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Amendment 2 propels WU’s stem cell research

BY MARLA FRIEDMAN STAFF REPORTER With Missouri voter approval of Amendment 2 in last week’s elections, the University is free to advance its research facilities.

Although some provisional ballots have not been counted, final numbers show that Missouri residents approved the Amendment by 48,627 votes.

“Amendment 2 has expanded and defined the boundaries of scientific investigation and will eliminate interference with those boundaries,” said F. Ses-

sions Cole, the vice chairman of pediatrics and director of newborn medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine.

Cole is a member of The Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, which began the initiative for Amendment 2 in response to legislation in 2001 that would have criminalized stem cell research in Missouri.

“There is no longer the cloud of uncertainty that has been hanging over our head for the last five years,” said Connie Far-

row, the media liaison for the coalition. “We can now be assured that whatever is allowed at the federal level is the standard in Missouri.”

Farrow is excited that residents of Missouri will have the opportunity to receive the highest standard of health benefits.

“The approval of the Amendment shows that Missourians don’t want to become secondclass citizens when it comes to their health care; they deserve the best that is available to other Americans,” she said.

Amendment 2 ensures Missouri patient access to any therapies and cures, allows all research in Missouri permitted under federal law, bans human cloning or attempted cloning, requires expert oversight of stem cell research, imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations and prohibits governments from preventing lawful stem cell research.

Washington University’s

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Students ‘repulsed’ by HPV display in library

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Junior Sara Yael Morris (left), and sophomores Ben Sales and Avi Rose examine the Human Papillomavirus display in the library on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

The exhibit contains graphic images of the effects of the disease, which some students find objectionable.

BY ELLEN JONES CONTRIBUTING REPORTER When Phi Lambda Psi, the Greek Women’s Health and Wellness Honorary, created an informative display about human papillomavirus (HPV), they wanted to catch the eye of Washington University students. In the end, however, the controversial exhibit, currently on display in Olin Library, has left many students unsure if they should take a closer look or avert their eyes completely.

Scattered with condoms, a dental dam and statistics about HPV, the display offers suggestions for safe sex practices and lists important facts about the relationship between the virus and cervical cancer. It also provides information on how to obtain Gardasil, the vaccine recently approved by the FDA and proven to protect against four types of HPV.

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Melissa Ruwitch, Assistant Director of Student Health Services and Chief of Health Promotion Services, believes that the display will play an important role in increasing HPV awareness on campus.

“College students may not understand that if they engage in any kind of sexual activity involving genital contact they are at risk for HPV,” said Ruwitch.

The most talked about aspect of the display, however, is not its educational value.

Two large color photographs, each displaying the genital regions of persons infected with the virus, depict some of the more graphic consequences of acquiring HPV. Some individuals believe that these images are both an effective and essential part of increasing HPV awareness.

“Visuals are necessary in this display because words alone can not truly illustrate

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HPV,” said junior Samantha Lattof, president of Phi Lambda Psi. Some students, however, think there’s a distinct difference between exploiting images for their shock value and using them as an educational tool.

“It’s repulsive,” said junior Robert Schuh. “I think it’s too out there, too in your face to be effective. HPV is a big issue, but I’m not sure this is the best way to go about it.

There’s a big difference between getting people’s attention and scaring them off.”

Needless to say, these photographs have remained a topic of conversation amongst library visitors more accustomed to seeing displays honoring Rosa Parks or Slam Poetry, two subjects celebrated by student groups in the past.

However, Lattof maintains that the images Phi Lamda Psi chose are relatively tame,

by HPV standards.

“The photos that we chose to use in the display are actually on the mild end of the spectrum compared to other photos of HPV found in textbooks and the Internet,” she said.

To those who might argue that certain aspects of the display might condone casual sex, Lattof still insists otherwise. “[The condoms and the dental dam] merely serve as reminders of the many precautions people should consider before having sex. While the new vaccine prevents against certain strains of HPV, other forms of protection like condoms are still necessary for a more complete protection,” said Lattof.

Many students have accepted this line of thinking.

“It’s really important that people know about HPV, even

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Buried treasure: University-owned mummy kept at St. Louis museum

BY ANDREA WINTER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Washington University owns one of the world’s most prized mummies, currently on display at the St. Louis Art Museum. Many in the university community would like to see her moved to campus.

Prominent St. Louis banker and private collector, Charles Parsons, donated two mummies to the University in 1896. Both mummies have been on permanent loan to the St. Louis Art Museum since 2002. They were displayed at the University from August to December of 1999. Prior to this showing, they were in storage at the University.

One of those is PetMenekh, a male mummy, from the 4th or 3rd century B.C.E., whose wrapped toes can be seen at the foot of the coffin. The female mummy, Henut-Wedjebu, from roughly 1391-1350 B.C.E., is held in much higher esteem.

“It’s really a fluke that we have such a rare mummy,” said Professor of Art History and Archeology Sarantis Symeonoglou.

Henut-Wedjebu is the only one of the eight gilded mummies from the New Kingdom that is in the United States.

The other seven mummies, from the age of the New Kingdom, are in Egypt. The New Kingdom, spanning from approximately 1550 to 1080 B.C.E., is considered the most glorious period of Ancient Egypt.

Henut-Wedjebu’s gilded status, marked by the gold foil on her coffin, represents a major accomplishment.

The gilding of a coffin required special permission from the pharaoh. Out of the eight mummies gilded during the New Kingdom, she is the only one that was not a king or a queen. She was simply a temple singer at the Temple of Amun in Kalnak.

“She must have been an extremely beautiful and important woman to receive gilded status. Like a Marilyn Monroe of Ancient Egypt,” said Symeonoglou.

As artwork, He nut-Wedjebu’s coffin is lauded for its realism.

In particular, it is one of the only coffins with carved nipples. “The modeling is extremely rare and beautiful.

The coffin is very a nth ropomor ph ic,” said Sid Goldstein, curator of ancient

and Islamic art at the St. Louis Art Museum.

Henut-Wedjebu’s body has significance in the history of embalmment as well.

“She represents the end of the tradition in which mummies were buried with their brains intact. Radiographs of her body show that her brain is still in there,” said Goldstein.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum of Washington University has chosen not to include either of the two mummies in the museum. It has decided to dedicate its space to the strengths of its collection which lay in 19th, 20th, and 21st century art.

“In a perfect world everyone would like to have the mummies here, however, collection space is limited.

The mummies are supersafe there, and they fit into an appropriate context so much better than we could fit them in here. Also, they are more available to the public. It’s not an ideal solution, but it’s better than having them in storage,” said Sara Hignit, chief registrar of the Mildred Kemper Lane Art Museum.

Hignit said that the mummies are loaned to the St. Louis Art Museum on a yearly basis. The University reconsiders them each year when its signs the papers to renew the loan.

“It’s something that is continually reassessed. Any museum ideally wants to show as much of its collection as possible,” said Michael Murawski, coordinator of education and public programs at Kemper.

At the St. Louis Art Museum, Henut-Wedjebu is surrounded by a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including alabaster vessels holding organs, statues, wooden figures and a mummy mask.

“She fits in context at the museum. She is consistent

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Of the eight surviving sarcophagi in the world, seven are in Egypt. The eighth, pictured here, is owned by the University and resides in the St. Louis Art Museum.

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Literary mags soon to publish

BY DAVID SONG STAFF REPORTER Washington University students who have been asking themselves what happened to the University art, literary and literary criticism magazines may fi nd their questions answered soon. The spring 2006 issue of the undergraduate Spires Intercollegiate Arts & Literary Magazine, whose production was delayed, is slated to come out by the end of this week, said editor in chief Jennifer Hadley, a junior. Spires’ fall 2006 edition will appear near the end of the fall semester.

“Our spring 2006 issue is coming out at the end of this week, Thursday or Friday,” said Hadley. “We were all set to have it come out at the end of last semester, but there were troubles with the printer, the schedule and the computer.”

The Spires office was formerly located in Prince Hall, which was demolished over the summer to make way for new

construction on campus. The office is now located in Umrath Hall, along with those of several other student groups. Hadley said the office relocation was not the central reason behind the delayed production. “[Prince Hall] had a small part to do with [the delay].

Overall, that wasn’t the biggest hurdle.”

The fall issue is to come out in early December, according to Hadley, who also explained the selection process for the arts and literary magazine.

“It’s quite the exciting month for Spires. This semester we had around 200 submissions in total. [The selected pieces] were all really great. We hope that everyone who submitted will continue to.”

Each issue, Spires also gives out two cash prizes, one to the writer of a piece of fiction, and one to the writer of a piece of poetry.

“We have a $200 fiction and a $200 poetry prize,” Hadley

said. Hopefully in the future there will be an art prize; we value art as much as fiction and poetry.”

Hadley also noted that an increasing number of pieces came from Washington University students, with 12 of the 14 fiction and poetry works submitted by University students.

Spires also hosts a speaker series every semester, and brought in American poet and professor at Brown University C.D. Wright this semester.

“We’ve worked to expand our speaker series,” Hadley said. “[This] was, I think, one of our more successful events.”

Also scheduled to print is the undergraduate journal of literary criticism, WORD, started by Sigma Tau Delta (STD), the English and American Literary Honorary.

“WORD isn’t universal to STD,” said senior Angela Markle, the honorary’s president.

“We’ve only been a chapter [at the University] for five years.

We decided to get into campus life and get into [the College of Arts & Sciences] as whole. It is a journal of literary criticism, not original work.”

The journal is slated to come out in about two months.

“The edition we’re working on now is the twelfth issue. We are currently planning on publishing it over or after winter break,” said Markle.

Markle said she hoped that WORD’s readership would increase over time. “[We] are working very hard to develop it,” she said. “Right now, it’s just young. We want to make it more well-known and more respected.”

One magazine that will not be coming out is former literary magazine The Eliot Review, which ceased publishing after the spring semester of 2005.

“Two years ago, the editor in chief graduated, and after there was no one left to take over the responsibility,” said senior Gabby Paluch, who

worked with the magazine before it stopped publication. “We had not much of a staff and also lost our funding. None of the submissions we got were, we felt, worth printing.”

Tara Lohr, the former editor in chief who graduated in 2005, said she anticipated difficulties for the remaining staff.

“The magazine always suffered from having too small a staff,” wrote Lohr in an email. “Really, it takes a lot to get submissions, choose submissions, layout the magazine, publish, and then have events to get the campus aware of our existence. Spires was always a bit more popular, anyway. I knew the magazine would die after I left. It was too big a job for too small a staff. It’s a shame, because the magazine was always a lot of fun. I hope there’s still at least Spires. [The University] should have at least one [arts and literary] magazine.”

STEM CELL v FROM PAGE 1 School of Medicine, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Mo., and the University of Missouri-Columbia are the coalition’s hope for the “three crown jewels” of research, according to Farrow. Now that the amendment is approved, the institutions can move forward with expanded research.

The Stowers Institute will now progress with its plans to increase its research facilities. The current ten-acre campus will be expanded by about 600,000 square feet every decade in perpetuity, according to Marie Jennings, the director of public affairs and media relations. Jennings said that she sees the institute as advancing in two significant ways.

“First, the passage of Amendment 2 makes it possible for researchers currently working on adult stem cells to expand to include embryonic stem cell research,” she said. “Second, we are in a better position to recruit new researchers to work with embryonic stem cells.”

Some proponents of stem cell research at Washington University are more reserved about the potential effects of the Amendment. James Huettner, an associate professor of cell biology and physiology at the University’s School of Medicine, does not foresee a significant advancement in stem cell research in the near future.

“The amendment didn’t authorize anything that isn’t legal now; it disallowed making what is legal now illegal,” he said.

In 1995, Huettner described the first concrete evidence for conversion of mouse stem cells into nerve cells. He now works with human embryonic stem cells, using the lines approved

by President Bush in 2001.

“Amendment 2 will not immediately affect what we’re doing,” he said. “We do very basic level research that only involves studying the cells in petri dishes and converting them from differentiated cells to more specialized types. The lines that Bush authorized are not appropriate

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Huettner is more optimistic about future effects of the amendment, as the University is no longer subject to breaking the law when initiating the use of stem cells.

“The more long term impact is that hopefully it will allow institutions like Wash. U. to devote more resources to work on stem cells, which they’ve been reluctant to do so far because the legal status has been up in the air.”

Eugene Johnson, a professor of neurology who has fostered discussions about using embryonic stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries at the University’s School of Medicine, agreed with Huettner’s evaluation.

“The amendment was designed to prevent the state from doing things that would be more restrictive; it’s like an insurance policy,” he said.

Johnson feels that the psychological impact of the amendment is more tangible than its specifics.

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PrimeCell Research associate Jason Pacchiarotti performs stem cell research in California on Sept. 19, 2006.

“By Missouri passing Amendment 2, it makes the state seem like a friendlier place, which may make it easier for researchers in

Missouri to tackle stem cells as a long term project,” he said.

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Eric Duffy (left) and Danielle Himmelman, sporting cardboard signs, station themselves outside of Mallinckrodt on Monday, Nov. 13 as part of Homelessness Awareness Week.

Printing fees at library decrease paper usage

BY JOSHUA MALINA CONTRIBUTING REPORTER University Libraries’ implementation of a pay-per-page print fee over Fall Break has dramatically decreased the amount of print jobs at Olin Library. Meanwhile, the Arts & Sciences Computing Center and ResTech computing labs, which still remain free, have seen only modest increases.

The three high-speed printers on Level One of Olin Library represent about 50 percent of printer use throughout the entire system. The printers have seen a nearly 80 percent decline in print jobs since the plan was implemented on October 20, compared to figures of the same period last year.

The Arts & Sciences computing lab in Eads Hall, which requires only that students use the computers for a class in the College of Arts & Sciences, has seen only a $640 increase in printing costs compared to the same period last year.

“It’s a drop in the bucket,” said Marcia Mannen, manager of the lab. “We have definitely seen an increase, but it’s not something that’s hurting us—not yet, at least.”

For Residential Technology Services, which maintains 24hour computing labs in many of the residential colleges and apart-

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ments on campus, the change has been virtually non-existent.

“We have not seen any impact.

I was surprised as well,” said Jan Weller, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Network Technology Services, which heads ResTech.

For students, the effects of the pay-to-print policy have been similarly mild, with only a few headaches along the way.

In the Danforth computing lab, where sophomore Piyanka Ghosal goes to do homework, the printer is often broken or out of toner, she said. Yet as an engineering student with 500 pages of free printing per semester at the Center for Engineering and Computer Science, and a roommate with a personal printer, she has other alternatives.

At the Arts & Sciences Computing Lab in Eads Hall, where sophomore Scott Drattell works, getting homework done has become more difficult, especially during busy lunchtime hours.

Drattell, however, said it will not keep him from working there in the future.

“The job is still very manageable,” said Drattell.

Judith Fox, associate dean of Washington University Libraries, doesn’t feel that the current pace of printing on campus is representative of students’ longterm habits. She expects printing to increase at the main libraries in the future, possibly rising to 30 percent of former capacity or

beyond. She is certain, however, that the real effect of the initiative has yet to be seen.

“We’re not going to get a true picture until the spring semester,” said Fox, anticipating that as students receive their assignments for new classes, printing will increase. Fox stated that students’ heavy printing before the Oct. 20 deadline, a record 1.4 million print jobs for the month of September, accounts for a lot of the decrease that is unusual for this time of year.

In other universities that have enacted similar policies, a 40 to 50 percent decline in print jobs has become custom, far less than the nearly 80 percent decline that Olin Library has experienced since Fall Break.

Some students, like sophomore Aaron Schneider, haven’t printed at the library all year in anticipation of the fee, which was made known to students in an e-mail before school started.

Schneider opted instead to buy his own, personal laser printer, which at $100 was more costly than what he was used to, but which was also more convenient.

“I used to print at the libraries all the time. But since they started charging, I haven’t printed anything there all year,” said Schneider.

The library system expects to use the saved revenue from printing costs on other expenses, including book collections.

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Talent’s return to WU as a lecturer uncertain

BY DAVID SONG STAFF REPORTER Former Republican Missouri Senator Jim Talent may have lost his bid for re-election last week in the midterm elections, but that does not mean he’s out of a job.

Talent, who began his term in the U.S. Senate in 2002, worked with Washington University on an adjunct basis. He first taught an undergraduate Arts & Sciences course in the fall semester of 2001, and then a law school course in the spring semester of 2002.

Student responses have varied regarding the prospect of political candidates and former political officials teaching at the University.

According to some students, political views could prove valuable in the classroom.

Some likened Talent’s presence on campus to that of Jeff Smith, who successfully retained his position as a Missouri State Senator last Tuesday. They noted that though he never hid his more liberal views, students still learned much from him. By the same token, some students mentioned that Talent’s viewpoint is still valuable.

Other students seemed less in favor of the idea, one suggesting that political officials were hired to heighten the University’s standing, but could still be useful based on their expertise in their field.

Bailey Kimssy, a University sophomore who intends to major in political science, describes himself as “politically apathetic.” Even so, he thought Talent teaching at the University could be a valuable resource.

“If he comes back to teach, that’s great,” said Kimssy.

“It’s good to have someone who understands the process of political campaigning to enlighten students about the reality of getting elected—advertising, agendas and reaching out. I think it’d be very relevant to have [such] a teacher. Who else better to teach political science than a politician?”

Dan Hellinger, a professor of politics at Webster University, criticized the University for Talent’s adjunct professor salary in 2002. Hellinger suggested that Talent should not receive preference over other professors.

“I don’t, in principle, object to having former office holders teach. We now have

Governor Holden teaching at Webster,” said Hellinger.

“But [his salary] should be proportionate to what other professors get paid, and it should not be in some sense done in expectation of benefits should the former office-holder return to politics.

I have no idea what Talent contemplates.”

When asked about the possibility of Talent returning to the University, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences James McLeod said that the issue had not been raised.

“I know of no discussion about Talent’s return to the University,” he said.

McLeod added that the University “very infrequently” hires former political officials, but has been generally pleased with their success in academia.

“From what I’ve seen, they’ve been good experiences,” said McLeod.

In addition to Smith and Talent’s recent time teaching at the University, former Missouri Senator Tom Eagleton taught at the University in 2000.

HPV DISPLAY v FROM PAGE 1 “We sort of looked at it and thought, ‘ugh,’” said Baker.

“But at the same time, we trusted the students and respected that they were trying to communicate something important.”

Baker then explained that the exhibit guidelines enforced at Olin are based on the “no censorship” standards set forth by the American Library Association (ALA). The library also adheres to the ALA’s “Library Bill of Rights,” which states that materials on exhibit should not be excluded because of the origin, background or views of those contributing to their creation.

Although a committee meets to review exhibit applications submitted by student groups like Phi Lambda Psi, it is nearly impossible to have a proposal denied because of controversial content.

“We try to be open to all viewpoints,” said Baker.

Despite murmurs about the opposition to certain aspects of the HPV exhibit, Melissa Krain, Public Relations Chair for Phi Lambda Psi, hasn’t been approached by any members of the University community with concerns about its content. “[Those who have seen it] thought it was informative and good for the community,” she said.

Health Promotions Services also believes the exhibit has been a success.

“I do not consider Phi Lambda Psi’s display too graphic,” said Ruwitch. “It makes people take notice and gives them reliable, useful information.”

ALA guidelines also state that conetentious content in an exhibit will not be removed or censored. As such, it is not likely that the exhibit will be taken down prematurely, despite whatever protestations may emerge in the future.

The exhibit is located adjacent to Whispers Café and near the library’s main entrance, and will remain on display until Nov. 19.

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though it might be a sensitive subject,” said senior Jessica Black. “It’s important that people know how to protect themselves and for girls to get the vaccine if they can.”

“The goal of our exhibit is to increase public awareness and dialogue about HPV and its vaccine,” added Lattof. “I would hope that the Wash. U. population learns that HPV most commonly affects individuals in our age range, both men and women.”

Controversial or not, it is undeniable that conversations about HPV have never been more prominent on campus. As such, the library has no regrets about allowing the display.

That’s not to say, however, that when Shirley Baker, Dean of University Libraries and vice chancellor of information technology, fi rst saw the exhibit, she didn’t have some concerns about its content.

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Green Action pushes awareness as Recycling Week commences

BY BEN SALES SENIOR STAFF REPORTER The recycling issue comes to the forefront this week as Green Action organizes a multi-day awareness drive centered on America Recycles Day, celebrated nationally on Nov. 15.

The student group, which focuses on making the campus a greener place, has recently been communicating with the administration and students to heighten environmental awareness. Green Action has lately stressed issues such as effective energy conservation, reducing superfl uous waste and, of course, better and more widespread recycling.

“We hope people will come up to us and ask us about recycling,” said sophomore Risa Edelman, president of Green Action. “Green Action wanted to take the opportunity to plan a whole week of events to celebrate.”

Tonight’s forum, entitled “Making Greenback Greener: How Environmentalism is Shaping the Business World,” will discuss how corporations should view their decisions in an environmental light.

“You are not just making a business decision that affects today but also a hundred years from now,” said Edelman of companies’ strategies. “[We will discuss] whether or not the free market is a good enough incentive [for environmental concerns].”

Also featured during the week is an “America Recycles Day Electronic Pickup” on Wednesday where students can donate old electronics and a showing of the Dr. Suess movie “The Lorax” on Thursday night.

Recycling has been an issue on campus of late with the lack of available bins in some University owned residential areas. In Greenway Apartments, for example, usable receptacles were only recently installed.

While Edelman sees this as a good start, she thinks the University needs to do more.

“Any step is a good one,” she said. “Providing Greenway residents with bins is defi nitely better than not having them there at all. But you cannot stop there. You have to get Greenway RAs to emphasize the importance of recycling, or tell Greenway residents where they can deposit their recyclables when their bins fi ll up.”

Edelman added that while the administration has not been very proactive at starting recycling initiatives, it has been willing to work with students’ ideas.

“They are receptive to the efforts of various green groups on campus, including CEQ, Green Action, Hybrid Living, and others,” said Edelman, whose group has worked with its compatriots on several drives. “They are putting forth some effort, if nothing else, in response to the initiatives of green groups.”

On that note, Edelman said that the main responsibility to promote recycling comes not from the administration but from the students.

“A lot of it depends on how hard the green groups work,” she said. “The groups are the ones who ask the questions and challenge the University to ask those questions. The [administration] wouldn’t do it on their own.”

However, Edelman said, students seem nonchalant about environmental action, something that Green Action hopes to improve this week.

“I think it depends on whether or not environmental issues were important to people before they got to Wash. U.,” she said. “You have to make it easy and convenient for people, not just give them the basic materials. If it is not convenient, it won’t happen.”

And while convenient recycling is Green Action’s main focus, Edelman added that environmental awareness goes beyond blue bins.

“There are always other things to focus on, energy conservation, water usage, etc.,” she said. “Recycling is only one aspect of the situation.”

But no matter the focus, Green Action will keep pushing students to have the issue on their minds.

“There are always ways to be greener, to be more environmentally conscious,” said Edelman. We are just trying to do what we can.”

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It is important to consider how she relates to other materials from the period,” said Goldstein.

The mummies play a major role in educational programs at the St. Louis Art Museum. They are part of the museum’s most frequented gallery. In response to the prospect of Henut-Wedjebu being moved to the University’s campus, Goldstein said, “We’d be very sad. We’d be terribly disappointed, but it’s their object so they could do what they want. We think it makes great sense for our programs and we are happy to have her here.”

Symeonoglou adamantly

believes that Henut-Wedjebu should be permanently placed on the University’s campus in a structure that resembles her tomb. “It’s common sense that mummies attract a lot of visitors.

We could bring people from all over the Midwest to the University.”

Symeonoglou resents that Henut-Wedjebu has been part of traveling exhibitions in the past. “This lady likes to be kept at peace. As a professional, I am against traveling showings of mummies. When mummies are transported, the body is taken out of the coffin case. I believe this is a desecration.

As a university, shouldn’t

we know better?”

Many students would like to see the mummies on campus. “The mummies could draw a lot of attention to the Kemper itself, and add prestige to the museum,” said sophomore Emma Dent, an art history major and a permanent collection docent at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum.

“If we own it, then we should show it on our campus,” said Rachel Edelman, a sophomore.

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After cruising through NCAA regional play, the volleyball squad heads to the national quarterfinals in Salem. Virginia needs three wins to be crowned national champions. The Bears play the Stevens Institute of Technology tomorrow at 3 p.m. If the Bears win that matchup, they’ll play the winner of the California Lutheran and Wisconsin-Whitewater game. Whitewater heads to Salem looking to capture its second straight national title, while the second-ranked Bears seek their first title since 2003.

he whistle blows, the ball is kicked off, and suddenly I ďŹ nd myself running full speed toward a girl twice my size as she, too, runs full speed toward me.

I aim for her knees, drop my shoulder, and throw all my weight and momentum into her. Although she’s about 6 feet tall and 250 pounds, she topples easily and falls hard to the ground, leaving me free to secure the ball for my team.

It’s not as easy as it sounds. There is nothing more terrifying than having someone much larger than you charging at you like an enraged rhino, with nothing to protect you except a jersey and a mouthguard. A lot of people think that anyone who would want to play an aggressive, full-tackle sport without padding of any kind must surely be crazy.

And, as it turns out, rugby players are a little crazy. But as anyone who has played can tell you, there is no greater rush than making a fantastic tackle, or charging through a line of defenders to score a try (rugby’s equivalent of a goal), or hitting someone so hard that you knock them to the ground with your momentum alone. Once you feel it, you’re hooked.

I got into rugby the spring semester of my freshman year at Wash. U. There had been a men’s team at my high school and the sport intrigued me, but since there was no women’s team I had never gotten an opportunity to learn or play.

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The squad, whose record currently stands at 17-2, faces 24th-ranked Washington and Lee University in the sectional semifinals at 5 p.m.

Saturday. The game is being played at Virginia Wesleyan University in Norfolk, Va.

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams head to the NCAA national meet over the weekend. The meet takes place in Wilmington, Ohio on Saturday.

Should the team emerge victorious Saturday, they will face the winner of Elizabethtown and host school Virginia Wesleyan on Sunday at 6 p.m. The winner of that contest will go to the Final Four the next weekend at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex.

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and was exposed more to the sport as a whole, everything began to make sense.

Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with rugby.

While playing the game itself is a huge part of the reason I love rugby, there is a subculture among those who play the sport that is a vital part of making rugby what it is. Maybe it’s because it attracts a certain kind of personality, or maybe it’s simply because only people who have played truly understand the sport, but there is a universal solidarity among rugby players that I have not experienced in any other sport.

Despite the fact that rugby is an intense, incredibly aggressive sport, off the ďŹ eld rugby players are some of the classiest people I have ever encountered. Playing dirty is not tolerated, and once the ďŹ nal whistle blows, all the aggression from the game is dropped and the teams are as friendly as can be. In fact, rugby players throw some of the best parties I have ever been to.

Playing rugby is not, in any sense of the word, easy.

Overcoming inhibitions, avoiding injury, and keeping in shape are just a few of the obstacles a rugby player faces every time she hits the ďŹ eld. But the feeling you get when you run off the pitch at the end of the game—aching slightly, feeling bruises developing, and knowing you just played your ass off—makes it worth the hard work and pain it took to get there.

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So when I found out that a friend of mine played and that Wash. U. had a women’s club team, I jumped at the chance. I wasn’t very athletic and I didn’t run very fast, but I was strong and I was eager to learn.

Immediately, I was welcomed onto the team. Given the relative scarcity of rugby in the United States, especially women’s teams, it was not assumed that I had any prior knowledge of the sport.

As it turns out, the vast majority of girls who join the Wash. U. team have no experience playing the game and thus know nothing about the rules. The coaches and the team veterans took every opportunity to teach me the nuances of the sport and explain things to me as they came up.

Despite this help, it still took me that entire season to really understand how the game of rugby is played.

Some of this may be because I was the only rookie that season and therefore less practice time was devoted to teaching the ins and outs of the game. But a large part of it was also due to the fact that the rules of rugby are incredibly confusing, especially if you’ve never played.

Rugby is completely unlike any sport that most Americans have been exposed to.

There are a lot of quirky rules and some plays that are just downright strange.

When I started, the entire game seemed completely foreign. The way the practices were structured, it was hard to see how everything I was learning came together to form an actual game.

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Let’s go Bears: time to consider basketball going Division I W

ashington University undergraduates often bemoan their institution’s lack of name recognition among people outside of the elite academic and cultural sphere. Among those ideas most frequently raised for ways that the school can better promote itself is the suggestion that Washington University should pursue athletic success at the NCAA’s highest level, Division I. These recommendations are often muttered haphazardly and without regard to the potentially negative effects that could occur as a result of the complete overhauling of the current athletic structure. However, the people in the Washington

University administration should consider creating an exploratory committee to look into the possibility of the men’s and women’s basketball programs making the jump to Division I. A move like this seems without precedent, but only with specific regard to basketball. Johns Hopkins University, a former member of the University Athletic Association (UAA), the conference to which University teams currently belong, has long competed at the Division I level exclusively in lacrosse, winning the national title in 2005.

Why hoops? Unlike Division I football, which requires the construction of a stadium with a minimum of 30,000 seats, basketball

lacks the same stringent facility requirements and requires less time to build a quality program. With just limited upgrades, the Field House would prove adequate enough to host top-caliber collegiate basketball. Additionally, it is much easier to provide scholarships to 12 players while simultaneously maintaining high academic standards and not altering the cultural landscape of the institution than it is do so for 100 players (as would roughly be the case in football). There’s a reason why Duke is a perennial powerhouse in basketball and hasn’t won a game this season in football.

St. Louis plays host to teams from three of the four major sports leagues.

Basketball is the only pro sport that the city lacks.

The best alternative for the thousands of St. Louis hoops fans are the Bilikins of St. Louis University. SLU plays in the increasingly weak Atlantic 10 Conference, and yet the team consistently draws attendence in the top tenth percentile for Division I figures.

Though it would take a significant period of time to come to fruition, a quality product would bring students, community members and media attention to campus, thereby allowing the world to know about the world-class academics offered here. Throughout the course of a Duke broadcast, for example, that school’s academic renown is con-

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stantly noted.

With the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) currently being the fastest-rising league in the country, the University would do itself a favor to at least look into becoming a basketball-only member. It would be mutually beneficial for WU and for the MVC, as WU would gain name recognition while the MVC would increase its academic prestige. Wash. U. could be to the MVC what Vanderbilt is to the SEC and Northwestern to the Big 10: strong, slightly smaller private schools in predominantly state-school conferences.

Becoming a Division I school would also be a boon to school spirit on campus.

Wash. U. fans might not be

An honest look at the Twinkie Tax

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hould the government be allowed to place a tax on unhealthy foods and then use it to fund obesity treatments? Ask student Daphna Shamash and she’ll say that “most of Missouri agrees with me that they should not.”

In an article written in Student Life last week, Shamash argued against Missouri Amendment 3, the proposed tax on tobacco to fund Medicaid and antismoking campaigns, by likening it to a Nathan “470 percent Krispy Kreme tax hike” (Nov. 10, 2006) Why? Because the government has no right to decide what Americans should eat. Interestingly, this argument has been used before. Rush Limbaugh argued

Voting feels good

BY DAVID SONG STAFF COLUMNIST

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ast Tuesday, I voted for the first time, and being a part of the democratic electoral process—something to which I had been looking forward since becoming a naturalized citizen in the United States—felt deeply satisfying.

Registering to vote in Missouri was, as far as my experience went, fairly simple, consisting first of heading to an office downtown to fill out a short form, and second of walking to Wydown Middle School across the street, waiting in a line, and pushing several buttons to select in part—in very small part—Missouri public officials. I also know that some University students faced trouble with voting, but since I didn’t face those

troubles, and because the point of this article isn’t to criticize the University—the staff editorial last Wednesday already did that—I won’t write about that matter any more.

When I was in high school, I filled out several forms that would let me vote in Maryland, but I did not vote because I wasn’t 18 during the 2004 election. This summer, resolving to make my first vote count, I sent forms for absentee ballots, and was more than excited to send in my votes by mail from St. Louis to Maryland.

However, being liberally inclined, I would have voted for the Democratic candidate for the Senate, and in Maryland, a liberally inclined state, the Democratic candidate for the Senate won by a margin of 10 percent. I knew that if I were

to vote in Maryland, my vote would not have had much sway, a drop of water in the heavier Democratic bucket.

So I decided to fill out a few more forms, and vote in Missouri instead, casting a vote for the far more unpredictable

“Even beyond my microeconomics exam, I could reasonably be less starry-eyed with the prospect of voting” contest between the Democrat McCaskill and the Republican Talent. Being liberally inclined, I voted for McCaskill, and in Missouri, a battleground state this year for the Senate, McCaskill

won by a far smaller margin of less than 2 percent.

However, that margin represented 41,537 voters, and as it happens, one vote out of 40,000 is still a drop of water—albeit a more important drop of water— in the Democratic bucket that also turned out heavier. Since I am sure I did not inadvertently affect anyone else’s voting, I could have, say, studied for my microeconomics exam and received a higher grade instead of giving McCaskill a 41,537th vote that she didn’t really need.

Even beyond my microeconomics exam, I could reasonably be less starry-eyed with the prospect of voting; there is still plenty of reason to be dissatisfied with both the Democratic and Republican parties.

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quite as crazy as the Duke Cameron Crazies, but as schools that are competing for national titles come into town, students would have the ability to come out in droves to the Field House and to root for the underdog, an opportunity not currently present. Then, if the Bears actually pulled off a win, WU paraphernalia would essentially be painted on students’ bodies for the next few days.

Division I basketball on the Danforth Campus would increase the school’s brand name and provide an unrivaled source of school spirit amongst the student body.

The administration would be well served to at least look into the possibility.

“Do you want to regularly eat french fries even after you’ve considered the health risks? Fine. Go ahead.

But understand that it’s not unreasonable for others to argue that you should help pay your share of future health care costs.” essentially the same thing a decade ago, albeit less diplomatically, when he compared proponents of a food to a “high-fat Gestapo” trying to make Americans act properly. But while the appeals to freedom are still quite powerful, there is also something new that opponents of the tax should now consider: the cost of health care.

The kind of tax that Shamash was referring to is often called the Twinkie

Tax. It was fi rst proposed by Dr. Kelly Brownell as a way to help combat the rising epidemic of obesity in the United States. It was hoped that a tax on foods high in saturated fat, for example, would help curb obesity as well as provide funding for programs to educate people on how to eat healthy. That was over a decade ago, and the Twinkie Tax now usually calls for any revenue from the tax to be used to help pay for health Everly insurance programs like Medicaid instead. Not surprisingly, one woman remarked that it sounded like the “food police” to her.

But while it is extremely tempting to dismiss the tax as a well-intentioned mistake, there’s more to the story.

Currently, about two-thirds of the country’s population can be classified as either obese or overweight. In many cases, this is not the result of genetics or even bad luck. It’s the result of little exercise combined with a diet high in calories and saturated fat.

Naturally, the health care costs associated with this epidemic are tremendous.

About $90.7 billion are spent annually to treat obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease. Around half of that is paid for by the federal government through Medicare and Medicaid, which are funded by American taxpayers.

And something else should also be considered.

One of the most telling observations about American politics is historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s declaration that Americans tend to be “philosophically conservative and operationally liberal.”

You’ve probably seen this before. It’s the reason why Americans can approve of smaller government and Social Security at the same time. And while voters will

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Everybody’s free...to get naked

BY DENNIS SWEENEY STAFF COLUMNIST There’s a big question out there that hasn’t really been answered yet: what would happen if you got up one day, took a shower, brushed your teeth and went to class, but didn’t wear any clothes? Specifically, how long could you go through your normal day naked?

Not to be random. This, of course, was brought up at a Center Court dinner in which little else could be found to prolong our food intake and delay our execution of homework. So, the question is now out there. My bet was one hour. My roommate Jon says, “I wouldn’t make it past Mallinckrodt.” Others postulated getting clocked by the fuzz at some point in between the two.

The reasoning behind my hypothesis was that people really have no idea what to do in that situation. I mean, people would notice that you were naked, but if you saw a naked guy walking down the sidewalk toward Mallinckrodt and through campus to class, what would you do? I would be totally stunned and then maybe laugh about it, but I wouldn’t pick up my phone and call WUPD or anything

sensible like that.

It’s like diffusion of responsibility. Everyone else thinks, “Oh, hey, there’s a naked guy/ girl, I’m sure somebody has already informed the proper denudifying authorities. It’ll be just moments until some large man comes and comically clotheslines him/her.” Which is perfectly understandable, I guess. But say everyone thinks that? Say you make it all the

“The point is, you can do a lot of crazy, ridiculous stuff and get away with it.” way to psychology class, sit in the third row from the back, and slouch down a bit so as to be slightly hidden. You might not get many people sitting next to you, but you just might make it through class. You might even make it to your next one.

My call, though, is that the word would somehow get out when the right informer talks to the right informee, and an officer of the law would bust in about 25 minutes into class and drag your naked arse out of there. But, of course, we’ll never really know unless someone does it (cough...).

But that’s not the point. It’s important to get to a bigger idea here, whether the naked person makes it all the way back to his dorm at the end of the day or gets tackled just as he walks past the clocktower.

The point is, you can do a lot of crazy, ridiculous stuff and get away with it. I was thinking the other day, remember the days when you were like, “Man, I can’t wait ‘til college when there aren’t any rules”?

There kind of aren’t any now.

But people aren’t crazy and ridiculous like they could be.

Maybe it’s because we slowly got sensitized toward freedom as we got closer to going to college. Maybe it’s because we’re vaguely intelligent.

Maybe it’s because being crazy and ridiculous back when we were evolving would have meant getting eaten by a tiger.

But what comes from this is that you have to remember that there aren’t really rules anymore, beyond official legislation and universal standards of decency. What you always wanted, you’ve now got. And I shouldn’t be naive by thinking that there aren’t people who take full advantage of their freedom by being unreasonably insane every night, but for those of us who ascribe more to the doing your work, going to class kind of lifestyle,

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it is crucial to remember not to get stuck in a rut and feel like you’re trapped.

Most people, I think, have figured this out already, but it’s good to be reminded that you really don’t have to do anything. When everyone was stressing out over midterms the last month, really, they could have just not studied.

I mean, there’s no reason to complain about something you do of your own volition

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always claim that they dislike the government, they’ll always expect it to do something for them when they need help.

In the case of the Twinkie Tax, we’re simply observing that same paradox. Most Americans fi rmly believe in what market analyst Jonathan Hoenig calls “the right of an American citizen in a free country to choose to eat whatever foods he wishes.”

But when it’s time to pay for the health care costs associated with eating poorly, many people simply shrug and look to the government.

And this is why a tax on unhealthy foods, while certainly unconventional, is not as crazy an idea as many critics argue. The reason why the Twinkie Tax has never gotten off the ground is because its opponents have claimed that crucial mantle of individual responsibility. It’s not just that the government is taxing you.

It’s also overriding your better judgment. That’s what the Center for Consumer Freedom meant when it launched an ad campaign titled, “You are too stupid to make your own food choices.”

But if anything, the proponents of the tax are the ones promoting responsibility by asking Americans to consider the consequences of their actions. Do you want to regularly eat french fries even after you’ve considered the health risks? Fine.

When I was in high school, I was presented with the image of South Africans voting, forming a queue miles long out in the summer heat. Suppose exactly four million members of Missouri’s population (there are about five-and-a-half million in all) can legally vote; this would mean slightly more than half—2,114,065—of those four million went out to vote.

This is a vaguely depressing statistic. However, on Tuesday I was presented with the image

Go ahead. But understand that it’s not unreasonable for others to argue that you should help pay your share of future health care costs.

After all, why should other taxpayers be forced to pay for the health care to treat your medical problems when you couldn’t even bother to take care of yourself?

Now even after considering all of this, there is still room to oppose the Twinkie Tax on perfectly legitimate grounds. If you believe in low taxes, then the Twinkie Tax seems unnecessary and even harmful. But if you are going to oppose it, don’t try arguing that the government, as Shamash puts it, is trying “to impose what it believes to be ‘good’ decisions on its citizens.” It’s not. If anything, the tax is protecting the taxpayers who had the sense to understand that unhealthy actions have consequences. As columnist Jonathan Cohn remarks, the government isn’t “scolding Americans for their choices;” it’s simply asking them “to confront the costs of those choices.” So why is it really that bad to acknowledge the conventional wisdom that you cannot, in fact, have your cake and eat it too?

Nathan is a junior in Arts & Sciences and a Forum editor. He can be reached via e-mail at forum@studlife.com.

of a 30-minute queue of voters standing out in the cold, waiting to cast in their ballots.

I cannot help but agree with writer Jonathan Wallace when he says, “[w]hen I stand in the privacy of the voting booth…

I imagine all those little levers crashing down all across America, their sound rising to a mighty crescendo. Then I know I am fooling myself, because my voice does not matter; but at the same time I know I will never give up, because I am an opti-

(besides, admittedly, the sport of it). Everything you do, even studying, is because you want to do it. You say you “have to,” but that’s only because you “have to” to get a good grade, which, when it comes down to it, is just something you want to do.

The day-to-day routine seems dreary a lot, especially when it’s November and and it’s cold. But really, you don’t even have to go outside if

you don’t want to. Ultimately, you’re just doing it because you want to be a normally functioning human being. But it’s your choice. So wear a hat.

Or, if you really want to, you could just wear nothing at all.

mist, because I’m stubborn, because by acting as if the system worked we keep the possibility alive that it may be nudged back to functionality later.”

Voting does feel good. If there were one thing, however, that I would have done differently last Tuesday, it would be to get a better grasp on all the candidates, amendments, and propositions, but my vote—optimistic and barely significant as it was—has gone and said with some two million other

Missouri residents, “this is how David Song thinks things ought to be.”

“A vote after all is not only speech but action,” writes Wallace. “Voting is one of those areas under human control where the math and the physics are very simple. A mountain of oughts is an is.”

Dennis is a freshman in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at sweeney@wustl. edu.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

WU suburbs are dangerous Dear Editor: Let’s not kid ourselves that the area around Washington University, “the suburbs,” is a crime free place. Washington University police are constantly putting out notices of muggings, and I knew several people who were robbed while undergraduates at Wash. U., both on campus and off. My own car window was smashed and I was shot randomly with a BB gun (in University City) in the winter and spring of 2005.

Here’s the twist: I love St. Louis and University City. I’ve spent a lot of time in the city itself, including places most misguided and prejudiced Wash. U. students would call

“dangerous.” (My experiences with crime always occurred in “safe” places.) I’m concerned that Wash. U.’s response to the survey and Student Life’s article smack of an isolationist state of denial (“ WU criticize’s St. Louis’ ‘dangerous’ ranking,” Nov. 11, 2006). Wash. U. hasn’t contributed to making St. Louis a safer city, it’s simply tried to purge the surrounding area of anyone but Washington University students by buying up all of the property around Delmar Blvd. Is this what we want?

Do we really think that by closing ourselves off the the rest of the world our lives will be better? I can guarantee you that having lived in Washing-

ton University housing and watched other residents of Wash. U. housing have cars and computers stolen that isolation is not really the answer.

-Amanda Mount Class of 2005 Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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Library. This HPV awareness exhibit contains information about this venereal disease as well as piles of condoms and large color photos of infected genitalia. Although I agree that it is important to inform the public of this common affl iction, I feel that the graphic imagery is unnecessary. I want us to remember that the Washington University Library is open to and encourages public use. I believe that there are more effective ways of getting the point across without the shock tactics employed in this campaign.

Dear Editor: I was recently disturbed by a new display case in the

-Matt Kaufman Class of 2007

What do Democrats, garbage, and the Broncos have in common?

BY JOEY STROMBERG STAFF COLUMNIST

Democrats chew bubble gum and kick ass… …and they’re all out of bubble gum. The Democratic Party took control of both chambers of Congress last Tuesday and appears to be a cohesive, purpose-driven and significant political force for the fi rst time in years. Then again, it could be that George W. managed to bring down his entire party with a string of bad decisions, squandering the good will he received after 9/11 and Afghanistan and tumbling to an approval rating of 35 percent. Anyhow, I am positively thrilled for a few years of moderate middleleft center-leaning leadership.

Despite the sarcasm, change is good, and I congratulate any and all Wash. U. students that voted. To those who didn’t— your parents can buy you a fancy car, but they can’t vote

for you. Look up, notice the world you’re living in, form an opinion, and use the privilege you’re granted.

a thinking man’s quarterback, a complete professional, and runs a game in a way that’s just so entertaining; there are few non-Bills I’d rather see kiss the Lombardi trophy than him this year.

Perhaps the stem cell research will eventually yield a method for growing lung tissue, which can be used on the emphysemic citizens of Missouri.

One for two, Missouri.

Could be worse, could be better. Opponents of Amendment 2, which now allows all stem cell research permitted by the federal government, claimed it’s uncertain and the fi ne print contained loopholes that might allow human cloning. The fi ne print reads, “No person may clone or attempt to clone a human being.” That seems about as clear as you can get. Meanwhile, Amendment 3, which would have added a supplementary tax of four cents per cigarette to pay for youth anti-smoking campaigns, was shot down.

months, a come-late, go-homeearly policy that would befit Roger Clemens (Spoiler alert ahead). Granted, the excitement was exciting—Jack severing Ben’s kidney, Desmond becoming Jesus II, Sawyer and Kate shacking up in a cage— but it’ll be tough to remember every plot line (and the “new” characters Nikki and Paulo) and remain interested over the course of the winter. Many fans would rather wait and see the 16 consecutive new episodes than have the producers intersperse them with oldies, as they did last year. My solution: make 365 per year!

Peyton slays BronLost goes on hiatus cos D, defeats Stem cell measure again Brady, officially passes, tobacco ABC’s Lost returned after anointed King of five months of absence, aired tax doesn’t six episodes, and departed World again for another three The master of the forward pass and advertising proved himself once again during these past two weeks, dropping three TDs in a near-perfect game against a defense that had allowed two all season, just before torching Belichek’s pristine schemes for 326 yards. But we’ve seen this act before, and I implore fans to remember that the rocketarmed schill for DirecTV, Mastercard, Gatorade and ESPN still hasn’t won “the big one.”

Or, for that matter, many big ones at all, in the postseason at least. However, Manning is

Garbage=Bad; Recycling=Good

quote of the biweek

Nov. 15 is “America Recycles Day.” While I normally oppose newly contrived holidays on the basis that most serve to make money, this one is different. To quote the official Web site, “Almost everything can be recycled, except the planet.” Cheesy, but true. Right now, 5 percent of the world’s population (America) generates about 40 percent of the world’s garbage. It’s fi lling up landfi lls, seeping into groundwater and generally just screwing the future of earth. We should really try our best to limit trash everyday by recycling paper and commingling, but this week you can also bring electronics, appliances, batteries, and the like to a deposit in front of Brookings, or in boxes on your fi rst floor if you live on the 40.

Deposit away!

“But now that I have this mistake on me, the magnifying glass will always be on me.

I gotta work. I can’t slip. I can’t falter. All I have to do is make sure I don’t hang myself. I gotta live my life more organized. I gotta plan ahead.”

-Cincinnati Bengal Odell Thurman, Aug. 30, on being suspended by the NFL for four games after missing a drug test. Subsequently, he was shelved for the season after being arrested for drunk driving on Sept. 25 with a BAC of .18.

Entirely meaningless pro athlete

Have any issues with my unique brand of infotainment?

Want to ask a question, call attention to a story or maybe just curse up a storm? Facebook or e-mail me: jmstrom@ gmail.com Joey is a freshman in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at jmstrom@gmail.com.

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WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 15, 2006

THEATRE REVIEW

Don’t run awayâ€ŚďŹ nd your grail at ‘Spamalot’

BY MICHELLE STEIN THEATRE EDITOR Fans of the infamous “Monty Python and the Holy Grail� have a unique chance through the end of November to see the story come alive. Theater-goers in St. Louis have the opportunity to view “Spamalot,� said to be “a new musical lovingly ripped off� of the movie.

This play comes complete with a Black Knight, a frightening bunny and a terrific overall performance.

The most astounding aspect of the play is the special effects. They were so convincing, in a Monty Python-esque way, that the

audience completely suspended any disbelief. A trick like the Black Knight could either ruin a play by seeming amazingly fake or make the play fantastic if done well. In the case of “Spamalot,� the cast pulled it off beautifully. The other effects that helped create the show centered around the song “The song that goes like this.� The boat actually looked like it was floating on a foggy lake, and the dropping chandelier at the end made the song even funnier. The killer rabbit was admittedly lacking, but because it was so obvious, it too seemed comical.

Another humorous as-

pect of the play, the songs, almost told the story on their own. The songs were a mix of the music from the namesake movie and songs from other Monty Python flicks, like “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.�

There were some new songs, too. For instance, the “bring out your dead� scene from the movie became a whole song.

Almost every scene had an accompanying song.

While this might initially seem like overkill, while watching the musical, they served to advance the plot and were amazingly entertaining. However, the songs were not quite up to the original Broadway version.

Many of the songs were cut from their original version, including “Diva’s Lament� and “Run Away!� This was rather sad, especially considering how much “Run Away!� embellishes the movie quote. In its original form, this song is hilarious.

The actual dialogue in the musical, although small in quantity, was performed in true Monty Python style.

Patsy, played by Jeff Dumas, was especially good at line delivery. His comedic timing was perfect, as was his accent.

The historian, who has some of the funniest lines in the play, was amazing at presenting the story in a straight-faced, almost intel-

lectual matter. Arthur was royal, Robin was frightened, and Lancelot‌ Despite the extra meaning this musical might carry to Monty Python lovers, it is certainly not a cult show.

Those who have never seen Monty Python will enjoy this show just as much as the avid fans will.

The fact is that this show is just too funny for anyone to pass up. The St. Louis cast does an excellent job of carrying out the spirit of the show, and it is well worth the money and the trip. “Spamalot� will be playing daily through November 26. Tickets range in price from $75-$28 at the Fox

Theater in downtown St. Louis.

Spamalot Directed by: Mike Nichols Fox Theatre 527 N. Grand Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63103 Tickets: $75-$28 (314) 534-1111 (800) 293-5949 Showtimes: Daily shows now through Nov. 26, see http://www.fantasticfox. com/attractions.asp for times

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BY MICHELLE STEIN THEATRE EDITOR Washington University will present the work of four extraordinary playwrights as part of this year’s A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Symposium. The playwrights, three juniors and a postgraduate student, have worked tirelessly to prepare for the readings of their different shows coming up this week.

For the past several years, the symposium has showcased the works of talented students at the University.

Writers, who can be undergraduates or graduates, are chosen in the spring to showcase their work the following fall. They can be drama majors, or their major can be completely unrelated to performance art. This year, the playwrights are Lee Osorio, Nicholas Loyal, Noga Landau and Dan Rubin.

Loyal, a junior, opens up a show for the second year as a budding playwright. The other three authors make their writing debut this year on the A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Symposium stage.

However, they have all writ-

process simply, saying, “It’s not really delicate or pretty.

There’s not a lot of ego for us in this process.�

Landau was more specific. “[The original play has] parts that you think totally work or are so amazing, and then people read it and tell you ‘that doesn’t work for me.’�

After all their hard work, these authors find the joy in seeing the finished copies of their plays read on stage, and watching the effect their work has on an audience. On Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. “Demons (and Other Blunt Objects)� by Dan Rubin and “The Pennsylvanian� by Noga Landau have a free showing in the Hotchner studio, located on the second floor of Mallinckrodt. On Nov. 17, also at 7 p.m. “Habana Libre� by Lee Osorio and “60 Seconds Live� by Nicholas Loyal make their theatrical debuts.

This is the University’s chance to enjoy four unique performances and to understand that, as Rubin said, “It’s not about the action. It’s not about the theatricality.

It’s about the words.�

ALBUM REVIEW

Plus-44: ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’

BY ANDREW SENTER CADENZA REPORTER Plus-44’s new album, “When Your Heart Stops Beating,� is a pleasant, poppunk album that is reminiscent of the listless, catchy songs of Blink-182. This is not surprising, since both Plus-44’s bassist (Mark Hoppus) and drummer (Travis Barker) are former members of Blink-182. None of the songs is particularly deep or innovative, but Plus-44’s new album is enjoyable, even though it never completely enthralls the listener. “When Your Heart Stops Beating� begins with “Lycanthrope,� a catchy up-tempo song about the perils of adolescent romance. Even though Plus-44 does not bring a unique perspective to this topic, the song is an easy listen. “Baby, Come On� is a hilarious take on alcohol and teenage relationships. The lyrics, for better or worse, are reminiscent of many collegiate romantic encounters, “She’s a pretty girl/She’s always falling down/And I

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ten multiple plays before.

When asked about the hardest part of being a playwright, all four writers agreed: time. Osorio honestly answered that it is hard merely to “find the time to do it. Everyone is so busy at Washington University.�

While this may prove a harsh difficulty to the first construction of the play, according to Loyal, it can also help prove whether or not a writer has what this very challenging profession requires. Post-graduate student Rubin advises aspiring playwrights about these dangers. “[The hardest part of writing is] time management and putting aside the time to write‌If you don’t love writing, you shouldn’t be a playwright.â€?

Playwrights for this symposium must also be willing to sacrifice a bit of their play and their artistic image, as well. Re-writing over the past two weeks has been the focus for these authors, and that means hours of fine-tuning, reworking and sometimes removing what once seemed perfect.

Loyal described the

think I just fell in love with her/But she won’t ever remember.�

The single, “When Your Heart Stops Beating,� is an undeniably catchy song about a dedicated romance where the singer will, “Be there when your heart stops beating/When your last breath’s taken away.� The song “Cliff Diving� is a fun number about the sensibilities and carefree times of summer love. “155� is propelled by a heavy synthesizer in the forefront and a memorable chorus.

Plus-44 is undeniably at its best with upbeat, poppunk songs. But not all of their slower tunes are disasters. “Make You Smile� is a sweet song about two lovers who use different methods to achieve a common goal.

The band’s other attempts at writing ballads are not as successful. “Little Death� is listless and uninspired, a song that feels twice as long as it actually is. “Weatherman� and “No It Isn’t� continue the pattern of mediocrity.

Unfortunately, the worst ballad on the album is the

last number, “Chapter XIII.�

Instead of closing the album with a bang, “Chapter XIII� is, at best, a whimper. The song does not have a memorable chorus and, at over five minutes long, begins to feel very drawn-out.

Even though Plus-44 could take some lessons from Nick Drake on how to write a meaningful and engaging ballad, their new album is actually quite likeable. Many of the songs have memorable choruses and are very fun to listen to. But its weaker moments prevent “When Your Heart Stops Beating� from being a truly superb album.

Plus-44 When Your Heart Stops Beating Rating: ★★★✊✊ Tracks to download: “When Your Heart Stops Beating,� “155,� “Cliff Diving�

For fans of: Blink-182

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‘Bond. James Bond:’ back in style

BY BRIAN STITT MOVIE EDITOR As the tagline says, “Bond is Back�—but has he really been gone that long? I suppose four years is a long vacation for a character that has starred in 20 features in 40 years. The name James Bond still brings a little of that tingle one felt as a child when movies were still magical.

But recently, the ďŹ lms themselves have fallen as at as an overcooked soufÊ. Ever since the death of Cold War politics and longtime producer Albert Broccoli, old 007 just hasn’t been that relevant. The last installment, “Die Another Day,â€? was clever and saucy, but it bore all the marks of a bloated franchise, one that concentrated more on Bond’s brand of wireless service than a decent villain. Brosnan quit, and the franchise looked to be running on fumes. Yet the ďŹ lm grossed over $450 million dollars worldwide and so, while creatively stunted, Bond number 21 was inevitable.

The four years since the last Bond ďŹ lm—the second-longest hiatus in Bond history—felt so short because constant chatter over who should play the part has ďŹ lled the Internet and gossip magazines. Give it to Bond to be the one character who simultaneously rules Us Weekly and Empire magazine.

When Daniel Craig was chosen, there was a general public outcry. He was not famous, but rough looking and blonde.

Blonde Bond? It felt wrong, and it seemed an unlikely choice for money-grubbing producers

intent on a quick buck. In fact, the journey of “Casino Royale,�

Ian Fleming’s ďŹ rst Bond novel, getting to the screen at all has been bizarre, as a quick search on IMDb will show you. “Casino Royaleâ€? has been produced twice before: once on live TV and once as a spoof starring Peter Sellers and David Niven.

Copyright issues have kept the story tied up until now. Much rests on this ďŹ lm’s shoulders, more than is fair to any star or ďŹ lmmaker. Can James Bond still function or delight in a world that has met and embraced Jason Bourne? The answer is not just an emphatic yes, but a raised middle ďŹ nger to all the doubters. Bond is back, and at the top of his game. “Casino Royaleâ€? starts with the beginning of 007. He has just achieved double-0 status and, in a very “Batman Beginsâ€? sort of way, the audience sees an icon eshed out as he becomes who we know he will be.

The story starts out in Madagascar as our hero follows an African bombmaker to ďŹ nd the identity of Le Chifre (Mads Mikkelsen), a banker and accountant for international terrorists.

A failed plot forces Le Chifre to regain a large investment by playing in a high-stakes card game with some of the richest gamblers in the world. MI6 gives Bond the money to play by way of the comeliest accountant in ďŹ lm history, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), in an attempt to force Le Chifre into a corner so that he will have to give up his client list to save his own skin.

As is always the case with Bond icks, action comes ďŹ rst.

The ďŹ lm delivers early and often. The chase of the bombmaker through a construction site is one of the greatest chase sequences ever put on ďŹ lm, and it features mind-blowing stunts

by Parkour and free-running master Sebastien Foucan. This not only envelopes the audience in motion but lets them know that stuntmen and not CGI technicians will be responsible for the thrills in this movie.

It is this foundation in reality that sucks you in and then provides a perfect introduction for our new, grittier 007, who is the toughest since Sean Connery. Daniel Craig proves that, despite his somewhat pub-brawl facial appearance, he has class to go along with his incredible physicality. Also, spending long portions of the movie with his shirt off will help the ladies forgive his scars. Beyond looks, as an actor, he explores the reasons why Bond is Bond.

Director Martin Campbell, who also directed “Goldeneye,� seems to have a sense for the character and, even better, a knack for letting him shine. One scene in particular stands out. After James has dispatched two baddies with his bare hands, he washes off the blood in his hotel bathroom.

He quickly drowns his emotions with a swig of whisky and puts his cold exterior back on, enveloping the raw, nervous man we saw even if for just a moment. This Bond knows he might die at any moment and takes it lightly only to retain his sanity. Craig’s face might not be the prettiest, but he uses it skillfully.

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Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “Casino Royale.�

Bond purists will be pleased as “Royaleâ€? tones down the gadgets that became more and more of a crutch as the series went on. And honestly, what can Q give Bond that we don’t already have at our ďŹ ngertips?

The cell phones we use every day would have seemed more farfetched than laser watches in the ’60s. He once again drives an Aston Martin, but more important than the car, of course, is who occupies the passenger’s seat. Beauty seems to sprout from the earth when James Bond steps on screen,

SOPHOMORE SLUMP

BY JASON ANDERSON

and “Royaleâ€? offers several obscenely gorgeous women for 007 to pick from. The casting producers have struck gold this time with Eva Green, who, like Craig, was far less famous than much of her competition for the part. Yet she plays the role of Vesper as if it were written for her. With awless looks and the ability to turn her sexuality on and off at will, she provides a wonderful foil as well as a great view for the camera. The screenwriters (Paul Haggis with punch-ups by Neil Purvis and Robert Wade) do a wonderful job of placing her in actual conversations with Bond as opposed to series of dueling oneliners. But that’s not to say that Bond’s dry double entendres are gone, just reduced to a realistic level. The stellar supporting cast includes the Oscar-nominated Giancarlo Giannini and the underrated Jeffrey Wright.

Dame Judi Dench returns as the frustrated M. The ďŹ lm does not waste a second, ďŹ lling each moment with bristling action or contemplative character growth. The question we ask ourselves is not whether James Bond will get the

bad guy, but whether the ďŹ lm, which starts like a ďŹ recracker, will run out of fuel and thud to a halt far before the credits roll. For short attention spans, this is possible, but when a movie treats me as if I am an intelligent adult, I tend to get so wrapped up that I don’t notice the long running time. This movie certainly will be hailed by some as the best Bond movie ever, and that’s not too far of a stretch. The best news for Wash.

U. students is that you can see “Casino Royale� for free on Thursday night at midnight. All you have to do is bring your ID to the clocktower at 7 p.m. Tickets are limited, so come early.

Buses will leave the clocktower at 11 p.m. for the Galleria.

Casino Royale Rating: ★★★★★ Directed by: Martin Campbell Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelson Release Date: Nov. 17, 2006

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ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BY DANIEL P. HAEUSSER CADENZA REPORTER

I

write this Sunday morning at Meshuggah Coffee Shop on the Loop, high on coffee and low on sleep. It’s two days into the St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) and it’s shaping up to be a great week. I’ve jammed in six fi lms so far, but there are many more to go.

Cinema St. Louis (CSL) presents the fi fteenth-annual International Film Festival with a lineup from 30 countries, including 75 features, 26 documentaries and 118 shorts. The festival extends until this Sunday (Nov. 19) with the Tivoli, Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis Art Museum and Webster University serving as venue hosts.

I should state outright that I’ve been a volunteer for CSL for the last two years and a member on-and-off. I have no personal stake in the success of the organization or the festival. I’ve volunteered my time because the festival is a rare cultural gem in this city. SLIFF has gained particular recognition for its short programs and its inclusion of regional fi lmmakers.

CSL Executive Director Cliff Froehlich likes to stress the fact that SLIFF is not a “destination festival” like Toronto, Cannes or Telluride, but a regional festival that offers world-class fi lms that wouldn’t be easily found in St. Louis otherwise.

While attending several fi lms can be costly to your student budget, reduced-price student tickets are available, and a diverse selection of fi lms ensure you’ll fi nd something of interest no matter what genre you enjoy. The short fi lms are particularly useful for the budget-minded student. Pick your genre of interest, whether it be animation, comedy, romance or experimental, and you can see a handful of stories for the price of one feature.

By the time you read this, half the festival will have passed, but there are some big fi lms coming up in the closing days.

I hope you’ll be able to take advantage of the festival’s offerings during your years at Wash. U. Here are my highlights of the 2006 festival.

My SLIFF so far

VENUES

Tivoli Theatre 6350 Delmar Blvd.

Plaza Frontenac Cinema Plaza Frontenac 1701 S. Lindbergh Blvd.

Saint Louis Art Museum 1 Fine Arts Drive Forest Park

Webster University Moore Auditorium 470 E. Lockwood Ave.

My week began with two of my favorite types of fi lm, cult and classic. (It’s even better when the two go together.) On the cult side, I’ve caught “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon,” “Severance,” “Intellectual Property” and “Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen.” For the classics, I went to see the Academy Award winning shorts of Charles Guggenheim and the 1914 silent “Cabiria.”

If your tastes differ widely from what I’ve gotten to see so far, skip ahead to the next section for the titles of a more diverse selection of fi lms that merit note, or simply check out the CSL Web site listed below.

“Behind the Mask” envisions an absurd world where supernatural serial killers like Freddy, Jason and Chucky are real, where a young grad student decides to fi lm a documentary on an up-and-coming slasher, Leslie Vernon. The fi lm is a refreshingly funny commentary/homage on classic horror fi lms from the 1970s and ‘80s, featuring Nathan Baesel in an excellent performance as Vernon. Director Scott Glosserman likens Baesel’s debut to Johnny Depp’s in the original “Nightmare on Elm Street,” and it’s easy to see Basel’s potential. It’s one of my favorite picks so far.

“Severance” is a new British horror/comedy about a group of business people from a large military/industrial fi rm that go on a teamwork retreat in the backwoods of Eastern Europe. They quickly discover someone is out to kill them, and they wonder if the horror has something to do with their role as weapons dealers to world governments.

The fi lm is quite funny with some scenes of intense gore, but I wouldn’t call it anything special in the genre.

A festival organizer described “Intellectual Property” as “Pi” meets “Good Night and Good Luck.” The fi lm takes place in the midst of McCarthyism, and it is about a young, naive inventor and prodigy whose entire corpus of designs is stolen by his mentor and by his father. Grown up, he begins working on his masterpiece, but he becomes increasingly paranoid that the world is out to get him and to steal his ideas, just like the Reds. The idea of the fi lm is great, and it works on several levels, including keeping the audience guessing at what is going to come. Yet, while the male lead is good, the supporting cast seems oddly wooden, and they make the absurdities and the descent into paranoia within the fi lm even harder to swallow.

“Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen” had me sold with the fi rst word of the title. As it suggests, the fi lm is B-movie cheese at its

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“Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon”, featured in this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival, is a witty and dark film that chronicles the exploits of a wannabe serial killer. fi nest. The plot is simple and based (I surmise) on the historical Elizabeth Barthory, a Transylvanian countess who inspired the creation of Dracula. “Apocalypse” is about Sylvie (Courtney Kocak), a young woman in a post-apocalyptic America who is kidnapped into the court of Amber (Beverly Hynds), a former beauty queen and present ruler of a local county, who tortures and kills girls in her obsession to stay young, and in her jealousy of other beauties. The fi lm is what I would call the perfect “good, bad movie.” The plot and characters made it an entertaining treat, and Kocak is exceptional in bringing acting talent, unique beauty and a willingness to shed clothes for her role, a rare combination in the genre.

The fi lm was made here in St. Louis and will be getting a DVD release in the upcoming months.

Guggenheim’s daughter introduced her father’s fi lms, and it was the fi rst time all Oscar winners were shown together. “Nine from Little Rock” is about the lives of the nine students affected by the landmark desegregation, seven years after. “Robert Kennedy Remembered” is a short, powerful biography commissioned after his assassination. It is stunning how relevant his words are now and sad to see how far political rhetoric has regressed. If only politi-

And the SLIFF to come...

I’ve already had to miss some great shows, including “Steel City” (the award winner for the Sundance Channel New Filmmakers Forum), “Venus,” “Beowulf & Grendel,” “Son of Man,” a game show called “Gimme Truth” and an appearance by Terry Zwigoff. The festival has it all, but you just can’t do everything.

In the upcoming days I look forward to the many Q&A sessions with directors and stars and will be heading to see fi lms like “Piano Tuner of Eathquakes” by the brothers Quay, Iranian “Border Café,” Terry Gilliam’s “Tideland,” King Vidor’s classic “Show People”

with accompaniment by the incomparable Stan Kann, “Small Town Gay Bar,” the talented Abbie Cornish in “Candy,” the Korean monster fi lm “The Host,” “Cocaine Cowboys” (how can you turn down a title like that?), Werner Herzog’s “Rescue Dawn,” “From Subway with Love” and a treasure trove of short programs.

The full schedule can be found at www.cinemastlouis.org, which includes details on what these and other movies are about, and what will still be playing by the time you read this.

cians today could speak half as elegantly or passionately. “The Johnstown Flood” recreates the tragic events that affected my home state last century and contrasts sharply with the aftermaths of modern disasters such as Katrina, both in the governmental response and the community’s pride and willingness to sacrifice, to brush off and to rebuild. “The Shadow of Hate” was my least favorite of them all. The fi lm discusses the violence that has stemmed from racism and the nonviolent commitments of Civil Rights activists. I found this one the weakest simply, because the topic was too grandiose for a brief feature.

Giovanni Pastrone’s “Cabiria” is a 1914 epic masterpiece that inspired many American fi lm directors, including Griffith and DeMille. It is amazing to see what directors were able to capture on camera in that day, including both special effects and powerfully conveyed emotion, without words. The screening of the fi lm was aided by a live performance by local pianist Curt Landes.

The festival is offering some more older fi lms to come, including another silent picture. They may be old, but they look better than most new things they put on the screens these days.

TICKET INFORMATION Day-of and advance tickets are available at each venue’s box office. Tivoli, Plaza Frontenac and Webster University’s box offices open a half-hour before the first show; Saint Louis Art Museum box office opens one hour before the first show. Tickets are $10 each, $8 for students with valid ID.

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