The New Perspective • Volume 26, Issue 1 • 09/26/02

THE NEW PERSPECTIVE Thursday, September 26, 2002 News Freshmen statistics, page 2 New registrar, page 3

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Greek Corner, page 8 Person on the Street, page 9

A & E in the Area, page 10 Dear Marie, page 12

Sports New coaches, page 13 Fall sports, page 16

The Student Newspaper of Carroll College

Homecoming 2002

‘A Quest for Camelot’ Melissa Sedlmeier Staff Writer

Carroll students have been preparing themselves all week long to journey back to the time of King Arthur as they celebrate the theme for this year’s Homecoming, Medieval Magic: A Quest for Camelot. Although there are not any knights in shining armor, the College Activities Board (CAB) is sponsoring several activities throughout the week.

Comedian Robert Strong started off the week with a bundle full of laughs on Monday night. On Tuesday night, students filed into the recital hall to see the movie First Knight starring Richard Gere, Sean Connery and Julia Ormond.

Games were held on Main Lawn Wednesday afternoon and the Powderpuff game will be held Thursday at 4 p.m.

Many of the student organizations were involved in designing banners, making floats for the parade, creating bulletin boards, painting windows and nominating individuals for Homecoming court.

“I am really excited to work on the banner for Art Club. It’s a great way to express creativity. Plus you get to see what all the other clubs did with their banners,” said freshman Jill Ridenour, earlier in the week.

Although every organization had the opportunity to nominate two individuals, the first general court voting on Monday and Tuesday narrowed it down to 12.

Students will have the opportunity to vote for king and queen on Thursday during lunch and dinner.

One of the biggest events of the week is the parade and football game on Saturday.

The Tripoli Motor Cars, Billie Mitchell Bag Pipers, Salto Gymnastic Tumblers, and the Catholic Memorial High School marching band will all be participating in the parade beginning at See Homecoming Page 4

Carroll sees changes, classes get moved Maren Weber Staff Writer

Many students looked at their schedules this semester and saw politics classes were in Lowry and English classes were being held in the Campus Center. Walking around campus, they noticed the orange construction fencing around Main Hall and heard the banging of construction. Several noticeable changes have been made around campus since last spring.

The biggest project is the renovation of Main Hall.

This year, the building that formerly housed several departmental offices, computer labs, and many classrooms is closed. This ninemonth project should be completed in time for Commencement next spring.

The first classes to be held in

File Photo / Sarah Zeirke

Workers in Main Hall add some new construction to the recently gutted structure Sept. 17, which is scheduled to reopen this summer. the renovated building will be during Summer Session I. There are three main parts of the renovation: dem-

olition, building systems, and building envelope. This includes heating, air conditioning, plumbing, sprin-

klers, roof, windows, exterior, a contemporary handicap See Renovations Page 8

Changes take place within Residence Life Jessi Bauer Staff Writer

With two new faces, new titles and a change of director within the Residence Life staff, students may be wondering what all has changed over the summer within the department.

Not much, according to Ryan Ringhand, Director of Residential Programs.

Over the summer Carroll hired two new Resident Directors and Ringhand was

promoted to his current position.

In addition to the new faces, the titles have changed from the former Complex Directors (CDs) to Resident Directors (RDs). According to Ringhand, this is simply a way to keep up with the lingo in the field of student affairs.

The hires include Travis Dodge, RD of New Hall and Kilgour, and Barbara Kautz, RD of the Bergstrom complex.

Ringhand worked as a

Photo by Jill Ridenour

career service coordinator in the Walter Young Center for two years and as a CD for the Bergstroms for three years after receiving his bachelor’s in political science from Carroll in 1997.

In his current position, Ringhand supervises the RDs, works with the housing coordinator and other staff personnel, and oversees the entire residence life operations. In addition, he also oversees the apartment complexes and Charles House, directly looking after the

College Avenue Apartments where he lives.

Dodge is originally from the area having attended Catholic Memorial High School before leaving to receive degrees in economics and computer science math from St. Norbert College. He then went on to gain his master’s in education with an emphasis in college student development and administration from UW-La Crosse.

See Residence Life Page 4

Photo by Andrew Farrell

Women’s soccer

Catching some fun

Women’s soccer, along with other fall sports, are well on their way. See page 16 for fall sports coverage.

Fall is here and so are the Main Lawn frisbee pick-up games.

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The New Perspective

The New Perspective “Uniting the Carroll community with a proud heritage of excellence.”

Editor-in-Chief Nathan Tritt

Executive Staff News Editor Amanda Bothe Features Editor

News Briefs Amanda Bothe News Editor If your organization, department or office has any announcements or news that you want Carroll to know about, tell us! Contact Amanda Bothe at abothe@cc.edu

Amy Kant Opinion Editor Teresa Dickert Arts & Entertainment Editor Jodi Banning Sports Editor Nathan Brunner Photography Editor Andrew Farrell Layout Editor Susan Brastad Faculty Advisor Anne E. Schwartz

Writing Staff Erick Anderson, Jessi Bauer, Aaron Blackshear, Amber Bradford, Paula Cary, Shaun Dow, Sara Harvey, Eve Jacobs, John LaConte, April Lemanczyk, Isabel Stewart, Elizabeth Martin, Tabitha Menning, Elisa Neckar, Aja Nelson, Jill Ridenour, Melissa Sedlmeier, Melissa Vandenhouten, Ryan Watterson, Maren Weber, Amber Yost

Photography Amber Bradford, Sarah Lasee, Jill Ridenour

Bergs Intruder Last spring a man entered South Bergstrom and walked in on a resident while she was taking a shower. John Harbeck, head of Campus Safety, said that he has still not been found, but the Waukesha City Police are still investigating. Harbeck said that he would be keeping in touch with the police to follow the case.

History Department After some debate as to whom would remain in the history department for the 20022003 school year, Dave McDaniel has chosen to stay at Carroll after his wife, Kristin Foster, a former adjunct history professor at Carroll, was offered a job at Marquette University instead of Ithaca College.

Layout Jessi Bauer, Kellie Grahn

Advertising Jodi Banning, Amanda Bothe, Amy Kant

Editorial Policy The New Perspective, Carroll College’s student newspaper, is published every other Thursday during the academic year, except holidays, semester breaks and exam periods.

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Business Faculty The departments of business administration and economics have two new faculty members this year. Dr. Richard J. Penlesky came to Carroll from Bowling Green University where he was the chair of the management department.

Gregory J. Schultz was an adjunct professor at Carroll who received such strong student comments that he was hired as full time.

Extended Help Desk Hours New ITS Help Desk hours are Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. All problems and questions should be reported to the Help Desk at x7299 or by e-mail to helpdesk@cc.edu.

Changes in ITS submitted by Debra Jenkins ITS has taken over the checkout of laptops and projection systems from the Campus Center Information Desk. Four new laptops (3 Windows and one Mac) and four new projectors are available for checkout.

You must reserve this equipment through the Help Desk.

ITS has also implemented a late fee to ensure that everyone has access to the equipment at the time they have reserved it.

ITS has added a new category of student workers called ResTechs. This group’s primary responsibility is to work on problems students have in the Residence Halls connecting to the network or with their telephone service.

In addition, a new Acceptable Use Policy was adopted in July. It is similar to the Interim Acceptable Use Policy adopted last summer. All students are responsible for reading and following the new policy. It can be found at http://carroll1.cc.edu/~tutorial/globals/acceptableuse.html.

Students should also be sure that they are running antivirus software on their personal computers. If you need a recommendation for anti-virus software or information about antivirus software, please call the Help Desk.

Admissions Department The Admissions department has been divided into three sectors. One is traditional which includes incoming freshman. The second is non- traditional which includes transfer students, returning students, part-time students and international students. The third includes graduate students.

This change is to better accommodate the perspective student.

The Admissions office is now open until 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Thursday, September 26, 2002

Crime Beat

Campus Safety 9/10/02 Received a report of a hit-and-run/property damage accident in lot 1 near Kilgour. The vehicle struck, a Beige Nissan, was in a parking stall.

9/11/02 12:00 a.m.

Food left unattended in the Steele/Swarthout kitchen oven caught fire and caused a large amount of smoke. A student in the area responded quickly and extinguished the flame inside. The building was cleared and the fire department responded.

Some damage to the oven did occur.

9/12/02 9:40 p.m.

Assisted the Residence Life staff with two students in Swarthout.

9/15/02 11:28 a.m.

An unknown person activated a fire alarm pull station in the Technology Center of New Hall. The building was cleared and the fire department responded.

There was no cause found for the alarm being activated.

9/18/02 12:25 a.m.

Responded to a medical emergency at North Bergstrom Hall. One student was transported to Waukesha Memorial Hospital.

Parking Alerts During this Saturday’s Homecoming parade, lot 9 will be blocked off for all traffic entering or leaving.

During the parade, if you are in the lot you will not be allowed to leave via East Avenue or Barstow Street.

The parade is scheduled to start at noon and arrive at the campus around 12:30 p.m. The lot will be shut down when the police request we do so. Please make plans to leave before the parade starts or stay and enjoy the festivities.

The Tennis Court parking lot as well as the northwest corner of lot 9 will begin to be closed for Homecoming events on Thursday. Please refrain from parking in these two areas.

A reminder that only students that have valid permits for a residence hall lot are allowed to park in these lots. Parking regulations are being enforced. Visitors may park in unrestricted lots, timed short-term parking spaces, or on city streets.

Thursday, September 26, 2002

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Carroll College selects Brian Boyd as new Registrar Thus far, Boyd has found working with the Staff Writer other Registrar’s Office staff members to be “very rewardWhen the position of ing.” He also enjoys “workRegistrar became available ing with data and crunching last winter, after Linda numbers,” something one Olbinski stepped down, the wouldn’t expect from a psysearch committee didn’t have chology major. Boyd did, to go very far to find a however, receive a replacement. Brian minor in business Boyd, who had administration and is worked in the A d m i s s i o n s “[Online registration] will render a more currently completing Department for 6 efficient registration process and greater his master’s in busi1/2 years, fit the cri- flexibility to the student and the advisor.” ness administration from UWteria and is now M i l w a u k e e .

Carroll College’s new Brian Boyd Paperwork is the one Registrar. aspect of his new job When asked why that he would rather he pursued the posido without, though tion, Boyd responded, “This position would module he hopes will he understands its imporallow me to continue work- become a reality within the tance. He describes it as a ing with students and add next academic year. Faculty, “necessary evil.”

Boyd’s primary role the opportunity to work student, and staff input will directly with the faculty.” be utilized during the entire model of the working world “I am student-centered. process in order to design the is his father. “He’s taught me If you don’t have a passion product that will best fit a great deal about the attributes of a good manager and for helping students achieve everyone’s needs. success and happiness, this is “This is exciting news skills in project managenot the right job,” said Boyd, for the student body. It will ment,” said Boyd, who also who loves working with stu- render a more efficient regis- uses some of the philosodents. He believes that the tration process and greater phies of Jack Welch, the Carroll faculty shares the flexibility to the student and retired CEO of General Electric Co., and Wayne same beliefs and is “truly the advisor,” he said.

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interested in what is best for the student.” He also has a strong understanding of the curriculum because he is a 1993 graduate.

One of the things Boyd is most excited about regarding his job, is the piloting of a new online registration

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Residence Life/Building, maintaining a living community within the halls From Page 1

While at St. Norbert, he worked with residence life for three years as both an Resident Assistant (RA) and Associate Hall Director.

Kautz is also from the area, a graduate of Kettle Moraine High School, and was involved with Project Create and the young authors programs offered at Carroll. She received her bachelor’s in education from UW-Whitewater and her master’s in college student personnel from Western Illinois University.

She worked as an assistant complex director during her third year at Western.

Andrea Obrochta worked as the CD of the apartments last year, and is now in charge of the Steele/Swarthout complex. She

received her bachelor’s from Carroll in 2001, and was an RA in Kilgour while attending. In addition to her hall, she also oversees two campus houses.

Slight changes have occurred within the residence life program, however students will most likely not notice these changes, according to Ringhand. The primary change is that floor programs must include attendance of a campus wide event, which the RA would take his or her floor to.

Such events could include athletics, a College Activities Boardsponsored event, or another student organization event.

Junior Shawn Dow, a returning RA in New Hall, believes these changes “opened up the door for interaction” with other students on campus,

File Photo

Changes in Residence Life have generated new or different positions for Travis Dodge, Andrea Obrochta, Barbara Kautz and Ryan Ringhand. rather than just on their floor and gives them an “opportunity to branch out” on campus. In the past, he said, RAs had to

compete with other campus events in order to get their residents to attend their own events.

Now, they can work along side

other organizations.

For freshmen living on campus, additional programs have been added geared toward them, and all the RAs and RDs will work from the beginning of the year to be proactive with roommate relations.

Another change in the Residence Life program is that Charles House is now linked with the College Ave. and Carroll St. apartments, as they have similar living environments as compared with the dorms, Obrochta said.

Ringhand and the RDs all agreed that their main goals for this year are to build and maintain community living within the halls, and help students grow and leave Carroll with a “strong understanding of who they are as people.”

Cupcake calamity gets Steele/Swarthout smoking Amanda Bothe News Editor

A fire broke out in the kitchen of the Steele/Swarthout Residence Hall just before midnight on Sept. 10 when a resident of the building forgot about her cupcakes. Junior Jeremy Heil was working at the front desk at the time. He noticed the smoke and said other people mentioned it as they walked past. Eventually Yvonne Ochillo, a resident in Steele told Heil to call Campus Safety. Amsale Alem opened the oven door to see what the problem was and the inside of the oven was on fire. She ran down the hall to find a fire extinguisher and successfully put out the fire. There was enough smoke to set off the detector. It took the

Waukesha Fire Department about 15 minutes to get all the smoke cleared from the building.

“That’s a lot of smoke for cupcakes,” said Resident Assistant Elise Kepler.

Lt. Pullmann of the Waukesha City Fire Department said that most of the calls he receives from Carroll are a result of burning food.

“This is a lot more smoke than we normally see,” said Pullmann.

He offers this advice, “When you put something in the oven, stay with it.” He recommends bringing a book or a friend. After all, it only takes about 20 minutes to bake cupcakes.

Although there was not a fire extinguisher in the immediate kitchen area the build-

Homecoming/A week filled with mystical magic From Page 1

noon. In addition, 20 student organizations will be marching with their banners.

Following the parade is the Pioneer Homecoming football game against Lawrence University.

The fun does not stop there. The Bergstrom complex will be sponsoring the Homecoming dance to be

held in the Ballroom of the Campus Center at 8 p.m. on Saturday night.

“I can’t wait until the Homecoming dance. I think its going to be a lot of fun, especially with such an awesome theme. I can finally pull the damsel in distress act and get away with it,” said a Carroll sophomore.

There is no cost to attend these events.

ing is up to code. Brain Charlesworth, a Fire Protection Engineer, said,

“I’ve done the inspections myself and have never seen a deficiency.”

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OPINION Thursday, September 26, 2002

Bush needs strong case before starting war with Iraq cooperation in locating and eliminating other Al-Qaeda Staff Writer members, but the antiAfter the attacks of Sept. American backlash that 11, our nation’s leaders told would precipitate from a unius that we were at war, a war lateral invasion of Iraq would against terrorism. Within likely reduce the willingness months the Taliban was of Islamic countries to assist defeated, Al-Qaeda had been us. A successful effort to chased into the caves of reduce terrorism means more Afghanistan, and we were left than eliminating anyone we with a war without an think has potential to be a enemy; the perfect opportu- terrorist. It also means examnity for the Bush administra- ining decisions we make tion to settle an old score and which contribute to the re s e n t m e n t take out and desperaIraqi leader that S a d d a m “If we decide to start a war tion combined Hussein. reliD e s p i t e against the wishes of the with rest of the world, how gious fanatialmost unancan i m o u s many more bin Ladens will cism yield deadly worldwide we create?” results. If we opposition, decide to President start a war Bush seems determined to invade Iraq against the wishes of the rest and advance his new doctrine of the world, how many of pre-emption, the idea that more bin Ladens will we crethe US has the right to attack ate?

Saddam Hussein has sovereign nations if they are seen as a threat to American made no secret of his desire interests. Such an attack to obtain weapons of mass (WMD’s), would set an important destruction precedent in international including chemical, biologilaw as well as thrust us into a cal, and nuclear weapons. possibly devastating war. When and how he would use Much is at stake here; if the these weapons is the quesAmerican people are to sup- tion. His actions in the past port this war, the Bush have shown that self-preseradministration will have to vation is his greatest concern, give proper justification. So and it’s safe to assume that he far the case has not been knows any attack on the US or our allies with WMD’s made.

The President claims would lead to his immediate, that the Iraqi regime sup- unmitigated destruction. He ports terror. More specifically used them against Iran with that they have ties to Al- the tacit approval of the US. Qaeda, the group believed to He did not use them in the be responsible for 9/11. This Gulf War because his own argument is tenuous at best. survival was more important A rumor of a meeting than maintaining control of between one of the 9/11 Kuwait. If the US were to hijackers and an Iraqi intelli- invade Iraq with the explicit gence agent has not been purpose of ousting Hussein, substantiated. Al-Qaeda has all bets would be off. With no financial ties to Iraq, and nothing left to lose, he would none of its leaders are Iraqi. most likely use whatever Osama bin Laden, whose WMD’s he had, or distribute ability to elude our grasp has them to those who would. has always led to the very central figure Deterrence of the war on terror all but worked in the past, and there disappearing from the discus- is no reason to believe it sion, has made well-known would not work with Iraq. his zealous disapproval for Saddam Hussein is a maniaIraq’s secular regime. Saddam cal, murderous dictator, but Hussein has violently sup- he is not suicidal.

The lack of international pressed radical Islamists in Iraq. It is highly unlikely he support for a war with Iraq would have any ties to the has led the Bush administrafundamentalist Al-Qaeda. tion to resort to more desperThere may be other reasons ate measures; offering cash, for a conflict with Iraq, but weapons, and business deals attempts to link them with in exchange for help in oust9/11 or Al-Qaeda have ing Saddam Hussein. They are, for all practical purposes, heretofore failed.

There is no denying the attempting to buy a war at threat posed by remaining taxpayer expense. Turkey’s Al-Qaeda cells. The remains location makes them an of the Twin Towers are an important partner, and they ever-present reminder of that See Iraq Page 7 fact. We have had widespread

Aaron Blackshear

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Letter to the Editor June 28, 2002 Dear Editor, A couple of years ago I learned about a community partnership program at Carroll College that involved health assessment and therapeutic massage. This program is set up to provide Physical Therapy students an exposure to fitness problems and the aches and pains of real people. It also provides an opportunity for people like me to improve personal fitness and health.

The health assessment I received was both revealing and motivational. The students conducted several tests and gave me a written report about my condition. I dis-

covered I wasn’t as fit as I thought. The older I get the more I sit. There are lots of reasons to slack off. TV and computers top the list. These two things take up about half of my available time, especially during winter. With all this chair time I need all the help I can get to stay in shape. The staff gave me easy to understand instructions to improve my situation. I followed their recommendations and at the end of the six months was reevaluated and given another report. Great feedback, I improved!

I also signed up for regular therapeutic massages.

This was more than I expected. There’s nothing better

than a therapeutic massage to brighten ones outlook and relieve sore and tired muscles. I received encouraging feedback from teachers and students on my personal fitness program and relaxing massage. The cost of these services was worth it for me.

The teachers and students in the Physical Therapy program at Carroll College are skilled and eager to help. They make a valuable contribution to the community and the image of the school. I plan to continue supporting Carroll College and the Physical Therapy Teaching Laboratory Practice.

Brian S. Barrett

Bible Stories 101

Royal sexploits of biblical proportion William Humphreys Staff Writer The Rev. William Humphreys is the chaplain for Carroll College.

Heard a good Bible reference lately? One bet is that you have and did not notice. Pretty frequently a news reporter or talk show host, even a college professor or a stand-up comic, will refer to some character or story from the Bible to make a point. The assumption is that literate folk will know the reference, and therefore the point to be made will be enhanced by our common understanding of the illustration! Yes? Perhaps not, so this column attempts to explore an interesting story or character from the Bible, the scriptures of the Judeo-Christian faith, and see if there’s any application for the story in life as we know it. Let’s see.

David and Goliath were characters in an earlier column; today we’ll peek in on David and Bathsheba. “David” is the great King David. Bathsheba is a neighbor woman, married to a faithful soldier of David’s, named Uriah. The Bible’s book of Second Samuel, beginning with Chapter 11, sets this great story in the spring of the year, “When kings go out to battle.”

In this story, the king stays home from the battle and enjoys the life of leisure, including at least occasional afternoon naps on the roof of the royal residence where the air moves around more on a hot afternoon. After one such nap, the king noticed the lovely neighbor woman bathing next door.

“Who’s that?” of course the king wanted to know.

Shortly came the answer: “‘Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. So David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after

her period.)” Too much information? Not at all! This is important stuff.

She’s married. Her husband is a soldier off fighting in the springtime battles. The parenthetical information tells us that she’s ritually clean for sex and she’s not already pregnant, in case that concern might be relevant later in the story, which it is. As soon as the next verse we read that Bathsheba is pregnant. She sends that news to the king.

Now, what’s a good king to do? Before the days of Hollywood movies and kings had to make decisions like this on their own; David came up with a set of royal ideas that were put into action: (A) Send for Uriah the Hittite to come home so that he would have sex with his wife, Bathsheba, and the child would be thought to be his (and not the king’s).

(B) Return Uriah to the battlefield with instructions for his commanding officers to put him into the line of battle where he would be killed (thereby freeing Bathsheba to marry the king).

(C) Live happily ever after.

Oops! When Uriah did return home, he did not return home, exactly, but “slept at the entrance of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.” (And so he didn’t have sex with Bathsheba, and so the plan didn’t exactly work out as well as David had planned it.)

Part B worked though, so when Uriah the Hittite returned to his military unit, he was placed into hard fighting and was killed. After her time of lamenting Uriah’s death, Bathsheba became David’s wife “and bore him a son” (v.27).

One dilemma for Bible study, and preaching too, is to decide when these stories begin and when they end. This story goes on further - into chapter 12.

Since God was not pleased with David’s use of royal political power, God sent the prophet Nathan to David with a word of challenge: “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.

The rich man had very many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. He brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his meager fare, and drink from his cup, and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him. Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was loath to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb, and prepared that for the guest who had come to him.”

Whoa! Verse 5: “Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man. He said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die; he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”

Nathan said to David, “You are the man!” and in v.14: because of it, “The child that is born to you shall die.” These words should echo through every house of leadership in the land! Those with authority and power to make smart and ethical decisions and do not do it are subject to great pain and loss.

When Carroll alumni/ae become decision-makers in the world let us be confident that authority and opportunities for leadership will be informed by lessons of the past! The immorality of unwise decisions made for lust and greed will not stand; commitment to the task, to the community, and to God are where it’s at!

Verses quoted in this article are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

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Point / Counterpoint

Counterpoint Listen locally

Point Greedy musicians Jessi Bauer Staff Writer

The difference between music today and music 30-40 years ago is the difference between money and love.

Musicians today, write for money.

Musicians in the 60s and 70s, wrote for love.

Today, bands perform music not for music’s sake, but for the sake of pleasing the fans. This would not be a bad thing if the groups truly cared about the fans, and not how much money they are willing to spend. The system goes something like this: Music scout finds a group that will do exactly what the record companies tell them to do. Group records a few select songs that will quickly be on top of the Top 40. Group gains a following of fans.

Fans buy album. Group goes on tour, performs for fans, and fans buy more albums, T-shirts, stickers and even notebooks and folders. Group repeats the process a few more times. After a few years, group slowly disappears, and is placed permanently in the “Where are they now?” category.

Now, take the bands of 3-4 decades ago. The system is completely different. Musicians find other musicians to form a band in order to share their love of music. They write songs that contain ideas the band feels strongly about. They play small gigs and hardly make enough money for new guitar strings. They travel around, and if lucky, someone takes notice of them, and they sign with a small record label. Their songs are slowly played on radio stations around the country, and people begin to buy the records. They gain a fan following. The band goes on tour, playing the songs they love to the fans who love them. They continue to make music until someone in the band dies or until the members decide to go their separate ways, but the fans continue to love them and listen to their music decades later.

Bands today simply play what their manager and record company tell them to play, hardly ever writing their

own music. Listening to a CD of a current band will result in hearing the same song with different lyrics throughout the album. The members have limited musical talent, and are only able to play a few riffs and beats.

These artists, if they can even be called that, do not know how to make music, only how to play what someone else gives them. When bands do their own thing, the record company stops supporting them, their songs stop being played on the radio, and their “loyal” fans leave them.

In contrast, bands of the 60s and 70s wrote their music themselves and wrote what they wanted. Even if the ideas of a song were controversial to the ideas of the time, as many of them were, they continued to play what they loved. When The Doors started out, they were very unpopular and many people wanted to see them banned for what they sang about. Artists like Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin didn’t care what people thought about them, they just wrote and sang what they believed in. At a time when Kennedy and Johnson tried to gain public support for the war in Vietnam, Jefferson Airplane sang about putting the guns away and loving each other instead. Bands then didn’t care if their ideas were popular or made money, they just played for what they believed in and for their love of music.

These musicians knew how to play their instruments and had an understanding of music and how to make it work. Listen to any random Queen, Grateful Dead, or The Who CD and you’ll understand. Each album is filled with different sounds, not one or two beats and riffs on all the songs. The same is true for nearly all other bands of that time period.

Listen with a critical ear and any person should hear the differences between songs today and the classic rock of earlier decades. Whereas bands of the 60s and 70s were original and wrote for love, the bands of today are simply manufactured money making machines.

Aaron Blackshear Staff Writer

The difference between music today and music in the past is that consumers today are willing to listen to whatever MTV and corporate radio decide to sell. Good music is out there; whether or not it gets heard depends on how ambitious listeners are.

Your average teenager or college student today discovers new music primarily through MTV and the radio, severely limiting their options. In order for an artist to get played on the radio they have to have the backing of a major record label; without this type of support they will not get any airplay. The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 effectively deregulated the radio industry, opening the door to monopolized radio conglomerates that stamped out all competition.

The number of people deciding what gets played on the radio is getting smaller, and the play lists of radio stations nationwide reflect that. A select few are deciding what artists to promote; local radio stations have limited control over what music they will play. Because of this limited access to the major media outlets, most independent bands have to seek alternative promotional avenues. In years past this was mostly college radio, word-ofmouth, independent magazines, and simply hopping in a van and playing shows 200-250 days out of the year. In more recent years the Internet has opened a whole new world of promotional opportunities for independent bands. By and large the most important medium for many years has been college radio.

College radio has always been, and for the most part still is, the grassroots foundation for independent music. Many hugely successful bands started out being played exclusively on college radio stations.

The problem now is that rather

than seek out these artists, most young people today listen to whatever MTV tells them to, or the highly selective play lists of the corporate radio stations. Rather than listen to the broad range of music you can hear on 91.7, the radio station at Milwaukee School of Engineering, most people in this area would rather hear the same 30 songs played repeatedly on Lazer or KISS FM. Good music is out there.

Right now, more than ever before, the independent music scene is thriving, literally bursting with dedicated, talented artists, making music for the love of it. But the sad reality is that most of our generation just doesn’t seek out anything more than radio and television has to offer.

It doesn’t take much effort to find good music. Turn the dial past KISS FM and tune into 91.7 WMSE or 104.5 WCCX. Instead of paying $30 plus TicketMaster fees to see the band MTV said to listen to, go to the Globe or the Cactus Club in Milwaukee and discover local bands. Drive to Chicago and visit the Fireside Bowl or the Empty Bottle, where just about every night of the week you can see four or five independent bands without spending more than $8. Don’t go to the mall and spend $18 on a CD, go to Atomic Records in Milwaukee and support the independent distributors. While you’re there pick up a flyer for an upcoming show, or grab an independent (and often free) magazine and read about up-andcoming new artists. You’re bound to discover a wealth of new talent that you never knew existed. Don’t allow five companies (this is no exaggeration, 99% of what you see on MTV or hear on a major radio station is owned by one of the five major record companies: Sony, Universal, Warner, BMG, and EMI) to dictate what music you’ll listen to. Our choices are bound by little more than our ambition.

Diversity is People

Diversity spreads across Carroll College campus Amber Yost Staff Writer For any suggestions, ideas or additions to this column please feel free to e-mail ayost@cc.edu or the Director of Cultural Diversity Dolores Brown at dobrown@cc.edu.

Obviously, there is interest in diversity and there are many issues out there. We spent a lot of time talking and criticizing last year. But to what end? Why does diversity matter? How is the knowledge of diversity helping us?

We began to see it last semester, and for those of us who forgot, here’s a quick review. Last semester four major campus-wide events took place that brought controversial issues to the forefront, and challenged Carroll students and faculty to think within and beyond themselves. In January, the Harambee Community

School Steppers accompanied Minister Tolokun Omokunde who spoke about his interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. to celebrate the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event on campus.

Then, in February, more than 100 students turned out at a Gay Awareness Workshop to learn more about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. After the keynote speaker highlighted facts and stats about the established community in Milwaukee, students chose workshops focusing on various aspects and ended the evening with an open mic discussion that resulted in the formation of Outright, Carroll College’s renewed gay and lesbian organization.

“Something had to be done to address the lack of diversity at Carroll, espe-

cially with gay awareness,” said Carroll student Alicia Hanson after the event.

Also that month, an audience gathered in the P.I.T. for a humorous and historical performance of the Blues to highlight Black History Month. And, the year ended with a provocative rhythm and diversity workshop with singer Magdalen Hsu-Li. Her audience quiz on diversity touching the issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and ethnicity put even those who thought they knew about diversity to shame.

“It was clear that everyone was sensitive to different issues and statistics depending on one’s background,” said Haakon Haakenson who attended the program. “Workshops like the rhythm and diversity workshop, which promote the idea that we can

all live together in this world and celebrate our differences, can have an incredibly positive effect on the student body and staff of Carroll College.

Regardless of one’s background, there is much to be learned about one’s own culture and the culture of others and not all of that learning occurs in the classroom.”

These programs are just the beginning to what students need and want to experience in regards to diversity. As Director of Cultural Diversity, Dolores Brown, points out that events are isolated experiences. One leaves the program and is out on his or her own again thinking, “What am I going to do about it?” Also, the events are within the confines of the Carroll campus and out of their natural setting. For those who travel to another

country or even volunteers, for example, at a Spanishspeaking playground in Waukesha, the experience is much more real and continuous. The need for more follow-up and commitment is where the idea of the new student diversity program that focuses on service learning in several cultural contexts, CARAS, developed from.

That is also where the value of Carroll’s student organizations comes in to play. Have you thought about your vision this year as a student at Carroll, as a student organization at Carroll or an entire school body? How you will best take advantage of the resources and opportunities that this campus provides to prepare yourself for the diverse world outside these classroom walls?

See Diversity Page 7

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Politically Speaking

‘Welcome back, now get to work, ya bums!’

Greg Rabidoux, Ph.D. Staff Writer Dr. Rabidoux can be reached at grabido@cc.edu to share any of your warm welcome back comments.

This rather direct, if inelegant heading for this, the first installment of “Politically Speaking,” was actually a greeting former President Lyndon Johnson delivered to his White House staffers after one fine holiday season in his second term of office. It is a greeting that I also offer to all of you returning and first-year students. Of course, since no one ever really knew if LBJ was serious or not, his staffers looked at him with a puzzled (some would say “fear-stricken”) expression until their boss followed up his first volley of words with, “No, really, get back to work.” (Okay this last quote I completely fabricated, I’ll try not to make too

much stuff up in those times where I am actually getting paid for my expertise - no guarantees, though.)

I share this LBJ greeting with all of you because I do want to add my welcome back to all of you, and my sincere greetings to all you FYSers out there. However, since we are all here on this wonderful place called Carroll College at the same time in this cosmic universe, here are some brief tips I offer on getting off to a good start and being politically informed so as not to be embarrassed when among fine company.

Tips to getting off on a good start with your various professors and other assorted or sordid campus mucky-mucks 1) Try not to sleep too soundly in class. If you do fall asleep you may want to reassure your professor that while the subject matter is truly enlightening and awe-inspir-

ing, all the blood donations you are continually giving to the Red Cross to ensure that our nation’s blood supply remains pure during these tough times is wearing you out.

2) If #1 does not work, at least be kind and courteous and in true Carroll College tradition share your “blanky” with others.

3) Quickly “read” your professor. We all have various quirks, pet peeves and idiosyncrasies (who else would hire us?) that would likely fill a manual on the clinically insane or at least the clinically overworked and underpaid (you’ll notice I did not say underfed)! Learn these various quirks and match them up with the correct professor, then act accordingly. Hint: If, say your biology professor seems to be abnormally fearful of frogs don’t push the live dissection lab. If your history or politics professors admit to

a love for the classics try and avoid saying, “Oh yeah, me too, but who do you prefer, Ginger or Maryann?”

4) Have a sense of acoustics in your class and be aware of having good timing.

In other words, avoid saying things like, “I hate this no good, %$##**!! class and instructor” until you are at least outside the classroom door!

Tips on staying Politically Informed (it’s cool to be “oh current”) 1) Iraq is not actually something one says to him or herself when they are really pleased about his or her performance, as in, “Hey Angie, I got an A on the quiz, man, do I rock.”

2) While the President does in fact, live in the White House, all people who live in white houses are not necessarily the President (actual question by a student).

3) The Governor of Wisconsin is Scott McCallum (not as one student put on a quiz, Mr. McCoolio) and not the cousin of that Coolio rapper dude. (Though just picturing the real Governor rapping brings tears of joy to my eyes.)

4) Newspapers are those funny looking, old-fashioned paper-thingies that are given away freely and daily in the MDR. Talk-radio is different than karaoke machines and C-Span has nothing to do with middle-aged men and expanding, elastic pants (actual student response on a media question about CSpan).

Finally, I leave you all with a sentiment shared by former President Teddy Roosevelt to his staff on a particularly grumpy day, “I am leaving now, try and make yourselves at least as useful to me when I’m gone as my furniture.”

Just shut up and watch the game! Diversity/Accepting yourErick Anderson Staff Writer

I am a baseball fan. I spend my hard-earned money on the game. I diligently attend games to cheer on my favorite team. I buy the officially licensed merchandise. I pay for the overpriced sausage at Miller Park. I am a true baseball fan.

According to the media buzz, I’m supposed to be pretty pissed off right now. The greedy players just want to rob me of my money, which supposedly could be better used to find a cure for cancer or feed starving kids in Africa. The game is completely boring because the Yankees always win and the Brewers always lose.

The All-Star game had no winner because the managers tried to please the fans by getting all of the pitchers into the game before the ninth inning. Then there was all this talk about a strike ending the season.

According to the guys on the radio, Major League Baseball is a huge pile of rubbish that I should avoid like the plague.

“Boycott,” they yell. “Boycott!”

And so many fans out there have gleaned all of the above information and come to the conclusion “Hey! This game really stinks! I can’t believe what those greedy morons did to my favorite game!” They lash out at the mangers for stealing their money. They lash out at the players for making millions to play a game. That makes them feel so much better.

Yet major league parks continue to fill up on a regular basis. Major league apparel remains a standard part of American wardrobe, baseball games continue to fill the TV and radio airwaves, and I continue to support my favorite sport.

How can I support such a corrupt organization? How can

I let them rob me of my hardearned money? The answer is simple - because it’s fun!

I give my money to baseball. They give me entertainment. Seems like a fair trade to me. Baseball teams take the money that I give them and use it to pay for exciting players with enormous contracts that I could never even dream of getting. That keeps me entertained. That makes me happy.

Baseball teams take my money and use it to build unbelievably expensive stadiums with retractable roofs. That keeps me entertained. That makes me happy. My money was well spent.

Many people say that there are much better uses for all of that money than to pay for huge salaries or build ridiculously expensive stadiums. They’re probably right. It could go to cancer research. It could go to feed starving children in Ethiopia. It could be used to start a campaign for the colonization of Mars. But the fact is, that’s not where it’s going. If it doesn’t go to baseball, it probably goes to pay for my new car or my new stereo.

It probably goes to pay for a movie, or a concert, a game of golf, or some other means of keeping myself occupied on a Friday night. The money that floats around in baseball doesn’t just magically appear out of thin air. It comes from fans!

And the fans want their money to provide them with entertainment!

Oh, but the game is so horribly unbalanced! It’s so boring to see the same teams in the playoffs every single year!

And there’s no way that a small market team can win with all of the greedy players screwing up the salary system! Try telling that to fans of the Twins or the A’s, who are seeing their smallmarket teams make a huge splash. Or try telling that to the

Rangers, who have all the money in the world and still can’t get anything done. The fact is, no matter what the economic situation is, baseball continues to be interesting and unpredictable. Money can only go so far. You still have to play the game.

Of course, it’s only a game.

There’s no reason for a man to be making millions of dollars to play a game! He doesn’t work for his fortune like any decent, honest American would! Of course, when a player spends his entire childhood learning the game, his entire high school life working to be discovered by major league scouts, and years in the minor leagues getting paid peanuts, he obviously has done absolutely no work. Baseball, like any career, requires years of education and hard work to succeed in. There’s a reason why a doctor makes more money that a guy who works at a gas station. The same reasoning applies to a baseball player’s salary. Yet, as long as they keep getting their money, and I get to watch them play, I am happy. The work that they do certainly is meaningful to some people. I am one of those people.

If baseball is indeed only a game, then explain to me why so many people dedicate their lives to it. Explain to me why loyal fans flock to the stadiums every single day to watch their favorite teams. It’s not just a game - it’s a way of life! And that way of life has a special kind of magic to it. Baseball will always be one of those defining aspects of American life, and I’m proud to spend my hard-earned money on it.

So to all of you out there who dare to rip on my favorite sport, I have only one thing to say to you. Just shut up and watch the game!

self leads to accepting others From Page 6

The Student Life office and Director of Cultural Diversity provide avenues for students to develop, and the challenge, if taken, leads to expanding an understanding of one’s self, those that surround them and in return, the horizons under which one lives.

Looking for some suggestions? Brown says that diversity begins with the self; every person is diverse and must accept themselves for all they are. Only then can one begin accepting others, and eventually extend to others. You can begin simply by greeting those new faces you see around campus, keeping an open mind, taking a liberal

arts course on a subject you’re not familiar with, attending a campus event, joining a club or helping to lead one.

We have what is ours to work with on campus, like it or not. Our resources can provide the necessary framework, but it begins with us as the students.

The new school year invites you into new challenges and opportunities, and one of the biggest challenges you may have concerns accepting and learning about yourself and all those around you. So good luck to our new student organization, Outright, and to those already well established on campus, it’s time for the commitment to step up!

Iraq/Reasons for war with Hussein questioned From Page 5

have a long wish list: advanced weapons, $5 billion in debt relief, and assurances for future International Monetary Fund loan credits.

According to a senior congressional aide, “This is a great time to step forward and get something you want from the United States.”

Russia, France, Qatar, and Jordan are also expected to have lists of demands (read: price tags) for their cooperation. With the U.S. economy already in disarray, we can ill afford to buy international support for an expensive, unnecessary war.

Given our government’s secretive nature in the months since 9/11, there may be information we are

unaware of that would justify an attack on Iraq, but if the American people are to support this war, the administration will have to be more forthcoming. We are constantly reminded of how evil Saddam Hussein is, this is a fact that no one is disputing.

Whether being evil justifies starting a war, is the question at hand. President Bush will have to offer more than the war-mongering rhetoric that his speechwriters are giving him. Show a direct link between 9/11 and Iraq; prove that Saddam Hussein is an immediate threat to the United States; offer up some sort of proof that an invasion of Iraq is our only viable option, or else the American people cannot allow it to happen.

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Renovations/Computer labs move to New Hall From Page 1

Photo by Sarah Lasee

Underneath the mess there is new furniture, floors, ceilings, lighting and an overall improvement to the quality of life in North Bergstrom.

entrance and revamped classrooms. According to Rick Jessen, Director of Campus Services, the renovations will provide us with 30 percent more desk space. The biggest noticeable change will be the 101-seat auditorium in the lower level. This will be the largest lecture hall on campus and will also be used for other events. Jessen said, “This is an exciting project that should lead to excellent student comfort.”

Students living in North Bergstrom noticed changes as well. All of the built-in furniture in the dorm was torn out, and replaced with furniture much like that in Steele and Swarthout.

However, due to the large freshman class this year, this furniture had to be supplemented with a third set of furniture. The renovations included new ceilings, new lighting and carpeting in all of the rooms.

The new sound system in Shattuck Auditorium was used for the first time at Opening Convocation. After Commencement last year, the new sound hardware, including new amps, speakers and microphones were installed. The old system was outdated and the sound quality was not where it

should be.

Some students may have noticed some Computer Science classes meeting in TC 009. The Technology Center (TC) is located in the basement of New Hall.

Classes are held in the computer rooms adjacent to the lab. The Technology Center is also the home to the computer science department, classrooms, and the majority of computers on the Carroll College campus. In order to make room for the TC, Student Life was moved to the first floor of Kilgour.

“Last year was a bad year for projects,” Rick Jessen said, “we had projects in New Hall, Steele/Swarthout and Kilgour in order to get ready for Main Hall.” This year there will be no dorm projects. Jessen was apologetic about the noise and disruption to students last spring.

There are no plans for new projects, due to concerns about the budget because of national recession.

The next large project, however, will be South Bergstrom. Jessen noted that we had record housing this year, hopefully due to the renovations in many of the residence halls. Many hope Carroll College will continue on this path of renovations and growth.

Photo by Sarah Lasee

The new computer lab in the Technology Center is a convenient place to fulfill all of your typing needs.

Just Think

Greek Corner

Nathan Tritt

Kicking off a new year

Editor-in-Chief

Melissa Vandenhouten

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

Staff Writer

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

Could it be that all those trick-or-treaters wearing sheets aren’t going as ghosts but as mattresses?

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?

Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Does the Little Mermaid wear an algea-bra?

Well it’s back to school time! For some people it is the start of a new beginning.

So far from what I’m hearing and noticing around campus it is going to be a great year for Greek Life!

Everyone is pumped up and ready to start the year.

The women’s fraternities had a good kick off this fall with their formal recruitment. The girls had a fun filled week for the new prospective members. The first night began with a watering party and an open house for everyone to get a taste of Greek Life. The next gathering was a philanthropy night where the sororities were able to share what kind of charity work each organization did and how they were able to help others.

The third night was an

entertaining and fun night for everyone. There was lots of food, beverages, skits, songs and laughter throughout the night. The last and final night of the process was a formal dessert party for the new girls. The excitement roared when Sunday came around and the sororities got to meet their new members. It was a fun and exciting day for everyone.

Informal kicked off right after and gave the girls a more relaxing time to check out the sororities if they missed out on formal recruitment. Everyone is getting pumped up and ready for all the fun filled events of Homecoming, and proudly representing themselves and Carroll College.

If you see the girls walking around campus say “hi” and don’t be afraid to ask any questions about what is going on.

Photo by Sarah Lasee

Carroll students reflect on the events of last Sept. 11 at a community vigil on Main Lawn.

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Person on the Street

What was the most exciting thing you did this summer?

Amber Bradford Staff Writer

“I went to Germany.”

“I drove a Mini Cooper.”

Sophomore Mike Kollmansberger

Sophomore Rebecca Raatz

“I jumped off a 90 ft. cliff into water.”

“The funnest thing I did this summer was come to Carroll for Summer Wind.”

“Went to visit my high school biology teacher’s farm.”

Sophomore Brooks Haas

Sophomore Stacy Yang

Freshman Joel Jahnke

“I went parasailing in Golf Shores, Ala.”

“I went swimming with sharks.”

Junior Tim Casady

Freshman William Yucaitis

“I went to Niagara Falls with my family.

It was pretty neat and the Falls were amazing!”

Freshman Abbey Schoenborn

“I went to Chicago a lot. That was fun. I also went to the Michigan Dunes.”

“I went fishing in Canada - 43”, 21 lb. pike.”

Junior Andy VanderWyst

Freshman Siobhan McNulty

“High speed boat races.”

Sophomore Jim Huber

Pet Peeves

“Went to Montreal, New York and Niagara Falls. Lots of fun!

Many cool pictures.”

Sophomore Jessica Tortorice

Registration woes John LaConte Staff Writer

In the fall of my sophomore year at Carroll, I registered for several 300-level classes I didn’t think would still be open. They worked perfectly with my schedule and I remember being so excited to see them unfilled.

In the second semester of my junior year, as I sat amongst the freshmen in my 100 level class, I thought back to my sophomore year, and how thrilled I was to be in those upper-level classes.

Suddenly, I didn’t feel so lucky anymore. How did I manage to get into those classes anyway? Later that week I discovered an answer.

I was scheduled to register for fall classes between 9 and 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.

This was a particularly inconvenient for me, given the fact that I was a commuter student and wouldn’t normally be there at that time. Around 9 a.m. on Wednesday I made a routine fuel stop on my way to school, and when I attempted to restart my vehicle there was no response. I asked a stranger for a jump and still got noth-

ing. There was a payphone nearby; I called the registration desk. “I’m stranded, is there anything I can do?”

They were terribly sorry, but my registration card must be signed by my advisor and returned in person at the said registration time.

I was bumped to a new time slot several days later, and when I finally was able to register I was not surprised to see that one of the classes I needed to graduate was full. I chuckled; it was probably filled by eager sophomores. I consulted the registrar, and he suggested I show up on the first day of classes and see what happened.

Luckily, the professor was most accommodating and let me stay. Everything worked out fine, but it stressed me out quite a bit over the summer. I explained the situation to my friends and they simply replied, “Sucks for you, dude.

At our school you can simply register online or by phone, so we don’t have to worry about little stuff like that.” Not until then did Carroll’s lack of modernized registration capabilities become one of my pet peeves.

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A & E in the Area

The Corrections Aaron Blackshear Staff Writer Disclaimer: Though it is normal to write a book review soon after initial publication, for our purposes The Corrections is a new release, having just been published in paperback at the college student-friendly price of $15.

Jonathan Franzen has claimed a place in history with his novel The Corrections, a story of the trials and tribulations of the American family. Bold, daring and adventurous, The Corrections is one of the greatest American novels to come along in quite some time. It is the kind of book that reminds us why we read fiction.

Simultaneously funny and heartbreakingly sad, it is a deeply affecting account of family dysfunction in the 21st century.

The collection of characters Franzen creates is reason enough to love this book.

The Lambert family is a long-time resident of St. Jude, a fictional town in the Midwest. The once-formidable Alfred is now a shadow of his former self, having just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He clings desperately (and futilely) to his fading sanity, much to the dismay of wife Enid, the perpetual optimist who still believes in the possibility of a

rosy family life. Unable to let go of the life they once had, Enid meddles in the disastrous lives of the Lambert children, never fully aware of just how catastrophic those lives have become. As Alfred slips further into dementia, Enid develops an obsession: one last Lambert family Christmas in St. Jude.

Most of the story revolves around the Lambert children and their hopelessly dysfunctional lives. Chip bounces from one failure to another after losing his comfortable academic job. Oldest son Gary has convinced himself, but no one else, that he is not depressed, and the wonderfully gifted Denise escapes a horrible marriage only to thrust herself into a chaotic, confusing affair. Franzen never glazes over the bad choices the children make, but he still allows us to empathize with them. In every calamitous decision there is a touch of humanity.

One by one all three will find their way to the climax of Christmas in St. Jude, to confront the demons of their past.

Taking us on a journey inside the lives of this unforgettable family, The Corrections speaks volumes about a society searching for meaning and liberation, for “the corrections” that will redeem their lives.

Gibson sees Signs Elisa Neckar Staff Writer

Ah, the alien movie. A few flying saucers, a few little green men - from Independence Day to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it’s been done. In Signs, writer and director M. Night Shyamalan breaks those established genre boundaries and in doing so, creates a new breed of alien movie – something that’s more of a suspense or horror movie than a science fiction flick. Mel Gibson is Father Graham Hess, a preacher who lost his faith following the death of his wife in a car accident.

When he awakens one morning to find crop circles have appeared in his cornfield, he’s inclined to believe it’s a hoax.

His brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix) and children Morgan and Bo (Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin) aren’t so sure, and soon other evidence begins to suggest that the Hess’ – and the rest of the world – are about to have a close encounter.

Shyamalan keeps the audience on the edge of their seats, not with flashy special effects, but rather with the lack of them.

Instead of relying on explosions or gore to shock viewers, he utilizes a basic fear of the

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unknown. It’s the things that aren’t seen that are the scariest; the glimpses of something in the night, the noises that seem to come from nowhere, the feeling that someone is watching.

By using a “less is more” approach to filmmaking, Shyamalan creates an almost Hitchcockian feeling of tension. Part of Shyamalan’s genius lies in his ability to use normal objects to create a feeling of dread within the audience.

From dogs barking to corn rustling to squawks and clicks on a baby monitor, every sound, and every sense is used to build the suspense to a palpable level. In addition, the level of humor is kept surprisingly high, buoyed by excellent writing and strong work from the actors. Even the most frightening scenes often have a hint of humor to them. For instance, the children wear aluminum foil hats to protect their brain waves during the alien invasion.

Of course, the movie isn’t perfect. Once the aliens have appeared, the tension takes a sharp plunge, not only because the unseen threat has now been seen, but also because, as aliens See Signs Page 11

Tabitha Menning Staff Writer

Arts Leonardo Da Vinci and the Splendo of Poland: A History of Collecting and Patronage - Milwaukee Public Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr. - (414) 224-3220 Jean-Paul Comelin’s Cinderella - Performed by the Milwaukee Ballet - Sept. 26-29 at 7:30 p.m.

- 929 N. Water St. - (414) 273-7206 Present Music Season Opener - Featuring Elena KatsChernin, Michael Torke, John Zorn, Steve Reich and Kamran Ince - Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.

- Quadracci Pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum - (414) 271-0711 Canta Brasil: Kenny Baron and the Trio da Paz - Sept. 28 at 8 p.m.

- Pabst Theatre, 144 E. Wells St. - (414) 286-3663 Paintings - Now through Sept. 28 - Mon-Fri, 9-5 p.m.

- Sat-Sun, 2-4 p.m.

- Exhibit by John Lawrence Hoag - Humphrey Art Center, Carroll College A Lesson Before Dying - Now through Sept. 28 - Fri-Sat, 8 p.m.

- Hansberry-Sands Theatre Company - Marcus Center Vogel Hall, 929 N. Water St. - (414) 273-7206 The Mystery of Irma Vep - Now through Sept. 29 - Fri-Sat, 8 p.m.

- Archangel Productions - Wells St. Studio Theatre, 127 E. Wells St. - (414) 443-5482 The Sound of Music - Now through Sept. 29 - Fireside Dinner Theatre, Business Hwy. 26 S., Fort Atkinson - 1-800-477-9505 Milwaukee Symphony Pops: Peter, Paul and Mary - Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m.

- Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. - (414) 273-7206 The Red Violin - Oct. 2 - Presented by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

and the Offices of Cultural Diversity and Advancement - First film of their 2002 Multicultural Film Festival - (262) 524-7284 Milwaukee Symphony Pops: Doc with a Latin Beat - Oct. 4-6 - Fri-Sat, 8 p.m.

- Sun, 7:30 p.m.

- Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. - (414) 273-7206 Recent Work and The Coveted Object - Oct. 4-27 - Opening Reception is Oct. 4, 6-8 p.m.

- Works by Andrea Woito Murray, Ann Jenkins, Paz Fernandez and Kimberly K. Worth - Rowe Art Gallery, Carroll College Apartment 3A - Now through Oct. 6 - In Tandem Theatre Co. - Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, 911 W. National Ave. - (414) 444-2316 A Delicate Balance - Now through Oct. 6 - Tue-Thu, 8 p.m.

- Fri-Sat 4:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.

- Milwaukee Repertory Theatre - Steimke Theatre, Baker Theatre Complex, 108 E. Wells St. - (414) 224-9490 Moby Dick - Now through Oct. 6 - Tue-Thu, 7:30 p.m.

- Fri-Sat, 4:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.

- Milwaukee Repertory Theatre - Quadracci Powerhouse Theatre, Baker Theatre Complex, 108 E. Wells St. - (414) 224-9490 Taking Leave - Now through Oct. 6 - Wed, 7:30 p.m.

- Thu, 8 p.m.

- Fri-Sat, 4:30 p.m & 8:30 p.m.

- Next Act Theatre - Off-Broadway Theatre, 342 N. Water St. - (414) 278-0765 Ian Anderson - Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

- Singer of the group “Jethro Tull” - Pabst Theatre, 144 E. Wells St. - (414) 286- 3663 The Mouse and the Motorcycle - Now through Oct. 13 - Fri-Sat, 7 p.m.

- First Stage Children’s Theatre, 929 N. Water St. - (414) 273-7206 Harvest Fair - Sept. 27-29 - Wisconsin State Fair Park, 8100 W. Greenfield Ave. - 1-800-884-3247

Entertainment Bradley Center (414) 227-0400 - Bruce Springstein and the E Street Band, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

The Cactus Club (414) 482-0160 - Isis, Sept. 27, call for times - Elf Power, Sept. 28, call for times - Speak to Sway, Oct. 5, call for times Eagles Ballroom / The Rave (414) 342-7283 - Mest, Catch22, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m.

- Soulfly, Will Haven, North Side Kings, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m.

- The Crown Royal Lyricist Lounge Tour: Redman, Onyx, Madd Skillz, Keith Murray, Poverty, Words, Sept. 27 at 8 p.m.

- Public Enemy, Dilated Peoples, Blackalicious, Sept.

28 at 8 p.m.

- Guttermouth, GOB, Authority Zero, 1208, Sept.

29 at 8 p.m.

- Oneside Zero, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m.

- Alice Cooper, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m.

- Disturbed, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m.

- Stone Sour, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m.

- Filter, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.

- Reel Big Fish, The Starting Line, The Kicks, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.

Potawotomi Bingo and Casino 1-800-729-7244 - The Spinners, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m.

- Milwaukee Jazz Explosion, Sept. 28, call for times - Ben Vereen, Oct. 2-3 at 8 p.m.

- Chris Le Doux, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m.

Shank Hall (414) 276-7288 - G.B. Leighton, Sept. 28, call for times - Savoy Brown featuring Kim Simmonds, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m.

- Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m.

- Todd Snider, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.

- F8 featuring Leif Garrett, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m.

- Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m.

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Take a break from your textbook reading and...read?!

Jill Ridenour Staff Writer

I realize that perhaps reading for fun has gone out of style, especially since most of us have countless textbook chapters to read as it is, but just in case you wanted to take a break from those motionless texts and read something that stimulates something in your brain, aside from the desire to fall asleep, I’ve selected a quick read fiction that’s got it all.

Light Action in the Caribbean

by Barry Lopez is a collection of stories that deals with everything from beautiful landscapes of several different countries to cliff hanging murders that leave you wondering: What just happened here? There are thirteen relatively short stories that contain such beautiful flowing language and excellent plotlines that you won’t be able to put the book down.

One thing to keep in mind if you plan on reading this book all the way through

is that none of the stories relate to one another, and the majority of the stories are told in the first person. It took me a couple of stories to realize that the person who is telling the story changes with each new tale. And even though the book contains stories of fiction, many seem very real and true to life.

I won’t go through all of the stories, but the ones that I liked the most were “Emory Bear Hands’ Birds”, “The Deaf Girl”, “The Letters of Heaven”, and the story which holds the books title, “Light Action in the Caribbean.” Emory Bear Hands’ is an Indian who was put in jail for stealing a salmon; the narrator, who was in jail for some type of computer fraud, meets Emory and quickly forms an odd type of friendship with him. Emory constantly tells stories of animals with such profound wisdom and passion that he is hard to ignore.

At first, the narrator seems to care nothing about the sto-

ries, as animals seem so unimportant and irrelevant to his own life. Eventually the inmates rely on Emory’s stories as an important break from prison life. The story’s end is the most unique and will leave you with an implied feeling of a happy ending, all the while knowing that the reality might not be so.

“The Deaf Girl” is a strange and out of the ordinary story told by an observer simply passing through the small town of the deaf girl who walks about as a zombie through tall grasses to pass the time. Yet despite her deafness, she seems to pick up the vibration of her parents calling her and instinctively turns towards home. This story offers a great deal of description that will allow the reader to form his own picture of the deaf girl.

“The Letters of Heaven” is a story that flows like a well-written poem, and deals with the passing down of

ancient love letters. These love letters are not at all ordinary love letters and were written by two saints. It may seem odd considering that the typical idea about saints is that they do not engage in male to female relationships, yet these letters, which are far removed from scandal, contain hints of an intense sensual love that existed between these two saints that found that their physical relationship was actually spiritual. This intense physical love brought them closer to God, and while most of society would see this passion as a mortal sin, the story actually reveals that physical love can be something more than what we think it to be.

This story, by far, is my favorite. It is the most touching and thought provoking of all the stories in this book.

The story that lends its name to the book is the one that seems the most odd of them all. “Light Action in the Caribbean” is about a couple who goes diving in

the Caribbean. The story opens with the narrator describing the female character’s boyfriend who is quite arrogant but always on time; and even though he makes $100,000 a year, he still tries to find the best bargain. The narrator makes a point to imply the underlying unhappiness of the female character even though she won’t admit it. The story appears lengthy, but it is full of action and the end is very exciting and abrupt. I can’t tell you much more without giving away the ending, but you definitely won’t expect what’s coming.

This book is an excellent leisurely read that is a wonderful break from textbook boredom. It’s not exactly a book for those who need constant action, but it provides enough of a thrill and a touch of the strange to entertain. So if you need something to do while you’re waiting for your laundry, check out Light Action in the Caribbean.

Signs/Shyamalan invents a new type of alien From Page 10

go, the serpentine clawed visitors of Signs aren’t particularly frightening. They were far scarier when they were an invisible threat. What’s more, Shyamalan has a point to make about losing and keeping faith, and the nearer the movie comes to its close, the more perilously close he comes to sermonizing.

Subtlety isn’t his strength here; by the last scene, the point has been made. And made. And made.

The lead actors all perform well, with the exception of Gibson, whose range of expression is limited to widening his

eyes or occasionally frowning.

On the other hand, Phoenix is a pleasant surprise, effortlessly surpassing his bigger name costar and shining in his role.

Culkin and Breslin as the Hess children turn in decent performances as well. They each have the ability to be cute and childlike without becoming cloying, a distinction nearly unheard of among child actors.

Shyamalan has invented a new type of alien movie, one that relies on his intelligent work as a writer and director and his actors’ performances rather than special effects. His Signs is a good, old-fashioned nail-biter that is a pleasure to watch.

Brought to you by the Department of Mathematics The Turner triplets (Alice, Betty and Carla) have an annoying habit – whenever a question is asked of the three of them, two of them tell the truth and the third lies. When asked which of them was born first, they replied as follows: Alice: I am not the oldest.

Betty: Alice was born first.

Carla: Betty is the oldest.

Which of the triplets was born first?

One randomly selected correct solution will get two movie passes (including popcorn).

Solutions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to be in the prize drawing. Submissions can be e-mailed to dfeil@cc.edu with subject heading `puzzler answer’ or can be submitted in hard copy to Prof. Dave Feil’s office, 105 Maxon Hall.

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Dear Marie

Bi-Weekly Horoscopes Spencer Ridgemont Staff Astrologer

Libra September 22 - October 22 If you pick a flower for your roommate today, he/she is likely to thank you and then slyly throw it away as you leave the room, or maybe just thank you.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21 Labels are not fun. Isn’t the best part about cleaning out your fridge when you open last week’s lasagna?

Come on now, don’t label.

Sagittarius November 22 - December 20 Long walks on the beach are not your style. Take that date for a joyride down Highway 18. Pick up some Chinese if you will.

Capricorn December 21 - January 19 Capricorn. It’s neither Capri, nor Corn. Discuss.

Aquarius January 20 - February 17 When walking to class

today, please be careful to watch your step, especially if you are in Campus Center room 124 with 45 of your closest friends who are in Business 220 with you.

Pisces February 18 - March 20 Your struggle for independence this year is horridly halted when you ask your parents for $150 to purchase that fabulous pair of Steve Maddens you just have to have.

Aries March 21 - April 19 As you struggle to unlock the key to your FYS professors’ heart, you realize that simply doing the readings/ assignments, and occasionally raising your hand in class, will suffice for an A. No need to send Christmas card(s) (or any cards for that matter).

Taurus April 20 - May 19 There are two things on your mind this month: sex and money. After all, why wouldn’t those things be on your mind? You’re in college.

Live it up.

Gemini May 20 - June 20 White chocolate mochas are the answer to all of your problems. Available now in the Library Coffee Shop.

Cancer June 21 - July 21 You stress far too much over how you look. Stop concentrating so much on yourself and maybe others will notice you. When you stop worrying about it you’ll be most attractive.

Leo July 22 - August 22 You and your friends take a poll as to what the first episode of Will and Grace will be about this season. You lose because you decide to bet that Jack will valiantly transform into a macho heterosexual who chews tobacco and plays football.

Virgo August 23 - September 21 If there is one question that you have always pondered but never had answered, the answer is yes.

Poetry Corner Your Life Has Just Begun “The Story of A Freshman” By: Aja Nelson

When I first came, I had numerous fears; I admit I silently shed some tears.

Nothing is familiar, everything is new; What’s a homesick freshman to do?

You try to fit in, but you’re not sure how; You wish you were in high school now.

Then all those feelings melt away; You know tomorrow’s another day.

Your smile is back, you feel at ease; You realize you can do what you please.

Your professors, they don’t seem so scary; You even like your roommate Mary.

Enjoying your freedom and having some fun; And it hits you: your life has just begun!

Thursday, September 26, 2002

If you see the sky and think you can fly or you smell a flower and feel an inner power, write it down quick and it may be our pick!

Have a poem you may be interested in having published by The New Perspective? E-mail it to perspect@cc.edu with “Poetry Corner” in the subject line and we’ll let you know!

A tale of two girls Marie Carroll College’s Resident Advice Columnist If you have a problem, question or even just a comment for Marie, please send it to perspect@cc.edu with subject line “Dear Marie” or put it in a sealed envelope and send it through campus mail to The New Perspective office. All submissions are confidential.

Dear Marie, I have a dilemma. Ok, so there are these two girls who like me and I like them both.

One is really hot and all my friends say I should go for her, but I’m really comfortable around the other one and besides she’s pretty cute too.

How do I decide? Please help!!!

Torn over two Dear TOT, The first thing I have to say to you is that you are one lucky son-of-a-gun. Every other guy on the planet would kill to be in your shoes. Two beautiful girls to choose from??? I almost don’t feel sorry for you. However, as you said, you do have a decision to make. First off, I’m going to tell you that you don’t have to choose either of the girls; it’s okay to not have a girlfriend, so don’t feel pressured to have one. Next, I am going to ask you whether you want a fleeting physical relationship or something deeper that may last for more than two lust-filled weeks. Finally, maybe it is not your decision to make. Just go with the flow. Eventually one of these girls will be the first to

make a definite move; then, go for that one. If the other girl really does like you, she will wait. Now go, and enjoy their company and tell your friends that they should find their own girls instead of finding them for you.

Dear Marie, My roommates and I are having some serious issues. The one is always on the phone crying to her mom and the other one is just a slut—half the time I can’t get my homework done because she is mackin’ on some random guy and won’t let me in the room. What should I do?

Triple Problems in the Bergs Dear TP, What should you do? You should lay the smack down! It’s your room, too and you can’t let your roommates alienate you in your own crib. I would tell the one to grow up; she’s in college now and can’t rely on mommy to help her anymore.

And the slut? Tell her to get her freak on somewhere else. You are entitled to some homework time in your room. If this doesn’t work, I’d recommend either speaking to your RA about switching rooms in October, or you are just going to have to arrange a schedule where each of you get the room for, let’s say, two hours every night and the other two must find somewhere else to chill during that time. It will give you a little peace and quiet and will expose them to the outside world.

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2002 brings new athletic director, coaches to Carroll Ryan Watterson Staff Writer

Several Carroll College fall sports teams welcomed new coaches over the summer as well as a new athletic director for the 2002 season. Cross country, women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball all made coaching changes.

Entering as the new athletic director is Kris Jacobsen.

Jacobsen is currently the head basketball coach of five years and was formerly head coach of Carroll’s softball team. Jacobsen is a graduate of UW-Platteville.

Cross country is now under the direction of head coach Shawn Thielitz. Thielitz was formerly the assistant cross country coach at Waukesha West High School from 1997-

Photos by Sarah Lasee

Tatum Klingbeil, Shawn Thielitz and Anne Slattery join the Pioneers coaching staff for the 2002-2003 season.

2001. At West, he coached several athletes to state championships. He was a member of Carroll’s cross country team for four years, indoor track for

three years, and outdoor track for two years.

Coaching women’s golf this season is Warren Garstecki.

His previous experience

includes being an assistant at Oakwood Golf Course in Franklin, Wis. He also has been an assistant coach for Thomas Moore High School since

1994. Garstecki is a certified Golf Psych Instructor where he teaches players to refine their thinking on the golf course.

Tatum Klingbeil is in her first season as both men’s and women’s tennis coach.

Klingbeil received her master’s degree from the UW-La Crosse. She is a former tennis pro at Rochester Athletic Club in Rochester, Minn. Previous coaching experience includes Rochester Century High School.

Anne Slattery is in her first year as Carroll’s volleyball coach. A Marquette University graduate, she previously served as co-director and head coach of the Midwest Penguins volleyball club. Last season she led the Penguins to a 17-1 record finishing seventh in the Badger Region.

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Live from the Pio Dome

Why I am eagerly anticipating the start of another Brewer’s season Nathan Brunner Sports Editor Live from the Pio Dome is an editorial column written by Nathan Brunner to express his various opinions about topics in the world of sports. Any comment relating to Live From the Pio Dome can be voiced via e-mail to nbrunner@cc.edu.

Well the summer is over and everyone is back in school for another long year of taking tests and doing projects. The end of summer also means the end of another long baseball season. For many in the Milwaukee area this means an end to another pitiful season for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Yes, that’s right; once again the Brewers are going to finish with a losing record (big shock). And, to pour salt in the open wound, this year they decided to do it with the worst record in club history. Never has the team lost more than 100 games in a season until this year. To top it all off, Miller Park’s roof (just two years old) is not doing its job and lets rain just pour in, sometimes to the point the playing field has had puddles on it.

Now it may seem like all hope is lost that the team will ever be successful, even with the new labor agreement. In fact, many people couldn’t care less about next season and the current one isn’t even finished.

I, on the other hand, can’t wait

for next season to begin. Now you may think I am crazy and have lost any sense of logic, but just let me explain and maybe you will begin to see things from my point of view. There are several reasons for my seemingly idiotic statement.

1. One of the most obvious reasons to look forward to the beginning of next season is that there will be virtually no crowds to contend with.

Except for opening day, which will probably be the only sellout of the year, the Brewers will be lucky to draw more than 20,000 people to a stadium that seats over 42,000. There are several benefits to this fact.

First of all, you shouldn’t have a problem finding a parking spot or leaving once the game is over. There will also be no lines to purchase food during the game. The bathrooms will be cleaner than ever before. Your odds of catching a foul ball or a t-shirt (during the shirt toss) will be much better. Any ticket you purchase will give you a great view of the field because no one will be sitting in front of you. Also, with fewer people, your chance of getting on SportsCenter or on the stadium video screen with whatever crazy stunt you decide to pull, are vastly improved. Oh, I almost forgot, if you are ever looking for a nice and quiet place to go to get some reading or homework done, just go to a Brewers game. There certainly

won’t be any cheering.

2. Another great reason to look forward to the start of the next Brewers season is you may get to see some great baseball being played. It’s just too bad this play will be done by the other team.

3. The chance to see a major league record broken is another great reason to anticipate the season. If the Brewers re-sign shortstop and strikeout king Jose Hernandez for next season, it is a good bet he will take a crack at breaking his own record for the most strike-

outs in a season. Heck, the Brewers might do better with attendance if they promote this as a chance to see history in the making.

4. This brings me to my last, but certainly not least reason to anticipate Brewers baseball in 2003. In fact this is the reason that gets me to keep going back to games. What could I be talking about you ask? I could only be referring to the exciting Sausage Race.

Only in Milwaukee will you find four sausages go racing from the outfield to home

plate. This is the only time during the game you will even realize people are in the stands.

The racing is intense and exciting. A few thousand people are on their feet cheering as their heroes compete for glory. This race has it all and more. Maybe the Brewers need to take a lesson from these racing links and do something to bring excitement back to the stadium.

Maybe they should race sausages for three hours and only play baseball for five minutes instead of the other way around.

Upcoming Sporting Events Cross Country Date

Opponent

Time

Sept. 28

Roy Griak Invite @ University of Minnesota Sean Berry Invite @ Chicago, Ill.

10:00 a.m.

Oct. 5

10:00 a.m.

Football (0-3) Date

Opponent

Time

Sept. 28 Oct. 5

Lawrence @ Ripon

1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Date

Opponent

Sept. 27 Oct. 5-6

@ Carthage TBA MWC Championship @ Illinois College TBA

Women’s Golf Time

Men’s Soccer (3-2) Date

Opponent

Time

Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 6

Lawrence @ Ripon @ Monmouth @ Illinois College

1:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

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Women’s Soccer (4-2) Date

Opponent

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Oct. 1 Oct. 5 Oct. 6

@ Ripon @ Monmouth @ Illinois College

4:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m.

Women’s Tennis Date

Opponent

Time

Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 8

@ Ripon Lake Forest Carthage Lawrence Beloit @ UW-Whitewater

10:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.

Noon 3:00 p.m.

Volleyball (6-9) Date Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Oct. 3 Oct. 8

Opponent MWC Cross-over Tournament @ Beloit Lake Forest Illinois College Monmouth Knox Grinnell @ Ripon MSOE

Photo by Andrew Farrell

Senior Rocco Lazaris assists the men’s soccer team to a 3-2 win over Cardinal Stritch Sept. 14.

Team records are current as of Monday, Sept. 23.

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Preview/Returning athletes look to spark Pioneer sports teams From Page 16

the Lady Pioneers headed in the right direction as the head women’s golf coach.

Garstecki is very happy to see improvements in the Lady Pioneers as the season progresses.

Junior Eden Seaman has led the Lady Pioneers throughout the season.

Seaman had a career-low of 88 finishing in a tie for 11th place at the Knox Invitational on Sept. 13.

She has a 96.1 average for 18 holes.

Sophomore Jennifer Schuetz shot a season-low of 96 on the second day of the U W- W h i t e w a t e r Invitational Sept.

8.

Sophomore Catreena Van de Mark recorded her season-low round of 113 at the Monmouth Invite and she keeps improving each week.

Despite having a young team and coaching for the first time, Garstecki thinks his team will be competitive in the Midwest Conference.

“If all the players learn to not throw strokes away on the golf course, they could cut their scores by five strokes a round,” he said.

“If they do that, we could be serious contenders for the conference championship.”

Men’s Soccer Fourth-year head men’s soccer coach Rick Mobley has high expectations for the men’s soccer program.

The team accomplished a few of its goals last year.

“The goal in 2002 is to not have lapse,” Mobley stated.

The 2002 team features plenty of quality experience,

youthful skill and energy.

Returning are three all-conference performers from a year ago in seniors Joe Snyder and Aaron Manske, and junior goalkeeper Dan Peplinski.

Snyder led the conference in scoring. This year, Mobley hopes junior Phillip Hackbarth and freshman Michael Katzenberg, along with others, can help take the scoring load off of Snyder. Manske will team with junior Matt Drago to form one of the best center back duos in the conference.

They provide the center defense with a hard tackling, physical presence.

Peplinski, a two year starter, and sophomore Jeffrey Madsen will compete for the starting goalkeeper position. Sophomore Andy Smith will train as the third goalkeeper after being center back a year ago.

“The little bit of success we had last season will not change our team. We will approach each game one at a time. We won’t worry about what other people expect of us,” says Mobley. “By no means are we the best team in the league, but we have put ourselves in a situation where we can be competitive in each and every game we play.”

Women’s Soccer Second-year head women’s soccer coach Jason Bretzmann is confident the Lady Pioneers are headed in the right direction. With 11 starters returning from last year, they look forward to returning to the conference tournament.

“We’ve played some

Photo by Andrew Farrell

Justin Stigler tackles St. Olaf’s Matt Johnson in the Pioneer’s opening game Sept. 7. good soccer so far,” Bretzmann says. “Our goal as a team is to win every game through the end of the regular season, and the conference tournament in November. If we practice and play the right way, that’s clearly possible.”

The top eight scorers, including All-Midwest Conference selections Courtney Fryatt and Krista Schneider, are back with plenty of firepower.

Schneider led the team in goals and points as a freshman. Fryatt finished second on the team in points and first in assists. Also, returning is junior forward Jessica Reeves who moved from central defense her freshmen year to striker last year.

“Courtney Fryatt has been banged up at the beginning of the season, but we hope to have her back to the same form that she was last season,” Bretzmann states. “Krista Schneider’s goal is to break the school’s goals in a season record.

Last year she missed tying it by one goal.”

The Lady Pioneers also return all four opening-day defensive starters from last year in seniors Jennah McIntyre and Erin Pauling, and sophomores Tracy Tetting and Kristin Beyer.

Beyer ended the last season with an injury, but is 100% for this season.

“I expect that everyone will work harder and harder every day in practice, and put what they learn into the game situation. We have some quality players who can really light it up if they work within the system.

Everyone on this team is a soccer player, and each play-

er contributes in her own way.”

Women’s Tennis As the new coach for the women’s tennis team, Tatum Klingbeil can say that her outlook on the season is very positive. Although the Lady Pioneers record does not say “watch out,” the team strength has been growing since the first meet.

“We are a team that coaches should be worried about,” says Klingbeil. “Our match confidence is growing each time we step on the court.”

The players coaches and fans should watch out for are Sara Shaft in singles, Katie Bobholz and Melissa’ Wen in doubles, and Tracy Gratz and Dionna Welton in doubles as well. Shaft, the only senior on the team and captain, has done very well in singles with a 3-2 record, as well as pushing most matches to a third set.

She shows strength of spirit on the court and is a leader during practice. Klingbeil expects a strong showing in the conference from Shaft.

With practice, conditioning and knowing now what to expect from Klingbeil, the Lady Pioneers will be prepared to make their mark on the rest of this season and in years to come. “We will have very good depth through all positions,” says Klingbeil.

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Coaches carry positive attitudes into fall sports season Paula Cary Staff Writer

Cross Country First-year head cross country coach Sean Thielitz’ goal is to maintain one program while continuing to progress with the other.

The Lady Pioneers have won three of the last six Midwest Conference cross country championships and have finished no worse than third in the span. The men are coming off their best season in recent history, finishing fourth at the 2001 conference championship.

Among the returning Lady Pioneers are seniors Tami Wittlieff and Lauren Opalinski and Junior Kristin Igielski. Igielski was a national qualifier in her freshman campaign in 1999. Wittlieff is coming off her best year as a Carroll athlete. Thielitz expects to have a positive impact as team co-captain. Opalinski returns as senior co-captain after earning all-conference honors in 2001 with a ninth-place finish at the conference championships.

The men’s cross country team lost a lot when Adam Broten graduated. Broten finished second in the conference in 2001 and qualified for the national meet at the NCAA Regional.

Junior co-captain Rob Jach is ready to take over as leader to the Pioneer squad.

It will be a new role for Jach, but is one Thielitz feels comfortable with.

“Certainly Rob will feel more pressure,” said Thielitz. “I feel comfortable with him, because he’s a very consistent runner and that is great to have as your number one.”

Finishing in the top four is a goal for Thielitz, but most importantly, he expects the team to set the tone for the future.

Football Second-year head coach

Jeff Voris and the 2002 Carroll College football program will have to followup on a tough 2-7 season.

Voris and the coaching staff have successfully increased the quality and quantity of the team from the 51 players they had last year to 60 incoming freshmen along with the returning players.

Thirty-one letter-winners from 2001 have returned to make this program successful once again.

Among them are key returning seniors Steve Smart and Brad Dement and sophomore Jacob Bodi. Smart was a second-team All-Midwest Conference offensive lineman last season, while Dement and Bodi made the honorable mention team at quarterback and defensive lineman, respectively.

Among the returning players, Voris is pleased to have the senior quarterback back for another year. Also, the return of D.J. Otto gives the Pioneers a solid kicking game.

In the past couple of years Carroll has had a tough early-season conference schedule, but they will not face St. Norbert College, Ripon College, Grinnell College and Monmouth College until later this season. The schedule may not be easier, but it will give the players a little change from the previous years.

Last year, the Pioneers had their first victory at Lawrence University. This year, Carroll faces Lawrence for Homecoming, Saturday, creating a “very exciting atmosphere.”

This year’s offense will have to succeed with the running game to account for the loss of graduated wide receivers Brandy Spoerl and Brad Guettel.

Spoerl and Guettel combined for 132 catches last season. Together they also provided a great spark for the Pioneers on special

teams.

Among the returning players, Voris is pleased to have Smart back for another year on the offensive line.

Also, the return of D.J. Otto gives the Pioneers a solid kicking game.

“We’re excited about the

upcoming season,” Voris said. “Our success this year will depend on our improved strength and conditioning, and our dedication to studying the game.

There is no question the Carroll College football program is headed in the

right direction. We just need to play every snap with great effort and great discipline.”

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Photo by Andrew Farrell

Andy Matson takes control of the ball in the Pioneer men’s soccer game against Cardinal Stritch College Sept. 14.

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Photo by Andrew Farrell

Lady Pioneer Angela Capes dribbles down field in the game against Marion College Sept. 10.

Senior running back Rob Brester carries the ball against St. Olaf College Sept. 7.