ned Rifkin
lecture on "Values Beyond the
Aesthetic" for the college's Art in
( on text Lecture Series on
December 3 at S p.m.

The Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center w ill sponsor Christmas at
( 'allanwolde, a traditional English
Christmas, December 2 through
the 15th. For more in form at ion.
call 872-5338.

Theater

Horizon Theatre ( lompanj

has once more extended the run of
Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer
Prize- winning comedy The Heidi
( 'hronicles through December 1.
Call 584-7450 for more informa-
tion.

Academy Theatre presents
Jinx Tim is Dead, a twist on the
familiar themes of charitable
gi \ ing and \ ulelide cheer. The
play will run through November
23 at Seven Stages Theatre. For
ticket information, call 523-7647.

The Emperor's New Clothes will run in the Winter Theater December 5, 6, and 7..

Judith Ortiz Cofer, Latina Writer

by Rita Ganey

Judith Ortiz Cofer is the
product of two cultures. Native
of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, her
family moved to the United States
at age two. Her father was in the
navy, which caused her family to
move between Puerto Rico and
Paterson, New Jersey, depending
on when her father was at sea.

She was immersed in Ameri-
can culture throughout her youth.
Even during her stays in Puerto
Rico, Ortiz Cofer attended a
Catholic school where she was
taught in English.

Raised in the United States
and now living in Georgia with
her husband, Ortiz Cofer says that
"in my mind I have never left the
island of my birth."

The dichotomy of her experi-
ences has been a major influence
in her works. She has published
two volumes of poetry. Terms of
Survival and Reaching for the
Main/and. a book of autobio-
graphical essays and poetry.
Silent Dancing, and a Pulitzer
Prize-nominated novel. The Line

of the Sun.

She writes completely in
English, When asked if she had
ever thought about w riting in
Spanish, she said "it is not a
consideration. My Spanish is
not good enough for literary
enterprise. All my education
was in English."

Her English prose has
Spanish rhythms. The reader
gets the impression of actually
reading in Spanish, though the
work is in English. In The Line
of the Sun. Ortiz Cofer controls
the rhythms of her prose.

In the two different sections
of the novel, there are two
different types of rhythms. Even
so, she says, "I really can't
control it in my poetry. It comes
out as syntactical Spanish-
English."

Ortiz Cofer visited Agnes
Scott on November 15 and
presented a talk on the topic '*]
Find Myself a Latina Writer.'*
She extensively quoted an article
by Mariana Ortega, Nancy
Stembeck, and others. "At the
Threshold of the Unnamed:

Latina Literary Discoveries of
the Eighties."

One quote from the essay
characterizes the Latina writer.
"Often, a Latina writer will
prioritize the lives of women,
who have, like themselves,
carved an existence out of the
immediate experience within a
woman ' s face. More spec i fi -
catty, their recognition of
celebration of what we call a
matriarchal heritage. It is not
infrequent in Latina discourse to
pay tribute to a long line of
female ancestors."

Ortiz Cofer does just this.
Her works are a tribute to the
oral tradition passed down to her
through the women of her
famil} , especially her grand-
mother.

Along with defining a Latina
u riter, Ortiz Cofer read several
selections from her essays and
poetry.

Judith Ortiz Cofer is an
impressive figure in the writing
world. I lei works should have
far -reaching repercussions in the

literary field.

Neighborhood Plaj house

will present Rodgers and Hart
A Musical Celebration through
December 14. For ticket
information, call 373-53 1 1 .

Also: Open, non-equity
auditions for the Agatha Christie
thriller. Love from a Stranger on
November 24 and 25 at 7 p.m.
Call 373-3904 for more informa-
tion.

Music

Clayton State College

presents its Spivcv Hall ( 'om en
Series. For more information
about the fallowing performances

in that series, call 96 1 -36X3.

The Tara Choral Guild will
present The Messiah on Decem-
ber 8 at 3 p.m.

The college presents its ( horal

( 'hristmas ( 'oncert on December
10 at X: 15 p.m.

Atlanta Feminist W omen's
Chorus will begin its tenth season
on December 7 with a concert
incorporating a diverse selection
of music. Shows will be at 7 and
9 p.m. in the June Cofer Audito-
rium of Southside High School.
For more information, call 523-
7455.

St. Luke's Episcopal ( Ihurch

will present a sing-along of

I landers Messiah on December 8

at 7:3() p.m. For more informa-
tion, call 873-5427.

Miscellaneous

The Atlanta African Film
Society presents the seventh
annual Hoyt i'ullcr Film f estival.
On November 24, the society will
show Hidden Heritage: The Roots
oj Black American Painting at 3
p.m. in the Atlanta-Fulton Public
Library Auditorium. lor more
information, call 525- 1 1 36.

The Profile

The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, December 13, 1991 Volume 78, Issue 6

Rumors Continue to Surround Dismissal of Somerville

Many students joined the candlelight vigil for Tara Somerv ille.

by Josie Hoilman and Kristin
Lemmerman

Contributing Editors

The administrative dismissal of
senior Tara Somerville on
Thursday, November 21, resulting
in her immediate return to her
home in Baltimore. Maryland, has
ignited enormous eontroversy on
the Agnes Scott campus.

According to the administra-
tion, Somerville\s dismissal was a
result of statements which she
made to Dean of Students Que
Hudson, Director of Student
Activities Ellen Wheaton, and
psychiatrist Lorraine Watkins,
M.D.

These statements were seen as
threats of bodily harm by Dr.
Watkins. who according to
English professor Pat Pinka
contacted both her and Dr. Harry
Wist rand to advise them not to
come on campus because their life
was in danger.

Watkins had met with
Somerville on Tuesday of that
week at Hudson's request.
According to Hudson, Somerville,
who was "depressed," felt that
"people [were] not taking her
seriously. rt

On Wednesday evening
Hudson called Watkins and on the
basis of their conversation,
concluded that the Agnes Scott
environment was pushing her to
*do harm to herself and to others,
and that it was in the best interests
of all for Somerville to leave
campus.

Thus, on Thursday afternoon
she and Dean of the College Sarah

n\ MaryClaire M. King

Student Government
Representative

Blanshei informed Somerville
(hat she had two options: to
accept an administrative dis-
missal or to open herself to police
action. The student chose the
former option.

According to Blanshei,
Somerville was given the
opportunity to go to her room and
pack, and was told that the rest of
her belongings could be sent to
her or that she could arrange to
come back for them. At this
point, the College has no plans
for readmitting her; according to
Hudson, there is no reason to
reconsider.

It is believed that Somerville's
anger towards some members of
the college community stemmed
from a class that she took in
Spring 1991 under Pinka.

Pinka admits to accusing her
of plagiarism and administering a
test as a means of judging
plagiaristic writing. She claims
that after the question of plagia-
rism was dropped, she graded
Somerville's paper impartially.

More comment from Pinka on
this topic is unavailable, since she
would not allow the Profile to
record the interview and forcibly
removed the interview notes from
the possession of the reporter.

The administration is now
under the guidance of legal
counsel who demands that the
administration answer no
additional questions. Meanwhile,
members of the Racism-Free
Zone and other students and
individuals in the college
community continue to press for
answers.

"Sincere and heartfelt thanks
for your dedication to the student
body both in and outside of the
classroom in promoting diversity,
motivation toward learning,
interest for student concerns and a
constant, inspiring desire for
positive change and growth."

Upon his acceptance. Dr.
Guthrie said, "There are others
who deserve this more than I do.
The people who have taught me
the most this year are Tina, Dara,
Peggy, Dolores, and a lot of other
people in the Racism Free Zone.
I'm happy to accept the award on
their behalf/*

In a subsequent interview. Dr.
Guthrie asserted that his goal is to
see the ideals of the Faculty

They have held a mock
funeral to bury racism, continue
to hold candlelight marches and
meetings each Thursday
evening, chalk the sidewalks,
wear yellow "solidarity"
armbands, are contributing to a
legal fund to defray the
Somervilles' legal costs, and are
constantly involved in other
strategies to keep Somerville in
the public eye.

These people have questioned
the Administration's haste to
remove Somerville from campus
with no possibility of return, and
its failure to deal with her
frustrations at the outset, instead
of waiting until she was "homi-
cidal," if she was in fact in such
a state of mind.

Many have also cited this
incident as yet another in a long
list that show its inability to deal
with racism on our campus.

Dara Mann '93. facilitator for
Racism-Free Zone, said that
Pinka's accusation of plagiarism
"questioned Tara's ability to ,
express herself."

She says because none of the
upper echelons of the Adminis-
tration are African-Americans, as
is Somerville, they are incapable
of understanding "what it is like
to be an African-American on a
predominantly white campus
you do not understand the
frustration and the anger we feel
day to day ... on this campus.

"Therefore when Tara made
those remarks to you, there was
no way you could have listened,
no way you could have heard her
because you don't know where

Award realized on the Agnes
Scott campus. He also stated that
he remains a professor because, "I
can be useful that way, and I'm
fascinated by learning and
growth. They give me hope."

Raised in Kansas City, Dr.
Guthrie received his B.A. from
Antioch College in 1968. He was
a conscientious objector to the
Vietnam War, and worked for
two years as a surgical orderly in
alternate service. Dr. Guthrie then
worked as a carpenter before
beginning graduate school at
Brown in 1978.

Although Dr. Guthrie teaches
poetry writing, his primary
academic field is medieval

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she was coming from."

Hudson and other members of
the administration have denied
that race was a factor in
Somerville's dismissal.

Said Hudson, "If you threaten
to kill somebody to three
different people on this campus,
you will be asked to leave. I
want to be clear about that
regardless of African-American,
I [ispanic, ( !aucasian, that is not
acceptable."

Blanshei has also denied that
race is an issue, and adds that she
has heard many accusations
concerning Pinka and feels that
the accusations have no basis.

Kim Compoc '92, one of the
students actively demonstrating
on behalf of Somen' i lie.

responds, "Why is this an issue
of racism?

"For starters, two reasons: It
is a total insult for a white
professor, namely Pat Pinka, to
give an African-American
student a quiz because her essay
is too eloquent about her own
culture.

"Second, the Administration
has been blatantly encouraging
age-old stereotypes of the bestial
African monster hysterical,
terrorizing, homicidal."

Nearly all students agree that
if Somerville's grade appeal had
been better handled last spring,
she would still be on campus
today. Somerville has not to date
commented to the Profile on her
situation.

Student Government Associa-
tion proudly presented Dr. Steve
Guthrie with the fall 1991 Faculty
Award.

The award is sponsored by
Rep Council on behalf of the
student body. This fall, students
wrote essays nominating seven
faculty members from which all
students elected the recipient.

At the November 20, 1991
convocation, Amy Higgins
presented Dr. Guthrie with a
framed certificate and dinner
voucher. The certificate outlined
the award criteria, and stated:

Inside This Issue:

Editorials

page 6

Life in the Residence Halls to Undergo Major Changes

Features

. Page 8
Notes from Hell

Arts

Page 10
What Makes Art Beautiful?

Students Choose Favorite Faculty Member

Page 2

News

The Profile

Friday, December 13, 1991

THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Box 438, Decatur, G A 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman

ASSISTANT EDITOR Laura Bai lament

NEWS EDITORS Josie Hoilman

Dawn Sloan

FEATURES EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

Assistant Features Editor Brooke Colvard

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Sandee McGlaun

Assistant Art & Entertainment Editor Kathleen Hill

LAYOUT EDITOR Josie Hoilman

PHOTOGRAPHERS Claire Lemme, Brooke Parish,

and Karen Shuman

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

ADVERTISING MANAGER Mindy Den so

CIRCULATION MANAGER Tamara Shie

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Teresa Beckham

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. We cannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated with the College or
The Profile staff other than the author.

Et Cetera

When this issue of the Profile comes out, Tara Somerville
will have been "gone" for two weeks and a day. The issues
which surround her leaving, though, remain. In particular, this
incident shows a continuing trend in the Administration's
inability to treat students with dignity and respect.

It has become an era of fear and frustration for students,
faculty, and staff alike. Why is it we fear for our jobs and our
education? Because the Administration has made it clear that
they have the power and inclination to control our futures.
Doesn't such power on any front call for compassion and
understanding? The Administration has a responsibility to see
that is exercises its power in a just manner. Its treatment of Tara
was not well-thought out and was certainly not just.

As late as the Administration started "talking to Tara
seriously," there were still countless options it overlooked that
would have benefitted Tara much more. If faculty were in
danger (a serious "if \ in our opinion) then Tara could have been
offered the option of voluntary hospitalization or taking the rest
of the semester off with incompletes in her classes, with ongoing
psychiatric consultation (if such help was necessary) with the
option of choosing her own psychiatrist.

The Administration has stated that Tara accepted the choices
of dismissal of police action calmly. Nevertheless, the fact is
that by accepting either of these two options makes it impossible
for Tara to recover from her "anger" and "depression" and return
to finish her coursework at Agnes Scott, and possibly at any
college or university. The Administration's failure to use its
power responsibly has cost Tara a diploma and her entire life.

To quote the sidewalk chalkers, "Why can't you admit you
were wrong?"

These options reflect the Consensus Of the majority of the
Profile staff

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permits. All letters must he no longer than 2 pages typed, preferably
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4:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the Friday issue.

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

I am furious. The expulsion
of Tara Somerville is the grossest
violation of civil rights I have
witnessed in my years here. I
would never have imagined that
even our administration could be
capable of such cruel and
senseless and illegal racism. I
am as ashamed as I am enraged
as I am vigil iant. Apartheid
Scott College: hear me roar.

HOW DARE YOU!! All she
wanted was her grade appealed,
and she w anted to do it w ith
some dignity despite the racist
regime she had to face all alone.
But she did something wrong.
She trusted too much.

You kicked her out because
one doctor, the school's white
psychiatrist, declared her
"dangerous" after a one hour
session? Because she said, "I am
so angry at Dr. Pinka. I feel like I
could kill her. Of course. I know
I couldn't." And for this off-
handed admittance in the
assumed confidence of a
psychiatrist \ office, you proceed
to expel her, then defame her
character before the entire
campus community? Well, two
can play this game, ladies.

Sitting in those two meetings
Friday, November 22 I stared at
our three administrators: Deans
Blanshei and Hudson and
President Schmidt with new
eyes. So charming these lily-
white supremist paper-pushing
bureacratic slave master witches.
Let's set the record straight: If

by Jessica Carey

Two issues dominated the last
fall semester meetings of Rep
Council, as they have dominated
discussions all over campus.
Obviously these issues are more
complex than can be articulated
in this short article, but I will try.

Parietals

A new set of changes in the
parietals hours were brought
forward by Interdorm and
presented to the Council as RC
1 96. These changes asked for an
extension in Sunday hours, new
hours over holiday weekends,
and an extension of regular
weekend hours, including new
Friday hours beginning at 3pm,
until 2am. RC 196 has been
posted around campus, as
required by the SGA constitu-
tion, and is a result of many

there has been anything "terroris-
tic" it has been your fascist
gestapo tactics, handing a senior
an airline ticket and telling her to
go home or go to jail.

You know, I've been having
some fantasies of my own.

Watching the flame flicker at
the candlelight vigil in front of
each of your houses, I looked
down at the leaves: so unkempt
and inviting. How I longed to
turn the vigil into a bonfire,
glorious blaze of revenge. Or
looking at these beautiful trees in
the quad, so vulnerable. Or the
tires on your cars, so unmarked.
Or the reputation of this school,
so pure!

Our student leaders have set
the tone, a decidedly respectful
tone mind you. and have kept me
in check. We haven't been too
bothersome with chalking the
Main steps, some flyers and
banners, a burial of racism and
the candlelight vigils. Onl\ a
little press coverage at this point.
We're confident the attorneys
will take care of things.

What you should notice
though, is that the coalition to
bring her back was a precedent:
faculty, staff and students. Black
and White, RTC and traditional,
lesbian and straight. The most
subversive coalition I've seen.
Here's to diversity.

But before I sound like the
teary-eyed bougie undergraduate
activist, let me salute our hourly
workers, and African Americans
on the staff who surely have seen
more bullshit than any of us

Rep Rap

campus-wide surveys. Rep
Council approved the changes in
two votes, concluding on
Tuesday, December 3. RC 196
must now be approved by the
Judicial Review committee,
which consists of the President.
Dean of the Cojlege, Dean of
Students, Registrar, four faculty
members, and the Presidents of
SGA, Honor Court, and
Interdorm. If approved, the
changes will go into effect next
semester.

Office of Minority Affairs

The second issue diseussed
by the Council is the controversy
regarding the administrative
dismissal of Tara Somerville.
Consistent with the concerns of
many students on campus, and in
an attempt to respond to the
unique and legitimate needs of

could fathom.

Louis - my brother, you have
become something of a cult figure
to me. I don't think we have ever
had an employee scold so loudly
the President in front of the entire
campus. And for 15 minutes. I
love you for that.

And to other members of the
staff who have put it all on the
line. I am truly humbled. I hope
you can keep your jobs, although
I know a few of you don't care
either way. Your endurance in
the face of union busting, firings
for injuries, cut vacations, slack
pay raises and benefits, will
remind me: ihe school does have
a soul.

I am a senior. I can't transfer.
But to all the underclasswomen
who read my column, I urge you -
leave now. $ 1 6.000 per year for a
school people within the Perim-
eter have never even heard of?
Why? So you can be strangled by
racism, paternalism and
homophobia? Don't believe the
hype. There are still schools
where you can get a real educa-
tion.

Our chaplain said. It's time to
admit we made a mistake. I will
not disguise m\ fury, but I share
her sentiments. And I won't
mourn over Tara's expulsion, I
detest it. For the school to
survive, I think our head-
mistresses should repent it.

To contribute to Tara's legal
defense fund, make checks
payable to "Alexander and Oliver
and Tara Somerville." Box 265.

all minority students. Rep
Council decided upon a resolu-
tion in support of a new office on
campus to be entitled the Office
of Minority Affairs.

The Council is also troubled
by the misuse and misunder-
standing of the word "commu-
nity," and urges all people who
make up Agnes Scott College to
engage in intense deliberations
and consideration of the meaning
of "authentic community."
Within this process we hope that
basic human principles of
dignity, respect, and free speech
will be adhered to by all partici-
pants.

Thank you, faculty !

On a much lighter note, the
Council would like to thank the
Faculty for approving a change
in their bylaws which permits a

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Editorials

Friday, December 13, 1991 The Profile Page 3

Pollywog

The Fine Art of People-Pegging

by J. (iarlen

The connotative powers of labels
in the modern mind are truly
amazing. It would seem, these
days, that one cannot make any
statement about one's person or
beliefs without having a dozen
other statements immediatel)
assumed by anyone in hearing.
The logic of the day runs
something along the lines of "if
A, then Ef. G, d" E, F, and W/'
It may sound ludicrous, but it's
rather frighteningl) true. I
myself have heard the fine art of
people-pegging practised in
every corner of our academy.
Pegging is something we seem to
be all too familiar with around
here. Apparently, we believe
that knowledge of one aspect of
a person tells us everything we
need to know about them.
You've heard it said, "SHE said
she was a feminist / lesbian /
Christian / Republican / (fill-in-
your-own), and you KNOW
what that means'"
As a matter of fact, Sherlock, I
have no idea what that means. I
thought it meant she was a
feminist / lesbian / etc. Period. I
wonder how you managed to
cleverly deduce so much from
that one simple statement, when
all I understood was the simple

statement itself.

When you know one thing, then
you know one thing. It is
preposterous to assume that you
know anything else. You cannot
slide people into categories so
neatl) : the human animal is
famous for its eclectic idiosyn-
crasies. There are lesbians who
watch football, feminists who
like getting flowers, and (yes, it's
true!) Christians and Republi-
cans who are really nice people.
We all choose what we are from
an infinite list of possibilities,
and we do come up with some
interesting combinations. A, D,
and Q, but not Y, R, and B. but
never W.

I find it very disturbing that so
many of us are willing to peg
and be pegged, or, at the
opposite end, unwilling to
identify ourselves as anything for
fear of the assumptions others
will make. We should all be able
to make statements about
ourselves without everyone
burying us in stereotypes.
My point is simple. The body of
a person's qualities, preferences,
and allegiances is not discernible
by the revelation of a single
facet. That's guessing the whole
puzzle by looking at only one
piece. You usually get the
wrong picture.

Letters

Dear President Schmidt:

The members of the Return-
ing Students Organization of
Agnes Scott College wish to
express their concern over the
recent administrative dismissal
of Tara Somen i lie. Many of us
feel an ill-considered decision
w as made and that the intellec-
tual integrity of this student was
not given the just consideration it
was due. We urge the adminis-
tration to reconsider its position
and allow Tara to return to
Agnes Scott so that she may
finish her studies and graduate
with her classmates next May.

This unfortunate event clearly
underscores the need for
African- American faculty
members, especially in the
History and English departments.
Agnes Scott College has already
made a commitment to work
toward correcting this situation.
But, more is required. At the
present time there are no
African- Americans on the staff
who are able to serve as liaisons,
or mediators, for students,

faculty, and administration. A
Director of Multi-Cultural
Affairs would be a valuable
resource person who could help
the faculty and the administra-
tion avoid difficulties in the
future that originate from
ignorance about other cultures
and their heritage. Access to an
African- American psychologist
is also needed. Had this been
available for Tara, it is very
possible we would not be at the
point we are today.

Dean Hudson asked at the
November 22nd meeting who
Bahati Ansari should meet with
if the money could be found to
bring her back. In \ ie\\ of this
recent event, we do not think it is
appropriate for the College to say
it does not have the money for a
workshop on racism. The truth
is that the College cannot afford
not to have Ms. Ansari return.
Whom should she meet with?
The answer is very clear the
faculty. These are the people
who have the most direct
influence on students. Many of
these very intelligent, highly

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by Nadine Evette Curry

I initially planned to write a
cheery holiday greeting to the
African-American students on
campus, but recent events do not
allow me to do so confidently.

I have seen enough oppres-
sion, racism, and injustice on
Agnes Scott College campus in
the past few weeks that it will
haunt my dreams for the rest of
my Black life!

To attend Agnes Scott
College or not to attend Agnes
Scott College, that is the
question. This is a question that
many African-American and
European-Americans are
considering.

Why? We know why. We
know that the situation concern-
ing racism has gone beyond
taking down signs in Buttrick
Hall concerning Racism-Free
Zone and faculty members
calling staff workers "nigger."
Let's not mention that the faculty
members keep their jobs with
little or no reprimands.

The list of racist acts and
remarks goes on and on. I have
heard the horror stories. I heard
most of them before I stepped on
campus as a student at Agnes
Scott College.

But I am here on financial aid
and racism is something that I as

an African- American on this
campus have to accept. NOT!

No one on this campus should
sit and let the administration
dictate orders as if we were
slaves on the Old Plantation. But
realistically, that is what Agnes
Scott College is. Isn't it? Can
we do anything without the
"master's" permission?

Are we not in college? What
are we to do as African- Ameri-
cans on this campus? To be here
or not to be here is the question.

Many have transferred before
us. Where are they now? Many
have graduated before us.
Where are they now? We need
you here: African-American
alumnae and African- American
transfers!

1 have heard the horror stories
that explain that most African-
American alumnae refuse to
drive within five miles of Agnes
Scott College. Each day on this
campus I know why.

But that thing called racism
cannot divide us. We must work
together.

Agnes Scott College is
supposed to be a community.
Agnes Scott is located in the
south DeKalb community. Both
communities need to wake up to
this sickening situation and take
action and protest the dismissal
of Tara Somerville.

educated professors have no idea
how much pain is inflicted on
students by their insensitive
comments on race, sex, religion,
and national origin. Some even
want us to believe that their
remarks are made in jest. If the
College is committed to eliminat-

ing racism, this is the logical
group to begin with.

For many of us, these past
days have been the darkest we
have spent at Agnes Scott. Our
memories of our days here have
been forever marred. Those of
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I realize that some students
would like to go to class and
forget about it. It's Tara's
problem.

No it's Agnes Scott
College's problem! If it
happened to Tara, it can happen
to anyone. It's not fair. Justice
was not served. Justice must be
served.

I never thought I would be
\\ riting such a plea but it is
necessary. It is necessary that
African- American alumnae
come back and tell their stories,
because maybe then people will
realize that this is not an isolated
incident.

It is important that African-
American transfers come back to
tell their stories. Because maybe
then people will realize that there
were transfers before us and
reasons why they transferred
before us.

I do hope that we will find
healing over the holida\ s.
Healing and rest. Our struggles
must continue with our being
strong and clear-minded. I pray
that everyone can have a
peaceful holiday, despite these
blatant acts of racism at Agnes
Scott College.

Before I close, I would like to
say good-bye to all the students
at Agnes Scott College that will
not return next semester. It's
important that you write a letter
to the administration and the
Board of Trustees stating why
you left. I wish you luck in your
future endeavors.

Tara, you always commented
on my articles and encouraged
me to keep writing. This article
is for you. Happy Holidays!
Take Care.

Editorials

Page 4 The Profile Friday, December 13, 1991

us who attended the meeting in
the Rebekah Conference Room
will never forget the pain and the
sense of betrayal that was felt at
that gathering. We truly hope
this will be a turning point for
the College, and that one day we
all will be able to say we grew
out of this sad experience.

Sincerely.

The Returning Students
Organization

Dear Editor:

Professor David Behan and I
are both skeptical about contem-
porary invocations of commu-
nity, but for very different
reasons. As a worker without
union protection in a right-to-
work state (what does tenure
really mean?), I raise a wary
eyebrow when my bosses assure
me that this is a community and I
should speak out. As a woman
in a male-dominated professorate
(fourteen percent of all political
scientists are women), I am
reminded of just what constitutes
the community of political
scientists every time I attend a
professional meeting. I am not
part of it. As a southern white
woman born and raised in an
atmosphere of bigotry and
racism, I have heard the term
community used as a code word:

not in our neighborhood, not in
our church, and not with my
daughter!

Nevertheless, I still long for
genuine community, and in this I
think I am in good company.
Despite all of his functionalism
and exclusionary politics,
Aristotle provides a vision of
community which emphasizes
that we are only complete
individuals through our interac-
tion with others. Rousseau to a
large extent rejected calculating
self-interest as a basis for all
human thought and action. Even
John Stuart Mill, the Champion
of Liberty and the Marketplace
of Ideas, believed that the chief
purpose of social and political
institutions was to develop
human potential. Many contem-
porary feminist philosophers
eschew the solipsistic tendency
of liberalism and argue, in the
words of Alison Jaggar, that
"freedom is a social achievement
and cannot be achieved by
isolated individuals. One of
the planks in Gandhi's strateg)
for Indian independence was
swadeshi , a concern with one's
community, especially the least
privileged. Ujamaa is a Swahili
word that means familyhood,
and it has been used by the
postindependence government of
Tanzania to call for cooperation,
egalitarian ism, and unity. The
quest for community is indeed a
human and universal impulse.

It seems to me that the
community Professor Behan
discusses is based on a narrow
view of history. For David, any
discussion of community seems
to make one by definition a
Stalinist. He seems to argue that
the only consequence of the
quest for community is a
totalitarian social order modelled
on the East bloc. On the one
hand, I agree that the systematic
oppression carried out in the
name of socialism should remind
us of the dangers of radical
visionaries who are willing to
kill millions in the name of their
definition of liberation. On the
other hand, I refuse to let them
have the last word. Furthermore,
many of the policies carried out
by Stalinist dictatorships were
not pursued in the name of
community but rather reflected
an obsession with industrializa-
tion, "modernization," and so
forth.

I also question Professor
Behan's depiction of the new
orthodoxy on the Agnes Scott
campus. Who is afraid to speak
out? Is it the student who calls
another student and leaves an
anonymous message on her

answering machine: 14 is a

nigger-loving piece of shit"? Is
it the heterosexual student who
learns that another student is a
lesbian and tells her that she will
no longer drink from the same
Coke can? Is it the white student

who turns to another African-
American student during a
discussion of world population
and asks, "Why do you people
have so many babies, anyway?"
(These are examples from last
year-and-a-half. I could fill the
Profile with examples from the
previous six.) Agnes Scott has
an endowed professorship in
Free Enterprise, not Socialist
Feminism. Agnes Scott has a
full-time chaplain, not a full-time
officer in charge of the develop-
ment of affirmative action
programs. Who are the op-
pressed and who is in the
majority?

I believed a couple of
dynamics are at work here. One
is that previously quiet, intimi-
dated, and isolated students are
starting to speak out they are
exercising free speech! It is
difficult to hear them because we
have been lulled into thinking,
during the past decade, that race,
class, gender, and sexuality are
insignificant and irrelevant, and
to raise these issues is
unpatriotic. I am happy to see
some of our students reminding
us otherw ise. I also think that
Genovese's rules for debate
(approvingly cited by Behan) are
too onerous for the classroom:
demands for plausible premises,
logical argument, and appeals to
evidence can be a sure-fire way
to stifle discussion. This is not
Agnes Scott Law School.
Students frequently express
ideas, from right, left, and center,
that offend someone's "sensibili-
ties. " The point is that conserva-
tives, who masquerade as
liberals, want to silence the left
and anyone else who challenges
the status quo. I agree with Joel
Canarroe. who wrote in the New
York Times (July 12, 1991):

"The phrase 'politically
correct,' at least when used as an
epithet, has become a lethal
weapon for silencing anyone
whose ideas you don't like. To
end an argument before it has
even begun, one only need cry
PC!'

"Educated individuals used to
feel a bit uneasy about racist,
sexist and homophobic remarks,
but now such comments are
apparently beyond reproach and
are even tolerated ... as a matter
of high principle: civil liberties
for the politically dominant. It
has become subversive, it seems,
to censure anyone who has
planted his or her flag, however
ugly, on the First Amendment's
elevated moral ground."

Second, I detect a bit of
defensiveness and a longing for
decorum on the part of Profes-
sors Behan, Genovese, Woodard.
et al. and in this a part of me
empathizes. I am disconcerted
when a student suggests ways I
might completely revise my
course, and provides me with a
new reading list to help me do it.

I am exasperated when a student
insists on the use of the term
"womyn," as if this will actually
bring a new world into being. I
wish that students would show
up for my classes and refrain
from yawning in my face. I am
not sure I want everyone to call
me Cathy all the time. On the
other hand, this is a place of
intellectual debate, not a charm
school for learning rules of
etiquette (southern or otherwise).
So I try to engage in vigorous
argument over these issues, and I
try to listen after all. it is her
right to speak, and more
important, she may be right!

Catherine V. Scott

Dear Editor:

In his recent article on
community. Professor David
Behan makes many valuable
points. His call for diversity and
robust debate in an atmosphere
of tolerance and intellectual rigor
is a position that should enlist
our enthusiastic support. On the
other hand. I doubt that commu-
nity per se or political correct-
ness specifically are significant
threats to free expression at
Agnes Scott.

Dialogue on hard issues no
doubt offers more potential for
fashioning solutions to social ills
such as racism, sexism, and
classism than does any form of
political orthodoxy. Despite
being a practitioner of a disci-
pline that has some pretensions
to science (political sciencelV.), I
believe that discussion is the
most appropriate methodology
for discovering political truths. I
prefer the metaphor of the town
meeting to a marketplace of
ideas because of the obvious
distorting potential of economic
power in politics. I am also
hesitant to endorse "common
sense and common decency" as
constraints on the dialogue
because too often these have
actually meant the conventional
wisdom and etiquette of domi-
nant groups. My idea of a
college community is a place
where ideas are taken seriously
and discussants treated with
respect (a value that I suspect
Professor Behan and I share,
despite some differences over the
concept of community).

"Community" has certainly
become an overused and abused
cliche at Agnes Scott. Appeals
to some mythical notion of
community have too frequently
served to mask serious strife
plaguing the college. Perhaps
the very concept of community
has worked to stifle diversity, but
I am more inclined to think that
other, less rarefied causes are to
blame. Far from being the
product of a recent political
orthodoxy, conformity has long

concerned both students and
faculty alike. For example, in
1984 the Creative Ideas Coordi-
nating Committee identified
conformity and intolerance as
detracting from the Agnes Scott
experience. We have made
some progress; the atmosphere
of the college is much more open
than when 1 first came here in the
1970s. Still, we could all afford
to examine our own attitudes and
the structural aspects of the
college for sources of conformity
and timidity that inhibit free
expression of diverse ideas and
lifestyles.

Community, however, does
not inevitably mean the stifling
of indh idualism and the
conformist suppression office
thought and expression that
Professor Behan identifies as the
"'traditional community."
Advocates of community are not
invariably conservative defend-
ers of unity and orthodoxy, but
rather are often vigorous in their
pursuit of tndividualit) . decen-
tralization, and diversity .
Michael Sandel and Jean
Elshtain are two such
communitarians w ho have
visited our campus recently.
Both are committed to individu-
alism and freedom: neither is
afraid to defy political orthodoxy
(Elshtain, in particular, regularly
raises hackles wherever she
speaks). And both are some-
where on the political left.
Although valuing community,
these thinkers do not find shared
commitments oppressive of
individual liberties. Indeed, in
chapter six of The Poverty of
Liberalism. Robert Paul Wolff
argues that a community based
on democratic dialogue would
offer a firmer foundation for
liberty than John Stuart Mill's
individualistic utilitarianism.

In the past, mainstream
liberals have often held up the
ideal of tolerance as a thinly
veiled defense of the status quo.
They have been attacked from
both the right (for instance,
Garry Wills, Nixon Agonistes^
part three, chapter two) and from
the left (e.g., Herbert Mareuse.
"Repressive Tolerance." in
Wolff, Moore, and Mareuse, A
Critique of Pure Tolerance) for
their proclaimed value neutrality
(except, of course, for tolerance)
and their openness to diverse
ideas (except, of course, to those
which challenge their version of
tolerance: CPers (commies) in
the 1950s, student radicals
(hippies) in the 1960s, and now
PCersinthe 1990s). Liberals,
according to their critics, have
more consensus on shared values
than they perhaps recognize, and
they are willing to preserve those
common values from both
internal and external challenge.
When C. Vann Woodward says
that we must seek "agreement on
the ideals, mission, purpose, and

Rep Rap

(continued from page 2)

second student to sit as an
associate member on the
Curriculum committee and the
Academic Affairs and Admis-
sions committee. The move by
the faculty, initiated by SGA and
approved at their meeting on
December 6, 1991, is a positive
step towards more open dialogue
and better faculty-student
relations.

Looking back at Fall, 1991

Rep Council has had its ups
and dow ns this semester, just
like everyone else. We are proud
of our accomplishments, such as
open faculty meetings, the
addition of two students to
Academic Affairs and Curricu-
lum committees, the placement
of student associate members to
the Board of Trustees, a resolu-
tion in support of an African-
American counselor, a resolution
in support of the Office of
Minority Affairs, and the fall
religious diversity project. We
recognize, however, that Agnes
Scott still has a long way to go in
many areas. It is our hope that
the spring semester will prompt a
new dedication to resolving
some of the misunderstandings
of diversity and community that
have threatened our ability to co-
exist peacefully.

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Friday, December 13, 1991 The Profile Page 5

character of the academy," is he
not advocating certain shared
values that define an academic
community' 1 . And when he says
that one way to define the
university is to "agree on what
we are not," would he not agree
that blatantly racist and sexist
conduct and expression violate
the very dialogic methods and
humane values of liberal
education? In other words,
perhaps the villain is not
community per se but rather the
issue is what values are shared
and how those ideals are
pursued.

Frankly, my impression is
that the whole PC issue is a
tempest in a teapot, serving
primarily to divert our attention
from the difficult issues of
rooting out the profound
injustices and undemocratic
structures in our society.
Whatever the situation at other
campuses. I hardly think that
political correctness has attained
the status of the new orthodoxy
here. The image of Agnes Scott
awash with radiclibs boggles the
mind. It is true that students are
discussing political topics in a
way that was unheard of a few
years ago (what a delight to
teach classes where people
actually disagree!), It is also true
that we are hearing voices that
we have not traditionally heard
in this college (halleluiah 1 ).
After years of eerie silence, some
people ma\ indeed experience
the new outspokenness as
intimidation. The task for all of
us. but especially for faculty
members, is to identify and
dismantle those harriers that
inhibit intellectual honesty and
mutual respect so that all can
enter the discussion.

Respectfully submitted.
Gus Cochran

A reply to Professor Cochran:

I must urge caution in regard
to Professor Cochran's advice
that we focus our attention on
"the difficult issues of rooting
out the profound injustices and
undemocratic structures in our
society." Surely he is aware of a
basic problem with democratic
structures: the tyranny of the
majority. American history
shows that democratic structures
have been the cause of some
profound injustices. Many of
those have been rectified only by
an undemocratic structure: the
Supreme Court. I trust Professor
Cochran is not urging that we
root out the Supreme Court.

If Professor Cochran means
only that we should root out
profound injustices and undemo-
cratic structures within our
college, his lack of specificity
could be taken as encouraging
policies which undermine the
academic integrity of the college.

Grades in courses should not be
decided democratically. Deci-
sions concerning the appoint-
ment, reappointment, promotion,
and tenure of faculty should not
be made on the basis of popular
vote. I, for one, think it an
academic injustice that a
student's vote on a "faculty"
committee should have as much
weight as the vote of a full
professor; yet that policy is now
in place as a result of a demo-
cratic restructuring.

Do not misunderstand me. I
am well aware of real injustices
in the academy. But not all
academic inequalities are unjust
and not all democratic structures
are without peril. Some aca-
demic inequalities are necessary
and desirable. They should not
be rooted out by imposing
democratic structures which
throw out the baby with the
bathwater.

I worry about the quality of
thought and discussion at this
college. It is very difficult today
to claim that some academic
inequalities are necessary and
desirable. It is very difficult
today to suggest that there are
perils in some democratic
structures. 1 realize that I leave
myself open to the charge of
being "elitist" or "patriarchal-
hierarchical." But the real
injustices we face today are
complex. They are not simply to
be "rooted out." They require
careful analysis and discussion.

In that connection, two final
points of reply to Professor
Cochran.

First, he reminds us that the
concept of communitx is
complex. I agree. I too am
aware of Elshtain and Sandel. In
my piece I said that "the word
'community' is used in a variet)
of ways today" and I pointed out
that I was dealing only with "the
traditional sense of community."
I was being politely vague, for I
thought the phrase "our college
community" would be sufficient
to identify what I was referring
to: the sense of community
which continues to be imposed
upon this college. That concept
of community has stifled free
discussion among students,
imposed a reign of terror on
untenured faculty, and nourished
the simplistic thinking now
sapping the intellectual vitality of
the entire college. Professor
Cochran is correct to suggest that
that sense of community is not
new here, hut I believe that it has
become more virulent over the
last several years.

Second, Professor Cochran
believes that my piece was
directed at the "Politically
Correct." While I would not be
distressed were it to have put a
burr under their saddles, the
politically correct were not my
target. They do not need me to
make a case against them; they

do it quite well by themselves. I
was writing on behalf of
frightened undergraduates,
terrified junior faculty, and
disgusted senior colleagues. My
purpose was to suggest that the
intellectual vitality of this college
is in desperate straits.

Yours sincerely,
David Behan

Dear ASC Community:

After listening to Dean
Hudson's November 22nd
explanations about why Tara
Somerville was administratively
dismissed, I left feeling very
confused. During and after those
meetings I examined what was
said by Dean Hudson to find out
why I felt partly that what was
done was right, yet it didn't fit.

There are unexplained gaps in
administration's explanation. I
questioned Dean Hudson about
all of these gaps, and she had no
explanation for any of them.
Usually she didn't reply at all.

Hudson's explanation began
with the previous Friday, so I
will not bring in any other issues
(although I don't deny that this
occurence is a result of previous
incidents).

Hudson met with Tara on
Friday, November 15. During
this meeting Tara allegedly first
expressed that she was so
frustrated that no one was
listening to her and that she w as
having "violent fantasies'".
Anyone with any counselling
training would focus on the first
pari of this statement the
cause of her distress, that no one
is listening to her. Every
therapist is aware that no
problem can be solved by
treating only the symptoms. The
cause of her symptom is what
should have been treated.
Hudson could have helped Tara
arrange meetings with the people
who were not listening, and
could have encouraged them to
really hear what Tara said.
Instead, the only part Dean
Hudson heard was the alleged
violent fantasies. As a result, she
sent Tara to a psychiatrist.

I do not question this action
but question the psychiatrist that
w as chosen. This psychiatrist
has a had reputation among
students who have seen her, i.e.
she has prescribed drugs known
to be dangerous (i.e. Prozac) to
students before even seeing
them.

The psychiatrist also heard
Tara's alleged violent fantasies.
She should have then evaluated
Tara for potentiality of danger-
ousness. The psychiatrist is
ethically bound to do so by the
American Psychiatric
Association's Ethical Guidelines.
Such an evaluation would
involve determining if there is an

individual who is threatened,
whether the patient has a plan to
harm the individual, \\ hen this
will take place (immediacy is an
important issue), if the patient
has the means to commit the
violence (i.e. a weapon, ability to
get to the "victim"), and if the
patient has any history of
violence. Often personality tests
are also used to determine
potentiality for violence.
Hudson did say that the psychia-
trist followed the proper steps to
determine whether Tara was
dangerous. Yet if this evaluation
had taken place, and Tara was
determined to be dangerous, the
psychiatrist would be ethically
bound to hospitalize Tara for the
protection of others and for
further treatment. It is unethical
for the psychiatrist to release a
determined dangerous patient
and illegal to break confidential-
ity in any case in the State of
Georgia.

Tara was allowed to return to
school, which makes me
question whether she was
properly evaluated by the
psychiatrist. I doubt that the
psychiatrist believed that Tara
was dangerous, otherwise she
wouldn't have returned her to
our campus.

This psychiatric visit was on
Tuesday. It was not until
Wednesday night that Hudson
contacted the psychiatrist. // is
illegal for the psychiatrist to
have divulged ANY information
to Hudson in any case! Yet
1 [udson claims that this conver-
sation led her to believe that Tara
was dangerous enough to be
dismissed, but not dangerous
enough to need hospitalization or
any further psychological help.
And if Tara was truly determined
to be dangerous at the time of the
session, the psychiatrist broke
APA ethical guidelines, to which
she is hound, by not admitting
Tara to a hospital immediately!

So, Hudson determined that
Tara was a threat to the ASC
community on Wednesday
evening. Also on that day a
plane reservation w as made for a
tlight to Tara's home. Yet Tara
w as allowed to remain on
campus for another sixteen
hours. I guess that puts our lives
at risk, doesn't it. Dean Hudson?

What administration is in
essence telling us is that a person
who was dangerous was allowed
to remain on our campus past the
time at which she was allegedly
determined to be so.

I find this hard to swallow.
The psychiatrist obviously never
determined properly whether
Tara was dangerous. And I
don't believe that the decision to
dismiss Tara was because she
was "homicidal." If she was
homicidal she would have been
removed from our campus
Wednesday evening, and she
would have been approached by

police rather than administration.

The final flaw 1 wish to
discuss in administration's
explanation is their decision to
give Tara an "administrative
dismissal" rather than a "medical
withdrawal." If the reason she
was forced to leave was truly
that she was dangerous, then an
administrative dismissal is
irrelevant! Obviously Hudson
felt that Tara had a problem that
could be determined by a
psychiatrist, thus requiring a
"medical withdrawal," if such
action truly was necessary!

After evaluating all of these
gaps I find it impossible to
believe ( 1 ) that Tara is danger-
ous, and (2) that Tara was
dismissed because of her alleged
dangerousness. It scares me that
administration has such power
over our lives. Where is the
policy for such actions? Why is
it that there is a time limit on
contesting a grade but all of the
steps that must be taken are not
required to comply with that
limit (any of the people the
contestor has to meet with may
postpone the meetings until this
time limit has passed)?

Why is it that the students are
afraid to take a stand? We are
afraid of losing our futures, our
livelihoods. I am angry that we
have to be afraid for our rights,
because they will be and have
been violated.

A concerned student.
Lisa K. Anderson

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Students and staff helped decorate the tree at the opening of the
new Student Center.

Convocation Stresses
Religious Diversity

by Stephanie Price

According to Chaplain Patti
Snyder, acknowledging religious
diversity at ASC came from an
awareness that there is a need to
share religious experiences as a
community.

To this end, Emory
University's Chaplain Bobbi
Patterson discussed religious
diversity in a convocation-hour
discussion on November 20.

Chaplain Patterson shared
with our community the impor-
tance of self-naming. Other
important issues that touch many
of our lives spiritually are
discovering who we think we are
and hope to be are the issues that
touch many of our lives spiritu-
ally.

Our everyday experiences put
us all on this journey of self-
naming. Chaplain Patterson
stressed. To self-name is to
orient ourselves to a place where
we can push to find spiritual
identity. This is religion, a
"sacred process."

In all of our orienting and re-
orienting. Chaplain Patterson
said, we put ourselves on the line
as we journey through our own
worlds

By putting ourselves on the
line, we risk that our beliefs ma\
not be accepted by others.

Though this is a struggle, it
defines each person's willingness
to find a ground on which to
stand and hold valuable beliefs.

Chaplain Patterson confirmed
that though we are each on
separate journeys, one person
can offer diversification to
another. When each person is
clear about her journey, she can
share in diversity by remaining
in the "sacred space" to listen to
other people.

The whole community can
learn together in a common
space even if, as Chaplain
Patterson said, "the ground
begins to shake."

In addition to this forum, our
community is invited to partici-
pate in seven other religious
forums during spring semester.

These forums are designed to
get the community involved in
discussing religious experiences
and other issues, fostering
comaradeship and respect for
each other as well.

Mixed Reviews for New Alston Center

by Jenny White

Staff Writer

In case you've been on the
moon or hiding under a carrel on
the sixth floor of the library
studying all year, here's a news
Hash: the student center has
been remodeled! For nearly the
whole semester, physical plant
has been hard at work, changing
the layout of the Alston Center.

The final product was
displayed at the grand opening
on December 4 during Commu-
nity Hour. The theme was "A
Circus Christmas", and the
opening consisted of decorating
a huge tree, singing Christmas
carols, listening to a clown play
the trumpet and enjoying hot
apple cider, popcorn and
Christmas cookies. Student
reactions to the changes are
varied, and, to quote Keith
Chapman. "It's going to take a
lot of settine used to." The

grand opening was a good start in
that direction.

As everyone probably knows,
the snack bar, post office, and
bookstore are all located in
Alston now. This is both good
and bad.

Some students liked knowing
that if they need to get their mail,
run to the bookstore and grab a
bite to eat they can do all three
without having to go outside at
all.

One of the main objectives in
remodeling the student center \\ as
to centrally locate everything.

Also, some students said they
liked the atmosphere in Alston
better it's more aesthetically
pleasing to them. On the negative
side, we do have locked post
office boxes now, making it hard
to stuff flyers or drop a note in a
friend's box. Many students have
also complained that the boxes
are hard to get open it lakes a
few practice runs.

The bookstore seems much
smaller than it was some
students expressed concern over
the crowds that will develop
when book-buying time comes
along.

The snack bar's eating area
has somewhat depleted the
comfortable couch and chair
space that Alston was mostly
made up of, but not much.

0\ erall, the "new and
improved" Alston Center has a
lot of good points. In time,
students and t acuity will
probably appreciate having
everything in one building, and
even learn to live with the new
post office boxes.

If you haven't yet looked at
the new facilit) . go and took it
over and formulate your own
opinion. Look at the circus
ornaments on the giant Christ-
mas tree, too. And remember to
keep a positive attitude it's
not that bad!

Life in the Residence Halls to
Undergo Major Changes

by Vanessa Elliot

Two major changes m
residence hall policy at Agnes
Scott have been proposed since
the beginning of the 1 99 1 -92
academic year. The most
sweeping of these changes is the
recent Interdorm proposal to Rep
Council to change the existing
parietal hours.

Under current parietal
regulations, students may have
male guests in their rooms on
Mondays through Fridays from 6
p.m. until midnight, Saturdays
from noon to midnight, and
Sundays from noon until 6 p.m..

The new proposal, however,
would extend Friday hours from 3
p.m. to 2 a.m., Saturdays from
noon to 2 a.m., and Sundays from
noon to midnight.

In addition, holiday parietal
hours (during weekends such as
Fall Break and Easter Break)
would begin every day of the
break at noon and end at the

regular time for that day.

For example, parietal hours on
the Friday of October Break
would begin at noon and end at 2
a.m..

This part of the proposal was
made in an effort to make holiday
parietal hours more accomodating
to students who sta\ on campus.

Tli is proposal has passed two
Rep Council votes, and if it is
accepted by the Judicial Review
Committee, it may go into effect
as early as the beginning of spring
semester.

Another important change in
the current residence hall policies
is the recent decision of
Interdormitory Council to abolish
mandatory weekend hostess duty
in the upperc lass woman residence
halls.

Pending acceptance from 75
percent of the residents of Inman
Hall, Main Hall, and Rebekah
Hall, this change will go into
effect immediately upon the
return of students to campus in

January.

This change is being enacted on
a trial basis only, and will be
reevaluated at the end of next
semester. At the moment, there are
no plans for a change in Walters or
Winship.

In the spring, Interdormitory
Council hopes to clarify the current
rules regarding the campus alcohol
policy, do more research on parietal
hours at other colleges similar to
our own, increase the number of
dorm counselors elected to
Rebekah Hall, and reevaluate the
way dorm dues are spent in the
residence halls.

In the meantime, Interdorm
would like to thank all boarding
students for their cooperation in
adhering to residence hall regula-
tions. Interdorm has experienced a
sharp decrease in the number of
dorm cases pertaining to parietal
hours, smoking and quiet hours,
and Dorm Councils hope this trend
will continue throughout the next
semester.

Guthrie

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English literature. Currently, he is
finishing a book on meter and
starting a study of personal privacy
as an emerging ethical value in
medieval poetry.

Dr. Guthrie has been at Agnes
Scott for seven years. He is married
to Anne Ely, and they have one son,
Andy.

The following letter nominating
Dr. Guthrie for the Faculty Award
clearly expresses the qualities he
possesses which students feel best
embody the ideals of the Award.

/ would like to nominate Dr.
Steve Guthrie for the Fall 1 99 1
Fac ulty Award. Dr. Guthrie's
broad knowledge of the subject
matter that he teaches is highly
motivational. He entertains all
analysi s that is presented in the
classroom, allowing personal
growth and exploration of the
themes presented in literature. He
is sensitive and receptive to issues
of race and gender, allowmga a
comfortable forum for everyone to
express their views.

I truly appreciate Dr. Guthrie's
consistent, long-standing insistence
in dealing with the issue of racism
at ASC. While racism slips in and
out of the fashionable spotlight. Dr.
Guthrie seems to keep the truth and
necessity of the matter close at

hand. I also appreciate his

c ontinumg struggle for personal

growth in the matter as well.

Outside of the c lassroom. Dr.
Guthrie relates to students very
personally and honestly. He
always considers the reality of our

own responsiblities outside of the
cktSSroom when granting exten-
sions and conferences \ and
constantly remains flexible ami fair
in the scheduling of cUtSS assign-
ments and tests.

For all of these reasons and
more I would like to nominate Dr.
Guthrie for the Faculty Award as a
means of sincere and heartfelt
thanks for being such a quality
member oj his profession and of the
ASC community.

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Page 7

A New Beginning: Woman in PR
Marries Cute Biology Professor

by Brooke M. Colvard

Contributing Editor

...and as this round is nowhere
lound

to flaw, or else to sever,
so let our love as endless prove

and pure as gold forever.
from 'To Julia" by Robert
Herri ck

The story began at an ASC
faculty softball game in the
summer of 1990. The couple
met playing softball and soon
after, began to date. During the
summer of 1991 , the gentleman
in question left the country.

Don't worry, the story does
not end here, he didn't skip
town. He simply went to Florida
and Jamaica with a group of
females. Still confused? He led
the "1991 Agnes Scott College
Marine Biology Expedition."
Kind of a Jacques Cousteau-type
thing.

After 15 days of fun in the
sun, the gentleman returned.
Wait, it gets even better. He~~
returned to the lady in question
and his two sons. On the eve of
his return, August 22, the
gentleman invited the lady over
for dinner and asked for her hand
in marriage, while his boys
giggled in the kitchen.

Rumors soon began to fly.
The popular "did you hear that a
woman in Public Relation is
engaged to the cute Biology
professor?" rumor was often
heard followed by "Isn't Dr.

Wistrand already married?" This
mistake was of course corrected
with the following statement: "I
mean the other cute Biology
professor. You know, the one
with the moustache."

If you haven't figured the
mystery out by now, the bride
and groom were to be none other
than Ms. Sara King and Dr. John
Pilger. And you thought you
knew everything!

The couple chose November
16 as their wedding day and
began looking for a place to get
married. Both wanted a small
wedding and a complementary
setting. They chose Agnes
Scott's Mary Thatcher Chapel
out of a group of possible
locations including Callenwolde,
the Mary Gay House, and the
chapel at Columbia Semenary.

Next, the couple submitted a
request to hold their wedding in
the Chapel to Dean Gue Hudson
and Bonnie Johnson, who took
their request to the officers of the
college. 'The request was
handled as any other rental
request is handled on campus
and was discussed at a Tuesday
college officer's meeting," said
Dean Hudson. Weddings and
receptions in the Alumnae
House, however, are not handled
this way.

Dean Hudson also stated that
no policy for campus weddings
currently exists, but one is being
considered at present. Weddings
have taken place on campus
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the office of former President
Alston, who himself was a
minister. There have also been a
few other exceptions.

The Pilger wedding was the
first wedding to be held in the
recently renovated Chapel. It
was a non-traditional ceremony;
the bride was not given away and
there was no traditional music,
rice, bird seed, or cake. "We had
both been married before and did
not want all those things. But
the wedding did have all of the
essential parts." said Mrs. Pilger.
"Westminster Abby," also used
in Fergy's wedding, was the
processional music piece for
their wedding.

Reverend Betty Castellani,
pastoral counsellor and director
of the Cancer Center, a support
orginization for cancer survivors
and their families, at the Dekalb
Medical Center, married the
Pilgers. Wedding attendants
included Mrs. Pilger's sister as
matron of honor, and both of Dr.
Pilger's sons: Eric, age 9, as best
man, and Brendan, age 4, as the
ring bearer.

The ceremony was also
unique. "It was a thanksgiving
service," said Mrs. Pilger. "It
was intended to show that we
could all have a happy lives

The Pilgers were the first to be wed in the newly renovated chapel.

again after having tragedies,"
added Dr. Pilger.

"We wanted to include the
boys in the service," said Mrs
Pilger, who gave both Eric and
Brendan a small gift after they
told Reverand Castellani that
they would accept Mrs. Pilger

into their family. Mrs. Pilger
also included vows to the boys in
her vows to her husband.

After a beautiful reception
with family and friends in the
Katharine Woltz Reception
Room, the newly weds left for a
(continued on page 9)

Hints for Empowering Yourself
in the Business World

by Susan L. McTier

"A woman who sits on her
laurels is wearing them in all the
wrong places." Author
unknown

Candy Kaspers of Mills
College began her Marketing
201 session at Progressions, a
career symposium for women's
college alumnae, with the above
quotation. The session was
dedicated to strategies which
empower women in the business
world.

In Kaspers' terms, the word
"power" becomes "pow-hef and
has a variety of meanings:
strength, control, flexibility,
energy, force of character,
authority, and money. For
women executives, a primary
problem is becoming comfort-
able with power.

Networking, making contacts,
is key to gaining and exerting
power. One networking option
includes the CP&P library
database, which lists alumnae in

a variety of fields who are willing
to discuss career options with
students.

During informational inter-
views with alumnae, a student
should try to obtain the name of
at least one person who can help
further her career network.

Professional organizations are
another way to network. Organi-
zations representing specific
career fields, like the Public
Relations Society of America
(PRSA), are also valuable.

The Career Library can assist
you in locating organization
addresses and can pinpoint
organizations which have student
chapters (e.g. Public Relations
Student Society of America).

Publications like Career
Woman, to which a subscription
is free, offer career advice and
provide valuable information on
everything from resume writing
to breaking through the "glass
ceiling" (a salary limit which
deters women from corporate
jobs).

In the Atlanta area, the Atlanta

Business Chronicle and Atlanta
Women s News provide insight
into the Atlanta job market and
business world.

Community participation is a
valuable tool, for structure is
heavily based in community
volunteer work. Volunteering,
whether it involves doing the
dirty work or participating on a
board of trustees, allows for
collaboration with peers and
expansion of professional
networks.

All of these methods provide
viable avenues of empowerment,
but the best possible avenue is
self-empowerment.

A woman can acquire
individual power three main
ways: by deciding what it is she
wants and then deciding she
deserves what she desires; by
constructing a flexible action
plan to get what she wants and
by acquiring the skills to attain
her goal; and by building a
support system of allies, both
personal and professional.

Features

Page 8

The Profile

Friday, December 13, 1991

Perspectives

compiled by Claire Lemme

DO YOU THINK INTERDORM SHOULD
ABOLISH WEEKEND HOSTESS DUTY?
WHY OR WHY NOT?

Anne Beardeo
Class of 1992:

"Yes, because at least in
Main, the hostess is down
there all by herself with an
unlocked door. Anything
could happen and nobody
would ever know. Plus the
weekday hostess duty has
already been abolished so
why should there be a
hostess on the weekend?"

Laura Camp
Class of 1993:

"Being in an empty lobby
by yourself at night with
the door unlocked can't be |
the safest situation. There '
should be someone down in
the lobby if the doors are
going to be open, maybe a
paid monitor like in the
academic buildines."

Christie Miller
Class of 1992:

"Yes, 1 think that they should
abolish hostess duty, because
they no longer pay for
hostesses on the week nights,
| so why should we be expected
to do it for free? Also, I feel
that the hostess tradition is to
enforce parietals which is
another thing I think should be
abolished/'

Courtney Alison
Class of 1992:

"Yes, because there's no
one around on weekends,
which leaves a solitary
student a lot more vulner-
able to heathens brandish-
ing firearms. And it's a
waste of time."

Amber Martin
Class of 1993:

"Yes, hostess duty in the
upperclass dorms should be
I abolished. 1 live in Main and
I the student serving hostess
duty is left by herself in the
lobby. It's scary, and if
someone wanted to get into
the dorm there wouldn't be
much the student could do to
stop them."

Notes from Hell

by Bethany Blankenship

Contributing editor

Let's talk about frustration.
Frustration is the dire need to
belch in order to avoid explosion
only to realize that you're not at
college with your friends but at
Christmas dinner with your
parents.

Frustration, for my roommate,
is not being able to experience
the extreme satisfaction of
ripping open a Christmas present
because her grandmother writes
greeting card messages on the
back of the wrapping paper.

But the true meaning of
f rustration is not being able to
open my mailbox.

Perhaps some of you have
heard my resounding shouts of
obscenities throughout the
Alston Center directed toward
my mailbox. This situation is
particularly distressing to me, as.
according to Murphy's Law,
"You will receive off-campus
mail on the days you cannot
open your mailbox."

So far. just about everyone on

this campus can open my box
except for me. Don't anybody
graduate or transfer because I may
need you to open my box!

What I'm really here for today
is to ask a question: Why is it that
people consider it socially
acceptable to pick their noses
while driving 65 mph on the
highway?

Do they think that the\ are
traveling at such an incredibly
astronomical speed that we can't
see them with their finger jammed
up their nose? 1 don't get it. Nose
picking is nose picking no matter
where it is.

Nose picking in public ranks
right up there with pulling a
wedgie out when you think no
one's looking and there's a mongo
hot-looking dude right behind
you.

At least with nose picking you
can redeem yourself by acting like
you're scratching your nose. With
wedgie picking, there's nothing
you can do. How many people do
you know who touch their butts on
a regular basis?

How about people who sing

along with their car radios? It
amuses me to no end to watch an
unsuspecting individual cruise
down the road belting out a tune.

(Nothing makes me laugh
harder except maybe when
watching someone laugh so hard
their beverage blows out their
nose, thereby making me laugh
even more causing Coke to spew
out my nose. The dining hall
custodial staff must love us. |

The best part of w atching
people sing solo on the road is
when you're listening to the same
radio station and you start singing
along, too. We're all victims.

Ah, what to do. With ap-
proaching exams, I could pull all
my hair out (it would probably by
easier than trying to comb it),
drink a lot of caffeine and bounce
off the w alls, or maybe I could
just hang out and pick my nose, [f
I do. I'll be sure it isn't in public.

This article is dedicated to
all of the anal retentive people of
this campus. To all you check
squeezers out there, a grand 1 lee
Haw "SALUTE!" *

The South and All of its Luxuries

by Paige Priester

"Why are you pouring milk in
your grits r " 1 asked Rich in the
small Chicago apartment.
"Because that's the way you eat
them," he retorted. 1 knew then
that m\ Southern culture was
going to be of help in the midst
of this sweltering summer; at
least I knew how to eat grits.

Throughout my three months
in Chicago, I explained to my
poor, lost, mid-western friends
the art of spreading honey on
your combread, adding sugar to
your tea, and the ingredients that
are fitting in a Coca-Cola mold.

Of course, I had to repeat
myself over and over again
because they didn't quite catch
everything the first time I said it.

I couldn't imagine the idea
that someone had never tasted
boiled peanuts or seen scupper-
nong grapes. It was only from
the distance of Chicago, Illinois,
that I came to appreciate the
South and all of its luxuries.

Highway 17 runs straight
through my hometow n.
Brunswick, Georgia. On one
side of the highway is a town full
of old antebellum homes among
shady oak trees, small housing
projects parallel to the more
affluent downtown street, family
owned shops located downtown,
and the pinnacle of civilization,
known as the Glynn Place Mall.

On the other side of the
highway is marsh belonging to
the intercoastal waterway of the
Atlantic Ocean, along with two
causeways leading to St. Simons
Island and Jekyll Island.

In the middle of the after-
noon, the smells from the pulp
mill (which my sister has dubbed
the poo-poo plant because of the
scent), the shrimp factory, and
Hercules chemical factory are all
too potent for the average sniffer,
but during the evenings, the
whiffs of salt-water air and the
breeze coming off the ocean
make you feel as if you've found
your own piece of paradise.

The seagulls live along
Highway 17 year-round, and the
shrimpers are their best friends.
Shrimp boats are visible from the
marina and the shore, and their
catches are even more visible at
the various seafood restaurants
around town. Needless to say,
my idea of the South is associ-
ated with salt-water air, oak
trees, and the poo-poo mill.

When I consider the South. I
don 't just think of a location, but
also a people: family. I come
from a long line of Southerners
whose ancestral roots are
primarily redneck.

My mother and my father
were both born and raised in a
small town called Jesup. Georgia
("Jes-up the road from
Brunsw ick"), which just recently

acquired a bed and breakfast
home.

My grandmother. Myrtle
Purdom Morgan, is a strong but
very short woman who still
resides in Jesup. My mother,
Linda (a.k.a. Linda Nell in Jesup
lingo), is fast becoming more
and more like my grandmother,
and her strength is a characteris-
tic that Southern women would
consider an asset.

The Morgan's family
business, the Dairy Queen, was
founded in Jesup, but closed
down about ten years ago.
However, my Uncle Bayne and
Uncle Euley continue the family
tradition of DQ's across the Low
Country.

My family basically revolves
around chaos, and family
reunions are real-life dramas
held at Okelenokee Swamp. My
parents were divorced ten years
ago, and my father pities my
step-father lor having to live

(continued on jni^c 9)

Honor Court
wishes
everyone
good luck
on exams!

Features

Friday, December 13, 1991 The Profile

Page 9

Not Just a Mild-Mannered Librarian

by Margaret Bickers

Staff writer

When an Agnes Scott student
goes into the library in the
morning, she meets a tall, smiling
gentleman who stands behind the
main desk. He is Carl Beck, a
man who has seen much of the
world and more of its history.

Carl served twenty years in the
military, worked as a transporta-
tion engineer, and taught military
history at Wofford College in
Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Carl was born in 1925. At the
age of seventeen, he joined the
recently activated 501st Parachute
Infantry Regiment in Camp
Toccoa, Georgia.

Carl parachuted into
Normandy on D-Day, June 6,
1944, and participated in the
fighting m France. Holland, and
on into Germany.

He recalls the time he para-
chuted into France; his transport
plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire,
and therefore he jumped a little
sooner than scheduled.

He describes his landing as
being "beside a hedgerow'' in a
ditch "'with my feet up here [he
holds a hand above his chest] and
my tail down here."

He cut himself free from the
parachute harness and attempted,
unsuccessfully, to locate the rest
of his unit. Carl did find one man
from his unit and the two of them
wandered the bocage (farm
country) for three days, narrowly

avoiding contact with enemy
patrols.

In September 1944, Carl and
the other members of the 501 st
parachuted into Veghel, Holland,
as part of Operation Market
Garden, eventually fighting their
way to the Rhine River south of
Amheim.

Carl returned to Holland in
September 1988. The Dutch
people consider the American
Airborne as liberators, and
welcome return visitors with
"your bed is ready." Carl was
impressed by the Dutch character
in their forgiveness of their former
Nazi enemies.

Re-equipped after Holland,
Carl and the 501st Regiment
deployed to Bastogne, holding this
vital road network against the
onslaught of an enemy attack
through the Ardennes forest.

Later characterized as the
"Battered Bastards of Bastogne,"
the regiment fought their way to
the Luxembourg border in January
1945. Carl and the regiment
ended the European campaign at
the German Pocket in April 1945,
after which time the regiment
deactivated and Carl continued his
army career.

Carl received a Bronze Star,
and he shares w ith the other
members of the 501st Regiment
two Presidential Unit Citations,
the Croix de Guerre and Croix de
Guerre with palm, in addition to
several other awards.

In 1956 Carl married Virginia

( iaston. spent a month on
honeymoon, and then was
stationed in Iran. He retired in
1963, after his last "tour of duty"
at Wofford College, where he
taught military history.

After graduating from
Georgia State University, Carl
began a career as a transportation
engineer for the city of Atlanta.

Carl enjoyed teaching, but
Virginia enjoyed Atlanta. "]
asked her if she wanted to stay,"
he chuckles. "She said that if I
wanted to remain married, she'd
be in Atlanta." So after an
eventful career, Carl is in Atlanta
to stay.

Carl enjoys life here at Agnes
Scott. "I enjoy young people.
You have the whole world out
there, make the most of it."

He enjoys talking about his
experiences, if the head librarian
is first asked politely to let him
off.

South

(continued from page 8)

with the Morgan shenanigans.

It would take hours to explain
how and why my Uncle Euley
has married and divorced the
same woman lour times, but
these tales are the backbone of
our history. This history belongs
to the South and all of its
luxuries.

Pilgers

(continued from page 7)

four day honeymoon in Ver-
mont. "We wanted to get away
from the crowds," said Dr.
Pilger, "and neither of us had
been there before," said Mrs.
Pilger.

While in Vermont, the Pilgers
stayed at the Way bury Inn, also
known as the Stratford Inn from
the Newhart show you know
the Inn they show when you see
the outside of the "stage de-
signed" Stratford Inn. 'There
are various props from the show
displayed at the Inn, including
pictures of Bob Newhart and
Larry, Darryl, and his other
brother Darryl," said the Pilgers.

The influence of Robert Frost,
who lived near where the Pilgers
stayed, was present everywhere.
They stayed in the Robert Frost
Room at the Inn, traveled the
Robert Frost Memorial High-
way, and walked Robert Frost
Interpretive Trail, a trail dotted
with Frost's poetry.

When they got to a fork in the
path, the poem said ki I took the
one less travelled by. And it has
made all the difference."
"Below this poem," laughed the

Pilgers, "was a sign with an arrow
telling you which path to follow."

Several rumors have flown
about during this campus
courtship. One claimed that they
were going to get married over
Spring Break v 91 . but that the
college forbade its employees to
get married during the school
year. I know that there are several
abnormal "things" on this
campus, but don't you find this
concept just a bit peculiar?

The'most eyebrow-raising
rumor is the one that attempts to
explains why the Pilgers were
married less than three months

after their engagement: Mrs.
Pilger is "with child." Besides the
fact that this bit of information is
very personal and really none of
any ones business, I again went
straight to the source. They said
that November was chosen for
their wedding because they
wanted a month free of painful
memories and they did not want to
wait till June.

Every story must have an
ending, so, here goes nothing:
"...and they lived happily ever
after." Maybe now you will
reconsider attending an Agnes
Scott sporting event!

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Arts & Entertainment

Page 10

The Profile

Friday, December 13, 1991

What Makes Art Beautiful?

by Christie Miller

Staff Writer

What is beauty? Does good
art have to be aesthetically
pleasing? These questions come
to the viewer's mind as they see
Valerie Gilbert's work in Dana.

One of three sculptors
included in "Literal Illusions/"
Gilbert makes busts w hich are
grotesque, yet strangely vulner-
able. Working with the theme of
dolls and Mardi Gras heads, she
explores the body's susceptibil-
ity to abuse and the spirit's to
pain in the truncated figures.

In pieces such as "Open
Closed Mouth with Doll's Head,
No. 3," she shows the impor-
tance of being heard with a
doll's face which has lips that
are parted but a mouth that does
not penetrate into the head cavity
itself.

The other two sculptors are
more minimalistic in their
approaches. Marshall Davis
displays an array of strikingly

simple works. These pieces play
on our expectations and change
our perceptions about objects.

Using found objects, wood,
and clay, Davis makes geometric
forms, most of which stand on
table-like legs.

However, one of his most
interesting works is a railroad tie
which is attached to wheels from
a child's red wagon. When one
views each part, one expects
something different, yet then-
combination is rich and enig-
matic.

Davis has displayed several
drawings of his work or the ideas
behind it with the finished
pieces. These are less evening in
comparison to the pieces
themselves because it is the
combination of various textures
in 3-D that is so unique.

Kerry Moore's work seems
anti-climatic after that of the
other two artists, but this
perception can be attributed to

the limited number of his works
in the exhibit and the fact that
they are not his most recent ones,
having been made in 1987.
However, Moore's level of
craftsmanship in creating the
miniature doors is high.

These works are eerie in their
detailed construction such as in
"El Greco's Door,'* which is a
door elongated down to the thin
doorknob and keyhole. The
doors play on the viewer's desire
to reach out and open them.

This exhibit raises intriguing
questions about our perceptions
of beauty and objects. Each of
these pieces requires the
viewer's active attention to
discover the answers for him/
herself. It is well worth the time,
for it is this examination of the
self in relation to the work that
makes this art beautiful.

'Literal Illusions" will be on
display in the Dalton Gallery
through December 15.

Cape Fear Another Suspense-filled Success for Scorsese

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Director Martin Scorsese is
known for making his audience
think. He lives up to his reputa-
tion in his remake of the 1962
psycho-drama Cape Fear.

Cape Fear is the story of
psychotic ex-con Max Cady
(Robert De Niro) and his desire
for vengeance on attorney Sam
Bowden (Nick Nolte). Bowden,
for reasons best revealed by the
movie, was unable to prevent
Cady's conviction on charges of
rape and battery.

Once released from prison,
Cady begins to stalk Bowden and
his family in order to inflict the
wrath of God on them for what he
perceives as injustice.

In his efforts to destroy
Bowden, Cady attempts to tear
apart his already disintegrating
family. Sam's past indiscretions
had already weakened the trust of
his wife Leigh (Jessica Lange).

The tension created by the
blossoming sexuality of their
fifteen year-old daughter Danielle
(Juliette Lewis) seems to be the
force that holds the Bowdens
together, guiding much of the
movie.

This tension reaches its climax
when Cady, the convicted rapist
of a sixteen year-old girl, attempts
to seduce Danielle, using her
resentment toward her parents
against her and against them.

In this scene, and in the scene
in which Bowden confronts his
daughter about the incident, the

child's sexual power is frighten
ing.

Suspense and tension mount as
Sam Bowden attempts to protect
his famil) from Cad) 's ruthless
and chilling assault. Even the
cynical and amusing private
detective (Joe Don Baker) hired
by Bowden is not free from
Cady's menacing grip.

And while the terror grows for
the Bowdens, the violent Cady,
who learned to read while in
prison, uses the criminal justice
system to his own advantage.

Eventually, as their world of
small-town Southern charm and
complacency crumbles around
them, Sam, Leigh and Danielle
are forced to flee their home in
New Essex to what they believe
to be a safe haven aboard their
houseboat on the Cape Fear
River. Here Cady's vengeance
reaches its seemingly never-
ending climax.

Although the movie is too long
and very slow in parts, Scorsese,
with the help of cinematographer
Freddie Francis and scriptwriter
Wesley Strick, grips the audience
w ith an intense analysis of the
darker truths lurking under the
Bowdens' peaceful exterior.

Francis uses negative images,
in which black becomes white
and white becomes black, to
expose the opposition of the
themes dealt with by Scorsese.

His recurrent use of rippling
water images at the beginning and
at other points throughout the
movie also adds to the unsettling
quality of the film.

Although the most disturbing
scene of the movie is best Left
undescribed, Scorsese and Strick

intensify the audience's hollow
leeling by having Danielle speak,
as though to the audience, about

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Arts & Entertainment

Friday, December 13, 1991

Emperor's New Clothes
Proved Fun For All

In Deirdra Harris

Whether you needed a little
pre-e\am stress relief or just felt
like regressing back into the
childhood world of castles and
happily ever afters. The
Blackftiars' production of The
Emperor s New Clothes was a
delight.

Directed by senior Kerri
Allen and written by Agnes Scott
Alumnas, this show entertained
the hundreds of elementary
school students who were bussed
in to experience theatre, where
they were transported to a larger-
than-life fairy-tale world.

In this kingdom, two con
artists, last talking Sly, played by
Kathleen Hill, and Dim, played
by Tracy Walker, decide to cheat
the fashion victim king, played
by Tony Falcitelli, out of
"bazillions" of dollars for a very

special type of cloth. ("Special"
meaning nonexistent).

According to Sly and Dim,
the only people who can see this
cloth are truly honest persons,
and so the king's ministers, flirty
Puckering, played by Britton
McMullian, and the anal-
retentive Timely, played by
Cynara Webb, lie their way
around not seeing the "fabric."
and therefore help Sly and Dim
humiliate the King by not being
honest.

The play involved audience
participation, including singing
and responding to questions
posed by the actors, which added
to the enormous amount of
energy this show displayed. It
was enjoyed by both young and
old audiences and even the
actors. The Emperors s New
Clothes was delightfully
refreshing and overall a success.

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Page 11

The Blackfriars presented the children's show The Emperor's New Clothes retold by two alumnae.

Spanish Film Erendira Deserves More Attention

by Nadine Evette Curry

Expecting to see an entertain-
ing Spanish film, my hopes were
dashed when I walked into the
film room and saw only two
people waiting for Erendira to
start. If attendance is any
indicator, this movie is not going
to be what 1 had hoped for. 1
thought. Fortunately. I was
wrong.

The movie begins spookily

u ith two tomb stones m the
middle of a desert. Located
neairb) is the small house of two
people an old woman and her
granddaughter, Erendira, who is
washing the old woman in a bath
tub.

After Erendira cleans her
grandmother, the old woman
instructs her to complete certain
chores before going to bed.

In compliance v\ ith her
grandmother's admonition that

"things suffer when they are not
in their places;' Erendira puts
everything into place except
for one burning candle, which
falls over and sets fire to the house
as its inhabitants sleep.

In the next scene, the grand-
daughter is looking at her hands in
the midst of the ashes and ruins of
the house. Her hands have no
lines'

The grandmother continuously
yells at Erendira for her careless-

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ness and demands that her
granddaughter pay her back for
the damages.

The question is, how will
Erendira pay? The grandmother
finds the answer by selling her
granddaughter's services to the
men who also live in the desert.

Finally, the law steps in and

takes Erendira away from her
grandmother in order for her to
join the church. After Erendira's
first communion, she goes to
work to pay back her grand-
mother.

However, one of Erendira's
customers, Ulysses, had fallen in
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"Nutcracker" Delights
Both Young and Old

by J. (iarlen

Staff Writer

This year marks the Atlanta
Ballet's thirtieth anniversary of
"Nutcracker" performances, and
their efforts are truly worthy of
celebration.

The first act of the perfor-
mance contains little "rear' ballet
but instead sets up the story of
little Mary and her magical
godfather. Herr Drosselmeyer.

The godfather's gift of the toy
nutcracker, and brother Fritz's
breaking of the toy, are beauti-
fully told through dance and
movement.

The first act contains dances
by several spectacular "toys," not
the least of which is a leaping
soldier who delights the children
both onstage and off

However, the real highlight of
the act comes u ith the giant
dancing mice, whose antics in the
battle VI ith toy soldiers and the
Nutcracker are truly delightful.

The second act is set in the

magical Land of Sweets, ruled
by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her
Cavalier. Mary and the Nut-
cracker, who has been trans-
formed into a handsome young
prince, are invited to Watch as
the denizens of the land perform.

The costumes in this act are
beautiful, and the dances are no
less stunning. The Arabian
coffee dancers and the lead
Candy Cane were both delightful
and impressive.

The highlight of the act is the
pas de deux, which entails many
difficult moves and several
wonderfully executed lifts,
featuring the Sugar Plum Fairy
and the Cavalier.

The performance itself is
without a doubt marvelous and
well worth the cost of the tickets.
The only drawback is the
beha\ ior of the audience, whose
whistling and inappropriate
applause can be a distraction.
Nevertheless, one should make
an effort to go and enjoy the
show.

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Page 12

The Profile

Friday, December 13, 1991

Linda Connor's "Jain Nuns, India" is on display as part of her "Spiral Journey" exhibit at the High
Museum of Art through January 3, 1992.

Movie

(continued from page 11)

love with her at their first
encounter, before her first
communion. In fact, Ulysses
visits the young woman several
times.

Ulysses and Erendira want to
Spend the rest of their lives
together, but to do so they must
have permission from the
grandmother. Of course, the
grandmother refuses to allow their

marriage because she wants
Erendira to pay back the rest of
the money.

As a result, the desperate
young couple sets out to get rid of
the grandmother. They plot to kill
herf

First, the couple tries to blow
up the grandmother while she is
playing the piano, but their plan
fails.

Next, Ulysses poisons her
birthday cake. The grandmother
eats it. but she does not die. In

Ba'hai Youth Workshop
Lives its Message

by Caroline Ackroyd

I don't recall the exact words
on the liver advertising the
Ba'hai Youth Workshop's
presentation, but it was some-
thing like "inspiring, upbeat, and
contagious." At least those were
the adjectives which came to
mind while I hesitantly watched
the Workshop put on their dance
show .

A well-rehearsed group of
about twenty dancers ranging
from age twelve to twenty-three
opened with what one of the
dancers called "the fun part" of
the performance.

Not that the rest was boring,
but the first two routines made
one feel like kicking off one's
shoes and joining in.

The choreography was
unique, but the steps resembled
something on aC&C Music
Factor) video. Those watching

did "get into if' by clapping and
cheering, however.

The following routines
conveyed messages on such
topics as gender equality and
racism. Perhaps their success in
speaking against inequality is
due to the fact that each dancer
need not be Ba'hai but must
aspire to those ideals in order to
be part of the Workshop.

Furthermore, the racial
diversity within the group
reflects their ideal of racial
integration.

After the workshop went
through their repertoire, they
attended to the audience's
request for a second round of the
first two routines.

In the Workshop's four years
of existence, they have been on
television, spoken on the radio,
and performed all over the
| United States during their
' summer tours.

fact, the next day she claims that
she had a good night's rest.

Finally, Ulysses gets up the
nerve to stab the old woman. Hie
grandmother puts up a good tight,
but Ulysses succeeds in killing
her.

After the grandmother dies, the
granddaughter runs away, leaving
a trail of red footprints out into the
desert. Her hands have lines!

This movie has many good
points. It is as entertaining as a
soap opera and as funny as a
comedy special.

However, the ending is its
downfall. I did not like the idea
that Erendira left Ulysses alone
after he had freed her from her
grandmother.

At any rate, the other six
hundred students that did not
attend Erendira missed a good
flick!

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

Literal Illusions, an invita-
tional exhibition of sculpture, will
show in the Dalton Gallery of the
Dana Fine Arts building from
November 17 until December 15.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art:

For more information about the
following, call 892-4444.

Southern Expressions: Tales
Untold, works by seven South-
eastern artists, runs through
January 5, 1992.

Linda Connor: Spiral
Journey, featuring the contempo-
rary photography of Linda
Connor, will run through January
3, 1992.

"Of an Uncommon Beauty " :
The Adolph Weil, Jr. Collection of
Rembrandt Prints, an exhibition
of nearly 1 00 etchings by the
Dutch master, will be on display
until February 2, 1992. In
connection with this exhibit. Dr.
Joan Woodside will give a lecture.
Rembrandt and the Print: Style.
Subjects, T ethnologies, on
December 15 at 2 and 3 p.m.

In Art at the Edge: Jotge
Tacla. the artist examines themes
of urban isolation and cultural
alienation from a highly personal
perspective. His exhibit will run
through January' 31,1 992.

Max Weber: The Cubist
Decade. 1910-1920. the first
display to focus exclusively on the
most adventurous decade in the
career of this American modern-
ist, will show through February 9,
1992.

Atlanta College of Art for

more information about the
following, call 898-1 157.

Juried Student Exhibition:
Works in all media by students at
the college will be on display until
December 20.

The ( lallanwolde Fine Arts
Center will sponsor Christmas at
CalLmwoldc with a traditional

English Christmas December 2
through- 1 5. Hours for the event are
Monday through Fridav 10 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.:
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.:
and Sunday from 1 to 9 p.m. For
more information, call 872-5338.

Theater

Neighborhood Playhouse w ill

present Rodgers and Hart A
Musical Celebration through %
December 14. For ticket informa-
tion, call 373-53 1 1 .

Dance v

Georgia Ballet, Inc. presents
The Nutcracker. December 14 to 2 1
at the Cobb Civic Center. For
ticket intbrmation. call 425-0528.

Music

Variety Playhouse presents the
following concerts. For further
information, call Steve Harris at
524-7354.

Cohn makes his Atlanta debut
on December 13 at 9 p.m.

Violinist Mark O'Connor w ill
perform December 20 at 8:30 p.m.

////(/ Tyme Out will perform
w ith Live Wire on December 2 1 at
8:30 p.m. #

C layton State College presents
its Spivey Hall Coin ert Series. For
more information about the
following performances in that
series, call 961-3683.

Ritz-Carlton Orchestra Big
Band Christmas concert will be ^
held on December 14 at 8: 15 p.m.

Oxford Hooks in Buckhead
presents Acoustical ( 'afe. a weekly
songwriter show case, Sunday.
Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8
p.m. in the Oxford Espresso Cafe.
For further information, call Lillian 9
Yeilding at 262-9975 extension 6.

Dekalb Choral Guild will
present Vivaldi's Gloria at 3 p.m.,

December 15 at Epiphany Episco-
pal Church. For more information,
call 2M-6101.

Cape Fear

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her voice and words is eerie and
haunting.

Scorsese has assembled a
brilliant cast who complement each
other quite well. Nick Nolte is
superb in his role of a frightened
man who doesn't know which way
to turn.

Jessica Lange, however, doesn't
reveal as much of her character as
might be desired. It seems that she
can't detemiine whether the
character is tough or vulnerable.

De Niro and Lewis are by far
the most convincing in their roles.
De Niro is so believable that it
might be difficult to watch him in
another role. His performance in
his final scene is so realistic that it

stays in the mind for days.

As for Lewis, the only way she
could so easily portray the
confusion of a fifteen year-old
confronting her sexuality, and
confronting the anger her parents
have for one another yet try to
hide from her, is to be a fifteen-
year old in a similar situation.
Her convincing performance
makes her as irritating as any
average fifteen year-old who
refuses to listen to authority.

It is interesting to note that
Scorsese honors the original film
and its cast by having its stars,
including Robert Mitchum and
Gregory Peck, appear in cameo
roles.

With such wonderful acting, a
good script, and an extremely
talented cinematographer, there
can be few things wrong with
Scorsese's version of Cape hear

I lowcver. there are some very
slow parts that could be cut. and
the climactic ending could be
shortened and made a little more
realistic.

In addition, Scorsese plays
with the audience in one scene by
bringing up the idea that rape is
the woman's fault but then
refusing to deal thoroughly with
the issue.

Short of these faults, the movie
is chilling and well worth seeing.

AGNES
SCOTT

COLLEGE

The Profile

The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, February 14, 1992

Volume 78, Issue 7

New Assistant Dean Wilson Arrives on Campus

Victor Wilson, the new Assistant Dean of Students, keeps up with his
hectic new schedule.

by Janelle Bailey
Contributing editor

On January 27, Victor Wilson
arrived at Agnes Scott as the new
Assistant Dean of Students,
filling the position formerly held
by Brenda Jones.

According to Dean Gue
Hudson. Wilson was chosen
from a pool of approximately
1 70 applicants. For the first time
in the history of the school, a
male holds this position.

"I thought 'he had the right
balance of experience, interper-
sonal skills, and sense of
humor." said Dean Hudson.

Wilson said he is bringing
with him a point of view that.
although not necessarily- unique
to him, is new to this position.

"I'm bringing the ... percep-
tions and feelings of an African-
American male. I think that all
of the students need to be
exposed to African-American
males in all different roles."
Wilson said.

Educated at the University of
Georgia. Wilson then stayed on
at Georgia as a part of the
admissions staff for seven years
before taking a position at
Northern Arizona University.
After three and a half years, he
began looking for a job that
would allow him to return to the

Montgomery Focuses on
Salvadoran Peace Agreement

by Dawn M. Sloan
Contributing Editor

In the first of this semester's
Dean's Lecture Series. Professor
Tommie Sue Montgomery spoke
powerfully on the strife-filled
history of El Salvador. More
Specifically, Montgomery, who is

Agnes Scott's Director of Latin
American Studies, focused on the
twelve years of civil war which
ripped into that nation, killing at
least 80,000.

Montgomery went to El Salvador
in 1979, just two-and-a-half years
after a coup d'etat by a reformist
civilian junta had overthrown the

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country's President-General.
She remarked that she was
"astonished at my chutzpah."
going into El Salvador with
"marginal Spanish" and having
read everything she could on El
Salvador.

In an interesting note, Montgom-
ery pointed out that at the time,
the most recent book written on El
Salvador in English had been
published in 1W. This meant
research for the book had been
done in 197 1 , clearly outdaring it.
Despite the sense of neutrality that
Montgomery says her professors
in graduate school attempted to
teach their students, she earned
into El Salvador a concern for
human rights and social and
economic justice.

Montgomery voiced this
concern by describing the
historical need for socio-eco-

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southeast.

Wilson wanted to move back
to this area so that he and his son
would be close to family.
Wilson adopted Hunter, now 2,
at the age of 2 months while
living in Arizona.

"I just wanted to be a parent,"
he said. "It's the best thing that's
ever happened to me."

Wilson will be dealing for the
most part in student activities,
with the help of Ellen Wheaton.
He will work with Social
Council, Chimo, and Witkaze to
advise the members and assist in
programming.

He Will also assist Dean
Hudson in studying and improv-
ing student retention statistics.

Although these are some of
his official responsibilities, the
goals Wilson has set for himself
are on a slightly more personal
level.

"My overriding goal is to just
learn my place here, try to learn
students* names, try to learn
what I'm supposed to do, try to
learn about the history [of things
such as Black Cat and class
mascots]," he said.

Having been at Agnes Scott
for only three weeks, Wilson can

already see improvements he
would like to make. A big
concern he has is about the
relationship between the students
and the administration.

"I see a lot of compassionate
concern on behalf of the
administration, but the students
are not seeing that," said Wilson.
"I think the students believe that
it's not there, when it really is. I
think it all conies clow n to
communication."

Wilson is aware of much of
the tension that exists on
campus, but he stresses that he is
not "a puppet person."

"I wasn'r hired because Em
trying to please anybody or quell
anybody's anger." he said. "In
fact. I want the students to know
if you're angry, stay angry.
Anger is good."

"One of the things I wanted to
let students know: I love sitting
down and talking about ... social
issues that are going on. getting
different people's perspectives,"
he said. "I have an open-door
policy. Feel free to come by, say
hi', ask a question."

Wilson plans to use this open-
door policy not only in his office,
but throughout the campus.

Co-op with Japanese
U niversity Arranged

Press Release

On December 27. Agnes Scott
implemented the second element
in a long-term cooperative
arrangement with Kinjo Gakuin
University, a Presbyterian
women's college in Japan.
Twenty-one Global Awareness
students visited the Nagoya,
Japan, institution for three weeks
for this part of the progression in
a new Scholarly Exchange and
Cooperative Relationship
between the two schools.
As the first element of the
relationship. Kinjo Gakuin sent
English literature professor
Kazunori Yokota to Agnes Scott
to lecture in Global Awareness
and other classes in order to
present similarities and differ-
ences in American and Japanese
education.

His visit was also a means of
preparing an Agnes Scott
administrator to be his special
guest at the universit\ \
Founder's Day celebration.

Dean Sarah Blanshei traveled to
Japan in October for the official
signing of the agreement and to
present Agnes Scott to the
community at Kinjo Gakuin on
its Founder's Day.
Now that Agnes Scott students
have visited Kinjo Gakuin. Dr.
Linda Hubert, chairperson of
Agnes Scott's English depart-
ment, w ill travel to Japan in
May. She will act in much the
same capacity as Professor
Yokota did during his visit to
Agnes Scott in the fall.
The second half of the student
exchange will begin in the fall of
'92, when two Kinjo Gakuin
students attend Agnes Scott for
the full fall semester.
The possibility then exists for
students from both institutions to
enroll for an entire semester at
the sister institution, or for the
semester-long exchange of
faculty.

The agreement is designed to
increase the institutions'

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News

Page 2

The Profile

January 14, 1992

Cynthia Tucker and Patty Snyder celebrate MLK's birthday at
convocation

ASC Activists March
for Choice in Atlanta

by Missy Mullinax

January 22, 1992 marked the
19th Anniversary of the Supreme
Court Case Roe v. Wade,
recognizing women's access to
reproductive choices as a
fundamental human right. With
Clarence Thomas joining several
other conservative Supreme
Court justices in Fall 1991, it is
likely that Roe v. Wade will be
challenged, jeopardizing
women's privacy.

Over 20 Agnes Scott students
marched from Woodruff Park to
the State Capitol on Saturday
January 25 to voice their refusal
to return to the da) s of blatant
disrespect for women's lives,
and call for their upholding of
constitutional fundamental
rights. Gallup Polls show that
pro-choice supporters are in the
majority 3 to 1 over anti-choice/
pro- 1 iters.

Speakers at an assembly in
front of the Capitol, following
the inarch, urged marchers to
demonstrate, to lobby, to march
on Washington, to w rite letters to

their Reps, and to withhold votes
from all politicians who do not
explicit!) support abortion rights.
Among the speakers were
Congress woman Cynthia
McKinney, Senator John Lewis,
and two students from Paideia
School in Atlanta.

A relatively large proportion
of ASC students turned out to
support an issue currentl\
undergoing a great deal of
discussion and debate.

Missy Mullinax. student
representative for the National
Organization for Women
(NOW), has been active in
encouraging student participation
in such rallies. Another will take
place in April: On April 5.
NOW and the National Abortion
Rights Action League are
sponsoring a March on Washing-
ton for Reproductive Rights.

Estimates are that over one
million supporters will show up
on the steps of the Capitol. Free
student transportation is being
arranged through NOW. so that
Agnes Scott can be there with
banners unfurled.

Constitution Editor Cynthia Tucker
Challenges Students to End Prejudice

by Jenny White
Staff Writer

The second annual January
Opening Convocation com-
memorating the birthday of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. featured
guest speaker Cynthia Tucker,
editorial page editor of the
Atlanta Constitution.
Tucker also writes a syndicated
column, which appears on
Wednesdays and Sundays in the
Constitution. Her journalism
work has led her to travel as far
afield as South Africa and South
America.

Melissa Johnson '93 preceded
Tucker's lecture with a solo.
Tucker's speech centered on the
"resurgence of racism and the
backlash of sexism" that have
occurred in the United States in
the past lew years.
. She cited David Duke's Louisi-
ana campaign, the Anita Hill
controversy, and the assaults on
black children in Brooklyn as
examples.

She said that she feels "pessimis-
tic" about the future of this
country, and she reflected for a
moment on her own childhood, a
time of change and promise for
America.

Tucker spoke of Dr. King's life
and work with great reverence,
and she pointed out the contribu-
tion college students made to the
civil rights movement in the
1960s.^

She qualified that time as "an era
when America seemed capable ...
of being a nation of full equality."
She also talked of her childhood
memories of the women's rights
movement.

Tucker's optimism has dwindled,
though, in the past few years. She
sees rifts between people of all
races, sexes, political affiliations
and religious backgrounds, and
while this diversity is part of
democracy. Tucker fears that these
dissentions are harmful and
violent especially those caused
by racism.

College campuses, according to
Tucker, are a prime location for
racial disagreement. Man)
students either w ithdraw or
become openly prejudiced.
Tucker went on to say that racism
causes many Americans to vote
against social policies such as
national health care, educational
reform, and welfare.
She also stated that many Ameri-
cans are opposed to affirmative
action because of their racism and

sexism.

She pointed out that in a poll
recently conducted by the Atlanta
Constitution of voters all over the
South, although two-thirds
disliked David Duke, nearl) half
of the voters agreed with his views
on affirmative action and welfare.
Using the w ords of Arsenio Hall.
Tucker mused. "It just makes me
w ant to say 'hmm.'"
Tucker's speech ended with a
request to the audience. She asked
students to "'repair the damage that
so many of us, your elders, have
done to the social fabric of this
country ."

We, as students, can help by
emphasizing education, as it is one
of the mainstays of American
politics, economy, and society.
We can also help by recognizing
America's cultural diversity. We
"hold the power to bring Dr.
King's dream into bright and
glorious fulfillment."
Her speech presented the audi-
ence, in the words of President
Ruth Schmidt, w ith a "stirring
challenge."

Other activities honoring Dr.
King's birthday included a
Coffeehouse, a w orship sen' ice
featuring the Big Bethel A.M.E.
Choir, and a Friday convocation.

Public Safety News

Tornado Drill to be Moved in Case of Bad Weather

On January 30 at approxi-
mate^ 2 p.m.. Public Salet> was
alerted by Professor Alberto
Sadun that student aide Mary
Ann Hickman had seen a man
walk out of the Bradley Observa-
tory with a large red radio
belonging to the College.

Sergeant Curtis Parrott found
the man with the stolen radio at
the intersection of East College
Avenue and South Candler
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officers arrested the suspect,
charged him with the theft, and
transported him to DeKalh
County Jail.

We want to commend
Professor Sadun' s and Ms.
Hickman's quick actions, which
led to the arrest.

Several weeks ago, an Agnes
Scott student had her car taken
from her by force at a shopping
mall in Cobb County. The
student was not injured and the
vehicle was recovered two da \ s
later by the Atlanta Police
Department. Cobb Count \
Police are still investigating the
incident.

Please let both of these
occurrences serve as reminders
always to be observant of what is
going on around you and to
report suspicious activity to the
police as soon as possible*

During the last week of
February and the first week of
March. Public Safety will
present a crime prevention
program for all members of the
campus community. Details
about time and place will be
placed in the Campu\ ( Ouncc-
tion. Please plan to attend one of

these seminars.

Once again, Georgia's
tornado season (February
through March) has arrived.
Governor Zell Miller has
proclaimed the week of February
24-28 as Severe Weather
Awareness Week in Georgia.

A state-wide tornado drill is
scheduled for Wednesday,
February 26. The drill will be
held at a time determined by the
National Weather Service, In the
event of bad weather on the drill
da\. the drill w ill be rescheduled

for Fridaj . Pebruarj 28,

Once the National Weather
Service has issued a tornado
warning, one officer will
circulate the campus m a patrol
car with the siren activated while
others mou- through the
buildings, advising people to
move to the lowest level of I he
building and to stay av\a\ Irom
the windows.

As soon as the warning status
has been lifted, officers will
begin buildmg-to-building
notification. We want to thank
everyone in advance for their
Cooperation in making this a
successful drill.

News

January 14, 1992

The Profile

Page 3

Forums Open Eyes To Unfamiliar Faiths

by Dianne O'DonnelJ

Students, faculty and staff
gathered in the Chapel Lounge to
learn about the Baha'i faith in the
first of the Religious Diversity
Forums. Agnes Scott junior Layli
Miller Bashir explained the
origins and beliefs of Baha'i and
shared her own experienee as a
Baha'i.

Forum topics, according to
Chaplain Patti Snyder, will center
on religions that are represented
within the A unes Scott commu-

nity but which are in the minority
and may not be well known or
understood.

According to Bashir, of central
importance to Baha'rs is the idea
of progressive revelation that
God progressively reveals his
teachings through a succession of
messengers, or Holy Prophets.
Each messenger teaches God's
w ill in a manner appropriate to his
particular age and culture.
This belief in progressive revela-
tion encourages Baha'is to respect
other religions and revere past

El Salvador

(continued from page I )-

nomic reform in El Salvador, a
country in which land was stolen
from the poor for the purpose of
growing export crops.

Such treatment of the Salva-
doran people created the condi-
tions which would lead to a long
and violent civil war. As Mont-
gomery pointed out, in 1979 El
Sah ador had a population of
approximately five million. Four
million of these people lived in
"abject poverty."

Calls for agrarian reform by
the nation's congress led to
violence by the army against the
Catholic Church, which supported
reforms designed to help the poor.

She spoke with feeling as she
discussed U.S. support of El
Salvador's right-wing govern-
ment. According to Montgomery,
the U.S. viewed the war in El
Salvador as a conflict of "small
intensity," and applied the same
policy of "a counter-insurgency
strategy* 1 that had been used in
Vietnam.

Had the U.S. not provided
"beefed-up" air power for the
American-trained and -aimed
Salvadoran army, rebel forces
might have been able to win the
war between 1984 and 1987.

Democratic elections and a
new constitution "confused
procedure with substance."
according to Montgomery.
Despite running on a platform of
peace and reform, elected
officials, including Presidents
Duarte and Christiani. were guilty
of allow ing human rights
violations to continue.

Montgomery pointed out.
however, that these elections did
open the door for several

grassroots organizations to move
toward peace in El Salvador.

Finally, with the help of a
group of nations know n as the
Group of Friends, which included
Guatemala and Mexico, these
organizations were able to force
President Christiani toward a
peace agreement with rebel
forces.

Ultimately, through United
Nations-moderated peace talks,
the two sides in El Salvador's
civil war were able to reach an
agreement.

On January 16, the two sides
met in Mexico City, where a
formal document ending the war
in El Salvador was signed.
Twelve years of what Tommie
Sue Montgomery labeled
"brutality beyond [my] imagina-
tion*" has come to an end.

As she pointed out. both sides
were forced to make concessions.
Rebel forces had to forsake then-
dream of a "socialist revolution"
and total elimination of El
Salvador's army.

The government must,
however, reduce the size of its
army by half over the next two
years. It must also concede some
power to a political party headed
by leaders of the rebellion.

Montgomery's lecture
provided interesting first-hand
insights into events in El Salvador
and was an enlightening way to
begin the Dean's Lecture Series.

A videotape of this lecture is
available in McCain Library' in
case you missed it.
Montgomery's knowledge of El
Salvador and Latin America is
vast, and makes this video well
worth watching,

Co-op

(continual from page I )
knowledge of each other. It may
grow to include the sharing of
alumnae and staff members, as
well as information and materials
in fields w hich are of interest to
both institutions.
The agreement is valid for an
initial period of five years, w ith
the option for renewal presented
to both institutions in 1994-95.

Kinjo Gakuin University took
the initiative to work toward
such an arrangement over ten
years ago as it sought to interna-
tionalize is campus.
Impressed with several of Agnes
Scott's programs, as well as its
strong history and foundations in
the Presbyterian Church, Kinjo
Gakuin pursued the possibilities
to their fruition this fall.

prophets as consecutive links
leading to fuller understanding of
God's will.

Baha'is recognize Abraham,
Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster,
Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, The
Bab, and Baha'u'llah to have been
messengers.

In addition to these, Baha'is believe
that there have been messengers
unrecorded in history and that there
w ill be many more in the future.
Baha'u'llah is believed to be the
messenger of God for the present
age. His coming was prophesied in
1844 in Iran by The Bab, the
forerunner of Baha'u'llah.
Bashir pointed out that God's
messengers have emerged in places
and times of great moral and
spiritual deca\ . and Iran in the
1 800s was no exception.
Both The Bab and Baha'u'llah
suffered persecution and imprison-
ment. Baha'u'llah died in exile in
'Akk'a, Israel, in 1892. His
message flourished, however, and
Baha'is now live in tens of
thousands of places all over the
world.

The major theme of the BahaT
Faith, explained Bashir, is world
peace. According to the teachings

of Baha'u'llah. now is the lime for
world peace and the unity of
humankind.

In fulfilling the quest for peace and
unity, the Baha'i faith teaches the
oneness of God, the oneness of
religion, and the oneness of
humanity.

An intriguing testament to the
Baha'i commitment to unit) is the
fact that Baha'f temples are not
strictly for the use of Baha'is, but
are open to people of all religions.
Bashir noted that, unlike many
religions, the Baha'i faith specifi-
cally stresses equality of men and
women and the abolition of all
forms of prejudice.
The two wings of a bird, said
Bashir, are analogous to the
equality of men and women: both
are necessary in order to fly. Bashir
further observed that the Baha'i
community is unique in its great
racial and cultural diversity.
Bashir discussed the organization
of the Baha'f religion, which has no
clergy but does elect administrative
bodies.

She also explained the practice of
the faith, including individual
prayer, observance of a fast and
holy days, and the observance of

marriage laws that require the
consent of both parents. Feasts
are held every nineteen days and
serve to unify the Baha'f commu-
nity.

Baha'is avoid participation in
partisan politics, but do work and
vote as individuals on issues that
are important to them. Baha'is
avoid alcohol and non-medicinal
drugs.

This article is a brief summary of
Bashir's presentation and does
not comprise all facets of the
Baha'f faith. For those who
would like to learn more about
Baha'f. the Agnes Scott library
holds books on the religion.
In addition, Bashir is willing to
provide more information to those
interested; her phone number is
296-1081.

She is ha\ ing a discussion on the
evolution of ci\ ilizations and
where we are today, in the Baha'f
perspective, at her home on
Saturday, February 15. at 8 p.m.
Bashir gave an excellent, thought-
provoking presentation. The
Religious Diversity Forums,
sponsored by the Rep Council
and the President's Committee on
Community Diversity, promise to
be a welcome opportunity for a
refreshing and intriguing
exchange of religious experienee.

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Editorials

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The Profile

January 14, 1992

THE PROFILE

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Et Cetera

While all of you are sitting around dreaming of (of with) love
and drowning in Diet Coke and Whitman's Samplers, we have
been wondering about the origins ot this amorous occasion. Our
extensive research has determined that this holiday began not as
you may have supposed, with hugs and kisses, but with blood and
gore. Have you ever consciously considered why the heart
symbol, the red color, the white lacy round coaster?

"Saint" Valentine, a third-century English Christian martyr,
had what today\spsychologists might term a Robin Hood
complex. Valentine, known to his friends as "the Butch," grew
up resenting the power that the landlords exerted over their lowly
soi ls. He hit his breaking point when Sir Sedwig Blarney, who
had increased his tax assessment by 50% over the past week and
taken away his health benefits, ranted at him, waving his
bejewelled sword dangerously close to Butch's nose. Butch
couldn't stand it any longer - he grabbed the sword from his
imperious master and gorged out his heart before Sedwig could
say "boo."

This incident marked the start of a new career for Valentine as
serf vigilante. Armed only with the dreaded sword of dead Sir
Sedwig, he travelled the countryside, extorting the hearts of
extortioner landlords. He soon fell into the habit of earring with
him a large store of thick, white, absorbent diapers (which
grateful women often embroidered gorgeously for their hero) to
soak up some of the blood which spurted from his chest excava-
tions. (Note: these embroidered diapers are the ancestors of our
doilies.)

Sadly, his exploits in the name of Justice could not go on
forever. The evil landlords who lived still bribed their serfs with
Sir Godiva's chocolates, and thus maneuvered the fall of poor
Butch. The sated serfs stealthils stalked the Saint. Soon, they
snared him, and he was summariK sent to the Sirs for their
vengeful schemes. With Sir Sedw ig's o\\ n sword, they skewered
the sa\ ior shamelessh . ( 'utting his heart out. the\ earned it in a
fancy box to Sir Blarney's w idow . who shed tears of joy at her
husband's long-awaited a\engement.

However, the serfs soon reali/ed their gor\ mistake. In
sorrow, they covered Valentine's grave with roses - 1 2 red ones
to mark each of the landlords he had done away with. Thus is the
stor\ of Saint Valentine. So remember on this day, beware the
bearers of chocolate and roses.

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

The scene is opening convo-
cation, with full academic
procession. Quite impressive,
considering this is the first-ever
grand salute to King week. But
who cares, really? given what
we know, given what has
happened to Tara. The irony
triggers a kind of nausea unique
to Agnes Scott life.

The organ booms: triumphant,
kind of gothic, then quiet. And
just as the President approaches
the podium to announce the
speaker, a noise alerts her
attention. A banner unfurls from
the balcony, an audible and
unexpected annoyance. Heads
jerk around, and smiles spread
across the audience.

CHOOSING OUR FU-
TURE: UNDOING RACISM,
UNDOING HYPOCRISY.'' Ah.
sweet protest. So simple, and yet
so uplifting. So odd the way that
to do something slightly confron-
tational at Agnes Scott appears
"radical" or "illegal" simply
because it lacks decorum.

Poor little Agony Spot. We
just seem to have one crisis after
another. And this time in front of
Cynthia Tucker, an editor from
the Journal-Constitution! Will we
ever get any good press?

Agnes Scott is like a little

by Jessica Carey

Office of Multicultural Affairs

Mark your calendars now for
February 18, 1992,7:15 p.m.
Rep Council will be hosting a
community discussion on a new
proposed Office of Multicultural
Affairs.

The forum came out of a Rep
Council resolution, passed in late
December, that called for the
new office and for a continuing
debate on the meaning of
community.

The open discussion on
February 18 will be held in lieu
of the regular Rep meeting and
all are invited (faculty, staff,
hourly workers, administration,
as well as students.)

Student Bill of Rights and
Responsibilities

Following the discussion on
the Office of Multicultural
Affairs will be a diseussion on a
Student Bill of Rights and
Responsibilities.

The need for such a document
came out of a general feeling on
Rep Council that students need
and deserve academic empower-
ment, best accomplished by a

village. Very intimate. Very
iek\ -sticky-cottony sweet. We
are all just sisters under the skin,
happy happy happy happy.
What's there to complain about?
People who complain just don't
belong, or so the party line goes.

But the village has ehanged.
Students aren't tired, like Big
Sister was counting on. Many
have transferred, but those who
did sta\ are admiringly persis
tent.

For the Board members who
read this, be informed. We
wanted you to realize that anger
overTara's case is alive and
kicking. We plastered the
campus w ith banners but
"somebody" took them down
before daybreak. Too bad you
didn't make the time (have the
courage ') (o speak with us in
person. You might have learned
that we aren't quite as braindead
as you and the administration had
hoped.

The president's memo has
instructed us to have a "produc-
tive Spring semester." Mommy
has spoken; we are to oblige her
with obedience, or we might get
a spanking. 1 am beginning to
think the discrimination, myopia
and apathy on the campus might
start to recede if only we could
escape this fishbowl intimacy
with each other.

written, straightforward, and fan-
list of classroom expectations
and obligations.

Faculty members are particu-
larly invited to take part in this
initial discussion, as the Council
has em isioned this Bill of Rights
and Responsibilities as a joint
venture.

Winter Project

Thank you to all who
attended and enjoyed Rep
Council's annual winter project
on February 13 in the dining hall.
And a big THANK YOU to
Keith, who is the greatest food
service director of them all!

The Hoard of Trustees

Of course this is the section
for which you have all been
waiting. Yes, the Board of
Trustees did meet on January 30
and 31. Yes, they did eat lunch
with a few students.

Yes. they did get an earful of
student opinion on matters
regarding Tara Somerville.
tuition increases, etc. Yes. it was
great not to be patronized, patted
on the head, and forced to make
small talk.

And YFS. it was a terrible

For example, I just can't
imagine two administrators taking
the time to yank a student out of
her dorm room and shipping her
off upon threat of incarceration at
Georgia Tech or UGA. And you
certainl) wouldn't have the added
humiliation tactic of meeting in
glass rooms w ith armed guards
present whenever you have to
meet with the student again. No
wonder Agnes Scott women are
accused of being prissy, little
pigeony girls. Look at our role
models.

Of course the) will act as
friendl) as grandmothers with
you. "Hello. Kim. How are you
doing?" The walls may come
crashing down, but Agnes Scott
women w ill never be rude to each
other.

Not that there's anything
wrong w ith being nice. I've
always said, don't yell until it's
time to. Niceness is effective in
the village. We can have a
"productive semester" but let's be
the ones to decide w hat's
productive. Furthermore, let's
ha\ e a semester that's full of
surprises.

To contribute to Tara' s legal
defense fund (that means you too,
faculty) checks can be made out
to: Alexander and Oliver and
Tara Somerville, Box 265.

decision on the part of the
administration and the board to
close that luncheon to all
students except Rep Council
members.

That luncheon could has e
been a great opportunity for the
Board to reach out to all students
who are consistently ignored on
this campus.

It is a damn shame that the
board could have eaten lunch
with members of Witka/e and
the Racism Free Zone, as well as
those who support the adminis-
tration in the recent turmoil on
campus, but only if they happen
to be members of Rep Council.

Is it possible that Bertie
Bond's assertion that the Board
eats lunch with a different group
ever> time it comes on campus
(and this time it happened to be
Rep Council) is true? Yes, I
suppose that is possible.

But I find it highly unlikely.

Campus
Elections
February 27

Editorials

January 14, 1992

The Profile

Page 5

Pollywog

by J. Garlen

"Since I'm Stuck at a Girls'
School..."

Recently, a former friend of
mine shared one of his more
interesting opinions with me. He
informed me. "Since you're stuck
at a girls' school, you just don't
know anything about the real
world."

After carefully analyzing this
statement (I am taking Logic,
after all!), I have reached the
conclusion that this statement
contains not one. hut several
serious errors.

My difficult} with this
particular statement starts with the
arguer's choice of words. Of
course, there is the infamous and
obvious "girls' school" misno-
mer.

Saying that Agnes Scott is a
girls' school defies Leibniz's
Law. which states that for two
things to be identical (the same)
the) must have all of their
properties m common.

A girls' school is an educa-
tional facility for immature
females, hut our alma mater is an
educational facility for adult
females. Clearl) they have
different properties; therefore.
Agnes Scott is not a girls' school,
but (all together now ! I a
women's' college.

The arguer's next poor choice
is that of the word "stuck." In
light of the fact that I chose to
apply here, chose to come here,
and (in spite of ever-rising tuition
costs and never-rising scholar-
ships) choose to stay here, I
would hardly call myself Muck"
here. I resent the arguer's
implication that I could not and
cannot go elsewhere, or that I am
here against my will.

Now we come to the stuff of

the argument itself. My former
friend assumes that "girls'
schools" have no contact with
the real world. As I am a student
at such a school, he concludes
that I have no contact with the
"real world," and therefore can
know nothing of it. (Think of
this as a sort of categorical
s\ llogisrri: It can be set up other
w ays, but I have a personal
fondness for syllogisms.)

There are a number of
problems w ith this argument.
Agnes Scott, first of all, has as
much contact with the "real
world" as an\ other institution.
That is w hat externships,
internships, studs abroad, and
social functions pro\ ide.

The absence of male students
in most (not all, anymore) of our
classes does not have anything to
do with it. as any class situation
is outside the structure of the
"real world." That's what makes
it a class.

Secondly, even if women's'
colleges did lack contact with the
so-called "real world," it would*
not necessarily follow that the
students suffered from the lack
as well.

Despite popular belief, we are
not in a convent; we can leave
whenever it suits us, and most of
us do just that. I'm sure every
one of you has lots of stones
about your experiences out there
in the middle of the 'Teal world."
You see, as they say, "It ain't
necessarily so."

At any rate, I found this
peculiar train of thought one
worth dissecting, in order to see
what made the ugly little animal
tick. My apologies for slaughter-
ing some philosophy in the
process, but I thought I ought to
use what I learn from my classes
... since I am stuck here at a girls'
school.

Letters

To the Editors:

I would like to comment on
one issue raised by Tara
Somerville's dismissal. I speak
onl\ lor m\ self, not lor an)
group.

1 do not believe that the
conduct of any faculty member
or administrator toward Tara
during this episode, including her
original conflict w ith Dr. Pinka
last spring, was motivated by
conscious race prejudice.

However, I also know that the
effects of conscious bigotry and
the effects of unconscious or
institutional racism, or even of a
more unfocused resistance to
difference and chance, can be

about the same: unsympathetic
curriculum and campus atmo-
sphere, frustrating classroom
dynamics, bureaucratic insensi-
tivity. human insensitivity,
inadequate understanding of, or
interest in, culturally diverse
linguistic and paralinguistic
codes, and simple ignorance and
tear. And if you're black it ma\
not make a great deal of differ-
ence whether you're done in by
people who really hate you or by
people who just can't hear you
very well.

I know too that insofar as
Tara's lawsuit is about uncon-
scious and institutional racism,
we should all be named in it.
This is not a white guilt sermon.

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Plain Black & White

by Nadine Evette Curry

In my wildest dreams. I never
dreamed I would participate in a
march for Pro-Choice. Why?
Because as an African-American
woman, abortion is hardly ever
mentioned without one of your
family members or friends
looking at you as if you have lost
your mind. Unfortunately,
abortion is another issue that is
just plain Black and White.

For whom was I walking?
Let's get specific. Was I
walking for all women or white
women? Let's face it, the
average African-American
woman who has an unexpected
pregnancy cannot afford to have
an abortion. Not only will a
sister not have the funds, but she
usually does not have anyone to
turn to.

Why ? Because my sisters
live in a country in which health
care is not top priority. This
country has transformed health
care into a commodity. Only
people who can find the means
to pay the high insurance rates
and high hospital bills can afford
to have choice. Therefore,
poverty keeps my sisters from
having abortions, proper health
care, and counseling.

I look back at January 25 and
ask myself why I participated in
such a march. First, only two
sisters from Agnes Scott
including myself participated in
the pro-choice march. When we
arrived at the starting point of the
march, we counted on one hand
the African-American women
present. But it was not a surprise
to us, it was a hard reality.

The hard realities are that
most African-American women
are poor, single parents, and/or
politically inactive. The hard
realities are that our upbringing
promotes history, family, and
church. We know church
promotes life! The hard realities
are that our grandmothers and
mothers taught us how to be
mothers. Therefore, we have an
upbringing that promotes family
and responsibility.

But that responsibility does
not usually include abortion as a
resolution to an unexpected
pregnancy. Why? Because for
so many years our family was
sold on blocks naked, and our
families were separated by
bondage. It was important that
family tried to stay in touch and
close.

Perhaps, now that we have
some freedom we still cannot

just an acknowledgment that
institutions act from the collec-
tive understanding and will of
their members, and that it is
partly chance that puts the
actions of one teacher and two
administrators in focus and not
those of any three other salaried
employees.

The lawsuit exists because the
College meaning all of us
created an environment hostile in
many ways to black students,
failed to see that environment as
a cause of one student's anger.

misread her anger as physical
threat, and dealt with her in a
way that left her no other appeal.

Tara had a thorough psychiat-
ric exam December 12. The
psychiatrist's report is public
property, and it concludes "that
she is not a threat to herself or
others." and that her "current
mental state poses absolutely no
impediment to her reinstatement
as a student at Agnes Scott
College." Can't we just accept
this, un-ostracize her, and get on

(continued on page 6)

separate family. We still cannot
conceive killing a baby and/or
fetus because we had sex without
contraceptives or used contracep-
tives incorrectly. Perhaps our
families remember the time
when we did not have a choice
about having a baby or keeping a
baby in this country. It was not
too long ago that our slave
masters fathered our babies, sold
our babies, and killed our babies.

Because we have such a
history, we usually ar^ unable to
protest the laws concerning
abortion in this country without
guilt and uncertainty. Will this
ever change? Probably not.
Let's be realistic. This country
must first promote and provide
health care for its people. It must
concentrate on the poorer
communities in which good
health care is rare and expensive.

Affordable health care and
awareness is a must for African-
American women. Until this
country admits that these facts
and feelings are true, abortion
will always be the untouchable
for the African-American
woman.

Maybe there will come a time
when all women will understand
that we have choices about our
bodies and that we have a right
to exercise whatever we choose.
But until that day will come, I
will continue to search and fight
for answers and/or alternatives
for the African-American
woman.

Because abortion is such a
touchy and detailed topic. I was
unable to address every issue.
But perhaps I created a topic for
discussion. I would like to end
on a positive note: the National
Black Woman's Health Project
here in Atlanta deals with these
sensitive issues. If you have any
questions and/or concerns, you
do have someone to turn to.

Editorials

Page 6

The Profile

February 14, 1992

with our work?

Tara's anger seemed to prove
that she wasn't One of Us, and
her undistinguished academic
record didn't help her cause.
But now some of our very best
students, young black (and
white, and tan) women we have
been proud to call our own, as it
were, are making it clear that
when the chips are down, they
aren't One of Us either. We
can't change the place enough to
relieve their frustration without
also changing it enough to
relieve Tara's. That's the
simple truth of the matter. We
need institutional changes, some
of which I believe the institution
is m the process of committing
itself to: an Office (and
Director) of Multicultural
Affairs, new faculty hiring, a
full-fledged African-American
studies program, a serious look
at department curricula. But we
also need as human beings to
reexamine some of the basic
premises of our eyes and ears
and nerve endings and to
develop a sense of real urgency
about the work.

Ah, but you can't legislate
people's mind and hearts.
Maybe not, although the actions
of legislators and high officials
can certainly help set the tone of
public discourse. But I'm
talking about a shared effort at
change and growth. Scary as
the prospect may be, those are
the signs of a living organism; I
learned thafcn Sesame Street.
Right now we can integrate, but
not really incorporate, either
human diversity or a true
diversity of knowledge into the
life of the institution, because
our sense of reality is still
narrowly white rather than fully
human. (And I'm not talking
about "transcending race."
Transcend is code for ignore,
and only whites can do it with
impunity.} Imagine seeing the
world at sixty or seventy the
way you saw it at twenty or
thirty; that's a really scary
prospect. If you want to get
involved and aren't sure how, go
to Racism Free Zone.

Sincerely,
Steve Guthrie

I tear Editors:

When I read Professor
( aihcrmc Scott's commentary
on my earlier piece. '*( )ur
College Commumts * I was
particularly struck by her
statement:

I also think that Genovese's
rules tor debate (apprtn mgl\
cited b) Behan) are too onerous
for the classroom: demands for
plausible premises, logical
argument, and appeals to
evidence can be a sure-fire wa\

to stifle discussion. This is not
Agnes Scott Law School.

In my view. Professor
Genovese's rules stifle reckless,
bigoted, and irresponsible
discussion, but they constitute a
minimum condition for genuine
intellectual discussion. To
characterize them as "rules of
etiquette" suggests a misunder-
standing of the nature of
intellectual discussion. Yet
Professor Scott's conception of
intellectual discussion apparently
does not involve such rules, for
she informs us that Agnes Scott
College "is a place of intellectual
debate, not a charm school for
learning rules of etiquette
(southern or otherwise)".

If Professor Scott does not
insist upon plausible premises,
logical argument, and appeals to
evidence, how does her class-
room differ from a barroom or
Klan rally? Would Professor
Scott not "stifle discussion" by
insisting upon those rules if a
student in her classroom were to
assert the answering machine
quoted in her commentary ( is
a nigger-loving piece of shit")'. }
Apparently not. for she \\ rites:
"So I try to engage in vigorous
argument over these issues, and I
try to listen after all, it is her
right to speak, and more
important, she may be right!"
But in the absence of the
standards of plausible premises,
logical argument, and appeals to
evidence, how could a professor
determine whether a student's
position was "right"? Leaving
aside dh ine illumination, the
assertion in such circumstances
that a student's position "may be
right" would either be intellectu-
ally vacuous or would amount to
nothing more than that the
student's position was emotion-
ally satisfying, coincided with
currently orthodox views, or
agreed with the beliefs of the
professor.

Professor Scott mistakenly
assumed in her commentary that
I was criticizing the "politically
correct." In fact my criticism
was general. I wrote in my reply
to Professor Cochran that "]
worry about the quality of
thought and discussion at this
college." Professor Scott 's
conception of intellectual debate
and description of her classroom
practice illustrate that concern.

Yours sincerely,
David Behan

Dear Editor:

Although I am not a member
of the Agnes Scott Community I
nevertheless feel compelled to
express my utter disgust and
disapproval concerning recent
Administrative actions to dismiss
Tara Somerville from your
"institute" of higher learning.

Recent incidents concerning
this dismissal have made me
question the actions of those
"lily-white supremacist paper-
pushing bureaucratic slave
witches" (thanks Kim Compoc)
who dismissed Tara because she
was a threat to herself as well as
to the community. It seems
correct to suggest that the only
barm in this case is that imposed
by the administration in perpetu-
ating an atmosphere where
students pay $ 1 6,000 to be
miseducated. What the adminis-
tration is con finning via this
action is that Agnes Scott
College students, upon gradua-
tion, will be knowledgeable in
their major field of study as well
as the "art" of racist and unfair
attitudes. Perhaps the next step
for Deans Blanche and 1 [udson
and Dr. Pinka is that a require-
ment for graduation be. enroll-
ment in and completion of
"Racism I01"-an introduction to
life at Agnes Scott College to be
offered Monday through Sunday,
twenty-four hours a day.

Nevertheless, please let me
make clear that in no way do I
mean to suggest that all students
and faculty at ASC are bigoted.
Quite the contrary, I commend
those students and facult) alike
who have supported Tara in this
situation-perhaps at risk to then-
professional or academic
credibility. As many of you well
realize some things are just
important enough that this
potential must be outweighed in
the pursuit of justice.

Speaking of justice (for you
three aforementioned individuals
Webster's New World Dictio-
nar\ defines this word as "the
administration of that u Inch is
just. . .fair, impartial or right") an
assignment form last semester
comes to mind. The assignment
was for a history in which
student's were expected to
submit an example of pre factory
material for a book about the
history of African-Americans in
this country. Originally the title
of this my paper was "The
Injustice of Being Born Black"
in which I attempted to argue
that the history of African-
Americans was one character-
ized and permeated by a series of
unjust practices and attitudes
which blacks were forced to
contend with in their efforts to
become more than just a
commodity. However after
completing the assignment, I was
not quite content with its
substance and therefore rewrote
it and which I argued that the
history of African-Americans in
this country lie in our ability to
overcome most obstacles placed
before us. I ultimately got an "A"
on the paper. Regarding the
actions of the administration 1
would suggest that Tara "u ill
overcome... The Injustice of
Being Black" at Agnes Scott

College and her "A" is forth-
coming.

In conclusion I would like to
offer my thanks to the powers
that be for allowing me not to
attend Agnes Scott College. Call
it ridiculous but I would feel just
as well being graduated from
college without the "fortune" of
completing ""Racism 101". I'm
sorry Deans Blanche and
Hudson and Dr. Pinka but I
think I would prefer to skip that
class! Maybe other less-blinded
people at Agnes Scott (I know
that you are there) will respect-
fully request that this "course"
be discontinued. If nothing else
you must realize that college is a
business and businesses can not
sun ive b\ dismissing their
customers w hene\ er then-
customers have the misfortune
of having a bad day-Dr.
Watkins!

Good luck to all of you
people who are courageous
enough to withdraw from Deans
Blanche and Hudson and Dr.
Pinks\ course. 1 commend you!

Most truly,

Quanti E. Davis. '93

Student Government
Association Representative and
Parliamentarian.

P.S. To clear up one miscon-
ception-Tara is from
Leonardtown, Maryland and not
Baltimore. The two are a least
100 miles apart. Therefore the
next time the administration
dismisses someone from school
please MAKE SURE THE
TICKET IS AT LEAST TO
THE CORRECT DESTINA-
TION, come on boys and girls.

Letters To
The Editor
due by
February 21,
in Box 764

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February 14, 1992

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Page 7

Christy Jackson named NAIA Student Athlete.

Notes From Hell: V Day Is Back

by Bethany Blankenship

Staff Writer

Did you ever realize that the
initials for Valentine's Day
match those for venereal
disease? A definite irony rings
true as this year, by some strange
coincidence. National Condom
Week draws to -a close on
Valentine's Day. This should be
most suggestive to those of you
out there with significant others.

Remember in elementary
school when you gave those little
candy hearts to your friends that
read "Be my Valentine?" I
always wondered what the
requirements were for qualifying
as a "valentine."

Back then, boys who were
chosen as valentines were "cute,"
never "handsome." Girls who
were "valentines" were usually
"well-built." Even then, we all
knew who the popular girls
would be by the time puberty
rolled around.

Valentine's Day matured as
we entered junior high. The art
club sold and delivered carna-
tions to your special "valentine"
or maybe just the person you
were "going with."

(Remember that? I wasn't
asked too many times to "go
with" that "cute" guy, but when I
was, I always wanted to ask,
"Where?")

The flowers came in yellow,
"I'd like to get to know you
better," white, "1 like you," and
red, "I love you."

The only girl in school to ever
get red flowers was Michcle
Allen, the head cheerleader. I
think it was because she had big,

shall we say, gazungas. (Just
wait Michele. as soon as you hit
60, they're going to be sagging
down to your knees.)

The only time I got a flower
was when m\ friend Donnie,
who was a member of the art
club, gave me one of the left-
over, half-dead ones. I have to
tell you, it just wasn't the same.

In high school, my best friend
and I used to dress up in black on

V Day and exchange candy in
those tacky heart-shaped boxes
covered with mutant saran w rap-
like foil w uh the lovel) plastic

l oses pasted on the front.
Definitely a tradition 1 didn't
want to miss out on.

This year, though, by some
act of God, I actually have a
Valentine. I guess this means I
should get him a present.

But w hat is an appropriate
gilt for a Valentine? Roses?
Candy? Edible underwear?
Well, maybe that's a bit personal
but this flower/candy thing gets
really old. real I \ last.

My roommate happens to be
m the market lor a combination

V day/birthday present for her
Valentine. I think it was very
inconsiderate of her boyfriend to
be born on V Day. Then again,
he is a man and probably didn't
know any better.

After all, what kind of V Day
gifts do guys get their Valentines
anyway?

My roommate fondly
remembers a gift she received
from a young lad. Brad Archer,
in the fourth grade. It seems she
was so special to him that he
stole his mother's antique watch
for her. She told him she didn't

really like him anyway and
respectfully declined his gift.

Even better, my first gift from
a V Day admirer named Archie
Hinckley was a sample bottle of
"Babe" perfume. I gently
refused by kicking him in the
ankle and telling him I w asn't
"that kind of girl."

Another great V Day present I
saw given to a female from her
boyfriend was a normal-looking
bouquet of flowers encompass-
ing a large plastic heart contrap-
tion that, upon pressing a button,
tw u led around and played "Let
Me Call you Sweetheart." It was
the thought that counted ... and
nothing else.

Here's a hint to V Day
present-givers: keep it simple,
sweet, and expensive. Hard cash
is uot out of line here.

And if you find there fsn'l
anyone to receive a present from
your heart, fear not, for someday
there will be someone out there
w ho will want to give you roses
that wilt after the first day and
chocolates that melt in your hand
before they get to your mouth.

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Student Athlete Receives
National Recognition

by Shannon Ramker

Usually, not much national
recognition goes to Agnes Scott
athletics, but Christy Jackson has
brought a little to our campus.

Christy was named NAIA
Academic All-American for the
sport of soccer, a competitive
honor based on scholarship and
participation in sports. She is a
senior international relations major
with a 3.76 GPA, an amazing
achievement when you consider
her involvement in athletics.

Not only does she play soccer,
but Christ) participates in
basketball and soft ball as well.
She also works five hours a week
for the Athletic Department, where
her responsibilities include
intramurals.

Christy began playing soccer
this past fall season. She had been
running with the soccer team to
get in condition for basketball.

When Christy saw the soccer
team's need for a goalkeeper, she
decided to play. She works hard at
being the best and has become a
valuable asset to the team.

Being on the soccer team
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games per season, which occasion-
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ball and softball require an equal
amount of time.

This rigorous schedule demands
a high degree of commitment,
which must be shared with difficult
academics. But for Christ) .
academics and athletics go hand in
hand.

In an interview with the Dekall)
Sun. she said. "This shows you can
do both. ... It's not just athletics or
just academics; you can combine the
two. When you stay physically
active, it helps you mentally, gives
you energy, and helps with organi-
zational skills."

Christy truly deserves this award
for her dedication. Yet, she is
modest about her outstanding efforts
and recognizes the ability of the
team as a whole.

Also quoted in the Sun, Christy
said, "It's not only nice for me, but
it's good for the team and school.
I'm glad to bring some recognition
to Agnes Scott and to our soccer
team. It's a soccer award, and you
can't play soccer with just one
person. You need the ten other
people on the team."

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Jett's Mansion: Work On Your Dreams

Agnes Scott custodian Maryann Jett also preaches and runs own
business.

Plain and Simple Use A Condom

by Joy Farist
Staff Writer

It is 1992. You don't drink
when you have to drive. You wear
your seat belt whenever you're in a
car. That is, if you're not walking
to save gas and the air (and your
thighs). Of course you try to avoid
walking alone, and you know
smoking is deadly and that drugs
arc dumb.

Also, you think, "if I could just
cut back on fat and exercise a little
more." Lastly, you are politically
correct in everything you say. Well
then, maybe you'll live another day.
Whew, what a list!

Hey, what about something else
that you probably don't think much
about, even though it could be more
valuable to your life than whether
you eat an ice cream cone or opt for
an apple instead? USE A
CONDOM EVERY TIME YOU
HAVE SEX.

Sure, you are a responsible,
able-minded college student who
already knows (and, we hope, does)
that. Then why is the annual
number of cases of sexually
transmitted diseases on the rise?

Why, if everyone is using their
know ledge properK . arc there 1 2
milium STD cases reported each
year and o\cr 196,000 AIDS cases
in the U.S. alone? {New m cck.
December^ 1991 >

Probably, people simply are not

taking precautions to protect
themselves from preventable yet
serious and sometimes fatal
diseases.

The best protection available,
other than abstinence, is a latex
condom containing spermicide
nonoxynol-9, which kills the AIDS
virus.

It is important that the condoms
are made from latex, since natural
skins do not protect against
transmission of the virus (U.S.
News & World Report, December
16, 1991).

On the ASC campus, condoms
are available for a quarter (at least,
25 cents are supposed to be paid)
in the quickly-emptied condom
boxes in the laundry rooms.

Based on the speed of the
condoms' disappearance, wise
Agnes Scott women must be using
their knowledge about the dangers
that are present in any sexual
activity.

If you are not using condoms
and are sexually active, read this
list of common excuses compiled
by Mary Uu Christiansen of ASC
Health Services.

See if your excuse(s) is (arc)
listed here and then ask yourself if
it seems valid the next day when
you could be living with the
consequences.

I only date nice people.

We've dated each other for six
months, one year. etc. and are

by Dianne O'Donnell

Occasionally you meet a
truly remarkable woman a
woman who has lived through
shattering lows and glorious
highs and who has. through faith
and vision, created a life of
beauty.

Maryann Jett is one of these
remarkable women, and she is a
custodial worker right here at
Agnes Scott.

Jett was working tor the
Chapel of Praise Evangelistic
Center when friend Lucille
Dubose told her about a job
opening here. She says she has
enjoyed her first year here.

But Jett's work docs not
begin and end with Agnes Scott.
I [er motto is "work towards
your vision," and work she does.
Jett runs her own professional
cleaning business and. most
important to her. she runs a
ministry .

"Mary Jett Ministries"' has a
radio program, the "Special
Miracle Broadcast." every
Tuesday at 2:45 p.m. on WGUN
1010 AM.

She o\ ersees a mission in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she
went to minister six years ago.
Jett's three children, now grown.

faithful.

I've never had an infection.

I'm on the pill.

Condoms are uncomfortable.

Condoms are not spontaneous

we don't want to interrupt
lovemaking.

They smell bad.

I'm embarrassed to buy them.
I 'm embarrassed to ask my

partner to use them.

I'm afraid to ask my partner to
use them.

I don't know how to put them
on.

My partner refuses to use them.

I wasn't planning to have sex, so
I didn't have one.

If you're still not convinced,
here are some statistics to reinforce
why you should always use a
condom:

34 percent of college males
say they have lied to get sex.

50 percent of men and 25
percent of women say they would
lie about how many people they
have slept with.

63 percent of venereal
disease cases occur in people under
the age of 25.

70 percent of AIDS cases
result from heterosexual activity.

If you wish to increase your
know ledge of the consequences of
unprotected sex, a wealth of
literature on STDs and AIDS is
available. Just pick up a couple of
magazines and flip through them.

helped her in her calling.

Jett's faith has been tested and
has grown strong under enor-
mous pressure. She tells the
meaning of her life in the story
of 'The House That Nobody
Wanted." or "Jett's Mansion."

When Jett's children were
very young, the family lived in a
house on Haas Avenue in
Atlanta. Next door was a wreck
of a house. For one dollar, as a
donation to her ministr) . the
ow ner sold the house to Jett.

Upon inspection, the house
seemed hopeless. There was no
glass in the w indow s. and
pigeons were roosting inside.

The porch was collapsed, and
only sticks held up its roof. The
w [ring and plumbing had been
destroyed. It seemed obvious
that the house was a lost cause.

When Jett's marriage broke
up, financial problems escalated.
One week before Christmas, Jett
and her children were c\ ieted
from their house and put out on
the street.

For over two years they lived
and cooked in one hotel room.
Jett was pastoring in a small
storefront church, but the
offerings barely covered the
church bills.

Then Jett began to have a
dream. She dreamed that she
and her children lived in the one-
dollar house. "Oh, no," thought
Jett. "not that big old ugly
house."

But. as Jett says, "the Lord
began to deal with me. in
dreams, about the house that
one day it would be called Jett's
Mansion."

One week she was unable to
pay her rent, and she and her
children were again evicted.
"Okay. God." said Jett. and
moved her famil) into the old
ugly house.

The family lived in one room,
sleeping on concrete, burning
an\ thing that would burn in the
fireplace, and cooking on the
ashes.

Says Jett: "God began to deal
with me about how the house
could look."

"God," replied Jett at the
time, "you got to be kidding.
The walls arc all torn out.
ceilings falling down, no walls in
the back of the house, pigeons
living in the laundr) room, no
plumbing and no light fixtures."

1 lowe\ er, as the \ ision
unfolded, she began to work to
make it come true.

Neighbors complained, and
the Cit) of .Atlanta tried to tear
the "eyesore" down, but Jett
resisted and kept on working.

Her building materials were
all \ou\k\ at demolition sites or
donated. Hitch-hikers worked
for which preachers had
donated.

Friends helped fix the
plumbing and wiring.

(continued on page 9)

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February 14, 1992

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Global Travellers Say "Hello" From Japan

by Priscilla Jaggers

Konichiwa!

Well,. ..we're back from the
grand land of JAPAN and this
Global Awareness trip was
totally awesome!

We boarded JAL (Japanese
Airlines) on December 27, 1991,
for the 20-day trip, which
included the cities Nagoya,
Kyoto and Tokyo.

Our group of 22 students
initialed the cross-cultural and
educational exchange program
between Agnes Scott College
and Kinjo Gakuin University , a
women's college in Nagoya,
Japan.

Our itinerary included
fourteen days in Nagoya. Seven
days were spent in a typical
businessman's hotel, and the
second week in a homestay visit
hosted by the families of
daughters attending Kinjo
College.

The hotel stay allowed us
plenty of time to explore the city
at our own pace. Some used

Jett

(continued fivm page 8)

Jett worked steadily, one
room at a time, with the spiritual
support of her friend Sister
Ruby, who was like a mother to
her and helped "pray the house
together."

Jett's friend and secretary for
her ministry, Jean Davis, donated
furniture and home accessories
from her mother's estate. Jett
believes in miracles, and
miraculously, everything that
w as needed appeared.

After five years of hard work,
Jett proudly placed a sign in
front of her house "Jett's
Mansion." The two-story
colonial has eleven rooms and
three full baths.

Red roses spill over a white
picket fence enclosing a neat,
green yard. In the back is a full
sun-deck and a swimming pool.
The house is painted a cheerful
blue w ith crisp white trim.

The neighbors who once
laughed at Jett had decided to
join her. and many fixed up then-
own homes.

The City of Atlanta, im-
pressed, used Jett's Mansion as a
model for urban development.
She eventually sold the house for
a good profit and bought a new
home in Lithonia, but still, at
times, she misses Jett's Mansion.

Inspiration might be found at
458 Haas Avenue in Southeast
Atlanta. When the hard times
hit, Jett says "Don't lose your
dream or vision; just work on it."

taxis with meticulous interiors
and white-gloved drivers.

Some ventured the subway
system with its multi-colored
maps to various shrines and
temples.

Others walked, using the TV
tower as a landmark, eating and
drinking traditional foods.

Japan was in the midst of
preparing for the New Year, and
many of the buildings were
traditionally decorated. The
whole city virtually shut down
lor six days in honor of the New
Year, yet we continued to use
every moment to absorb its
sights and sounds.

We also had the unique
opportunity of being in Japan at
the same time as President Bush.

During the second week, our
homestav visit began, which
plunged us directly into the
Japanese lifestyle. Our host
families provided transportation,
prepared traditional and western
foods, and entertained us until
we left Nagoya. Friendships

were made that will last for a
lifetime.

After four days in Kyoto we
traveled to Tokyo on the famous
Bullet Train and saw Mount Fuji.

Tokyo was all we had heard
about and more. We all kept
journals; also brought by group
members were cameras, three
camcorders and one tape
recorder. We bought plenty of
souvenirs, including t-shirts that
sa\ "Hard Rock Cafe, Tokyo."

Some of us even met Ramsey
Lewis, one of America's premier
jazz pianists, and his band at the
Blue Note Club, compliments of
Lewis himself. So what can we
say, but that Japan was truly
awesome!

Keep looking for more
articles about our trip. We have
many more exciting and
informative things to tell you.
We are also planning to have
several presentations on campus
that we hope will inspire you to
take the next trip to Japan. Sah-
YOH-nah-rah! (Good-bye!)

Externship '92 Reports
Great Success

by Janelle Bailey
Staff' Writer

Have you participated in an
externship? No? Then I guess
you weren't one of the 70
externs sponsored by CP&P this
year. And if you are, congratula-
tions! A record number partici-
pated in this year's program.

So, if it wasn't you that did an
externship, who was it? Well,
there were 16 seniors, 14 juniors,
19 sophomores, 16 first-year
students, and five Return-to-
College students. With these
numbers, there's a good chance
you know one of this year's
externs.

In case you're reading this
and quickly getting lost, let me
tell you what an externship is.
You spend one week in January
at a job. sometimes sponsored by
an alumna, sometimes not.

Here you will either observe
or actuall) perform some of the
daily responsibilities of the
occupation. The externship is
especially good for deciding
against a certain job or field or
for further investigating a career
choice.

What kind of externships are
available, you ask. Lots. I reply.
This year's most popular areas
were health (17), communica-
tions and the arts (17), law and
politics (10), education (9), and
business (9).

And if you look at the
possibilities and don't like what
you see, Laurie Nichols will
work with you to try to set up
what you're looking for.

This year one student invested
millions of dollars during her
externship. Another led museum
tours and suggested exhibits in a
new museum. Two students
performed their own medical lab
tests that would have cost $700
had they been patients.

During her externship with
the Democratic Party of Georgia,
Jessica Carey wrote an instruc-
tion manual for Democratic
office-seekers. In other
externships. many students were
present for childbirth, both
natural 1\ and by Caesarian
section.

Senior Eve Allen externed
w ith the Crossroads
Psychoeducational Program in
Griffin, Georgia. This
externship w as sponsored by
Debby Daniel-Bryant '79. Allen
says she feels her externship was
good experience and helped in
her career decisions.

"Working with alumnae, you
learn about the Lifestyle around
the occupation, not just the
occupation itself," Allen said.

Does any of this sound
interesting to you? Then think
about participating in next year's
externship program, and broaden
your career horizons!

Perspectives

compiled by Brooke Parish

HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE (OR AVOID)
VALENTINE'S DAY?

Kim Sulli\ an.

Class of 1993:
We (my boyfriend and I) do
whatever I want to do.

Theresa Hoenes,
Class of 1994:
Valentine's Day to me
has always been too ^
depressing. So many people
don't have a "love."
Besides, everyone should
express their love 365 days a
year.

Susan Freeman,
Class of 1993:
Hope for roses but don't
get them. If I happen to have
a boyfriend he usually
"doesn't believe in
Valentine's Day" so usually
I'm S.O.L. To sum it up
it's a downer day.

Bethany Graham,
Class of 1995:
This year, I plan to party
with my single friends on
Valentine's Day. Drown
our sorrows with ... Diet
Coke.

Jennifer Bruce,
Class of 1992:
Working at Holy Trinity
Women and Children's
Shelter we're having a
Valentine's Party!

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tion to grace the stage of Winter
Theatre will be Edward
Graczyk's well-known comic
drama Come Back to the 5 &
Dime. Jimmy Dean. Jimmy Dean.

Set in the small west Texas
town of McCarthy, the play
features eight women who have
come together to celebrate the
anniversary of James Dean's
death since the filming of Giant
in their town.

The play, according to Theater

r:

Department head Becky Prophet,
"looks at how people relate to each
other/*

John Stevens, artistic director at
Theatre Gael in Atlanta, will be
directing the show.

The cast includes Angela Miller
as Juanita, Tracy Walker as Mona,
Britton McMullian as Sissy,
Stephanie Barbian-Greene as
Stella May and Georgia Fuller as
Edna Louise.

Becky Nowlin will portray
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by Sandee McGlaun
Contributing Editor

Reynolds Price's Full Moon,
Horizon Theatre's newest
production, is a charming if
languid piece. Billed as a
"sensuous Southern love story."
Full Moon is the tale of two
young lovers' struggle to decide
whether or not to "forsake all
others" and commit themselves
to marriage.

Kerney Bascomb) Mary Lou
Newcott) is a prickly, indepen-
dent young women who wants
someone w ho w ill "jump in her
car and start her engine"; at the
very least, she is hoping for a
boy w ho "doesn't quite turn
(her) stomach. Kip Patrick (Matt
Magill) is an earnest young man,
eager to many Kerney, but
unsure that he can or is willing to
give up his black mistress. Ora
Lee.

Kerney demands that Kip
leave Ora Lee behind; Kip wants
Kemey to promise him her hand
in marriage if he does, from the
opening scenes in the play, the
two are swearing oft. battling
indecision and trying to make
certain of their love. Magill and
Newcott as Kip and Kerney,
respectively , are energetic,
ardent young lovers. Kemey
constantly seems to slip out of
Kip's grasp, both physicall) and
orally, her sharp tongue a
dangerous weapon.

However, a little more
chemistry between the two
actors, a stronger, more consis-
tent, persistent connection. Kip
at times; it w as almost hard to
believe she had deep feelings tor
him or that she really struggled.

Overall, the cast was strong,
Keena Redding as Ora Lee and
Marge Moorer as her mother
Sarah presented a formidable
challenge to keep and his desire
to behave "honorably," both in
terms of supporting Ora Lee's
(and possibly his) son. and
keeping his promise to Kerne y.
Kip and Kerney \ lathers
avoided giving ad\ ice to their
respective children.

The most enjoyable scene of
the play takes place on the
Patricks' porch, when Kernev
brings her father to speak with
Kip and his lather. The classic
nobody-know-w hat-to-say-
conversation punctuated by long.

delightfull) awkward silences
filled with much staring at the
porch-floor and fingernails, and
several "Yep, sure is hot ".

The greatest disappointment of
Full Moon was the script itself.
Langour is very "Southern." but
Price languished too much. Then
language of the play w as often
repetitious and heavy.

Granted, when humans debate
momentous issues and fate great
indecision, they tend to rational-
ize and repeat observations in
order to convince themselves or
each other, but the stage cannot
enjov the luxury of circular
reasonings without losing its
audience.

All of the actors made a
valiant effort to speak the
unwield) language as natural 1) as
possible, but the script's wordi
ness frequentl) slowed the show 's
pace to a crawl. Unnecessary
repetitions dragged even the first
scene out, and the first act seemed
twice as long as the second. The
amount of scene changes
demanded by the script also
caused a large amount of "w ail
time" between scenes as set
pieces were moved into place.

Perhaps it is unfair to be so
hard on the playwright, but Price
not only languished so long he
gave me the fidgets, he wasted
people a great personal pet peeve.
There are not small roles, only
small actors, but the appearance
of the deceased mothers of Kip
and Kerney in a brief dream
sequence seemed superfluous.

The memory of the dream is a
major factor in Kemey \ decision,
but it is described in such great
detail in the second act that I can't
help hut wonder if it would he
more effective to leave the
picturing to the dream to the
audience's imagination.

I imagine I am being a bit
pretentious in re-writing Price's
script for him; maybe I just have a
short attention span. Full Moon is
Southern and love Story, and
while it falls short of being
passionate!} sensuous, it is a
charming, bittersweet portrait of
young lovers and love. Hori/ons

production is an enjoyable

evening's entertainment and
would be a unique complement to
Valentine's weekend.

Full Moon will run through
February 16th.

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February 10, 1992

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Page 11

Candlelight and Giggles Set
Atmosphere at Coffee House

by Lisa Anderson

The three-man acoustical
band The Remaining Few
quickly established a rapport
with their Agnes Scott audience
when they were featured at one
of this semester's first Wednes-
day evening Coffee Houses, a
new ASC tradition.

The group's members
Greg Roth, manager, vocalist,
and guitarist; Brian Matson,
vocalist and guitarist; and Phil
Dutra, vocalist and "rhythm egg
maestro" met at New York
University as seniors.

Although they have only been
in Atlanta for about five months,
the group is quickly developing a
large following.

The Alston Center's new
snack bar set-up allowed for
candlelight seating, in addition to
the lovely couches on the sides,
of course.

For the opening set the band
chose the theme of love. "Love
the One You're With," was the
first of the set. As the band
began to sing the audience

giggled, glancing at their
roommates and friends who had
joined them lor the Coffee
House.

Greg commented that the
song "brought an unexpected
twist" and was "a good ice
breaker" for the Agnes Scott
crowd.

The next songs in the "love"
set also brought giggles and
laughter from the band's first all-
female audience. Realizing that
this was how the evening would
progress, the band quipped,
"Maybe this is how Johnny Cash
felt when he sang at San
Quenten."

Brian, Greg and Phil appreci-
ated the attentive audience and
hope to be invited to perform for
our sober crowd again. My
sources say that we may invite
them back sometime soon.

But if you need a quick fix of
The Remaining Few, they will
be playing at Emory "soon" and
at Good 01' Days in Buckhead
on March 6 and 7 (bring your
ID).

Worlds Clash in
Herbert's Dune

by Tonya Smith

Staff writer

Originally published in 1965,
Frank Herbert's Dune is now a
twenty-seven year-old classic in
the science fiction world. It is an
intricate novel with captivating
characters and exhilarating plot
lines.

The first in a series of six
Dune Chronicles, Dune begins
an incredible saga of universal
struggles for political, religious,
and personal power between the
Imperium, the I louse
Harkonnen, and the leader/
messiah of the Fremen, a
powerful people native to a
crucial l\ important planet in the
scheme of the universe. Arrakis.

Arrakis, also known as Dune,
is a place of utter dryness and
desolation, and the sole source of
the most important substance in
the universe the spice
melange.

Dune centers around Paul
Atreides, heir-apparent to the
Dukedom of House Atreides,
and a boy with a "terrible
. purpose."

Only fifteen at the novel's
opening, Paul is a highly
intelligent, commanding man
embodied within the sweet
innocence of a young boy.

From birth, he has been
trained in the ways of the Bene

Gesserit religion of which his
mother, the Lady Jessica, is a
lifelong student.

The sisters of Bene Gesserit
hope that Paul is their Kwisatz
Haderach, the product of many
centuries of genetic engineering
overseen by the Bene Gesserit
council.

More immediate, however, is
the political situation that the
Atreides face. The Emperor has
ordered the House Atreides to
leave their fief on the paradise
planet of Caladan and take
power from their mortal en-
emies, the 1 [arkonnens, on
Arrakis. The order is an obvious
trap, but the Atreides have no
choice but to enter it.

Regardless of the fate of
House Atreides, it is clear from
the first days on Arrakis that this
planet holds the destiny of Paul
Atreides. Paul is the nexus of
Dune. All roads lead to him.

Though many subplots mix
within the novel, Herbert is able
to weave them together, to feed
them off of one another. In so
doing, he keeps the story
centered where it might other-
wise have become muddled and
confusing.

The intricacies of Dune make
it a novel to be read over and
over again, and enjoyed more
fullv with each reading.

The Remaining Few charmed Coffee House audience..

Futuristic Freejack Lacking in Acting Quality

by Jennifer Garlen

Staff writer

Freejack, the new Warner
Brothers release, promises a lot
but fails to deliver. Starring
Emilio Estevez as a race car
driver who is saved from death
to be the new body of a wealthy
unknown in the future, the film
boasts a cast that should have
something for everyone.

Renee Russo as Estevez's
girlfriend and Anthony
(Hannibal the Cannibal) Hopkins
as her boss in the future are only
the top of a long list of notables,
including Mick J agger, David
( Buster Poindexter) Johansen,
and Amanda Plummer. On
paper, at least, u looks like a
great film.

Unfortunately, great names
and great acting are not one and
the same. Mick J agger is a
complete failure as an actor,
owing partly to his trademark
pout, and parti) to the fact that

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he isn't pretending to be
anybody but Mick Jagger.

Anthony Hopkins, sadly, is
unimpressive as well; his
smoothly sinister character never
strikes fear into the viewer or
gives anybody goosebumps.
Estevez and Russo are similarly
disappointing.

The only really meritorious
portrayal is that of Amanda

Plummer, whose futuristic nun is
simply hysterical.

The film's plot, based on the
novel Immortality, Inc. by
Robert Sheckley, has many
possibilities but no real value.
The film can boast one interest
ing feature, though; it was filmed
right here in Atlanta, and several
well-known landmarks are
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February 14, 1992

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

For more information about
the following, call the College at
371-6294.

An Artist's Response to the
Discovery of the New World, the
first show of 1992 in the Dalton
Gallery, celebrates the 500th
anniversary of the Columbus
voyages. It will run through
March 8.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art

For more information, call
892-4444.

/// Honor of Black History
Month: Bill Traylor Drawings
will be on display through
October 1 1 . This exhibition is
drawn from the museum's own
collection.

Prints for the People:
Associated American Artists will
be shown through May 24.
These pieces depict various
aspects of the American experi-
ence.

Memory and Metaphor: 7 he
An of Romai c Bearden. 1940-
I9H7 is the first major exhibition
of works by African-American
artist Romare Bearden. It opens
February 25 and will run through

May 3. To complement this
exhibit, the museum will show
On Art and Artists: Romare
Bearden in Hill Auditorium on
February 27 at 3 p.m.

Corot to Monet: the Rise of
Landscape Painting in France
will be on display through March
29. In conjunction with this
exhibit, the Atlanta Chamber
Players will perform at the
museum on February 23.

Atlanta College of Art: for
more information, call 898-1 157.

In collaboration with Amnest)
International USA, the college
will present the nationally touring
exhibit of photography, FORCED
OUT: The Agony of the Refugee
in Our l ime through February 25.

The TULA Foundation will
present Lullaby, an installation by
Thomasine Bradford at the TULA
Foundation gallery. It will
continue through February 16.
For further information, call 35 1 -
355 1

The Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center w ill host the gallery
opening of Cabbagetown
Portraits: 1980-91, an exhibit of
photographs by Oraien Catledge,
on February 25. The exhibit will
be on display until March 20. For
more information, call 872-5338.

The Arts Connection will

have various works by Olivia
Thomason and by Don McCance
on display during the month of
February. For more information,
call 237-0005.

Theater

Horizon Theatre Company

presents the Atlanta premiere of
Full Moon, a sensuous love story
by acclaimed novelist Reynolds
Price. The show runs through
February 16. Call 584-7450 for
more information.

Neighborhood Playhouse
will present Love From a
Stranger, a suspense thriller by
Agatha Christie, through
February 15. For ticket informa-
tion, call 373-531 I.

Jomandi Productions will
present Spunk in honor of
African-American history and
achievement. The show consists
of three short stories by Zora
Neale Hurston adapted to the
stage by George C. Wolfe, and it
will run through March 1 at the
14th Street Playhouse.

DramaTech, Georgia Tech's
theater group, will present
George Bernard Shaw's Major
Barbara as a part of their
International Theatre Festival.
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For more information about the
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Taste Superior
Pizza at Upper

by Jennifer Garlen
Staff writer

Offering an illusor) outdoor
cafe atmosphere and wonderful
service. The Upper Crust almost
merits a visit without the lure of
its specialty, the stuffed pizza.

Unlike the average pizza, Phe
Upper Crust version serves the
toppings as fillings, stuffed
between the traditional crust and
the unique "upper crust.**

The sauce is served over the
top and at first dance seems a bit

odd. but the formula results in an
exceptional pizza which is well
worth the tairl> moderate cost.

Pizza may be ordered in an
individual size or in traditional
si/es. but the wise choice is to
order less, as the pizza is very
filling.

Also on the menu are the
usual appetizers and some more

In conjunction with Black
History Month. Dr. Alton
I lornsby Jr., a professor at
Morehouse College, w ill lecture
on his new book. Chronology of
African-Amcnum History, The
lecture will take place on
February 17 from 7 to - p.m.

Slice of
Crust

interesting fare, including some
excellent pasta chips, which are
actually deep-fried pieces of
lasagna noodles sej ved w nh

salsa.

Dessert includes the ever-
present cheesecake and some
other tasty bits. A note to the
legal . howe\ei: I he beer selection
is rather limited, offering onl\ a
few domestic brands and
( orona.

The Upper Crust is located
near Tower Records. ne\t to
Lenox Mall. It is open until 10
pm on weeknights and until
midnight on Friday and Satur-
day.

Restaurant review s w ill he

appearing regularly in the
Profile henceforth. If you would

like to sec a particular restau-
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w rite a review yourself, please
contact the author or the Profile.

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The Profile

The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, February 28, 1992

Volume 78. Issue 8

Proposed Office of Multicultural Affairs Spurs Heated Debate

Rep Council members Tracy Peavy, Deborah Walters and Meredith Jolly, and Lieutenant Amy
Lanier put their heads together at the forum.

Computing
Agnes Scott

by Kavitha Mathew

Imagine the possibility of
being able to find out campus
events and even homework
assignments from a computer in
your dorm room. This possibil-
ity will become a reality if a
recent proposal by Tom Maier.
Director of Academic Comput-
ing, and Rob Thies, Director of
Computing and Information
Systems, comes into being.

This project involves an
entirely new computer system
that includes such features as
voice mailboxes and electronic
mail.

Students would be able to
receive information from other

Proposal to Bring
Into 21st Century

colleges and universities
nationwide. Faculty members
would also be able to interact
with colleagues and to contact
large data bases at other univer-
sities.

If approved, this project will
affect the entire campus in many
ways; support is the key element
needed in order for it to succeed.
Currently, the Board of Trustees
agree that Agnes Scott's
computer technology needs to be
Upgraded, and the) have lent
their full support to the project.

Three consultants from
EDUCOM have been called in
to review the plan. EDUCOM
provides low-cost consultation
services in the area of educa-

tional computing for its member
colleges and universities.

Copies of the document
containing the details of the plan
w ill soon be available in the
library.

The goal of the project is to
improve facilities for the students.
Since the project is still in the
planning stage, students have the
opportunity to help create the
project v\ ith their personal
interests in mind.

On March 5 from 12:30 and
2:30, an open session will be held
in the faculty/staff dining room to
answer any questions regarding
this project. Strong student
support will help to ensure the
success of this endeavor.

Agnes Scott Community to Celebrate
International Women 's Day

People across the world will
celebrate women's unique
contributions and lives in honor
of International Women's Day
on Sunday, March 8. The entire
ASC community is invited to
share in the week's festivities.

Activities will be co-spon-
sored by Students for Feminist
Awareness, the Christian
Association, Witkaze, Chimo,
the Lesbian/Bisexual Alliance,

the Women's Studies Depart-
ment and the Department of
Student Activities.

Notably, this is perhaps the
first time that such a broadly
based coalition has collaborated
on organizing such an event,
which will celebrate women's
differences and similarities.

ASC Women's Fest organiz-
ers desire that each student feel
her experience as a woman to be

cause for celebration. Women's
experiences are as multitudinous
as the number of women, and
the) are all equally worth) of
recognition.

The festivities will kick off on
Monday, March 9, with convo-
cation in the gazebo, where an
open mike will be set up.
Students, faculty, staff and
administration are invited to

(continued on page 2 )

by Dawn Sloan

Contributing Editor

A forum called to determine
student opinion on the proposed
Office of Multicultural Affairs
brought out many students'
emotions.

Last December, Rep Council
passed a resolution calling for "a
deliberate and intensive consider-
ation of the meaning of authentic
community in a residential,
academic setting such as Agnes
Scott."

This resolution came in
response to the anger which
erupted as a result of Tara
Somen' i lie's removal from
Agnes Scott.

*As a part of this "intensive
consideration," Rep Council has
recommended the creation of an
Office of Multicultural Affairs.

One of the questions raised at
the forum concerned the power
anyone serving as Director of
Multicultural Affairs would have.

Students wanted to know if a
person in this position would
serve as an advocate of students'
rights, thus answering to students,
or if this person would be
responsible to the administration.

Although any head of an
office on a college campus must
work with both students and the
administration, one student
pointed out that anyone assuming
the responsibilities of this office
should provide "a clearer voice"
for students and should "be a
strong advocate above and
beyond the multitude of student
voices."

The director "must have the
power to say 'you did something
wrong' without fear of retalia-
tion" b) the administration.

One suggestion for ironing out
the details of this office has been
to contact other colleges with
similar departments.

A search committee including

students from the various
minority groups on campus
would be responsible for talking
with applicants for the position
and with students from other
schools in order to determine the
characteristics and effectiveness
of other multicultural affairs
programs.

During the discussion of how
to develop a job description for
this position. Dean of Students
Gue Hudson mentioned that she
has already contacted Karen
Green, former Director of Student
Activities at Agnes Scott.

"Ms. G.." as she was known
here, left Agnes Scott in the fall
of 1 990 to assume the position of
Director of Multicultural Affairs
at Hamilton College in New
York. She is faxing a copy of her
job description to Hudson.

Although many students Pelt
that this office should serve the
dual purpose of meeting the
needs of ethnic students and of
educating the rest of the campus
about the various cultures sharing
this campus, others disagreed.

One student remarked that it
should not be a function of an
Office of Multicultural Affairs to
educate the Agnes Scott campus,
saying, "you should take the
responsibility upon yourself to
educate yourself!"

This proposal gave way to a
discussion of the difference
between the words "minority"
and "multicultural."

Although a distinct lesbian
culture exists on the Agnes Scott
campus, it was implied at this
forum that sexual orientation has
no relation to culture, and that
therefore the language of this
proposed office should be
directed solely toward ethnic
cultures as opposed to minority
groups.

For many, however, the idea

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Inside This Issue

Editorials

Our vision of the Office of Multicultural Affairs
Page 5

Features

Dr. Huberts talks about early civil rights at Agens Scott
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Arts & Entertainment

An interview with John Stephens
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News

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The Profile

Friday, February 28, 1992

New Trustees Include G.W. Scott Descendant With "Perky" Wife

Press Release

Agnes Scott College has
named three new members to its
Board of Trustees. Sara
Vagliano of Norfolk, Connecti-
cut; George Branch of Atlanta;
and Dan West of Waukesha,
Wisconsin, filled vacancies on
the Board and assumed their
responsibilities in January.

Sara Ector Vagliano, a '63
Agnes Scott graduate, is
currently the editor of the The
French American Review and
has taught at the Universities of
Virginia and Georgia, Princeton
University, and Universite de
Lille in Lille, France.

She received her graduate
degrees in French Literature
from the University of Virginia
and has served on the Council on
Foreign Relations and the Board

of Directors of Planned Parent-
hood of Connecticut, where she
resides.

George S. Branch, an attorney
with King & Spalding, received
his undergraduate degree from
Yale University in 1970 and his
law degree from the University
of Virginia Law School in 1974.

He is a former director of the
Howard School and a former
trustee of the Atlanta Botanical
Garden, and he currently serves
on the Board of Directors of
Flagler, Inc.

Dan C. West is president of
Carroll College in Wisconsin and
the former president of Arkansas
College, both Presbyterian
institutions.

He also serves as the vice
chairman of the Council of
Independent Colleges, is a
member of the Committee on

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Higher Education of the Presbyte-
rian Church (U.S.A.), and has
served as an executive committee
member and secretary of the
National Association of Indepen-
dent Colleges and Universities.

West has studied at and
received his degrees from Harvard
University, Union Theological
Seminar, Austin College, and
Vanderbilt University.

Two more trustees were named
to the Board during its January
meeting. James Wallace Daniel of
Georgia Duck and Cordage Mill
and Gay McLawhorn Love, an
active Atlanta civic and commu-
nity volunteer and business-
woman, will assume their respon-
sibilities in May.

Wallace Daniel is a textile
engineering graduate of the
Georgia Institute of Technology
and the current Vice President of

the Belting Division and Director
of the Georgia Duck and
Cordage Mill, the largest
vertically integrated belting
manufacturer in the United
States.

Daniel's civic service
includes work with the DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce and the
Decatur Rotary Club, and as a
trustee for Georgia Area
Presbyterian Homes.

His wife, Elinor "Perky"
Daniel, is a 1974 ASC graduate.
Daniel is also a direct descendant
of the founder of Agnes Scott
College, Colonel George
Washington Scott.

Gay McLawhorn Love chairs
the board of Printpack, Inc., of
Atlanta, one of the largest
manufacturers of flexible
packaging in the U.S.

Her dedicated service to

Atlanta civic and cultural
concerns includes work as a
trustee for Columbia Theological
Seminary, Westminster Schools,
Woodruff Arts Center, Wesley
Woods Geriatric Hospital, and
the Atlanta Symphom Orchestra
League.

Love is also an elder at
Trinity Presbyterian Church,
where she serves as a trust fund
trustee. As well as being a
member of various clubs and
organizations, she has chaired
the Atlanta Heart Ball and will
co-chair the 1992 Piedmont
Hospital Ball.

Love's bachelor's degree in
English and education is from
Duke University in Durham.
North Carolina. She is the
mother of six and widow of the
late Erskine Love, Agnes Scott
trustee from 1977 to 1987.

Prospective Students Compete for Scholarships

by Janelle Bailey
Contributing Editor

Over 60 prospective students
competed for Agnes Scott
scholarships in this year s
Scholar's Weekend.

According to Ginger Patton-
Schmitt, approximately 2 L )()
students applied for scholarships,
but only 89 were invited for
interviews as semi-finalists.
Sixty-six of the invited students
attended Scholar's Weekend.

Scholarships range from
$2,000 to $ 1 0,000 per year. The

number available and amount for
each is dependent upon the
number of applicants and the
recommendations of the Office
of Admissions.

The format of this year's
Scholar's Weekend was some-
what different than it had been in
the past. Formerly there were
two weekends held. Scholar's
and Honors Weekends. This
year, however, only one event
u as held.

"Our goal was to make it a
little different, a little smaller, to
make it a little more special" for

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the participants, said Patton-
Sehmitt.

She also said the inten ie\\ s
this year had more stringent
guidelines and some specific
questions asked of everyone, in
order to make the competition
both more serious and more
uniform.

Prospective students, when
not interviewing, could attend
sessions on financial aid,
athletics or volunteerism, or a
scientific demonstration. They
attended a concert by Joyful
Noise and then had a banquet
dinner at the Ritz-Carlton.

Women's Day

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share stories, poetry, or anything
else, or just to lounge on the grass
and listen.

On Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., dinner/
discussions will be held in the
Faculty/Staff Dining Room.
Women from on and off campus
will be invited to speak on the
topics of international women, the
national black women's health
project, and lesbians of color.

CA has planned a discussion
with clergy women for Kyrios on
Monday night in the chapel
lounge.

The festivities culminate on
Wednesday with a women's
bazaar in the quad and lunch in the
CLC gardens with live music.

In addition, on Saturday,
March K, Spelman College is
hosting Difficult Dialogues. Kim
Compoc and Dr. Bemita Berry
will be a part of the program.

News

Friday, February 28, 1992 The Profile Page 3

Concerned Students Lend
Support to Holy Trinity Shelter

by Melanie Effler

For one week of February,
groups d!" faculty , students, and
staff spent their nights at the
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Shelter for Women and Children,
which is operated by the Decatur
Cooperative Ministry.

Seven groups worked at the
shelter during this week-long
period. These groups included
the Decatur Young Alumnae,
Mortar Board, Interdorm,
Volunteer Board. Christian
Association. FFA, and RSO.

On Saturday , the dining hall
opened its doors to those who
prepared the meals lor the week.
The meals were then frozen and
stored in the freezer in the dining
hall.

All of the food used to

prepare these meals was
purchased through the dining
hall at cost. The cost of each
meal was about $40. Chaplain
Patti Snyder said that she cannot
emphasize enough how helpful
the dining hall stall was.

Each night of the week, one
of the volunteer groups picked
up the meal and look it to the
shelter, w here the) heated and
served it. After the meal, one
facult) or stal l member and one
student would stay at the shelter.
They would also lock up and get
break l ast ready the next morn-
ing.

The week at the shelter was
co-sponsored by the Volunteer
Board and the Christian Associa-
tion and organized by Jessica
Daugherty.

Public Safety News

On Saturday evening,
February 15, two cars were
broken into while parked on the
Main Loop. Both cars had a rear
w indow broken out and several
items taken from inside.

Three briet eases stolen from
one of the cars were later
recovered. The three hamburg-
ers and platter of brownies taken
from the other car have not been
found.

The crime prevention
programs w ill continue next
week with a session primarily for
faculty and staff in the Chapel
Lounge on Tuesday, March 3, at
5 p.m.

The last program will be held
in the RTC Lounge in the Alston
Center on Friday, March 1 3 at
10:25 a.m. for RTCs. Anyone
who has not had an opportunity
to attend one of the previous
seminars is invited to attend

either of these.

At 1 1 :30 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 19, Sgt. Scott found
four juveniles (second through
fourth graders) wandering the
campus near Dana. The boys
had ridden MARTA to the
Decatur station and then gotten
off. All they knew was that they
had taken the wrong train and
didn't have any more money.

A lot of questions and many
phone calls later (to social
workers, house mothers and
Atlanta police officers) Sgt. Scott
and Off. Daugherty were able to
determine that the four boys had
run away from an orphanage in
northwest Atlanta.

After a snack of animal
crackers, the boys were picked
up by an Atlanta officer and
transported back to the Carrie-
Steele-Pitts Home.

Alison Burleson and Christen Drewes volunteer their time at the Holv Trinitv Shelter.

Debate

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of making this office open only to
ethnic students and taking away
its educational function would
only create more divisive lines
within our community.

As RTC Rep MaryClaire King
asked, "Do we want to move
toward a world where we are a
part of the human race or do we
want to continue the promotion of
distinct and divisive ethnic
groups?"

Although most people at the
meeting felt that the office must
play some role in the education of
the campus, everyone agreed that
the primary function of the office
must remain that of meeting the
needs of minority students.

However, as one student
pointed out, the college itself must
do more to educate its students by

Lecture Illustrates Strengths of Pre-
Columbian Meso- American Society

by Margaret Bickers
Staff Writer

"Not tribes" was the key point
of Dr. Steven Powalewski's
lecture on Pre-Cortez cultures in
the valleys of Mexico City and
Oaxaca, part of the Encounters
series commemorating the events
of 1492.

Following a brief statement on
the method of questioning used by
field archaeologists, Powalewski
progressed to a comparison of
ancient Central American and
European cultures. Both con-

tained interacting cities and states
and were becoming urban.

Powalewski provided many
facts on population and trade in
Meso- America during the period
1000B.C.E. to 1520 C.E. For
example, he pointed out that the
city of Tenochtitlan (present-day
Mexico City) was more densely
populated than most of Europe.

He also pointed to the rise and
fall of trade and population as the
power and commercial impor-
tance of cities such as Monte
Alban, Tiohuakan and
Tenochtitlan expanded and

contracted.

The slides that accompanied
the lecture provided graphic
information on the peoples and
locations of the Meso-Ainerican
urban centers.

They also demonstrated the
influence of textiles on the spread
of information and culture
throughout the region.

Well-constructed palaces and
forts showed the power and
capabilities of the city-states that
flourished in Central America
before the arrival of the Europe-
ans.

adding a cross-cultural class to its
list of core requirements.

There was also some concern
over how this position would be
financed. Many students felt that it"
this position were funded by the
administration, loyalties would be
drawn by pursestrings.

However, resentment was
expressed when it was suggested
that the proposed Office of
Multicultural Affairs be funded by
an increase in the student activities
fee.

Some students thought that the
administration should assume

responsibility for past mistakes by
funding this program.

Although this forum brought no
definite answers, it did encourage
thought and action. An ad hoc
committee, which will include
members of both Rep Council and
of the student body at large, is
being formed to continue studying
this issue.

If it succeeds, perhaps this
committee will bring to Agnes
Scott an Office of Multicultural
Affairs and the necessary "trans-
formation" of the campus sug-
gested by Rep Layii Miller-Bashn .

Profile Performance Positive in
College Press Competition

by Dawn M. Sloan
Co/ 1 ti ibutii ig Editoi

The Agnes Scott Profile made
an impressive showing at the
recent Georgia College Press
Association awards ceremony
held in Athens. The Profile
garnered five awards, including a
first place award for Best Commu-
nity Service in a Features Section.
Arts and Entertainment editor
Sandee McGlaun also won an
individual award for Best Review.

Other awards received by the
Profile were in the areas of
General Excellence, Best Commu-
nity Service in a News Section,
Advertising Excellence, and
Layout and Design Excellence.

The number and variety of

awards received by the Profile is
interesting considering that it was
competing against newspapers from
colleges with strong journalism
programs. Many of the college
newspapers represented in the
GCPA contest have close to 100
members on then stal ls, some of
whom are paid.

The GCPA also presented a
series of workshops and lectures for
college journalists. These work-
shops and the awards ceremony
were held in conjunction with the
annual meeting of the Georgia Press
Institute, also held at the University
of Georgia.

A featured guest speaker of the
GCPA was Cynthia Tucker, editor
of the Atlanta Constitution \s
editorial section.

Editorials

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The Profile

Friday, February 28, 1992

THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Box 438, Decatur, GA 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Laura Shaeffer and Kristin Lemmerman

ASSISTANT EDITOR Laura Barlament

NEWS EDITORS Dawn Sloan

Janelle Bailey

FEATURES EDITORS Brooke Colvard

Stephanie Sidney

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS Sandee McGlaun

Kathleen Hill

PHOTOGRAPHERS Brooke Parish, Karen Shuman,

AngieWeaver

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

ADVERTISING MANAGER Minday Deriso

CIRCULATION MANAGER Melanie Effler

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. We cannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated with the College or
The Profile staff other that] the author.

Et Cetera

The Profile editorial board commends Rep Council's
proposal for the establishment of an Office of Multi-Cultural
affairs. We believe that this office has been needed on campus
for a long time in order to create a forum for communication
and education and to serve as mediating presence among
students and the Administration.

In our small community we cannot afford to continue the
divisiveness which has plagued our campus for as long as we
can remember. The tensions between majority and minority
groups have arisen from a mutual lack of empathy and
understanding which has its roots in ignorance.

What role the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs should play
in the education of the community is being hotly debated.
While some students do not feel that one of the functions of
this office should be the education of the majority in the area of
minority cultures and issues, we belive otherwise. Several
students have argued that they should not be responsible for
teaching others about their culture because they are too busy
studying for their own Euro-centric classes, and any student
who wants to learn should take the initiative on her own.

We agree that the responsibility should not rest upon their
shoulders: however, someone needs to play the role of educa-
tor, and the proposed office could fill that position. If one
could gain an adequate understanding of another culture by
reading a book (an alternative which has been suggested), there
would be no need for programs like the Global Awareness
program. As demonstrated by this and other foreign exchange
programs, complete immersion in another culture is the most
effective way to leam about that culture.

By improving communication and education, the proposed
Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs would in turn becaome a
natural mediator between groups on campus in times of crisis.
The Office and its staff would not only serve as a liaison
between majority and minority groups, but also between
students and the Administration. Perhaps if this Office had
been in place prior to Tara Somerville's dismissal, the situation
could have been handled more effectively and justly.

We hope, in the interest of the entire campus, that the
Administration and the Hoard of Trustees will give serious
consideration to the value of this proposal.

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

This is my attempt to
deconstruct the Great Chain of
Oppressions, that tundra of
theory and imaginations which
so dominates modern political
discourse. I am speaking of this
competition which underlies our
discussions of gender, race,
sexuality, and poverty. One of
the most volatile debates of the
day.

And the debates are usually
pretty disappointing. It is such a
touchy subject, and we are so
seldom in a safe space to discuss
these matters with the complex-
ity they deserve. We end up
coming to really superficial
conclusions. Staying in camps to
avoid the pain and exhaustion.

1 realize the stratification with
particular intensity right around
February /March, between
.African American history month
and Women's history month. It
usually w tnds up being a
celebration of Black men, and
then a celebration of White
women. Black women get the
shaft, and the issues remain
compartmentalized. This is only
one example.

It is \ er\ popular to talk about
how there is no way to rank
liberation struggles because all
oppression comes from the same
power base. Or the real winner
theory: Dominance is the
problem; all forms of dominance
are bad. Add to the list ableism,
ageism, looksism, and the
complexity multiplies. Then
simplifies. And we're left with
abstractions, with little real
analysis.

It is so much easier to retreat.
After all, even if we do find the
answer (this wonder root of all
oppression) what will we do with
the answer? Isn't it good that we
have so many liberation
struggles, period? Do we have
to locate each on the grand
master priority list?

But it's unavoidable. You
can't do social justice without it
creeping up. Coalition politics
are the only way to get things
really moving. Activists of the
90 \s realize they better learn how
to deal with each other, or the
straight white boy capitalists will
forever be in office. Becoming
"poly vocal," however, aint no
small task.

Where do I fall in all this?
Gulp. Here goes:

On a real gut level, yes, I
often do think race first. For the
mere fact that I realized I was not
White sooner than I realized I
was a woman or a lesbian.
When I look at the history (and
present) of this country, the
Euro-domination of the world.

the slaughter and the slavery, the
decimation of cultures and
peoples and languages and
religions. I am coin inced it is all
about race. And yes, I wonder
why in the hell am I doing
Women's Studies.

At the same time. I am
reconciled to the fact that
feminism is my issue, too.
Women's Studies, however
bougey and racist it can be, sets
me on fire intellectually and
politically. The methods of
oppressing women are so
multifaced and underanalyzed. 1
love the "gynocosmic" bonding
women get when they come
together, and the healing power
of feminism lor both women and
men. .And furthermore. I'll be
damned before I let rich White
women continue to define and
corrupt the American feminist
agenda.

Gay liberation is new to me.
But I am getting more coura-
geous. I am unimpressed with
the make-believe division: racial
and economic justice on the one
side, feminism and gay liberation
on the other. I am equall)
disgusted by white-male
domination of gay liberation
groups as I am by the
homophobia in anti-racist
organizing.

But this is the most delicate
dance. Because let me say for
the record, not everyone who
* 4 comes out" is going to "come
into" the White-dominated gay
community. Gay liberation has
got to be culturally-specific, just
like feminism.

And then there's poverty.
Rich folks whining for the cause
of social justice without ac-
knowledging the concerns of the
poor is enough to convince you
capital is the root of all oppres-
sion, and the rest is all super-
structure. I can't go that far. I
can't separate social ideology
from capitalism.

At the same time, I hope that
voices of labor, the homeless,
and the unemployed will curb

the infighting of the vanguard
elite. My prediction is that the
90s w ill be like the 60s, but
organizing from the bottom of
the economic ladder will be
impossible to ignore. I think the
inner cities are going to be
infernos in the next couple of
years. And 1 think when it
happens we academies w ill be
writing papers and licking
envelopes, thrown completel)
off guard.

So it looks like I have fallen
into m\ own little hierarchy here,
doesn't it? How scandalous.
Origins debates usually are. But
we don't engage in these to
trivialize liberation struggles, just
to put them into perspective. It
can he about as much fun as it is
horrifying.

And it doesn't mean there
aren't overlapping issues! So
many issues do affect all
communities simultaneously :
homelessness. AIDS, drugs,
violence, police brutality, the
health care crisis, the economy,
to name a few. We all hate
George Bush. The commonali-
ties are there.

Yes we must talk to each
other, yell at each other, dive
deep and surface, read the
other's history, build coalition
politics, or the camps will remain
intact. We don't learn shit from
each other. And each movement
remains polluted, repeating the
same mistakes and inventing
new ones.

Just the same. I won't end on
some happy optimistic note on
the importance of communica-
tion and speaking in a tone
people can hear. When the
stupid questions start to creep up,
as they inevitably will, I think
constructive anger can be the
most honest and grown up
response. As Donna Kate
Rushin said in 'The Bridge
Poem:" "Stretch or drown/
evolve or die."

All right, my critics, hail forth
the mud.

Congratulations
to all those

elected yesterday
as our new

campus leaders.
Good Luck!

Editorials

Friday, February 28, 1992

The Profile

Page 5

Warp Speed

WOMEN AND THE POLITICALLY
CORRECT: Beyond A New Vocabulary

by Tonya Smith

Very few persons on the
Agnes Scott campus are unaware
of politically correct language,
especially as it pertains to
women. We all know that we
are women, not girls; that we are
at a women's college, not a girls'
school.

Here in the microcosm of
ASC, we speak to each other as
women and think of each other
as women. And hopefully, we
gain the confidence to go out
into the world and express our
need and desire to be acknowl-
edged as mature, capable
women; not fragile, inferior,
dependent little girls.

We ask, even demand, to be
called women to be known as
individuals with a name other
than that of our husband, and to
be recognized for our abilities
instead of our attributes.

And sometimes, probably
even most times these days
(because it's fashionable), others
outside of the Agnes Scott
community comply and to speak
to us as we ask. They refer to
freshman as first -year students,
to females over 18 as women,
etcetera.

That is all well and good, but
what do those words really
mean? Not as much as we hope.
I can assure you of that!

Politically correct words for
women are in my opinion a lip
service that society (specifically
males) pays to those of us who
demand it. This is not to sa\ thai
isn't a valuable lip service, but it
IS lip service nonetheless.

What I mean is thai more
often than not, while your male
boss calls you by your name
instead of "honey," he's thinking
of you as nothing more than a
glorified secretary there to do his
gofer work. He wants to tell you
to bring him a cup of coffee, and
give him a neck rub while you're
at it.

Or your male professor (let's
think co-ed schools now, shall
we!) who calls you Ms. Smith
rather than "dear" or "sweetie"
but is thinking about how nice
your legs look under that mini
skirt. And it he gets past the
legs, he's thinking how pointless
it is for you to be wasting your

time in his Physics class. After
all, science isn't the subject of
nice, feminine girls.

These scenarios are under the
heading of what I call "If you're
lucky." These men refrain from
thinking of you as some de-
ranged, radical, feminist, lesbian
bitch who couldn't get a man if
she tried. They do. however,
reduce you to the status of an
oversensitive, misguided,
inferior little girl. But at least
these thoughts are kept to
themselves.

As I said, the lip service of
politically correct language is not
entirel) without merits. It has
gained boundaries, if nothing
else. It keeps thoughts in the
mind, and out of the mouth. It's
a start. I realize that.

But words are not enough.
Words don't usually change
actions, and they almost never
change thoughts. Men don't take
those politically correct words
they say seriously, and this is
where the problem lies.

It's wonderful to recognize
women in language, but we must
go beyond simply demanding
politically correct terms. We
must now begin to demand
changes in attitudes and percep-
tions about women. We can
begin by putting definitions
behind the politically correct
vocabulary and by making sure
that men understand these
definitions.

For example, the term
"woman" is not just a more
acceptable term for the "girl"
that men still sec when they look
at their female students, friends,
co-workers, even their wives!
"Woman" holds many different
meanings for every individual to
whom the terms applies. It is our
own personal definitions, as well
as some unviersal defintion
(whatever that may be), that we
must impress upon men.

Only when men truly
understand the meanings behind
the words they say will they
begin to change their thoughts
and opinions. Changing their
internal representations of
females will mark the first real
step toward establishing commu-
nication and cooperation
between men and women.

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are due by March 6th

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Plain Black & White

by Nadine Evette Curry

It's amazing how fast the
month of February begins and
ends. Technically, this month is
just like any other month of the
year. But February was named
the month for celebration of the
contributions and accomplish-
ments of African-Americans.

Unfortunately, this country
does not recognize the beauty
and talent of African-American
people enough to include them in
history all year long. Because
the countr) is not moving to
change this situation, we must
move on our o\\ n.

Each individual must take the
responsibility to educate
themselves on African-American
histor) . It takes more than a
European-American attending a
Sptke Lee film. He is not the
only African-American making
contributions today.

African-American history did
not start during and after the
Harlem Renaissance! So, get the
silly ideas out of your mind and
curricula that suggest that
Langston Hughes and James
Baldwin are the only African-
American writers that ever
existed!

History will show that Africa
was the fust civilization. The
problem is that African-Ameri-
cans lost most of their heritage
and culture on the passage to the
United States of America.

Slavery not only instilled
inferiority but it also promoted
the misguidance of African-
Americans. Because African-
Americans were denied the right
even to read for so long, African-
Americans lost out on history.

Never again!

If this countr) thinks that
giving these poor Blacks the
opportunity to celebrate Black
folks' month is sufficient, they
are the blind and lost ones. This
nation has to move. You have to
move. The pre-schools, elemen-
tary schools, junior highs, and
high schools have to move.

These schools have to move
towards including African-
Americans in the curriculum
instead of summarizing African-
American contributions in one
assembly in February .

Colleges and universities
across this nation have to move
towards multi-cultural curricula.
Unlike most public high schools,
colleges have more funds to
bring in well-known African-
Americans to speak at the
college as well as to provide
education and/or workshops.

But most predominantly
White campuses don't promote
these experiences. If any
enrichment activities are
provided, it's by the African-
American organizations.

Granted, an African-Ameri-
can organization will organize
activities that are important to
the African-Americans, but what
about the rest of the campus?

History doesn't begin and end
in one month, it's an ongoing
process. Everyone must
understand the richness of
African-American history.
Because so often other ethnic
groups write off Black History
Month as being for Black folks,
it's necessary to say its for all
folks!

We must move. Maybe next
year the President of the United

States will promote multi-
cultural awareness. Maybe next
year schools across this nation
will take a stand and end Black
history month and begin Black
history year.

Maybe college students will
take a stand across this nation.
Maybe Witkaze, the African-
American organization at Agnes
Scott, w ill put up a sign saying
"Agnes Scott Celebrates Black
History Month" instead of
"Witkaze Celebrates Black
History Month." Maybe one day
all of these dreams will come
true.

I am w tiling to take a stand.
What about you?

Everyone
make plans
to attend

Mortar Board
Convocation

on Wednesday,
March 4,
and meet
the new

Mortar Board!

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Friday, February 28, 1992

Eves!

*une Media Sev*es

Notes from Hell: Fighting the Boredom Battle

by Bethany Blankenship

Staff Writer

There comes a time in every
class when every good student
miisi daydream. It happens to
the best of us. It occurs when a
class is so boring that you're
watching your fingernails grow.

What do you do during a
boring class? In math class I
find new and innovative ways to
give Christine the finger.
There's a sort of challenge to it.
Anybody can just flip off the
bird.

There's the old "read between
the lines" routine along with the
Forehead Scratching with the
Middle Finger trick. The best
part is just barely getting away
with it. It must be the thrill of
the danger that excites me.

Actually, there's lot of
interesting things to do during a
boring class. Daydreaming is
always productive. Thinking of
ways to fall asleep without

Mortar Board Tapping and
Selection Demystified

by Jennifer Trumbull

Mortar Board elections and
tapping traditionally cause hurt
feelings and misunderstandings.
This is a tradition that no Mortar
Board has meant to perpetuate
and which the 1 991-92 Mortar
Board wants to end.

Mortar Board National
designs elections as fairly as
possible. Candidates receive
information sheets according to
the GPA requirement determined
by the top 35 percent of the
junior class. (Mortar Board
National must approve scholar-
ship exceptions of elected
candidates.) The information
sheet is not an application and
does not indicate acceptance.

Each candidate is evaluated
on her own merits according to
leadership, scholarship and
service. Elections are not a
contest. The candidates are
anonymous and Mortar Board
votes by consensus: With 80
percent of the vote, a candidate is
elected. No candidate will be
kept off the board by one vote.
Voting continues until three
ballots pass without electing
anybody.

We try to be selective, but
with so many outstanding
candidates, the decisions are not

easy. Voting takes at least five
hours.

The tapping ceremony is
equally problematic. The
traditional open-campus
ceremony is exciting for those
who are tapped, but public I \
disappointing for those who are
not. In trying to make tapping
both memorable and humane,
Mortar Board this year sent
junior candidates a questionnaire
on whether they would prefer a
public or private ceremony. As
the response was equally
divided. Mortar Board decided
on a private tapping in the
candidates' rooms. or residences
from 10:30 to 11:30 p.m. on
March 3, followed by a small
reception in the gazebo.

Everyone is invited and
encouraged to attend convoca-
tion the following morning,
when the new members will be
publicly recognized with the
traditional Mortar Board song
and candle-lighting. Look for
new members who will wear
their robes all day.

Please feel free to discuss any
questions, complaints or
suggestions with any Mortar
Board member. If you just
grouse to your friends but do not
tell Mortar Board, we cannot
make any improvements.

Happy Leap Year!

closing your eyes usually helps.

['ve found that the best
method of concealing that
you've fallen asleep is to grow
longhair. If I know I've got a
real snoozer coming up, I'll put
my hair down before class.
(Taking that mess down in the
middle of class would be a bit
obvious.)

Then when my eyelids begin
to droop, I put my hand on my
forehead, placing my hair over
my hand and face. I usually
keep a pen in one hand and
occasionally tap it on my desk to
fake out the professor.

I've often wondered what
professors do when they see their
students gradually drift off into a
coma. It would be awful nice if
they would just let us leave class
early or perhaps if they could
hand out pillows so we could at
least be comfortable in those
archaic wooden desks that are
conveniently too small to put
both a text and notebook on

them.

Another great Avoiding
Boredom Classroom Activity
involves analyzing the
professor's wardrobe. Shoes are
especially fun to watch as well as
observing his or her choice of
accessory items.

Notes are always fun to pass
in class. Here's an example of a
particularly intellectual note
Christine and I wrote in math
class. (As you can tell, I have a
great affection for math.)

Me: This is so boring. Please
let me die less painfully.

Ch: I think our mathological
instructor has something caught
in her teeth.

Me: Eeww, you're right.
What do you think it is?

Ch: Could be any number of
wonderful breakfast items.

Me: Isn't she kind for sharing
that with us?

Ch: I brought a hammer \\ ith
me today.

Me: Planning on building

something?

Ch: 1 thought I'd whip it out
if what' s-her-name calls on me.

Now there's a productive way
of defeating boredom. Although
weapons shouldn't be brought to
class on a daily basis, a severe
attitude problem can always fight
the Boredom Battle. Try staring
down that one annoying student
in your class who always
answers the professor's rhetori-
cal questions.

That really annoys the pee out
of me. I am not normal!) a
violent person but the other day
in class (not in math strangel)
enough) I was about ready to
throw my dorm keys at a
particularly vocal classmate.

Boredom can set in anytime
and anyplace. You have to be
prepared to fight it. Your
weapon is your imagination but
your must use your power for the
good of mankind (like thinking
of a certain professor in the buff)
instead of starting a fist fight.

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by Louis Sabin

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A Lesbian Studies Primer

by Jeanne Peters

Perhaps you saw the announce-
ment for the most recent meeting
of the Lesbian/Bi-Sexual Alliance
and wondered what Lesbian
Studies are. Maybe a classmate's
explanation of her independent
research in Lesbian Studies
conjured images of cruising in
dark bars. Well, fear not, here is
your very own introduction to
Lesbian Studies.

Along with Women's Studies,
African- American Studies, and
other academic disciplines
developed over the past several
decades. Lesbian Studies grew
from a concern over the traditional
invisibility of minorities within the
academy.

faculty members.

Until such a formal arena for
study exists, Agnes Scott students
continue to develop their own
independent research strategies.

For instance, Staci Dixon
completed a directed reading in
lesbian ethics last semester, and
Kim Compoc is currently
conducting research on "Lesbians
of Color: Identity, Culture and
Community. "

In addition to curricular
possibilities in the area, members
of the Lesbian/Bi-Sexual Alliance
are working to create other
resources within our community.

One example is a discussion at
Alliance meetings of such issues
as Lesbian Studies as an aca-
demic discipline. A recent

"The subject of Lesbian Studies is
beginning to be incorporated within some
of our courses, which is important, since
it is a legitimate and essential part of

studies in a variety of disciplines. 9 '

As Margaret Cruikshank. editor
of Lesbian Studies, writes, "diir
past invisibility has been harmful
not only to ourselves, but to all
students and teachers, to anyone,
in fact, who trusts education to
lead out' to comprehensive views
and a tolerance for diversity."

Most of the early creators of
Lesbian Studies curricula were
lesbians already ensconced in
academia. They incorporated the
lesbian-feminist theory and
analysis evolving outside the
scholastic setting, along with
lesbian history and literature, into
formal courses.

Mai)}' of toda\ \ theorists and
professors of Lesbian Studies,
however, have benefited from over
fifteen years Of academic pro-
grams either devoted to or
inclusive of 1 sbian Studies.

At Agnes Seott. for instance, it
is becoming more common to
encounter lesbianism within a

Course SUCh as Women and

I iieratuie or Women and Politics.

\s Christine Cozzens, Director
ot the W omen's Studies program,
notes. I he subject ot 1 .cshian

Studies is beginning to be incorpor
ated w ithtn some of our courses,
w hieh is important, mikc it is a
legitimate and essential pan of
studies in a variety of disciplines."
Indeed. Lesbian Studies will be

included m the discussion of sub-
specialties listed under Women's
Studies in the next college
catalogue.

To date, there are no specific
plans tor the development ot a
Lesbian Studies course, although
several students are discussing
such a possibility with interested

meeting focused on Missy
Mullinax's presentation of a
video she created on lesbians in
the ministry . along w ith a
discussion of Dixon's work on
Lesbian Ethics.

All members of the college
community are welcome to attend
meetings of the Alliance, and to
learn more about a variety of
issues affecting lesbians and
bisexuals.

The group is also developing a
speaker's bureau, a group of stu-
dents who will address organiza-
tions or classes on campus on
issues relating to lesbianism or
bisexual it v.

For those who prefer solitary
investigation, McCain Library
houses a growing collection of
materials on the subject. Books
range from Cruikshank' anthol-
ogy to works addressing lesbian
politics, identity, literature,
religion, love, and relationships.

So. fear not, the academic
discipline of Lesbian Studies has
arrived at Agnes Scott, and with
it. another voice of diversity
pre\ ioiis|\ unheard.

fake advantage of the
opportunities which exist. Attend
the next meeting of LBA on
Mondax . March 1 at 7:30 in
McKinnej Date Parlor. Read a

hook about the variety of lesbian
experience. Take the time to ask
a lesbian about sun i\ ing at
Agnes Scott. You may be
surprised h\ what you learn.

For more information on
Lesbian Studies, the l.esbian/Bi-
Sexual Alliance, or the Speaker's
Bureau, please contact Jeanne
Peters at 373-1632

Bahati Ansari Fights Racism

by Dianne O' Donne 11

Bahati Ansari, originator of
the Racism Free Zone project,
returned to campus on February
6 and 7. Agnes Scott's own
Racism Free Zone grew out of
Ansan's initial \ isil last summer,
when select members of the
community participated in her
workshop.

On this her second visit,
Ansari faced a very different
campus, one on which long-
festering, underlying frustration
and anger has exploded with the
dismissal of Tara Somerville
from the college.

Many wondered how Ansari
would respond to the fallout of
the incident graffiti and
chalked messages demanding
that Tara be allowed to walk at
graduation, yellow ribbons, and
especially the fury, pain, and
confusion of people on all sides
of the conflict.

AnsarLs whirlwind schedule
included meeting with College
officials, Witkaze, and the
Racism Free Zone group, as well
as speaking to several classes.
Ansari led Friday's convocation,
and later that afternoon held an
abbreviated version of her
normally two-day-long work-
shop.

The highlight of convocation
was Ansari *s moving rendition
of "Amazing Grace/' The song,
explained Ansari, was written by
a slave-ship captain w hen he
realized the inhumanit) of his
actions. "Everyone thinks it's an
old Negro spiritual," she said,
"but it's really an old European
spiritual."

Ansari then spoke about her
background and the events that
led to her commitment to

undoing racism. Although
Ansari did not directly address
the dismissal of Tara Somerville
in her convocation address, she
did acknowledge the pain and
anger present on campus, and
she denied remarks implying that
her visit was meant to "cover up"
recent events.

Many attended the open mini-
workshop on Friday afternoon.

Ansari' s approach to undoing
racism begins with a recognition
of our commonalties. She
stressed that our common
humanity unifies and binds us
together, and that fighting racism
makes us all more human.

Ansari does not, however,
neglect the diversity within
unity. A game of "cultural
bingo" broke the ice and got
workshop participants laughing
and talking.

The game involved locating
persons who could respond
positively to such questions as
"who has participated in the
bone game?" and "who has been
to a Lucia Bride Festival?"

The game highlighted the
man) different cultural realities
of the participants and how much
there is to learn about each other.

Ansari explained her defini-
tion of racism as "race prejudice
plus institutional power/'

By this definition, only
European-Americans in this
country can be racist, although
all people may be prejudiced or
bigoted collective, institu-
tional power is the distinguishing
element.

Group discussion covered a
variety of topics, including
distinctions between individual
and collective intents and
actions, and personal experiences
of racism.

African- Americans explained
how exhausting it is always to be
expected to educate others about
their history and culture, when
they themselves must work
overtime to learn the information
on top of the traditional canon of
European-American culture.

The message was that those
who care must take it upon
themselves to seek knowledge
African-Americans have their
hands full to do the same for
themselves. Fruitful dialogue is
possible only after some attempt
at self-education has been made.

While the mini workshop was
largely successful, some said that
the shortened workshop could not
approach the effectiveness of the
longer version.

Another complaint was that
Ansari did not address Tara
Somerville's dismissal as directly
as some had hoped. According to
Ansari, however, she did express
to the administration her hope
that Tara will be allowed to walk
in graduation.

Most agreed that Ansari's visit
was positive, and that everyone
on campus could benefit greatly
by exposure to her workshop.

Ansari left the group with a
request that all continue to work
together in the fight to end
racism. Racism Free Zone
welcomes anyone who sees
racism as a reality that damages
humanity.

The only requirement is a
commitment to working against
the racism that affects us all.

Racism Free
Zone
Meets Thursdays
at 4:30

Bird Questions? Ask Mahaffey

bv Dianne (TDonnell

If you are not a biology major, you may not yet
have met Dr. Lynn Mahaffey. who was hired this
semester as a full-time temporary professor.

Mahaffey is most recently from Cornell
University in Ithaca. New York, where she earned
her Ph.D. in the Department of Natural Resources.

This semester she is leaching classes on animal
behavior, vertebrate biology, a /oology lab. and the
senior seminar on biology and psychology .

Before doing her graduate work. Mahaffey
worked for Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research.
Inc.. in Delaware. In addition to caring for
orphaned and injured birds. Tri-State handles the
rescue and clean-up of birds harmed by oil spills
along the East coast.

Tri-State workers faced the problem that after
oil-coated feathers had been cleaned, they often did
not retain their water repellencx . Because it is not
understood what makes feathers waterproof in the
first place, there are no known means of retaining

or replacing w ater repellcncv in buds.

Mahaffey addressed this problem in her
dissertation, concentrating on feather structure
and water repel lency. She found that current
cleaning methods were not getting birds ad-
equately cleaned or rinsed of oil.

Mahaffey is primarily a vertebrate ecologist
and biologist: she concentrates on mammals,
birds, and ecology. In tjie course of our inter-
view, I learned that those big black birds flying
around campus are grackles, and that we have a
red-tailed hawk living around the student center.

Also, birds can't smell, so don't believe the
myth that if you bother a bird nest, the bird will
smell you and abandon the nest. You can safely
replace a fallen baby bird to its nesl w ithout
worn ing that the parents won't come back.

Mahaftex \ one complaint about living in
Georgia is (surprise, surprise) the bugs. Native
Southerners may be interested to know that
franticalK active bugs are not common during
w inters in the North.

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The Profile

Friday, February 28, 1992

Perspectives

compiled by Brooke Parish

HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK
IT IS TO BUY AMERICAN?

Pam Lorentzson, Class of
1993: As far as I'm con-
cerned, I really don't think it
makes any difference.

Wendy Baker
Class of 1993:

Yes. 1 do think it's important
to buy American. I have an
American car. I believe the
quality of American cars has
greatly increased in the past
few years.

Vivian Hunnings
Class of 1993:

I do think it's important, but I
don't think it's as simple as
that ...

Malikah Berry
Class of 1993:
It's very important it's
just that there's a myth that
the quality isn't as good as
foreign products, because
they [imports] have been
prized for so long.

Independence Gained Through Global Travel

by Priscilla Jaggers

Since our return in January,
the members of the Japan Global
Awareness group have been
assessing and comparing our
cross-cultural experiences and
observations to understand how
well we, as individuals, adjusted
and adapted to international
travel.

Most significant about this
cross-cultural experience was our
learning to transform Times of
Uncertainty to Times of Comfort-
able Anticipation.

The more flexibility and
tolerance we employed, the more
we enjoyed and benefited from
the Japanese culture. Because we
became involved, we gained a
measure of independence and of
confidence in ourselves as world
travelers.

For the first time, some in our
group felt as if they were in the
minority. Japan's 121 million
citizens live on four islands of an
area less than that of California.

The fact that Japan was
isolated from the world for some
240 years and that the people
created their own unique culture
and traditions reinforced the
feeling that we would be uncer-
tain, overwhelmed, and lost in a
foreign land.

We were completely depen-
dent on others during our trip for
our safety, accommodations,
food, and sight-seeing excursions.

These people included our
advisors, Terry McGehee and
Sheila Hunt; Howard Gaynair of
Howard and Assoc., our travel
liaison who coordinated our trip
between the States and JTB
Travel in Japan; Hayashi-san, our
chaperone in Nagoya; our host
families; and the citizens of
Japan. All of them assured us
that we were in good hands.

However, sometimes we as
individuals were required to use
our own judgment and ability to
be flexible. There were moments
in which we didn't know where
we were or how to count our
money. But keeping our
patience, things just seemed to
work out.

The Japanese people inspired
in us a sense of independence and
trust. As we began to venture out
in small groups, heads buried in
maps or travel guides, we were
assured that the streets were safe
Japan boasts of its low crime
rate.

Merchants were pleasant and
unhurried. They are known for
giving correct change. Look lost,
and someone will stop to help
you, even to escort you at times.

Taxis, though they were
expensive, and the inexpensive
subway with its color coded maps
were convenient ways to travel in

the city and contributed to our
sense of independence.

Once you pointed to your
destination on the map. ' % Hai." the
Japanese word for yes, told you
that the driver understood. And
off you went!

Then too, we walked. In
Nagoya, Kyoto and Tokyo, there
were crowded streets, small cafes,
department stores, temples and
shrines, people on bicycles,

school children in colorful
uniforms, chirping traffic lights,
deer bumping into you to eat out
of your hand, and much more.

Although we had fears and
anxieties about traveling abroad,
the experience helped us to gain
confidence and trust in ourselves
and faith to find solutions to
problems. This makes us real
assets to the world! HAI!

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Professor Hubert Recalls Civil Rights Involvement

by E. Burlingame

Back in the school year of
1961-62, Agnes Scott, like other
Atlanta area colleges such as
Morehouse. Spelman, and
Emory, sent a student representa-
tive to a relatively new council
of college students committed to
better race relations.

This somewhat quiet and
ineffectual council was the
beginning of what was to
eventually become the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), a council
that spear-headed the Civil
Rights movement during the
'60s.

Agnes Scott's representative
to the first meeting at Atlanta
University was senior Linda
Lent/, now Dr. Linda Hubert,
chair of the ASC English
Department. She .was first
approached about this historical
meeting by C. Benton Kline,
who was Dean of Students.

"He told me that I had been
chosen to represent Agnes Scott
at this student organization and
thai 1 was not to make a big to-
do about it," she says.

Hubert 'continues, "I don't
know why 1 was chosen out of
the entire senior class. [Kline]
told me that I was chosen
because 1 was level-headed.'
But it could have also been
because Em a Yankee and an
Arm) brat."

It is also possible that Dean
Kline was aware that Hubert had
been involved with interracial
groups before.

Through the leadership of
l ather Scott from Atlanta
University, Hubert and other
young people from Scott's
congregation, both black and
white, got together in ways that
were unusual for the American
social atmosphere of the lOOs
and '60s.

She remembers, "We went on
camping trips together up in
Stone Mountain. We did things
together, things that don't mean
that much today, but which just
weren't done at the time."

Hubert went to the first and
subsequent meetings of the
council with ASC alumna Eliza
Paschal Morrison, a woman very
involved in the eh il rights
movement.

Hubert remembers tew details
from these meetings - a long
table or two, a meeting that look
place in Cox Hall at Emory
College but she devs remem-
ber the students who were most
involved in the discussions and
plans of the counsel.

"\ remember William Sloane
Coffin, w ho w as one of the
intellectuals behind SNCC's
activities. This was before Julian

Bond's time he was still in
school. But Stokely Carmichael
and H. Rap Brown were there,"
Hubert says.

Hubert describes the people
involved as "dazzling, commit-
ted, and articulate. They had fire
and charisma, and they were so
motivated. They were bright
young men," she adds.

SNCC operated after the spirit
of Martin Luther King Jr., which
was one of peaceful protest.
During the months that Hubert
was a part of these meetings,
SNCC was in its planning stages,
when a direction for the group
and an outline of needed
activities were being built in
order to get the group's views
across to the nation at large.

'I was only a part of the
formative stages." Hubert says.
kk I went to the meetings and
listened and voted, but more
activities came after I left."

For SNCC. however, these
activities didn't always remain
peaceful. Along with the
Student Democratic Society
(SDS), SNCC's policy changed
from one of peaceful protest to
one of violent change as the '60s
progressed.

H. Rap Brown especially
became identified with this
violence. During a speech on
July 25, 1966, in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, he was reported
to have incited the destruction of
nearly 20 buildings when he told
his young audience to "bum this
town down".

"They definitely lost credibil-
ity." Hubert says. "I believe too
that their idealism was chastened
when they saw how far they had
left to go. This created an
insistence for other plans.
Patterns."

After graduating in the Spring
of l e )62, Hubert went on to a
teaching job in Knoxville. TN,
which was a tow n, as she puts it.
"five to seven years behind
Atlanta" on the civil rights issue.

"The principal of the school
told me that she wasn't ^.o'uv2. to
have any % Negruh' at her
school." Hubert remembers.
"There was a demonstration
outside Of a theater in dow mown
Knoxville. Even at that time,
blacks were not permitted to
w atch a show unless n w as in
'their ow n' theater."

In 1958, when Hubert first
came to Agnes Scott as a
freshman, this college too was
segregated despite the tact that
Brow n vs. the Board of Educa-
tion had been handed down some
four years earlier.

"the legislation had been
passed: it just took a while tor it
to be realized, M Hubert sa\s.

Perhaps the first contact that
the all-white student bod\ of

ASC had with the idea of
integration was when a group of
Smith women, who had been
involved in a student exchange
program with Spelman, came in
1961 to speak about their
experiences. The reactions were
immediate.

Hubert recalls that "the idea
was shocking to much of the
student body. There was an
immediate realization that the
issue was multi-faceted. Once
you started discussing integra-
tion, then you got into the issue
of interracial dating and mar-
riage.

"I remember that this brought
about debates and conversations
in the dorms both pro and
con. I remember too, being
surprised at how this one issue
could make some of the students
very upset."

Hubert remembers also that
during her first semester at
school, a Ku Klux Klan rally
complete with men on horses m
white robes and hoods, carrying
crosses and handing out "litera-
ture" took place in Decatur.

"They never came back
again," she says. "Someone had

Dr. Linda Hubert was involved in the first student coalition against
racism.

decided, I guess, that it had all
really been in bad taste."

Today, Hubert's civil rights
interests have broadened into
human rights through her church,
the Absalom Episcopalian

Church, which has opened its
doors to many different religions
that require a place to worship.
Hubert states, "This all began for
me in the church and that is
where it continues today."

Intern For Real Life Experience

by Laurie Nichols
Assistant Director.
Career Planning & Placement

Why should you consider a
summer internship? In the words
of Jessica Carey, a spring intern
with the Democratic Party of
Georgia. "My internship has
opened up a whole other world for
me contacts, job possibilities,
the chance to network. The
Democratic Party of Georgia can
help me and I am helping them."

Susan McTier agrees. "At the
Headline Group I am gaining a
broad knowledge of public-
relations. I enjoy the people I work
with, and I'm allowed to handle
professional projects .

What is an internship? It is an
opportunity to work part or full-
time in a career field you are
interested in. Over 1(X) internships
are available through Career
Planning and Placement every
semester and during the summer.

Some internships offer a salary
or stipend, but most internship
sponsors hope students will
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practical, career- related experience,
leu experiences can build a
resume or generate full-time job
possibilities the way that an
internship can. Not to mention
how an internship can impact >our
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"I've decided to go into historic
preservation, it' possible. Ehis

internship has shown me all that is
involved," says Kim Hinder, an
intern with Historic Preservation
Consulting.

Jessica Carey realizes "that I am
qualified to do things w ith a
political science/liberal arts degree.
I have used information that I
learned in the classroom. And I
know now that I get a lot of
satisfaction from this kind of
work."

Ginger Hartley, an intern with
the Department of Psychiatry and
Pediatrics at Emory Medical
School, feels that her internship
"influenced me to want to become
a psychiatrist for children. Their
work makes a big difference."

What is most rewarding about
her internship? "Being on the
inside, seeing how psychiatrists
evaluate people. They're very
caring ... not so clinical."

What kinds of things can you
do in an internship?

Susan McTier enjoys "writing
press releases, doing client
research, and planning special
events."

Jessica has several projects to
work on. "1 maintain a Democratic
candidate list since if s an election
\ear. 1 created a candidate
handbook that lists part} resources,
and I've interviewed everyone on
staff"

Ginger assists in the therapies ot
children with sickle-cell anemia.
Other students have coordinated

trade shows, given tours in art
museums, helped to produce news
stories for CNN, and written
articles for the DeKalh NewslSuti,
among other things.

How do you find out more
about internship possibilities ?
The Career Planning and
Placement office has resources in
the Career Library. More
information about summer
internships will also be in your
post office box in mid-April.

An internship is a way to "try
on" a career before graduation,
and it is an opportunity to make
contacts that can be valuable not
only professionally but person-
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Arts & Entertainment

Page 10 The Profile Friday, February 28, 1992

Themes of Exploitation and Misrepresentation Emerge in New World Exhibit

The Sweetest Deal is on display in Dana as part of the Columbus exhibit

Vespers and Joyful Noise Combine
for Rousing Worship Service

by Jenny White
Staff Writer

Vespers, a Sunday night non-
denominational service held in
the chapel, always has some-
thing new to add to campus
activities. On Sunday, February
16, vespers convened in Maclean
Auditorium for a wonderful
Joyful Noise gospel concert.

The service began with
greetings from first-year student
Charmaine Minnefield, one of
Joyful Noise's two historians.
Gayle Jordan, Class of '74, read
a scripture, and Louis McQueen
of custodial services gave the
invocation.

Joyful Noise then processed
into the auditorium and began
the concert. The music was
rousing and uplifting, and the
musicians and singers were
obv iously having a lot of fun
performing. Nita Milan, Ruby

Perry-Ellis, Melissa Johnson and
C harmaine Minnefield all
delivered solos.

Many of the songs, which
included "Safe in His Arms",
"How Excellent is Thy Name",
and "God Can, He Will" had a
theme of praise Each of the
songs had a lively beat all
incited audience clapping and
participation.

The background instruments
were also an integral part of the
music, and the instrumental
group Musically Inclined is to be
commended for their great
performance.

During the program's second
half, Pat Grigsby, Joyful Noise
director Nathan Grigsby's sister,
sang a beautiful solo entitled
"Faith," which was followed by a
performance by the Cora
Mitchell Singers from Taber-
nacle Baptist Church.

Joyful Noise and the Cora

Mitchell Singers combined for
the last two numbers of the
program, and the auditorium
resounded with the singing. The
last two numbers gave the
concert a powerful finale.

After the concert, Joyful
Noise presented Nathan Grigsby
with a gift signifying their
appreciation for all his hard
work, and Patti Snyder ended the
service with a benediction.

The members of Joyful Noise
Gospel Ensemble are as follows:
Class of 1995 's Cheronae Porter,
Tina Gurley, M. Alexa Home,
Charmaine Minnefield, Latoya
Qilliams, Laura Edwards, Julie
Stinson; Malaika Jordan and
Julia Short, Class of 1994;
Malikah Berry, Melissa Johnson,
and Tracy Peavy, Class of '93;
and Vanessa Elliott, '92. as well
as Ruby Perry-Ellis, Nita Milan,
and Patrick Milan.

by Christie Miller
Staff Writer

"The Columbian Encounter:
An Artist's Response to the
Discovery of the New World" is
a collection of many different
artists' responses to the discov-
ery of America. Although the
individual works vary in scope
and style, several themes emerge
in this exhibit.

One of the main concerns of
the artists is the oppression of
Africans and of Native Ameri-
cans. In "The Sweetest Deal."
Paul Evans groups, on a triangu-
lar billiard table, several objects
\\ hich link Columbus to the
slave trade.

The table is covered with
maps and black eight-balls, and
has sugar bags as pockets. The
pool cues bear the flags of
Portugal and Spain and a skull
with crossbones: yet Evans'
placement of the number "6" on
each side feels contrived in
contrast to the other more related
objects.

Radcliffe Bailey also
addresses this theme "the
decimation of cultures, lands
ruined, men, women, and
children, tortured" in his
works "Black Starline,"
"Sankofa," and "Old English
800."

In "Black Starline," Baile\
thickl) layers images, textures,
and media to give the viewer a
sense of darkness and forebod-
ing.

The compelling face of a
young black child, which is
collaged on the work, and a large
rusted chain and weight attached
to the bottom, add reality to the
viewers' perception of the slave
experience.

Bailey seems to want to
eradicate history by placing a red
X over the portrait of Christopher
Columbus.

In "Xibala," or "Things Pretty
Much Went to Hell After That."
Sandy Corley turns the focus to
Native Americans. In this
installation, Corley brings the
world of the Mayans to life with

a combination of dried clay,
bamboo, and dried corn.

On the bamboo stalks, Corley
placed European icons and
images, including portraits of
Columbus, and of Madonna and
the Christ Child, on crosses.

Lighted candles pro\ ide an
ethereal glow to objects placed in
the dirt, such as bones, weapons,
and a tablet of ancient art
defaced by graffiti.

Through this exploration.
Corley calls attention to the
advanced, "civilized" Native
American cultures which were
destroyed by the explorers.

Another theme w hich
emerges in this exhibit is the
misrepresentation of the histor)
of the New World's discover) .
In "What I Learned in School."
Ten Williams uses a quote taken
directl) from her ow n high
school histor) book.

She illustrates the textbook's
list of the things Columbus took
to show to King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella, including "six
painted Indians" presented as
showpieces while Columbus
received high honors.

Lisa Tuttle also focuses on

w hat she w as taught as a child
with her found object entitled
"Object Lesson." which consists
of a child's antique puzzle of the
United States mixed w ith the
dark amis of a doll. This object
portrays many stereotyped
images of African slaves and
Indians which make light of their
treatment b\ the settlers.

This show provides many
different perspectives on the
discovery of the New World.
However, not all perspectives are
represented no one empha-
sized women's experience.
Much attention was given to
Columbus and the dispute over
his role in the suffering of the
African and Native American
cultures.

Still, the show is diverse and
offers a wealth of informative
and creative responses to the
Columbian Encounter. It will be
on display in the Dalton Gallery
in Dana through March X.

and More at Murphy's in the Highlands

Cheesecake

by Jennifer Garlen

Staff Writer

Although Murphy's is located
m the middle of Virginia
Highland's yotmg yuppie
kingdom, its tare is certainly fit
for anyone, particular!) those
who enjoy moderately priced
cuisine in a casual atmosphere.

Murphy's offers tull menus
fbr every meal, from breakfast
down to dessert. Wattles,

omelettes, and a bakerv selection
are offered for early risers.

Lunch specialties include
vegetarian chili (served in a
bread bowl it's a full meal in
its own right), several salad and
sandwich options, plus quiche
and a number of interesting
soups.

For dinner, prices rise
slightly, and a variety of entrees
are added to the lunch offerings.

Much of Murphy's fare is

chicken or vegetable-based; a
chicken sandw ich, chicken
quesadilla. Bayou Grill, stuffed
chicken breast, and smoked
chicken w ith honey glaze all
appear on the dinner menu, along
w ith a number of "veggie"
counterparts.

A few seafood selections are
available, including the catch of
the day.

Of course, no menu is
complete without a dessert list.

and Murphy's is no exception. I
can personally vouch for
everything but the ice cream, and
I recommend the four-nut torte
or the raspberry white chocolate
mousse cake, although the oreo
cheesecake and the various other
options are all very g(x)d.

Prices at Murphy's vary, but
the range is three to twelve
dollars for any selection. Allow
more for drinks and dessert if
you're on a tight budget.

Breakfast is not served on
Tuesday morning.

An additional note to tans (or
foes) of Italian food: Monday
evening is pasta night, with a
highly enjoyable selection of
pasta dishes.

Murphy's is located at 1019
Los Angeles Avenue. It is open
until ten on weeknights, eleven
on weekends.

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, February 28, 1992

The Profile

Page 11

Guest Director Stephens
Encourages Creative Thinking

by Bethany Blankenship

StqffWriter

''America, whether it be in the
political forum, or in the corporate
world, could start using artistic
thinking," director John Stephens
says with a soft smile.

Stephens, the founder and
artistic director of Theatre Gael in
Atlanta, is currently guest
directing the Blackfriars'
production-in-progress, Come
Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy
Dcai], Jimmy Dean.

Stephens has had many
opportunities to give his audience
the chance to think creatively.

He began his love affair with
theater as a young boy, an Air
Force brat who moved from base
to base, where he started his own
small theater companies. "I had a
strong imagination and liked to
make trouble/' he jokes.

He began his professional
career at the age of six as Tiny
Tim in a local production of A
Christmas Carol.

Stephens continued to act
throughout his high school and
college careers. After graduating
from the University of Florida at
Gainesville, Stephens went to
graduate school at Georgia State.

Stephens has lived in Atlanta
for fifteen years, dividing his time

among guest directing, teaching,
writing, acting, and finally,
artistically directing his own
Celtic theater company, Theatre
Gael.

Of full-blooded Irish heritage,
Stephens finds the discovery and
exploration of his ancestry
important. The Irish people, he
says, are "a deeply spiritual
people longing for a spiritual
verification of themselves" as
individual "expressive human
beings" rather than as a nation:
"they have a vital need to place
themselves in a kind of perspec-
tive through new forms of
expression."

Stephens admires the many
artistic, particularly theatrical,
contributions the Irish have made.
"I find it curious that one nation
would contribute so much," he
comments.

Stephens believes that with his
Irish heritage comes tradition.
"Americans don't have that kind
of tradition to go back to. I want
everyone to come and to enjoy a
very resourceful, rich tradition."

Stephens founded Theatre
Gael on this premise, as his
pushing and prodding of Atlanta
theaters to produce Irish plays
went unnoticed.

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been intended.

'They believe what's going on
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ready to have their lives affected
by what they've just seen. They
participate with a more exuberant
and honest sense of fun and
celebration."

Stephens claims that
"children's theater calls for the
best of our imagination and our
most honest selves as theater
artists."

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Guitarist Fernandez Creates
Melodies and Moods

by Margaret Bickers
StaffWriter

Cradling his guitar as if it were
his first-born child. Eduardo
Fernandez hypnotized the
audience \\ ith his music at his
February 1 1 concert in Gaines
Auditorium.

Fernandez performed selec-
tions b\ various Hispanic
composers in styles ranging from
the classic Spanish guitar to
modem tone poems.

The forms of the pieces, all of
\\ hich Fernandez performed \\ ith
great technical skill, ranged from
simple melodic lines to compli-
cated harmonies and counter-
points.

In one section of "Variations
and Fugue on "Las Folias de
Espana'" by Manuel M. Ponce.
Fernandez made his instrument

sound as if two guitars played in
duet.

Most of the music seemed to be
modem interpretations of tradi-
tional Spanish and South American
guitar music. However, "La
Espiral Etema" by Leo Brouwer
can best be described as a tone
picture.

Brouwer originally intended to
compose the piece for electronic
keyboard but ended in writing it for
guitar. In playing this piece,
Fernandez attempted to capture in
music the spiral patterns w hich, he
said, are "biologic as well as
astronomic."

A fair-sized audience, including
several members of the Hispanic
community, turned out for the
concert. Unfortunately, due to the
late hour and the hypnotic nature of
the pieces, the watchers seemed
more restrained than usual.

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Arts & Entertainment

Page 12

The Profile

Friday, February 28. 1992

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

For more information about
the following, call the College at
371-6294.

The Dolphin Club will
presents its water show at
Woodruff Pool on March 5 and 6
at 8: 15 p.m. Admission is free.

ASC's Community Orches-
tra will perform its concert.
From Baroque to Romantic, on
March 8 in Gaines Auditorium.
The concert will begin at 4 p.m.
and admission is free.

Boston Camerata will
present The Roots of American
Music as a part of the 1 99 1 -92
College Events Series. The
performance will begin at 8: 15
p.m. on March 10 in Gaines
Auditorium.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art

For more information, call
892-4444.

On February 28 and 29, the
museum will show films as a
part of its "French Classics"
series. On the 28th, the series
will feature Lc Million:
L'Atalante will play on the 29th.

Romantics. Realists and

Rebels: 19th-century French
Landscapes from the High
Museum Collection will be on
display until April 9. This
exhibition features the shifting
views and uses of landscape in
the 19th century.

/// Honor of Black History
Month: Bill Traylor Drawings
will be on display through
October 1 1 .

Prints for the People:
Associated American Artists will
be shown through May 24.

Memory and Metaphor: The
Art ofRomare Bearden, 1940-
1987. the first major exhibition
of works by African-American
artist Bearden. will run through
May 3. In conjunction with this
exhibit, the museum will show a
documentary. On Art and
Artists: Romai c Bearden. The
film will play in Hill Auditorium
at 3 p.m. on March 1 2.

Corot to Monet: the Rise of
Landscape Painting in France
will be on display through March
29.

The Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center presents Cabbagetown
Portraits: 1980-91, an exhibit of
photographs by Oraien Catledge.
The exhibit will be on display
until March 20. For more

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the following, call 237-0005.

By Hand: Calligraphic Work
by Cynthia Tyler will open on
March 10 at 6:30 p.m. This
exhibit of illuminated manu-
scripts and abstract paintings will
be displayed through March 25.

North Arts Center presents
Japanese Embroidery: A Living
Tradition. The exhibition will be
on display through March 8 in
conjunction with a collection of
Japanese children's artwork. For
more information, call 394-3447.

Theater

Onstage Atlanta will

produce Rand Hopkins' The Boy
King Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays
at 2:30 p.m. until March 1. For
more information, call 897-1802.

Theatre League of Atlanta
will present Neil Simon's
Pulitzer Prize-winning Lost in
Yonkers through March I, 1992.
For more information, please call
873-4300.

Jomandi Productions
presents Spunk, a stage adapta-
tion of three Zora Neale Hurston
stories. It will run through
March 1 at the 14th Street
Playhouse.

DramaTech, Georgia Tech's
theater group, will present
George Bernard Shaw's Major
Barbara. The show will run
from February 21 to March 7.
Call 894-2745 for more informa-
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Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center presents The Fa nta sticks
in Friday. Saturday and Sunday
performances at 8 p.m. through
March 15. For ticket informa-
tion, call 872-5338.

Horizon Theatre Company

The Boston Camerata will perform on March 10 as part of the
College Events Series.

presents Our Country's Good, a
criminally entertaining theatrical
adventure by Timbeiiake
Wertenbaker. The play will run
March 6 through April 12. Call
584-7450 for more information.

Music

Variety Playhouse: For

information about the following
concerts, call 524-7354.

Michael Nesmith, a former
Monkee, will present his country
music debut on February 28 at
8:30 p.m.

Jazz pianist Kenny Kirkland
brings his quintet to Atlanta to
perform on February 29 at 8:30
p.m.

Singer and guitarist Rory
Block plays delta and urban

blues, March 4 at 8:30 p.m.

Patrick Ball, modern-day
troubadour, will entertain March
6 at 8:30 p.m.

Clayton State College
presents the Orchestra of the
ISth Century in concert as part
of its Spivey Hall Inaugural
Season Series. The orchestra
will play on March 1 2 at 8: 1 5
p.m. For more information, call
961-3683.

Dance

The Georgia Ballet presents
CoppeHa March 6 and 7 at X
p.m. and March 7 and S at 3 p.m.
at the Cobb Civic Center. For
ticket information, call 425-
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The Profile

The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Friday, March 13, 1992

Volume 78, Issue 9

Student Elections Provide New Campus Leaders

by Janelle Bailey
Contributing Editor

Agnes Scott students went to
the polls, as it were, on February
27 to elect their new student
body leaders. Run-off elections
were held for several positions
on March 2.

Newly elected members of
Honor Court, Interdormitory
Council, and Student Govern-
ment Association were inducted
into their positions on Wednes-
day, March 4.

The new president of Honor
Court is Melissa Johnson; vice-
president is El lie Porter; and
secretary /treasurer is Julie
Dykes.

Leslie Glenn is an RTC
representative. Senior class
representatives are Wendy Baker
and Patricia Schopfer. Laura
Rice and Julia Short will serve as
junior class reps, and Davidac
Stewart and Jenny White will
represent the sophomore class.

Tracy Peavy is the new
president of SG A and Kimberly
Colliet is vice-president. Andie
Medven is the new secretary.
Malaika Jordan is the African-
American rep.

Rising senior class reps are
Wendy Allsbrook. Michelle
Martin. Debbie Miles, and
Kendra Outler. Erin Boiling,
Laura Home, Leigh Locker, and
Elena Paras will represent the
junior class. For the sophomore
class, reps are Merisa Aranas,

Alison Burleson, Wendy Rivere,
and Kreisha Shropshire.

Dorm representatives to SGA
will be elected at dorm meetings
at the beginning of the fall
semester.

Miranda Walker will serve as
president of Interdorm, with
Mary Curtis Lanford as vice-
president. Stacia Wells and
Amber Martin will serve as
secretary and treasurer respec-
tively.

Inman president will be rising
senior Cari Haack. Secretary of
Inman will be Debbie Herron.
Dorm counselors are Jessica
Daugherty, Jessica Roosevelt,
and Niki Twilla.

The president of Main will be
Courtney Harris. Natasha
Browner is to be secretary of the
dorm. Janelle Bailey and Jessica
Lake will be the DCs.

Kim Johnson was elected
president of Rebekah, and Kim
Davis was elected secretary. The
DCs will be Beth Barnes, Crystal
Jones, Estelle Matheu, Jenny
Meads, Natalie Walker, and
Angie Weaver.

The president of Walters will
be Britton McMullian. Amy
Kim is the secretary. DCs are
Judy Bowers. Amanda Heins,
Liza Mann, Keisha Shropshire,
Katie Stromberg, and Amanda
Swift.

Kara Weeks w ill preside as
president of Winship with Willa
Hendrickson as secretary. The
DCs are Carrie Clemence, Laura

Edwards, Melanie Effler,
Rozanna Gaines, Tina Gurley,
Kristin Rabun, Karen Schuman,
Amy Sweckard, and Elizabeth
Williamson.

The RSO Steering Committee
consists of Carole Bognette.
Cynthia Cole, Florence B.
Hardney-Hinds, Teresa Tidwell,
and Ruth Wiles.

The president of the senior
class will be Traci Comm.
Helen Nash will be vice-
president and Kristin Louer will
serve as secretary/treasurer.

Betsy Horton will be presi-
dent of the junior class and
Claire Laye will hold the office
of vice-president. Tiffany
Goodman was elected secretary/
treasurer.

For the rising sophomore
class, the president-elect is
Charmaine Minniefield. Jennie
Sparrow was elected vice-
president and Holly Williamson
was elected secretary/treasurer.

Allison Petty is the new
president of Orientation Council
and Aimee Fish is vice-presi-
dent. Julie Bragg is president of
Social Council. Shannon
Ramker is vice-president, with
Martha Daniel serving as
secretary.

The following positions have
been or will be opened to
petitions: one RTC rep to Honor
Court; treasurer of SGA; two
RTC reps to SGA; an interna-
tional rep to SGA; and treasurer
of Social Council.

Interdorm President Vanessa Elliott is surprised by the number of
close races and run-offs in this year's elections.

In addition, all officer positions
of Arts Council (president, vice-
president, secretary) and Athletic

Association (president, vice-
president, secretary /treasurer) are
open to petition.

"ASC Academic Responsibilities and Rights" Debated at Forum

by Laura Shaeffer
Contributing Editor

A working draft of the "ASC
Academic Responsibilities and
Rights" document was presented
in a Rep Council open forum on

February 24.

The purpose of the document
under consideration is to let
students know what is expected
of them and what they should
expect from professors in the
classroom. Several students and

faculty participated in the forum
to discuss what the role of this
document should be and what
changes should be made to the
present draft.

One statement in the docu-
ment reads, "THE STUDENTS
have the right to bring new
interpretations based on race,
gender, class, and sexuality
without fear of reprisal from the
professor [or we have the right to
ask about them|."

RTC Rep MaryClaire King
added that "ageism" should also
be included in this statement.
English professor Linda Hubert
expressed her belief that the
phrase "fear of reprisal" would
be insulting to some professors.

Other students said that
sometimes students don't always
speak out in class if their

opinions differ from the
teacher's because they are afraid
it will affect their grade.

Two other statements in the
draft read, "THE STUDENTS
have the responsibility to attend
and be prepared for class. THE
STUDENTS have the right to
have professors who are
prepared for class."

Senior Rep Leigh Bennett
asked the faculty present how
they felt about these statements
and added that it was not meant
to insinuate that they aren't
prepared.

Bible and Religion professor
John Carey questioned whether
this was really a problem at
Agnes Scott. Students men-
tioned that there were times
when this has been a problem.

Hubert agreed with this

second statement as long as it
followed the first. She also felt
that the statement left much
room for interpretation and
might need to be clarified.

One of the highly debated
statements reads, "THE STU-
DENTS have the right to
understand the way class will be
conducted, from the grading
system to the system of peda-
gogy which will be used,
including the attendance policy."

Dara Mann '93 said that this
statement needed to be better
defined. She expressed her
belief that students should
demand to know how they will
be graded at the beginning of the
class and that changing the
grading system halfway through
the semester is not fair to

(continued on page 3)

Inside This Issue

Editorials

Letters Abound
Page 4

Features

Ever consider working at the Gold Club?
Page 9

Arts & Entertainment

Wacky Wayne s World
Page 10

News

Page 2

The Profile

Friday, March 13, 1992

John Demos, psvchohistorian

Sophomores Become
Official Ring-Holding
Students at Family Weekend

by Tiffany Goodman

Leap Day weekend 1992 will
always be remembered by many
members of the class of '94 as
the time they received their class
rings. This year's Sophomore
Family Weekend was considered
a huge success by all attending.

The weekend began with a
wine and cheese reception on
Friday evening, at which
students and their families could
get to know some of the faculty
members.

On Saturday morning, mock
classes were held so that family
members could experience a few
of our professors' way of
leaching. Professors Michael
Brown, Ron Byrnside, Ed
Johnson, and Leon Venable
pro\ ided condensed lectures for
the benefit of the families.

Families then participated in a

version of the Newlywed Game
entitled "How Well Do You
Know Your Daughter?" A slide
show of the sophomore class was
presented in Gaines Auditorium
after lunch.

The weekend's climax, of
course, was the ring ceremony on
Saturday night. A dessert
reception in Dana Fine Arts
Building followed.

Sunday provided a student-
run, nondenominational worship
service. The weekend closed
with brunch in Evans Dining
Hall.

The sophomore class would
like to extend their thanks to Dr.
Christopher Ames and Dean Gue
Hudson, both of whom spoke at
Saturday night's banquet.
Special thanks also to Loucy Hay
for sharing her thoughts about the
significance of her Agnes Scott
class nng at the ring ceremony.

Give
Another Chance.
Give Blood.

American Red Cross

Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Focuses on
Myth of "New World" Discovery

by Dawn Sloan
Contributing Editor

This year marks the 500th
anniversary of Columbus*
"discovery"* of America.
Throughout the United States,
conferences, art exhibits, parades
and other festivities have been
planned to celebrate how far the
"new world" has advanced since
this discovery.

Yet. to historians, many
issues must be reckoned with
before the celebrations can
continue.

Yale history professor Dr.
John Demos arrived at Agnes
Scott on Wednesday , February
26 to serve as Phi Beta Kappa
lecturer and to provide the
"sourpuss take" on Columbus.

Demos" lecture did not
celebrate the so-called discovery
of the Americas. Rather, it
served to question whether or not
Columbus' fateful landing in this
hemisphere could actual l\ be
labeled a discovery.

In fact, until his death.
Christopher Columbus believed
he had landed in Asia. He was
searching for something already
know n.

If we are going to say that
Columbus discovered America at
all. Demos pointed out that we
must remember that he discov-
ered it for Europeans.

Demos made note that the
people we call Native Americans
descended from a people who
came to this continent via a land
bridge across what is now the
Bering Strait long before
Christopher Columbus stumbled
across this land.

Dr. Demos has a strong
interest in "psychohi story."
Psvchohistory looks at historical
events by examining what
psychological factors might ha\c
moved an individual to make a
certain historical decision.

Using this focus in his lecture.
Demos examined the way
Europeans and Native Ameri-
cans perceived one another. At
one point Demos stated. "What
one discovers depends on what
one can see." According to him,
the Europeans saw very little
real it \ .

Europeans perceived the
"new world" to be a dream-like
place from which gold and riches
untold would conic to them.
This perception w as a means of
escape from their own "age of
melancholy."

Upon arriving in America,
however, colonists faced harsh
conditions and had to struggle to
survive. The) felt thai the) had
to compete with Native Ameri-
cans for natural resources.

As Demos put it, "Colonists
thought they were living in a

nightmare world and acted
accordingly. Their actions made
the nightmare come true."

Demos also discussed how
their ideas of "otherness" caused
Europeans to see people different
from themselves as being
inferior to them.

Because of the Christian
doctrine of a single act of
creation, Europeans had a hard
time conceiving that Nati\e
.Americans could have come
from a place other than the single
land mass they believed existed.

In order to rationalize their
doubts, Europeans began to
"see" similarities between Native
American customs and their own
Christian traditions. This led
them to accept Native Americans
as human and identical in rights.

However, once differences
were realized, Europeans began
to perceive Native Americans as
inferior. This led to beliefs that
all Native Americans were
savages, according to Demos.

So, as we celebrate the fact
that "1492 is the most single
important date in human
historx " Demos urges us to
remember one thing: According
to our psychohi story and our
culture, "Discovery [in a positive
sense) is more our perception
since we always expect to
discover new things."

Administrative Versus
Instructional Expenditures

The Agnes Scott chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has made
available the following figures on the ASC budget. These data are extracted from reports required to
be submitted to the Department of Education.

Percentage increases between 1983-1984 and
1991-1992

Administration: 99.1%
Academic support: 193%
Institutional support: 803%

Instruction: 65.7%

1983-I9S4 Total expenditures and
transfers $8,160,040

Total for administration $2,129307

Academic support $353,085

Institutional support Si. 776,220

Total for administration $4,238,540

Academic suppor SI ,034,6 1 0

Institutional support $3,203,930

.$3,707,570

Total for instruction

(27.4% of total budget)

.$2.237,1 14

1 99 1 - 1 992 Total expenditures and
transfers $15,373,760

Total for instruction

(24.1% of total budget)

These are some of the major budget items within
each of the categories cited above:

Administration

Academic support: Academic Computing. Office of
ihe Dean of the-College. library salaries and
operations, library acquisitions-.' -
Institutional support Accounting Office, Adminis-
trative Computing. Business Affairs Office,
Development Office, Publications. President's
Office. Personnel Office, Telecommunications,
Public Safety. Public Relations.

Instruction

faculty salaries and benefits, departmental budgets.

News

Friday, March 13, 1992 The Profile Page 3

ASC Literacy Program Receives SCALE Grant

by Tonya Smith

Agnes Scott's volunteer
program (ASC GIVES), in
cooperation with Mortar Board
and DeKalb County's Project
Read, Inc., has received a grant
in the amount of $1000 from the
Student Coalition for Action in
Literacy (SCALE) to assist in
funding an adult literacy
program on campus.

SCALE, based at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, is a network of over 600
colleges and universities
throughout the United States
dedicated to improving literacy.

The network, which received
the funds for this grant from the
Mary Reynolds Babcock and
A.J. Fletcher Foundations, will
also provide technical assistance
to Agnes Scott in organizing and
starting the program.

In February, Masankho
Banda, director of Southeast
Outreach and SCALE represen-
tative, visited the campus to
begin discussion about the
organization and future direction
of the Agnes Scott adult literacy
program.

During his two-day stay,
Banda held a performance of
native African dance to help
generate contributions for the
campus program.

Chaplain Patti Snyder,
Jennifer Bruce and Frances Fite
of Mortar Board, and Susan
Constantine of Project Read,
have been instrumental in
obtaining the SCALE grant and
designing the literacy program.
Mortar Board has established
literacy as its national service
project.

The program will enable
Agnes Scott student, faculty, and

staff volunteers to help fill
DeKalb County's pressing need
for literacy tutors. Project Read
reports that the) have trained
almost 400 tutors but still have
more requests for one-on-one
tutoring than their volunteers can
accommodate.

Based in an on-campus
learning center to be established
in the chapel lounge, the
program will pair volunteers
with literacy students for one-on-
one tutoring sessions using the
Laubach curriculum. Grant
funds will help to purchase the
Laubach Method materials and
train volunteers in this tutoring
approach.

Upcoming activities in the
spring of 1992 include four help
sessions to assist non-readers in
filling out forms. One-on-one
tutoring will begin in the fall.

Student Rights (continued from page 1 )

students.

Other students felt that
professors have the right to
change things, but the) should at
least discuss the changes w ith
the entire class.

Main students considered
this statement to include
receiving a syllabus at the
beginning of a course. Hubert
emphasized that she doesn't
want to be confined or restrained
b) what she puts on a syllabus at
the beginning of a semester.

She belie\ es that students
shouldn't have the right to insist
on its implementation because it

would reduce academic freedom
and does would not allow the
class to evolve. Hubert also
pointed out that ever since she
has been at Agnes Scott there has
been an alliance and trust
between students and faculty.

Also discussed at the forum
w as the role this document
should pla) (Mi campus and what
effect it would really have.
Several students felt that it
should be a symbolic statement
of beliefs and ideals that are
ahead} in place and should
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be more specific.

It was suggested that the next
step to take would be to place
this document in the front of the
Student Handbook and then to
take it to faculty and begin
implementing it in the class-
rooms in the tall as a contractual
agreement between each
professor and their classes.

Some students wanted to
know what would happen if they
felt that their rights had been
violated. Carey agreed that
students should ha\ e some
recourse if the) felt that this was
the case. Mann said that
unbiased outside mediation
would be needed to work with
problems.

Junior Rep Wendy Allsbrook
expressed her belief that this
document is "not the vehicle to
address this issue in full," but
that it should start as a s) mbol.

Allsbrook mentioned that the
cross-constituenc) committee is
currently working on a proposal
that would give students who tell
harassed the chance lor recourse
through a mediator.

Before leaving, Carey praised
the Council's document and
efforts and eloquent!) warned
students about the "dark side" of
the faculty world where some
professors are "prone to arro-
gance and pomposit) ... and
prone to treat students w ith
condescension." He emphasized
that it is important for faculty to
see the concerns of students

Mortar Board Lights the Path
for Next Year's Members

by Janelle Bailey

Contributing Editor

Members of the 1992-1993
Mortar Board were announced at
the convocation on Wednesday,
March 4. Kitsie Bassett Riggall
'83, vice-president of public
relations at Turner Broadcasting
Systems, Entertainment Divi-
sion, and a member of Mortar
Board, was the guest speaker.

Balancing the various aspects
of one's life was the focus of
RiggalLs speech. By relating the
typical daily responsibilities
placed upon her, and recalling
those she had as an Agnes Scott
student, she explained how a
liberal arts education and the
scholarship, leadership, and
service required of Mortar Board
members helped her become
successful in life.

New Mortar Board members
are selected by vote by current
members. Applications are
given to the top 35% of the
junior class. Using only
numbers (voting is completely
anonymous), each member votes
on a minimum often candidates
she feels should be on Mortar
Board.

A candidate is elected if she
receives a minimum of 80% of
the votes. Ballots are taken until
there are three in a row in w hich
no one is elected.

This year's tapping cer-
emony, (the time w hen appli-
cants learn if the) have been
selected) was different from
those of years past. The
candidates were told to be in
their rooms during a certain time
period, and their tappers

informed them of the selection
there.

Said Molly Simmons. Mortar
Board Treasurer 1991-92, 'The
new tapping process is more
humane than what we had
before, but still special and
unique for those who were
tapped/'

The new Mortar Board
members were publicly recog-
nized at a candle-lighting
ceremony at convocation.
Family and friends are invited to
the initiation ceremony on April
2.

Also present at convocation
were Bonnie Johnson, Mollie
Merrick, and Patti Snyder, each a
member of Mortar Board
chapters at their respective alma
maters. Steve Guthrie, Tina
Pippin, and Peggy Thompson,
the faculty advisors to Mortar
Board, were in attendance as
well.

Keeping the traditions of past
years, the junior class selects a
senior for Motor Boat. This is
the senior not on Mortar Board
whom they feel was most
deserving of selection. This year
the juniors chose Eve Allen.

The members of Mortar
Board for 1992-1993 are: Cathy
Alexander, Laura Barlament,
Layli Bashir, Susan Buckley,
Sarah Carruthers. Soo Chan.
Ellen Chilcutt, Judy Gerber. Cari
Haack, Ginger Hartley, Melissa
Johnson, Meredith Jolly, Mary
Curtis Lanford, Dara Mann,
Helen Nash, Dianne O'Donnell,
Elena Paras, Brooke Parish,
Tracy Peavy, Jeanne Peters, and
Aneie Weaver.

Phi Delta Phi Inducts Fresh Crop
of ASC French Scholars

by Janelle Bailey and
Jenny White
Staff Writers

Sixteen students were
recently initiated into Pi Delta
Phi, the National French Honor
Society. Requirements for
admission are a minimum of 2.8
cumulative GPA and a minimum
of 3.0 in French.

The purpose of Pi Delta Phi is
to recognize outstanding
scholarship in the French
language and to promote
know ledge of French culture.
Activities are held in conjunction

with the French Club.

Pam Kellner is the senior
student president of the Kappa
Kappa Chapter. Professor
Regine Reynolds-Cornell is the
faculty advisor. Pi Delta Phi is a
member of the Association of
College Honor Societies.

The new members are Britt
Brewton, Amanda Daniel. Leslie
Dowdey, Elizabeth Franklin.
Laura Hinte. Aliya Husain.
Catherine May, Helen Nash,
Laura Rice, Karena Sager, Hoa
Mi Saint-Jacques, Emily Stone,
Adrienne Vanek, Laura Wells.
Jenny White, and Nancy Zehl.

The Profile wishes the
Alternative Spring Breakers
a successful trip!

Editorials

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Rep Rap

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The Profile staff' other than the author.

Letters

Dear Editors,

Fear not, this is directed not
toward you but to our insatiable
administration.

I not only resent but also will
not tolerate being treated as a
child. The memos we received
in our mailboxes, not requesting
politely, but demanding rudely
our attendance at last
Wednesday's Mortal Board
convocation was not only
outrageous but also derogatory.
I w as under the assumption here
at Agnes Scott that we are to be
treated as women, not as bad
little girls.

1 understand your frustration
concerning the lack of student
attendance at mandatory
convocations but by insulting us
with your memos you are not
only degrading us but also
showing your lack of faith in us.

Granted, the last mandatory
convocation proved a poor
showing of students and perhaps
we, the student body, can displa)
a little more respect toward
attending convocation. How-
ever, your methods of insuring
our attendance are completely
out of line. Please, in the future,
treat us w ith the respect we
descrx e.

Respectfully submitted.
Bethany L. Blankenshtp

To the Editor:

What a pleasure to return from
an exhilarating research adventure
in southern Africa and find that
m\ classes ha\e been compared

with Klan rallies and barrooms!
The comparison with a barroom
got me thinking, but more on that
in a minute.

In his eagerness to insinuate that
my classes (which he has never
attended) are free-for-alls where
intellectual discourse never rises
above shouting matches or
relativistic gobbledygook. Profes-
sor Behan missed my point.
Briefly, it was this: The assault on
"pc" often takes the form of
demands that argument conform to
a highly prescribed set of rules that
many people, especially those just
finding a voice, cannot always
honor. Such rules can be used to
dominate rather than educate. To
paraphrase Mary O'Brien (in
Reproducing the World), demands
for rigor can mean not permitting
anyone to disagree with you. In
my view, this institution often
defends free speech, but when the
speech is about racism or sexism,
the rules of logic and rigor are
sometimes used to try to intimidate
students and faculty into silence.

I wrote about etiquette and the
apparent decline of it in a com-
pletely different context. Behan
chooses to conflate the two issues
(rules of debate and etiquette) and
makes it appear that I have no
regard for either, thus impl\ ing that
I have no standards. For all my
failings as a teacher, I hope that
promoting an "anything goes, all of
the time'* classroom is not one of
them.

I find the denial that the
"Community" piece was about
political correctness Do be disin-
genuous. That's kind of like

by Jessica Carey

The Student Government
Association of 1991-1992 is
coming to a close, and new
officers and representatives have
been elected. This is the last Rep
Rap I will write, and thus seems
to be the last chance for some
outgoing reflection on accom-
plishments and missed opportu-
nities from a graduating senior.

First, however, allow me to
make an apology to Bertie Bond
in the President's Office. In the
last Rep Rap I stated that it was
unlikel) that her assertion
regarding the Rep Council lunch
w ith the Board of Trustees was
true. In retrospect. I do not think
Ms. Bond was being dishonest. I
do think, however, that the
policy she articulated was
fundamental l\ flawed, even
though she had nothing to do
with its creation. But on to other
things.

Two issues have dominated
the work of Rep Council since
our return from Winter break.
We held open forums for two
weeks in a row to get community
opinion on the proposed Office
of Multicultural Affairs and the
Student Bill of Rights and
Responsibilities. Needless to
say, no officer of the college
except Dean Hudson decided to
attend.

The Office of Multicultural
Affairs is a general proposal
passed by Rep in December
1 99 1 that called for a new
position on campus geared
towards the College's various
minority communities. At first
glance many may ask why we
need another administrative
position, given that so much of
the college's budget already goes
to the salaries of the top six
administrative officers. (Would
you believe $434,936 in 1990-
1991? Isn't that just incred-
ible?!)

The truth is, however, that the
College has done a poor job of
helping its minority students feel
at home and welcome at Agnes

arguing that the Communist
Manifesto w as not about class
struggle and revolution. How's that
for a rigorous analogy?

I would like to make a sugges-
tion to David. Why don't we take
this debate out of the pages of / he
Profile and over to the
Ereightrtxnn? Well. OK, I am sure
you will respond to this letter, but
after that, how about a moratorium?
I bet that members of the Commu-
nity are tired of reading about what
we think and would like some space
for themselves. I am interested in
debating whether more brilliant

Scott. Rep Council felt the first
step in changing this is someone
whose main responsibilities
were geared solely to the many
under-represented ethnic groups
on campus. The debate is tar
from resolved: We have
discussed such questions as job
description, funding, appropriate
authority, and (wouldn't you
know) job security.

In fact, the biggest issue ma)
be how to give someone enough
job security so that they are not
afraid to give an honest opinion,
assess current situations w ith no
sugar-coating, and not fear the
wrath of the President and Dean
w ith their muzzles and letters of
termination.

The Student Bill of Rights
and Responsibilities is a
document drafted b\ Rep
Council in an effort to clarify
and solidif) some fundamental
student obligations and expecta-
tions in the classroom.

It slates, for example, that
"[t]he Students have the
responsibility for sharing in and
contributing to the learning
process ... [and] have the right to
bring in new interpretations
based on ethnicity, gender, age.
class, and sexuality without fear
of reprisal from the professor or
other students ... The Students
have the responsibility to attend
and be prepared for class ... The
Students have a right to under-
stand the way classes will be
conducted, from the grading
system to the system of peda-
gogy which will be used,
including the attendance policy."

Though this document is far
from complete, (and I am sure
the new Council will spend
many more hours working with
it), a few matters must be
clarified. This is NOT an anti-
faculty document. This is a pro-
student document, and the two
are not necessarily opposed to
one another.

There is nothing stated within
the draft that most reasonable
and rational people would not
consider common courtesy. I f

(and dumber, for that matter)
things have been said in bars or
classrooms, and I would like to do
so in the proper atmosphere.
Cheers!

Catherine V. Scott

Ed: s Note: AMEN!

Dear Editors.

I want to first thank the
Student Activities office for
developing the * 'Express Your-
self board. I think it is a greaj

tac ultx oppose this document,
and some do, I hope that they
will oppose it for some other
well-thought out reason rather
than their refusal to acknowledge
that what takes [Mace in the
classroom is a two-way street.
Students and faculty must work
together and this document seeks
to enhance that process

Speaking from experience, 1
know the tremendous amount of
work and responsibility that is
demanded of SG A members. In
honor of the outgoing 9 1 -92
Council, I would like to list
some of our accomplishments:

* Open Faculty Meetings

* Overseeing the placement
of the First seven

students to Board of Trustees
standing committees

* Creation of the Student
I eadership Opportunities

Fund

* Energy Conservation
Month

* Religious Diversity Forums

* Resolutions on an African-
American counselor and

the Office of Multicultural
Affairs

* The addition ol one student
to the Academic

Standards and Curriculum
committees.

The approval of three new
student organizations

on campus (Espirita Latina.
the Baptist Student

Union, and the I .esbian/
Bisexual Alliance ).

On behalf of the outgoing
Rep Council 1 would like to say
thank you to the student body
who put us into office. We have
tried to do what is right, what is
just, and what is in the best
interests of the student body and
Agnes Scott. It has been
tremendously exhilarating and
exhausting at the same time. I
wish the best of luck to the new
Council, and to the class of
1993. In the paraphrased words
of Thomas Jefferson. "A little
revolution every now and then is
not a bad thing."

idea and has an immense amount
of potential for success. But once
again, a positive thing on campus
has lxvii marred by accusations
and a lack of understanding and
willingness to talk.

On the evening I am writing
this, the expression granted to us
has. in my opinion, gone 100 far,
In what seems like an attempt to
be fun. someone has made a list of
spring break activities that they
are obviously looking forward to.
One of the words on the list is
"Cubans."

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Editorials

Friday, March 13, 1992 The Profile Pa g e5

- Pollywog =
The Politics of Hate

Distributed by Tribune Media Services

by J. Garlen

The advocation of selective
hatred has been \* ith us since
time immemorial. It has been, in
ages past, socially acceptable to
hate pagans. Jews. Muslims,
Russians, Germans, Japanese,
Native Americans, African-
Americans, and everybody else
that can brought to mind. In fact,
at some point or other, it has
been sanctioned by society to
hate absolutely everyone.

Never has this been beneficial
to humanity. Never has this
been the cause of true happiness
for anyone. Never has this been
right.

As those who belong to more
recently antagonized groups can
attest, the group hatred directed
tow ards them has caused endless
anxiety, oppression, and
sometimes bodily harm. They
have been screamed at, preached
to, and pushed around by people
who have been goaded by their
peers into hating whatever
category these unfortunate
persons comprise.

It is safe to say that they did

Letters

(continued from page 4)

What disturbs me more than
this, however, is the comment
written next to it. I quote,
"Lovely racism ladies. Some

things never f g change do

they?"

Please don't get me wrong. I
am not trying to support the first
author. However, I do think the
opinion of the second could have
been expressed just as forcefully
without such intense anger (not to
mention the use of cuss words).
Anger is a good thing when used
the right way. But why not say
that you find this pan of the list
offensive and then explain why?
Anyone can cuss another out and
close their ears to reason. It takes
a much bigger person to try and
change through positive actions.

As I write this over a week
before this issue of the Profile is
distributed, the chances are very
great that these expressions of
opinion will be removed by then.
The board clearly states that the
Student Activities office reserves
the right to remove anything that
does not relate to the intentions of
the board. Maybe not: perhaps
the true right to expression will be
recognized. 1 guess I will just
have to wait and see.

Just as I did earlier in the
school year, I ask the members of
this campus to quit arguing
amongst themselves and listen to

not enjoy this treatment, or
deserve it, and may very rightly
feel bitter about being on the
receiving end of it.

So why does it continue
today?

After everyone and the horse
they rode in on has been
victimized in some way by all
this socially encouraged mad-
ness, one would think that the
profession of hatemonger would
be hard-pressed to find any
applicants. Considering the tact
that every person currently living
has been personally attacked or
had some relation of theirs
attacked due to their race, class,
sex, religion, or personal
preference, one would think that
the lesson would have taken hold
by now . and hatred would be as
obsolete as a hitching post.

But no.

The fact is. hatemongering is
alive and well on the planet
Earth. Even worse, everybody
seems to hate everybody else.
There's no pleasing anyone these
days. It is tragic that the very
groups who should know better,
who ought to have learned by

one another. Listen to what you
sa\ . and then listen when
someone tells you something
offends them (and win ). The
climate of Agnes Scott (and to tell
the truth, the world) will never
improve unless more people are
willing to do this.

Respectfully submitted,
Jane lie Bailex

Dear Editors:

The basketball team completed
its season on Monday. Februarx
24th w ith a loss to Truett-
McConnell. Although the
scoreboard did not reflect many
w ins for Agnes Scott, much has
been accomplished this season.

Students, faculty, and staf f
attended home games regularly.
Having a rowdy cheering section
meant a lot to the players. And
certainly, the creativity of our fans
aded to the atmosphere.

The administration has decided
to allow our basketball team to
compete as an intercollegiate sport
next year. For eight years we have
played as a club team with hopes
for the future. The future is here
for basketball!

Active recruiting by the athletic
department has yielded dozens of
applicants to ASC. many of hwom
were on campus recently partici-
pating in Scholars Weekend.
Again, the future looks bright for

experience that hate does no
good to anyone and only
entrenches everybody in a lot of
muck, are often the very ones
with biggest guns on the firing
squad. I am, of course, speaking
of women, and gays, and the
other minorities who have
suffered so much themselves at
the hands of social enmity.

We oueht to know better. We

student-athletes at Agnes Scott
College.

My only disappointment is in
the lack of coverage from The
Profile. Certainly, students
participating in college-spon-
sored, highly visible activities
should be a regular part of the
college newspaper. I am puzzled
by the use of newspaper space
for movie and play review s that
have no connection with the
ASC community, while athletics
does not have at least one article
per publication. 1 am thankful
for the November 8th piece
Kathleen Hill did announcing the
beginning of the basketball
season. But one article in a
season that runs from October
through February seems a bit
sparse. Meanwhile, a minimum
of half a page is used to an-
nounce art and entertainment
events at local galleries, theatres,
and even other colleges. Don't
get me wrong, I love the arts, and
I am glad we publish upcoming
events of interest, but what about
our own students who are
representing the college through-
out the state m athletics? Don't
they deserve some attention from
our paper?

Once again, thank you
students, faculty, and staff for
your support by attending our
games. We appreciate it more
than you know. How about you,
newspaper staff? Please show

should have realized by now that
this business is getting us
absolutely nowhere and that
hating or blaming anybody else
certainly isn't going to fix the
problem. Screaming generalities
at one another does not do
anything but antagonize every-
one. It has never worked: it
never will work. It is this very
hatred that has been the wrench

your support by covering athletics
on a regular basis.

Sincerely,
Nancy M. Rast
Basketball Coach

Dear Coach Rast:

Within the recent memory of
our college, the Profile had a
sports section. It was discontin-
ued because of lack of worthy
material and lack of writers
interested in sports.

The material problems have
begun to disappear, but the writer
problem has not: the most we can
do is run Sports Arena, which
missed one issue this quarter.
(Christy Jackson's award was the
feature for February 14.)

By the wa\ . this runs in
Features, not Arts; reviews of
plays and bands would not come
before sports stories, because they
aren't covered in the same
section.

Please encourage people you
know to he interested in sports to
come to meetings (Mondaxs at
6:30 p.m.) and become sports
staff writers.

Ed.

Dear Editor:

During the week of February
25-29th, Mary Curtis Lanford '
and Leigh Bennett had jewelry

in the gears of progress for
centuries.

Stand up for what's right.
Stand up for understanding.
Refuse to hate anyone because
some faction of society pressures
you to do so. You don't want to
be indoctrinated, you want to be
liberated, and freedom is a far
cry from a scream.

taken from their rooms in Main.
While we are both very upset
that this even happened, espe-
cial I y since we live under an
Honor Code, we are even more
upset because some of the pieces
have a very sentimental value to
us. Mary Curtis had a ring that
was her mother's taken. This
was very special because of the
fact that her mother died 4 years
ago. Leigh had two necklaces
taken, one given to her by her
fiancee and one given by her
father. The objects were very
special. We both just want these
pieces back. We don't care who
took them or why and we do not
w ant to report the person the
1 [onor Court of Interdorm.

It is possible that whoever
took these items is not a member
of the ASC community. But if
the person who did take these
items is at ASC, we ask that you
please return the sentimental
pieces to us, either in our PO
Boxes of by putting them under
our doors.

We cannot reiterate the fact
that all we want is the sentimen-
tal pieces back. We don't want
to punish anyone. Please, if you
have our jewelry, return it to us.
Thank you.

Sincerely,

MC Lanford, Box 238
Leigh Bennett, Box 43

(continued on page 6)

Editorials

Page 6

The Profile

Friday, March 13, 1992

TWO MaN BQOfeSL[>

Letters

(continued from page 5)

To the editors:

. Agnes Scott College is certainly
a fine institution, providing a solid
liberal arts education for any
woman with the brains and money
to stay for four years. I am forever
grateful to the professors who have
guided, tested, and pushed me. I
am proud of our tine facilities, our
enormous endowment, and the
Agnes Scott tradition which
pervades all aspects of student life.

But there are some parts of that
tradition which need to change. As
much as I have enjoyed my time at
Agnes Scott, I recognize that there
are many questions which have
never been asked outright, let alone
answered, about ASC. In fact, it's
hard to know who will ever ask
these questions, considering the
fear that so many students, staff,
and junior faculty have about
speaking their mind.

Students, we have been taught
to question assumptions and to
search for the truth. It is time to do
just that.

Why is there no freeze on staff
hiring at the same time that the
President and the Board insist upon
a faculty freeze? Does anyone
really know if these staff positions
created because "they will
eventually pay for themselves"
actually do? How may administra-
tors does it take to educate a
student? Apparently more and
more every year.

Why is it that according to
AAUP published figures, the
amount of money spent at Agnes
Scott per student in institutional
support (read: bureaucracy) is
double that of Smith, Ml. Hotyoke,
I )a\ idson, Hollins. Rhodes, and
other schools?

Why isn't there a major fund-
raising campaign for the academic
program? [f there is anything that I
would actually enjo\ gi\ ing
mone\ for, it's the faculty, their
programs, and their research.

\\ h\ is it that junior faculty
members are expected to smile and

be good boys and girls until they
get tenure? How is it that Agnes
Scott expects its untenured faculty
members to wear a muzzle and nod
in agreement with every policy and
procedure the) find inappropriate,
unnecessary, or just flat out wrong?

How is it that some officers of
the college could earn over $85, (XX)
a year and still desperately need a
human relations course?

How could an\ member of the
administration have the gall to tell
the senior class who will speak at
graduation? Whose graduation is
it, anyway?

How in the world can any
institution allow instruction as a
percentage of total expenditures to
decline from nearly 29% in 1983 to
22.61% in 1991, as revealed in
AAUP published statistics?

How can the administration
justify spending over $86,000 last
year on consultants? Remember
the vision thing? That's what
administrators are paid for.

Why does it seem as if there are
plenty of budget decisions, but
never any budget options?

When are those in power going
to learn that it means very little
when you have no credibility?

Can we, as a community, please
put an end to the lip-service that
goes to "communication"? It's
time to do it, not just say it. Great
strides have been made in the past
year. Everyone appreciates it. But
it's not enough.

Someone must answer some of
these questions I have asked here.
Students learn through experience
and example, and yet the lesson for
the year could be entitled "Lessons
in Power Control: How to hold it.
control it. and manipulate it."

In many w ays this is a letter of
anger and desperation. But I hope
most w ill read it as a call for action,
for responsibility, and for educa-
tion. We need all of those things

Respectfully Submitted.

Jessica C. Carey
Class o! IW '

Dear Editor:

Although I appreciate the
attention the E. Burlingame gave
your last issues to m\ ch ll rights
activities, I need to offer a number
of corrections lest others protest
first. 1 \ er\ much enjoyed the
chance to chat about my thirty-
year-old memories, and I
sympathize w rth Ms.
Burlingame's predicament of
piecing my desultory reflections
together for a feature. Dim as I
am about some aspects of the
past, however, 1 think I can and
must in the name of historical
accuracy straighten out a few
minor points, perhaps of no issue
to anyone but me.

First, I did not mean to suggest
that the Collegiate Council for
Human Relations, founded in part
by Agnes Scott alumna Eliza
Paschal 1 Morrison, was ineffec-
tual; my point was that / was
quiet and ineffectual. Dynamic
leaders like Stokeley Carmichael
and H. Rap Brown were part of
this group; Julian Bond was also
in school at Morehouse at the
time. They were all very engaged
in demonstrations of civil
disobedience that would intensify
through the decade. I think I
referred to John Lewis (not
Congressman Lewis from
Georgia's Fourth District) as
among the "younger" generation
who came to prominence after I
graduated. These names were a
little confused in the article.

Dean Carey Scandrett was the
Dean of Students during my era;
Dean Benton Kline was Dean of
the Faculty. Miss Scandrett, as
we called her, was the source of
my invitation to serve not C.
Benton Kline.

The Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee look
shape during this time and
involved many of the same people
as the Human Relations Council.
One did not grow from the other:
many who participated in the
early stages of one organi/ation
participated in both.

I hope I didn't describe a
Decatur Ku Klux Klan rail) as
somebody's idea of "bad taste."
Even allowing for my dangerous
penchant for ironic understate-
ment, I believe the published
remark is at variance w ith my
sense of shock and horror at the
fantastic sight.

And, finally, 1 serve now as a
board member for the Absalom
Jones Student Center at Atlanta
University but I've been
involved in the nitty-gritt) of that
cross-cultural (and putatively
inter-denominational) project for
years in a hands-on way as a
consequence of work w ith the
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. I
attend church at All Saints; but
worthy as that institution is on
man> counts touching human
rights, it has nothing directly to do
\\ ith Absalom Jones. The crucial
connection, as Ms. Burlingame
notes, is that civil rights activit) in
Atlanta has been linked to many
churches one way or another.
And for me, as for many others,
the limited role 1 have played in
this enormous human drama has
had its primary setting in the
church.

Thank you for the nice article
and for the additional research
undertaken on its behalf.

Sincerely,
Linda Hubert

Dear Editors:

Kudos to Professor Steve
Guthrie for his delicious use of
SPAM to demonstrate that
Professor Pinka is a racist. For
those of you unfamiliar with it,
SPAM is the Sigmund Pangloss
Argumentation Mode. It derives
from Sigmund Freud, developer of
unconscious motivation, and
Volatire's Dr. Pangloss, who
knew everything. SPAM utili/es
unconscious motivation to prove
anything about anybody. Wanna
try it'? It's easy and fun.

Suppose you want to prove that
Professor Pinka is an anti-Semite.
Just take Professor's Guthrie's all-
purpose SPAM, substitute "anti-
Semitism" for "racism," and make
minor adjustments as needed.

I do not believe that the conduct
of any faculty member or adminis-
trator toward Miriam during this
episode, including her original
conflict with Dr. Pinka last spring,
was motivated by conscious anti-
Semitism.

However, I also know that the
effects of conscious anti-Semitism
and the effects of unconscious or
institutional anti-Semitism, or even
of a more unfocused resistance to
difference and change, can be
about the same: unsympathetic
curriculum and campus atmo-
sphere, trust rat ing classroom
dynamics, bureaucratic msensitiv-
ity, human insensitivity. inadequate
understanding of. or interest in.
religiously diverse linguistic and

paralinguistic codes, and simple
ignorance and fear. And if you're
Jewish it may not make a great deal
of difference w hether you're done
in by people who really hate you or
by people who just can t hear you
very well.

Want .to make Dr. Pinka an ami-
Platonist too? Simple.

I do not believe that the conduct
of an) facult) member or adminis-
trator toward Socrates during this
episode, including his original
conflict with Dr. Pinka last spring,
was motivated by conscious anti-
Platonism.

However, 1 also know that the
effects of conscious anti-Platonism
and the effects of unconscious or
institutional anti-Platonism, or even
of a more unfocused resistance to
difference and change, can be
about the same: unsympathetic
curriculum and campus atmo-
sphere, frustrating classroom
dynamics, bureaucratic insensith
ity, human insensitivity, inadequate
understanding of. or interest in,
philosophical!) diverse linguistic
and paralinguistic codes, and
simple ignorance and fear. And if
you're Platonic it may not make a
great deal of difference whether
you're done in b) people who
really hate you or b) people who
just can't hear you very well.

How about President Schmidt.
Been wondering Whether she's
ant i -Catholic? Here's your proof.

I do not believe that the conduct
of any facult) member or adminis-
trator toward the Archbishop
during this episode, including his
original conflict with Dr. Schmidt
last spring, was motivated by
conscious anti-Catholicism,

However, I also know that the
effects of conscious anti-Catholi-
cism and the effects of unconscious
or institutional anti-Catholicism, or
even of a more unfocused resis-
tance to difference and change, can
be about the same: unsympathetic
curriculum and campus atmo-
sphere, frustrating classroom
dynamics, bureaucratic insensitiv-
ity, human insensitivity, inadequate
understanding of, or interest in,
religiously diverse linguistic and
paralinguistic codes, and simple
ignorance and fear. And if you're
Catholic it may not make a great
deal of difference whether you're
done in by people who really hate
you or by people who just can't
hear you very well.

Now you've got the hang of it.
Go lor it! Nail anybody you want.
SPAM is rhetorically effective and
impervious to truth or falsity.
You'll convince most of the people
most of the time and probably be
able to get a demonstration going if
it isn't raining.

Yours sincerely,
David Behan

Features

Friday, March 13, 1992

The Profile

Page 7

Personal Experience in Japan
Dispels Myths About Society

by Jennifer Jenkins

Japan. The single word
evokes so many images that are
quite paradoxical in nature. For
many Americans, the media's
constant bombardment leads
them to visualize a purely
robotic, stress-filled society. I
am so thankful that my experi-
ence in Japan was one of
fulfilling enlightenment.

I embarked upon my journey
refusing to have strong expecta-
tions or biases, because I wanted
to keep a clear and positive
perspective on this unique
society. My reward was a fresh
approach to learning provided by
living with a Japanese family.

We were so fortunate as to
visit Japan during the holiday
season. Not only did this mean
that we were able to experience
traditional Japanese New Year's
customs and practices, but we
were also able to enjoy the
family and friendship bonding
that occurs during the relaxed
time of the holida) s.

Without the notorious
pressures of school and work,
families were able to rekindle
their sense of closeness amongst
delicious food, hot sake, and
contagious laughter.

Parents and children were
finally able to spend qualit) time
together, which tends to be
extremely precious because of the
long working hours and loads of
intensive studying.

Special friends from childhood
and high school years met at
cafes, restaurants, and karaoke
bars to reminisce on their
younger days and to share new
experiences from universities and
cities all over Japan.

I was also able to experience
company relations first-hand
because my host brother. Kat,
works for Toyota, and the
corporation was eager to meet
and entertain his American guest.

Through these interactions. I
realized one reason why Japanese
businesses are so successful:
They treat their co-workers as
family members and constantly
nurture compan) relations, rather
than trying to find new \\a\ s to
overstep a cohort with a fiercely
competitive attitude.

Yes, Japanese workers spend
long hours "at work." but the) arc
at restaurants and bars promoting
relations and brainstorming ideas,
not sitting behind a cold office
desk in "robotic" isolation.

Furthermore, they are not out
to defeat America: they truly

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Jennifer Jenkins with her new found Japanese friends

desire friendly relations. They
simply want to instill pride in
their nation through a quality
work ethic. This reflects the
Japanese sense of the community
over the that of the individual.

This sense of the community
is integral; however, they express
their individuality through
personal interests and hobbies, as
do many Americans.

For women, knowledge and
skill in the arts of kimono,
ikebema, the tea ceremony,
calligraphy, etc. are essential to
full self-awareness and security.

The sense of culture felt by
the majority of Japan is quite
shocking when one is so

accustomed to hearing only of
post-World War II Japan, which
had to become heavily industrial-
ized and success-oriented just to
survive, much less to equal the
West's standards of living.

One last myth I would like to
dispel is the Japanese lack of
affection or physical contact.
Certainl> . man) traditional
Japanese homes prefer not to
show physical affection, but this
varies from home to home.

Ell never forget the warmth I
felt as my host mother held me
in her arms, wiping aw ay my
tears of farewell; and the tears of
regret between Tomoko, my
hostess, and I as we realized our

time of sharing was temporarily
ending.

I am anxiously awaiting the
arrival of my Japanese "sister" to
Agnes Scott this month as a
student of English Literature.
Furthermore, I am counting the
months until my return to Japan
in May 1993 as a guest in my
host brother's wedding cer-
emony.

My exposure contrasted with
the American media's stereo-
types of Japan. I found that 1
could return home to the latest
Japan-bashing trends and meet
these antagonistic viewpoints
with a positive concrete perspec-
tive.

Do's and Don't's for This Friday the 13th

by Dianne O'Donnell

Staff' writer

Okay, if we all concentrate
and work together, we can sleep
through this thing. Any Scottie
worth her salt knows how to skip
a day or two.

You know, it's like when
you're out of coffee and clean
underwear and it's sleeting and
you wake up too late to take a
shower and you ooze into class
with your eyelids glued shut and
your teacher hands you a test you
didn't know about and she sa\ s
she did too tell you about it last
week and all you can do is
mutter, "Oh ... I guess I missed
that day."

And yes, you did, and you
can miss this one too. No need
to continue for the masses skilled
in avoidance and denial you
have the matter under control.

But there may be those stoic
overachievers among us who
like to keep their days in order
and fully accounted for. So for
those of you brave, stupid, or
oblivious enough to choose to
exist today, here are some
helpful hints:

Black cats are not unlucky
they would like some tuna,
please. Ladders are not to be
feared, unless you're standing on
top sloshing with rotgut.
Tossing salt couldn't hurt; it just
looks silly. Rabbit's feet do not
belong on key-chains; they
belong on bunny ankles.

Okay, now, here it comes
stock up on garlic, rosaries,
fuzzy dice, crucifixes, silver
bullets and holy water. The
following horrific nightmares are
to be avoided at all cost:

Attending Ladies' Night at
Mama's Country Showcase

(Yeehaw! Your mama let you
date?)

Attending Ladies' Night.
Period.

Deciding, "Well, maybe it
will be okay if I put lots of salt
and hot sauce on it."

Home tattooing.

Grateful Dead fanatics
under the age of 40.

Grateful Dead fanatics over
the age of 40.

Generic beer.

Deciding, "Well, that was
all in his past maybe I should
go to bed with Lorenzo after all."

Deciding, "Well, that was
all in my past maybe I should
run for the Presidency after all."

Epilady.

Thinking, "No problem I
can catch up over Spring break."

Spending Spring break
catching up.

Good luck!

The Profile reminds you
Don't Drink and Drive
over Spring Break

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The Profile Friday, March 13, 1992

Perspectives

compiled by Brooke Parish

WOULD YOU HAVE COSMETIC
SURGERY DONE IF IT WERE
SAFE AND FREE?

Eliie Porter
Class of 1993:
When my mother asked me
what I wanted for my high
school graduation gift, I
quipped "a breast augmenta-
tion." Now, after 3 years at
Agnes Scott, I don't think I
would change anything about
me physically that is. It's
too bad you cannot have
plastic surgery for a person's
mental well-beine.

Cam i lie Montgomery
Class of 1995:
I would not have cosmetic
surgery to fix my nose or
something like that. I ^
believe that God made each ^
individual unique and
beautiful in their own ways
and we should not mess
with God's creation.
However, I would have
reconstructive surgery if 1^
were terribly disfigured.

Emily Dembeck
Class of 1995:
1 would not have cosmetic-
surgery because I think that
everyone is beautiful and
should love themselves the
way they are despite the
opinions of society.

Anne Bearden
Class of 1992:
No, I wouldn't, because I
feel that if people do not
like the way I am, that is
their problem. Why spend
that money to impress
somebody else?

LePret Dickinson
Class of t994:
No, I wouldn't right now, but
when I'm in my 40s or 50s I
might consider it to reduce the
bags under my eyes and worn
lines I will have gotten from
attending A\gnes Scott.

Seniors: "The Last Five Weeks" are Here!

by Janelle Bailey
Contributing Editor

To all you seniors out there
preparing to do exactly what
everyone has been telling you for
who knows how long (that is,
"get A life!"), the Career
Planning and Placement office
and the Career Advisory Board
have a program that you just
might be interested in.

Entitled "The Last Five
Weeks," the program will
present five sessions of guests,
conversation, and learning that
will help you make it in the real
world. One session will be held
each Wednesday evening in
April.

The first installment of this
series is on finding a house or
apartment. Sometimes it hits
seniors kind of late that they will
no longer have a dorm room to
come back to (usually when they
have to move back home and
can't live under their parents'
rules an) more ).

We hope that this program
will not onl\ explain some of the
more confusing aspects of
looking for living quarters, but
also sive some useful advice and

ease some worries.

Next in the series is a
discussion of relationships and
social issues. What happens
\\ hen either you or \ our signifi-
cant other has to (or w ants to)
relocate and the other
doesn't ? Also, just how do you
go about Finding a new place of
worship, a new favorite restau-
rant, or a place to simpl) relax
and do nothing.'

Third up is the dreaded "I"
word insurance. Most of us
will no longer be able to live
under our parents' insurance
plans if we are not full-time
students.

The goal here is to give sonic
tips on finding the right insur-
ance company and policy to suit
your new lifestyle and on
understanding what the sales
people are saying. Also included
is how to go about looking lor a
car.

The fourth session will
discuss o\'\'\cc politics and
workplace issues, including
sexual harassment, networking,
and general issues on making the
transition from college to work.

Sometimes we don't realize
just how difficult this can be. and

the shock can be overwhelming.
But if you go in prepared, you
have a better chance of coming
out on top.

The fifth and final issue is on
saying goodbye. It is said that
the friends you make in college
will be with you for the rest of
\ our life. How do you sa\
goodbye to them before you
leave for your respective states . 1
And how do you keep in touch
with them once you're there
without losing the closeness you
now feel?

'The Last Five Weeks'' is
based on a program originated at
Assumption College in Worces-
ter. Maryland. A similar
program is also now active at
Quinnipiac College in Hamden,
Connecticut. It is designed to
assist seniors in making the a
smooth transition into the
outside world.

Specific times and locations
will be announced closer to the
actual dates. The first session is
on April 1 (no foolin' here!) and
the last is on April 2 C ). If you
have an\ questions, call Leigh
Bennett at extension 6558. Join
us for discussions and share your
ideas!

Sports Arena

by Shannon Ramker

At first glance, the Woodruff
building looks empt) and still.
Upon closer inspection, you can
see that it is teeming with
activity.

The Dolphin Club teamed up
with the Splash-Dancers for their
annual show on March 6 and 7.

The tennis team competed in
a tournament at Berry college on
the March 1 and 2. Reina
Baretto advanced to the semi-
finals in her draw, Mary Beth
Quinley made it to the finals in
her draw, and Adrienne Vanek
won her draw. The tennis team
has already competed in six
other matches since the semester
began.

Some new club sports have
joined the Athletic Department
due to student determination and
dedication. Volleyball has
begun its first season. Coached
by Robert Bailey and helped
along by Coach Cynthia
Peterson, the th irteen-m ember
team plays every Monday
evening at the Courthouse in
Mercer.

The club Softball team, the
Stingers, are currently
undefeated in their season and
were the champions of their
league last fall. This fourteen-
member team plays at the

Softball country club Sportsplex
on Wednesday evenings. It is
coached by Athletic Trainer
Cheryl Appleberrv and student
Angela McNeal.

The newest sport at Agnes
Scott is the track team. Susan

Martin coaches its seven
members, and meets are
scheduled for March 7 and
March 28.

Clearly, that lifeless facade
has a lot going on behind it.

AGNES SCOTT SPORTS SCHEDULES

Track,

March 7 at Oglethorpe
March 28 location TBA

Softball:

March 1 1 , 6:30 and 7:35 p.m.. field 5
March 18,8:05 and 9: 10 p.m., field I
March 25, 8:40 at field I and 7:35 at field 3

Tennis:

HOME March 7. vs. Oglethorpe University at 3 pan.
HOME March I 1, vs. LaGrange College at 3 p.m.
AWAY March 14. at Savannah College ol Art and Design at
3 p.m.

Spring break at Hilton Head:

March 17, vs. Denison University at X a.m.

March 18, vs. University of Wisconson/Oshkosh at 8 a.m.

March 19, vs. Mt. Vernon Na/arene at 8 a.m.

March 20. vs. Nazareth College at 8 a.m.
AWAY March 27. at Oglethorpe University at 3 p.m.
HOME April 3. vs. North Georgia College at 2 p.m.
HOME April 4, vs. Georgia Southwestern at 10:30 a.m.
HOME April 7. vs. Centre College at 3 p.m.
AWAY April 14, at Spelman College at 3 p.m.
AWAY April 21, at Emory University at 3 p.m.
AWAY April 24-25, Brenau Invitational
HOME April 29, vs. Spelman College at 3 p.m.

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Friday, March 13, 1992

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Notes from Hell: Searching Everywhere for the Perfect Job

by Bethany Blankenship

Staff Writer

[, like all other students,
received my tuition increase
notice two weeks ago. It wasn't
actually a shock to the system
like having someone pull your
shorts down in front of Dr.
Guthrie. It was more like sitting
in a class with the dreaded
expectation of the return of a test
you know you bombed.

The near thousand-dollar
increase made me ponder what
kind of jobs I might have to get
in order to help m\ parents pay
the bill.

At first. I was thinking about
the fast food enterprise. The
pa) 's not bad and the) usually
hue year-round.

I narrowed my choices down
to Wendy's and McDonald's. If
I worked at Wendy's I could get
free Frosties. At McDonald's,
there would be an unlimited
supply of trench fries.

Ho\vever,.the thought of my
face covered in zits from the
grease and my hair bound in a
hair-net soon deterred me from
that idea.

My next thought was retail. I
wouldn't be tempted to eat
anything and best of all. I
wouldn't go home smelling of
grease. It could be tun dressing
mannequins in bad outfits and
flirting v* ith cute customers, but.

oh, yuck ... working with
customers.

One summer I worked at a
movie theater selling tickets and
making popcorn (yes, we
actually made and served our
own popcorn, not that styrofoam
stuff covered with urine-colored
butter oil substitute).

I learned from that experience
that yes. the odor of popcorn oil
will come out of your clothing
after three or four washes and
also that the customer may
always be right but is usually
pretty stupid.

You know who I'm talking
about. The idiots who stand at
the front of the concession line
scratching their foreheads
saying, "Well sugar-lips, what'll
it be tonight? M&M'sor
Goobers?"

There were many times I
wished desperately that I could
hurdle the candy counter full
throttle so that I could shake the
customers and yell, "Make up
your mind, you senseless waste
of human life!"

1. however, reserved these
temper tantrums for better causes
like sitting behind these annoy-
ing customers in the movie and
throwing dead kernels of
popcorn at them. Trust me. they
never knew what hit them.

So. the retail game was out. I
definitely couldn't handle the
customers appropriately.

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Besides, I'm painfully honest. If
someone looked cruddy in an
outfit, I'd probably tell them so.

Then they'd probably develop
some psychological problem
from the trauma I caused them
and sue the store and then I'd be
out of a job. So much for that
idea.

I did do some research on the
adult entertainment industry.
Basically, I called several strip
joints in Atlanta pretending to be
my roommate looking for a job.

The first on my list was Tops
m' Tails. (Rather an appropriate
name, isn't it?) The manager
told me that if I competed in and
won one of their amateur
contests, I could very well
become an honored member of
the Tops V Tails dance troupe,
unless I was just knock-down,
drag-out gorgeous" and then I
would not even require an
audition.

I talked to every club from

The Gold Club, which said that I
could bring my own costume, to
the auditioner at Cheetah 3, who
said I could bring my own
breakaways (I assume this is
clothing that is easily torn off)
and my own music.

All of these clubs had one
common thread not one of the
dancers received minimum
wage. Their "girls," they said,
worked for tips only.

An article written for
Southern Methodist University
by Nancy Donisi stated that
many college coeds work their
way through school by dancing
in the buff These women are
quoted as making as much as
$9000.00 a month.

A quick calculation can tell
you that you could dance your
way through Agnes Scott's
tuition in less than two months.

Amazing, isn't it? I do
believe these women are on to
something here. I think I'm in

the wrong business, working on
campus. Then again, taking off
all my clothes in front of a group
of strange men could by mighty
embarrassing, especially if they
all pointed and laughed at me.
That would be just my luck.

So what kind of job can 1 get
to solve my tuition trauma? Fast
food is bad for my complexion,
retail would be bad for my
customers, and stripping would
be terrible for my self-esteem.
I'm thinking toy stores. That
way I'd always have something
to play with.

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Friday, March L3, 1992

Blackfrairs' Come to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, directed by John Stephens, will run March
27-28 and April 3-4 in Winter Theater.

Wayne's World is Wonderfully Wacky

by Jennifer Garlen
Staff write r

Talk about your weird
movies! Wayne's World the new
Paramount release starring Mike
Meyers and Dana Carvey in their
popular Saturday Night Live
personae of Wayne and Garth, is
as strange as they come.

The plot of the film is fairly
loose, involving Wayne's desire
to get his show on national
television and to win the love of a
female rock singer named
Cassandra.

The story line is solid enough
to allow viewers to follow along
and to tie each comic scene
together, but the value of the film
lies in the separate episodes, not
in the plot.

One of the accomplishments
of Wayne's World is to push the
joke so far thai it becomes

unbearably funny (or unbearably
annoying). Several scenes
continue well beyond the point of
absurdity.

The most notable of these is
one scene in which Wayne and
friends are singing in their car, as
people are known to do. How-
ever, their rendition of Queen's
''Bohemian Rhapsody" in its
entirety becomes a spectacu-
larly silly parody of the act itself.

Other similar incidents involve
Wayne speaking Cantonese and
Garth performing a hysterical
version of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy
Lady \

The film features a lot of
familiar faces, and not just those
that have graced the camera on
Saturday Night Live. Rob Lowe
costars as a sleazy businessman
who tries to steal both Wayne's
show and his girl.

Alice Cooper gives a cameo

performance and a lesson on the
history of Milwaukee in a style
typical of "Wayne's World"
humor.

Look for stars from popular
television show s and films;
they're all over the place. My
personal favorite involves a
take-off from Terminator 2, but
1 won't spoil the joke by giving
it all away.

Wayne's World is definitely
not a film for the serious viewer,
and I would suggest that anyone
going to see it put themselves in
the proper mindset beforehand.
Be prepared to laugh at every-
thing, from the opening scenes
to the multiple endings.

Oh, and don't leave the
theater until the credits are really
over: true to form, Wayne and
Garth return again and again
after the "end" of the movie!

Writers' Festival Brings Distinguished Authors

Press Release

The 20th Annual Agnes Scott
Writers' festival will take place
April 9th and 10th. Several
distinguished writers will visit
the campus and give public
readings, in addition to judging
the participating students' works.

Georgia Author of the Year
Greg Johnson and 1990 Non fic-
tion Author of the Year John
Stone, will have public readings

in Winter Theatre Thursday
afternoon from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Rita Dove, winner of the 19S7
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry will
present a reading of her works at
8:15 PM.

Friday morning Robert
Coover. author of numerous
novels and plays including
Gerald . s Partw will read
selections from his writings at
10:25 a.m. A panel discussion of
student work will take place

Internship Opportunities

for Political Campaign

Emory Morsberger. a current State Representative,
is running (or United States Congress
Paid and credit internship positions are available
for summer and fall semesters For more
information, contact David Moon (404) 296 1700

from 2 to 4 p.m. in Rebekah
Reception, followed by the
awarding of prizes.

All events are free and open
to the public.

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With or Without U2

b\ Susan Pittman

On March 3, four students
made a pilgrimage to Charlotte
to see I' 2 in concert. We had
been unable to get tickets for the
Atlanta show, but we knew that
it would be well worth the lour
hour drive and scalper prices to
see U2 live. We were not
disappointed.

The stage design was the
most innovative one that 1 ha\ e
ever seen. Nearly two dozen
televisions showing test patterns
were scattered randomly across
the stage.

Several East German cars
called Trabis were suspended
above the stage in various
positions. One was painted
white with the words to 'The
Fly" written on it.

A runway led to a small stage
on the floor where the band
actually performed one of their
songs. As the concert began,
four large screens rose out of the
stage and a fifth appeared over
the stage.

Throughout the concert, video
clips, live footage, random
natural images, words and
messages were projected to us
through these screens and those
o1 the telex isions.

The stage was impressive, but
the music w as out of this w orld.
As the house lights went down to
signal the beginning of U2\s
performance. Bono, the lead
singer, strode boldly across the
stage to his microphone.

The rest of the band followed
a moment later, and the opening
chords of "Zoo Station" flooded
the Coliseum. Every song they
played was absolute!) incredible.

Of course, they mainly played

songs off of their new release
Achtungi Baby t but they also
included their classics "With or
Without You," "Where the
Streets Have No Names/* and
"Desire. " just to name a few.
Bono, Larry Mullen, the Edge,
and Adam Clayton gave a truly
moving performance that
evening.

One of the most memorable
things about the I '2 concert had
nothing to do w ith the band or
the stage: the fans were phe-
nomenal. During every song,
you could clearl) hear the crowd
in the background singing the
words.

Bono did not have to sing the
chorus of "Pride": he merely
stood away from the mike with a
stunned look on his lace. He
seemed truly humbled by the
crowd's response and com-
mented that the band w as
pleased "thai people still wanted
to see U2."

Every penny paid to the
scalper and ever) minute spent
in the ear during the trip to the
Charlotte and back were paid
back in full by U2. They gave
the audience a trU-lj memorable
and moving performance.

My only disappointments
were that 1 was not on the floor
and that the band did not pla\
two of m\ favorite songs.
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" and
"New Year's Day." Hands
down, this was the best concert
that I have ever attended.

As I left the Coliseum that
night. 1 recalled one o! the most
powerful messages that U2 gave
through their big screen TVs,
and I would like to share it with
you. "I T'S YOUR WORLD
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Now Playing....

Our Country s Good will run through April 1 2 at Horizon Theatre

by Sandee McGlaun
Contributing Editor

It's been my recent fortune to
see what for a poor college
student could be called a
veritable multitude of shows..*

A in ' / Misbchavin' . The
Alliance

As a show (and I mean show
glamour, glitter, glitz) Ain't
Misbchavin was a hit. No
dialogue, just the music of the
late great "Fats" Waller, sung
and danced with no holds barred.

The performers, a cast of five
actor/singer/dancers, were
polished and energetic, and they
were obviously having a
wonderful time.

Accompanied by musical
director William Foster
Mc Daniel on piano and a
sometimes-onstage orchestra, the
company delivered rousing
renditions of "Fats'' favorites,
including the title piece, "T'Ain't
Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do," and
"The Joint Is JumpinY 1

Unfortunaiel\ , the first act
was marred by an unnecessary
emphasis on women's body parts
as comic butts (every pun
intended, although that's not the
part(s) in question).

Once or twice, maybe but
as a standard comic device
employed as choreography?
Nix.

Perhaps I would have been
more forgiving if this had not
been followed by the sexist
sequence. "The Ladies Who Sing
With The Band," four parodies

by Margaret Bickers
Staff writer

The second and third lectures
of the Cultural Encounters series,
featuring Gerhard Behague and
Robert Snow, presented the
effects of musical encounters on
the social and religious life of
South and Central America.

Behague discussed the impact
of Spanish and African musical
styles and structures on popular
music in the New World, while
Snow presented the tradition of
choral music as it carried across
the Atlantic with the Catholic
Church liturgy.

The first talk brought to light
some specific examples of
cultural exchange among the
Spanish, African, and aboriginal
peoples in South and Central
America.

of war-time songs performed by
women for the troops* entertain-
ment. .

You had your silly ingenue,
your domineering prima
donna.. .and catfighting. Get a
sense of humor? Get some
f sense.

The second act was more fun
(and less sexist). It opened with
a number featuring the orchestra,
giving them a little well-
deserved limelight.

Barry Bruce 's rendition of
"The Viper's Drag" was the
most unusual number; Bruce 's
charisma and Sharon Wilkins'
incredible vocal talents were two
of the show's biggest assets.

For fans of the music of Fats
Waller, or for those who like
show-stopping spectacle. Ain't
Misbchavin' is worth seeing if
you can stick it out through the
stereotypes of the first act. It
runs through April 5.

Faith Healer, Theatre Gael

Breathtaking. Brian Friel's
stor) of three misfits who travel
as faith healers through the
British Isles is a lyrical, mystical
journey through the memories of
three extraordinary characters,
Frank, Grace and Teddy.

Frank, otherw ise known as
The Fantastic Francis Hardy,
Faith Healer (note the initials), is
the first to tell his story. The
stage is dark. Across the
audience flows a rich blend of
sounds, almost a chant. As the
lights come up. Frank tells us
that he is reciting the names of
all the dying Welsh cities, one

Behague pointed out that the
amount of foreign settlement
determined the degree of influ-
ence brought onto the native
musical scene of each country. In
Bolivia, lor example, the music
reflects mostly native music of
the Quechua-speaking peoples of
the mountains.

Mexico, however, has a much
greater degree of mixing between
Indian and Mestizo (Spanish-
Indian) musical styles. Cuba
preserves mostly African rhythms
and patterns.

The lecture concluded with
video samples, which included
Mexican Rancho music
(Mariachi), Cuban political songs
and a Peruvian scissor dance,
which concluded in a burst of
"salsa" music for Gringos (this
author included) who were not
familiar with the style.

after another, as he used to do
before every performance.

Frank (Kelly Greene) is easy
in his conversation, relaxed. He
tells us about his mistress Grace,
about his manager, Teddy with
the Cockney accent. About his
profession "I did it because I
could do it.. .Was it a gift ? Well,
my God, I'm afraid so." When-
ever he becomes nervous, he
closes his eyes and recites. After
about a half an hour, he leaves
us, vaguely promising to return.

In the dark we hear the lyrical
sounds of the Welsh language
again, this time spoken b\ a
female. Grace (Heather Heath)
tells us her story how/ cruel
Frank could be. how he always
referred to her as his mistress,
although she was his wife. She
recalls their stillborn baby and

The second lecture described
the movement of Spanish
polyphonic music as based on
manuscripts from Mexico and
the cathedral of Guatamala.

Much of the music came from
the late sixteenth to the earl)
seventeenth centuries. The
pieces, used primarily at matins,
vespers and mass, helped to
transmit scripture to the listening
audience.

Much of the difficulty in
producing this complex music in
the early churches was due to
small budgets and transportation
difficulties (organs and water
don't mix).

These lectures helped to
inform the audience about the
great synthesis of cultures that
occurred, and is still occurring,
in South America and the
Caribbean.

the white cross Frank made for its
grave. The time she left him. And
the night at the pub, the lounge,
where Frank cured a man's finger
and offered to cure a cripple.

Teddy's lodgings a case of
Guinness, lots of empty bottles,
and an old record player playing
'The Way You Look Tonight."
Teddy (Brian Thompson) laughs

they blamed him for the theme
song, but it was Grace. He
managed a bagpipe-playing dog
before he hooked up with Frank.
The best of times ten people
cured in one night: the worst
the stillborn baby, when Frank
disappeared and he, Teddy, made
a white cross. And the night at the
pub. when something terrible
happened.

We are never sure what that
something is, but it isn't important

the truth is in the telling.
Greene, Heath and Thompson are
captivating as they relate the
sometimes funny, often painful
tales of their characters' lives,
where laughter and tears are as
intermingled and indistinguishable
as their memories.

Faith Healer is a beautifully
crafted, beautifully acted celebra-
tion of the story-teller the
stories we tell others, the stories
we tell ourselves. It runs through
April 5.

Our Country's Good, Horizon
Theatre

It is 1788 on the coast of New
South Wales. A ship full of
hungry, angry British convicts and
their military supervisors has just
landed. Together they will
establish the first penal colony,
Sydney, Australia.

This is the picture painted by
the opening scenes of Horizon's
current production. Our Country' s
Good. And while my prose may
be a bit stilted, the show is
anything but. A moving, innova-
tive script and a multi-talented cast

make this production shine.

Our Country's Good de-
scribes the events surrounding
the founding of Sydney. Captain
Phillip (Tim McDonough).
Governor of the colony, has the
then-unheard-of idea that
convicts can be reformed.

Scoffed at by officers who
claim that frequent hangings are
the only theatre the convicts
need. Phillip persists and
suggests a play. Lieutenant
Ralph Clark (Brad Shemll).
young, self-righteous and
looking to be promoted, volun-
teers to direct. The project is
begun.

Timberlake Wertenbaker's
episodic script is surprisingly
witty. She combines humor w ith
pain, realism with artifice. Each
individual scene has a title, often
ironic ("Ralph Clark Tries to
Kiss his Dear Wife's Picture"),
which is announced prior to its
performance.

Our Country's Good is
extremely well-acted. Most of
the actors play multiple roles and
often were almost impossible to
connect from one role to another.

There were no weak links in
the chain Lisa Adler's vicious
yet sympathetic Liz Morden.
Janice Akers' shy Mary
Brenham and McDonough's
word-loving John Wisehammer
were engaging and powerful
performances.

Teresa DeBerry's feisty
Dabby Bryant energized the
stage, and the evolution of
Sherrill's Clark from a pompous
ass to a human being was
remarkable rehearsing a play
for five months is quite a
humbling experience.

Aside from a few long scene
changes and a slow pace at the
beginning of both acts. Our
Country's Good is a near- perfect
show, funny, moving, and
entertaining. It runs through
April 12.

Lectures Focus on
Musical Encounters

Arts & Entertainment

Page 12

The Profile

Friday, March 13, 1992

Calendar of Events

compiled by Kathleen Hill

On Campus

For more information about
the following, call the College at
371-6294.

The A flan fa Ballet 11 will
perform at 8 p.m. on March 13
and 14 in Gaines Auditorium of
Presser Hall. Tickets will be
available at the door.

Brian Bedford, in a one-man
show of Shakespeare's works
called The Lunatic, the Lover,
and the Poet, will perform on
March 25 at 8: 15 p.m. in Gaines
Auditorium, Presser Hall.

Agnes Scott Blackfriars
present Come Back to the Five
and Dime, Jimmy Dean. Jimmy
Dean. The play will run March
26-28 and April 3-4 at 8: 15 p.m.
in Winter Theatre, Dana Fine
Arts Building.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art

For more information, call
892-4444.

Romantics. Realists and
Rebels: 19th-century French
Landscapes from the High
Museum Collection will be on

display until April 9. This
exhibition features the shifting
views and uses of landscape in
the 19th century.

In Honor of Black History
Month: Bill Traylor Drawings
will be on display through
October 1 1 .

Prints for the People:
Associated American Artists will
be shown through May 24.

Memory and Metaphor: The
Art ofRomare Bearden. 1940-
1987. the first major exhibition
of works by African-American
artist Bearden. will run through
\la\ 3. In conjunction with this
exhibit, Myron Schwartzman
will deliver a lecture. Of
Memory, Mecklenburg, and the
Blues: Roma re Bearden' s
Formative Years, on March 1 5 at
2:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium.

Corot to Monet: the Rise of
Landscape Painting in France
will be on display through March
29. The Atlanta Chamber
Players will perform two French
chamber works on March 22 at
2:30 p.m. in conjunction with
this display.

Art at the Edge: Barbara
Ess, a collection of this

photographer's haunting work,
will be on display from March
21 through May 17.

Black to the Promised Land.
a documentary by African-
American filmmaker Madeleine
Ali, follows a group of African-
American high school students
from Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy
during a three-month stay on an
Israeli kibbutz, on Saturday .
April 26 at 8:30 p.m. A dialogue
will follow.

The Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center: For more information
about the following, call 872-
5338.

Cabbagetown Portraits:
1 980-9 F an exhibit of photo-
graphs by Oraien Catledge, will
be on display until March 20.

Eden, a multi-media depic-
tion of gardens by Maggie
Raper, will open March 27 at 7
p.m. The exhibit will run until
May L

The Arts Connection

For further information about
the following, call 237-0005.

By Hand: Calligraphic Work
by Cynthia Tyler will open on
March 10 at 6:30 p.m. This

Pizza Abounds in the Atlanta Area

by Jennifer Garlen
Staff writer

If college were to adopt a
culinary mascot, pizza would
almost certainly be the unani-
mous choice for the position.
We of the midnight munchies
and the all-night papers are
famed for our appetite when it
comes to pepperoni and extra
cheese, anchovies and sausage,
and even broccoli or pineapple.

In honor of this pillar of
collegiate nutrition, this issue's
column is devoted entirely to
pizzerias around the Atlanta area.

If you are interested in
proximity, Athens Pizza is the
closest you'll find when it comes
to really good food. The fare is
Greek, not Italian, so the pizzas
come with topping options
different from some of the more
familiar items.

My personal favorite is fete
cheese, and Athens is not at all
stingy about loading it on.
Athens also otters gyros,
sandwiches, and (lest we forget)
some very pleasant dessert
selections.

There is often a crowd on the
weekends, so a weeknighJ is a
better time to choose this one.
Athens Pizza House is located at

1341 Clairmont Road, just past
the A&P Future Store.

Also nearby is Everybody's,
which is very popular with
Emory students, being located
right next to them. Everybody's
atmosphere is more of a bar
scene, although it is rarely
crowded or noisy.

Again, the pizza is more
Greek than Italian, with Italian
dishes like lasagne thrown in for
good measure. The beer
selection is good, but the dessert
list is sadly short.

The pizza is excellent, but the
house sandwich specialty, the
pizza sandwich, is something
you should have at least once. It
offers traditional sandwich fare
between two huge slices of pizza
bread, and is a good choice if
you are really hungry and really
poor.

Everybody's is located on
North Decatur Road in the
Emory Village, right across from
the main gates of the university.

Of course, if you only have
two dollars to your name.
Fe Mini's is place to go. Beside
the fact that it's open until two
o'clock in the morning, Fellini's
has several advantages that make
it a popular hangout for the night
owls and the deadheads.

The pizza comes in large
slices, with several topping
choices (although no feta cheese)
and a price that couldn't go any
lower.

Drink refills never end. and if
you want a full meal, you can
order a salad, too. The beers
available include 1 [arp and
several other good options.

Two Fe Mini's are in the
vicinity, one on Ponce de Leon
and the other in Little Five
Points.

[Tl close the pizza corral with
one you should not visit, the
California Pizza Kitchen in
Lenox Mall. The pizzas are
small, less than your average
slice at Fellini's, and the cost is
as high as nine bucks a pop.

If you really have to have a
small, expensive pizza with a lot
of toppings you've never even
heard of, then by all means go.
If you're hungry (or smart), eat
in the food court or go some-
where else.

The Boston Camerata will perform on March 10 as part of the College
Events Series.

exhibit of illuminated manu-
scripts and abstract paintings w ill
be displayed through March 25.

North Arts Center presents
Egyptian Milage Tapestries.
The exhibition will be on display
March 16 through April 7. For
more information, call 394-3447.

Theater

Callanwolde Fine Arts
Center: For more information
about the following, call 872-
5338.

The Fantasticks will play in
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
performances at 8 p.m. through
March 15.

Callanwolde will host an
informal storytelling session at 8
p.m. on March 25.

Horizon Theatre ( ompan\
presents Our Country's Good, a
criminally entertaining theatrical
adventure by Timberlake
Wertenbaker. The play will run
March 6 through April 12. Call
5X4-7450 for more information.

Theatre (iael presents Faith
Healer, a humorous and
insightful story of three likeable
misfits who have travelled the
backroads of Ireland, Scotland,
and Wales dispensing "faith
cures" with sporadic success.
The play will run through April 5

at the 14th Street Playhouse.
Call 873- I0W to reserve tickets,
and 873-1 13S for further
information.

Neighborhood Pla\ house
will present Rumors. Neil
Simon's latest Farce, March 13
through April 1 2. Call 373-53 1 1
for more information.

Theatre League of Atlanta
presents Hal Holbrook in Mark
Twain Tonight! on March 17 at 8
p.m. The performance will be
held at the Fox Theatre.

The Alliance presents
Alligator Man by Jack A. Kaplan
as a part of its Lunchtime
Theatre series March 24 and 25.
Call 898-1 131 for more informa-
tion.

Music

\ arietj Pla\ house: For

information about the follow ing
concerts, call 524-7354.

The Boys of the Lough will
celebrate St. Patrick's Day
(March 17) by sharing their
traditional Irish music at 8 p.m.

Dirty Do/en Brass Band will
play March 21 at 8:30 p.m.

In Their Own Words,
featuring songwriters Skip
Taylor. Don Henry. Dardcn
Smith. Rosie Flores. and Midge
Ure will play on March 30 at
8:30 p.m.

ATTENTION ACTORS!

Auditions for student-directed one-acts w ill be held March 29-30
Winter Theater - 7:30 p.m.

AGNES
SCOTT

COLLEGE

The Low Profile

The Completely Twisted Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Wednesday, April I, 1992

Volume 78, Issue 10

New Interdorm Council Policies Awaiting Board's Approval

Buddies Kim Hinder and Fotini Soublis madel the proposed name
tags

Student Slaughtered
Sunday by Scottie Sheets

b\ L M. Agnes

Funeral services for an Agnes
Seott student killed this weekend
in her Rebekah dorm room will
be held today during a manda-
tory convocation in Gaines
Auditorium.

The student died Sunday from
a loss of blood after several
items of Scottie paraphernalia,
led by her flannel Scottie sheets,
apparently came Jo life and
repeatedly bit her. Dozens of
Scottish terriers cornered the
student w hile others chased her
roommate screaming from the
room.

News of the death was
announced by a Public Safety
officer at lunch Monday . The
officer, who works in Agnes
Scott's newly-formed homicide
division, said additional details
would be released through the
Office of the President and
Public Relations.

A memo was placed in
campus boxes yesterday. The
two most notable pans of the
memo were the notice of toda\ \
convocation and that the
student's name is not being
released.

Accord i nil to Carolyn

Wynens of Public Relations.
"We are w ithholding this
information indefmitel) as the
incident could project a negative
image of Agnes Scott to the
public. This would go against
everything we have worked
toward since the Centennial
Celebration."

Also included in the memo
were personal sympathies and
concerns expressed by President
Ruth Schmidt.

"I deeply regret this incident.
I w ish to send my personal
regards to the family and friends
of the deceased, as well as to the
entire campus community,' 1
Schmidt said in the memo.

President Schmidt closed the
memo by saying, "This will be
the last memo on this subject.
No other comments will be
made, and inquires will not be
answered."

Although President Schmidt
refused to speak with us, the
deceased student's roommate
agreed to a telephone interview.
She said the incident was the
most terrifying experience of her
life.

"It was worse than anything
I've ever seen. Even worse than
(continued on page 2)

by Ima Kidd

After an unprecedented
unanimous vote on March 3 1 .
the newly-installed
Interdormitory Council agreed to
change certain policies regarding
parietals and student behavior.

Strongly believing that Agnes
Scott has strayed too far from its
deep Presbyterian roots, the
council felt it necessary to
reconsider certain rules and
regulations.

Among the reforms which
Interdorm has presented to Dean
of Students Gue Hudson is the
new policy influencing male
visitation hours.

The council has reduced
parietal hours to 2:30-4:30 on
Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Dean Hudson and her associates
will take turns acting as chaper-
ones for the fortunate students.

A weekly Good Citizen
Award will determine those
Scotties lucky enough to have
earned parietal privileges. If
Dean Hudson and the Board of
Trustees pass Interdorm 's
amendments, the council will
post a parietal sign-up sheet at

the Alston Center Information
Desk.

Interdorm's first Good
Citizen, as decided at the March
31 meeting, is first-year student
Holly Williamson. Miss
Williamson acknowledges her
honor but doubts that she will
have opportunity to use her duly
earned parietal hours.

"My roommate was really
mad at me," she said, "but I 'd
really rather study."

In addition to changes in
parietals. Interdorm has decided,
after careful study of programs at
local grade schools, to instate
some of these policies at a
college level.

Taking Robert Fulgham's
Everything I Needed to Know. I
Learned in Kindergarten very
much to heart, Interdorm will
soon require students to wear
nametags upon leaving campus.

Information on these identify-
ing tags (made of laminated
construction paper) will include
the students name, date of
graduation, and Dean Hudson's
emergency beeper number.
Dorm keys must be attached to
the tags at all times.

Hand in hand with this
innovation is the latest Buddy
System technique. Disappointed
in students' abilities to handle
potentially dangerous situations in
compromising environments
(fraternities, bars, etc.), Interdorm
will assign each woman a
"buddy" as a constant companion
whenever she is off campus.

Interdorm president Miranda
Walker asserts that the Buddy
System can be useful "not only in
party and date-type situations, but
also as a careful method of
crossing the street. "

Indeed, all students w ill be
asked to remember this important
new regulation as they walk
across the train tracks to the
MARTA station or the Freight
Room. Public Safety has already
declared a willingness to fill in
when assigned buddies cannot
assume their responsibilities.

Although worried that the
Board of Trustees w ill balk at
endorsing these new bylaws,
Interdorm has already made plans
to institute their ideas. If all goes
as planned, the policies should be
in place by publication of the
Profile.

Students Bring Out SWAT Group
Against Early-Morning Train Whistles

by Ike Ant Snooze

Angry students gathered just
across from the Agnes Scott
campus early Tuesday morning in a
protest against 3 a.m. train whistles.

About 45 members of Sleepless
Women Against Trains, or SWAT,
held a protest and candlelight vigil
for over three hours next to the
railroad tracks. Some students
carried posters, saying "Stop
Excessive Whistling" and "No
More Sleepless Nights."

SWAT was started by three
residents of Main who were tired of
cleaning up broken glasses and
being awakened by the train
whistles at 3 o'clock every
morning. Residents of Rebekah
soon joined the group.

"I think what these engineers
are doing is just horrendous," said
one member. "They have abso-
lutely no consideration for our
needs. And it's not just us! What
about the people who live along
College Avenue? They probably
have a lot of sleepless nights, too!"

In addition to the protests that

will be held once a week until the
end of the semester, SWAT
members are beginning a letter-
writing campaign to all major
railroad companies in an attempt to
force them into hiring more
sensitive engineers.

"We will not give up our sleep
anymore!" shouted one member at
the protest. "We have rights too!"
This chant was soon taken up by
the entire group.

Gue Hudson, Dean of Students,
commented on the students tenacity

and w illingness to get involved.

"Our young women need to be
able to stand up and fight for what
they believe in," Hudson said. "If
this is something that they consider
important enough to give their time
to, then it seems to me like a
worthwhile cause. I wish them the
best of luck in their campaign."

Although attempts have been
made at contacting some of the
targeted railroad companies for a
reaction to SWAT's protests, no
one was available for comment.

Inside This Issue

Features

A man's life in In man
Page 3

Arts & Entertainment

Trio of profs make body music
Page 5

Editorials

See Serious Pages for convtroversy continuation

Pages 7&8

Page 2

News

The Profile

Wednedav, April 1, 1992

Agnes Scott Hall looks rather different since her rape.

ASC Bell Tower Stolen by Terrorists

by Belle Towers

Public Safety officials
recovered a precious piece of
Agnes Scott history this past
week when they tracked down
and apprehended the members of
the nefarious Diversified in
Multinational World Interest
Terrorists (DIMWIT). The
terrorist group allegedly removed
the Agnes Scott Hall bell tower in
order to transform it into a rocket.

Public Safety officials have
determined that the bell tower
was stolen February 26, 1992. at
approximately 10:45 a.m.

Due to the mandatory convo-
cation that day, all persons on
campus were in Gaines Chapel
and no one witnessed the actual
event.

The absence of the bell tower
was not noticed until two weeks
later, when several prospectives
who were visiting remarked that
something on campus seemed out
of place.

As a result. Public Safety
began a laborious search to
unearth the culprit(s). When
officials finally pieced the puzzle
together (after thoroughly
searching all fraternity houses on
the Tech campus), it became
obvious that a conspiracy was
brewing in downtown Decatur.

Leaving two ASC students

stranded at the MARTA
station. Public Safety rushed to
the hideout where our bell
tower had been carefully
hidden. "It's a good thing we
caught them when we did if
not, they'd be halfway to Mars
by now!" exclaimed one
indignant officer.

It appears that the
DIMWITs planned to send
ASC's very own bell tower to
Mars. Complicated blueprints
found in the terrorists* hideout
revealed a definite rocket
design, using the bell tower as
the outer structure.

Once on Mars, the
DIMWITs planned to live in
"multinational diversified
harmony" and convert the bell
tower into a radio telescope that
would send messages about the
new society to remaining
members on Earth.

When asked how the)
planned to combat Mars's
scarcity of water and atmo-
sphere, the DIMWITs replied,
"Well, we figured we'd just
decide when we got there and
live m \ our bell tower until
we'd solved the problem. We
didn't realize anyone would
notice it was gone, anyway."

In response, ASC's physics
and astronomy professors
maintain that terrorists with no

experience in adapting to alien
environments would have a \cr\
hard time surviving.

Presently, ASC officials are
negotiating with the terrorists to
get our tower back. Rumor has
it that the endowment could be
depleted and tuition raised
before the tangled negotiations
are finished.

A poll of ASC students
revealed that most would prefer
to have a new tower, built on top
of the newly renovated Alston
Center.

The administration is in favor
of the change. One dean was
quoted as saying, "That way. it
would be in the hub of the
campus for everyone to enjoy!"
Only time (and perhaps money)
will tell the late of our beloved
bell tower.

PAIGE NORWOOD
ATTORNEY AT LAW
378-2802
DECATUR

AGNES SCOTT GRADUATE

M&PP Study Exposes Agnes Scott's Secret "A-Team"

by Aisle B. Darned

A shocking new study released
by Mortar & Pestle Plank
(M&PP) reveals a previously
unsuspected connection between
non-attendance at Mandatory
Convocation and student drop-
outs/disappearances.

While the majority of the
student body sits docilely in
Gaines Auditorium and sings
"God of the Marching Centuries,"
a group of various and assorted
Deans and Directors scours the
campus, breathing threats and
grasping a thick book of airplane
tickets to all major U.S. and
foreign airports.

All students found tailing to
attend the Convocation are
required to voluntarily withdraw
from Agnes Scott College and are
sent Hying home.

The- group of college officials,
known under the secret code
name "A-Team" (from .Adminis-
tration), snatches the delinquent
students from their beds or their
Stud) nooks and herds them to the
college vans. Each student is
allowed to take along only her
toothbrush and one change of
underwear.

In addition, each student must
bring one dollar (for MARTA
money) to pay for her ride from
the Decatur station (the end of the
van ride) to Hartsfield Interna-
tional Airport. Depending upon
the number of students being sent
off, up to four Public Safety
officers usually accompany the
group.

However, according to the
M&PP report, on one particularly
busy occasion during the week of
midterms, when even more Public
Safety officers than usual were
required to chaperone the guilty,
one of the Enforcers cried. "Then
we'll take them all [i.e., all the
officers]! Clean out the office and
close it until the one o'clock
coffee break!"

This program, dubbed the
Student Removal Search (SRS
conveniently the same acronym as
that of the Savannah River Site,
toxic tritium-leaking nuclear
power plant), is reported to have
been the most effective program
ever implemented at ASC.

M&PP became suspicious of
these activities after a friendly
blue anonymous w arning about
an upcoming Mandator) Convo-
cation w as mailed to every

student on campus.

This notice, coupled with the
unexplained absence of several
familiar faces on campus,
prompted the immediate forma-
tion of an emergency M&PP
investigative task force.

Former M&PP member Idon

Care volunteered to stay in her
room during Mandatory Convo-
cation in order to see what would
happen. She had been strongly
considering transferring anyway,
the M&PP report says.

M&PP president Thea
Untouchable commented, "Now

Sophomores Dump Cat in the Hat

by Polly Parrot

On April 1, 1992, the
sophomore class will offi-
cially recognize a new mascot
and motto.

The new mascot, Slimer,
from The Real Ghost busters,
could not be reached for
comment but has reportedly
been seen celebrating with a
few rounds at Highland Tap.

The discarded mascot. Cat
in the Hat, found the
sophomore's actions shocking
and insulting.

"I thought I pulled the class
together, but I can see now
that I was sadly mistaken," he
said. "It seems that men and
beer are more important than

class spirit and tradition. Em
going somewhere where I will
be appreciated."

The Cat in the Hat was
reportedly last seen at the
Atlanta Zoo.

The new class motto, "Lust
is a Must" came from nights of
deliberation at The Wreck
Room. Spokesperson from the
class, Ima Bowhead, com-
mented, "It is rather shocking,
isn't it? However, the class
voted for it. It is most important
that we keep the democratic
process alive."

The new mascot and motto
will be formally initiated into
the sophomore class at Moe's
and Joe's Bar and Grill this
evening at 10 p.m.

that we know the reason behind
Agnes Scott's high student
'transfer' rate, M&PP will initiate
another study on what the Office
of Admissions has really been
doing with the time, money, and
energy supposedly spent on
improving our student retention
rate.

"Perhaps making paper
aiq:>lanes out of applications for
admission? Perhaps performing
evil experiments on prospective
students? After the A-Team, who
knows?"

The President, Dean of the
College, and Dean of Students are
on a goodwill trip to Japan and
were unavailable for comment.

Scottie

(continued from page I )

Eriday dinners," the student said.
"All of the Scotties she had came
to life and attacked her, including
her favorite bow. I don't
understand what happened. I'm
too upset to go on...."

The Office of Business and
Einance reported that the funeral
services will be paid for by an
additional tuition increase.

News

Wednesday, April 1, 1992

The Profile

Page 3

Religious Diversity Forum Provides Information on Satanism

by B. L. Zebub

The Chaplain's Office and the
President's Committee on
Community Diversity sponsored
another Religious Diversity
Forum last week, this time
focusing on the rites and rituals of
Satanism.

The forum opened with a
lecture by I. M. Damned, an
alumna who has been involved in
the Satanic church for nearly ten
years. She then answered
questions from the audience and
gave information on how to get
involved in Satanic worship.

Damned explained that the
worship service is almost always
held after dark, but special
services and rituals usually begin
at midnight. Most Satanic
churches, she said, look exactly
like any other Christian church
from the outside.

"In fact." Damned continued,
"many people come to the
services by accident. They are
looking for a new church and try

us, usually not knowing what we
are all about. Often they become
our most devout worshippers.*'

Services include chants, songs,
and symbolic rituals. Some topics
of the sermon include "Keeping
Satan in your Life," "Today's
Music and You," and "Resisting
the Temptations of Goodness in
the Christian World."

According to Damned, many
of the Satanic symbols have been
criticized by society. Most often
these include the pentagram, the
inverted cross, the snake, and the
number 666.

"Criticism of our religion
stems from ignorance and
misconceptions," said Damned.
"We are actually very structured
and faithful to our beliefs. Most
people don't understand that/*

Special rituals often consist of
one or more sacrifices to receive
the favors of Satan. All creatures,
from cats to humans, can give
their lives for the benefit of the
religion. Human sacrifice is
completely voluntary and

considered a high honor.

One student in attendance
asked Damned about the roles of
women in Satanism, saying she
had heard that women were often
considered inferior and treated
badly.

"On the contrary," Damned
explained. "It has been my
experience that the women who
become involved in this religion
had been lacking the attention that
they receive in our church. The
Satanic church gives them a new
outlook on life and a great deal of
self-esteem.

"It is extremely stimulating to
be put on a pedestal in a way that
no other women that I know of
are. In fact, although many men
volunteer for the sacrificial
ceremonies, women are almost
always selected to be honored by
the church."

Anyone interested in attending
services of the Satanic church,
visit I. M. Damned at 666 Hellion
Way. Decatur, Georgia, 30030.
Appointments are not necessary.

Man Locked in Inman Attic:
Gruel and Unusual Punishment

by Sadie Isum and
Massie Kissem

A recent discovery made by
the Agnes Scott administration
has certainly made manifest the
popularity of Inman Hall as a
student residence.

Physical Plant employees
recentl) penetrated the dust and
doors of the Inman attic to find a
man manacled to the wall in a
makeshift penal cell.

The man identified himself as
Dr. Ball's old friend, Dick Peters,
who had disappeared during a
visit with the professor several
years ago. Apparently, several of
Inman "s residents had abducted

Peters and managed to hide him
and his belongings in the Inman
attic.

Peters was questioned at length
by the administration about his
confinement and the details of his
hard existence in the hands of the
student body.

"It wasn't a soft life, by any
means." said Peters, "but some-
how I always seemed to come out
on top." Peters related tales of
days when no students visited him
in his secluded quarters and he
would watch cockroaches for
entertainment. "Some days
nothing would happen, but some
days there would be man) little
deaths in the attic."

InmarTs "Playboy" has finally been recued from the dusty attic.

When asked wh) the students
had abducted him, Peters
ejaculated. "Oh! Well! You
know how frustrating college can
be: they just needed someone to
take it out on."

Peters admitted that he could
not say he didn't bear his
kidnappers any hard feelings, but
he believed that "everyone is
fallible in one w ay or another."

The student residents were also
questioned about Peter's presence.
Although it is not known whether
the dorm's R.A. was aware of the
kept man, many other students
knew about Peters and made as
much use of him as possible,
forcing him to do odd jobs and
manual labor.

Peters was easil) manipulated
by his captors, who rewarded him
\\ ith tidbits to supplement his
usual diet of gruel and dining hall
scraps.

Peters finally found release
from his situation when Physical
Plant investigated strange cries
and knocking sounds coming
from the attic area.

Students were distraught to be
losing their captive mascot, and
threw a large going away party in
his honor. The administration has
not decided if any disciplinary
actions are in order, as Peters has
declined pressing charges.

"I just think it would be
unnecessary," said Peters. "After
all, they couldn't keep a good
man down."

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Wednesday, April I, 1992

Notes from Heaven: Life is Perfect

by Barf any,

the reigning Snot Queen

My life is perfect. I have no
problems. I'm not on drugs; I
repeat. I am not on drugs. Why
would I be when my life is so
perfect?

Nothing bothers me anymore.
Not my frequent visits to the
bagel bar or my disappointing

trips to my dusty mailbox. After
all. I am in Heaven (note the
title.)

I always figured Heaven to be
more exciting. For one thing,
what the hell am 1 still doing
here? I thought Heaven was
supposed to be an Elysium. The
place where I am the happiest.
Then again. God probably knows
something I don't.

Road Thump

compiled by Rufus

WHAT IS YOUR OWNER'S MOST
ANNOYING PERSONAL HABIT?

Odo: "Well, she takes
pictures of me in embarrass-
ing situations. ..but 1 guess
her most annoying habit is
locking herself in the
bathroom for an hour and a
half every morning. Geez!
She's not the only one
around here who wants a
shower occasionally. And
I'm always late to work
because of it."

Ratatouille: She studies
in the nude, and eats in the
bathtub."

Nikin: "She always
makes stupid noises at me
and talks to me in baby talk.
1 just want to slap her, but I
haven't got any appendages,
For once, Pd like a conver-
sation about something
serious, like the Bush
administration, or underwa-
ter basket weav ins."

Skilpad: 'She sucks the
food that gets caught between
her teeth. And at Christmas,
I she puts up those blinky blue
lights. And every time we go
to a restaurant, she blows her
strawpapers at me. I live with
a barbarian."

Being in heaven, I am privy to
all sorts of interesting tidbits of
gossip. Gossip, though, is a sin
and I will not tempt my readers
with such filthy, juicy info. (You
better watch out: Tin on to you
and you know who you are!)

Not everyone's views of
Heaven are the same, though. I
always thought Heaven would be
a place where I could roll around
in strawberry jello and eat a
creamscicle without anyone
thinking I was strange. My
friend Michael's view of Heaven
involves an eternal nude volley-
ball match. Yeah, right, let's not
make the stretch marks any
worse than they already are.
Men!

Maybe Heaven is a place
where everyone gets along. If so.
does that mean that Beverly Hills
90210 is Heaven? Gee, I hope
not. I definitel) lack the side-
burns. Maybe I'm not in Heaven
alter all.

Student Takes "Odd" Job to
Cover Tuition Increase

by Cdr. G.O. Navy

An anonymous Agnes Scott
student registered last week for a
summer internship w ith the
Rhodesian Police in an attempt to
cover tuition increases for the
1992-1993 year.

"The student will be the first
interning female the unit has ever
welcomed into its ranks," the
commanding officer stated in a
press release. "We are glad to be
able to provide her with experi-
ence, as well as have her contribu-
tions to the Corps."

Career Planning and Place-
ment helped the student find this
summer work-study program. A
spokesperson from CP&P stated,
"To be honest, this might not be
for everyone. We are just glad to
have found an opening so
quickl) ."

The student will spend the

summer interning under the
regimental Sergeant Major in
field work and international
affairs. **I look on this as a great
wa\ to experience the global and
political scene first hand. Not to
mention earning mone\ for
school!"

After the internship, the
student plans to make use of her
experience by offering MARTA
escort scr\ ices for late-night trips
to Little Five Points and Dow n-
town. Her sense of community
service should be commended.

Upon graduation, the student
plans to sell her talent and
experience to an international
security firm, preferably one
with travel opportunities. "As
long as there are civil distur-
bances, there will be openings

for people like M ," the

officer said.

Looking For Wild Adventure?

by Psyche Otic and Psyche Delic

Get your motor running and
head out on the highway with
Agnes Scott's latest shuttle
service. Dean of Students Gue
Hudson w ill be chauffeuring
ASC students in a new form of
entertainment for the vehicularly
challenged.

Hudson is very excited about
the program, saying that it w ill
be a great way to "go make it
happen," "'take the students in a
love embrace," and possibly
even "explode into space."

The shuttle sen ice w ill run
between the hours of midnight
and dawn with stops at various
popular spots, such as I HOP and
Denny's.

Hudson has stated that this
joyriding service will be a
wonderful opportunity for
students to take advantage of
whatever comes their way. The
Dean herself hopes to become "a
true nature's child." and really
experience the thrill of "firing all
the guns at once."
Wheaton will be providing the
shuttle service with background

music, selecting such timeless
classics as Queen. Jefferson
Airplane, Wagner. Metallica. and
the soundtrack from "The Sound
of Music" (Wheaton says the
final selection will be ideal in
case the shuttle hits a doe, a deer,
a female deer).

Students seem very excited about
the new service, voicing their
feelings with rare enthusiasm.
Says Ellie Porter '93 "I guess the
joyriding service will be the
grooviest thing in the world for
those of us who were just born to
be wild."

Arts & Entertainment

Wednesday, April 1, 1992

The Profile

Page 5

Agnes Scott Professors to Perform
Concert: "Armpit Noises and
Other Bodily Sounds"

by Busta Fennata

The next concert in the
college's Cultural Events Series
features three Agnes Scott
professors. Dr. Ron Byrnside,
Dr. Cal Johnson, and Dr. Ted
Mathews will perform on
traditions] instruments, and will
also lecture briefly on the history
of this particular musical genre.

"Bodily noises.*" says
Mathews, "have been around
since there have been bodies.
The upcoming concert will focus
on bodily sounds frequently
ignored in the more academic of
musical circles, but which we
Fee] deserve a place in the study
of music as it relates to culture.

"Everyone has heard the
Hambone, but how many people
do you know thai have heard the
opening strains of La Traviata
belched?"

Johnson will perform on his
private collection of whoopee
cushions. He comments that

"most people don't know that the
whoopee cushion actually
originated during the Carolinian
Renaissance.

"Einhard tells lis in his
biography of Charlemagne that
the emperor himself created the
whoopee cushion by accidentally
sitting on a wine flask during the
celebration of his coronation."
Johnson explained.

An armpit virtuoso. Byrnside
will perform "O Fortuna" from
Carmina Burana as a solo,
followed by Beethoven's
"Moonlight Sonata."

Johnson will play "The
Haughs O' Cromdale," "Loch
Lomond," and "Skip To Mary
Lou," as well as a duet with
B.j rnside,"The Whistler and I lis
Dog."

The evening promises to be
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Dr. Ron Byrnside demonstrates his concert technique

Ruth and the Diversities Thrill
with Snazzy Song and Dance Show

by C. M. Dance and
Anne U. Sound

Dazzling, delightful, and
altogether dynamite all three
aptly describe the newest
sensation to hit the stage. Ruth
Schmidt, Gue Hudson, and Sarah
Blanshei, members of the newly-
formed '"Ruth and the Diversi-
ties," have put together a
wonderful show that is entertain-
ment in the truest sense of the
word.

The performance began with
the classics, "1 Got Rhythm" and
"All That Jazz." The trio then
gave a rousing rendition of Garth
Brooks' "Friends In Low Places"
and "Same Old Story."

The revue took a turn towards
Broadway as the group per-
formed a medley from the new
hit City of Angels, including:
"Double Talk," "What You
Don't Know About Women,"
"You Gotta Look Out For
Yourself," and, to honor the new
Interdonn policy, "The Buddy
System."

Also in this section were
"Masquerade" from Phantom of
the Opera, and "Do You Hear
the People Sing?" from Les
Miserables.

The climax of the evening
came with the last section of the
show a touching tribute to
Tara Somerville. Ruth
Schmidt's solo, "Public Enemy

Number One" from Anything
Goes, was outstanding.

As she stepped aside, the
Diversities took center stage with
a duet of "Leaving on a Jet
Plane." The grand finale was a
spectacular light and laser show
as the trio took to the air in
Disney's "You Can Fly! You
Can Fly! You Can Fly!"

The entire evening was an
unbelievable showcase of talent.
We laughed, we cried, we found
ourselves at the edge of our seats
this show had it all!

Ruth and the Diversities
performing at ASC from now
until??? "

Priceless Artwork Discovered at ASC

by An E. Pharzee

The campus was thrown into
a frenz) this week by the
discovery in Walters of a rare
work by the eccentric and
reclusive artist Lynn O. Liam.

The discovery was made
when a student's father delivered
an area rug to his daughter's
room. While laying the rug, the
father, a prominent art dealer,
recognized the distinctive colors
and composition that distinguish
Liam's work.

The work had been almost
completely obscured by the
accumulation of decades of
grime and unidentified stains and
foodstuffs.

An art-rescue team, most
recently employed by the
Vatican for the restoration of the
Sistine Chapel paintings, has
been hired by the College and
will soon complete the extensive,
meticulous chore of restoring
Liam's work to its original glory.

Liam is perhaps most admired
for her genius in utilizing
disturbing colors and shapes to
create a mood of anxiety and
depression.

The stark yet mesmerizing
interplay of murky tones and
simple forms has been said to
produce a hypnotic effect.

"I thought I've been feeling
strangely depressed and tired
since I've been at Agnes Scott,

and now I know why," com-
mented the student whose room
contained the lost art treasure.

The exciting discovery has
thrust Agnes Scott into the
national spotlight. Renowned an
critic Jesse Helms stated. "This
is what I call art. It is not
offensive, erotic, crude, or
innovative in fact, it is utterly
devoid of any qualities that
would provoke interest, thought,
or aesthetic pleasure of any
kind."

Floor art is currently on
display in Walters' dorm rooms.
An admission fee will be
dependent upon the resident
decision.

Arts & Entertainment

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Wednesday, April 1, 1992

Despite their effective audience contact, Kristy Kreme's Donut Dancers did not seem to have met
success in their awareness-raising quest.

Enjoy a Delicious Plate at the Letitia Pate

by Iyeada Everything

The Letitia Pate Cafe is yet
another of Atlanta's lesser known
eateries, generally overlooked by
reviewers and rarely recom-
mended to out-of-towners.
However, the relative anonymity
of the Pate Cafe in the public
sphere is largely due to its
exclusive, private clientele.

The fare at the Pate Cafe varies
regularly, with many international
dishes (we'd list them if we could
pronounce or spell any of them )
and a wide variety of continental
haute cuisine.

There arc also a number of old

standbys, such as the bread bar and
the salad bar. which often remind
one of the sandbar or the cashbar,
and may have been standing by for
far longer than anyone can tell.

The presentation at the Pate
Cafe is truly staggering. Dim
lighting and faint music grace the
dining area for a certain ambiance
(like your aunts, Gertrude and
Priscilla) that brings to mind
classic eating with an institutional
flair.

Uniformed servers present the
evening meals with an almost
immeasurable enthusiasm, while
plain white plates prevent the eye
from being distracted from the

charm and elegance of the cuisine
itself.

The Letitia Pate is very popular
during the week, with long lines
and short serving hours complicat-
ing an attempt to dine, a ploy which
works well to prevent all but the
creme de la creme from getting
anything to eat at all.

Reservations are necessary, as
payment is required a full semester
in advance. Appropriate attire is
expected by all dining guests (no
shoes, no shirt, no service )

The Letitia Pate Cafe is located
on College Avenue, just across
from the IVlaryLou Medical
Boutique.

Donut Dancers Cause
Sticky Mayhem

by Disenchanted Donut Eaters

The Agnes Scott community
witnessed a tasty treat last
Tuesday night when Delectable
Donut Delights performed
"Revealed: Secrets of the
Ordinary Donut." The group's
aim is to raise the donut con-
sciousness of mainstream
society.

Although Delights' dancers
usually perform only in the
glaze, ASC requested that they
wear glazed leotards for this
performance. One Decatur
mother commented, "After all.
my kids come to see all the arts
performances!"

The troupe's first number.
"Plight of the Donut Hole" was a
protest which involved dancers
curling up into fetal positions
throughout the dance in order to
mutate the donut hole.

Before the performance,
artistic director Kristy Kremc
explained, "We became enraged
when we realized that society is
exploiting the donut hole. Holes
are sold in supermarkets, donut
shops even the ASC dining
hall and nothing is being done
about it."

The troupe wishes to encour-
age people not to buy these
endangered edibles. Their main
message, "holes should not be
consumed carelessly," permeated
the entire dance.

Their next dance, "Colored
Sprinkles with Vanilla and
Chocolate Icing," demonstrated
the troupe's unique ability to
identify with all stages of the
donut-maki ng process.

Imitating red, blue and yellow
sprinkles, half the dancers lay
scattered on the stage while the
other dancers covered in vanilla
and chocolate icing dodged
them.

However, near the end of the

dance, the sprinkles became
intenneshed with the icing,
simulating the actual ritual of
decorating the donut.

"Evolution and Awakening"
involved dancers covered w ith
flour, sugar and various Other
ingredients used in donut -
making.

The dancers congregated in a
heap towards the end of the
dance and then all rose up
simultaneously, simulating the
rising of the donut mixture in an
oven. At this point, the perfor-
mance began to be rather messy.

The dance culminated with
open bags of flour being thrown
into the audience, creating a
gigantic mess in Gaines Chapel.

The reason for all the mess,
according to Kremc. had to do
with audience participation and a
"community donut conscious-
ness."

"People just don't realize how
the donut is overlooked."
explained Kremc. "We all need
to make an effort to sympathize
\\ ith the donut."

Delights' last number. "Donut
Explosion" really pulled the
audience into the performance.
Dancers dressed in all types of
icing, glaze and sprinkles rushed
down the aisles of Gaines,
covering the spectators (and the
chairs, and the walls) in various
combinations of toppings.

The outcome of this display?
Public Safety and the adnu lustra-
tion, fearing for the campus,
were forced to ask Delights to
leave,

Although quite an interesting
performance. Delectable Donul
Delights' show loft the audience
with nothing but chocolate icing
and lots of glaze.

No advent ot "donut con-
sciousness* 1 could be detected in
the gazes of the angr\ . stick)
spectators as they returned home.

College Moves into Fast Lane

h\ Wanda Moore

A recent poll by the Agnes
Scott College Omni -Campus/
Community Diversity-Necessity
Committee for the Betterment of
Total Campus Existence Versus
Experience

(AScOccDNcBTcEVE for clarity
and quick reference) showed that
our campus is not moving into the
fast lane along with the rest of the
world.

In an age of fast food and quick
sen ice. ASC still maintains long
hours spent in the dining hall and

slow response to immediate needs.
The new AScOccDNcBTcEVE
program will hurtle ASC into the
present and begin rapidly to meet
the needs of all students.

AScOccDNcBTcEVE s first
project will use the empt\ space
created w ith the removal of the
post office and the campus shop to
the Alston Center.

I lie old post office is under
construction to become 24-Hour
Mail Order Pizza. This pizza
place will be a delivery pizza
ser\ ice only, will be open 24 hours
a day. and will deliver anywhere

on campus.

24-Hour Mail Order Pizza wifl
only lake up the space behind the
counter and mail boxes, leaving
lots of space in the old mail room.

A one-hour photomat will be
set up in the lobby, and the extra
space will be used for a Quik-Print
and Publish establishment, a
banking service, and a large
record-tape-CD bar/magazine-
newspaper stand, all open 24
hours a day.

I low many of you have heard
lecture after lecture about how to
relieve stress? How many of you

actually had your stress relieved
by going to these lectures ?

How many of you actually
have the motivation when you
have the time to even think about
reliev ing your stress? Be stressed
no longer! Come to Bcxlv Stress,
opening in the old campus shop.

Body Stress is a New Age
bod\ shop designed to relieve the
tensions of the college experience.
The shop includes two large
whirlpool spas, one sauna, two
pcdicunsts/manicurists/liairstN lists,
five masseurs, one demiatologist.
a complete line of body products,
a beverage bar, and a music
system.

Each student will be required
to attend a weekly one-hour Body

Stress session that w ill be scheduled

into her classes during registration,
The shop will be open 24 hours

including weekends, will have room

to grow . and w ill always \\- open to

suggestions.

This new program will be

funded b) student money. The

"college events lee'* will be
renamed the "student enjo\mcnt
fee" so that students will be assured
of getting their money 's worth,
You may still attend the college
events series but will be asked to
pay admission.

If you have any questions about
this program, please feel free to
contact any AScOccDNcBTcEVE
member, and remember, you make
your own college experience!

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Wednesday, April 1, 1992

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Page 7

Plain Black & White

by Nadine Evette Curry

I think that everyone wants to
know the African-American
experience. Why do you think
that I actually write these groups
of words that somehow form an
editorial column every week?
Let's face it, Agnes Scott
College, African- Americans'
lives are simply intriguing!

Come on, European-Ameri-
cans, don't you wish for me to
explain how African-Americans
have such rhythm? I am not
trying to help support any
stereotypes, but you don't see
White Snake having any fancy
dance routines like Michael
Jackson or any other African-
American singer or group.

Speaking of
singing. ..wouldn't you like me to
do an article how all African-
Americans can sing? You know
my people are singers turn on
the radio. Let's not mention that
an African- American always
seems to be on the program to
sing if a song is included in the
assembly; otherwise, the
African-American speaking
voice is hardly ever heard.

What's cooking? Who's

cleaning? All African-American
women can cook. They were
practically born in the kitchen.
Look around Agnes Scott, who
do you see cooking and clean-
ing?

While African- Americans are
cooking and cleaning, they are
child-bearers as well. In fact,
don't we just breed children?
African-American women play
so many roles the mother, the
bread-winner, the lover, and the
conqueror. Excuse me if I leave
any role out of the list, I simply
can't name them all in one place.
But it's O.K.. European-
Americans, African- American
women find these images
common (e.g. "mammy").

The sad reality of my sarcasm
is that it is reality. It's funn> . but
European-Americans do want to
hear and see African-Americans
sing and dance (e.g. "Show me
how you do that step..."). We
are such performers. European-
Americans as well as other racial
descents want to know all the
social controversy of African-
Americans.

Who cares about African-
American history being taught in
the classroom? Let's just discuss

how light-skinned blacks and
dark-skinned blacks do not get
along. This will be a topic of
discussion before we talk about
what African-Americans have
contributed to this country.
Controversy is best, isn't it?
Let's keep the blacks divided
like we did in slavery!

Oops! Did I use the "s" word
slavery? Don't you get tired
of hearing African-Americans
use slavery to explain our
problems? Too bad. Slavery
should not have taken place, but
it did and it still hurts! Our
problems usually stem from that
dreadful root of slavery.

I did not intend to make a
serious column this week
because its the April Fool's Day
edition. The stereotypes still
exist and that's why I brought
them up. NO, I did not address
every stereotype, but I think you
get the main idea. I did try to
think of something that I could
joke about. So, why not harp on
foolish stereotypes? Haven't
African-Americans been made
out to be fools throughout
history ? Think about it. Happy
April Fool's Day!

Fundamentals for Fools' and
Foolers' April First Fun

by Stephanie Sidney

On the first of April, all people
are given an excuse to play the
fool. However, if you're perpe-
trating the pranks, here are some
tips Lve garnered from the stories
of some of your fellow students:

/. It max spoil the fun if your
joke pushes your jokee over the
edge. Merisa '95 described a
prank pulled by her roommate in
her junior year of high school. "It
was a coed boarding school and I
had gone with our school choir to
do a concert." Her roommate
didn't know Merisa had been
stranded on the interstate for three
hours in the hot sun after a van
break-down.

"I was dog-tired by the time I
got home and was looking for my
favorite slippers after my shower.
I go to look in my closet and
instead of m\ clothes I find shell
upon shelf of sanitary napkins and
tampons. My closet had turned
into the 'Feminine Needs' aisle of
a grocery store.

"I just cried because I was so
tired. I just wanted my slippers. I
didn't care what else was in the
closet."

2. Make sure your designated

prank receiver doesn't swear
revenge of unknown proportions.
Amy '95 retold a prank that she
and three other girlfriends pulled
on two Georgia Tech friends.
"We bought some white shoe
polish from the A&P. You
know, the kind with the oil base,
so that when they washed their
cars they could still see what we
wrote." They were furious.

"For a long time I kept hiding
my car by moving it around
periodically among the lots on
campus," Amy added.

3 . Make sure your joke isn ' f
in had taste. Andrea '93
described an incident in which
her boyfriend told her he had
made another girl pregnant while
he was dating her and that the
baby was bom already. Andrea
said that she hates to admit it, but
he had her going for about 20
minutes.

"Whatever question I asked
him, he had a quick answer."
Andrea stated that the stor> was
very believable but not very
funny when she found out it was
a joke.

"It was an ex-girlfriend that I
already knew of, and when I said
I didn't believe him, he had

already thought of dates to
convince me of when he would
have been with her along with the
baby's birth. He asked me if I
would I keep seeing him and I
said, *Hell no!' That was when
he came out with 'April Fool!'"

4. Make sure you know that
the person won t in jure or
embarrass him or herself loo
much because of your prank.
Kiniya '93 said, "My roommate
really got to me. We wanted a
particular room in Rebekah Hall
(which we got), but she told me
we had this c ruddy room in

[dorm name withheld to

protect the innocent].

"Being the person I am, I
naturally went storming into the
Dean of Students quite upset, and
she calml) says, "I don't know
why you're so angry, my dear.
Isn't 228 Rebekah the room you
wanted?"'

5. If you pull your prank over
the phone, try making sure the
person on the other end is who
you think he or she is. Tracy '94
recalled, "I answered the phone
and the person on the other line
just said, 'I'm calling to tell you
that your brother's been seriously
hurt in an accident.'

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Agnes Scott College Decatur. GA 30030
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Laura Barlament

ASSISTANT EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

NEWS EDITORS Janelle Bailey

FEATURES EDITORS Stephanie Sidney

Dianne O'Donnell

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS Kathleen Hill

Holly Williamson

PHOTOGRAPHERS Brooke Parish, Karen Shuman.

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BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

ADVERTISING MANAGER Minday Deriso

CIRCULATION MANAGER Melanie Effler

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. We cannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily reflect those of anyone aff iliated with the College or
The Profile staff other than the author.

Origins of A FooPs Holiday

by Stephanie Sidney

The first of April, some do say
Is set apart for All Fools' Day;
But why the people call it so
Not I, nor they themselves, do
know.

Poor Robin's Almanac. 1 760

Although the origins of April
Fool's Day are unknown, it has
been observed for centuries in
several countries.

Also called "All Fools' Day,"
its name derives from the custom
of playing practical jokes,
sending friends on bogus
errands, or duping them into
doing or believing some absurd
thing.

Other sources connect the
timing of this day with the vernal
(spring) equinox (March 21),
when nature "tools" mankind
into thinking that Spring has
finally arrived because of the
sudden changes in the weather.

(Recall how Mother Nature
fooled us this year during the
first part of March with near 80-
degree weather. It wasn't quite
March 2 1 . but that doesn't lessen
the grief over our tulip bulbs. )

Still other sources say the
observance originated in France
after the adoption of a reformed

calendar by Charles IX in 1564.
France was the first nation to
adopt this calendar.

Up to that time, the New Year
celebration had begun March 2 1
and had ended April 1. When
New Year's Day was changed to
January 1, some people still
celebrated it on April 1. These
people came to be known as
April fools.

A person who resisted
changing New Year's Day from
April 1 to January 1 was
victimized by pranksters on
April 1 and became known as
poisson dAvril (April fish).

According to Professor
Regine Reynolds-Cornell, a
native of France, the holiday
began in her country as a day of
giving "joke gifts."

The custom of fooling friends
and relatives on that day spread
from France to other countries.
Widespread observance began in
England in the 17th century.
The custom of playing April
Fool's jokes was taken to
America by the British shortly
thereafter.

The term "April gowk" is
used in Scotland. Cuckoos, the
emblems of simpletons, arrive
there in April. Thus, the victim
is called "gowk" (cuckoo).

(continued on page 8)

"When I said, 'excuse me?'
the person says, 'Wanda, your
brother's been hurt in an
accident.' Of course I knew then
it was a wrong number and told
the person they had the wrong
number and hung up, but the fact
that it happened on April first

made me wonder if it was a joke
anyway."

6. Finally, remember that the
best kind of April Fools' jokes
are those in which the victim as
well as the culprit can get a
laugh. After all, laughter is the
best medicine for everyone.

The Last Serious Page

Page 8

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Wednesday, April 1. 1992

Letters

Editor s note : The follow ing
letter was w ritten by John E.
Smith of the John E. Smith
Company, a Chevrolet
dealership in Smyrna. The
cartoon to w hich he refers is
reprinted on this page.

Dear Editors:

The Editorial Cartoon published
Friday, February 28. 1992. is
disturbing to me. First, I think
the language is inappropriate
especially for a Women's
College which should endeavor
to teach exemplary behavior thus
transmitting the "best parts" of
our culture.

Second, and much more
disturbing, is the not so subtle
message transmitted by the
cartoon. As I interpret this
cartoon, it pictures Americans as
stupid, illiterate, uncouth and
unconcerned about doing things
correctly. By innuendo, it appear
to be recommending the
purchase of goods manufactured
outside the U.S.A.

Based on my experience out
in the business world, I find most
people want to do a good job and
are very conscientious and loyal
to their employer, far different
from the cartoon. In addition,
Agnes Scott students and faculty
should recognize that over 40%
of the revenue used to operate
the school each year comes from
endowment. For the most part,
the endowment is invested in
American Companies and their
continued success should be of
vital interest to the Agnes Scott
community. In addition, most of
the original gifts to the endow-
ment were made possible by the
success of individuals within the
American Economic System.

1 am deeply saddened by the
"America Bashing" I see all too
frequently in the press.

Sincerely yours,
John E. Smith II

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controversy that surfaced every
so often in the Profile. One now
has to wonder if there are so few
letters to the editor from students
that we must fill the pages with
rumblings that even the bartender
at the Freight Room would cut
short with "Last call!"

Given the regular appearance
of Dr. Behan's letters, we can
only assume that they will
continue to appear as the years
crawl on. In considering which
letters to publish. Profile editors
will be under increasing pressure
to assess their impact on readers.

In his most recent opus. Dr.
Behan implies that all he wants
is for students to create logical
arguments to craft an opinion
and argue it exhaustively. What
the man demonstrates instead is
that I can call anybody anything
I want to and get away with it if I
disguise my name-calling as an
intellectual exercise. I am
absolved of my invective
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Dr. Behan has shown that he
is really good at poking his
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Fool's Holiday

(continued from page 7)

The custom is also known as
hunting the gow k (cuckoo)
which brings to mind the terra
"cuckold," a word often found in
literature of the 17th and 1 8th
centuries to describe a husband
who has been fooled by an
adulterous wife.

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The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Thursday, April 16, 1992

Volume 78, Issue 11

I

Tommie Sue Montgomery lectured as another part of the Cultural
Encounters Series.

MacLean lacks handicap accessibility

by Bethany Blankenship
assistant editor

This past January, a new
statute of the Americans with
Disabilities Act provided that all
"physical barriers in existing
facilities must be removedjf
readily achievable, or alternative
ways of providing services must
be offered," according to the
A tldnta J oun lal/Cot istitutioi i .

The statute also includes a
liability clause which states that
any building that is used for
public sendees must be made
handicap accessible or its owners
will be held liable.

Agnes Scott's own music
building, Presser Hall, falls under
this new clause, but only
partially. MacLean Auditorium
is not accessible for mobility-
handicapped individuals.

Yale University has been sued
for the handicap inaccessibility of
its Sprague Music Hall. The hall
must be renovated by October
31, ] 992, or else be shut down.

This project will cost
approximately $1.3 million,
which the Yale Corporation has
decided not provide for the hall.

A freight elevator is located in
Presser but is old and must be
hand-pulled. Only this past fall, a
handicapped gentleman had to be
carried upstairs to a performance
in MacLean because the elevator
is too noisy and would have
disturbed the performance
already in progress.

"I think he was a bit embar-
rassed,' 1 Dr. Ted Mathews stated.

According to Dr. Ronald
Bymside, "Essentially, [the
elevator) is nonfunctional
anyway. It cannot be used."

An obvious solution would be
to continue to hold all public
performances in Gaines Audito-
rium. Economically and
musically, however, this solution
is not sound.

Gaines is not acoustically fit
for all performances. As an
organist. Dr. Calvert Johnson
agrees that some organ pieces
work better acoustically on the
MacLean organ than they do on
the Gaines organ.

"The bottom line is that we
have a very good space in
MacLean recital hall which can't
be used legally under certain
circumstances because it has to
be handicap accessible," he
stated.

The cost of heating and air-
conditioning Gaines is an
expensive reason not to use it for
all performances.

Also, according to Johnson, a
full house in MacLean compared
to a half-filled Gaines makes a
difference in the rapport between
the performers and the audience.

Bymside agrees. "We've had
a number of concerts and lectures
this year that would have been
much more comfortable up-
stairs."

The only viable solution, it
seems, is to install an electric

freight elevator to aid all
handicapped individuals as well
as the moving of musical
instruments.

This option had been under
consideration during the
Centennial Celebration renova-
tions in 1989.

A listing of proposed repairs
and additions to Presser during
this time included a new or
reconditioned elevator, which
was apparently ignored. "I can't
tell that anything happened to it."
Johnson stated.

According to Elsa Pena.
Director of Physical Plant, a new
elevator for Presser is under
consideration, but its construc-
tion may be delayed because of
budgetary and engineering
problems.

Johnson. Bymside, and
Mathews all agree that a new
elevator should be installed as
soon as possible. "We're cutting
out some students, some alums,
and some guests to the campus
from using that space
[MacLean]." Johnson stated.

Now, because of the new
Americans with Disabilities Act
statute, the College may soon be
required to provide Presser Hall
with an elevator.

"It's something of a moral
consideration, also, when there
are handicapped persons who
really can't walk up those stairs.
They could get there if an
elevator were provided,"
Johnson stated.

500 years of meeting: Religious and political encounters

by Margaret Bickers
Staff writer

Five hundred years ago in
October, Christobel Colon sighted
the first land in the "New World"
and started a revolution.

The cultural encounters
between European ideas and
Native American ways of life are
the theme for the series of art
displays, musical programs and
lectures presented at Agnes Scott
this year.

The series continued with two
lectures presented on March 3 1
and April 7.

The first of these talks,
presented by Dr. Justo Gonzalez
of the Columbia Theological
Seminary, focused on the meeting

and mixing of native and intro-
duced religions, including
Catholicism. Protestantism, and
African ideas.

He stressed the dual nature of
these encounters but also com-
pared them to "an 18-wheeler
meeting a bicycle."

Gonzalez first reminded the
audience that cultural encounters
in the New World had been
occurring long before Europeans
discovered (that is, made widely
known in Europe) the Americas.

He described the great
civilizations of Central and South
America and the myths that aided
the conquistadors in their domina-
tion of the land.

He then spoke of the Indians'
ways of sliding around thtTpriests

and their church and of the
background for the Catholic-
Spanish attitudes towards the New
World.

He presented the double nature
of the church as "the Christ of
conquest and the Christ of service."
Further developments occurred
when African religions entered the
mix of native and Roman Catholic
faiths, resulting in adaptations such
as the Lady of Guadalupe.

Toward the end of the lecture,
Gonzalez discussed the differences
between Protestant and Catholic
attitudes toward the native popula-
tions of the Americas.

The second lecture dealt with
the political effects of the Spanish
influence in South America. Dr.
Tommie Sue Montgomery used the

ongoing coup in Peru to illustrate
the results of long-term autocratic
rule in South and Central America.

Montgomery emphasized that
the ruling Spaniards neither

understood nor cared to under-
stand the government they took
over. Specifically, she mentioned
the Incan empire and its welfare

(continued on page 6)

Inside This Issue

News

More information on Year Five
Pace 2

Features

Tennis team wins big at Hilton Head
Page9

Arts & Entertainment

Student art exhibit worth a look
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Thursday, April 16, 1992

Scott-Free Year Five available for this year's senior class

by Jenny White
staff writer

As part of the Strategic Plan
for Choosing Our Future, ASC's
brand-new Scott-Free Year Five
is designed to provide Agnes
Scott graduates (from 1992 on)
with an additional year of
tuition-free education.

Students taking part in the
fifth-year program can finish a
major or minor, add courses
required for graduate studies, law
school, or medical school, attend
ASC's new M.A.T. program, or
simply take the courses they
always dreamed of taking but
could never fit into their
schedules.

We hope that everyone had a
safe and enjoyable spring break.
The news that we want everyone
to be familiar with is that several
vehicle break-ins occurred
around campus before the break.

None of the vehicles or their
components were taken, only
some of the items inside the cars.
A suspect was apprehended on
March 3 while he was attemping
to enter a vehicle in the Presser
parking lot.

Since the location of this
suspect, we have not had another
vehicle break-in on campus,

by Jenny White
staff writer

On June 15, 1992, ASC
begins its firs! graduate program,
the Master of Arts in Teaching
Secondary English.

This program, which consists
of a year and two summers '
worth of courses, will license
students to teach in Georgia and
33 other states.

ASC's M.A.T. program
comes at an appropriate time,
since the need tor qualified
teachers in Georgia and all over
the U.S. is steadily increasing.

Georgia's Professional
Standards Committee, which
certifies teachers and school
personnel, is in the process of
changing its requirements from
certification to licensing. Thus,
ASC graduate students will
conform to the neu standards.

The M.A.T. program is
designed for students who
decided late in their college

The new program is being
conducted next year on a space-
available experimental basis and
will be evaluated as it progresses.

Fifth-year students will be
placed in classes with under-
graduate students. No new
classes or faculty will be added
for this program.

Undergraduate students take
precedence over fifth-year
students, so if a class is already
full, fifth-year students will have
to choose another.

Courses taken during the fifth
year are for credit and will be
placed on a student's transcript.
A GPA of 2.0 is required for
participation.

Students must take a mini-

although there have been several
in our neighborhood.

Please take this information
as a warning not to leave
valuables or items that may look
enticing in your car, or at least to
lock them in the trunk.

On March 26, a color
television was found to be
missing from Room 105 in
Rebekah Scott Hall. Anyone
hav ing information about the TV
is encouraged to call or stop by
the Public Safety Office.

As the weather becomes
warmer, crimes against persons

career that they would like to
teach English or who did not
finish the requirements for
certification.

The program will normally
consist of 27 hours in education
and 24 hours in English, with a
minimum of 45 hours required.

Some of the courses to be
included in the degree program
are Educational Psychology,
Approaches to Literature, Topics
in Postmodern Literature and
Current Issues in the Study and
Teaching of Literature.

In addition, the students w ill
complete a one-semester
internship, which consists of two
hours per week in a high school
classroom, and participate in a
w ruing workshop, where
students learn to improve their
own writing as well as to teach
others how to w rite.

These courses are designed to
focus on current issues such as
gender equity and
multiculturalism and on incorpo-

mum of one course and a
maximum of eighteen hours.
Also,- students are not obligated
to attend for a complete year.

The fifth year can be used to
complete another major, but this
will become an area of concen-
tration rather than another
degree. The fifth year must be
taken immediately after the
student graduates.

Scott-Free Year Five is only
tuition-free. Living on campus is
not required, but if a student
chooses to do so, she will have to
pay room, board and health
center fees. Special areas of
housing will be set up for the
fifth-year students.

For housing to be offered, a

generally become more preva-
lent, and although we have been
very fortunate with the few
number of assaults on campus,
some of the surrounding areas of
Atlanta and Decatur do not share
that good fortune. Try and think
ahead about possible situations
before you find yourself in one.

Please remember also that the
drinking age in Georgia is
twenty-one and that if you are
going to drink, please designate a
driver and be in good company.

rating these topics into the
English classroom.

Admissions will be handled
by the new Office of Graduate
Studies, headed by Dean Ruth
Bettandorf. ASC's present
English and education faculty
will teach the courses.

This program is a part of the
Strategic Plan for Choosing Our
Future.

The College hopes that the
small classes and individual
attention, which are important to
students who wish to pursue
education past the undergraduate
level, will attract more students
to ASC.

L'ndergraduate students will
not be affected by this new
program and may choose to take
part in it in the future.

In the next few years, as the
M.A.T. program is settled in.
ASC hopes to begin similar
graduate programs in other
disciplines.

minimum number of students
must be interested, so candidates
need to inform Dean Patricia
White of their intentions as soon
as possible.

No financial aid or scholar-
ships for these costs will be
offered from ASC, but federal
grants or loans may be available.

Before May 1 , all seniors
w anting to take part in this
program need to write a letter of
intent to Dean White. A $125
enrollment deposit for non-
resident students is due by
August I; for residents, the fee is

by Janelle Bailey
news editor

On Friday, April 24, Dr.
Sidney Wolff will visit the
Agnes Scott campus to speak
informally with students on
various topics. She will be
available in the faculty club of
the CLC during community hour
and then for lunch in the faculty
dining room.

Wolff is currently Director of
the National Optical Astronomy
Observatories and President of
the American Astronomical
Society.

She is the first woman to
head a major observatory such
as the NOAO in the United
States, and only the second
woman to hold the position of
President of the A AS.

$250 plus a refundable $100
housing deposit.

These costs cover activity
fees, since fifth-year students
will be as much a part of the
campus communit) as traditional
students. Rtcs. facult) and staff.
The honor system applies to
fifth-year students as well.

Scott-Free Year Five is the
second program of its kind in the
U.S. The University of Roches-
ter in New York offers its
students a fifth year tuition-tree
in w Inch to complete a
bachelor's degree.

Wolff is visiting in conjunc-
tion with the Visiting Scholar
program for the Interdepartmen-
tal Group for Physics and
Astronomy at the University of
Georgia. She will be presenting
a colloquium on the UGA
campus on Thursday, April 24.

After her visit to ASC on
Friday, Wolff will present a
lecture entitled "Angular
Momentum: Clues to Star
Formation and Evolution" at
Georgia State University.

Any students interested in
speaking with Wolff are invited
to come to the CLC during
community hour. There will he
an informal discussion and she
will answer whatever questions
she can. Questions about the
visit can be directed to Janelle
Bailey at extension 6570.

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Admission's first Springfest
introduces prospectives to
ASC's weekend dynamics

by Cathy Rouse

On Friday, April 3, Agnes
Scott students played host to 64
prospectives in a new program
called Springfest, a chance for all
accepted applicants to get a last
look at ASC before they make
their enrollment decision.

The Admissions Office
developed Springfest in order to
give these prospectives a chance
to meet the community , their
future sister class, and future
professors on a more definitive
level.

Along with the usual ice-
breakers and campus tours, the
prospectives were given the
opportunity to experience
weekend life at Asnes Scott.

The future Scotties were given
the choice of attending Come
Back to the Five and Dime,
Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean or a
band party featuring the reggae
group Restless Nature. Both
functions were well-attended.

On Saturday, the prospectives
had brunch with the class of
1 994. The sophomores even
added some unexpected enter-
tainment by singing some
"traditional" Agnes Scott songs
to the prospectives.

After the brunch, the
prospectives met their future
advisors to discuss schedules and
class loads.

The Admissions Office and
Tower Council considered
Springfest a terrific success.

Martha Daniels lets perspectives in on the secret to happy Agnes Scott living at the Springfest Brunch.

Cultures of the Carribean represented at CHIMO banquet

by Shelley-Gave Foster

The annual banquet of Agnes
Scott's international organiza-
tion, CHIMO. took place on
Saturday, April 4, 1992.

CHIMO presented a Carib-
bean theme for this year's
banquet. Palm trees on the
dining tables, various souvenirs

and photographs from Jamaica,
decorations, and art transformed
the Katherine Woltz reception
room into the Carribean.

Various cultural groups of
Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the
Dominican Republic and Peru
provided the evening's entertain-
ment.

The dinner catered by

Coco Loco, a local Cuban and
Caribbean restaurant repre-
sented the cultures characteristic
of the islands of the Caribbean
Sea. African. Arawak Indian,
Spanish and Tropical influences
were evident in the menu of jerk
chicken, morros, yellow rice,
cassava, fried plaintains and flan.
Agnes Scott counselor.

Japanese exchange students to
experience life on other side of the globe

by Jennifer Jenkins

The halls of Agnes Scott ring
with tidings of the extension of
"global awareness" into other
areas of campus life and the
curriculum.

Seven exchange students
from Kinjo Gakuin University
will arrive on April 27, continu-
ing to strengthen the "sister
school*" tics between Kinjo and
ASC.

The exchange students are
rising juniors and seniors
majoring in English literature.

They will be attending classes
during the fall semester after
taking intensive English lan-
guage studies during the summer
at the English as a Second
Language Center at Lenox.

In addition to their studies,
the students will participate in
field trips throughout the area
and in a "shadow" program
(April 27-May 6). During that
time, the students will live at
ASC in the dorms, attend classes
and participate in extra-curricular
activities.

Two home-stay programs
with Agnes Scott students and
alumnae are planned for May 14
to 22 and July 17 to 31.

Also arriving for the upcom-
ing academic year is an instruc-
tor of Japanese, Ikuko Inoue, a
graduate of Hosei University in
Tokyo.

She will participate in the
Exchange, a Japanese program
which includes a nine-week
intensi\e training session on
teaching Japanese as a second
language, at Bryn Mawr College
in Penns\ Ivania.

In this course, teachers "are
introduced to the field of
language pedagogy.. ..taught how
to develop a

curriculum. ...conduct classes
effectively and. ..function as a
member of the teaching staff
within a North American
institution."

The exchange agreement also
allows Ikuko to study psychol-
ogy and sociology during her
time here.

Besides Elementary Japanese
101 and 102. another addition to

the courses available in Asian
history is History 361, "Emer-
gence of Japan as a World
Power," taught by Dr. Penelope
Campbell.

Keep an eye and ear open for
upcoming Japan-related events
on campus as we welcome a new
element of diversity to our
campus. Anyone interested in
hosting a student during the
home-stay periods should
contact Dean Ruth Bettandorf at
extension 6228.

Senior Wills

and
Testaments
due by
April 24
to Box 39

Margaret Shirley stated that she
"always enjoys the banquets,
especially the students' participa-
tion and performances."

Sharing her comments, Becky
Prophet, Director of the Theatre
Department said, "I brought two
of the world's pickiest eaters to
the banquet and they both
enjoyed the chicken and yellow
rice. Craig, my husband, and I
both enjoyed the meal as well.
Both children really enjoyed the
Ecuadorians, who were the only
ones they had the chance to see
because it was their bedtime. We
attend the banquet as a family
every year because Craig and I
feel it is important to expose the

children to the wide and wonder-
ful world in w hich we live. I
thank CHIMO for doing this
every year."

Also expressing appreciation
for CHIMO was former advisor
and Professor of Psychology,
Ayse Carden, who was presented
with a plaque and flowers at the
banquet for her assistance. She
stated, "I don't know of many
other campus activities where
students, faculty, staff and
community members can come
together, sit down and just have
fun."

CHIMO's 1992 banquet
proved to be enjoyable, both for
the audience and the participants.

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Editorials

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The Profile

Thursday, April 16, 1992

THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Decatur. GA 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Laura Barlament

ASSISTANT EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

NEWS EDITOR Janelle Bailey

FEATURES EDITORS Stephanie Sidney

Dianne CTDonnell

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS Kathleen Hill

Holly Williamson

PHOTOGRAPHERS Brooke Parish, Karen Shuman,

AngieWeaver

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

ADVERTISING MANAGER Minday Deriso

CIRCULATION MANAGER Melanie Effler

The Profile is published bi-weekly throughout the academic year.
Letters to I he editor and guest editorials are always welcomed
and should be typed or on disk using Microsoft Word. We cannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated with the College or
The Profile staff other than the author.

Et Cetera

by Laura Barlament

Why do Americans love to read USA Today? To firmly nail down
the exact figures in answer to this potentially messy question, I have
conducted my own public opinion poll:

For the statistics and public opinion polls: 97%

Other: 3%

(Poll based on daily observation of one subject, my father; error
margin: +/-47.5%.)

My great hypothesis now is proved, and American national
newspaper-reading habits are fixed America loves statistics, polls
and other figures over all other sorts of information. All that's left is
for YOU to fall into your place in the poll, which should be with the
majority (where most do belong, after all).

All right, enough of this theorizing; let's get down to the actual
figures at hand percentage increases in various items of ASC's
budget between 1983-1984 and 1990-1991 now that they have
been presented more accurately (see this issue's letter from Karen
Roy, Assistant Vice President for Finance). I believe her corrected
accumulation of numbers bears repeating.

Academic Support: +193%

Institutional Support: +803$

Student Services: +150.3%

Scholarships and Financial Aid: +251.4%

Physical Plant: -32.9%

This information was passed on to us in response to the Profile's
March 13 chart entitled "Administrative Versus Instructional Expendi-
tures."

But wait where do the "administration" and "instruction'* of the
chart's title lit in w ith Ms. Roy's set of figures?

The Profile's chart presented the following increases between
19834984 and 199 1-1992 (which Ms. Roy corrected to 1990-1991, a
point 111 give up as moot, although the Profile's information was
indeed accurate according to the AAUP report):

Administration: +99. 1 %

Instruction: +65.7 f /r

"Administration" encompasses the two subcategories of academic
support and institutional support that Ms. Roy noted in her supposedly
more accurate version (and which the Profile report had provided as
well).

At least the Profile article was patent about the limitation of its
statistics as the chart's title stated, "Administrative Versus Instruc-
tional Expenditures." Unlike Ms. Roy, we made no claim to be
presenting all the information; our intention was to make an interesting
comparison between two of the many items in the college budget.

Whether Ms. Roy s omission of the figure on instruction was
oversight or politics I'll leave up to your interpretation. After all,
interpretation is what statistics are all about, aren't they?

Open wide and swallow all those figures, dear majority! They're
your life and your opinions.

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

Pride is a precious thing for
an embittered dyke senior like
myself. But things are actually
moving on this morgue of a
campus. Sometimes even I have
to stop and smell the roses.

For starters, Lesbian/Bisexual
Alliance had an on-campus party
Friday, March 7, launching the
first annual, first-ever event
sponsored by the les/bi commu-
nity. Lest we forget, this is quite
a proud moment in Agnes Scott
history.

It looked like gay prom: table
cloths, linger foods, helium
baloons, a DJ, plus big pink
triangle ceiling drops, "flower"
wall decorations and pink
triangle sugar cookies.

Not to miss the "Why Ask
Why?" t-shirts, which gave that
most heterosexist American beer
commercial slogan new signifi-
cance.

There were students, faculty
and staff. There were students
who were coming out for the
first time. There were off-
campus people. People in
formals and people in jeans.
Men with men. Women with
women. Women with boys. All
present and accounted for.
Wouldn't both Rebekah Scott
and Katherine Woltz poo-poo
twice and die.

Speaking as someone who
went to few band parties and no
formals (largely because of

money, but also because of
music and fear of het-germs) I
was especially proud that the
party cost only $ 1 for students
and $2 for off-campus. No
booze. No fist-fights. No
"anxious twat" jokes. Just
people having fun in a gay-
positive environment.

Not to forget that this party
kicked off Women's Interna-
tional Week, a celebration which
was long overdue. Day one's
theme was lesbians of color with
a talk by Joan Gamer from the
Mayoral office on Lesbian/Gay
concerns. Unprecedented
cosponsorship by Witkaze and
L.B.A. Unfucking believable:
racial justice and gay liberation
discussed in the same forum.
My head is still in a spin.

It has been a good year for
les/bi visibility all around.
Remember October's National
Coming Out Day when LBA
announced that its constitution
was approved? The attached
'Come Out for Justice" sticker
gave the incentive to talk about
coming out and solidarity among
those who have. The stickers
showed up on dorm doors and
office doors, on notebooks, and
even President Schmidt wore
one.

Plus! The Office of
Multicultural Affairs is being
questioned from its inception as
to how lesbians of color will be
included. And in Racism Free
Zone we have had to grapple

with the issue and with how to
give what I call "lipservice with
integrity" despite our committed
single-issue agenda.

Not to say there's not been
some doorslamming and
mudslinging. But give this
student body another year or
two, we're going to see the kind
of cooperation that makes an
administration remember who
really has the power.

In other good news. Mortar
Board elected two out-lesbians
<///(/ invited their partners to the
tapping. I'll sa\ that's a Inst.
Way to go, M.B.

The Writer's Festival had
more than a couple out-lesbians
in the collection this year. Too
bad the homoeroticism went
right on over the straight boy's
head. I could get angry, but
Robert Coover was just pitiable.
If anything, he provided a
laughing stock. Crazy when you
see phallo-logos personified up
close.

So essentially within a matter
of months, homophobia has
crept into the Agnes Scott
vocabulary as, like, an actual
oppression worth examining.
And, like, lesbians are actually
out. Scrawling the library phone
booth w ith queer graffiti,
speaking up in class, kissing in
public, organizing and
partying. ..so fabulous, so visible.
No getting around it. We've
made our mark and we're here to
stay.

Letters

Dear Editors:

The point of my February 14
letter was that it is unfair to focus
blame for recent events and
underlying conditions at the
college on one teacher and two
administrators. We are all
responsible for our circum-
stances, and the specific event
might have involved any of us.
See paragraphs 4 and 5, immedi-
ately following the passage
David Behan found insurmount-
able.

David's reaction does
illustrate a closely related point.
By coming unhinged at the very
mention of individual racism, we
keep ourselves from seeing the
real issue, which is that the
institutions we're running are
harming people, and the pres-
ence or absence of conscious
intent in any of us is mostly
irrelevant to the amount of harm
done. The existence of institu-
tional racism, and the contribut-
ing presence of unconscious

racism the unexamined
assumption that white is the
unmarked case of human in
anyone raised white in this
society, are, like the round earth
theory, well accepted now even
by the CBS Evening News.
They aren't fringe ideas or
debate topics; they're problems
to solve.

As to my statement of the
problem, the method was not
insinuation, as David charges,
but diagnosis, from concrete
symptoms which are well
documented here and throughout
academia: frustrating classroom
dynamics, inadequate curricula,
and so on. See, e.g., the recent
AAUW study, among many
others, or Claude Steele's article
in the April Atlantic or ask our
black graduates why they don't
take part in alumnae events.
There's no shame in facing the
truth; the only shame is not
facing it.

David's closing remark about
getting up a demonstration

suggests a wider context for his
letter, and I wish to address that
as well. Several false reports
have circulated about my
involvement with Tara
Somervi lie's support group.
They are that I am a "rabble
rouser" who stirred up student
unrest in November; that I
became involved not out of
concern for Tara but in order to
advance my own political
agenda; and that number one on
my agenda was a plan to get
myself named chair of the
English Department.

Except for the Department
coup theory, which is truly
bizarre, this is the kind of
nonsense that always surfaces in
times of conflict; but it's
insulting anyway, and it's even
more insulting to our students.

Tara was my freshman
advisee, and I have supported her
during the crisis that began last
spring. But I have never been a
leader of either her support group
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Page 5

Letters

(continued from page 4)

or Racism Free Zone. It
wouldn't have been my place,
but more important, it wouldn't
have been within my compe-
tence; it is I who have learned
from others about the subject of
race in America, not the other
way around. The idea of my
"rabble rousing" (an interesting
phrase in itself) is absurd to
anyone who knows where
Racism Free Zone came from, or
where its members are coming
from, or how the support group
operated.

Most of the black people
involved have been black in
white America all their lives,
somewhere between eighteen
and (counting Rtcs and staff)
fifty or sixty years. Does anyone
really believe that it took a white
professor to stir them up, or that
they would have allowed
themselves to be co-opted by one
who tried? Among concerned

white students are several
campus leaders, who have
worked hard in recent years
since long before last November
to understand and articulate
the issues raised by this and
previous episodes, both here and
elsewhere in America. They
simply aren't good candidates
for dupedom.

If we believe in women's
education, then why do we
assume that any middle-aged
white man in a group or a room
must be in charge? I often hear
these days that progressivism is
the McCarthyism of the '90s, but
this agitator-preying-on-dupes
theory sounds a lot like the old
McCarthyism to me. It just isn't
true, for one thing, and the
saddest part is that those who
believe it are depriving them-
selves of an opportunity to learn.

The fact is that everyone here
was and still is agitated black
students, w hue students,
supporters, detractors, faculty,
staff, administrators, everybody

Pollywog

For Whom the Vote Polls

by J. Garlen

Were you excited that you
were finally old enough to vote
when a presidential election
came around again? I was
thrilled, personally, until 1 saw
the candidates available for my
voting pleasure. What a
disappointment!

Of course. Bush is running for
another term. On what platform?
He took a sledgehammer to
every promise he made in the
last election. The most frighten-
ing thing about Bush, however,
is the fact that his Republican
contender makes him look good.
If Buchanan doesn't scare you,
nothing will.

On the Democratic ticket, we
have Jerry Brown, who changes
his opinions on issues so fast we
aren't even sure if there was ever
an opinion there. Voters are
rallying behind Bill Clinton,
even though most of the press
coverage he gets features
Gennifer Flowers more than his
platform.

Hark in has gotten nowhere,
and a lot of people forget that
he's even running.

Who does that leave? Well,
I'll tell you. That leaves Paul
Tsongas, who did not even
campaign for the New York
primaries and still secured
second place over Brown.
Tsongas is not even certain he is
going to return to the campaign,
with Brown and Clinton vying
for votes and the party elders
pushing Clinton as a the sure

w inner. Tsongas says he does
not want to be a spoiler in this
race, nor does he want to fight a
hopeless battle. His problems in
the campaign have stemmed
from lack of funds, lack of
publicity, and lack of charisma.
People ma\ have voted for him
in New York simply to avoid
voting for the other guys.

However, Tsongas needs to
be reconsidered by the voting
public. This is a candidate who
started the campaign w ith an
entire hook detailing his stand on
the issues. "An Economic Call
to Arms" was as dry as its
author, but it told what Tsongas
thought and w hat Tsongas would
do w ith the presidency in no
uncertain terms. Lack of funds
ought to be a good sign to those
of us still reeling from the
recession; it makes a plain
statement about frugality and
integrity from- a man who did not
use the "good of boy" system to
pay for advertisements and make
money for himself. Lack of
charisma is a ridiculous reason
not to support Tsongas; voting
for charisma gave us the Great
Communicator, a man who did
not remember half of his time in
office.

If Tsongas w ithdraws entirely
from the race for the Democratic
nomination, the voters will be
the ones who lose. His serious,
straightforward stand is what
America needs to get out of the
mess more charismatic and well-
funded candidates got us in.

and people on all sides have
raised their voices, have said
things the) wish they hadn't as
well as things they're glad they
did, and in general have acted the
way people do when there's a
major conflict. That isn't' all
bad. [t's certainl) better than
silence, and it's one good sign, if
not an adequate definition, of the
learning process. We should
give our students credit for the
ability to get worked up on their
own about things they believe in.
Our stated goal is to educate
young women for the world
they're supposed to inherit in
another eight years. We
shouldn't be surprised if they
start to take the project seriously.

The tone of this letter as I
read it over reflects a great many
feelings, including anger,
frustration, bewilderment, loss,
and even some hope. Mostly,
though. I am saddened by all that
has happened. I think I care as
much about this college as
anyone does, but I think it needs
mending. We all have political
agendas, and a viable academic
community will chart a course
on the basis of open discussion
of those agendas. I'm w illing to
live by the outcome. But we
need to let everybody in on the
discussion.

Sincerely.
Steve Guthrie

Dear Editor;

I read the chart titled "Adminis-
trative Versus Instructional
Expenditures" in the last Profile
and noticed that a few figures
were omitted that might be of
some interest to your readers.

First I should correct the dates
used in measuring the increases
in spending. The figures listed
are for fiscal year '90-'91 rather
than '9 1 -'92, our current fiscal
year which ends June 30, 1992.

Regarding the percentages of
changes in spending between
"S3-'84and '90-'9L a more
accurate presentation of percent-
ages is listed below;

Academic Support; +193%
Institutional Support: +80.3%
Student Services: +150.3%
Scholarships and Financial Aid:
+251.4%

Physical Plant: -32.9%

The student services category
involves a variety of functions of
the College, including, but not
limited to, the operation of the
admissions, financial aid, dean erf
students, registrar, and career
planning and placement offices.
Also, several new services, such
as the counselor, chaplain,
athletics, and the student
activities program, have been
added to that budget within the
timeframe outlined in the

Plain Black & White

by Nadine Evette Curry

Freedom of Speech. Is this
something that Americans abuse?
Something we take for granted?
Why do we find it necessary to
have? Does it benefit us as
individuals or as a nation?

AIDS. This is a fatal disease
that is taking our nation by storm.
How do we react to someone
who has AIDS? Is it their
responsibility to tell everyone
that they are HIV positive?I came
up with these touchy yet vital
questions as I watched Arthur
Ashe, an African-American
tennis player of the late 1970s
and early '80s, announce to the
world that he has AIDS. He
contracted the AIDS virus
through a blood transfusion in
open heart surgery in 1983. Ashe
did not discover that he was
actually HIV positive until brain
surgery in 1988.

Ashe obviously was in what
our society would call a "closet"'
until now. But was it necessary
for him to come out? This is his
private life. Perhaps his admis-
sion of the fatal disease will
cause awareness to this nation,
but maybe it w ill just cause him
pain now. Now, every time he
walks down the street he may not
be known as the African-
American tennis player that won
Wimbledon, but the old tennis
player that has AIDS.

Is this lair .' When asked why
he " came out", he commented
that a reporter confronted him
w ith the issue and that he did not
want to deny that he had AIDS.
But why? Do we live in a nation
where people ha\ e to submit
their lives to the public to dodge
a scandal? It makes me wonder

if Ashe exercised freedom of
speech or freedom from scandal
and persecution.

Ashe had a right to keep his
private life private. But a nation
ruled by freedom of the press
seemed to question his life.
Freedom of speech does have
some positive effects, but this
one just struck me as sad.

The nation has been shocked
by many celebrities that have
"come out," especially in the
recent case of Magic Johnson.
His admission of being HIV
positive alerted the nation to the
fact that heterosexuals are
contracting the AIDS virus as
well. In fact, his heterosexual ity
is probably win Johnson's
"coming out" was well-accepted
and respected.

Perhaps there will be a time
when this nation will draw the
line between freedom of speech
and freedom from scandal. Until
then, we w ill still try to under-
stand this thing called AIDS and
decide if individuals who
contract it must announce it to
the world.

I know that I do not tell the
Agnes Scott College community
when I have a common cold, but
I do tell my roommate and others
close to me because I know they
care about my well-being and
my health. They will not
condemn me or define me by my
cold.

However, our nation has a
tendency to define individuals by
their particular status like money
or looks or health. We need to
define what freedom of speech
means to us. We cannot abuse it
or demand it for individuals. We
must use it to help and to
educate, not to incriminate.

previous!) printed chart, which
contributes to the 150% increase
in spending for student services.

The scholarship and financial
aid category, which increased in
spending by over 25 1 % since
, 83- , 84. includes grants, federal
financial aid, scholarships,
tuition remission, and the college
work study program, all pro-
vided to Agnes Scott students to
assist them in attending college
here.

One final point that is
interesting to note is that the
physical plant maintenance
spending decreased between '83-
'84 and^90-'91 by nearly 33%,
due to energy conservation and
staff reduction.

Sincerely.
Karen Roy

Assistant Vice President for
Finance

Dear Editors:

I am impressed by the pillars of
academia at Agnes Scott that
occasionally grace the pages of
our Profile with their heady,
intellectualized opinions of
today's pressing events. Is long-
winded banter, executed in our
editorial section on a regular
basis, a ploy aimed to provoke
emotional (or otherwise)
response from a relatively
passive community of anesthe-
tized young women? If so, then
"kudos" to Professor Behan for
raising the blood pressure of this
pathetic sheep. However, if
consciousness raising isn't the
goal of Professor Behan 's
comment regarding Professor
Guthrie's letter of issues past,
from his eloquent example I
have ascertained the privilege to
misconstrue, if I so choose, in

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Letters

(continued from page 5)

order to disassociate myself from
my own guilt.

RACIST is a dirty word, as
well it should be, for racists are
nasty people. In addressing this
issue within a community heavily
salted with racist mentality, it is
essential that in his letter Prof.
Guthrie sweeten the medicine to
insure the audience will take it.
The situation regarding Ms.
Somerville has been painful and
frightening for many students.
Since Prof. Behan finds it
necessary to berate Prof.
Guthric\ tactful attempt to unite
this campus and diffuse animos-
ity, I am so inclined to rise to the
occasion and accept the challenge
of dissecting Behan \s method and
motivation.

Prof. Behan' s use of humor to
illustrate Prof. Guthrie's SPAM
tactics effectively reveals his
need to dilute the intensity of the
matter at hand. Honestly Prof.
Behan, nothing Prof. Guthrie
wrote "demonstrated" that
Professor Pinka is a racist. We
have only our own actions and
words to thank for any demon-
stration of our character. How-
ever cleverly illustrated. Behan's
argument is weak. Using
fictional characters and events to
show how easily one can be
proven guilty of something as a
result of his or her unconscious
motivation, (i.e. Pres. Schmidt as
anti-Catholic) is more than just
bad judgement, it's ridiculous.

Does the identification of
racist behavior make Prof. Behan
a little uneasy? To make a
mockery of Guthrie's article is
highly suspicious of him,
particularly when the anatomy of
argument and logic are his forte,
yet little of either exists in his
comment.

My suggestion is that Prof.
Behan enlighten our community
with commentary that more
thoroughly details a method of
philosophical diplomacy to use in
calling a SPADE a SPADE, so
that both Prof. Guthrie and I can
improve our skills. In the
meantime, fin sure that more
than a tew students here at Agnes
Scott w ould appreciate if students
and faculty did not use the
editorial pages of this paper Id
wage personal battles, be they
with others or within themselves.

Sincerely yours, too
Amy Banks

I tear Agnes Scott Student Body:

In reference to Bethaiu
Blankenship's letter to the editor
in the March 1 3 issue of the
Profile. I need to clear up some
flagrant misconceptions and

inaccuracies stated within the
letter.

First of all. let me apologize
to the entire student body if the
reminders of the mandatory
convocation held on March 4
offended anyone. I take full
responsibility for this action. It
was never my intent to hurt,
anger, or belittle anyone. It was
simply meant to be a reminder.
Once again, I apologize if the
spirit of my motives was not
evident.

Second, Ms. Blankenship
stated "The memos we received
in our mailboxes, not requesting
politely, but demanding rudely
our attendance at last
Wednesday's Mortar Board
Convocation was not only
outrageous but also derogatory."
I take great offense to this
statement. If memory serves me
correctly, the memos I asked
Ellen Wheaton to place in the
boxes stated "Wednesday's
convocation is mandatory. Your
attendance is required. THANK
YOU." Maybe I am missing a
major point. I see nothing in any
of these words that could have
been seen as derogatory,
outrageous, or untrue. As a
child, I w as taught one of the
most polite things you could say
is "thank you." We even printed
it on bright paper to make sure it
remained positive.

Third, it was also stated "we
are to be treated as women, not
as bad little girls." I think I can
safely say (with only seven
weeks under my belt) Agnes
Scott has some of the most
mature, responsible, and
outstanding women I have had
the pleasure of working with.
My faith in the students of this
college is strong. If not, I would
not have accepted the position.
Conversely, with the desire to be
treated as women comes
empowerment. With empower-
ment, come responsibility. What
I witnessed on February 19 was
not the epitome of responsibility.

Don't' get me wrong. Main
students have told me of very
valid reasons they do not attend
convocations. Some have even
said they simply forgot which
ones were mandatory. Yet, these
numbers are few . But, to have
someone come to speak to the
student body for Founder's Day
and give a fantastic speech and,
in turn, have very few students
present is more degrading than
any piece of paper placed in a
mailbox.

Fourth, it is quite apparent to
the administration of this college
students are not attending
convocations as they should. I
am looking in to this situation
and would welcome any
thoughts from the student
perspective.

In conclusion, tfm was not an
attempt on my part to coerce or

prod anyone to attend the
convocation. It was simply
meant as a reminder and that is
exactly what it was. It is my
hope you will all look at this
situation and take it to heart. It is
printed clearly on page 61 of the
91-92 Student Handbook 'The
entire community is expected to
attend the following convoca-
tions." The operative word is
expected. Even though these
seven convocations are manda-
tory, the language used is very
respectful. It is my hope you
will accept my apology if you
were offended and I hope to see
you all at the next convocation.
In other words and to somewhat
quote Ms. Blankenship, please,
in the future, treat yourself with
the respect you have gained. See
you on Wednesdays!

Regards,
Victor K. Wilson
Assistant Dean of Students

Dear Editors,

We were compelled to reply to
John E. Smith. Q's letter in the
April 1, 1992 Profile, and
respond to a number of points
which deserve attention. What
do you think we study at Agnes
Scott? Do you think we study
etiquette and personal hygiene
and Bridge 101? Your letter's
directive enforcing women as
bearer of Euro-male culture is
antediluvian. At Agnes Scott
College we study: Biology,
Political Science, Women's
Studies, and Art History to name
a few. Agnes Scott is a serious
and often rigorous academic
institution.

Your letter is a call to blind
patriotism, nationalism, and
consumerism. Our eyes are open
and we soberly say that your
intentional convolution of our
duty to support American
companies is a gross distortion of
democratic values and of the
American free market rationale.
American car companies are
shrouded in protective legisla-
tion; is this the free market?
Who bailed out Chrysler? Who
fought a war for oil to help
maintain the hegemonic control
of domestic transportation
legislation by American car
companies.'

Your remarks about Ameri-
can labor and their "want to do a
good job.. .and they are very
eonseientious and loyal to their
employers." interested me. Why
is this? Surely not because
American capital treats labor
well in the United States. Of
course they work hard; if you
lose your job in this country who
will support and care for you and
your family? American labor is
terrorized by American Capital
and the ever present reality of

American capital flight to
countries that cannot enforce
protectionist legislation for their
workers. How many of your
employees are unionized and
what color are your cleaning
personnel? Does Chevrolet
really produce car parts and
assemble cars in the United
States, or does that take place
elsewhere?

We also recognize your
attempt to bully the A.S.C.
editorial staff by making
threatening insinuations about
the endowment. Is free speech
going to destroy this country and
this college? After our gradua-
tion, the only time we can
actually influence investment,
we plan to recommend that
Agnes Scott invests conscien-
tiously and ethically, excluding
investment in environmentally
destructive companies and/or
companies that exploit their
workers. Given these guidelines,
Ben and Jerry's may by the only
American company ethically
deserving or A.S.C. funds.

On a final note, we are not
Communists. As thinking
women, we found your pro-
American Japanese bashing
rhetoric terrifying and destruc-
tive; we will not intellectually
genuflect to your flattery or
threats.

Anjail R. Ahmad, Leigh
Bennet, Sarah Cardwell, Staci
Catron, Melanie Clarkson, Kim
Compoc, Staci Dixon, Sarah
Fisher, Deidra Harris, Elizabeth
Hashimoto, Dawn Hayes, Vivian
Hunnings, Karen Jordan, Mary
Francies Kerr. Amy Kim,
MaryClaire King, Hannah Little.
Pamela Lorentzson, Meg
McDonough, Karen McNay, Eva
Mihlic, Missy Mullinax, Aida
Najarin, Isabel Nikaido, Jeanne
Peters, Sara Rochester, Mi mi
Saunders, Roxann Speight, Kara
Weeks, Lea Widdice

Dear Editor,

I, too, recognize the concerns of
Mr. John E. Smith, II, in his
editorial published in the last
issue of the Profile. We are all
pained by the problems our
country currently faces. Ex-
amples include cuts in education,
trade imbalances and decreased
productivity rates. However. I
do not agree with the notions he
expressed. As a trustee of the
college he has chosen to hold a
responsibility for this institution,
an obligation for maintaining and
shaping the ethics for which
Agnes Scott stands. Freedom of
the press is still pan of the First
Amendment and is a freedom we
must guard and cherish. The real
bashing of American ideals does
not stem from the publieation of
a cartoon reflective of the times,
but the insinuation that observing

freedom of the press will damage
our endowment. Mr.John E.
Smith has a responsibility to the
current and future students to
preserve and protect, rather than
threaten their rights.

I think that differences in
interpretation demand freedom
of expression. Instead of
perceiving the cartoon as an
extreme form of American
bashing, I feel that it embodies
many of the feelings, tensions
and problems that challenge the
United States.

We have all learned that
along with freedoms come
responsibilities. Hiding from the
reality of America's problems
and suppressing what we don't
want to face is irresponsible. As
a trustee, I don't believe that
these are principles that Mr. John
E. Smith would want Agnes
Scott women to live by. Just in
case you're wondering, Mr.
Smith, I do think that the United
States is a great country, with
plenty of potential in meeting our
challenges.

Respectfully submitted.
Deborah Watters

500 Years

(continued from page I )
s\ stem.

She then compared the systems
of government of North and South
America, explaining the legendary
though very real corruption of
some South American legal
systems and the ideas behind the
kickback system as it operates in a
few places.

Montgomery described the
difficulties in Nicaragua as seen
throughout the events of the last
500 years. In addition, she
discussed the ideas of U.S.
intervention into South American
aff airs, such as the invasion of
Grenada.

Finally, she pointed out some of
the differences in policies that have
made the Mexican military stay "in
their barracks" and not overthrow
the government, unlike Argentina
and. most recently, Peru.

The purpose ol" these and other
lectures is to emphasize the lasting
effects of the cultural encounters
between native and European
ideas, and to present different
views on the problems and legacies
of the Americas.

PAIGE NORWOOD
ATTORNEY AT LAW

378-2802
DECATUR

AGNES SCOTT GRADUATE

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Vintage clothes offer
alternative fashions

A sampling of the unique offerings to be found in vintage clothing stores.

by Kara Weeks

Looking for new spring
clothes with a bit of flair?
Already thinking about next
year's capping fun? Or perhaps
you just want an escape from
unoriginal mall clothes, not to
mention their exorbitant prices.

Vintage and other used
clothing have become the "in"
thing for those of us who can't
afford haute couture.

In the past few years, second-
hand and vintage stores have
experienced a renaissance as
people have discovered not only
how economical old clothes are,
but also how much fun it is to
dress differently.

Atlanta has many shops that
deviate from the mainstream and
offer a variety of clothing at
(usually) bargain prices.

A vintage shopper's absolute

by Delia Spurley
ASC custodial worker

I recently attended the
Advanced Undoing Racism
Workshop given by the People's
Institute for Sun ival and
Beyond. The workshop is held
annually in Waveland, Missis
sippi.

The Institute teaches seven
basic principles in dealing with
racism: defining racism, sharing
culture, learning from history,
militarism as applied racism,
leadership, accountability and
networking.

The trainers are veteran civil
rights leaders such as C. T.
Vivian of the Center for Demo-
cratic Renewal. This group
investigates the KKK and other
subversive groups. Bahati
Ansari is also a trainer.

At the training, each group is
allowed to tell of their activities
for the past year. I represented
People Against Racism (PAR).

PAR's accomplishments
include assisting the Student
Government Association in
getting the second Undoing
Racism workshop on campus
last April and initiating a
meeting of black students and
alumnae to discuss racism in the
classroom. This meeting led to
changes in the African History
classes.

There were a number of
interesting speakers at the
workshop, including Ann Braden
of the Southern Organizing

nirvana. Little Five Points offers
four vintage shops on one block.

The Junkman's Daughter on
Euclid Avenue offers an eclectic
mix of clothing styles from the
turn of the century to the present.

Women's dresses are priced
from $25-$40 and vary in material
and styling.

However, if you feel uncom-
fortable shopping among youths
with bright, Easter-egg colored
hair or sales staff with pierced
eyebrows. The Junkman \
Daughter may not be the place for
you.

Moving up the street, the next
stop is Days Gone By. Days has
its own bizarre offerings.

Just imagine gold and silver
brocades, sherbet orange and
chartreuse swirled together, and
A-line dresses a la "The Brady
Bunch" or "The Partridge Family."

Days does offer a typical

Committee (SOC).

SOC, along with labor groups
from across the country, will
sponsor a protest march in
Hamlet, North Carolina, on May
2, 1992.

The march is in protest of a
Consolidated Foods poultry
plant's policy of locking its
employees inside to prevent
theft. The plant caught on fire,
and a number of employees were
killed.

Cincinnati. Ohio, was well
represented by a group of
students from several different
colleges. Youths Against
Militarism (YAM) express a
desire to start a chapter at Agnes
Scott.

Another participant was a
European woman whose group
has organized to undo racism in
Europe by using the Institute's
principles.

A Japanese professor now
teaching at Northern Kentucky
University told of a Japanese
cartoonist. Sanui Tezuka
CAstroboy" is one of his most
famous works). Tezuka does
stereotypical portrayals of
Africans and African-Americans
in his cartoons.

An article by Anne Braden as
well as a sample of Tezuka's
cartoons are posted on the
Racism Free Zone bulletin board
in the Student Center.

The April 16 Racism Free
Zone meeting will include a
letter-writing party to send letters
of protest to Tezuka's publisher.

selection of vintage clothing: skirts
and blouses, a few dresses as well
as men's clothing.

A special feature is the shop's
underwear collection. There are a
few beautiful Victorian slips and
robes as well as 1950's style cone
shaped bras.

Prices at Days are average
$25 for skirts, $15-20 for blouses,
$60 for men's jackets.

Reminiscent of an era gone by,
Stephan's has wooden floors and
heavy pink drapes.

Prices at Stefan's are hi eh but

compiled by Angela Weaver
staff photographer

The Student Health Center
has recently formed a peer
education group to develop
different ways of presenting
health information to the ASC
community.

This group will be using a
variety of methods, including
skits, games and writing to share
information with other students.

The group will present then
material at different times, often
in the evenings, and will use
more dorm settings instead of
class-type settings.

Julie Colley, Brooke Parish,
and Angie Weaver have ex-
pressed an interest in the project,
and we are happy to welcome
our first peer educators.

Julie and Angie had their
debut last week, presenting a skit
at the leadership forum on
alcohol awareness. There has
been positive response from
some of the audience members,
so congratulations!

Mary Lou Christianson

I would like to view the group
as a catalyst for bringing women
together to express their health
concerns in a non-judgemental

the merchandise is varied, clean,
and in good shape. Dresses average
$30 to $50. Looking for the
essential Little Black Dress?
Stephan's has three racks of them.

There is a sizable selection of
men's clothing, including suits,
pants, shirts, ties and pajamas.
Tuxedoes are also for sale.

The last stop in L5P for the
vintage shopper is Dig-It. located
between the Point and Gear on
Moreland Avenue.

In addition to clothes, the store
is filled with 1950s lamps.

environment and to learn from
each other. I believe knowledge
is empow ering and can help
women make the right decisions
for themselves.

Brooke Parish

I joined the Choices group
because I saw the need to address
the health issues and the dangers
that we, as women, face, from
everything from drugs and
alcohol to dating.

Since becoming a part of the
group, I have learned a lot of
things, both statisticall) and in my
own experiences.

My purpose is not to discour-
age sexual activity, or alcohol use,
or an\ of those things that are
often labeled "bad."

I believe that you, as intelli-
gent women, are able to make
your own decisions; I only hope
to present the facts to you so that
you can make the well-informed
decision that best suits you.
Julie Colley

Too often, the well-meaning
people who wish to educate us
about health issues succeed only
in alienating us from them, either
because they seem too judgmen-
tal, or because they threaten us in
some other way.

appliances, dishes, and Howdy
Doody dolls.

Dig-It is absolutely the cheapest
place in L5P and possibly the city
for vintage. Dresses average $15-
$30 and all hats are $5.

Though small, Dig-It's shoe and
purse collection offers excellent
bargains.

Dig-It is just a generally fun place
to be. Even if you don't want to buy
anything, going there is worth it just
for the nostalgia.

Look for Part II of Vintage
clothing in the next Profile issue.

choices

These "well-meaners" may be
parents, teachers, administrators,
or even health-care profession-
als.

Issues such as sexuality or
drug and alcohol use are personal
and sensitive, and they need to
be addressed in a personal,
sensitive way but most of all,
they need to be addressed.

The "well-meaners" want to
be certain we will act on their
words, so very often they use
scare tactics or spell things out as
though we were children.

I hate scare tactics, and I hate
being "talked down to." I want
facts, not judgements, and I want
to be able to decide for myself
what is best for me. I hope you
do, too.

Serious issues are not always
easy to talk about. I hope that
our group can begin to present
issues and facts in a humorous,
non-judgemental way a way
that will increase our level of
comfort and awareness.

Look forward to student
articles on health issues in future
Profiles.

If you are interested in the
Choices group, or have other
questions, please call Julie,
Brooke, Angie, or Mary Lou.

World-wide civil rights
workers gather at workshop

Health center provides healthy

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Thursday. April 16. 1992

Perspectives

compiled by Brooke Parish

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR
IDEAL SUMMER?

Kim Davis

class of '94
"My ideal summer would
be to sit on the beach with
a few good friends, and to
leave all my worries
behind."

Kathryn Durbee
class of '95
"To live in the mountains
with the c lean air, trees ^
and not a ton of people
around or spend the
summer in the Netherlands. "

Eve Allen
class of '92
"Greece! Anywhere but

Amanda I leins
class of '95
"Carefree, budget less,
with a car that never runs
out of gas, and on the road!
Where? Anywhere!
(Preferably with Christian
Slater next to me?)"

Ann Banks Dryden
class of 94
"My ideal summer would
consist of unlimited
sunshine and the ocean. I
would sip /infandel on the
beach with twelve finely-
tuned male bodies fanning
me and waiting on me hand
and foot. But don't tell my
husband."

Notes from hell. . .from hell

by Betham Blankenship
assistant editor

I had the rare opportunity to
visit my first real dance club a few
weeks ago. Julie begged and
pleaded with me until 1 finall)
agreed to accompany her to Old
Wave night at The Masquerade... in
Hell.

For those of you who don't
know about The Masquerade, it is a
night club made up of three
different parts Heaven. Purga-
tory, and Hell.

Live concerts are usually held in
Heaven. Purgatory, I think, is part
alternative music, part poetry
readings. And Hell is pure dance
music.

Since Julie had been to Trie
Masquerade once before, she
guided my virgin ears to the
throbbing walls of Hell. As she
lead me w ith a ginger hand, I
wondered with anticipation \\ hat
kinds of new and exciting people I
would meet.

1 first noticed the darkness.
W ait a minute, where did Julie go?
Squinting through the dim. smoky
air, I then noticed large metal
conglomerations encircling huge
wooden posts.

"We're in big trouble if one of
those things fall." 1 whispered to

Julie.

"What!?" she yelled.

"Nothing." I shouted back. This
could be a long night.

This was a Thursday night
the night of early 80s dance music.
No sooner had we sat down when
Julie jumped up to boogie to a
Duran Duran song.

A memory rushed into my brain
and all of a sudden 1 was at m\
ninth grade Spring Dance in the
gym with Scon Schmidt. Or maybe
I was wishing I was with Scott
Schmidt. Anyway, he showed in
his way cool (or at least, I thought)
pink argyle socks and penny
loafers.

Most of the time, everyone
danced in clusters of four or five,
but once a slow song came on. most
people, including myself, tromped
up into the bleachers to watch the
few couples left dance robotically to
'"Purple Rain."

At The Masquerade 1 noticed
that people danced in groups, too.
Thank God there weren't an\ slow
songs. These people were more
interesting to watch anyway.

I'm from a fairly small, veiy
consen ative town in Virginia. If I
hadn't seen such instructional films
as Desperately Seeking Susan,
Bright Lights Big City, and Less
Than Zero I might have been

completely overw helmed by the
dress of some of the dancers. As it
was, I was only slightly shocked.

There was this one guy who was
about 7*2". I kid you not. I think I
could have licked this guy's
bellybutton standing straight up. He
was dressed completely in black and
was very tragic looking. I wanted to
ask him if he moonlighted for the
Hawks but was afraid he would step
on me.

I was most impressed by the
creativity of some of the dancer's
outfits. The one thing 1 found
lacking was a variety of color.

Black seemed to be the common
theme for most clothes Which,
although it provided for a dramatic
effect, also meant that, for me.
seeing people was kind of hard in
the dim lighting. 1 frequently
bumped into people who probably
thought I was an experimental slam
dancer.

What impressed me the most
about The Masquerade was that not
one person asked me m\ major. It
was great !

Nobody reall\ cared who I was
or w here I came from or if I wanted
to put my beer in his fridge. It was
completel) unintellectual,
unfraternity, and most definitely, un-
Georgia Tech. 1 can't wait to go
back.

Why bother marching?

by Alexandra Wack

In Washington D.C. at the pro-
choice march, I found myself
surrounded by signs proclaiming
Catholics for Choice and "Children
by Choice, not by Chance." and by
men of all ages claiming, "not every
ejaculation deserves a name."

This pro-choice march was
planned in protest of Casey vs.
Planned Parenthood (the "gag
law "), a Pennsylvania law currently
being appealed that would require a
woman to have her husband's
consent before any abortion
procedures, and of course the
Supreme Court's reevaluation of the

Roe vs. Wade verdict of 1973.

This having been my very first
political march, I know that "over-
whelming" does not begin to express
the energy over half a million people
can radiate. Speeches and songs and
cheers clung to us like rain drops that
would not evaporate away.

After having felt the strength of
such a massive group of motivated,
peaceful, caring people, I now
realize that such an expression of
protest makes a difference, that
something does change.

Perhaps it is only the facts in a
history book or maybe the topic at
the breakfast table, but something
somewhere is different because

people invested their energy, money
and time to physically express their
beliefs.

Accepting the superflux of
apathetic excuses for not becoming
involved only places one more
shovel full on the sell -fulfil ling
prophecy pile.

If you want to believe in change
and to make things the way you think
they should be. Unci the time to show
your support. I guarantee it w ill be
well worth it.

Thirty Agnes Scott students and
friends organized by Missy Mullinax
and Talin Keyfer \\)u\u\ the time to
show their support in Washington
D.C. and w ill continue to do so!

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Sharing the holiday tradition with new Japanese friends

by Lara Webb

December 27, 1 99 1 , 1 boarded a
plane for Japan. Leaving behind
the newly-opened Christmas
presents, twinkling tree, and my
over-eager baby cousins, I felt a
twinge of regret. There was even
half a pan of fudge left on the
kitchen counter.

But I soon turned my thoughts
towards images of the Japanese
New Year. I had been studying the
traditional decorations lobster,
oranges, and paper cut-outs and
was anxious to experience what
were still only pictures in books.

Yet my stay in Nagoya plunged
me into a world of so much more
than foreign customs and New Year
tales. Surrounded by the smiling
faces of the Japanese, I discovered
instead the familiar warmth of love
and holiday spirit.

I was lucky enough to spend
New Year's Day with one of the
professors at Kinjo Gakuin
University and two other Agnes
Scott students.

The professor's wife and two
sons greeted us enthusiastically,
sharing their food, asking endless
questions, and shyly attempting to
demonstrate the Japanese art of

paper-folding, origami.

Yet the highlight of the day was
a visit to a nearby Shinto shrine.
Placed atop a mountainside, the
steep, rocky climb offered time for
silent meditation and reverence for
the tall pines and deep shade.

Around the shrine was a bustle
of activity. Children in bright
kimonos, winter trees laden with
paper fortunes, and the ringing of
bells to awaken the gods filled the
sacred spot with energy and
excitement.

Yet despite the tolling bell and
occasional stray laugh, the shrine
was strangely quiet. The faces of

Career Advisory Board expands services

by Miranda Walker

In the past year, the Career
Advisory Board has attempted to
ease the transition into a some-
times uncaring, untrusting, and
discriminatory worly by making
the Career Planning and Place-
ment Office more accessible to
students.

Career Advisory Board
consists of up to ten students who
assist the Career Planning and
Placement Office in planning
programs.

Career Advisory Board has
held three alumnae career panels
this year. The first, "What Can I

by Kristin Louer

For the second year in a row,
the Agnes Scott Tennis Team was
given the opportunity for match
play and a good time at Hilton
Head Island over Spring Break.

Throughout the month of
March, 190 teams go to Hilton
Head for what has been named
Spring Break Tennis '92. Teams
from all over the country are
invited to participate.

Six members of the Agnes
Scott team went on the trip:
Reina Barreto, Kira Hospidor,
Kristin Louer, Mary Beth
Quinley, Adrienne Vanek, and
Wendy Wheel is.

Leading the pack were Coach
Peterson and Cheryl Appleberry.
Thanks to them, the team was
mentally and physically fit.

A quick match in Savannah
preceded the week in Hilton
Head. The team beat Savannah
College of Art & Design, 9-0.

On Sunday, the team left for
Hilton Head where they played
four consecutive matches. The
first team Agnes Scott played was
Denison University from Ohio.
Agnes Scott lost this match 1-8.
The team played well, though.

Do with a Foreign Language
Major?" was held fall semester,
w ith fouralumns with foreign
language majors as the guest
panelists.

The second panel, entitled
"Careers You Can Count On:
What Can I Do with a Math
Major?", was held in February.
Guest speakers were alumnae w ith
math or math-econ majors.

The third panel was "Careers
That Can Change the World:
Careers in the Non-Profit Sector."

Here, alums with various
majors spoke about the advantages
and disadvantages of working in a
non-profit organization.

Career Advisory Board also
began the bell-ringing tradition this
year. This gives seniors who get
job offers or acceptance into
graduate school the opportunity to
celebrate by ringing the bell. It
takes place on Fridays at noon.

Currently, Career Advisory
Board is sponsoring a program
entitled 'The Last Five Weeks," a
series of informal talks every
Wednesday in April aimed toward
helping seniors get adjusted for life
beyond Agnes Scott.

Career Advisory Board has
recently been accepted as an
official student organization of the
College.

Sports Arena

especially Adrienne Vanek, who
pulled out a long three set match.

The Agnes Scott team won it's
next three matches. They beat the
University of Winconsin/Oshkosh
(S- 1 , Mount Vernon Nazarene
from Illinois 9-9, and Nazareth
College from Rochester, N.Y.
7-2. '

Coach Peterson stated, "We
were able to maintain our mental
and emotional stability to pull out

matches we would have lost in the
past."

Spring Break was more than
just a week of tennis matches for
the team. It w as a time of fun.
laughter and bonding.

The team would like to thank
the college for their support of
tennis program at Agnes Scott and
Coach Peterson and Cheryl
Appleberry for their commitment
to the team on and off the court.

The tennis team and coashes celebrate their hard-earned success.

the Japanese reflected the respect
and ancient honor paid to tradition
each New Year, the timeless
surrounding mountains, and the
stretches of rural rice paddies
glimpsed in the valleys.

The chill of emotion that struck
me at that moment was not so
different from the awe that I had
felt during the silent, candlelight
services of my church at home.

The same religious awe of
tradition and mystique that I had
felt at Christmas Eve surrounded
me now in the silent, smiling faces
of Japanese prayer.

The following day's visit to my
host family provided both the same,
warm excitement of the previous
day, and the familiar, holiday spirit
I thought I had left at home.

Kayo's two cousins, practically
mimicking mine, tore through
wrapping paper, squealed over
gifts, and still had energy to throw a
few screaming fits.

Japanese holiday sweets were
piled on the tables and toasts of
beer and sake commenced a family
dinner of laughter and celebration.

Kayo's aunt was dressed in
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her four-year-old cousin proudly
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endless photographs.

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grandmother's familiar stories, my
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"Serious Issues. Laughing Matters" features "Guild" by Aida Najarian.

Student artists grapple with serious
subjects in often witty ways

by Angela Weaver
staff photographer

The impressively wide range
of media comprising Serious
Issues, Laughing Matters. Dal ton
Gallery's current exhibit, testifies
to the diverse artistic interests
and talents of the 1 992 senior art
students and of the other invited
student artists. Represented in
the exhibit are prints, multi-
media sculptures, and pieces in
ceramic, acrylic and charcoal.

One of the most innovative
parts of the exhibit, the Artist
Statements book, on view at the
reception desk in the gallery,
gives viewers an opportunity to
explore the senior artists'
discussions of their ow n work
and their views on the role of art
in society.

Many of the artists' state-
ments, like their works, deal with
the theme of the show . Janiece
Hotson, whose ceramic and
acrylic works appear in the
show, comments, "I aspire to
develop into an artist whose
work not only provides catharsis
for the anger and pain I have
come to know from having come
face to face with the issue of
AIDS, but also moves the viewer
to understand new points of
view.

"I also aspire to create works
the tickle the viewer, because 1
believe the laughter heals." she
adds.

Kara Russell voices her views
imply and strongly: "1 want to
make you think. There is
anguish. There is hatred. There is
sickness. There is mental
anguish, probably in your very
own family. There are things
going on all around you, that are
just not right.

"Does it need to be any
clearer than this? IF YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND,
READ IT AGAIN."

She continues w ith. "If you
think there is nothing you can do.
you are wrong."

The artwork in the show
reflects the artists' desire to do
something about the serious
issues of today, often by raising
public awareness in a humorous
way.

Aida Najarian 's multi-media
piece "Guilt" expresses frustra-
tion with sexism in a truly witty
way. She transforms a coat rack
into the Tree of Knowledge,
complete with rotting apples and
a hanging overcoat (decoupaged
with relevant newspaper
clippings), awaiting the Fall and
the subsequent necessity of
clothes.

Some notable pieces which
reflect the theme of the exhibit
are Claudia C. Miller's two
multiple-print series, 'The Facts"
and "Homophobia." Lockey
McDonald's wood sculpture
"Disillusion/Dissolution," Liz
Strickland's multi-media work
"Salvation or Damnation," Susan
Buckley's charcoal drawing
"Sacrifice," and Tracy Barnes.
"Lovesick Blues."

Other artists w ith works on
display in the who are Kerri
Allen. Carole Marie Bogrette,
Weezie Braswell, Laura Camp.
Kristin Counts. Ann DeLoach.
Beverly Evans, Ama Green,
Elissa Gydish. Beth Hunt, Talin
ke\ fer and Julianne Kite.

Also represented are Claire
Laye, Ruth Lightfoot, Charmaine
Minniefield, Donna Perkins.
Paula Reed, Cher) 1 Reid, Amy
Robertson, Victoria Swilley,
Asako Taniyama, Su/ette Titus,
Laura Susan Wells, and Mary
Williams.

Serious Issues. Laughing
Matters will be on display in the
Daltori Gallery until May 16.
Gallery hours are Monday
through Friday. 10 am to 5 pm,
Sunday. 2 pm to 5 pm. For
information, call (404) 37 1 -
6246.

Tension and revelation propel momentum of Jimmy Dean

by Kathleen Hill and
Kristin Lemmerman

Fifties' tunes carried the
audience in Winter Theater back
in time before this preshow
music blurred into the McGuire
Sisters' "Sincerely" and the
lights came up on the
Blackfriars' Come Back to the
Five and Dime. Jimmy Dean.
Jimmy Dean.

Ed Graczyk's play, set in a
west Texas dime store, swings
between a James Dean fan club
meeting in 1955 and the club's
reunion twenty years later.

The play (once you've
mastered the rather fu/./y time
transitions) gathers momentum
quite nicely. Via flashbacks and
reunion scenes, we gather that
Mona mow'" Tracy Walker,
"then" Becky Nowlin), alter
acting a walk-on role in James
Dean's Giant, returned to small-
town McCarthy, Texas allegedly
bearing the nun ie star's son.

Her companion, Joe (Rod
I Ieag\ ). also a mo\ ie star w anna-
be. left town a short time later
after being raped by another
vouni: man.

Heagy gave a peculiarly
slow-paced performance as the
outcast boy who loves Mona (we
find out later that it was he who
fathered her child). Her refusal
to run away with him did not,
however, offer enough incentive
for him to stay.

Twenty years later, Mona and
a bouncy, buxom Sissy ("now"
Britton McMullian, "then" Katie
Stromberg) prepare the dime
store for the reunion of the
Disciples of James Dean.

Angela Miller portrayed the
loveable. laughable-but-stem
Juanita (the store's proprietor),
whose Bible-beating tendencies
become perilously stereotypical.
Simultaneously, Walker's Mona
bewailed the three-year drought
and worried incessantly about
her son, her asthma and her
reunion.

The two actresses, aided by
McMullian's astounding energy,
outlined a sober portrait of
people together too long,
friendship rooted deep and taken
for granted, and love manifest in
much- worn argument.

Toward intermission, the
audience gained a brief reprieve

from the brittle Texas antago-
nism as Eve Allen, playing a
cool, collected Joanne, re focused
the tension. Joe, Joanne tells the
company, left home and (quite
literally) made something of
himself.

Despite the discrepancy in
sophistication between before
and after character, Allen's
controlled and comfortable
presence forced the audience to
accept that this mature woman
has blossomed from the awk-
ward Joe.

With the addition of bawdy
Stella May (Stephanie Barbian-
Greene) and naive Edna Louise
(Georgia Fuller), the Disciples
are complete, and the audience
joins them as they piece together
their various presents from the
past they shared.

Though acting ability varied
w idely, director John Stephens
instilled a strong sense of
character in each of his actresses,
and the relationship between the
women is overwhelming.

Stephens' illusion played on
designer Dudley Sanders'
original box set, complete w ith
luncheon counter and Orange

Crush machine.

Fraught with tension, Jimmy
Dean was propelled by the energy
of one revelation after another.
Together audience and characters

received the resulting shocks
which built to a final crescendo
when Mona. trapped in her lies,
finds that her dream-world has
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The Profile

Page 11

Writers' Festival guests reveal
personal gems in readings

by Jenny White and
Laura Barlament

The bare stage of Winter
Theater came alive last Thursday
and Friday with the voices and
v isions of Greg Johnson, John
Stone, Rita Dove and Robert
Coover at ASC's Writers'
Festival.

These writers ' backgrounds
and awards have no need to be
repeated here, considerable
though they are, since they all let
us know something about their
inner selves through their readings
and comments.

Greg Johnson started the
festival on a positive note by
complimenting the quality of
work entered in the festival
competition, which he himself
had won several years ago while
in graduate school at Emory.

Before reading the poems
"Heat Wave" and "Forecast," he
revealed the "alternate fantasy
career" of his childhood: to be a
weatherman with the accompany-
ing authority of pointer and the
glamor of foretelling the future.

His reading centered on a
series of poems entitled "Aide and
Comfort, " written in response to
the AIDS epidemic. Although he
originally wanted to deal with the
subject in fiction, he found it too
"intense and raw" for that genre
and opted instead for poetry.

His reading concluded with a
truly short story (he made sure
that the audience knew how proud
he was of creating such a

condensed piece) on a boy with
rheumatic fever and his relation-
ship with his pretty, young
mother.

This story gave John Stone,
physician and writer, the cue for
his first piece to read, Margaret
At wood's poem "The Woman
Who Could Not Live With her
Faulty Heart," part of the
anthology On Doctoring, which
Stone co-edited.

Stone clearly stated his warm
delight in everyday detail and in
the particularity of every human
being by explaining that "writers
live by epiphanies," revelations
through simple things.

This quality, however, was
amply revealed by his writings
"Poem on an Accidental Xerox of
her Hand," "January: A Flight of
Birds," "Breath," and "Bass."

His jovial ramblings took the
audience down pleasant paths of
thought, which travelled into the
realm of somniloquists, people
who talk in their sleep.

The students present were
particularly amused by his quote
from W.H. Auden: a professor is
"one who talks in someone else's
sleep."

Rita Dove's reading left the
audience with a sense of her
"intense appreciation of lan-
guage" (Dr. Peggy Thompson).

Dove read a number of poems
from Thomas and Beulah, her
Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the
lives of her grandparents.

Between poems. Dove shared
memories of her family and a few

little-known facts for example,
that her grandmother's name is
C reorgianna, not Beulah.

In answer to the frequent
question of how she began
writing. Dove explained that the
writing process begins in one's
head as a certain apprehension, in
the sense of seeing things, before
speech.

Dove's first moments of poetic
perception happened early in life
with (ironically) math. She
shared with the audience the
poem "Flash Cards" and personal
reminiscences of her own flash
card experiences.

Although Dove agreed with
Johnson's earlier comment that
writers who claim that a piece
"writes itself are "obnoxious."
she did maintain that a poem must
finish itself.

Far from ordinary is Robert
Coover's fiction, where everyday
things such as cartoons and
children's stories take on probably
never-before-considered mean-
ings.

Coover first read a piece by
Angela Carter, his favorite writer.
It described a troupe of acrobats
whose t consisted of physical self-
dismemberment and the juggling
of the loose body parts.

His political fable about the
Cat in the Hat's presidential
campaign grotesquely incorpo-
rated many elements of the Dr.
Seuss books into the context of
polities.

In his comment before his last
reading, from Pinocchi in

Fine dining to melt your mouth

and your credit cards

by Jennifer Garlen
staff w riter

WARNING! The following
restaurant is recommended only
if you have a lot of extra cash, a
really big occasion or a very
indulgent date.

Pana's & Paul's has to be one
of the ritziest restaurants in the
Atlanta area. Its location
inside a shopping plaza, no less
is very deceiving, for the
restaurant inside is a comfortable
little nook of w ealth.

The house specialty is lobster,
which should tell you something
in and of itself, but Pane's &.
Paul's offers a long list of
delights for those with abundant
funds.

Appetizers include the usual
fare, such as shrimp dishes and
the various the various soups.

which are all very good. The
salads are also good, although I
found the willed spinach salad a
little less entertaining than it
looked.

Of the entrees. I heartily
recommend both the lobster and
the filet mignon. The lobster is
really almost a religious experi-
ence, and the filet mignon is
served with a bemaise sauce that
is so wonderful you could be
tempted to eat the plate in order
to get all of it.

Of course, the steaks them-
selves are excellent, although
they are served a little on the rare
side, so you might want to order
one degree more done than you
usually would.

Desserts are, of course,
spectacular, and the Mississippi
mud pie, which is the specialty,
really is special. The cheesecake
does not disappoint either.

particularl) the w hite chocolate
raspberry cheesecake.

The dining is definitely
expensive, costing about $45 per
person if you order the whole
course from appetizer to dessert,
with the entrees ranging from
S 1 8-S27 in price.

Make reservations well in
advance, or you will be eating
very early or very late. The
restaurant does not have a "no
smoking" section, which the
smoke-sensitive should consider
carefully.

On the whole, 1 deem the
experience well worth the effort,
although you won't want to
come back to the dining hall
again.

Pano's & Paul's is located at
1 232 West Paces Ferry NW, just
across from the OK Cafe (which,
by the way, is OK, but a tad
overpriced).

Writers' Festival guest Rita Dove shared her words and her
memories in her evening reading.

Venice, he most accurately
summed up his own character as
he presented it: "I am said to be an
outrageous writer who offends
everyone at some time or the other
I probably will, so hang on."

As a final note, congratulations
to the Writers' Festival winners:

for poetry. Rick Rohdenburg
("Butcher's Heaven") and Megan
Sexton ("The Folklore of
Waitresses"); for fiction,
MaryClaire King ("So Black No
Sky Could Squeak Through") and
Steve Redford ("Helping
Yoshihiro").

One-acts challenge
student directors

bv Jennifer Jenkins

On the evenings of May 1 and 2, the Theater Department, in
conjunction with the Blackfriars, will present four student-directed
one-act plays: A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov, The
Stronger by August Strindberg, Patio by Jack Heifner and
Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell.

The plays were selected and cast by Lauren Granade, Kathleen
Hill. Sandee McGlaun and Angela Miller, respectively.

Theater department chair and directing class professor Becky
Prophet feels that the "directing experience brings together all
knowledge of the theater and puts it to a good test:... knowledge
and ability in text analysis, understanding of character, effective-
ness with actors and ability to make printed word on the page live
on stage."

Each play challenges its director in different areas.

According to Prophet, The Marriage Proposal pushes the
actors to understand the Russian culture, out of which the play
comes. They must also comprehend Chekhov's "language as a
cover for w hat a character is thinking and feeling."

In The Stronger, one character speaks and the other is silent
throughout the play, providing a serious acting and directing
challenge.

Patio's challenge consists in the creation of plausible character-
izations of sibling love versus sisterly rivalry.

Suppressed Desires compels the director to place her actors
back in history and to grasp concepts of Freudian psychology.

Prophet says that this is her favorite time of year because she
witnesses the results of student growth as her students foment an
audience response to their work.

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Calendar of Events

On Campus

For more information, call the
College at 37 1-6294.

"Serious Issues, Laughing
Matters," a juried exhibition for
senior art majors and non-majors
from various classes, will be on
display in Dalton Gallery through
May 16.

ASC Studio Dance Theatre
presents Dance Scapes: Cultural
Encounters through Dance and
Music on April 23 and 24 at 8: 15
p.m. in Gaines Chapel.

London Fog will present a
spring concert on April 29 at 8: 15
p.m. in Gaines.

The Agnes Scott Community
Orchestra will perform a May Day
Festival on May 1 at 8: 15 p.m. in
Gaines.

On May 1 and 2, the Blackfriars
will present an evening of one-act
plays in Winter Theater. Admis-
sion is free.

Galleries

The High Museum of Art

For more information, call 892-
4444

/// Honor of Black History
Month: Bill Traylor Drawings will
be on display through October 1 1 .

Prims for die People: Associ-
ated American Artists will be
shown through May 24. This
exhibition will be the subject of the
High Museum's gallery talk at 3
p.m. on Thursday, May 7.

compiled by Holly Williamson

Memory and Metaphor: The
Art ofRomare Bear den, 1 940-1987
will run through May 3.

Art at the Edge: Barbara Ess. a
collection of this photographer's
haunting work, will be on display
from March 21 through May 17.

Black to the Promised Land* a
documentary by African-American
filmmaker Madeleine Ali, follows
a group of African -American high
school students from Brooklyn's
Bed-Stuy during a three-month
sta\ on an Israeli kibbutz, on
Saturday, April 26 at 8:30 p.m.

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

For more information, call 872-
5338.

Eden, a multi-media depiction
of gardens by Maggie Raper, will
run until May 1 .

The Arts Connection

For more information, call 237-
0005.

An opening and reception for
artist Dan Zitomer will be held on
April 24. His exhibit, titled Dan
Zitomer: Retrospective will be on
view through May 3.

Jimmy Carter Library

The Library and Very Special
Arts Georgia are presenting a
juried exhibition of student
artwork, based on the theme Life in
the White House, from April 22
through August 23.

Theater

Fox Theatre

For ticket information, call 249-
6400.

The Music of Andrew Lloyd
Webber will be at the Fox April 2 1
through 26.

Les Mise rabies will play May
13 through 17.

The 14th Street Playhouse

Jomandi and AT&T OnStage
presents Today, a new play by
Valetta Anderson, directed by
Andrea Frye. Today's woman and
yesterday's man when the two
collide, what happens to tomorrow?
Playing till May 3. Call 873-1099
for tickets.

Music

Variety Playhouse: For

information about the following,
call 524-7354.

The album release for Uncle
Green will be April 17 at 7 p.m.

Richard Thompson with Anne
Richmond Boston will perform
April 24 at 8:30 p.m.

The Festival Singers of
Atlanta present Music of Elizabeth
and Victoria: An Afternoon of
Elizabethan Madrigals and
\ ictorian Anthems April 26 at 4
p.m. at the Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception. For more
information, call 284-4186.

Miscellaneous

Atlanta History Center

Former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter will lecture on The 20th
Century: Global Perspectives on
April 21 at 8 p.m. Call 261-1837
for more Information.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be
the featured speaker for the

Atlanta History.Center's Philip
and Elkin Alston lecture scries on
May 1 at 12 noon. Kennedy will
address "Our Environmental
Destiny." The lecture is free and
will be held in the auditorium of
the Georgia-Pacific Center. Call
238-0655 for more information.

Theatre Emory's Szechwan gives grim, timely view of poverty

S by Kathleen Hill

arts & entertainment editor

The space was large and boxy,
the lighting dim. Around the
edges of the stock black curtain
we could see the outlines of
theatrical lighting fixtures and the
building's brick walls.

But as we sat in anticipation of
the play, we began to accept the
strange restriction of space and
scenery. That much greater was
our shock, then, as a man ran out
and pulled the dividing curtain
from its supporting beam.

Immediately our serenity was
shattered, and Theatre Emory's
production of Brecht's The Good
Person of Szechwan began.

We were to find Brecht 's
words, written in the 1930s,
timely. Director Tim Ocel
handled the worn-out topics of
poverty and homelessRess
tactfully, tastefully, thought-
provoking 1\ .

Wong and his companions
enacted the story of Shen Teh
(Eve Emory), a young prostitute
who allows three gcxls (Christo-
pher Gurr, Graciela Marin. Wd

Jonathan Davis) to stay overnight
in her house. They instruct her to
follow the old rules, for they
believe that she is the one good
person who can save the world.

After their first of several
illusion-shattering disagreements,
the gcxls return heavenward,
having left Shen Teh enough
money to purchase a small
tobacco shop and Wong to look
after Shen Teh.

From the very beginning.the
audience senses the ineffectual ity
of the gcxls, as the characters
incessantly argue the trivial and
the mundane.

In what appears to be a world
devoid of divine intervention, or,
for that matter, divine inspiration,
Shen Teh sets out to do the gods'
bidding: the truly generous soul
gives away almost all that she has,
leaving herself no way to help the
needy who flock to her doorstep.

In desperation (she is about to
lose the shop). Shen Teh invents a
male cousin who temporarily
replaces her own character and
sets matters right in a very
worldly sense.

As Shen Teh begins to realizes

how difficult the gcxls' task for her
is, however, her "cousin" makes
more frequent visits to the shop.
And when she becomes pregnant,
Shen Teh swears that her child will
not learn the lessons she has had to
learn from the streets.

Embry plays both of her
character's personalities
arrestingly. She clutches audience
sympathy as prostitute becomes
philanthropist, becomes paymaster,
becomes pregnant.

Eventually, Shen Teh hides
entirely within her harsh, uncaring
"cousin," and Wong (who, despite
his anguish, yells a bit too exces-
sively) has the "cousin" tried for
her murder.

The gods, hearing of the trial
through Wong's dreams, decide to
sit in judgement of the accused.
Recognizing them, Shen Teh

confesses.

But the gcxls blind themselves to
her shortcomings and return
heavenward, putting on dark
glasses and climbing onto a large
orange ladder. Starrily, they wave
down to the miserable Shen Teh.
reminding her to do good and to
follow the teachings.

It was impossible not to laugh at
these hysterically funny gods,
especially when the other actors
began to push the ladder (mounted
on wheels) upstage toward the
bam-like doors which led back-
stage.

But Shen Teh, alone, huddled in
a lump on the floor, was pathetic.
After the first paroxysm of laughter
had convulsed the audience, the girl
on the floor began to keen, and we
began to wonder what to do. We
were as confused as the characters

in the play were we to laugh or
to cry?

As Shen Teh's agonized wails
blended eerily with the cheerful
music of the gcxls, the ladder then
turned 1 80 degrees to reveal Wong,
his head through a noose, hanging
from its lower rungs.

The tragedy of the moment
struck deep. The only gcxxl person,
the only hope, was deserted by god
and man.

In epilogue, spoken by Wong,
Brecht asks us to complete the
story. Could? or would? one gcxxl
person save Szechwan'/ Atlanta?
the world?

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The Independent Student Newspaper of Agnes Scott College

Thursday, May 8, 1992

Volume 79, Issue 12

Schmidt calls controversial auto registration fee "income issue"

by Janelle Bailey

news editor

Beginning next year, stu-
dents, (acuity, and staff who
\\ ish to bring their cars to
campus will have to pay a fee of
$50 (or $30 for one semester).

According to President Ruth
Schmidt, the fee was developed
to generate more income for the
college. The Budget Work
Group (which consists of college
officers and two faculty mem-
bers) estimated in their planning

that an additional $35,000 would
brought in by the new fee.

At an open forum on April 20
attended by over 40 members of
the campus community, Pres.
Schmidt attempted to answer
questions and address concerns
over this issue. She stressed that
this is not a "parking issue," but
an "'income issue."

Although the fee was
announced in mid-April, it will
not be official until the Board of
Trustees gives final approval of
the entire budget at their meeting

in May.

Many people were concerned
about available parking and
security for their cars, and
questioned whether the auto
registration fee would alleviate
some of the problems which
currently exist.

Pres. Schmidt replied,
however, that the fee will not
change the present parking
situation unless it discourages
people from bringing their cars
to campus.

She told those present that the

New Phi Beta Kappa members smile after the induction ceremony

Conservatives, feminists argue
pornography-violence link

by Karen Neustadt

College Press Service

Pornography and violent
sexual assault are in the spotlight
on U.S. campuses and in courts of
law . w ith some feminists and
conservatives forming an unlikely
partnership to argue that a link
exists between the two.

Psychologists express concern
about the increasing undercurrent
of violence toward women in
pornography, though there
remains no scientific data linking
explicit publications and sexual
assault.

The debate took on new
dimensions recently when the
Canadian Supreme Court ruled
that pornography is harmful to
women and can be outlawed even

though freedom of expression is
infringed.

At the University of California
at Santa Barbara, a group of
feminists who call themselves the
"Creative Underground Network of
Truthful Sisters"' are taking action
to demonstrate their anger about
pornography.

The group has made midnight
strikes at fraternity houses on
campus, plastering posters on
fences and tacking up graphic
pictures of women with captions
such as: "This is how fraternities
see you."

Bob Jensen, a graduate student
in journalism at the University of
Minnesota, has attempted to link
pornography and violence in his
doctoral dissertation, titled
"Knowing Pornography."

"I argue. ..that the debate about
pom has become too abstract. We
talk about it as an issue, not about
how it affects our lives," Jensen
said.

Jensen interviewed men in sex
offender treatment programs and
found that pornography was
important to most of them. He said
he was critical of the kind of data on
pom that comes from "the tradi-
tional social science world."

"In the real world, there are
people whose lives have been
banned by pornography," Jensen
said. "I am interested in [pom] as
implicated in acts of violence,
implicated rather than caused.

Joseph Weinberg, who conducts
rape seminars for college men, says
that pom is often the only sexual
education available to young men in

income generated by the fee
would go into the general
operating budget of the college.
The money is not earmarked for
a specific budget item, but will
instead help with faculty and
staff raises, maintenance of the
buildings, and implementation of
the Strategic Plan.

Although she could not sa\
for certain what the future of the
fee is, Pres. Schmidt said, "I'd
expect it to continue."

Pres. Schmidt said the fee was
developed to bring in additional

income without increasing
tuition further. "We see this as
optional" since not everyone
needs a car on campus, she said.

"It really is a modest fee; it's
just that we're not used to it,"
Pres. Schmidt remarked. In
comparison, other schools in the
area pay anywhere from $100
per year to $ 1 50 per quarter to
park on campus.

"I really hope that people will
not see this as such a big issue in
light of all the things that are
[already] provided," she said.

"Lovers of wisdom" initiated
into Phi Beta Kappa

by Dr. Kathy Kennedy
Secretary. Phi Beta Kappa

Sixteen members of the class
of 1992 were initiated into
membership in Phi Beta Kappa
on April 27 at a ceremony in the
Chapel Lounge.

The initiates were Lisa
Anderson, Teresa Beckham,
Jessica Carey, Frances Fite,
Anne Marie Haddock. Mary Ann
" Hickman, Mary Claire King.
Melody Martini, Sandee
McGlaun, Elizabeth Morgan.
Tracey Patterson, Mary Frances
Rognoni, Karen Schulze, Laura
Shaeffer, Mary Elizabeth
Simmons, and Beth Williams.

In a ritual dating from the turn
of the century, initiates were
honored for their "love of
wisdom," their "high record of

attainment in the College," and
their commitment to liberal
learning.

The speaker at the initiation
was Dr. Catherine S. Sims, former
national President of Phi Beta
Kappa, and former acting Dean of
the College and Professor of
History at Agnes Scott.

Presiding at the ceremony was
Professor Rosemary Thomas
Cunningham, current president of
the Agnes Scott Chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa.

Agnes Scott is one of 242
colleges and universities in the
United States to house a chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa. Only three
other institutions in Georgia, the
University of Georgia. Emory
University, and Morehouse
College, have Phi Beta Kappa
chapters.

America.

"Men get very defensive talking
about pom or rape. It's because
these issues have never been
challenged. Pom is a flat represen-
tation of an unrealistic woman
model like a Barbie doll,"
Weinberg said.

Weinberg said pornography

teaches that "the idiocy of body
language" is consent for sexual
intercourse, rather than the spoken
word.

University of Michigan Pornog-
raphy professor Catharine
MacKinnon and writer Andrea
Dworkin have been campaigning
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Inside This Issue

Editorials

Polly wag protests car fee
Page 5

Features

Interview with Dr. Kamerkar
Page 10

Arts & Entertainment

King's Sleepwalkers reviewed
Pases 14

News

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Friday, May 8, 1992

Lecturer John Burgess makes star talk" with Professor Alberto Sadun

Public Safety News

The following list is a sampling
of crimes in and around the area of
Agnes Scott College in the past few
weeks.

* On April 13 at 7: 15 a.m.,
ASC police received a report that a
stal l worker on his way to work

w as robbed by two black males. A
piece of jewelry was snatched off
the victim's wrist. The incident
occurred on E. College Ave. at the
front gates to the college.

* An ASC female staff member
was jogging near Columbia
Seminary ( 1/2 mile from campus)
on Sunday, April 19, at approxi-
mately 8:30 p.m. when she was
approached by a male jogger.

This man grabbed the victim
from behind and covered her mouth
with his hand. After the woman fell
to the ground and yelled, the man

threatened to use a gun that was
never shown.

By continuing to yell and
whistle loudly, the woman drove
her attacker away. Fortunately, she
was not seriously injured. The
perpetrator is described as a black
male in his mid 20s, 6 feet tall, thin
build, with a flat-top hair cut and a
wide nose. Decatur police are
investigating the incident.

* On April 2 1 , the resident of
108 Adams St., a college -owned
house, notified ASC officers that
her home had been burglarized.
The victim told officers that she had
just stepped out for about one hour
to walk her child. When she
returned home, she found that her
back door had been forcibly
entered. Officers recovered some
of her property a block west on

Kings Hwy.

* On April 23 at 8:30 p.m., a
Jeep Cherokee was stolen from
the Presser parking lot during an
evening event in Gaines audito-
rium. The vehicle belonged to a
cameraman from GCTV. The
victim's vehicle was recovered in
good condition by the Atlanta
Police Department on April 26.

A crime prevention seminar
was conducted on April 30 at
Buttrick Hall by Lt. Amy Lanier
in response to concerns about
recent criminal activity.

Since this is the last issue of the
Profile for the school year, we
want to take this opportunity to
congratulate the graduating
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systems of Meso- America

by Jane He Bailey

news editor

As a part of the ongoing
Cultural Encounters series,
astronomer John Burgess gave a
lecture describing the develop-
ment of Meso- American
calendar systems and their
astronomical basis.

Mr. Burgess explained that
two different calendars evolved
in Meso- America: the Haab (or
Vague Calendar) and the Tzol
Kin (or Ritual Almanac).

The Haab had 365-day years,
as do our modern-da) calendars.
The Tzol Km had onl\ 260 da) s,
made of 20 "months" of 1 3 days
each.

Because of the two calendar
systems in use at the same time,
each day had two dates. The
system recycled every 52 years.

Mr. Burgess gave a brief
histor) of the events surrounding
the defeat of the A/tees by
Cortez. The explorer arrived at
the same time which a Jesus-like
figure. Quetzalcoato. was to
return to the city of Tenochititlan
(now Mexico City). This was
also at the time of year w hen
Venus was at its brightest in the
sky.

The calendars are based on
cycles between times that the
moon passed in front of the
planet Venus. These events are
called moon-Venus conjunctions
and happen at regular intervals.

Mr. Burgess is an astronomer
at Fernbank Science Center and
acting director of the planetarium
at ASC's Bradley Observatory.
I lis studies in archeo-astronorri)
are ongoing.

Kamerkar calls Indian
democracy stable and lasting

by Margaret Bickers
staff writer

This year's CHIMO convoca
tion featured visiting professor
Dr. Mani Kamerkar from the
S.N.D.T. Women's University in
Bombay, India, speaking on the
democratization of her home
country.

In her description of India, Dr.
Kamerkar stressed the ethnic and
language difficulties in a country
one-third the area of the U.S. with
three times the population. The
population, which shares a
common culture and ethos, is
predominantly Hindu with a large
Moslem minority.

Dr. Kamerkar believes that
democracy in India will last.
India was the only democracy in
south Asia until recently, and it ks
still the most stable.

The only dictator since the
British left ruled for a mere
twenty months and was then
removed by parliamentary
procedure.

The government is based on a
constitution and parliament, as
well as the ancient town council
style democracy of the country-
side and villages.

The many political parties

cover the entire political
spectrum, the largest of which is
the Congress Party.

Although Dr. Kamerkar
stressed the lack of literac) . she
also pointed out that all people
may vote. For those \\ ho cannot
read, each candidate uses a
S) mbol that can be easily
recogni/ed. About half of the
people, both men and women,
take advantage of their right to
suffrage.

India's ancient culture
influences government a great
deal. The concept of dharma, oi
duty with the rank, rules what
leaders can and cannot do. The
government must answer to the
people.

Government in India stands
on four legs. One is the position
of the military as an apolitical
body under civilian control.
Second is an upright judicial
system based on equality before
the law and habeas corpus.

The third is India's common
religious and societal ethos,
which gives the country a sense
of unity. The concept of moral
authority in nonviolence, on
which independent India was
founded, is the fourth leg of its
government.

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Council to open new doors to community religious life

by Jenny White
staff writer

Religious organizations at
Agnes Scott will have new
opportunities to work together
next year in the Religious Life
Council.

In order to promote other
religious organizations on campus
and to help them work together
more efficiently, the Christian
Association is dissolving and the
Religious Life Council will

become the governing body for all
religious organizations on campus.

Four members from the
Christian Association arc already
on the Council to help get it
started. The Council will consist
of members at large and of
representatives from the campus
religious organizations.

To become a formal organiza-
tion, religious groups must write a
constitution and choose one
representative and one campus
minister or facult) advisor to serve

on the Council. There will also be
a volunteer activities coordinator
on the Council.

The Religious Life Council will
be in charge of collective activities
tor the religious groups, including
social activities, group speakers,
and volunteer opportunities.
Smaller groups will be in charge of
their own individual activities.

The Council plans to meet
about once a month so that
members can stay in touch and
keep up with each other's activi-

Wolff names "hot topics" and job
prospects in current astronomy

by Janelle Bailey
news editor

On April 24, Dr. Sidney
Wolff visited with Agnes Scott
students and faculty to discuss
her career and current topics in
astronomy.

Dr. Wolff is the Director of
the National Optical Astronomy
Observatories and President of
the American Astronomical
Society.

Encouraged by her father to
stud) mathematics, she received
her undergraduate degree from
Carlton College in Minnesota
and her Ph.D. from the Univer-

sity of California at Berkeley.

Dr. Wolff taught at the
University of Hawaii for 17
years before taking the position
of Director of Kitt Peak Obser-
vatory in 1984. She has since
been promoted to her current
position.

When she has time to return
to her own research, she studies
the formation of stars.

Dr. Wolff calls study of the
age of the universe, how galaxies
form, and the formation and
distribution of planetary systems
the "hot topics" of astronomy in
the near future.

She told students that there

Representative John Lewis was another recent visitor to campus

are currently more jobs that do not
require a Ph.D. in astronomy than
ever before. In addition, the
National Science Foundation is
actively recruiting women and
minorities in the physical sciences.

Her advice to interested
students is to be flexible, both in
their career desires and their
preparations. Dr. Wolff believes
that many gender harriers in
astronomy have been overcome
already, though some do still exist.

Dr. Wolffs visit was in
conjunction with a colloquium
presentation at the University of
Georgia.

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The Council's main goal is to
meet all of the varied religious
needs of the campus community .
Since the Council will only
coordinate large events, smaller
religious groups have the freedom
to meet and to plan activities of
their ow n, as well as to interact v\ ith
others of different faiths.

At present, Agnes Scon has a
Baptist Student Union, a Catholic
group, and an Episcopal group

named Canterbury. Methodist and
Presbyterian groups are presently in
the process of forming.

Any and all religious groups are
invited to form and join the Council
as long as they write a constitution
and place two representatives on
the Council.

The Religious Life Council will
be operating on an experimental
basis next year and welcomes any
suggestions and ideas from the
campus community.

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Editorials

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Friday, May 8, 1992

THE PROFILE

Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA 30030
Printed by Chapman Press, Atlanta

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Laura Barlament

ASSISTANT EDITOR Bethany Blankenship

NEWS EDITOR Janelle Bailey

FEATURES EDITORS Stephanie Sidney

Dianne O' Donne II

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS Kathleen Hill

Holly Williamson

PHOTOGRAPHERS Brooke Parish, Karen Shuman,

AngicWeaver

BUSINESS MANAGER Aimee Griffin

ADVERTISING MANAGER Fotini Soublis

CIRCULATION MANAGER Melanie Effler

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. We cannot
withhold names. Views expressed on the editorial pages do not
necessarily reflect those of anyone affiliated with the College or
The Profile staff other than the author.

Et Cetera

by Jennifer Garlen, Angela Weaver, and Laura Barlament

The trial of Rodney King's attackers has set America
literally on Fire. Smoke still rises in Los Angeles, and here
in Atlanta the smouldering anger of citizens and students
continues to cause unrest. Addressing the issue is difficult,
due to the clear-cut themes of racism and injustice embed-
ded in the non-black jury's decision.

Many angry people have had no quarrel with the
violence that has erupted in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and other
cities in response to the acquittal of King's attackers. Some
have actively supported it; others have said, "Well, it's too
bad, but the people have a right to be angry."

Yes, the people have a right to be angry. King's treat-
ment by the Los Angeles police was a barbarity of ludi-
crous measure. All Americans should be angry and should
express their disappointment in the judicial system that has
so twisted the face of justice.

But anger does not justify what has happened in the
streets of Los Angeles. When you see a stranger being
beaten and kicked mercilessly, perhaps it does not seem to
matter as much. Oh well, it's too bad, but the people have
a right to be angry. However, if your brother, sister, father,
mother or friend became the victim of such senseless
abuse, your reaction would be very different. Oh, God.
Why them. It didn't have to happen.

Those of us who felt our hearts wrench when we saw the
beating of Rodney King, if we are as humane as we like to
believe, should feel them wrench doubly at the eighteen or
more deaths that have occurred in L.A. due to the riots.
Eighteen dead people. People who did not have to die.
The injustice of that tragedy should affect us as deeply as
the injustice served by Rodney King's jurors.

Rodney King knows what it is to be beaten. The person
who has the greatest right to be angry, to strike out in fury
at what has happened, has publicly pleaded for an end to
the rioting and looting, the boating and killing of innocent
men and women. He understands what it means to be the
victim of a senseless crime, and his call for justice w ithout
violence should be the model for the American response.

Remember the Bill of Rights
and Responsibilities survey in
the dining hall and the Student
Center? Well, here are the
results that you have all been
waiting for.

For those of you who aren't
familiar with the project, here's
the scoop: Recently some
students have voiced a concern
that we need a new written
document clearly stating
students' rights and responsibili-
ties in the academic life of Agnes
Scott (Remember the forum
earlier this semester? >.

Rep Council held a survey in
the dining hall and Alston Center
last week to gather student
opinion on this issue.

The results of the survey are
as follows: 1 10 students
responded, and approximately 85
thought that this type of docu-
ment was either needed or could

onl\ help.

Over 70 thought that the
document should include facult)
rights and responsibilities. 7 1
respondents thought that students
and faculty should collaborate on
a document stating rights and
responsibilities.

Furthermore, half of those
surveyed thought that students
should develop a polished
document before collaborating
with facult) . The other half
thought that the two groups
should work together from the
beginning.

Of the three documents
presented (on display in the Rep
Council Room in the CLC), the
majority of students preferred the
most recent draft of the docu-
ment.

A sincere thanks to all of
those who responded. Because
of student response in favor of

this document. Rep Council plans
to propose an academic bill of
rights and responsibilities in the
fall.

Just a quick update on two other
SGA issues: The proposal for an
o\T\cc of multi-cultural affairs is
being researched by a committee
of students, advised by Dean
Wilson.

Also, "Rep Rap Live," held in
the Alston Center weekly for
students to express concerns and
opinions to Rep Council members,
will be continued in the fall.

Over the summer if you have
any ideas about Rep Council
issues, or about Agnes Scott at all,
please contact SGA President
Tracy Peavy at (214) 341-6702, or
by mail at 1 1215 Sesame St..
Dallas, TX, 75218.

Have a great summer! We arc
looking forward to an energetic fall
semester'

Neighborhood Feminist

by Kim Compoc

Well the countdown has
begun. Six months until I have
to start paying my student loans.
By then I'll be in California,
where people will be asking me:
"What's the name of that White
girl school in Georgia you went
to?' 1 And b\ then Til have to
come up with a response.

I'll think about the Euromale
curriculum, David Behan,
parietals, Tara Somerville's
dismissal, the administration, the
hourly workers, the underutilized
endowment, the repression and
the paternalism. I'll think back
and wonder how I survived four
years of this place. And I'll
probably laugh along.

Then I'll think about m\
friends, the intellectual training
I've received here, the student
protests, the fun and the grind. A
lot has changed since my first
night at Agnes Scott when the
sophomore class sang us "Man
Without a Scottie." I may bark
back a little bit.

Yes I have my regrets, and
my fond memories.

The biggest regret being we
didn't bring Tara back. I wished
the protest had been bigger,
stronger, louder. We learned
how to ignite student anger
overnight. The goal now is to
sustain and mobilize that anger.
We can't let this administration
get away with that again.

They are still as willing and
eager to label an African-
American student a terrorist and
to have her removed on false
charges. In my estimation, they

are still as racist and bloodthirsty
as any American institution. Let
Tara's case and the Rodney King
verdict signal to us how fast the
value of Black human life is
plunging in this nation.

Another regret is my column
on Jennifer Pilcher two years
ago. I should not have thrown
her around that hard. There are
better methods. The real source
of my fury was the way we
students treat the hourly workers
around here, from physical plant
to the dining hall to the workers
in our dorms.

When was the last time we
organized in solidarity with
them? And yet they come out to
organize with us: in Racism
Free Zone, with the Tara protest,
and they probably will again.
We must achieve some reciproc-
ity. The administration wants to
keep all of us docile and singing
on the plantation. Their struggle
is our struggle too.

Another regret is that I never
tried launching an Asian students
organization. We are going to
college in droves, even in the
South, and yet this gross
underrepresentation on this
campus. Agnes Scott should
celebrate Asian/Pacific Islander
week, at least. Maybe the Office
of Multicultural Affairs w ill
make that happen.

One of my fondest memories
is the underwear party. If
anything, it was certainly the first
time "As fat and hairy as you
wanna be" was posted on a sign
on this diet-freaked campus.
Plus I got to hear Gooey Hudson
tell me my invitation was in poor

taste. Always a thrill.

So what am I going to do in
California? I'm thinking about
selling out. Working for some
defense corporation, organizing
for pay equity for the pink collar
workers a American B-2 Bomber
factory.

After all, graduates, we're
entering into an economy where
the three lucrative industries left
are the S&L bailout, hooking or
dealing crack. Got to have a j-o-
b if you want to e-a-t. And the
prospects are not so pretty.

Today we're in the dining
hall, with meals paid for, cutting
up with our friends, fretting
about unwritten papers. Tomor-
row we'll be on food stamps,
hocking the class ring to make
rent.

I've learned how to use the
library, but have I learned to be
face this world? Time will tell.
Maybe Til come back someday
when some major student protest
is erupting, and I'll be able to
lend a hand in some capacity. If
I can't make it remember this:
work the press for all they're
worth.

It's been real and it's been
fun. Brushing off the dust from
these here parts, I'm off for new
adventures.

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, May 8, 1992

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Page 5

Letters

Behan gets serious

In the April 16 issue of the
Profile, Professor Guthrie wrote:
"The existence of institutional
racism, and the contributing
presence of unconscious racism
the unexamined assumption
that white is the unmarked case
of human in anyone raised
white in this society, are, like the
round earth theory, well accepted
now even by the CBS Evening
News."

Let me put satire aside and
take Professor Guthrie seriously.
He is saying that anyone "raised
white in this society" assumes
"that white is the unmarked case
of human." He is saying that all
whites are unconscious racists.

In the same issue, Ms Amy
Banks praised "Professor
Guthrie's tactful attempt to unite
this campus and diffuse animos-
ity." But how does it diffuse
animosity to assert, with the same
certainty that the earth is round,
that all whites are unconscious
racists? And is that not itself an
instance of racial stereotyping?

Since Professor Guthrie's
charge is in terms of unconscious
racism, what evidence could
possibly show it to be false? If
Professor Guthrie is right, we
should not be able to find a single
individual "raised white in this,
society" who is not a racist
albeit an unconscious racist.
"Racist" is a very strong term.
But for Professor Guthrie "racist"
applies to all white Americans
even those who work hard for
racial equality. His charge
debases the linguistic currency.

Professor Guthrie's charge
offers no hope for white Ameri-
cans who want to overcome the

racism which he asserts is
unconscious in all of them. If
they agree with him. they will
have to admit guilt for a sin they
are not aware of. And how could
they be sure they have purged
themselves of their unconscious
sin? How could they be sure that
their confession was not disin-
genuous that racism did not
remain in their unconscious? Are
they to go to him for absolution?
Hardly, for he confesses his
helplessness: "I have never been
a leader of.. .Racism Free Zone. It
wouldn't have been my place, but
more important, it wouldn't have
been within my competence; it is I
who have learned from others
about the subject of race in
America, not the other way
around." Why then shouldn't
white Americans just admit they
are unconscious racists and give
up hope for themselves? If they
do that, they can either accept
their unconscious racism and be
conscious racists or they can
despair and go hang themselves.

Finally, Professor Guthrie's
charge offers no hope for African
Americans who want to end white
racism. How could they purge
white Americans of the sin of
unconscious racism? How could
they be sure that they had
cleansed them? Or must African
Americans simply consider all
white Americans as racists and
either give in to their unconscious
racism or go hang them?

Professor Guthrie may believe
he offers hope, but to Americans
distressed by racism he counsels
onl\ guilt and despair.

Yours sincerely,
I )a\ id Behan

Violence not justified

I feel compelled to respond to
the events of the day (April 30.
1992). The outrage and violence
that have occurred in response to
the "Rodney King Verdict" upset
me deeply, as do the opinions of
certain students on campus. I
wish to present a few points
merely as something to think
about as time progresses.

1 ) The jurors of the trial ha\ e
sat in for three weeks, hearing
evidence. The general public has
seen only the video tape of the
incident. Did the jurors hear or
Find something that caused them
to reach the decision that they
selected?

2) Why did the prosecution
not ask Mr. King to take the
stand? As the \ ictim of the

attack, sure!) he would he the
best person to testily against the
officers involved.

3) What effect will the
unfortunate events of the past 24
hours have on the process of
judgment? Will violence make a
point any better than words,
especial l> w hen the actions are
committed on members of all
racial and religious communi-
ties?

This past weekend I had the
chance to meet some of the last
surviving members of the 555th
Paratrooper Battalion (the Triple
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Zero to Fifty in Two Seconds Flat

by J. Garlen

It isn't my car's ability to pick
up speed that inspired the name
of this week's column. No, my
car won't even start on the first
tr\ . It is. however, my car's
ability to suddenly become fifty
dollars more expensive - thanks
to the Board of Trustees that
brought the title to mind.

I am tired (yes, SICK and
TIRED) of hearing members of
the Agnes Scott population claim
that my ownership of a car
necessarily means that I am able
to afford the car registration fee.
That car currently has no gas in it
because I cannot afford five
dollars to bu\ some. You think I
can afford fifty?

Contrary to the myth. Agnes
Scott students are not all spoiled,
rich Southern gentlemen's
daughters. Many of us work
se\ era] different jobs, both on
and oft campus, m order to pa)
the ever-rising ridiculous tuition
that the Board of Trustees

continues to approve. As our
scholarships do not increase with
the tuition, our reliance on
outside funds becomes heavier.
We go to work. We drive cars to
get there.

My personal situation is
somewhat different, although
other students share it with me. I
live at the other end of the state.
It costs $400 -$600 to fly that
distance, which is just insane.
The car I bought cost about the
same amount. Which makes
more sense to you?

I suppose you could argue
that my parents ought to come
get me if I can't afford the car
fee. That would have left me in
a very fine kettle of fish when a
family emergency came up at the
beginning of the semester and I
had to get home. ..fast. I resent
the insinuation that I should
either be able to afford the fee or
I should not have a car. So do a
lot of other students.

And what about the ASC
staff? I think we all know that

they do not get paid enough as it
is. much less with fifty dollars of
their pay going back to the
college just because they drive
here to work. It sounds like
paying someone to work for
them. Talk about dumb!

It only makes it worse that we
are not being told where this
money is going. In my mind, car
fees are supposed to be for car
parking and car guarding. That
is w hat other schools do with car
fee monies. What is Agnes Scott
going to do with their new
income? Buy another chande-
lier? Paint the Board of Trust-
ees' meeting room a new color?

If Agnes Scott wants a car
registration fee, then fine. Ten to
fifteen dollars per car, with the
money going to vehicle patrol
and parking, is perfectly
understandable. Fifty dollars out
of every person's pocket that will
be used for God-knows-what is
not only unacceptable, it is
Infuriating.

fought and died for the ideas of
"freedom." They are not rioting.
They became leaders of their
communities and outstanding
members of Society. What
would they say about the events
going on now, as I write?

I know that because I am a
white female. I cannot share the
same feelings and background as
the outraged members of society.
However, I do believe in the
ideas of justice for all and the
rule of law. Maybe Mr. King
was assaulted due to the color of

his skin. Maybe the officers
were let off because they possess
a smaller amount of melanin in
their skin than does the victim. I
still feel that it does not allow
anyone to act out blindly and
injure or kill the innocent. Some
w ill say that no one is innocent.
I do not know. All I know is that
it is not right to strike out
without all the facts and a proven
cause. And given the informa-
tion that I have at the moment,
there is no cause for violence.
Many people will not agree

with this letter. That is fine. I
speak only for myself, a single
person who is willing to fight
and to die in order that you have
the right to protest and to voice
your beliefs. Are you willing to
let others act according to their
beliefs?

Please think about it for a
moment.

Respectfully,
Margaret Bickers

Editorials

Page 6 The Profile Friday, May 8, 1992

Scottie sings th|e state school
blues

by Josie Hoilman

Overusing cliches is a pet
peeve of mine, but the old stand-
by, "You never realize how great
something is until you no longer
have it," painfully applies to my
recent experience.

While taking this semester off
from Agnes Scott, I decided to
enroll in my local state school in
order not to fall behind.

[1 sucked, guys!

Never the ardent feminist. I
must admit that I did not choose
ASC due to its lack of maleness.
In fact there was no precise
reason everything seemed to
"work" and I immediately felt at
home.

I cannot respond for every-
one, but I feel that we just don't
realize how lucky we are at
Scott. Granted, I returned home
after a tumultuous break-up and
lack of financial support from the
homefront.

My enthusiasm was non-
existent from the beginning, but
as my perspective cleared, my
opinions varied little.

As Scotties, we are treated
mostly as adults (except where
mandatory convocations are
concerned, of course) and always
as women rather than fragile
little girls.

At East Tennessee State
University, male professors have
perfected the ancient art of
convincing themselves that every
female student in their class is
named "babe" or "sugar."

In the recent SGA elections
almost all of the candidates were
male. I overheard one woman
say that she really wanted to run
for vice-president but that "they"
would never vote for a girl.

It would be easy to say that
Scotties don't have that problem
for the obvious reason; however,
Dot only do we lack male
competition, our mentality does
not cultivate a feeling of
inferiority. This is something
we'll take with us long beyond
graduation.

We all probably read a similar
slogan on one of the countless
brochures we received as
prospectives. and it sounded
great in theory. But after
experiencing it in application. I
recognize it as perhaps the most
advantageous result of attending
a women's college.

Not that main individuals at
Scott openly discriminate against
homosexuals or ethnic groups.
And to my knowledge, the
administration, though excruciat-
ingly slow, did not strongly
oppose support of their orga-
nized groups.

The Lambda Society, a
recently formed homosexual

group at ETSU, was denied
funds which are to be made
available to all student organiza-
tions. The reason? They are not
a recognized group.

In regards to the treatment of
the African-American organiza-
tions, their posters are periodi-
cally torn off community bulletin
boards, and the term "nigger" is
as common as "babe."

A few courses in the history
department address Latin and
Asian topics, but there is only
one on African-Americans, and
it is a 4000-level course.

Unlike Agnes Scott's policy
of not having prerequisites in the
history department. ETSU does,
which means that tor all practical
purposes, you must be a junior to
be eligible to enroll in this course
and probably a senior to actual!)
get in before it fills to maximum.

Also, we can cross-register to
receive a more diverse curricu-
lum. ETSU has no such
program. Although this prob-
ably has more to do with
geography than policy, it is an
option not all schools offer
without extensive red tape.

Some aspects of Scott's
superiority may be due to its
small size and locale; ETSU is a
relatively large ( 12,000) Upper
East Tennessee state school.

But after my absence from
Scott, I cannot fail to realize how
fortunate that we are to be
matriculated here.

Even little things now seem
exceedingly superior. Our
dorms, for example (even
Walters and Hopkins), could be
mistaken for the Waldorf-Astoria
in comparison to ETSU's.

The next time you feel that
Winship's lobby is hopelessly
tacky or that its elevator may
very well have just regurgitated a
gallon of Pepto Bismol, remem-
ber that at least some state dorms
have only two bottomless chairs
in their lobbies and no elevators,
even for five-story ones.

We've all had to park in the
Boonies at least once and hated
every moment of it, especially
when we forget where we left
our car.

At ETSU you're fortunate to
find a space, and it's an act of
God if you return to find your car
without dents. After my car was
rear-ended while I was in a one-
hour class, I learned from public
safety that it happens about eight
or nine times a month.

There really is no such thing
as public safety at ETSU. They
don't respond to fire alarms or
escort you to the bus station after
dark.

The one benefit is that they
have no jurisdiction off campus,
so if they start flashing their

Plain Black & White

by Nadine Evette Curry

Again, 1 wipe tears from my
eyes from the blatancy of this
country's racism! Whatever was
initially planned for this last
Profile edition, it is not impor-
tant. What is important is that an
African-American citizen of
this country was beaten down
March 3. 1991, by white cops in
Los Angeles, California. What
is important is that the verdict at
East County Courthouse in Los
Angeles found the cops "not
guilty," except finding one guilty
of a misdemeanor. It is not
enough to sa\ that this was an
injustice. This is a disgrace to
my people's intelligence!

Do not take us for the fools
that you (yes, you) have taken us
for these past centuries! What
fills your television screens is
nothing new. it took a case such
as Rodney King's case to bring
out these acts. These acts which
you may define as violent are
acts of frustration frustration
from the oppression that African -
Americans are subject to in this
country.

How in the hell am I going to
raise children in this country? If
statistics do not kill my boys, the
police officers will beat them
down. It's O.K. This country
has no intention to protect my
African-American brothers, sons,
fathers, uncles, and grandfathers.
If statistics do not kill my girls,
the lack of health care will kill
her soon enough. Sad. No, it is
called reality of being African-
American in a racist society
better known as the United
States of America.

Do not cry for me. I have a
problem with "white guilt." Yes,

blues, you just have to let them
chase you past the boundaries.

Sounds great, right? But it
also means that they can't follow
that guy that just stole your car
stereo.

The difference in course work
is almost too painful a subject to
approach. It's impossible to
express exactly how much easier
it is than Scott, but it can be
summarized with two comments.

One, with 1 8 hours, 9 of
which are English classes, I have
not had to write a solitary paper.
Two, not only have I not pulled a
single all-nighter, I basically
haven't studied, and it doesn't
look like I've got anything to
worry about. This part of my
experience at ETSU has been
honest to God scary.

Isn't it obvious that I can't
wait to get back?

this is a topic we try to avoid.
We are in the predicament that
we are in now because we push
every issue under the caipet.
People are burning the carpets in
Los Angeles. "White guilt"
surfaces with every major crisis
or outbreak of injustice to
minorities on this campus. Not
everyone falls into this category,
but you know who you are. It's
not necessary that you take on
the guilt of your founding
fathers' mistakes. 1 [owe\ er. if
you think a few tears are going to
make African-Americans feel
better about how our race is
being treated in this country, then
you are mistaken.

See, what I am upset about is
something that m\ grandparents
and great-grandparents were
upset about. Nothing has
changed. White America proves
the reasoning behind my naming
this column "Plain Black and
White." because it describes this
country. It's always going to be
a Black, any other minority and
White issue.

Do you understand that m\
African-American brothers can
not walk these White streets?
They can not. They will be
killed, accused of murder or rape,
beaten down, or questioned. 1
have to support my brothers,
commend them. I know it's hard
being an African-American
woman in this country, but my
brothers have no respect. None.

Do you still want to know
why I wipe tears from my eyes?
Facts. If you can not deal with
them, stop reading. White
America has dictated what
African- Americans will contrib-
ute to the communities, how far
we can go up the corporate
ladder, where we live, how we
eat, where we piss, and if will
receive health care or not. We
know just looking at these few
dictates that White America does
not give a damn if African-
Americans exist in this country!
Look at President Bush (King of
White America); do you think he
is losing sleep over this verdict?

How many of you think that
the cops were doing their job?
I low man) of you think that the
jury made the right decision?
Let's look closely at the case.
First, we have a Black male
speeding. The White police
officers stop him. Next, the
police officers beat the Black
male, Rodney King. Was the
beating necessary? Rodney King
was on the ground. Rodney
King was moving. Right?! Let
me think... when I was disciplined
(whipped) as a child. ..I moved to
keep the belt from hitting me. It's
a natural reaction. But are you
telling me that his nun ing
justifies the jury's verdict?
Speaking of the jur\ . the jur\ is all
white except one Asian and one
Hispanic.

Again, let me reiterate that
White America dictates what
African-Americans are in this
country. This jury selection was
not incidental, it was planned.
You know what White America is
telling me. It's telling me that I
am nothing but an animal. My
people are nothing. We, White
people, can beat you and kill you.
We, White people, can get away
with these acts because it's our
country. You can not tell me
anything different.

This news article is just the
beginning of my protest. This
issue will not die down. 1 am not
going to stand by and let African-
Americans continue to be treated
like dogs. We are humans with
emotions. If you do not under-
stand our emotions, do not make
ignorant remarks. Educate
yourself.

This article is written for my
hurt sisters on this campus, my
brothers and sisters at the Atlanta
University Center, and the rest of
my brothers and sisters across this
country. Rodney King, you were
not given justice. I am not
singing "We shall overcome...
someday" to you, brother. Our
time is now. Sisters let's be
supportive of our African-
American brothers. We need
each other. Pray.

Senior Wills & Testaments

Friday, May 8, 1992

The Profile

Page 7

I, Rita Ganey, being of
disintegrated mind and ex-
hausted body (or was that
exhausted mind and disinte-
grated body?), do hereby submit
my last will and testament.

To Susan Pittwoman (W in
that Pittman, Pittson, Pittperson,
Pittdaughter, or just Pitt? I lost
track.), all the fun you can
possibly have. Remember the
talks, the TV, the music, the
laughs, and the job I did on you
at Capping. I hope next year
you'll have a junior to do a snow
job on. I leave you Aerosmith,
U2, and Def Leppard articles out
of contraband Rolling Stones.
No, you can not have my
Regarding Henry poster. Enjoy
life. You only live it once.

To Kari, Lara, and Laura, a
ease of beer, parties until you
hurl, and a robot to keep you out
of trouble. For the thousandth
time, I am not going out partying
with you. You guys are great
neighbors, anyway.

To Nanska. remember good
things.

To all of you who live at the
PO with me, all the love I can
possibly express to you. It's
been a great year. Tin glad I did
it. Melissa, I hope you keep the
voice of both of us. You have to
keep those men in line. (Looks
like you got two citations in here,
Susan! )

To Kathleen, all the junk
mail 1 can stuff into your box.

To Beth, someone to pester
you about Greg all the time and
make you blush,

To Laura B.. all the wrong
pronunciations of your name I
can conjure up and a year of
happy Profile-in^

To Bethany and Janelle,
hundreds of banana peels.

To Mary Abbitt. a more
enjoyable work place. The years
we did spend together were
great.

To Tonya Smith, a great
senior year.

To all stinky people, a year's
worth of cleaning supplies and
odor eaters. And please, use
them!

To Agnes Scott. I never
knew I could love a place and
hate it so much at the same time.
All I can say is that I wouldn't
trade the experience tor any-
thing. Thanks for the memories.
I hope you remember me as long
as I'll remember you. Now . I'm
off CD a new adventure. I'm sure
it will bring me back to you
some day (maybe next year, who
knows?).

I, Brooke M. Colvard. being
of fried mind and exhausted
body, do hereby leave the
following items to the following
individuals:

To Stephanie Sidney I

bequeath my position as features
editor of this wonderful paper.
When times get tough just
remember that, as a senior, your
job will be done in March! I also
leave to Steph the privilege to do
unto a junior as was done unto
her during capping just to
think, you will be Senior soon!

To Fotini P. Soublis I
bequeath my single in Inman,
my Emory copy card for Senior
Seminar from..., and one-half of
Dr. Pilger. May you enjoy your
single, use your copy card often,
and amuse Dr. P with the results
of your Independent Study. I
almost forgot, I also leave to Fofi
the ability to sing goofy and
popular songs from pop to
country while in lab with
innocent little juniors! Don't
forget, lab day is "Educate a
Junior Day."

To Shannon Lord I bequeath
the ability to survive three more
years of ASC while still dating
your "one-and-only." the other
one-half of Dr. Pilger, and my
position as Dr. P's lab slave.
May the pond be all you dream it
will be and try to keep Dr. P
organized and prepared, while at
the same time, keeping the
refrigerator in 1 18 the cleanest
one in the department we
have a reputation to uphold as
Dr. P's extremely organized,
borderline "anal'* lab slaves'

To Kristin Metzger I
bequeath the ability to conquer
life as a Bio major including
Senior Seminar from... and Cell
Phys & Bio Chem and my
und\ ing gratitude for your
upcoming performance of Canon
in D at my wedding. You are
halfway there, so hang in there
long enough to look back and
say, "If I had to go through
Senior Seminar, everyone
should!"

Finally, I leave to ASC one
question: Why did you tell the
press and students prior to
enrollment that the endowment
per student was one of the top in
the nation, then tell enrolled
students that it is actually onl\
around S 1 2,000 per student? I ' m
so confused! Therefore. I leave
my future contributions to this
Educational Institution directly
to the place where I received my
education, to the Biology
Department, where I know it will
be put to good use.

1. Vanessa Elliott, being of
sound mind and body, do hereby
bequeath the following to the
members of the ASC commu-
nit\ :

To Aimee Fish, my roomie
and little sister: I leave all the
turkey sandwiches from the
Dining Hall that a person could

ever eat and my example as
procrastinator extraordinaire.
May you learn to appreciate and
embrace this way of life at ASC
the way I did.

I also leave the memories of
the electric TV stand, those
luscious 2 a.m. Krystal Burgers,
our perfect attendance record in
Spanish 200, the Gummy Bear
Mission Impossible, and "candy,
soapy substance, and meat
product on your car." Lastly, I
leave the welcome sign to the Pit
of Debauchery, and I'm trusting
you to carry on the tradition that
goes with it!

To Ellen Chilcutt, my Mortar
Board tappee and co-aunt of
Natalie Lane Chilcutt: I leave
you my roommate. Please take
good care of her, and make sure
you don't both become huge
study geeks next year. I expect
you both to hare fun at least once
a week. Good luck with your
music!

To Michelle Diaz: I leave
m\ seat at the information desk
and my enduring love of jazz.

To Miranda Walker: I leave
my Interdorm keys and a lot of
sympathy. Just w ait until fall
semester! May your budget be
large, your dorm cases be few,
and may all your meetings
include refreshments!

To Dean Hudson: thank you
for all your time and patience. I
enjoyed our meetings and wish
you the best of luck in the
coming year.

To everyone else connected
to ASC through the past, present,
or future: I leave you with the
know ledge that this is a fine
academic institution. I didn't
like everything that went on
while I was here, and I probably
won't like everything that will
happen here in the future, but I
know that the challenges 1 have
had to face here have strength-
ened my belief in myself and
heightened my awareness of the
important issues our generation
will have to face.

In the four years I have
attended ASC, this campus has
been rocked by racial controver-
sies, issues of trust and honor,
and a general lack of faith in the
abilities of the college's leaders.
I am glad that I experienced
every bit of it. Not only was 1
forced to test my academic
abilities, but my personal beliefs
and convictions as well.

1 am proud of the degree I am
going to receive on May 16, and
I know I can rest easy in the
knowledge that 1 worked hard to
bring about positive changes in
the parts of ASC I felt were bad.
I hope the rest of you did and
will do the same.

Lastly, to that cynical group
of people who never had
anything good to say about ASC:
If you truly believed that ASC
was so terrible, so racist, so

homophobic, and so "bass
ackwards," then you were not
only stupid for staying four
years, but hypocrites for
accepting a degree form such a
place.

I, Courtney Alison, being of
mashed potato mind and
questionable body, do hereby
leave this as my last will and
testament.

To Sarah "Kontro" Fisher I
leave all of my love and an
appreciation for the texture of
our relationship you've taught
me so much. I also bequeath to
you a lifetime supply of outgoing
telephone messages, Hurricanes,
train wrecks, candles, bruises,
"One of you is going to fall off
and hurt yourself!", eternal
flames, ten dollars, birth control,
beer, Lousiana Lottery tickets
(that you don't get carded for),
Christmas TP photos. Black Cat
'90 (complete with M&M's and
ice), fluency in APA style, all of
Amy's parts, "Life Goes On," '1
di-yud, I di-yud!," Kevin Bacon,
a dilly-dilly, Xanadu, etc., etc..
etc. I love you butthead!

To Shannon Ramker I leave
a good German dictionary, more
Tech frat boys than you know
what to do with (although I'm
sure you'll figure something
out!), November 28, 1992, and
memories of a bunch of good
times.

To Susan Pittman I leave the
ability to figure out who is
whose capper, enrollment in a
course titled "How to Begin and
Maintain Conversations" (you
always seem to have such
trouble with them! HA!), and
those late night runs we made to
everywhere in the Atlanta area.
Have a great senior year!

To Jen Waddell I leave the
entire psychology department, an
indestructible APA manual, and
the greatest birthday in the world
(Da-na-na-na-na-naaah, you say
it's your birthday...).

Julia. I have one thing to sa)
(a first for me) "I want to be
just like you!"

To the Kids I leave Dale
Carnegie's book. How to Win
Friends and Influence People (or
whatever). I have never seen
people so lacking in social skills
HA HA! Keep having fun
and try to survive your last two
years at this lovely institution of
higher learning.

To Courtney Harris it's a
Courtney thing, you wouldn't
understand.

To Bethany B. I leave fun
times with DPM talking about all
of the poopyheads in this world.
Have fun in London and at
Hollins!

To Gabby I leave obnoxious-
fraternity-boy repellent, Jeff (my
friend with the blue eyes), and

fun times at Georgia (the
Cesspool of the South).

To everybody else who'll still
be here, I leave my most sincere
wish that this place will get
better soon. Hang in there I
did and it wasn't all that bad.

So that's the news and I am
outta' here!

I, Amy Higgins, do hereby
bequeath the -following items to
my fellow friends:

To Tracy Peavy I leave you
all the patience and strength to
keep your sanity with SGA when
you experience twenty people
calling on you at once. If I had
some superhuman power that
would allow you to be every-
where at one time, trust me, I
would give it to you in a
heartbeat. May you always have
the strength to fight for what you
believe is right. I wish you the
best good luck! P.S. If you
need an extra gavel, come see
me!

To Ellen Chilcutt: Presser
practice room #15 is all yours!
Maybe we should write our
names all over the walls. I
managed not to move my bed in
there I hope you won't have
to, either! Keep David, Ro, and
Ronnie out of trouble for me.
(It's a hard job, but I know you
can do it!) Keep the Frogs
always under control, too! Also,
when you decide to make it big
one day, call me I'll play for
you!

To Wendy Allsbrook and
Debbie Miles: O.K., you two,
just stay out of trouble! Debbie:
one day I'll be famous for my
"Five Golden Riiiings" and it
will all be because of you. Gee,
w hat a true friend!

To Claire Lave: You're the
last generation of the true
"Foghorns," so keep the tradition
up! I leave you all my music
(what music? I can't find it!).
Teach Charla well and make sure
she always has a bow. I'll come
back to sing with you if you need
me. but until then just "sit there,
and count your little fingers...."
Good luck! By the way, if
aerobics ever starts up again, you
and Tracy do double time for
me!

To Alvson Bunnell: I leave
you all my bows (well, O.K.
only some). Maybe my curlers,
too? You must be a real true
friend I'll just have to let your
hair grow out first. Then hit me
up for my curlers. By then I'll
have an extra set. Keep smiling.
God loves you!

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Friday, May 8, 1992

[, Kristin Lemmerman.

being of exhausted body and
febrile mind, do hereby bequeath
my final will and testament.

To Laura Barlament. I leave
the Profile. I wish her as much
luck with finding committed
writers as we have had this past
year, and better luck in the
copysetting department. With
any luck Josie should shake
things up quite a bit! Have fun
juggling the paper and
Mortorboard at the same time.

To Beth-and-Kathleen. 1
leave a willing ear and hopefully
a more steady shoulder. I w ould
be thrilled to see you make it
through a year no, a semester
would be enough - without
getting sick. Kathleen. I hope
you someday figure out how to
take Theater classes and not be
buried by them. Beth, please
keep an eye on my little sister
and make sure she calls when
she's stressed. Both of you keep
in touch.

To the entire sophomore
class, I leave this advice. Take
an internship now before it's too
late. You will never regret
having made some priceless
contacts. Especially when
youVe about to graduate.

To Ginger and Tracy 1 lea\ e
a hall where I do not live. Good
luck next year. Ginger, I'm
thrilled that you made MB. You
guys have a great Board!

To the entire Profile staff
1991-92, and especially to Laura,
Josie, Bethany ("I come here for
the gossip"), Janelle, Brooke P.,
Kathleen, and all the graduating
seniors thanks. You made a
tough job a lot more fun.

I, Dawn Sloan, being of half
a mind, or whatever small
portion is left, and overstressed,
undersexed body (just kidding

it's a joke, lighten up, okay?),
do hereby leave this as my last
will and testament:

To Courtney H., I leave you
a knife, a gun, a noose, and as
many heinous torturing devices
( no sex for the rest of their
lives?) for being cruel to men as
you can use. Don't forget to save
some sperm we women will
need it for procreation. I'll help
you train all the new little males

they'll respect women, love
beer, baseball, Zeppelin, all the
things we love....l also leave you
all the cheap pitchers you can
drink. Zeppelin, Monday nights
at the Wretch Room. Dan, and
this: "I got a woman stays drunk
all the time...''

To Kari. it you weren'1 so
whipped b\ that Simmons boy
I 'd leave some green, ooo/in'
slime, but you don't need it so
I'll keep it. Besides you're going
to Africa where you'll be loo
t>US) Stud) iflg, boiling water, and
writing me letters that you won't

have time to slime. So, instead.
I'll leave you a six-pack of beer
that you'll drink sometime
before 4:30 p.m., a twenty -
minute "power nap", a summer
"wasted away again in
Margaritaville," a long drive to
Florida w ith a case of beer, a
Fuzzbuster and a cigarette
lighter, and the "Young Guns"
soundtrack. I'd leave you a
carton of Camels, but as long as
T.S. is around you won't be
needing 'em. Just have fun and
remember that whether you want
it or not, I'll always have some
advice because I'm your big sis!

Kaki. "W hat's up with that?"
"Stupid!" "I'd do him!" Yeah. I
know you will. That's why I'm
leaving you all my slime! I've
forgotten how to use it being so
old and all now ! I also leave you
Tuesdays at Moe's and Joe's, all
the PBR you can tolerate, Jan. 1 .
1992, and goobers from a
CHEESY place called the Red
Zone who won't quit calling!
You'll always know where to
find me if you need to. Have
fun!

ro Lara, the Webb-Child. 1

leave silliness and laughter to
add to your own! I also leave all
of my English books and any
pictures of L.H. that you can add
to the collage. I also leave you a
cooler full of Home's Miller
Lite, and a promise that you and
I will see the Indigo Girls. I
leave you a date with Waldo, (I
found him! ) and a lifetime
supply of weird nightmare
repellent, although I think you
should write them all down and
be a Stephen King-esque writer.
Enjoy Main for me next year and
just remember that there is no
explanation for men and you
shouldn't paint your Fingernails
for them.

To Laura H., Home, I leave
you a playbook to help keep
score with all of your men. ..Is it
a Simmons boy, or a Beta? I
can't remember... I also leave you
a world of thanks for all the
hours you listened to me moan
and groan over K. I Finally made
the right decision! I also leave
you tents that hold three people
comfortably and camping trips
with no rain. "Yeah, and
monkeys might fly out of my
butt!" I also leave you s'mores
since you taught me how to
make 'em: s'more drinks,
s'more good times in the tall
w ith the Kids, s'more cute
Betas... You get the picture!

To \lar<jit, Mariana, Mary,
and Tara. I leave > 'all with the
w ish that I could have known
you longer. But I have a few
other things just for posterity.
Man. remember that Linda
Hubert is the Goddess! She
POCk&, she lives, she teaches
English! Mar^it. I leave you
band-aids for when drunk friends
like Mariana drop you in

parking lots. Oh. w ait. your
friends don't drink, do they? I
forgot! Tara. I leave you a 45
SPF sunscreen and some bacteria
repellent Sure! And for
Mariana. I leave all the beer you
can drink: God knows you can
drink more than the rest of us.
except maybe Kaki. I w ould also
leave you with a gift certificate to
the Nice Guy Store, except 1
heard they went out of business.
Two out of three nice guys sold
were found to be defective within
the first month of ownership!

To Helyn \\ .. 1 leave you with
a pair of tight short-shorts, some
pantyhose, and some high heels!
Hee-haw! I also leave you with
the memory of a great Spring
Fling! Keep the grad student!
He's hot!

Amber, "So, I heard you're
going to Steeplechase with my
Spring Fling date!" And you did.
You also took over the Beer
Committee which I gladly leave
you along with Mac's telephone
number! And by the w a\ . the
name's DAWN, not Derek. He's
your brother!

Julie Bragg. I leave you late
nights and tequila (or is that
tokillya) shots! Don't get carried
away! Its those upside down
things that'll get ya! And just
remember when times get rough.
"He was lovin' you!"

To Janelle, I leave uninter-
rupted CAB meetings, a whole
year as news editor (Ha! Ha! Ha! )
and a happy junior year! Good
luck!

To Bethany. I leave long
haired boys named Rhett and
Dead t-shirts because those are
my first memories of you! I also
leave you strange boys from
Seattle and this question: Exactly
what would you do if you had a
penis? Oh well! Have fun at that
other women's college! What did
you say it was called?

I. Sandee McGlaun, being of
relau\el\ sound mind and
somewhat sound body, do
hereby bequeath the following:

To Kathleen, all the faith and
energy you will need to balance
Black friars and The Profile with
the million-plus pages of
required reading yet to come in
future Dr. Hubert classes. Don't
forget to have FUN in the midst
of the frantic it all always gets
done in the end. Thanks for your
many encouraging smiles and for
letting me hold (i.e. mutliate)
your hand on opening night.
Lastly, a big hug and my home
phone number, both to be
redeemed anytime.

To Laura B., the trials and
triumphs CM of The Profile and
the dedication required to hold
down a double major and do all
those other things you do! May
you never lose the ability to
imitate popcorn, and keep a

sharp eye in the shower. Keep in
touch!

To Katie, the joys of Box
Office, Billy's und viele schoene
Stunden Deutsch (and better
grammar than I've exhibited
here!). Don't forget just
because you're not a major, it
doesn't mean that theatre won't
take over your life!

To Pinky. I leave Billy's. We
won't all be back to help you
support them, so have a daiquiri
for me. Thanks for giving me the
opportunity to learn to dance,
even if I didn't always take it, and
thanks for always speaking your
mind.

To Laura Barlament. Kim
Colliet, Dara Mann and Jeanne
Peters, and future tutors, the

care of Buttrick 306 and all the
tutees you can handle. Don't
forget to speak up at the the
conference, and remember that
you'll learn more than anybod)
while you're working!

I o Kathleen. Katie. Ese,
Becky \.. Lauren. Pinky, and all
other Blaekfriars. the theatre
department. It's in your hands, so
take good care I expect to come
back and see masterpiece produc-
tions!

And to frazzled students

everywhere: Ask yourself: In five
years, will it matter? If the
answer is no, don't sweat it!
Thanks to the many people who
gave me that advice maybe
someda) 1*11 get smart and use it!

I. Kim Compoc. of brown
body and lesbian mind, do
hereby bequeath to the following
lame-ass group of undergradu-
ates:

To Jeanne, the
MommaDyke: a big pelvic hug,
and my eternal gratitude for
seeing me through it.

To Cynthia, my guru: a big
free backrub for teaching me to
love myself for it.

To Bryn: A final edition of
The Straight Girl's Guide to
Realitw and a therapi/ing slice of
pizza,

Indonesian Kisses to Bette.
Mel. Sarah. Sarah. Pat.
Andrea, LePret and the whole

crew.

To Stac'n'Angie: burritos.
giggles and blackmail-worthy
candids.

To Kate: my 1-9CX) line.
French speakers not accepted.

To Rox: my TOS card, and
all of C. Clarke's rudeness.

To the Vegas gal: a SOSE
from the isle of Sappho (remem-
ber. Dick Kills).

To Malikah: all good karma
to get that coup of a paper off the
ground.

To Miss\: a packet ol dental
dams, and my ALFA librar\
membership.

To everybody I forgot: a tree
meal in Chinatown if you come
\ isit me!

1. Laura Shaeffer, being of
lost mind and worn-out body, do
bequeath the following:

ro Laura B. 1 lea\ e long
hours of lay-out, lots of good
pictures for the front page, tons
of mail to sort, a goofy sense of
humor to use when writing
editorials, and a wonderful staff.
Good luck. 1 know you'll do a
wonderful job.

1 o Aimee (i. I leave lots of
bills to pay, all the money to go
to South America, and lots of
polyester. I hope you'll get use
out of it next year when Capping
rolls around.

To Bethany and Janelle 1
leave slinky black lace lingerie
and lots of faithful w riters.

To Tracy P. I leave a bottle
of vodka (Gaumarjos! ), a
Catwoman sun. and some new
flute lessons. Meow .

To Susan P. 1 leave a new
camera, a lu//\ hat. and the
know ledge that you are a truly
special person. Please, don't
ever change.

To Kathleen H. 1 leave two
more wonderful years and no
more calendar.

Pornography

(continued from page I )

against pornography since the early
'80s, and are currently pushing a hill
through the Massachusetts House of
Representatives.

They argue that the existing
Supreme Court ruling on obscenity,
meaning prurient material that
offends community standards,
doesn't stop violence directed toward
women.

Their proposed bill would allow
individuals who can prove that they
were assaulted as a result of pornog-
raphy to recover damages in civil
court from publishers and purveyors
of the material.

The question of censorship
continues to hover around the
proposed bill.

In Washington, the Senate
Judiciary Committee is considering a
bill that would allow victims of sex
crimes to sue the producers, distribu-
tors and sellers of obscene material
and child pornography if the victims
can prove that the material was a
"substantial cause'" ol the injury.

Both bills have caused divisions
within feminist groups and civil
libertarians, with some believing the
bills to be dangerous threats to the
l ust Amendment.

According to Time (March 30),
the latter bill has so upset a group of
feminist seholars that they w rote a
letter to the Judiciary Committee,
charging that it "scapegoats speech as
a substitute for action against
violence" and "reinforces the 'pom
made me do it' excuse tor rapists and
batterers."

The letter was singed by Betty
Friedman, Nora Ephron and Erica
Jong, among other noted writers.

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Page 9

ASC volunteers tutor
middle school students

by Jennifer Jenkins

Agnes Scott's volunteer
program incorporated a new facet
this semester with Renfroe Middle
School located a block from the
College. Students from all classes
at ASC volunteered to tutor sixth,
seventh and eighth graders
needing extra help.

On January 22 the volunteers
met with the prospective students
for orientation and refreshments.
They participated in ice breakers
and learned about who they would
be working with throughout the
semester.

Since little background
information was provided, the
students had a chance to build a
new relationship with someone
away from their daily lives.

Gradually, activities extended
into realms beyond education.
The students enjoyed tours of
ASC; games of football and
basketball; ice cream, chili dogs
and root beer in the Snack Bar;
and studying in the sunshine oi
the CLC gardens.

The students and volunteers
built a meaningful rapport created
by learning from one another.

Michelle Downes '95 related
such an experience with Navin
Smith, a seventh grader. "One
day we played basketball and
Navin was teaching me how to do
foul shots. Because he saw his
capacity to teach, he saw his
capacity to learn. "

Julie Evans '95 found "tutoring
[to be] a refreshing break from
Agnes Scott studies."

Laura Khare '92 thought that
"more people from Agnes Scott
should get involved because these
kids just need individual attention
to do well."

According to the students, their
decisions to be tutored have
proved rewarding. Felipe
Claybrooks, an eighth grader,
stated: "I like that [tutoring]
boosts my grade. In social studies
I have gone up from a "72" to an
"81"!"

He announced that it was
"[my] decision to go into tutoring
because I need extra help and I
was smart enough to realize that
on nn ow n!"

Angel Herring, a sixth grader,
stated: "I like knowing how to do
the things that we study during
tutoring, so that I can do well on
the test."

Drametrius Jeffries, a fellow
student, agreed: "My mom likes
the fact that I'm tutored because
she thinks it helps improve my
grades."

Joyce Tomblin, the counselor
at Renfroe Middle School who
worked with Patty Snyder in
arranging the program, was
optimistic about the program. She
felt that the students had "wit-
nessed commitment in a relation-
ship and had learned ideas for
organization and better study

skins.-

This tutoring program will be
continued in the upcoming year.
Any students interested in
participating should contact Patty
Snyder or Helen Nash, the
Volunteer Board representative.

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Vintage clothing part II: Tips for the neophyte

by Kara Weeks

Vintage clothing shopping is
never as easy as hopping into
your car and driving to the malls.
It takes infinitely more patience
and knowledge about clothes to
be a successful vintage shopper.
Think of it as an adventure and
keep the follow nil: tips in mind.

First of all, know exactly
where you're going. Except for
Little Five Points, you can't just
stroll from store to store.

Though browsing through
vintage can be an enjoyable
experience, especially if you love
historical clothing, shopping goes
easier if you know what you're
looking for. If you have a
specific item, style, or color in
mind, it makes plowing through
the sometimes disorganized racks
quite a bit easier and a lot less
frustrating.

Know your size well.

Some stores (mostly thrift shops)
do not have dressing rooms.
Most vintage is not grouped by
size, so if you can tell if a dress
will fit by looking at it. a lot of
hassle is eliminated.

Examine clothing
carefully for stains, rips, broken
zippers, etc. If it isn't repairable
or removable, don't buy the
item.

Get all items thoroughly
cleaned after the purchase,
especially if bought from a thrift
store. This isn't to say that all
thrift and vintage clothing is
crawling with vermin, it's just
always a good idea.

Hats can be sealed in plastic
bags for two weeks to kill mites.
After cleaning, store your
vintage clothing in a dark place
and in breathable protective bags
(not plastic ).

If you have allergies, take
your medicine before going

shopping. Quite of bit of dust
exists in vintage stores and
allergic reactions can ruin your
shopping trip.

Above everything else,
vintage shopping requires
PATIENCE. If you can't stand
plowing through racks of
disorganized clothing, staring at
obnoxious colors and styles, or
not knowing where the clothes
even came from, vintage
shopping may not be for you.

If you find yourself v acantly
flipping through racks of
clothing, the time to quit has
arrived.

If you're tired of the typical,
carbon-copy mall offerings, as
well as the exorbitant prices (not
to mention salespeople), try
vintage shopping. Rather than
wearing what everyone else is,
you'll add something unique to
your wardrobe and also save
some money.

Healthy Choices: Choose sun block rather
than burn

by Julie Colley

Every year, like clockwork,
the sun comes out and so do the
women of ASC wearing
bathing suits and carrying
towels, to bask (or bum,
whichever the case may be) in
those glorious rays.

But sunbathers, beware: if
you're going to lie in the sun. it's
very important to take the
necessary steps to protect your
body from the damage the sun
can do.

Statistics show that one out of
six Americans can expect to get
sun cancer due to over-exposure
to ultraviolet rays, which are
emitted from direct sunlight and
tanning bed light.

How can you avoid being a
statistic? The answer is simple:
sunblock. People with very fair
skin should use a sunblock as
high as 30 SPF.

For medium complexions, a
sunblock of 10 to 15 SPF,
applied daily to exposed areas, is
sufficient. And those of you
with darker complexions (and
who never bum) can use a

sunblock with SPF as low as 4.

With these hints, you can
become that sun goddess that's
inside you just screaming to get
out it just may take longer for
some than others.

But let's weight our options:
time versus skin cancer or sun
burn. 1 don't real 1 \ think there's
any contest, do you?

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The Profile

Friday, May 8, 1992

Perspectives

compiled by Angela Weaver

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR
IDEAL SUMMER?

Melanie Effler
class of '95
"Other than napping. 1
whine, but I whine about
everything all the time
anyway!"

Joy Fan st
class of '95
"Nothing. I have no life
anyway, so exam time is no
different. "

Robin Snuttjer
class of '93
| "I yell and scream and go on
rampages and throttle my
bo v friend."

Isabel Nikaido. Ann Smith. Renee Cox. Rhina Fernandes,
and Kristin Houchms
"Gross each other out, beat a random person on our hall, sleep,
sing along with Cindy Lauper and Menudo. and of course talk
about se\."

Visiting prof Mani Kamerkar recounts
personal and national history

by Jennifer Jenkins

In 1969 Dr. Mani Kamerkar
of SNDT Women's University
and Dr. Penny Campbell of
Agnes Scott College met in
Bombay, India, at a conference
for Asian history studies.

This initial contact between
the two women led to Dr.
Kamerkar's visits to Agnes Scott
in 1971 and 1978 to teach Asian
history for full terms while Dr.
Campbell was on sabbatical.

Dr. Kamerkar returned to
ASC once again this spring to fill
a variety of teaching roles. Her
Indian history course focused on
the British conquest and the
effects of imperialism.

In addition, she lectured for
religion and women's studies
classes; and as the guest speaker
for the CHIMO convocation. Dr.
Kamerkar described the effects
of democratization in India.

Perhaps her most enlightening
lecture focused upon her own
religion and ethnic background.
Dr. Kamerkar is a Parsee, a
minorit) religious group in India.
In 700 A.D., the Parsees
migrated from Persia to northern
India, where 90,000 remain
today.

The prophet Zoroaster
founded the religion of the
Parsees, Zoroastrianism. at circa
1000 B.C. It is thought to be the
first monotheistic religion.

The Parsees worship no idols
and their temples' only decora
tion is the Assyrian winged bull,
whose swiftness and strength
represent the religion. Their
emblem, fire, symbolizes eternal
purity and light.

Zoroastrianism parallels the
Christian belief in earthly
penitence and after-life reward or
punishment. The religion is
pacifistic and practices tolerance
of other religions and cultures,
believing that those who center

their lives on doing good for
humanity and who practice self-
disc li pi ine will reap rewards of
peace and happiness now and
after death.

Parsee families and communi-
ties are among the most progres-
sive in India. Dr. Kamerkar.
born in Bombay in 1925, was
reared in an atmosphere which
encouraged and supported
education of women and equal u\
of the sexes.

Her father's business took the
family to Kobe. Japan, where
she. her brother, and two sisters
attended private English schools
stalling in the first grade.

When Kamerkar returned to
India, she continued and finished
high school at an institution
where she was taught b\
Anglican nuns. In 1 C U2 she
enrolled at the University of
Bomba>. where she received her
degree and taught for a few
years.

In 1972 she joined the faculty
of SNDT Women's University,
founded in the 1 870s as a refuge
for widows. At that time,
widows were treated as little
more than slaves, Anyone who
married a widow w as social I \
ostracized. However, a move-
ment of brave young men strove
to annihilate this evil.

Dr. Kamerkar began in the
history department as a European
studies expert, later becoming
head of the department and then
president of her college, one of
the University's 14 divisions.

Now Dr. Kamerkar is retired
and is academic dean of the
University. She travels all over
India giving lectures and
guidance to many educational
institutions. She has also
traveled throughout Europe and
the United States.

Her daughter, aged 33. is a
lawyer, is married to a successful
surgeon, and has lived in

England for eight years.

Dr. Kamerkar. the widow of a

prominent lawyer, travels to see

her grandchildren in England

yearly.

Her son. w ho studied in ( )hio
and California, provided opportu-
nity for her to travel through the
U.S. when the two dro\ e from
California to Colorado, where her
niece is a professor.

Her hobbies include apprecia-
tion of Indian and Western
classical music (Beethoven and
rchaikovsk) are her favorites),
drama, and other aspects of
India's rich culture, reach l\
accessible to her in Bomba) .

Her favorite area of study
centers on her ow n culture. "I've
worked all m\ life my own
research, my writing on
modern Indian history. My
intellectual development has been
in this field."

She projects a bright future for
India because it has great
potential for progress and a good
sense of unity and tolerance. "We
are trying to reach past our
problems of unemplo) menl and
under-industriali/.ation which
stem from imperialism and
colonial rule."

However, she believes that the
government is finally achieving
economic stability after 45 years
of trying a mixed economy and
other measures.

She also noted support of the
fine arts, absence of censorship,
and student movements in
support of controversial social
issues.

Dr. Kamerkar's philosophy
and ideology centers upon her
belief that "those who have
should give and help those who
have not." She believes that an
ideal world order would be one
where free movement of people,
aid. ideas, and culture existed
between developed and develop-
ing nations.

ASC provides opportunity for summer
athletics in Decatur community

press release

For the fourth summer, Agnes
Scott is opening its athletic
facilities to the Decatur commu-
nity by providing memberships
to the pool for the whole family
and offering a coed tennis camp
for ages 7 to 17.

The ASC Summer Sw im
Program, open to Decatur area
residents, features family and
open swimming schedules, lap
swimming, and daily sw im
classes. C lasses will be taught

for beginner, advanced beginner,
and intermediate children ages h
to 17 in three-week sessions
beginning June 1 5.

Adults ages 1 8 and older will
be instructed in a separate group.
There is a limit ol eight people
per class in order to ensure
personal attention. Classes are
S40 per session. Costs for
regular pool memberships vary
according to the number of
family members.

At least 20 hours of profes-
sional instruction in tennis by

ASC tennis eoach ( indy
Peterson will be provided m each
ol the two ASC tennis eamps,

June [5-19 and June 22-26. The

camps arc open to boys and girls
ages 7-17 lor SI 10 each, or $90
each il two or more participants
are from the same family.

l or more information on pool
hours, memberships, or rules, or
on registering tor the tennis
camps, contact the Athletic
Department at Agnes Scott at
371-6471.

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Friday, May 8, 1992

The Profile

Page 11

Trivia-trap Bickers
competes on Jeopardy

by Laura Barlament
editor-in-chief

First Jennifer Prodgers (class
of 1991) makes it to the Miss
USA pageant, now first-year
student Margaret Bickers on
Jeopardy Agnes Scott's
beauty and brains are becoming
known sights on national
television.

"My parents wouldn't bu> us
toys, but we were always sure of
getting books," Bickers said. "I
read everything from novels to
encyclopedias to cereal boxes/*

All that reading in combina-
tion with the genetic inheritance
of a trivia-trapping brain has paid
off in the form of an appearance
(which aired Monday, May 4) on
the college tournament of CBS's
game show Jeopardy.

After the try-outs last fall in
New Orleans, Bickers had a long
wail until notification in January.
And when the call came, she
indulged herself in "ten minutes
of hysterics/'

Filming for the entire two
weeks of the tournament took
place on two days in early
March. Bickers described the
contestants' first meeting:
"Sunday morning, you got
together, looked at each other,
and I said, Tm dead.'" Then the
sixteen students and two adult
sponsors squeezed into a van and
headed for the studios.

A recurring problem was her
height, or lack of it. Before the
filming of the promotions, ilk-
contestants were introduced to
the podiums w ith their assorted
gadgetry buzzers, light pens,
and the like.

"The podium came up to
about here on me," Bickers
grimaced, holding her hand at
nose level. For her the> not only
had to supply a box to stand on.
but the BIG box.

As a consequence of this
filming session. Bickers can
instantaneously rattle off the
entire official name of the
tournament.

"I had to sa\ it fourteen
times," she groaned. "Watch
me, Margaret Bickers, in the
Jeopardy $25,000 College
Tournament on KVII Channel 8,
the Panhandle's News Station."

After the promo filming, they
all trooped up to the ready room
to spend their w airing time
getting a drink, using the
restroom, and watching "horrible
movies" until their turn to play
rolled around.

From the time Bickers found
out that she was on first, it was
all a whirl.

She remembered, however,
Alex Trevek walking out.

carrying a "great big ugly trophy,
almost as ugly as the Stanley
Cup!"

Out of all the contestants, two
were sophomores, twelve were
seniors, and Bickers was one of
the two first-year students. She
competed against two seniors,
Chris Montplaisir from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and Ken Kansa from
George Washington University.

Despite the uneven-sounding
odds, the Double Jeopardy round
was a nail-biter. "We were all
tied at different points, and all
three had the lead" at different
times.

Coming into the final
question. Bickers was well-
situated in second place, Kansa
having a narrow lead. But her
heart dropped when she saw the
category: the 1970s.

Her worst fears were con-
firmed when she saw the answer:
'The thought going through my
mind was 'oh. shit/'* Bickers
was unable to come up with the
question "what are the Pentagon
Papers?" and was knocked down
to third place.

However, the round wasn't
over yet. The two other contes-
tants had tied, and a tie-breaker
was required. After twenty
anxious minutes, during which
the people in the ready room
were "freaking maybe they
thought the game screen had
fallen on Alex," the writers came
up w ith a new answ er in the
category "American literature."

Ironically, neither of the two
knew the question, but Margaret
did: "Who was Sinclair Lewis?''
Once more, a new answer had to
be created, and finally, the game
w as at an end.

Bickers couldn't sa\ who
won, however she was at that
exalted state of excitement and
energy past noticing such fine
details.

Although she did not win her
round or make it to the semi-
finals (she was the alternate,
lacking approximately $100
from a wild-card spot), her
fighting spirit is not broken.

To the question, "would you
do it again ?" her answer was an
emphatic "hell, yes!

"It didn't seem real," she
added pensively. "It all went by
so fast."

ASC students, faculty and staff enjoy the good weather and good food at the Athletic Association
picnic

The coming out of the Lesbian/
Bi-Sexual Alliance

by Lisa K. Anderson,
Sarah MacMillan, and
Lea Widdice

A newly formed Atlanta
women's organization is Agnes
Scott College's Lesbian/Bi-
Sexual Alliance (LBA). This
organization was established in
fall 1991 to offer support to
lesbians and bisexuals and to
promote visibility of this
population.

ASC has undoubtedly had a
lesbian and bisexual population
throughout its historj . and the
group has met informally for
about two years.

However, student fear of
administrative and academic
reprisal, fear of social reprisal
from peers, and the lack of a
non-discriminatory clause in
College policy deterred the
formation of LBA.

On May 18, 1990, the Board
of Trustees adopted a statement
against discrimination including
sexual orientation. As a result,
the 1990-91 school year was the
first opportunity lor students to
"come out" without fear of
academic or administrative
reprisal.

Since at that time not enough
students were willing to risk

"coming out" for social and
economic reasons, a formal
organization was not formed
until the following school year,
1991-92.

Backed by a group of women
willing to risk the social and
economic discrimination, the
"founding mothers" (on whose
comments this article draws)
drew up a constitution.

LBA's stated purpose is 'to
provide a forum to combat
heterosexism and homophobia at
Agnes Scott, to provide a support
network for lesbians and
bisexual women, and to educate
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"The Last Five Weeks" provides advice for seniors

b\ Jane lie Bailey
contiibuting editor

The Career Advisory Board
and Career Planning and
Placement sponsored a program
beginning in April entitled 'The
Last Five Weeks." Each
Wednesday brought a new topic,
providing advice and suggestions
to seniors about life after Agnes
Scon.

The first program entitled
"Where Will I Live?" brought
back two Agnes Scott alums,
Cara Cassell and Erika Stamper.
They discussed their experiences
with finding places to live.

Cara, who is currently sharing
housing with her mother, told
how their expectations of one
another, and their relationship in
general, have changed.

Erika advised seniors to save

their money early on. Security
deposits, telephone installation
fees, and utility bills often add up
quickly.

The second week entailed a
discussion of relationships and
social issues. Alums Susan
Cowan and Jill Bassett talked
about how to make new friends
after college, as well as some
decisions that arise when one
person in a relationship has the
opportunity to relocate.

April 15 brought (along with
tax day) a discussion on insur-
ance and budgets. Ron
Bachman, an insurance consult-
ant, advised seniors about
insurance policies.

Alum Allena Bowen spoke
about her budgeting experiences
and strongly suggested that the
seniors to plan ahead. Robin
Forte of Financial Aid talked

about then w hen's and how \ of
loan repayment and credit.

The topic of the fourth
session included office politics.
Gail Famsley of Georgia Pacific
and alum Kim Lamkin discussed
personal experiences in the
workplace and some of the legal
aspects of harassment issues.

The last of "The Last Five
Weeks" was "Saying Goodbye."
ASC counselor Margaret Shirley
discussed some of the emotions
encountered upon leaving
college, including denial, anger,
and depression.

The Career Advisory Board
and Career Planning and
Placement are interested in
hearing comments and sugges-
tions from anyone who attended
the sessions. Please let them
know your opinions!

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The Profile

Friday, May 8, 1992

Theater department wraps up year
with student-directed one- acts

by Kristin Lemmerman

Four Agnes Scott students
were the traumatized directors of
one-act plays which opened
Friday, May 1, at 8:15 p.m.
These students have been
working on script interpretation,
casting, and staging their
respective plays since last
August.

They have triumphed over the
stress of their directorial debut to
bring productions both entertain-
ing and eclectic to the stage.

Kathleen Hill (class of 1994)
directed The Stronger by August
Strindberg. Peggy Lyle ("Mrs.
X") has all the verbiage in this
dialogue between two actresses
who are in love with the same
man the man Mrs. X is
married to.

Miss Y, on the other hand,
has a great deal to say, but uses
only her face. Cynara Webb
delivers expressions aplenty,
conveying hilarity, ironic
amusement, disillusionment, and
tragic loss throughout Lyle\s
monologue without rjqissjng a
beat. The hardest roles to play
are often those without words,
but Webb holds her part with
ease and poise.

Lyle, for her part, has
seemingly boundless energy. In
a play whose development hung

upon her words, she kept up the
pace. Both actresses kept the
audience hanging on their every
"word."

Jack Hefner's Patio, directed
by Sandee McGlaun, followed.
In Patio, two sisters, Pearl (Lisa
Sebotnick) and Jewel (Laylage
Courie) talk about each others*
dreams and ambitions while
preparing for Jewel's going-
away party.

Jewel, a hairdresser, talks
about moving to Hollywood,
working for Max Factor, and
parking a trailer home in the "O"
of the Hollywood sign.

Pearl's ambitions involve
more domestic things, like
scrubbing her bathroom down
with Ajax every time somebody
uses it, and finally saving enough
books of stamps to get the patio
umbrella that goes with her table
so she can get shade.

The two sisters are as unalike
as could be possible. Thus it
should come as no surprise (but
does, thanks to the director) that
although Jewel knows exactly
where she's going with her life,
Pearl doesn't even know where
she's been.

Nevertheless, the one-act
gives us hope for her maturing,
as well as our own.

In a sudden burst of sell
revelation, she mourns the loss of

her centerpiece Snoopy 's tail: a
look of realization passes over her
face as she says, "Now, don't
look behind you or you'll see
there's nothing there.*'

On the lighter side w as Anton
Chekhov's A Marriage Proposal.
Although Duncan McGregor and
Brian VanHiel got off to a slow
start (Stepan Stepanovitch
Chubukov and Ivan-Vasslevitch
Lomov, respectively) with
Bethany Blankenship's entrance
the pace and the slapstick went up
considerably.

A Marriage Proposal is the
tale of a weakling bachelor who
has decided that at the age of
thirty-five it is time for him to get
a wife.

Unfortunately, when he goes
to his neighbor to propose to the .
eligible daughter, he can't stop
arguing with her long enough to
mention his interest in marriage.

Blankenship's antics on stage
are as laughable as the fights the
family has, and as effective in
developing her character one
which was clearly thought out
and projected to the stage by
director Lauren Granade.

Moreover, while one-act sets
are generally by necessity rather
sparse, Granade's apt choice of
props made a dramatic difference
in giving the set a "parlor feel."

Last in this entertaining group

Peggy Lyle kept up the momentum in Strindberg's The Stranger

of pieces was Suppressed Desires,
w ritten by Susan Glaspell and
directed by Angela Miller.

This comical diatribe against
the dangers of psychoanalysis was
well-cast with Britton McMullian
as I lenrietta Brew ster, Trac)
Walker as her impressionable
younger sister Mabel, and Rich
Stephens as Stephen Brewster.
I [enrietta's husband.

Students "express" themselves at Coffeehouse

by Margaret Bickers
staff writer

April 15 brought the Agnes
Scott Coffeehouse a new twist:

student design. Junior Georgia
Fuller and sophomore Pink)
Balais, along with several other
Agnes Scott students, presented
the entertainment for the event.

This is the first of the
coffeehouses to have featured
music and dance created by
Agnes Scott women.

The program, held in the
reception room of Rebekah,
began with music portraying
distant loves and romances. Ms
Fuller wrote and arranged all of
the selections in the program but
one. 'Passion," by the Gypsy
Kings.

Ms Fuller's selections
featured close harmonies
between the vocal and instru-
mental pails of the works. This
led to a great similarity in tone
and style among the various
compositions, where a little more
variety might have served to
enhance the program as a whole.

The closing piece of the first

half spotlighted one of the Agnes
Scott faculty. Ms Fuller
requested that Spanish professor
Dr. Ocasio come to the center of
the stage, and she dedicated the
song "Risk of Love" to him.

Dances accompanied three of
the songs. Ms Balais and
sophomore Tiffany Goodman
choreographed the works and
made good use of the limited
room available. The modem
choreography followed the flow
of the music closely, as the
dancers spun and glided across
the floor.

The second half of the
performance featured "Diamant
Poli," 'The Lord's Prayer" and
"Always" among other selec-
tions. "Diamant Poli" is the only
song thus far written in French
by Ms Fuller. Its title means
"Polished Diamond."

The close harmonies and
chant-like quality of "The Lord's
Prayer" helped to cmphasi/e the

In this the third play in which
McMullian and Walker have
acted together, they support their
reputation lor taking roles and
successfully making them then
ow n.

All in all, "An Evening of
One-Acts" was not one to miss.
Good acting and sound scripts
added up to an evening of
pleasurable entertainment.

text of the well-know n prayer.

The final number,"Alwavs,"
featured Michelle Cox on the
cello.

The only minor problem that
dampened the olherw ise very
performance was one of
balance. At times, the lad that
all instruments had been given
equally loud volumes led to the
loss of one or another of the
harmony parts as one part
dominated the melody.

The Agnes Scott community
looks forward to more student-
led productions such as the
col tee house.

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Friday, May 8, 1992

The Profile

Page 13

The magic of Andrew
Lloyd Webber

by Holly Williamson
assistant arts editor

"The power of the music of
the night" is alive and well and
on the road. The Music of
Andrew Lloyd Webber recently
returned to the Fox for a week-
long run.

I had the privilege of viewing
this energetic theatrical concert
on opening night, and let me say
that this Lloyd Webber fan was
certainly not disappointed.

I entered the theater with a
feeling of excitement and
anticipation at the thought of
seeing the show for a second
time.

A full orchestra was wanning
up on the stage, and I had a
fleeting fear that my beloved
music might not get the perfor-
mance it deserved.

The lights dimmed, and the
powerful rock chords of the
overture from Jesus Christ
Superstar suddenly came
pounding out from what had at
first appeared to be a mild-
mannered group of musicians.

A quick glance at the lively
bouncing and flying hair of the
drummer, pianist, and, yes,
conductor quickly dispelled that
first impression. I finally sat
back, relaxed and enjoyed the
show.

The first act was a journey
through Webber's earlier
musicals w ith which I am not
quite as familiar. "Superstar,"
from the aforementioned
musical, w as a soulful combina-
tion of spiritual and rock sounds,
superbly performed by Ray Shell
and the Compart) .

The next stop was a section
from Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat,
Webber's first hit, written
especially for children. These
selections were light-hearted and
simple, and trie Company aptly
performed them with charisma
and humor.

One of the few problems of
the evening came w ith the failure
of a microphone during a
"Joseph" solo. The singer,
however, showed no sign of
even noticing the technical
difficult) .

More selections from Jesus
Christ Superstar. Evita and
Starlight Express rounded out
the remainder of act one. I found
"I Don't Know How to Love
Him" and "Don't Cry For Me
Argentina" to be particularly
powerful show-stoppers.

However, this dramatic mood
swiftly dissipated as Jennifer
Blackhurst sang
"U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D:' from
Starlight Express.

This number deviated from
Webber's usual style into an
especially whiny take-off of a
country song. The audience was
rolling in the aisles after recover-
ing from the initial shock.

As the second act opened, I
noticed that I was a bit tense, in
contrast to my mood at the
beginning of act one. I soon
realized that this was due to the
fact that this act was entirely
composed of songs from Cats
and Phantom of the Opera, with
the exception of "Pie Jesu" from
Requiem.

I practically know these two
musicals inside and out, and I
performed the sacred piece in
high school. I could just feel a
critical mood coming on.

Fortunately, 1 found very little
to criticize. The Company
presented the numbers from Cats
with energy and enthusiasm
matched only in the actual play.

Julie Waldman-Stiel's pure
alto voice was perfectly suited
for "Memory" and gave me
ample chills as I listened.

The grande finale came with
the section from Phantom, which
was greeted with whoops and
hollers from the audience. (I
gritted my teeth and tried not to
grumble too loudly about how
inappropriate it was. |

Once again, my only real
complaint was that the micro-
phones were not working
properly, and there was an
overabundance of feedback
during "All I Ask of You."

All was forgiven, however, as
soon as I heard D. Michael
Heath's voice as he sang the role
of the Phantom. His voice w as
soft and lonely, yet strong
enough to bring tears to my eyes.

His rendition of "Music of the
Night" was almost of the same
caliber as Michael Crawford's
performance. ( I say almost
because Mr. Crawford is my
hero, and I don't think anybody
could rival him for m> affec-
tions!)

The entire evening was
entertaining and impressive. The
Company's performance
centered around their talent, no
gimmicky costumes or choreog-
raphy. The orchestra did not just
pla\ the music, they expressed it.

I was moved, not only by the
show . but h\ the audience's
enthusiasm. I thoroughly
recommend an\ fan of musicals
to seize the chance to attend this
concert. I can practical I \
guarantee that you will not be
disappointed!

The company performs a selection from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as featured in
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

German theater group presents old
comedy with modern appeal

by Laura Barlament

editor-in-chief

I think we would all agree
that since play- and songwriter
Hans Sachs' birth in 1494 in
Nuremberg, Germany, the world
has seen some major changes
the Protestant Reformation, the
industrial revolution, a couple
world wars just to name a few
of the big ones.

However, it is comforting to
note that the human character
and sense of humor remain
basically the same over time and
between languages.

This consistency evidenced
itself when the Siemens players
from Erlangen, Germany,
presented three of Sachs' one-
acts at ASC's Winter Theater on
April 21.

With a small but energetic
cast made up of employees of the
Siemens company or their
relatives, the bawdy play s
rollicked along in rhymed
couplets, possessing exactly as
much sophistication (i.e., not
much) and quite a bit more
humor and earthiness than most
of today's TV sitcoms.

Like the aforementioned
dramatic form, these early plays
use stereotyped characters and
contrived situations to tickle our
funny bones: a stupid, pompous
and stingy man inherits some
money of which his friends
would like a share: a roving
trickster manages to swindle the
good-hearted but naive wife and
her mean husband; the nagging
wife lets her lazy husband take
care of the house for the day.

In Dcr Bauer in Kindsndtcn
{The Pregnant Farmer). Hannes
and Marten, led by the mischie-
vous Ul von Friesing, concoct a
plan to extract some of the lucky
inheritor Karg's new riches:

they convince Karg that he is
deathly sick so that they can call
in an expensive "doctor," Ul.

After an examination of
Karg's navel, the "doctor"
declares him to have a disease
previously unknown to man
pregnancy.

While the other three take off
with Karg's money to buy the
ingredients for an "anti-child
drink," Karg soliloquizes on his
situation in a familiar way.

"Men aren't made to take this
kind of pain, you know. Why,
we are exceptionally sensitive!
A small pain can lay the
strongest man low...," in roush

translation. Doesn't that sound
like a few jokes you've heard
lately?

In Der Ritt ins Paradies {The
Ride to Paradise), Sachs again
uses the centuries-old, still
current man-woman conflict.

After the simple farmer's wife
has described the goodness of
her first, late husband, who is
surely now in paradise, the
trickster Ul von Friesing shows
up once more.

When Ul tells her that he has
come from Paris, the good
woman can hardly contain
herself for joy "You say you
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Forget the food at the
Shakespeare Tavern

by Jennifer Garlen
staff writer

The Atlanta Shakespeare
Tavern is primarily a theater, but
it likes to boast about its "full
pub menu." Patrons often attend
performances believing that a
good meal may be had in
addition to the evening's
performance.

Unfortunately, the Tavern's
food is not nearly as good as its
Shakespeare. The selection is
\er\ limited, with a pork
sandwich, a peanut butter
sandwich, and a meat pie that are
all far too small for the high
prices they command.

The pork sandwich is actually
not bad, but eating a cold
sandwich from a plastic con-
tainer spoils the feeling of being
at something classy.

The Tavern does have Bass,
Harp, and Guinness on tap, but
they cost too much. Even the

Cokes are two dollars.

The sole dessert item, a fudge
brownie, will disappoint anyone
who expected a real brownie at
the price they paid for it.

The intention is not to
discourage those who would like
to see one of the Atlanta
Shakespeare Company's
performances, although there are
good and bad points on that
subject, too.

The productions are generally
entertaining and. unlike the fare,
worth the cost. But if you want
to make an evening of the
venture, or celebrate the end of
the semester in style. I would
suggest choosing a real restau-
rant for dinner.

A good choice might be one
of the many excellent establish-
ments owned by the Peasant
Restaurant chain, which, by the
way, is sponsoring the Atlanta
Shakespeare Company's 1991-
1992 Season.

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The Profile

Friday, May 8, 1992

Theater department suffers losses

by Jenny White
staff writer

The theater department at
Agnes Scott will be going
through a number of changes
next year. Professors Becky
Prophet and Dudley Sanders, the
department's two main faculty
members, are leaving after this
semester. Prof. Prophet is
accepting another job, and Prof.
Sanders is taking a leave of
absence.

Dr. Prophet says that her
departure gives her "joy" but
"regret" as well. She wants the
campus community to know that
her years at Agnes Scott have
meant a great deal to her and that
"saying goodbye will be very
hard."'

According to Dr. Prophet,
proposals for new theater faculty
members have already been

submitted. She asserts that there
will be an "excellent faculty
complement" next year to
'assure continuity" in the
department.

She also hopes that next year
will provide a chance for
students in Blackfriars and the
department to take on greater
responsibility in productions.

Because Blackfriars is a
student-run organization, the
quality of the performances
depends mainly on the students.
The students will be able to work
together more next year both
"collective|ly] and
individual [ly]."

Next year's performances will
include Nunsense, a musical; The
Odd Couple (the female ver-
sion): and for the children's
performance, Alice in Wonder-
land, written by Atlanta play-
wright and director John

Stephens.

The theater department and
Blackfriars are two separate
entities at Agnes Scott, but both
will be working together a great
deal next year on productions.

The theater department plans
the courses and curriculum for
theater students, and Blackfriars
is a student-run and facult) -
advised organization that handles
productions.

The Blackfriars officers for
next year are Kathleen Hill,
president; Lauren Grenade, vice-
president: Becky Nowlin,
treasurer; Tracey Walker,
secretary; Britton McMullian,
publicity; and Katie Sternberg,
historian.

Next year will bring a lot of
changes to the theater depart-
ment, but according to Dr.
Prophet, the changes are
"exciting and gratifying."

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Review of Stephen
King's "Sleepwalkers"

by Nadine Evette Curry
staff writer

"Sleepwalkers" is Stephen
King's first work w ritten
especially for a movie produc-
tion. Like most of Stephen
King's works, "Sleepwalkers" is
a horror tale. It is an entertaining
91 -minute film.

The tale takes place in a
small-town Travis, Indiana. The
characters Charles Brady and his
mother Mary Brady have just
moved from another town.

Charles is first seen sitting in
his room listening to the oldies.
He looks through a yearbook that
contains a picture of a sweet
loca] girl named Tonya
Robertson. Charles carves her
name into his arm with a knife.

Later, we see Charles ask a
very attractive woman who turns
out to be his mother what is for
dinner. Charles proceeds to tell
her about a nice girl, Tonya.

His mother becomes jealous
and asks him to dance. They
dance and eventually find their
way to their bedroom! Yes, a
serious case of incest.

The strangeness of their
relationship and situation is
confirmed by the glowing lights
that appeared during their

lovemaking.

The mother ob\ iousl) is
dependent upon her son for
survival. Charles makes Tonya
his quest in order to feed his
mother. She comments through-
out the mo\ ie how hungry she is.

The audience is first intro-
duced to what Sleepwalkers are
in a oral report that Charles gives
at school.

The story, which also sparks
Tonya's interest in Charles,
describes a group of people or
creatures that are outsiders in
society. Because Tonya is pure
and innocent, she too feels like
an outsider.

Of course, the following
scenes show how Charles
pursues Toaya while keeping his
and his mother's identit) a
secret. After several chases and
confrontations, Charles is dying
and his mother must take over.
Tragical!) , the) do not make it
out of Travis, Indiana.

One mam flaw of Stephen
King's work is the lack of
background information. The
audience is jerked to man) ideas
about how the Sleepwalkers live,
yet their origin is not mentioned.
Overall, the tale is suspenseful
and gruesome, yet it's a tragedy
at the same time.

German plays (continued from nauc 1 3)

were in paradise? [In German,
Paris sounds like paradise with
one syllable omitted.] Then
surely you must have seen my
husband." she exclaims.

Ul quickly catches on to the
situation and to the profit that
might be gleaned from it, and he
manages to convince her that he
can bring her husband a care
package.

Although the woman's mean-
spirited second husband curses
Fate for having dealt him such a
stupid wife, Ul not only escapes
the oafs revenge, but also
manages to take off with his
horse.

In Das Kdlberbruten (The

Calf-Hatching, I suppose you
would translate it), the wife beats
up on the stupid and laz)
husband, who during the course
of the play makes the huge leap
of logic from observing how life
comes from eggs to thinking that
if he broods a piece of wormy
cheese it will produce calves.

That's no worse, you must
admit, than some of the prepos-
terous situations you may see on
our nightly half-hour sitcoms,
and tune somehow legitimizes
this silliness.

Besides, who could resist it?
Hans Sachs's comedy is our
comedy, too.

Arts & Entertainment

Friday, May 8, 1992

The Profile

Page 15

Take a trip to 16th-century England
at the Georgia Renaissance Festival

by Rita Ganey

Time travel is a concept that
has fascinated people for
centuries. Until now, time travel
has only been a dream realized in
movies.

However, every Saturday and
Sunday through June 7, you can
enjoy a da) in the sixteenth
century at the Georgia Renais-
sance Festival.

This year marks the seventh
year the Festival has been in
Atlanta. The whole concept of a
Renaissance Festival began in
San Francisco. It was intended to
be an annual event that would
celebrate "recreation of life in
16th Century England."

The first festivals were small,
but they quickly grew. The
Georgia Festival is one of the
largest Renaissance Festivals in
the United States.

As visitors to the Festival walk
from the parking lot to the
entrance, the trip to the sixteenth
century begins.

LBA

(continued from page 11)

the campus community about
issues pertaining to the lesbian/
bisexual community at large."

One of the founders stressed
that LBA is "not a support group
per se." According to her, they
are not counselors, nor are they
qualified to deal with the
complex issues of coming out,
but they are available to listen
and discuss problems and will
refer members to a counselor if
needed.

They feel that a pure support
group role would limit their
effectiveness and prevent efforts
to educate the campus and
initiate change.

The group members also
emphasized the importance of
visibility of the lesbian popula-
tion on campus so that people
will recognize its existence.

Ultimately, the organization
hopes to educate the campus
community and dispel myths, as
well as "stop outright blatant
bigotry." Jeanne Peters summed
up the organization's purpose as
"eradicating homophobia in one
fell swoop."

LBA is a non-hierarchical
organization for "feminist
pedagogy reasons." It is
important to the founders that the
constitution state that "there shall
be no strictly established
governing board."

While the roles of facilitator
and organizer will exist, they will
be rotated, and no member has
more power than the others.
SGA, however, has required that
the organization designate a

King Henry VIII has just
married Anne Boleyn. The village
is celebrating with feasting and
merry-making.

The Festival is designed to
make the most of guest participa-
tion. Guests interact with wenches
and knights, kings and queens.

Many of the shows involve the
recruitment of one or more of the
audience, who then become the
source of much laughter. (If you
embarass easily, keep a low
profile.)

The entertainment includes
story tellers, musicians, jugglers,
singers, dancers, and other
miscellaneous characters that roam
the grounds.

Five stages serve as sites for
various performances during the
day. (At the end of these perfor-
mances, a hat is passed around to
help cover the costs of the show.
Help them out and take some extra
change along.)

In the spirit of the 1996
Olympics, the Festival is sponsor-
ing the Mud-A-Lympics this year
in the Mud Arena.

The Festival features several
people-powered rides, such as the
Joust Ride and the Christopher
Columbus Ride. The Maze also
serves as an amusing diversion
from the food and shows.

The amount and variety of
different foods available will surely
make your mouth water. Turkey
legges, Canterbury pork pockets,
court jester's croissants, all sorts of
liquid libations, and many more
types of fayre are always nearby.

Arts and crafts booths abound.
In excess of 125 craftspeople are
present with their merchandise. A
visitor may purchase such things as
leather, pottery, jewel ry, clothing,
and an innumerable collection of
other wares.

Don't miss the jousting contest
where the knights get a chance to
compete and impress the crowd.

The Renaissance Festival will
be open 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. every
Saturday and Sunday through June
7. The 30-acre village is at 1-85,
Exit 12. Admission is S10 for
adults, $5 for children. Tickets are
sold at the gate.

See King Henry and Queen Anne at the Renaissance Festival

treasurer if it is to be funded.

All decisions are based on
consensus. Membership is
"open to all students interested,"
and members are "those who
attend meetings regularly and'
support the purposes and
objectives" of the organization.

There is no membership list
in accordance with the safe space
of the meetings; however, 10-15
members consistently attend
with a larger number of loosely
associated members.

Membership is predominantly
white, in accordance to the
proportions on campus. How-
ever, the members recognize the
need for an organization dealing
primarily with the issues of
lesbians and bisexuals of color.

LBA has an impressive list of
accomplishments for an organi-
zation less than a year old: small
changes in peoples' behavior,
such as Ruth Schmidt's wearing
of a "coming out" sticker: and
the sponsoring of successful
public events.

LBA lists among its achieve-
ments the mere fact that it exists
on campus. Their first event was
the celebration of National
Coming Out Day, complete with
posters of quotes of famous
lesbians and gay men and an
explanatory note and sticker in
everyone's box. This was the
first day the word lesbian was
seen posted across our campus.

Other LBA-sponsored events
include the Spring Break Out
Dance on March 6, 1992, movie
nights, recognition of Interna-

tional Women's Week, and a
panel discussion in Women's
Studies 100.

The Spring Break Out Dance
had more attenders than typical
ASC-sponsored band parties and
increased LBA members' and
associates' unity, support, and
visibility. The dance also made
important contacts with other
campuses' gay and lesbian
organizations.

The organization also
designed and sold three dozen t-
shirts with the slogan "Why ask
why?". Additionally, LBA has
been allowed to participate in all
activities fairs for prospective
students.

LBA's future goals are to
continue recognizing National
Coming Out Day and to have an
annual Spring Break Out Dance.
The group is also considering
sponsoring a Fall dance around
the time of Black Cat.

LBA plans to continue to
make themselves available for
classes and other organizations
in an effort to educate and dispel
myths. Additionally, there is
hope for ASC to be represented
at next year's lesbian and gay
rights march in Washington,
D.C.

On a larger scale they hope to
work with the Residence Hall
Association to train dorm
counselors and resident assistants
to be more knowledgeable and
sensitive about issues related to
homosexuality. Ultimately, they
plan to be a part of orientation
for first-year students and to

have educational sessions with
the upper classes.

LBA hopes to sponsor a
community-wide film festival
with high-quality films and a
series of nationally known
speakers. Another long-term
goal of the group is an Agnes
Scott Women's Center, similar
to Chrysalis.

To fund these goals, LBA
plans to write proposals for
grants. Each member stated the
desire for the group's activities
to be more political in the
coming years, but ultimately it is

up to the future members as to
how much they are willing and
able to give the organization.

LBA seeks to fill many voids
on this campus for the lesbian
and bisexual community. LBA
hopes its existence gives
reassurance and support to those
going through the process of
coming out, even though they
may not attend group meetings.

Members wish the group to
stand as evidence to the world
that lesbians are an integral part
of this campus and society.

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Fridav, May 8, 1992

Calendar of Events

compiled by Holly Williamson

On Campus

For more information, call the
College at 37 1-6294.

"Serious Issues, Laughing
Matters," a juried exhibition for
senior ail majors and non-majors
from various classes, will be on
display in Dalton Gallery through
May 16.

The Atlanta Balalaika Society
Orchestra will present an evening
of Russian Folk Music on Saturday.
June 6, in Gaines Auditorium. To
order tickets, call 292-7 1 76.

( ralleries

The High Museum of Art

For more information, call 892-
4444.

/// Honor of Black History
Month: Bill Tray lor Drawings will
be on display through October 1 1 .

Prims for the People: Associ-
ated American Artists will be
shown through May 24.

Art at the Edge: Barbara Ess, a
collection of this photographer's
haunting work, will be on display
through May 17. "Psychological
Tensions," a gallery talk which
focuses on this exhibition, will be
held on Sunday. May 10, at 2 p.m.

This Sporting Life: 1878-
1991 , an exhibition exploring the
worlds of photography and
sports, will be on view from May
16 through September 13.

Swiss Animated Films will be
shown in Rich Auditorium in two
pails: Friday. May 22, and
Saturday, May 23. Both
evenings begin at 8 p.m.
Admission is $4 for general
admission, $3.50 for students and
senior citizens and $3 for
museum members.

Art and Medicine: Images of
Healing from the 1 6th to the /9th
Centwy will be on view at the
Georgia-Pacific Center through
Friday, July 24. Call 577-6940
for more information.

Snhject(s): Prints and
Multiples hx Jonathan Borofskw
1928-1991 will be on display at
the Georgia-Pacific Center
through June 19. For more
informaton, call 577-6940.

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

For more infonnation, call
872-5338.

Now and Then, a collection of
paintings by C. Allen Coleman,
will be on view npm May 8
through June 12.

The Arts Connection

For more information, call 237-
0005.

The photographic prints of
Chuck Rogers will be on display
May 1 5 through May 30.

An exhibit of photographic
prints by Atlanta area high school
students will be on view from May
1 7 through May 30.

Jimmy Carter Library

The Library and Very Special
Arts Georgia are presenting a juried
exhibition of student artwork, based
on the theme Life in the White
House, from April 22 through
August 23.

Theater

Fox Theatre

For ticket information, call 249-
6400.

Les Mise rabies will play May 13
through 17.

Neighborhood Playhouse

For ticket infonnation, call 373-
531 1

Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under
the Elms will be presented May 15
through June 13.

This Nickolas Muray photograph} of Babe Ruth, part of "This
Sporting Life," is on display at the High Museum of Art

Horizon Theatre < ompanv

Please call 5S4-7450 for ticket
infonnation.

B-Movie. the Play will be
presented May 15 through June
2S. This w tid comedy by Tom
Wood is about two would-be
film-makers who tiy to shoot a
first-class thriller on a B-Movie
budget.

Seven Stages Backdoor Theatre

Call 523-7647 for rescn ations.
Nexus Contemporary Art

Center presents Acme Theatre
Walks Among Us May 13 through
May 16.

Music

Variety Playhouse

For information about the
following, call 524-7354.

Benefit for ACLU featuring
Big Fish Lnsemble and 5-8 will
be held May 14 at 9 pm.
Admission is S7.

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