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Volume 70, Extra

Above and Beyond Oglethorpe University

August 26, 1994

Security Report

Page 2

The Fraternity
Experience

Page 4

Programming

Board to Start

New Season

Page 5

OU Soccer Goes
for Title

Page 7

News: 2

Greeks: 3

Editorials: 4

Entertainment:

5-6

Sports: 7

Grapevine: 2
Letters to the

Editor: 4

Entertainment

Grapevine: 6

Welcome to all Oglethorpe students

By Ryan P. Queen
Editor-in-Chief

For those students

that are coming back to
Oglethorpe, welcome back;
and for those students that are
new, welcome to Oglethorpe
University. I am sure that all
of you are looking forward to
a new and exciting year ahead.
With a new year brings
a new class and according to
Dennis Matthews, Director of
Admissions, tliere are more
incoming students this year
than in previous years. As an
estiinated projection, there will
be 2 1 8 freshmen, 60 transfer

students, and 12 other (full-
time teacher certificates or
transient students). That is a
increase of about 35 more stu-
dents than last year's 186
freshmen, 57 transfer, and 10
other students. All the num-
bers are increasing and mov-
ing toward the goals laid out
in the Strategic Plan but they
are not sacrificing quality.

"The 1994 freshman
class could be the best fresh-
man year in the last five years
or more," according to
Matthews. This year's incom-
ing class has test scores re-
maining high with tlie SAP
scores ranging in the mid

1 lOO's and around 27 for the
ACT. Also, the average in-
coming high school GPA is a
little above 3.5. Most students
of this year's class have either
advanced placement credit or
were involved in college pre-
paratory programs.

With a male to female
ratio of 45%to 55%, there are
26 states and 12 countries rep-
resented in tliis class with a big
growth from states like Ala-
bama, Maryland, Ohio and
Tennessee: This year's incom-
ing class is a very well-traveled
group and most have partici-
pated in some kind of volun-
teer work, such as church

groups. Special Olympics,
Humane Society, Red Cross,
and many more. Dennis
Matthews also pointed out that
this group "seems to be much
more socially aware."

In Oglethorpe's move
ahea4 as good as the incom-
ing class is this year, there are
many projections and high
hopes for the incoming class of
1995.

The Stormy Petrel staff
would like to welcome all the
new students to campus and
we hope that you will have an
educational and enjoyable
time here at Oglethorpe Uni-
versity.

A letter from President Stanton

August 23, 1994

Dear Students:

Welcome to all of you.
It is a pleasure to see many fa-
miliar faces as well as numer-
ous new freshmen and trans-
fer students. I look forward to
being with you from time to
time at University events and
during informal opportunities
on campus.

It hardly seems possible
that summer is almost over
and another academic year is
beginning. This is always a
special time in education the
start of new friendships, the
challenge of new courses, an-
other chance to achieve per-
sonal and collective goals.

One of the pleasures of
this year will be the comple-
tion in early fall of the Steve
Schmidt Sport and Recreation
Center. Mr. Schmidt is known
to many as "Mr. Oglethorpe"
for his prowess as a student-
atlilete, staunch support of the
Stormy Petrels athletic teams
and 32 years of service as a
trustee, including chairman-
ship of the board. He is a 1940
graduate of the University.

The 22,000-square-foot
addition to Dorough Field
House will be used primarily
for inframural sports and otlier
recreational activities for stu-
dents. The building will in-
clude a basketball-volleyball
court encircled by a running
track, exercise facilities, two
handball courts, two locker

rooms, several offices and an
entrance lobby.

Most of the funds for the
new facility are being provided
by Mr. Sclimidt and his wife,
Jeanne '42. They describe the
project as "one more step in
Oglethorpe's becoming one of
the finest liberal arts institu-
tions in the nation."

Also on the topic of ath-
letics, I want you to know that
we have secured the services
of Mr Gene Asher, a former
writer and editor for the At-
lanta Journal-Constitution and
public relations adviser to the
Marine Corps, as our part-time
director of sports promotion/
publicity. You can easily spot
Mr. Asher on campus by his
"OU" cap. He is planning
many interesting promotions
and entertainment. Let's give
him and all the Stormy Petrel
teams our strongest possible
support

As part of his work, Mr.
Asher will strive to attract the
media to campus when our
teams play at home. He points
out that it is important to have
many students, faculty and
staff in attendance whenever
reporters are present. I hope
you will support the Stormy
Petrels as often as possible.

I look forward to this
new year at Oglethorpe and to
being with you on campus.

Sincerely,

President Donald Stanton. Photo courtesy of Public Relations Donald S. Stanton

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August 26, 1994

NEWS.

Heard it through the Grapevine

News and events in and around Oglethorpe University

"I Survived My First

Year, You Will Too," is how
Georgia College graduate
Sheri Pope, who now teaches
in Bibb County, begins one of
the lead articles in this year's
PAGE Survival Guide for
New Teachers, a publication
the professional organization

is providing to the approxi-
mately 5,500 new teachers
beginning their careers in
Georgia's classrooms this fall.
The booklet contains
helpful hints for new teachers
on establishing a positive
learning environment in their
classrooms from day one.

New Freshman
Advocate at OU

Notice to students from the
Adminisrtation

The Freshman Advo-
cate will serve as a resource
person to assure that all new
students (both freshmen and
transfers) know where and to
whom to go for specific help
on matters of concern to them.
While not a replacement for
any advisor or administrator,
the Freshman Advocate will
assure all new students that
their concerns are heard and
acted upon. Additionally, the
Freshman Advocate will offer
advice on how to proceed fur-
ther, if such action is appropri-
ate, or will help new students
understand the results of their
inquiries when these are un-
clear to the student or need fur-
ther explanation.

Parents of new students
may also call upon the Fresh-
men Advocate: to make gen-
eral inquiries, to express con-
cerns, or to seek guidance on
how to proceed on any
Oglethorpe related matter.

The Freshman Advocate
understands the workings of
the University and knows the
many services provided by
Oglethorpe. Consequently, the
Freshman Advocate can pro-
vide to new students and their
parents answers or thoughtful
guidance on any matter of con-
cern about the University.

Mrs. Cle Hall is the
Freshman Advocate. She is
located on the second floor of
Lupton Hall in the office of the
Executive Vice President Her
telephone number is
(404)3648321.

Deittine^s

O.U. SPECIAL

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Large 2 topping pizza: $8.99

CALL
457-0732

ways to plan for parent confer-
ences, and a classroom check-
list that will get learning off to
a good start Information is
also included on changes in
teacher certification proce-
dures and the work of the Pro-
fessional Practices Cominis-
sioa PAGE staff attorney Jill
Boyd has also written an ar-
ticle on important legal issues
that new teachers need to know
about, such as the moment of
quiet reflection called for by
legislation passed earlier this
year.

Editor Adrion Baird
says the booklet is a way to
help new teachers across the
state adj ust to life in "the teach-
ing zone, where the ideal situ-
ations envisioned in education
courses meet pragmatic real-
ity.

Marian Wright

Edelman, founder and presi-
dent of the Children's Defense
Fund, will speak on "The Fu-
ture of Our Children" at St
Luke's Episcopal Church on
Wednesday, September 7,
from 12:30 -1 :30 p.m. The
Reverend Dr. Spenser Simrill,
rector, announced Ms.
Edelman's presentation as a
part of the Community Cross-
roads Series founded by St.
Luke's in 1993 "to bring
people together from different
congregations and different
parts of our city for public con-
versation about issues that af-
fect us all." The program will
be held in the sanctuary of the
church at 435 Peachtree Street
N.E. and is free and open to

the public. For more informa-
tion, call (404) 873-5427.

There win be a lecture

by M. Richard Zinman, pro-
fessor of political theory at
James Madison College of
Michigan State University,
entitled "Freedom and Neces-
sity in Aristotle's Politics" on
Thursday, September 29, at 4
p.m. in the Talmage Room in
Emerson Student Center of
Oglethorpe University. It is
part on in a four-part lecture
program sponsored by the
Mack A. Rikard Lecture Se-
ries. It is co-sponsored by the
Intercollegiate Studies Insti-
tute. Admission is free the to
public.

Security report released

TO: FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS

FROM: Donald R. Moore, Vice President for Student Affairs

The Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act (Public Law 101-542), as

enacted by the Federal Government, requires tliat all institutions of higher education publish
information about campus security policies and crime statistics. An annual notice is required
to be distributed to employees and students by September 1 of each year disclosing statistics for
the prior calendar year on certain crimes that are in the security records. The initial notice
issued September 1 , 1 992, reported the incidents of crimes on campus for the period of January
1 -December 31 for the years 1990, 1991, and 1992. This notice includes statistics for the
period January 1 - December 31, 1993.

Crimes To Be Reported

1990

1991

1992

1993

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Aggravated Assault

1

Larceny Theft

17

14

15

14

Burglary

4

4

5

7

Vehicle Theft

2

1

1

Drug Arrests

Liquor-Law Violation Arrests

Weapons Violation Arrests

Information on campus safety and security (including the Security Department's respon-
sibilities), traffic and parking regulations, and helpful hints to avoid security problems is dis-
tributed each fall and throughout tlie year. If additional information or clarification of security
policies and procedures are needed, please contact the Vice President for Student Affairs in the
Emerson Student Center (Telephone Number: 364-8336).

August 24, 1994

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GREEKS

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By Jason Reese
Chi Phi

So, your coming in

from you hedonistic summer
and this one question keeps
burning into the very essence
of your soul: "What in the
name of all that's good and
pure has been goin' on at Chi
Phi?"

Well, to help ease your
agonizing curiosity, the Chi
Phi summer is about to be re-
vealed First, I should mention
that our house has a gaping
hole behind it where a light-
ning bolt struck merely five
feet from the back door.
Stricken with shock, victim
Tommy Ison was quoted as
saying "There was this blaze
of li^t and fire, I was knocked
down, saw may cigarette fly
across the room, and went deaf

for half and hour . . . You don't
know , you just don't know! ! !"

Good news came, how-
ever, when we attended the Chi
Phi National College of Excel-
lence in Memphis, Tennessee
this past July. Not only did we
stop by Graceland and give
our respects to the IGng, but
we also walked away with
some hefty awards. We re-
ceived the award for Most hn-
proved Chapter and the award
for Scholastic Achievement
(we still haven't figured that
one out), and Best Alumni
Newsletter.

Well, in a nutshell, that
is about it for now. Look for-
ward to seein' everybody
around the fiin-filled OU cam-
pus very soon. And remem-
ber, everyone down at the sta-
tion is puUin' for ya espe-
cially Captain O'Malley.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon
By Andy Noble

Tliose of us at SAE are

looking forward to another
great year, and we would like
to start by welcoming all the
returning studoits and the new,
incoming freshmen class. We
hope that everybody had a
great summer. To start the
year oflf right we hope that
everybody will come out to
our Pack-to-School Party on
Saturday, August 27.

The summer has been
very busy at SAE For start-

ers, we completed our brick
patio and made some changes
to our unfinished room. Also,
we sent two brothers, Jeff
White and Jason Fisher, to our
National Leadership School.
Jeflfand Jason had a great time,
and they brought us back the
Ritual Award and the Chapter
Achievement Award, which
we have won three years in a
row. Other than our short time
with Pervis at the house, our
fu-st summer on Greek Row
was relatively normal.

We're looking forward
to Rush, and we will be hav-

ing our Open House on Thurs-
day, September 14, and our
dinner will be Wednesday,
September 14. We hope that
all of the incoming freshmen
men will think about signing
up for Rush. It will be a frin
time, and you can get four free
dinners and make lots of
friends.

Well, that's about it fiom
SAE. We hope everybody gets
back into tlie school routine,
and until next time, we'll be
studying and partying. (Not
necessarily in that order!)

A20.

SEE.

By Christy Daley
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Welcome "Back"
Oglethorpe students. We hope
you had a wonderfril summer
and are excited aobut being
back. The Sigma's have been
busy, besides classes and work
we went on a Sisterhood to
Stone Mountian. It was great
to see all the sisters who came.

On August 13th we had
our work party weekend.
Alumnae and sisters joined
forces to plant flowers, bushes,
and trees.

Carrie and Stacy have
kept us up to date nad in-
formed about Rush. We are
looking fonvard to Rush but
we will miss our neutral sis-
ters. Good luck to all the fra-
ternities on their rush.

By Jason Thomas
Delta Sigma Phi

Welcome back to the

wonderful, enlightening, and
educational world of
Oglethorpe University. The
summer was eventiul, yet un-
eventfiil. Dog is fmally gone,
yes, sad, but true. Thanks to
Becky for that one. Now out
to Zack Butler, our esteemed
president and spiritual leader,
we can say a warm thank you
for half of our downstairs ceil-
ing being painted green.. .only
half To all of those who wan-
dered into the house last year,
you might be astonished to

fmd that the house was actu-
ally professionally cleaned and
still looks somewhat good.

On the more social side,
not a whole lot went oa Tliere
were the good times. There
were the bad times. There
were interesting times... but 1
really can't expand on those.
We had a few small gatherings
at our house. Some went to
Indiana to witness one of our
brothers actually getting mar-

ried. Some stayed in the house
and did notliing. Some just
partied and drank the summer
away. We even had surprise
visits from Micah and Pops.

That's our summer.
Most of us our glad to be back
and now we are just preparing
for rush. We have parties
planned, but nobody knows
when, so feel free to just come
on over and visit Until next
time...

Advertising Prices Half

Price to All Campus

Organizations

Advertise your organizational

events in The Stormy Petrel

for half price!

Contact Jason Thomas, Business Manager,
for more information at

364-8425

J

The first Stormy Petrel

staff meeting will be

on Tuesday,

Septennber 6, at

5:00 p.m. in the

newspaper office in

Emerson Student

Center.

All interested students
are invited and
welcomed at the
meeting^

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EDITORIALS.

August 26, 1994

Rush can be an eye-opening experience

By Kevin Huitt

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Before I came to col-
lege, one of the few major de-
cisions I had made was that I
was never going to join a fra-
ternity. I didn't want to spend
some of the most important
years of my life hanging out
with a bunch of macho beer
drinking frat guys who had
nothing better to do than sit
around and get drunk while
watching football games and
talk about women. 1 also
didnt want to be involved with
a bunch of rich snotty kids who
worried more about status than
their grades or their future. 1
cam to Oglethorpe to get an
education, not to drink or raise
my status in the eyes of my
peers.

Then 1 got to Oglethorpe
and realized that fraternities
were not anything like those
portrayed in Animal House or
Revenge of the Nerds . 1 found
that the fraternities were com-
prised of the kind of guys tliat
I can get along with. Sure the

fraternities on campus are ex-
tremely diverse but all the guys
in each fraternity hold the
same ideals. There is not a
jock fraternity or a nerd frater-
nity. Instead there are four in-
dividual fraternities that can-
not be classified because of the
wide range of people that are
members. 1 never thought I
would call someone who
drives a BMW my brother, but
yet I do. Being in a fraternity
helped me to look past the out-
side characteristics of a person
and instead judge them on
what they have on the inside.

Being in a fraternity also
doesn't mean that you pay
your monthly dues and this
allows you to go to all of the
parties that your fraternity
throws. You are part of a fam-
ily of men who have had all
the same experiences as you,
in terms of the fraternity, and
are willing to do anything for
you. A fraternity is friend for
live, people who will be there
for you when your 45 and just
need someone to talk to.

A fraternity can also

Letters to the Editor...

A request for a
little company

Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter in hope you will run it in

your camput newspaper. You have probably received this
kind of request before, and I hope you will honor mine:

I AM 27 YEARS OLD, I HAVE BEEN INCARCER-
ATED FOR 2 YEARS, AND RECEIVED A LIFE SEN-
TENCE. I HAVE NO FAMILY AND VERY FEW
FRIENDS WHO DO NOT WRITE AT ALL. I AM NOT
INTERESTED IN ANY PARTICULAR KIND OF COR-
RESPONDENT, JUST SOME KIND OF CONTACT
WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. PRISON IS THE
WORST PLACE ON EARTH, AND THE LONELIEST
BUT THERE IS NOBODY TO BLAME BUT MYSELF 1
WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT MY COURT EXPERIENCES AND WHAT
BROUGHT ME TO MY CURRENT SITUATION. IF
ANYBODY CARES TO WRfFE PLEASE WRITE TO:

MARK TRAVIS MERRING #94285
ARIZONA STATE PRISON
10,000 SOUTH WILMONT
TUCSON, ARIZONA 55777.

help you to achieve the goals
that you have set for yourself
during college and afterwards.
Most fraternities have a schol-
arship cotmnittee set up to
make sure all the member are
working as hard as necessary
to achieve the grades they are
capable of making. Most of
the fraternities on campus have
a necessary GPA that all mem-
bers must attain to remain an
active member of the frater-
nity. A fraternity will also help
you to get a job once you have

graduated. Most employers
today are looking for people
with more that just good
grades, they want leaders. A
fraternity provides a perfect
opportunity to develop leader-
ship skills that will help you
in the post-college world.

Fraternities are not for
everyone. But for those of us
who have joined one, the ex-
perience has been very reward-
ing. Dont look down of fra-
ternities immediately. Give all
the fraternities a chance. Rush

is an excellent time for incom-
ing students to see for them-
selves what the fraternities are
all about and to be their own
judge on whether they want to
join or not Don't go in with
the stereotype that all fraterni-
ties are just drinking clubs.
Fraternities can be very help-
ful in your college career. A
fraternity has done a lot for me.
I'm just glad that I was able to
see past my stereotypical
views and give the Greek sys-
tem a chance.

NO' HASSLES. NO' KIDDING. OHYEAH JREE CHECKING .

Wc created ihc V^'athovia College Accouiu Sjiocificjlly for iht .siudtni who has bcHcr lliings to
do ibn worry ah.iul hankmg. Out College Aecoiim inchiJcs uw iil Wachovia ATMs at no charge
and the Waehovia Banking Card with VisaCheel, (it looks like a ertJil can! hut works hkc a check).
Other features include your oivn ereilil card, a sannus accoiicu, overdraft piotcclion, and gel this,
free checking. Stop hy your local Waehovia branch to set up a hiivsk-In-c College Account. After all,
there's mote 10 life than Kinking.

^ACHOVIA

August 24, 1994

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ENTERTAINMENT.

The Storniij^
Vetrcl

Editor-In-Chief:
Assistant Editor:
Business Manager:

Copy Editor:
Editorial Editors:

Entertainment Editor:
Feature Editors:

Greek Editor-
Layout Editor:
News Editor:
Organization Editor:
Pbotograpliy Editor:
Sports Editor:

Ryan P. Queen
Chopper Johnson
Jason Thomas

Stephen Cooper
Robert Miller
Shannon Montgomery
Heather Carlen
Maria Johnson
Kimberly Jones
Cole Maddox
Helen Quinones
Chopper Johnson
Kimberly Wilkes
Pat Mulheam
Daryl Brooks

Staff:

Sarah Buzzard Felicia Christian

Lu Green Yolanda Hernandez

Daniel Rosenthal Ahna Sagrera

Christie Willard

Advisors:

Bill Brightman

Linda Buck!
Michael McClure

The Stonny Petrel is Oglethorpe University's
student newspaper. The comments and opin-
ions in the articles are the opinions of the writ-
ers and not necessarily those of the university.
The Stormy Petrel welcomes Letters to the
Editor and other articles anyone wishes to pub-
lish. The Stormy Petrel holds weekly meet-
ings, open to everyone that is interested, on
Tuesdays at 5:00pm in the newspaper office in
Emerson Student Center. Please send all let-
ters or articles to The Stonny Petrel, 3000
Woodrow Way, Box 450, Atlanta, GA 30319,
(phone #: (404) 364-8425) or drop them ofiFin
the box on the newspaper office door.

Programming Board off to
fast start for fall semester

By Marshall Nason
Student Center Director

The increase in the

student activity fee, which was
approved by the student body
last spring, will result in more
entertainment on campus this
fall. The Programming Board
(PB) of the Oglethorpe Stu-
dent Association has three pro-
grams planned for September
alone. As part of the orienta-
tion activities, but open to all
students, the PB will be pre-
senting comedian/magician/
ventriloquist John P. Hopkins
on Saturday night, August 27
at 7;30 p.m. in Lupton Audi-
torium. Hopkins is a versatile
and popular performer on the
college circuit.

Fewer than two weeks
later the PB will present the
spectacular Saturn V Laser
Show on the academic quad-
rangle at about 9:30 p.m. on
Friday, September 9. The
event, which is unlike any-
thing seen before on campus,
features a large screen for rock
videos and impressive lasers.
The backup location in case of
inclement weather is Dorough
Fieldliouse.

The final PB activity for
Septemt^er is interactive. "Fun
Flicks" is a quarter-million
dollar mobile video produc-
tion studio which enables you
to star in any one of a variety
of videos and take away a copy
of the video as a free souvenir.
In your video you can fly like
Superman, walk in-space, be
in an old western gunfight or
star in any one of scores of
music videos. "Fun Flicks"
comes from the same agency
which brought the popular
Alpha Experience to campus
this past spring. The "studio"
will be set up in the lobby of
the Emerson Student Center
on Wednesday, September 28,
from 12 noon until 6 p.m.

As the Programming
Board's activities increase
there is an opportunity for in-
terested students to provide
input Tell your OSA repre-

sentatives about programs
which you would like to see on
campus. If you think you
would like to get involved,
why not apply for one of the
positions on the Programming

Board. It's a lot of work, but
also a lot of fun and an oppor-
tunity to contribute to campus
social life.
Taken 6vm Community Life
Newsletter August 1994

Fall Programming
Board Events

John P. Hopkins 8/27/94

Saturn V Laser Show 9/9/94

Fun Flickis 9/28/94

Ronny Romm 10/17/94

Murder for Dinner 10/24/94

Casino Might 11/12/94

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August 26, 1994

ENTERTAINMENT.

Entertainment Granevine. . .

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Governor and Mrs.

Zell Miller will cpntinue their
cultural series at the Mansion
with a dinner on Tuesday, Au-
gust 30, 1994, to honor the
Golden Gospel Singers and the
Skillet Lickers II. The evening
will begin with a reception at
7;00 p.m., followed by a
seated dinner at 7:30 p.m. Af-
ter dinner, both groups will
perform. Proceeds for the
evening, which is organized by
the Georgia Council for the
Arts, will benefit flood relief
Admission is $75 per
person. For dinner reservations
or further information, please
contact the Georgia Council
forthe Arts at 404/651-7933,

COCOPEX '94, a ma-
jor show for stamp collectors,
will be held Saturday and Sun-
day, August 27-28, at tlie Holi-
day Inn at 6345 Powers Ferry
Road, NW (1-285, Exit 15) in
Atlanta. Show hours are 10
a.ta to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admis-
sion to tlie show is free, and
ample free parking is avail-
able. Free philatelic newspa-
pers will be available.

The show honors the
130th anniversary of the battle
of Atlanta, thus interesting
Civil War buffs as well as
stamp collectors. A special
cacheted envelope with a spe-
cial COCOPEX Station can-
cellation by the United States
Postal Service will be avail-
able. Botli the cachet and the
cancellation were designed by
Cal Ward, a senior artist at
Lockheed.

COCOPEX '94 is spon-
sored by the Cobb County
Stamp Club and is produced
by the Stamp Dealers Associa-
tion of Georgia, who present
four shows in Atlanta each
year. The next show after
COCOPEX '94 will be the
Fall Stamp Festival, Novem-
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SPORTS.

Page?

Soccer team aims
for SCAC title

By Gene Asher

Sports Promoter/Publicity

Director

With new coach

Michael Lochstampfor at the
helm, the Petrels soccer team
will be vying for the SCAC
championship.

Lochstampfor will have
two seniors leading the at-
tack Will Lukow and John
Nunes. Lukow was SCAC
"Player of The Year" last sea-
son and a unanimous selection
to the All-Conference team.
He registered 1 4 goals and five
assists.

Nunes will orchestrate
the attack from midfield. He
and Lukow are expected to get
considerable help from sopho-
more Ali Demirer who came
all the way from Istanbul, Tur-
key and James Martin, a fresh-
man from Franklin, N. C.

Martin was one of the
top athletes in the state of
North Carolina last season. At
Franklin (N.C.) High School,
the 5-10 ISOpounderwascap-
tain ofthe baseball, basketball
and soccer teams. He was All-
Conference in basketball and
soccer. He scored 29 goals for
his soccer team.

Veterans returning from
last year's Petrels squad in-
clude Djordje Fajoviv, Chip
Kohlweiler, David Lerette,
Mark Bingham, and Karem
Bilgin.

Bilgin will be joined by
his brother, incoming fresh-
man Erem Bilgin, 6-0, 170.
The Bilgins also are from
Istanbul, Turkey.

Others expected to see
action are newcomers Casey
Kuffrey, Anthony Kandall,
Scott Kent and Shane Olson.

New sports
promoter at OU

By Chopper Johnson
Assistant Editor

Gene Asher, a former

sports writer and sports pro-
moter for The Atlanta Journal,
has been named Director of
Sports Promotion/Publicity for
Oglethorpe University.

Asher is an Atlanta na-
tive who worked his way
through the University of
Georgia Journalism School as
campus sports correspondent
for The Atlanta Constitution.

He joined The Atlanta
Constitution sports staff fol-
lowing his graduation where
he served under Sports Editor
FumianBisher WhenBisher
moved to The Atlanta Journal,
he took Asher with him.

As a U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve Colonel, Asher fre-
quently served as director of
the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Toys For Tots campaign in
Greater Atlanta. He also
served as public relations ad-
visor to the Commandant of
the Marine Corps.

Of his new post at
Oglethorpe, Asher said, "it is
a dream come true. The first
baseball story I ever wrote for
the Atlanta newspaper was a
feature pn the late Oglethorpe
baseball coach, Frank Ander-
son.

"I was a close friend of
Oglethorpe's contribution to
baseball's Hall of Fame, Luke
Appling, "in promoting an all-
star baseball game for The
Atlanta Journal, Luke Appling
was the coach of one of our
teams.

"Oglelthorpe is a univer-
sity rich in tradition. We all
have a lot to be proud of and I
hone we can let the whole
world know it."

OU September Sports
Calendar

September 3: 9:00 a.m. Cross country vs. Covenant College
4:00 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Hampden-Sydney at
Emory
September 4: 3:15 p.m. Men's soccer vs. nC Wesleyan College

at Emory
September 6: 7:00 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Wesleyan

College

September 9: 4:00 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Agnes Scott

College
7:00 p.m. Women's volleyball at Hanover
Invitational (IM)
September 10: TEA Men's soccer vs. Emory and Henry at

Sewanee
9:00 a.m. Cross Country at Lebanon Valley

College Invitational (PA)
7:00 p.m. Women's volleyball at Hanover
Invitational (in)
September 11: TEA Men's soccer vs. Principia University

at Sewanee
2:00 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Brewton Parker
College
September 13: 7:00 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Agnes Scott

College

September 14: 4:00 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Emory University
September 16; 6:00 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Tennessee

Temple
September 17: 8:30 a.m. Cross country at Georgia State

Invitational
1:00 p.m. Women's volleyt>all vs. Loyola

University/Iiew Orleans
1:00 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Maryville College
3:00 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Maryville College
September 18: 4:00 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Life College
September 19: 4:00 p.m. Women's soccer vs. LaGrange

College
7:00 p.m. Women's volleyhiall vs. Wesleyan
College
September 21: 4:00 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Emory University
September 23: 4:00 p.m. Cross countiy at Atlanta Metro Meet

4:00 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Wesleyan College
September 24: TEA Women's volleyball Divisional

Tournament at Sewanee
September 25: 12:00 p.m. Women's soccer vs. University of the

South
2:30 p.m. Men's soccer vs. University ofthe
South
September 27: 7:00 p.m. Women's volleyhiall vs. Spelman

College
September 28: 4:00 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Morth Georgia College
September 30: TEA Women's volleyhoU at Emoty

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Stormvf Petrel

Volume 70, Issue 1 Above and Beyond Oglethorpe University September 23, 1994

Financial aid

Page 2

Point!
CounterPoint!

Page 7

Bar review

Pages

CD Courtroom

Page 17

Volleyball

Page 20

News: 2-3

Editorials: 4-7

Features: 8-11

Organizations: 12

Greeks: 13
Entertainment:

14-17
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Sports: 22-23

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Oglethorpe gains historical marker

By Kate Schindler
Staff

Oglethorpe Univer-
sity has certainly made its
mark, historical mark that is.
Paul Hudson, registrar and lec-
turer of history at Oglethorpe
University, has been success-
ful in his attempt to bring a na-
tional historical marker to
Oglethorpe's campus. The
marker, which is to be placed
on Peachtree Road, will recog-
nize the establishment of an
Oglethorpe historic district on
the National Register of His-
toric Places. The district is
made up of Lupton and Hearst
halls, Weltner Library and
Hermance Stadium. Thelartd-
scape surrounding the build-
ings are included in the district
as well.

"The fact that the
marker will be recognized on
the national level is something
that Oglethorpe students
should be proud of," says
Hudson.

Universities in the sur-
rounding area, such as Emory
and Agnes Scott have estab-
lished historical markers on
their

campuses as well. Emory is
listed on the National Regis-
ter of Historical Places, while
Agnes Scott has applied for
listing. Oglethorpe however.

Department of Natural Re-
sources. Once the application
was approved by the state of
Georgia, it was sent to the Na-
tional Register of Historical

Oglethorpe University In 1940.
is the only university in the
area to be recognized for na-
tional significance, in addition
to being listed on the National
Register of Historical Places.
Hudson began his cam-
paign to bring the marker to
Oglethorpe in the Spring of
1992. The first step he took
towards his goal was the
completion of an application
which was sent to the Georgia

the nomination for the
university's listing on the Na-
tional Register of Historical
Places. This piece of history
is the Crypt of Civilization, lo-
cated in Hearst
Hall. The
crypt, which
was sealed in
1940, contains
items repre-
senting the life
and customs
of society up
juntil 1940.
I Historically,
the crypt is
unique be-
cause it wilH
not be opened
until 8113
A.D., a time
Photo courtsey of Public Relations gpag of gj^

Places for fmal approval. Af- thousand years.

ter the application had been re-
ceived, a site inspection of the
campus was conducted by his-
torians from the state preser-
vation office. The group ob-
served the structure and con-
dition of the buildings and re-
viewed the historical back-
ground of the university.

There is one piece ofhis-
tory, however, that finalized

Evaluation of the cam-
pus, as well as other prc^ier-
ties wishing to be recognized
on the national level, are
judged according to the fol-
lowing criteria: association
with historic events, associa-
tion with important persons,
distinctive design or physical
characteristics and potential to

See Marker on page 3

Bomb Shelter opens Ground Zero

Despite delays new management opens doors

By Stephanie L. Hunter
Staff

Imagine starting a

race 100 meters back, con-
stantly struggling to catch up.
This is a daily practice for the
food section of the Bomb Shel-
ter, Ground Zero. Sarah
Surrett, the new manager, has
to balance inadequate supplies
and too little control in order
to get the forty-odd customers
a day fed. But try she does
with ambitions of a broader
menu and more for the stu-
dents' money. All she needs

is enough student demand to
get DAKA, the food service
company heading both cafete-
ria and cafe, to do the neces-
sary purchasing.

The year began with a
missing blender, no ice cream
for shakes, and broken
capuccino and coffee ma-
chines. Hence no major sup-
ply of caffeine was available.
Chicken patties came in only ,
but three weeks into the school
year, and as of yet, sub sand-
wich bread has not been deliv-
ered. Service employees are.
trying to adapt by making

sandwiches on white, wheat,
and rye. However, floats are
selling well. Also the new in-
dividual pizzas are a big im-
provement over the student-
made ones of former years.
The best way to have changes
enacted is to write on Ae white
paper tablet in the cafeteria.
This way DAKA will read
suggestions and complaints di-
rectly.

Fortunately most people
v/ho visit Ground Zero seem
to be happy with the changes
made by new managers. Ser-
vice is improving. Nine piz-

zas (three supreme, three pep-
peroni, three cheese) are al-
ways pre-cooked, sandwiches
and meatball subs are made to
order quickly. That is their at-
tempt: to provide quick ser-
vice in a relaxed, intimate,
non-cafeteria, game-filled
room. Ground Zero is open
1 1 :00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Moo-
day through Friday and 3:00
to 7:00 pjn. , Monday through
Thursday. A meal card will
give a student S2.7S worth of
fast food that they can enjoy
at their leisure, or eat on the

Page 2

NEWS.

September 23, 1994

Security
Update

By Brian McNulty
Staff

-On Friday, 9/2/94,
several Oenpsy Hall residents
rqxxted that a man had been
wandering from room to room
opening unlocked doors. Af-
ter security was called, the
man exited the campus onto
Lanier Road and was not seen
again.

-On Wednesday, 9/7/94,
a Security officer spotted two
men unloading a large truck
by the recycling center. Secu-
rity personnel confronted the
men and had them reload their
truck. After loadingtheirtrash
into the truck, the two men
were told to take their trash
elsewhere. They were then
promptly escorted oflFcampus.

-On Saturday; 9/10/94,
two men driving a white win-
dowless van suspiciously
around campus were stopped
by a Security officer. When
questioned why were they on
campus, their response was "to
pick up girls." The van was
then escorted off campus.

-Reminder #1- All cars
pariced on campus must have
a parking sticker Ifyoudonot
have one, you can register
your car and receive a park-
ing decal at the gate house.

-Reminder #2- it is im-
lawftil to park in the fire lanes.
Any car caught parked in a fire
lane will be ticketed and towed
at the owner's expense.

-In order to maintain a
safe campus it is in^xrtant that
we all look out for ourselves
and help look out for others.
Keep all your doors locked
and be conscious of your sur-
roundings. Ifyou see any sus-
picious persons or circum-
stances, unauthorized solicita-
tions, thefts, intruders, vandal-
ism, dangerous driving prac-
tices, defects that create an
unsafe cooditicn, or other such
security concerns, contact Se-
curity promptly.

Staff changes in financial aid office

By Karen E. Beach
Stafi"

With the start of a

new fall semester, the Finan-
cial Aid Office has been busy
oiganizing aid packets, assign-
ing work study, and crediting
award money to accounts. To
complete these tasks the de-
partment has the assistance of
two new staflF members, Ms.
Wanda Banai and Ms. Janet
Mosaku.

Ms. Wanda Banai is serving as
the new Financial Aid Coor-
dinator As coordinator, she is
responsible for packaging
student's financial aid packets.

reviewing files for missing in-
formation, and awarding vari-
ous amounts of aid to indi-
vidual students. With all of
these organizational responsi-
bilities, her primary goal is to
turn out the awards quickly
and accurately. A graduate of
Georgia State, Ms. Banai has
worked with financial aid for
1 4 years here in Georgia.

With the job title of Sup-
port Staff, Ms. Janet Mosaku
assists the Financial Aid Co-
ordinators and Directors in
getting the awards processed
and available to the students.
Though this year marks the
first year that she has worked

with financial aid, she has been
involved in Support Staff for
eight years in her hometown of
Houston, Texas. Interaction
with the students is her most
valued duty. She and Ms.
Banai are available to advise
students from 8:30 - 5:00,
Monday - Friday in the Finan-
cial Aid Office on the third
floor of Lupton Hall.

In addition to receiving
two new staff members, the
Financial Aid Department has
experienced several major
changes from last year. Anew
procedure for the disburse-
ment of student loans was
implemented in July. The

New additions to library

By Allison Gatliff
Staff

After a long summer

vacation, I'm sure that a ma-
jor question on each of your
minds is what's new at the li-
brary? Fortunately for you, I
was "volunteered" to answer
this question. This article will
hopefully clue you in, but you
should really come and see for
yourself If you visit in the
evening, be sure to meet
Bonnie Fulp, the new night
manager. She has a Master's
degree in library science from
the University of North Caro-
lina at Greensboro. Also,
while you're there, check out
one of the largest laser disc
collections in the South Some
new titles include "What's
Love Got To Do With It?",
"Pelican Brief, "In the Name
of the Father", and "The Piano

After watching your
movies, head over to the new
and improved computer sec-
tion. Ten new IBM 486's,
complete with Internet, Excel,
and Word for Windows have
been installed. Additionally,
FirstSearch (accessed through
Internet) is available for any-
one needing information on
just about any subject; Art In-
dex, Humanities Index,
MEDLINE, Psych First are
just a few of the many refer-
ence programs available.

Continuing on your tour

of the library is the Oglethorpe
University Museum located on
the third floor Right now the
museum is in transition, set-
ting up for an exhibit of
Contemporary Spanish Real-
ism which will open October
2, 1994. This museum is defi-
nitely something to visit and
appreciate. From the time you
step off the elevator, you soon
realize that the museum holds
much more than you expected.
Don't underestimate its small
size; the museum has already
been internationally acclaimed
for its quality of exhibits. One

of the noteworthy paintings
housed here now is Gioigione's
"The Three Ages of Man."
This Renaissance painting is
not done justice by the mere
words of this article, so I en-
courage you view this master-
piece for yourseff.

Hours for the museum
are: Tuesday - Friday, 1 :00 -
4:00 p.m. Hours for the li-
brary are Monday - Thursday
8:30 a.m - 10:00 p.m, Friday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Satur-
day 10:00 a.m -5:00, Sunday
2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. The
study lounge is open 24-7.

Electronic Fund Transfer
(EFT) Program will allow
loan proceeds to be electroni-
cally credited directly to the
student's account. Because
The EFT will eliminate the
disbursement of loans through
checks, the new process is an-
ticipated to be faster and more
effective. Borrowers must
complete a "Borrower Autho-
rized Statement" for the EFT
in order to take part in the pro-
cess.

The HOPE (Helping
Outstanding Pupils Educa-
tionally) Grant has recently
increased the amount of its
annual award. The grant
funded by the Georgia Lottery
for Education, has been in-
creased from $500 per year to
SI 000 per year. Students must
have Georgia residency to
qualify for the grant

For students who are
looking for scholarships,
grants, or loans outside of
those provided by OU and the
federal govenunent, the Finan-
cial Aid Department recom-
mends the Electronic School
Search available in the com-
puter lab on campus. The
search program was imple-
mented for the first time last
year and pit) ved to be very suc-
cessful in providing several
OU students with aid.

Dwyer returns to OU as
admissions counselor

By Trudie Jones
Staff

Oglethorpe graduate

Troy Dwyer is the newest
member of the Oglethorpe
University admissions staff.
While attending OU, Troy
majored in Psychology and
double minored in Biology
and Theater. He was also well
known for his extensive in-
volvement in drama. Three
weeks ago, Troy started his
new job as the first Admissions
counselor for the Northeast

Before receiving the job
as Admissions counselor, Troy
underwent an intensive screen-
ing process for an hour and a
haff each by various members
ofthe Admissions staff. At this
very moment he can be found
planning his travel route
around the Northeast. He will
be leaving for New Jersey Sep-
tember 25. He will be travel-
ing for a total of eleven weeks
spreading the word about
Oglethorpe University to all
prospective students.

During his visits to nu-

merous schools he will be ex-
plaining various qualities of
OU to win the prospectives
over depending upon the
schools counselor and loca-
tioa He will talk to the pro-
spective students about
Oglethorpe's academic inten-
sity, the diversity of its cam-
pus and students, feeling of
closeness between students
and faculty, and its "informal-
ity." The fact that Troy at-
tended Oglethorpe and wants
others to attend is his greatest

September 23, 1994

NEWS.

Heard it through the Grapevine .

News and events in and around Oglethorpe University

Pages

The repairs of the roof

of Traer have been completed
These repairs, as most Traer
residents know, have been
greatly needed due to the holes
that existed in the old roof.
Those on the third floor espe-
cially knew that it was raining
by the rust colored water that
would trickle down their walls.

Due to the unusual
amount of rain that Atlanta
experienced this summer, sev-
eral rooms on the third floor
of Traer got flooded when the
roof over them gave out.
Rather than just patch up the
problem area, it was decided
to repair the entire roof This
was very much needed be-
cause apparently the roof was
in such bad need of repair that
the entire roof was spongy with
water soaked into it.

Although it had been
hoped that the roof could be
completed before Traer resi-
dents moved back in, it is com-
pleted now and as good as new.

Marker

Continued from page 1
provide important information
about prehistory or history. In
order to be accepted, the ap-
plicant must meet one of the
four criteria. Oglethorpe suc-
cessililly met all four of the re-
quirements.

The text for the marker
is currently being completed
by Hudson, Oglethorpe librar-
ian George Stewart, dean of
community life Donald Moore
and associate dean of commu-
nity life Marshall Nasoa The
group hopes to have the project
completed in time for
Oglethorpe Day 1995.

"The listing of
Oglethorpe on the National
Register of Historical Places is
a dream come true," says
Hudsoa 'If I never do any-
thing else in my life, this
achievement will be something
that will last for ages."

In addition to Hudson's

Maintenance requests

for the Upper Quad in particu-
lar have been delayed due to
the intense work on the Traer
roof Any requests short of
those filed as security hazards
are placed indefmitely on hold.
Upper Quad residents are ea-
gerly awaiting visits from
maintenance for pest control,
the patching of ceilings, re-
placement of broken window-
panes and installation of
screens for windows. Air con-
ditioning has also been failing,
as residents can attest to.
Housing also is making an ef-
fort to follow up on mainte-
nance requests to see that they
are completed. Upper Quad
residents can be relieved to
know that their requests will
be attended to promptly fol-
lowing completion of the Traer
roof

The Upper Quad

laundry room in the first floor
of Alumni has been corn-

project involving the national
marker, students, as well as
staff members, have been suc-
cessful in replacing the lost his-
torical marker at the campus
site of Old Oglethorpe at Mid-
way, near Milledgeville. The
new marker will be dedicated
during a ceremony on Sunday,
October 2, at two o'clock, fol-
lowed by a reception at three
o'clock. Members of the com-
munity of Milledgeville,
Daughters of the American
Revolution and Baldwin
County officials will be
present at the dedication.
Oglethorpe students are en-
couraged to attend. Transpor-
tation will be provided, but
space is limited. Those stu-
dents in need of transportation
are asked to contact the com-
munity life office to reserve a
seat on one of the vans.

pletely refurbished. New
washers with timers and dry-
ers that really dry were in-
stalled over the summer. The
dryers operate on a different
system, so that a load of cloth-
ing can feasably be dried with
one quarter, not three. Also
windows in dryer doors avert
clothing confiisioa Now laun-
dry is made easier for students,
and their mothers.

The 1994 Oide En-
glish festival will be held - rain
or shine-from Friday Septem-
ber 30 through Sunday, Octo-
ber 2 at St. Bartholomew's

Episcopal Church, 1790 La
vista Road NE in Aflanta.

Festival hours are 6-10
p.m. Friday, 1 1 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, and noon to 7 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets are S4 for
adults, S2 for children ages 6
to 1 2 and free for younger chil-
dren. Tickets are good all
three days, as often as you lilce.
Group rates are available.
Phone 404-634-3336 for fes-
tival information.

All parking is free and is
at the Georgia Mental Health
Institute, 1236 Briarcliff
Road; there is free double-
decker shuttle to the festival
grounds.

The Olde English Festi-
val, an Atlanta insitution now

in its 19th year, is a non-profit
event celebrating medieval,
Renaissance, and modem Brit-
ish culture with a variety of
activities for all ages.

All proceeds are given to
charities; since its founding,
the festival has disbursed more
the $350,000. This year's ben-
eficiaries are Jerusalem
House, a residence for home-
less people with AIDS; Nicho-
las house, a transitional resi-
dence for 13 families; the
South Africa Education Fund,
which provides educational
opportunites in the U.S. and
South Africa for high school
and college students; and
Charts Ministries, which
builds low-cost housing.

CELEBPATE!

* AllanU

Milledgeville -A-

OcloLr 2, 1994

Page 4

EDITORIALS.

September 23, 1994

Dropping the Bomb on DAKA for good

By Cole Maddox
Greek Editor

Why is it tliat at

schools like Emory and Uni-
versity of the South, they have
actual restaurants on campus,
while we, the students of
Oglethorpe, have to suffer year
after year with the Bomb Shel-
ter? I have been at Oglethorpe
for four years, and I am sick
ofit I propose to the adminis-
trators of the University that
they allow the students major-
ing in Business or Accounting
to nin the Bomb Shelter. Stu-
dents as well as Business De-
partment professors have al-
ready expressed interest in

embarking on such a project
Not only would this project
provide valuable experience
for the students majoring in
Business Administration or
Accounting but it would also
provide an alternative to the
cafeteria. I have already
talked with the owner of a
Taco Mac restaurant, and he
has agreed to come in and
help organize the restaurant,
as well as creating a menu,
possibly including Taco Mac
Buffalo Wings. Wouldn't it
be nice to eat something other
than pasta for dinner?

To carry things a step
further, imagine what it
would be like to get a beer on

campus. For those of us who
are 21, there is no where on
campus where we can purchase
alcohol. Other campuses, like
Emory and Georgia Tech, have
bars within thirty yards of their
campus, while we at Oglethorpe
must drive somewhere to get a
drink, and then risk our lives re-
turning home. At the Univer-
sity of the South, their version
of the Bomb Shelter actually
has beer on tap. If there was
some place on campus, say a
restaurant which serves alcohol,
then we would not have to
worry about driving Plus there
would actually be people we
know watching over us when
we have become intoxicated.
Students are already allowed to

drink in the Bomb Shelter on
select nights, but wouldn't it be
nice to be able to purchase a
beer fixxn the Bomb Shelter?
Administrators, think of
the valuable e)qperience which
could be gained by those stu-
dents running the Bomb Shel-
ter. Business Administration
majors would gain valuable
experience running the restau-
rant and dealing with custom-
ers, employees, suppliers, etc.,
and Accounting majors would
gain experience keeping the
books of a business, handling
the payroll, paying the appro-
priate taxes, and various other
accounting jobs associated
with a restaurant The differ-
ent class projects which could

be contrived are numerous.

The students want some-
where decent to eat, those of
us viftto are twenty one want
somewhere to relax, and the
Business and Accounting ma-
jors want somewhere to gain
experience to put on their re-
sume. It is up to you the stu-
dents to demand the change,
and it is up to you, the admin-
istrators, to serve the needs of
your clients, the students. If
we, the students and adminis-
trators, work together, we
can not only improve the repu-
tation of Oglethorpe in the
business world, but we can
also improve the Oglethorpe
social life, something which is
vitally needed.

Realities of Rush j^e right to safety or the

right to rape over again

By Lanier Coulter
Staff

Rush, another deci-
sion to be made by freshmen.
On arrival, the brothers
quickly came to your aid for
any help you may need. After
parents left and parties began,
btxjthers quickly began mak-
ing sure that any prospective
rushee was well provided for
at all times. Everyone is a
freshman's friend and they all
ask, "so are you considering
rushing?" I quickly came to
learn of the IPC, Inter Frater-
nity Counsel, who observed
each event to make sure no al-
cohol was served during rush.
Also, rushees were not sup-
posed to be pressured into
choosing any one fraternity.

Rush begins with a visit
to each frutemity 's open house
on a specific nig^t Chi Phi
lield the first open house and
quickly I realized that little
could differ as one visited each
house. Sure the atmosphere
might change, but at each one
there was the similar presen-
tation of drinks and food. All
fraternities put on a nice show,
which consisted of people
playing pool and socializing
Or maybe they are truly al-
ways open, sociable, and

courteous. I don't know, but
by the second open house ru-
mors ran wild and basically
in a time when the fraterni-
ties don't talk about each
other I learned that all of them
haze and use drugs. Who
knows? How can one tell the
truth about each fraternity?
What exactly are their belief,
and what do they do during
pledgeships? Certainly I can-
not understand why others
don't need to know the exact
events that occur while pledg-
ing, so one can only hope to
make the right choice or if
you don't, then revoke the
pledge. The fraternities have
formal dinners the second
week of rush. The only din-
ner I was able to attend prior
to this article was Chi Phi's.
All I can say is that the ribs
were great and luckily the
dress was informal. In choos-
ing a fraternity one should
lo<^ for individuals that they
share a common bond with.
Also, a little luck will help.
In closing, rush has been a
good experience in allowing
me to meet several people on
campus. I would urge every-
one to rush and, if they fmd a
group they enjoy being with,
to pledge. One could benefit
by gaining friends that last a
life time.

By Stacie Boschma
Staff

So what do you do

when a convicted felon is re-
leased into your neighborhood
after serving his time? Do you
assume that prison has served
its rehabilitative role and go on
with your life as usual, or do
you live in the real world and
recognize that most convicted
criminals go on to commit
crimes again? Do you let it
slide, or do you raise your
voice?

This is the conundrum
that residents in Bethlehem,
N.Y., fmd themselves in. Carl
DeFlumer is, by his own ac-
tions, the worst kind of felon
there is. Aside from murdering
a child when he was 14 years
old, he went on to sodomize a
child when he was released
from prison almost three de-
cades later. This is not a man
likely to have been rehabilitated
by his time in prison, and now,
having served his time, the state
of New York is forced to re-
lease him.

Sex offenders are fre-
quently in the news. ThesaiK-

tity that they violate fascinates
the public mind only slightly
less than serial killers do, and
those who commit violence
against children fiirther terrify
the American psyche.

Prison doesn't rehabili-
tate; the high rate of re-incar-
ceration in this country stands
as stark testimony to that fact
While any damage of property
or to one's person is an obvi-
ous violation both of law and
moral propriety, the acts of
sexual assault seem particu-
larly heinous in the eyes of
most people. In such a case,
what is fair? The felon has
served the senteiKe that "soci-
ety," fiiroug}! the watchfiil eyes
of government, has imposed.
Their penance has supposedly
been paid, so what do you do
with an elderly man with a
marked history of violence
against children?

The rights of the com-
munity must also be taken into
consideraticn. There is reason
to believe that Mr. DeFlumer
will endanger other children.
In our society, we cannot re-
lease a person frtim prison and
stipulate that they live under

house arrest, nor can we afford
to look aside and hope for the
best. The rights, and possibly
the lives, of children are at
stake.

The basic question here
deals with the right of privacy
for convicted felons and the
rights of safety of communi-
ties. Does Carl DeFlumer
have the right to settle with his
only remaining family in
Bethlehem N.Y., or should he
be kept behind bars indefi-
nitely? Or should he be placed
under house arrest, or simply
Icilled to appease the fears of a
community?

Obviously, killing a man
who was not sentenced to
death is not an option. Keep-
ing him behind ban indefi-
nitely is a violation ofhis ri^
to due process. But the rights
of the community must be
taken into consideration, and
their fervent opposition to his
release has left DeFlumer be-
hind bars until the state can
find something better to do
withhim, assuming that there
is something better to do with
him than leave him behind
bats.

September 23, 1994

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Immigration: Tlie

word brings to mind images
of newcomers flooding the
job maiket with cheap labor,
adding more names to wel-
fare and social security lists.

Yes, immigration does
take its toll on American re-
sources. It appears that hun-
dreds of thousands of people
come here to live ofiFof those
who have worked and lived
here all their lives. But what
ever happened to giving
Lady Liberty the "tired" and
"poor huddled masses." Al-
though the fact that so many
are tired and poor intimi-
dates those who must sup-
port them, Americans could
take another look at immi-
gration from a different
angle: the immigrant's.

Cuban immigrants at-
tempting to come here risk
their lives on what most re-
porters dub "makeshift
rafts." I have seen these
rafts, which were on display
at the Atlanta Cuban Club
September 10 and at the
State Capitol Building Sep-
tember 19. These are
innertubes covered with bur-
lap or twigs and branches
torn off of trees tied together
with twine. Others use old
car and machine parts and
styrofoam.

The ninety miles sepa-
rating American soil firom
Cuba is a relatively close
distance, considering how
big this country is and how
few neighbors we have com-
pared to Europe. But the
ninety miles these flimsy
crafts must travel are ftili of
sharks and storms. For a
person to brave ninety miles
of shark infested stormy wa-
ters on a few innertubes tied
together, with little if any
water or supplies, shows the
desperation these people
feel.

At a raft exhibition
sponsored by the Cuban
Human Rights Roundtable
of Atlanta, several immi-
grants who arrived before
Clinton's policy change

spoke. They naturally expressed
regret that the president reftises
to let more Cubans in, as ex-
pected They emphasized that
rafters trying to leave the island
are so desperate that they would
rather die on a raft from sharks,
dehydration, or delirium from
drinking ocean water than to
stay in Cuba. Even being sent
back to Guantanamo or to
Panama is better than having to
stay in Cuba.

So the question in terms of
human rights is: What is hap-
pening ninety miles away from
this country that people would
rather risk dying a horrible death
than stay there? There is no soap,
no oil to cook with, no aspirin
or bandages in the hospitals, not
to mention no food. Tourists, on
the other hand, can stay in luxu-
rious hotels and eat at fme res-
taurants the natives are never
allowed into. Finding necessi-
ties is no problem for foreigners
with dollars.

The Trading with the En-
emy Act permitted travel to
Cuba only for purposes of visit-
ing family or for the media.
Immigrants were allowed
speedy processing for entry into
this county on the grounds of
political asylum. Americans
were previously allowed to send
limited amounts of money every
so often to family members.
President Clinton has reversed
all of these policies.

Who is being hurt? Gov-
ernment ofiicials are receiving
all they need from Germany,
Canada and Spain through tour-
ism. The embargo flies over
their heads and lands on every-
one but the party elite. Some
Americans, and shamefully,
some Cubans who have been
exiled here since the early
1960's claim that the rafters
should stop leaving and should
stay to bring about the fall of
communism. This idea is com-
pletely ludicrous, since the mili-
tary is still sympathizing with
Castro, and the populace has
only rocks and sticks to defend
themselves.

Nevertheless, the over-
whelming majority of exiles and
their children bom here agree
that the embargo should not be

lifted. Other countries could
be pressured by the United
States into abandoning trade
and tourism with Cuba. This
effort, combined with the fact
that Soviet aid stopped several
years ago, may finally begin
to make a dent in the military
and party elite.

To defeat communism
and to reconstruct afterward
will involve American aid and
diplomatk leverage. The situ-
ation demands immediate at-
tention, and a United Nations
condemnation for gross viola-
tions of the Declaration of
Human Rights would be a
start.

The people arriving
from Cuba seem to harbor a
complicated resentment mixed
with relief for all those who
have lived here since the
1960's, or since the Mariel
boatlift. Some Cubans here
feel guilt at leaving and aban-
doning the country for others
to overthrow Castro: others
who are arriving now, starv-
ing. Emotions are complex on
both sides. Even more aston-
ishing is the fact that over-
whelming numbers of young
people are coming over who
were indoctrinated under com-
munism through schools all
their lives. These people who
risk their lives for freedom do
not even know what they are
willing to die for.

Invasion is debated as an
option for Haiti, whose plight
is regrettable, and Cuba has
again been put on the back
burner of American foreign
policy, as in Eisenhower and
Kennedy's haUhearted Bay of
Pigs. Exiles left the country
3 5 years ago seeking freedom,
the ones leaving now should be
allowed the same chance; the
burden of freeing Cuba is not
theirs.

Thousands of exiles and
their children live in relative
comfort, able to speak and
travel freely thanks to politi-
cal asylum, among them my-
self. This country was
founded on freedom by men
who died for it; America
should not deny it to those
who are willing to risk their
lives for it

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EDITORIALS

September 23, 1994

A call for unity between minority races

ByManWeiner

Special to The Stormy Petrel

I am a Jew. This
means that I am also a minor-
ity. For this reason alone I
have become a scapegoat.
According to prominent Black
leaders in this country, the op-
pression of the Black man is
due in large part to the Jews.

Placing the blame for a
certain populations' difficulties
on a specific group allows for
the unification of a people
against that group. It gives
them a common cause, a focus
for their anger and energy.
This tactic being used by
Black leaders is indeed simi-
lar to methods of unification
utilized by Hitler in Nazi Ger-
many.

The ignorance that is
presently being preached by
leaders such as Minister Louis

Farrakhan and Khalid Abdul
Muhammud was responsible
for the deaths of over six mil-
lion Jews in Europe not long
ago. These men and their ig-
norance are a danger not only
to Jews, but to society in gen-
eral. They are nothing but
power hungry fools. How can
you possibly substantiate a
claim which blames a op-
pressed minority for the op-
pression of another minority?
Are these men implying that
the economic success of the
Jews was achieved by using
Blacks as stepping stones?
The key to success is educa-
tion, something which the Jews
have stressed to their people
throughout history.

Men such as Khalid
Abdul Muhammud are in a
position to educate their
people, but instead he attacks
my people, calling us

"Hooked-nose, bagel eating
Jews." Apparently Mr.
Muhammud feels it is more
important to educate his fol-
lowers in the practice of de-
grading other minorities than
in areas which may lead to
progress.

The ignorance preached
by Mr. Muhammud reared its
head after his attempted assas-
sination following one of his
sermons at the University of
California at Berkeley. Just
moments after the incident ac-
cusations began to fly impli-
cating the Jewish Community
in the shooting. The assailant
was not Jewish; in fact, he was
a Muslim who had been ousted
from the Nation of Islam.
However, the facts did not
matter in this case. This is the
danger which men like
Farrakhan and Khalid Abdul
Muhammud pose to society.

Another round of Clinton's
foreign policy blunders

By Stacie Boschma
Staff

The United States of

America has no moral obliga-
tion to serve as policeman to
the world. Particularly when
we have a long history of in-
stalling tyrants (anti-Amo-ican
tyrants at that) into the presi-
dencies of third-world nations.
President Clinton, de-
spite his well publicized Ox-
ford education and reputed
high intellect, has not figured
this out yet, and so we found
ourselves on the vetge of war
with a nation so insignificant
to our national interests as to
not even exist. Haiti is a na-
tion that has no history of de-
mocracy, and our attempts to
install as "President" a man
who supports such activities as
"necklacing" (putting a tire
that has been lighted with
gasoline around an opponent's
neck to kill him or her) and is
quite possibly mentally unbal-
anced (as if more evidence
than that was needed) is just

another in the long history of
American goofs in third-world
public relations.

If you will recall, the
paragon of virtue in Panama,
Manuel Noriega, was once on
the CIA payroll. Ferdinand
Marcos and his lovely wife
"Size 7" Imelda were aided by
America in their ascension to
the Fillipino high office. No
wonder they wanted our bases
closed and our people out.

Need more? How about
Fidel Castro? The United
States, ever the perveyors of
foresight for the world, helped
Castro's insurgents come to
power. And look at him now.
We certainly served ourselves
well in that endeavor, and now
Clinton wants to put another
person (who has all the ear-
marks of being a two-bit dic-
tator) into another high office
in a tiny, unimportant Carib-
bean nation.

Our excuse for this?
Jean-Bertrand Aristide won a
popular election in what is
widely regarded as one of the

poorest and most downtrodden
(both intellectually and physi-
cally) nations in the world.
This is the same country that
brought us words like "Papa-
Doc" and "Baby-Doc" for its
dictators, (who were hugely
popular with a good portion of
the populace) if you will re-
member.

And let's consider the
last time we sent invasion
forces into a small, little
known, and largely insignifi-
cant nation in order to hold
back the bad guys. Vietnam
left scars on our national con-
sciousness that are still being
dealt with by many (including
our President, now that I think
about it).

Haiti is an invasion that
won't happen, thankfully.
Former President Carter, Sena-
tor Sam Nunn, and Former
Joint Chief of Staff Colin
Powell were able to avert
"Clinton's Catastrophe in the
Making", preventing the
former draft dodger from dig-
ging us into trenches we might
never have gotten out of

They fill the minds of their fol-
lowers with hatred and racism,
in effect creating an army of
walking bombs awaiting inci-
dents such as this to set them
off

On February 19, 1994
in Baltimore MD, Khalid once
again flooded the minds of his
audience with his anti-Semitic
ideas:

"I called them [Jews]
bloodsuckers. I'm not going
to change that . . It's that old no
good Jew, that old impostor
Jew, the old hooked-nose, ba-
gel-eating, lox-eating, Johnny-
come-lately perpetrating a
fraud, just crawled out of the
caves and hills of Europe, so-
called damn Jew.. .And I feel
everything I 'm saying up here
is Kosher."

This time Khalid did not
stop at just degradatioa He
called for the extermination of
my people.

"Never will I say I am
not an anti-Semite. Whatever
heis...rmagainsthim... Ipray
for my enemy all the time. I
pray that god will kill my en-
emy and take him off the face
of the planet Earth."

He prays for genocide.

I do not want anyone to
think that it is solely anti-
Semitism that these men
preach. They are conveying a
message of racism towards all
white people. Minister Louis
Farrakhan proclaims "I am not
a racist.. ."(March 4, 1994:
Palm Beach FL) I happen to
disagree with him. In fact, I
believe him to be a Black Su-
premacist, equal but opposite
in thinking to the Grand Wiz-
ard of the KKK. Equality has
no place in the mind of
Farrakhan; there is only ha-
tred and visions of a master
race.

His racism was show-
cased in a February 27, 1994
speech at NOl Savior's Day in
Chicago:

"White people, you are
made in our image, it is out of
us you've come."

"Murder and lying
comes easy to White people."

"The Caucasian world
brought in a world of sin not
known before."

If these statements don't
seem offensive Plough to war-
rant me calling Farrakhan a
racist, just replace "White" or
"Caucasian" with "Black,"
and get a prominent White
leader to include them in a
public speech. Then wait and
see how long it will take for
him/her to be labeled "Racist"
In as much time as it would
take to get the statements into
print or on the evening news,
that person would be ruined.
Such has not been the case for
Farrakhaa

On February 25, 1994
Farrakhan made a very per-
plexing statement on the
Arsenio Hall Show:

"...we [Black people]
are poor, ragged, hungry, na-
ked, and out-of-doors. Repa-
rations is what we want And
everyone that had a part in our
destruction will have a part in
paying reparations."

With the word "destruc-
tion," Farrakhan seems to be
referring to slavery. He speaks
of "paying reparations" for
this destruction incurred by the
Black people. In response to
this I must ask just who is to
pay? Who's going to be held
responsible? All those who
should rightfully pay are dead
and buried. How can people
like myself be expected to take
the heat for something that was
out of our control? I was not
even alive when it occurred!
None of us were, yet we are
expected to take responsibility
for it? The whole concept is
ludicrous.

What positive results do
these men expect to achieve by
preaching all of this ignorance
and hate? The preaching of ig-
norance can only lead to its
perpetuation, and the preach-
ing of hate can only lead to
more hate. Where does any of
this get us as a society?

I'm not proposing that
we all love one another, that's
much too idealistic for me.
What would really be nice is
if we all could be defmed by
our actions as individuals, not
by our racial or religious back-
grounds. Perhaps even that is
a bit far-fetched for people to-
day.

September 23, 1994

EDITORIALS

The controversy over a moment of silence

Page?

Point!

By Adam Corder
Staff

The Georgia State Legislature passed a law this year

that states that all students and teachers in public schools shall
engage in a coitipulsory moment of silence prior to first period
each day. The newly implemented moment of silence in Geor-
gia public schools is an obvious and insulting attempt by the
conservative legislature to institute a legal facilitation of prayer,
a religious activity in a government institution, something that is
patently unconstitutional. The first defense of this law by con-
servatives is that it is not at all prayer, but a "moment of silent
reflection". I have thought and grappled and racked my brain,
but I cannot fathom the necessity of an institutionalized moment
of silence unless it is to be intended for prayer. Many opinions
brood over constitutionality (which 1 will do presently) but 1 am
much more concerned with the question of why? Why else would
the government of this state feel a need to stop the school day
and insist upon a moment of silence unless it had something else
in mind? Initially it might sound as if I am^oping, but 1 have
researched the history of this bill and it is most disturbing.

Even the most shallow investigation of this bill's past re-
veals that it has a blatantly religious origin. In 1 99 1 it was intro-
duced on the floor of the state legislature with the words "volun-
tary prayer in it and failed miserably. In 1992 and 1993 it was
introduced on the floor with the words "reflection, meditation,
and voluntary prayer" and predictably failed again. And now
this same bill with the same author passes in 1994 without the
word "prayer and it is supposed to be a totally secular moment
of silence? Come on.

It is not possible to institutionalize reflection. That would
be like telling a poet to compose a poem this very instant Re-
flection just occurs and has absolutely no value when it is in-
sisted upon. And as far as meditation goes, cant a student "medi-
tate" before he leaves for school in the morning, or perhaps dur-
ing one of the innumerable fi'ee moments that exist throughout
the school day? I am having a very difficult time fmding the
necessity or logic for this, so my deductive faculties lead me to
accuse the legislature of trying to pass this onto us as some-thing
else, anything than what it is.

The constitutional and judicial prohibition of these sorts
of disguised and many more obvious brands of school prayer is
obvious. The First Amendment prohibits state support of any
religious activity. Engel v. Vitale (1962), Abington v. Schempp
(1963), and most importantly and recently Wallace v. Jafi-ee
(198S) all prohibit school prayer and the Wallace case specifi-
cally addresses an Alabama law requiring " a minute of silence
for meditation. It was struck down by the Supreme Court and
Georgia's compulsory moment of silence is destined for a simi-
lar fate.

The legislative history of this law is most compelling to
me. It's spirit is blatantly religious in nature, and a law that
facilitates religious activity is illegal. Incidentally, it is also
useless. My friends in a local high school tell me that the forty
seconds that is forced upon them is meaningless. They don't
reflect, they don't meditate, they don't care. This is a useless
and patently unconstitutional law that will not hold up in court

Counterpoint!.

By Robert A Miller
^torial Editor

After hearing that an article against a moment ofsOence in Georgia Khoob was in

the works, I immediately decided that some defense of school policy must be presented

I fmd that there is really little to debate on the issue. What possible harm could come from the
law? Is it a violation of the separation of Church and State required by the United States Constitu-
tion. Clearly not Inthepresent law, no mention is made ofprayerimtil the fmal clause of the bill.
In that clause, the statement is made that no one should interfere with any student who wishes to
silently pray during the moment of silence, thus guaranteeing the freedom of religion that is
another Constitutional right To suggest that such a law is a violation of the Constitution is to
insult the intelligence of any literate American.

It is true that those who proposed the bill support (irayer in schools. It is also true that many
students will use the time to pray. (What a distressing thought With the condition of our big^
schools today, a little prayer couldn't hurt Perhaps you would prefer a witch doctor?) My
question: So what? A moment of silence can also be used to relax and focus on the new sdKXil
day. It is amazing how calming it is to make yourself spend a little time relaxing every day.
Psychologists have known for a long time about the calming effects of a little silence. Many
religions other than Christianity also endorse meditation as a fonn of relaxatioiL

Allow me to close with these thoughts: A highly educated teacher who claims to be a devout
Christian attacked the law in the month just past claiming a moral obligation to uphold tlie
Constitution. In his quest for a higher moral standard, he has managed to insult his principal, the
school boar4 the state legislature, and a number of other prominent educators and citizens wl>o
are working to better our school system Would Jesus approve ofhis approach? We need to judge
the tree by the fruit it bears.

New students increase
the OU parking problems

By Kelly Holland
Staff

Has this ever liappened
to you? You're coming back
to campus around midnight
after a hectic night at work.
You wait patiently for the arm
of the security gate to heave
itself high in the air in order
for you to pass through. You
brace yourself and the items in
your car as you cross over
what seems like several hun-
dred speed bumps and fmally
reach home ... the upper quad.
At midni^it, you expect there
to be not one single parking
space for you to glide into,
unless, of course, some other
student is having a late night
craving for a double cheese-
burger at Wafile House. So,
you pass over what may well
be the mother of all speed

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bumps in search of a space '^ip
top." Now, I don't have to tell
all of you upper quad residents
what you will probably fmd in
the way of parking, but for
those of you who live in Traer
or off campus, I'll tell you:
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

This has become quite a
hot topic on our small campus,
and it's one that needs to be se-
riously considered and rem-
edied SOON. There are sim-
ply too few parking spaces in
the upper quad to acccMnmo-
date the number of students
who live there. Many upper-
classmen have suggested re-
stricting freshmen from bring-
ing their cars onto campus,
which may be a reasonable so-
lution to the problem, but
would certainly be difficult to
implement at this point in the
school year.

Others have wondered
why the wooded area behind
Alumni Hall and Greek row
has not been transformed into
another parking area for upper

quad residents. This may well
be the only solution (geo-
graphically) that there is for
this increasingly infuriating
hassle. However, there is one
major concern that I have
about creating a lot there. The
wooded area is a natural sound
barrier between the residence
halls and Greek row. A park-
ing area in that location would
allow loud noise from the
Greek houses to travel over to
the halls in the upper quad,
quite possibly disturbing stu-
dents trying to study or rest

Not only is it inconve-
nient for a student to park
down in the student center, I
think that it may be potentially
unsafe, p^icularly for fe-
males late at night

I believe, as do many
others, that it is the responsi-
bility of the school to provide
the studerris with safe, and yes,
even convenient places to
park The Oglethorpe Student
Association when parking at
Emerson.

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FEATURES

September 23, 1994

By Maria Johnscm
Features Editor

iCatlirina Mooney, a
native of Bourbon, Missouri,
arrived I Oglethorpe Univer-
sity after many changes in
plan. Shehad always intended
to go to school at Duke Uni-
vsity, but afla- attending
pre-ooUege program thwe, she
deci ded its atmosphere was too
stufiy and elitist for her taste.
Kathrina told oie ofher friend
at the pre-college program
what ^i would (S'efer to have
ina school Ihe friend handed
Kathrina a brochure and said
"Here's your school."

The brochure, of course,
was from Oglethorpe, and
Kathrina fell in love with the
school Her dad didn't like
OU at fust, but after visiting
the campus, he completely
(jianged his mind and wanted
Kathrina to come here more
than she did herself

So Kathrina came to
Oglethorpe and decided to
major in Biology. "I have no
idea why I majored in Biol-
ogy," she said, "[but] I guess
Vm just a glutton fbr punish-
maaL I think I wanted to prove
myself"

Kathrina, now a sopho-
nMre.hasto spend a lot of time
studying. There is one bright
sidej however: she getsto meet
the man of her life, Robert
(a.k.a. Rob-Bob) for study
breaks at Waffle House. Af-
ter memorizing organic reac-
tions and counting fiuit flies,
drinking coffee at Waffle
House b very close to heavea

Kathrina would like to
see a few changes at
Oglethorpe: benches in the
tapper Quad so |)eople could
sit and chat outside, more
parking, and monorails fix>m
the Upper Quad to the Aca-
demic Quad "for all the lazy
bums like me,"

Kathrina may see some
of these changes before she
graduates in 1997, but prob-
ably not all of them!

Birthday bar guide for Buckhead

By Cole Maddox
Greek Editor

Here it is, the compre-
hensive guide to Buckhead for
your twenty-first birthday.
The Golden rule to remember
is that bartenders can be very
vindictive. Don't piss them
off. They are your friends.
However, if you annoy them,
you could fmd something in
your drink guaranteed to make
you sick, like mureen or a dis-
gusting Italian Liqueur. So, be
polite and the various bartend-
ers will be kind to you. When
you start off on your birthday
binge, I would suggest that
you stop at Jock's and Jill's.
They will treat you to a free
pitcher of beer, and a free shot.
This should get you set for the
drive down to Buckhead.

Now, some people say
that you should have Jager for
your birthday, but from my
experience, any night starting
off with Jager will be a bad
night. However, if you wish
to follow tradition, then visit
Aunt Charlie's, and they will
treat you to a birthday shot of
Jager. For those who don't like
Jager, I would suggest you
start of with a visit to Fat
Tuesday's. Everyone who
comes to Fat 's on their twenty-
first will receive a free small
drink. Afier visiting Fat's, 1
would then suggest you go to
Oxygen. Oxygen is first bar
in a row of bars offering free
drinks on birthdays. After you
get your free drink from Oxy-
gen, then hit Grand Stands. Be
careful here because the bar-
tender said that birthday boys
and girls will receive a free
shot of the bartender's choice.
This can be very dangerous to
your stomach, so be careful.
From Grand Stands, head to
3061 Bar, next to Oxygen,
where they will treat you to a
free beer. Lulu's Bait shack,
next door to 306 1 Bar, does
not have a set policy for birth-
days. However, order your
drink, and if you let slip that
its your twenty-first, and if the
bar is not very busy, then there
is a good chance that the bar-
tender will buy your first

drink. Lulu's is notorious for
giving away alcohol. Just re-
member, tact is important.
After Lulu's, walk on down
the street to the Odyssey. The
Odyssey will happily give a
free drink to the birthday boy
or girl. From the Odyssey,
head to Buckhead Billiards,
and you can get a free draft
beer. They will also sing
"Happy Birthday" upon re-
quest

By this time, there
should be so much alcohol in
your system, and so many dif-
ferent kinds in your stomach,
that you probably will not be

feeling like having another
drink. Unfortunately, Denny's
no longer has their Birthday
Breakfast Menu, so, I suggest
heading to I HOP for some
breakfast The list above con-
tains those bars which defi-
nitely will give away free
drinks on people 's twenty-first
birtlidays. However, if you are
tactful, you could probably
coax a free drink out of most
places. Remember, when you
go into these bars, they are ex-
pecting that your friends will
also order drinks, and pay for
them, so make sure that there

is a designated driver in the
group. If everyone is drink-
ing then at least take a cab. So,
enjoy your birthday, and re-
member, if you go out at mid-
night the day before your birth-
day, you can then also go out
on your birthday as well and
get free drinks both nights.
Just make sure you don't get
the same bartender twice. En-
joy your hang-overs, and re-
member. Waffle House and
IHOP would appreciate it if
you would please get sick in
the bathroom and not at your
table.

"0"Pinions. . .

"Ho\N do you feel about Rush
being in the fall rather than in
spring semester?"

By Kim Jones
Features Editor

"For the often timid, un-
comfortable freshman, it's a
great way to meet people."

Eddie Yates

Sophomore

"Freshman should be
given a semester to settle in,
meet people, and go to some
parties before they decide on a
fraternity or sorority if they do
at all."

Jean Kassem

Sophomore

"Rushing in the spring
would allow freshman to be
sure to pick the Greek organi-
zation that suits their person-
alities rather than the one they
think might suit them."

Jeanette Randall

Sophomore

"Every year 1 offer the
opportunity for my students to
write an optional paper, but
every year the excuse I hear
most is 'Rush"'

Dr.. Weiss

Faculty

"I think It should be in
the spring so you can get used
to scheduling classes and get
to be friends with more sisters
and brothere before Rush."

Stephanie Chaby

Junior

"We don't have enough
time to evaluate the fi-atemi-
ties adequately. We also don't
know a lot about the area and
what it has to offer."

Todd Covington

Junior

September 23, 1994

FEATURES

Page 9

OU student's life after coming to America

By Kristiane Pedeisen
Staff

I guess every Euro-
pean who comes to the USA
thinks that s/he knows what
s/he is getting into. The big
import of American movies
to Europe creates the illusion
that Europe and the States
share the same culture, yet
the Americans are a little
weird

When I left Denmark
the last thing my friends told
me was, "Well, see you in a
year, ten kilos heavier, being
incredibly superficial, and
having the humor of
Roseanne Barr." I left them
knowing they would be
wrong.

Apart from that I
didn't know much. I didn't
know what Atlanta, Georgia
or Oglethorpe would be like.
I hadn't seen a single picture.
The only thing I knew was
that Georgia was hot and I
assumed/hoped that

Oglethorpe would be a lot
different fixjm Beverly Hills
90210.

Because of that I ar-

rived rather open-minded and
what I met was open-
mindedness. My impression is
that Americans are very open,
very easy to talk with. Being
able to talk with anyone about
anything is almost a national
"disease, of which a very posi-
tive consequence is that it is
easy to meet people not only
on campus but also off-cam-
pus." Americans just don't
have the very reserved, Euro-
pean "I don't think I know
you"-attitude. And it is fimny
to observe that most Europe-
ans get rid of that attitude as
soon as they get here.

Some prejudices were
confirmed, though. The food-
culture here stinks, and I 'm not
only talking about
Oglethorpe's cafeteria, where
the chef apparently has never
heard of anything called
spices. Most types of bread
here are only vague imitations
of what they could be. Food
stays soft and fresh forever,
which provides fijnny tangs.
Another thing is that most
food is either low or non some-
thing - yet, you can't tell it
from most people who buy it.

Fortunately, I haven't

In need of help?

By Catherine Wolfe
Staff '

In a bind to under-
stand Analytic Geometry?
Or do you just need one more
review session before the big
test in Philosophy? Well,
look no ftirther. Help is on
its way, and we here at
Oglethorpe refer to this help
as the Academic Resource
Center, or A.R.C. With the
sole mission of offering tu-
tors to meet a student's spe-
cific needs, AR.C. can be
considered one of

Oglethorpe's most valuable
assets. Tutors are provided
for almost every discipline of
study, whether it be chemis-
try or psychology. And they
actually want you to come to
them for help! As a psychol-
ogy major and A.R.C. tutor.

Allison Bess puts it, "We en-
courage everyone to come.
We actually get bored when no
one comes by to see us."
Allison also wants others to
know that they should not be
afraid to come for help. Un-
like the classroom, AR.C. rep-
resentatives tutor one-on-one
with the intention of allowing
the student to ask questions
they otherwise may feel em-
barrassed about asking in
class. Tutoring, however, is
not limited to one-on-one.
Large groups can meet with a
tutor for a review or a cram
session, though they prefer it
not boil down to the latter too
often. Advanced planning
rests solely on the students'
shoulders, but that's a small
price to pay for the benefits of
A.R.C.

seen much of the famous
southern lifestyle (e.g. people
being very biased towards
other cultures, religions and
races).

I find that Americans'
knowledge about Europe var-
ies a lot: from the ones who
think Denmark is the capitol
of Sweden to a more accept-
able level. The TV media seem
to have forgotten that there is
a world outside the USA. In

fact, the TV media seem to
have entirely foi;gotten about
hard news.

Finally a few generaliza-
tions about America and the
Americans I have met They
are talkative, active, generous
and hospitable. They eat a lot
of junk food and they love
their cars. Sports are more
competitive here, television is
addictive, and dating is a to-
tally different matter. I was

amazed at the number of
people, under 25 years old,
getting engaged or married.
That is not a common sight
wherel'mfrom. Inrelationto
marriage we are probably
more "immature" in
Scandinavia, being very care-
fill iK>t to miss any fiin and
make lifelong promises too
early. School oa the other hand
is very much the same: long
hours and a lot of studying.

(FSWMKiaiT.

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Page 10

FEATURES

September 23, 1994

Experiencing nature through national parks

By Maria Johnson
Feature Editor

In 1903, after viewing

the Grand Canyon, Theodore
Roosevelt said, "Keep this
great wonder of nature as fi is
now. You cannot improve on
it not a bit The ages have
been at work on it, and man
can only mar it What you can
do is keep it, for your children,
for your children's children,
and for all who come after you,
as one of the great sights that
every American... should see."

Because of Theodore
Rooseveh's foresight, America
now has over SO national
parks, and every one of them
inspires admiration. Acadia,
Great Smoky Mountain,
Rocky Mountain, and Grand
Teton national parks are all
particularly worthy of a visit.

Acadia National Park is
located in Maine. Rich ever-
green forests, impressive
mountains, and a rugged rocky
coastline combine with the

Atlantic Ocean to create one
of the most beautifiil areas in
New England. A popular fea-
ture of the park is Cadillac
Mountain a drive to the top
leads to a spectacular view.
Acadia is also home to Somes
Sound, the only fjord on the
eastern coast of the U. S.

Great Smoky Moun-
tains National Park lies just a
few hours north of Atlanta in

North Carolina and Tennessee.
The park gets its name from
the ever present smoke-like
haze that hovers around the
peaks. A profusion of wild
flowers bloom in the spring.
These mountain are some of
the oldest on earth; the Chero-
kee Indian tribe lived in them
for over 200 years.

In the West, one of the
most frequented parks Is

Rocky Mountain National
Park, located in Northern
Colorado. Sixty peaks over
12,000 feet high make up this
first mountain chain rising out
of the Great Plains. The
mountains were first carved by
glaciers, and some gjacieis still
remaia Snowfields exist year-
round In the Never Summer
mountain chain.

A little further West, in

**Wlti.i

The truly Grand Tetons of Colorado

Photo courtesy of Maria Johnson

northwestern Wyoming, lies
the Teton Mountain range.
The Tetons are not the tallest
mountains in the country, but
they are considered by some to
be the most majestic. This is
because there is no gradual
ascent into the sky, the moun-
tains just suddenly rise out of
the valley floor, creating a
breath-taking effect. The
Grand Teton National Park
offers many activities such as
hiking horseback riding, boat-
ing, fishing, skiing, and bicy-
cling.

Before human beings
developed cities and societies,
the Earth was like one huge
national park. Anyone can get
in touch with his/her place in
the natural scheme of things by
taking advantage of these ref-
uges. Working in a national
park for the summer is an ex-
cellent way to experience how
the earth was before humans.
The ARA National Park job
line telephone number is 1-
800-PARK-ARA.

Career Services are here for all students

By Jennifer Ciofalo
Staff

A Master's in Business. A Law degree. A degree in

Medicine. Thejob of your dreams. No matter what afler-gradu-
ation plans most college students anticipate; from obtaining a
job to pursuing an advanced degree, most goals have the same
end in common: to obtain The Dream Job. Many students, how-
ever, see this goal as an impossibility. They do not realize that a
great career is not out of reach, as long as they take the steps
needed to reach their goal.

So what to do, and where to begin? The first steps in ob-
taining the answers to career or graduate school questions are
visiting the Career Services office and meeting with your aca-
demic advisor. Do not make the mistake of overlooking
Oglethorpe's own goldmine. The director of Career Services,
Katherine Nobles, can point you in the right direction for a great
number of books, information, and even ideas. She can arrange
internships and guide you in writing the perfect resume. She can
answer your questions about career possibilities, and suggest steps
to take to make the possibilities turn into realities. Do not un-
derestimate the value of this resource!

This potential column includes a timetable for ach class-
level, listing what you SHOULD be doing at that time to plan
for your future; Test dates and registration deadlines for gradu-
ate school admissions; A Career Calendar announcing the work-
shops, speakers, or programs offered by the Career Planning and
Placement Office; Study/organizational tips and Suggested read-
ing.

So perhaps you are a senior who is at that moment of panic
at the realization that graduation is right around the comer, or a
sophomore or junior who thinks you don't have to worry about

Testing...

Forms available for all tests

in registrar's office.

test name

date

registration deadline

GRE

December 10, 1994

November 4, 1994

LSAT

Decembers, 1994

November 1, 1994

November 1 1 (by mail)

November 14-18 (by phone)

MCAT

April, 1995

GMAT

January 2 1,1995

December 16, 1994

December 17-23 (by mail)

Career Calendar

September 27, 1994
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Talmage Room
"Insider's Tip on Getting into
Graduate or Professional
Schools."
October 5, 1994
Interviews for juniors and se-
niors.

graduation right now; or maybe you are a freshman who doesn't
know what classes you 'U be taking next semester much less what
you want to do with the rest of your life. In each case, this story
requires your attention, whether it be food-for-thought for fresh-
man, the "call to action" for sophomores and juniors, or "get to
the Career Services office immediately" for seniors. Read the
following. Cut it out and save it because great jobs aren't just
given to you; you have to use your resources and you have to
haveaplaiL Why not start right now?

Timetable: These guidelines represent ideal standards. If
you are behind in your career pursuit, check with Career Ser-
vices for help.

Freslunen: Get organized. Get to know all the resources avail-
able. Begin to build strong bridges to faculty as mentors. Con-
centrate on Fresh Focus.

Sophomores: At this point, nothing is more important than or-
ganizing your time schedule. Start narrowing your interests in
academic coursework and explore possible career choices. Do
self-assessment ofgoals and interests. Contact Career Services
for help. They have a great, state-of-tlie-art program called SIGI
PLUS. It offers interactive guidance and information to career
options.

Juniors: Interview some people in your field of interest You
should be focusing your interests even more and actively inves-
tigating career options.

Seniors: Have resumes ready to go. If you need help, contact
Career Services. Clip job announcements. Be creating strate-
gies for your job search. Note: It takes app-roximately 4-6
months to bring most job searches to fruition. Be taking gradu-
ate or professional school exams as soon as possible.
The Government Internship program will be conducting inter-
views in the Career Services office.

September 23, 1994

FEATURES

Page 11

There are advantages to having a hard core

By Victoria L. Weiss
Director of Core Curriculum

In 1987, Ernest Boyer,

head of the Carnegie Founda-
tion for the Advancement of
Teaching, wrote a book en-
titled College: The Under-
graduate Experience in
America, in which he asked,
"Can the American college,
with its fragmentation and
competing special interests,
define shared academic goals?
Is it possible to offer students,
with their separate roots, a pro-
gram of general education that
helps them see connections and
broadens their perspective?"

Today seven years after
Boyer wrote these questions,
commentators on higher edu-
cation are still writing about
the need for a "an integrated
core [curriculum] that intro-
duces students not only to es-
sential knowledge but also to
connections across the disci-
plines and, in the end to the
application of knowledge to
life beyond the classroom."

Itwasinanefforttopro-
vide a more integrated learn-
ing experience, one that invites
students to make connections
across disciplines, that led to
the revision of Oglethorpe's
core curriculum in 1 99 1 . With
a major grant from the Na-
tional Endowment for the Hu-
manities, Oglethorpe faculty
came up with a core program
that is less distributive
("Here's a list of four courses-
take one of these") and more
truly core-like.

The idea was and contin-
ues to be to provide
Oglethorpe students with a
common learning experience,
one that allows for a shared
sense of intellectual endeavor
A quality core program like
ours that features primary texts
(as opposed to textbooks)
should provide the kind of
common learning experience
that expands beyond the class-
room. Its texts become the sub-
ject of late-night discussions in
the dormitory, its concerns
dominate the whispers in the
library the night before the test;

its most difficult concepts and
courses become the topic of
conversation in the Academic
Resource Center and from
there become a part of campus
lore. Its most significant ideas
emerge again and again in a
student's thinking in subse-
quent courses and, more im-
portantly, in life decisions. The
core is intended to be the kind
of common intellectual expe-
rience that allows professors in
upper-level courses (both in
the core itseff and in the ma-
jor) to build upon knowledge
that students have already
gained in earlier core classes.
If I'm teaching a course in
twentieth century literature, it
is certainly useful to me as well
as the students to know that
80% of the students in the class
(al lowing for transfer students)
are familiar with the writings
of Karl Marx, for example.

Every faculty member
hired to teach at the university
comes to understand early on
the special place that the idea
of core holds at this institution.
This fall the i^ of a core cur-
riculum at Oglethorpe Univer-
sity is fifty years old, making

the OU core one of the oldest
such programs at a liberal arts
college in the country. Its in-
ventor. Dr. Philip Weltner in
1944 set out to forge a totally
new academic program based
on what he prophetically
called "integration." His idea
was so revolutionary at the
time that news of it made the
front page of the Education
section oiThe New York Times
in the spring of 1945.

Dr. Weltner 's bold new
concept was based on his
simple idea of what an educa-
tion ought to be. In his view it
ought to equip students to
"make a life" and "make a liv-
ing." The courses you are cur-
rently sifting in may, on the
surface, seem to meet neither
criterion. But that's where the
student comes in.

We are asking young
people to think about these re-
quired courses not just as
hurdles to be gotten over and
not just as a required curricu-
lum but rather as their curricu-
lum, to think not about getting
an education but as the very
important business of acquir-
ing their own education.

How is this supposed to
happen, you may ask? One
way is to do your part to make
the core eiq>erience an interac-
tive one. Come to class, pre-
pared to ask questions. Don't
let that professor merely be a
"sage on the stage"!

The aims of the core cur-
riculum were deliberately for-
mulated as questions so that
these courses would serve as
an invitation to inquiry, in-
tended to invite students into
the conversation that is educa-
tion. You can do your part to
make sure this goal is met by
making sure that the five ques-
tions wWch all core couises are
supposed to address are really
being addressed.

(Here are the five ques-
tions: What are our present
ways of understanding our-
selves and the universe? How
have those ways of under-
standing evolved? How do we
deal with conflicts in our ways
of understanding? How do we
decide what is of value? How
do we decide how to live our
lives?)

Keeping a core going is
a tough business. It's tough to

Around the campus

A user's guide to OU's resources

Academic ResourceC enter (ARC)

Goodman Hall (rooms 4,5, and 6)

The Bomb Shelter

OU Bookstore
Oglethorpe Museum
Phillip Weltner Library

The Sweat Shop

schedule is posted outside Gmn. 4 categorized by subject
mornings, afternoons, and evenings available
Bottom floor of Emerson Student Center
Monday - Thursday 11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m

and 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday 1 1 :00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Bottom floor of Hearst Hall
Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 pjn.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Third floor of Phillip Weltner library
Tuesday - Sunday 1 ;00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.
Closed Monday and Saturday

Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Fridays 8:30 a.ni - 4:30 p.m.

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.

Twenty-four hour study room open seven days a week
Bottom Floor of Emerson Student Center
Daily: 8:00 a,m. - 9:00 p.m.

keep the general concerns of
the core from being over-
whelmed by the particular con-
cerns of the discipline from
which the course and the pro-
fessor come. It's tough to keep
faculty talking to one another,
sharing approaches, insights,
connections to the material
taught in other courses.

You may be interested in
knowing that at early in each
semester, all faculty members
receive a list of the primary
texts being studied in every
core course that semester.
When a major figure like Karl
Marx is being studied in more
than one core course, an ac-
count of the approach taken to
Marx's work appears in that
month's core newsletter. Es-
prit de Core. This publication
goes to every faculty member
on campus and to all those
administrators involved in the
academic program.

We hold periodic work-
shops for core faculty in which
we examine each other's syl-
labi and essay questions, and
editions of texts. There we
have an opportunity to ask
those with expertise in disci-
plines cither than our own nag-
ging questions we may have
about the ways in which
knowledge in our core courses
impinges on ideas students
bring to class from their other
core courses. To ensure that
those conversations can con-
tinue on a regular basis, we are
working hard on establishing
an endowment fund for the
core curriculum to support fac-
ulty seminars in the summer,
to support additional opportu-
nities for faculty to learn new
material and approaches, to
provide additional library sup-
port for new couises in the core
as these are developed.

Ultimately, it is
Oglethorpe students who are
most familiar with the core
program. They actually take
all of the classes! For that rea-
son, I am interested in your
experience in this program.
Feel free to pass your sugges-
tions and thoughts along to me
in Hearst 3 1 1 or at 364-8393.

Page 12

September 23, 1994

ORGANIZATIONS _^

Christian Fellowship welcomes back students

By: Paola M. Barrera they are desiened to offer a 3rd floor nfTr,- T ^ ., :*, ..j.......

By: Paola M. Barrera
LV.C.F.

HeOo to an the fresh-
man and welcome back to all
returning students! I hope you
all had an enjoyable, relaxing
summer. It is once again time
for Waffle House, Denny's,
Two Pesos runs, etc.

Who are we? The orga-
nizati( is called Inter- Varsity
Christian Fellowship, what's
that? It's a nation wide student
movement across college cam-
puses. What do we do? We
have small group settings, led
by two students usually. These
small groups are a very impor-
tait part of our vision, because

they are designed to offer a
community kind of environ-
ment, a place where you can
just be who you are. Part of the
small group ejqierience is to go
through certain parts of the
Bible and discuss them to-
gether to fmd its relevance for
us, college students in 1994.
Small groups also offer an op-
portunity to meet others and
develop new friendships, they
do fun stuff together ($1.50
movies, cover someone's car
with toilet paper (huh?) etc.).
If you're interested and think
you may want to try one to see,
here are the times, places, and
people you need to contact:
Monday nights at 8:00

3rd floor of Traer Lounge
Led by: Stephen Cooper #576
Katie Trucksis #630
Thursday nights at 8:00
Dempsey 16

Led by: Gregg Daspit #573
Robert Miller #612
Thursday nights at 9:00
Schmidt 26

Led by: Meredith Kemp # 808
(Women only, sorry guys!)

Please feel free to call
any of them if you have any
questions.

Inter- Varsity also has
large group meetings where
we have a time of singing,
some skits, and a speaker. The
topics are usually about issues
relevant to today's college

OUTIet forms at Oglethorpe

Bv Stacie Boschma An-^an c^^a^^*^ ^** ij . . ^.. .

By Stacie Boschma
Staff

After a two year hia-
tus, a gay, lesbian, and bi-
sexual student group is form-
ing at Oglethorpe. After sev-
eral initial business meetings,
a name and premise have been
decided upon. OUTIet will
work in a support-group ca-
pacity, offering a safe place for
bisexual and homosexual stu-
dents, as well as those who are
dealing with the homosexual-
ity of friends or family mem-
bers.

The first meeting, held
on August 30, was advertised
only by word of mouth. A

dozen students attended, a sur-
prisingly strong showing con-
sidering the route of informa-
tion and the one day time
frame between calling the
meeting and having it

Many in attendance
have expressed dissatisfaction
with Ogletlforpe's recruiting
brochure, which listed (as of
last year) OGLA (Oglethorpe
Gay and Lesbian Association)
as an afiliated organization.
Several people commented
that one of the reasons they
picked Oglethorpe was that
they had a gay-oriented group,
only to arrive and realize that
OGLA had been deftinct for
several years. OUTIet is de-

signed to fill the niche that
these students, many of them
freshman, found sadly lacking.

Aside from its direct-im-
pact goal of helping those who
are dealing with their own or
a loved one's sexuality,
OUTIet also hopes to help in-
tegrate into the larger campus.
Currently, discussions of an
AIDS education campaign, as
well as participation in the At-
lanta AIDS walk on October
16, are on the table.

Meetings are held on
Tuesday evenings in the dorm
room of a group member. For
information on the location of
the next meeting, contact
Elizabeth Smith at 365-2625.

Rotaract develops youth

By Kimberly Wilkes service. T . .

By Kimberly Wilkes
Organizations Editor

Rotaract, the youth

level of Rotary International,
is being restarted at
Oglethorpe University. The
purpose of Rotaract is to pro-
vide an opportunity for young
men and women to enhance
the knowledge and skills that
will assist them in personal de-
velopment, to address the
physical and social needs of
their communities, and to pro-
mote better relations between
all people worldwide through
a framework of friendship and

service.

There are three types of
activities within the Rotaract
program which all clubs un-
dertake. The first is profes-
sional development This will
be accomplished at OU by at-
tending the local Rotary and
Young Business People
Rotaract clubs where we will
hear local business people
speak. The second type of ac-
tivity is leadership develop-
ment As a student run organi-
zation, all members will im-
prove leadership skills, plan-
ning and cooperation, thus ful-
fUlingthisgoal. Lastly, service

project development to im-
prove the quality of life in the
community. This will be ac-
complished with hands-on
projects which also promote
club unity.

Since this is a new group
on campus, we have lots of
room for new ideas and out-
going individuals. We plan to
meet bimonthly and do
monthly service projects and
social activities. For more in-
formation about meetings or
Rotaract in general, please call
Kimberiy at 365-2646. All
undergraduate students or
young adults under the age of
30 are welcome.

campus life, and today's soci'

ety in general. These meetings

take place every Tuesday ni^

at 8:45 in the Talraage room.

Here are some of the topics and

^>eakers:

September 27 - No man is an

Island, especially a Christian

speaker: Claire Barnes

October 4 - Justice in today's

society

speaker: Jimmy McGee

We will also have a fac-
ulty and student luncheon on
Thursday September 29 in the
small dinning room at 11:30.

We will be putting a weekly
calendar in students' mail
boxes, to let than know of any
socials we have, small group
information, etc., if you would
like to get one, just write down
your name and box number in
our welcome sheet during
large group, or contact any of
Us. Have an AWESOME se-
mester! Hope to meet you
soon. Take care, here's my
number if you have any ques-
tions: Paola M. Barrera # 808.

Back and better

By Feleica Christian
Staff

The Black Student

Caucus, an on-campus organi-
zation that supports and pro-
motes the unity and awareness
of blacks, is back and better
than ever as the new officers
officially take on the duties set
forth for them in the
organization's Constitutioa

President Stephanie
Carouthers, Vice-President
Demetria Coleman, Secretary
Feleica Christian, Publicity
Chairperson Shonda Hunter,
Treasurer Kelli Solomon, and
Historian Marquis Glenn were
voted into office at the close of
the 1994 Spring semester and
will officially take over their
duties at the beginning of the
1994 Fall semester.

"We are generating a lot
of new ideas for the Caucus,"
said Carouthers.

One of the ideas took the
form of a birthday party. On

AOQ

By Jenni Schillinger
Staff

September 3, the new officers
ofBSC hosted a birthday party
in honor of the members who
celebrated a birthday over the
summer or during the month
of August or September. The
guests of honor were presented
with a birthday cake that rea4
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY
FROM THE BSC." Members
who attended the party seemed
to have enjoyed themselves
and many were anxious to see
what other surprises BSC of-
ficers have in store for them.
The officers agree that
they will keep their members
well informed this semester
with insightful meetings, fiin-
filled activities, thought-pro-
voking speakers, and social
gatherings.

For more information
about the Black Student Cau-
cus, contact Stephanie
Carouthers at 663 or Demetria
Coleman at 666, Everyone is
encouraged to join the BSC
family!

Alpha Phi Omega, our

national co-ed service Frater-
nity, began its rush on Mon-
day, September 19th. Rush
will conclude with
Pieferentials on Saturday, Sep-
tenjiber 24th and induction will
be Monday, September 26th.
Come to informationals and
fmd out more about APO. For
more inforination or if you

have any questions, contact
Jenni Schillinger at 365-5801.
Our remaining rush schedule
is as follows:

Thursday - Scavenger Hunt!
Meet in TV lounge at 8:00.
Friday- pool Volleyball at Post
Brookhaven apartments. Meet
in TV lounge at 6:00.
Saturday- Preferentials at
Woodhill apartments. Meet in
TV lounge at 7:00.
All are welcome!

September 23, 1994

Page 13

GREEKS

X(D.

By Jason Reese
Chi Phi

The dust has flnally

settled, and Fraternity Rush
has come to a much welcome
close at this wonderful and
wacky place called
Oglethorpe. Unfortunately the
deadline for this issue was four
days before bids were given
out, so I am unable to tell you
about the new members of the
Chi Phi Fraternity. The best I
can do is to try and give a brief
synopsis of what's been going
on lately in our strange little
world.

First, I'm going to go out
on a limb and assume that our
Rib dinner on September 12
went so well that no one was
forced to seek emergency
medical attention because they
choked on a big ol' bone. Next,
I think I'll take a wild guess
and say that on September 1 6,
Bid Day, there was some phe-
nomenal partying going on at

all of the Greek houses.

Besides that, the only
other interesting thing happen-
ing recently was when a few
of us got caught up, and
knocked around, in the mosh
pit at a concert at the Masquer-
ade. There's nothin' like that
sharp jab in the ribs from
someone's elbow or that boot
in the head to make you feel
warm and fuzzy all over.
Luckily, we all survived with
little or no cuts and bruises to
our bodies and had a swell
time listening to a swell band
that played music your mom
warned you about.

To end this whole thing
up I'd like to add that your
friendly neighborhood Chi
Phis will be selling ice cold
beverages at the Atlanta Arts
Festival from September 17-
24. So drop by, say "Hi," get
yourself some refreshments,
and leave us a big fat tip
('cause we're all broke).
That's it for now. . .G'bye.

KA.

By John Knight
Kappa Alpha

Kappa Alpha, Ogle-
thorpe's resident "Old South"
fraternity, closed out Bid Day
'94 by dominating the trenches
and bringing in twelve new
pledges. The victory was cel-
ebrated with a huge bash that
lasted Friday afternoon well
iirto Saturday morning. The
party left many brothers and
pledges somewhat speechless
as can be seen in this quote
from KA brother Jeremy
Beaird, better known as
House, "It was cool." One
unknown pledge was heard to

exclaim, "I can't even walk in
here. It's all jammed up in
here!" At this moment, the
science oriented brothers are
researching the possible exist-
ence of a new species of ani-
mal, the Duck Billed
PlataHutch.

Induction night, which
was held on Tuesday the 22nd,
was a special time for pledges,
as they were formally recog-
nized.

The KA pledge retreat
will be held the weekend of the
25th in a remote South-Geor-
gia location reputed be popu-
lated by alligators.

Rock on.

Attention all Greeks:

In order for the Greek Page
of The Stormy Fetrel to continue
eveiy fraternity and sorority must
submit articles for publication.
Please call Cole Maddox, Greek
Editor, at 364-8425 for deadline
information- Thank you.

AS(D.

By Jason Thomas
Delta Sigma Phi

Welcome back to the

wonderfiil, enlightening, and
educational world of
Oglethorpe University. The
summer was eventfiji, yet un-
eventfiil. Dog is fmally gone,
yes, sad, but true. Thanks to
Becky for that one. Now out
to Zack Butler, our esteemed
president and spiritual leader,
we can say a warm thank you
for half of our downstairs ceil-
ing being painted green.. .only
half. To all of those who wan-
dered into the house last year,
you might be astonished to
find that the house was actu-
ally professionally cleaned and
still looks somewhat good.

On the more social side,
not a whole k)t went on There
were the good times. There
were the bad times. There
were interesting times.. .but I
really can't expand on those.
We had a few small gatherings
at our house. Some went to
Indiana to witness one of
brothers actually getting mar-
ried. Some stayed in the house
and did nothing. Some just
partied and drank the summer
away. We even had surprise
visits from Micah and Pops.

That's our summer.
Most of us our glad to be back
and now we are just preparing
for rush. We have parties
planned, but nobody knows
when, so feel free to just come
on over and visit. Until next
time...

SAE

By Darryl Brooks
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

The brothers of Sigma

Alpha Epsilon are looking for-
ward to another fiin filled and
exciting semester. Our social
calender is fil led with many ac-
tion packed events, such as our
annual Boxer Rebellion and
an out of town formal. Keep
an eye out for your invitation
to our next bash.

We would like to con-
gratulate all other fraternities
and sororities on their new
pledges or new members.
Congratulations also to all
those who made the great de-
cision in going Greek.

Finally, we would like to
thank all the ladies who helped
during Rush. We greatly ap-
preciate all the signs, food, and
most importantly, your pres-
ence.

XQ

By Stephanie Mannis
Chi Omega

Greetings from Clii

Omega! We've had lots of
exciting changes over the sum-
mer and the past few weeks,
and there is alot more fim to
come. First of all, w;e would
like to congratulate all of our
fellow Greeks on a fantastic
first rush in our new houses!
Thanks to all our wise guys for
their help in preparing for rush.
Chi-O is excited about our
wonderftjl new pledge class.
They will be the fu^ to par-
ticipate in our new pledge pro-
gram that Chanda, Ingrid, and
Mel brought back from Con-
vention this summer, along
with some great new programs

for our centennial celebration
this year.

Delta Theta would also
like to thank all of our advi-
sors, alumnae, and sisters who
put in so much time and effort
on our house and yard. If you
haven't seen the beautiful new
decorating and landscaping,
drop by for a visit! Now that
all the work is out of the way,
we're ready to party! Orange
Crush is coming up soon, so
guys check your mailboxes.
We're also looking forward to
our fall mixers and date par-
ties.

Last but not least, con-
gratulations to Renee, Emily,
and Kimberly on their initia-
tion, w4iich was September 3"*.
We're so proud of you!

(tireekSpeak)

ByColeMaddox
Greek Editor

We did K! We aU sur-
vived another season of Rusli!
Well, some survived hettet
thanotfaers. It was a very long
and often boring summer, so
it is nice to have everyone
back. Oglethorpe is not that
exciting of a place during the
school year, so you can imag-
ine how boring i was on the
row with most of the Greeks
having gme home for the sum-
mer.

Iwould like to congratu-
late those people \^io decided
to pledge a sorority or frater-
nity. May your next four years
at Oglethorpe, if you stay here
that long, be enjoyable.

Now, on to bigger and
betto-things. What is up with
maintence? I kiMW that they
are still trying to fix the Greek
Houses, but why is it that they
just walk in without knocking
whenever they want to come
in. I can understand why the
cleaning people come in all the
time, and I would like to thank
them for the excellent job they
have been doing. But what
about the regular maintence
people. Every bouse has some
items they don^ wish to be
viewed by the public, and
maintence has probably seen
everything. There are also
some houses whidi, over the
years, have collected memora-
bilia front Oglethorpe, and
threats have been made by
members of maintence to raid
the Greek Houses. Give us a
break and leave ut alone.

Well, enough bitching. I
am sure we are al Hooking for-
ward to the parties to be hel4
and the hang-overs to be had
Just remember, when intoxi-
cated, doat tear the no park-
ing signs out of the ground,
and although the SA looks
very inviting, dont paint it
However, if you do, at least
make it colorfijl.

Page 14

September 23, 1994

ENTER TAINMENT.

By Heather Carlen
Entertainment Editor

In these days of fast-
paced, jarring music, it is sim-
ply amazing to come across a
mellow album from someone
who has always been well-
known for fast-paced music:
Eric Clapton. Clapton's new-
est album. From the Cradle,
is the sort of music you would
e)q)ect to find played live in a
darkly lit bar: good, solid
blues.

Froni the opening song,
"Blues Before Sunday,"
Clapton sings and plays tradi-
tional blues with traditional
blues lyrics, lamenting every-
thing fiom the loss of a woman
to beg^g another to change
her mind. Song titles range
from "Reconsider Baby" to
"Standin' Round Crying."
His distinctive voice and peer-
less guitar talent dominate the
album, but be shares center
stage with two saxophones and
a trumpet, which add depth
and authenticity to the songs
included in this collection.

For those who are famil-
iar with Clapton's Unplugged
effort, or for those familiar
with the way Clapton began
his love affair with music, this
CO is a natural progression
fcom those. Clapton's idols,
the people who inspired him to
begin experimenting with mu-
sic, played the blues, and while
the majority of his career
shows that influence, this al-
bum is a tribute to that love.
Unplugged, by definition, was
an acoustic album, sikI had a
bluesy feel throughout. From
the Cradle takes that feeling
one step fiirther.

The liner notes indicate
that the entire album was re-
corded live, with no editing,
except for two overdubs. This
accounts for the live "feel" of
the music; this is the sort of
music to listentoon a bai^ool,
swaying gently back and forth
to the beat

From the Cradle is cur-
rently available at Atlanta
CD.

Angels: the millenium approaches

By Kimberly Wilkes
Organizations Editor

Take all of the themes

you can think of for today's
world and put them together
into one monster of a play and
what do you have? You have
Tony Kushner's four-time
Tony Award-winning epic
work. Angels in America. It's
topics range fi-om heaven to
hell, focuses on politics, AIDS,
sex, and religion, takes us to
Washington D.C., the Bronx,
Salt Lake City and Antarctica.
It deals with all types of
people: Jews, Mormons,
WASPs, Blacks, Gays, Trans-
vestites, and Psychotics.

The first half of ^nge/i
in America, entitled Millen-
nium Approaches is three and
a half hours long and is play-
ing at the Alliance Theater
through October 2. The story
line is nonlinear, as it follows
the shifting and interlocking
relationships among the char-
adeis. It involves two couples.
The first is a homosexual
couple. Prior Walter (T. Scott
Cunningham) who comes
from a long line of Prior
Walters, and his partner Louis
Ironson (Andrew Polk). The
second couple, Joe Pitt (Hank

Stratton) and his wife Harper
(Rhoda Griffis) are Mormons
wifli a very rodcy relationship.
Afler Prior contracts AIDS,
Louis tries to stay with him.

but cant after Prior gets very
ill. Harper, who started gulp-
ing Valiums after losing her
child, is scared of everything
and has hallucinations to try to

Playwright, Tony Kushner.

Photo courtsey of Woodruff Art Center

escape her fears. Joe, an up
and coming lawyer, finally
gives in to his homosexuality,
leaves his wife and goes to
Louis. Meanwhile, a variety
of other comical characters
float in and out of the play, in-
cluding the only real charac-
ter, Roy Cohn (Terry Beaver).
Roy, the McCarthyite lawyer,
is a homophobic closet gay
who contracts AIDS.

Coming from a very
shehered home, I was a bit ner-
vous about going to see this
one, not sure if I was going to
feel comfortable with the sub-
ject. Once the show began, my
fears were set at ease. Theplay
is presented expertly, although
viewers should be warned that
it is suggested for audiences 1 8
and over due to adult lan-
guage, nudity and graphic
scenes. One downside to me
is that this is only the first half
There is still another three and
a halfhours left and I feel a bit
like I was left hanging on to
the edge of my seat with no
hope of knowing "the rest of
the story" imtil next year at
best

Tickets for Angels in
America are $ 1 S - $34.75 and
may be purchased at the Woo-
druff Arts Center Box Office
or by calling 733-5000. The
show runs until October 2.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 1994

By Kristiane Pedersen
Staff

An Opening beyond

Expectations. Symphony
might not be your main inter-
est, but when the Atlanta Sym-
phony Orchestra opening
merges with a world premiere
it definitely deserves some at-
tentioa

On Thursday, Septem-
ber 8, at 8 p.m., the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra, ASO,
began a new season simulta-
neously celebrating its 50th
anniversary. And uhat a birth-
day party. Music made ahnost
two thousand people in all
ages keep quiet for hours even
though their hearts were
thrilled and their minds were
taken on a flight to heaven.

A historical review
started the show. Music and
pictures told the story of how
a high school orchestra turned
into a world famous sym-
phony. Mayor Bill Campbell;
ASO president Allison
Vulgamore; and outgoing
board chairman Michael
Trapp all spoke. All in all an
unforgettable birthday present
not only to the ASO, but also
to its audience.

A world premiere, "Jav-
elin," by Michael Torke, gave
the show an explosive begin-
ning. For nine minutes
Tofke's tones danced as if they
were champagne bubbles -
teasingly and seductively.

"Javelin" left the audi-
ence in a high mood, ready for
Mozart Yoel Levi, the con-

ductor, didn't disappoint them.
With ease he made the music
express joyful happiness and
dark melancholy.

Levi deserves the honor
of ASO's recent success. In
1 988, he became the ASO mu-
sic director and made the ASO
reach world class level. He has
an amazing ear for music.
This ability, in combination
with a high musical demands,
have made the musicians quit
their part-time jobs, devoting
all their time to the ASO.

At the coffee and cake
reception following the con-
cert Levi agreed with a smile
that the concert was a success.'
A happy Torke, who has also
worked together with the New
York City Ballet, plans go
west this fall, where the San

Francisco Ballet will perform
to another piece of his music.
However, anyone interested
might have to go there, sirKe
Torke wasn't sure whether
they'll tour Atlanta.

At the reception, a
thrilled audience, dressed up in
tuxedos or suits, colorful
dresses or classic black,
mingled with a satisfied or-
chestra. "Meeting the audi-
ence afterwards gives an extra
dimension," said Stotwall.
Like everybody else she was
looking onward to a promis-
ing season.

For tickets, call the Woo-
dniff Arts Center at 892-24 1 4.
The ASO offers fantastic stu-
dert discounts, and last minute
tickets cost $13, regardless of
seating.

September 23, 1994

Page 15

ENTER TAINMENT.

STP live disappoints, opening acts surprise

By Jeremy Jefira
Staff

With the release of

their new album. Purple, blaz-
ing up the diaits to muhi-ptati-
num status. Stone Temple Pi-
lots have never been more re-
nowned. With their very
trendy alternative style, highly
resembling the mega-popular
Pearl Jam, the Pilots have
identified with a large follow-
ing. The huge, restless crowd
at the Lakewood Amphithe-
ater was a clear determiner of
their new-found success. Their
actual performance, though,
lacked the excitement usually
apparent in young, accom-
plished bands. In fact, one of
their opening acts. The Meat
Puppets (Jawbox being the
other) was far more enjoyable.
With this in mind though, they
were clearly entertaining and
their fans left with satisfaction.
After the bustle of the
concert-goers spreading blan-
kets and lighting their bongs,
Jawbox began their unimpres-
sive set. Noisy, incoherent,
and much too long, the band
screamed and screeched
through their staple songs, all
uneventful with the exception
of a spirited version of "Sa-
vory," from their For Your
Own Special Sweetbear With
their last song completed and
as they cleared the stage, some

of the crowd began to wake up
in anticipation for the second
opener.

The Meat Puppets have
been receiving a lot of atten-
tion recently as a result of the
ever-increasing sales of their
Too High to Die album,
pushed by the radio-friendly
tune, "Backwater." Though
their portfolio of songs tend to
all be rather similar and mo-
notonous, the Puppets added
some spice and their technical
brilliance made up for any lack
of creativity they may possess.
"Never to be Found," "Flam-
ing Heart," and "Station," all
from their current LP, were
presented in top form, and
there was even some applause
from the impatient mob on the
lawn. Unfortunately, the night
belonged to STP, so the Meat
Puppets did not receive the
positive attention they right-
fully deserved.

With their set over,
though, a slow rumbling en-
sued over the expanse of the
theater, with excited STP fans
rising to their feet and begin-
ning to chant hero worship to
their metal gods. And when
they fmally came on stage, it
was a spectacular visual. Two
huge lava lamps graced the
stage as smoke floated around
the multi-colored twirl lights
and spotters. What was less
impressive was the opening

song, "Vaseline." It was not
necessarily the quality but the
impact they lacked. Live, the
music was less potent and im-
inspired. Weiland's voice, for
example, was submissive
where it should have been ag-
gressive. Maybe it had some-
thing to do with all the smoke
in the air, and we are not talk-
ing tobacco cigarettes. Re-
gardless, the fans were pleas-
antly chuffed at their presence
and STP kept on playing
through their catalog.

The rest of the perfor-
mance seemed to follow the
mood of "Vaseline." Terrific
to look at, mediocre techni-
cally, and a fairly nonchalant
attitude, STP labored through
a series of their greatest hits off
their 1992 debut. Core, and
their current release. Their
slower version of "Wicked
Garden" was forgettable (as is
the song itself) and their at-

tempt at "Interstate Love
Song" was abominable. For-
tunately, though, "Plush,"
their signature song, and
"Creep," were satisfactory.

The key moments of the
night were towards the end.
After a wonderfully somber
"The Big Empty," STP per-
formed an outstanding cover
of the classic Simon &
Garfunkel ditty, "Scarborough
Fair," and played it as if all the
enetgy they had been suppress-
ing was to be released for that
song. Complete with a festive
prop stage and Weiland rant-
ing around as if possessed by
a whirling dervish, the perfor-
mance won frenzied applause
to the point that even the
clueless moshers in the center
of the theater stopped to watch
and listen. After

"Scarborough" was finished,
though, the conceit resumed to

its fast-tempo limbo only to be
interrupted by the finale, a
gritty and very catchy "Sex
Type Thing," the best song off
the Core LP

The concert was not
memorable, but it was not for-
gettable, either. STP had the
chance to really capture the
audience and make die-hard
fans of the plethora of teeny-
boppers that flooded the
grounds. They did not succeed
in that venture, but they were
worthy of the admission ticket
Besides, they had their key
moments, especially with the
Simon & Garfunkel cover. I
just hope that after opening for
STP, the Meat Puppets will
receive more attention in the
future. For ff it was not for
their very gratifying perfor-
mance, that night spent at
Lakewood would have only
been mediocre.

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By Jason Reese
Staff

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to the somewhat haunting
mood that was projected by the
evening's main attraction:
Nine Inch Nails.

As the lights dimmed,
everyone's attention became
focused on a post-apocalyptic
stage setting that one could
easily mistake for a sceiK from
the fibn Mad Max: Beyond
Thunderdome. An intricate
backdrop of leather mesh gave
way to a vast array of lighting
effects that relentlessly ex-
ploded as the band hit the fvst
note of the song "Terrible Lie."

From that point on, NIN
continued an assault on the
senses with a fierce ninety-
minute set that included songs
from their 1989 debut Pretty
Hate Machine, the 1992 fol-
low-up Srotten, and their most
recent album The Downward
Spiral. Trent Reznor's trade-
mark angst-ridden vocals
complemented the pounding
rhythms and the piercingly dis-
torted guitars on the songs
"Wish" and "Head Like A
Hole."

Pausing only once be-
tween songs, the band stayed

on it's maniacal rampage of
sound with "March Of The
Pigs" before breaking into the
more highly-synthesized songs
that characterize Pretty Hate.
Reznor 's voice echoed back to
him in a bitter confession from
the crowd with the words "I
just want something I can
never have." The intensity of
the song was lost, however, as
the band went straight into
their biggest hit to date,
"Closer," with hordes of high
school girls chanting the bla-
tantly sexual chorus through-
out the performance.

When NIN finished their
last song and all of the light
and distortion died out, I felt
like I had just witnessed an
exhausting therapeutic ses-
sion. Every emotion I could
think of was brought out in at
least one of the songs that the
band played Anger, hate, sor-
row, passion, and, in a seem-
ingly odd way, love (or k>ss of)
was expressed in the concert
NIN proved their power, mu-
sically and theatrically, as per-
formers. Reznor showed his
talent as a painfiilly honest
songwriter.

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September 23, 1994

ENTERTAINMENT.

Moneta Sleet breathes life into photography

By Christie Willard
Staff

They cut deep into the
silence of the room: wonder-
ing searching for a lost child-
hood, a forgotten heritage.
Defined through shades of
black and white, hers is a smile
betrayed by questioning eyes.
So easy is it to forget that she
is an image, captured for a
world that will not remember
her tomorrow. Wrapped in a
blanket of glass, she speaks
without words. Her story is
known through her picture.
"A Young Nigerian at Inde-
pendence Celebration, Lages,
Nigeria 1961."

She is my introduction
into the captivating and dra-
matic world of photographer
Moneta Sleet. More than a
participant, he sees himself as
a part of the people whose
lives, for him, become a jour-
nal. He captures the way
people feel without using
words; their expressions are
his poems. From the Civil
Rights Movement to the death
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,
Moneta Sleet's photographs
grasp the heart of the past and
connect emotions with events
that many have only heard
about. Sleet does not see him-
self as an objective photogra-

pher, but instead, hopes that his
pictures create an awareness of
what life is really about and
what it should stand for. He
emphasizes the importance of
communication in his work:
"You can teach a six-year-old
the technical aspects of pho-
tography. You have to under-
stand people; where they're
coming from, what makes
them tick. A liberal education
is important; it gives you that
foundation for understanding
people."

Moneta Sleet woriced his
way through Kentucky State
College as the campus photog-
rapher. From this he learned
the basic skills he needed to
approach and photograph
people. It was not until later,
when working as a staff pho-
tographer for Ebony and Jet
magazines, that he developed
the style that he is known for
today. He often was assigned
to capture important figures
and celebrities who defined the
African American culture of
their time. Sleet's photographs
were direct, honest, and un-
compromising. "I enjoy work-
ing with people on a one to one
basis. I tend to think that is
what I do best."

Moneta Sleet's career
encompassed African indepen-
dence in the 1950's when na-

Corrina, Corrina

By Erum K. Sattar
Staff

Corrina, Corrina is set
in the 1 9S0s wrhen the mother
of a young giri, Molly (Tina
MajorinoX dies, and the father,
Manny (Ray Liotta), tries to
fmd a ttanny to take care of
himself; Molly, and the house.
He ends up with Corrina
(Whoopi Goldberg), a college
graduate who can't get a job
because of her skin color and
has to clean houses to eat.

Molly is traumatized by
her mother's death; she
doesn't want to talk, go to
school, or make friends. The
first person she speaks to is
Corrina, whom she eventually
wants Manny to marry. From

there on, this movie isfitn.

The making of a movie
in the nineties about iiterracial
love in the fifties is, in itself^ a
difficult task, complicated by
the fact that Don Ameche, who
plays Manny's father, died on
the final day of filming.
Corrina, Corrina handles the
racial issue with sensitivity
and understanding. Manny
and Corrina play the piano to-
gether in a poignant scene
which reminded me ofthe song
"Ebony and Ivory." Most of
all, though, it is a story about
feelings, regardless of preju-
dices.

If you are in a ponder-
ous mood one day with indefi-
nite feelings, this is the movie
to go see.

tions were emerging from co-
lonial rule. His fu^ experi-
ence in photo journalism
abroad came with vice-presi-
dent Nixon's tour of Africa,
where Sleet photographed
Kwame Nkrumah at the
movement of Ghana's inde-
pendence. The trip earned him
an Overseas Press Club of
American Citation of Excel-
lence in 1957. Since then he
has been to Africa more than
twenty-five times, recently to
photograph the inauguration
of Nelson Mandella. "It was
like going home for me for the
fust time. I went to a country
that was controlled by people
who look like me."

The Civil Rights Move-
ment produced some of Sleet's
most powerful photographs.
They reflect a period of Ameri-
can history that many people
would like to forget about, but
cannot Words do injustice to
the suffering, the challenges,
and the determination that
these photos display. "My ba-
sic feeling about the movement
was that I was observing and
trying to record, I was also a
part of it because I'm black.
It was the one way I could pay
my dues." He was the fu'st
photographer to introduce Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr to
America, and he was the only
one to completely grasp the
shock of a nation at King's
death.

Moneta Sleet covered
the entire fifty-four march
from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama on March 21, 196S.
It was a ptx>test that brought
world-wide attention to the
denial of voting rights to
Southern blacks and the in-
equality of Jim Crow laws.
There were 50,000 marchers
who sought equal housing,
work, and educational prac-
tices. "Rain Soaked Woman
Singing during the Selma
March 1965," is an inspira-
tional photo that draws atten-
tion to the spirit and courage
of the marchers. With mud to
her knees and a long strip of
clear plastic to keep her dry, a
black woman is seen standing
in the pouring rain, singing.

Her face is old and her body
seems ready to bend at any
moment, but she will not give
up. This is one of Sleet's fa-
vorite pieces. 'To me she sym-
bolizes what the march is all
about Someone who is out
there marching, expressing her
feelings. She was a soldier in
the trenches."

Moneta Sleet's photo-
graphs are on exhibit at the
High Museum of Art's folk art
and photography galleries.
The exhibit will nm through
the last week in September.
Admission is free, and the gal-
leries are open weekdays from
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Page 17

ENTER TAINMENT.

Adam & Anthony's CD Courtroom

By Adam Corder and
Anthony Wilson
Staff

AC: Greetings fellow

Oglethorpe students. This is
the dawn of a new journalistic
era. Anthony Wilson and my-
self, Adam Corder, are poten-
tially beginning a column here
aiHtie Petrel...

AW: The overall idea is to
provide something of a public
service to our peers a fail-
safe means of evaluating CD's
before risking your hard-
earned dollar on a potentially
disastrous purchase.
AC: Right you are, Antoine.
We plan to provide you with
candid and useful critiques of
three or four albums each col-
umn and hopefully arrive at an
answer to that age old ques-
tion... "What is music?"
AW: You mean, like, songs
and stuff?

AC: Precisely. Now without
further ado, let's get to work.
AW: We begin with the latest

release by Hootie and the
Blowfish, Cracked Rear View
(a title that would prove tell-
ing, indeed )This band's name
has rather an interesting ori-
gin. It seems that when they
were in high school, the boys
knew two students who went
by the nicknames "Hootie"
and "The Blowfish," in refer-
ence to their large eyes and big
cheeks, respectively. At one
point, these boys entered a
party together, and some
cleversoul exclaimed, "Look!
It 's Hootie and the Blowfish ! "
AC: That's stupid.
AW: So it is.

AC: Well, I knew the single
"Hold My Hand" and I
thought the CD might be
worth a damn. That was my
first mistake.

AW: I was really disap-
pointed by this album. Except
for the single, there was noth-
ing on this album that sparked
any interest whatsoever. It's
just a very bland collection of
songs that all end up sound-

ing pretty much the same.
AC: Yep. These guys are just
another set of Black Crow
imitating, southern rock pos-
ing losers who will join the
ranks of the one hit wonder"
file alongside the likes of
Kajagoogoo and Men With-
out Hats.

AW: The lead singer has a
single asset in his Eddie
Vedder-like tenor, but he does
nothing with it; he just drones
on monotonously from one
song to the next until the lis-
tener is virtually etherized.
AC: I agree. This was pile.
Thumbs down all around.
Moving on to our next selec-
tion, Mazzy Star's So Tonight
That I Might See. This was
an all around nifty little set,
with the chart topping "Fade
Into You" and the melodically
hypnotic "Five String Sere-
nade" demonstrating this
group's musical passion and
skill.
AW: This album reminds me

of The Cowboy Junkies' The
Trinity Session. It has the same
intimately enchanting quality
to it, the same quiet interplay
of almost whispered vocals
and understated, tasteful in-
stnimentatioa The only dis-
appointments I found were
"Mary ofSilenoe" and the title
track, both of which lapse into
annoyingly tuneless Velvet
Underground style drones.
The main problem lies in that
the Velvet Underground was
good at this type of song, and
that Mazzy Star kind of isn't
AC: I must accuse my cohort
of being far too critical and
comparative.
AW: Shut up.

AC: OK. Mazzy Star had an
individual style that I found to
be both soothing and refresh-
ing. Thumbs up here.
AW: I agree. Good stuff. Buy
it

AC: Finally this issue we re-
view Tori Amos' Under The
Pink. This was the true shin-

ing star of our picks. I re-
ally can't say enough great
things about this effort by
Miss Amos. It is highly pas-
sionate, with superb vocals
and virtuoso-level piano
performances throughout
AW: This was one of the
more emotionally engaging
albums I've heard in a long
time. Each song is a cathar-
sis both for the listener and,
I think, for the artist. Listen-
ing to this album after
Hootie and the Blowfish 's
Cracked Rear Hew restores
my faith in music in general.
AC: The tracks "God",
"The Waitress", and
"Cornflake Girl" rise to the
top of this outstanding col-
lection. Two enthusiastic
thumbs up for this one.
And so, we leave you for this
day. Look for our column
next issue, and until next
time .

We are outta here like
Everclear (tm).

Entertainment Grapevine.

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The Atlanta Symp-
hony Orchestra announces a
50% discount to college stu-
dents on the Student Subscrip-
tion Series for 1994-95.
Please note that the deadline
for this special subscription
offer is October 1 4.Come help
celebrate their 50th Anniver-
sary season. Call the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra Box Of-
fice at 733-4800 for tickets or
more information.

Traditions and Vi-
sions, an exhibition highlight-
ing the arts and culture of Na-
tive Americans, will be held
September 1 through October
15 at the Spniill Center Gal-
lery on Ashford Dunwoody
Road. Organized by the
Spniill Center, the exhibition
features work from public and
private collections. During the
exliibit, the Spruill Oalleiy gift

shop will be filled with a vari-
ety of masks, shields, flutes,
dream catchers, and other ex-
hibit related items. Gallery
hours are Wednesday through
Saturday, 11 a.m. through 5
p.m. For additional informa-
tion, call Sandy Marting at
394-3447.

The High Museum of

Art celebrates the 90th birth-
day of Willem de Kooning
with a major exhibition, talks,
a musical performance, and a
film that focus on his life and
work. "Willem de Kooning
from the Hirslihom Museum
Collection," on view at the
High until November 27, fea-
tures 50 paintings, drawings,
and sculpture revealing the full
range of the artist's production
between 1939 and 1985. The
High Museum of Art is located
at Peachtree and 16th Streets

at the Robert W. Woodruff
Arts Center. The MARTA
Arts Center is directly adjacent
to the Museum. Admission is
$6 for adults, $4 for students
and senior citizens, and $2 for
children. For further informa-
tion on any of the Museum's
programs, please call 733-
HIGH.

Dave & Buster's, in

conjunction with Virtual
World Entertainment, are
proud to introduce Atlanta's
first digital theme park. Virtual
World Outpost at Dave &
Buster's, a high-tech approach
to old-fashioned storytelling,
now open to the public. Vir-
tual World Outpost at Dave &
Buster's fully immerses guests
in the fictional world of The
Virtual Geographic League
(tm), a formerly secret society
dedicated to the discovery and

exploration of other dimen-
sions. Since all interaction is
between people, not comput-
ers, every adventure is unique
ontoitseff. For more informa-
tion, contact Mike Jones of
Michael Parver Associates at
355-5580.

Several Dancen

Core, in conjunction with The
Field Forward Project, will
offer a 10-week FIELD-
WORK session for interested
artists from multiple disci-
plines, including choreogra-
phers, dancers, performance
artists, composers, and writers.
The program will begin Sep-
tember 28 and run on consecu-
tive Wednesdays from 7 to 9
p.m. The full session will cul-
minate in a showcase at Seven
Stages on December 7. The
cost for the full session is $35.

Enrollment is limited. Please
call 373-4154 for more infor-
mation.

The Callanwolde Con-
cert Band announces contin-
ued recruitment for musicians
who play wind instruments.
The band is performing litera-
ture requiring larger sections
and will continue auditions
through October. The
Callanwolde band provides a
performance outlet for the ad-
vanced avocational musician
and in open to adults over age
18. The band is seeking trum-
pets, clarinets, saxophones,
flutes, french horns and per-
cussion in various numbers.
Musicians with jazz band ex-
perience are encouraged to
call. For additional iifforma-
tion call the Callanwolde Fine
Arts Center 872-5338 or 279-
2263 evenings.

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Page 21

SPORTS.

Lady Petrels off to even start, high hopes

By Dunn Neugubauer
Special to The Stormy Petrel

After compiling their

first ever .500 season in '93,
Coach Todd Yelton's Stomiy

Tara Winthrope and Senior
forward Kirsten Hanzsek have
shouldered most of the scoring
thus far with Hanzsek tallying
six goals and five assists and
Winthrope adding seven goals

strong supporting cast with
Dawn Bristol scoring two
goals against Hamline as well
as contributing two goals and
two assist in the LaGrange
win.

Lady Petrels stop yet another goal.

Petrel women's soccer squad
is off to a 3-3 start this year.
Yelton's squad opened with
wins over Hamline University
(7-0) and Agnes Scott (2-0),
before running into trouble.
The ladies lost three straight
3-2 to Brenton-Parker, 7-0 to
Emory, and 2-1 to Maryville
in OT. The Petrels then
bounded back for a convinc-
ing 8-0 win over La Grange
last Monday.

Sophomore forward

and 2 assists.

Winthrope, who played
as a defender for much of the
'93 campaign, made Yelton
Look like a genius in the open-
ing two matches, scoring four
against Hamline, and both
goals in the Agnes Scott wia
Not to be out done, Hanzek
broke an OU record against
LaGrange by scoring five
times in the shutout of
LaGrange.

Both strikers have had a

Photo by Pat Mult)eam

The Petrels have also
been getting it done on the de-
fensive end, as senior Shelly
Robinson and sophomore
Tinnie Waterston have again
made a strong impact. First
year goalkeeper Elennor
Fulton already has three shut-
outs to her credit and Senior
Gina Corellas and Sophomore
Kirsten Herbut have also been
a big factor.

Some newcomers have
stepped in and helped right off

OU Cross country team
off to a running start

By Stephanie L. Hunter
Staff

Six flfteen on a Friday

morning long before most of
us even begin to think of open-
ing our eyes, this group of
Oglethorpe students not only
Jumped out of bed, but filed on
a van for a thirteen hour ride
up to Lebanon Valley, Pennsyl-
vania. The cross-country team
went on to have the "honor"
of running SK for women and
lOKformen.

Coach Bob Unger
stresses the goals of personal
improvement and having a

good time. Many of the run-
ners also admit it is a good way
to keep in shape for the spring
track season. It is obvious,
though, that no matter what
their motives, this team just
loves to run. Senior Linda
Davis says she enjoys cross-
country more than track be-
cause it does not have such a
competitive atmosphere and
the race is (hopefully) finished
in under thirty minutes.

The year Beau Lyons is
the captain of the men's team
composed of Doug Pack, Jeff '
Thomas, and Jason Arnold.

Stephanie Chaby captains the
women's team consisting of
Kristine Lawrie, Christina
Bumham, Linda Davis, and
Jennifer Stelson. They will be
running here on Oglethorpe's
campus Friday, September 23;
women at 3:30 and men at
4:10. Another meet is sched-
uled for Saturday, October 1 S;
women at 4:00 and men at
5:00. The best way to cheer
them on is to go to the area
between Heaist and Lupton for
the start and finish or to be in
the Upper Quad for that long
middle stretch.

the bat, including sophomore
transfer Carmen Penttila and
freshman Shannon

Hutchinson and Kristen Bouy
at mid-field. Penttila scored
the lone goal in the Maryville
loss, Bouy scored against
Hamline, and Hutchinson
handed out two assist in the
LaGrange game. Robinson

also got in on the scoring act
with a penalty kick vs.
LaGrange.

Off the bench, Yelton
has gotten good minutes out of
Patricia Villavincinio, Kim-
berly Williams, and Fawn An-
gel, and they hope to get
Deborah Arrith back fi'om a
wrist spraia

Glna Corellas drives past an Emory player.

Photo by Pat Mulheam

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SPORTS.

September 23, 1994

Men's soccer suffers in the early season

By Jason Thomas
Business Manager

Coming into the sea-
son with a pre-season ranking
of 5th in the SCAC, the
Oglethorpe University men's
soccer team has had a rough
start (2-4) under first year
Coach Mike Lochstampfor.
Lochstampfor has a very opti-
mistic outlook for the rest of
the season as he sees the fresh-
man maturing and filling the
starting positions more influ-
entially.

The Petrels first match
was against Hampden-Sydney
in the Sonny Carter Memorial
Tournament at Emory Univer-
sity. Lochstampfor described
the game as "a real eye
opener" as the men were de-
feated 6-1. The only goal was
scored by Bobby "Big Driver"
Holman on a penalty kick.
The next day the men played
North Carolina Weslyan. The
Pertels were down 0-1 when
partially into the second half
senior captain Will Lukow
took a shot which glanced off
the back post into the net to tie
the game at 1-1. With about
fifteen minutes remaining in
the half, NC Weslyan found an

open man at the top of the
keeper box wlio shot the ball
past freshman goalkeeper
Shane Olson. No other goals
were scored and the Petrels
dropped to 0-2.

The next weekend the
men bounced back and played
two superb games on the road
against Emory & Henry Uni-
versity and Principia Univer-
sity. On Saturday September
1 0, the men defeated Emory &
Henry 4-2. Goals were scored

by senior John Nunes (3) and
Lukow. The following day
Nimes and Lukow had strong
games once again as Nunes
scored two more goals and
Lukow put away one more,
the Petrels defeated Principia
3-0, but placed second behind
Sewanee University, the host
team, on goal differential.

This past weekend the
men began to falter once again.
On Saturday, September 18,
the men fell to a talented

Maryville squad 6-0.
Lochstampfor said, "There re-
ally are no excuses for how we
played Maryville played very
well and we played, at best,
mediocre." This game was
laidened with penalties as a
total of thirteen yellow cards
and one red card were handed
out this game. OU received
three yellow cards and
Maryville received eleven
cards which was highlighted
by the ejection of one of the

Men's soccer teams practices for next game.

Photo by Jason Thomas

coaches.

The following day the
men came back in to wn to play
at Life College. Unfortu-
nately, the men dropped an-
other game, losing 4-2.
Lukow scored two goals to
bring his season record to five
goals, tied with Nunes.

Lochstampfor stated
much of the difficulties rigju
now deals wiith the lack of
depth on the team. He stated,
"There just isn't enough depth
on the bench for the calibre of
play we need, yet." "Yet"
would be the key word He
also mentioned that the fresh-
man were fmallly beginning to
mature and play a more defi-
nite role as threatening play-
ers on the field He feels the
team just needs a few more
games to get in groove and
work out the problem and they
will be top contenders.

This weekend is the
men's furst conference game
which is against Sewanee Uni-
versity, presently ranked first
in the conference.
Lochstampfor feels confident
that the Petrels, if they played
as they did against Principia,
can defeat Sewanee and start
their winning ways again.

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All Dunn: Back with new stuff for new year

By Dunn Neueebauer far as rnarhJno ic /-,^n^r^/^ ,. .:~i,. ..- 1 u.n - . .. ^

By Dunn Neugebauer
Honey, Tm home

No time for trying to
form complete sentences, on
with the news:

I. Classic Quotes from the
Summer

Asaleanan: After learn-
ing that his company was out
of the product he just sold to
his customer:

"When we had it in stock, I
was practically shoving it
down the customer's throat.
Does this mean I'm going to
have to renege on my
shovage?"

Sam Hutcheson: While
laying flat on his back in the
weight room-'Tve already
done my 15 situps. Now I'm
just laying here waiting for my
stomach to go flat"

A football and tennis
coach in the Atlanta area: "As

far as coaching is concerned
sometimes knowing when to
shut up is just as important as
knowing what to say."
II. Guidebook to soccer ter-
minology

Editor's note: I realize that this
was covered last year, but af-
ter four years of watching the
game, it's still tough to figure
out. Anyway, the following
answers are from the OU
Sports/History Dictionary.
The term bender means:

a) A three-day drunk

b) A ride at Six Flags

c) A soccer shot that starts
out straight, but ends up
crooked.

The term unlucky refers to:

a) The Bionic Woman,
when she broke her leg, lost
her memory, and forgot to
marry the Six Million Dollar
Man.

b) Those who bought sea-

son tickets to baseball games.

c) Trinity fans, players and
coaches who still can't believe
Brian Davis hit a 30-footer at
the buzzer last year.

d) Soccer players, when
they do everything ri^t, but
the Gods were against them.
Square refers to:

a) The shape of Jeff Bates'
head after he got his hair
chopped off.

b) Soccer term telling team-
mate not to look over, but I'm
right beside you. (If player
looks over, the term what you
see is used. Don 'task me what
it means, I just work here.)

c) The shape of Tim Evan's
formerly rectangular couch,
after he walked straight into a
tree while moving.

in. Other Notes Before Sign-
ing Off

OU almost beat Emory
in volleyball with only six

players. Feel free to congratu-
late all six of them. Their ini-
tials are Susan, Noriko, Lori,
Ann, Wendy and Melissa.

- The best deal in Buckhead is
the chicken/cheese sandwich
at Three Dollar Cafe. It costs
only $3.59 and it doesn't give
you a hangover.

- There are enough good look-
ing new students here to hang
around the weight room, even
if you don't care to workout

- Elvis is dead

- If you're from a small town,
read Boy's Life by Robert
McCammon.

- There 's nothing better than a
shy, good looking woman that
is sure of herself and wears a
baseball hat

- At the present pace, Tara
Winthrope will score 100
goals this season alone.

- Any men that don't make the
varsity tennis team will be

given a sex change operation
and will be allowed to try out
for the women's squad Not
sure what the NCAA will say
to this, but I'll check on it

- The cross country squad is
going to be hi^y competitive
once again. -If you're by the
gym, please welcome Coaches
Gorsuch and Lochstampfor
Laura and Gene Asher.

- Feel free to donate any funii-
ture, housewaiming gifts, etc.
to my house on the hill. Ham-
mock time can be rented out

- Did John Nunes really score
five goals in two games?

- That's not Gina's sister, her
name is Carmen and she's a
sophomore from Florida.

- The fall baseball season
opens late this month; tennis,
early in October.

Until next time, Dont
wait to start your Christmas
shopping . . . dunn, James dunn

September 23, 1994

Page 23

Volleyball off to slow start

SPORTS.

By Lu Green
Staff

ven though it's only
been three weeks since the
powerful Petrels on the volley-
ball court started their season,
the women have already seen
a lot of action. Due to circum-
stances beyond their control,
the team only has six players.
However, they have adapted to
their "six-pack" (plus one ad-
ditional player) status, and are
already proving themselves on
the court.

Despite their 2-5 record,
the team has a strong nucleus
built around the strong play of
last year's All-Conference
team members Seniors Lu
Green, Ann Mason, and
Noriko Murata. Senior Sue

Poston and Sophomore Mel-
issa Drouin have also stepped
up and added to the team S
strength. Additionally, trans-
fer Sophomore Wendy
Southard has filled the impor-
tant sixth positioa The team
has also welcomed back Jun-
ior Amy Bacigalupi, who af-
ter a one year absence from the
team, came in to help out in
the front row.

The first night's play
consisted of matches against
cross-town rival, Emory, and
Macon-based Wesleyan. The
women lost a very hard-fought
battle with Emory in five
games and beat Wesleyan in
only three. Last weekend, they
headed to Hoosier country (of
which Lu is a native) to
Hanover College. "Com is the

only thing in Indiana." "Can
you imagine living here?" and
various com jokes were heard
in the van, as they traveled
around the state. Unfortu-
nately, they "grow 'em big in
Indiana" and the team did not
advance in the tournament

However, with a 15-0,
15-2, 15-Oblowout of Agnes
Scott last Tuesday night, the
team's spirit is rising. The
team's next home match is not
imtil October 1 4 and 1 5, when
Oglethorpe hosts the SCAC's
cross-divisional tournament
All eight SCAC volleyball
teams will be playing that
weekend. In the meantime,
they will travel to Sewanee,
IN, Hilton Head, SC, and play
in the Emory Invitational on
October 1 and 2.

There's no joy in Mudville

Baseball strike dampens fans' hopes

By Daryl Brooks
Sports Editor

For the past 90 years it has been played. Like a runaway train nothing has l>een able

to stop it. Not Hitler, not Vietnam, not Communism, not even Mother Nature could stop it It's
baseballs' fall classic. The annual championship of professional baseball. This contest has been
held every year since 1 904, however this year there will be no joy in Mudville as this year's World
Series will not be played.

This year's World Series will not be played because baseball is now a business and not a
game. Players who make at the absolute least $ 109,000 a year will not submit to a salary cap that
will limit players salaries. It's not like their salaries will be limited to minimum wage, just to $40
million or so per team. This means that 25 men who play a boy's game will only be able to make
about $1.5 million a year. Not to mention the fact that during a six or seven month season the
average player will only put in about 5 or 6 hours of actual hard work a day.

I have played baseball all my life, and it is hard for me to fathom actually getting paid to run
through the outfield grass or throw, catch and hit a baseball. Much less get paid the millions of
dollars that major leaguers make. Heck, I'm paying $16,000 (or whatever tuition is) to sit on the
bench for our baseball team. If I didn't love the game of baseball so much, why would I go to
practice every day just to sit when it's game time? The absolute love of the game is what is missing
from baseball now. Players only care about what their bank accounts look like and not what is in
the best interests of the game itself If given the opportunity I would gladly play the lowest form of
minor league baseball making nothing just to be around the game. No major leaguer has that Icind
of love for the game anymore.

The saddest thing about this whole strike is that baseball seemed to be approaching its Re-
naissance. The publics interest baseball was as high before the strike as it had been in years.
Thanks to people like Frank Thomas, Ken Griffey Jr., Matt Williams, and Greg Maddux, baseball
was exciting again. Who would break Marris's record? Could anyone stop the Big Hurt? These
questions again got the country interested in baseball. Cities such as Cleveland, Montreal and New
York were rejuvenated as their teams drove toward playoff spots. Not to mention the upcoming
Ken Bums documentary on baseball was bound to stir up new interest in the game. But now
Americans are fed up with whinny ball players who make too much money as is. They don't need
baseball anymore, football is here. To be honest I'm beginning not to care myself Put players on
the field who eat sleep and breathe baseball and then I'll care.

Oh, somewhere children are laughing and somewhere hearts are light But there is no joy in
Mudville as Major League baseball has struck out

Behind the Bench

Yes, it's soccer
time again

By Robert A Miller
Editorial Editor

I would Vise to begin by welcoming back all the ath- ]

letes in my extended family here at Oglethorpe. Likewise, I
wish to extend greetings to our freshman class; may your
memories be as happy as mine.

In case you failed to read Behind the Bench last year,
you are probably wondering who I am and what I'm doing
taking up space. Let me answer these questions. I'm the man-
ager and student trainer for Oglethorpe Soccer and Basket-
ball. My roles range fixmi taking care of equipment, taping
injuries, giving advice on nutrition, weight training, and even
counseling athletes on occasion (in another life, I'ma Youth
Minister). This is my ninth season working behind the bench.

What should you expect from Be/im<///ieSenc/i? No
scores, no stats, no mis^lled last names. Behind the Bench
covers what only the athletes see the wild and ctszy
things that surround practices, games, and road trips. I hope
everyone in the Oglethorpe Athletics family and the
Oglethorpe Community in general will find the excerpts ea-
tertaining.

August 23 seems as if it was forever ago. We began
our pre-season practice schedule by meeting our new head
sadist . . . coach. I still can neither spell nor pronounce his
name properly, nor will I make the attempt Let's just say
that three days later, the team had lost an average of eight
pounds (1 lost fifteen just watching them).

Our first pre-season scrimmage was against Piedmont
College on move-in day. We tied the game, won the fight
after the game, and stilt were unable to secure respectable
parkingplaces.

A week's worth of unevent&l practice led to the Emory
tournament in wiiich we came, we saw, we went home. What
happened between "we saw" and "we went home" was about
as uneventful as practice had beea

We expected another week of uneventful practice be-
fore the Sewanee Tournament We were wrong, AH was
well until ten minutes before I left for the first Stormy Petrel
staff meeting. Ankle sprain equals quick tape job.

I prepare to leave again until summoned by Tinnte
Waierson's call "Gomer trainer!** Crap. I sprint down to the
other end of the field wondering two things: One, why I do
this for $4.70 an hour, TVvo, how long it would take me to
come out of my sprint on this wet grass in shoes with very
little traction.

I arrived to find one of our athletes attempting to put
me into cardiac arrest by putting herself into cardiac arrest
Too mudi asthma inhalant will do that to you Tbereisano
more helpless a feeling than sitting next to one of your friends
and athletes knowing that there is really nothing you can do
until she either comes out or stops breathing. Being there
just in case and later keeping an eye on her as she walked it
off reminded me of wliy I do this for $4.70 an hour, and why
I would do it if I didn't get paid. Today, two more tape jobs
and a broken wrist Another day, another disaster. It really is
nice to be home.

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Volume 70, Issue 2 Aboy/Q and Beyond Oglethorpe University

October 13, 1994

Haiti

Page 3

Point!
CounterPoint!

Page 4

Nontraditional
Student Life

Page 6

CD Courtroom

Pages

News: 2

Editorials: 3-5

Features: 6-7

Entertainment:

8-9

Organizations: 10

Greeks: 11

Comics: 12-13

Sports: 14-15

Security: 2

ProFile: 8

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Screentest: 8

Soundcheck: 9

GreekSpeak: 11

WJTL back on the air at Oglethorpe

By Laura Sinclair
Staff

After several months

of extensive planning, the fi-
nal stages of preparation for
Oglethorpe University's long
awaited radio station are fi-
nally coming to a close. Tar-
geting a broadcast date some
time during the last week of
October, WJTL will be on the
air Monday tlirougli Tliureday
from six o'clock p.m. until
midiiigliL Ogletliorpe students
will be able to tune in at fre-
quency AM 530, but tlie sta-
tion is to be broadcast only on
the campus.

Tlie radio station will be
broadcast through what is
known as a Carrier Current.
Cables will be wired through
the electrical lines into the
dorm rooms, Greek houses,
and the Student Center. This
also includes the parking lots
andtlie academic quad Slight
delays in tlie shipping of tlie
equipment, and in tlie laying
of the cables to Traer and

Goodman caused the starting
date to be moved up more than
a month, but the extra time left
room for detailed planning.

The idea of a radio sta-
tion is not new to Oglethorpe
University. WJTL was started
in the 1930s but terminated
due to the continuing depres-
sion. Later, during tlie 1970s,
a pirate station was broadcast
from a student's dorm room.
Last semester, after many pro-
posals to the board, it was evi-
dent that Oglethorpe students
wanted their own station, and
finally the decision was made
to resurrect WJTL.

Thanks to Marshall
Nason, Associate Dean of
Community Life and WJTL's
coordinator and advisor,
equipment was ordered and
managers and DJs were inter-
viewed. Elizabeth Stockton
and Kevin Hudgens were cho-
sen to be Co-Station Manag-
ers. David Cheung is the new
Business Manager, and Laura
Sinclair is the Program Direc-
tor. Eleven student DJs were

hired last semester and new
students are now being inter-
viewed to fill the remaining
slots.

The station's music li-
brary is entirely composed of
CDs donated by record com-
panies. So far, the current DJs

heavy metal to alternative can
be expected. A call-in talk
show has been suggested and
would probably be a big hit
with Oglethorpe students, but
at the moment there are com-
plications with getting an on-
air phone line.

Radio station returns,
and many interested freslimen
have been busy sorting
through and reviewing the
music. The musical format
will be left up to each indi-
vidual DJ, so anything from

Photo by Ryan P. Queen
The addition of WJTL
to Oglethorpe can bring stu-
dents together and give them
another way to express them-
selves. The airing date is close
at hand, so tune in!

OU Museum greets Four from Madrid

Gala event opens exhibit of Spanish Realism

By Yoli Hernandez
Staff

Stu'riiig. Lifelike. Pen-
etrating. Evocative. Potent.
Controversial.

These are a few of the
various adjectives used to de-
scribe Oglethorpe University
Museum's latest exhibition.
Four From Madrid: Contem-
porary Spanish Realism en-
compasses twenty-four paint-
ings by four young artists who
have mastered this precise
style. Gustavo Isoe, Francisco
Roa, Bernardo P. Torrens, and
Dino Vails each display six
works of a nature never seen
before in Atlanta. Tlie artists
are all in their tliirties; tliey

have all interpreted tlie realism
of the Spanish masters in their
own manner, and they have all
brought bold masterpieces that
will open this city's eyes.

Realism has been a
popular characteristic in
Spain's artistic world since tlie
17th-century. Its masters, in-
cluding Zubaran, Ribera, and
Velazquez, were the first to in-
clude everyday people in reli-
gious paintings and put the fe-
male nude in secular paintings.
Now in the 20th century, it has
continued to flourisli. The art-
ists in this exhibition have
transformed their canvases
witli images so true to life that
it is easy to mistake them for
photographs. "Their art

projects a spiritual intensity
and devotion to truth," said
Lloyd Nick, Museum director.
In the nudes in Vails' and
Torrens' works veins are vis-
ible, every muscle is accu-
rately portrayed. Their under-
standing of the human body
does not come from years of
art courses, for they are self-
taught, but from studying
medicine. Vails does not use
live models and incorporates
the techniques of the Italian
and Flemish masters of the
1 6th and 1 7th centuries, while
Torrens uses the modern air
brush. Isoe left Japan to study
the classical painters in the
Prado Museum first hand. His
versatility is illustrated in his

subjects which range from stilt
lifes to the human figure to
landscapes. Roa's still lifes
look tangible and real with
their painstaking details.

"This kind of intense re-
alism is considered to be on the
cutting edge in Europe. . . At-
lanta has not seen realistic
painting of this breadth and
caliber before." These are a
few of the reasons why Nick
was so intent on bringing this
exhibition to the OU Museum.
What makes the situation
ironic is that General James
Oglethorpe is known for hav-
ing driven out the Spaniards in
the Southeast. Bernardo
Torrens' reply was, "We're
back." Their return has been
see Four from Madrid page 2

Page 2

October 13, 1994

NEWS.

Security
Update ,

By Brian McNulty
Staff

Thursday, 9/15/94,
two female Oglethorpe stu-
dents were involved in a traf-
fic altercation in front of the
back gate by the Traer Resi-
dence Hall. One driver was
coining out of the Traer park-
ing lot, heading toward
Woodrow Way. The other
driver was heading west along
the road leading to the Student
Center. The driver heading out
of Traer had the right-of-way,
and was hit by the westbound
driver, who failed to yield at
the intersection. Bothveliicles
sustained damage. No injuries
were reported by the drivers.
The Dekalb County Police
Department was called to the
scene, and a report was writ-
ten.

Reminder #1 - The
posted campus speed limit is
lSm.p.h. Speeding endangers
not only pedestrians and otlier
drivers, but puts the speeder's
life at risk as well.

Reminder #2 - All cars
parked on campus must have
a parking sticker. Ifyoudonot
have one, you can register
your car and receive a park-
ing decal at the gatehouse.

Reminder #3 - it is un-
lawful to park in the fu'e lanes.
Any car caught parked in a fire
lane will be ticketed and towed
at the owner's expense.

In order to maintain a
safe campus it is important that
we all look out for ourselves
and help look out for others.
Keep all your doors locked
and be conscious of your sur-
roimdings. If you see any sus-
picious persons, or circum-
stances, unautlwrized solicita-
tions, thefts, intruders, vandal-
ism, dangerous driving prac-
tices, defects that create an
unsafe conditicm, or other such
security concerns, contact Se-
curity promptly.

Four from Madrid.

continued from page 1
anxiously anticipated by
many. The Spanish Chamber
of Commerce was forced to
stop accepting RSVPs for the
exhibition's opening gala;
even those people that had not
been invited wanted to partake
in this momentous event that
was held October 1 . Over six
hundred of Atlanta's elite, its
Spanish community, and rep-
resentatives for tlie Ambassa-
dor of Spain and Mayor
Campbell were in attendance
to meet the four artists. It was
an opportunity for the
Oglethorpe Museum to dem-
onstrate the two areas it claims
to stress: "realism and interna-
tionalism." Prior exhibits, such
as The Many Faces of Bud-
dha and Contemporary Black
Artists From South Africa.
have also aided in the devel-
opment of Atlanta as a cul-
tured city. Christie Brackbill,
Associate Director for the
Museum, explains, "It's a
chance to give Atlanta a name

for art"

Four From Madrid will
be at the Oglethorpe Museum
until December 18th. The

museum is located on the third
floor of the library, and is open
to the public Tuesday through
Friday, II a.m.-4 p.m., and

Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Admission
is free and ample parking is
available. For more informa-
tion call (404) 364-8555.

Nude by Gustavo Isoe, from the Four from Madrid Collection, currently In the Oglethorpe

Museum Photo courtesy of Oglethorpe Unh/erslty Museum

Oglethorpe welcomes parents to OPU

By Miriam Whaley
Special to The Stormy Petrel

Oglethorpe was trans-
formed into OPU (Oglethorpe
Parents University) tlie week-
end of October 1 , when parents
came from near and far to ex-
perience life at OU. It was a
chance for parents to attend
classes, watch some soccer
matches, and, yes, even eat a
few meals in the dining hall.

Parents' Weekend offi-
cial events began on Saturday
morning, when parents regis-
tered and were treated to a con-
tinental breakfast in Emerson
Student Center Registration
was followed by an orientation
assembly led by Dr. Stanton,
Dr. Knott, Dr. Caprio, and
Dean Moore. After a question
and answer session, tlie assem-
bly adjourned for classes.
Each set of parents selected
two special classes to attend
which were taught by
Oglethorpe professors. The
nine classes that were offered
included everything from

"The Extinction of the 400
Hitter: Baseball, Hot Dogs,
Apple Pie and Revolution,"
taught by Dr. Zirismeister, to
"Campaign '94: A Midterm
Report on the Clinton Admin-
istration," taught by Dr. Tho-
mas.

After classes, parents
headed over to the dining hall
with students for lunch. Later,
the Women's and Men's soc-
cer matches against Millsaps
College gave parents a chance
to see some of Oglethorpe's
best atliletes at work. Follow-
ing the games, parents were
shuttled over to Dr and Mrs.
Stanton's home for a reception.
Tlie reception allowed parents
and students a chance to visit
with professors and adminis-
trators, as well as with Dr. and
Mrs. Stanton, while sampling
some appetizers and punch
provided by DAKA Parents
were tlien taken back to cam-
pus for dinner in the dining
hall. An accordion player
filled the cafeteria with music
which followed the

Oktoberfest theme.

The closing event for
Parents' Weekend was
"Showtime at OPU," a show-
case of entertainment by
Oglethorpe students and staff
members. During an intermis-
sion, awards were given out to
parents for such things as trav-
eling the farthest distance to
come to Parents' Weekend and
telling the saddest story of a
student having to leave a pet
at home. Senior Bill Girton's
parents received an award for
coming to Parents' Weekend

all four years that he has been
at Oglethorpe.

Overall, the weekend
went smoothly and was en-
joyed by both students and
parents. Pam Dyer, mother of
freshman Liimea Dyer, agreed
that the weekend was pleasant:
"I like that it hasn't been real
structured. We've had time to
visit." It seems, then, that Par-
ents' Weekend most important
objectives of letting parents get
to know the campus and staff
while visiting their children
were again fulfilled.

ATTENTION SENIORS: All students
anticipating completion of degree
requirements in December '94, May '95
or August '95 must fill out an application
for a degree in the registrar's ofiBce ASAP.
December '94 completions must fill out
applications by October 14. May & August
'95 must fill out applications by November
30. If this is not done a diploma cannot
be ordered.

October 13, 1994

Sweat happens

Tales from Trustee 34

By Patrick Floyd
Staff

Sweat Happens.

Sometliing there is tliat doesn't love conditioned air

As I write this, about a quarter of the time I have spent at
Oglethorpe has been witliout air conditioning.

My lack of air conditioning was attributed first to an acci-
denlally misflipped switch in my particular air conditioning unit,
and second, to an alleged power failure.

I am willing to give the University the benefit of the doubt,
and assume tliat botli air conditioning absences were deliberate
and calculated attempts by OU administrators to bring me closer
to my roommate, my suitemates, and tlie Oglethorpe commu-
nity as a whole.

Surely tlie administrators know tliat few fluids forge firmer
foundations for fellowship than blood, sweat, and tears. It is
only logical, and quite considerate I miglit add, for the OU ad-
ministration to begin witli sweat.

I say considerate because, when compared with blood and
tears, sweat neither demands nor requires emotions. Especially
for freslimen, who may be away from tlieir families for tlie first
time, beginning school is an emotional time. I believe it is safe
to say tliat tears were shed by some neo-Petrels when the realiza-
tion hit them tliat they would be distanced from tlieir family (tlieir
blood).

Not wanting to add to an already emotionally traumatic
situation, the University would certainly not want to employ tears
or blood to promote campus-wide conununioii, just yet. At tlie
same time, great strides miglit be made toward University unity
if the first month of school could be made fluidly fiilfilling.

I commend OU decision-makers on their policy of condi-
tioned air deprivation.

When I'm hot, as a human, my body sweats. As a part of
,tlie Ogletliorpe student body, I sweat. I live on the tliird floor of
Trustee, and I believe it is safe to say that I live in the armpit of
the Oglethorpe student body.

Without air conditioning, my roommate and I sweat to-
getlier. Without air conditioning, our suitemates became our
sweatmates.

Sure, it wasn't always comfortable. Sure, we woke up
salty. Sure, Trustee 34 did not smell unlike a locker room. It
was a small price to pay.

Our collective discomfort and saltiness gave us an undeni-
able bond. As for tlie locker room odor, I can not honestly say 1
did not enjoy it.

Sweat has a distinct odor, but it is not a bad odor. To me a
locker room smells like camaraderie. A locker room smells like
teamwork. A locker room smells like individuals working to-
gether towards a common goal. Our room did have a distinct
smell; our room smelled like love. Contrary to popular opinion,
love does not smell like rose petals or perfume.

As I write this my air conditioner is functioning flawlessly.
The air is cool. The odor that once so typified my room is now
undetectable (at least to me).

Even so, my suitemates and I would like to extend our
sincerest thanks to Oglethorpe University for letting us live to-
gether and sweat togetlier in Trustee 34.

EDITORIALS.

Political blunder in Haiti

Page 3

By Robert Miller
Editorial Editor

Has anyone ever

stopped and looked at how we
have gotten ourselves into an-
other mess very similar to So-
malia? It began months ago
when a highly unstable (yet
very popular) president was
elected. Jean Bertrand
Aristide became president of
Haiti for a number or reasons,
two of them being most dis-
turbing to the United States.
First, Aristide is a socialist.
Tliis appealed to the masses of
Haiti due to their centuries of
repression by the ruling elite.
Second, Aristide is strongly
ant i- American in his views.
Tlie primary causes are as fol-
lows: (a) U.S. support of the
ruling elite, and (b) a history
of U.S. intervention in the re-
gion (how odd.)

Following an almost
bloodless coup which placed
the Defense Ministry in power,
the United States immediately
slapped sanctions on Haiti.
Never mind that the sanctions
only hurt the lower class and
not tlie rulers. The embargo
actually created a situation in
which we had to invade. One
wonders how many Haitians
we starved througli the em-
bargo. When it became clear
tliat tlie people would not rise
up and overthrow the coup
leaders (Why should they?
Even Guantanamo Bay is
more pleasant than Haiti),
Washington decided to take
matters into its own hands.
Afler montlis of indecision, the
quagmire of an invasion was
only avoided by Jimmy
Carter's heroics. Even
Carter's efforts were almost
thwarted by information that
an invasion force was already
airborne.

The present situation
exposes what is wrong with the
American foreign policy in
glowing terms. Over the next
several ^nths, we will ex-
pend miUions (if not billions)
of dollars we do not have in
our defense budget, stretching
our already weakened forces
out in another direction and
taking resources away fi'om
items of real strategic impor-
tance. Example 1: Ehiringthis
operation, reserve forces had
to be called up in order to fill
out the ranks. Why? There
was no longer a sufficient
number of active duty forces
to take on even such a minor
operation. Example 2: Due
to lack of fiinding, 25% of the
Navy Reserve (several thou-
sand personnel) missed one
month's worth of training.
Example 3: Did you ever
wonder why the Marine Corps
isn 't playing a major role in the
operation? About half of the
Marine Corps' helicopters are
so old that they are considered
a danger to fly. Despite this
appraisal by Marine Comman-
dant Carl Mundy some three
years ago, the Corps has yet to
receive funding for the next
generation of helicopters.
Anny helicopters can't oper-
ate from the small decks of am-
phibious ships (the helicopters
are too big); therefore, it be-
comes necessary for Navy air-
craft carriers to deploy with
Army helicopters while the
Marine Corps gets to watch. If
it weren't so serious, it would
all be very amusing.

What happens on the
sharp end? American soldiers
will be put in charge of polic-
ing a nation that has never
known true democracy. At
best, they will eventually be
snipped at by both sides after
the celebration ends in a few

weeks. They will place in
power an anti- American ruler
who theoretically owes us
something At worst, they will
suffer casualties while preserv-
ing the status quo. Either way,
a large number of my brothers
and sisters-in-arms are placing
themselves in great danger for
absolutely no reason.

How should the situa-
tion have been handled?
Simple. First, don't have an
embargo (it only hurts the
poor). Secon4sendintheCIA
and aid the Haitian people in
overthrowing their dictators
who are supposedly being so
oppressive. If they are not
willing to rise up and help
themselves, the idea of send-
ing U.S. troops into the region
becomes an even greater farce.
Third, tell the dictatoi^ that if
they don't get out, they will be
eliminated personally. We did
it to Khadafi in Libya (remem-
ber when we bombed his house
in 1986). That got him out of
our hair for a long time at the
cost of two dead. We failed to
do it to Saddam in 1991. He
is still giving us problems af-
ter the loss of over 200 killed
and thousands wounded. At
what cost Haiti?

Whatever happens
aside, I wish to close with a
word of support to my friends
in the field. All our prayers are
with the troops. We wish them
success in their endeavors and
a safe return home at the earli-
est possible date.

Note: The views re-
flected in this editorial reflect
only views and opinions of
Robert A. Miller They do not
necessarily reflect the views
and opinions of the Air Force
ROTC, the United States Air
Force, nor the Department of
Defense.

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EDITORIALS.

October 13, 1994

Financial Aid: Solutions or just problems?

Point Counterpoint

By David Carroll

Staff

It wasn't long after getting situated liere on campus

that I started to hear all the tragic stories that were caused by the
financial aid department. I heard stories about how once we, the
naive and unexpecting little freshmen, were enrolled and had
figured that our tuition and other costs were taken care of, the
fuiancial aid department would take away what little we suppos-
edly received. Curious and intimidated by these unexpected ac-
cusations towards the financial aid department, I asked many
people, "How do you feel about the financial aid here at
Oglethorpe University?" It was interesting to learn that almost
every situation for each particular person was a different one.
These differences varied from the person's family income to aca-
demic scholarships to the grades they were making at the time. It
immediately became apparent as to why many people disliked
our friends on the third floor in Luptoa However, for the most
part I don't believe these people are giving the fmancial aid de-
partment a chance.

Much resentment is aimed towards Financial Aid. At the
same time there are a lot of misconceptions of them. Many of
these misconceptions are caused by the rumors that are created
after hearing the stories about how everyone is being cheated. I
am not saying that the stories of many of these students are fab-
rications made up out of resentment or anything like that. How-
ever, it seems to me that these stories are misleading and only
partially true. Because there are so many individual circum-
stances, it is important to remember the factors which entail tlie
reasoning behind each person's predicament. Some situations
involve the student's scholarship being revoked due to low GPAs.
Other situations are blown out of proportion which may seem
that someone's entire fmancial aid package was revoked, when,
in fact, it was only a small sum deducted due to a change in one's
family income. Another reason why someone may lose money
from their final award letter is tliat they had failed to respond
with certain information necessary to complete one's fmancial
aid. With all this in mind, be carefiil not to believe all the half-
told stories you'll hear.

Instead of bashing the financial aid for the money they did
not give me, I can't help but to be thankfiil for their generosity.
Personally, if it were not for them, I wouldn't be at tliis school.
There is absolutely no way tliat I could have been able to afford
the tuition. I, like many others, don't have my parents support-
ing me financially anymore. Coming from a student that has to
pay for his own education, I just want to say that I am, all to-
gether, very lucky to be here. I could have gone to other schools
that would have paid for all of my tuition, but I chose this one for
the quality education available. It is a big sacrifice, I admit, yet
it's also an investment that will effect the course of my life.

Despite the negative responses you might hear, I still have
much respect for those who work in fmancial aid. They work
extremely hard with the families that need their help. It's a year
round job trying to give as much as they can. However, it really
isn't their decision as to how much a student receives. It is the
government that sets the regulations for determining a family's
need. Unfortunately, the financial aid people take all the flak for
not giving enough or taking away money.

Please remember that everytliing I say is just pure specula-
tion. Everytliing I know about fmancial aid is from personal ex-
perience and talking with other people. I "m sure tliere are those
who don't get tlie fair amount tliat tliey really need. However,
due to the difficulty of the job, I think it is important to give
credit to those who work in financial aid and not to criticize tliem
so harshly.

ByKimberly Wilkes
Organizations Editor

''I wouldn't be here if it weren't for flnandal aid." This is a common quote around

campus, and I'm not denying that it is true. But another common quote is, "Because of fmancial
aid, I can't come back next year." Now the difference that I would like to point out here is that the
first sentence sounds more like an underclass person, and the second, an upperclass person.

My freshman year, I would iiave been statement number one. I had this great Oglethorpe
Scholars Award, a need-based grant and a $500 subsidized loan. I did work-study and a part-time
job for an additional five hours a week. Now that I am in my third and fmal year at Oglethorpe,
I have the same Oglethorpe Scholars Awards, the same need-based grant, and I was offered $8250
in subsidized and unsubsidized loans. I know that not everyone is a mathematics major, but the
loans were an increase of 1 6.5 times. I now work off campus so that I get more than $4.50 an hour
for about 30 hours a week. This is twice the work I did my freshman year!

Why? This is the question I have asked myself a million times. The first response would be
that my grades have not been good, so I do not deserve more money. Wrong! Financial aid doesn't
consider your grades unless you are not meeting the requirements for your scholarship. You can-
not get more money because you are carrying a 3.0 or 3.5 or even a 4.0 GPA. The next response
would be that my family makes more money now. Wrong! I don't go home to mooch off them,
and let me assure you, I don't make that much money working part-time.

So why have my loans increased, but nothing else? The only reason I know is that I am
stuck. I can't transfer to another college and graduate in May. I have to stay here and finish it out
Tuition keeps increasing every year, but the only thing that increases on your fmancial aid is your
loan. If you're one of the lucky ones like me, you're still here. You don't hear as much about the
unlucky ones, because they can't return to tell you about it

But moving right along to other complaints about financial aid. The next one is their ineffi-
ciency. You know how it says on the financial aid award letter to strike through any aid which you
don't want? I don't know why they bother to waste the ink; they don't ever look at that I crossed
off some of the loans because I didn't want my grandchildren to be paying off my loans for me.
They still had everything printed out with the wrong amounts from the summer session incorrectly
in August and it's not because I didn't bring it to their attention. Also, while freshmen will get
their award letters in March, returning students get theirs in May or June for the summer session
which starts early in May. I had abnost completed a course before I knew whether or not I was
going to get any money to pay for the courses which I was taking!

Lastly, I have a personal complaint They won't let me apply for the Georgia Tuition Equal-
ization Grant. Sure, my parents live in Florida, but they don't claim me on their taxes. The
Georgia Residency Auditor has declared me a Georgia resident for tuition purposes at Georgia
state schools. I have had a Georgia driver's license for over a year. I have paid Georgia state
income taxes for the past two years. 1 have not left the state except for vacations less than two
weeks long since 1992. Do you think that perhaps I am a resident of Georgia? The financial aid
office here doesn't seem to think so. They should speak to my mother who only sees me a week a
year and see what she has to say about where I live.

So what is tlie point if all this? Your point of view depends upon your perspective: what side
of the fence you are standing on.

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EDITORIALS.

Recreational killing: Satire
or the wave of the future?

Advisors:

Bill Brightman Linda Bucki

Michael McClure

By Kelly Holland
Staff

Natural Born Killers,

starring Juliette Lewis and
Woody Harrelson, is a natural
born winner. Directed by
Oliver Stone, a wizard of the
film industry, this film ex-
plores the minds and actions of
two mass murderers and the
role that the media played in
portraying Uiem as celebrities.

In tlie film, Mickey and
Mallory Knox are two young
lovers who find release and
recreation in killing people at
whim. You're probably say-
ing, "Wait just one minute!
that's definitely not the movie
for me!" Don't judge this
movie before you see it, folks.
The violence is a large part of
the film, but I would encour-
age everyone to go in with an
open mind and a desire to find
meaning in what seems like a
senseless film.

The whole object of this
movie, I think, is to satirize the
overbearing role that the me-
dia plays in today's society.
Think about it: doesn't the
media work to satisfy society 's
strange "need" or "want" to
hear accounts of murder, rape,
and death? When you tune in
to Channel 2 at 6:00, aren't
tliose horrific stories plastered
all over your screen? People
are mesmerized by things that
are haunting and gruesome,
and the media picks up on this.

So is the case with Natu-
ral Born Killers. Mickey and
Mallory's actions are docu-
mented, murder by murder.
Everyone knows who these
guys are, and many people
think that they're the greatest
serial killers who ever walked
the face of the earth. The
Knoxes are the talk of the
country, even the talk of the
planet. The media dedicates
so much of its time and energy
to these two that they become
celebrities.

You really have to look
past the horror of this film to
get to the heart of the matter.

As Oliver Stone said in a tele-
vision interview shortly before
the film was released, "You
must get to a point where the
killing and violence is humor-
ous." The idea of this film is,
of course, not to say that kill-
ing is permitted or accepted by
society, but to show the absur-
dity and excessiveness of the
media.

There were several
scenes shown at the end of the
film from real life media to-
day: images of Rodney King,
David Koresh's religious com-
pound at Waco, Lorena
Bobbitt testifying on the stand,
and, most recently, O.J.
Simpson. These have been
some of the most publicized
and talked about issues in the
past couple of years.

I found tliese few images
to be the most powerful state-
ments and the most obvious
attempts at satire and began to
wonder why these scenes were
so great. O.J.'s trial has been
said to be the "most-watched
murder trial in U.S. history."
Why is this? What was
Stone's purpose for showing
these clips at the close of Natu-
ral Born Killers! The reason
is simple. We know O.J. as a
football superstar and celeb-
rity. Think back to the now
famous chase that occurred
between the white Ford
Bronco and Los Angeles po-
lice. The action was live as the
55 mph chase was broadcast
on CNN.

Society is used to seeing
police chases in fictional mov-
ies with fictional characters,
not in real life involving some-

one whom everyone knows
and loves. A large portion of
Americans were glued to their
seats as they watched the O.J.
drama unfold. Same as in this
movie. When a famous TV.
journalist gets permission to
do an interview live with
Mickey Knox in prison, a full-
scale riot breaks out and
sweeps through the facility. I
imagine viewers reacted in
much the same way as we did
when O.J. Simpson was being
pursued by the police. To see
the horror and brutality that
Mickey and Mallory are so
known for, live and real, must
have been fascinating for the
station's viewers! These two
are celebrities in this society,
and to see them in action was
surely a thrill.

Overall, I think Wafura/
Born Killers is a masterpiece.
The fikn is quite different in
style from anything that I've
ever seen, and the soundtrack
is incredible. lenjoyedthecre-
ative camera angles and the
overall "artsiness" of the film.
But what I liked most of all
was the meaning. Having
been pondering the idea of a
career in TV. journalism, I re-
alize there is such a thing as
moderation, and once you
cross the bounds into exces-
siveness, things can really
get. .well, crazy, I guess.

You can experience this
wonderful movie at a great
price at the Outlet Square Mall
theaters. Students do receive
a discount, and you too can see
this brilliant and somewhat
outrageous film for a mere
$3.50. Enjoy!

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FEATURES.

October 13, 1994

By Maria Johnson
Features Editor

Most of us have al-
ready met "that crazy French
guy," but for those who
haven't, this week's profile is
devoted to Cristophe Lamor.

Cristophe, a native of
Verdun, France, decided to ex-
change to Oglethorpe after
meeting Jennifer Hormor, an
Oglethorpe student studying
business at his school
Cristophe is also studying
business, and hopes to come
back to Atlanta to serve his in-
ternship in Internationa] Busi-
ness.

Cristophe has four pas-
sions in his life: table-tennis,
postcards, parties, and women.

His love for table-tennis
began at age 1 1 after be broke
his knee, wrist, and hand prac-
ticing judo. The doctor or-
dered "no more violent
sports," so Cris began practic-
ing table tennis. He has been
on tlie regional championsliip
circuit in France for four years
now (bringing to mind a
French Fon-est Gump). His
only problem is tliat, of yet, he
hasn't found a worthy practice
opponent. Chef Pete of cafete-
ria fame, is one oftlie best Cris
has played here: "He's pretty
good," said Cris, "but he can't
beat me."

Cris's second and third
passions, postcards and par-
ties, occupy most of his free
time. He has already written
65 postcards. "I made a bet
with my roommate that by tlie
end the year I would have three
walls of tlie room covered in
postcards!" Concerning par-
ties, Cristophe had this to say:
1 love American parties! We
have nothing like this in
France. Everyone only goes
to clubs."

While he spends this
year in Ajnerica, Cristophe
hopes to visit Florida, attend
many big events, and make
many international comiec-
tions. He doesn't forget his
fourth passion, however: "I
would like to perpetuate our
[French] reputation as lovers."

Where to eat without eating meat

Guide to 'Eat Your Vegetables' in Little Five Points

By Kim Jones
Features Editor

Are you on the look-
out for fabulous vegetarian
cuisine? Look no ftirtlier than
Eat Your Vegetables in Little
Five Points. If you take a riglit
out of Oglethorpe and a left at
tlie second light, you will be
on Nortli Druid Hills. When
you hit Briarcliff take a riglit
turn. Briarcliff" turns into
Moreland, after which Little

Five Points and Eat Your Veg-
etables will be on your right.

"The food was difierent
but delicious, and the server
was extremely helpful," says
Laura Sinclair. "The server
explained the menu ingredi-
ents and helped us to find ap-
petizers, entrees and desserts."

We started with
Portabello mushrooms and
Italian Cheese bread. The
cheese bread, when it first ap-
peared at our table seemed to

be a little skimpy on cheese,
but the basil and tomato made
up for it. The Portabello
mushrooms, for those that
have never had them, are
uniquely flavorful. They are
definitely not an appetizer for
one person. Very tasty at fu^
these mushrooms can put a
strangely sick taste in your
mouth and an upset feeling in
your stomach if you eat too
many.

For an entree, we tried

Top ten reasons to step

By Kimberiy Wilkes
Organizations Editor

Top ten reasons to go

to the step aerobics class here
at Ogletliorpe:

10. It's free, and the mats,
steps, and instructor are pro-
vided.

9. Domino's pizza man and
you are on a first name basis.

8. You have a significant
other in your life.

7. You don't have a signifi-
cant other in your life (and
there is someone really cute
whom you are lusting after).

6. You need to do something
good for your body after giv-
ing it OU cafeteria food.

5. You have a lot of work to
do and need a creative form of
procrastination.

4. You are curious to see what
"The Pit" is.

3. You have clothes that don't
fit as well as they should.
(Homecoming is only four and
a half months away and you
need to fit in that dress).

2. You enjoy meeting and
having ftm with other students
while trying not to pass out
from physical exhaustion.

1 . Because, dam it, you are

worth it!

Step class meets on
Mondays and Wednesdays in
The Pit fi-om 7:00 p.m. until
8:00 p.m. and on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m.
until 7:15 p.m. A Sunday af-
ternoon class may be started
soon. The instructors are
Ahna (365-5803) and Kate
(365-2649); give them a call
if you have questions. Men
and women are invited (al-
thougli no men have been able
to handle it yet!) to come and
work at their own pace. Join
us next week, and don't forget
to bring some water with you !

Nontraditional student life

By Anita Stevenson
Special to The Stormy Petrel

Often Continuing

Education students look witli
envy at the traditional student.
We see them as young and
carefree, with plenty of time to
study and the whole world be-
fore tliem. But how many of
us would really trade places
with them? Young tliey may
be, but I doubt if tliey would
agree that they are carefree.

Besides, being a Con-
tinuing Ed. student does not
mean you liave "no life," it just
means that you have a wild
and crazy one. Most Conlinu-
iiig Ed. students, uicluduig me,
are trying to balance a home
life, a career life, a school life,
and a smattering of social life.

It's not easy, but certainly not
dull!

Tlie reasons for return-
ing to school are as many and
varied as the students them-
selves. Some see tlie comple-
tion of a degree as an opportu-
nity to advance in the business
world, some just like to attend
classes, while some want a de-
gree for tliemselves. I am in

tlie last category; I already
have my career, I'm close to
thinking about retiring, but I
wanttliat degree!

So whatever the reason
may be, tlie students come, the
classes fill up, the e.xams are
taken, the sighs of relief are
heard at the end of each semes-
ter... and tlien it starts all over
again.

The OU Library has extended
its hours of service:

Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p:m.

Sunday 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

The library will be closed Thursday, November 24 through
Saturday, November 26. It will reopen at 2:00 on Sunday,
November 27.

the Sesame Chicken and Veg-
etable Fajitas. The Sesame
Chicken was extremely moist,
not dry. It was accompanied
by steamed vegetables, white
rice, and a side salad. Unlike
side salads at many restau-
rants, this side salad had fresh
mushrooms, carrots, cabbage,
alfalfa sprouts and nuts. The
dressings were creamy with a
pleasing green color My per-
sonal favorite is Meso, a soy-
bean paste with Tamari and
honey. The Vegetable Fajitas
also come with a side salad,
white rice and wonderful black
beans. The fajitas are ex-
tremely spicy, so if you do not
like spicy food, either specify
that to the server or stay away
from this meal completely.
Other things on the menu in-
clude Tofii Manicotti, as well
as a fish of the day and an or-
ganic dinner of the day.

For dessert, they offer a
wide range of flavorful sweets,
one of which, Tofli Carob Pie,
has no sugar and no dairy
products. This pie is made of
a creamy tofu carob filling on
graham cracker crust. Not
every dessert, however, is so
sinless. The Zabaglione is a
chocolate lover's delight.
What could be more fun than
layered chocolate cake with
chocolate cream filling and a
touch of brandy. The dark
chocolate pieces on the top
make the whole cake a dream.
Eat Your Vegetables is
not exactly affordable, but
very decently priced. The en-
trees run from five to eight
dollars, and the desserts and
appetizers are all around three
dollars.

For a decent meal of
chicken, fish, or vegetarian
cuisine in a quiet room with
pleasant little wooden tables or
on an outside patio overlook-
ing Moreland Avenue, Eat
Your Vegetables is the place.
They are closed on Sundays
and Mondays, and bring a
sweater if you are eating in-
side; it is like going to a movie
tlieater

October 13, 1994

FEATURES.

Page?

Financial aid will never be same without Jayne

By Becky Ponier

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Whatever Happened
to Baby Jayne? For Uiose of
you who have yet to venture
the three flights of stairs to the
Oglethorpe Financial Aid Of-
fice this year, you are probably
unaware that Ms. Jayne Stagg,
one of the Financial Aid Coun-
selors, is no longer with us.

Yes, unfortunately, this
is true. After serving four ex-
citing years with us, Jayne has
left the world of Oglethorpe.
Jayne might be fondly remem-
bered as tlie one who did it all

in Financial Aid. Aside from
being a great counselor, Jayne
was a great friend to almost
everyone who came into or
called the office, as well as to
the greater part of the staff at
Oglethorpe. On any given day,
Jayne could be seen taking
calls about loan checks, work-
ing on the Georgia Grants, and
giving some friendly advice to
one of the students about their
current love life, usually all at
the same time.

Jayne is currently work-
ing at America-5 Financial
Aid Office in Marietta. She is
a fmancial aid analyst and do-

Attention scholarship
recipients:

If someone gave you a check for $5000, wouldn't you
write a note to acknowledge your sincere thanks?

Every year those students who receive scholarship
awards from the specifically designated scholarship funds are
asked to write a brief thank you note in order to express their
appreciation for the donor's gift. According to Mr. Paul
Dillingham, Vice President for Development, only about 80
percent of the students actually write the letters.

All it takes is a few minutes to tell tlie donor a liule
about yourself and how much you appreciate his/her contri-
bution. For many students, it would be difficult or impossible
to attend this university witliout these generous members of
the Oglethorpe community. Tlie notes are very meaningful to
the donors, and may provide a little incentive to continue tlieir
support. Please take the lime to show your gratitude.

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ing well. When asked how she
was enjoying her new job,
Jayne said "I miss working
with all of the students and the
staff at Oglethorpe, but I don't
miss the traffic on 285 every
morning. My new office is
only ten minutes away from
my house!"

Jayne can still be spot-
ted walking the halls on cam-
pus at OU, however, because
she is working on her degree.
If anyone should happen to
need some advice or just a
friendly smile, you might try
to catch Jayne before her 6;00
literature class in Hearst on

Mondays and Wednesdays.
She would be more than happy
to visit with her old friends.

For those of you who
worked on your fmancial aid
file with Jayne, and only with
Jayne (and you know who you
are) never fear. There are still
a group of very capable and
friendly people willing to help
you in the Financial Aid Of-
fice. Pam, Pat, Christa, Wanda
(the one in Jayne 's old office),
Janet and a bunch of wonder-
ful work study students are all
holding down the fort up there
on the third floor And quite
nicely, I might add.

Well, I hate to be the
bearer of bad news, so I will
try and end on a happy note.
For those who knew Jayne and
got the dianoe to work with her
and know her, you understand
the sadness in her leaving. But
she will always be a special
memory of your years at OU
as she will be in mine. For
those who missed meeting
Jayne, trust me, you missed a
great opportunity. But there is
always a chance that you may
run into her on campus, or in
one of your classes next semes-
ter, and if you do, get to know
her. You will thank yourself.

We will miss you Jayne!

"O'Pinions.

What is your general opinion of
tiie Bomb Sfjelter?

By Kim Jones
Feature Editor

"It should be open 24 hours a

day."

Kevin Kendrick

Junior

"It should definitely be open

longer."

Vicy Wilkinson

Freshman

"The food is pretty limited, but
the service is always good. I
like the atmosphere and it is
never really crowded."
Karen Hackett
Junior

"1 would like to see it open
later in tlie evening, but it's
kind of a catch-22 as not
enougli students are coming in.
It is a money loser."
Marshall Nason
Administration

"I think the Bomb SheUer
could use a fast food chain to
improve at business. It needs
more flexible hours for people
who don't eat during dining
hall hours."
Jeremy Jeflra
Freshman

"It has definitely improved
from last year. It needs to be
open different hours than the
cafeteria, and students need to
complain more when the
Bomb Shelter doesn't have
what they want, i.e. a blender."
Stephanie Hunter
Sophomore

Pages

October 13, 1994

ENTER TAINMENT.

By Yoli Hernandez
Staff

When you first see the

previews of Jason 's Lyric, do
not make the error of classify-
ing it as just another boyz-n-
the-hoo<J-type movie. Its guns,
its bloodshed, its privation, its
adversity all have a deeper
meaning. In the midst of all
this violence there dawns a
beautiful romance. Jason's
Lyric is an emotional roller
coaster of siuprises.

In the first half of the
movie we learn about the
childliood of two brotJiers
Jason and Josh. Jason (Allen
Payne) is the elder whose
flashbacks transport us to an
era of disco and polyester.
They live with their mom in a
small, unkempt house in a
rough neighborhood. Their
dad, "Mad Dog," is a crippled
Vietnam vet who drops by in
llie middle of the night in his
inebriated frenzies. Jason
grows up to be a hard-work-
ing mama's boy, wiiile Josh
turns into a resentful drug
dealer who has inherited his
father's love for liquor.

Up to this point the
movie seems dismal, but
events pick up when Lyric
(Jada Pinkett) wanders in to
buyaTVsetfix)mJason. Tliey
botJi want to leave tlie glietto
and tlieir warring, drug-deal-
ing brotliers and escape to a
better place togetlier.

Unfortunately tilings are
not tliat simple. Jason has to
be the hero and stick around
to help his miserable mother
and his irreparable brother.
We are compelled to sit on the
edge of our seat when Josli
seeks revenge against the
world with a gun. Our eyes
fill with tears by tlie bloodbath
that drips from tlie screen. But
the sun does sliine again.

Jason 's Lyric begins as
a violent tale of two brothers
trapped in the slums. It ends
as a promising love story tliat
has conquered tragedy. In be-
tween the audience laughs at
the afros and raw humor, is
angered at tlie fierceness and
turmoil, cries over fiitilily, and
is anxious for love and har-
mony.

Adam and Anthony's CD courtroom

By Adam Corder and
Anthony Wilson
Staff

AC: Once again it's on.

We currently reside in "da
house." Wilson, and yours
truly, Corder, are here to give
you the "word up" on a couple
of current discs.
AW: We have cut back the
volume of CDs we review in
each issue out of an altruistic
desire to provide tlie most in-
depth and pitliy (if you will)
reviews possible. Also, our
editor tlirew us a flat-out "dis"
by telling us to "cut it or shut
it."

AC; Alright then. This
week's fare commences with
Weezer 's latest effort. Now,
the house party chant song
"Come Undone -Tlie Sweater
Song" is what drew me to pur-
chase tliis particular disc. If
only I had known ....
AW: I would like to go on
record as saying that tliis al-
bum was Adam's choice. I am
personally repulsed at the idea
of reviewing Weezer immedi-
ately after Hootie and the
Blowfish. Why in tlie name of
haniniocks do we never review
bands with normal names? At
any rate, tliis album lived up
to my expectations, h was pile.
AC : I must grudgingly agree

with my associate. The album
starts off with a track entitled
"My Name is Jonas." What
else can I say but these guys
have the musical acumen of
Antliony and I after approxi-
mately 34 beers each. The
grinding and annoying riffs
make me want to slap my
niotlier.

AW: Ditto. Weezer bogs the
listener down with droning,
crashing, migraine-inducing
songs utterly bereft of any
melodic sense. Their grating
attempts to fuse pop-friendly
vocals to mind-crushing gui-
tars produce a dissonance
evocative of Herman's Her-
mits jamming with Owar. I
would receive more pleasure
from the sound of my own
bones shattering than from
another audience of this al-
bum.

AC: Yep. These fools know
about three guitar chords and
hit them witli tlie annoying in-
tensity of a twelve pound bag
of fertilizer being dropped off
the Lupton third floor bath-
room and landing on President
Stanton. Seriously, this al-
bums sucks. It's repetitive,
illogical, and will be about as
enduring as Was Not Was'
iVhal Up. Dogf. Thumbs
down on my side.
AW: I even hated tlie single.

Why is this pq>ular? It boggles
the mind. Okay, quick (hypo-
thetical) life story of the band
Weezer. A bundi of virtual lep-
ers on the high school social
scene decide that maybe if they
were in a band they would re-
ceive something other than
violent abuse from their peer
group. They buy instruments,
turn their amps up to ungodly
levels, and still sound like the
Partridge Family. However,
they are embraced by the now-
rabid alternative scene as drop-
out heroes, and now exude
their acrid waste on radio sta-
tions everywhere. Thumbs
way down.

AC: Peace there, G. Okay
Next we have the new Stone
Temple Pilots album, ostensi-
bly named Purple. I fell to
my knees and praised the al-
mighty when I pushed "play"
for tliis album after the likes
of Weezer.

AW: (referringto the previous
band) I mean, look at 'em.
Do these guys have friends?
AC: Stone Temple Pilots have
an original and powerful gui-
tar style that I will recognize
and appreciate, yea, until my
golden years.

AW: Agreed. This is true me-
lodic rock and roll of a caliber
rarely found on modem radio.
The building intensity of
"Kitchenware and Candy

Bars," the fuzz-tone fury of
"Vasoline," the classic rock
transcendence of "Interstate
Love Song"... this is just an
amazing collection of music.
By the way, did I mention the
fact that I hate Weezer with a
passion?

AC: Why, yes you did. I
think we've flogged that de-
funct equestrian, good buddy.
I felt real emotion on the track
"Pretty Penny." The struggle,
the pain, the experience of
death all washed over me like
a cold snow. I felt emotion
when enjoying this album,
something I rarely do with
rock and roll.

AW: I agree for the most part,
save perhaps for the snow
simile. With this album. Stone
Temple Pilots proves conclu-
sively that it is no Pearl Jam
clone, but an original band
willing to take musical risks at
the possible expense of album
sales.

AC: Two enthusiastic
thumbs up. Our time is at
hand, I fear, so we must leave
you for now.

AW: I was going to explain
that last point, but to hell with
it This was getting kind of
long, anyway.

AC: Accurate enough,
Antoine. But, fear not., we
shall return. And we are outta
here like last year.

Moliere's Misanthrope at Oglethorpe

By Kiniberly Wilkes
Organizations Editor

The Playmakers,

Oglethorpe's dramatics
troupe, kicks off its season
this fall with The Mjsan-
thropeby.}!^ii^}%'.'''T^ejMis'-''.,
anthro0\i a coniedyi'lxirdep:''^:
ing 0!j,.iiii;agedyj..abSut tligjab^jj:
solaie incBiilpa^ibility:;df XviW
v|ry di^(S^l^:n'atur^; one.^iSi/
cttisive, tlie olhef ''gregaEfiMis
ana'-'eageF:fof' compliments.
Tliis play, originally set and
perfoniied in 1666, is perfect
in any time period. Tliis pro-
duction will be set in the
1800's in a Parisian
townhouse owned by
Celiniene.

Celiniene's house is
alive with the comings and
goings of courtiers and mar-
quesses who vie for tlie atten-

tion and favor of Celiniene, the Oglethj^tpe-stagg^ as the Guard. Also, behind the

a young widow. Her most ar- Playgralfers had .fought scenes is Mandy Gardner as

dent suitor is ^Jfiestej'-asiwu^ggjj^^^^fiere a couplS^ofyears the stage manager.

of uncomppsitiising pripiipJl]^ ^J0go. Frorf5'^)iaSTsa\ir6'ftKe>ft.c..,j Performances will be

who despi^ society;Jat.:^ifge.#'show, P|g kfisanthrope will ^J(!^^tfsda)i>^ough Saturday,

for its ^pp(>^i^'a.\\y0^o\^"'\:^^^ii.^nepeiionnan(x^'''' Oc^ber 13 through 15 at 8:00

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however, i^r(>0^0Mief'i^^^un^^l^S^^s Arsinoe, by the OSA Programming

with the mtem(;d-0SSin^ia^:-'.^0^aei^^&i^^ as Oronte,

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the prudisl|'A^io^^'-^ii||l:^?S'i^^--^}^^^^
herself in i^lg afflitjn a vSiiSsSftjUai^* S.ah Phillips
attempt to wS-^eS(e'sa#wi-\ as:' 1^ ErpVan Winkle
tions, which^die:;(J^?'^lj;.. asPliiliatiKjJsSihBJackmonas
W!^^i^0^sti^^\ss!iint as

MolferfeisiliAot ne#^^^JiilSsf':^3'jerehMabteffra asthe

Board. All full-time

Oglethorpe day students who
have paid their activity fee
need only show their student
ID card when picking up
their ticket. All faculty, staff
and part-time or evening stu-
dents will be charged the usual
$2 per ticket. For more infor-
mation or for tickets, call 364-
8384.

October 13, 1994

Pages

ENTER TAINMENT.

Eula Mae's is an unusual play

By Kimberly Wilkes
Organizations Editor

Eula Mae's Beauty.

Bait and Tackle, a very de-
scriptive name for tliis show,
is set in Alabama in a small
town where everyone is
seemingly related. This hi-
larious sliow consists of tliree
actors, two of whom wrote
the play, Frank Blocker ajid
Chuck Richards. Similar to

A Chorus Line, the play is
mainly a series of fifteen mono-
logues tied togetlier witli a su-
perficial plot.

Eula Mae (Linda Patton)
owns a Bait and Tackle shop
where you can also get gas, car
repairs, and a cup of coffee.
She decides to expand into
beauty to give the ladies who
the tackle shop customers leave
in the pickup truck something
to do. Eula Mae is surrounded

by her zany family played by
two actors. Rita Mae, Eva
Mae and Beauregard, relatives
of Eula Mae, are all played by
Chuck Richards, who also
plays Albert, a lonely old man
who wants to live the rest of
his life without

basketweaving. The other
seven characters are played by
Frank Blocker. Rita Mae is a
very talented, 29 year old
community college student

311's unique mix hits Roxy

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

Musical group, 311, played at The

Roxy in Buckhead, on October 8.

When I first heard tliis band over the sum-
mer, their different style of music really drew
me in. The sound of 3 1 1 is a unique mix of
rock, fiink and rap. Tlieir music has an amount
of energy tliat makes tliem truly enjoyable to
listen to. Catchy guitar riffs, funky bass lines,
drum solos and other forms of percussion, as
well as turntables work to produce an incred-
ible result. Lead singer Nicholas Hexum, sings
melodically, while back up vocalist SA uses his

voice to project a harder sound. This combina-
tion only adds to the unique sound of 3 11 .

Currently, 311 has two CD's out in the
stores, "Music" and "Grassroots." 1 recently
purchased their newest CD, "Grassroots" and it
only coiifimied my love for tliis band.

Tlie members of 3 1 1 have been together
since 1984. Tliey got tlieir start in Omaha, Ne-
braska, their hometown. The group is made up
of five talented artists: Nicholas Hexum (lead
vocals), Chad Sexton (drums and percussion),
P-nut (bass), Timotliy Mahoney (guitar) and S A
(vocals). Their first video for MTV,
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who has tried for six years to
become Miss Alabama, only
to fail again. This upcoming
beauty contest is one of the
main plots. The other is Carl
Joe's thirteenth proposal for
marriage to Eula Mae who has
turned him down soundly ev-
ery year, but still he hangs
around.

All of the characters and
actors are stupendous. Both of
the men play several female
roles apiece with quite differ-
ent effects on the audience.
You should see this show if for
no other reason than to see
Richards in a pink tutu do the
talent portion of the beauty
contest, which is a tap-jazz-bal-
let-baton-twirling extrava-
ganza. Also Blocker, who is
one of tlie best character actors
I know, makes a great old lady,
a role which he just finished
doing in his last show. Patton,
who is Eula Mae, has that
southern hospitality-thing
down to a science. She would
offer you a soda when you
came in, but doesn't tell you
tliat she keeps them next to the
night crawlers and crickets!

The show, back by popu-
lar demand, is in the small,
intimate Discovery Arena at
the Neighborhood Playhouse.
This theater has a couple of
dozen tables scattered around
so that before the show starts
and during the two intermis-
sions you can get beer, wine,
soda and other beverages to
drink during the show. In a
small theater like this, the cast
can and does interact with the
audience. In fact, one hufiy
character smacked my boy-
friend. Will Mullis, across the
face with a purse because he
looked at her!

The Discovery Arena of
tlie Neighborhood Playhouse
is located in Decatur For tick-
ets or information regarding
upcoming performances, call
the box office at 373-5311.
The show plays Thursdays
through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
for an undetermined length of
time, so it could be stopped at
any tune.

By Heather Carlen
Entertainment Editor

Generally, precon-
ceived notions about certain
bands will amount to nothing.
When the actual music begins
to play, the existing bias tends
to fall away. With Blues
Traveler's newest album.
Four, an exception becomes
apparent. The very name
"Blues Traveler" conjures up
images of a roving minstrel
ban4 the kind of music you'd
hear under the stars on a clear
night in the countryside. Four
delivers exactly what I had ex-
pected, even given my limited
knowledge of the band from
such lively, harmonica-depen-
dent songs as "Optimistic
Thought," from an earlier al-
bum. Even the band's picture
in the liner notes contributes to
the overall effect: four large,
friendly-looking men arrange
themselves with cowboy hats
and loose shirts on several logs
in the forest.

Four opens with the up-
beat "Run-around." The song
has odd echoes of Poe in its
opening line; "Once upon a
midniglit dearie/ 1 woke with
something in my head." John
Popper, the band's frontman,
who also wrote most of the
songs on the album, has an
uncanny ability to pair lively
music with often not-so-lively
lyrics. "Tragedy is cheap and
so is talk," he sings on Four\
second track, "Stand." While
Popper does manage to grasp
many human elements in his
songs,Four's lyrics are not the
sort you will soon see reprinted
on a host of dorm-room walls
in the near future. We agree
witli Popper on a hiunan level,
but he fails to move us beyond
that.

All around. Four is a
solid album. Its songs are a
welcome, folksy retreat from
the hard sounds of modem
music.

Blues Traveler's Four is
currently availalble at Atlanta
CD.

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October 13, 1994

OR GANIZA TIONS

International Club

By Emm K. Sattar
Staff

Bienvenido, bien-

venue. khush amadid,
wilkommen, hos geldin. All
that means welcome in Span-
ish, French, Urdu, German,
and Turkish, respectively. The
native speakers of all the
above languages and many
more, who cannot be located
at this time, are part of a new

and exciting International
Club. One of tlie goals of the
club is to promote better un-
derstanding between the inter-
national members and the na-
tive students whose culture
they have come to study in.
For this reason American stu-
dents are also most welcome
to join and indeed about half
our membership is composed
oftliem. The club has between
25 to 35 active members who

BSC

By Catherine Wolfe
Staff

On Monday, September 19, the Black Student Cau-
cus held its first meeting of the year. President Stephanie
Carouthers opened up with a warm welcome to all interested
persons and tlien proceeded to introduce the BSC officers. Afler
the welcome, prospective members convened into two separate
groups, one led by Vice President Demetria Coleman, Secretary
Feleica Christian, and Chairperson Shonda Hunter. The other
group was led by Carouthers, Treasurer Kelli Solomon, and His-
torian Marquis Glen. Each group participated in an icebreaker
titled "Going to the Mother Land." Once the game ended,
Caroutliers spoke about tlie upcoming projects of tlie BSC and
mentioned the possibility of bringing minority speakers to
Ogletlioipe. Possible Bible study sessions were also suggested
and generated much entliusiasm. The fonnulation of tlie Sun-
shine club, a secretive committee of four members who send
Birthday greetings and good luck notes to otlier BSC members,
followed shortly after tlie new items on llie agenda had been dis-
cussed.

Other activities which tlie BSC plans to engage in , such as
Tlie International Club's "International Niglit" on November 5,
will be discussed at future meetings. Tlie meeting ended with a
prayer requesting a productive year for the BSC and a unified
effort in promoting the goals of the BSC.

AOQ

By Kim Wilkes
Organizations Editor

Welcome back to campus, everyone. I hope your first

month has been eventful and not too rough. Brothers of APO,
are you ready for another year of service? Well, whether you
are or not, here's the line up for October. On October 15, we are
helping Habitat for Humanity at a crafts fair Shifts run from 8
to 12 p.m., 1 1 to 3 p.m., and 2 to 6 p.m. Also on October 1 5 we
are helping O.AT in hosting a high school academic competition
from 8:30 to 5:30 p.m. On October 16 we are meeting at 12:30
p.m. to participate in tlie AIDS Walk. On October 20 we are
helping tlie school run tlie healtli fair in one hour shifts from 1 1
to 3 p.m. October 21-22 and 28-29 we are guiding children on
the Chattahoochee Halloween Nature Trails from 5:45 - 11 :00
p.m.

As always, all of these projects are open to the campus. If
you are not in APO and are interested in doing service, please
join us. Sign up sheets for tlie projects listed are on llie APO
board next to the mail room. We'd love to have you.

have as yet participated in
three meetings and have gone
midnight bowling.

A lot of other fiin stuff is
also planned for the rest of the
term, like more midnight
bowling, bunjee jumping, and
going to see a lot of local at-
tractions like Stone Mountain,
the Coca-Cola museum, and
Underground Atlanta, etc. I
must emphasize that everyone
is free to join in the fun and
participate in these excursions
regardless of active member-
ship. We will be posting in-
formation on our activities
around campus, but for any-
one who may have other ideas.

OSA

By Kelly Holland
Staff

please leave a note in the boxes
of Michelle John #284 or
David Pass #191.

Starting on the I8th of
October, which is a Tuesday,
and on all subsequent Tues-
days, the members of the club
will be meeting in the small
dining room from 1 1 :30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Everyone is in-
vited to attend this too. Each
week a speaker will talk about
some aspect of their country
which may be political, cul-
tural or of general interest.
These informal talks will be
educational and will give you
an opportunity to meet people
from all over the world.

The Big Event to which
all the club members look for-
ward with anticipation is the
International Night This is
being held on the 4th of March
this time around. There will
be an entertainmetit program
in the Lupton Auditorium fol-
lowed by a reception with
goodies from all over in the
museum. People from the
Oglethorpe and the Atlanta
community will be wearing
their native clothing and join-
ing in the spirit Hopefully we
will see you there. Adios, au
revoir, Allah-hafiz, auf
Wiedershen, Allaha

ismarladik.

The Oglethorpe Stu-
dent Association (OSA) is
working for you! Yes, ladies
and gentlemen, we have been
working diligently since the
beginning of the year planning
fun, groovy activities with
your activities fees!

I hope that most of you
had a chance to experience
"Fun Flicks," which was set up
in the Student Center on
Wednesday, September 28.
OU students had the chance to
create tlieir own videos, thanks
to the wonders of modem tech-
nology. From what I hear, stu-
dents had a great time with
this! Lu Green and Gina
Carellas won the award for
most provocative video with

their performance of "Girls
Just Wanna Have Fim," along
with the Chippendale Danceis.
Sounds like all their dreams
came true! Way to go girls!

In addition to bringing
this wonderfully cool attrac-
tion to OU, OSA is also orga-
nizing a "warehouse" party to
be scheduled at the end of Oc-
tober, shortly after the infa-
mous Chi Phi Halloween
party. We are checking out
prices, locations, and other
technicalities and are very ex-
cited about the possibilities.
You'll hear more about this
event as soon as we get more
info.

And finally, how does a
holiday dance sound? Many
schools have winter dances
each year before school gets
out for winter break. OSA

would like to bring this tradi-
tion to Oglethorpe. This too,
is in the planning stages, but I
can tell you it will be very
classy and you'll still have
enough money and enei^gy for
Homecoming! We hope that
this will turn out to be a very
special event for all students!
That's all for now! Un-
til next time, if you have any
comments, ideas, or concerns
about what's going on with
your student govertunent feel
free to contact any of your
class representatives. And
freshmen, by the time this is
printed and in your hands, you
too will have a representative
working for you... your newly
elected freshman class presi-
dent! Thanks to all who spent
their time and effort rtinning
for office!

Room for rent

Preferably a female cat lover, but all welcome

Finished attic room with hardwood floors

On Brags Street near PDK Airport

$300 per month

Contact Jo Hill at 325-1255
Weekdays 11a.m. - 7p.m.

October 13, 1994

Page 11

GREEKS

EEE.

By Shannon Beehan
Tri Sigma

Just do it! That's what 18 girls who went through

Rush did. The sisters of Tri Sigma are pleased, proud, and happy
to announce that these girls are our new members: April Amyx,
Heather Andrews, Debie Arrieta, Christine Bemier, Jen
Campbell, Nancy Collins, Stephanie Everett, Carol Hall, Tmdie
Jones, Kristiane Pederson, Amy Robertson, Sabrina Soles, Jenny
Stelson, Jennifer Taylor, Patricia Villavicencio, Heather
Weichold, Judy Williams, and Kim Worley. Bid Day was ex-
cellent, as well as our retreat at Christy Daley's lake house (it
wasn't too shabby.) We did the bonding tiling and even had
time to check out the dead bodies in tlie lake. We are looking
forward to Panliellenic Formal witli Chi Omega, whom we of-
fer congratulations to on an excellent pledge class. On tlie same
note, we offer our congratulations, as well as our condolences,
to the fraternities and tlieir new pledges. Till next time, Sigma
love to all.

SAE.

By Daryl Brooks
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

SaE, the original southern fraternity, would like to

start by introducing our pledges. They are Neil Vaughn, Hal
Robinson, Tolliver Williams, Zane Scarboro, Patrick O'Rourke,
Michael Malioney, Lanier Coulter, and Coy Miller.

On tlie weekend of September 23 tlirough 25 we went to
Alabama for our pledge retreat. We used, and for the most paft
trashed, the lake house of tlie wonderfully generous Tiffany Drake
(tlianks again Tiff) Wliile in tlie fine, but dry, Cullimon County
we got a lot of golf practice and drank many unusual concoc-
tions. Basically we all had a great time.

Well, that's about all from the land of tlie lions. Until next
time ...

XQ

By Stephanie Mantis
Chi Omega

Tlie sisters of Chi Omega have been busy getting to

know our twenty-five fabulous new pledges, and having tons o'
fiin in the process. We have now had three owl pals each, and are
excited about our big sis/little sis revelation coming up soon.
Watch out for those crazy Chi-O pledges running around cam-
pus searching for tlieir big sisters. Our annual pledge retreat isn't
too far off eitlier, and I tliiiik it's safe to say we're all pretty
pisyched about that, too.

We're also looking forward to the Panliellenic fonnal and
inductions with the sisters and new members of Tri Sigma on
October 15. I'm sure it will be a blast (assuming we all manage
t^ find dresses and dates) and we can't wait for our pledges to
make their formal debut.

Orange Crush was a big succes thanks to everyone who
Helped make it happen. If the illustrious Chi-O social chairman
^at would be yours truly) manages to recover from the stress,
\Ve should be having another wacky, wild social event soon. In
fact, we'll probably be having as many as we can cram into our
busy calendar, so stay tuned you (and I) never know what
we'll be up to next!

xo.

By Jason Reese
Chi Phi

Hello boys and girls. It's been an eventful couple 0'

weeks for the old Chi Phi kids. Chi Omega's Bid Day Party
went off well; everyone, for the most part came out unscathed.
Hopefully all of the sisters and their new pledges had a good
time and were able to remember what happened the next day.

We formally inducted our pledge class on September 1 8.
Jake Doherty, Hudson Rouse, Paul Lyons, Sam Quinn, Matt
Thompson, Bradley Rouse, and Ryan P. Queen were all smiles
as they became Chi Phi's newest members. Wildcats added an-
other four pledges, Sean Wessling, Josh Egnew, Jeff Farge, and
Luke Brown. Honorable mention goes out to Sam Quinn, who,
even thougli flag football was canceled, managed to get injured
in a game. Ol' Sam showed bravery as he collided into another
one of his fellow players. For his selfish actions, Sam gets the
"Oooli, Tliat Had To Have Hurt" Sports Folly Award.

Another great moment came when Aric Kline got Tupac
Shakur's autograph at the Atlanta Airport. According to Aric,
meeting "Mr Two-Pack Shaker" was a grand experience. Aric
plans to make a pilgrimage to his soulmate if the rapper goes to
jail anytime soon.

Many of us had a blast on September 30, at Chi Omega's
Orange Crush. If anyone had trouble recognizing us, we were
the ones wearing bell-bottoms and polyester. The excitement
continued as we held the first "Friday Night Fever Funk" Party
after the Orange Crush. A good time was had by all, and not a
whole lot was broken. That's for now, kids. Stay tuned for fur-
ther adventures in Chi Phi.

ASO.

By Jason Thomas
Delta Sigma Phi

Well, well, well, it's nice to have my correct article put in
the newspaper this time. ! would try to compensate for the lost
knowledge and information from the last article, but that would
be futile. I will bring up the fact that we now have nine pledges
and here they are in no particular order... David Carroll, John
Tole, Jason Breitfeller, Brandon King, Dee Wood, Donny
Crawford, Jason Stackhouse, Kevin Kendrick, and Jared
Wiskind. Let the fiin begin.

All right now, Alan Tuders has a new knee and now joins
my ranks as one of Delta Sig's finest athletes that can't walk
riglit. Alan took the LSAT, don't ask him about. We cleaned the
higliway a while back... 14 bottle of Private Stock, a million
losing lottery tickets and no dirty diapers. We hope that every-
one had as great of a morning as we did. Dave was really, really
happy and so was Tole, but Mark C. Boyt was the true inspira-
tional and motivational leader of everyone there. Even Chuck
got up to clean.

Well, we are scheduled to have a party on October 1 4, but
nothing is really that defmite with us. This is just a reminder,
though. Initation only, BYOB, keys will be taken blah, blah,
blah. Thank you Dan for un-grounding the brotherhood. We
promise we will be good for the rest of our lives. Until next time,
pledges remember rules # 1 , #2, #3, and # 1 (regular and Scott 's
version).

(GreekSpeak)

By Cole Maddox
Greek Editor

What exactly Is haz-
ing? It seems that every stun-
mer, the national Greek orga-
nizations come out with new
definitions of hazing. The
whole matter has become such
a gray area that it has become
increasingly difficult to define
hazing.

Every national Greek
organization has some form of
anti-hazing policy, but these
definitions tend to be very
broad and vague. It seems tliat
not even these organizations
can define hazing. The world
rules and regulations is no
longer black and white, but
varying shades of gray, and
with each passing day, it be-
comes harder and harder to
make decisions. The fear ofbe-
ing charged with hazing has
become so great that it has be-
come absurd. I can understand
tlie rules against physical haz-
ing because I, being a smoker,
am not all that fond of running
or doing push-ups. I can un-
derstand why physical hazing
is not allowed. Physical haz-
ing is also very easy to define,
thus it is also easy to avoid
hazing a pledge physically.
However, what exactly is men-
tal hazing?

There is no clear defini-
tion of mental hazing, and this
is where the absurdity begins.
If a pledge wanted, he could
say that attending pledge meet-
ings causes him "mental dis-
comfort," and thus skip out on
the most important part of
pledging; learning about one's
organization. It seems to me
that the definition of mental
hazing, and hazing in general,
has become a matter of per-
sonal opinion, and that there
is no clear definition, thus leav-
ing Greek organizations floun-
dering helplessly under the
control of personal opinion
and public scrutiny. So, every-
one make sure that you wipe
your pledges' noses and treat
them like royalty because do-
ing anything else could be con-
strued as hazing.

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COMICS

October 13, 1994

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October 13, 1994

SPORTS

Lady Petrels chalk up first "94 SCAC victory

By Dunn Neugebauer
Staff

After splitting tlieir

first six matches, Oglethorpe's
women's soccer squad came
away witli three of four victo-
ries over the last two weeks
and ran their record to 6-4 ( 1 -
1 in the conference), as of press
time.

Coach Todd Yelton's
squad topped Wesleyan 4-1,
then followed with a huge 4-0
SCAC win over the University

of the South. Yelton's bunch
then dropped a conference
match in a I -0 heartbreaker to
Millsaps before rebounding
for a 4-0 win over La Grange
last Monday.

The Lady Petrels are
now only two wins short of
tying a season mark for most
wins in a season and are a sure
bet to flnish the year over tlie
.500 mark for the first time
ever.

The key to their success
so far has been a balanced of-

Lady Petrels under fire.

Photo by Pat Mulheam

fensive attack, a strong defense
and added depth and speed
from the year before.

On the offensive side,
Tara Winthrop, Dawn Bristol,
Kirsten Hanzsek and Cannen
Penttila have been a thorn in
defender's sides. Winthrop
and Bristol are 1-2 with ten
and nine goals, respectively.
Hanzsek follows with eight
and Penttila has added three.
Additionally, Yelton has high
hopes for the future in that
Winthrop, Bristol and Penttila
are only sophomores.

Also adding goals this
season are senior Shelly
Robinson with two and fresh-
man Kristen Buoy with one.

On the defensive side,
junior goalkeeper Eleanor
FuUon has shutouts in five of
six victories so far, while All-
SCAC defender Tinnie
Waterston and four-year
starter Shelly Robinson have
made a strong impact each
timeout Senior Gina Carellas
is also back after sitting out her
junior year and had been ef-
fective in the back.

Kristen Herbert has re-
turned after a solid freshman
season and combines with
Buoy, Shannon Hutcheson
and Pentila to solidify the

midfietd. Yelton also has
depth on the bench with
needed in Patricia
ViUaviencio, Fawn Angel, and
Kimberly Williams.

Oglethorpe sophomore Dav^n
Lady Petrels.

Re-cap:

OU 4, Wesleyan 1.
Scoring: Shelley Robinson ,
Kirsten Hanzsek, Tara
Winthrop and Dawn Bristol

OU 4, University of
the South 0. Scoring:
Carmen Penttila, Kirsten

Bristol gains ground for the
Photo by Pat Mulheam

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Tara Winthrop.

OU 0, Millsaps 1.
(Wait till next year!)

OU 4, LaCrange 0.
Scoring: Kirsten Hanzsek,
Tara Winthrop, Dawn
Bristol and Carmen
Penttila.

Personalities come out in intramural football

By Michael Beran

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Well, intraniurals are

off and running again tliis year
and last year's champs look to
repeat while the runners up
look to inprove. Witli the new
gym being completed this se-
mester (hopefully) tliis should
greatly add to intraniurals here
at Oglethorpe. Another
change in the intramural pro-
gram is the leadership of Terry
Gorscli, tlie new assistant bas-
ketball coach. Also, coach
Berkshire has pledged to look
into some sort of recognition
and reward for tlie intramural
champions in each sport. All
these changes make for the
promise of a good year of
intramurals. Here is a sum-
mary of how tlie first weeks of
football season went.

In tlie opening game of
tlie year, the baseball players
took on Delta Sigma Phi. A
scoring summary of tliis one

would take far too long, but in
the end Tliomas Ganibiiio's
seven touchdown passes were
just too much for Delta Sigand
tliey fell 48-34. Tlie first half
saw little defense at all except
for Zac Butler's interception
return for a touchdown.
Gambiiio hit Joe Lee, Matt
Weiner and Tim Crowley for
30, 80 and 70 yards, respec-
tively. Meanwhile, on the
Delta Sig side of tlie ball, Zac
led the team to two more scores
with a rushing touchdown and
apasstoDaveSabel. At half-
time Delta Sig led 26-20. In
tlie second half it was all base-
ball team. Actually, it was all
Ganibino. He tlirew four more
touchdown passes including
losses to Weiner, Crowley and
Brian Parker (yes, even the
linemen were scoring.) Ac-
cording to my stats, Ganibino
tlirew for just over 300 yards
in this one.

Although no other
games thus far have matched

this one for scoring output.
Kappa Alpha and Sigma Al-
pha Epsilon have had the best
game so far. At the half of this
one it was 7-6 with KA ahead
from touchdowns by Andy
Travis and Jason Luginbuhl.
In tlie second half the game got
even tigliter. Travis hit Jamie
Sellars to put KA ahead early
in the second half SAE came
back to draw the score to 13-
1 2 and then had two chances
to take the lead. However, KA
stifled both attempts with in-
terceptions, including one by
Sellars on tlie last play of the
game.

As for Chi Phi, they are
struggling early. However, it
seems as long as half-time lasts
long enougli for beer and ciga-
rettes then they'll enjoy them-
selves, hi a game against SAE,
Chi Phi put up a good fight but
fell 32-0. Tolliver Williams
led SAE with a rushing touch-
down and two touchdown
passes to Kurt Herslunan and

Hal Robinson. Jason Fischer
also threw two touchdown
passes to John Newbill and
Hershman.

Against KA, Chi Phi
fared little better. Despite an
early touchdown from Pat
Mulheam, KA had too much
Andy Travis. Travis ran for
one touchdown and hit Sellars
for two more as KA won 1 8-
6. Memorable quote of the
year #1 came from Kevin
Hewitt to Andy Travis, "Jeez,
Andy you keep getting fatter
each year but you still keep
killing us."

Delta Sig and SAE
squared off and Delta Sig got
tlie better of tliis one. After a
rushing touchdown by Jason
Gray, Bill Davis came back
with one of his own and Zac
Butler made the score 7-6 with
the extra point. In the second
haff, Zac hit Alan Gibson for
atouchdowa SAE drove right
back and scored with only a
few seconds left. Although

they could have tied, SAE
came up short in the en4 and
gave Delta Sig a 13-12 win.

As for who looks best so
far, it has to be the baseball
team. On a wet Sunday they
ran their record to 3 and with
wins over hapless APO and Tri
Lambda teams by a combined
score of 80-6. With the excep-
tion of Joe Piscani's lone
touchdown, neither team could
get anything going against
baseball as Gambino contin-
ued to put up huge numbers
(although he finally threw an
interception.) Joe Lee, Jimmy
Moccio, Tim Crowley and
Brian Parker all had at least
one touchdown. On the up-
side, maybe the Tri Lams will
h ive a better chance on a field
tliat isn't under water.

Can baseball be beat?
Does Chi Phi have the ability
to play an entire game without
a beer break? Stay tuned for
further results.

October 13, 1994

Page 15

SPOR TS.

Quotes, honor roll, deep thoughts: All Dunn

.. . 1^ .i jr'.^^^Dor.iMia rr.r K irstmi Haiwsfik for scome 311 I'm still searching for a wh

By Dunn Neugebauer
Just Glad to Be Here

I hate to start all these

columns off with quotes, but
you people say the damdest
things!

A female in distress,
when asked how she did on her
statistics test: "I woulda made
a 100 if it weren't for those
two, 20-point questions."

An athlete, when asked
by his coach why he forgot the
plays: "I don't know, but since
we're 0-8, it's probably a
pretty good thing."

A student, after getting
his balance from the instant
banker machine and seeing he
only had 26 cents to his name:
"I 'm so broke I'd have to take
out a loan just to buy a stamp!"
A coach, when asked
why she wore dark sunglasses
into a restaurant during the
day: "They help deflect the
glare from the grease that
comes off the eggs."

A high school coach, af-
ter being told by an angry ref-
eree to leave the gym and that
he would see him outside:
"That'll be the first thing
you've seen all night."
Honor Roll

To our soccer teams, for
turning away Sewanee in their
SCAC openers.

To big, bad, well-
groomed Mark Bingham for
breaking the Tigers' hearts in
the 8Sth minute to preserve the
4-2 victory. Memories of
Samson Desta of two years
ago of a goal against the same
team, though Samson's still
not sure it was he that shot it.
To the women's soccer
team, for beating Sewanee 4-
0, breaking all kinda' school
records this year and looking
pretty in the process.

To Doug Pack and
Kristine Lawrey for having
strong showings in that cross
cotmtry meet in the pouring
down rain a couple weeks ago.
(Remember those names,
though I'm not real sure I
spelled Kristine's right).

To Ann Mason, for be-
ing 12th in the nation inblocks
at a 2. 19 per game clip and for

the team in general for recov-
ering from a 1-5 mark to an 8-
6 one as of this writing.

To Lori Green, for being
named the Oglethorpe Univer-
sity Player of the Month by the
University Reporter. (You
didnt even know that, did you
Lori?) Her smiley picture will
be in the next issue, whenever
that comes out.

To the men's and
women's tennis teams, for
compiling an undefeated
record in the month of Septem-
ber. So what if it was 0-0,
who's keeping up with all this
anyway?

To Kristin Herbert, Kim

Mohr and Carmen Pentilla, for
holding off a strong comeback
from Eleanor Fulton, Tinnie
Waterston and Shannon
Hutcheslon to take the Traer
Taboo Championship by a 50-
49 margin last week. Why I 'm
stirring up trouble by putting
that in here, 1 have no idea.

To Kent McKay for
keeping our campus devoid of
all glass by collecting it in his
feet

To Sam Hutcheson, for
attending three consecutive
classes in Dr. Taylor's class
and actually turning in an as-
signment once.

And never to forget

Kirsten Hanzsek for scoring an

amazing five goals against

LaGrange to eclipse an earlier

record set by Tara Winthrop

for scoring four goals against

Hamline.

Deep Questions/Thoughts

In college football, since
the play is ruled dead once the
player's knee hits the ground,
then how can there be any such
thing as a field goal?

How can you have a
drive-through window at a tire
store?

Why could we park any-
where at the soccer field for-
ever and now we get towed?

Where do they tow it?

I'm still searching for a white
Grand- Am.

Why don't they show
reruns of Johnny Carson?

Why are they still going
to give out the basd)all awards
this year (MVP, Cy Young,
etc.)?

Wouldn't it be fun if
things didn't change, and the
Braves were only one game
back of the Expos with
Montreal coming in this week-
end for a three-game set and
we were all meeting out at
Jocks N' Jills or Taco Mac to
watch it and

Until next time.
Come visrt us in the new gym..
Dunn, James Dunn

To Knstm Herbert, Rim Ano never lo lorgei, - ^

Men's soccer back to winning ways

By Jason Thomas
Injured Player

After a staggering

starttotlie 1994 soccer season,
the men's soccer team has
turned themselves around and
is presntly on a four game win-
ning streak. The team is now
6-5, 2-0 in conference, much
of tliis success seems to be at-
tributed to freshman maturity
and better team unity.
Oglethorpe's last loss came
against Emory University on
September 21, 1994. The men
put up a tough fight, but suc-
cumbed to a very powerfiil and
aggressive Emory Eagle at-
tack. The men lost 3-0, but it
should be noted that at the
time, Emory was ranked 8th
in tlie natiopn in NCAA Divi-
sion III men's soccer and had

just come off a big win against
Rodiester who was ranked 5th
in the nation.

The men started their
winning streak against the
tlien-ranked #1 SCAC soccer
team. University of the South.
The men worked to a 3-0 lead
with about twenty five minutes
left, then the Tigers scored.
Shortly there-after Sewanee
scored again making the score
3-2. Matk Bingham sealed
the game up, though, with a
great shot from about twenty
five yards out. The game
ended at 4-2 with the Petrels
victorious. Other goal scorers
were John Nunes, Karem
Bilgin, and Will Lukow.

Three days later against
North Georgia, the men were
solidly victorious as they won
5-0. Ali Demirer scored two

goals and Lukow and Bilgin
each added one. the last goal
was from Anthony Kendall
who has matured greatly since
the start of the season and is
now an integral part of the OU
attack. Kendall's scoring con-
tinued into the next game
against Millsaps College. This
time the men defeated the con-
ference rival 3-2 in an unex-
pectedly close game as the men
dominated play for much of
the game. Other goal getters
were once again Nunes and
Lukow.

The most recent win
came at the mercy of Taccoa
Falls who defeated the Petrels
last year, 3-1. This year the
men got their revenge as they
won 2-0. It was an overall well
played game by the men. The
first goal was scored by
Bingham with about twenty

minutes left in the first half
The second goal came at the
expense of one of Taccoa 's
ovm players as junior defender
Bobby Holman attempted to
flick the ball past a Taccoa
defender. The defender then
tried to clear the ball back to
his keeper, but the keeper mis-
judged the trajectory of the ball
and the ball bounced into
Taccoa 's own goal. With
about two minutes left in the
game, David Lerette made a
great diving volley save to
clear away an opponent's shot
and seal the shut out and the
win for the men.

The men head on a two
game road trip this weekend
against Hendrix Collge in Ar-
kansas and Rhodes College,
the defending SCAC champi-
ons, in Tennessee. Good luck
guys.

Volleyball sacrifices skin for 11 -8 record

By Lu Green
Staff

More skin than ever is

being bruised and battered on
the OU Volleyball court. Tlie
team has gone through yet an-
other stage of metamorphosis.
With the number of players
back up to seven, the women
have finally settled into their
positions and are back on the
winning track.

Freshman Megan
McQueen stepped up to take
the position held by transfer

Wendy Southard, who was
unable to finish the season.
Another addition to the team
is sophomore Kim Worley.

After a slow start, the
women arenow 11-8, with two
SCAC Conference victories
and a strong third place fmish
in the Emory invitational. The
only two losses in the tourna-
ment were to Greensboro Col-
lege, who is currently ranked
in the South Region. Both
matches went five games and
were wire to wire; unfortu-
nately, the Petrels could not

hold them off. Still, It was an
important weekend for the
team.

Senior co-captain Ann
Mason said, "I truly believe we
stepped up our level of play
this weekend. It was tough to
lose in the semi-finals, but we
played really well."

The team goes up
against some regionally-
ranked teams in the next three
tournaments, and this will be
good preparation for the
SCAC Championships at
Hendrix College.

Oglethorpe plays host to
the SCAC Cross-Divisional
Tournament on October 14
and 1 5 when all eight teams
come to OU. The field house's
addition should be finished
and will be used during the
tournament. (Otherwise an-
other facility, possibly
Emory's, will be used to play
the event). It will be the first
time in four weeks that the
women play at home so come
out and support the Volleyball
Petrels.

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Religion in Core

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Nantahala!

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Intramurals

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Editorials: 4-7

Features: 8-11

Organizations: 12

Greeks: 13

Entertainment:

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Condom promotes women's health

By Kate Schiiidler
News Editor

Today, women ai-e the

fastest growing group of
people infected with HIV. The
U.S. Center for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention has stated
that by the year 2000 women
will comprise tlie majority of
those people newly diagnosed
with the AIDS virus. Health
officials have said that the best
known way to prevent the
spread of HIV is the proper use
of a condom. Until recently
this metliod of protection from
disease, as well as pregnancy,
has only been made available
to men. Researchers, however,
have now developed a condom
for women.

The female condom,
which is being marketed un-
der the name, Reality, is revo-
lutionary. Unlike male latex
condoms. Reality is made out
of poljiirethane, a thin but
strong material which is very

resistant to rips and tears. The
condom, which is disposable,
consists of a soft sheath that is
open at one end and closed at
tlie otlier. It has two flexible
rings: one is used to insert the

woman can use to reduce the
risk of sexually transmitted
diseases, as well as unintended
pregnancy. According to re-
searchers from Princeton
University, a woman correctly

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other remains outside the va-
gina after insertion.

What makes this
condom so unique, however, is

would reduce tlie odds of con-
tracting the HIV virus to one
in 167. Without the use of a
condom tlie odds are one in

thai it is the only product a five.

"Women need a new op-
tion they can use to take care
of themselves, particularly
when the man cant or won't
wear a latex male condom,"
says Dr. Mary Ann Leeper,
president and CEO of the Fe-
male Health Company.

Developmental research
on Reality began in 1987. All
studies were submitted to the
Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and given fmal approval
in May 1993.

Reality is currently the
only female condom available
inthe United States. They may
be purchased over the counter
nationwide in all major drug-
store chains, supermarket
chains, independent pharma-
cies and grocery stores. They
will also soon be available at
nonprofit health clinics across
the country. The suggested
retail price for a box of three
Reality female condoms is
$8.99, and for a box of six,
$16.99.

Projects teach beyond classroom

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

Oglethorpe Univer-
sity has found yet another way
to enhance the learning process
of its students tlirougli two new
projects.

Oglethorpe faculty and
administrators have recently
completed tlie initial plamiing
of two new university projects,
Atlanta in the Classroom and
The Urban Leadership Pro-
gram. Atlanta in the Class-
room utilizes Atlanta as an
educational resource, while
the Urban Leadership Program
works to bring students into
the community in order lo de-
velop leadership skills. Each
project works to involve At-
lanta in the learning process of
Ogletliorpe students. Project
coordinators recognized the
educational benefits tliat the
city lias to offer tlie Oglethorpe
curriculum, and as a result.

fomiulated classes which will
put these benefits to use for stu-
dents.

"We have an interesting
phenomena outside our door,
a huge laboratory of human
successes and failures. Stu-
dents will gain more out of life
by interacting with urban
America," says Dr. William
Briglitman, a coordinator of
the project Atlanta in the
Classroom.

Tlie Ogletliorpe campus
is unusual in that it has been
placed within a large city.
Most liberal arts colleges are
set in small rural towns, pro-
ducing a strong unity witliin
tlie campus, as well as, within
the surrounding community.
In creating tlie programs, At-
lanta in tlie Classroom and the
Urban Leadership Program,
the university hopes to
strengtlien their relationship
between the Dekalb commu-
nity as well as other Atlanta

communities. "It is important
that Oglethorpe University
steps out into the community,"
says Gale Bamett, director of
the center for urban leadeiship.
"Tlie world we live in is con-
stantly changing. The skills
that the students develop
through interaction with the
community are valuable in
that they prepare students for
tliose unpredictable changes."
Four courses, which are
to be offered during the spring
semester of 1995, have been
developed by coordinators of
Atlanta in the Classroom.
Each class will incorporate
Atlanta into tlie course in dif-
ferent ways. Investigative
Writing, tauglit by Dr. Michael
McClure, asks students to vol-
unteer for various community
organizations. Students of this
class will write papers based
on tlie knowledge and experi-
ence they have gained while
volunteering. Franco-Ameri-

can Relations in Trade and
Culture, taught by Dr. Jay
Lutz, involves the interaction
of students with French-speak-
ing business people of the At-
lanta area. Democratic
Theory and Culture, taught by
Dr. Robin Le Blanc, involves
the study of Atlanta commu-
nities. Finally, Radical Reli-
gion and Revolution, taught
by Dr. Bradford Smith, fo-
cuses on Atlanta through the
study of the civil rights lead-
ers of the city.

Like the program At-
lanta in the Classroom, the
Urban Leadership Program
combines a liberal arts educa-
tion with real world experi-
ences and issues. The two pro-
grams differ, however, in that
the leadership program works
to shape students into leaders
through an introduction to the
complexity of urban life.

"Leadership is hot," says
see Urban Leaders page 2

Page 2

NEWS.

November 11, 1994

Security
Updat e,

By Brian McNulty
Staff

-Tuesday, 10/4/94, a

Traer resident reported a gold
necklace missing from her
dorm. The Traer resident left
the necklace in her bathroom
earlier that morning. Upon re-
turning later that afternoon she
discovered that the necklace
was missing. After extensively
searching her room for the
necklace, she reported to secu-
rity that it was missing.

-Wednesday, 10/12/94,
A student pulling out of the
upper parking lot, ran into two
parked cars. The student
pulled out of a parking space
near Trustee Hall and pro-
ceeded to make a left, heading
in the direction of Greek row.
While turning, the tail end of
his car "slid out," and he
crashed into two parked cars.
Some damage was sustained
by the vehicles, while no inju-
ries were reported.

-Recently a parking
space for motorcycles was des-
ignated in the northeast section
of the Upper parking lot.

-In the security update
forthe October 13, 1 994 issue,
a factual error appeared about
the accident that occurred on
September 15, 1994. The re-
port stated that the westbound
driver failed to yield to the
northbound driver, at the inter-
section in front of the back
gate, and ran into the north-
bound driver. In actuality the
northbound driver ran into the
westbound vehicle, and con-
U-ary to what was previously
reported, extensive vehicular
damage and personal injuries
occurred. The reason for the
error in that report had to do
with the ambiguity of the
intersection's right-of-way.
There are yield signs instruct-
ing drivers to yield to traffic
entering the campus from
Woodrow Way, but nothing is
mentioned about traffic exiting
the Traer parking lot. It seems
that both drivers had the right-
of-way, neither driver was
obliged to stop.

Rotary program goes international

By Kristiane Pedersen
Staff

This weekend Georgia

Southern University at
Statesboro hosted the biggest
class of the Georgia Rotary
Student Program (GRSP) so
far. Eighty students fi'om 35
different countries gatliered at
this first conclave of the year.

The students benefit
fi-om the generosity of the Ro-
tary Clubs in Georgia, who
have put together a student
program to support goodwill
and international understand-
ing. The GRSP students attend
universities throughout the
state of Georgia, five of the stu-
dents are at Oglethorpe.

At the reception Friday
afternoon, tlie students made
the first vague attempts to get

Urban leaders

continued from page 1
Bamett. "This program offers
students valuable skills and an
opportunity to participate in
their environment. Bamett
continues, students need lead-
ership skills for decision mak-
ing and the advancement of
their careers. This program
gives students a leg up when
entering the job market."

The program is designed
to begin at the start of a
student's sophomore year and
will progress through their se-
nior year. The leadership pro-
gram, however, can be com-
pleted by those students in
their junior year. Students
must complete seven course
requirements in order to obtain
recognition for completion of
the leadership program.

Three leadership elec-
tive courses will be offered
during spring semester of
1995. Two of these courses.
Democratic Theory and Poli-
tics and Radical Revolution
and Religion, are classified as
leadership courses, as well as
Atlanta in the Classroom
courses. The third leadership
course, Business and Politics,
will be taught by Dr. Joseph

to know each oilier It was not
easy to keep names, countries,
and schools apart in the heat,
but as the weekend passed on
the students improved and at
the end most were able to say
that they had made 89 new
friends.

Friday night was the of-
ficial welcoming. One of the
local Rotarians hosted a bar-
becue and tlie students intro-
duced themselves formally to
the Rotary Host Club in
Statesboro and the Rotarians.

Early Saturday morn-
ing, 80 bleary-eyed students
were ready to find out about
tlie more profound meaning of
Rotary, Georgia, the US A and
especially tlie GRSP This in-
formation was provided by
several speeches during the
day.

Along with speeches on
goodwill and understanding,
the students learned about the
differences between the US
and their home countries (for
example, that class attendance
is imperative). They were also
taught about the four
"snakes": drugs, drinking,
driving, and dating. For the
Rotary Exchange students
these are called the four D's
and there is a "no" in front of
each of them. The GRSP stu-
dents are believed to be able
to take care of tliemselves, es-
pecially after being told the
consequences of their acts.

Ivan Viest, wlio was with
the very first class of Rotary
students in 1947-1948, told
the students about how the
GRSP remained an important
factor throughout his life.

Viest was originally from
Czechoslovakia, but decided
to stay in the USA after the
Russians took over in Czecho-
slovakia in 1948.

Saturday night a big
banquet was given in honor of
the students who were, with a
few exceptions, dressed in their
national costumes. To show
their gratitude, the students
provided the after dinner en-
tertainment.

A Danish girl, Kirstine
Mol 1, took the lead on bagpipe
after an introduction by
Alastair Raitt from Scotland.
She was followed by dances
from India, Thailand, Turkey,
Ghana, and Sweden. Many of
the students chose to sing
songs in their native languages
while others had musical tal-
ents.

Knippenberg. During this
class, students will examine
area businesses.

"The fact that the uni-
versity has established the Ur-
ban Leadership Program dis-
tinguishes Ogletliorpe from
among other universities in the
Atlanta area," says
Knippenberg.

In addition to the course

requirements, seniors involved
with the program participate in
the Skills Portfolio Workshop.
The purpose of the workshop
is to aid students in complet-
ing an individual assessment
of their aspirations, talents,
experience, and skills which
the student has acquired
through the leadership pro-
gram. The portfolio will also

include the written products of
the seven academic courses in
the program, a written sum-
mary of personal results and
conclusions derived from the
skills portfolio workshop, a
report of the student's activi-
ties as a leader in action, and a
fmal paper explaining the stu-
dents experiences and growth
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OSA party suprise success

By Tliarius D. Sumler
Special to The Stormy Petrel

October 29 about 230

students and tlieir guests gath-
ered at tlie dining hall for an
niglit of dancing, free food, and
free alcohol. Tlie Ogletliorpe
Student Association (OSA)
sponsored tliis "Fall Basil,"
originally planned as a ware-
house party, amid a flurry of
confiision and debate.

The concept of Ware-
house Party grew out a desire
within OSA to sponsor difiFer-
ent kinds of events that at-
tracted larger numbers of stu-
dents.

"Typically money's
been spent on small tilings in
the Bomb Shelter that are ex-
clusive in who tliey caterto, or
movie niglit which is kind of
random." said Bryan Fryman,
OSA Senator

"1 think the majority of
students on campus enjoy par-
ties, not ventriloquists in tlie
Bomb Shelter," says Jason
Fislier, OSA President.

OSA was to pick up the
tab for tlie warehouse, music,
food, and alcohol, in addition,
buses would shuttle students to
and from tlie tlien undisclosed
location in Lilbum (Gwimiett

County) to reduce or alleviate
incidents of drinking and driv-
ing.

Planning was nearly
halted by concerns from the
administration about the serv-
ing of alcohol. A city ordi-
nance in Lilbum that prohib-
its the consumption of alcohol
at parties by a group also
caused a delay. Despite tliese
problems, tlie party took place
October 29tli. Reactions have
been generally favorable.

"They [the students]
seemed to be getting mto the
music, each other, and the al-
coliol," said Tomika Powell "it
seemed to me that the crowd
tliey had was enjoying them-
selves immensely."

"I liked it because it
drew a different crowd. Nor-
mally only fraternities throw
parties., this drew a more di-
verse crowd," said Dennis
Kieman.

"I made a big deal about
alcohol because I knew people
would come," said Michael
Billingsley, publicity chairper-
son for the event, "I think it
would have hurt it [the party]
if we didn't have alcohol."

The emphasis on alcohol
earned OSA some criticism
from students who opposed

the serving of alcohol and/or
the purchasing of alcohol with
OSAftmds.

"It's like their money
[students under 21] is being
spent on something they can't
use or they can't access be-
cause of their age," said Den-
nis Kieman.

OSA asserting that most
Oglethorpe students like to
drink, insisted that they were
responding to student de-
mands.

"OSA's purpose is to
serve the majority of the stu-
dent body, people who are un-
der age don't have to drink,"
said Kelly Holland "we're in
college and we have to deal
with things like that." "If we
didn't pull off something big
that all the students liked they
would have questioned the use
of the money," said Bryan
Fryman.

The party was a success
to students in and outside of
OSA Changes resulted in an
estimated $3000 difference in
cost from the original budget
of $4750.

"We promised the stu-
dents a party... so this was a
very good alternative [to the
warehouse party]," said
Shauna Graf

Heard it through the Grapevine...

News and events in ana around Oglethorpe University

Stephanie Hunter

Jaime Jedrychowski

Jeremiah Jeflfra

Jena Jolissaint

Trudie Jones

Jean Kassem

Karmin Keiser

John Knight

Michael Mahoney

Rachael Mason

Brian McNulty

Megan McQueen

Coy Miller

Dunn Neugebauer

Christopher Paragone

Kristiane Pedersen

Jeanette Randall

Jason Reese

Daniel Rosenthal

Ahna Sagrera

Brum Sattar

Ann Schewe

Michael Shirley

Laura Sinclair

Brandon Smith

Jason Stackhouse

Melissa Stinnett

Tharius Sumter

Eric Van Winkle

Christie Willard

Anthony Wilson

Cathrine Wolfe

Advisors:

Bill Brightman

Linda Bucki

Michael McClure 1

Tlie Oglethorpe Univer-
sity singers and University
Chorale Fall Concert featuring
Oedipus Tex, a comic orato-
rio version of Sophocles' Oe-
dipus Rex, was held at 8 p.m.
Friday (November 11) in
Lupton Auditorium on cam-
pus.

In addition to traditional
music by Schutz, Zingarelli,
Victoria, Mozart, Monteverdi,
Hayden and Mulholland, the
concert culminated with a
comic twist. PD.Q. Bach's
Western parody of the Greek
tragedy utilizes student solo-
ists, pianists, a s>iitliesizer, a
cello, a country fiddle, trum-
pets, guitars, percussion and
part of a french horn. Per-
foniied in costume, "Oedipus
Tex" combines history, trag-
edy, and comedy to create a
hysterically entertaining and
unique program.

One of the singers.

Chanda Creasy, said, "The au-
dience will probably be sur-
prised because the singers'
performances are usually more
fonnal. Tlie fall concert will
hopefijlly be a lot of fun for
both the participants and the
audience.

On October 27, 1994
new individuals were tapped
for membership in Oglethorpe
circle of Omicron Delta
Kappa, the national leadership
honorary society. These indi-
viduals are as follow: Juniors,
Stephen Cooper, Chanda
Creasy, James Faasse, Jason
Fisher, Jenifer Parks, Elizabeth
Stockton; Seniors, Lori Green,
Michelle John, Kent McKay,
Michael Thomas; Faculty/
staff. Bill Brightman and
Elizabeth Smith.

These new members will
be initiated formally on Friday,
December 2 at 6:30 PM in the
Great Hall of Hearst. After-
wards, at 7:30 they, and the
rest of the members of ODK,
will participate in the Boar's
Head Ceremony in Lupton
Auditorium.

The Oglethorpe Univer-
sity Playmakers present Tina
Howe's "Museum," a comedy
of absurdities that delivers a
serious message, Thursday
November 17 at 8 p.m. in
Lupton Auditorium.

Other performances are
scheduled for Friday and Sat-
urday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5
general admission for the
Thursday show; $7 general
admission for the Friday and
Saturday shows. Call (404)
364-8343 for information.

Page 4

EDITORIALS.

November 11, 1994

Call to integrate religion into core curriculum

By J. Kent McKay

Special to The Stormy Petrel

I would just Ul<e to dis-
pel a few rumors. First of all,
I haven't been at Oglethorpe
seven years; neither was I bom
here. I arrived in the Fall of
1990. That does, however,
mean that I have been around
long enough to notice a few
problems with the school -
which brings me to the second
lumor.

In contradiction to what
you are told from the moment
you are bom into the OU com-
munity, I must let you know
that THE CORE is not so all-
knowing and all inclusive as
it is cracked up to be.

What are our present
ways of understanding our-
selves and the universe?

Well, I for one (along
with most of history) fmd that
my understanding is greatly in-
fluenced by my belief in a God.
Yet neither an attempt to un-
derstand faith nor the meaning
of belief have been addressed
in any of the 47 courses I have
taken.

How do these ways of
understanding evolve?

Did not religion play a
mighty part in, say, the middle
ages, the industrial revolution,
and the founding of America?
Almost all the arts, philoso-
phies, and social changes in the
last 500 years have been de-
veloped to bolster, developed
to oppose, or otherwise influ-
enced by religion. It would
seem that to understand reac-
tions to religion, we must first
understand that religion, yet
there is no study of religion it-
self in the core.

How do we deal with
conflicts in our ways of under-
standing?

This is a biggie. Is there
anything more conflictive than
creation vs. evolution, design
vs. chance? And is there any-
thing glazed over more

quickly in Freshman Biology?
In my Freshman Biology class
we had about ten minutes of
one lecture devoted to naming
and defining different theories
of origins. We then spent the
rest of the class studying evo-
lution. And, when I asked,
"How do we know these con-
ditions [necessary for sponta-
neous generation in the pri-
mordial goo] existed?" The

with someday. But the
Oglethorpe core does not seem
to prepare them for dealing
with conflicts if the ways of
thinking involved are based in
religion. Indeed, it seems that
the core almost seeks to avoid
dealing with religious conflicts
in our ways of understanding,
and in doing so cheats the stu-
dents of a rich, pervasive as-
pect of thought, and hence, of

nose (or so the faculty hopes).
We are more than capable of
evaluating ourselves critically,
and often most notably in
Human Nature and Philoso-
phy class discussions come
around to questions of faith.
But this has to happen by some
kind of coercion or accident.
It cannot be what was sup-
posed to happen because, at
present, there is no structural

" Is it in any way educational to
ignore a question because it is
too distracting, or complex, or
volatile? "

teacher replied, "If this had
not been the atmospheric
makeup, life could not have
been generated." End of con-
versation. Perhaps I'm
wrong. Perhaps we are all
mutant monkeys, but am I bet-
ter offfor being allowed to live
with my delusion? Is it, in any
way, educational to ignore this
question because it is too dis-
tracting, or because it is too
volatile, or because there is no
answer and modem science is
starting from a highly unsci-
entiflc presumption? No, it is
not. And more to the point, it
subverts our hallowed core
curriculum isolating the
Goslin Geeks from critical
thinking.

Again, in international
relations and politics, religious
thought (and opposition to it)
is a wellspring of never-end-
ing turmoil. But is this reli-
gious thought analyzed?
Rarely, and then only in pass-
ing. Here is a real life prob-
lem that Oglethorpe grads may
well have a chance of dealing

education.

How do we decide what
is of value?

Not to belabor a point,
but many people, me included,
often decide what is of value
based on a morality from di-
vine revelation. Is this valu-
able? How do we decide what
religion or morality is of
value?

Finally, How do we de-
cide how to live our lives?

Here religion is hugely
conspicuous in its absence.
There is no more impacting
decision to a Moslem, Chris-
tian, Jew, etc. than to follow the
teachings of their chosen reli-
gion. It then follows by ab-
straction that tliere is no more
impacting decision to an athe-
ist or agnostic tlian to not fol-
low a faith. Yet tlie core of-
fers no class which evaluates
or compares religions, or
which encourages us to evalu-
ate religious dedication.

Of course the
Oglethorpe student doesn't
need to be led around by the

place for religion in the core.
The students are not allowed
to dwell on religious questions
because to do so, other, ac-
cepted, course material would
have to be omitted.

You might take issue
with me. You might ask,
"Should a college education
really include religion? That
is, is there really a place for
something as irrational as re-
ligion in a serious, quality (not
to mention expensive) educa-
tion?" Perhaps not, but isn't
that something you could an-
swer if you were better edu-
cated about religion and its
rationale. (You will note a
subtle irony there.) Perhaps
religion is only at home in an
education like Oglethorpe's
which has these fundamental
core questions. Whatever the
case with education in the ab-
stract, the education at
Oglethorpe must include a re-
ligious component if it truly
intends to grapple with such
monstrosities as the core ques-
tions. (Which is not to imply

that I disapprove of the core
questions. I much prefer them
to "How shall I make the most
money?" or "What is the best
way to cut hair?" That's why
I'm here.)

Adding religion to the
core need not detract from the
quality of the existing curricu-
lum. Comparative Religion or
The Philosophy of Religion
(an obscure, but already exist-
ing class) could be another
core option. I would recom-
mend that freshman science
majors be required to take a
team-taught, six-hour Philoso-
phy/Religion/ Biology class
called Origins. This course
could satisfy their philosophy
and analytical writing require-
ments, an could be open to
other freshmen as space per-
mitted. The course would al-
low the important, relevant
moral and ethical questions
which science affords to be in-
vestigated in a fomm which
would not distract from the
pursuit of actual scientific
knowledge. It would also al-
low science (and other) stu-
dents to deal with the questions
before dedicating themselves
to studying a few answers.

I would like to see a re-
ligion departmoit or at least
a religion minor develop at
Oglethorpe, but I realize that
the school is small and must
work within its restrictive
means. I also realize that I
will be leaving soon and won't
get to see it if and when it does
happen.

Some things are, if not
fated, at least practically in-
evitable. 1 am eventually go-
ing to have to graduate, and
Oglethorpe, if the core ques-
tions are ever to be really ap-
proached, is going to have to
add religion to the core. We
should have religion classes
now. Maybe the reason I keep
hanging around is in the hopes
ofseeing them appear. Maybe
I will hang around until they
do appear. (That's not a threat
really.)

November 11, 1994

Page 5

^EDITORIALS.

Greed in Washington: Healtlicare tlie issue

. . -.^^ Hiirino the second half of his as it was elected to do so.

By Catlierine Wolfe
Staff

Once again, greed has

reared its ugly head, and we
only have Congress to lliank
for that. Senator George
Mitchell's announcement Uiat
health care reform legislation
would not be passed tliis year
came as bitter medicine for the
proponents of a universal
health care plan. But advo-
cates of health care reform
should not be the only ones
concerned with the sudden
death of such a weighty issue.
Everyone should question tlie
motives behind the abandon-
ment of one of the most widely
debated issues of the nineties.
But before motives are
called into question, let's reex-
amine the cold, hard facts
about the current health care
system. Presently, 37.4 mil-
lion Americans are uninsured,
according to the US Census
Bureau. Two-thirds of the un-
insured are working adults
who have no employee plan.
Newsweek columnist Jane
Bryant Quirin points out, "In
a year, one in four may lose
coverage. The rest are just a
pink slip away." Tlie sole re-
liance on employment for
health care coverage can only
mean disaster, given the cur-
rent trends in the work force.
But if you are not yet
convinced of the need for re-
form, consider tliis: it is con-
servatively projected that
health care spending will grow
to 18.9% of the economy by
the end of the century. With-
out reform, medical costs will
continue to rise at three times
the rate of inflation. This in-
flation eventually transfers to
the consumer in the form of
higher insurance premiums,
yet the consumer rarely ac-
knowledge this practice. As
costs continue to escalate and
the consumer continues to ac-
cept the "insurance standard,"
more and more Americans are
forced to drop their insurance
in order to make ends meet.
Thus, this departure from the
status of insured to that of un-
insured is not a decision made

by choice, but by necessity
Health care reform no longer
is an irrelevant issue it af-
fects all of us.

Now, for the burning
question why tlie coup de
grace of such a pressing issue
as health care? Could tlie de-
mise of any promise of refonn
be linked to tlie "almiglity dol-
lar"? Most undoubtedly, yes.
Take a look at tlie mechanics
of tlie health care debate itself
Tlie great debate suddenly be-
came overshadowed by the in-
surance industries and phar-
maceutical companies, each
vying for its own piece of tlie
pie. How is it that their vocif-
erous lobbyists received more
"air time" at Washington's in-
sider debates tlian more cred-
ible sources? Clearly, tlieir
precious interests were at stake
and correcting the current
system's waste would only
mean major financial and po-
litical losses. But if you still
have doubts about his claim,
maybe tliis tidbit of informa-
tion will clear up the issue:
during tlie first ten niontlis of
1993, Congress received $8.3
million from Political Action
Committees comprised of doc-
tors and health insurance in-

dustry executives an in-
crease of 22 percent from
1991.

Even tliougli tliese lob-
byists dominated tlie debate,
tlieir success in tliis round of
legislation was not without the
aid of other special interest
groups. Who can forget tliose
"Harry and Louise" ads spon-
sored by the Healtli Insurance
Association of America? And
what about tlie $9 million ad
campaign against refonn spon-
sored by Taxpayers Against
Government Takeovers? It
seems ludicrous tliat tliese 30
second spots warning against
"socialized Medicare" were
allowed to air fallacious infor-
mation without accounting for
their mistakes.

But are special interest
groups the only ones to blame
for the defeat of health care?
Hardly. Bipartisan politics
seems to have played an inte-
gral role in stalling reform.
Democrats wavered on the is-
sue and reftised to take a firm
stand. Republicans inched to-
wards bipartisan legislation to
"break" Bill Clinton because
tliey realized how difficult it
would be for Clinton to rein-
state health care legislation

during the second half of his
term. These calculated mo-
tives only frustrated the situa-
tion more. Maybe it is time for
Congress to "quit playing poli-
tics" and serve the constituents

as it was elected to do so. How
can we or Congress possibly
justify having the best health
care in the world but only for
those few who can afford it?
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Letter to the Editor. . .

Trusting in God and keeping the faith

To the Editor;

I am very pleased wtli the feature article telling of my success at Georgia Tech; however, there b another side of

the story which I feel is of even greater importance.

I am writing tliis letter on October 14. Tlie date is important because two years ago today, my back was broken m a
wrestling accident. Several weeks later, I returned home Uie victim of an accident Uie Navy still officially refuses to admit to.
Many people know these facts. What is largely unknown is how my life has come full circle since the accident.

I owe my recovery to someone very special who took care and yes, tolerated me during the months of my rehabilitation
and beyond. Stripped of my scholarship, my mission in life, and my dream, all I had left was my faith. You see, three years
before, I became a Christian. I knew that no matter what happened, God would neverfor^e me. Over the last two years, I have
provided the sweat and the studying, God has provided everything else.

It is true tliat 1 will never return to be a part of the Navy Blue and Gold; however, the sense of innerhumility and drive that
I gained will always be far, far more precious. My victory is not reflected in my awards, my victory is reflected in those lives I
have touched in a positive manner. Althougli 1 will always fall short of where I should be, I wiU always attempt to be the best
possible role model. These are the things tliat make me tick. Until next time, keep tlie faith.

Sincerely,
Robert A. Miller

Pages

EDITORIALS

November 11, 1994

Call to continue intervention in foreign policy

By David R. Pass

Special to The Stormy Petrel

In the September issue

of The Stormy Petrel, there
appeared an editorial entitled
"Another round of Clinton's
foreign policy blunders." In it,
staff writer Stacie Boschma
offered the position that
"...United States of America
has no moral obligation to
serve as policeman to the
world." She then went on to
criticize President Clinton for
threatening to invade Haiti in
order to force the de facto re-
gime of General Raoul Cedras
from power and to restore the
democratically elected presi-
dent, Jean Bertrand Aristide.
In support, she cited various
recent foreign policy blunders
on the part of the United States,
particularly in regards to Cen-
tral and South America. She
also preposterously asserted
that an invasion of Haiti could
turn into another Vietnam. In
conclusion, she gave praise
and thanksgiving tliat former
President Jimmy Carter was
able to talk the de facto regime
out of power just a few min-
utes before the invasion was
scheduled to begin, preventing
President Clinton "from dig-
ging us into trenches we might
have never gotten out of"

I would agree with Ms.
Boschma that the U.S. has no
moral obligation to police the
world, but we as a nation do
have the moral obligation to
attempt to undo past injustices
that we have committed on
other nations. The tone of Ms.
Boschma's editorial suggests
that the problems in the Car-
ibbean and Central America
are rooted in recent (post-
World War II) U.S. foreign
policy. Perhaps a history les-
son is in order Ever since the
issuance of the Monroe Doc-
trine, the United States has in-
volved itself in the affairs of
the western hemisphere. This
involvement took an imperial-
istic tone during the Polk ad-
ministration under the prin-
ciple that the United States had
a "manifest destiny" to possess
and control all land in North
America between the Atlantic
Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
There was also talk at this
point of annexing Cuba. The

imperialistic tone took a nasty
turn when the Roosevelt Cor-
ollary came into effect and the
U.S. became the "Gestapo" of
the western hemisphere. This
is where we were wrong. The
repercussions of taking our
"big stick" and knocking
smaller nations over Uie head
with it has given rise both di-
rectly and indirectly to the mis-
erable economic and social
conditions in many nations in
our hemisphere. Recent for-
eign policy has attempted to
riglit those wrongs.

To say that we have been
successful in this endeavor
would be the epitome of hy-
pocrisy. But does that mean we
should stop trying? 1 think we
all know tliat sanctions don't
work. Anyone wlio tliinks tliat
because of the wonderful ef-
fects of sanctions Fidel Castro
is not sitting in an air-condi-
tioned palace eating rich cui-
sine and smoking a fat
"^Cuband" is living in a dream
world. The only people sanc-
tions hurt are "the poor

huddled masses" we find
bound for our shores on make-
shift rafts. We also find that
true in Haiti, where the de
facto regime showed no signs
of bowing to the pressure of
international sanctions. By
imposing sanctions, we only
hurt the "little guy." By at-
tempting to force the military
regime from power, we are
helping liiiii. Look at the re-
sponse to our presence. People
crowded the streets cheering
our soldiers. Because of our
efforts, Haiti has a new shot at
nation-building.

What about the return of
President Aristide? Ms.
Bosclima objects to allowing
tliis proponent of "necklacing"
to return to power. I would
tend to agree with her if tliere
were another viable alterna-
tive. Aristide is more popular
now in Haiti than he was when
elected with 70%of tlie popu-
lar vote. To not allow him to
return would be burning
bridges instead of building
them. Besides, he has agreed

not to run again in the next
election tentatively set for
1996, and any attempts at
"necklacing" now would be
political suicide. We must
make sure he keeps his prom-
ise. Perhaps then Haiti will be
in the hands of both a strong
and a good leader and, with the
help of the rest of the world,
can build a national economy.
The final aspect of Ms.
Boschma 's editorial that I will
take issue with is her assertion
that an invasion of Haiti could
turn into another Vietnam. If
this were Bosnia we were talk-
ing about, I would agree. But
Haiti does not have the geo-
graphical barriers that Bosnia
has and Vietnam had. One
couldn't fit the number of
troops involved In the Vietnam
War on the whole island of
Hispanola'. Finally, I don't
believe that the 12,000 troops
in the Haitian national mili-
tia, with their outdated weap-
onry and scarce supplies,
could stand a chance against
the number of well-equipped

troops the U.S. could insert.
Even the great General Rob-
ert E. Lee couldn't defend
Richmond from the numbers
of fed, clothed, and armed
troops that Grant attacked
with, despite the fact that the
Confederate troops were stron-
ger fighters, shrewder strate-
gists, and had a better geo-
graphical positioa

What I am saying is that
President Clinton is trying to
help his fellow man succeed
and deserves a pat on the back
and not a knife in it for
handling a terrible situation
in a productive manner. No,
the United States should not
be the police force of the
world, but we are condemned
to the "big stick" philosophy
until we undo the wrongs in
our hemisphere committed by
our countrymen before us. I
am not saying that the solu-
tions will be easy. I am not
saying that every solution will
work. But we owe it to our-
selves and to the world to keep
trying.

Death for death? Ask the government

By Adam Corder
Staff

The death penalty is a

heinous and hypocritical sen-
tence that punishes murder
witli murder. Immediately, I
am incensed by this brand of
governmental hypocrisy, and,
as if this weren't detestable
enough, the recent Crime Bill
has included capital punish-
ment as a sentence for such
crimes as racketeering and
drug trafficking. How can a
legitimate government possi-
bly declare murder the most
heinous and hellish crime in
the history of mankind and
then turn around and engage
in it in the random and racist
manner in which our govern-
ment does.

"Deterrence!" Tlie pro-
ponents of the death penalty
scream, "Deterrence !" Unfor-
tunately, murder is not a
deterrable crime. Rarely are
the repercussions ever mea-
sured in such a crime of pas-
sion. It's a split second mis-
take, a tragic moment in time

when emotion takes the place
of reason. Now Uiere are ex-
ceptions to tliis, but in 1991 71
% of inmates on deatli row had
never committed a felony be-
fore. Tliat tells me that tliey
snapped. Men who avenged
dead family members or took
the law into their own hands
against spousal infidels. These
slips in consciousness are re-
grettably undeterrable, and
any argument to the contrary
denies tliat murder is a crime
of passion, and tliat is ridicu-
lous.

There is no denying tliat
the govenunent makes mis-
takes in most of its intercourse
with society. Tlie sentencing
of death is no exception. Once
inflicted, the death penalty's
irreversibility prevents correct-
ing those instances in which
the criminal justice system
convicts the wrong person.
Since the death penalty was
reinstated in 1976, 188 people
have been executed in
America, and of tliose 6 have
been proven innocent by after-
the fact evidence or later con-

fession. Six innocent people
have died at the hands of insti-
tutionalized homicide by a
self-proclaimed champion of
life, the American criminal
justice system. Who knows
how many more have been
executed innocently without
such revelation? This infiiri-
ates me more than 100 guilty
men going free. If one irmo-
cent man dies as result of this
sentence, then it is wrong.

Experts have known for
decades that the death penalty
is administered in a racially
discriminatory manner Here
are some very telling and
simple statistics. From 1984
to 1992 African -Americans
committed 64 % of all death
penalty-eligible crimes, yet
they occupied 9 1 % of death
row beds. What's more, a re-
spected 1989 study by David
Balbus shows that if a white
man kills a black man in
America, he has a 9 % chance
of getting the death penalty. If
a black man kills a white man
in America, he has a 46 %
chance of getting the death

penalty. One can argue statis-
tical inaccuracy all the live-
long day, but even the most lib-
eral margin of error still indi-
cates a definite racial bias in
execution sentences.

The government tells us
that murder is illegal. It tells
us that it is the most vile be-
trayal of birthright that man-
kind can commit. If the gov-
ernment were to sell drugs to
ftind a war against drugs, the
public would scream hypo-
crites and march on Washing-
ton, burning public officials in
effigy. The government wants
to play God. It is ridiculously
hypocritical, patently ineffec-
tive, and definitely racist.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Su-
preme Court Justice and one
of the most levelheaded ge-
niuses of all time said, "It is
better that 100 guilty men go
free then that the government
play an ignoble part." Truer
words have never been spoken.
And innocent men have died
at the hands of our govern-
ment.

November 11, 1994

EDITORIALS

Page?

OSA puts new student activities fees to use

By Mary Poteet

Special to The Stormy Petrel

This is being written

in response to some concern
brought up at the Senate meet-
ing on Monday, October 10.
The concern is over what OSA
is spending money on, and
whether or not this is appro-
priate spending, particularly
the recently increased activi-
ties fee. This article is to in-
form all Oglethorpe students
what their money is going to
and to provide some evidence
of the thoughtful consider-
ations of OSA in planning
these social events.

The two events causing
the concern are a Fall/Hallow-
een "Warehouse Party" which
was October 29, and a nicer
"Holiday Party" planned for
December 12. The, reason
OSA decided to sponsor these
two social events came from
complaints and questions of
students asking, "What's be-
ing done with our recently in-
creased activities fee?" OSA
feels that these two new social

events will add "bigger and
better" activities to the fall se-
mester, much like the ones
people look forward to in the
spring semester: Homecom-
ing, and "Stomp the Lawn."
However, neitlier of tliese ac-
tivities are intended to replace
or even be like eitlier of our
traditional spring social ex-
travaganzas.

The "Warehouse Parly"
was intended to be exactly
what it sounds like -a party in
a warehouse. It was planned to
be a very casual, informal
party for the whole school,
running from about 10 p.m. to
3 a.m., with a D.J., dancing,
free food, alcoholic and non-
alcoholic drinks. It was the
niglit alter tlie Chi Phi Hallow-
een Party, so if you wanted to,
you could have made the
whole weekend into one big
party. The "Holiday Party" is
intended to act as an extension
of the annual "Boar's Head
Ceremony," and especially to
give the non-Greek students a
special occasion to attend be-
sides Homecoming in Febru-

ary. This will definitely be a
nicer, more elegant affair than
tlie "Warehouse Party," and
people will be more dressed
up. However, Homecoming
(semifomial) attire is not in-
tended, nor necessary. It is cur-
rently scheduled to be held in
tlie beautiful Buckliead Towne
Club, and dancing, refresh-
ments, and T-shirts are also
included in this function.
OSA's main goal with this
party is to give tlie entire cam-
pus a chance to enjoy the holi-
day season and "eat, drink, and
be merry before finals start."
I'm sure everyone
agrees that both of these sound
like fiin and enjoyable events;
however, the main concent
conies from tlie fact tliat some
OSA money will be used to
buy alcohol at tliese events. In
actuality, only a small amount
of money is actually spent on
the alcohol for such functions.
Botli of these events have a
budget of about four to six
tliousand dollars and only one
tliousand dollars is going to-
wards alcohol for each. There
are also plans for licensed bar-

tenders and keys to be taken
at the door for both functions.
Some concern was also
expressed over the fact that not
all of the campus drinks alco-
hol, so why is everybody's
money being spent for alcohol
that not everybody will drink.
First of all, note that many
OS A/Programming Board-
sponsored events take place on
campus each semester that
have no alcohol provided, and
these two new events are only
in addition to those. Also, OSA
is certainly not promoting the
myth that in order to have a
good time, alcohol must be in-
volved; however, OSA has
found from past experiences
that if some alcohol is pro-
vided, more students come to
the event. If we are to act as
the student association, we
must plan for tlie majority of
students and plan events that
will attract the most people.
We are very much aware, and
can relate to the fact, that this
campus has heavy drinkers,
moderate drinkers, occasional
drinkers, and nondrinkers. In
order to provide beverages that

all may enjoy, we are now
making provisions that more
nonalcoholic drinks, such as
virgin mixed drinks, also be
provided at both of the func-
tions.

In conclusion, OSA
hopes that the providing of
limited alcohol at these events
will not offend students and
keep them from coming. It has
not seemed to be a deterrent
factor with Homecoming, and
we hope it will not be one for
these or any other events.
Please also know that OSA is
open to your opinions and wel-
comes them. OSA Senate
meetings are at 10 p.m. on
Mondays in the student center.
We are here to serve you. Even
though we may not always
take your personal course of
action, we want you to feel
heard, and we will be happy
to provide you with an expla-
nation and the reasoning be-
hind our decisions. Thank you
for your interest in OSA and
Oglethorpe as a whole. Please
continue to let us know what
you are thinking!

Election campaign fliers still litter campus

By JeffPearlman

Special to The Stormy Petrel

During fresliman elec-
tion campaigns I noticed a
very disturbing trend. The
members of the freshman class
who were running for class
president found it necessary to
litter our campus with an ex-
cessive amount of campaign
signs. Judging from their ac-
tions, these candidates must
feel that she or he who has the
most signs will win the elec-
tion. I do not think that this is
true. I usually choose my rep-
resentatives based on quality,
rather than who has the most
creative or largest quantity of
campaign signs. During the
campaign, I only saw one flier
that outlined the goals the can-
didate would work toward if
elected. All the rest could be
deemed witty, cute, funny or
just plain inane. Is it really
necessary to pollute our cam-
pus with such signs over a stu-
dent association election?

1 would also like to dis-
cuss the locations the candi-
dates chose to post tlieir signs.
Our campus is full of bulletin
boards and otlier appropriate
places to display notifications
of campus events. The candi-
dates made full use of tliese
facilities, yet they still found
it necessary to post signs on
trees and with staples no less!
Trees are living organisms
which are essential to the
maintenance of the earth's
ecological balance. The can-
didates have abused these trees
and their audacity appalls me.
To make the situation even
more disconcerting, another
member of the Oglethorpe
community printed signs to
educate the candidates about
the detrimental effects in-
flicted upon trees by staples.
After several days, none of the
candidates had taken action to
remedy the situation. One can-
didate did do as tlie note sug-
gested (to use tape) , but the
already present staples were

not removed.

Tlie main problem tliat
I have witli tlie campaign tac-
tics of the freslunen is their
lack of respect for our campus
and tlie environment in gen-
eral. Oglethorpe has a beauti-
ful campus, and I would like
for this beauty to remain intact.
I truly cherish the existing
natural habitat for squirrels,
birds, and various singing in-

sects that is lacking at the con-
crete campuses of our neigh-
boring institutions.

The election has since
passed in the time between my
writing this editorial and its
publication. I certainly hope
that by this date the candidates
have cleaned up after them-
selves, includingthe means by
which they attached their
signs to tlie trees.

In closing, I would like
to congratulate the winner. I
urge you to remember what
you set out to accomplish
when you fust decided to run
for office and that you follow
through to really get things
done. I am sure that if you
channel the same energy you
put into your signs into more
productive endeavors, you will
have no trouble in succeeding.

The Stormy Petrel is Oglethorpe University's
student newspaper. The comments and opin-
ions in the articles are the opinions of the writ-
ers and not necessarily those of the university.
The Stormy Petrel welcomes Letters to the
Editor and other articles anyone wishes to pub-
lish. Please send all letters or articles to The
Stormy Petrel, 3000 Woodrow Way, Box 450,
Atlanta, GA 30319.

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November 11, 1994

FEATURES

Financing and planning international studies

By Maria Johnson
Features Editor

An exciting opportu-
nity for Oglethorpe students to
fmance study abroad has just
been announced: the Na-
tional Security Education Pro-
gram.

Last year, the United
States government began this
new program to provide
American undergraduates
with the resources and encour-
agement they need to acquire
skills and experience in less
commonly studied languages
and cultures. The National
Security Education Program
has four principle objectives:

(1) Build a base of fu-
ture leaders with international
experience,

(2) Equip Americans
with an understanding of less
commonly taught languages
and cultures,

(3) Develop a group of
professionals with less tradi-
tional kno\Yledge who can
help the US make sound deci-
sions, and

(4) hicrease the number
of faculty who can educate US
citizens toward achieving these
goals.

Any student can apply to
participate in the NSEP as
long as she or he is an Ameri-
can citizen. There are no
specific requirements except
those set by the program the
student chooses to participate
in which can be any study
abroad program outside of
western Europe, Canada, New
Zealand, or Australia.

Another interesting as-
pect of this new program is that
it desires participation by stu-
dents majoring in areas that do
not commonly involve study
abroad, such as the sciences,
education, and business.
"Thousands of international
students come to the United
States to study science," said
Dr Jay Lutz, Oglethorpe's
campus representative for the
program, "but very few
Americans go abroad to do the
same. Interacting with other
cultures is integral for achiev-
ing success in the sciences. In

today's world, you need to be
international."

Last year, the most
popular regions studied were
Japan, Russia, China, and
Mexico (in tliat order). Tliere-
fore, Oglethorpe's own ex-
change program with
Seigakuin University in
Saitama-Tokyo, would be an
excellent place to use this
scholarship. Students can
study language at Seigakuin
for a summer, a semester, or
for a full year. Also,
Oglethorpe has an exchange
program with the Universidad
de Belgrano in Buenos Aries,
Argentina and the Universidad
del Salvador, also in Buenos
Aries. (This exchange re-

Spanish.) Both Japanese and
Latin American cultures are
less conunoiily studied, and
would therefore fulfill the re-
quirements of the scholarship.

A graduate fellowship for
study abroad is also available
for seniors applying to gradu-
ate school in tlie fields of area
studies or language.

The campus selection
committee is composed of seven
Oglethorpe faculty members:
Pamela Beaird, Anthony
Caprio, Robin LeBlanc,
Alexander Martin, Viviana
Plotnik, Phil Zinsmeister, and
Jay Lutz. Each of tliese faculty
has a particular area in which
they could assist students wish-
ing to apply for tliis Scholar-

quires an Intermediate level in ship. Dr Martin would be help-

ful to those students studying
Russian culture. Dr. LeBlanc
to those studying Japanese, Dr.
Plotnik could assist with stu-
dents studying Spanish, Dr.
Lutz could assist with students
studying French, and Dr.
Zinsmeister could counsel stu-
dents desiring to go to Latin
America since he spent his sab-
batical in Belize last year.

The application involves
two essays, one discussing
your study abroad rationale
(your specific objectives,
how this program relates to
your career goals) and another
discussing the specific pro-
gram you will be pursuing
(your proposed course of
study, how regional cultural
activities are integrated in to

this program). Winners will be
notified in late April '95. Last
year 1800 students applied
and 300 won scholarships.
This year the competition will
probably be more keen, but the
odds are still very good, espe-
cially if the applicant's major
is one which doesn't typically
study abroad.

International study
brings fresh perspectives to
economic, political and social
issues and also opens a world
of new experiences and op-
tions. Contact Dr. Lutz in
Hearst 307 (messages: 364-
8377) for more information
about the National Security
Education Program he will
be glad to assist you in any
questions you may have.

Japanese student studies abroad

By Maria Jolinson
Features Editor

Unlike most American

undergraduates, Noriko
Murata did not come to college
the year after graduating from
high school. Studying in
America was a dream for her,
and now it has finally become
reality.

She was bom in Ibaragi,
a small town in northern Ja-
pan, but she and her family
moved frequently. They

moved to Tokyo, and Noriko
stayed there tliroughout high
school and junior college. She
majored in English in her Jun-
ior College, and was a mem-
ber of the English-speaking
Society there.

After graduating from
her junior college, Noriko got
a job working for the Secre-
tariat of the House of Repre-
sentatives in Japan. She was
secretary to the Director of
General Affairs and worked
with personnel and accounting

projects. In her office there
was a glass window that the
maintenance cleaned, but in
her opinion they really didn't
clean it well enough, so one
day her boss left the office and
she decided to clean it herself
Noriko had to wear a skirt and
higli heels to work, of course,
but tills didn't stop her from
climbing on top of the desk and
the fan to scrub the window.
Her boss had forgotten some-
thing and he came back, only
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on top of her desk scrubbing
the window. All he said was
"I'm sorry!"

Soon Noriko was trans-
ferred to the Foreign Affairs
Department of the House of
Representatives, where she
had always wanted to work.
She helped with relations with
foreign parliaments by making
appointments and reservations
for important foreign guests,
such as Yacovrev, the right
arm of Gorbachev. Yacovrev
was known as "the brain" of
the communist party. Noriko
would take the foreign guests
to the countryside, and show
tliem tlie beautiftil areas of Ja-
pan. She also helped prepare
the Japanese Congress (secu-
rity, setup) for important for-
eign speakers such as Nelson
Mandela, Gorbachev, and the
Korean president.

She began to make
preparations to come to
America. Making the decision
to come was very difficult, be-
cause she loved her job. She
considered which she would
regret more, losing her job, or
never knowing what it would
have been like to fulfill her
dream of living in America.
She quit her job and came to
Ogletliorpe. How does she feel
about it? "I 'm sure I made the
right choice," she said.

November 11, 1994

FEATURES

Page 9

Insider's guide to study abroad help, programs

By Kristiane Pedersen
Staff

Young strange faces.
Shy smiles. Quick glances.
You did it, you took the deci-
sion and went abroad. Finally
you are there at a university in
France or, maybe, Japan. You
are excited. This is the result
of months of preparation, of
worries, and of joys.

In a split second you re-
call the faces of your family
and friends. Then you look
around. You look at all the
people surrounding you
you know these people are
going to be your friends. You
look at the buildings surround-
ing you this is going to be
your home. You are excited.
You know that this year will
belong to nobody but you.

You are the one to make the
best of it.

As the Danish writer
H.C. Andersen said : "To
travel is to be."

Every single year stu-
dents all over the world pull up
their roots and take off. Desti-
nations and reasons for going
are as various as flavors of ice
cream, but the students have
one thing in common: they
take off with an open heart.
And what tliey get in return is
a unique experience which
they will remember for the rest
of their lives. Not only will
they have friends all over the
world but their studies abroad
also mean increased job oppor-
tunities.

The first question is
where and why. Is tlie purpose
to study or to work or both?

There is no limit; Europe,
Soutli America, Asia, Austra-
lia, tlie Third World? Oppor-
tunities exist anywhere in the
world. Pick and choose, then
start to investigate.

If tlie approach is thor-
ough tlie result could end up
being very unusual. You
might discover possibilities
you did not know existed.

Dr. Lutz, Oglethorpe's
expert in international affairs,
gave a good example. A fe-
male Oglethorpe student was
very interested in going to Ger-
many even tliougli she did not
speak much Gennan. During
her research she found the
perfect program in Vienna,
Austria. Tliis program is a
combination of learning Ger-
man, experiencing the Aus-
trian culture, and traveling to

"O "Pin ions. . ._

"HoyN do you feel about non-
Oglethorpe students using the 24
hour study room?"

By Kim Jones

Features Editor

"I think it's fine."
Kevin Whittington
Sophomore

"I don't think they should be
allowed to when we need it."
Shanda Hunter
Sophomore

"Tlirow 'em out.'
Luke Brown
Fresluiian

"I don 't see why they can't find
any place else to study. It's
noisy in there as it is. "
Joanne Dembicky
Freshman

"It's our study room, and tliey
take our space. Tliey've got
tlieir own library."
Ashley Sutherland
Junior

"During midterms and finals
it should be regulated because
we need these facilities."
Paola Barrera
Senior

several places in Europe.

Or if you are a Biology
major you can go to Costa
Rica and learn about Tropical
Biology. Some Third World
countries offer a government
supported program. Hatf of
the time the student lives with
a family in an urban area and
the other half the student
spends in a rural area. During
the stay, the student does a re-
search paper on a relevant
topic.

Students at Oglethorpe
also have the possibility of
participating in an exchange
program. Oglethorpe has sev-
eral sister schools: one in the
Netherlands, two in France,
one in Japan, and two in Ar-
gentina. This year for the first
time an Oglethorpe student
spends an entire semester in
Japan.

Dr. Lutz heads the ex-
change program and he will be
helpful to anyone whether
they want to go just for the
summer or for a semester or
two as will be the advisors
in the history and the political
departments.

Universities throughout
tlie nation have a network of
study programs abroad. Bea-
ver College offers a wide va-
riety of possibilities and so do
Syracuse and Boston College.
Dr. Lutz carries information
on tliem all or he will know
how to get it.

Another option is the li-
brary: Storm Boswick's
Guide to the Universities of
Europe provides information
on tlie specific countries, uni-
versities, which courses are
offered, tuition, possibilities of
scholarships, etc. Similar
books on Asia and other loca-
tions are available.

Getting this far you
might think "sounds really
good, but how am I going to
afford it?" The answer is
scholarships. Several organi-
zations and schools offer finan-
cial support, covering both tu-
ition and living expenses.
Such scholarships are com-
petitive but with some effort it
is possible to find them and get
them.

Rotary International of-
fers some scholarships to stu-
dents who have finished at
least two years at university
level. Another possibility is to
contact the particular univer-
sity or the embassy and fmd
out what their policies on in-
ternational students are. Some
countries like Germany and
Denmark do not charge for
tuition. Talk with your fiiends
and connections; the word of
mouth method can be very
productive.

Remember that the cost
of your stay varies a lot de-
pending on where and how
you decide to go. Being an
exchange student reduces the
price. Combining your study
with work will also help keep
your head above water.

A summer exchange
program can also can be very
rewarding. Again there are
many opportunities such as the
Rotary Summer Exchange
Program in which the student
spends three weeks in another
country with a host family fol-
lowed by the student being the
host in his/her own home for
three weeks.

Rotary of Norway offers
the Oslo International Sum-
mer School Scholarship exclu-
sively to Georgia residents .
The Summer School is held at
the University of Oslo with
courses taught in English and
trips around the country. The
student only pays for a round-
trip travel fi-om Atlanta to Oslo
and personal expenses. Rotary
of Germany has a similar full-
year program.

One last bit of advice
before you take off: when you
are sitting there at your desk,
buried in brochures with
tempting offers, go talk with
Dr. Lutz or a student u4io has
participated in the program
you are interested ia If you
do not know anyone, ask. Not
only can the person give you
tons of information on how the
experience was, how to deal
with certain dilemmas, and
what to be aware of, but the
person might also be able to
help you on the very delicate
money matter.

Page 10

FEATURES

November 11, 1994

By Maria Johnson
Features Edhor

Opening a new adult

fantasy store keeps OU student
Michael Morrison busy, to say
the least. 'Now I know why
my parents didn'tjust give me
everything when I was
younger," he said' 'I've
learned what the real business
world is like."

In Michael's opinion,
one of the best opportunities of
the real business world is the
adult entertainment industry.
"Look at the margin of profit,
it's 300%... Compare it to gro-
cery stores which operate on a
3%prDfit margin." His parents
owned a pornography busi-
ness, and in 1982, when
VCR's and videotapes were
invented, the business became
very successful.

Micliael knew that he
also wanted to go into busi-
ness, but first, Michael chose
to actually practice business,
and he got a regular job. "I was
led on by all of the get rich
quick schemes of the 80's," he
said "you know, 'greed is
good,' the movie Wall
Street..." Michael knew he
needed to make a change, so
he got a new job and decided
to return to college.

Now a Senior, Mike is
ready to move on to practic-
ing business agaia On Decem-
ber 15th, he will open his new
adult fantasy store, 9 1/2
Weeks, Iik. Situated in a prime
location in midtown, (in the lot
next to the old Margaret
Mitchell house), this store will
be the first of its kind in At-
lanta- no other store exclu-
sively caters to pornography.
"We're redefming the mar-
ket," he said. Michael expects
to have legal problems with tlie
Obscenity Statute, Georgia
code 14, but his opinion is that
tliis business should be legal,
and the supreme court should
address the issue:

"With all the new sexual
diseases and problems in the
world, we have to face the is-
sue of safe sex, "says Mike.

Amid all of these busi-
ness dealings, Michael is also
planning to attend law school.

Search for more vegetarian cuisine

By Kim Jones
Features Editor

My second adventure

on my look-out for vegetarian
cuisine was Lettuce Surprise
You. If you take a right out of
Oglethoipe and a left onto to
North Druid Hills, Lettuce
Surprise You is on tlie riglit in
Loeliman's Plaza. Tlie restau-
rant is set up buffet style with
a most awesome salad bar at
the front entrance. After fill-
ing your salad plate with let-
tuce, cheeses, peppers, mush-
rooms and a plethora of pasta
salads, a nice and smiley little
lady greets you at the cash reg-
ister ready and willing to take
your money. With the awe-

some little invention of a Stu-
dent Advantage Card, you get
a dollar oft" of your meal, and
spend a total of seven dollars
for all you can eat. (This is
the price of dinner Lunch is
even more of a steal.)

Lettuce Surprise You
serves little as far as meat is
concerned, but just as little as
far as protein, and should not
be confused with a vegetarian
restaurant, which would pro-
vide many different meat sub-
stitutes. Lettuce Surprise You
Is organized into little booths
offering various forms of side
dishes. Tliese side dishes in-
clude a pasta bar with two
kinds of pasta cooked while
you wait.

Next to the pasta bar is
a soup and baked potato bar
with four different kinds of
soup including Caribbean
clam chowder, bacon soup and
cheese soup. There are many
different toppings available for
your baked potato including
real butter. (Cheese soup on
top of your baked potato is
pretlytasty.) Next to the soup/
potato bar is a little area where
you can find different muffins
and breads. To me. Lettuce
Surprise You is famous for
their chocolate chip mufTins,
which are moist and delicious.
Fruits, including bananas,
apples, pears, and oranges are
available for your consump-
tion as well.

Careers presents speakers

By Katherine Nobles
and Jemiifer Chiafolo
Staff

To help seniors pre-
pare for upcoming career fairs
and job searches, workshops
are scheduled.

Don't be intimidated by
coming face to face with a
room full of employers. Tliey
are there to give you informa-
tion informally and it is a rare
opportunity for the job seeker
to network, to decide if there
is interest in an organization,
and to find out how to arrange
an interview in the future.
There are two great career fa irs
coming up so dont miss this
chance to get ready to make
the most of them!

Career Opportuni-
ties'94: Friday, November
18, 1994 11:00 a.m.- 4:00
p.m. This is a Career Fair co-
sponsored by Oglethorpe for
juniors and seniors at the
Georgia International Conven-
tion Center.

11:00 -4:00, Employ-
ers' Forum Network, gather
job info from over 50 employ-
ers (P.S. door prizes too!)

11:00- 12:00, "How to
Market Yourself in a Tight
Economy" the best advice

you ' 1 1 ever get about what em-
ployers really want.

1:30 -2:15, "Job Net-
working Made Easy" you'll
learn the #1 job search skill
from an Atlanta author/expert.

Careers '95: The
Nation's #1 College Recruit-
ment Conferences will be in
Atlanta January 1 7; however,
to qualify to attend, an updated
resume and cover letter indi-
cating career interests and geo-
graphical location preferences

should be submitted by No-
vember 22 to: Careers '95 At-
lanta, Dept. ATL, P.O. Box
840, North Haven, CT 06473-
0840. Pick up brochures in
Career Services for more infor-
mation.

Graduate School Test
Dates:

MCAT April, 1995
GMAT January 21, 1995
deadline December 16
Forms are in tlie Registrar's
Office.

Along with these little
bars, the beverage bar includes
sweet and unsweetened teas as
well as sodas, with free refills
available. Mineral water, fivit
spritzers and flavored waters,
however, you must buy by the
bottle. Bussers frequent the
tables picking up dirty dishes
so not as to leave you with 20
plates, making you appear

piggy-
Lettuce Surprise You is
not a vegetarian restaurant,
like I said before, but a place
which provides many items for
vegetarians. The atmosphere
was a little cold with tables
pushed close together, and a lot
of people. It was rather loud
and reminded very much of
our cafeteria. The salad bar is
10 times as big, and there are
more soups, two kinds of pasta
instead of just one, but the
trays are the same, the fruit the
same, and the atmosphere the
same. It is not a romantic,
first-date kind of out-to-dinner
place, and for this kind of situ-
ation, you should go some-
where else. It is not outra-
geously expensive, however,
and may be ideal for a group
of people or just the girls go-
ing out to eat, just to get away
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FEATURES

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Rafter thrilled at conquering Nantahala River

A moving account of man's battle for survival on the water

By Patrick Floyd
Staff

Call Me Nantahala.

The river does strange
things to a man. It unlocks hid-
den potentials. It shatters pre-
tension. It can tell you who you
are, and it can tell you who you
aren't.

The nine of us embarked
on an interstate excursion to
test ourselves on the Nantahala
River. All action is motivated
either by fear or love, and I
believe the former was respon-
sible for this action.

We feared the cold. It
was late in the rafting season,
and the Nantaliala is rumored
to be colder tlian it should be.
I don't how know if it truly is
colder than it should be, or
how cold it should be for tliat
matter, but we're talking about
fear here, not thennometers.
The suggestion of an excessive
heat deficiency was enougli to
make us wonder

Our fear of the cold was
a part of a larger fear. We
feared that we had lost our
most basic human instincts
between the cushions of the
couch that is Society. None of
us gathered or hunted our own
food. We did not build our own
shelter or make our own
clotlies. It was Man against
Nature. If we could conquer
the mighty Nantahala, we
could convince ourselves that
we had some semblance of a
survival instinct, however dor-
mant it miglit be.

I didn't know Zack too
well before the trip. I'd hung
out with him a little. He
seemed cool. I didn't know
much about him. When tlie
time came to choose a captain
for our boat, we agreed on
Zack. I had no reason to doubt
him, but, without knowing
him, I could not wholly trust
him either.

Zack accepted the cap-
tainship casually, or so he
would have had us believe. He

acted like it was no big deal.
Zack seemed calm, too calm.
I began to question Zack's
composure. We were about to
face tlie miglity Nantaliala, tlie
river tliat reduced men to bo^'s,

rumbling too. He continued
his instruction.

"Riglit forward.. . let's
try to stay to tlie left of that
rock"

The rumble became

the unforgiving Nantahala
raged around us.

Tlie drastic change in the
river could have been ex-
pected; the change in Zack
could not have been foreseen.

Taking on the river

women to girls, Dockers to just
pants, and he was to be our
leader How could he seem so
nonchalant? He had every rea-
son to be very chalant.

We boarded our vessel.
We embarked on what was
scheduled to be a tliree-hour
tour a tliree-hour tour. Zack
remained reserved. He issued
his paddling instructions as
polite suggestions.

"All forward left back...
riglit forward . . drift "

We followed Zack's in-
structions the same way he
gave them, cabnly. Tlieniiglity
Nantahala did not bear her
teeth at tlie beginning of our
trip. It was quiet, .loo quiet.

As I paddled absent-
mindedly, I began lo take in tJie
scenery. Tlie trees were just
starting to change colors. Tlie
sky was blue. The air was
fresli. Tlie water was cliilly, but
it wasn't too bad. I heard a
rumbling in the distance.

I was ill the front of the
boat. Zack was seated in the
rear. I looked back at Zack. I
couldn't tell if he heard the

more and more distinct. I am
not sure if I was tlie first to hear
it, but 1 was sure I wasn't tlie
only one any more. We were
approaching our first real rap-
ids.

Zack's began to deliver
his directives with a little more
force.

"All forward the left
side is slacking. . . all for-
ward "

We could now see tlie
while-crested waves ahead of
us. We tried lo brace ourselves.
1 suspected that regardless of
how we tried to negotiate tlie
rapid we would ultimately be
at the mercy of the mighty,
iiiiglily Nantahala.

"Hard left watch that
tree limb... not there, the
current's too swift... paddle
harder!"

Tlie river was crashing
in on us from all sides. Our
attempts to steer clear of ob-
stacles were largely unsuocess-
ful. The rocky shores were
unwelcoming. Rocks rammed
us. Tree branches whacked
and scraped us. All the while

Zack had become a little more
assertive as we came closer to
the first rapid. The river had
demanded that from him, but
now in the midst of the first
truly violent stretch of water,
Zack was unrecognizable.
Where before had sat a cool-
headed instructor, now sat a
command-barking, monoma-
niacal tyrant.

"Aargh, matees!.. . hard
to starboard put your backs
into it lassies II not have the
wicked Lady Nantahala claim
this ship!"

Mild-mannered Zack
now struck fear in all of our
hearts. I paddled as if my life
depended on it. I did not fear
death at the hands of
Nantahala nearly as much as I
feared the wrath of Captain
Zack.

Our oars and our arms
were pushed to their limits, but
we made it through the rapid.
As we strained to catch our
breath in the calm that fol-
lowed, I was tempted to look
back at Captain Zack, but 1
didn't dare. I didn't even look

up when his peg-leg came
down on my pinkie toe as he
nailed a gold doubloon to the
mast of our inflatable raft; my
foot was mostly numb from the
cold anyway. I didn't look
back at Captain Zack the rest
of our voyage.

Under Captain Zack's
heavy hand we successfully
navigated the untamed
Nantahala. We challenged
rapid after rapid until, finally,
we found ourselves shaking-
off cold, damp life jackets on
dry land, and heading back to
our cars. After making our
way through the marrow of
Mother Nature's majesty and
mystery, we managed to get
lost on the carride home. Cap-
tain Zack was not driving, but
he was holding the map.

After we had been driv-
ing around for about a half-
hour without knowing where
we were going, I mustered the
courage to question Captain
Zack about his knowledge of
where we were. He was not
nearly as threatening riding in
the passenger seat of a Blazer
on an asphalt highway as he
had been at the helm of our raft
on the wild and merciless
Nantahala.

"Cap. .. Zack do you
know where we are? Do you
know where we're headed?"
Zack ignored my inquiries.

I don't know what made
me accept his tyrannical rule
at sea, but now we were all
riding home, and we were all
lost. I had had enough.

"Zack, I don't care what
happened today. If we're lost,
we're lost. You can't control
everything. Some times Man
has to accept his inability to
master his surroundings. Why
don't we stop and ask for di-
rections?"

Captain Zack was silent
Slowly he reached his neck
around to look into the back
seat. He stared me dead in the
eye, a Grinch-like grin
stretched across his face.

"I'd smote the sun."

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November 11, 1994

OR GANIZA TIONS

ECOS.

By Miriam Whaley
Special to The Stormy Petrel

Many members of the
Oglethorpe community may
not be aware that an environ-
mental group exists on cam-
pus, but Environmentally
Concerned Oglethorpe Stu-
dents (ECOS) plans to change
this during the school year.
ECOS, a group that was active

OSA

By Kelly Holland
Staff

in past years, is making a
strong comeback with many
new ideas for raising environ-
mental awareness on campus
and beyond.

After several productive
years which yielded results
such as the recycling center
behind Emerson Student Cen-
ter and a paper-recycling pro-
gram, ECOS fizzled out last
year after many active mem-

bers moved off-campus or
graduated. This year interest
in the club was renewed by
upperclassmen and new stu-
dents. Freshman Alyssa
Curabba and Luke Brown ac-
cepted tlie challenge of getting
the club back on its feet.

The first event ECOS
sponsored this year, which co-
incided with a visit from a
Greenpeace representative.

Greetings from the

wonderfiil world of OSA and
welcome to the newest mem-
ber of Oglethorpe's student
government, Kim Kuni. Kim
was elected freshman class
president after a close run-off
with fellow freshman David
Carroll. Congratulations,
Kim!

Freshman senate elec-
tions were held October 10-11,
and winners were Christina
Bumham, Laura Butts, David
Carroll, and Shannon
Hutcheson. Congratulations
and welcome aboard.

One of the biggest con-
cerns that OU students have
expressed to their representa-
tives is the quality and overall
appeal of the food served in Uie
dining hall. OSA is looking
into a few food service com-
panies who may be interested
into coming onto campus.
This is an issue that will take
time and careful tliouglil be-
fore a decision is reached so
until that time, be patient and
keep eating that red sauce and
those baked taters.

Parking is always an is-
sue and it seems that it will
continue to be so until an ap-
propriate solution can be
reached. Cost is a major fac-

tor in this situation and the
administration is a bit hesitant
about putting fortli such large
sums of money. Let's keep our
fingers crossed, though! I en-
courage all who have experi-
enced tliis hassle first hand (as
well as those who have heard
horror stories) to let the admin-
istrators know your concern.
You may even wish to let your
parents know wliat 's going on;
their involvement may be a
key in solving this incredible
problem.

That's all for now ... re-
member to keep an eye out for
OSA news in each issue oiThe
Stormy Petrel.

Organizations' top ten

Top ten reasons why your organization should submit articles to The Stormy Petrel:
10. Heck, why not??!

9. Your organization is important to this campus and its students.

8. If you don't write something, I will (and don't forget I am a Math major, I'm not supposed
to be able to write anything but ax + by = c and other stupid formulas).
7. Because if you dont write sometliing, this page will be cut and I will be out of an editor's
position.

6. It's free advertising!

5. Organizations make up the body of activities on campus excluding tlie greek fimctions.
4. Organizations should be seen and heard.

3. Saves a lot of trash, paper waste and effort Rather than putting up a million flyers hoping
to attract attention to your event, one article can do the trick.

2. Money fund-raisers work better when people know about tliem. Contrary to popular
belief, not everyone goes to the dining hall and sees what is going on outside of there.
1. Because all organizations need new members to keep them going, and people don't join if
they don't know about the group.

First appoint someone in your organization who knows what you are doing to write some-
thing every three weeks, or even monthly. Second, see that the person actually puts something
down on paper. Third, turn that paper in to Uie Stormy Petrel office on the little hallway by the
mailboxes. It's really that simple. So try it; you'll like it

Kim Wilkes
Organizations Editor

was Cup Amnesty Days, an
attempt to cut back on the
number of cups being used in
the dining hall. Students were
encouraged to return "bor-
rowed" cups to the dining hall
in order to receive discounts on
ECOS tumblers that were for
sale.

The club's future plans
include working to get
Styrofoam eliminated from the

dining hall and organizing
regular campus cleanup days.
Club members want to explore
the feasibility of adding a cam-
pus-wide aluminum and paper
recycling program and are
looking into adopting a stretch
of highway with the Georgia
Adopt-A-Highway program.
ECOS meets Tuesdays
at 5 p.m. in the small dining
room.

BSC

By Catherine Wolfe
Staff

Monday. October 3 at 7 p.m., the Black Student Cau-
cus held its second meeting of the academic year President
Stephanie Carouthers officially opened the meeting by suggest-
ing a prayer, which vice president Demetria Coleman led. After
the prayer, Carouthers introduced the advisor to BSC, Bernard
Potts. Potts said that he looks forward to being an integral part
in the BSC this year and extended his services and help to all
BSC members.

Carouthers continued the meeting by mentioning upcom-
ing events such as October and November birthdays celebrated.
Other upcoming events include a BSC Thanksgiving Dinner
November 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. Future meetings will be an-
nounced at a later date.

Rotaract.

By Kimberly Wilkes
Organizations Editor

It seems like every or-
ganization on campus that has
died in past years is now com-
ing back to life, and not to be
left out of the rebirth, Rotaract
is coming back strong.

On Friday the 1 4th, we
did a university-wide clean up
effort. Especially after the
fresliman elections, we would
have liked to have done more,
but fewer people showed up
than we would have liked.
Hopefully next time will be
better!

On Friday the 21st we
got together to bake some
cookies for the residents of
Briarwood Nursing Home.
We went there on Saturday
morning, from about 10:15
until 12:15 to play some
BINGO! The residents are
known to be real fanatics over
the game and love to have
people come and play.

Finally for this month,
we will went Trick-or-Treat-
ing for the Poor On Hallow-
een we got dressed up and
went to a neighborhood to col-
lect canned food and other
things for the poor It's the
best of both worlds, getting
dressed up and running around
at night as well as helping
those in need.

If any of these projects
sound like to fiin to you, please
give me (Kimberly 646) or
Claudio (566) a call. We
would love to tell you more
about it and to have you come
with us. And if you would like
to be involved with Rotaract
but can't make the meetings,
this is the way to do it!

By the way, our meet-
ings are on every other
Wednesday in the OSA room
across from the mailboxes.
Come to the meetings and fmd
out what Rotaract is all about
Anyone interested is welcome,
we'd love ta have ya!

November 11, 1994

Page 13

GREEKS

ASO.

By Jason Thomas
Delta Sigma Phi

Intramural footbaU is finally over. Now we are look-
ing forward to volleyball with the expectations that we wont
blow it After sitting on the field after the finals in football we
went through all of the "what ifs." But, it's over now, so with a
positive attitude and Ecton on our side we head diligently into
intramural volleyball, although no one has a clue which team
they are oa

Besides that, we're just busy doing other stufi'. Our pledges
are throwing their annual Pledge Party on November , 1994.
So everybody be there. And if you havent yet heard they are
raising money by making the "Men of OU Calender." Donl ask
me, ask Kevin.

We did our nifty little philanthropy mission again as we
participate in Trick or Treating For Canned Goods. Thanks to
Micah and Julie for getting that organized. This past weekend
was our pledge retreat. I'm sure we all had fun and no one died.
So we still have all of the pledges, right now.

Other then that, all of us are pretty much busy studying or
sleeping or frolicking with the pledges. To Dan; The lady was
actually really hot. And To Alan: next time we bring Eric.

Until next time....

XQ

Stephanie Maruiis
Chi Omega

Ok, brand me on the forehead with a big fat L for

loser. I forgot to thank Chi Phi for our awesome bid day party.
But better late than never. Thanks, guys! We love ya! As for
other party news, we had a great time with the Sigmas and our
dates at the Panhellenic formal. The pledges were formally in-
troduced, and the Panhellenic induction was finally held. And
by the way, what was this stuff about being too loud? Everyone
knows that it's not the sorority parties that are loud.

Our big sis/little sis revelation was held Tuesday. The cer-
emony was beautiful, and everyone was excited (and hopefijlly
surprised) to fmd out who her big sister is. We're all looking
forward to lots of good times with our little sisters.

And speaking of our pledges, thanks to everyone who sup-
ported their Halloweenie gram fiind-raiser . Hope you enjoyed
all of your candy and messages. And that's about all for now.

EAE

The brothers ofihe Georgia Eta chapter of SAE would

like to start this week by congratulating our two newest broth-
ers. Ray Ingram and Tharius Sumter were initiated October 1 .
We all celebrated this occasion with anotlier kick @$$ party.

Congratulations also to our newest pledge, Holden Huges,
who accepted his wildcat bid. Unfortunately we were unable lo
put a party together in Holden 's honor, but we are working on it.

The 23rd annual Boxer Rebellion will be Saturday, No-
vember 5. We also re-establish the Thursday night party tradi-
tion with a pre-Boxer celebration November 3rd.

We are also active with philathropy this semester. On Oc-
tober 29 we helped with Race for the Cure, benefiting breast
cancer research. November Jth we will have our annual Walk-
to-Macon. The proceeds from this year's walk will go to the St.

Jude's Foundation for cancer research.

Once again SAE has claimed the intramural football title.
We were seeded second in the tournament, looking to meet the
number one seed in the championship. However, Delta Sigma
Phi ousted Kappa Alpha before they reached the fmal. Perhaps
had tliey not been busy with other things the night before (say,
tarring and feathering our lion - really original, huh,) they might
have been more prepared. In the championship game, we rallied
to defeat Delta Sig 27-26 in a hard-fought, well-played game.

Until next time, try washing a motorcycle, it's fun ... I
promise.

KA.

By John Kniglit
Kappa Alpha

Kappa Alpha, Oglethorpe's resident old South frater-
nity, held its pledge retreat a few weeks ago in a secluded and
"Deliverancish" town in Soutli Georgia. The retreat was a time
for pledges and brotliers to bond. Several of life's valuable les-
sons were learned, such as the universal importance of bread
and tlie joy of river travel.

Since tlie return to Atlanta, the KA football team has been
rather busy acquiring a record of three wins and one loss. In the
first game against SAE, KA triumphed by a score of 13-12.
Jayme Sellards and Andy Travis each scored a touchdown. The
next game against Chi Phi featured a tight first half, inspiring
half-time speeches from Jayme and Kevin, and an 1 8-6 score by
game's end. Jayme Sellards had two touchdowns and Andy
Travis had one. In tlie following game, against Delta Sig II, the
KA team was composed almost entirely of pledges (Andy Travis
was tlie only brother). In the end Delta Sig II was on top of the
scoring bracket. The following Sunday's game against Delta
Sig I brouglit different results as KA won by a score of 24-14.
Andy Travis threw for four touchdowns. To wrap up the season,
KA brought home solid victories against Tri-Lambda and Natu-
ral Disaster.

Rock on.

xo.

By Jason Reese
Chi Phi

Hello there, and welcome to another action-packed

segment from Chi Phi. To start off, congratulations go out to
our four wildcat pledges. Josh Egnew, Sean Wessling, Jeff Farge,
and Luke Brown have now become the newest members of our
1994 pledge class. The only thing we have to watch out for is
leaving all eleven pledges in a room together without adult su-
pervision a sure formula for destruction and chaos, as we've
already found out.

The Chi Phi "Tool Of The Week" goes to Aric Kline. For
some reason Aric thought it would be fun to run for the position
of IFC Vice-President. Before he realized what he had done, he
was voted in. Well Aric, good luck and remember that we're all
pullin' for ya at tlie station.

To end tilings up, I would like to remind everyone that Chi
Phi's annual Halloween Party will be Friday, October 28. Cos-
tumes will be required, so start thinking of something you can
throw together for the party. The Halloween Party is going to be
elaborate and full of surprises, so be ready! That's all for now,
kiddies.

(GreekSpeak)

ByColeMaddox
Gredc Editor

Well the semester is
almost over, Chi Phi has al-
ready had its Halloween party,
and I am still trying to quit
smoking. I would like to lake
this moment and ask all of you
to be patient with those of us
who are trying to quit smcJc-
ing. It has come to my atten-
tion that quite a few people are
trying to quit Just remember,
our smoking is hazardous to
our health as is bugging us
when we are trying to quit
smoking. Nothing is more
dangerous than a smoker who
has gone without a cigarette
for two days, so please be pa-
tient with our mood swings,
and don't talce offense to ev-
erything we may say. It's not
us, it's just the lack of nicotine
talking.

On a sUghtly different
note, a lot of people have been
saying Aat the social life of
Greeks is not the same that it
was when we all lived off cam-
pus. Is this because we now
live in fear of Security? Surely
not Is it because our bouses
are so small? Well, I have seen
some huge parties in the old
Delta Sig house as well as the
old KA house, so I dont think
house size really mattets. So
v^iat is the problem? Have we
all become bo concerned with
studying and getting a good
job that we have lost sight of
what the weekends are for?
Have we become so scared of
Dean Moore that we no longer
wash to cross his path? There
is an answer out there some-
y/bere, I just hope someone
finds it soon.

Well, good luck to all the
pledges, watch out for new
non-smokers and have fun this
weekend for a change.

Page 14

November 11, 1994

ENTER TAINMENT.

Adam and Anthony's CD Courtroom

By Adam Corder and
Anthony Wilson
Staff

AC: Aww, yeah ... we

in "da house." Adam and An-
thony are here again to keep
you abreast of the freshest in
compact disc releases. We be-
gin this week's musical expe-
dition with Toad the Wet

Sprocket's latest release,
Dulcinea.

AW: This was pretty cool.
Can I have it?

AC: Uh... no. Yes, indeed this
was a quality production from
these damp amphibians. The
single I had heard on the ra-
dio, "Fall Down," was excel-
lent, and the rest of the album
offered a virtual smorgasbord

of musical goodness.
AW: Well stated. I was actu-
ally surprised that a band
boasting a guitarist reminis-
cent of Grizzly Adams and a
drummer who look like an
extra from 'Time Bandits" can
actually rock. "Woodbuming"
for example, is all tliat and a
cup of Joe, if I may employ a
colloquialism.

AC: I hereby permit said col-
loquialism. The album has a
nifty blend of hard hitting gui-
tar chords and soothing ro-
mantic numbers, with no
rhyme or reason to them which
I find refreshing. What else
can I say ... everyone is gay?
AW: Peace on that, ace. This
album represents a definite
step in this band's musical

Cafe Diem serves up food for thought

By Jeremy Jeflfra
Staff

A night with atmo-
sphere, great food, and medio-
cre poetry. That is Cafe Diem
in a nutshell. The small bistro,
located at 640 N. Highland
Avenue, is the epitome of a
pretentious coffee house. Tliis
quaint restaurant has become
a rather popular spot for beat-
niks and lovers of fine cuisine,
and deservedly so. It is a great
experience for the beginning of
a night on the town.

The atmosphere of Cafe
Diem is very close and per-
sonal, one can say. In approxi-
mately 2000 square feet, there
are at least 40 tables jammed
up against one another, creat-
ing an effect that is intimate, if
not comfortable. This does not
seem to be a problem, tliougli,
considering that is the inten-
tion. There are, however, flaws
in its setup. The noise is so
loud, one must scream into a
megaphone to have a discus-
sion across the table. The other
inconvenience are the bath-
rooms. On the night I went
there were at least 250 people.
Their bathrooms, two of them,
only hold one person at a time,
unless you don't mind doing
your business while someone
is fixing up their hair three
inches away from you. It was
a problem on the night that I
went and, deducing that it is a
popular site, is probably an
obstacle every night

Any inconvenience that
might be had over the build-
ing itself is made trivial by tlie
menu. It is fantastic. The cof-
fee is exquisite, ranging from

plain black to whipped-topped
Mochaccino. The dinner en-
trees are neM best tiling to
heaven. Tlie salads taste like
the vegetables were just
picked, and the dressing is su-
perb. And their croissants?
Well, I'll answer that by say-
ing that I ordered six of lliem
by the end of the night. Believe
me when I say this is no
McDonalds, and to top it all
off, Cafe Diem is not ridicu-
lously priced. It costs more
than Two Pesos, but you don't

need to be Rockefeller to en-
joy a fiill dinner

Then, for a pleasant cap
to your dinner experience.
Cafe Diem hosts a poetry read-
ing on several niglits, where
people who think they are
blessed with tlie poetic fire can
read their material. Altliougli
not everyone is a consummate
wxiler, there is an entertaining
quirkiness about listening to
tliem perfonn tlieir work. Of
course, some of tlie literature
is surprisingly exceptional and

makes it all worth while. Un-
fortunately, the reading is pre-
sented outside of the cafe, and
the drones of motorcycles and
buses drown out many of the
readers.

Cafe Diem is a place for
someone who, when they re-
fer to a dining experience,
wants more than just food.
Tliey want to be entertained
and satisfied. Fortunately for
them, this place caters to that
design quite well, despite its
few defects. Enjoy.

Phantom lives up to hype

By Adam Kearney
Copy Editor

When I entered the Fox Theater for

the opening niglit of Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Phantom of the Opera, my expectations were
higli. I had seen one production of the show
before and heard the music so many times I
could recite tlie libretto. Having heard tliat the
cast of this production had voices to outdo
Michael Crawford and Sarali Briglitman of the
original London cast, I was restless with an-
ticipation. I was not disappointed.

Tlie task of reviewing a show like Phan-
tom is arduous. As the liglits dim and chande-
lier rises, tlie audience is carried into a differ-
ent world, one of subterranean melodies and
darkness. Tlie show absorbs the attention of its
patrons with a spectacular blend of higli-lech
special effects, elaborate settings and costumes,
and music which is sometimes beautiful and
sometimes chilling. When the chandelier
crashes into the stage and tlie first act ends, re-
turning to reality is a shock.

Lloyd Webber and lyricist Charles Hart
based their musical on the 19 II novel Le
Fantome de I 'Opera by Gaston Leroux. The
story's haunting combination of mystery, ro-
mance, and horror adds to the hypnotic effect
of the show. Tlie character of the Phantom is a

disfigured savant, shunned by society, who lives
beneath the Paris Opera House. A chorus girl,
Christine Daae, captures his attention and at-
tracts his affection. The central conflict appears
when Christine is torn between the Phantom and
Raoul, the Vioomte de Chagny, an old friend who
seeks her love. Tlie interweaving of spectacle,
suspense, and shock make Phantom much more
than a simple love story.

Rick Hilsabeck does an excellent job in
playing the role of the Pliantom, from the se-
ductive tones of "The Music of the Night" to
the anguished sobs of "All I Ask of You" to the
menacing demands of "Past the Point of No
Return." Sarah Pfisterer shows off her wide vo-
cal range and beautiful voice in the challenging
role of Christine. Nat Chandler plays the part of
Raoul. The show is playing at the Fox through
November 5.

As the last notes were fading, 1 found
myself once again moved to my feet to applaud
the majesty of tliis show. Some themes and mes-
sages seem to be timeless; the idea behind Phan-
tom is one of them. Lloyd Webber captures this
in his music. Eight years after its debut, the show
continues to sell out everywhere it plays. It has
become a sort of cultural phenomenon that cap-
tivates audiences into returning again and again.
Phantom is more than a musical; it is an experi-
ence, beautiful and breathtaking.

growth. Their more traditional
fare is as evocative as ever, and
with this album they expand
with a couple of credible stabs
at real rock and roll. Bass in
my face.

AC: The cuts, "Something's
Always Wrong" and the afore-
mentioned tracks rise to the top
of this set Thumbs up all di-
rections. Our next album this
issue is the latest effort from
The Cranberries, No Need to
Argue. This is an album that
I really enjoyed, but I'm go-
ing to go ahead and say that I
bet many of y'all shall not
AW: I, for example, did not
The Cranberries utterly repeat
themselves on this album, with
the misleading exception of the
grunge-favored single, "Zom-
bie." this isn't a bad album, I
guess; I just would have pre-
ferred something a little fresher
from the Scots clan. By the
way, before we move on, I'd
like to clarify my "bass in my
face" comment. That was
"bass" with a long "a," imply-
ing the lower musical register,
not "bass" with a siiort "a,"
which would of course be a
large freshwater fish. Apolo-
gies.

AC: By the way, moron. The
Cranberries are Irish.
AW: Same thing.
AC: The album contains a bi-
zarre mix of floating Gaelic
vocals by Dolores O'Riordan
and sparsely intermixed guitar
lines that kept my ears to the
speaker. It does get a bit repeti-
tive, though. Round about
track number 8 1 began to slip
into R.E.M. sleep, and I be-
lieve I even had a brief dream
that contained flashbacks to
our review of the Wheezer al-
bum.

AW: God save you, my son.
In any event this is not a CD
that I would recommend buy-
ing. Tape it from someone
who didn't read our review, or
from someone foolish enough
to disregard it I personally
plan to "Jones" it from Corder.
AC: OK, then. Once again I
see that our time is waning I ike
a gibbous moon and we are ...
outta here like ice beer.

November 11, 1994

Page 15

ENTER TAIN MEN T.

Patra reigns as queen of dancehall

By Tharius D. Sumter
Special to The Stormy Petrel

With its quicii dialect

and steel drums, reggae has
invaded the rap-dominated
dance scene. In the ranks of
this world music movement
are the likes of Shabba Ranks,
whose crooning "Mr.
Loverman" led the way for
other artists to gain crossover
appeal. Among them are art-
ists like Shaggy (featured on
the popular "Sliver"
soundtrack). Now the ladies
of reggae have found a pio-
neering force in Patra. With a
sexy style that declares her in-
dependence and sensuality,
Patra delivers a package of
throbbing rhythms that make
you want to move some part,
any part, of your body.

Patra's debut LP
"Queen of the Pack" opens
with the playfiil "Hardcore".
The infectious rise and fall of
the keyboards create a mood
that captures the frolic of a

carnival and the energy of a
smoke-filled warehouse club.
Forget the fact that you can't
understand three-fourths of the
lyrics. Even if you can't sing
along, the feel and the attitude
of Patra's delivery is enougli
to have fun with. Lending
Patra a hand on "Tliiiik" is fel-
low dancehall diva Lyn
Collins. Collins, tlie "sultry
siren of funk," leads the LP's
first release witli an opening
reminiscent of a Southern Bap-
tist sermon. With a back-
ground sampled from Arellia
Franklin's I960's hit, Patra's
"Think" issues a clear warn-
ing against underestimating
women. "We're gonna use
what we've got to gel what we
want," Collins says, and tlie
duet let's you know tliey mean
business. But don't lliink that
Patra is male-bashing. Songs
like "Romantic Call," featur-
ing female rapper Yo-Yo, and
"Sexual Feeling" with R&B
heartthrob Christopher Will-
iams, let you know tliat there

is plenty of room in Patra's life
for a man, but only the right
man.

Packed with enough per-
cussion to make your great-
grandparents jump up and
dance, "Romantic Call" uses
a variety of instruments that
I've never heard or at least
have never heard so power-
fijlly used. The new sound sets
Patra apart from the deluge of
other dance artists. "Sexual
Feeling" pulsates with enough
primal energy to get any R&B,
Bump "n' Grind enthusiast in
tlie mood for love.

Unfortunately, these
steamy songs liave to make up
for the likes of "Whining
Skill" and "Be Protected,"
both of which sound a little
forced and overprocessed with
studio magic. After listening
to llie CD several times you
still don't know if tlie "whin-
ing skill" Patra wails about is
a good, bad, or imaginary
tiling.

"Be Protected" provides
the oh-so-typical mid-album
attempt to raise social con-
sciousness. As the title hints,
it's a plug for safe sex. Dur-
ing these two attempts Patra
loses the fun and the strength
that make the other eleven
tracks so enjoyable. Even her
biggest fans probably won't
hesitate to press the "skip" but-
ton when they get to this pair.

Realistically, the
Buckhead nightclub scene
probably isn't ready for the
"Queen of the Pack's" reign,
but she'll undoubtedly find a
supportive court in the down-
town loft-style dance clubs that
have sent countless other art-
ists out of the underground and
into the mainstream. If power
is an aphrodisiac, Patra has
enougli power in this debut LP
to keep you turned on. With
that power, this queen's terri-
tory is growing, and more
people will soon fmd them-
selves dancing at the foot of
her throne.

Entertainment Grapevine. . .

CuLiuxal, and not io cuLtuzaL, ^uanh in and around c/ftlania

In keeping with a theme
of diversity. Theatre in the
Square explores the prickly
topic of the abortion issue in
its second show of the 1994-
95 season, Jane Martin's
award winning "Keely and
Du," currently running. This
contemporary adult drama
runs Tuesdays through Sun-
days through November 12.
Performances of "Keely and
Du" are Tuesday through Sat-
urday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at
2:30 and 7 p.m. Tickets are

$17-23, and group rates are
available. There is a four-
show package for tlie remain-
der of the Theater 's season.
Call 422-8369 for reserva-
tions and more infonnation.

An exhibition of 35
works by coastal Georgia art-
ists, presented by the Golden
Isles Arts and Humanities As-
sociation of Glynn Country, is
currently running in the Stale

Capitol Gallery. Tlie exhibi-
tion, which will run tlirough
January 20, 1995, is part of a
Georgia Council for the Arts
program to showcase Georgia
artists. Tlie exliibition, which
is located in tlie lobby area of
tlie Governor's Office, Room
203, State Capitol, is open to
tlie public free of charge Mon-
day tlirough Friday from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Formore infor-
mation about the exhibit, con-
tact GCA Visual Arts Man-
ager Richard Waterhouse at
651-7926.

The Playmakers present
Tina Howe'sMuseum, a "com-
edy of absurdities" that deliv-
ers a serious message, Thurs-
day, November 17 through
Saturday, November 19, at 8
p.m. in Lupton Auditorium on
campus.

Nearly 40 characters,
played by 13 actors, go to see
the exhibit "The Broken Si-
lence" and see more deeply
into themselves and each other.
Sealing is limited.

^fte toy maimers present l^imiHowe's

Museum

Tfiursday tfirougfi Saturday
8 -p.m. Lupton Audit orium

By Helen Quinones
Layout Editor

Whip-Smart, the sec-
ond major label release from
Liz Phair on Atlantic, tirings
us more of her singular style.

She brings back fflemo*
ries of early 1980s new wavv
combined with vocals which
sound hauntingly like Suzanne
\fega. She writes and directs
all of her song^ designed the
packaging, and plays het own
guitar, with some help on a
couple of tracks.

I have to say I was bored
by this album the fu^ time I
heard it, with the exception of
"Supernova," the second
track. It mercifully follows
"Chopsticks," a terribly slow,
spineless song to be^ an al-
bum with. "Chopsticks,"
along with two other tracks,
ramble on without a beat; they
seems to wander around look*
ing for some saeeching vocals
to interrupt the mesmerizing
effects. But after a few
listenings, the album fits a
mood. It's the soundtrack for
those days when we wake up
at four in the afternoon need-
ing a beer.

About half the songs are
catchy after a few listenings.
This album makes a dieery de-
parture from the cynicism to-
wards men she showed in her
first album. Exile in GuyviUe.
She takes me back to Missing
Persons or A Flock of
Seagulls, with Suzanne Vega's
vocals. The guitarcomes close
to Belly's Star, with its degree
of dissonance and distortion.

"Support System"
would have had me whistling
along if I could whistle. "Go
West" makes a great driving
song, and "Whip-Smart"
should have started the album
oflj since it's more eye-open-
ing than "Chopsticks."

She tends to speak (or
mumble) rather than sing oa
most of her songs, but on a
couple of tracks she merits a'
cheery "she sings too!"

Liz Phair's Whip-Smart
is available at Atlanta CD.

Page 16

November 11, 1994

ENTER TAINMENT.

Pulp Fiction makes a trip into the underworld

By Megan McQueen
Staff

Quentin Tarantino's

latest flick. Pulp Fiction, be-
gins with two small-time
thieves contemplating making
the big step from robbing li-
quor stores to holding up
coffee shops. After acquaint-
ing us with Honey Bunny and
Pumpkin (played with inno-
cent matter-of-factness by
Amanda Plummer and Tim
Roth), the scene cuts to part-
ners Vincent Vega and Jules
Winnfield, who are on their
way to retrieve a mysterious
black briefcase for their boss,
Karsellus Wallace. Vincent
and Jules (John Travolta and
Samuel L. Jackson, both in
rare form) keep up constant
fluff banter concerning things
like the tenn for a Quarter
Pounder in Amsterdam (a
Royale with cheese). They

retrieve the case, blowing
away a few people in the pro-
cess. Later that evening,
Vincent takes out tlie boss's
wife, Mia, because Marcellus
has left town and wants
Vincent to show her a good
time for the night. Tliey end
up at Jack Rabbit Siim's, a
loud fifties-style diner where
Vincent and Mia enter, and
win, a dance contest. As the
evening progresses, we also
get to see Lance, Vincent's
drug dealer, and his eccentric,
body-pierced wife Jody. The
action shifts yet again lliis
time to Butch, a young bo.xer
whom Marcellus has paid to
lose his next match. Butch
double crosses him, takes the
money, ajid nnis. He plans to
leave the country until he re-
alizes that his naive French
girlfriend, Fabienne, has for-
gotten to pack the sacred gold
watch he inherited from his

father Inunediately we get a
flashback of young Butch be-
ing told of his fatlier 's death in
the war by stoic Captain
Koons (played witli tlie perfect
lack of emotion by Christopher
Walken).

Butch wastes no time getting
back to his apartment to res-
cue the priceless watch. On his
way out, however, he just hap-
pens to run into Marcellus.
Time shifts back to Vincent
and Jules, who have just re-

Chick's foreign flick pick

Uma Thurman and John Travolta

Plioto courtesy of Miramax nims

By Helen M. Quinones
Layout Editor

For the rest of you

who are broke, bored and blase
about new movie releases,
there is hope yet. Right here
on campus at our very own li-
brary, one of the largest collec-
tions of laser disks sits on
shelves collecting dust. So I
began the quest for vintage
flicks from the golden age of
movie making (there is more
to life than Gone With the
Wind) and foreign flicks.

The library carries a
shockingly large selection of at
times racy foreign films. For
this issue I chose Law of De-
sire, by Spain's leading direc-
tor, Pedro Almodovar. The
film in Spanish with English
subtitles.

The opening scene, in
which two directors supervise
a male getting intimate with
himself and mirrors for the
camera, sent me into previ-
ously unattained levels of em-
barrassment. This film is un-
questionably foreign. Euro-
pean standards of decency in
movies and television make
me blush. As true test of open-
mindedness, this movie in-

cludes full frontal male nudity,
men getting intimate, and to
top it off, the only female is a
transse.\ual.

Tliere is a plot, I prom-
ise, altliougli it isnt apparent
until the second half . One of
the men involved in a love tri-
angle is murdered amid a con-
fusion of which name goes
with which character. This
film is a typical example
Almodovar 's style, with vivid
bleeding reds, glaring yellows
and eye-crossing blues. Plenty
of women with painfully
strong features clijik around in
higli heels and cling)' dresses,
with huge brightly painted
lips. The same unattractive
actress from his other films
with the enonnous nose and
puce eye shadow appeared
also. Almodovar loves cast-
ing her, and 1 can't blame him;
her very presence is comic re-
lief

A few scenes actually
are humorous, after all tliis is
a comedy. Some of tlie innu-
endo and irony revolving
around all of these homo-
sex-ual men receives a 5 or 6
on the chuckle factor A one-
liner near the beginning scored
an 8 on my cackle factor scale,

in wiiich a man meets his lover,
takes him home and immedi-
ately upon their arrival says:
"excuse me while I go tlirow
up."

As for the translation, I
can say that the bedroom
scenes were translated crudely.
I found anything that would fit
into the contexl of a bedroom
sounded much less sleazy in
Spanish; it's a Romance lan-
guage after all. And believe
me, there was plenty of sleaze.
The camera pulls back to
grasp the fiill panorama of the
scene, as if from tlie ceiling, at
times encouraging more tlie-
atrics than anything else.

A disclaimer at tlie be-
ginning warns that the film
could be offensive to anyone
under eigliteen. I would go so
far as to say tliis would be rated
NC-17 in America, although
if women were featured in full
frontal nudity, it would have
cleared an R rating. Women
on the Verge of a Nervous
Breakdown is the film that
made Almodovar famous; it's
liglit-years cleaner and funnier
than Desire. I would recom-
mend Women to anyone and
Desire to the truly bored,
broke and open-minded.

trieved the briefcase, taken a
hostage and had a brush with
death. Vincent accidentally
shoots the hostage, spattering
blood all over the place in
broad dayliglit, so the two are
forced to seek refuge at the
house of their suburban friend
Jimmie (played by Quentin
Tarantino himself in a scene-
stealing cameo). Jimmie's
wife will return from work
shortly so they call The Wolf
(a bow-tied Harvey Keitel)
who helps them clean tlie car
and themselves and has them
back on the road in under an
hour The final scene ties sev-
eral of tlie dangling plot lines
togetlier and fuiislies tlie movie
witli an uneasy but basically
happy ending.

Tliis movie is composed
of lots of seemingly disjointed
scenes sewn together by a few
cross-over characters. Al-
tliough a bit confusing at first,
it keeps the movie moving
along briskly with occasional
stops for a little dialogue and
some violence. Set in modem
Los Angeles, but drawing on
the dark crime fiction and
cheap, garish publications
from the thirties and forties,
tliis grand prize winner at the
1994 Cannes Film Festival is
chock fiill of both humor and

violence. It's a collection of
various movie cliches and
combined together, creates
an atmosphere where every-
thing is both vaguely familiar
and refreshingly new at the
same time. In the background
tliroughout the movie, pulses
intense music that fits the pe-
riod and completes the mood.
Each character in this
movie fits into the big puzzle,
and each is very individual and
well-crafted. Uma Thurman
as Mia is both innocent and
seductive. Harvey Keitel as
The Wolf is hilarious in his
role as the cleanups artist.
Also Quentin Tarantino and
Christopher Walken, in their
respective cameos, completely
fit the characters and provide
some of the funniest moments
of the movie. It's Vincent and
Jules, however, that com-
pletely steal the movie with
their black humor and, espe-
cially in Vincent's case,
clueless bungling Bible-quot-
ing Jules and heroin-shooting
Vincent make an unlikely pair
but manage to offset each other
perfectly. John Travolta, with
his long black hair, has a great
scene in which he and Mia en-
ter a twist dance contest. Al-
though the music is different
and there's no flashing lights,
in an odd way, it's vaguely
reminiscent of Saturday Night
Fever

This is a movie about the
bad guys in all their drug-
laden, gun-toting splendor.
Everyone is tarnished some-
how (except perhaps Butch 's
girlfriend, who fantasizes
innocently about blueberry
pancakes with maple syrup).
Despite this, throughout the
movie, everyone is somehow
offered a second chance and
the ending actually finds one
of the main characters retiring
from a life of crime.

In Pulp Fiction,
Quentin Tarantino has cre-
ated a dark, violent, but im-
mensely fiinny and watchable
movie. The characters, twisted
though they might be, come to
life and draw us in to this bi-
zarre trip into the underworld.
Pulp Fiction recycles images
and characters into something
new and alive and is one of the
best movies of this year.

November 11, 1994

Page 17

ENTERTAINMENT.

Film probes betrayal of quiz show scandals

Early television establislies broadcasting as the great deceptor

By Heather Carlen
Entertainment Editor

Good and evil. We

like to think of tliese as clear-
cut, easily defined, simple con-
cepts. Quiz Show demon-
strates that these two are not
always as obvious as they
seem. Stereotypes and precon-
ceived notions can be mislead-

answers to the quiz show's
questions, is reminded by show
producers Dan Enriglit (David
Paymer) and Albert Freednian
(Hank Azaria) tlial his stint on
tlie show is only temporary.
He has to, as he puts it, "take
a dive" and lose on a simple
question, tlie answer to even
his young son knows.

Tlie man behind reason

John Tuturro and Rob Morrov^ spark the controversy

Photo courtesy of Hollywood Pictures
for Stempel's "dive" at the

ing, and, as Quiz Show dem-
onstrates, those who seek tlie
truth sometimes get more than
they imagine.

Quiz Show opens omi-
nously with Richard Goodwin
(Rob Morrow) examining a
new car, with a smooth car
salesman breatliing apprehen-
sively down his neck, as he
waves a cigar over the car's
leather interior. Tlie salesman
invites him to try out tlie state-
of-the-art radio. As soon as he
clicks it on, the room is flooded
with a man advising them that
the Soviets have beaten the
United States into orbit and
that Sputnik is circling over-
head at that instant. Both men
look nervously up as the voice
on the radio laments tlie down-
fall of America, unaware that
the greater damage will be
done later.

Tlie danger begins be-
fore the appearance of contes-
tant Herbert Stempel (John
Turturro) on tlie question-and-
answer show "Twenty-One,"
but he is the first to make a
move tliat threatens NBC and
the producers of "Twenty-
One." Stempel, after being fed

height of his popularity,
Charles Van Doreii (Ralph
Fiennes), wanders into the
NBC studios wanting to audi-
tion for another show. Enriglit
and Freedman spy him, a
handsome, clianning intellec-
tual from a well-known liter-
ary family, and realize that he
is tlieir ticket to even greater
ratings and revenues. Freed-
nian asks hini a few questions
as a run-througli and offers
Van Doren an "easy" way to
win - he promises to ask Van
Doren a few of the questions
that were covered in the first
trial. Van Doreii refuses, smil-
ing unconifortably and adding
that it wouldn't seem "fair"
He is tlirown into a predica-
ment when, facing Stempel on
the actual show, one of the trial
questions is asked as the final,
and potentially winning, ques-
tion. He hesitates, sweats,
makes eye contact with
Enright in the observation
booth, and makes his fatefiil
answer: the correct one. From
tlien on. Charles Van Doren is
sucked deeper and deeper in
with Enriglit and Freedman.

Congressional investiga-
tor Richard Goodwin has
been, up until this point,
largely separate from the sto-
ries of Stempel and Van Dwen.
He initiates an investigation on
"Twenty-One" when an un-
usual action catches his atten-
tion: a grand jury verdict re-
garding the quiz show is
sealed. His inquiries lead him
to a disgruntled Herbert
Stempel, who begins to hint at
something big, ranting and
raving about Charles Van
Doren, toward whom Stempel
is enoniiously bitter

A friendship of sorts de-
velops between Goodwin and
the charismatic Van Doren.
Van Doren, knowing that
Goodwin's investigation may
lead to him, remains joking
and silent about "Twenty-
One," attempting to laugli it
off.

When examining the
tliree men, the lines between
good and evil tend to blur
Stempel iiiuiiedialely irritates
us; he is the know-it-all from
the streets with a bad tootli,
wearing thick-rimmed glasses
and sporting a fiinny haircut.
His obsession with regaining
his public image after losing
on such a simple question
while one-upping Van Doren
seems to be all that motivates
him. Van Doren, on the other
hand, is a Columbia Univer-
sity professor from a promi-
nent, wealthy family. His clas-
sic features and diction make
him an automatic hit witli the
American public, a fact which
does not escape Enriglit and
Freedman. Goodwin is a com-
bination of these two, a
Harvard-educated, sometimes
arrogant man. He has a ten-
dency to remind anyone he has
a conversation with that he
graduated first in his class
from Harvard, a character trait
which fades as the movie
progresses. Tlie irony is tliat
Stempel, the stereotypical nerd
and loser, is on the "riglit" side
while Van Doren and his tor-
tured conscience are on the
"wrong" side.

Morrow and Fiennes

portray men with consciences
above all else; the fundamen-
tal difference is that Van
Doren 's has been cast tempo-
rarily aside, succumbing to
fame and fortune. At the
height of his popularity, Van
Doren indulges in moments of
vanity: when his limo arrives
at Columbia, he stalls inside
until that class session ends
and tlie students flood into the
hallways. He then proudly
makes his entrance, smiling at
tlie adoring masses. Later, he
avoids crowds by entering

represent the larger, even more
fragile and trusting relation-
ship between America and
televisioa "The quiz shows,"
explains Richard Goodwin in
his book Remembering
America, "were the most ex-
traordinary phenomenon in the
history of television. Neither
before or since has any contriv-
ance of the tube so absorbed
the fascinated contemplation
of the public." Given this
statement, how do those too
young to remember the devo-
tion and the scandals interpret

Ralph Fiennes and Director Robert Redford review a scene
Photo courtesy of Hollywood PIctums
through back doors, as his a movie like Quiz Show"!

guilt becomes even greater.
Van Doren 's conscience is still
there and active, only tempo-
rarily stifled by self-indul-
gence. Goodwin's desire to
leave Van Doren out of the leg-
islative proceedings is intense;
he realizes that tlie real villains
are the producers and the con-
senting executives of NBC,
not the contestants. His
struggle of conscience be-
comes an effort to leave Van
Doren and his family out of the
proceedings.

Quiz Show explores the
psychological implications of
a national crisis. While the
movie does explore the effects
on the American people, the
sense of betrayal is conveyed
on a personal level, through
people like Mark Van Doren
(Paul Scofield), Charles' fa-
ther, or Toby Stempel (Johann
Carlo), Herbert's wife. The
delicate relationships at stake

Even understanding that the
larger part of television's inno-
cence was lost in the "Twenty-
One" scandal of the late fifties,
the later generation has expe-
rienced its share of television's
allure. Remember the Persian
Guff war, when a generation
experienced conflict for the
fir^ time through the eyes and
ears of CNN. Clarence Tho-
mas' confirmation hearings.
The riots in Los Angeles after
the Rodney King verdict. O.
J. Simpson's slow-motion
chase in a white Bronco, Mor-
row explains that "it was the
first public scandal that gave
birth to the skepticism of the
next generation." The only
difference between this genera-
tion and the generation that
watched "Twenty-One" is that
the former grew up being told
television was the great
deceptor, the latter had to find
it out for themselves.

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November 11, 1994

Pressure on men's basketball in new season

By David Carroll
Staff

The Oglethorpe bas-
ketball team is ready for an-
other exciting season. This
year the expectations are
higher than ever before. After
winning the first-ever SCAC
title, hosting and playing the
Nationals, and finishing with
a 20-6 record in the 1993-
1994 season, the pressure is,
undoubtedly, on. Coach Jack
Berkshire, as well as the team,
have set some demanding
goals for themselves, all of
which they intend to achieve.

The team, currently
picked number one in the con-
ference for the preseason, will
not only try to defend their
SCAC title, but also to win, at
least the first round in tlie Na-

tional Touniaments. Tliere's a
lot of positive attitude among
the players, yet they hope not
to be over-confident. "One ad-
vantage we have over Uie other
teams is that we have team
cheiTiistry. You can see it in the
other teams that they don "t get
along as well as we do," ex-
plains the junior guard Ryan
Vickers. However, tliere are
still some challenges tlie Pe-
trels will have to face this sea-
son.

Traveling out on the
road, it is hard to win both of
the games played. Tlie reason
away games are harder to win
over home games is the fans,
at the other schools, are pretty
vicious. Hopeflilly, this won't
be as big a problem as antici-
pated. Another challenge is,
basically, evei-yone is out to

Steve Taylor fires away

Photo courtesy of Sports Publicity

beat the best. This will only
increase the competition level.
In any case, the Oglethorpe
Petrels are ready to take on any
challenge that is to come their
way.

The 1994-1995

Oglethorpe players are fresh-
men Keith MuCullough,
Travis Waggoner, Matt Flinn,
Mike Mas, Adam Russell,
Stonewall "Bubba" Van
Hook, and Brian Rice; sopho-
mores Ryan Strong and Bryan
Letourneau; juniors Ryan
Vickers and Steve Taylor, and
seniors Andy Schutt, Cornell
Longino, Jack Stevens, and
Clay Davis, a transfer student
from Southern Tech. They
come together to form an out-
standing team with much skill
and talent. So come out and
support the Petrels this season.

OU Men vs. St. Petersburg Lady Petrels open

By Gene Asher

Director of Sports Promotion,

Publicity

Students, take heart!

Oglethorpe University's
basketball team, defending
Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference champions, has
been ranked 1 2th in the nation
by the NCAA Division III
News.

Coach Jack Berkshire's
Stormy Petrels, who opened
practice last Monday, have
four of last season's starting
five returning along with three
other lettermen who saw con-
siderable service.

The returning starters
are Cornell Longino, Andy
Schutt, Ryan Vickers and Jack
Stephens. Vickers and
Longino were all conference
second team selections last
year and Schutt was on the
honorable mention team.

Other lettermen return-
ing include Bryan Letourneau,
last season's Number 1 sub-
stitute, Steve Taylor and Ryan
Strong.

The Petrels posted a 20-
6 won-lost record last year and

were 12-2 in the conference.
Coach Berkshire says this
year's team will be much
stronger

"We are more experi-
enced and more poised." Bei-k-
shire said, "and in Longino.
Schutt and Vickers we have
three of the best basketball
players 1 have ever coached."

Berkshire begins his
19th season as Oglethorpe
head coach. He has won 262
games, making him the
winningest coach in OU his-
too'. Berkshire's Petrels open
Iheir 1994-1995 season at
home against St. Petersburg,
Russia November 19 at 3 p.m.
Be Ihere!

their fourth season

Andy Schutt reiidy for new season

Photo courtesy of Gene Asher

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

Get ready for another

season of Oglethorpe
Women's Basketball!

Tlie 1994-1995 season
will open up with the team's
first game against Agnes Scott
College in the Emory Invita-
tional on November 18. The
women's team, who is only in
their fourth season, is looking
to make it a winning one. With
nine returning players, five of
whom are seniors, as well as
five new players, assistant
coach Meredith Grenier is con-
fident that the season will be a
success. "The team has the
diversity, depth, and experi-
ence it needs," says Grenier
"Coming together is a begin-
ning, staying together is
progress, and working to-
getlier is success."

Returning to the team
this year are: Shelly Anderson,
Gina Carellas, Becky Ellis,
Eleanor Fulton, Kirslen
Hanzsek, Carly Harrington,
Kim Jackson, Jennifer
Johnson, and Shelley

Robinson. The newest players
consist of four freshman. Misty
Fredrick, Meg Langston,
Allison McDonald, and Kim
Molir, as well as sophomore,
Carmen Pentilla. Coaching
this year are head coach,
Brenda K. Hillman, and assis-
tant coaclies, Meredith Grenier
and Lloyd McArthur.
McArthur, who is a recent ad-
dition to the coaching staff,
played on the Oglethorpe
men's basketball team from
1985 through 1987.

Many of the players
were recognized for their indi-
vidual acheivements last sea-
son Eleanor Fulton made sec-
ond team all conference while
leading in rebounds, Jennifer
Johnson led tlie conference
with assists, while teammate
Becky Ellis was given an hon-
orable mention.

Ellis, shooting guard
and co-captain of the team,
believes that the team is ready
to win. "We are all looking for
a good season. Returning
players, as well as the newest
players have a lot to offer. I
hope to see everyone come to-
gether as a team."

November 11, 1994

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SPORTS.

All Dunn: Testing actually useful knowledge

By Dunn Neugebauer
Nice Guy

Just when you thought

you were finished taking tests,
the sports information depart-
ment at OU has come up with
yet another midterm. The good
news on this one is we don't
care if you pass it or not.
Category I Movies

1. Who played "Alex" in the
Big Chiin (P.S. Alex is the
dude that killed himself right
at the beginning.)

a) Burt Reynolds

b) Kevin Costner

c) Kevin Klein

d) Jim Owen

2. At the beginning of the
movie Back to the Future,
Marty McFly meets Dr.
Emmett W. Brown at Twin
Pines Mall. In the end, the
same mall is called Lone Pine
Mall. Why?

a) Because the writer drank
his face off while doing the
script and forgot the name.

b) Because Marty ran over

one of Old Man Peabody's
breeding pines when going
back to tlie past.

c) Because one of the trees fell
over during llie filming.

d) Iflliad a life, I'd have never
even noticed.

3. Eddie Murphy played Axel
Foley in Beverly Hills Cop
back in tlie early 80 's. Who
was originally offered the
part?

a) Robert Miller

b) See choice 'd' of question
2.

c) Sylvester Stallone

d) Elvis Presley
BONUS MOVIE QUES-
TION: Autographed tennis
ball from Jeff Bates for who-
ever gets this one.

4. Glenn Close cried naked in
the shower in tliree different
movies. Name them.
Category II- Sports OU and
Otlierwise

5. Last year, Brian Davis cata-
pulted a 30-foot bomb at the
buzzer that banked off the
glass and into the net, beating

Trinity and giving us our first
SCAC title. Who got tlie as-
sist?

a) Michael McClure

b) Cornell Longino

c) Ryan Vickers

d) Tripp Pierson

e) We don't biow, we were
too busy jumping around and
going crazy.

6. Last year, the women's bas-
ketball team defeated Rliodes
for tlie first time ever on Jen-
nifer Jolinson's excellent pass
on tlie back door play. Who
scored the basket?

a) Kim Jackson

b) Shelly Anderson

c) Shelley Robinson

d) Jumpin' Gina Carellas

e) Susan Poston

7. In women's soccer, Kirsten
Hanzsek jcored five goals
against LaGrange, topping the
previous mark of four set by
two different people. Tliey are:

a) Michelle Ponte and Fawn
Angel

b) Terra Wintlirop and Jenni-
fer Amerson

McNair for Heisman trophy

By Daryl Brooks
Sports Editor

Ir he was a team he

would be second in the nation
in total yardage. Ifhewasin
the ACC he would be second
in the league in rushing. He
would also be leading the na-
tion in passing yardage. If he
was in division I he would be
the Heisman Trophy winner
by a landslide. However,
Steve McNair plays I-AA foot-
ball for Alcorn State, the AAA
of college football, and there-
fore will not win the trophy
that he so richly deserves.

McNair is averaging
503 yards of total offense per
game by himself, placing him
behind only one team (Penii
State). He has passed for more
yards than anyone else in col-
lege football (500 more than
EricZeier). So why will he not
win the Heisman? Because
most people do not think he

could compete at the Division
I level. Most people probably
tliouglit the same about Jerry
Rice and Walter Payton, who
botli played I-AA Yet these
two became the best players at
their position in NFL history.
If they could compete in the
NFL, I tliink they could have
easily competed at any level of
college.

Even if McNair does not
win tlie Heisman he will still
be the best quarterback in this
year's draft. He will be a bel-
ter NFL player tlian Eric Zeier,
Terry Dean, Kordell Stewart
or any other passer out there.
Why? Two reasons. First, he
has better skills and more tal-
ent than the rest. Second,
McNair has the one intangible
that will put him over tlie top,
heart. McNair has the desire
and the will to win that no one
else contains.

Despite the fact thai
McNair deserves the title as

the best player in college foot-
ball, he won't get it. So who
will? Sorry Bulldog fans, it
won't be Zeien No team that
loses to Vaiiderbilt can have a
Heisman Trophy winner (trust
nie, it's in the by-laws some-
where). Look for Raslian Sa-
laam from Colorado to take
home the trophy. He's leading
the nation in rushing yards per
game and his team should win
the niytliical National Cham-
pionship. If he doesn't do it,
look for his teammate Kordell
Stewart to win. Anyone who
leads his team to victories over
at least five ranked teams (as
of now Colorado has not
played and hopefully beaten
Nebraska) deserves serious
consideration.

If McNair does claim the
trophy, which was named af-
ter fomier Georgia Tech coach
John Heisman, he should
thank ESPN2. Amazing what
television exposure can do.

c) Sam Hutcheson and Tim
Evans

d) Dr. Taylor and Dr. Straley

e) Dawn Bristol and Kirsten
Hanzsek

8. Which fresliman basketball
player ah'eady made headlines
before playing her first game
by bringing a case of beer to a
fraternity party?

a) Kim Mohr

b) Kim Mohr

c) Kim Mohr

d) Kim Mohr

e) All of the above...

9. How mad is Kim Mohr go-
ing to get when she reads this?

a) Smoke coming out the ears
mad...

b) Mad enough to slap the
writer.

c) Generally stressed.

d) Feel free to help me move
out of my house....

1 0. What is the greatest num-
ber:

a) Number of times Brenda
Hillman gets robbed at Block-
buster.

b) Number of people out for
men's tennis..

c) Number of players out for
volleyball (yeah, right)....

d) Number of hours soccer
players spent in bus on
Hendrix/Rhodes trip..

11. OU's women beat Hendrix
1 1 -0 in soccer two weeks ago.
What records were broken in
the process?

a) Goals scored in one game.

b) Number of people that
scored in one game.

c) Number of defenders that
broke into tlie statistics cat-
egory.

d) Number of ways Coach -
Yelton tried to sub to keep OU
fi-om scoring

e) All of the above..

12. In the 1986 World Series
(I think), Boston first baseman
Bill Buckner let a grounder go
tlirough his legs that allowed
the New York Mets to score
tlie winning run in Game 6.
How did the Mets score the
tying run?

a) Solo homer

b) Passed ball

c) Hit batsman

d) Balk

e) Doesn't matter., we're mad
at baseball players....

13. In the early 70 's (most of
you weren't bom!), the Min-
nesota Vikings were led by a
ferocious foursome of defend-
eis known as the Purple People
Eaters. Who were they?

a) Borman, Lovell, Anders,
Armstrong

b) Anderson, Carellas,
Hennier, Fulton

c) Page, Larson, Eller,
Marshall

d) Evans, Romeiser,
Hutcheson, Driver
Category Ill-Miscellaneous

14. Name the four railroads
in Monopoly....

15. Who emerged as Spades
Champions on the soccer road
trip from OU to Hendrix to
Rhodes back to OU?

16. If you have a death wish,
what group/singer would you
play on a juke box in a coun-
try & western bar?

a) Abba

b) John Denver

c) Bee Gees

d) M.C. Hammer
Answers: 1 ) b; 2) b & d; 3) c;
4) Big Chill, Fatal Attraction,
Jagged Edge; 5) d) (though
I'm not sure he meant to..; 6)
a; 7) b; 8) e; 9) Does anyone
have a room for rent?; 10) d,
though Brenda is catching up
fast; ll)e; 12) band e; 13) c;
14) B & 0, Short Line, Read-
ing, Pennsylvania; 1 5) Take a
guess... 16) I'm not going to
try any of them..

FINAL NOTE: Congratula-
tions to Noriko Murata for
making the All-Toumament
team in Hilton Head, to Will-
iam Ku and Keith
McCullough for pulling offthe
first ever win o ver DeKalb and
to Gina Carellas, Tinnie
Waterston, and Patricia
Villavencencio for coming up
with some offensive stats
against Hendrix.
Until next time,
Is basketball season really al-
most here?
Dunn, James Dunn

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SPORTS

November 11, 1994

Basketball Schedules

Women

November 18 vs Agnes Scott

(at Emory) 5:30 PM

November 19 Emory Invitational

TBA

November 26,27 SCAD Invitational

TBA

November 29 at Emory

6:00 PM

December 3 vs Fisk

(Home) 1:00 PM

December 5 at Agnes Scott

7:30 PM

Men's

November 23 at Regis University

TBA

November 25,26 Colorado College

Invitational Tourney

TBA

November 29 at Emory

8:00 PM

December 3 vs Fisk

(Home) 8:00 PM

Lady Petrels finish
best season ever

By Jason Thomas

Stats by Dunn Neugebauer

The Lady Stonny
Petrel soccer recently com-
pleted their most successful
season since the program be-
gan a few years ago. The la-
dies' final record was 12-6
which included 10 shut-outs,
another record breaker for the
ladies. Their conference
record was 4-3 wliich put them
in third place in conference.

The ladies ended the
season with three straight
wins, two of which were con-
ference wins. The ladies beat
Southwestern 1-0, Wesleyan
6-0 and Centre 4-1.

Against Southwestern,
Dawn Bristol scored the win-
ning goal. Versus, Weslyan,
five different Petrels: Terra
Winthrop (1), Kirsten
Hanzsek (2), Dawn Bristol
(1), Shelley Robinson (1), and
Kristin Buoy ( 1 ). And, in the
last game of the season Buoy
(1), Hanzsek (2), and

Winthrop (1) scored against
Centre.

Tlie team also had many
personal and conference lead-
ers and accomplishments.
Kirsten Hanzsek placed sec-
ond in conference in overall
points witli 1 8 goals and 1 2 as-
sists, giving her 48 points to-
tal. Tera Winthrop placed
third overall with 20 goals and
4 assists giving her 44 pints
overall. Eleanor Fulton placed
third in conference in
goalkeeping with only 21
goals allowed over 16 games
witli 87 saves total, giving her
a 1 .3 goals per game average.
She also recorded 8 shut outs
in her rookie season tliis year.
OU is graduating tliree
excellent players offllie ladies
team, Gina Carellas, Kirsten
Hanzsek, and Shelley
Robinson. Tlieir experience
and leadership will be greatly
missed next year, but the up-
coming juniors and seniors
should be able to fill their po-
sitions well.

Adventures of Robert Miller, part deux

Behind the Bench

By Robert A Miller
Editorial Editor

I ani going to skip an

uneventful two weeks and get
to tlie juicy part of our latest
adventure: Hendrix/Rhodes.

It was three days until
this long-awaited trip when I
was summoned to the other
side of the field by the call of
"Robert." Why is this in
quotes? Because someone on
the ladies team actually knew
I preferred my first name. Fol-
lowing a long sprint to tlie la-
dies end, 1 found Kirsten
Hanzsek doubled over and
turning some really neat
shades of red. Af^er we deter-
mined it was not her heart or
her astluna, a funny thought
popped into -my head.
"Kirsten, does it feel like you
just swallowed a great big wad
of peanut butter?" The range
of reactions among tlie ladies
gathered around made for the
perfect Kodak moment Shelly
Robinson lauglied moderately
while a number of other play-
ers silently reflected on when
the nice men in white coats
would come and take me
away. Just a little smooth
muscle cramp. That's what
stress does to you.

The Hendrix/Rhodes
trip got off to a wonderful start.
I studied, Dave Lerette hit on
the freshmen, and Gina
Carellas slept (over 10 of the
13 total hours). All in all, the
ride up was pretty typical. I
forgot to pack my cold weatlier
gear. Tliat was tlie first mis-
take.

Tlie next morning, it was
lime for Dunn and 1 to re-visit
our 3.5 mile route (yes, we re-
ally do run) Uirough the me-
tropolis of Conway, Arkansas.
Too bad it was raining. Tlie
rain let up at 8:30. We decided
to have a go at tlie course.
Tliat was tlie second mistake.
Twenty-five minutes later, we
returned to the Holiday Inn
looking fresh from tlie mon-
soon scene in "Apocalypse
Now. " 1 returned to the room
just in time to change clothes
and begin taping. Shower?

What's a shower?

The Ladies match
proved to be interesting. Our
ladies sent most of their team
back to the dorms. Tinnie
Waterston sent their goalie to
the hospital with a rib injury
of unknown severity. The re-
sponse of the Hendrix medical
personnel is a story in and of
itself

First, the training staff
mosey onto the field still car-
rying their umbrellas. Secon4
it takes 20 minutes for them
to figure out that a high rib in-
jury might require an ambu-
lance. Let's see now children,
what happens if an undetected
piece of chipped bone punc-
tures the heart or lungs? I
wonder what that trainer
thought I meant when I asked
him before the game, "Sir, are
you certified?" I just decided
to let that comment slide. It
might have been my third mis-
take.

Next came the emer-
gency medical personnel. I
can deal with the rescue
squad they were the closest.
I can deal with an ambu-
lance we needed transporta-
tion to the hospital. A tanker
from tlie local fire department?
Uh,. ..okay. They never told
me where the plane crash oc-
curred when I inquired.

In case you were won-
dering, we managed to win the
men's game before being
wisped away in our chartered
Ark towards my hometown of
Memphis. During the almost
eight continuous hours in the

rain, with temps dropping 20
degrees and the wind blowing
hard fi-om the north, I reflected
on God's sense of humor. He
would never send me to Hell,
He would send me to Antarc-
tica naked.

Home was beautiful. It
was cool and windy and al-
most perfect. All the family
gathered 'round to watch both
of our teams lose. Our loss
made for a long trip back to
Atlanta. We led 2-0 at the half.
I noticed something very ad-
mirable on our trip back. Will
Lukow didn't complain about
his groin looking like a water-
melon. Kristen Buoy didn't
complain about almost losing
a knee. Shelly didn't complain
about her lower leg looking
like a Picasso original. I love
being surrounded by warriors.

A special note from
Gomer Trainer: I speak for
the entire athletics family as
I extend my deepest sympa-
thies to Tinnie Waterston and
her family upon the loss of
Tinnie 's grandfather on the
morning of the eighth of Oc-
tober prior to the Hendrix
game. In my nine years as a
manager and student trainer.
I can count on the fingers of
one hand the number of play-
ers v/ho personified heart and
intensity to the same level as
Tinnie. Such personalities
only develop under the lov-
ing care of superior role mod-
els.

May your tears dry
quickly and your memories
last a lifetime.

It's Knight-tlme

By Coy Miller
Staff

The Atlanta Knights have returned from their cham-
pionship season in respectable form. The Knights currently post
a record of four wins and two losses (one loss was in overtime),
and they are at present ranked fourth in the Western Conference.
The Knights have played only six games as compared to the nine
played by the conference's leader, Milwaukee.

The International Hockey League standings are detennined
by points awarded for wins and overtime losses, so the Knights
will undoubtedly move up in the rankings when they play as
many as the other teams in the league. The Knights should have
a successful season, and with a little luck, should be included in
the playoffs at the end of the season.

November 11, 1994

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SPORTS.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon wins intramural football

By Michael Beran

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Well , the season

ended with a big surprise. Due
to the inability of the baseball
players to stay healthy, tliey
were forced to witlidraw from
the playoff and lose their
chance at the title. What that
provided was a wide open field
of contenders for the champi-
onship. With the forfeit of Chi
Phi and the wild-card loss by
Lamda Lamda Lamda there
were only five teams left.

In the first showdown,
SAE took on a very
outmatched APO. Brian
Fryman picked oflf a pass early
in the game and retumed it for

a touchdown and things got
worse from there. Jason Gray
four toubdown passes and
rushed fo another while then
lone APO star was Bruce
Wilkes who ran back a kick-
oflf for tlieir only touchdown.
SAE -42, APO -6.

Next came Delta Sig 1
and KA In what may have
been the best game of the year,
it came riglit down to tlie last
play. Early on Zac Butler hit
Alan Gibson deep for a 6
lead. Jamie Sellars came riglit
back with a touchdown and
Andy Travis' extra point put
KA up 7 - 6. Zac then hit Alan
again but Travis came right
back with a touchdown to
Sellars and it was 14 -14.

Travis tlien rushed one in but
tlie extra point failed and when
Zac and Alan combined again
it was all tied up. Delta Sig
went for tlie extra point and got
it for a 2 1 - 20 lead willi under
a minute left. KA tlien made a
last strong eSbrt to get to the
finals but it failed when Casey
ChesUiut picked off a pass in
tlie endzone and sent Delta Sig
to tlie final.

As for the otlier semi-fi-
nal, SAE faced off against
Delta Sig II and Wade "crazy
legs" Wilson. However it
wasn't his day, and intercep-
tion returns for touchdowns by
Jason Luginbulil and Jason
Gray ended this game quickly.
SAE -21, Delta Sig II -0.

So the final was set and
it was SAE and Delta Sig I.
Gray scored early as did But-
ler and at the half it was 1 3 -
12 Delta Sig. In the second
half Zac rushed one in for an

Sig came back down field he-
roically but it wasn't meant to
be on this day as the last pass
of the game hit the turf SAE
had triumphed 27 - 26 to claim
the title.

Bill Davis eludes SAE defenseman Jon Newbill

Men's soccer ends in victory

Petrels defeat Southwestern 4-0

Tri-Lambda and Chi Phi battle

18-13 lead and the long arms
of Casey and the other defen-
sive linemen of Delta Sig were
giving Gray fits. After Zac
rushed for another touchdown
for a 26 - 13 lead it looked as
if this one was over. However,
Gray took the ensuing kickoff'
65 yards for a touchdown and
the lead was suddenly only six
points. When SAE got tlie ball
back with only a few minutes
left tliey made the best of the
opportunity. Gray hit
Luginbulil in the endzone with
only a minute left and SAE
had stolen' tlie lead. Delta

It out
Photo by Alfred P. Newman

Best of Awards:
Shoes: Chuck de

Normandie's steelcieats.
Play: Chi Phi and the cen-
ter sneak off the fake snap.
Cheering section: Chi
Phi.

Uniform protection:
Zac Butler and his over-
sized bowl.

Offensive player: Jason
Gray.

Defensive player: Bill
Davis.

Referiee: Need you ask?
Next up Volleyball!

By Jason Thomas
Staff

The Oglethorpe Uni-
versity men's soccer team
ended its season at 9-9 (4-3 in
conference), giving them a
forth place finish in the confer-
ence. The men's final game
ended with a victory against
Soutliwestem University from
Georgetown, Texas. The men
won 4-0. Highlighting this
game was that all three seniors
ended the game with pride.
Senior captain Will Lukow

scored ^vo goals increasing liis
overall scoring record. Also
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game at OU orchestrating a
shut out against Southwestern.
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""' Storm tf Petrel

Volume 70, Issue 4 Above and Beyond Oglethorpe University

Februarys, 1995

The Stantons

Page 2

Letter to
Freshmen

Page 3

Petty's Newest

Page 4

Playmakers

Page 5

AT&T Challenge

Page 7

News: 2-3

Entertainment:

4-5

Comics: 6

Sports: 7

Security: 2

Grapevine: 2

Soundcheck: 4

Oglethorpe Day revives history

By Kelly Holland
Editor-in-Chief

Oglethorpe Day is an

annual celebration of the
founding of our University.
This year, Oglethorpe Day and
its festivities will take place on
Thursday, February 9. As
noted in the program of events,
Oglethorpe Day is designed to
"heighten awareness and fos-
ter appreciation by the mem-
bers of the Oglethorpe com-
munity for the rich history and
interesting traditions of the
University."

This event is sponsored
by Community Life. The
theme for this year's program
is "Oglethorpe University in
Atlanta: Rebirth and Rejuve-
nation 1915-1995." This is
the sequel to the program from
last year, which focused on
Old Oglethorpe during the
Civil War. Atlanta Historian
Franklin Garrett and

Oglethorpe President Donald
Stanton will be presenting the
theme of the Convocation be-
ginning at 11:05 a.m. at
Lupton Auditorium.

This presentation will
follow what many Oglethorpe
Day participants have de-
scribed as the highlight of the
day: the "Petrels of Fire" Race.
The object of this race is to
beat the Lupton Tower clock
as it strikes the hour. The race

will begin at exactly 11:00
a.m. in the Academic Quad.

This year's program will
include two very special land-
mark events. The national his-
toric marker that was granted
to Oglethorpe at the beginning
of the school year will fmally
be dedicated and unveiled.
This marker will signify that
Oglethorpe has earned a place
on the National Register of
Historical Places. The proces-

The historical marker for the Atlanta campus to be dedi-
cated on Oglethorpe Day. Photo courtesy of Community Ufa

si on to the marker site on
Peachtree Road will begin at
1 1 :45 a.m., and Dr. Stanton
will perform the dedication at
noon.

hi addition to the unveil-
ing of the historical marker, the
celebration will also include
the official inaugural broad-
cast of Oglethorpe's resur-
rected radio station, WJTL.
The radio station will begin
broadcasting at 12:15 p.m.
and will be distributing souve-
nirs as well as conducting a
drawing with radios as prizes.

Everyone is invited to
attend the day's festivities;
class schedules and Utiiveisity
office hours will be altered so
as to provide all faculty, stafi^
and students the opportunity to
celebrate Oglethorpe's history.
In order to celebrate the day
appropriately, Conununity
Life encourages everyone to
wear O.U. colors or sports-
wear.

WJTL back on air

By Gina Fraone

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Twenty years after the

demise of the original station,
WJTL, Oglethorpe's radio sta-
tion, is fmally back on the air.
Students have talked for sev-
eral years about resurrecting
Oglethorpe's radio station, but
it has been only during the last
couple of years that real steps
were taken to get the station
back in action. The station
made its debut on January 30,
1995 at 6:00 p.m. Its regular
broadcasting times is Monday
through Thursday, 6:00 p.m.
to midnight, and Friday, 6:00
to 8:00 p.m. WJTL can be
found at those times at 530
AM. In addition to playing
various kinds of music, rang-
ing from rock to jazz to classi-
cal, there is also a talk show
and a sports show.

In early 1993, students
Robbie Romeiser, Elizabeth
Stockton, and Mary Ann
Locke first approached Assis-
tant Dean of Community Life
Marshall Nason about the pos-
sibility of getting WJTL back
on the air. Nason liked the idea
and has since been very sup-
portive and helpful in arrang-
ing WJTL's new location in
the Emerson Student Center.
That following fall semester,
Romeiser presoited their ideas
of a new radio station to the
Oglethorpe Board of Trustees,
who then have official ap-
proval of the idea.

Stockton, now a junior,
and Kevin Hughes, also a jun-
ior, are the Station Managers.
They spent the past several
months trying to build a bud-
get, interviewing student can-
See WJTL on page 3

Oglethorpe Day Events

Thursday, February 9

11:00 a.in. Convocation and Welcome

in Lupton Auditorium. Talk from Historian

Franklin M. Garrett of the Atlanta

Historical Society

11:45 a.m. Procession to the Historical

Marker site and dedication. The Alma

Mater will be sung.

12:15 p.m. Inaugural broadcast of WJTL,

and Oglethorpe Day lunch.

Class Schedule

8:30 a.m. classes meet 8:30-9:30 a-m.

10:00 a.m. classes meet 9:45-10:45 a.m.

No class from 10:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

12:30 p.m. classes meet 1:15-2:15

2:00 p.m. classes meet 2:30-3:30

2:00p.m. labs meet at 2:30 p.m.

All university offices will be closed from

10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Page 2

NEWS.

February 8, 1995

Security
JLJpdate,

By Brian McNulty
Staff

-During the early

morning hours rf Friday, 1/20/
95, a male student observed a
female student, who was driv-
ing a Pontiac Bonneville, as
she ran into a parked Toyota
Camry, belonging to another
male student. The accident
occurred in the lower lot of the
upper quad parking lot, as the
driver of the Bonneville was
pulling into a parieing space.
Security was summoned and
the drivo- of the Bonneville
was tracked dowa After cor-
roborating the witness' story
the driver of the Bonneville
agreed to work out the insur-
ance information with the
owner of the Camry.

-Recently all of the foil-
time security officers under-
went security training at the
University of Gainesville, and
are now certified by the state
of Georgia.

-Reminder #1 The
posted campus speed limit is
15m.p.h. Speeding endangers
not only pedestrians and other
drivers, but puts the speeder's
life at risk as well.

-Reminder #2- it is un-
law&l to park in the fire lanes.
Any car caugjit parked in a fire
lane will be ticketed and towed
at the owner's expense.

-In order to maintain a
safe campus it is in^)ortant that
we all look out for ourselves
and help look out for others.
Keep all your doors locked
and be conscious of your sur-
roundings. If you see any sus-
picious persons, or circum-
stances, unauthorized solicita-
tions, thefts, intruders, vandal-
ism, dangerous driving prac-
tices, defects that create an
unsafe condition, ca^ other such
security concerns, contact Se-
curity promptly.

Contac saves the day for OU student

Courtesy of Smith Kline
Beecham Labs

Oglethorpe student

Shaunna Graf has been
awarded the $5,000 grand
prize in the "Saves The Day"
essay contest, a promotion cre-
ated to show the saving graces
of new Contac 1 2-Hour Al-
lergy medication, Grafs entry,
entitled "The Final Night-
mare," was chosen from thou-
sands of entries as the winner.
The Contac 12-Hour
Allergy "Saves The Day" con-

test was developed to call at-
tention to the 1 3 million work-
days lost each year due to al-
lergy and short-term respira-
tory probleitis.

To help solve this prob-
lem, Contac launched the
"Saves The Day" campaign in
May. The program's mission
is two-fold, to help reduce the
number of workdays missed in
1 994, and to increase thq qual-
ity of life of allergy sufierers.
The "Saves The Day" essay
contest asked people to tell, in
100 words or less, how the

product saved their day in
some form.

Graf, a junior at
OglethorpeUniversity read
about the contest in her Sun-
day circular and decided to
share her experience with the
product. Her personal anec-
dote, "The Final Nightmare,"
described how Contac 12-
Hour Allergy saved her final
exam in public speaking.
"Facing hundreds of fault-
finding faculty and fellow stu-
dents, 1 had to deliver," she
wrote. "1 randomly chose

what was soon to be my salva-
tion, Contac 12-Hour Allergy.
Without fiirther allergy diflTi-
culties, thanks to Contac, my
speedi landed me 'The impos-
sible A'..."

"I'm so excited," says
Graf. "This is the first time
I've ever won a contest!"
A broadcast/journalism major
at Oglethorpe, Graf sa>^ she'll
save some of the money to pay
off her college loans after
graduation. "The rest, I'll use
for philanthropy."

Heard It through the Grapevine . . .

News and events in and around Oglethorpe University

"Feed Your Mind,"

an educational children's show
that airs at 7:05 every Satur-
day morning on Superstation
WTBS (local Channel 17),
filmed the episode "Cool Ca-
reers" from the Oglethorpe
campus on Monday, January
1 6. The show is scheduled to
air on February 11.

The TBS crew taped
scenes in the Community Life
Office, WJTL radio station,
the cafeteria, in front of Lupton
and Hearst Halls, and at the
front gates. The show is about
two teenagers who visit a col-
lege possibilities.

Several members of the
Oglethorpe community will
appear in the show. Associate
Dean of Community Life
Marshall Nason will be seen
making student IDs for the
prospects. Media Relations
Specialist Melissa S vitek plays
the career counselor. Several
students participated in the
cafeteria scenes, including Ja-
son Thomas, Stephanie
Everette, Jared Wiskind, Bran-
don King, Bill Davis, Michael
Mahoney, and Michael
Billingsley.

This is the second time
that "Feed Your Mind" chose

to shoot at Oglethorpe. Previ-
ously, they taped scenes for the
episode "Writing Book Re-
ports" from the Oglethorpe li-
brary.

On Friday, February

1 7, the University Singers and
University Chorale will
present excerpts from the fall
concert. The concert will take
place at 2:10 p.m. at the per-
forming arts center at Holy

Innocents Episcopal School.
Please call 364-8329 for more
information.

The Atlanta Virtuosi

will perform in the Skylight
Gallery on Sunday, February
19. Preceding the concert,
there will be a lecture at 3 p.m.
Admission is $10 for the gen-
eral public. Call 364-8446 for
more information.

Class at midnight?

Photo courtesy of Public Relations
Dr. and Mrs. Donald S. Stanton entertained Katsuya
Hayashi, Secretary General of the Japanese
Olympic Committee over the Christmas Holidays.

Courtesy of College Press
Service

Tired of hanging out

at 7-11 until two in the morn-
ing? Sick ofwatching Nick at
Nile? Then head to the class-
room. School officials at
Oklahoma City Community
College announced plans to
offer courses 24 hours a day
this January.

"What is night time to
one person is day time to an-
other," said Dr. Bobby Gaines,
president of the college.
"There's a population out
there that needs an extra op-
portunity to excel. I believe
this project will meet some of
those needs."

According to Gaines,
Oklahoma City has employ-
ees working for AT&T on a

wide range of sliifts,in addition
to the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and United Parcel
Service who work day or
evening shifts and are not able
to attend classes that are of-
fered at conventional times.

Initially, Gaines says,
OCCC will schedule 12
courses beginning shortly af-
ter midnight to help serve
those workers and others who
want to earn an associate's
degree or upgrade their job
skills. The late-night courses
will focus on business, health
care and computer science.
"But if the classes fill up and
students show an interest,"
Gaines said, "we'll consider
expanding the schedule."

OCCC is believed to be
the first instittition to offer
classes around the clock.

Februarys, 1995

NEWS.

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Kuni: Calling all Freshmen

By Kim Kuni

Special to The Stormy Petrel

The freshmen OSA

representatives wish to con-
gratulate you all on surviving
through your first semester at
O.U. ! We also wanted to tell
you about the things we have
been working on beginning in
the fall semester.

The main project that we
are involved with is service
day. Because recent years
have shown a general lack of
enthusiasm among students
towards service day, we have
decided to instead orchestrate

WJTI

Continued from page 1

didates for positions in the sta-
tion, and getting the necessary
equipment for broadcasting.
Says Stockton, "I'm very ex-
cited about the radio station.
A radio station is such a great
asset to a college community.
I think it should be iiin for all
the students."

Oglethorpe's mainte-
nance department has played
a crucial role in setting up the
station. WJTL is currently
closed-circuit, meaning it can
only be picked up on campus.
Maintenance wired all the on-
campus housing, including all
of the houses on Greek Row,
as well as the Emerson Student
Center and the Schmidt Sports
and Recreation Center, mak-
ing it possible for the station
to be picked up in all those lo-
cations during the on-air
hours.

WJTL has also had to
fatten its compact disc collec-
tion quickly in a short period
of time. The station has, how-
ever, been in contact with
record labels which are now
sending promotional CDs.
Also, the Oglethorpe Student
Association recently granted
the station money to buy more
discs. In addition, the station
hopes to obtain local advertis-
ers to increase revenues for
new discs.

A promotional day for
WJTL will occur on
Oglethorpe Day, February 9.

two separate projects. nation. If any of you have any

$500.00 has been allocated for
this project; we are planning
on half of this money going
towards the purchase of a bike
rack for the Emerson student
center. If any of you have any
ideas as to where the other
$250.00 should be spent,
please contact one of us.
(Sorry, no donations will be
made to private accounts.)

Our second endeavor
will be to conduct a raffle. The
proceeds will be donated to a
local charity. Scottish Rite, an
Atlanta area children's hospi-
tal, has been discussed as a
possible recipient for our do-

other suggestions, let us know!

Here 's how to get in con-
tact with us:

Kim Kuni, Freshman
Class President:
365-2553, Box 129

Christina Burnham,
Freshman Senator:
365-2596, Box 27

Laura Butts, Freshman
Senator:
365-2682, Box 28

David Carroll, Fresh-
man Senator:
365-2569, Box 31

Shannon Hutcheson,
Freshman Senator:
365-2628, Box 87

During lunch time in the
Oglethorpe Dining Hall, each
person will receive a raffle
ticket. At 1 p.m., WJTL will
be drawing four names to give
away four different radios.
They will also be handing out
free WJTL magnets to inter-
ested students.

The general buzz from
students on campus about the
radio station seems to be a
mixture of approval and ex-
citement. Says one senior, "I
think the station is just great.

There's a lot of variety in the
air. I wish it had started when
I was a freshman. I really hope
that students continue to be
dedicated to it and keep it run-
ning for many years to come."
Another claims that the station
brings a much-needed sense of
community to campus. "Once
you've heard someone on the
air, you feel like you know
them a little better. We as stu-
dents have a little more com-
mon ground to talk about."

Hela this year at tne

Pieamont Grove from

9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,

Homecoming

will feature food, t-Bnirts,

a video dance party, and a

casn tar, all witn
complimentary admiseion.

Shuttles will run from Emerson
Student Center every 30 minutes.

Sponsored hy O.S.A..

Page 4

Februarys, 1995

ENTER TAINMENT.

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Tom Petty is one of

rock's perennial favorites.
From the earliest days with the
Heartbreakers, there was just
something about his straight-
forward, hard-hitting sound
and lyrics.

From now-standard
classics such as "Refiigee" and
"Don't Come Around Here
No More," Petty has advanced
into more inventive territory,
including his first solo album,
Full Moon Fever, and "Mary
Jane's Last Dance," fixim the
band's Greatest Hits collec-
tion. Full Moon Fever gave
Petty the opportunity to do
some musical exploration
without the Heartbreakers,
something he finds enthralling
but never considers perma-
nent.

Tom Petty 's current CD,
Wild/lowers, is the second and
latest of his solo ventures.
Again, Petty intends for his
solo career to infuse new life
into his Heartbreaker eflForts;
this is strongly indicated for
Wild/lowers, which is being
promoted by the Dogs With-
out Wings tour that features
the Heartbreakers as a whole.

Wild/lowers, noted by
the signature songs "You
Don't Know How It Feels"
and "You Wreck Me," shares
many elements with previous
Petty albums, but it is not sim-
ply a "typical" album in any
setBe. Several songs, includ-
ing the title track, are largely
acoustic, which is rare but not
unheard of for Petty. "Wild-
flowers" is a gentle, loving
song, underscored by simple
lyrics which demonstrate love
and affection on Petty 's part

While Petty wrote or co-
wrote all of the music on Wild-
flovers, the musical aspect
and not the lyrics are certainly
his strong point. However, the
lyrics do not attempt to say too
much; Petty's forte is simplic-
ity, in lyrics as well as music.

Entertainment Grapevine.

CluLtuxaL, ana not lo cuLiuxaL, sijsnis in and axounu c^rfiLania

After the success of

"Flyin' West," Alliance The-
atre Artistic Director Kenny
Leon will once again team up
with Atlanta playwright Pearl
Cleage for the world premiere
of her newest work, "Blues for
an Alabama Sky." Presented
in the intimate 200-seat Alli-
ance Studio Theatre, the en-
semble cast of "Blues for an
Alabama Sky" will include
Phylicia Rashad of "The
Cosby Show" fame along with
Alliance veteran Bill Nunn.

There are an ejdremely
limited number of tickets re-
maining for "Blues for an Ala-
bama Sky." Tickets will be
made available to the general
public on February 22. Tick-
ets are $20 and $26 and will
be available at the Woodruff
Arts Center Box Office or by
calling 733-5000.

Grammy nominated

singer-songwriter Sarah
McLachlan and her group re-
turn to Atlanta to play the
Fabulous Fox Theatre on Fri-
day, March 24 at 8 p.m. Open-
ing the show is singer Paula
Cole. Reserved seat tickets
costing $25.50 and $20.50
(including the $.50 Fox resto-
ration fee) are currently on sale
at the Fox Box Office and all
Ticketmaster outlets; they
may be charged by phone by
calling 249-6400. For more
information, please contact
Steven Harris at 524-7354.

The Alliance Theatre

Company will present a panel
discussion titled "Black
Women Playwrights" at 7:30
p.m. on Monday, February 20,
in the Alliance Studio Theatre.
This free offering will exam-
ine the evolution of the Afri-
can-American female voice in
American theatre. The panel
will consider a common
"voice" among African-
American women who write

for the stage and discuss how
these writers confront the twin
hurdles of race and gender in
American culture. For more
information, please call 733-
4650.

The Gainesville The-
atre Alliance will present
Frank Galati's stage adapta-
tion of John Steinbeck's novel
"The Grapes of Wrath" from
February 14 through 26.
"The power of this play," says
Broadway producer

Landesman, "is the power of

family, and how it can hold
you together, no matter how
hard things get." "The Grapes
of Wrath" will be presented at
the Georgia Mountains Center
Theatre, a comfortable 300-
seat theatre on the square in
Gainesville. Adult tickets are
$12; student tickets, with ID,
are $6. Audience advisory:
"The Grapes of Wrath" con-
tains adult situations and lan-
guage. Please call 535-6224
for tickets or more informa-
tion.

The Atlanta Bonsai

Society will be hosting its Sec-
ond Annual Bonsai Confer-
ence from February 17
through at the Holiday Inn at
Perimeter/Dunwoody. The
conference will feature two ar-
eas open to the public com-
pletely free of charge.
A special bonsai exhibit will
be open from 9 to 5 on Satur-
day, February 18 and 9 to 2
on Sunday, February 19.
There will also be a sales area
with vendors from all over the
nation. For fiirther informa-
tion, call 469-8046.

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Februarys, 1995

Pages

ENTER TA INMENT.

Playmakers fracture yet another fairy tale

By J. Kent McKay

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Wednesday, February

15, the Playmakers will open
their annual children's theatre
show. This year, as usual, lo-
cal area elementary schools
will bus in hordes of young
barbarians for the Wednesday
and Thursday morning perfor-
mances. Oglethorpe students,
faculty, and staff are advised
(for their own safety) to attend
the Friday 7:00 or Saturday
2:00 performances. Admis-
sion is free with valid student
ID. However, all proceeds will
go to the Atlanta Children's
Shelter, so all donations will be
gladly accepted.

This years show will be
"Sir Slob and the Princess" by
George Garrett. It's not
Shakespeare. In fact, it's
rather silly. Actually, this may
be the most dazzling array of
silliness you'll ever see. There
will be silly walks, silly voices,
childish behavior, silly pre-
tenses at romance, and a silly
excuse for a set (I know be-
cause I'm supposed to build it
and I haven't started yet) This
play will be everything that
children's theatre should be.

If you will think back to
your own childhood, you
might remember some Christ-
mas play (probably by
Dicketis) performed by chil-
dren, for the amusement of
adults, which you were forced
to sit through. The teacher had

lied to you and said that this
particular field trip would be
fun and exciting because you
were going to see a play for
children. Instead, you were
subjected to a wretchedly bor-
ing rendition of something you
don't actually remember and
absolutely didn't grasp and
which has fumed you info the
bitter, cynical Xer you are to-
day. Why couldn't if have
been like Bugs Bunny? Why
couldn't children's theatre be
for children?

Well, here at Oglethorpe
University, the Playmakers
philosophy is precisely that:
we want to entertain children
(including your inner child.)
Sir Slob (Michael Billingsley)
is a Gump-esque character
who, in the tradition of all
good fairy tales, is miracu-
lously catapulted from kitchen
scrub boy to prince in shining
armor (or whatever costume
we get a good deal on) by his
honesty, good will, and a bit
of good fortune. The moral of
"Sir Slob" is one everybody
can understand, but more im-
portantly, the presentation of
"Sir Slob" is one that every-
one can enjoy.

The Playmakers have
made a fine art of comic en-
tertainment which falls some-
where between Fractured
Fairy Tales, Benny Hill, and
The Three Stooges. If you
have seen any of the
Playmakers' Fall or Spring
productions, you may be sur-

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prised at the groups versatil-
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to "Sir Slob", the annual
Spring downer this year will be
"The Shadow Box", a true-to-
life drama that explores the
relational changes which sev-
eral terminally ill patients con-

front in their final days. But
until then, the Playmakers are
happy and gay (well, not all of
us.)

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ity, the fiin, the Slob. You'll
laugh. You'll cry (if you're a
theatre critic). But no matter

who you are, you'll be highly
entertained. So, come see "Sir
Slob and the Princess" in
Lupton Auditorium, Friday
the 17th at 7:00 p.m. or Satur-
day the 18th at 2:00. See you
there.

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Mr. Oglethorpe makes sports complex reality

By Chopper Johnson
Editor-at-Large

The epic tells of

Oglethorpe's sports history
pervade the legends of this
campus. Many a freshman has
heard the tells of the
Oglethorpe football team beat-
ing Georgia Tech in the rain
and mud all those years ago.
Some have even seen the base-
ball jersey of Luke Appling
hanging in the gym, a testa-
ment to his Hall of Fame ca-
reer. Among these whispered
memories, though, is a figure
that stands dedicated not only
to the history of Oglethorpe
sports, but to its future.

Mr. Oglethorpe, Stephen
J. Schmidt, made great contri-
butions to the school on the
football field during his days
as an undergraduate, starting
at quarterback for four con-
secutive years. It has been in
the time since he graduated,
though, that he has had the
most impact on the school. He
has given of both his time and
his money to help Oglethorpe

grow, seeing these projects as
"steps towards Oglethorpe be-
coming one of the finest liberal
arts institutions in the nation.."
One of the many projects led
to the dedication of a new resi-
dence hall in his honor The
most recent is a new 22,000
square foot sports and recre-
ation center bearing his name.
Tlie main purpose of the

facility, according to Dr.
Donald Stanton, is to "meet the
athletic and recreational needs
ofthe average student." In this
the rec center has definitely
succeeded. Already, the vol-
leyball intramurals have been
held there, and intermural bas-
ketball on the new courts will
next week. In addition to be-
ing able to hold intramurals.

the center also has a lined run-
ning oval, two racquetball/
handball courts, a raised
wooden floor for the step
aerobics classes, the Sweat
Shop, a spectator's deck, and
locker rooms. Another one of
the positive aspects ofthe cen-
ter is the fact that student can
use their ID cards to "check
out" pieces of equipment, such

The first official event to be help in the new rec center was the intermural voiieyball
tournament Photo by Chopper Johnson

as raquets or basketballs.

Schmidt, whose own life
sounds at time like an adven-
ture novel, said at the dedica-
tion ofthe center on January
27, said the honor was "the
highlight of my life." "It is an
absolute dream come true."

The man who would
later be known as Mr.
Oglethorpe entered

Oglethorpe in 1935, afler
hitchhiking south from
Moorestown, N.J. In high
sdiool he had been a four-sport
star, and was heavily recruited,
until a cerebral hemorrhage
left half of his body paralyzed.
A miraculous surgery and re-
cover brought Schmidt back to
the football field, but all ofthe
big name schools had lost in-
terest After his principal rec-
ommended Oglethorpe, he be-
gan to hitchhike south.

Since that trip south, he
has been a college quarter-
back, husband, football coach.
World War II bomber pilot,
and CEO of Dixie Stamp and
Seal, all of which he has ac-
complished by the age of 78.

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By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

The AT&T Challenge

returns to the Atlanta Athletic
Club in Duluth April 29
through May 7, again promis-
ing some fabulous tennis.
"This is by far the best AT&T
Challenge player field ever,"
says tournament director
Stephen M. Woods. "We'll
have Agassi playing sans hair,
Chang defending his title,
Martin trying to steal the title,
Krickstein playing with his
lucky racquets, and Eltingh
headed into the world's top
20... Itdoesn'tgetanybetter."

Among this year's con-
firmed participants are Andre
Agassi, Todd Martin, Aaron
Krickstein, MaliVai Washing-
ton, Jacco Eltingh, and
Michael Chang. Chang and
Martin battled it out in last
year's final, while Eltingh and
Agassi also won AT&T titles.

Woods is especially

happy to see Agassi return.
The current #2 in the men's
rankings, Agassi "is always
one ofthe fans' favorites here
in Atlanta. He's had a thrill-
ing season, and we look for-
ward to welcoming him back
to the AT&T Challenge in
April." Agassi, the reigning
U.S. Open champion, claimed
four other titles last year, in-
cluding the Paris Indoor event,
and is looking eagerly to At-
lanta, where he won four titles
fi^om 1989 to 1992.

As far as rankings go,
the other participants are hold-
ing their own. Chang cur-
rently stands at a comfortable
#6, while Martin, Eltingji, and
Krickstein are in the top 25.

Tickets for individual
sessions are available, ranging
fi-om $5 to $36. For tickets,
call Ticketmaster at 249-
6400. For fiirther information
on the event, including box
seat packages, call ProServ at
395-3500.

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Storm \f Petrel

Volume 70, Issue 5 fKbowe and Beyond Oglethorpe University February 22, 1995

Dorm

blueprints

Page 2

Student

spending

Page 4

The petrel
Page 6

Basketball
Page 15

News: 2-4

Editorials: 5

Features: 6-7

Organizations: 8

Greeks: 9
Entertainment:

10-11
Comics: 12-13
Sports: 14-15

Security: 2
Grapevine: 4

ProFile: 6
Comics: 12-13
Screentest: 11

Dorm construction begins in IVIarch

New dorm expected to ease campus overcrowding

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

The building of a new

dorm has been a topic on the
tongues of community life fac-
ulty for at least five years.
Now, after on going discus-
sions and planning, this long
term project has been put into
action.

Five perspective con-
tractors began bidding for the
opportunity to build the dorm
on February 1 6. Because the
bids were too high, three of the
five contractors have been
eliminated from consideration.
Negotiations with the remain-
ing two contractors are still
continuing. Organizers hope
to have chosen a contractor by

next week.

Oglethorpe administra-
tors, Donald R. Moore, Dean
of Community Life, John B.
Knott III, Executive Vice
President of Business Affairs,
and Kay Norton, Assistant
Dean of Community Life and
Director of Housing are cur-
rently planning the building of
the dorm. Working with the
Housworth Parker - Cherry
Roberts architectural firm, the
group hopes to break ground
for the dorm in March.

The housing facility will
be located behind Schmidt
Hall on the Student Center side
ofthe Ho Chi Minh Trail. Stu-
dents will have access to the
building from the Student Cen-
ter parking lot. The dorm.

which is coed, will consist of
four floors, each containing an
internal hallway. A lounge
will be located on each floor
The first floor lounge will be
designated as a social area,
while lounges on the second,
third, and fourth floors will be
designated study areas. The
basement ofthe building will
house a laundry facility.

Bedrooms in the new
dorm have been designed
much like those rooms found
in the upper quad. Each room
consists of a living room area,
two bedrooms, which may ac-
commodate four students, and
a bathroom. One bedroom
units have been designed for
resident assistants, while the
resident director will be ac-

commodated in a first floor
apartment. In all, the dorm
may hold 72 beds. In all like-
lihood, seniors will first be
given the opportunity to re-
quest a room.

The number of students
living on campus has doubled
over the past five years. To-
day, 500 students reside on
campus. "The new dorm is a
necessity as much as it is de-
sirable," says Kay Norton.
Administrators hope to see the
percentage of students living
on campus rise even higher
with the opening ofthe dorm.

If you have any ques-
tions concerning the dorm, or
would like to see blue prints
of the building, contact Kay
Norton in the Community Life
office at 364-8427.

fiSHOOM/
IMC

Preliminary blueprint

of new Upper Quad

dormitory

Blueprint by Housworth
Parker - Cherry Roberts

Page 2

NEWS.

February 22, 1995

Security
Update

By Soren Ryland
Security Guy

-Saturday, 2/4/95, a
male student returned to his
room. He was surprised to
find that his door had been
kicked in the night before.
He took inventory of his be-
longings and found that
nothing was missing. The
resident did notice that there
was an empty beer cup that
had been left. He also noted
that there had been an at-
tempt to replace the locking
mechanism back into the
door. He therefore con-
cluded that one of his
"drunk and rowdy friends"
must have broken down the
door in a futile attempt to
contact the resident. No in-
juries or fatalities were re-
ported.

- Reminder Ml- The
posted campus speed limit is
15 m.p.h. Speeding endan-
gers not only pedestrians and
other drivers, but puts the
speeder's life at risk as well.
Please be careful and drive
safely and slowly.

- Reminder #2- It is
unlawful to park anywhere
except in designated areas;
this includes fire lanes. Any
car caught parked in a fire
lane or any other unaccept-
able location will immedi-
ately be ticketed by
Oglethorpe Security and
towed entirely at the owner's
expense... so park your car
wisely.

Weather creates havoc in Schmidt

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

On Thursday, Febru-
ary 9, a pipe burst in the
breezeway of Schmidt Hall,
producing flooding in the ad-
jacent area. Maintenance,
Housing, and Housekeeping
quickly reacted and controlled
the flooding.

Residents were alerted to
the problem by two separate
fire alarms, the first of which
sounded at 1 :05 p.m. When
the alarm ceased after less than
S minutes, residents returned
to their rooms. "We were con-
vinced it was only a false
alarm," said one student.
When a second alarm sounded
at 1:45 p.m., a group of resi-
dents collected behind the
building near the breezeway,
watching a jet of water shoot
out of the pipe over the vend-
ing machines. A member of
the housekeeping staff, who
was nearby, alerted Mainte-
nance and the Housing Office,
who responded immediately.
Physical Plant representatives
theorized that the first alarm
was triggered by a leak in the
sprinkler lines, which could
indicate the presence of a fire.
The second alarm went off
when the actual rupture of the
pipe occurred.

Within ten minutes,
Maintenance had turned off
the water in the building and
had controlled the leak. With
the cooperation of Housing
and Housekeeping they began

cleanup. When they started,
resident Stacie Bosclima ob-
served that the breezeway and
surrounding walkways were
"just about turned into a swim-
ming pool." Using brooms
and vaccuums, the cleanup
crew quickly eliminated water
from these areas and began
cleanup in the affected rooms.
While only four rooms
reported flooding from the
leak, two experienced consid-

carpet, which was replaced
Saturday. February 11, and a
ruined beanbag chair Another
neighboring suite reported a
small amount of water but no
damage.

Once the majority of
cleanup had been done. Main-
tenance concentrated on re-
pairing the broken pipe. A
spokesman for the Physical
Plant said that the pijje had fro-
zen and burst, causing the

Wendy Brennan, one of the students displaced from her
room, surveys the damage.

erable water damage. One to
two inches of standing water
covered the floor of Resident
Director Pari Smart's apart-
ment In addition, the common
room and one bedroom of
SchiTiidt 1 1 had a great deal of
water seep in. Wendy
Brennan, one of Schmidt 1 1 's
residents, said tliat there was
no major damage except wet

leak. He went on to say that
the doors on each side of the
breezeway need to stay shut
when freezing temperatures
are anticipated. Maintenance
later agreed with this state-
ment, saying that the pipe
would not have burst if the
doors had remained closed,
allowing wanner air to collect
in tlie breezeway area. Resi-

dents in all halls are strongly
encouraged by Maintenance to
leave the breezeway doors
closedduring freezing weather
to avoid such incidents in the
future.

Schmidt Resident Assis-
tant Tonya Gibson and Trustee
RA Jim Faassee attended to
other residents' troubles.
Schmidt 12 resident Helen
Quinones referred to the inci-
dents following the pipe leak
as "general plumbing misbe-
havior" After the water was
turned back on at 3: 1 5 p.m by
Maintenance, residents re-
ported such problems as low
water pressure, odors coming
from the water, and, in one
case, a toliet that refused to
stop flushing. Gibson and
Faasee gave advice on these
problems, telling residents to
run water until the odor van-
ished, and attended to the fix-
able problems, such as Quino-
nes' "perpetually flushing
toliet."

Maintenance took care
to avoid possible ice accumu-
lation by sprinkling the wet
walkways with salt. In addi-
tion, the pipes in all Upper
Quad dorm breezeways have
now been equipped with heat
tape, which monitors the tem-
perature of the pipes. When
the pipes reach 38 degrees, the
heat tape warms them back up
to 45 degrees. This, along with
the added security of keeping
the breezeway doors closed,
should prevent the possibility
of future flooding.

Exploration brings students in touch with city

By Jenny Ovdenk

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Oglethorpe students

had a unique opportunity to
serve others during Atlanta
Exploration Week. David
Leach and 1 spent the last
week of our holiday break
helping Hands On Atlanta and
its Youth Corps, part of the

government sponsored
Americorps program, prepare
for a National Service Day on
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's
birthday. On that day, youths
from many parts of Georgia
met in Atlanta to improve se-
lected public schools. Plans
included constructing new fa-
cilities in classrooms and on
school grounds, as well as re-

painting walls and cleaning
bathrooms and floors.

To help tlie Youth Corps
get ready for that day, Dave
and I prepared a mural for one
school. The children painted
symbols of love, peace, life,
hope, and courage, and an art-
ist added an image of Dr. King.
We also helped transport sup-
plies to schools where work

was to be done Assisting the
Hands On Atlanta staff with
their many tasks completed
our eight-hour days.

The experience was re-
warding. 1 learned how such
agencies operate and met kind
and dedicated people. 1 also
started the semester knowing
that I had done something con-
structive. Dave and I fre-

quently heard that our help
was making a real difference.
Hopefully, this week of
opportunity, organized by Dr.
Joseph Knippenberg, will be
repeated next year It may also
become an option during
Spring Break. Those who are
intereste(l in participating next
time should contact Dr.
Knippenberg.

February 22, 1995

.NEWS.

Pages

Environment still a major priority for America

Courtesy National Wildlife
Federation

Support for the envi-
ronment and the laws that pro-
tect it remains strong in the
wake of the Republican elec-
toral revolution, according to
a new Peter D. Hart Research
Associates poll, commissioned
by the National Wildlife Fed-
eration.

"Anyone who thought
this election was a mandate to
undo 30 years of environmen-
tal protection had better think
again," said NWF President
Jay D. Hair.

The poll found only a
small jiercenfage of voters ccm-
sidered environmental posi-

tions when choosing candi-
dates, with issues like crime
and the economy playing a far
greater role in influencing de-
cisions. "Candidates weren't
talking about the environment
and the voters had other things
on their minds," explained
pollster Peter J. Hart. "But
when we asked them about the
environment, they had very
strong opinions."

Respondents expressed
overwhelming support for the
environment and regulations
designed to protect it. 41% of
all voters and 34% of those
who cast Republican Congres-
sional ballots said existing
laws don't go far enough in
protecting the environment.
21% of both groups said ex-

isting laws strike the right bal-
ance, while only 18% and
25%, respectively, felt existing
environmental laws go too far.
Support was equally strong
among voters expressing par-
ticular concern for the
economy often cited as a
reason for limiting environ-
mental protection. Again,
4 1 % said current laws don 't go
far enough. And there was
little sympathy for claims that
environmental laws place an
undue burden on businesses.
21% of voters said those laws
properly balance the needs of
business and the public, 46%
said the businesses should be
requires to do more.

"Voters clearly believe
existing environmental laws

provide insufficient protec-
tion," said Hart. "And they
don't want those protections
rolled back, even on the most
controversial issues."

Among all voters:

76% favor strengthen-
ing safe drinking water laws.

56% oppose requiring
compensation of property
owners prevented by environ-
mental regulations from doing
what they want with their land.

57% favor maintaining
the strong provisions of the
Endangered Species Act.

63% say mining, ranch-
ing and logging operations
should be charged a "fair mar-
ket fee" for use of public land.

64% favor redirecting
crop subsidies to encourage to

Libraries celebrate Black History

Courtesy Atlanta-Fulton Pub-
lic Library System

February is nationally

designated as Black History
Month and is a great time to
explore the Atlanta-Fulton
Public Library System's many
resources on African-Ameri-
can culture and history. .

In May, 1994, the At-
lanta-Fulton Public Library
System opened a special li-
brary, the Auburn Avenue Re-
search Library on African-
American Culture and His-
tory. This 50,000 square-foot
library, located on the comer
of Auburn Avenue and
Courtland Street, downtown
Atlanta, houses non-circulat-
ing specialized resources and
collections for the study and
research of the African, Afri-
can-American and Diasporic
experience. It is the only re-
search library of its type in the
Southeast open to the public.

The nucleus of this spe-
cial collection dates back to
1934, with the Negro History
Collection of non-circulating
books. Over the decades, the
Collection steadily expanded .
However, space for the well-
used collection was limited,
and a new facility was needed.

The Research Library

has a variety of multimedia
workstations:

The African- American
Experience: A History is an
electronic textbook, which
tells the story of African-
Americans beginning in the
African homeland Compton 's
Interactive Encyclopedia of-
fers sight and sound reference
that combines 1 3,000 pictures,
120 animations with video
footage (including Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s 1 Have a
Dream speech) and sound and
slide shows. Jazz: A Multime-
dia History provides informa-
tion on the history of jazz,
compact disc-quality music
and rare archival performance
footage from the golden age of
jazz. Eyes on the Prize is a
videodisc presentation that
uses a scanner and barcodes to
select topics of interest for
viewing from the critically ac-
claimed PBS documentary.
Ethnic NewsWatch provides
indexing of and full-text article
retrieval for selected ethnic
newspapers and a few maga-
zines. A special workstation
provides digital images of se-
lected photographs from the
Research Library's collection
that patrons can print ofr and
take with them.

The Archives Division,

located on the second and third
floors, is open to the public on
the second floor It offers pri-
mary source materials that
document the experiences of
African- Americans in Atlanta,
the Southeastern region and
throughout the nation.

The Heritage Education
Center, located on the fourth
floor, has an auditorium, two
seminar rooms and a reception
area with exhibit space. Pro-
grams and workshops are
given that bring to life the ma-
terials found in the Research
Library's collection through
lectures, films, presentations
and performances. Tours are
available by reservation.

The Research Library is
open Monday tlirough Thurs-
day from noon to 8 p.m. and
Saturday and Sunday from 2
to 6 p.m. For more information
or tour reservations, call 730-
4001.

In October, 1994, the
Library System introduced
online magazines and newspa-
pers, through its PASSPORT
electronic reference services.
The publications can be ac-
cessed at all Library System
locations on the PASSPORT
computers.

A small sampling of the
publications offered are Africa

Report, Africa Today, African
Affairs, African Studies Re-
view, The Black Collegian,
Black Elegance, Black Enter-
prise, Black Health, The
Black Scholar, Ebony, Ebony
Man, Journal for African
History, Journal of Asian &
African Studies, Journal of
Black Studies, National Mi-
nority Politics andNegroHis-
tory Bulletin.

Also introduced in 1994
through PASSPORT is the Li-
brary System's Window to
Internet, a worldwide network
of online databases. Library
System users planning a trip to
Africa can learn the currency
exchange rate under the
Internet listing of Business and
Economics. The Geography,
History and Travel listing pro-
vides individuals access to
scholarly papers on world his-
tory topics and texts to U.S.
historical documents, includ-
ing the fmawc/pafionProc/a-
mation. This service is avail-
able at all Library System lo-
cations on the PASSPORT
computers.

While February may be
an opportune time to learn
more about the Library
System's African-American
materials, these resources are
offered year around.

keep pesticides out of food and
water.

The poll found public
support for several protection
measures that do not mesh well
with the stated positions of in-
coming Republican Congres-
sional leaders. But Hair points
out that the current Demo-
cratic Administration got a
less-than-favorable rating
from poll respondents as well.
Only 26% rated the Clinton
Administration's work on en-
vironmental issues as good or
excellent.

"Nature and the envi-
ronment should be our com-
mon ground. We won't make
protecting them into a partisan
game," said Hair." "The Na-
tional Wildlife Federation will
work with leaders of all par-
ties to make sure voters get the
protections they want. And
we'll fake on anyone in any
party who won't provide it!"

Hair cited upcoming
legislative action on the Farm
Bill and Safe Drinking Water
Acts as opportunities for bi-
partisan progress that benefits
all Americans. Meanwhile, he
pledged to continue NWF ef-
forts to educate and help indi-
viduals and grassroots groups
"outside the Beltway."

"The election may have
been about change, but this
isn't a change for us," said
Hair "We've always believed
that if we help the people lead,
the leaders will follow."

But the head of the Na-
tional Wildlife Federation did
have criticism for one well-
known opinion leader. He
noted that broadcaster Rush
Limbaugh used election re-
sults as ammunition to attack
environmental laws. "Now we
have proof," said Hair. "When
it comes to the environment.
Rush is wrong!"

The National Wildlife
Federation is the nation's larg-
est conservation education or-
ganization. Founded in 1936,
the Federation works to edu-
cate and assist individuals and
organizations to conserve
natural resources, and to pro-
tect the Earth' s environment.

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.NEWS.

February 22, 1995

How Oglethorpe students spend their money

By Tharius Sumter
Staff

How much money do

Oglethorpe students spend on
leisure activities? Where does
that "disposable cash" go? A
10 question survey asked
questions to "gain information
on the leisure time spending of
Oglethorpe students." Thirty
students answered questions
about where they spend their
free time and how much
money they spend in these ven-
ues. The survey pinpointed
patterns in how leisure time is
sj)ent by Oglethorpe students.
All respondents were on-
campus students between the
agesof 17and 20. More than
one-third of students reported
getting between $5 1 and $ 1 50
each month. A little less than
a third reported an income be-

tween $151 and $250. Four
people claimed to get more
than $350 a month.

If you see an Oglethorpe
student off campus, chances
are you will see him or her in
a restaurant. Sixty percent of
the students surveyed said that
they eat off campus more than
they go to nightclubs, movies,
or cultural events. More than
a third of the students surveyed
eat off campus twice a week,
while 30 percent eat off cam-
pus three or more times per
week.

Over half of the respon-
dents reported that their aver-
age meal off campus costs be-
tween $6 and $10. Forty per-
cent spend $5 or less each time
they eat off campus.

One reason for the
prevalence of off-campus eat-
ing is thelimited opportunities

to eat on campus. No food ser-
vice is offered on campus aside
fix>m the three schedu led meals
of the day.

"When I get the
munchies late at night, I need
somewhere to go and it has to
be off-campus. The snack
machines don't cut it," said
Kristen Buoy.

The limited number of
meal times could be especially
inconvenient for the 30 percoit
of students surveyed who work
off campus. Dissatisfaction
with the selections in the din-
ing hall also sends students off-
campus. "We get tired of the
same old potatoes and the
same old peas and carrots ev-
eryday," said Dennis Kieman.

Moreover, the proximity
of 24-hour dives like Waffle
House and Denny's and local
delivery services help to in-

crease the likelihood of off-
campus eating. "When I think
about places I want to go I
think about places nearby. I
don't want to spend my time
in the car, I want to spend it in
the restaurant eating my food,"
said Angela Satterfield.

Occasionally students
may sacrifice that evening
meal for a movie. This only
happens about once or twice a
month for most of the students
surveyed - only two students
reported hitting the theaters
more than twice a month.

Music stores also com-
pete for a share of college stu-
dents' income. Over half of
the respondents buy music
once or twice a month. Sixty
percent report that they spend
between $ 1 1 and $ 1 5 each
time they buy music about
the cost of one new compact

disc. Twenty three percent
spend $10 or less. The small
amounts of each purchase
might be attributed to the in-
creasing popularity of used
CD stores and discount stores.

"I love Best Buy," said
Scott Helms, "because they
have great prices. Sometimes
I get suckered into sales."

Although all the stu-
dents surveyed are under the
legal drinking age, the major-
ity of them spend money on
alcohol. Seventy percent re-
port that they spend money on
alcohol each month. Thirty
nine percent spend $20 or less
per month. Ten percent spend
between $20 and $30. Only
five students reported spending
more than $30 per month.
Nonetheless, more than one-
fourth of the respondents spend
no money on alcohol.

Heard it through the Grapevine .

News and events in and around Oglethorpe University

Pia Mellody, an inter-
national authority on
codependence, will present
"Facing Love Addiction:
Courage To Change The Way
You Love," a two-day work-
shop that explores love addic-
tion, codependent and co-ad-
dictive relationships. The pro-
gram will be on Friday, Feb-
ruary 24 from 7 - 9 p.m. and
Saturday February 25 from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. in Lupton Au-
ditorium, Oglethorpe Univer-
sity.

For more information,
call Dr. John Thames, Dean of
Continuing Education, at 364-
8370.

On Thursday, March 2,
Oglethorpe professor Frank
Hunter will give a gallery talk
entitled "In the Tradition of
Straight Photography: From
Steiglitz to Webb." The lec-
ture will take place in the
Oglethorpe University Mu-
seum at 7:30 p.m. Call 364-
8555 for more information.

The Oglethorpe Univer-
sity Museum presents "Geor-
gia O'Keefe: The Artist's
Landscape," a 30-year photo-
graphic exhibition by Todd
Webb.

At 2 p.m. on Sundays
through March 19, the Mu-
seum will show a film on
Georgia O'Keefe in the view-
ing room in Phillip Weltner
Library. Hours for the Mu-
seum are Tuesday through Fri-
day 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sat-
urday and Sunday 1 p.m. to 4
p.m., or by appointment. Call
364-8555 for more informa-
tion.

The Medical College of
Georgia announces a summer
program for under-represented
minority or disadvantaged stu-
dents, featuring college credit
courses in physiology or neu-
roanatomy and medical writ-
ing.

Also included are non-
credit courses in medical ter-
minology, analytical reading.

MC AF review, and workshops
in study skills. The program
will.last from June 18 to Au-
gust 1 1 , and applications must
be complete before March 15.
Rising sophomores,
juniors, and seniors who are
residents of Georgia and inter-
ested in the health professions
are eligible, as are a limited
number of out-of-state resi-
dents. Participants will re-
ceive living expenses and an
additional scholarship upon
satisfactory completion of the
program. For ftirther informa-
tion, write Student Educa-
tional Enrichment Programs,
Medical College of Georgia,
Suite AA-1 53, Augusta, Geor-
gia 309 1 2-1900, or call (706)
721-2522.

On Monday, March 6,
The Mallarme Chamber Play-
ers will perform in Lupton
Auditorium at 8 p.m. The
Mallarme Chamber Players
are flutist Anna Wilson, harp-
ist Jaqueline Bartlett, and vio-

linist Jonathan Bagg. Call
364-8446 for more informa-
tion.

Students from Yale Uni-
versity will perform jazz.

blues, and folk music. The
concert will take place at
1 1 :30 a.m. in the Talmadge
Room in Emerson Student i
Center There will be no ad- \
mission charge. Call 364-
8446 for more information.

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EDITORIALS.

Floyd on O.U. fork diversity

By Patrick Floyd
Staff

I've been thinking

about forks, not just about
forks but monotony, confor-
mity, and forks.

I ' ve been thinking about
causes worthy of crusades.
I 've been thinking about work-
ing for an ideal, about striving
to improve stuff, about fight-
ing for good, about' doing
something, and then I come
back to thinking about forks.

I'm mostly sure that
Oglethorpe can be a better
place. I think that we can im-
prove many aspects of the
Oglethorpe experience. I want
to start improving the selection
of forks in the cafeteria.

Almost every fork in the
cafeteria is exactly like almost
every other fork in the cafete-
ria. I don't suppose that this
observation is surprising to
anyone who eats regularly in
the cafeteria. Every meal I'm
faced with the same folk selec-
tion. Day after day, meal after
meal, fork after fork, nothing
changes. The only time I
looked at the back of my fork,
I saw the name "Don" and next
to that "MALAYSIA", I'm not
sure who or what Don is, and
I will resist asking why we are
not given the opportunity to eat
with honest, hardworking, free
and beautiful, American forks.

It's not the origin of the
forks that concerns me. I am
concerned, however, with the
fork's lack of originality.

Every once in a while I
do spot a fork that is distinct.
A couple times I have seen
forks in the cafeteria that were
shaped differently or had some
kind of design on the handle.
The fact that a couple forks out
of a few hundred stand out
may not at first seem signifi-
cant. These few freak forks did
begin to seem significant the
more I thought about them.

How can a couple of
maverick forks be explained?
I think it is unlikely that Don
would mean to send us 500
identical forks and acciden-

tally send 498 identical forks
and two extraordinary forks. I
find it less likely that Don
would do such a thing on pur-
pose (I don't know Don very
well, but I've got a prdty good
feeling about this one).

So, we've got a couple
of forks unlike the rest. I don't
think Don had anything to do
with these unique utensils. If
we can safely eliminate Don
and his Malaysian cohorts, I
think the next logical step is to
assume that someone at
Oglethorpe is responsible for
expanding the silverware se-
lection. My guess is that some
sneaky Petrel smuggled an un-
common fork into the cafete-
ria and left it on his plate at the
dishwashing counter.

Whoever would go
through the trouble of bring-
ing a special fork into the caf-
eteria only to donate the fork
to the general fork supply must
have some reason for doing so.
I'm not sure exactly what this
innovator had in mind, but I
think the resuh of this sly en-
terprise is good.

By bringing more vari-
ety to the fork selection of
Oglethorpe, I believe this fork
smuggler has done a good
thing for his school. A couple
of forks is a start. More impor-
tantly these first freak forks
can become the inspiration for
an Oglethorpe fork revolution.

What if everyone started
bringing uncommon forks into
the cafeteria. When an
Oglethorpe student expected to
go out to eat, the student could
borrow a fork from the cafete-
ria. This fork could be traded
at an off-campus restaurant for
a different fork. The off-cam-
pus restaurant fork could then
be returned to the cafeteria in
place of the presumably more
generic cafeteria fork. Slowly
the fork selection would be-
come more diverse. Meals
would be more interesting.

If everyone did his part,
the day would come when no
two forks in the cafeteria were
alike. We'd have big forks and
small forks, flexible forks and

inflexible forks, simple forks
and ornate forks, steel forks
and silver forks and maybe
even wooden forks. We'd have
forks of varying prongage.

Not only would the forks
be different, but they would
have a story behind them.
We'd have forks from all
around Atlanta. We'd have
forks from across the country
(brought back from road trips
and vacations). We would
have forks from all over the
world as international students
and guests to our campus took
part in our superlative fork
foray.

Not only would
Oglethorpe benefit from the
incoming forks, but
Oglethorpe's export of Don's
Malaysian specialty would
bring a piece of Oglethorpe in
contact with the world. Every
high-priced restaurant that
found its fine silver replaced
by Oglethorpe stainless steel
would take notice. Every lime
a Waffle House dishwasher
found a fork without the
Waffle House signature textur-
ing on the handle, the Waffle
House would take notice. And
every time a waitress or water
took away a fork that looked
just a little different than the
one they had set on the table
originally ... well, they might
not take notice, but it really
does not matter.

Unlike some other revo-
lutions, this fork revolution
could be real rather than rheto-
ric. We would not have to have
Oglethorpe Fork Day. We
would not have to make pam-
phlets or bumper stickers or t-
shirts or speeches. We would
not have to get progressive ce-
lebrities to further our cause.
We would not have to start a
focused letter writing cam-
paign to pressure politicians
into proposing Oglethorpe
Fork-Friendly legislation. All
we would have to do is trade
some forks.

I do not think fork diver-
sity at Oglethorpe University
is too lofty a goal. I believe it
is worthwhile and achievable.

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FEATURES

February 22, 1995

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

Tom Browning of

Marietta, Georgia, graduated
frotn Oglethorpe University in
1967. Having received his
bachelor's degree in social
studies. Browning set his
sig^ on pursuing a career in
the field of law. Today, he
practices as a divorce lawyer
in Marietta.

"I did not realize how
educated I had become until I
ventured out Into the real
world," says Browning.
'Oglethorpe offers a well
rounded and broad education.
I feel that my liberal arts edu-
cation has better equipped me
for what I must face in the
world,"

In addition to his career
as a lawyer. Browning is also
a member of the Oglethorpe
University Alumni Board, as
well as the Walker School
Board in Marietta. With the
help of alumni like Browning;
the O.U. Alumni Board works
to perpetuate through energy
or donations, the continuation
of the institution.

"Oglethorpe offers a
good experience and 1 want to
see others have that experience
as well," says Browning.

Browning also enjoys
organizing and chaperoning
groups of children who like to
participate in activities such as
Whitewater rafting and camp-
ing He enjoys writing trivia
books as well.

In the box to the right is
a sample of one of these trivia
questions. If you are able to
correctly answer this trivia
question, as well as the ques-
tions which are to be featured
in the next two issues, you will
be included in a drawing for a
grand prize.

The grand prize will be
announced in the next issue of
The Stormy Petrel along with
the next trivia question. To
compete, return answers to the
trivia questions to Amy Zickus
in Public Relations.

The true story of the stormy petrel

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Rumors of the petrel's

demise have been greatly ex-
aggerated. Petey the Petrel,
who as Oglethorpe's mascot
has been immortalized on
countless sweatshirts,

keychains, and coffee mugs,
has been described by one stu-
dent as "a small, angry-look-
ing, extinct little bird." Oth-
ers have probably agreed with
that statement. But there facts
and fantasies separate, the pe-
trel is not. in fact, extinct.

The storm petrel, affec-
tionately known at Oglethorpe
as the "stormy" petrel, is only
one kind of petrel. Also in-
cluded in the larger grouping
of petrels are diving petrels,
fulmars, and shearwaters.

These birds may not be
known for the attractiveness of
their names, and their actual
physical appearance leaves a
lot to be desired as well. Chop-
per Johnson, who has been
face-to-face with a petrel in
New Zealand, describes the
birds as "really ugly."

Wilson's storm petrel
(Oceanites oceanicus), the
most common storm petrel,
can be found, depending on the
season, anywhere from Ant-
arctica to the far northern
reaches of the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. Storm petrels
are relatively small birds,
ranging from 5 1/2 to 10
inches, and have drab coloring,
either brown or charcoal gray
with white underbellies. Petey
the Petrel, fiizzy tiling that he
is, is considerably more at-
tractive than his sealoving, oily
cousins. And, undoubtedly,
much more agreeable ... and
less smelly.

Petrels live entirely at
sea except during their brief
nesting season (apparently,
petrel eggs don't float particu-
larly well). On a visit to the
coast of Georgia, the Caroli-
nas, or really anywhere on the
Eastern Seaboard, you may
have a rare encounter with a
petrel. They really do exist.
As a matter of fact, there are a
lot of storm petrels in the

world. They just live out at
sea for ten months out of the
year, so we don't see them
much. And, to dispel yet an-

a penchant for flying toward
shore in a storm, were rou-
tinely set on fire by sailors as
a beacon toward land, has been

The storm petrel, a seabird most often found in the
Southern Hemisphere, spends ten months of the year over
the ocean. Picture courtesy of Grolier Encyclopedia

other common error, the
proper pronunciation is "PEE-
trul," not "PET-trul" or, as
CNN Sports apparently be-
lieves, "PRET-zul."

Oglethorpe University
has the storm petrel as its des-
ignated mascot because the
petrel is reputed to be the fa-
vorite bird of James Edward
Oglethorpe, the founder of the
Georgian colony, for whom the
university is named And with
good reason: Oglethorpe was
a sailor, and sailors and sea-
birds have always had a spe-
cial relationship. Petrels, de-
pending on the sailor and his
country of origin, are either
protectors of sailors sent by the
Virgin Mary, reincarnations of
sailors lost at sea, or captains
who have mistreated their
crews.

The rumor that petrels,
being very oily creatures with

neither confirmed nor denied,
although it is an incredibly
good story to tell non-
Oglethoipe friends and family.
This rumor may help explain
why many Oglethorpe stu-
dents believe that the petrel is
extinct, however.

Suggested reading for
those adventurous Oglethorpe
students wanting to know
more about their mascot:
Microsoft Encarta, Grolier's
wonderful Mutimedia Ency-
clopedia, (both of which I used
extensively for this ... thanks,
guys), R.M. Lockey's Right
of the Storm Petrel, and Peter
Harrison's A Field Guide to
Seabirds of the World. Jason
Thomas believes that a ro-
mance novel entitled The
Stormy Petrel exists, but he
isn't sure of the author (He
also, incidentally, denies hav-
ing read it.)

The mystique of the pe-
trel can continue. Now, when
your friends and family point
at your sweatshirt and ask, for
the hundredth time, "what the
heck is a 'PET-rul' anyway?"
you can proudly tell them that
sailors used to set them on fire
during storms to find land in a
hurry. It may be unconfirmed,
but it's always funny to watch
their reactions.

Who Am I?

I'm Arthur Wellesly but history

knows me by another name.

My brother was governor of India.

I fought against the Maharajah in India.

I was a member of Parliament.

I attended the Congress of Verona

and the Conference of Vienna.

I served a ambassador to Paris and

as Irish secretary.

I was knighted.

My greatest fame happened near

a small Flemish town.
I'm buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.

Send your response to Amy Zickus
in Public Relations!

February 22, 1995

FEATURES

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DMX: The Eighth Wonder of the Known World

By Helen M. Quinones
Special to The Stormy Petrel

My escape from alter-
native has ended in success, I
have put an end to obscure
college radio. Away with
99X's ten song rotations, or
music that 96 Rock has been
playing since before I was
bom. I have discovered a va-
riety of music completely ab-
sent from FM radio: commer-
cial free, 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, cable for radio.
The eighth wonder of the
world is Digital Music Ex-
press.

At the flick of the
clicker, listeners can go from
the big band sounds of Glen
Miller to dance music to show
tunes. Radio standbys of clas-
sic, album and alternative rock
also have DMX stations, but
with the advantage of being
uninterrupted and commercial
free. Disc jockeys are now ob-
solete, thankfully.

The remote control itself
is a wonder. It has a LCD
screen similar to that of a cal-
culator, which shows tlie name
of the song, the performer,
composer and the name of the
album. Listeners can instantly
answer the eternal question
"who's that by?" without DJ
interruptions, which nevertell
us the name of the song we
want to know, anyway.

Variety is DMX's most
admirable feature. At the
sound of crunchy salsa-laden
tortilla chips my suitemates
can tune into DMX's Tex-
Mex/Ranchero station, which
specializes in those awful
tunes Mexican restaurants al-
ways play.

Probably my favorite
station, show tunes, has pro-
vided my suite with such
greats as "Man of La Mancha"
and "Sweeney Todd," in addi-
tion to the requisite "Cats,"
"Les Miserables" and "Phan-
tom of the Opera." There's

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nothing like having a few
friends over who have had too
many, trying hopelessly to sing
along with "The Will Rogers
Follies."

DMX outplays NPR
with two classical stations.
The symphonic station pro-
vides the timeless sounds of a
full symphony. The chamber
music station offers smaller or-
chestral arrangements and pi-
ano solos. While writing pa-
pers, these stations provide
plenty of background sounds
without the distraction of lyr-
ics. Tliese two stations have
proved invaluable to Music
and Culture students on their
quests for required listening
assignments.

The new age and folk
rock stations are ready cures
for insomnia. While the beau-
tiful instrumentals station sat-
isfies anyone's urge forthe el-
evator music that Peach FM
94.9 won't even play any
more. Peach decided to in-

clude oldies, as did DMX. For
oldies lovers DMX includes
two stations for 50's and 60's
oldies.

For those who prefer B-
98.5's love songs, an entire
station is devoted to love
songs, and another for roman-
tic instrumentals. Great Sing-
ers also appeals to the senti-
mental side, including Dinah
Shore, Rosemary Clooney and
of course, Sinatra and Tony
Bennett, as expected. In addi-
tion the big band and swing
stations provide me with my
daily dose of nostalgia.

Over the holidays, con-
tinuous Christmas carols were
provided by the Carols station.
A blessing to some, a curse to
others in my suite, this station
played carols 24-7 throughout
the entire season.

On rainy days, while sit-
ting back and drinking that one
last beer in the 'fridge, there's
nothing like the traditional
blues station. In addition.

DMX includes traditional
country, modem country, gos-
pel. Christian, rap, urban con-
temporary, reggae, jazz and
light jazz.

Whatever your taste,
DMX is bound to have a sta-
tion for it, unless you happen
to be looking for 80s music,
books on tape, children's
songs, or movie soundtracks.
DMX could always bring back
the opera station. Surely lis-
teners preferred the option of
having opera rather than one
station for 50's oldies and one
for 60's. Even so, DMX still
beats the pants off of radio and
record stores.

Digital Music Express is
provided on campus by
Scripps Howard Cable Com-
pany through the same wiring
as cable television. Check for
specials; they may waive your
installation fee, in which case
DMX runs only $9.95 a
month. Call 451-4785 to get
connected.

Adam and Anthony return

By Adam Corder and Anthony

Wilson

Special to The Stormy Petrel

AC: Back ... caught

you looking for the same thing.
It's a new thing, etc. We are
once again "housin'" and
"arousin,"' here to give you,
our loyal fans, the latest
sample of cutting edge music.
By the way, thanks for the fan
mail.

AW: While we are ap-
preciative, I would like to re-
quest that our throngs of syco-
phantic followers use recycled
paper, as the volumes of mail
that pour daily into our
Buckhead "Passion Pad" are
no doubt contributing might-
ily to Amazon deforestation.

AC: Yes. This week's
musical smorgasbord begins
with the Geffen release ofSix-
teen Stone by the provoca-
tively or presidentially named
band Bush. I heard the
"fukengruven" ditty known as
"Everything Zen" and thought
it rocked, so I picked up the

whole CD. The impression is
one of headbanging medioc-
rity and teen angst with no
outlet, save obnoxious guitars
and repetitive hooks.

AW: Although it may
come as a shock to everyone,
I agree. Bush, although I must
as an American salute their
name, is ultimately a lacklus-
ter band. Aside from the im-
pressive single, the album de-
scends into bad exercises in
moshing. Pass.

AC: Yep. The album
does have merit, and these
guys have some raw talent
somewhere, but it didn't come
to pass in this effort. Two
thumbs sideways.

AW: Right there with
you, chieftain. I would place
this effort solidly between
Weezer and Led Zeppelin IV.

AC: Gee, what an in-
sight that is, Antoine. Our sec-
ond selection is the Dave
Matthews Band's latest effort.
Under the Table and Dream-
ing. Tliis is a groovy, har-
monica-driven album, with a

soothing combination of pop
rock-a-billy and alternative
balladry. It rocked my world.

AW: I have yet to find
a single note that I would file
under the "Rock-a-billy" clas-
sificatioa Nevertheless, this is
a good album. There's noth-
ing that approaches "What
Would You Say," but the rest
is passable, at least. It's worth
fifteen bucks just for the single,
and the rest of the album isn't
totally nauseating.

AC: I will go one better
and say that the whole album
keeps a smile on my face.
Occasionally I wonder if man-
kind can continue to make
good music, or if we reach
some sort of saturation point,
but it 's bands like this one that
keep my faith alive. Thank
you, DMB, Two thumbs up.

AW: Strong praise, ynon
capilan, but I cannot disagree.

AC: That's it. We are
cashed. Keep the letters com-
ing.

PVe are outta here like
Menudo 's career.

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February 22, 1995

ORGANIZATIONS

"O" Club inducts new members for 1995

By Shelley Robinson
"0"Club

On Monday night,

February 6, the "0" Club in-
ducted 24 new members. The
"0" Club consists of athletes
from all the sports at
Oglethorpe. Each athlete must
be an active participant with
two varsity letters from the
same sport. The club origi-
nally existed at Oglethorpe in
the 1920s and was reinstated
last year at Homecoming af-
ter a 50 year sabbatical.

The members of the "0"
Club strive to promote and
support all the athletes at the
University. Members have
drawn and posted signs around
the school as well as made ban-
ners to support the teams at
games and meets. During the
championship game of March
Madness 1994, the club spon-
sored a night of food, fiin, and
basketball in the Bomb Shel-
ter. Representatives from the
club also assisted with Athletic
Visitation Day.

While the club started
off with only a very small
membership, the recent induc-
tions almost tripled the club's

size. The following athletes
were inducted: Mike Thomas
and Matt Weiner from the
baseball team. Will Lukow,
Mark Bingham, Chip
Kohlweiler, Bobby Holman,
Tinnie Waterston, Fawn An-
gel, and Terra Winthrop rep-
resenting the soccer teams,
Ryan Vickers, Bryon
Letoumeau, Eleanor Fulton,
Carly Harrington, Kim Jack-
son, and Jennifer Johnson from
the basketball teams, Pam
Cochrane from tennis, Linda
Davis, Jayme Sellards, Jason
Arnold, James Green, Lewd
Lacrosse, Alan Tudors, and
Stephanie Chaby from the
track and cross country teams,
and Steve Taylor representing
the golf team. The charter
members are pleased with the
new members and hopeful
about the club's future.

Plans for this semester
include a second annual
March Madness celebration,
entering the Homecoming
Banner Contest, helping with
the mural in Traer, assisting
with Athletic Visitation Day,
and supporting each of the ath-
letic teams at their home
games. The club's nominees

for Lord and Lady Oglethorpe
were Andy Schutt and Kirsten
Hanzsek, both four year mem-
bers of the basketball teams. A
long term project the club has
been working on is a gift to the
school. The Senior Class and

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the Bookstore may help con-
tribute to building a sign in
front of the school for the
purpose of announcing ath-
letic events.

The club members are
all optimistic that the new

membership will continue to
provide a strong base of sup-
port for the athletes at the Uni-
versity.

Welcome to the club ev-
eryone and good luck to all the
athletes!

By Stephenie Miller
Alpha Phi Omega

February has been a

busy month for the brothers of
Alpha Phi Omega. Rush
Week began on Monday, Janu-
ary 30 with our informal
Informationals party. Service
projects for rush week in-
cluded a trip to the Atlanta
Community Food Bank and
baking dog biscuits for the Hu-
mane Society. The traditional
Preferentials party was held on
Saturday at the home of one
of our advisors. Dr. Tucker
Thanks to Theresa, James, and
especially Miki, our
pledgemaster. Thanks also to
Dr. and Mrs. Tucker for the
use of their home.

The brothers were
thrilled to be able to induct
twelve new pledges into the

Fraternity. To Laura
Borderiaux, Carmen Pentilla,
Carol Hall, Derek Hambrick,
Creche Kern, Jeremy Jofira,
Trudie Jones, Kristen
Andrews, Valerie Holhauser,
Kristy Fugate, Kim Mohr, and
Anna Sanford: Welcome!

Our biannual Red Cross
blood drive, held on Monday,
February 6, was also a great
success. Our thanks go out to
everyone who helped out. We
received 45 pints for disburse-
ment throughout Atlanta.

The brothers will par-
ticipate in the collegiate ser-
vice organization for the Hun-
ger Alliance. Members will
spend Saturday, February 18
at the Food Bank working
with groups of student volun-

teers from GA Tech, Emory,
and other colleges in the At-
lanta area.

APO is also very excited
to have a new home. The
brothers will be working hard
within the next several weeks
to clean, organize and frimish
the old Sweat Shop. Our
heartfeh thanks go to Marshall
Nason and Dean Moore for
helping us to acquire facilities
that we will finally be able to
fit into comfortably. Thanks
also to Heath Coleman and Joe
Cox for their work on our be-
half Stacey Chapman, our
historian will oversee the
changes that will take place.
We thank her for her support
and ideas, and eagerly await
moving day.

Fearless DJ speaks out

By Daniel Sandin
Staff

Armed with only an

arm load of unknown CDs and
a microphone, we hit the air al-
most every night. With our
iron wills suppressing those
butterflies called terror, we
hope that friends will not be
too unkind of our music or our
mistakes. We are the few, the
proud, the disk jockeys.

Each weekday night a
few of us go to that tiny room
with a few unstructured ideas

and hope that too much
doesn't go wrong. We worry
about the little things;
scratches on vinyl and CDs,
the volume of the broadcast,
and, above all else, stuttering.
Many lament, "Oh, those
humble, overworked DJs, the
cross they must bear. Perhaps
we should set up a fund to as-
sist them in this trying time."
While these people
should be lauded with praise
for their noble thoughts, and
any donations will be accepted
with great joy, I have a little

secret to share with you. As far
as the radio station goes, "God,
its fun!" Please don't tell the
administration this, I beg you.
ff they found out that we were
actually having a good time,
they might stop trying to pla-
cate us with new toys, like the
new phone line, 364-8288.

It is work, though. Give
us a call. If we have the song,
we'll probably play it. Above
all, listen to us - we're odd if
not interesting. The exclusive
WJTL is located at 530 on
your AM dial.

PORTRAITS OF PSYCHOLOGV
(N POPULAR FILM

Sponsored by the Psychology/Sociology Club

The followtng lllms will be shown In the large view-
ing room of the Phillip Weltner Library at 7.00 p.m.
Ttie films are open to everyorte, txit members of
the Psychology/Sociology Club ore especlaily wel-
come.

Wednesday, February 22; A Matter of Heart
(1985). Color. 106 minutes. Documentary on the
life and work of C. G. )ung.
Wednesday, March 1; Spellbound U 945). Black
and White. 1 1 1 minutes. Alfred Hitchcock's fa-
mous portrait of psychoanalysis. Ingrid Bergman is
the analyst and Gregory Peck her patient.
Tuesday, March 14: Bob and Carol and Ted and
Alice (1969). Color. 104 minutes. Hilarious satire
on the "human potential" movement of the 1 960s.

WJTL' s Programming Schedule

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Dawd Leach 6-8 p.m.

Derek Hambrick 8-10 p.m.

Jared'TiskendlO-mid.

Timothy Brown 6-8 p.m

Katherine Griffin 8-10 p.m.

Sean Wessling 10-mid.

Katie Fletcher 6-8 p.m.

David Pass, Dunn 8-10 p.m.

Rebecca Vaughn lOmid.

JeffFarge6-8p.m.
Jenny Slater 8-10 p.m.
Patrick Floyd 10-mid,

Erika Steele 6-8 p.m.

Alyssa Curabba 8-10 p.m.

Dan Sandin 10-mid.

February 22, 1995

GREEKS

Page 9

EAE.

By Christopher Wintrow
Sigma A]pha Epsilon

Welcome back everyone! Hopeftilly your first month
back in school has been as successful as ours.

I'd like to begin with a resounding congratulations to our
eight newest brothers. They are Lanier Coulter, Holden Hughes,
Michael Mahoney, Coy Miller, Patrick O'Rourice, Hal Robinson,
Zane Scarborough, and Tolliver Williams. We traveled to the
University of Alabama in order to initiate these eight men at the
site of our founding chapter. This turned into an all-day experi-
ence, encompassing six hours of driving, breathtaking sites, and
a myriad of fireworks. It was a great experience for newly initi-
ated and brothers alike.

Over the weekend of February 10-12 we hit the slopes at
Beech Mountain in North Carolina. The snow was white (as
opposed to yellow), the skiing excellent, and the sledding fun (if
a little hazardous). Despite the cold weather, a good time was
had by all.

Hopefully, the rest of this semester will be as exciting as
the past month. I would like everyone to consider that fact that
life is a lot like Trent Reznor said, "Everyone I know goes away
at the end." Unless, of course, you're an SAE.

ASO.

By Jason Thomas
Delta Sigma Phi

After staying rather inactive on the party scene for

the early part of the semester, we finally held our first party of
the year which was a huge success. Let's all just be happy that
the Adopt - A - Highway service project was cancelled the next
morning.

Being that last issue there was no Greek section, I would
like to congratulate Donnie Crawford, Brandon King, Jason
Stackhouse, John Tole, and Jared Wiskind as the newest broth-
ers in the fraternity, and congratsto our newest pledge, Jeff
Thomas, defense, man, defense.

I'm not really sure what else is going on in the future. The
planning for our formal in April is almost complete, so until next
time, have a great time, and to Micah Riggle ...Thank you.

XQ

By Stephanie Mannis
Chi Omega

A belated welcome back to school and happy almost-

spring from Chi Omega. We initiated sixteen wonderful sisters
on January 2 1 . Congratulations to Liesl Allen, Michelle Arrieta,
Wendy Brennan, Laura Buffs, Sapphire Espinoza, Kate
Hammond, Laura Haser, Jennifer Hedgepeth, E-Chia Huang,
Shannon Hutcheson, Jena Jolissaint, Kim Kuni, Sarah Phillips,
Julie Shuman, Tracy Vax, and Kari Winsness. You guys are the
best! In January, our new officers took over - Holly Harmon as
president, Carrie Adkins as VP, Tinnie Waterston as secretary,
Ingrid Carroll as treasurer, and Mary Poteet as pledge educator.
Yoli Hernandez is now personnel; Erin O' Brien is our rush chair-
man; Jean Kasperbauer takes care of the house when it slides
down the hill; and Jenn Trevisan hangs out at Panhellenic meet-
ings with Rebecca Hester, Angela Satterfield, and me.

Speaking of Panhellenic, we're all psyched about our up-
coming bowling for MD A service project with APO. Also in the
works are mixers with Chi Phi, Delta Sig, and SAE! White Car-
nation and the Centennial celebration are still in the planning
stages. Chi-O is also looking forward to Greek bonding at the
Village cleanup, and Greek Week. 'Til then ...

xo

By Rod Smith
Chi Phi

First ofT, Chi Phi would like to proudly amiounce our

newest pledge, Jamie McDermott from the Great White North.

Also of late in our fraternity was the annual mecca to the
Chi Phi Southeast Regional Conference, which was held at
Florida State University in Tallahassee. Attendees were Eric
Andersen, Glen Booth, Luke Brown, Chopper Johnson, and Ryan
P. Queen. We learned lots 'o' nifty stufi'and drank lots 'o' nifty
drinks; one of us even hooked up, but names will be hidden to
protect the "innocent"

All of us are looking forward to our mixer with Sig x 3 on
March 4, and on Thursday, February 23, we'll be having a Movie
Night, so y'all come over if you like.

By the way, everybody calls Greek Row the "Greek Vil-
lage"but the Greeks called their city-states "polis." Therefore, I
submit to you that we address ourselves as the Greek Polis. Be-
sides, it sounds neater. That is all.

SEE.

By Bridget Cecchini
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Hello from the Epsilon Theta chapter of Tri-Sigma.

Thanks to everyone for supporting our Annual Valentine's Bal-
loon fund-raiser. Sigma showed its philanthropic spirit by work-
ing the Goodwill Booksale on Friday, Feb. 10. NCC Michelle
Burke's visit was fiin, even if we couldn't sit on the furniture.
Perhaps she wanted the house to stay as pretty as the work party
had left it. It was amazing, even the windows sparkled. Under
the leadership of Sabrina, the Sigmas are enthusiastically play-
ing intramural basketball, having lots of fiin and quite a few
fouls. We are looking forward to initiating our awesome new
members on the 26th. A final congratulation goes out to the
Grinder for finally getting her much wanted turtle scrapbook.

KA

By John Knight
Kappa Alpha

KA Beta Nu, Oglethorpe's resident Old S... yeah, yeah,
yeah, you know the spill, has, once again, been rather busy lately.
The Chi Omega party, which we hosted, was a blast from what
I've heard. If you want a second opinion, talk to Nathan Sparks
(1 think he's recovered) or Justin Gisel (fire extinguishers are
staple components of our society).

On February 3, eight lucky freshmen were initiated into
the fraternity. Congratulations to Jason Blackmon (in France),
Mike Gott (mkgt), Lewis Jones (wow), John Knight (me), Steve
Loureiro (great), Jeff Merkel (it's big). Matt Rivenbark (prob-
ably), and Nathan Sparks (I'd #%@! &'^). Congratulations
also goes out to sophomore Jeff Bates, who accepted a KA bid.

On the night following initiation, we held our white trash
party. The front yard was decorated with bottles, boxes, signs, a
vaccum, and a 1980+ Oldsmobile Omega, which, as far as I
know, still sits in the yard collecting tickets. By the way, thanks
security. I have more than enough money to pay them off fol-
lowing my wreck.

On a different note, KA BN has already begun extensive
training for the Greek Week field activities, which we will con-
tinue to treat with the utmost importance. Daily jogs begin at 5
a.m. Rock on.

(yreekSpeak)

By Rebecca Hester
Panhellenic Council

The first Panhellenic
event of the semester was a
Banquet and induction of new
officers which was held on
February 15. The newly in-
ducted officers include: Diana
Rothe, President; Stephanie
Mannis, Vice President;
Rebecca Hester, Secretary;
Stephanie Everett, Treasurer,
Angela Satterfield, Rush Di-
rector, and Julie Agster, Assis-
tant Rush Director Several
special awards were also pre-
sented at this banquet. The
honor or'Greek Woman of the
Year" was given to Stacy
Rasmussen and Cathy Skin-
ner. These women were cho-
sen on the basis of their con-
tributions to Greek life as a
whole. In addition, a special
presentation was made to Kay
Norton, Panhellenic advisor,
in appreciation of her service
to Panhellenic.

Regular Panhellenic
meetings are conducted on
Wednesdays at 5 : 1 5 p.m. IFC
and Panhellenic are planning
to join forces to clean up Greek
Row on a regular basis. In the
past, Panhellenic participation
in Greek Week has been lim-
ited by IFC, but the new coim-
cil would like to see the
Panhellenic teams compete in
a wider variety of events this
spring.

A Panhellenic service
project in conjunction with
Alpha Phi Omega is set for
March 3. The sisters ofthe two
sororities and the brothers of
APO will be bowling for do-
nations and pledges for Mus-
cular Dystrophy.

The Panhellenic Council
is looking forward to attend-
ing the Southeastern
Panhellenic Conference
(SEPC) which is to be held in
Atlanta March 29- April 1.

The Panhellenic Council
is anticipating a productive
semester. In addition to its con-
tribution to Greek life,
Panhellenic hopes to contrib-
ute to campus life as a whole.

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February 22, 1995

ENTER TAINMENT.

Music, drama combine seamlessly in Chess

McKerley, Carne, Gotts fuel emotional musical for Onstage Atlanta

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Through March S,

Onstage Atlanta presents
Chess, a musical dealing with
romance and politics, using the
international chess scene as a
backdrop. On the surface,
Chess is a story of the events
surrounding one man's
struggle to keep his title
against a new and ambitious
opponent. When we look
deeper, we find that Chess "is
a story ofhow politics and love
(like oil and water) just don't
mix," says director Scott F.
Rousseau.

Many people will recall
Chess as the musical that pro-
duced the song "One Night in
Bangkok," popular during the
mid-80s. Although the music
is extraordinary, ranging from
hilarious to dramatic, the in-
tense characters make Chess
what it is: a musical in which
everyone can find something
that strikes a chord with them.
From the media posturing of
Freddie (Daniel Came), the
American player, to the deep
dissatisfaction with his way of
life of Anatoly (Jeff
McKerley), the Russian
player, to the love and frustra-
tion of Florence (Tracy Gotts),
Freddie's second, something
in Chess touches each of us.

Chess was written and
takes place in the Cold War
era, during a time of postur-
ing and rivalry between the
two great superpowers. This
is played out on a smaller scale
between Freddie and Anatoly
and their respective "agents,"
Walter (Michael Arens) and
Molokov (Daniel J. Cook).
The tacit agreement between
CIA agent Walter and KGB
agent Molokov is demon-
strated hilariously during
"Let's Work Together," in
which the two agents tango
suggestively, implying neatly
that the U.S. and U.S.S.R. are
not nearly as diametrically
opposed as they appear. Each
one is willing to compromise

to achieve a higher goal. For
one, this is the return of a de-
fector, for the other, it is the
return of a long-lost political
prisoner

Onstage Atlanta's the-

who simultaneously courts
and rejects the media, as well
as his frustrated second, Flo-
rence Vassy (Gotts). Florence
struggles between her loyalties
to Freddie and her increasing

CNSTAeE ATIANTA

CHESS

THE

BROADWAY

MUSICAL

THEY MOVE.

WK, IMOVE

TEAHANTA PREMIERE

ater is a small, intimate oi)e,
seating around 100 people.
The U-shaped audience seat-
ing allows the performers on
stage to come so close to the
audience that they could al-
most touch you. The very in-
timacy of the theater adds to
the draw and immediacy of tlie
performance; the audience
feels like they are a part of the
performance rather than im-
partial observers. Tliis is par-
ticularly noticeable in scenes
with the numerous and always
moving reporters, who flock
from one side of the stage to
the other, following the two
chess players or their agents in
a frantic desire to get a quote
or a picture. The audience,
moving their heads back and
forth to get a better glimpse of
Freddie or Anatoly, is drawn
into this comfortable illusion
neatly.

The cast of Chess pulls
off this large production in-
credibly well, and this is due
in large part to the phenomenal
talent of the performers Came
plays Freddie, the volatile,
emotional American player

attraction to Anatoly
Sergievsky (McKerley), the
Russian player, who has to
deal with his own inner frus-
trations with the Soviet system
and the demands it places upon
him.

All three characters
evolve tremendously during
the show, calling for versatile,
gifted actors with a penchant
for the dramatic. The diffi-
culty with performing Chess,
says Rousseau, is producing
"musical drama without look-
ing as if we were doing a soap
opera ... What starts out as a
chess game turns into an inter-
national brouhaha, and no one
leaves the arena untouched."
Including, and especially, the
audience.

The musical accompani-
ment for Chess is live, per-
formed entirely on four synthe-
sizers. The music is stunning
but never makes the mistake
of upstaging the singers
onstage, who are, of course,
considerably more important.
Instead, it accents and high-
lights tlieir voices nicely. A
projection screen hung above

the stage discreetly informs the
audience of such important
facts as location and timing of
the scene with relation to the
previous one, i.e. "Kennedy
Airport, Eight Weeks Later."
The stage itself is a mas-
terful creation; the lower half
has 64 black and white squares
reminiscent of, obviously, a
chess board. The upper stage
serves as a balcony or, in some
scenes, an addition to the cur-
rent room. The performers en-
ter from opposite sides of the
upper half or from the audi-
ence entrances, accenting.

performer who manages not to
let minor stage difTiculties
hinder an amazing solo.
Freddie's solo "Pity the Child"
was perhaps the crowning
achievement of the evening;
for those who have heard any
recording of the New York or
London performances,
Came's rendition blows them
both away for sheer emotional
impact. Such traditional
Chess favorites as "Nobody's
Side" and "I Know Him So
Well" also sound incredible,
adding musical depth to the
show.

Freddie (Daniel Carne) looks Jealously on as his nemesis
Anatoly Sergievsky (Jeff McKerley) and his former partner
Florence Vassy (Tracy Gotts) embrace at a chess match in
Budapest. Photo cpurlesy of Onstage Atlanta

again, that wonderful feeling
of inclusiveness that is such a
strong suit of the theater

Chess is the kind of
show that makes you forget,
for the most part, that it actu-
ally is a show. Even when the
stage's turntable squeaked to
an abrupt halt during
Anatoly 's first solo, the only
jolt from illusion is the sense
of admiration for McKerley, a

All in all. Chess is a
show well worth taking the
time to see. The show runs six
days a week: Tuesday througli
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sun-
day at 5 p.m. Tickets for Sun-
day-Thursday shows are $14
while Friday-Saturday shows
are $18. These fit well into
even the college student's bud-
get. For more information, call
Onstage Atlanta at 897-1802.

February 22, 1995

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ENTER TAINMENT.

Billy Madison', waste of time and money

By Ryan Brown
Staff

If you are like myself

you read the movie ads in the
paper every Friday. Most
probably you too have become
accustomed if not immune to
some person we've never
heard of telling us that this was
either A) "A (insert choice ad-
jective here) roller coaster ride
that will leave you (insert
choice verb here) for more" B)
"The feel good movie of the
year! Amustsee!"orC) "Hi-
lariously Funny."

The new Adam Sandler
movie, Billy Madison will un-
doubtedly be thrown to the se-
lection C pile. However, be-
ing the caring friend that I am,
I will let you in on a little se-
cret: This movie was at best

the D) "The best thing ever
next to Problem Child 2."
Now, I don't know how many
readers have seen Problem
Child 2 (By the way, Robert
Simonds produced both Prob-
lem Child 2 and Billy Madi-
son. The people who made the
press release actually wanted
the people who write the re-
views to know that Robert
Simonds did that.), but I think
we all know how pleased we
were to see Junior try to suck
seven more dollars from our
pockets so that he could enter-
tain you for an hour and a half
with jokes you thought were
dumb in the third grade.

In the movie, Sandler
plays Billy Madison, the son
of a rich hotel-chain tycoon.
Daddy Madison will only give

the throne over to the drunken
and hallucinating Billy if he
goes back to complete 1st
through 12th grades without
the aid of his father's bribes
(which was previously the
case). Madison goes back to
school, malces third grade
friends that are more mature
than he is, seduces his suppos-
edly intelligent and looks like
a model teacher through his
base immaturity. Yes, Billy
teaches all that girls will like
you if you take up bets to grab
their chest. Billy successftiUy
moves ahead despite the
moves of his father's top em-
ployee who wants the business
for himself. A typical happy
ending is in place and Billy
gets the girl and the company.
Even though many of

you may feel because of your
Saturday Night Live viewing
habits you are on a personal
level with Adam Sandler, do
not let yourself be fooled here.
Although I do admit laughing
four or five times at the stupid-
ity, I was not rolling in the aisle
(as I so often do), nor was I
spitting my Coke through my
nose. This movie is just Adam
Sandler transforming his im-
mature and funny-for-a-five -
minute-skit characters into a
singular hour and a half char-
acter. How many of you could
really listen to Cajun Man or
Opera Man for that long? I
recommend this movie to those
of you who are really bored,
have this money to waste, or
thought Problem Child 2 was
really entertaining.

Race confronted in Higher Learning

By Eric Van Winkle
Special to The Stormy Petrel

John Singleton has

gained acclaim for his work
starting with his film debut
Boyz N The Hood, for which
he became the youngest per-
son and the first African-
American ever nominated for
Academy Award for Best Di-
rector and gained a nomina-
tion for Best Writer in 1991.
With his latest work. Higher
Leaning, he goes even further.
He has created a microcosm of
American cultural differences
and difficulties in the fictional
Columbus University

The film follows three
separate students through
Singleton's recreations of ev-
ery aspect of college life in or-
der to show people of every
race and creed as they deal
with one another.

The first of these stu-
dents is Malik Williams,
played by Omar Epps. Malik
is a former high school track
star who comes to college ex-
pecting to be able to lie back
and ride through his freshman
year. He then discovers finan-
cial problems and tougher
competition on the field mean

he is going to have to run faster
and try harder.

Epps says "Malik is on
a search in his life ... when he
begins to feel like the school's
prize race horse, his life sort of
falls apart. They don't want
him to study; they don't want
him to question; they only
want him to run, run, run."

The second student fo-
cused upon in the film is fresh-
. men Kristen Connor, played
by Kristy Swanson. Singleton
describes Kristen as a "middle
class white girl from Orange
County whose family pros-
pered in the 80s through the
aerospace industry. Now
they're falling on hard times.
She comes to college under-
standing that life is going to be
harder for her than it was with
her mom and dad. She gets
date-raped and falls in love
with another woman all the
things she never thought
would happen to her."

Swanson says "she goes
to the University to be a grown
up and finds out that she's not
really grown up at all ... The
first thing you learn in college
is that you don 't have any wis-
dom at all, but if you want to
survive, you have to find it."

Our last major character

is not the hero that the other
two are: Remy. played by
Michael Rapaport. Unlike
Kristen and Malik. Remy ar-
rives with no social skills. His
failure at the fraternity scene
leads him into the only group
that will accept him, the skin-
heads. Says Rapaport, "he's
the kind of guy you end up
seemgonHardCopy. Every-
one says, 'I remember that
guy,' but no one ever took the
time to get to know him."

In Remy's case, what he
does is murder, setting atop a
class building sniping students
at a peace rally. Strangely,
Singleton's film gives the ob-
servant viewer a chance to un-
derstand why Remy does what
he does without justifying his
actions.

The film has a strong
message which, sadly, did not
seem to get through to some
of the film's first viewers. At
the local United Artists The-
ater at Lenox, the patrons had
been standing in line as much
as an hour before the audito-
rium was open. 1 stood next
to the theater's assistant man-
ager as the extra security hired
for crowd control informed
people that we were about to
begin seating the five-hundred

and seventy-five seat audito-
rium and asked them to have
their tickets ready. They stam-
peded en masse through the
ticket line trapping me against
a wall. Two patrons threw the
assistant manager against the
wall and punched her This
kind of behavior continued
through the film, as the crowd
shouted rude comments during
the rather confusing scene be-
tween Kristen and her lover
Taryn, played by Jennifer
Connelly, and Wayne, played
by Jason Wiles, in which
Kristen confronts her bi-sexual
fantasy. Finally, the cheers of

"Kill the white motherf !,"

duringthe fight between Malik
and Remy, and a personal
threat against me as I checked
the theater lead me to decide
to see the film during the day
with a more docile crowd.

The film is well worth at
least one viewing. In fact, had
the film been viewed with an
open mind, I doubt that the
problems at Lenox would have
required that the police be
called. The film confronts the
ignorance that unfortunately
plagued many who saw it, and
ends with a final word about
the prejudice the film con-
fronts, "Unlearn."

By Dave Leach
Staff

Tower Place raised its

rates. Northeast Plaza is hard
to get to if you don't have a
car, and every other theatre is
just too expensive. Sowhere's
the best place to see a movie
anymore? The Phillip Weltner
Library has a collection of
more than 2,300 movies on
laser video disc, making it the
largest collection of its kind in
the southeast, all free to check
out with a student I.D.

The library has three
single-person carrels with
LVD players, two small view-
ing rooms which can comfort-
ably hold six people apiece,
and a large viewing room
available to campus organiza-
tions, all of which are located
on the second floor. Students
with their own laser players
can check out movies by the
week as well.

New titles are added to
the collection every few
months. Recent additions in-
clude "Malcolm X",
"Aladdin", "Jurassic Park",
"Four Weddings and a Fu-
neral", and "Philadelphia",
among others.

The small rooms may be
reserved one day in advance
simply by signing in the black
folder on the circulation desk.
The small rooms may be re-
served up to one hour before
the library closes. Formore in-
formation, just ask at the fixMit
desk in the library.

"The movies can make
for a great study break," notes
Sophomore Matt Reeves,
while Senior Mischelle Curtin
adds they are the "best time
waster in the universe." Our
movies can make an ordinarily
dull evening quite enjoyable.

Instead of choosing be-
tween Phipps or Northpoint
next time you're up for a
movie, don't forget about
Weltner, the prices are cheap,
the movie times are great, and
the floors aren't covered in
popcorn and soft drinks.

Page 12

COMICS.

February 22, 1995

CHAOS by Brian S^ustef

CHAOS by Brian Shuster

YEAH BOB by Darryl KluskowskV

"Apparently, some kids hooked up your grandmother's
pacemaker \o The Clapper."

RPkY WkS TIREP or PLAYING TWE FOOL..

Just say no!

February 22, 1995

SPORTS

Page 13

College bowl timeline and remote control-itis

By Daryl Brooks
Staff

Before I get staried

with my first attempt at a real
column, let me warn you that
this is about college football. I
realize that this is old news,
and odds are that nobody will
read this. However after
spending the better part of two
days on a couch, I am deter-
mined to write this whether
any one cares or not So unde-
terred, I will snivel on with the
highlights of this year's Bowl
Games.

8:00 - 1 place myself on
the same sofa that I will spend
the majority of the next 24
hours. I am hopeful of a Ne-
braska win and I firmly believe
that Tom Osbom will finally
get his first "national champi-
onship." (A note to the reader
Until a college football play-
off system is instituted the
words national champs is a
mythical phrase, as far as I'm
concerned. ) Afler watching the
pre game in which Tom
Osbom was turned into a god-
like coach whose time has
come, I'm convinced NBC
knows something the rest of us

don't.

The Peach Bowl is also
on(why do they bother). North
Carolina State is facing Mis-
sissippi State. I like the Bull-
dogs. Why? Why not.

9:00 - I realize that
Tommy Frazier has been out
for a while, but even I know
that you don't throw into
double coverage deep down
field. Time to try quarterback
#2. Miami 3 - Nebraska 0.

9:30 - QB #2 for the
Huskers has played better than
the former Heisman hopeful
Frazier Brooke Berringer has
brought Nebraska back to
score and they only trail 10-7.

10:00 -Half-time at the
Orange Bowl (those advertis-
ers aren't going to get any
shameless plugs out of this col-
umnist). Nebraska seems to be
gaining confidence while Mi-
ami seems to be gaining pen-
alty yardage. Berringer has
been cool under pressure,
while Frank Costa seems to be
wilting under a more intense
Husker pass rush.

10:30 - Miami scores
againtogoup 17-10. Miami's
aura in tlie Orange Bowl may
live another day. Why does

Miami celebrate so much
when they score a touchdown?
Haven't they been in the end
zone before? One more ques-
tion, when was the last time a
Bowl game had a good half-
time show?

11:00 -Nebraska finally
gets a break with a safety and
can't capitalize on the free
kick. Do they want Penn State
to win the "title" in the Rose
Bowl?

11 :30 - Once again Ne-
braska fails to take advantage
of a Miami mistake. Miami
commits the turnover that
could have stopped
Nebraska's long line of pa-
thetic bowl losses, so Nebraska
feels obligated to turn it back
over and face another defeat.
Is it to early to congratulate Joe
Patemo.

1 1 :35 - The brown shoe
among tuxes (read the Peach
Bowl) surprisingly had a good
ending. With the Wolfpack up
28-24, Mississippi State was
driving, but couldn't pull out
the victory.

1 1 :45 - In crunch time
you go with your main man,
which is exactly what Ne-
braska did by reinserting

Injuries don't stop Lady Petrels

By Daryl Brooks
Staff

When a team loses

their leaders in scoring, re-
bounding, assists and steals,
the first reaction would be to
roll over and play dead. How-
ever, despite losing three key
players to injury, the Lady Pe-
trels have not quit. Granted,
the team is 6-13; however.in-
dividual performances and
close games have shown the
will to win is still there.

The injury bug has not
been kind to the Petrels this
season. They have lost Junior
Jennifer Johnson (torn ACL),
Eleanor Fuhon (broken finger)
and senior Kim Jackson (bone
chips) to season ending inju-
ries. Fortunately the rest of the
team has improved their play
to keep the team competitive.
"The bench has had a big im-

pact," stated assistant coach
Meredyth Grenier. "Everyone
has stepped up their games. "

The team's first confer-
ence victory came over
Sewanee. Becky Ellis scored
a school record 28 points to
lead the team to a 78-62 vic-
tory. Ellis also set a school
record with 24 shot attempts.

Individual achievements
this season have included the
play of Ellis, Shelley Ander-
son, Shelley Robinson, Gina
Caralles and Allison
McDonald. Kim Mohr and
Carly Harrington have also
added solid contributions off
the bench.

Ellis is leading the team
in scoring (12.8) and is also
among the conference leaders
in scoring. Shelley Anderson
is 3rd in the nation in assists
with a 6.9 per game average.
Anderson is approaching Jen-

nifer Johnson's school record
for assists in a season. Going
into the Millsaps game Ander-
son needed 19 assists to break
the record of 1 43. Anderson is
also leading the conference in
assists and is among the lead-
ers in steals. Shelley Robinson
has upped her play since the
injuries. She is averaging 6.5
points and 4.8 rebounds. Gina
Caralles has been "El fuego"
of late. She had 20 points and
9 rebounds against Trinity and
played well against South-
western, Sewanee and Centre.
This streak has boosted her
season averages to 8.7 points
and 4.2 rebounds per game.
Freshman Allison McDonald
has made a quick transition to
the college game. She is aver-
aging 7.5 points and 6.7
boards per game. In addition,
she is among the SCAC lead-
ers in rebound and blocked
shots.

Tommy Frazier. The move
paid off. Nebraska has tied the
score at 1 7 behind Frazier. A
touchdown and successful 2
point conversion has knotted
the game with 7:38 left. Time
to see who has more heart.

12:00 -Touchdown Ne-
braska! The fullback isn't sup-
posed to be this important in
the Husker offense. 24- 1 7 with
2:46 lef^. Sorry Joe. By the
way, do these announcers have
a clue?

12:10 - NEBRASKA
WINS! The words Holy Cow
seem to come to mind right
about now. I think the reason
Tom Osbom isn't happy is be-
cause he thinks he lost. I guess
afler 7 in a row old habits are
hard to break.

January 2, 11:30 - I'm
still not sure why games are
being played today, however a
true journalist does not ask
these kinds of questions. After
my words of wisdom from the
ESPN crew I'm ready for an-
other day of football.

For the record, let me re-
view my picks - Duke, West
Virginia, Alabama, USC,
Colorado, Penn St., and
Florida State.

12:00 - Duke is begin-
ning to look like the Duke of
old: anemic. I guess there is
only so much magic you can
milk out of a season. Wiscon-
sin 13 -Duke 0.

1:30 - Now things are
starting to get interesting, 4
games on 4 channels. I just
hope the batteries in my re-
mote don't die.

3 :00 - You ' ve got to feel
bad for the Southwest Confer-
ence. Their best team, Texas
Tech, is losing to USC by 30
at the half Cotton Bowl offi-
cials must be holding their
breath waiting for Texas A&M
to get off probation.

4:30 - After returning
from my 2 mile run (I realize
that none of you care that I just
ran 2 miles, but I thought that
I would mention it just in case
Coach Popp reads this) West
Virginia and Alabama are still
losing. NBC has yet to merci-
fully cut away form the Cot-

ton Bowl to the Fiesta.

5:00 - How does Jay
Barker do it? Once again
Barker lead Alabama on a
scoring drive with :53 seconds
left to seal the 24-17 victory
over Ohio State.

Steve Tanneyhill used
the Jason Gray patented down
field, past the line of scrim-
mage, pump fake to lead the
6-5 South Carolina Game-
cocks to victory. I'm stunned.

Notre Dame should lose
just because of their green
jersey's. Granted they will
need a lot of luck to win, but
this is taking things to far.

6:00 -The Ducks of Or-
egon keep^hanging around.
That's not a good sign for the
Nitney Lions.

7:00 - What is it about
the Golden Domersthat makes
them think that they can come
back from any deficit in the
second half?, Colorado 31 -
Notre Dame 17. Perm State is
starting to pull away.

8:00 - Colorado has
weathered the Notre Dame
storm and is on the verge of
sending Bill McCartney out
with a win. Penn State is put-
ting the finishing touches on
their undefeated season. Why,
oh why can't their be a play-
off system?

9:00 - One more game,
the Sugar Bowl - Florida ver-
sus Florida State. I just hope
Bowden goes for 2 this time.

9:30 - I think the run-
ning backs have more passing
yards than the quarterbacks.
At least someone has the lead.
FSU 10- Florida 3.

10:00 - With the Semi-
noles up 17-10 I keep asking
myself if anyone can tackle.

12:30 - Final score
Florida State 23- Florida 17.
Even the best quarterbacks are
rattled by a little pressure.

17 hours and 9 games
later my journey is over. For
the record I was 6-3 with my
predictions, I may actually
have a future in this business.
I guess I will now leave you
with my top 5:1) Nebraska
and Penn State 3)Alabama
4)Florida State 5) Colorado.

Page 14

SPORTS

February 22, 1995

Intramurals kick off basketball season

By Michael Beran

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Intramural volleyball

resumed after the winter break
and the tournament was quite
a thriller. The final four con-
sisted of the Tall Boys, Delta
Sig, SAE and Freekick. Delta
Sig squared off with Freekick
in the best match of the year
but eventually Freekick won
a three game victory. In the
other semifinal SAE came
back from a deficit to beat a
Tall Boys team that had
handed them defeat only a
week earlier. In the final, too
much Freekick. Congratula-
tions to those guys and now on
to a real sport.

Basketball kicked off
with one of the most competi-
tive A League fields assembled
in my four years. Delta Sig
was stacked with thirty-two
feet worth of big men ~n Alan
Gibson Chuck D.

Casey Chestnut, Steve
Taylor and the new man on the
block Russell. If the guard

play is there, they will be tough
to beat. SAE fields another
team capable of winning some
big games (welcome back to
Jeflf Armstrong) and the fac-
ulty team has found the re-
placements for Phjl and Jobe
in newcomer Terry Gorsch and
old timer Matt Buyert (yeah
yeahtheCodkie Monster). As
for the Clan of the Peter
Dragon, I'm biased so ask
someone else. Rounding out
the A league are KA (Travis
is still around although I think
Jayme may finally have fin-
ished his seven year plan), the
Wildcats (some new guys) and
the Maulers (those mainte-
nance guys and everyone's
hero Chef Pete).

In the first week of play
things went according to plan.
Despite an unconscious effort
by a guy named Valerie (I need
first names on the score sheet
if you want them in the paper)
for the Maulers, Delta Sig
rolled 83-58. Pick a player of
the game: Gibson with 16,
Wilson with 1 7, Taylor with
13, Chestnut with 14 and

Russell (What is your last
name) with 1 8. Campbell for
the Maulers also had 1 9.

In a closer game the
Hoosiers went to the wire with
SAE but were never really in
trouble and won 79-73.
Gorsch had 29, Cookie had 26
and Dunn got a technical for
being on the court when he
wasn't supposed to have been.
SAE got great performances
from Jason Luginbuhl with
24 and 30 combined from
Tolliver and Armstrong.

As for the Clan, KA
came in looking for an upset
and instead watched as Kevin
Carlisle poured in a sure intra-
mural record of 43 points.
Henderson also added 12 as
the Clan rolled 79-61. KA
was led by Andy Travis who
scored 1 5, Brian Shipley with
9, Jeremiah Schuhz with 9 and
Kendall with 18.

As for the B League, the
competition there is also tough
this year. With too many
teams to give a breakdown of
each I will talk about the fa-
vorites. Last year's finalists.

MESH and the soccer guys,
should both have good years.
Delta Sig II and SAE purple
also have good teains. Not to
count anyone out but these are
the teams to watch.

The first night of the sea-
son saw the aforementioned
MESH and soccer teams
squaring off in a repeat of last
year's final. And, lust as last
year, the soccer guys came out
ahead 48-45. Chip

Kohlweiler scored 1 3, James
Martin scored 16 and Brett
Latham had 10 in a winning
cause. For MESH Mike
Chambers ledthewaywithl9
and Brian Rankin scored 10.

Delta Sig II defeated
SAE White 35-22. Bill Davis
led all scorers with 16 and
Mark Boyt also had 9. SAE
was led by Adam Corder with
6.

SAE Purple kept the fra-
ternity from going winless by
posting a blowout over Delta
Sig III 49-32. Kurt, Jeff and
Chris scored 9, 8 and 13 re-
spectively for SAE arid Riggle
had 9 for Delta Sig.

In the lone "girls only
game" the Angels defeated
Sigma by a score of 26-21.
Kim Worley led all scores
with II. Ashley Sutherland
scored 10, Misti Fredericks
scored 9 and Satomi Suzuki
scored 6.

In the most interesting
game of the new season Delta
Sig n defeated WDN. . . (that's
Lu Green 'steam!)60-16. The
boys played real nice and set a
good precedent for future
guy girl games and should
be congratulated for that. As
for the leading scorers. Bill had
14, Mark Boyt had 12, Jarod
had 1 and Erik and Brandon
both had 8. For the girls Lu
scored 6 and Katie Farrell had
4.

Reminder: Don't talk to
therefs. A technical foul for
unsportsmanlike conduct
kicks you out of that game and
the next one.

Next Issue: F u r -

ther game summaries and
scoring averages.

Men's basketball improves rank in conference

By Jason Thomas
Business Manager

The Oglethorpe

men's basketball had a stellar
weekend as they defeated
Rhodes College and Hendrix
College who were both tied for
the #2 rank in the SCAC.
Prior to this weekend, the men
dropped their first game after
eight straight wins to Millsaps
College on Wednesday Febru-
ary 15, 1995.

Cornell Longino led the
team with a triple double scor-
ing thirteen , grabbing twelve
rebounds, and racking up ten
assists against Millsaps . The
Petrels were ahead against the
conference leaders at the half
41-38. Millsaps then made a
strong comback five minutes
into the second half as two of
their players had back to back
break away slam dunks. The
score was tied with 3:37 left
to play in regulation. Millsaps

then hit a three pointer, and
followed with a quicker
jumper for two more. The men
tried to rally back, but
Millsaps sit six of eight free
throws in the last minute of the
game. The game ended 8 1 -79
as andy Schutt nailed a jump
shot, but the Pefrels ran out of
time.

On Friday, the men
bounced back with a good
showing against Rhodes Col-
lege. Thius time, Schutt took
control and scored twenty
three points hitting ten of fif-
teen field goals. The game
stayed close until 8 minutes
into the second half, when Jack
Stephens hit a three pointer to
put the Petrels ahead 51-50.
After that, Oglethorpe never
lost the lead. With about 30
seconds left Bryon Letoumeau
slam dunked his seventeen
point performance, and then
Ryan Vickers nailed two free
throws to send Rhodes on their
way home. Longino had an-

other good game as he scored
thirteen points, had seven re-
bounds and had six assists.

On Sunday, the Pefrels
took on Hendrix College for
our Homecoming match-up.
The game started up with OU
falling behind 0-5 within 45
seconds. But, the men then
quickly and strongly rallied
back as Ryan Vickers drained
two back to back three point-
ers and then Cornell Longino
picked up a loose ball from a
Hendrix mistake and drove the
length of the court and dunked
the ball for the first two of his
nineteen points. The Pefrels
held the lead for the remain-
der half and at halftime the
score was 31-30, in favor of
OU. To start off the second
half, Longino drained a three-
pointer. The Hendrix Warriors
never hel d the lead or even tied
the game at all in the second
half OU hit 20 of 25 free
throws in the game to eventu-
ally build to a 6 1-71 final vic-

tory over the Warriors. The
scoring was well rounded as
four players were in double
digits. Vickers had thirteen,
Schutt had ten, and Stephens
had twelve.

The men are presently at
9-4 (18-6 overall) in the con-
ference and tied with Hendrix
for second in the conference.
Millsaps defeated Rhodes
Sunday night to keep the Ma-
jors at first in the conference
with an 1 1-2 record.

As for individual record,
Cornell Longino is second in
the league in rebounding, av-
eraging 7.3 per game; Clay
Davis is fifth averaging 6.5
per game, and Andy Schutt is
tenth with 5.2 a game. Schutt
is also fifth in the league in
scoring averaging 16.2 points
per game, is second in the con-
ference in field goal percent-
age averaging 55.7%. In the
assist category. Longino is
third in the SCAC with 4.6 per
game. Longino is also fifth in

the steals category averaging
about two per game. OU has
the sixth, seventh, and eighth
ranks in free throw percentage
with Schutt (.797), Vickers
(.797), and Letoumeau (.795).
OU has a .743 free throw av-
erage to be first in the SCAC.

This week Rhodes and
Hendrix match-up and the Pe-
trels will take on Millsaps for
the final conference match.
Millsaps has already clinched
the conference title with the
win over Rhodes, but the Pe-
frels are still in contention for
a possible tournament bid if
they defeat Millsaps and
Rhodes defeats Hendrix.
Good luck guys!

As an update to the
women's article, I would like
to congratulate Shelly Ander-
son as she broke the school
record for single season assits
averaging 7.2 per game and
being in the top three in the
nation. Congratulations
Shelly!

February 22, 1995

Page 15

. SPOR TS.

Dunn's spring semester midterm; part one

By Dunn Neugebauer
Perennial Nerd

Just because we've

moved into a new gyni and the
newspaper has gone through
changes, that doesn't mean
I've lost all of my tests. It's not
midterm yet, but I'm busy and
I'm going to take it out on you
all!

1 ) In soccer, what is a half-
moon?

a) When the defender pulls
his pants half-way down.

b) When the moon is half-
foil.. -

c) When you kick the ball
around one side of the
defender, then go around
the other

d) All of the above.

2) In Gilligan's Island,
what did Skipper do to
Gilligan every time he was
mad at him?

a) Shoot him a half-moon.

b) Call him names and
compare him to Dr.
Smith on "Lost in
Space."

c) Take his hat off and hit
him with it.

d) Make him take part in
one of the Professor's
science experiments.

3) If they were only on a
three-hour tour, then why
did Ginger carry all those
dresses?

4) What was the name of
Alice's boyfriend on "The
Brady Bunch?"

a) Sam Hutcheson

b) Edmund Brunson

c) Sam the Butcher

d) Conan the Barbarian

5) Since all Shaggy and
Scooby Do ever did was eat,
then why weren't they fat?

6) Bryon Letoum'eau was
named to the Cosida Aca-
demic All-South team for the
'94-'95 season. Who was the
last OU men's basketball
player to receive this honor?

a) Dave Fischer

b) Brian Davis

c)
d)

Casey Chestnut
Tim Evans

7) Becky Ellis scored 28
points against the University of
the South earlier this season,
setting an OU women's record
for points scored in a game.
Who's record did she break?

a) Eleanor Fulton

b) Kim Jackson

c) Shelly Anderson

d) Jumpin" Gina Carellas

e) Brandi Tuller

8) In women's basketball,
who holds the record for most
assists in one season?

a) Shelly Anderson

b) Jennifer Johnson

c) Susan Poston

d) Kim Jackson ,

e) Eleanor Fulton

9)1 bet you a game of Galaga
at Taco Mac that you miss that
one...

10) Match the atliletes with

their injury:

1)

Jennifer Johnson

2)

Eleanor Fulton

3)

Adam Polakov

4)

Kim Jackson

5)

Pro athletes

a)

Hangover

b)

Hairline fracture

<=)

'acl

d)

Broken hand

e)

Greed

11) In the movie "Vacation",
what was the slang name for
the car that Chevy Chase &
Company drove out to Wally
World:

a) Rent a Hog, Drag a Dog

b) Road Oueen Family
Truckster

c) The Chariot

d) The Bat Mobile

12) Last Febniary in Jack-
son, Mississippi, three people
picked up a bucket of ice wa-
ter and dumped it over Coach
Jack Berkshire's head. Who

were they?

a) Robert Miller, John
Nunes, Dave Lerette

b) Meredyth Grenier, Jim
Owen, Steve Jobe

c) Jim Bowling, Nate
Briesemeister, Brian
Davis

d) Tinnie Waterston, Shelly
Anderson, Carmen
Penttila

13) As a soccer player
would say, unlucky...

14) In 1969, the Miracle
Mets won the World Series
over the Baltimore Orioles.
Who did they beat in the play-
offs?

a) St. Louis Cardinals

b) Atlanta Braves

c) Los Angeles Dodgers

d) Philadelphia Phillies

15) What OU combo is
Telslar Pictures considering
doing a sitcom about?

a) Eleanor Fullon-Tinnie
Waterston (The Odder
Couple)

b) Chris Smith-Adam
Polakov (Beavis &
Butthead)

c) Cookie Buyert-Sam
Hutcheson (To Live &
Die at OU)

d) Brian Young-Susan
Poston (Non-Fatal At
traction)

Answers: 1) c 2) c 3)1 don't
know, but how do they shave?
4) c 5) Shaggy has a bionic
metabolism, though Scooby
was a little plump in the last
few episodes, 6) b 7) b 8) a 9)
But I can't pay up because
they took out the f$*king ma-
chine! 10) 1 -C, 2-D, 3-A,4-
B,5-E,'ll)bl2)cl3) Wasn't
a question... 14) b 15) Most of
the Above..

Until next time ... Come
visit, but bring your own chair.

Dunn, James Dunn

High hopes for tennis season

By Chris Smith

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Coach Dunn

Neugebauer has assembled a
group of talented, hungry,
united, competitive, and
youthfiil players. As a result,
Neugebauer has high expecta-
tions, and feels they should
again be competitive in the
SCAC despite losing three
from last year's top six.

This past fall, five of the
six starting players were eitlier
freshmen or sophomores. This
spring senior Mark
Krabousanas returns to the
squad after missing the fall due
to an internship with Emory.
Also returning are William
Ku, freshman multi sport tal-
ent Keith McCullough, fresh-
man Adam Polakov, transfer
sophomore Christopher Smith,
sophomore Jeff Bates and
freshman walk ons James
Rissler, Randall Everett and
Otis Jones. "This is my last
year, and I have never seen so
much interest nor young talent
that is not only focused on win-
ning, but who are also very
compatible with the coaches
and each other," said senior

William Ku.

The players and coaches
were amazed how in such a
short period of time the team
bonded so well. There are no
cliques or egos, but instead
there is a laid back atmo-
sphere, where friendships have
been made and much improve-
ment in tennis skills has taken
place.

In the past off season it
was not an uncommon sight to
see Otis Jones, Christopher
Smith and James Rissler play-
ing tennis on a Saturday morn-
ing, weather permitting. Or
Adam Polakov and William
Ku studying and learning phi-
losophy together in the twenty-
four hour room. Late night
snacks became very popular in
Adam Polakov and Otis Jones'
room, where there were always
players and warm pizza.
"They are very easy going,
fon-loving group of guys who
are also very competitive,"
said Coach Neugebauer

Last fall Neugebauer
had more people try out for the
team than all of his previous
years. Due to the abundance
of talent, the seedings are yet
to be determined, though it

appears that Krabousanas, Ku
and McCullough will occupy
the first three slots.

The fall season was a
positive learning experience
for the entire team and espe-
cially the three freshmen who
had never played collegiate
tennis. The team crushed Pied-
mont College, split with Clark
Atlanta, winning at home and
losing on the road. Unfortu-
nately men's tennis had two
expected, decisive losses
against nationally ranked jun-
ior college Dekalb Junior Col-
lege. Yet, despite Dekalb's na-
tional ranking, Ku and
McCullough did win a num-
ber one doubles match.

Their spring schedule
looks to be tough and gruel-
ing, opening with Dekalb,
some conference matches, con-
secutive season ending road
trips, and the season conclud-
ing with the SCAC conference
tournament. Despite the tough
schedule the players and
coaches believe they can ac-
complish many goals and ex-
pectations, but most impor-
tantly, they look to improve on
last year's fifth place SCAC
finish.

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Volume 70, Issue 6 Aboye and Beyond Oglethorpe University

March 8, 1995

Caffeine

Page 2

Blame for
AIDS?

Page 3

High Museum

Page 6

Concerts in
Atlanta

Page 7

All Dunn

Pages

News: 2

Editorials: 3

Organizations: 4

Greeks: 5

Entertainment:

6-7

Sports: 8

Security: 2

Grapevine: 2

Housing Report: 4

Screentest: 6

Soundcheck: 7

DAR presents Hudson with award

Courtesy of Oglethorpe Pub-
lic Relations

Oglethorpe Univer-
sity historian Paul Stephen
Hudson was awarded the
DAR History Award Medal by
the Fort Peachtree Chapter of
the National Society of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution. The award is
given to an individual whose
study and promotion of Ameri-
can history on the local, re-
gional or national level has sig-
nificantly advanced the under-
standing of our nation's past.

"To be in the same cat-
egory as [noted Atlanta histo-
rian] Franklin Garrett is a true
honor," smiled Hudson, as
DAR regent Mrs. Robert J.
Lee presented the award. The
ceremony took place on the
same day as the annual
"Oglethorpe Day" celebration,
the 80-year anniversary of the
school at its current location at
4484 Peachtree Road
(Oglethorpe was first char-
tered in Midway, Ga., in
1835). Appropriately, Garrett
and Hudson participated in the
unveiling of a historical
marker detailing Oglethorpe's
new listing on the National
Register of Historic Places.

To qualify for the DAR
History Award Medal the
nominee must have impacted
society in the past five years
with originality and signifi-
cance in the understanding of
American history. Further-
more, the candidate must re-
ceive positive recognition for
work in the field, and submit
at least three letters of recog-
nition from persons who are in
a position to seriously evalu-
ate the nominee's historical

contributions.

Hudson's primary
achievements have been in the

areas of scholarly authorship,
heritage preservation and lead-
ership in the pioneering field

Oglethorpe Registrar Paul Hudson was honored by the
Daughters of the American Revolution for historical
achievement. Photo courtesy of The Yamacraw

of time capsule studies. He has
been a regular contributor to
the "Georgia Historical Quar-
terly" and "Atlanta History; A
Journal of Georgia and the
South." Hudson was the 1993
recipient of the Franklin M.
Garrett Award, presented by
the Atlanta Historical Society.
He is a founding member of
the International Time Cap-
sule Society, which was estab-
lished in 1990 at Oglethorpe
University.

For the past eleven
years, Hudson has been regis-
trar and lecturer in history at
Oglethorpe. His interest and
study in the history of the uni-
versity has earned him the
reputation of "Oglethorpe his-
torian laureate." He is a 1972
Oglethorpe alumnus, earned a
master's degree from the Uni-
versity of Georgia, and is cur-
rently pursuing a doctorate in
history from Georgia State
Universify.

Honor Code to be revised

By Chopper Johnson
Editor-at-Large

The Oglethorpe

Honor Code, which has be-
come a campus institution
since its inception several
years ago, is slated to undergo
major changes in the coming
academic year.

Due to several noted
cases of ambiguify in the word-
ing of the code, as well as a
general change in attitude as
to what the code should be, a
coalition of teacher and stu-
dents have come together to
revise it, with the main objec-
tive of making it clearer, and
more fair to both faulty and

students.

The general plan for re-
vision right now is that each
academic Division will submit
a proposal for the code's re-
structuring, as well as several
proposals from students. Ad-
equate student representation
is a concern among many of
the faculty involved in this pro-
cess.

When the Honor Code
was originally written, by a
group of faculty and OS A rep-
resentatives, its was a combi-
nation of the good points of
several other schools' ideas.
The general idean among the
faculty now is that the time has
come that it be personalized for

Oglethorpe. According to sev-
eral members of the fauclty
and administration,

Oglethorpe has a very unique
academic climate, and this
needs to be accentuated in-
stead of mediated. One of the
steps to this accentuation is the
refining of the Honor Code.
This involves rewording as to
reflect the ideas and principles
of the school in general.

Any students who are
interested in giving input in to
this project, personally or in
writing, are encouraged to
speak with either Dr. Bradford
Smith (Hearst 314, 364-8384)
or Dr. Victoria Weiss (Hearst
311,364-8393).

Page 2

NEWS.

March 8, 1995

Security
^Update,

By Brian McNuhy
Security

On Thursday, 2/16/
95, a Georgia Power Com-
pany budcet truck re^xmding
to the power outage, broke off
the gate at the top of the Up-
per Quad The gate was re-
placed with a chain.

-On Saturday, 2/18/95,
% security officer responded to
a report that a female student
was locked inside the bath-
room of one of the chartered
buses used to transport stu-
dents to the Piedmont Grove,
the location of this year's
Homecoming dance. The se-
curity officer was able to un-
lock the door and free the stu-
dent. No injuries were re-
ported.

- On Tuesday, 2/21/95,
a delivery truck, trying to turn
around in the Traer Residence
Hall peridng lot, backed into
a female student's car. Dam-
age was done to the student's
front fender and right head-
li^. No damage occurred to
the truck and no injuries were
repotted.

- On Wednesday; 2/22/
95, a black mountain bike was
stolen from Traer Residence
HalL A male student stopped
at Traer Hall to go inside for a
minute, leaving his bike un-
locked outside. When he re-
turned his bike was gone.

- Reminder #1- The
posted campus speed limit is
15m.p.h. Speeding aidangeis
not only pedestrians and other
drivers, but puts the speeder's
life at risk as well. Please be
careiul and drive safely and
slowly.

- Reminder #2- It is un-
lawful to park anywhere ex-
cept in designated areas; this
includes fire lanes. Any car
caught parked in a fire lane or
any other unacceptable loca-
tion will immediately be tick-
eted by Oglethorpe Security
and towed entirely at the
owna's expense. .. so park your
car wisely.

Coffee: drug of choice for college

By Andrew Bove

National Student News Ser-

Although health ex-
perts caution that too much
caffeine can lead to problems,
many students are unwillingto
give up their daily Java fix.

"There's more to coffee
than just caffeine," asserted
Derrick Hachey, who works in
a Burlington, Vermont cafe
frequented by students. "It
goes beyond addiction."

But Jodi Klassen, a
health educator at the Univer-
sity of Iowa, warned that too
much coffee can sometimes
cause anxiety, confusion, and

irritability.

"It's the drug of choice
for college life," she said. In
addition, Klaassen, explained,
coffee and other caffeinated
beverages often take the place
of more nutritional drinks such
as milk, leading to deficiencies
of important nutrients.

Still, many students
seem to be attracted by the
comfortable social environ-
ments of college-town coffee
houses, where they can choose
either to hang out and talk, or
to study while they down their
cups of joe.

"It 's a nice alternative to
going out for a beer," says
Ruth Fisher, a Georgetown

University graduate student
who often spends evenings in
a Washington, D.C. cafe close
to campus.

Tracey Looman, a stu-
dent at Brown University, said
that coffee drinking "has an
aesthetic quality that appeals
to people." The idea of pass-
ing hours over conversation
and warm lattes, she ex-
plained, makes people see cof-
fee as much more than light-
ning in liquid form.

Fisher says that her caf-
feine habit rarely keeps her up
against her will.

"I can have a cup of cof-
fee and go to sleep right after-
wards."

But Sara Weaver, who
works at the student health
center at the University of
Texas, said that caffeine often
affects the quality of sleep even
if it doesn't actually prevent
sleep. Often, she sai4 students
who drink coffee before bed-
time wake up feeling unrested.

If recent trends are any
indication, campus health of-
ficials may have cause for
worry. The popularity of cof-
fee and its cozy associations
seem to be on the rise among
students.

"You can tell by the
number of cafes opening up
that coffee is getting more and
more popular," Hachey said.

Computerized GRE complications

Courtesy The Princeton Re- test. He predicts that ETS's goes to court, the Princeton Review: Cracking the GRE

The Princeton Review

denounced the Educational
Testing Service (ETS) for its
recent decision to reduce the
number of days it will offer the
computer Graduate Record
Exam (GRE) by 75%. Calling
this "the last straw" in a series
of unfair policies grossly abus-
ing the rights of students, John
Katzman, President of the
Princeton Review, says his
test-preparation company may
take legal action.

Because ETS canceled
its February 1995 paper-and-
pencil GRE, students who
need GRE scores for fall grad
school applications must take
the more costly computerized
GRE. Katzman says that
ETS's latest policies have
made a bad situation worse for
all students forced to take the
botched test.

ETS announced on
January 4 that it is reducing by
75% the number of days stu-
dents can take the computer-
ized GRE from February
through May. With the com-
puter GRE offered in 75%
fewer locations than the paper-
and-pencil GRE, Katzman
pointed out the logistical night-
mare for the tens of thousands
of student who will have a dff-
ficult time getting access to the

mismanagement of this exam
will keep some students from
being admitted to graduate
schools this fall.

In response to a lawsuit
ETS has filed against the
Kaplan Educational Centers
for exposing flaws in the test,
Katzman says that ff the case

Review will take legal action
on behalf of students adversely
affected by this situation.

The Princeton Review is
the only company offering a
test-preparation course for the
computerized GRE. Its annu-
ally-updated book/disk guide
to the exam. The Princeton

(Random House), is the only
product available with soft-
ware featuring a practice com-
puter-adaptive GRE. The
Princeton Review is also dis-
tributing to students a free six-
page guide to the computer-
ized GRE, available through
1-800-2-REVlEW.

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The Stormy Petrel is Oglethorpe
University's student newspaper. The
comments and opinions in the articles are
the opinions of the writers and not nec-
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taste, and length, but not for content
Please send all letters or articles to The
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EDITORIALS^

Who's to blame for AIDS?

By Kelly Holland
Editor-in-chief

The year is 1980.

There's a man living in San
Francisco; he enjoys the times
he spends experimenting and
learning in the bathhouses of
the Castro district. There is a
pretty young boy whom he's
seen around the bathhouses ...
he's hoping that tonight might
be his lucky night.

A 2 S-year-old man is ad-
dicted to heroin. He walks the
streets in search of the ultimate
high. He sits down with a
group of guys and they pass a
needle to him. It feels so good.
One of the guys takes the
needle from his hand and says,
"Hey man, it's my turn. Ain't
you ever heard of sharing?!"
Theylaughasthe next man re-
loads the needle.

At the same time in an-
other part of the country, a
woman is rushed to the hospi-
tal. A 17-year-old boy, racing
home to make his curfew, ran
into thecouple'scarandkilled
the man instantly. The woman
is at the hospital and in stable
condition. She had lost a
frightening amount of blood,
but looked to be doing fme,
thanks to the transfusions.

The only thing that these
people have in common is that
all three developed Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syn-
drome. Each contracted the
disease in different ways. The
gay man in San Francisco got
it in the bathhouses, the drug
addict from shared needles,
and the woman in the hospital
from the blood transfusions
that had saved her life.

I have never known any-
one who has AIDS, but I have
heard the stories. I've heard
of how the HIV attacks the T-
cells and knocks out the
victim's immune system. I've
seen Philadelphia, a movie
about a young (gay) man and
his battle with the disease and
AIDS discrimination.

We have all seen the pic-
tures, at one time or another,
of people suffering from the
virus. We see sickly, frail crea-
tures who look almost inhu-
man, lying in their beds, un-

able to move, h's a very fright-
ening sight that should make
something in our hearts and
minds say, "Hey ... this disease
is really horrible!"

Perhaps what is most ter-
rifying is the fact that anyone
can suffer from this, and, no
matter how the virus was con-
tracted, everyone who gets
AIDS has the same fears. The
symptoms may not be the same
for every AIDS patient, but all
of them know that their
chances for survival are slim.
Imagine yourself living with a
disease that has killed thou-
sands already; you don't know
when, or even if the disease
will develop that far in your
body, and you spend your days
forgetting about your condi-
tion ... or trying to forget.

To my utter and com-
plete surprise, I found people
who point fingers at gays and
intravenous drug users. These
people resent the idea that gays
and drug users could have
slowed the spread of the AIDS
virus by ceasing to "do" what
they had always "done."
These same people have been
heard to say that if an AIDS
patient had contracted the dis-
ease by performing an act that
he or she knew was high risk,
then that patient "should have
known better" and doesn't de-
serve our sympathy or our
help. They propose that we
should be able to discriminate
against AIDS patients based
on how the vims was acquired.

I believe that we have no
place to pass judgement on
other people or their lifestyles.
The major problem is that
people are terrified of gays and
drug users because their
lifestyles seem unfamiliar.
Once society can find a group
that can be singled out by their
differences or habits, they have
a someone to blame for the
horrors of AIDS. We are not
in a position to place that
blame. Thousands of people
die each year, and we still
haven't found a cure. These
patients need all of the help
and emotional support that
they can get. They need a
friend or someone who is will-
ing to give time or money to

help find a cure. AIDS pa-
tients may never tell us what
they need or what they desire
the most from other people, but
I wonder if what they need
most is care and a little com-
passion. I believe that they
deserve it.

Put yoursetf in the place
of an AIDS patient, knowing
that you may die from this dis-
ease that no one has a cure for,
knowing that nothing can be
done to save you. Hearing
phrases like "you should have
known better" and "it's your
own fault" could only tear
what self-respect and what
love for life you have left out
of your soul.

I would never say that it
is acceptable when a gay man
practices unsafe sex. How-
ever, I would also never say
that I blamed him for getting
AIDS and that I wouldn't do
all that I could to care for him.
Likewise, I would never con-
done the actions of a heroin
addict who shares needles, yet
I couldn't deny him of my help
in fighting the disease. Once
the virus is transmitted, the die
is cast and the victims must
deal with the consequences of
their actions.

The homosexual man
living in San Francisco and the
25-year-old drug addict de-
serve the exact same amount
of care and attention that the
woman who was injured in the
car accident does. All three
have AIDS, all three will prob-
ably die, and all three need ev-
ery ounce of care that we can
give. AIDS doesn't discrimi-
nate based on race, sex, sexual
preference, nationality, or re-
ligion. People do.

I find it saddening to
imagine that one human being
might deny care or support to
another in need simply be-
cause of past actions. Why
can't we accept homosexuals
and drug users who are HIV
positive and show them that
we care for them uncondition-
ally? Why can't we overlook
their actions in the past and, in-
stead, focus on their needs of
today? AIDS patients need
our help, not our judgement or
criticism.

Page 4

OR GANIZA TIONS

March 8, 1995

Housing
Repo rt,

IBy Gina Fraone
:Resident Assistant

Greetings from the

OglethcrpeHoiBing Office. If
you have any questions you
would VAce to see answered in
this column, please drop a note
to me in the Housing OflRce in
Emerson Student Center.

If you are interested in
becoming an R.A. for next
year, be aware that the selec-
tion process will be starting
soon. Applications will be
available in the Housing Of-
fice from March 8-17 and are
due back March 1 7. Keep in
mind that the application re-
quires one to obtain a recom-
mendation from a reliable
source, such as an employer or
professor, to accompany your
application. One is also ex-
pected to schedule a private
interview with the Housing
Office and to participate in a
group interview between
March 27-April 5. Applica-
tions for positions as a Sum-
mer Resident wiU he available
the last week of March.

So why might a student
consider being a Resident As-
sistant? The monetary com-
pensation for beinga R.A. has
always been a big draw.
R. A 's receive room and board
at no cost. Also, being an R.A.
can be a gratifying experience.
You are trained to serve as a
peer counselor and you get to
plan fun and sometimes edu-
cational programs that help
promote community. It may
turn out to be an invaluable
resource for recommendations
or contacts for the fiiture.

Now you should not ap-
ply to be an R.A. if you can
relate heavily with the follow-
ing situations. Do you have
an extremely difficult time
managing your time? Do you
despise rules? Do you get de-
pressed easily?

If you have any other
questions about being an R.A
please feel free to talk to your
R.A. or stop by the housing
office.

RHA responds to student opinion

By Jamie Walker
Residence Hall Association

The food. The visita-
tion policy. The condition of
the residence halls. The qual-
ity of security on our campus.
These are issues which affect
us all on a daily basis, and they
represent only a portion of
those tackled by the Residence
Hall Association.

RHA tends to keep a low
profile, but it is important to
know that RHA is an organi-
zation to which all resident stu-
dents belong, and it can be a
powerful force in making cam-

AOQ

pus improvements and policy
changes. In fact it was not too
long ago that there was no arm
gate controlling the flow of
incoming vehicles to our cam-
pus. There was also a time in
the not so distant past when
opposite sex visitation was re-
stricted between the hours of
midnight and 9 a.m. RHA was
a driving force behind imple-
menting these important
changes.

Improving the quality of
on-campus living continues to
be RHA's main goal. RHA is
gathering information to assess
how safe our campus really is

and what can be done to im-
prove the quality of security
services. Additionally, RHA
is trying determine student
opinion regarding the current
visitation policy; it may be
time to change it yet again!
Another on-going concern
which RHA is addressing is
food service; a new Food Com-
mittee has been established, so
if you would like to express
your views concerning the
quality of our food service,
look for signs advertising the
specific times for Food Com-
mittee meetings.
Although RHA is a fairly in-

dustrious organization, it's not
all work and no play. RHA is
currently planning an outra-
geous campus-wide Spring
Party, scheduled for April 21.
This event will feature a
Twister tournament with
prizes, a stress-relieving moon
walk, and much, much more!
If you would like to he in on
planning the party, or if you
have something to get off"your
chest, or if you just want to see
what RHA is all about, come
to the small dining room any
Tuesday at 5:15. Come get
involved in your campus com-
munity!

By David Cheung
Alpha Phi Omega

Spring is nigh upon us

again and we are ready for
more service and fun. Here are
some of the service projects
and fellowship activities going
on for March and April.

On Tuesdays until April
1 1, we will help out with the
Interfaith Outreach Home
project, where we babysit for
homeless children so their par-
ents can attend education
classes. ^

Our Big Brother/Little
Brother party will be Mardi 5.

The week of March 6-
1 0, APO will be holding its 50/
50 raffle. Please help support
us in this endeavor Buy a
ticket - if you win, you will re-
ceive half of the sale's pro-
ceeds.

March 1 1 and 12 we will
attend our Service retreat at
Unicoi state park. We will be
involved with park renovation
and beautification in prepara-
tion for the upcoming Olym-
pics.

On March 1 3, we will be
packing meals for AIDS pa-
tients with Project Open Hand.

April I will see us hap-

pily planting trees with Trees
Atlanta to help beautify the
city.

April 2 means volun-
teering at the Animal
Scramble, a fun run and race
to benefit the Humane Society.
Also April 2, during our
Chapter meeting, we will be
making Easter baskets for the
elderly.

Lastly, we are planning
a white water rafting trip
scheduled for April 21.

If you have any ques-
tions about a service project,
call Theresa Linebarger at
365-2642.

Any questions about fel-
lowship events should go to
James Green at 365-26 19.

If you are not a member
of APO, but still want to vol-
unteer your time to service,
you are always welcome to
join us on projects. The more
the merrier! ! ! It is open to any-
one and it is a lot of fiin.

APO is more than doing
service; it is camaraderie and
sometimes laughing at other
members. Sometimes it is
even free food and play-
grounds Hey, some good
perks are involved with this
service thing!

University Singers

By Chanda Creasy
University Singers

The University Sing-
ers have been quite busy! On
February 1 7 we gave our first
concert of the new semester at
Holy Innocents Episcopal
School. The concert featured
pieces from our fall concert,
and we even brought "OedipUs
Tex" back to life. On March
5 we gave our firet church con-
cert at Shallowford Presbyte-
rian church, performing some
of the new pieces we have been
working on this semester.

One exciting thing we
have coming up is the Saint
Mary's College Women's

Choir coming to Oglethorpe to
perform on Tuesday, March
14. The concert will be held
in Lupton Auditorium at 8
p.m. and is free. The choir, di-
rected by Dr. Nancy Menk, is
a select 33-voice ensemble
which has toured all over the
United States, and regularly
commissions and performs
new works for women's
voices. The concert will con-
sist of 20th century music for
women's voices from both sa-
cred and secular backgrounds,
Hope you come and en-
joy the music from St. Mary's
with us, and we will keep you
posted on all of our upcoming
events!

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252-0166

March 8, 1995

SAE.

GREEKS

Pages

By Christopher Wintrow
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Salutations from the brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsi-
lon. The best news thus far this semester (aside from warmer
weather): Shane Olson- the one and only Shane Olson- has be-
come the first pledge of 1 995. Hopefully he will not be the last.
At long last our esteemed pledge educator, Tharius Sumter, will
have something to keep himself busy.

On February 24 our newest initiates gave their first party
as official brothers. Despite a multitude of obstacles, ranging
from blown speakers to a deserted campus, the party was pretty
good and deemed a success. Our annual celebration of the life
and times of Paddy Murphy begin March 8. Be on the lookout-
you never know where a dead man may show up.

This week's advice: never become involved in an alterca-
tion when the weapon of choice is phlegm.. .warm yet slimy, soft
yet sticky. And never, ever, give Michael Mahoney a sucker
unless you desire a face lift.

I've spent a considerable amount of time lately contem-
plating life and have come to the conclusion that our existence
mirrors the words of Axl Rose, who believes that "Nothing lasts
forever, and we both know hearts can change". Except, of couise,
for the eternal bonds of fiiendship to be found in a fraternity
known as Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

KA

By John Knight
Kappa Alpha

In writing this article, I must confess, I really have

not been up to the house enough lately to know what has been
going on. I guess it would be better if I wrote about future events.
By the time the paper comes out we will have had Convivium, a
celebration of the life of Robert E. Lee. Hopefully we had some
alumni guests. Peace party is on March 1 1 . It should be really
neat. We will be hosting Province Council on April 8. Then on
April 20 we will have our Old South formal at Ray's on the
River.

Greek 'A'eek preparation continues with 5.00 a.m. jogs and
biweekly weight room sessions. All brothers have agreed to ab-
stain from drinking, smoking, and sexual activities in order to
focus on winning the Greek Week competition.

I guess I should also mention the Basketball teams. The A
league team, appropriately dubbed KA, is an excellent mix of
KA's best and the services of several mercenaries. The B league
team, which calls itself Antithesis, for reasons unknown to many,
is a sick joke. KA is doing well. Antithesis is not.

AEO.

By Jason Thomas
Delta Sigma Phi

We finally cleaned the highway!!! "Ves* it's true. That

seems to be our most exiciting event within the past two weeks.
Steve Taylor thew a great picnic/get -together for brothers and
alumni this past weekend. Thank you Steve, wish all of us could
have been there. Congratulations to Chip who is now the IPC
Greek Week chairman. .Good Luck!

Most of us have been rather busy preparing for mid-terms.
Other than that we've begun getting organized for Greek Week.
If all else fails we can always call Jeft; right? We have for the
most part finallized everything for our formal on April 29.
Thanks to Dave for getting everything organized and done. I'm
not really sure when our next party will be, but hopefully it will
be soon. We are looking forward to our mixer with Chi Omega
on April 13.

That seems to cover just about everything. So, until next
time...

XQ

By Stacy Rasmussen
Chi Omega

The semester is in full swing and Chi Omega is get-
ting ready for our Centennial Celebration on April 1 . In honor of
our founding at the University of Arkansas in 1 895, our chapter
will celebrate one hundred years of fradition and achievement at
our annual White Carnation Ball.

Congratulations to Mike Thomas and Melissa King who
were crowned Lord and Lady Oglethorpe during the Homecom-
ing festivities February 18th. Melissa was one of twenty-two
sisters to be recognized on the Dean's List of Academic Honor
last semester. We are all very proud of you.

Chi Omega also extends congratulations to the new sisters
of Sigma Sigma Sigma: Linda Davis, Merryl Feld, and Misti
Frederick. Finally, we would like to congratulate the four Rho
Chi's for Panhellenic Rush 1995. They are Shannon Beehan,
Kristi Pelletier, Sarah Phillips and Diana Rothe.

We all enjoyed the bowling fiind-raiser for MDA. You
also may have heard us serenading the brothers of the four fra-
ternities on Thursday, February 23. Special thanks go to Sigma
Alpha Epsilon for returning the serenade and to Delta Sigma Phi
for interrupting their basketball game to listen to our songs!

In the weeks to come we look forward to our Rush Retreat
on March 10 and 1 1 . Also in the works are mixers with Chi Phi,
Delta Sigma Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

ESE.

By Bridget Cecchini
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Tri-Sigma would like to ofGcially welcome Damaris S.

as our newest new member, you are awesome. Congratulations
to Linda Davis, Merryl Feld, and Misti Fredrick who were initi-
ated on Feb. 25. Thanks go out to all the guys who came to
Purple Passion. Katherine and Christine did a terrific job and
even had left-over weenies (hot-dogs, what were you thinking?).
Sisters enjoyed bowling for MDA with Chi-Omega and APO on
March 3. Parents came and visited the finally vacuumed house

on Saturday, March 4. The banquet was wonderful due to
Heather C. and she and Christy D. even got the house residents
to clean out the fridge. Thanks to Chi Phi for an exciting mixer.
Retro-dressing is always a blast with you guys.

On a different front, Jenny Slater is Tri-Sigma 's official
cool D.J. at WJTL. Listen to her show on Wednesdays from 8
p.m. to 1 p.m. She might even dedicate a song to you. A final
congratulations go out to Madame who turns 2 1 today, March
8. She is legally able to do anything now. The question is will
she?

By Alan Gibson
IFC President

In the four years at this
palace of the Petrels, I have
never submitted an article to the
Stormy Petrel. I came close on
two different occasions afler
reading various neo-fascist'reli-
gious articles written by seem-
ingly militant members of
religio regimes on campus.
However it is not my perogative
today to write concerning those
people. Today I wish to speak
to the issue of "Greek Unity."
First let's give a look to
the terms. Clearly "Greek" tells
us that the concept is of an about
those members of fratemtities
and sororities. For, as we all
know, Greek letters do not make
you Greek. Secondly, unity
implies that there is some uni-
fying agent working to hold un-
like groups or parties together.
It should be apparent that indi-
vidual Greek organizations have
that unity. However there ex-
ists a question that many refuse
to answer on the grounds that
there is not an answer. That is:
"What sort of relations should
there be between the various
gredc organizations on can^us?
Should they seek to propogate
hatred or seek out woiking re-
lationships based on friend-
shipr'

What has kept the frater-
nities here from destroying one
another? I believe it to be the
realization by the leaders in the
fraternities that, by nature, we
are supposed to dislike each
other. We all want lo have the
best pledge class and win Greek
Week. To do that would be to
ensure that another group fails
in defeating you.

Perhaps, I write with the
last shred of idealism I have left,
but I have seen a genuine effort
on the parts of many to be, at
the very least, friendly to the
members in other fraternities in
spite of their differences. We
work together in IFC. Normally,
no punches are exchanged.
There exists, to some extent, a
comaradurie between the mem-
bers. That is good to see.

There has been a time that
that didn't exist here. That is
something that can in no way
positiviely effect inter-fiatemal
progress. Hating one another
has already been tried and has
failed. It seems we have begun
anewwith friendship at the core.
Let's not let that change guys.

Page 6

March 8, 1995

ENTER TAINMENT.

By Laura Williams
Staff

Shallow Grave opens
with three friends, David,
Alex, and Juliet, who share a
loft in Scotland. The loft has a
fourth room they are advertis-
ing for rental. After rejecting
a series of applicants who are
disqualified for being either a
"loser, psycho, or undesir-
able." the friends settle upon
one man named Hugo. Hugo
does not grace them with his
presence long. Hugo's demise
leaves his roommates with a
present - one million pounds
cash. The roommates' initial
plan to turn the fully exposed
corpse into the police
crurrJbled with the introduction
of such a large sum of money.
A plan is formed and executed,
with the friends not realizing
the consequences this en-
deavor would have on their
lives, psyche, and fiiendship.
The thought of where Hugo
may have gotten the money
gets lost in their desire to have
It themselves.

Just imagine the psycho-
logical intensity and unadul-
terated gore of the movie Si-
lence of the Lambs combined
with the humor of a Monty
Python sketch. This movie
caused many a movie-goer to
hold a hand over his/her mouth
during many of the more gory
scenes, while audible gasps
and groans were emitted. The
movie did provide comic relief
to lesson tension, which was
greatly appreciated by the au-
dienfe. The ATM scene dur-
ing Hugo's interview was both
violent and fanny, while the
scene where the roommates
went shopping for their imple-
ments of demise could be titled
Home Depot for murderers.'
This movie should con-
vince anyone who stumbles
across a corpse and a load of
money to turn the other way
and run. No matter what I
thought about the movie ini-
tially, it was worth it for the
ending.

Venice comes to the High Museum

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Currently ruiming at

the High Museum of Art is an
exhibit entitled Treasures of
Venice: Paintings from the
Museum of Fine Arts,
Budapest. Featuring the
works of Venetian artists active

during the sixteenth, seven-
teenth, and eighteenth centu-
ries, the exhibit is the largest
collection of Old Master paint-
ings ever shown at the High.
Several works on display have
never before been seen outside
of Eastern Europe. Rimning
concurrently is Venice and the
Artistic Imagination: Prints

by Tiepolo, Canaletto, and
Whistler.

Treasures of Venice dis-
plays the works of artists such
as Titian, Gentile, Bellini,
Giorgione, Sebastiano Ricci,
G. B. Tiepolo, Tintoretto, and
Paolo Veronese. The paintings
have been specially cleaned
and restored especially for this

Marleschi's "Venice, the Plazzetta" Is currently on view as part of the High's Treasures ot
Venice exhibit. Photo courtesy of the High Museum of Art

exhibition. Treatments of fab-
rics, in particular, are astonish-
ing. Velvet, silk, and brocade
abound in the SS paintings fea-
tured.

Collected primarily
from royal collections in East-
em Europe, the paintings come
from the Museum of Fine Arts
in Budapest, Hungary. Lacey
Jordan Taylor comments that
"From the collections of the
Hapsburgs and the Hungarian
nobility, these marvelous
paintings were gathered to-
gether in Budapest, and now,
for the first time outside of
Europe, they will be exhibited
here in Atlanta. "

The exhibit will run at
the High until May 21. The
High Museum of Art is open
Tuesday through Sunday fiom
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays
from noon to 5 p.m. Admis-
sion for adults is $6, $4 for stu-
dents and seniors, and free on
Thursdays from 1 to 5 p.m.
The museum is easily acces-
sible by MARTA; disembark
at Arts Center Station.

Entertainment Grapevine. . .

CuLiaxaL, ana not io cuLiaxaL, s-uznii. in ana axouna cyjiLania

A monumental video
projection by French sculptor
and video artist Ange Leccia
wi 1 1 be projected on the facade
of the Georgia Department of
Archives and History Building
from March 10 through May
8. The project has been orga-
nized by the High Museum of
Art. "Art at the Edge: Ange
Leccia is the first off-site
project for the series.

"Niobe Atlanta" will be
visible each eveningfix)m dusk
until dawn. As the sun sets,
images of stone faces and fig-
ures from medieval and Re-
naissance times will appear on
the side of the building, grow
clearer as darkness falls, then
dissolve with the approach of
day.

For farther information,
please contact the High Mu-
seum of Art at 733-HlGH.

College students can
brush up on the latest Walt

Disney World thrills for a one-
fall-day admission of $25 un-
til April 7.

During the special, stu-
dents can purchase a one-day,
one-park admission for $25
plus tax and the same day can
obtain free entrance to Plea-
sure Island nighttime enter-
tainment complex. To receive
the savings of more than $25,
students must present a valid
college I.D. when purchasing
the special ticket.

For additional guest in-
formation about Walt Disney
World, call (407) 824-4321.

Students come back to
Jamaica for Spring Break year
after year. The Jamaica Tour-
ist Board has planned a series
of weeklong programs. Dont
forget to bring your student
ID. Reggae Jam is offering
three to seven night packages
from Atlanta. A complete

spring break package starts at
$395 per person. For details,
call l-800-U-REGGAE.

For farther information,
please call the Jamaica Tour-
ist Board at 1-800-233-4JTB.

Who Am (?

I was bom in the Georgia mountains.

I was raised in poverty.

My father was a shoemaJcer,

1 studied for the priesthood.

I used the name "Koba" in my early career.

I was editor of a newspaper, "Truth."

I advocated collective agriculture.

I enjoyed Victor Hugo's Novels.

I was one of the "Big Three" !

I am not Zell Miller.

Grand Prize:

$10 gift certificate from Jocks M Jills
Trivia buffs will want to head over to Jocks N
Jills - Brookhaven for Trivia Night,
Tuesdays, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Send your response to Amy Zickus
in the Alumni Office!

March 8, 1995

ENTER TAINMENT.

Page 7

Atlanta concerts: good, bad, ugly

By John Knight
Staff

Going to live shows

has been something that, per-
haps, I have done a httle too
much this semester. But then
I look back and wonder how I
would feel if I had not seen and
heard what I have seen and
heard. Going from the cultur-
ally unattractive city of Bir-
mingham to the cultural
Mecca we call Atlanta has cer-
tainly been a drastic change
with regards to the concert op-
portunities that are open. 1 'd
compare it to a High School
student who never drinks be-
cause of the close proximity of
his parents and then becomes
an alcoholic upon his move-
ment to an out-of-state college.
It would certainly seem unjust
if I was to pass up the oppor-

tunity to comment on the vari-
ous shows I have spoken of
So here they are.

Sebadoh(w/ Man or
Astroman & Tuscadero) at the
Masquerade, Tuscadero
opened the set with a Breeders
sound combined with Juliana
Hatfield like lyrics. The first
two songs captivated me, but
as the set continued the lyrics
moved further towards silli-
ness and the sound began to
seem monotonous. In the end
they were just another Breed-
ers imitation. Man or
Astroman, in contrast, was ex-
citing both sonically and visu-
ally from beginning to end.
The band employs among
other things, space helmets and
black and white B-movies, to
further the whole theme of the
marriage of surf music and
science fiction. Perhaps there

Wolfs Flamingo

By Lairra Wiiltams

Staffs?, ,,# V:.:;

^Ve'v.e:4Jli seen it It's at Goslin. It's on the tliird

floor, it's inil<^ third window from the left. It's pink, and at
night it isiiiyminated. What is it? It's a FLAMINGO? Yes,
boys and^s our beautiful English Gotliic campus is graced
with the likss of one hot-pink lawn flamingo that does more
than gliw in the dark. I decided to take it upon myself to
discfw^ the origins of this funny fowl.

i ; if ums out it belongs to Dr. Wolf, a chemistry profes-
sor li^e at Oy. By day Dr. Wolf is a normal well respected
prqifeisor who teaches one of the hardest courses on any
campus. Organic Chemistry. By night. Dr. Wolf, as he
slipS:Out of his otBce forthe e\'ening, turns on the juice that
feeii^ the bird at night It has .in anatomically correct
lightbuSJplaoid inm ariiorii.^ally ciirrect hole drilled in
itsanatoiiwaijyt:(Tect.hindqiiarttr5 Dr Wolfdidtlie elec-
trical work hirftsejf afiarre<;i\iug ft ss. a gtfi from a col-
league. Dr. Rulison.

Surprisingly, theflanwigo does not have a name, even
though it has been here for over six years. When pfsi&ed to
give it one, Dr. Wolf ccitild not think of one suitable.
Therefore I officially iinounjce the Name the Flamingo
Contest, iiid^esi there !^ll be gprize for the best entry. All
submissions dwuld be markedWame the Flamingo Con-
test, and addre^^ to BSx 405 hSre on campus. The winner
will be sel^ai:from.Sries recefved and the bird will be
formally ctristened.

If this flamingo irSrigues you, it might be worth your
while to stop by Dr. "Wbirs office:(Goslin, 319). If you are
good, he might show ^u a few Of his other possessions.

Dr. Wolf is cuiTOTtlysingleiand unattached, so if your
mom is single or if you have a pretty unmarried aunt you
can contact him at 3^8406. I'm sure he would be glad to
hear from you.

is nothing really significant
about this band; audio-visual
assaults of this sort are noth-
ing new. They are, though,
very good at what they do.
What they do is make great
surf music. The highlight of
the evening for this writer was
the final act, Sebadoh. I went
to the concert with no expec-
tations, having never really lis-
tened to the band, but I am cer-
tain that if I had carried expec-
tations they would have been
exceeded. The greatness of the
trio comes from the chemistry
between guitar and bass and
the ability of the players to feed
off each other in the creation
of a unified sonic movement.
Other thrills come in the
band's ability to rotate in the
playing of the three instru-
ments. If I remember cor-
rectly, by set's end, every
member had played every in-
strument. In closing I'd like
to thank frontman Lou Barlow
for his bitchy comments about
the sonic leakage between
floors at the Masquerade.

Marcy is the most excit-
ing local band I've seen since
I came to Atlanta last August.
The band, a Breeders-Pixies-
Smashing Pumpkins offshoot,
is composed of Lisa (vocals/
guitar), Dan (bass/vocals),
Calvin(guitar), and Brian
(drums). I've seen a lot of live
bands in the past five years.
This is certainly one my favor-
ites, due mostly to the incred-
ible energy and edge they play
with. The lead guitarist,
Calvin, could be charged with
manslaughter for the utter vio-
lence he employs in the play-
ing of his guitar. You've got
to see this guy. Hell, you've
gottoseethewholeband. This
show at the Point was certainly
my favorite show out of the 4-
5 times that I have seen them.
I won't even attempt to de-
scribe it, seeing that it would
probably be more fulfilling if
you would go see them April
I at the Midtown Music Hall.

I have talked before
about that Breeders sound that
so many bands use as their vi-
tality these days. Somemiglit
say that Belly is among these
imitator bands. After this set.

I would disagree. The Breed-
ers are a band that twists
bouncy sounds and sweet
voices into a raw-straight out
of Hades grunge attack. The
music of Belly, while not nec-
essarily superior, transcends
this formula. Belly, perform-
ing live, was a band just as
energetic as the ever-hyper
Breeders. Belly, though, sub-
stitutes a more structured
melody in place of the
Breeder's grunge. The set, a
mixture of songs from both of
their two albums, proved that
the band is just as good at slow
folksy tunes that bring depres-
sion as they are at all out rock-
ers that make shy college stu-
dents go crazy in ritual dance.
I had a great time seeing a
great band strut its stuff.

Catherine opened the set
to high expectations from this
writer. I was disappointed.
The set was basically an at-
tempt to redo the hard rocking
Smashing Pumpkins album
Gish. The band certainly had
the formula down(Loud-
Quiet-Loud-Quiet) . The vo-
calists did, perhaps, their best
Billy Corgan impressions. It
was apparent though, that this
band was without originality.
What killed the set, above all,
was its lack of diversity. At
the end I felt like I had heard
one long and boring song. The
set lacked diversity. Suede, the
headliner, did not disappoint.
"This is a sliitty old song," lead
vocalist Brett Anderson said as
he introduced the third song.
Animal Nitrate. It was far
from shitty and the rest of the
concert followed in uniform.
Brett Anderson moves around
in a rhythmic dance and makes
every member of the audience
want to join him in a fusion of
sound and movement. I talked
to Suede aficionado Jayme
Sellards after the show with
regards to the departure of the
guitarist and the abilities of the
new guitarist in comparison to
the old. He says there is no
difference. I believe him.
Even if you don't like the mu-
sic. Suede is one of the coolest
looking bands around. And
the bassist does a great Soren
impression.

By Kelly Holland
Editor-in-Chief

So, you like that song
you keep hearing on the radio
that goes something like "All
she said..." and "Hello, hello,
helll-ooow". You're thinking
about buying the CD, aren't
you?

Let me save you
$12.71... IX)N'T.

The band is Moist and
their debut CD is entitled Sil-
ver. I, like some of you, was
atfracted to the boldness of
their pop "alternative" hit,
"Machine Punch Through",
which is on every musical ro-
tation that 99X plays. I still
really dig that song, but unfor-
tunately, that's the only track
I can stand to listen to on the
entire CD.

It's awful. There's large
quantities of whining, unnec-
essary and annoNing cheesy
guitar solos, and an abundance
of in unison singing that brings
back memories of the entire
group of Bon Jovi singing to-
gether into one microphone
with their arms around each
other ... you know the type.

Anyway, it seems to me
like Moist is trying desperately
to keep a hard edge in their
music, but it's just not happen-
ing. A couple of really bad
ones that you should definitely
avoid are "Believe Me" and
"Into Everything". And if you
do happen to go out and get
this CD despite what I've said
about it, or, if you have had the
sad misfortune of purchasing
it before reading this wise and
informative review, tell me
that the song "Picture Elvis"
doesn't remind you of the
theme song for 3-2-1
Contact. ..ca\\ me crazy!

After listening to the en-
tire CD and as I began to write
this article, I skipped back to
my favorite song (you know
which one that is, I'm sure)
and cranked that baby up! It
rocks! But if you like it as
much as I do, trust me and just
dub it from the radio. The al-
bum isn't "moist".. .it's all wet

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March 8, 1995

SPORTS

Depth not a problem for women's tennis

By Christopher Smith
Staff

Bobby Cox isn't the

only coach in Atlanta having
to make tough personnel deci-
sions. Coach Dunn
Neugebauer isn't quite sure
who will be playing at what
number on the ladies tennis
team with fourteen ladies com-
peting for six starting seeds.
The rotation for ladies tennis
looks to be more competitive
than baseball's pitching rota-
tion.

Reluming from the fall
are; senior Sue Poston at num-
ber one, sophomore Becl^y
Ellis at number two, junior
Pam Cochran at five, ex-
change student Kristiane
Pedersen, who played some
matches at number six and
sophomore Hope LeBeau who
has experience at five and six.

The spring has brought
out newcomers freshman
Maria Topczij, junior Brenda
Rogers, exchange student
Momo Tsubaki, freshmen
multi sport (soccer, basketball,
track) sensations Carmen
Pentilla and (track) Karen
Simpson, and junior Karen
Hackett. Also returning are
basketball players junior

Eleanor Fulton, freshman
Allison McDonald and senior
Shelly Anderson.

"We have enough talent
for two teams. The bottom
three slots will be the strongest
ever because we have eight
who can play them," said
Coach Neugebauer.

In their season opener,
the ladies team upset city ri-
val Agnes Scott College win-
ning five matches to four.

The victory was a pleas-
ant surprise for Neugebauer,
since he had not anticipated a
victory with many of his key
players either out or returning
from playing other sports. "
They surely surprised me and
made me proud of them," said
Neugebauer.

Poston lost a close and
challenging match at number
one singles( 7-6,7-5), Rogers
lost at number two, Cochran
played hard and determined
and won at number three(7-
6(7-2), 6-4), Fulton, who
hasn't played in months, won
a strong match at four (7-6,5-
7,6-2), LeBeau demonstrated
her skill and experience win-
ning at number five(6-3, 4-6,6-
4), and Pedersen lost uncom-
promisingly at six,(6-3,6-3).

In doubles, Poston and

Rogers overpowered their op-
ponents at number one.
Cochran and Fulton lost com-
petitively at number two.
Hackett and Lebeau experi-
ence was too much for their
opponents at number three.

The team was down four
to three, when Fulton won at
number four singles and

Lebeau secured the victory
with her win at number five
singles.

"We have a very strong
team with incredible depth
among the top and bottom
three slots. I am positive that
the team will be ready and ea-
gerly anticipating the tough
matches like today," believes

Cochran.

With the team off to a
positive start, "hoping to im-
prove on last year 5 fourth
place finish in the SCAC,"
Neugebauer said. " We have a
tough roster, it's just a matter
of getting everyone out there
despite work and class con-
flicts."

Men's tennis falters early

Nationally ranked Dekalb stuns O.U.

By Christopher Smith
Staff

In their season opener,

Oglethorpe's men's tennis
team loss all their singles and
doubles matches to nationally
ranked Dekalb Junior College.

Despite hoping for some
upsets in singles or doubles ,
Coach Dunn Neugebauer was
not disappointed with his
teams effort or competitive-
ness. "The guys knew they
were the underdogs, they had
nothing to lose It was a good
learning experience for the
team," said Neugebauer.

Mark Krabousanos lost
a tough match at number one
singles, William Ku lost a

competitive match at number anos and Ku were unable to

Baseball off to good start

By Daryl Brooks
Staff

The Stormy Petrel

baseball team is off to a hot
start to their 1995 campaign.
The team is 6-2 and playing
solid baseball. But what else
would you expect from a team
with 9 seniors and 7 four year
starters?

After battling mother na-
ture, who washed out the Pe-
trels' first 2 games, the team '
opened their season with a 3
game series sweep of
Bridgewater College.

After this successfiil se-
ries the Petrels competed in the
Reebok Southern Baseball
Classic. Also competing in this
round robin tournament was
cross town rival Emory, con-
ference foes Millsaps and
Southwestern, and perennial

national powers North Caro-
lina Wesleyan and Methodist.
In the first game of the tourna-
ment the Petrels came from
behind in the ninth to beat
Emory 8-7.

The next day OU de-
feated nationally ranked Meth-
odist 1 0-5, behind the pitching
of senior Chip Evans.

Later that day Millsaps
outplayed the Petrels in the
teams first loss of the young
season. In the third and final
day of the tourney OU lost a
tough 5-0 ball game to #2
ranked N.C. Wesleyan. How-
ever, the team bounced back
in the final game of the long
weekend to defeat the Pirates
of Southwestern 4-2.

Individually the Petrel
attack at the plate is being lead
by seniors Tom Gambino, with
a team leading .4 1 4 batting av-

erage, Matt Weiner (.375
AVG. with 10 RBIts) and
Ward Jones (.346 AVG with 3
doubles). Will Lukow has also
returned to the diamond to add
a spark and blazing speed to
tlie offense.

On the mound the Pe-
trels are lead by their work-
horses, seniors Mike Thomas
and Chip Evans. Sophomore
Tim Crowley has assumed the
role of third starter and
adapted nicely, including a
complete game victory against
Southwestern. Freshmen Mike
Killman and Steve Loureiro
have made sudden impacts by
leading the team in saves (3)
and wins (2) respectively.

The Petrels open confer-
ence action March 1 1 and 1 2
at home against Centre Col-
lege. Come out and see the
Petrels in action.

two, Adam Polakov was over-
powered at number three
singles, James Rissler was
outplayed at number four,
Chris Smith was not consistent
enough at number five, and
James Everett too was over-
powered at number six singles.

A consecutive feeling
among the players was that
everyone played well, but was
unable to play on a higher
level through out their entire
matches "The scores don 't tell
the story of the match I played
some pretty good tennis, espe-
cially in the first set, I was just
unable to pull it up a notch,"
felt Ku

In Doubles, Krabous-

keep the pressure on in the sec-
ond set losing number one
doubles Polakov and Smith
were never in contention at
number two doubles as the?
were out skilled from the out-
set. Rissler and Everett played
very uncompromising but
were overwhelmed in the end
at number three doubles. " We
played some our best tennis
thus far, I really had a great
time and learned some things
that will hopeftilly help me in
the future said Rissler.

With opening jitters
aside, the men are preparing
for an upcoming home match
against Wabash College Sat-
urday.

Women's basketball

By Daryl Brooks
Staff

The Lady Petrels basketball squad finished their 1994-
95 season with a disappointing 8-16 record. Moreover, this
being only the programs fourth year in existence winning sea-
sons can be expected soon.

The ladies closed out their season with victories over
Hendrix and Wesleyan. The Petrels knocked off Hendrix, who
finished third in the conference, 49-46. In the seniors last home
game the team defeated Wesleyan 75-57.

On the season the ladies were lead in scoring by sopho-
more Becky Ellis, Shelley Anderson and Gina Carellas. Fresh-
man Alison McDonald, junior Eleanor Fulton, Carellas, and
Shelley Robinson were the teams leading rebounders.

Ellis, Carellas and Anderson were all named to the Hon-
orable Mention All Conference team. Anderson was on given
Honorable Mention despite being the SCAC's leader, and #4
in the nation, in assists. She was also second in the conference
in steals with 2.8 a game and outscored many people on the
first and second teams.

"Shelley was robbed," stated assistant coach Meredyth
Grenier '"Shelley should have made first team."

With players such as Ellis, McDonald, Fulton, Kim
Mohr and Jennifer Johnson returning this season can be con-
sidered a building block for things to come. Especially if re-
cruiting, and rehab, goes well.

^'StorfntfPetret

Volume 70, Issue 8 Above and Beyond Oglethorpe University

March 30, 1995

Strategic Plan

Page 2

Internships

Page 4

Victoria
Williams

Page 5

All Dunn

Pages

Editorials: 2

News: 3

Features: 4

Entertainment: 5

Comics: 6

Organizations: 7

Sports: 8

Profile: 5
Comics: 6

Springfest '95: completing the puzzle

Oglethorpe opens doors to prospective students

By Kelly Holland
Editor-in-Chief

It is Springfest time

yet again. The campus of
Oglethorpe University will
host its annual event for fresh-
man applicants from April 6-
8. Springfest, which is spon-
sored by the Admissions Of-
fice, is designed to give rising
freshmen an opportunity to
meet others from the Class of
"99, as well as providing those
students who are still unde-
cided on their college choice a
chance to experience
Oglethorpe first hand. The
theme fortliis year's festivities
is "Completing the Puzzle";
the Admissions Office hopes
that Springfest may well com-
plete the puzzle for many who
are still unsure of their where-
abouts for next year.

Andy Geeter, Assistant
Director of Admissions,
projects that there will be ap-
proximately 100 high school
seniors present for the "Pre-

view Weekend". Some guests
will arrive on campus via
charted buses that will leave
from various locations

throughout the southeast, stop-
ping at cities along the way to
Atlanta to pick up other
Springfesters. Visitors will

Oglethorpe students enjoy outdoor fun at Spnngf est's Stomp
the Lawn. Photo courtesy of Stein Publistiing

experience three fun filled and
somewhat hectic days as the
Admissions OflBce has planned
several activities and pro-
grams. Registration will take
place from 3:00 to 4:30 on
Thursday, April 6. Prospec-
tive students will then meet
beginning at 6:30 for an ini-
tial informative meeting, as
well as various "ice breaking"
activities. Various events are
also scheduled to take place in
the Bomb Shelter and the
Emerson lounge. Freshman
auditions for Oglethorpe's ra-
dio station, WJTL, are tenta-
tively scheduled to give guests
an opportunity tojoin in on the
excitement of AM 530. Visi-
tors will also be invited to at-
tend the Greek skits put on by
the fratemrties and sororities as
Greek Week comes to a close.

On Friday, April 8,
placement tests will be admin-
istered and rising freshmen
will be allowed to visit
Oglethorpe classes. Prelimi-

See Springfest Page 3

Students explore quality management

By Chopper Johnson
Editor-at-Lai;ge

Oglethorpe students

took advantage of a unique op-
portunity last month to explore
how organizations in Atlanta
and Georgia implement Total
Quality Management pro-
grams. Nine students, from a
variety of major areas, partici-
pated in the seminar, "Qual-
ity the Atlanta Way", which
was part of the "Atlanta Ex-
ploration Week", part of a pro-
gram initiative in Oglethorpe's
Strategic Plan to link
Oglethorpe with the Atlanta
community's wealth of expe-
riences and knowledge.

Led by Dr. Bill Schuiz,
the students made five visits to
actually see the concepts of
Total Quality Management in
action. The students visited
AT&T's Network Control
Center in Conyers; the F- 15
and C- 141 aircraft mainte-
nance depot at Warner Robins
and the Warner Robins' Mu-
seum. They also visited Delta
Air Line's maintenance Jet-
Base and visited with the
manager's of MARTA's rail
and facilities maintenance pro-
grams. Finally, the students
visited with Rob Glass and
Ellis Alexander, the president
of the firm that produced
Oglethorpe's new admissions

literature, Stein Printing.

According to Dr. Schuiz,
"the goal of the TQM Atlanta
Explorations week experience
was to allow students the op-
portunity to 'peek under the
hood' and see, in action and
live, the concepts that they
study in the classroom. There
is often a world of difference
between what people say they
do, and what they actually do
as managers and leaders".

An example of this was
apparent during the visit to
Robins Air Force base. As
Meredith Kemp relates the
story, "we saw two different
maintenance hangers only a
few hundred feet apart from

one another. Yet the atmo-
sphere inside the two hangers
was immensely different, in the
F-15 hanger, workers were
busy and schedules were be-
ing maintained. There was an
air of efficiency. The C-141
hanger was drastically differ-
ent. Everyone was taking
lunch at the same time, so no
work was being done. The
people we did meet didn't
seem really excited about their
work.. . 1 was amazed at how
two hangers with the same
goals, 'vision', and upper
management could be so dif-
ferent. The experience showed
me what a difference the im-
See Managentent Page 3

Page 2

March 30, 1995

EDITORIALS.

Future should build on, expand our past

by Dr. Bill Schulz

Special to The Stormy Petrel

I am writing this com
mentary because I feel
that it would be helpful if
all the members of the
Oglethorpe community, par-
ticularly the students, took
stock of where we are with re-
spect to the implementation of
our strategic plan, "Strategic
hiitiatives for the 21st Cen-
tury," which the President and
the Board of Trustees have
adopted as the blueprint for
where we, as a community,
have determined we should go
to insure sustainable growth
and continuing improvement
in our quality of programs,
faculty, students and facilities.

I say "we," because the
two, almost three-year strate-
gic planning process at
Oglethorpe was one of the
most open, consensus oriented
decision-making processes
that I have seen in action. As
a student and scholar of stra-
tegic management I can say
that our inclusion of such a
wide range participants, from
the faculty, administration,
staff, student body, and outside
consultants; and our open-
posting of meeting times,
minutes,etc., and our process
for eliciting feedback from all
in the community, was both
unusual, and appropriate.

The committee charged
with producing the plan was
composed of nearly 20 mem-
bers, and the plan itself was co-
written by more than seven
people. Given such a broad
and diverse group of individu-
als and perspectives one might
expect that our plan would be
fragmented and poorly
crafied a patchwork of ideas
if you will. It is decidedly not.
Comments from "outside ex-
perts" in academia indicate
that our plan is one of the best
written, and well articulated
plans of its type. It offers a
clear vision of what we think
Oglethorpe needs to do to
thrive well into the next cen-

tury.

I 'd like to re- visit part of
that vision the part that re-
lates to academic programs
since I believe such programs
are the heart of our enter-
prise and also since we are
in the midst of the difficult
implementation stage of this
part of the plan. The plan's
major program initiatives in-
clude the following: (1) Pro-
grams for Integrating the Lib-
eral Arts and the American
City, which includes broad-
based programs such as co-
curricular experiences in the
classroom, exlemships, and
integrated seminars to inte-
grate the liberal arts and in-
ternships; and also targeted
programs such as the
Ogletliorpe Program in Urban
Leadership, and an expanded
International Studies Pro-
gram; (2) Programs for En-
hancing Continuing Educa-
tion, which includes the forma-
tion of University College, and
provides a mission for meeting
the needs for the life-long
learner This includes the pos-
sibility (now in progress) of
program development at the
master's level in areas such as
psychology, education, and
business; (3) Programs for
Active and Collaborative
Learning, which includes our
targeting laboratory sciences,
the Honors Program, the Aca-
demic Resource Center, and
the Perfonning and Fine Arts
area as places where we can
expand our abilities to work
collaboratively witli students,
and bring active approaches to
learning to bear; an4 (4) A
Program for Carrying
Oglethorpe's Core Curricu-
lum into the Future, which in-
cludes a call for finding en-
dowment for the management
of the development of the core,
and a commitment to continu-
ously improving and making
the core more central and valu-
able to the student 's education.

At this stage, progress is
being made in each of the four
areas, though success is not

assured. In any organization
there is resistance to change,
and inertia that threatens to
stop progress and this is true
of Oglethoipe as well. There
are those here who oppose el-
ements, or all of the major pro-
gram initiatives, but who do
not offer their own vision of
what OU must do to be able to
better compete in the face of
such competitive threats such
as the Governor's "Hope" Pro-
gram, and other academic
competitors.

It is not enough to rest
on the successes of our past
they have only gotten us to
where we are, and will not get
us to the future. Our future
must build on our past, and
move beyond it ! We must seek
to remain, as former President
Weltner stated, "a small but su-
perlatively good" University,
that seeks to develop in stu-
dents, "the twin abilities of
making a life and making a
living."

I am currently involved
in helping to bring the Urban
Leadership Program on-line,
and am writing tliis commen-
tary, in part, as a response to
the opposition this program
seems to be engendering
among some of the faculty, and
for the fact that opposition to
this program seems to mirror
opposition to the strategic plan
(it is the facuhy which is most
responsible for implementing
the program elements of the
strategic plan). For example,
it is argued that the program
panders to students and par-
ents, and has been offered up
as part of a "fad" to attract re-
sources, that it is somehow,
"vocational," and that it is not
appropriate, given

Oglethorpe's mission as a Lib-
eral Arts institution (this accu-
sation is generalized to the
whole strategic plan by some).

In fact, Oglethorpe's
program in Urban Leadership
is one of the most academi-
cally focused programs of its
kind in the nation, and is cen-
tered squarely on a rigorous

academic foundation. Leader-
ship has been a focus of study
that can be traced back to the
Greeks, and it is a truly inter-
disciplinary concept. The
study of leadership is central
to our being able to answer to
our current university mission,
as reflected in the OU
Bulletin's statement of tradi-
tion, purpose and goals.

Oglethorpe's tradition
includes emphasis on, "a
broad education for intelligent
leadership," "close relation-
ships between students and
teachers," a stress on, "the ba-
sic academic competencies
reading, writing, speaking, and
reasoning, and the fundamen-
tal fields of knowledge," and
recognition of the fact that, "a
college education is far more
than a collection of academic
courses. It is a process of de-
velopment in which campus
leadership opportunities, resi-
dential life, athletics.. .and con-
tact with students from other
culture;, in addition to class-
room exercises, all play impor-
tant roles (pp.8-9)." One of
our primary purposes, accord-
ing to the Bulletin, is for
Oglethorpe to, "emphasize the
preparation of the humane
generalist the kind of leader
needed by a complex and
changing society (p.9)."

It seems odd tome, if one
of our central goals as a uni-
versity is to prepare students
for responsible leadership, that
studying the concepts and
practice of leadership is con-
sidered not to be in line with
that goal it is precisely fo-
cused on the goal! Indeed, the
entire thrust of the programs
development aspect of the stra-
tegic plan is to strengthen our
commitment to better prepar-
ing all students for a rapidly
changing and complex world.

Now, opposition to de-
tails of the plan, including the
Urban Leadership Program
are to be expected. With re-
spect to implementation. Dr.
Stanton has stated, in a letter
to the Board of Trustees, that.

"inevitably, if the document
has any specificity, there will
be objections to various as-
pects. My assumption is that
details will continue to be de-
bated and improved in the fu-
ture, as they have in the past,
in an ongoing process of re-
finement and development"

What is important to
note is that it is the details of
the plan that are open to de-
bate, not the major thrust or
concepts. Also, the debate
should be part of a process to
improve the plan, not thwart it.
It is time for those opposed to
details of the plan to come
forth and respond publicly, or
at least openly in the commu-
nity, to what they have in mind
to improve our institution.

The strategic planning
process, and the plan, was not
"business as usual" because
the status quo will not move
Oglethorpe into the future it
will not allow us to continue
to attract the best students and
faculty in the face of competi-
tion and it will certainly not
allow us to grow our resource
base, which is definitely
needed if we are to continue
along the path Dr. Patillo
started us on in the late I970's.

According to the shared
vision stated in the plan, "we
will continue to develop our
strengths as a leading institu-
tion of the arts and sciences,
remaining faithful to the strong
traditions of the institution.
But we will seize the opportu-
nity this strategic planning ini-
tiative affords us to give an
interpretation to these tradi-
tions which will be useful in
the twenty-first century (p.9)."

I invite all students to
engage in the effort to improve
this university, and to stay at-
tuned to the implementation
process of the strategic plan.
We must not be held back by
a static conception of what our
"Liberal Arts" university is
the concept must be dynamic
if it is to be "liberating" in the
twenty-first century.

March 30, 1995

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Kelly Holland

Editor-at-Large:

Chopper Johnson

Business Manager:

Jason Thomas

Features Editor:

Heather Carlen

News Editor:

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Ahna Sagrera

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Tharius Sumter

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Springfest.

continued from page 1
classes. Preliminary Fresh
Focus meetings will take place
from 12:30 until 2:00. The
annual Stomp the L^wn fes-
tivities, sponsored by the
Oglethorpe Student Associa-
tion, will commence at 2:00.
All Springfesters are encour-
aged to enjoy the day's events,
which will include the Battle
of the Bands as well as perfor-
mances by comedian Vic
Henley and the band On Four.
This is a three-man local band
which will play a mix of their
own original rock and roll
songs and selected cover
songs. Stomp the Lawn will
also host other exciting activi-
ties, such as the Velcro wall
and sumo wrestling, experi-
ences tliat definitely should not
be missed.

After a day of music and
fun in the sun. visitors will be
able to attend the Atlanta
Braves' opening night (strike
or no strike) or, if they prefer,
can enjoy the Oglethorpe
Playmakers production of
Shadowbox beginning at 8:00
in Lupton Auditorium. Later
that evening, the winning fra-
ternity of Greek Week will
host a celebration party which
rising freshmen are welcome
to attend.

An Activities Fair is
scheduled for Saturday, April
9. This fair will be host to sev-
eral different campus organi-
zations who will be present to
answer questions and give out
information regarding their
respective groups. From
10:15 until 11:30

Springfesters will be able to

experience the variety of stu-
dent clubs and organizations
that are available to
Oglethorpe students. For those
who are decided on
Oglethorpe, the Registrar's
Office will be holding pre-reg-
istration, the quickest and easi-
est way for rising freshmen to
confirm class schedules for
next semester. At noon,
Springfest will officially be
ended, and buses will leave to
take guests back to their
homes.

During their overnight
stay, Springfesters will be as-
signed to residence hall rooms
with volunteer host students.
Anyone who is interested in
housing a Springfester should
contact Linda Bartell, in the
Admissions Office, at 364--
8313.

Management.

continued from page 1
mediate supervisors could
make."

The visits ranged from
three hours to all-day. Mr.
Marty Steiner, who teaches an
aviation history course in the
non-degree program at
Oglethorpe, arranged the day
trip to Warner Robins, and also
the visit to the Delta Jet Base,
where students were able to see
how Delta Air Lines runs one
of the world's premiere engine
re-building and jet painting
facilities, in addition, the stu-

dents and Dr. Schulz toured
through a Boeing 727 under
repair, it was reported that Mr.
Ali Muzzammil would not ac-
cede the Captain's seat to Dr.
Schulz, and that Ali asked,
over the live PA, that everyone
take their seats and fasten their
seatbelts, as he did not know
how to fly.

In all everyone seemed
to have a lot of fun, and
learned something in the pro-
cess. Meredith Kemp, a senior,
commented that, "Atlanta Ex-
ploration week was one of the

best learning experiences 1
have had since I've been at
Oglethorpe. I am the first to
praise the benefits of 'book
learning,' but Quality and
Leadership take on entirely
different meanings when you
see business people in the 'real
world' trying to live out what
they know."

Dr. Schulz will be lead-
ing his TQM seminar in the
Fall and will lead another Ex-
plorations TQM Seminar next
January - contact him in
Lupton 3 1 0, extension 351.

Security
.IJpdate,

By Brian McNulty
Security Officer

- Saturday, 2/25/95,
a Schmidt resident's Toyota
Corolla was broken into,
while paiked in the upper lot
The driver side window was
smashed ia Nothing was re-
ported missing from the car,
and a Dekalb County Police
Department officer filed a re-
port.

- Monday, 2/27/95, a
student heading out of the
Hearst lot ran into another stu-
dent entering the lot. The stu-
dent exiting the lot was dis-
tracted by a pedestrian and did
not see the car entering the lot
Damage to the cars was minor,
and a report was filed with the
police.

- Wednesday, 3/1/95, a
Traer resident discovered that
her car, parked in the Traer lot,
was broken into. All the doors
were unlocked, the radio
knobs were tampered with.

and a car phone was missing.
She also discovered a strange
key left in the ignition, that
neither started the car or un-
locked the doors. No dam-
age was reported to the car,
and report was filed with the
police.

- Sunday, 3/5/95, an
Alumni resident discovered
that his room had been ran-
sacked. The perpetrator en-
tered through an unlocked
door or window. Clothes had
been tossed around, but noth-
ing was reported stolen.

Page 4

FEATURES

March 30, 1995

Princeton Review provides internship insight

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

A 1993 Roper poll

showed that 6 out of 10 col-
lege seniors had misgivings
about their job prospects once
out of school. However, all
prospects are not grim; the
New York Times reported that
"half of employers say they
plan to increase their intern-
ship programs ... [Union Car-
bide] attaches so much impor-
tance to the effort that it is iden-
tifying potential interns as
early as freshman year for in-
ternships more than two years
inthefuture." Andgoodnews
about internships: companies
are hiring their former interns
in droves.

These facts - and com-

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the best way to get a job after
graduation is to have some
concrete work experience in
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variety of fields; advertising,
business, sports, and journal-
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menial the internship really is.
The busywork meter and pro-
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Pages

ENTER TAINMENT.

Victoria Williams enthralls Variety Playhouse

By Heather Carlen and
Helen Quinones

Two and a half years

ago, the numbness and tlie dif-
ficuhy playing chords while
opening for Neil Young led
Louisiana native Victoria Wil-
liams to seek medical atten-
tion. The diagnosis: multiple
sclerosis. As Williams' medi-
cal bills escalated, her musical
peers gathered togetlier and
recorded Sveet Relief: A Ben-
efit for Victoria Williams,
which featured artists ranging
from Pearl Jam and Soul Asy-
lum to Matthew Sweet and the
Lemonlieads.

"It was the greatest gift,"
she says. "Hearing those art-
ists sing my songs sounded re-
ally wonderful - and maybe
tliat gave me a new-found con-
fidence towards doing anotlier
record."

Today, Williams has re-
leased her first new album in
four years. Loose. Tlie incred-
ible songwriting talent that
garnered the admiration of her
peers once again exliibits itself
with childlike innocence and
savvy observations. Her wa-
vering soprano, self-described
as "high and wobbly," accents
the songs of Loose, which
range from rock to vaudeville,
from country to folk.

Her quirky, warbling
voice and blissfully unpredict-
able lyrics are, as Vogue
Magazine puts it. an acquired
taste. "The essential truth
about acquired tastes like Wil-
liams is that they are seldom
acquired," writes George
Kalogerakis, who compares
her work to Neil Young in his
middle period. .

Williams' lyrics tend to
be extremely personal;
"Happy to Have Known
Pappy," for example, cel-
ebrates the life of a dear friend.
At Pappy's wake, "Eric
Burdon sang 'House of the
Rising Sun' ... So at the end
of my song, I had the drum-
mer play 'House of the Rising
Sun' on the saw. It's all a trib-
ute to Pappy - he will always
be missed," says Williams.

Williams and husband

Mark Olson, of the Jayhawks,
collaborated on the duet
"When We Sing Together,"
written "one precious after-
noon last year when he held the
guitar and sat on my bed,"
Williams muses. Herrangeof
subjects is broad, covering late
bloomers to shoes and religion.
Anything, it seems, is fair

game for Victoria Williams.

Included on Loose is a
cover of Louis Armstrong's
classic "What a Wonderful
World," a song made all the
more poignant by the under-
standing of Williams' recent
setbacks and successes.
"Crazy Mary," covered by
Pearl Jam on Sweet Relief , can

be classified with the best of
Southern rock.

Unfortunately for those
Oglethorpe students visiting
far-ofi" places during Spring
Break, Victoria Williams
played the Variety Playhouse
on Tuesday, March 21. For
those able to attend the show,
the break was punctuated by a
visit to all of the places Will-
iams describes in her songs.
This may be better than any
Caribbean cruise or languor-
ous walk on a Florida beach.

This refreshingly un-
usual show in the relaxed Va-
riety Playhouse was the third
performance of Victoria's tour.
She was accompanied with pi-
ano, standing bass, the Will-
iams brotliers guitarists, and a
guitarist/organist/violinist/
mandolin player she intro-
duced as being "on every-
thing." The Williams broth-
ers opened up and also played
with Victoria during her set.
The brothers follow the style
of Billy Pilgrim, but with bet-
ter voices and a harmonica to
boot. The pair are playing the
Everly Brothers in an upcom-
ing movie, and played a few
of their songs. They now have
songs by Matthew Sweet, and

"God bless him, he sent us
some songs." They are an act
to watch for.

She played for the first
time this tour in fi'ont of her
family, with her parents and
grandparents in the audience.
She broke into a version of
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in
honor of her aunt, with her
quirky unpredictable voice.
She even tried to rouse her dog
from sleep to introduce her to
the crowd, but touring seems
to have taken its toll on her al-
ready. Her owner, however,
was fresh throughout the show.

The most memorable
moment of the evening was her
encore, in which she sang with
piano accompaniment only, a
moving version of "What a
Wonderful World." It fol-
lowed song after storytelling
song. She calls herself a
singer-songwriter. She sounds
more like a singer-songwriter-
storyteller. Above all, she's
uplifting, which makes her
well worth seeing. She hides
her face in her hands after
stumbling over piano chords,
and again after stumbling over
electrical cords. These and
other things, only Victoria and
her moving charm could get

Victoria Williams defies multiple sclerosis with a new album

and a nevi^ tour. Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records they would like to tell him away with.

Alumna fondly remembers life at OU

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

Former Oglethorpe

student, Diane Lyon Gray,
graduated from the university
in August of 1977. Having
completed a double major in
Business Administration and
Economics, with a minor in
Math, Gray obtained a job
working for Coca-Cola. Cur-
rently, she holds the position
of Manager of Educational
Programs within the company.

Looking back on the
academic envionment of
Oglethorpe. Gray recalls en-
joying tlie small classroom set-
tings. She believes that these
surroundings enhanced her
education.

"The interaction be-
tween students and their pro-
fessor was excellent," says

Gray. "Classes worked to-
gether as a team."

Gray has remained an
active part of tlie Oglethorpe
community by dedicating her
time and energy to the alumni
board as an oSlcer. Since her
graduation, she has seen many
changes on the Oglethorpe
campus. Physically, the uni-
versity has constructed new
dorms, on campus greek hous-
ing, as well as the Philip
Weltner Library. Due to cam-
pus projects such as greek
housing. Gray feels an added
sense of community within the
university.

"The objectives which
have been developed to en-
hance student life, have helped
to improve tlie reputation of
the university," says Gray.

Sometimes, however,
tliese administrative objectives

do not coincide with the ob-
jectives of the students. Ac-
cording to Gray, the practice
of stripping off all of your
clothes, or streaking, became
a familiar occurance at
Oglethorpe during the seven-
ties. She recalls one incident
where a male student decided
to streak in the cafeteria. As
the student ran through the
dining hall, he found that his
escapade had been inaccu-
rately planned. As he at-
tempted to flee the cafteria
through Uie back doors, he dis-
covered that the doors had
been locked. As a result, the
student was forced to walk
sheepishly to the front of the
cafeteria and out the entrance.
Gray also shares a spe-
cial bond with Oglethorpe be-
cause of an unfortunate inci-
dent which occured only two

weeks after she first became
apart of the university. Her
mother had died, and suddenly
Gray found herself in a diffi-
cult situation. She knew that
with her mother's death would
come new responsibilites
within the family. As a result,
the completion of her college
career would become more
difficult. Dr. Malcolm
Amerson, who had been work-
ing as the Academic Dean at
the university, helped Gray to
continue her education.
Amerson and others were un-
derstanding of her dilemma.
They were able to give her the
time she needed to cope with
the situation and return to her
education.

"No other school would
have been willing to allow me
to take the time off," says
Gray.

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COMICS

March 30. 1995

National Student News Service, 1994

COLLEGE LIFE

B^ Ian Hack Maisel

National Student New; Service. 1994

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ORGANIZATIONS.

stormy Petrel says thanks, announces prizes

By Heather Carlen
The Stormy Petrel

For those writers who

have stuck with The Stormy
Petrel through thick and thin,
the Petrel would like to extend
its sincere thanks. For those
of you who read regularly,
take a look at the staff box in
this and past issues and think
about the countless hours that
go into putting out a publica-
tion.

Several names stand out
when detailing those who have
gone above and beyond the
call of duty.

To Helen Quinones, our
former Production Manager,
we would like to offer our
heartfeh thanks for a job well

KA.

done last semester. Even
though the rest of the staff may
not have produced for you,
you gave up sleep many nights
to put together some form of
newspaper We want every-
one to know you cared.

To Kelly Holland, our
brand-spanking-new editor-in-
chief, tliank you for taking on
a huge responsibility and
whipping us back into line!

To Daryl Brooks, our
most prolific sportswriter: for
the hundred times you have re-
written something that's out of
date, we owe you big.

To Dr. Michael
McClure, our advisor: we
knew you weren't coming just
for the pizza!

To Linda Bucki, our si-
lent but wonderful business

advisor: thanks for the com-
puter!

To Dr. Bill Schulz:
thank you for reminding us
that we need to keep the de-
bate in the open.

Others who have gone
out of their way to help us out:
the entire Community Life
Office, particularly Dean
Moore and Marshall Nason;
Melissa Sviteck of Public Re-
lations; and Amy Zickus of
Alumni Relations. Those not
mentioned here: we're on dead-
line, and my mind is shot.

On a more serious note,
to encourage active participa-
tion from the Oglethorpe stu-
dent body, tlie Petrel offers two
awards for outstanding writing
during tlie 1994-1995 school
year. One award will go to the

best hard news story; the other
will go to the best feature story.
The writer(s) of the two ar-
ticles will be recognized dur-
ing Oglethorpe's Awards Night
and given $50 for their efforts
and talent.

For those of you who
have not written an article for
the Petrel in the 1994-1995
school year, it is not too late!
Our next deadline will be
Monday, April 3. For details,
call the office at 364-8425, or
attend our weekly meetings,
Tuesdays at 5 p.m.

Additionally, for those
would-be writers having
trouble thinking of possible
topics, contact any of the help-
ful editors listed in the staffbox
on page 3. Something worthy
of journalistic attention is al-

ways going on and the Petrel
could always use extra help.
Photographers also are wel-
come and we hope to extend
the contest to include photo-
graphs next year.

The Stormy Petrel looks
forward to next semester, plan-
ning to attend conferences with
other school publications. For
those of you who are strapped
for time, consider putting the
Petrel into your schedule next
semester.

The only way to change
your world is to act upon it.
Sometimes the best way to act
is to draw attention to yourself
The Stormy Petrel is the open
forum for the opinions of the
Oglethorpe student body, but
only if the student body has the
nerve to express them.

By John Knight
Kappa Alpha

"You should have

seen the colors, man." That's
what they'll say when you ask
tliem about the Peace Party we
held on Saturday, March 1 1 .
However pretentious and trite
that statement may seem, it
should not block the fact that
the party was one hell of a
party. -

What else has been go-
ing on? The weekend before
Peace Party, in honor of Rob-
ert E. Lee, we held Convivium.
Many thanks to Dr. Bruce
Heatherington for the speech
he made.

The basketball tourna-
ment is about to begin as I
write tliis. KA should be com-
petitive. Antithesis (the B
team) should score a few
points here and there. Hell, if
you need a few laughs, come
watch us.

We continue in our
preparation for two major
events. Province Council and
Greek Week. Our brothers
have been both substancefree
and celibate for three weeks in
our training for the field events
and we have hired Bono to
provide individual singing les-
sons to each and every brother
We are considering giving up
red meat.

OSA plans fun, gives prizes

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By Kelly Holland
OSA

The Oglethorpe Stu-
dent Association has been
busy planning activities for the
last stretch of tlie semester.
Stomp tlie Lawn will hopefully
be a huge success, as we have
invited comedian Vic Henley,
a favorite of the 1992 Stomp
the Lawn, to return for an en-
core perfonnance.

The local band On Four
will be performing original
rock and roll influenced by the
likes of The Beatles, Squeeze,
R.E.M., and Crowded House,
as well as cover songs includ-
ing Tom Petty, Creedence

Clearwater Revival, Jimi
Hendrix, and U2. 99X DJ
Steve Craig says that the band
is "the hardest working band
in Atlanta. ..On Four is pol-
ished, exciting and their origi-
nal material is great!" Craig
states that "they are fast be-
coming one of the most
sought-after bands in Atlanta."
It should be a great
show... please come out and
enjoy the festivities.

In other news, Junior
class representatives have been
working to organize the Senior
party, while the Sophomore
representatives are holding
elections for an outstanding

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senior who will receive the
Charles M. MacConnell
Award.

The Freshman class
President and Senators spon-
sored a school-wide raflle to
benefit Grady Memorial Hos-
pital. Winners include Jason
Blackmon, Will Johnson,
Maxine Atkinson, E-Chia
Huang, Kristiana Peterson,
Rhonda Walls, Angela
Zabella, Sarah Phillips, Jenny
Jedrychowski, Gina Carellas,
Chris Paragone, Paula
Bairera, and ViceyWilkinson.
These students received vari-
ous prizes from local restau-
rants and retail stores. Con-
gratulations and enjoy!

Christopher Wintrow
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Welcome back every-
one. Hopefully all enjoyed a
safe and exhilarating Spring
Break. At the very least, I sin-
cerely hope it was more excit-
ing than mine.

The Paddy Murphy fes-
tivities were a huge success,
from the Miss Paddy Murphy
Pageant, won by the stun-
ningly beautiful and always
charming Emily Gurly to the
concluding party on March
10. In between, the wily and

intoxicated Dr. Amerson,
aided by his two hooligans,
Jeff White and Michael
Billingsley, gunned down the
hapless Paddy Murphy, por-
trayed by the perpetually
suave Adam Corder. If you
missed out this year, too bad.
But there's always next year

We held our formal
March 1 1 at the Buckhead
Towne Club. Despite a shuttle
which took its sweet time driv-
ing between there and campus,
everyone enjoyed themselves.
A standing ovation to Mr.

Andy Noble, who somehow
found both the time and energy
to simultaneously orchestrate
both Paddy Murphy and For-
mal while retaining a small
portion of his sanity.

Greek Week is almost
here. Good luck to everyone
and may the best fraternity
win.

Remember: Hiccups
can be as contagious as the
common cold, and a van filled
with inebriated individuals
speaking in bad Irish or En-
glish accents is just a bloody
mess.

By Stacy Rasmussen
Chi Omega

Welcome back from

Chi Omega! We hope every-
one had a great Spring Break
and is returning with a nice
healthy sunburn. Chi Omega
will be busy this first week
back at school gearing up for
our Centennial Celebration
Saturday, April 1. Friday,
March 3 1 , several of our sis-
ters will participate in "Talk
Back Live," an interactive talk
show on CNN. Tune in at
3:30 and watch. It should be

quite an exciting affair.

Well. Greek Week is ap-
proaching and Chi Omega and
Sigma Sigma Sigma will fi-
nally have a chance to engage
in some healthy competition.
We especially look forward to
the sorority hosted events we
will take part in rather than the
Beer Chug! The week should
be full of laughter. We are still
trying to figure out who will
compete in some of the events
but there is no doubt that it will
be a great week. Maybe next
year we can compete with the
guys!

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SPORTS

March 30, 1995

All Dunn: Letters and even more nonsense

By Dunn Neugebauer
Non-Accomplished Nerd

I've received a few

comments and letters recently
and I wanted to take this time
to answer them, of course, this
doesn't mean I'm going to
change anything, I just wanted
you to know that I can actu-
ally read.

From a tennis player:
Nice coach.

Please don't make us
run in the gym today. It's re-
ally yellow in there and I get
dizzy running 30 laps. Is there
any way I can run half in there
and the other half running
back to my dorm?

From Jeff Bates:
Dunn,

I'm in the hospital. Prob-
ably won't be able to play for
three more weeks, probably
not until after spring break.
They're running tests on my
liver and my spleen. I'm sore.
I have mono. I 'm breaking out
all over I have a.fever. By the
way, if you're ordering shoes,
I wear size U.

From Kevin:

How come the only
people you ever write about
are the jocks. The only non-
athlete you ever put in there is
Bates.

From a friend.

You 're a nerd and a geek
and your basketball shot is
funny looking. May you al-
ways lose to Co?ch Berkshire

inracquetball!

Editor's reply: The truth
hurts. On the other hand; this
fi-om a guy that only hit . 1 50
in Little League.

From Sam Hutcheson's
fiance:

Believe it or not, Sam
and 1 are getting married on
December 9. - I've accepted
the fact that he'll never gradu-
ate, I love the fact that he's
found great work at Chili 's and
I don't mind that he comes
home smelling like a
quesadilla. I love him!

Editor's reply: Jesus
wept.

From an ex-baseball fan:

Gel that game out of
your head. The game was bor-
ing as it was. Now greed has
taken over Soon, the replace-
ment players will be as old as
you and Pancho Villa will be
pitching with a taco in his back
pocket.

Editor's reply: Where in
the world did that come from?

A note from me to Su-
san Poston, passed in class:
Susan,

I heard you scored 4
points in an intramural basket-
ball game. All I can say is, My
God man! What kind of de-
fense were they playing? I
didn't know they used the pre-
vent defense in basketball?
Susan's reply:
Bad coachie!

A letter from a friend
that just joined the army:

Don't know if I made the
right decision or not, but I do
know I won't have to make
another one for four more
years.

Different friend:

My hair is getting really
out of control. Pretty soonl'm
either going to have to cut it
or comb it one.

A golfer, after being kid-

ded for shooting a 1 09 on 18
holes:

Good thing we were
playing best ball or I'd have
really been in trouble!

Chris Schram, talking to
intramural director Terry
Gorsuch the day before they
were supposed to play the un-
defeated team:

What do we have to do

to make it where this is just an
exhibition game?

A college man, after get-
ting his night out interrupted
by a friend coming over to
watch a movie:

Thank God! You just
saved me $20 and a hangover!

Till next time,

Dunn, James Dunn

Track and field looks to future

By Gene Asher

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Whenever coach Bob

Unger's track team assembles,
it is like a meeting of the
United Nations. Aside from
the Americans on his squad, he
has athletes from Istanbul,
Turkey, Russia, Tibet, Ja-
maica and Ghana.

Captain of the women's
team is the versatile and tal-
ented Katie Farrell from
Lawrenceburg, Indiana. She
does it all - the 800 meters,
1,500 meters, 3,000 meters
and 10,000 meters. She also
runs on the 4 X 4 relay team
and throws the shot.

Tinnie Waterston, a
sophomore out of Dallas,
Texas, is another multi-pur-
pose performer She does the
longjump and triple jump and
runs the 200 and 300 meters.
As a freshman, she was se-
lected to the All-SCAC team.

The most promising
freshman is Yvette Nemeth, a

hurdler out of Birmingham,
Alabama. In her senior high
school year, she was fourth in
the state.

On the men 's team, there
is an All-SCAC selectee in
captain Alan Tudors, second in
the SCAC steeple chase last

meters and mile relay.

Bolstering the squad are
Erem Bilgim of Turkey,
Eleonore Pinerik of Minsk,
Russia. John Michelle of Ti-
bet, Donnette Miller of Ja-
maica and Lidia Nyako of
Ghana

Alan Tudors stares victory In

year as a sophomore. He runs
the 400 meters, 5K and lOK.
Mark Hannah, a junior
out of Tavemiere, Florida,
throws the discus and shot and
Jayme Sellards, a junior out of
Marietta, runs the 1 00 and 200

the face.

Photo courtesy of Gene Aslier

Out of a seven-team
field, both the men and women
finished second in the
Oglethorpe Fan Pleaser meet.
Although not title contenders,
championship contention may
be only a year away.

Men's basketball advances to NCAA tournament

By Gene Asher

Special to The Stormy Petrel

Coach Jack

Berkshire's men's basketball
team finished the season with
a respectable 1 8-8 record, tied
for second place in the south-
em Collegiate Athletic Confer-
ence race, won a berth in the
NCAA Division III regionals
for the second successive year
and placed one player on the
All-SCAC team and another
on the honorable mention list.
Early in the seaon, se-
nior Andy Schutt joined the
exclusive 1,000-point club at
Oglethorpe and senior Cornell

Longino smashed the all-time
career assist mark.

Schutt. who finished his
career with a brilliant 24-point
effort against Greensboro
(N.C.) College, was named to
the All-SCAC second team
while senior Clay Davis,
whose dominant board play
helped put the Petrels in the
tournament, was named to the
All-SCAC honorable mention
list.

The Petrels won the Sa-
vannah College of Art and
Design Classic, beating
Greensboro College, the team
they lost to in the first round
of the regionals, and routing

Stillman College for the title.

The highlight of the sea-
son was back-to-back victories
over Rhodes and Hendrix
which clinched a tournament
berth.

There was impressive
team balance with Schutt,
Ryan Vickers, Longino, and
Bryon Letoumeau all hitting
in double figures and Jack
Stephens a constant threat
from the three-point line.

Although Schutt, Davis,
Longino and Stephens will be
gone next year, all is not bleak.
Returning are Letoumeau and
Vickers, both seasoned play-
ers, and a promising group of

reserves - Ryan Strong, Travis
Waggoner.Keilh McCullou^
Matt Flinn and Michael Mas.

Although coach Brenda
Hillman's lady Petrels finished
with an 8-16 mark, they shat-
tered the individual record
books. Shelly Anderson be-
came the all-time assist leader
with 168, ranking fifth in the
entire U.S, Allison McDonald
set a new season standard with
35 blocks and Becky Ellis set
a single game scoring mark
with 28 points.

The future is indeed
briglit for the ladies. Although
Anderson. Gina Carellas, Kim
Jackson, Kirsten Hanzsek and

Shelley Robinson will be gone
next year, returning will be
Ellis, McDonald, Eleanor
Fuhon and Jennifer Johnson.

Ellis led all scorers with
a 1 3-point average. She is a
sophomore out of Morrow
High School.

McDonald averaged
eight points per game and led
the team in rebounds while
Fulton was the team's second
best scorer with a 12-point
average. McDonald is only a
freshman and will return for
three more seasons . She is
from Jonesboro. Fulton, also
from Jonesboro, has one more

""' Stomixf Petrel

Volume 70, Issue 9 Abowe and Beyond Oglethorpe University

April 14, 1995

Interviewing
Advice

Page 2

Hibachi

Page 4

Abner Black

Page 5

Panhellenic
Extension

Page 7

News: 2

Editorials: 3-4

Features: 4

Comics: 6

Greeks: 7

Sports: 8

Extras

Security: 2
Grapevine: 2
Open Line: 3

Comics: 6

Faculty wrestles with Core issues

Faculty, student workloads also expected to change

By Dave Leach
Staff

On Friday, March 31,

Oglethorpe faculty met to dis-
cuss issues concerning class
scheduling and tlie core cur-
riculum. The chairs of tlie
Strategic Initiative Commit-
tees on Faculty and Student
Loads, Dr. Alan Woolfolk, and
tlie Core, Dr. Victoria Weiss,
gave reports on the work their
group. Discussion on these
issues was so active that the
meeting hadto be cut shortand
reconvened at a later date.

Dr. Woolfolk 's commit-
tee has been studying prob-
lems concerning workloads of
both the professors and the stu-
dents, and has proposed a
number of changes in order to
lighten and focus the curricu-
lum of each semester. The
committee consists of repre-
sentatives from each division,
including Dr. Philip Neujalir,
Dr John Omie, Dr. Monte
Wolf, Dr. William Shropshire,
Dr. Vienna Volaiite, and rep-
resenting the administration
and staff, Pamela Beaird.

Tlie preliminary report
presented at tlie meeting sug-
gests a number of changes to
tlie campus. Most important
among the changes include
adding at least three new fac-
ulty positions in tlie sciences.
This addition of professors
was crucial to the plan's suc-
cess according to Dr. Ron
Carlisle, who led much of the
discussion on tlie issue.

Other changes involve
lengthening MondayA\'ednes-
day/Friday classes to a full
hour, rather than 50 minutes,
and extending Tuesday/ThuR-
day classes fifteen minutes
eacli, bringing tliem to an hour
and a half Changes proposed
to adjust students' workloads
include limiting the number of
classes a student take to four

each semester, and restructur-
ing the credit system such that
classes taken earn unit credits
rather than hours, one course
unit being equal to a current 3
hour credit course. Subse-
quently the graduation re-

while anotlier suggested that
classes be scheduled purpose-
tiilly to interfere with outside
work. Many present brought
to the attention of the commit-
tee the fact that some student
need jobs in order to cover tu-

Stomp the lawn, sumo style

students enjoy a carefree and enjoyable day of music,
food, comedy, wonderful weather, and sumo wrestling at
Oglethorpe's annual Stomp the Lawn concert on the
Academic Quad. Photo by Linda Davis

quirement would be reduced
from the 40 units which would
currently be required down to
33 1/3 (The 1/3 unit coming
from Fresh Focus). According
to the committee's report, this
would allow "more depth and
less breadth" in the curricu-
lum.

One suggestion of the
committee was tliat students be
discouraged from working
more than fifteen hours per
week in outside employment.
Tliis touched off a heated dis-
cussion among those present.
One faculty member implied
that many students work long
hours "in order to drive nice
cars and have nice stereos,"

ition, and scheduling classes
on order to interfere could
jeopardize many students with
internships.

Differences to the fac-'
ulty workload involve most
importantly reducing the re-
quired number of classes
taught from four to three per
semester. In addition, more
faculty will be added over the
next few years, not only in the
sciences but across the board,
secondly concentrating on tlie
business and computer science
divisions. Similarly, the com-
mittee feels the campus needs
to lessen its reliance on adjunct
faculty. Oglethorpe's current
ratio is of students to teachers

is 1 7 to 1 , the highest among
our academic and financial
peers, as well as those of
schools in our athletic confer-
ence.

Due to the length of the
discussion over the Loads
Committee's proposal, the
Core Committee had only a
short while to present its re-
port. Most interesting is the
restructuring of the core to be
completely sequenced and to
integrate more areas of study
into the same classes. The
committee's goals also empha-
sized designing the core so that
it could be taught by full-time
faculty, and to exclude classes
from the core which are sim-
ply the first course of a certain
major. Dr. Weiss expressed the
committee's desire to see the
core become less of a "liabil-
ity-
Suggested classes in-
clude a two semester sequence
for freshmen called Human
Nature and the Idea of the
Self, a writing intensive course
to be taught by English and
Philosophy faculty. Secondly
Human Nature and the Social
Order would be taken sopho-
more year, translated from the
current classes into the new
core, and be taught by profes-
sors in Political Science, Soci-
ology, and Economics. Most
integrated would be the junior
year sequence Human Nature
and Institutions in the West,
tauglit by faculty from all dis-
ciplines. Great Ideas in Mod-
ern Mathematics course was
suggested to be adapted and
taken at student's discretion.
Also, a lab science would be-
come a core requirement.

Editor's Note: The
Stormy Petrel welcomes Let-
ters to the Editors from stu-
dents with any questions or
comments about the pro-
posed Core Curriculum and
the restructured student/fac-
ulty loads.

Page 2

.NEWS.

April 14, 1995

Security
Update

By Brian McNulty
Security

- On Friday, 3/10/95,
a maintenance van pulling in
to the Upper Quad was struck
by a BB shot from one of the
resident halls. Security was
called, but it was not deter-
mined who shot the van.

- On Monday, 3/13/95,
a white Ford Ranger rearended
a blue Honda Civic, while
passing over a speed bump in
front of Lupton Hall. The
driver of the Civic complained
of neck, pain while the driver
of Uie Ranger reported no in-
juries. The Dekalb County
police were called, and a report
was filed.

- On Tliur^day, 3/23/95,
a security officer escorted sev-
eral adolescents off the cam-
pus, because they were skate-
boarding and rollerblading
around the back entrance of
the Student Center. The
youths then stood outside the
back gate apparently waiting
for the security officer to leave,
so they could reenter the cam-
pus. Tlie security officer then
locked the back gate and the
youths went away.

- On Tliursday, 3^0/95,
a Traer Hall resident backed
into an illegally parked car in
the Traer parking lot. Minor
damage was caused to both
cars. No charges were filed
since both drivers were at fauh.

-On Thursday, 3/30/95,
a Traer resident reported tliat
she smelled something burn-
ing. A security officer investi-
gated the area and found ashes
in a garbage can, but no fire.

- A helpful reminder
from security: It is unlawful
to park anywhere except in
designated areas; this includes
fire lanes. Any car caught
parked in a fire lane or any
other unacceptable location
will immediately be ticketed
by Oglethorpe Security and
towed entirely at the owner's
expense ... so park your car
wisely.

Milner gives job, interview advice

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

On March 28,

Oglethorpe University was
given the privilege of hosting
guest speaker Dana Milner
Within his lecture. How to Get
the Job You Really Want,
Milner focused on the dos and
donts of job interviewing.

"The first tliirty seconds
of an interview represent 50%
of the entire interviewing pro-
cess," says Milner These
tliirty seconds generally con-
sist of a smile, handshake, and
a casual comment. The re-
maining 50% of the interview
consists of the typical question
and answer fonnat. During
this time you are given tlie op-
portunity to not only give, but
gather, information as well.
Asking your own questions
during the interview is impor-
tant. By doing so you are able
to convey not only your atten-
tiveness, but, your interest.
Tliree appropriate questions to
ask: 1 . Why is tliis position
open? 2. How will my perfor-

mance be evaluated? 3. How
is the department perceived
througliout tlie company?

When preparing for an
interview one. must plan to
dress professionally, and of
course, bring their resume.
These two factors are impor-
tant when preparing for an in-
terview, however, Milner sug-
gests five steps, which in addi-
tion to a suit and resume, may
help you tlirough a successful
interview.

The first of these steps
are called the Critical Self-
Assessment. Tlie idea behind
this tecluiique involves being
able to understand not only
yourself, but, your skills,
goals, and direction. Once you
are able to uncover these
things, you will be better able
to understand and answer tlie
questions of the interviewer
The key is knowing what you
have to offer and being able to
explain tliese attributes well.

The second step involves
what is called Strategic Plan-
ning. Milner suggests choos-
ing tliree job choices. Once

you have done this, create a
plan which will lead you to
these goals. Again, the key is
to figure out where you are
headed. Strategic Planning is
one step which should be in
constant use throughout your
career As your life changes,
so will your opinions and edu-
cation. You should be con-
stantly planning and working
towards new goals.

Tlie third step in prepar-
ing for an interview involves
research. You need to have
understanding of what tlie job
entails, as well as, an idea of
the typical salary offered for
the job you are interviewing
for By completing research,
you will never have to respond
to an interviewer's question
witli"l don' t know."

Step four deals wiHi net-
working. The idea behind net-
working is to make yourself
known amongst the profes-
sionals within your field. One
may network in two ways:
within the corporation where
one is currently employed, or,
by joining a membership com-

mittee involved with their job.
By doing so, a person has an
80% chance of successfully
changing and finding a new
job.

The final step which will
guide you through an inter-
view surrounds Persuasive
Communication Skills. Once
you have completed the other
four steps you are better able
to sell yourself to the inter-
viewer. The key here is to be
confident.

Each step builds upon
the other If you have fiilly
completed each one, persuad-
ing the interviewer that you are
the right person for the job will
not be difficult. Milner sug-
gests spending more time de-
veloping your interview skills
tlian your resume. Granted,
the resume is very important,
however, a successful inter-
view helps the interviewer to
remember you. Upon review-
ing all of the resumes the com-
pany has received, you will
stand out among the rest. Af-
ter all, "No one ever hired a
resume," says Milner

Heard It through the Grapevine . . .

News and events in and around Oglethorpe University

The rates listed in the

Living Within the Community'
newsletter for Summer Hous-
ing rates correct, but they are
weekly rates.

Tlie rates are $150 per
week, double occupancy, and
$185 per week, single occu-
pancy. This includes a 15
meal plan: breakfast, lunch,
and dinner Monday througli
Friday. Also included in the
Suiiinier rates is the use of a
MicroFridge.

Room Sign Up to live in
the residence halls for tlie Fall
Semester of 1995 will take
place Tuesday, April 18
througli Friday, April 21. In
order to participate in the for-
mal room sign up process, you
must have paid your $100
Room Reservations/Damage
Deposit to tlie Business Office

for the upcoming year Bring
your receipt with you to Room
Sign Up.

All room assignment re-
quirements will be based on
seniority. A first cone, first
serve basis will be used once
priority is established. Once a
decision has been made, no
changes will be allowed until
two weeks after the semester
has started.

For additional infonna-
tion, please stop by the Hous-
ing Office.

Tlie Housing Office will
provide forrent MicroFridges,
refrigerator/ freezer/micro-
wave oven units, for the cost
of $ 1 50 for the academic year
They can be reserved during
Room Sign Up. Tlie cost will
be billed to your account Ask
Housing for more inlomiation.

Students may sign up to
live on campus during the
1995 summer sessions on
Tuesday, April 25 and

Wednesday, April 26 between
1:00 and 5:00 p.m. in the
Housing Office. You may sign
up later if necessary.

Co4t<yuUulcUiafti!

The new Resident Assistants for
the 1995-1996 school year are:

Kelly Holland

Traer, Second Floor

Elizabeth Stockton

Goodman

Eddie Yates

Alumni

Alternates:
Miki Williamson
Christie Willard
Vince Zinnerman

April 14, 1995

EDITORIALS.

Pages

Core revisions prove to be major changes

By Chopper Johnson
Editor-at-Large

Wen, boys and girls,
it looks like it is
once again time to
visit the wonderful world of
the Strategic Plan. This time
the subject is tlie Core, and
how it could be changed to
better satisfy tlie needs of the
entire school..

Okay, for those of you
wlx> don 't know were we stand
now, (and who don't read the
front page before turning to the
comics), let me recap. Some
members of the faculty, actu-
ally a majority of the facuhy,
believe tliat tlie core needs to
be almost completely restruc-
tured. Bytheway.whilewe're
restructuring tlie core, let's go
ahead and restructure the en-
tire class load system.

First of all. forget
"hours." If tlie proposal of tlie
Strategic Initiative Committee
on Student and Faculty Load
is accepted, all courses will be
defined in terms of "units."

One unit would be 180 min-
utes of classroom instruction
a week. (So remember, no
more showing up late to class.
You'll miss your unit.) Ontop
of this, add seven hours of out-
side work and you get "a cur-
riculum rigorous enough to
demand a minimum work load
of ten hours per week." To
make things just a little bit
more confusing, notliing says
that a course must be one unit.
It could be 2/3 of a unit or half
a unit or more tliat a unit. I
hope everybody did well in
fractions. Students would
need33and 1/3 units to gradu-
ate (the 1/3 being Fresh Fo-
cus), 30 of which must be
taken in normal, graded
classes. In otlier words, tutor-
ing. Fresh Focus mentoring,
intemsliips. etc.. could account
for no more than tliree units
towards graduating. Still con-
fident about those fractions?
Second, forget working.
As a normal course load would
be 40 "rigorous" hours, "full
time students would be very

strongly discouraged from
working more than 1 5 hours
per week in outside employ-
ment." See page one for the
exact coiTiments. Basically, its
going to be tlie Oglethorpe
work study, and the waiting
list, or waiting table on Friday
and Saturday niglit and hope
that tips get better.

Next, get ready to finally
see some more faces around
the faculty. Part of this whole
deal is the hiring of tliree full-
time faculty for the science
department to take soirie of the
load off of the adjuncts. (All
very well and good, and I'm
happy for all the pre-meds, but
last I heard some otlier majors
were hurting for faculty too,
like mine (Communications).
Guess I'm just picky). Ne.xt
step would be to try to add
more fiill time faculty in order
to try to cut tlie student:faculty
ratio from 17:1 to 14:1. The
ratio of our academic and fi-
nancial peers, as well as otlier
SCAC schools, is hovering
around 12:1. Our peers also

average 5-10% of their classes
taught by adjunct, while
Oglethorpe (since 1990) has
had an average of 36'!'o taught
by adjuncts. The time frame
for hiring new professors? Fall
of 1998. or as soon as 'Tinan-
cially feasible."

Now what about the
courses themselves. The pre-
liminary discussions have
been to cut the core down to
eight courses from twelve cur-
rently. Only three of the
courses that we know as part
of the Core would survive the
revision: Great Ideas in Mod-
em Mathematics, and the se-
ries of Human Nature and the
Social Order The five new
courses would include a lab
science, and two new series
based on the pattern of Human
Nature: Human Nature and
the Idea of Self (an intensive
writing course taught by En-
glish and philosophy profes-
sors, presumable to replace
Anal>tic Writing and Philo-
sophical conceptions), and

Human Nature and Institu-
tions of the West. Institutions
would be taught by for of five
different professors, each from
a different discipline, and each
carrying a different perspective
on the information. The
classes would be run sepa-
rately, except that about every
three weeks all of these sec-
tions would get together in the
autotorium for, as one of the
faculty put it, "a good, old
fashion lecture." Isn't this ex-
actly what this school has al-
ways prided itself on not do-
ing? I thought that the small
classes (a testament to faculty
being over-worked) were a
good thing... Apparently, I was
one of the only ones that was
impressed by small classes.

Well, enough for now on
this subject. If you have any-
thing to say, let us know. This
discussion is necessary to es-
tablish what Oglethorpe will
be for the next hundred year.

Anyway, I'm sure I have
more to say in the future.

Contemplating Oglethorpe's vibrant history

By Patrick Floyd
Staff

I felt it when I came back.
I did not know what it was.
Initially I thouglit it had
sometliing to do with Spring.
Maybe it had something to do
with the blossoming trees or
singing birds. Or maybe
thouglit, a week of relaxation
had given me the chance to re
appreciate what I had been
taking for granted. Without
resolving anything I gave up
on trying to understand The
Feeling.

Maybe 1 tliought 1 gave
up on figuring out The Feel-
ing, but The Feeling was pow-
erful. I continued to ponder
The Feeling.

I had not been conscious
of The Feeling before or dur-
ing Spring Break, but since
coming back I have felt some-
thing special. A little more
tlian a week ago I came to the
conclusion that tliis special
feeling had something to do
with Oglethorpe University. It

is not that 1 did not have a spe-
cial feeling about Oglethorpe
before or during Spring Break,
but when I returned to campus
I felt something I had not felt
before.

Maybe 1 began to feel it
when 1 got my first eyeful of
tlie bell tower in the moonliglit.
Maybe it was when I read
Oglethorpe University' and
I S3 5 ill stone on the sign at the
entrance. Maybe it was when
1 passed the historical marker
I am not sure when I began to
feel it.

Oglethorpe has a liistory.
We have tlie oldest name in
Georgia. We have old build-
ings that look older than they
are. Nothing is dripping with
more oldness than the Cn.pt of
Civilization. All of this
olditude is full of stories and
significant events.

I have heard the one
about Henuance and his stock
market troubles. I have heard
the one about Roosevelt. I
have heard the one about the
quest for James Edward

Oglethorpe's remains. I have
heard the one about the el-
ephant buried on campus.

I like these stories. 1
value these stories. The pow-
erful feeling 1 had was not
about these stories. As cool as
the stuff I have heard about
Oglethorpe's history is, it al-
most always seems like an ex-
ercise in idolatry.

Tlie feeling 1 had was
about youth. Since 1835
Oglethorpe has been full of
youth. Antebellum and
postbellum. from

Milledgeville to Atlanta, the
pre-Scliniidt era and the post-
Schmidt era, class after class -
every stage in Oglethorpe's
history has been full of youth.

I had the feeling that
most of the students who have
pursued degrees at Ogletliorpe
University have been young.
The Feel ing is a feeling of con-
nection. Tlie Feeling is a feel-
ing of vitality.

Tlie Oglethorpe lore 1
have encountered does not
deal with students sufficientlv.

I do not know much about the
students who have come be-
fore me. Ogletliorpe's architec-
ture is distinctive, but what
about tlie students who have
attended classes in these build-
ings.

Before I did not have a
sense of continuity. Before it
seemed almost like 1835 and
1 995 with nothing but time in
between. But after Spring
Break I started to get this Feel-
ing.

I was right to connect
The Feeling to the bell tower
and to the historical marker. I
was also riglit to tliink that The
Feeling had been brought on
by Springtime and the blos-
soming trees. I was experienc-

ing an appreciation of history
and vitality.

I do not know much
about the students who have
come before me. I have a feel-
ing we have much in common.
At the very least we are both
members of a very select
group. Since 1835, less than
1 0,000 people have graduated
from Oglethorpe University.

Even though I do not
know much about them, I still
feel a connection with these
past students. When they at-
tended Oglethorpe, they were
like me in many ways. This
idea gives me The Feeling that
1 am intimately connected
with Oglethorpe at every stage
in its history.

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The SXoryy\\\ Vctrcl

Box 4ft)
AtUrtt^, GA 30519

Page 4

EDITORIALS

April 14, 1995

Class takes on censorship, funding issues

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Roughly six months af
ter the November elec
lions and three after
the swearing-in of the new
members of t}ie House and
Senate, one of the hottest top-
ics of all in America is public
arts funding. Everyone from
Newt Gingrich to
Oglethorpe's Tlialians has an
opinion on the fiiture of the
National Endowment for the
Arts (NEA) and its compan-
ion, the National Endowment
for tlie Humanities (NEH).

The arts in Cobb
County, argued County Com-
missioner Gordon Wysong
during a February 2 appear-
ance in Professor James
Bohart's Censorship and the
Arts class, are now more free
than ever since the ever-
present threat of governmen-
tal censorship have disap-
peared, left alone to survive, or
fai, due to the public response
to productions.

"The arts," said Theatre
on the Square representative
Melanie Parker in a February
2 1 visit, "are doing what poli-
ticians won't," by taking a de-

cisive stand on many of
today's most controversial is-
sues, and consequently may
deserve federal ftinding.

Whatever you feel re-
garding the NEA and NEH
and their role in America's fu-
ture development, exploring
your opinions about censor-
By Steve Breen

THE UCIIMK*IAIUB

fOP HStiS

ship and federal arts funding,
as well as attempting to fmd
your own comfort level with
controversial issues, can be an
enriching and valuable
experienence.

Oglethorpe offers an ex-
cellent way to do just that with
Bohart's Special Topics in

Music: Censorship and the
Arts. Although not offered in
Fall 1995, Bohart does plan to
offer the class again in the fu-
ture. You may very well leave
the class with the same view-
point with which you entered,
but you will certainly fmd that
viewpoint expanded and en-

Freedom

'SEE AT HEART I'M PEAU.Y JUST AvJ EDlTOC .

riched.

Forthe Spring 1995 ver-
sion of Censorship and the
Arts, primary sources, in the
form of speakers from outside
and inside the Oglethorpe
community, made up a vital
part of the ongoing debate.
Speakers ranged from Wysong
and Parker to Georgia ACLU
representative Gerry Weber
and former Oglethorpe profes-
sor Dr. Phil Palmer Students
also examined art, music, tele-
vised material, film, and litera-
ture that had been censored, as
well as the opinions of people
on both sides of the issue.

The classic liberal arts
doctrine expresses a need for
students to broaden their
minds. Oglethorpe offers
many classes that deal less
with facts, figures, and formu-
las than with ideas, concepts,
and ways to process informa-
tion intelligently, in the grand
tradition of liberal arts schools,
and Censorship in the Arts
stands out as one of the crown-
ing jewels of tliat concept of
learning. Whatever your
stand, your life could be con-
siderably enriched by expand-
ing your knowledge of your
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Hail the Hibachi!

By Helen M. Quinones
Hibachi Griller-at-Large

Residents! We put up
with maintenance,
miss out on tub baths
and ice cream properly frozen
in regular size freezers and of
course, real food. Wliile we
can hope for kitchens in cam-
pus residence halls to arrive
maybe in the next millennium,
one great joy of life would be
ridiculously easy to accom-
plish. To make up for all of
these hardships, students
could be given Hibachis.

Hail the Hibaclii! For
foreigners or truly deprived
.Americans, a Hibachi is a
small, portable outdoor grill.
What better return to the sim-
pler things in life could tliere

be, than roasting the results of
the hunt over an open flame in
tlie middle of tlie quad?

I'm not suggesting
Hibadiisfrom.lieaven. Attain-
ing these gems could simply
take cutting tlirough some red
tape and cooperating with
Housing. Just tliink, if Hous-
ing could provide Hibachis
for Hire (for use outdoors
only) in addition to the exist-
ing vacuum cleaner, we could
all see tlie dream of Hibacliis
on campus made real. Hiba-
chis are much more portable
tlian the vacuum, promote
more community interaction,
and would produce an amus-
ing amount of smoke rising
from the courtyard of Traer.
At last! A productive use for
tlie Traer courtyard: Hibachi

Hoe-downs! We could even
roast that damned continu-
ously crowing rooster. Now
that's reason enough on its
own to get a Hibachi!

Obtaining a Hibachi
could become difficult if
Housing were to niisguidedly
underestimate the high intrin-
sic value of Hibacliis. In the
event of such abandonment,
surely over 400 residents
could contribute to the Hiba-
chi fund. With just a nickel
per person, (the amount of the
cruel and unjust price increase
on campus soft drink ma-
chines) students could collec-
tively owii not one, but two Hi-
bachis, and a bag of charcoal
to boot (shameless plug: Hiba-
chis are only $7.99 at Eckerd
for a limited time only.)

Even if some apathetic
residents are too miserly to
cougli up a nickel (eitlier that
or they drink too many soft
drinks) then an alternate plan

could be put into place. Forks
could be liijacked from the caf-
eteria, deported to Don (who,
as Patrick Floyd pointed out in
an earlier article, must own
them since his name is on all
of them) in tlie hopes that he
would bless the campus with
a Hibachi in prisoner ex-
change. The only problem is,
some forks belong to Don in
Malaysia, others to Don in
Taiwan, and yet still more to
Don in China. We could try
returning forks to all three and
hope one would answer our
pleas. Why give tlie spotlight
exclusively to utensils, forks in
particular? Appliances are
feeling snubbed; it's time to
give credit where it's due.

Of course safety precau-
tions would have to be taken
into account. In the event of
uncontrollable flames several
ready males could stand by to
provide instant fire exlinguish-
ing services. The rights and

interests of the shrubbery
would be respected. No Hiba-
chis would be placed near
shrubberies.

By bringing Hibachis to
this one, small comer of tlie
world, we of the proverbial
Generation X could bring
people everywhere together
around Hibachis. We would
become the Hibachi Genera-
tion. No longer would people
say: "It's a Hibachi'." and
snicker WTiole families would
gatlier around their Hibachi
with wonder, reminiscing
about previous times they had
used their Hibachi, and when
their Hibachis moved on to a
better place where all good Hi-
bachis goin the end. Hibachis
could start a world revolution
and shape the new world or-
der.

So I fan out my flame as
I grill with delight:

"Hibachis to all and to
all a good bite!"

April 14, 1995

FEATURES

Page 5

Getting to know Oglethorpe's own Abner Black

By Stacey Chapman
Special to The Stormy Petrel

I recently had tlie plea-
sure of sitting down and talk-
ing witli Abner Black tlieband
that has shaken up the Amish
world like never before. You
may have heard of tlieiii only
in passing, so this is your
chance to get up close and per-
sonal with 6 of tlie coolest guys
on this campus: Matthew
Farley, Scott Stagg, Pat
Mulheam, Steven Cooper,
Chad Foster, and Rod Sniitli.
SC: How did Abner Black
get started?

Matthew: It started with
playing with some friends last
year. Scott came in and has
revitalized Abner Black by
coming in with some ambition
and some ideas. It's worked
out nicely.
SC: Who is Abner Black?

Matthew: Core members are
nie and Scott, of course. We
have retained Pat Mulheam,
our original funky bassist.
Looks like we're going to have
Rod Smith playing with us.
We also got Mr. Chad Foster
who plays Just about anything.
He plays the jibbajabber.
SC: Now did Abner Black
get its name?

Matthew: Tliat's a good long
story. We got our name from
a statue. My friend stole
Abner, a small sculptured
black boy off some people's
porch. He was scared to take
it back, so 1 kept him. Mike
Rowe gave him a head of hair.
Chad: Matt called him

Abner and I gave him tlie last
name Black. We started by
calling it the Abner Black
Band, and then shortened it to
Abner Black.
Matthew: I think it's a good

name.

Scott:Oli, definitely.
SC: Talk a little about your
songs.

Scott: Well we started off play-
ing cover songs. Just to see
how we played together. Ear-
lier tliis semester we got on the
subject of writing songs. Mat-
thew came up with the idea or
writing a song about fifteen
beans, so I was just screwing
around with chords and came
across a chord pattern. It
worked pretty well together
and out came "Fifteen Bean
Soup."

Matthew: About 30 minutes
before the Bomb Shelter Open
Mike Night. But we have
since revised it and talked to
professor Bohart about it.
He's been helpfiil. We're just
riding the wave until the cre-
ativity peters out.
SC: What are the band's in-

fluences?

Chad: Matthew Farley,
of course. Scott and I studied
under Segovia. He was a big
influence on us in song writ-
ing and the way that we play.
Scott: Yeah, I was a student in
Segovia's earlier years, and
mostly the classical. But Rod
here.

Rod: Came in at the end.
Scott: When he was starting to
lose it a little, forgetting his
classical background.
Rod: And Scott was one ofhis
students and, unbeknownst to
Scott, I was another one ofhis
students.

Scott:Like long lost brothers.
We met at the fiineral.
SC: Tell our readers a little
about yourself Pat.
Pat: Well, I'm a classically
trained bass player and have
12 years experience under my
belt playing orchestrally. So

my influences are Mozartish.
Although I derive great plea-
sure from my work with Par-
liament fiinkadelic. Alsoabig
fan of Andrew Lloyd Weber.
So I get a lot of my inspiration
from Cats.

Rod: Also, a little known fact
about Pat is that be used to be
the Strongman for the Bamum
and Bailey Circus.
Pat: Yeah, I used to bend
stuff around my head.
Scott:r ve seen this man bench
press an elephant. Amazing.
Matthew: If Coop (Stephen)
was here, he would tell you he
derived most of his harmonic
understanding from such
greats as Def Leppard, Poison,
and even the great Bon Jovi.
And Nelson.

SC: Anything else, you'd
like to say?
Scott:I have size 13 feet.

Book gives advice on building a good resume

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Some people seem to

have a talent for putting lo-
gellier a wonderftil looking re-
sume. For tlie rest of us. Ran-
dom House offers Timothy D.
Haft's Trashproof Resumes:
Your Guide to Cracking the
Job Market.

So just what is a
"trashproof resume?" As the
back cover of the book ex-
plains, "A trashproof resume
defies waste baskets, resists
recycling bins, and works its
way to the top of the pile to get
you an interview." In other
words, a "trashproof resume"
gets you noticed, which is, af-
ter all, the real purpose of a re-
sume.

Trashproof Resumes is
not only a resume guide; it is
a resume workbook. Filled
with pages of self-assessment
questions and worksheets, it
works you from a vague idea
of what you can place on a
piece of paper to make your-
self look hireable to present-
ing an accurate view of your-
self with regards to experi-
ences, interests, and capabili-
ties. In addition. Haft has

many varieties of resume for-
mats, depending on your per-
sonal e.xperiences, work goals,
and style. And, of course, he
includes advice on picking the
riglit paper for a resume.

Haft does an excellent
job of answering the most fre-
quently-asked questions of tlie
resume novice, for good rea-
son: he has critiqued more
than 7,000 resumes and has
spent seven years advising col-
lege students and graduates on
resume building.

Anotlier noteable feature
is a glossary of eye-catching
"power verbs" from tliose that
demonstrate leadership and
decision-niakuigto counseling
and mediating skills. Haft
spends a great deal of time ex-
amining sample resumes, de-
tailing why one worked and
another did not, as well as how
to subtly manipulate personal
information to present differ-
ent sides to your skills and per-
sonality from one job attempt
to another.

One surprise in
Trashproof Resumes can be
found in Chapter Five. You
tliiiik your college counselor is
correct 1 00% oflhe time about
all resume questions? Wrong,

says Haft. Job recruiters and
college counselors have sur-
prisingly different opinions on
several key resume points,
pointed out by Haft in polls
taken of corporate recruiters
and college counselors nation-
wide. For example, 73% of re-

cruiters want your GPA listed,
while only 5% of counselors
think that this is a key element
of a resume. Other differences
emerge when Haft asks other
important questions about re-
sume style and content.
, For those seeking sum-

mer employment and attempt-
ing to build a resume,
Trashproof Resumes: Your
Guide to Cracking the Job
Market is a must-have. Haft's
book takes some of the mys-
tery out of what catches the eye
of recruiters and employers.

Alumnus shows O.U. pride

By Kate Scliindler
News Editor

Former Oglethorpe

student. O.K. Sheffield, Jr.,
graduated from the university
in June of 1953. While attend-
ing Oglethorpe, Sheffield pur-
sued a bachelor's degree in
Biology. He is currently a re-
tired employee of Bank South.

"My experiences as an
Oglethorpe student prepared
me for the art of living," says
Sheffield. "Tlie small campus
created a close feel between
faculty and students, which
helped me leant how to get
along well witli others." In ad-
dition, Sheffield feels that the
liberal arts education he re-
ceived tauglit him how to look
at situations objectively.

What would any college
experience be, however, with-

out the consumption of alco-
holic beverages, such as beer?
Sheffield and his fellow gradu-
ates seem to understand this
aspect of the college experi-
ence quite well. According to
Sheffield, the young men of
Lowry Hall preferred the taste
of homebrewed beer, rather
than store bouglit beer. As a
result, they decided to brew
their own recipe within the
confines of a dorm room
closet. While the beer was still
aging the container exploded,
releasingthe contents on to the
clothing within the
participant's closet. That was
the end of Oglethorpe's private
brewery.

Sheffield has dedicated a
great deal of time to tlie com-
munity as well. He is former
President of the Atlanta Jay-
cees. National Vice President

of the American Institute of
Banking, Treasurer for the
American Cancer and Heart
Society, and board member of
the Georgia Special Olympics.
Currently, Sheffield partici-
pates in projects with his
church and serves as the Presi-
dent Elect of the Oglethorpe
Alumni Board.

"The Alumni Board
works together as a team to
maintain the success of the
university," says Sheffield.
The board works to continue
the success of Oglethorpe by
supporting the university
physically, as well as, finan-
cially.

"Oglethorpe plays a
great role within the commu-
nities of Atlanta," he says. "I
am proud to be an alumnus of
Oglethorjie."

Page 6

COMICS.

April 14, 1995

THE HORRORS OF DORM FOOD

National Student News Service. 1 395

By Andy Singer

Stormy
Petrel

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Features Editor:
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Kelly Holland
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Heather Carlen
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Patrick Floyd
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Pat Mulheam
Chris Paragone
Chris Smith
Laura Williams

Daryl Brooks
Stephen Cooper
Yoli Hernandez
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Dan Sandin
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Advisors:

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The Stormy Petrel is Oglethorpe
University's student newspaper. The
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April 14, 1995

GREEKS

Page?

Panhellenic extension possible for fall 1995

By Stephanie Mannis
Panhellenic Council

You may have been

hearing this term around cam-
pus recently, and now is your
chance to find out exactly wliat
itmeans. Paiiliellenic,fortliose
of you who may riot know, is
the governing body of tlie two
sororities on campus. Both
groups voted in favor of open-
ing tlie campus to a third so-
rority, which is tlie first step in
the extension process.

KA.

With tlie steady increase
in our enrollment during re-
cent years, and the higli pro-
portion of women students.
Panliellenic felt that the cam-
pus was ready and able to sup-
port a tliird sorority. We have
received responses from six in-
terested group.

Tlie members of tlie ex-
tension committee have nar-
rowed tlie field to tliree groups;
Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha
Sigma Tan, arid Sigma Kappa.
These tliree will he invited to
make presentations to

By Jolui Kniglit
Kappa Alpha

Captain's Log.

Stardate. 4.4.95. It's the
middle of Greek Week and KA
wallows somewhere near the
bottom in the standings.
Hniiiim. Do we care? No.
PROBABLY not. How many
of you can spell "apathetic"?
I must say tliougli tliat I still
think we got jipped on the dine
and dash competition. We fin-
ished way ahead of everyone
else. On another note, our
chariot should win on the ba-
sis of its originality alone. To
tell you the truth though, I
could care less about Greek

Week(as I have said before).
If we're lucky, next year it will
be canceled and anyone that
actually cares can sit at home
and watch S AE's videotapes of
previous Greek Weeks.

On a non-Greek-
Weekisli note, we will be host-
ing our annual Old Soutli for-
mal on Tliursday, April 20. It
should be neat. Oli, I almost
forgot to mention that due to
our less than admirable plac-
ing in Greek Week so far we
have resumed the hedonistic
activities that have for so long
defuiedtlie kniglils of Beta Nu.
Five a.m. jogs have been can-
celed for the remainder of tlie
week.

Before the 1996 Gams .

The Petrelympics!

A two-day extravaganza for all OU
studentS; s|>onsored by Intervarsity.

Pool Racquetball
3-Point Shootout

Track & Field
Ping Pong Tennis

Entry fee only $5 T-shirts only %1\

April 13 & 14

All proceeds go fo Egieston Children's Hospital.
Contact Craig Dennis for details: 365-2623.

Panhellenic soon.

After the presentations,
Panhellenic will choose the
group that we feel will contrib-
ute tlie most to our Greek sys-
tem and to Oglethorpe. Tlie
sorority that is chosen will tlien
be invited to begin a colony at
Oglethorpe. Interested women
will be able to find out more
about the colony during the

By Aric Kline
ciii Phi

fall semester.

The colony will ftinction
in much the same manner as
the two existing chapters, ex-
cept tliat it will be a non-vot-
ing member of Panhellenic
until it is officially installed as
a chapter. Plans now are for a
possible fall colonization, but
details must be worked out
with both chapters and the
colonizing group.

Both Chi Omega and Tri
Sigma will be working with
the colony members to ensure
that the colonization is
successful. Current sorority
members are excited about the
opportunity to welcome new
women into the Greek com-
munity. We are all looking for-
ward to many exciting mashes,
formals and Greek Weeks in
the coming years.

Clii Phi has just fin-
ished a very enjoyable Greek
Week. We were very pleased
to see the unification tliat oc-
curred between all the organi-
zations. Allliougli our athletic
skills were not as strong as our
social, we still gave it the old
"Chi Phi Ip,."

We hope tliat everyone
enjoyed the skit as much as we
enjoyed putting it together. Af-

ESS.

ter practicing it several times,
it was hard not to believe that
we had been injected witli tlie
fiiiik. Chi Phi would also like
to mention that no endangered
species were harmed in the
construction of the Supafly's
costume. How about that fake
tiger fur?!?!

The block party at
Greek Row on Thursday,
April 6 is also worth mention-
ing. All the fraternities and
sororities were represented as
well as the independents.

We would also like to

thank Tommy Ison for once
again being the Chi Phi party
ambassador. Even thought we
had to force him to drink and
have fun, we think that he
might hang out more often.

Chi Phi also wishes to
congratulate Chip Davies for
doing a fine job as Greek Week
Chairman. Tlie whole week
was set up superbly and ran
along quite efficiently.

Last but not least, the
Anchorman. The only thing I
can say is, "the wonder-twins
remain activated."

By Bridget Cecchini
Sigma Sigma Sigma

Sorry about missing

the last issue, but I could not
seem to predict the future
about Spring Break when I

had not even left Atlanta. How
would I have known that their
is no beach in Saint August-
ine or strep tliroat is very easy
to catch while on vacation?

In more exciting news,
we have an incredible new

WANTED!

A care giver,

enthusiastic,

creative, loving,

and experienced for a

one year old child.

Two days a week, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Must be a non-smoker and

have own transportation.

Call 851-9610
morning or evening.

member Kim Moore. She is
cool and athletic so
intermurals better watch out.
A belated thanks to Sigma Al-
pha Epsilon for the Bats and
Balls mixer. A good time was
had by all and we still have
peanuts (in the carpet).

Tlianks to the sisters of
Chi-Omega for enjoying the
Greek Week events with us.
Yqu guys are great and it was
truly fun. Congratulations on
your national centennial.

With my special
clairvoyent glasses, I see that
Sigma Sigma Sigma Formal
Formal Fomiail was wonder-
ful. Every sister found the per-
fect dress. Thanks to the dili-
gent work of Katherine P.,
Christine B., and our terrific
chapter advisor Sue L. The
sisters particular ly enjoyed tlie
cash bar.

Thanks as well to OSA
and Admissions', for a great
Stomp the Lawn . The come-
dian Vic Henley was first rate
and the band did a good job.
Well, my super human future
predicting power.; have been
exhausted so I will go now.
Bye.

Pages

SPORTS.

April 14, 1995

Intramural basketball season ends with bang

Delta Sig I, AC Attenuation both close with impressive victories

By Michael Beran
Staff

The intemiural bas-
ketball tournament went
largely as planned. In the A
League, SAE Gold held off a
determined KA team behind
Michael Tolliver's 30 points.
Brian Shipley and Andy
Travis led KA witli 1 5 an'd 1 3
points, respectively. The Hoo-
siers struggled early with the
Maulers but Brady stepped it
up offensively to score 17
points and Cookie had 23.
The Maulers were led by
Reuben Valerie witli 18. Delta
Sig had no problems with the
Wildcats as Casey Chestnut
and Alan Gibson had 16 and
15. Patrick Floyd scored 15

for the Wildcats.

In the B League, Delta
Sig III beat Antithesis 60-28.
Jason Thomas and Tim
Digennero almost scored as
many points as Antithesis with
2 1 each. AC Attenuation beat
Delta Sig III a little later as
James Martm scored 25. Intlie
other first round game. Delta
Sig II beat the hell out of SAE
White 95-10. Jared Wiskind
and Bill Davis had 25 and 24
respectively. No one did any-
thing for SAE.

Tuesday saw upset city
in tite A League as tlie # 1 and
2 seeds fell and saw their
cliances of a cliampionsliip dis-
appear. Tlie Hoosiers fell to
Delta Sig behind the domina-
tion inside of Russell Lind and

Steve Taylor who each scored
27. Wade Wilson also had 12
for Delta Sig. Cookie scored
a team high 25 for tlie Hoo-
siers but the big story was
Terry Gorsch with only 22, 1 4
below his average. Tlie Clan
of the Peter Dragon also saw
its leading scorer in Kevin
Carlisle struggle and only
score 20. Mike Beran also had
2 1 for the Clan but SAE Gold
got too much of a balance from
its big men with Tolliver scor-
ing 24, Hal Robinson scoring
1 2, and Jeff Armstrong scor-
ing 1 1 . For the first time in
four years, tlie final featured
teams otlier tlian tlie coaches
and tlie Clan. In the B League
tilings went as planned as Chi
Phi beat tlie Natural Disasters

behind Kevin Huitt's 23, and
MESH rolled on behind Mike
Chambers' 19 points as they
defeated SAE Purple.

In the B League semifi-
nals, my preseason picks came
through as AC Attenuation
and MESH won their games to
reach the final. AC Attenua-
tion followed the lead of James
Martin as he scored 29 points
against Chi Phi. Brent Lathan
also had 12 for the winners.
Chi Phi was lead by Kevin
Huitt's 1 8 as they hung tough
for tlie whole game before fi-
nally losing. Tlie other semi-
final saw MESH pull an upset
of sorts by beating Delta Sig
II. Mike Chambers scored 29
and Brian Rankin had 1 3 for
the victors while Bill Davis

New tennis #1 Agassi to play Atlanta

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

On April 29, pro ten-
nis again returns to Atlanta
with the AT&T Challenge,
held at the Atlanta Athletic
Club.

Heading up tliis year's
field is brand-new world #1
Andre Agassi, who wrestled
the top spot from fellow
American Pete Sampras this
week after a close, long-drawn
out battle for tlie top. Agassi

has won both of the last two
Grand Slam titles: the 1995
Australian Open and tlie 1 994
U.S. Open. Tlie AT&T Chal-
lenge is a favorite event of
Agassi's; he has been a regu-
lar participant of the event
since its days as an exliibition
event.

Agassi and last year's
AT&T Challenge titleholder,
Michael Chang, are chal-
lenged by a tough field, de-
scribed by tournament direc-
tor Stephen M. Woods as

"'...simply the best in the his-
tor>' of the tournament." An.x-
ious to avenge his final-round
loss to Chang is American
Todd Martin, a serve-and-
volleyer who nevertlieless per-
foniis excellently on the green
clay of the Atlanta Athletic
Club.

Other challengers in-
clude Lipton seminfinalist
Magnus Larsson, Australian
# 1 Jason Stoltenberg, veteran
Aaron Krickstein, Americans
Chuck Adams, MaliVai Wash-

ington, Jared Palmer, and
Richey Reneberg. Atlanta
resident Bryan Shelton, who
made it to the AT&T finals in
1 993, is eager to better his dis-
appointing first round loss last
year.

Tickets for the AT&T
Challenge range from $19 for
some day sessions to $36 for
the final. Some group dis-
counts are available for groups
of 1 5 or more. For more in-
formation on ticket prices, call
ProServ at 395-3500.

Farewell to girls' basketball seniors

By Daryl Brooks

Staff

It was another early

winter girls' ba.'iketball game
against Agnes Scott which
ended in a vict<jry for the Pe-
trels. However it was no ordi-
nary basketbal 1 game; it was
the first girls' biasketball game'
in school histo ry.

The five graduating se-
niors from this years' team
were freshmanat that early
time in Ogleiihorpe women's
basketball, arid have now be-
come the first to graduate with
four years of play in the
school's women's fledgling

basketball history.

Tlie building blocks of
the program were Shelly
Anderson. Gina Carellas.
Kirsteii Hanzek, Kim Jackson
and Shelley Robinson. Tliese
five have laid tlie solid foun-
dation for the future of
women's basketball here at
OU.

Anderson finished her
career averaging 8.6 points
and 3.7 rebounds per game.
-Anderson is the second lead-
ing scorer in school history
with 820 points as well as the
career leader in assists (400)
and assists per game (4.2). She
is also among the career lead-

ers in three point, field goal
and free tlirow percentages.

Carellas ended her four
years with a 8 points and 4 re-
bounds per game average. She
finished third on tlie all time
scoring list (757 points) and
fourth in career rebounds with
384.

Kirsten Hatizek wound
up with career averages of 2.4
points and 2.8 rebounds per
game. She in also seventh in
career rebounds.

Kim Jackson completed
her playing days averaging
10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds
per game. She is the career
leader in points (847) and sec-

ond in career rebounds (405).
She is also the school leader in
field goal percentage and sec-
ond in free throw percentage.

Shelley Robinson fin-
ished her career with a 6 point
and 5.2 rebound per game av-
erage. She is the career leader
in rebounds (499) and fourlli
in points scored (577).

The time and dedication
that these five have put into the
program cannot be measured.
Tliey all deserve our thanks for
providing us with four years of
exciting basketball and laying
the groundwork for many
more.

had 16 and Mark Boyt had 1 1
for the losers. So the stage was
set for the two finals.

The B League champi-
onship was one of the best
games of the year. MESH
came out red hot behind Mike
Chambers, 26 points, Brian
Rankin, 14 jioints, and Jeff
Bates, 9 points, but it was Dr.
Orme's bull's eye shooting
that boosted MESH to a 17
point lead late in the first half
However, tough defensive
pressure by AC Attenuation
got tliem back into tlie game
and the lead was cut to 6 at
halftime. The roles were re-
versed in the second half as AC
Attenuation came the rest of
the way back and was threat-
ening to blowout MESH.
James Martin scored 26 points
in the second half along with
help from Chip Kohweiler
with 12. However, MESH
fought back and Rankin
drained a tliree pointer from
tlie comer with tliree defend-
ers on him to tie the game with
9.1 seconds left. James Mar-
tin calmly went the length of
the court, though, and layed up
a shot that bounced around
and fell through, giving AC
.Attenuation the championship
by a score of 69-67.

The A League final also
li\ed up to the name "champi-
onship" as SAE Gold and
Delta Sig both played some
real good ball. SAE was out
in front early and seemed to be
in control. At halftime, the
momentum changed and Delta
Sig crawled back into it. Delta
Sig finally got over the hump
to go ahead 41-40 and from
tliere, tlie game seesawed back
and forth. Each team would
score only to be outdone at the
other end of the court by an-
other good play. Free-tlirows
down tlie stretch turned out to
be crucial. SAE fouglit back
to get a couple of chances to
tie it up, but they were tumed
away each time. As the hom
went off. Delta Sig had sealed
up a championship in one of
the closest games of the year.
Congratulations to both cham-
pions.

Mays, 1995

Pagel

""' StomivfPctrcl

Volume 70, Issue 10 fiiboye and Beyond Oglethorpe University

Mays, 1995

Change in

Alcohol Policy:

Page 5

Special Core

section:

Pages 6-7

Young Alumni's

campus survey

results:

Pages 8-9

Dunn's farewells:
Page 15

Departments

News: 2
Editorials: 3-5

Special

Sections: 6-9

Organizations: 10

Features: 11

Comics: 12-13

Sports: 14-15

Extras

Suggested
Reading: 11

Renowned speaker for graduation

Brownlee to receive degree, speak to 200+ seniors

Courtesy Public Relations

Dr. Paula P. Brownlee,

president of tlie Association of
Ameican Colleges and Univer-
sities ( AACU), will be the fea-
tured speaker at Oglethorpe
University's 1995 commence-
ment ceremony, which will
take place at 9:30 a.m. on Sat-
urday, May 13. After receiv-
ing an honorary degree from
Oglethorpe, Brownlee will
address over 200 graduating
seniors about "Celebrating
Liberal Education: Abiding
Value in a Changing World,"
a particularly relevant topic on
this 50th anniversary of
Oglethorpe's unique core cur-
riculum.

Brownlee has an exten-
sive history in education which
started in 1953, when she be-
gan studying chemistry at Ox-
ford University in England.
She graduated from Oxford in
1959 with a bachelor's and
master's degree in chemistry,
and once again in 1959 with a
doctorate in organic chemistry.
She received a graduate fel-
lowship from Ox-ford and a
post-doctoral research fellow-
ship from the University of
Rochester.

After earning her doctor-
ate, Brownlee worked as a re-
search chemist at American
Cyanamid Co. for two years

before becoming assistant,
then associate professor of
chemistry (with tenure) at
Rutgers University, N.J. She

became president and profes-
sor of chemistry at Hollins
College, Va. While in this ca-
pacity, CASE named her "one

Dr. Brownlee will receive an honorary degree and speak at
Oglethorpe's Commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m.,
Saturday, May 13. Photo courtsoy of Public Relations

left Rutgers in 1976 to become
dean of the faculty and profes-
sor of chemistry at Union Col-
lege, N.Y. In 1981, Drownlee

of the most effective presidents
in higher education." She as-
sumed her current position of

president of the Association of

American Colleges and Uni-
versities in 1990.

A co-author of a general
chemistry laboratory manual,
consistent listing in Who's
Who in America, and a mem-
ber of six professional organi-
zations (including the Ameri-
can Chemical Society and the
American Association for
Higher Education) are just a
few of Brownlee 's attributes.
She is currently a board mem-
ber of seven organizations (in-
cluding the National Humani-
ties Center and Academic
Search and Consultation Ser-
vices), and has been on the
board of 12 other organiza-
tions in the past.

The Doctor of Letters,
and honorary degree from
Oglethorpe, will be presented
to Brownlee at the commence-
ment ceremony. Other honor-
ary degrees will be presented
to Sir Robin Renwick, British
ambassador to the United
States, and Mr. J. Mack
Robinson, chairman and presi-
dent of Delta Life Insurance
Company and 1994 Georgia
Philanthropist of the Year.
Renwick will receive the Doc-
tor of Laws, and Robinson will
receive the Doctor of Humane
Letters. Honorary degrees are
suggested by faculty council
and approved by the provost
and university president.

l7ie Storffiy Petrel

w^oiila like to congratulate and w^isn
Lest oi luck to

O^letkorpe's Class of 1995

Page 2

NEWS.

Mays, 1995

Web and Internet expand university potential

By Ramona Evans
NSNS Affiliated Writer

The Information Age

has enabled many Ohio State
University departments to ex-
pand their educational abilities
on a global scale.

The World Wide Web, a
part of the global computer
network called the Internet,
provides the students, faculty
and staff of Ohio State with the
capability to share video, text
and audio information with
people all around the world.

The World Wide Web
has proved to be one of the
most effective computer re-
sources for the OSU Depart-
ment of Alt

"We've received a lot of
positive feedback on this pro-

gram. It has been available for
about one year and more than
5,000 people have accessed
the program so far," said pro-
fessor Georg Heimdai, acting
chair of the art department.

The World Wide Web
can be accessed at any com-
puter site connected to the
Internet. The Universal Re-
source Locator (URL), similar
to an e-mail address, allows the
user to access the "home" or
main page of any specific Web
site.

"We finished our final
revisions of our page before
Christmas and we are cur-
rently on-line.

Individual staff members, stu-
dents and faculty can create
their own page, involving vi-
suals and updated information

on projects they're working
on," Heimdai said.

Each page can lead the
person interested in Ohio
State's art department to a se-
ries of options including pho-
tographs of the facilities, stu-
dent and staff artwork, appli-
cations for the graduate pro-
gram, brief resume descrip-
tions of the faculty and more,
Heimdai said.

"Printing color repro-
ductions of artwork would be
very expensive. Mailings are
done only periodically, so in-
formation is often outdated.
This is what makes the pro-
gram so efficient," he said.
Terry Monnett, a graduate stu-
dent working with Ohio
State's Advanced Computing

Center for the Arts (ACC AD),
sees the beneficial aspects of
the program on a daily basis.

"It gives us a way to
make ourselves and our work
available to the computer com-
munity," Monnett said. "Ex-
amples of my work can be ac-
cessed by anyone in the world
who has access to the
Internet."

Monnet is in charge of
the ACCAD's home page, a
source of general information
about the center, its research
projects and anything else the
department diooses to put onto
the site.

On the ACCAD page, there
are numerous subject head-
ings, such as Course Offerings,
Students' Gallery, and Award

Recipients, which students can
use to access more infonnation
about the department

"It's just like a book,
you can look through it, go to
different places," said Peter
Hriso, a graduate student in the
Department of Art Education
"I've got my resume on-line
and anyone who accesses my
page can see what I'm work-
ing on."

Students aren't the only
ones who recognize the adver-
tising potential of the Internet
"The World Wide Web has not
only given the students and
staff access to other universi-
ties' art and design programs,
but it also allows them to see
what progress we're making,"
Heimdai said.

Contract with America stings college students

By David Sirota
NSNS Affiliated Writer

For CoUege RepubU-

cans, the Contract With
America has their best interest
in mind. Even if it makes them
pay more of it.

In order to further re-
duce the federal deficit. Re-
publican lawmakers have pro-
posed cuts in financial aid pro-
grams, targeting the federal
funds which pay off interest on
student loans while the recipi-
ent is in college.

The most significant
program slated for cuts and
reductions are the Stafford and
Perkins loan programs. While
students declare the necessity
of such programs, GOP law-
makers point to Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) statistics
which indicate an unaffordable
explosion in costs.

"Without (the in-school

subsidy), I could not go to
Northwestern," said Beth
Hooton, a first year student. "I
completely depend on finan-
cial aid for school. It would be
unfair if the Republicans just
all of a sudden stopped the pro-
gram, because I have banked
on it being there."

However, Republicans
say the loan programs may run
themselves into the ground.
According to the CBO, of the
75 million loans made since
the program's inception in
1966, 22 percent have been
issued in the last two years.
Between 1981 and 1992 the
program increased from $7.8
billion to $9.7 billion. But
fi-om 1992-1994, the cost ex-
ploded from $14.7 billion to
$23.1 billion - an increase of
57 percent.

"In the last 30 years, the
size of the federal government
has grown outrageously, and
the Contract With America is

trying to stop that" said Kevin
Frost, president of NU's Con-
servative Council. "It is not the
federal government's respon-
sibility to provide social wel-
fare programs to the extent it
does. For students who need
financial aid, private resources
can provide equal, if not bet-
ter, funding for education than
the federal government cur-
rently provides."

According to estimates
by C. William Fischer, NU
vice president for business and
finance, cuts in the Stafford
program would cost North-
western $5 million (about
$1,650 per student).

"It is a very expensive
program because the govern-
ment has to front the interest
payments, but it also is signifi-
cant to people," said Rebecca
Dixon, associate provost for
university enrollment. "Cut-
ting the Stafford subsidy is
going to make the debt for stu-

dents climb significantly, even
though it may only seem small
at the beginning. That is abso-
lutely poor social policy."

Democrats on Capitol
Hill adamantly oppose cuts in
education. Republicans have
defended their cuts, saying that
conservative spending is the
only way to trim the federal
deficit. Some, like Frost, sug-
gest that the private sector will
pick up the slack made by cuts
in federal education spending.

"For students who need

financial aid, private resources
can provide equal if not better
funding for education than the
federal," Frost said. "This will
get states and localities back
into the decision-making fso-
cess and shrink the federal
government"

In a prepared statement, Sec-
retary of Education Richard
Riley condemned the possible
cutbacks.

"If ever there was a time
that education should remain
a national priority, it is now in

me 19905," Riley said.

Corrections & Clarifications

The Stormy Petrel congratulated Eddie Yates as the new Resident
Assistant for Alumni Hall. Eddie will be a Resident Assistant for the
1995-1996 school year, but in Jacobs Hall.

In our front page story on the Core Curriculum, we reported that the
faculty-student ratio is 17:1 at Oglethorpe. This takes into account only
full time faculty. When adjunct faculty are included, the ratio becomes
13:1.

The 1995 Summer Resident
Assistants are:

Kelly Holland

Randy Roberson

Angela Satterfield

Kerry Smith

Eddie Yates

May 8, 1995

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Editor -In - Ch ief:
Editor-at-Large:
Not a Car:
Features Editor:
News Editor:

Kelly Holland
Chopper Johnson
Jason Thomas
Heather Carlen
Kate Schindler

Staff:

Daryl Brooks
Stephen Cooper
Yoli Hernandez
Trudie Jones
David Leach
Pat Mulheam
Chris Smith

Ryan Brown
Patrick Floyd
Stephanie Hunter
John Knight
Megan McQueen
Dunn Neugebauer
Melissa Stinnett

Tharius Sumter

Advisors:

Linda Bucki

Michael McClure

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University's student newspaper. The
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the opinions of the writers and not nec-
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EDITORIALS.

Alumna celebrates history

By Amy Zickus
Class of 1994

I found myself drawn to
Patrick Floyd's article re
garding Oglethorpe's his-
tory (The Stormy Petrel, April
14, 1995). While a student
here I also developed a deep
appreciation for Oglethorpe's
lore and a desire to gain more
of an understanding of the
Univereity's history not just
the bricks and mortar, but also
the flesh and blood that have
made Oglethorpe what it is to-
day.

Now as Director of
Alumni Activities, a big part
of my job is to defme more
clearly the feeling of connec-
tion to past Oglethorpe stu-
dents of wluch Patrick wrote.
That sense of connection
should not be a nebulous feel-
ing inspired only by the com-
ing of spring amidst Gothic ar-
chitecture it should be a ba-
sic part of the Oglethorpe ex-
perience.

The purpose statement
of the National Alumni Asso-
ciation says that "members of
the Alumni Association should
always help the University
reach its goals and objectives."
Since the goals and objectives
of the University center around
providing the best possible
educational experience to stu-
dents, strengthening the con-
nection between alumni and

students is a valid and impor-
tant undertaking.

The Alumni Association
w^nts to be active and in-
volved with the University.
The profiles of alumni which
have run in The Stormy Petrel
this semester are part of an ef-
fort to let students know more
about those who have gone
before them. Members of the
Alumni Board are working on
a committee with Mrs.
Stanton, Paul Hudson, and
George Stewart to organize the
archives and make the history
of Oglethorpe more accessible.

One suggestion that has
come as a result of that work
is to interview groups of stu-
dents as they graduate to
record their thoughts and feel-
ings about Oglethorpe so that
the University's history will
begin to deal more with stu-
dents.

The formation of the
Student Alumni Association
and the move of Alumni
Weekend to Commencement
happened in part to increase
interaction between students
and alumni through social and
career networking events.
S AA has worked on an aluinni
mentor program for students.
Other ideas include forming an
alumni speakers bureau from
which campus organizations
can draw, and offering campus
organizations an alumni advi-
sor who can assist with access-

ing "real world" expertise and
resources. (If anyone has
thoughts on these or other
ideas, please contact David
Cheung, SAA President)

In addition, each year
the OSA President, Senior
Class President, and SAA
President sit as ex officio mem-
bers on the Alumni Board.
And contrary to what seems to
be popular belief, the Alumni
Office is interested in future
alumni as well as those who
already possess their diplomas.
Share your thoughts with us.

The amount of aware-
ness and respect for
Oglethorpe's history (and
therefore perspective on where
Oglethorpe is going) to be
gained from alumni is amaz-
ing; and the excitement and
pride about all of the changes
and progress at Oglethorpe
which talking with students
engenders among alumni is a
joy to see. I hope to see it
more.

As the time to welcome
the Class of 1995 into the
ranks of the Alumni Associa-
tion draws near, my thanks go
to Patrick Floyd for raising the
issue of the connection be-
tween past and present
Oglethorpe students. I hope all
students will see their years
here as just the beginning of
an evolving, lifelong relation-
ship with Oglethorpe Univer-
sity.

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EDITORIALS.

May 8, 1995

The Stormy PetreFs editor looks for writers

By Kelly Holland
Editor-in-Chief

Let's get straight to
the point here. I
know that this year
wasn I uie greatest in Stormy
Petrel history. I decided to
take a look back to the very
first issue that we produced
this year and was stunned to
see a whopping 48 staffers in
the staff box, in addition to 1 5
editorial positions. Where did
you all go? There are now five
editorial positions and we've
managed to scrounge up some
ten or so faithfiil staffers who

rough times.

For those of you who
used to attend our Tuesday
afternoon meetings, 1 know
that things with the paper came
to an abrupt halt. We fell be-
hind in production and a sense
of apathy spread throughout
the staff like wildfire. I under-
stand the frustration that many
of you might have felt towards
the end of first semester, I felt
it too. As a staffer, I felt like
there was nothing I could do
to get the paper back on its fe^.

Christmas break

brought with it great changes
for the Petrel. Ryan Queen

Chief and by some strange
twist of fate, I was offered the
position. The editorial staff
was completely revanped and
we were determined to change
the attitudes regarding the pa-
per. Between 5 editors and a
minimal number of staffers,
we produced the first paper of
the spring semester. Time
passed and we managed
(barely) to produce 6 more
outstanding issues (including
this one) on time and into the
hands of the Oglethorpe com-
munity. Many, many thanks
to those of you who worked to
accomplish this, including

stuck with us through the stepped down as Editor-in- Mike Beran, Daryl Brooks,

Graduation for everyone?

student laments existing tiousing policy

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Community.
Oglethorpe prides
itself on its com-
mitment to fostering a strong
sense of community among its
students and faculty. Organi-
zations like the Residence Hall
Association sponsor wonder-
ful events such as
Lawnapolooza (or, as it be-
came known due to rain,
Schmidtstock), where resi-
dents played Twister and
jumped on a Space Bounce, all
in the name of "commu-
nity."We flock to Casino Night
and Midnight Breakfast, even
if it is held at 10 p.m. We
brave insects, allergies, and
sunburns to attend Stomp the
Lawn and glory in food, fun,
and music. Some of us even
come to Awards Night to re-
ceive awards or to watch our
friends receive honors. We
play frisbee on the Upper
Quad together. We sleep in the
24-Hour Room together. On-
campus students participate in
what one friend called "the
longest slumber party you will
ever attend" - shared experi-
ences with roommates and
suitemates. Some students
might complain about the lack
of community on the
Oglethorpe campus, but my

reply to them is: "you obvi-
ously haven't been actively
looking for it." I have found
it And I am sublimely happy
with it. .

However, this seems not
to apply to the most basic of
Oglethorpe, and indeed, uni-
versity, achievements. What
are we all, in the end, here for?
A diploma. Graduation lurks
in the ftiture for all of us, even
for the prospects who inno-
cently tour Oglethorpe's cam-
pus, certain tliat "four years"
is an eternity. We know it is
not. What dispels our fears of
graduation? What heiglitens
our sense of joy and fiilfilment
at a task well done? Rumors.
Innuendo. And for those who
are lucky enough to live in the
Atlanta area, perhaps atten-
dance.

For myself, and for
countless others who live in
other states or other parts of
Georgia, we will never attend
an Oglethorpe graduation ex-
cept our own. And, I will as-
sure you, tliat is not my choice
to stay away. Tliis year, I am
politely told to be out of my
dorm on May 10. No excep-
tions. Graduation, you might
note, is May 13.

My suitemate will
graduate on May 1 1, 1996. I
will be quietly ejected from my
dorm room on May 8, 1996.

At tliat time, I will have lived
with her for two years and
shared some of the best times
of my life so far, certainly, the
"longest slumber party" 1 have
ever attended! Although 1 do
want to see her, finally, trium-
phantly, receive her diploma,
I have no option to stay. Her
home will be full of proud fam-
ily; my college-student bud-
get will not permit me to stay
in a hotel for four nights.
Other friends and acquaintan-
ces will leave Oglelliorpe, and
perhaps me, behind forever. I
am somehow denied the op-
portunity to see them in their
ultimate glory and triumph, at
the key moment where they
cease to become "students"
and become "alumni."

Would it kill anyone to
let me stay four more nights
and watch tliem graduate? To
let all the Oglethorpe under-
classmen remain in their dor-
mitories until after Com-
mencement?

"Community" is an
empty term until we as stu-
dents of Ogletliorpe Unversity
are permitted to participate in
and support each other in ev-
ery aspect of education, from
freshman orientation to exam-
time stress to graduation. Un-
til then. University is doing
itself and especially its stu-
dents, a grand disservice.

Ryan Brown, Patrick Floyd,
John Knight, Dave Leach,
Dunn Neugebauer, Brian
McNulty, Helen Quinones,
Dan Sandin, Chris Smith,
Tharius Sumter, and Laura
Williams. All of you are much
appreciated.

As for the rest of you
once-upon-a-time staffers, we
hope that you will reconsider
coming back next fall to write
your hearts out for us. This is
a good paper, but it could be
an outstanding paper if more
people were interested and
cared about it... we can't do it
alone. Take this summer to
relax, flip through some old
issues, and remember how
much fun you had on the
Stormy Petrel staff. Hope-
fully, the summer will prove to
be a rejuvenating one and all
of you wonderful writers and
photographers will, once
again, come and contribute to
the paper. Maybe we can even
bring pizza back to the meet-
ings! We hope that you will
be excited about returning and
look forward to seeing you
next year. Also, for your in-
formation, there is much room
for advancement within the
paper. If you are interested in
an editorial position, we will
be more than happy to talk
about the possibilities!

And for those who never
contributed to the paper, we
know you're out there. It
seems odd that on a campus

with a steadily growing num-
ber of communications majors
we have to beg people to write
for us. Don't give us excuses
about being busy or not hav-
ing enough time... my sched-
ule is just as hectic as yours.
If you like to write, then come
join us! We are not overbear-
ing ogres who demand that
you write four stories every
issue; you are encouraged to
write about things that inter-
est you when you can take the
time. And if we had more
staffers, the work needed to
produce a sixteen-page issue
could very easily be distrib-
uted.

If you enjoy reading this
paper, and wait every other
week with baited breath for its
distribution, then you should
be writing or taking pictures
for us... it's as simple as that
Heather, Chopper, Jason,
Kate, and myself (along with
the aforementioned) are not
doing this paper thing for our-
selves or our health... we do it
for you, the student and the
reader. We cannof continue to
barely put together eight-page
papers, which we have had to
do for most of the semester as
opposed to the regular sixteen-
pager. We don t have the writ-
ers to share the load and to be
honest, we're getting quite
frustrated with it If you can
write and you want to be a part
of our team, then come and
offer your help. We need you.

(Dr. Hetfierington:

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Mays, 1995

EDITORIALS.

Page 5

Hey breeder: Who, and what, is homosexual

Name witheld by request

What is a homo
sexual? Ho
mose)Cual: "at-
tracted sexually to members of
one's own sex; of or pertain-
ing to homosexuality, a homo-
sexual person."

This is what Random
House Webster's Dictionary
says homosexual means;
pretty dry and basic sounding
if you ask me. Can a dictionary
truly define homosexuality?
Can anyone? Is it really so
basic? The answer can always
boil down to one simple point;
it depends. Many people have
different ways of perceiving
homosexuality. Some would
say the physical attraction is
all there is to being a homo-
sexual. Others would say there
is much more involved, such
as lifestyle, culture, or even
mannerisms. Some are narrow
minded, others are quite open
minded. Some are sickened by
tlie thought of it, others revel
in it

One thing has to be agreed on
by all people though: a homo-
sexual is sexually attracted to
members ofhis or her own sex.
It indeed can be defmed that
basically since that is how ba-
sic the word itself is derived.
However, that leaves a lot of
ground open. It does not say
that homosexuals act on their
attractions or even enjoy the
idea of it. It does not say that
they even want to be that way.
I know people like this, they
do exist. It does not even an-
swer a question many people
still debate: is homosexuality
a choice or is it a biological
trait? (Although, I think, if it
is described as a sexual attrac-
tion, then it is definitely a bio-
logical function. Or, as one
friend of mine says: "you think
I choose to be gay?" It causes
him enough stress knowing he
is gay.) These statements may
confuse the average reader due
to their stereotype of homo-
sexuals as effeminate, promis-
cuous, diseased domestics for
men, or masculine, feminist,
violent grunts for women. To
me stereotypes are a form of
humor, a way to laugh at your-
self and others without mean-
ing any harm. There is little
room for political correctness

in my world, so I hope no one
takes offense by anything writ-
ten in this article. You can
laugh at others only if you can
laugh at yourself. And inten-
tions are everything, you can
say something and intend it to
be humorous and then say the
same thing to someone else
and mean it to be spiteful.

What homosexuality is
and what it means may be in-
terpreted as two different
things. What it is has been cov-
ered, so then what does it
mean? In my case it may be
better to say what did it used
to mean to me and what does
it mean to me now. After all,
times change, people change,
and attitudes change. To me,
homosexuality used to mean
being alone, afraid, repressed,
paranoid, unaccepted, and
concealed. I was taught that it
was wrong and grotesque, and
certainly not approved of at
all things my family be-
lieves. Being young and rebel-
lious, and, of course, gay, these
ideas were not accepted by me
but, wanting to be loved by my

family, for some odd reason, I
said nothing and thus felt the
solitude and paranoia as men-
tioned earlier. But now things
have changed somewhat.
Since coming to college, I've
learned not to fear the world.
There are people that do accept
homosexuality and do not care
one way or the other if you are
gay or not. The majority of
America has opened their
minds. Some would even say
it is chic to be gay nowadays.
Now, to me, homosexuality
means being accepted for all
of me, having friends to talk
to about it, flaunting it for the
humor value, still tryingto find
"Mr Right", and being stylish.
At least one thing has not
changed though: secrecy to my
family. If they ever find out, it
will be a long time from now.
Somehow I still do not think
they would accept the idea too
well.

Given the homosexual stereo-
type, I'm not too sure how well
I fit the category. I mean, does
anyone completely fit into any
stereotype? Everyone seems to

have something about them
that does not fit into a category.
There are certain things about
me that may fall under the gay
image; I like shopping for
clothes, decorating, cooking,
stuffed animals, musicals, and
art. There are also things about
me that go against the stereo-
type; I am not a sex fiend, I do
not cross dress, I do not like
sado-masochism, I do not hang
out at bars, and I am not very
effeminate. I'm not even very
knowledgeable or experienced
about the subject of homo-
sex-uality. I just know what I
am and what I feel. Should I
know more? Maybe. Does it
matter? Not particularly.
These are indeed short answCTS
but the only ones worth giv-
ing, quite frankly. To me, ho-
mosexuality is just another
trait. It is no different than, say,
my being male or being six feet
tall. Given, it is not something
that can be seen but it also does
not change a person's person-
ality or beliefs from what they
already are. I do not believe the
basic definition of homosexu-

ality can be a conscious choice.
A man can have sex with other
men as much as he wants to,
but if he is not physically at-
tracted to any of them he is not
a homosexual.

So, what does this all mean?
What is my point? A stereo-
type is a generalization; it
means very little. Every person
is unique and has their own
blend of characteristics. The
terminology does not define
the person. It is who you are
and not what you are that is
most important (even though
there is nothing wrong with
having pride in what you are).
And this idea does not only
apply to homosexuals but to
all groups. There is no such
thing as a "minority" or "ma-
jority" anymore. Fag, cracker,
fairy, spic, wop, feminazi,
honkee, nigger, gook, chink,
breeder, queen, mick, geek:
they are only labels and they
only hurt if you want them to.
And remember, some of my
best friends are breeders, and
I say that with a smile.

Letter to the Editor. . .

Changes in Oglethorpe's alcohol policy

lb the Editor:

We have been asked to clarify the changes made this year on the alcohol policy as it relates to ofT-campus events;:

sponsored by OS A Examples of tJie events in question include the Christmas Dance, Homecoming Formal, and the Seniof
Party

In the past, a practice had developed whereby OSA would directly purchase alcohol frcsn their budget and serve beer or;
wine (or airange for it to be served) free of charge to students attending the events. Such a practice carried with it the duty to
card for legal drinking age, a responsibiity to refuse service to anyone who became intoxicated, and the potential liability;
for the University and OSA for any problems that resulted in a lawsuit. The risks for problems and potential liability were;:
simply too great to continue these arrangements.

There are two issues that need to be resolved. First, it is not prudent within our risk management policy for University
funds to be used to purchase alcohol to be served at a function where most of the attendees are underage. It is difficult, if not
impossible, tomonitorthecrowdtobereasonably sure that laws governing alcohol are enforced and that individuals do not;
become intoxicated. It was clear from information gathered over the years that considerable underage drinking occurred^;:
many students became intoxicated, some were driving under the influence, and problems existed with crowd control. Fortu* ;
nately, no lawsuits resulted. The University would have great difficulty in defending itself in court against a claim of
negligence where it could be shown that Oglethorpe was the direct source of the alcohol.

The second issue concerns the past practice of serving, or making the alcohol available, free of charge. Our thought is that;
individuals of legal age who wish to consume alcohol should be willing to purchase it The OSA budget should be used to rent
a place for the function, arrange for transportation, provide catered food and refreshments, pay for music and entertainment, and;
for any other items that can be enjoyed by everyone at the event. The alcohol, which is available to those of legal age who wisli;
to drink, should be provided by the management of the establishment rented for the function, served by licensed bartenders, and
sold at a reasonable price. The responsibiity for enforcing state laws, monitoring the consumption of alcohol served, and crowd
control then rests with the rented establishment, not Oglethorpe.

We have gone through a year oftransition, beginning the yearwith some ofthe old practices and ending the year with the
new guidelines in place. Hopefully, this clarificationofwhathaschangedand why it is necessary to make the changes, will
enable us to begin next year with a safer and more sensible risk management policy.

Donald R. Moore, Dean of Community Life

Marshall R. Nason, Associate Dean of Community Life

Page 6

Mays, 1995

CORE

Major overhaul planned for Core Curriculum

Core Committee plans "a distinctive course of study" for university

Courtesy Core Committee

The Core Committee
this year is fiinctioning
as a 'Strategic Com-
mittee" for the pilot "Strategic
Reaccreditation" process insti-
tuted by the Southern Associa-
tion. The charge from the
Steering Committee to the
Core Committee has its basis
in the Strategic Plan and reads
as follows: "The committee's
report should specifically idai-
tiiy the steps and resources
necessary to keep the core as
meaningful as possible
through such devices as orien-
tation of new faculty, common
readings, faculty development
activities, the acquisition of
resources in support of the core
(library, etc.), and maintaining
a common theme for the core. "
Since Spring of 1994,
the Core Committee, in spite
of a slightly shifting member-
ship, has worked to identify
weaknesses in the current core
program in order to devise im-
provements aimed at making
"the core as meaningful as
possible." What follows are
the goals of the core program
as these have been identified
by the committee; the second
document, "Liberal Education
and the Core Curriculum at
Oglethorpe University" is the
mission statement for the new
core.
Goals for the Core Program

1. To provide students with a
common learning experience

Having all Oglethorpe
students take the same core
courses at the same point in
their college careers, reflecting
on the same ideas, and read-
ing many of the same texts
would put us one important
step closer to fostering a real
community of learners, pro-
viding an opportunity for stu-
dents to discuss important
ideas and texts both inside and
outside the classroom with all
students who are at the same
point in their academic careeis.

2. To arrange for an inte-
grated learning experience.

The courses in the core
need to bui Id upon one another

in a sequence that models for
students a way of making
sense of the individual courses
they take, demonstrating
through the core's interdisci-
plinary ways of integrating in-
formation and making it one's
own.

3. To create a core that is
possible, that is, a core which

courses among those faculty
who regularly teach in the pro-
gram and will provide for the
orientation of new faculty who
come into the program.
4. To create a core which
does not consist of first couises
in any major

Instead of courses in the
major, core courses should

core program should require
students to exercise their men-
tal capabilities and test their
critical abilities while motivat-
ing them to pursue ideas fur-
ther on their own and through
additional courses in major
fields of study.

6. To create a distinctive
course of study that provides

About the Core Section

The Storwy Petrel

wishes to make the discussion of the new Core,

and other changes to Oglethorpe as a University,

open to student debate and input.

For this reason, we have decided to make

primary sources on the Core

readily available to all students.

The courses described to the right

are only working models, and not

necessarily the courses that will be implemented.

None of the sources have been edited in any way.

Please take the time to read

the materials available on the Core Curriculum,

and thoughtfully discuss the matter

with your professors and your peers.

The University belongs to all of us.

can be taught by the full-time
faculty.

A core that can be taught
by full-time faculty assures
students of instruction by care-
fiilly screened faculty and the
availability of these faculty for
discussion and inquiry outside
the classroom. A core devel-
oped and delivered by full-
time faculty also allows for
faculty to meet on a regular
basis to share Information
about core courses and teach-
ing strategies. A faculty devel-
opment fund for those who
teach in the core (a provision
of the -Strategic Plan) will en-
courage continuous sharing of
information about core

constitute a separate cumcu-
lum, a second major for stu-
dents, a seventh division in
which all full-time faculty can
eventually participate. In ad-
dition, the core should provide
a soft of introduction to the
academic life of college that
win be usefiil to pursuing ad-
ditional scholarly interests, re-
gardless of a student's eventual
choice of specialty.
5. To create a core which
promotes facility with the writ-
ten word.

We assume that each
core course will feature fre-
quent and rigorous writing as-
signments and the reading of
challenging primary texts. The

an Institutional Identity for
Oglethorpe University.

A clear, cohesive, and
carefully designed core pro-
gram should become part of
the public Image of the school
and a promotional feature
which attracts students to the
university.

7. To provide a scholarly
focus for co-curricular activi-
ties on the campus.

A common learning ex-
perience that features Ideas
and texts familiar to all the stu-
dents on the campus can be-
come a kind of lingua franca
that overflows into campus life
outside the classroonx Lecture
series, radio programs, essay

contests. Geek Week activities,
museum exhibitions, library
displays should all be used as
ways of exploring further the
ideas introduced to students in
core classes.

liberal Education and the
Core Curriculum at
Oglethorpe University

Oglethorpe University is
committed to providing a
broad, comprehensive liberal
education for all of its students,
regardless of major The
University's Core Curriculum,
a sequence of integrated, inter-
dlscipllnary courses. Is the
clearest expression of that
commitment. Staffed by fac-
ulty from a wide variety of dis-
ciplines, the program seeks to
equip students with the follow-
ing skills:

1. The ability to think,
read, and communicate effec-
tively Instilled through fre-
quent and rigorous writing as-
signments and the reading of
challenging primary texts.

2. An understanding, as
well as a critical appreciation,
of how great minds generate
knowledge and challenge the
ideas of others.

3. The ability to initiate
and sustain meaningful discus-
sion about matters fundamen-
tal to understanding who we
are and how we have come to
think about ourselves (Human
Nature and the Idea of the
Self), about particular fonns of
social, political, and economic
relations (Human Nature and
the Social Order), and the par-
ticular human Institutions that
groups of individuals in the
West have created, developed
and sustained (Human Nature
and Western Institutions).

The Core Curriculum
provides only a beginning for
the investigation of significant
ideas. At the completion of the
Oglethorpe core program, stu-
dents will not have final an-
swers; ratlier they will have a
multiplicity of ways of know-
ing and experiencing the
world. The program is de-
signed to foster in students a
love a learning and a desire to
continue learning throughout
their lives.

Mays, 1995

CORE

Page?

Proposed structure for new Core courses

Courtesy Core Committee

Core Sequence I: Hu
man Nature and the
Idea of the Self
Course Description: We are
individual people, and we have
no reason to believe that we
haven 't always thought of our-
selves first and foremost as in-
dividuals with a keen sense of
our own personal identities.
But even the most shallow ac-
quaintance with the cultures of
the Far East suggests to us that
not every culture has valued
the individual self as highly as
we do. In fact, some authors
(Colin Morris, The Discovery
of the Individual. 1050-1200.
for example) argue that the
West "has developed this sense
of individuality to an extent
exceptional among the civili-
zations of the world. In primi-
tive societies the training of the
child is usually directed to his
learning the traditions of the
tribe, so that he may find his
identity, not in anything pecu-
liar to himself, but in the com-
mon mind of his people" (p. 1).
Though we think of ancient
Greece as the birthplace of our
own culture, Morris points out
that their language was rich in
words expressing community,
but they had no expression for
"individual person" (Mon and
woman were there, but no
word emphasizing the indi-
vidual or the self) And though
the development of Western
culture owes much to a figure
like Aristotle, Morris reminds
us that Aristotle begins his de-
liberations about society with
the "polls," the community,
while later Western political
philosophers, like Hobbes,
Locke, and Rousseau begin
with the individual, whose
rights preexist and pre-empt
those of any society to which
the individual may belong.
Content and Methodology:
Reading and writing
critically is a primary goal of
the course. Critical thinking
and critical writing are insepa-
rable. The course will be writ-
ing intensive, featuring four
papers of three to five pages in
length each semester. The goal
of this course is to invite the

students to read and thought-
fully consider the question of
human subjectivity and the
particular ways it develops and
expresses itself in the West.
The texts for the course are
principally narratives of con-
fession and/or self-examina-
tion, biography, autobiogra-
phy, or fictional biography, in-
vestigations of how we know
the self or how the self knows
anything.

This two-semester se-
quence will be anchored by
four tex1s two each semes-
ter that will be read and stud-
ied in all sections of tlie course.
The ideas generated by these
texts will inform discussion of
related texts chosen from
among a list of options sug-
gested by tliose who teach the
course. The attached list pro-
vides an example of the kind
of 'spoke and wheel" approach
which will be employed in text
selection for the course.

Faculty: This course
will be taught principally by
full-time faculty members in
English and Philosophy. It
may, at some point, include an
art historian.

Core Sequence II: Human
Nature and the Social Or da-
Course Description: This
course builds upon the first
core sequence by examining
the way in which individual
actions and theories about
them produce a social and po-
litical order The notion of the
individual self examined in the
first year gives way in this se-
quence to the question of what
human nature is and can be
and how it ought to inform the
way human beings live in
communities. It examines the
impact society has on the char-
acter of the individual and the
individual 's character on soci-
ety. In short, students are asked
to consider how customs, laws,
accepted practices, and other
regularities of behavior come
to be, whether they be the re-
sult of the people seeking a
particular lofty end, or the un-
intended consequence of ac-
tions taken by people seeking
private ends.

This course raises with stu-
dents a host of important ques-

tions about the character of
human beings and their social,
political, and economic envi-
ronment Do individuals come
together and decide what is
good for them? Should their
social life promote long life?
Wealth? Freedom? Knowl-
edge? Spirituality? How much
certainty regarding human
purposes is attainable and de- >
sirable? These are the kinds of
questions students in the two-
semester sequence are urged to
consider.
Content and Methodology:

This two-semester se-
quence is anchored by ap-
proximately eight texts four
each semester that are read
and studied in all sections of
the course. The ideas gener-
ated by these texts inform dis-
cussion of related texts chosen
fi-om among a list of options
suggested by those who teach
the course.

Critical reading and
writing are prominent features
of this course as well. Papers
will be assigned in all sections
of the course, and sections are
kept small enough to encour-
age discussion.

Faculty: This course is tauglit
principally by full-time faculty
members in the social sciences,
namely politics, sociology, and
economics.

Core Sequence III: Human
Nature and Institutions in
the West

Course Description: The
purpose of this course is to
explore the reciprocal relation
between ideas and institutions.
Western ideas of subjectivity
(Core Sequence I) and com-
munity (Core Sequence II)
converge in human institu-
tions, four of which will be
studied in depth in this two-
semester course. The idea here
is to consider the way in which
Western thought about the self,
the way in which human be-
ings form communities, and
the purposes for which they
form them come together in the
actual creation of new and dis-
tinct institutions. Following
immediately upon the heels of
the "Human Nature and the
Social Order" sequence, this
two-semester course will ex-

plore what happens vAiea ideas
and theories are implemented.
What sorts of institutions do
these ideas generate?
In addition to the history of
how a concept is put into prac-
tice, this course will examine
how our participation in and
commitment to institutions
shapes the way we think and
the way we live.
Content and Methodology:
This two-semester se-
quence will feature reading of
and writing about primary
texts related to the develop-
ment of four (4) distinct insti-
tutions in the West. These
might include Christianity,
Science, Limited Government,
Education, Ethnic Identity.
Other institutions might be
studied, depending upon the
interest and expertise of the
faculty teaching the course.
Faculty: This course will be
the most truly interdisciplinary
course in the new core. Fac-
ulty members (with the excep-
tion of those teaching else-
where in the core or commit-
ted to major programs which
would be jeopardized by their
faculties teaching in the core)
from all disciplines might
teach this course. We will need
to offer approximately ten sec-
tions of the course each term.
The specialties of participating
faculty might include psychol-
ogy, science, history, educa-
tion, art, music.

The key to the operation
of this course sequence lies in
its organization, which will be
different from the organization
of the previous two core
courses. The class, i.e., all
third-year students, will be di-
vided in half, instruction of
each half being the responsi-
bility of a team of five faculty
from diverse disciplines, who
will work together. The course
will meet twice or three times
a week; one of those meetings
each week or possibly every
other week will consist of a
lecture to one half of the third-
year students. The rest of the
class sessions will be discus-
sion sections, each led by an
individual faculty member
who is part of the five-mem-
ber team. Each team should

contain at least one faculty
member trained to provide dis-
ciplinary insights into at least
one of the major institutions
under study as well as a narra-
tive of the history of its devel-
opment. Other faculty mem-
bers teaching the course but
lacking detailed expertise in
this specific area would be able
to supplement the lecture with
additional texts or materials to
fiirther explore the theme from
their own perspective with
their seminar group. (Remem-
ber that only two major insti-
tutions will be studied each
semester.)

Because of the disparate
nature of the disciplinary train-
ing of faculty teaching in this
sequence, faculty development
opportunities will be most
definitely needed in planning
and executing this course.
Organization: One half of the
third-year students will meet
on Mondays and Wednesdays;
the other half on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. They could be
scheduled for the same times,
but this is not a requirement.
Having the sections organized
in this fashion would enable at
least some of the instructors
(particularly those with needed
expertise) to teach in both
groupings.

Example: Possible theme
and central text:
First semester

Science: Kuhn, The Struc-
ture of Scientific Revolutions
Religion: W. James, Variet-
ies of Religious Experience
Second semester
Ethnicity: Mallory, In
Search of the Indo-Europe-
ans

Education: Vico, On the
Study Methods of Our Time
Graduation Requirements:
Courses seven and eight
required of all students will be
"Great Ideas of Modem Math-
ematics," which can be taken
by students whenever they are
mathematically prepared for
the course, and a laboratory
science course, which would
become a requirement when
such a course can feasibly be
required of all Oglethorpe stu-
dents.

Pages

YA C REPORT.

Maya, 1995

Insigths into the perceptions of Oglethorpe:

PREPARED BY THE
YOUNG ALUMNI CLUB
BOARD

Wliile Oglethorpe
University has
made substantial
progress toward becoming a
fust rate liberal arts college,
several problons and obstacles
remain. In response to a de-
mand for an objective assess-
ment of Oglethorpe's problems
from the point of view of stu-
dents and faculty, the Young
Alumni Club board conducted
research regarding capital con-
cerns, faculty issues, adminis-
tration issues, the role of
alumni, and issues regarding
the curriculum: Four focus
groups were conducted among
students and over a fifth of the
faculty answered questions for
this study.

Highlights:

o Students live in housing that
is poorly maintained and needs
serious renovation
Students believe the dining
facilities to be unsanitary and
want competition
o Faculty and students alike
want a fully networked cam-
pus now

o Students see the Human Na-
ture sequence as an absolute
failure

o Faculty see the Human Na-
ture sequence as a success
o Students see no cohesion in
the core and believe it fails in
its purpose

o Faculty and students both
agree that Oglethorpe needs
more full time faculty
o Both students and faculty
believe adjuncts are causing
serious quality problems
o Students want to keep the S
X 3 system. Faculty want a 4 x
4 system

o Students and Faculty agree
the administration is approach-
able

o Students and Faculty agree
the administration limits the
information released
o PR is seen as highly success-
fill locally but a failure nation-

ally

o Admissions is seen as admit-
ting passive students and
present a false image of OU
o Students see Students Ser-
vices such as the Career Cen-
ter as inadequate

o Alumni are perceived as hav-
ing abandon Oglethorpe
o Students want an effective
mentoring program in place as
soon as possible

o Faculty and Students both
perceive honorary organiza-
tions as ineffective
o OSA is perceived purely as
an organization that doles out
money

o APO is seen as the one orga-
nization that actually produces
results

Students are glad to have the
fraternities on campus, though
faculty are concerned

o Oglethoq)e needs to treat stu-
dents more like customers
o The Professorial is seen as
the most valuable asset the
school has

o Students and Faculty believe
Oglethorpe must simulta-
neously improve in all areas

Introduction:

Oglethorpe University has
clearly made substantial
strides toward becoming a first
rate Liberal Arts university.
The quality of its students has
risen, the number of faculty
has increased, and new facili-
ties are slowly coming on line.
Yet, Ogletliorpe University's
students and faculty have some
serious concerns. Oglethorpe
continues to go through a rapid
period of upheaval, and
changes are being made the
will affect the course of
Oglethorpe's future and deter-
mine the kind of school it will
be. The Young Alumni Club
sees a need to inform the com-
munity as to the opinions of
those who will be most af-
fected by the changes afoot.
Current students will soon be-
come young alumni, and as tlie
primary customers of
Oglethorpe they are most

readily aware of the quality of
the education they are receiv-
ing. The faculty are the pri-
mary service providers within
Oglethorpe, and their percep-
tions of what is required to
meet the demands of the com-
petitive marketplace in educa-
tion are extremely pertinent.

This report outlines the result
of discussions with over 20%
of the faculty and results of
interviews with four focus
groups of students. All those
participating were told in ad-
vance that tlieir participation
would remain anonymous. In
all discussions and interviews,
tlie same general topic areas
were discussed and the results
are outlined below. They in-
clude capital concerns, faculty
assessment, student assess-
ment, curriculum assessment,
administration assessment,
university image, the and the
role of alumni.

Construction

The chief concern among stu-
dents in three focus groups was
for the creation of an indepen-
dently managed restaurant on
campus to compete with the
current dining hall. Students
want a facility that is open long
hours and late into the night.
The Bomb Shelter is consid-
ered inadequate for this pur-
pose. Further they are con-
cerned about sanitary condi-
tions witliin tlie current facil-
ity. One student claimed that
the dining hall had received
warnings regarding health and
safety violations during the
current contract. The students
believe that bringing in a com-
pany such as Starbucks to di-
rectly compete with DAK A
would force improvement in
the current service and provide
an alternative to going off
campus. Nearly all students
said that eating out consumed
the largest share of the money
they made.

Students and faculty expressed
grave concern over the upkeep
and maintenance of the current
dormitories. Apparently, the

dormitories are in substantial
disrepair. Leaking pipes, fall-
ing ceilings, and shoddy re-
pairs seem to be the norm, not
the exception. The piping sys-
tem is apparently particularly
bad, and has resulted in leaks
that have caused walls to
crumble and fixtures to crack
open under the pressure.

Faculty and two focus groups
also want a campus that is
fully networked with internet
access from their rooms now.
Students and faculty believe
that Oglethorpe's lack of an on
campus electronic mail system
and lack of internet access
from their offices and rooms
are costing the school dearly.
Students believe that lack of
access makes the school less
attractive to perspective stu-
dents and that they are not be-
ing prepared for work in the
business community when
they get out. Faculty com-
mented that lack of internet
access and E mail makes the
school less attractive as a
workplace and also echoed
student concerns regarding
preparedness.

There was disagreement
among students over whether
a new arts building should pre-
cede the building of a new sci-
ence center. Faculty however,
seem united behind the science
building and securing the
funds its first rate construction.

Academics

Students were of mixed opin-
ion of what the size of the core
should be, however, there was
universal consensus that the
Human Nature and the Social
Order class was of no use to
them. Human nature is
thought to be simply an intro-
duction to antiquarian politi-
cal philosophy. Students do
not believe they gain any real
insight into the modem work-
ings of politics and come away
with no understanding of the
tools of economics. The fac-
ulty believe that Human Na-
ture is the most successful ele-
ment of the core. For faculty.

it is upheld as the one class
series in which a number of
different disciplines are mixed.

Students feel that core classes
are not connected by any of the
five questions, and because
they perceive no connection
between the classes, students
are concerned that there is not
more choice among available
classes. In two focus g"oups,
the history requirement was
singled out as being too gen-
eral and not of interest. For
many students, it repeats their
high school experience. Stu-
dents want to have a variety of
history classes offered rather
than just the strict sequence.

Students believe that core
classes and major classes
should be separate. In three
focus groups, students of var-
ied majors complained that the
English core requirement pe-
nalizes English majors. For
while literature students are
there to discuss and feast on the
value of literature, many stu-
dents are there because of re-
quirements. Students pointed
out that in majors such as Eco-
nomics, this was not the case.

Faculty and students alike are
both concerned at the lack of
full time faculty and the num-
ber of adjuncts teaching.
Nearly all faculty expressed
concern over their inability to
teach as many upper level
classes as they would like due
to core demands. In areas with
two semester core sequences
the demands on the faculty are
such that between half and
three quarters of a professor's
classroom time is being dedi-
cated to core classes. This
leaves very little room to pay
attention to the majors in a
given area.

Students are dismayed with the
quality of adjuncts. Adjuncts
are seen as a way to guarantee
a good grade without having
to work as hard, and students
take adjuncts in subject areas
they do not like. Students in
two groups suggested that ad-
juncts be prohibited from

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YA C REPORT.

A study of campus life by Young Alumni Club

teaching any upper level
classes. Both students and
Faculty thought the size of the
faculty should roughly double.

This ties directly into the
movement to go to a 3 class, 4
hour teaching load for faculty
and 4 class, 4 hour load for stu-
dents. The faculty interviewed
expressed strong support for it,
while students in all groups
were almost universally op-
posed to the system. Faculty
desire the system because they
believe they have no time for
professional development.
"You either have to be a work-
a-holic or do no research.",
said one professor. Both ten-
ured and non tenured faculty
believe that the tenure system
has become arbitrary. Faculty
are being told that they need
to advance the research in their
fields to gamer tenure while
the ofiicial requirements and
schedules do not mention or
provide resources for such ad-
vancement

Students wish to keep the 5
class by 3 hour system as they
fear the number of choices in
classes will decline. In all four
groups students complained
that there were not enough
upper level alternatives al-
ready. They believe going to
a 4 by 4 system will further
limit their chances of gaining
higher level experience in vari-
ous areas of their major

Both faculty and students be-
lieve adding more full time
tenure track faculty is the only
way to solve their problem.

The arts program at
Oglethorpe University is of
serious concern to students. In
all four focus groups, students
raised questions about coordi-
nation of policy between vi-
sual and performing arts and
also expressed concern that too
many classes in the visual arts
were taught by adjuncts. Stu-
dents also pointed out that
classes in music and the visual

arts focused to heavily on pro-
duction and not enougli in un-
derstanding. In two groups,
students pointed out tliat they
were unprepared for the Geek
Week Science Building De-
sign Competition as there were
no architectural programs of-
fered at Oglethorpe.

Administration

The administration at
Oglethorpe is perceived by
both students and faculty as
approachable. However, there
is a consensus that the upper
administration is operating
beliind closed doors. Both stu-
dents and faculty feel they are
not given adequate influence
in the decision making pro-
cess. Both also believe that the
administration does not release
the complete facts on many
matters, offering only positive
information if at all possible.

With regard to public percep-
tion of the Oglethorpe, there is
some mixed opinion. It is clear
that Oglethorpe's PR depart-
ment has successfully placed
the school in the Atlanta area.
Students and faculty alike be-
lieve the riglit message has
gotten out, but it hasn't gotten
very far. Students in more than
one group said there is a slo-
gan among tliem; "We're from
Oglethorpe, we've never heard
of you either." Both also agree
that Oglethorpe's reputation
beyond Atlanta is virtually
non-existent, and that PR
needs to focus on developing
a fir^ rate national opinion.

Admissions is getting mixed
reviews. Many faculty said
that good quality students are
coming in, but that tliey are
passive. Students in three
groups said that they felt de-
ceived once they matriculated.
As perspectives, they were told
things were going to be of
higher qual ity than they turned
out to be. Students said that
they were shown the library
and told that all facilities were

of the same standard and qual-
ity. Students also said they
were told that their financial
aid burdens would not rise at
an accelerated rate once here.

All four focus groups and
many of the faculty believe
that the student services de-
partment is inadequate. Many
of the campus rules are seen
as out of date and their en-
forcement is seen as highly se-
lective. Further, students and
faculty alike feel career ser-
vices is not working. Both stu-
dents and faculty pointed out
that there is no long term ca-
reer placement assistance and
no one could ever remember a
large company coming to
Oglethorpe on a recruiting
drive.

Alumni

Students and Faculty are dis-
appointed with Ogletliorpe's
alumni. Students perceive the
alumni as failing to bring dis-
tinction to the university. They
believe the alumni have an
obligation to make the school
well known and respected.
Both the faculty and the stu-
dents believe alumni do not
give enough money or require
that the money be given to-
ward the right things. Both
students and faculty question
alumni priorities. The
Schmidt Center was offered as
an example ofbuilding wanted
accessories, but ignoring more
primary needs. Faculty and
students also believe that most
alumni have no loyalty to the
school and don't care about it.
Students bel ieve that the cause
of this apathy is that
Oglethorpe does not cultivate
loyalty among its students or
instill a sense of pride regard-
ing the school. Students per-
ceive that alumni have not
been asked to participate in
broad and meaningful ways.
In three groups, a mentoring
program was alluded to, but no
student knew a participant.
Students believe that having a

voluntary and successful
mentoring program would
make a great impact

Campus Organizations

Students and faculty alike say
very few campus organiza-
tions are effective. APO was
the only example of an orga-
nization cited by all four
groups as effective, but APO
members question this. The
Fraternities are also seen as
having made a major contri-
bution to keeping social life
focused on campus, but many
facuhy expressed reservations
about tying social status to the
Greek system.

Students and Faculty alike in-
dicated that honorary organi-
zations such as Phi Alpha
Theta and ODK are largely
irrelevant and that they do not
live up to their potential.
Honoraries are perceived as
being chosen on the basis of
friendships rather than on
merit and are not seen as pro-
viding either social or intellec-
tual leadership on campus. All
four focus groups also agree
that OSA was simply an orga-
nization that handed out
money.

Conclusions

There is an almost universal
perception among students and
faculty that Oglethorpe talks
a good game and poses well for
the camera but has an ugly
underbelly. From the faculty
and all four focus groups came
the comment tliat Oglethorpe
talks about quality but really
does not care about it Stu-
dents do not feel that
Oglethorpe treats them as cus-
tomers or take their concerns
seriously. The problems in
maintaining the dorms, the
lack of food alternatives, and
the fact that the Library closes
at 10:00 pm were cited by all
groups as evidence of this.

The faculty and the members

of the focus groups view the
students and alumni as apa-
thetic to the cause of develop-
ing a stronger and better
known top notch liberal arts
college. Students believe
alumni are not giving enough,
and when they give they are
giving the wrong things. Stu-
dents see themselves as being
lulled into apathy as informa-
tion on the school 's progress is
unavailable and perceived to
be under spin control.

The administration is largely
seen as the cause of this. Fac-
ulty perceive the administra-
tion as making arbitrary deci-
sions without permitting ad-
equate influence while the stu-
dents believe they are left out
of all processes until they can
only be a rubber stamp.

The most important issue for
faculty is adding more of them.
They also want more class-
room space and better tools,
such as internet access and re-
search time. Students want all
the above, as well as their
dorms and other facilities to be
maintained. They believe that
money currently going to land
scaping and the like could be
put to this purpose.

All parties agree that
Oglethorpe has excellent pro-
fessors that can provide a first
rate education to fu^ rate stu-
dents. They also agreethatthe
school does not yet have the
tools to do it Faculty and Stu-
dents share in common the be-
lief that Oglethorpe needs to
increase its faculty, improve its
facilities, wire its campus, de-
mand more of its alumni, and
instill a better sense of pride in
its students. To do tliis, stu-
dents will need to be less pas-
sive, faculty will need to do
more research, and the admin-
istration will need to change its
image from being willing to
listen to being open to influ-
ence.

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OR GANIZA TIONS.

Mays, 1995

OSA announces 1995-96 officers, senators

By Kelly Holland
OSA

The results are in!

The officers of the Oglethorpe
Student Association for the
1995-1996 school year are:
President, Jen Fowler; Vice
President, Kim Worley, Secre-
tary, Kelly Holland; Treasurer,
Randy Roberson; Parliamen-

tarian, Michael Billingsly; Se-
nior Class President, Chanda
Creasy; Junior Class Presi-
dent, Merryl Feld; Sophomore
Class President, Laura Butts.
Congratulations!

The OSA Senate for
1995-1996 are: Holly
Harmon, Chance Nevitt, Mary
Poteet, and Elizabeth Stockton
representing the senior class;

OU Singers on tour

By Chanda Creasy
University Singers

Spring time is here

again and for the University
Singers, things have been busy.
The Singers prepared the en-
tire semester for their recently
completed tour through south
Georgia.

The weekend began
with a concert at Lovejoy High
School on Friday, April 21.
Later that afternoon, the group
sang at Upson-Lee High
School in Thomaston, Geor-
gia. Finally, the Singers com-
pleted their day with a third
concert at LaGrange College.

On Saturday, the Singers
enjoyed a fun-fiUed day at the
beach and in the gardens of
Calloway Gardens in Pine
Mountain, Georgia. On the
way home, the group gave
their fourth concert at Central

KA.

Baptist Church in Newnan,
Georgia.

The grand finale of their
hard work was the University
Singers' annual spring con-
cert. The concert consisted of
most of the selections used on
tour and some other exciting
pieces. Some higlilights of the
concert included Laudate
Dominium by Mozart, featur-
ing soprano Claire Buzzard
and violinist Rachel Maki.
Atotaru Koi, a Japanese
children's song was sung by
tlie women's chorale. In addi-
tion, the group performed the
spiritual Let Me Fly, featuring
Stephen Cooper. For those
who love the theater, the Sing-
ers' concert included a delight-
ful melody from Les
Miserables.

If you didnt see a Sing-
ers concert this year, come out
and see us next year!

By John Knight
Kappa Alpha

Province Council,

judging from the amount of
praise we have received from
those in attendance, was a suc-
cess. The Beta Nu chapter as
a whole, specifically Kevin
Benefiel4 deserves praise for
a job well done.

By the time this article
is published. Old South (our
spring formal), will be but a
memory. Hopefully the food
was worth the outrageous
price I paid and hopefully, ev-
eryone returned from New
Orleans safely.

Last issue I complained
about Greek Week then of-
fered a solution as to what

could replace it. This time I
have what I consider an even
better idea as to its replace-
ment. IFC could take the
money that is normally given
to Greek Week and use it to
purchase a giant garbage can,
a truck of wood, and some
gasoline. The garbage can
could be placed in front of Chi
Phi (witli the wood burning) at
which point many people
would congregate in what
could be called the largest
block party in Greek history.
Tliis certainly seems logical in
liglit of tlie fact that "garbage
can" block parties have be-
come more popular tlian regu-
lar parties.

Goodbye (until next
year!)

Ahna Sagrera, Michael
Shirley, Jenny Slater, and Miki
Williamson representing the
class of 1997; Shannon
Hutcheson, Jeremiah JefTra,
Kim Kuni, and David Pass will
be next year's sophomore sena-
tors. Once again, congratula-
tions!

OSA's final campus
event was Virtual Reality on
Wednesday, April 28 in the
student center.

The senior party will be

held at Three Dollar Cafe in
Buckhead on May 10, the last
day of fmal exams.

This year has been a
very interesting one (to say the
least) and the student govern-
ment has managed to bring
you, the students, exciting and
fun events: the "warehouse"
party (in the dining hall), a
Holiday dance. Homecoming,
a terrific Stomp the Lawn
(great job, Alan!), as well as
many other smaller, yet just as

cool, events. The increase in
the activity fee (as voted on
last year) allowed OSA greater
opportunity to bring bigger
and better happenings on to
campus. Next year, the activ-
ity fee will stabilize at $50.00
per semester (which is in-
cluded in tuition costs) and we
are anticipating an even better
year next year! Have a safe
and fun summer and we'll see
you in the fall ! Good luck on
your finals!

xo.

By Chopper Johnson
Chi Phi

Well, we managed to

survive another year... how, I
not exactly sure, but we did.
We are sending one brother
into the real world this year, as
Mike"Def' Rowe graduates
with ambitions of becoming a
teacher. Hey, wouldn't you
trust him with your kids?

We are losing another

AEO

By Jason Thomas
Delta Sigma Phi

As I am sure all of you

seen us miscreants of society
armed with weaponary of
water running around campus
violating virtually all resi-
dency rules concerning quiet
hours and public conduct. To
those of you whom were in-
jured as innocent by-standers
in the war, we apologize. But
hell, we were having fun. The

brother from our active ranks
also, as Sean "Supafly"
Wessling will be doing the
Athens thing next year at
UGA Best of luck Sean, and
can we crash on your floor?

Let's see... other notable
news... Our 26th Anniversary
Party went well, with only mi-
nor injuries sustained at tlie
Softball game, and (amaz-
ingly) none at a cocktail party
attended by several slightly

inebriated National Officers.

Last bit o' news.
Oglethorpe will, unfortu-
nately, not be graced by the
shining countenance of Pat
Mulheam next semester, as he
will be gallivanting through
Holland on an international
studies program. Rough life,
eh?

Well, looks like that's it,
and so yes, we are outta here
like velcro sneakers.

EAE.

Visigoths or the white team
defeated the Ostrigoths to re-
ceive their "reward" at the end
of the war.

On the weekend of April
29, 1995 we celebrated our
Tenth Anniversary of our re-
charteringin 1985. We all had
a good time, and Levy came
back with munchies for every-
one.

We recently held our
elections for the 1995-1996
school year and the new offic-
ers are: President Chuck
DeNormandie, Vice President

Dave Sabel, Secretary Mark
Pellegrino, Treasurer Chance
Nevitt, and Sergeant At Arms
Mark Hannah. Congratula-
tions to all.

On May 10, we will be
holding our initiatiation for
Spring Pledge Class. Wish
them luck! They're going to
need it.

Finally, I would like to
say a farewell to all of the se-
niors. To Pumpkinhead ...
Congrats. And to those who
understand...
Gimme a light...

By Christopher Wintrow
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

I hereby declare that

April shall henceforth be
known as the month of SAE.
As everyone knows by now,
we vanquished the barbarians
on our way to winning our fifth
consecutive Greek Week.
Despite controversy, 20 or so
tone deaf individuals, and the
general wear and tear of a
week and a half of competi-
tion, the forces of good pre-

vailed once again and enlight-
ened the masses with our
seemingly inexhaustable re-
serves of talent.

This glorious month also
saw the very deserving initia-
tion of John Breton on April
13. The persistence of this
man pays tribute not only to
his character but also to the
love and spirit which can be
found in fraternity life.

As if this were not
enough, the brothers of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon (and their

guests) shall be enjoying a
brief sojourn in the fun and sun
of Florida the weekend of
April 20-23. Hopeftilly we'll
be able to spend the entire time
there rather than only two
days.

Finals are coming up,
and with that sleepless nights
filled with caffeine-enhanced
products. Good luckto all and
remember: "in order to be the
man, you ' ve got to beat the
man."

Mays, 1995

Page 11

FEATURES.

Beastie Boys to rock Omni May 8

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

Dressed in their typi-
cal attire of Fila tennis shirts,
baggy pants, and of course.
Pumas, the Beastie Boys will
take the stage at the Omni on
Monday, May 8.

This three member
group, which consists of Adam
Horovitz (alias Ad-Rock),
Mike Diamond (better known
as Mike D), and Adam Yauch
(commonly addressed by the
title MCA), originated in New
York City nearly ten years ago.
They began as punk rock
group while still in high
school, releasing a punk EP in
1982 entitled Po//ywog Stew.
Soon after breaking into the
punk scene, however, the

group discovered their interest
in hip-hop. Working with Rick
Rubin, the Beastie Boys re-
leased their first album. Li-
cense to III, in 1986. Soon, it
became the best selling rap al-
bum of all time, until MC
Hammer's Please Hammer
Don 1 Hurt Em ' stole the title.
The Beasties, however, soon
split with Rubin and manager,
Russell Simmons due to dis-
putes over royalties. With the
split came the band's move to
Los Angeles, their current
home. Once in L.A. they be-
gan working on a new project,
the recording of Paul 's Bou-
tique. Released in 1989, the
album uses samples from the
1970 fiink era. Though sales
of this album were low, the
Beasties became the first to

introduce this new style of
sampling to the rap world.

In 1992, the Beastie
Boys began to strengthen their
popularity with the release of
Check Your Head. This mu-
sical endeavor became the first
Beastie Boys album to be re-
corded under Mike D's label
Grand Royal. The album,
which later became platinum,
began to pave the way to suc-
cess for tlie group.

Their most recent work,
/// Communication, captures
the undoubtedly'unique style
which has come to represent
the Beastie Boys. According
to Chris Mundy of Rolling
Stone, "/// Communication
fuses jazz laced hip-hop,
crappy 1980-style punk
thrash, aggressive, grove-

heavy rap and the kind of in-
fectiously sleazy funk
instrumentals that can be heard
playing in pom movies after
someone says, "Hey you're
not the regular cabana boy."
This original arrangement re-
sults not only from the careful
selection of samples, but, the
musical talents of the Beasties
themselves. Musical

responsibilties are as follows:
Ad-Rock, guitarist, Mike D,
drummer, and MCA, bassist.
Together they work to create
a sound which keeps your
booty movin'.

If you enjoy a high en-
ergy show, that keeps you out
of your seat from beginning to
end, I suggest checking out the
Beastie Boys on May 8. Seats
are still available.

"Midtown:" Atlanta's music festival

By Chopper Johnson
Editor-at-Large

Atlanta, one of the

hubs of the southern music
scene, finally has a music fes-
tival that could put it on the
music map. Music Midtown,
a three day, six stage event
from May 12 to May 14, has
the potential to turn into the
biggest thing to hit Atlanta
since Sherman.

In its second year in
1995, the festival expects to

pull in well over 100,00
people for bands such as Col-
lective Soul, Stone Roses
(making their first U.S. ap-
pearance). Bush, Matthew
Sweet, Adam Ant, Little Feat,
Buckwheat Zydeco, and, of
course. The Village People. In
all, Midtown will feature more
than 90 bands, pulling in a
mixture of genres from top
national, regional, and local
performers. The organizers at
Concert/Southern Promotions,
an Alex Cooley/Peter Conlon

project, are pleased to have a
local band. Collective Soul, as
the event's unofiicial headlin-
ers.

Combine this wealth of
musical talent with a complete
arts fare with craftsmen from
throughout the southeast, a
food court that will feature
some of Atlanta's best known
restaurants to cater to aUnost
any taste and a complete
Children's Area to entertain
the younger generation with
performers and hands on ac-

tivities, and the festival seems
to have something for every-
one.

The six stages will be
scattered throughout a four
city block area in Midtown,
from 10th Street to 1 1th Street,
and from Peachtree to West
Peachtree. Tickets will be $15
per day or $25 for a three day
pass, and are on sale at all
Ticketmaster locations as well
as by charge from 249-6400.
Tickets will also be available
the day on the show.

Alumna recalls pranks, academics

By Kate Schindler
News Editor

Carol Flammer,

former Oglethorpe University
student, was a member of the
graduating class of 1989.
While a student of O.U. ,
Flammer worked to complete
a bachelor's degree in Busi-
ness and Behavioral Science.
Currently, she is working as
the Public Relations Manager
for Zoo Atlanta. Flammer
says she enj oys working within
the public relations field be-
cause it offers new experiences
everday.

Flammer believes that
two of the best skills she
learned while attending

Oglethorpe were writing and
public speaking. "Public
speaking was the best course I
took while attending
Oglethorpe," says Flammer
"The course not only helps
you to think on your feet, but,
formulate clear and concise
thoughts while presenting an
idea." She has also gained a
better understanding of how to
relate to various people. "Be-
cause many of Oglethorpe's
students come from different
regions of the nation, coun-
tries, and backgrounds, I have
learned how to deal with vari-
ous people within my life,"
says Flammer.

In addition to academ-
ics, Flammer also devoted her

time to Greek life. As a mem-
ber of the Chi Omega soror-
ity, she and her fellow sisters
participated in numerous prac-
tical jokes aimed at the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Flammer fondly ^ks back on
her participation in both the
greek and social life of
Oglethorpe. She recalls not
only the "famous" Chi Phi
parties, but, meeting her hus-
band Bill during her senior
year.

Presently, Flammer is
preparing to become a mem-
ber of tlie Oglethorpe Univer-
sity Alumni Board. She has,
however, played an active role
within the university prior to
her acceptance on the board.

Flammer has helped to orga-
nize the Public Relations com-
mittee of the university's art
gallery. In addition, she has
volunteered for the Business
Drive Campaign Fund. Work-
ing with both faculty and
alumni, Flammer helped to
raise money for the university.
She has also stayed in touch
with Oglethorpe by conduct-
ing internships with current
students of the university.
Flammer believes these intern-
ships help students to test the
career of public relations. Ex-
periences such as these, enable
students to determine if they
wish to enter this particular
field of work after college.

Suggested
Reading

By Heather Carlen
Features Editor

Searching for tiK per-
fect gift for that special gradu-
ate? If you can't afford to rent
an apartment for a year or
don't have the contacts to
guarantee the perfect job, you
might consider helping the
new graduate help him or her-
sdf find security. How? Geoff
Martz's often humorous, but
always practical guidebook
How to Survive Without Your
Parents' Money.

How to Survive Without
Your Parents ' Money begins
with a discussion of what
"they" want. Everyone who
has a parent has heard at least
one of these jewels: "We just
want you to do better than we
did," or "We just want you to
be happy." Martz points out
that these statements are usu-
ally qualified; "Wejuawant
you to be happy ... as a sur-
geon." However, all hope of
understanding your parents is
not lost; Martz takes scsne
time to explain the mentality
of the Baby Boomers about
careers and education. "They"
may still think the same, but
at least you might understand
them.

Martz gives the new
graduate tips on everything
from how to get an interview,
to how to dress for one, to how
to put off getting a job indefi-
nitely. The book is peppered
with interesting sidebar statis-
tics on the best places to live
and work in the United States,
for example, but also includes
recipes for macaroni and
cheese. How to Survive With-
out Your Parents ' Money is
also filled with sidebars detail-
ing success stories of those
lucky graduates who "made
it." Be spunky, take risks,
Martz suggests, and willing to
shuffle papers for a while, or
the perfect job will slip by.

The Princeton Review's
How to Survive Without Your
Parents ' Money, by Geoff
Martz, is available in may ]
bookstores for $9.00

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COMICS

Mays, 1995

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SPORTS

Mays, 1995

Oglethorpe says goodbye to diamond legends

By Daryl Brooks
Staff

The faU of 1991 was

no ordinary fall here at
Oglethorpe. Nine young men
walked onto this campus to
begin a new era. Now, as these
men prepare for graduation, it
is time to honor their efforts in
reviving the Petrel baseball
program.

Of the 23 players Coach
Pete Meyer recruited to begin
the program only nine returned
for their senior and final sea-
son. These nine have helped
the Petrels to become a base-
ball power in the SCAC. These
players did not lose a regular
season SCAC game until their
senior year (52 strait if you're
counting). However the one
goal left for these players is to
win the conference tourna-
ment. They head into this
year's tourney second in the
Eastern division and fresh off
a double header sweep of con-
ference leader and nationally
ranked Millsaps.

For those of you unfa-
miliar with these Oglethorpe
sports heroes they are: Mike
Thomas, Jim Moccio, Matt
Weiner, Jason Gray, Will
Lukow, Chip Evans, Tom
Gambino, Ward Jones and
Chris Warren. These people
have all impacted my life, so
if you will indulge me 1 would
like to pay tribute to these
players for all of their hard
work in making OU baseball
what it is today.

Mike Thomas. Thomas
came to Oglethorpe from the
great, all beit cold state of
Michigan. Thomas is known
by his teammates as the "three
toed sloth" and the "BP King"
The first nickname he gar-
nered for his sloppiness and his
catlike agility, the second for
his penchant for hitting
Ruthian blasts during batting
practice. Thomas has been the
Petrels first baseman and start-
ing pitcher during his career.
On the mound Thomas' career
highlights include his no hit-
ters against Fisk and his one
hitter against Sewanee. Al the
plate Mike has twice been
named to the All SCAC team.

His personal career highlight
was being named the teams
MVP for the Reebok tourna-
ment his sophomore year.
Coach Bill Popp commented
on Thomas, "he's a quality
number 2 starter and a team
leader on the mound." Anyone
who has ever attended a home
game can see, and hear, the fire
and determination with which
Mike plays the game.

Chip Evans. "Consum-
mate ace of the staff," is how
coach Popp refereed to Evans,
his number one starter this
year. Evans came to
Oglethorpe from nearby
Fayette, Georgia, almost by
accident. Chip was hopeful of
receiving a football scholar-
ship, however things didn't
exactly work out and Chip
came here to play baseball.
Evans personal highlights
from his four years are hitting
a grand slam for his first col-
lege hit and defeating nation-
ally ranked Methodist(N.C.)
while striking out 12 in this
years Reebok tournament.
Evans is another in a long line
of All SCAC performers for
the Petrels. Evans will go
down in OU baseball lore for
short hopping the windows on
the very top of the fieldhouse.
Legend has it that his bomb
would have easily landed on
the tennis courts if it wasn't for
the fieldhouse. Chip is known
by his teammates as very re-
laxed off the field but incred-
ibly intense once he steps on
the field.

Ward Jones. Jones came
to Oglethorpe from Lovett
High School for the chance to
play baseball here. Jones has
been a two year co-captain and
has earned the respect of his
teammates in this position. If
there is something that must be
done at the plate to win a
game Ward Jones will do it.
Whenever called upon to bunt
a runner over in a crucial situ-
ation Jones does not hesitate to
sacrifice himself for the good
of the team. "Ward has been a
quality catcher all four years
and handles the pitching staff
very well," stated Coach Popp.
Ward's shining moments ofhis
career include being named to

the All SCAC team last sea-
son and driving in the winning
runs in a come from behind
win over Emory this year.
However Jones greatest thrill
on the diamond may have been
the feeling after coming back
from 6 runs down in the last
inning to defeat Centre Col-
lege last season. If Jones, a
business administration major,
could have done one thing dif-
ferently over his four years it
would be replaying Millsaps in
the conference tournament his
sophomore year when the team
lostaS-1 lead.

Chris Warren. "Very in-
tense, he left everything on the
field," is how coach Popp de-
scribed the outfielder/DH.
Warren had to leave the team
halfway through his senior
season for personal reasons,
however he still gave every
thing he had to the program
and deserves mention. Warren
will be remembered for beat-
ing out a ground ball to the
shortstop with one out in the
last inning to spark the come
from behind victory over Cen-
tre last season. Chris was All
SCAC last season as an out-
fielder. Warren is known to his
teammates as a very fiery com-
petitor. If someone needed to
fire up the team, you didn't
need to look any farther than
"ass."

Jason Gray. Gray, the
team's back-up catcher from
Mableton Ga., returned to the
team after a two-year hiatus
from baseball. Gray played his
freshman year and then took a
few years off. He returned this
year because he loved and
missed the game. His return
was well timed, because with-
out him the team would have
been without a true second
catcher. Coach Popp referedto
Gray as, "a capable backup
and a nice addition to the
team." Gray's reliability was
proven at Sewanee when start-
ing catcher Ward Jones was
ejected and Gray came in to
drive in the winning run.
Gray's speed was also a valu-
able addition to the squad.
While pinch running, he
scored the winning run in an
extra inning victory over

Millsaps.

Will Lukow. We all
know Will from his exploits on
the soccer field, however after
this spring Will should also be
remembered for his efforts on
the diamond. Lukow also took
two years off from baseball,
but returned this season be-
cause he missed the team and
felt that he let them down.
"Will has been a pleasant sur-
prise this seasoa He has given
us a lift in the leadoff spot,"
said coach Popp. Lukow be-
came the teams DH at the mid
point of the season and sparked
the team with his blazing speed
to many victories. Will also
showed many leadership char-
acteristics by always keeping
his teammates up and in the
game, no matter what the
score. Will also wanted to add
one special message, "Hi
mom."

Jim Moccio. Moccio is
one of the three New York
boys that came in together as
freshmen. "Moce", as he is
called by his teammates, came
to school here to help build a
program and to be around the
excitement this program
would generate. "A quiet com-
petitor," coach Popp com-
mented on Moccio. Jim has
twice been named defensive
player of the year for the Pe-
trels. With his speed and de-
fensive instincts anything hit to
center field was an automatic
out. Moccio's career highlights
include driving in the winning
run against Centre his fresh-
man year and recording the
two game winning hits to
sweep a double header from
Millsaps his senior year.
Moccio, a three year captain,
may be best remembered by
his teammates for his constant
stetching before, during and
after practice. Moccio is also
the best infielder who never
played infield.

Matt Weiner. Weiner is
another of the New York tri-
umvirate. He came all the way
to Atlanta to play because of
money, the chance to be a four
year starter and to be in a big
city. Weiner, a biology magor,
has been a solid left fielder for
the Pefrels. Of Weiner coach

Popp stated, "he's been a
steady contributor all four
years." Matt's career highlight
was going 4-4 against
Sewanee with 2 home runs, a
double and a single. Weiner
will be remembered by all OU
fans for his chase of Hall of
Famer Luke Apling's school
record .410 batting average.
Matt has always given words
of advice to younger guys (in-
cluding myself) in need of
help. This All SCAC per-
former has his act together off
the field as well, he has been
named to the Dean's list sev-
eral times.

Tom Gambino.

Gambino is the fmal member
of the New York threesome.
He came to school here to play
baseball and has made the
most of his opportunity. Tom
has been named All SCAC,
All South, and just about any
other All team you could come
up with. The sure-handed sec-
ond baseman is one of the
team's best, and most clutch
hitters. Tom has come up big
in so many games on the line
that when asked what his
greatest memory of baseball
here was, he could not come
up with just one. The best he
could do was the feeling after
the previously mentioned
come from behind win over
Centre last year. Coach Popp
refereed to his co-captain as,
"a team leader on and off the
field." Gambino was also the
teams MVP at this year's
Reebok tournament. On the
field, Gambino rarely commits
an error and has the quickest
hands this side of the Missis-
sippi. Gambino has only been
taken out on one double play
in his career at OU. Gambino
has also helped to build a pipe-
line from his high school (Sa-
chem) to OU. Sophomore Tim
Crowley attended Sachem
with Gambino and another
Sachem product may be here
next year.

These nine make their
last appearance for the Petrels
April 29, against Rust College.
Everyone needs to come out
and watch these nine give us
one last thrilling victory.

Mays, 1995

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SPORTS.

Farewell to the seniors, as only Dunn could do

By E>unn Neugebauer
For No Particular Reason...

I remember the first

time Gina Carellas ever
walked into the gym, sporting
a T-shirt, a green basketball
cap and a suntan and I remon-
ber feeling guilty because I
looked more than once.

I remember helping re-
cruit Ward Jones off the base-
ball fields of Lovett and I can
remember looking for him un-
der the scorers table after he
forgot to start the clock in a
women's game against
Hendrix.

I remember seeing Matt
Weiner, Moccio and Gambino
in study halls as freshmen and
I remember it taking me two
years to find out that Moce and
Gamby actually had first
names.

I remember seeing Lori
Green and Ann Mason in the
dining hall for the first time,
laughing in amazement when
I was told they were the vol-
leyball stars, and I remember
watching a game with my
mouth wide open and being
thankful I was proven wrong.

I remember seeing a si-

lent freshman named Kim
Jackson walk by me in the
gym and I remember her mak-
ing me feel like a million
bucks when she felt comfort-
able enough around me to let
me tape her hand before a
game.

I remember seeing Will
Lukow score his fu^ ever goal
here and in only an instant, can
remember his 75th.

I remember telling Dave
Lerette that it would take a
chainsaw to cut into his leg
during an operation, seeing
John Nunes almost making a
bicycle kick goal in his final
home game and wondering
why Coach Yelton moved
Terra to forward, but only for
a moment.

I remember Kirsten
Hanzsek almost breaking our
backboard with a desperation
shot and I remember her fam-
ily, in-laws and dog sitting
alongside the soccer field
while she broke all our soccer
records.

I remember Shelly
Robinson and how her cheeks
would poke out when she
smiled that cute little smile of
hers and I remember her and

her mother walking oft to-
gether game after game after
game.

I remember watching
Cornell Longino and Andy
Schutt sit on the bench as
freshmen, just waiting for their
opportunity to run and jump
and play and I remember see-
ing them work together with
perfection in an unbelievable
comeback over Carroll.

1 remember telling Jack
Stephens not to shoot at the top
of my lungs when he launched
a 30-footer at the buzzer
against Adrian and I remem-
ber high-fiving Ward when he
hit it

I remember setting a
pick on Mike Thomas and
ending up in the third row.
Clay Davis ignitingthe crowd,
trying to lift weiglits with Mike
Beran, trying to guard Kevin
Carlisle, Norika Murata's
sideways serve, and though I
can't remember all of Shelly
Anderson's 400 career assists,
I can promise you 1 remember
more than you'll ever know.

I remember seeing Chip
Evans mad at somebody and
being glad it wasn't me.

I remember asking a

freshman named Susan Poston
if she wanted to play tennis for
me and she told me she was
retarded and I remember
watching her battle the best of
the best in what seemed like
four perfect years.

I remember feeling
guilty for half a second when
hugging a student in distress,
then realizing that sometimes
you have to put your role as a
human being ahead of your
role in your job and quickly
dismissing the thought.

I remember wanting to
have the words to explain to
you people the beauty of Di-
vision 111 sports, that playing
for the love of the game instead
of all the messed up, unnatu-
ral reasons the pros play for is
the whole purpose of sports
and 1 can remember wanting
to tell you that, if nothing else,
these memories will provide a
peaceful comer in your head
that no domineering boss,
spouse or world can ever
touch.

I remember asking
Kevin Henderson where
Stockbridge was.

I remember wondering
what happened to the days

when it actually took a year for
a year to go by.

I remember telling Beau
Lyons he should go help a fel-
low runner who'd locked her
keys in her car and I remem-
ber hearing they were engaged
a year later.

I remember watching
William Ku and Mark
Krabousanos develop into one
of the best doubles teams I've
seen here and I remember
Katie Farrell introducing her-
self to Phil Waidel and the two
asking each other ISO ques-
tions.

I remember seeing a
group of unseasoned freshman
basketballers surrounding
Brenda Hillman at the first day
of practice and I remember
that seconds passed and they
were walking to the podium
grabbing their senior awards.

I remember holding a
crying Susan Poston after she
played her last home tennis
match.

And I remember walk-
ing across a gym floor, lock-
ing myself in what I think is
now an equipment room and
shedding a few tears myself
Dunn, James Dunn

Katie Farrell

and

Will Lukow

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