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Demolition of Barnes-Jewish provides new facilities for obese patients Prince Hall ignites tension in St. Louis

By Ben Sales

Senior Staff Reporter

By Troy Rumans News Editor Washington University’s plan to demolish Prince Hall this summer has incited strong opposition, led by St. Louis preservationists. The University stated that Prince Hall will be torn down to make way for the new University Center as well as an underground parking lot and the new Social Sciences and Law Center.

Frederic Volkmann, vice chancellor for public affairs, notes that the hall, in spite of its long history at the University, simply cannot remain a part of this campus.

“The reason is that that building has had a long and useful lifetime, but it is the only remaining original building that cannot be converted into a modern building,” said Volkmann. “Our

university has worked very hard to renovate older buildings... with one exception— Prince.”

Troubling features such as numerous load-bearing walls, poorly constructed rooms and difficulties with making the building accessible as per the Americans with Disabilities Act were among the reasons Volkmann cited for Prince’s imminent demolition.

“I’ve been here a long time,” said Volkmann. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone who said they’ve liked studying or working in that building.”

However, the impending demolition of Prince Hall has sparked ire from members of the St. Louis community that consider the building a historic landmark. Esley Hamilton, historian for the St. Louis County Department of Parks

See PRINCE HALL, page 2

In an effort to provide for America’s increasingly obese population, Barnes-Jewish Hospital is offering services and a team of caretakers for overweight patients.

“What we are trying to do is meet the needs of all of our patients,” said Kathy Holoeman, a spokesperson for Barnes-Jewish. “We found that because standard hospital facilities don’t always meet the needs of obese patients, we had to modify things.”

Over the past year, the hospital has engaged in a series of renovations to make its facilities more accessible to bariatric, or overweight, patients. Among these renovations are wider doorways, larger furniture and more durable support systems.

“We have an ongoing remodeling program,” said Holoeman. “A certain number of rooms and divisions get remodeled every year. If a patient is larger, they will need a larger bed, larger wheelchair and larger stretcher.”

Holoeman added that a large part of the process includes making existing facilities more secure for bariatric care.

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A registered nurse demonstrates Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s new EZ Lift on a media relations staffer on April 13, 2006. The EZ Lift, designed to help nurses move obese patients, can hoist up to 600 pounds.

“It cuts across everything: equipment, furniture, surgical tools and medication,” she said. “One of the things we have done is try to put in floor-mounted toilets because they can handle more weight.”

The hospital has also ac-

quired apparatuses to ease its staff in working with overweight patients, supplying instruments like longer gloves, IV needles and scalpels.

“What we want to do is provide the best care we can for our patients and employees,” said Holoeman. “We do

not want our patients to get hurt, and we do not want our employees to get hurt. We want to treat our patents and employees with dignity.”

Barnes-Jewish has been working on the project since

See BARNES-JEWISH, page 3

WU to host Indian Jewish American reception v Event aims to bridge gaps between two cultures

By Margy Levinson Washington University will host speakers discussing the promotion of relations between the Indian and Jewish American communities tomorrow night.

Nissim Reuben, senior fellow of international affairs and US-Israel-India relations, is one of the headlining speakers. He is an Indian Jew who has been working at the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C. Joining Nissim will be Ambassador Senior Singh Jassal and Dr. Andy David. Jassal served as India’s ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2004.

“During this period, relations between India and Israel took rapid strides forward in all areas,” said junior Avigail Goldgraber, co-sponsor

of the program.”

Jassal has been serving as Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of India in Washington, D.C. since 2005.

David, deputy consul general of Israel to the Midwest, will be speaking on the USIndia-Israel relations, the importance of democracy in the region and other joint projects and interests.

According to Goldgraber, this event is a pioneer program.

“It’s important to show the relationship between different cultures that aren’t normally shown,” said Goldgraber.

Neil Kathuria, sophomore and president of Ashoka, agrees. Ashoka helped Jewish Student Union sponsor the program.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” he said. “We

are trying to reach out to other student groups. It’s a way to diversify our groups and a great opportunity.”

Kathuria explained that Ashoka’s involvement is a great way to show people of different backgrounds new perspectives.

Ashoka primarily helped with the public relations for the event and with getting many of the Indian student groups involved. According to Goldgraber, it took perseverance to get the speakers.

“I think [this program] will hopefully show the possibility of bridging the cultural divides,” said Goldgraber. “We can host these events together, and don’t need to stay in the pre-existing framework.”

The event will be held tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m at the Saint Louis Hillel.

process. We want it to be fun while educational.”

Mourey added that Campus Comedy is not just for those interested in comedy but also for those who want to get involved with the Performing Arts Department.

Students will work with counselors from the improv groups on campus to create a monologue and simulate auditions, complete with callbacks and a taped performance at the end of the program.

For those of the life sciences persuasion, Wash. U. Medicine and Research Connections was created as a collaboration between Dr. Robert Koff, director of Cornerstone, and Dean Sharon Stahl, a prehealth advisor. Students participating in this program will have the opportunity to hear lectures from the “Mini Medical School” offered at the Med-

ical Campus. Lecture topics include autoimmune disease, Parkinson’s disease, emergency medicine, lung transplants and medical ethics.

Students will also be able to explore the Missouri Botanical Gardens, visit the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center and talk to life science advisors.

“The pre-med courses have the number-one utilized mentors, so it’s very fitting for [Cornerstone] to think of how to give those students a good foundation,” said Kelly Main, student resource assistant for Cornerstone.

With nearly one-third of incoming students expressing interest in the life sciences, Wash. U. Medicine and Research Connections is expected to have a large turnout.

“The Mini Medical School has always gotten great feed-

back from students who have done it,” said Dean Carolyn Herman, one of the pre-health advisors. “It’s nice that it’s open to a broader audience. I think the Mini Medical School is aimed at a lay audience. It’s for those students who are interested in medicine, but who do not necessarily have experience.”

Main agrees.

“It’s very dense, and it’s going to offer a myriad of cutting-edge science,” she said.

“It’s a very well-rounded program.”

Campus Comedy and Wash.

U. Medicine and Research Connections are two of eight preorientation programs available to incoming freshmen.

More information can be found at www.orientation. wustl.edu for this fall’s orientation, themed “WU’s Top ’10.”

Staff Reporter

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Two Pre-O programs to debut in 2006

By Shweta Murthi Contributing Editor Incoming freshmen will have two new opportunities to get to know each other with the creation of the preorientation programs Campus Comedy and Wash. U. Medicine and Research Connections. Both of these preorientation programs are being offered for the fi rst time this summer from August 20 to 24 and aim to reach out to a broader range of students.

Campus Comedy, a performing arts-based pre-orientation program, is targeted towards students who want to become involved in singing, drama or improvisational comedy.

“For students interested in performing arts, there was no pre-orientation program available,” said Jim Mourey,

administrative coordinator for the Office of Student Activities. “We thought about starting with a capella groups but it came down to comedy because it’s just so much easier to manage.“ Mourey is the staff liaison for Campus Comedy and will coordinate activities and communication between members of the three comedy troupes on campus, KARL improv, Mama’s Pot Roast and Suspicious of Whistlers.

“Because we have lacked a pre-orientation program in the past and because auditions are so early in the year, I feel like some students can feel intimidated,” said Mourey. “I’m hoping that Campus Comedy will increase the number of students in the performing arts department in a safe and caring environment.”

Chair of the Performing Arts Department Henry Schvey shared his thoughts as well.

“We would love to be involved and supportive however we can,” he said. “We are a very unusual school in that we are a liberal arts school, but we have a full performing arts department, and we offer a lot of curricular events as well as extra-curricular classes. Students can’t do this at a lot of our competitor universities.”

Activities in Campus Comedy include trips to “Laughs on the Landing,” an improv comedy show in downtown St. Louis, and workshops with a Chicago-based member of Second City improv.

“It’s a nice way to transition students,” said Mourey.

“We don’t want to seem like some extremely structured

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PRINCE HALL v FROM PAGE 1 and Recreation, does not share Volkmann’s sentiment about its current design.

“First of all, it’s still a very useful building, and one of the most beautiful buildings on campus…which is [a] stark contrast with the later buildings,” said Hamilton.

“Secondly, it’s an important part of the institution’s identity. Washington University’s public image has been associated with the high quality of the original design of the campus, and this building is an important part of that.”

Prince Hall was one of nine original buildings on the University’s campus. It was originally called Liggett Hall and was used as a men’s dormitory. In 1904, it housed school principals from across the nation in an effort to bring education back to the World Fair. It was changed from a dormitory to a student center in 1950 and renamed Prince Hall a decade later. At that point, it was reformed into a business school as the University tried to convert upper floors to offices and classrooms.

“As anyone who studied in the B-school will probably tell you, they were not satisfactory rooms or offices,” said Volkmann.

Once Simon Hall was finished in 1983, Prince became a building without a defin-

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Prince Hall is set to be demolished this summer to make way for the new University Center. Some preservationists object to the University’s decision to tear down the 100-year-old building. able purpose. The University again tried to update and remodel the interior, but its unwieldy design and inefficient space made it unpopular with faculty and students, according to Volkmann.

Hamilton notes that the Hall has an awkward design due to the original intent of the dormitory. It was built in the style of Oxford and Cambridge University buildings, where the individual rooms do not connect to one unifying hall. Additionally, he

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feels a large part of the problem is the lack of a campus planner at the University.

“The University has no campus planner to find function with the building, which has caused problems,” said Hamilton.

Responding to Hamilton’s criticism, Volkmann defended the University, stating that it did look at numerous options towards preserving the building.

“The institution does have to sometimes make those de-

cisions,” he said. “The University did look at preserving the façade, as well as total gutting and reconfiguration of the interior. But that’s just simply impractical. The only workable end, economically feasible solution, was deciding to replace Prince with a new and better university center.”

Many improvements are in sight and will take the place of Prince Hall. Starting this summer, construction will begin on a three-story,

530-car underground parking garage. From there, construction will begin on the University Center and the Social Science and Law Center, poised to start in 18 months.

“The University Center will bring a quality of facility that we don’t enjoy at this time on campus,” said Volkmann. “It’s specifically geared at serving students, first and foremost. It will include meeting areas, offices, the Career Center and food services.”

The new changes to the Danforth campus will also noticeably increase the amount of green space, as much of the parking currently on campus will be moved to the underground lot. St. Louis restricts the University to less than 5000 parking spaces for the entire campus, thus necessitating such a change.

Volkmann was sure to mention, however, that the new buildings will be designed in accordance with the original designs of the University.

“The design of the University center will conform to the University’s traditional architecture,” he said. “These will be designs that respect and honor the work and the vision of the campus’ first architects.”

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BARNES-JEWISH v FROM PAGE 1 the patient care team noticed an increase in bariatric patients, a trend across the country.

“This is something that has been growing,” said Holoeman. “It dawned on [us] that this is something we should take an organized look at. As people are getting larger, it is something that has become a concern.”

Holoeman said that this endeavor is part of the hospital’s greater initiative to provide for patients from all walks of life.

“We take an individualized approach to each patient,” she said. “How can we care for this patient best? If we had an influx of people com-

ing in with cancer, we would do what we need to care for them.”

Beth Henk, manager of the Washington University Weight Management Team, said that as an obese person and eight-time patient at Barnes-Jewish, she is pleased with the improvements.

“I find it very encouraging for my population,” she said.

“There are people from all walks of the hospital that are looking at this population from all angles and trying to anticipate every need.”

Henk said that previously the hospital was unable to meet her needs as a bariatric patient and that though the situation has gotten bet-

ter, there is still room for improvement.

“As a bariatric person, I’ve had surgeries, and there have been a few instances where it was not equipped,” she said. “They are making great strides to fix it. I see them going the right way.”

As part of the initiative, the hospital will continue to examine how they can better care for their obese population.

“The team is going to stay together and continue meeting,” said Holoeman. “As developments happen we want to keep up with that. We want to keep our standards here as high as possible.”

in the law school overnight and when she returned it was gone. Value $500. Time of occurrence: March 30 to March 31. Disposition: Pending.

results. Disposition: ing.

POLICE BEAT Sunday, April 16 2:13 p.m.

LARCENY, THEFT, STEALING UNDER $500—LIGGETT DORM—Victim reported the theft of his leased bike. The complainant reports locking the bicycle to itself with a U-bolt lock. Bike was not secured to a bike rack. Time of occurrence: April 15 from 10:45 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Disposition: Pending.

2:49 p.m. LARCENY, THEFT, STEALING OVER $500—HOLMES LOUNGE— Unattended purse left in Holmes Lounge was missing when the owner returned.

Time of occurrence: April 20 from 2:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. Disposition: Pending.

Tuesday, April 18 1:23 p.m. HARASSMENT, WRITTEN OR TELEPHONE— DANFORTH DORM—Reporting party is receiving unwanted phone calls and emails. Disposition: Pending.

Wednesday, April 19 12:21 a.m.

TRESPASSING—OFF CAMPUS PROPERTY—Vagrant found in the basement. Subject was transported to a shelter. Disposition: Cleared.

3:43 p.m.

LARCENY, THEFT, STEALING UNDER $500—OLIN LIBRARY—Supervisor for Whispers Cafe reported money missing from the safe. Time of occurrence: April 19 from 3:43 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. No signs of forced entry were found. Disposition: Pending.

Thursday, April 20 11:37 a.m.

LARCENY, THEFT, STEALING OVER $500—ANHEUSER BUSCH HALL OF LAW—A student reported that she left her laptop computer in a classroom

5:30 p.m.

LARCENY, THEFT, STEALING UNDER $500—MILLBROOK 3 EAST SIDE—Victim reported the front wheel of his bike was stolen. The frame of the bike was secured to the bike rack with a University-issued bike lock. Time of occurrence: April 18 to April 20.

Disposition: Pending.

7:58 p.m. ATTEMPTED THEFT—BIXBY HALL—Subject was observed attempting to steal a bike. Subject fled the scene and was later located by officers. Subject positively identified by the witnesses and taken into custody. Disposition: Cleared by arrest.

Friday, April 21 3:57 a.m. LARCENY, THEFT STEALING UNDER $500— OLIN LIBRARY—An Aramark employee stated that on April 21 between 1:30 a.m. and 3:50 a.m. unknown person(s) took her tan suede lunch bag from the second floor lounge of Olin Library. A search of the area for the lunch bag by the victim met with negative

Pend-

9:52 a.m.

LOST ARTICLE—POLICE DEPARTMENT—A student reported his wallet lost/stolen somewhere in the Wheeler-Myers dorms area last night, April 20. Disposition: Pending.

12:31 p.m.

LARCENY, THEFT STEALING—SOUTH 40 RESIDENCE AREA—Victim reported that unknown person(s) stole her coin purse containing credit cards on April 20 between 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Disposition: Pending.

Sunday, April 23 10:28 a.m. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY—MUDD DORM— Damage found in the first floor men’s room. Time of occurrence: April 22 at 4:45 a.m. to April 23 at 10:29 a.m.

Disposition: Pending.

Monday, April 24 2:47 p.m. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY—SNOW WAY GARAGE—Complainant’s vehicle damaged while parked in the garage. Time of occurrence: April 24 from 5:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Disposition: Pending.

2:57 p.m. LARCENY, THEFT From Motor Vehicle—PARKING LOT #30—Person(s) unknown stole the tag off of the front and rear license plate of the victim’s vehicle. Time of occurrence: April 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Disposition: Pending.

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Evaluating course evaluations I

and pick out which ones are helpful and which ones aren’t.

However, surely the computing wizards could figure out a way to add another section to the display of completed evaluations, and compile all the comments for students to review.

The second problem with the course evaluations is the seven-tiered rating system.

Students are asked whether or not they agree with a statement such as “The instructor was well prepared for class,” or told to answer a question like “Would you recommend this class to another student?” on a scale from one to seven, with seven being the

just write something like “this professor sucks.” However, students are discerning enough to fi lter out these relatively useless comments and to skip straight to the helpful comments.

The biggest problem with putting the comments with the rest of the evaluations seems like how it would be presented on WebSTAC. Currently, one can view the evaluations in charts and detailed aggregations.

It doesn’t make sense logistically to put the comments with the averages, and it would not be fair to force one unlucky staffer to look through all the comments

n your microeconomics class, did you learn a great deal or 6/7 of a great deal? Was the material presented at an appropriate pace or 4/7 of an appropriat ==e pace? Thanks to course evaluations, these are questions that students have to fi nd a way to answer.

While the course evaluations are helpful, they still need to be refi ned in a way that more clearly explains the class to students.

First, the comments section should be released to the students. One concern with this is that some students do not seriously consider the comments section, and will

highest.

But there is not that much of a difference between the numbers for these questions.

“Would you recommend this class to another student?” is, in its simplest form, a yes or no question. Of course, it can get more complicated like that. Some possible answers could be: “Absolutely!” “It’s a pretty damn good class, but not the very best,” “Sure, why not?” “I wouldn’t recommend the class, but at least I’m not dead,” or “I’d rather listen to Creed on repeat for three hours a week than take this class.”

After these five, evaluations really start to get nit-

picky. What’s the difference between “Sure, why not?” (which translates to a 4) and “I guess…” (3)? Thus, the ratings should be put on a scale from one to five instead of one to seven. On this smaller scale, the difference between a three and a four would be much greater than it is on a scale from one to seven, and would more clearly highlight the evaluator’s opinion of the class.

Finally, the evaluations should display what work is required in the class. On the evaluations now, next to amount of essays or exams in the class, the evaluations say N/A. Students are also not

prompted to give this information on the form. But this is vital information. Class decisions are often made based on the amount of essays and exams in a class. The evaluations need to reflect this to include how many essays and exams students needed to do in the class, instead of just how heavy the workload was.

The course evaluations have become an essential tool for the University. It is a way for it to see what students think of a professor, and for students to figure out which classes to take. But the evaluations still need to be changed in order to maximize their helpfulness to students.

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Forum writers mistaken Dear Editor: Two writers to your paper wrote articles that cited a letter I wrote and purported to rebuff my claim that abortion is not morally permissible. However, both pieces make enormous mistakes that cannot be covered over.

Both Annasara Purcell and Melissa Miller do an enormous disservice to the pro-choice movement by asserting that a fetus is not a life. This is a sloppy mistake.

By biological standards, a fetus IS both alive and a life. A fetus does not become alive at any later point. Oxford defines life as “The property which constitutes the essential difference between a living animal or plant, or a living portion of organic tissue, and dead or non-living matter.”

The abortion debate

has never centered around whether a fetus is a life, rather, whether a fetus is a human, a human life, a living person, a being with a future like ours, or an entity with a welfare right to another’s body.

No pro-choice philosopher that I know of, including Mary Ann Warren, Judith Thompson or Jane English has claimed that a fetus is not a life. Those who do not understand that distinction should not be debating this issue.

Secondly, I have never claimed that a fetus has a life that is more important than his or her mother’s life.

I have argued that they have an equal right to existence, and that neither is more important than the other.

-Steven S. Hoffmann Class of 2007

The West is radicalizing Hamas

By Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld Staff Columnist Throughout the rhetoric of the previous three months regarding Hamas and Israel, the most critical factor has been ignored—the political ramifications of the West’s suspension of aid to Palestine. This, more than anything else, will determine the course of an Israeli-Palestinian peace, and current machismo shortsightedness is jeopardizing future peace.

As soon as Hamas won a legislative majority during the fair Palestinian election three months ago, it began to face budget crises brought about by the suspension of aid and tax revenues given to the Palestinians by Israel, the European Union and the United States. This triplet argues that now the Palestinian government is ruled by terrorists, and terrorists should not be supported.

Two months ago, I warned that this fi nancial isolation would have two undesirable consequences, as the Palestinians would become further impoverished and Hamas would be forced into increased interactions and reliances on countries much less friendly to America and Israel. To date, this prediction is being fulfi lled.

Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Peace Prize winning former American president, wrote an editorial in the Washington Post on Feb. 20 warning against the adverse affects on teachers, hospitals, police and other functionaries this aid cut would have, and the United Nations supports this argument. With tax revenues and foreign aid suspended, the Palestinian Authority can no longer pay its teachers, maintain a security force or provide a healthcare system for its citizens, which is why it was elected. The UN thus predicts that poverty will

sharply worsen and security will become even more volatile. While the Palestinian Authority is familiar with fi nancial crises, this one is more profound and has the possibility of being more permanent than ever before.

But Hamas, being duly elected, realizes its obligation to its constituents, and to that end it is seeking alternate sources of funding.

With nowhere else to turn, the Palestinian Authority has now received $80 million from Arab sources. “Twenty million dollars from Saudi Arabia, $40 million from Kuwait and $20 million from the [United Arab Emirates] are to be transferred,” reported Omar Abdelrazek, the Palestinian fi nance minister, on April 12.

When the Arab League met in Khartoum at the end of March, helping Palestine was a paramount goal. The result: an extra $55 million per month being pledged

to the Hamas government.

Most worryingly, Iran has just given a $50 million aid package to Hamas, with Iranian president Mahmoud Admadinejad announcing, “Muslim governments and nations, with comprehensive supports, should help the Palestinian government on the way of liberation of Jerusalem.”

Yes, Iran sees this as leverage in the continuing struggle against Israel, and they only have this extra leverage because of the naïve funding gap left by the lack of Western aid. Palestinian spokesman Ghazi Hamad expresses that “we appreciate the Iranian backing, in particular in these difficult conditions for our people, who are undergoing a suffocating blockade.”

There is no reason to doubt that this solidarity will soon be expressed through Hamas’ increasingly cozy relationships with Arab

states and Iran as they continue to provide aid.

As Jimmy Carter observed, “This common commitment to eviscerate the government of elected Hamas officials by punishing private citizens may accomplish this narrow purpose, but the likely results will be to alienate the already oppressed and innocent Palestinians, to incite violence, and to increase the domestic infl uence and international esteem of Hamas. It will certainly not be an inducement to Hamas or other militants to moderate their policies.”

When Israel, the European Union and the United States were funding the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas, there was no need for him to seek support from non-Western sources, which achieved two ends: it prevented the PA from getting closer to unfriendly governments, thus allowing it to focus on internal security,

Palestinian welfare and the peace process. Now, with this aid cut off to Hamas, these benefits of Western aid are gone. Hamas must now bide its time scraping for funding from governments hostile to the West, thus rendering it less capable of providing basic welfare for its people, maintaining internal security and potentially working towards a form of peace. However dangerous one might have thought Hamas to be, it clearly will not become more moderate through the West’s snubbing of it without giving it a chance to govern. By dooming Hamas before it could rule, the West has precluded any possibilities of moderating it, therefore creating the self-fulfi lling prophecy of a radicalized Hamas.

Zachary is a sophomore in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at zsteiner@artsci.wustl.edu.

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A $10,000 mistake on healthcare T

he government should give every American $10,000— and nothing more,” announced American Enterprise scholar Charles Murray in a Wall Street Journal editorial. His excitement could barely be contained as he prepared to unveil one of his proudest policy creations. It was a bold proposal that, according to him, would streamline the size of government and slash the federal budget. In particular, Murray giddily announced that his plan would finally solve the nation’s looming healthcare crisis while eliminating a large amount of government red tape.

The plan itself is relatively simple: replace all federal entitlement programs (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, farm subsidies, etc.) with an annual $10,000 payment to every American that is at least 21-years-old and not in prison. At least $3,000 of that money must be used to purchase health insurance at a private insurance company. The rest can be used at the recipient’s discretion.

At first glance, the plan may

seem like a thinly disguised welfare giveaway for millions of Americans. But on the contrary, Murray’s plan is designed to cut the number of entitlement programs because “the welfare state as we know it cannot survive.”

Pointing to the fact that 28 percent of the American economy is devoted to paying for Medicare and Medicaid, Murray believes that if the status quo does not change, entitlement programs will single-handedly threaten to destroy the country’s prosperity.

Before anyone casually dismisses the plan as fantasy, it should be noted that Charles Murray is not an academic hack. He is the author of “Losing Ground,” a groundbreaking social policy critique published in 1985 that argues that government welfare programs actually harmed the very people they were designed to help. It was an unconventional analysis that many people believe became a key catalyst for welfare reform legislation that was signed

by President Clinton in 1996.

Consequently, Murray’s abil-

healthier lives. The ity to stir debate and costs of two of the to shape policy has programs now grow garnered a large folby more than 10% lowing of academics every year, and if and politicians. “His left unchecked, will offer to us is hope, at effectively banka time when we could rupt the country use some,” drawled in the future. But Ramesh Ponnuru of Nathan Everly while Murray’s budthe National Review get forecasts are after reviewing Murcertainly correct, ray’s newest plan. his proposals over what to Yes, Murray has always do about them are nothing had a taste for the unique short of willful ignorance. and ambitious, and his new Murray believes that by $10,000 plan is no different. eliminating Medicare and Unfortunately, it also won’t Medicaid and forcing milwork. His obsession with lions of Americans to buy bringing down big government has bound him to a health insurance through plan that would not only HMOs instead of through be ineffective but also tear the government, the healthdown several decades of socare industry will open up cial policy that has benefited to competition and a series millions of Americans. of market forces will drive To his credit, Murray is costs down. It is Murray’s actually right about his grim dream to create a healthcare forecasts on Social Security, industry that is forced to Medicaid and Medicare, the react “in the same way as government-run health inother industries constrained surance company for senior by market forces, with better citizens. The costs associproducts at lower cost.” But ated with keeping all three this is a dubious assessprograms running have ment that assumes that the steadily increased annually healthcare industry operas more and more elderly ates on the same economic Americans are living longer, principles as the computer

industry. Unfortunately for Murray, it doesn’t. Instead, it operates on the principle of “adverse selection,” where HMOs have a large incentive to deny health insurance to the people that need it the most.

In a market where the neediest patients necessarily consume the most medical care, market forces would merely entice HMOs to fatten profits by offering health insurance to the healthiest patients and denying coverage to its neediest patients. It is this type of system that has already forced more than 45 million Americans to live without health insurance.

Ezra Klein of the American Prospect once wrote that “what’s driving entitlement costs is healthcare costs,” and the only way to reduce healthcare costs without cutting patients is through some sort of government intervention. However, the call for universal healthcare has always been plagued by the popular perception that services provided through government bureaucracy are wasteful and completely inferior to those provided

by private companies. Yet, at least with Medicare, the government has established itself as being much more efficient with its medical care purchases than any healthcare company in the private sector.

Whereas a private insurance company spends only 85 percent of its funds on medical care and the rest on marketing and overhead, the government-run Medicare program spends more than 98 percent of its money on medical services.

But more importantly, the morality of a healthcare system that forces millions of Americans to cut costs and to forgo preventative care is one that must be seriously examined. After all, The New Republic argues that an enlightened society does not tolerate those sorts of hardships, particularly when they “so frequently visit people who, as the politicians like to say, ‘work hard and play by the rules.’”

Nathan is a sophomore in Engineering and a Forum Editor. He can be reached via e-mail at neverly@wustl.edu.

Put policy issues back in politics I

newspapers that Hurricane n 2004, if Howard Dean Katrina presented an opthought skipping the portunity to help democrats Fourth of July would gain control of congress. solve our country’s The political strategy problems, I would have been is obvious. The unspoken the first person to throw agreement is intuiaway my fireworks. tive: “As long as HurI passionately supricane Katrina had ported the way to happen, we might this grassroots as well use it to win politician ran his an election.” So, this campaign—through is the new campaign blogging and constrategy. In fact, the veying his ideas Democratic Party and solutions to would like to host its problems, rather Jill Strominger nominating conventhan trying to cretion in New Orleans ate a vague image to focus the race on of personality like Hurricane Katrina similar his Texas cowboy or purto the way the Republican ple-heart-winning veteran Party hosted its 2004 concounterparts. It seemed like vention in New York City to the Democratic Party took focus the race on Sept. 11. a huge step towards honDonna Brazile explained to est, simple politics when it the New York Times that the named the man who critifocus on Hurricane Katrina cized Bush’s flight suit, turwas supposed to emphasize key-serving media stunt as the differences between chair of the Democratic Nathe two political parties— tional Committee. It seemed namely Republicans are like the Democratic Party the heartless, incompetent might take steps toward party, while the Democratic political races that focused Party truly cares. Apparon policy. Then, Friday, ently caring has everything Howard Dean stood clad in to do with not being in a white hazardous materials charge when something bad suit gutting a house while happens. telling America’s major

I have news that we will probably forget during the 2008 election. We all care.

President Bush requested more than $100 billion to provide relief from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Whether or not this was an adequate response doesn’t undermine the truth that, yes, it’s possible that Republicans too might have cared about the starving, dying Americans. The Bush administration may have carelessly staffed the Federal Emergency Management Agency and made several management mistakes. It certainly says something about an administration’s effectiveness that it can’t get water across the country to dehydrated people, but that doesn’t necessarily say anything about its heart. Criticizing policy and management is fair game.

Trying to impute emotions onto a party seems wrong.

Not only is it obviously untrue that republicans seriously didn’t care about the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, it seems unfair to pin the emergency management failures of the Bush administration on the next

republican candidate. While ideals and policy trends may be consistent among members of the same party there’s no reason to believe by virtue of being Republican that the next Republican nominee will have poor management skills.

Sure, despite the fact that they create untrue perceptions of the opposing candidate, these political maneuvers are part of the game. And politics is a game with no end, since both sides won’t randomly agree to campaign on actual issues when they can take advantage of an emotional public. It’s also true that it’s necessary to compensate for one side’s emotional appeal by creating one of your own.

It’s doubtful that we could ever convince the public at large to vote on policy issues. The Democrats are justified in obviously and unfairly exploiting Hurricane Katrina.

Despite the party advantage to be gained by exploiting Katrina, if the Democrats have a deeper love that is truly for the well-being of their country and for a better political selection

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process, a project that Dean seemed to find particularly important, they’ll be honest and practical about the reality of Hurricane Katrina when they place the blame.

Jill is a freshman in Arts & Sciences and a Forum Editor. She can be reached via e-mail at jlstromi@artsci. wustl.edu.

OPPOSABLES DUNCAN SHEIK

By David Song Staff Columnist

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ew things this semester have been as exhilarating as signing up for fall classes. Few decisions this semester have also been more difficult than deciding which classes to sign up for, but there is at least the knowledge that I will not be taking certain classes I had planned on taking. But I want to say what I’ll be taking in the affirmative first. Abnormal Psychology—check. There is something thrilling and alluring for me about the dark corners of psychology, as it were. Introduction to Linguistics—check. A class on the Chinese diaspora in Chinese literature—check.

Sounds interesting, especially since I’m Chinese-American. Chief English Writers—check. Shakespeare, Milton and Spenser are less interesting to me than other writers, maybe, but I’m willing to give it a shot.

Microeconomics and Calculus III—check and check.

More weighty topics, maybe, but I figure I should have more rational and calculated matters to balance out Paradise Lost and Amy Tan and whatever there is in insanity

and linguistics that doesn’t require formulas and graph reading. I can’t tell you how amazing it is to say that, for the first time in college, that I actually am glad to anticipate all of my classes.

Let me explain, then, the aforementioned certain classes I will not be taking—at least not in the fall.

“The more cynicallyminded will remark that I’m saying all of this because I’ve failed chemistry and biology.”

Organic Chemistry. Physics. Biology. Labs. Merely saying that feels amazing.

Suddenly, there is not only room to study schizophrenia and Hamlet, but potentially Russian literature, statistics, Kierkegaard and Maoist China. And topics of amino acids, electric fields and, well, whatever there is to learn in every class required in order to become a doctor is suddenly no longer a problem. And why would I want to become a doctor? I might not be terribly squeamish at the sight of blood,

but I don’t exactly look forward to working in a place where you are surrounded by the sick and dying. Being a pediatrician is apparently a popular choice (I suppose it’s generally more fun dealing with five-year-olds than with epileptics and cirrhosis patients), but I’m pretty awful when it comes to dealing with children. Most of all, there has been no lure for me—and I am sure for at least a few Washington University students as well—besides the tenuous promise of fat paychecks, prestige and a secure career.

The more cynicallyminded will remark that I’m saying all of this because I’ve failed chemistry and biology. Yes, I am sick of these classes (which is not to say that I’ve failed them), but I feel like I would be even if I had set the curve for every one of those tests. And either way, I’ve got no interest in waking up 10 years from now, realizing that the motions I’m going through—being on call for 30 hours, cutting up dead bodies—are entirely meaningless as far as my life is concerned.

There is, of course, the satisfaction of, as someone has probably said in a college application essay, making a difference in a person’s

life, but there is no surplus of soup kitchen volunteers, schoolteachers or even nurses. I’m not saying there isn’t anyone who doesn’t genuinely want to become a doctor. There are plenty of those. In fact, I’ve found it just not worthwhile to be competing with people who aren’t simply chasing after the abstract green light of a medical degree and a white lab coat. $40,00 per year should be spent toward getting an education. By this I mean the actual things I have wanted to learn—Dostoevsky, psychology, 20th century Chinese culture, fiction and poetry writing. Not the things that are stepping stones to a time when I will be thinking, “I care nothing for my job, but at least I’m making more money than my neighbor.”

Ask someone—yourself, maybe—if chemistry and biology have ever taught anything fascinating, or have even been enjoyable.

If the answer is “no,” then those things are a shadow of what getting an education should be.

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

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Men’s tennis falls to Emory in UAA ďŹ nal, prepares for regional competition

By Andrei Berman Senior Sports Editor The Washington University men’s tennis team put forth a valiant effort at the University Athletic Association (UA A) championships, taking two matches before eventually falling 6-0 in the championship round to rival Emory. The second-seeded and nationally ranked (#8) Bears defeated Brandeis 70 in the first round of the eight-team tourney, then they blew past Carnegie Mellon 4-0 in the semifinals on Saturday to advance to the title bout with the top-seeded Emory Golden Eagles.

Senior leader Ari Rosenthal stayed hot for the red

and green in the Brandeis match, coasting to an easy 6-1, 6-0 win at Number One singles. Rookie Charlie Cutler also had little trouble in singles play, winning 6-2, 60 at second singles.

He upped his impressive first year record to 21-4 for the season. The Bears’ 3-6 players dominated the rest of singles play, yielding just one set. Senior William McMahan, freshman Nirmal Choradia, senior Zack Fayne, and freshman Trevis Bowman completed the sweep of the Judges. Between Fayne and Bowman, Brandeis managed to take just two total games.

With Saturday’s match shortened due to weather, the Bears took the necessary

four matches en route to the semifinal win. Rosenthal improved his season record to 24-3 with a 7-5, 6-2 triumph at No. 1 singles. Choradia, Fayne and Bowman all cruised to straight set victories at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively. Bowman’s win marked his 20th of the year, while Fayne’s was his 60th career victory.

Playing Emory, the host of the tournament as well as the nation’s second-ranked team, the Bears put up a fight but ultimately proved no match for the powerhouse Eagles. Rosenthal and Cutler made Emory work for its wins, but neither was able to secure a set. Rosenthal fell 6-4, 6-4, while Cutler was defeated 6-4, 6-3. Chora-

dia, again playing at No. 4, competed in the afternoon’s most thrilling match, a three-set marathon in which the freshman finally fell to Emory’s Hardy Ehlers in heartbreaking fashion, 4-6, 7-6, 10-8. Neither McMahan nor Bowman was able to procure a game for the University, as each was defeated 60, 6-0. Cutler and Rosenthal nearly emerged victorious in doubles play, but fell 9-8.

Although the loss was a disappointing way to conclude conference play, the Bears will almost certainly return to action May 6 for NCA A regional competition.

The squad now stands at 182 overall and appears to be a shoo-in for a regional tourney berth.

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A men’s tennis player makes a quick save during a recent match. The Bears lost to Emory in the UAA final last weekend.

The Martins and the throwing events: a charming championship combination

By Carrie Jarka Sports Reporter Delaina and Drew Martin. No, they are not related, but you might think they are. Drew makes fun of Delaina for liking “pandas, the color purple, math, Bach and as many digits of Pi as she can remember (85).� Without missing a beat, Delaina says that Drew’s main hobby is farming. They argue about bands and poke fun at each other and their teammates.

They certainly act like brother and sister.

For those not familiar with track and field, “throwers� compete in the shot put, discus, hammer and javelin. For those not familiar with Washington University sports, Delaina and Drew have been tearing up all of their competition. This pair has contributed greatly to the track team’s success. “Throwing is a huge part of track and field, and there are a lot of points in it,� said Delaina.

Perhaps more notably, a family of throwers has formed around the leadership and example set by the Martins. “Their contributions over the years are unbelievable,� said head coach Paul Thornton. “They have done a great job preparing themselves and have become great leaders as well.�

Coachless, the throwers critique one another. “It brings the throwing group together, because we have to depend on each other,� said Drew. “Everyone else coming out and working hard everyday inspires me. Being able to coach them helps me a lot and keeps me focused. It probably causes me to work harder.�

Practice becomes an enjoyable time for throwers to mingle and to share tips. “My favorite meet was [the] indoor conference [meet] this year,� said Drew. “We get along well with the Case [Western Reserve University] guys, and they are a lot of fun. We hung out and just chilled. I think everyone set a PR [personal record] in the shot that day.�

As they make fun of a few younger throwers, it is clear that enjoying themselves is a major part of their sport.

Each day begins with 30 to 40 minutes of lifting, followed by practice. “Throwing is such a feel event,� said Thornton. “A coach can say something but if they don’t feel it, it doesn’t matter.�

Delaina goes through hammer drills, while the shot put requires live throwing in order to gain any real results.

Delaina, a junior majoring in math and Spanish, is a Peoria, Ill. native and wants to be an actuary. Her accom-

plishments in college began as the 2004 University Athletic Association Outdoor (UAA) Rookie of the Year and have continued to include the 2005 UAA Field Events Most Valuable Player.

In 2005, she won the UAA championship in the discus and continued her success this year with conference titles in both the hammer and shot put. Her throw of 13.02 meters in the shot put this past weekend provisionally qualified her for nationals and set a new conference record. She also holds the University record in the hammer throw. While she is successful at all of her events, she believes that the hammer is her best. Having provisionally qualified in that event as well, discus is her only event as yet undecided.

Drew is a senior from Herculaneum, Mo., majoring in biology who wants to

attend veterinarian school after graduation and spend time with his fiancĂŠe. He was a two-time high school Missouri State Champion in the shot put and has also played all four years on the football team here at the University.

He defended his conference titles in both shot put and discus this past weekend.

But the individual accomplishments of the Martins include much more than records and titles. They have helped shape a young group of throwers through their leadership and experience. “The contributions they make are their leadership and personality, and those outweigh any amount of points they score,� said Thornton. “They’ve done a great job molding the younger throwers and continue to work and qualify for the NCAAs. Drew’s leadership is great and I wish we had him

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They have also developed a special friendship of their own, in spite of the occasional playful bickering that goes on at practice. “I really appreciate him taking so much time with me and planning drills and practices to make me better even though he really doesn’t have anybody to do that for him,�

Delaina said of Drew. “He’s like my brother. I don’t know what we are going to do next year.�

Still, the season is not over, and the remainder of the 2006 season offers much for these two stars. “I feel like I have a pretty decent chance of making it in both throws, and I fully expect DM to make nation-

als with ease in hammer,� said Drew. “As for the other throwers, I hope they stay out there and practice and support us along the way.�

It is clear that the future holds much in store for these unsung athletes. Delaina will be the nation’s top-ranked returning thrower in her senior season. “I try to be the best that I can be, because there’s no point in doing anything halfway,� said Delaina.

While they are not brother and sister, their banter and cracks on each other will make you laugh. Together, they have created a program for throwers and contributed to the team’s conference titles and sense of comraderie.

They are unsung champions.

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The Gamekillers OBITUARIES April 2006 Joe Magner Rashid Theodore

Peter Moyse Ross Barton

Andy Tider

Mike Choi Judd Engelbrecht

Instead, Rashid’s spicy prospect was beginning to show classic signs of eye-drift and to none other than, Man Candy, the sugar-sweet confection of a Gamekiller revered for his talents at topping cherries like Rashid’s lady-friend. And indeed, another game met its demise, as it is also a generally accepted rule amongst women that candy is the truest way to a woman’s heart.

MAGNER, Joe, Acton, MA It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Joe Magner’s game.

A game once respected for its ability to overcome great resistance.

It was in the process of doing just that; charmingly dismantling the defenses of a bubbly blonde sorority girl, when Joe turned and saw someone beside them, intently watching their conversation. Alas, this person was a Gamekiller, and none other than the over-educated, pseudo academic, knower of everything, known as IQ. The Gamekiller whose sole pleasure in life is using his enormous brainpower to extricate girls just like Joe’s. And so it was that IQ quickly and seamlessly steered the conversation to the dilemma of quasi existentialism. Joe asked if the conversation was for real.

Setting himself up for an intellectual pummeling. By the time Joe had finished struggling to hold onto IQ’s train of thought, he had lost his hold on the girl. Natura non contristatur, Joe. Natura non contristatur.

TIDER, Andy, Teaneck, NJ Andy Tider’s game was alive and well. Busting up the place and making the ladies say, “Da-am.” His game was a fine thing—full of one liners, well-timed nods and boyish smiles. He was firing smoothly while he talked to a lithe young American princess named Sharleece. Lines like, “You should be called SharLACE. Because you’re beautiful, and so is lace,” confirmed that his game was flying on all cylinders, until along came the future hall-offamer himself, The Baller. The one Gamekiller with more moves than a nomad. Andy Tider could have kept his cool, could have shrugged off The Baller’s play for his girl with a simple pump fake to the bar and a drive to the Sharleece lane, but instead he got caught in The Baller full-court trap. And before he knew it, Tider and The Baller were reenacting Detroit vs. Indiana 2005.

Andy Tider, you are the first player to turn an easy lay-up into a personal foul. Somewhere up there, Andy Tider, Wilt is laughing.

room is inhabited by the cuddly teddy-bear of a soul otherwise known as The Gamekiller, Sensitivo.

For as cute as rave girls can be in a pair of neon purple pajamas, it is best not to tell them so when they are in the middle of wondering why the Earth doesn’t orbit around love.

Nor is it cool to try to cop a feel inside their fuzzy one-piece and pass it off as a momentary lapse of depth perception. Nor is it cool to mention that all this music seems to be stuck on repeat. And these were just some of the many lessons Ross learned from Sensitivo, the last of which came when Sensitivo took his BunnyFlower home at 9 a.m. to, “Just, you know, mellow out and lounge on his warm, velvet comforter.”

MOYSE, Peter, Washington, DC This is to mark the demise of Peter Moyse’s game. Peter’s game had been happily working on a pair of foreign exchange students. Well aware that there’s so much that can be misinterpreted as charming and witty when there’s a language barrier. Peter was about to go for broke, offering to teach them the meaning of his favorite (and only) French term: ménage à trois, when fate dealt him a cruel blow, for in walked The Gamekiller, The Balladeer. A walking repository of meter and rhyme, The Balladeer is more than a pair of ripped denim jeans and an unruly haircut. For as any music groupie would attest— especially those who could care less about lyrics—a song sung is like eight octaves better than one spoken. Peter could have kept his game alive if he’d just kept his cool.

But did he? Hell no. He stepped out of his game and went all a cappella on the foreign beauties.

Leaving the girls with no choice but to nightcap at The Balladeer’s house where he delighted them to his latest chart-topping track, “Just the Three of Us.”

THEODORE, Rashid, New York, NY

Were it not seen by many a witness at the club, the death of Rashid’s game would remain a mystery befitting one of the many crime scene investigators portrayed nightly on television sets. For it is a generally accepted truth that when men get off to a great start with a girl at a club, they soon expect to find themselves suavely working that woman’s torso into a tangle on the dance floor. (With particular attention paid to the rubbing of the palms, the elbows, and of course the occasional posterior.) But, Rashid’s case was peculiar, and no matter how fluid his conversational flow was flowing, his game saw no moment towards the aforementioned dancing routine, most especially as it pertained to the absence of any posterior-knocking.

on this night, Choi was unaware that within earshot of his gross misrepresentation was the Emirate for which the UAE was named after, the financier who prefers currency with his own likeness on it, The Gamekiller Switzerland calls on for financial planning, Kash Munni. And what a shame it was, to watch something as genuinely humanitarian as Choi’s definition of philanthropy die a quick death at the 24-Carat gold watch laden wrist of Kash Munni who needed only to turn it over once and say simply, “The limo, my lady, awaits.”

Leaving Choi feeling philanthropic only to Glen, the genial bartender.

ENGELBRECHT, Judd, Brainerd, MN

Judd’s game was proceeding along nicely as it followed closely behind the toned and tanned posterior of his athletic date, Beth, on a bucolic mountain bike ride through the hills of San Francisco.

When all of a sudden something punctured Beth’s tire, leaving it and subsequently Judd’s game, gasping for air. For, while Judd tried to repair the tube, along the path came The Gamekiller who has never consulted the thesaurus, known simply as Early Man. And, as all damsels in distress will do, while Judd tried in vain to remove her tire from the wheel frame, she gradually grew weary of his laundry list of excuses and began to turn her attention to Early Man whose brain might resemble a slime mold, but whose biceps require their own zip code. And before Judd could say, “Uh, Beth I thought we were on a date here,” Early Man had picked up Beth, perched her on his shoulders, and took a caveman-like pride about showing her each and every hill of San Francisco, then Sacramento, then Santa Barbara, and finally, San Diego.

Obituaries can be created and sent

BARTON, Ross, McDonough, GA Approximately at dawn or sometime early like that last Saturday morning marked the death of Ross Barton’s game. Which came as some surprise to Ross who thought for sure he was in the process of scoring at Club Voidance with a gorgeous pixie-raver named BunnyFlower. But such is the fate of any man who tries to score while in the chill out room of a rave, especially if that chill out

CHOI, Mike, Queens, NY The once valiant game of Mike Choi died this past weekend at a charming pub well known to locals as a killer pick-up scene. The evening had begun auspiciously when Choi was asked by a beautiful lass what he did for a living. To which, Choi replied convincingly, “Philanthropy.” On any other night such a cavalier lie might be rewarded with an equally generous tongue-to-tongue reciprocation, but

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Beyond the Fold: Exploring the music of Duncan Sheik

By Robbie Gross Cadenza Music Editor Nearly 10 years after Duncan Sheik released his self-titled debut album—with its Grammy Award nominated single, “Barely Breathing”—the singer-songwriter might just now be hitting his stride.

When he opens for Ben Folds this Saturday at W.I.L.D. it will come as an enjoyable break from what have been several months of intense work. Beginning in mid-January, Sheik departed on a still-ongoing national tour to promote his fi fth and newest album, “White Limousine.” In between touring, he has been in theatre rehearsals for “Spring Awakening,” his musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s 1891 play. The play, which begins previewing May 28 in New York, is the second this year that Sheik has collaborated on with playwright and poet Steven Sater, who wrote the lyrics for Sheik’s 2001 album, “Phantom Moon.” The other, “Nero (Another Golden Rome),” premiered February in San Francisco. His productivity so far has paid off. “White Limousine” was met with glowing reviews, while the New York Times devoted a feature to Sheik in their arts section in February.

Sheik’s latest album continues to build on the musical and lyrical foundations of his

Singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik will open for Ben Folds at W.I.L.D. on Saturday. previous work. Often compared to the work of 1960s British folk artist Nick Drake, Sheik’s songs have traditionally ranged from stripped-down

acoustic numbers to more expansive, orchestral arrangements. As always, “White Limousine” features Sheik’s enchanting vocals and, on the album’s fi rst track “Hey Casanova,” a robust falsetto. Most significantly, however, the album represents Sheik’s fi rst attempt at overtly politicized lyrics. A practicing Nichiren Buddhist of 15 years, Sheik has in the past stuck with more introspective, existential and personal themes. While “White Limousine” is still fi lled with songs of love and loss, the album often reaches its heights when it becomes politically charged. On the title track, Sheik explores the failures of

Left: Duncan Sheik’s latest album, “White Limousine,” blends a contemporary atmospheric ambience with progressive rock spirit.

Below: Sheik performs during a concert at the Kimball Theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia, Feb. 23, 2006.

the current administration—in this case, Bush’s famous “Mission Accomplished” speech—with both humor and disappointment. “Who’s the smart guy at the wheel / We’re running out of gas / He likes to wear a fl ight suit / And fly around for laughs,” he sings.

Given the fact that Sheik has built his success around songs of love and peace, he is not concerned about the possibility that his outspoken anti-war stance could alienate his listeners. “90 percent of [my listeners] know what side of the fence I’m on already,” said Sheik, via cell phone from New York City, where he was on his way to a rehearsal of “Spring Awakening.” A couple of my biggest fans are fairly conservative, and we had healthy conversations about this stuff. They understand why I write the things that I write. It’s not like they don’t like ‘White Limousine’ because it’s about poking fun of George Bush. I mean, they don’t really

like George Bush either.”

The two plays he has collaborated on this year are further attempts to carry his musical talents into different realms with different audiences. “Spring Awakening,” a play about sexual development and teenage angst, captures the introspective nature of his music, while “Nero” is more political—a play that seeks to draw connections between Roman imperialism and the current U.S. foreign policy. Sheik sees no problems jumping from theatre to studio albums and back again. Rather, he views them both as part of the same larger project and vision. “[The theatre ventures] have basically been very similar to what I’ve been doing on my solo albums,” he said. “‘Spring Awakening,’ for example, is in a very similar vein musically and lyrically to ‘Phantom Moon.’”

An ambitious man involved in projects ranging from the artistic to the political—he has initiated humanitarian projects in Albania and Cuba and has performed in benefits for a number of liberal causes— Sheik is in many ways a perfect fit for a college crowd. Indeed, his performance in the quad this Saturday marks the second time in four years he has played in front of a Washington University audience. In late 2002, he opened for Ben Folds at a concert for students at The Pageant.

“If I could play at colleges all the time, that’s what I would do,” he said. “I have the best time when I’m playing college shows, and in a of lot ways it’s the best audience because it’s intelligent people, sophisticated to whatever degree, who appreciate intelligence in music and are able to get into the lyrical ideas that are happening. For me, that’s all good.”

Duncan Sheik opens for Ben Folds this Saturday in the quad.

Students who arrive in time to see the performance will be automatically entered into a raffle to win free round trip air tickets on American Airlines.

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MOVIE REVIEWS

Silent Hill not a stand out

By David Freeman Cadenza Reporter

Deborah Kara Unger stars as Dahlia in “Silent Hill.”

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“Silent Hill” is based on Konami’s highly popular horror-survival series of the same name, and the movie’s plot pretty much follows the story of the first “Silent Hill” game. There is a town in Toluca County, West Virginia, whose past is tainted by evil deeds and darkness. That town is “Silent Hill,” and like a nightmare, it feels and looks real, but instinct tells you that something is horribly wrong.

Rose De Silva (Radha Mitchell) travels to this abandoned town with her daughter Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) in the hopes that the visit will unearth the reasons behind her daughter’s dangerous sleepwalking habit, during which she screams the town’s name. Christopher Da Silva (Sean Bean) spends much of the movie frantically searching for his missing wife and daughter, but to no avail as they have descended into a place

no longer part of the real world. Instead, “Silent Hill” encompasses twin realities of misty ash and rusted darkness, places populated by horrible monsters and fiendish revelations.

Director Christophe Gans presents the town of Silent Hill masterfully, paying careful attention to detailed touches that gave the games their popularity. An ominous air-raid siren sounds as the misty version of the town decays into the more organic, rotten and dark version. Aspects of gameplay find their way into the script as well: studying a map to find your way, use of a flashlight to attract or repel monsters and lots of running around. Also, the enigmatic Red Pyramid character must be seen to be believed. The movie is very faithful to the games, almost to a fault. Beautiful in a macabre way, the film does not lack an interesting story. What it lacks is coherency.

One of the most attractive and intriguing parts of

the “Silent Hill” phenomenon is its complex back-story that affects present-day characters. The hell-onearth feel has reasons behind it, but the player had to piece it all together. In the movie, the explanations feel forced.

While interesting, the story is occasionally told in clunky bits of narrative that do not work well. As an avid fan of the video game series, I followed the story with relative ease, but this task will undoubtedly prove much more difficult for those whose first experience with “Silent Hill” is the movie.

The film is certainly the best video-game-to-movie translation to date, but a few other facets hold “Silent Hill” back from true greatness. The character played

by Sean Bean is ineffective and could have easily been removed. We expect his searches to supply the backstory of “Silent Hill’s” evildoings, but he ends up being a useless character.

Moreover, some scenes are

very tortuous to watch, as they are filmed in a style that is not in keeping with the games, which went for eeriness over explicit pain and gore.

A fan of the series or any fan of horror films will likely enjoy this movie. It is horror, but not in the usual sense in that there are no werewolves, serial killers or vampires. Instead, the evil entities are weak, fearful, or worse, simply oneself. In the end, “Silent Hill’s” greatest tragedy is its unrealized potential.

Silent Hill Rating: ★★★✩✩ Directed by: Christophe Gans Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Unger Now playing at: AMC Esquire, Galleria 6

United 93: Heroes of 9/11

By Brian Stitt Movies Editor This is a very difficult movie. It deals with the deaths of real people in a tragedy not yet five-years-old. The marketing campaign by Universal seems to tell us that it is our patriotic duty to see this movie, while others say that the events of 9/11 are too fresh in our minds to be exploited or explored on fi lm. To see this movie, all of the extraneous information needs to be stripped away, leaving an open mind for a story that is both emotionally jarring and skillfully told.

The movie follows United Airlines fl ight 93, which was bound for San Francisco but crashed in Pennsylvania after hijackers took over the United 93 Rating: ★★★★✬ Directed by: Paul Greengrass Starring: J.J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Polly Adams, Opal Alladin Release date: 4/28/06

airplane. The director, Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy), jumps between air-traffic controllers, military command and the airplane itself as the tragic events of Sept. 11 unfold. None of the characters are introduced, and none of them have generic side stories or are even played by recognizable actors. These are real people doing everyday things, and we feel just as confused and frightened as they do when they begin receiving the news of what is happening.

By giving the actors realistic dialogue that induces genuine reactions, Greengrass is able to tell this story without exploiting it, and even the terrorists themselves come off as real people, not caricatures of the terrible things they are doing.

The camera focuses almost completely on faces and the music beautifully underscores the tension which slowly builds throughout the fi lm.

The entire project is professional and skillfully crafted without being slick or tasteless. Many of the air traffic controllers actually played themselves, and the differences between the professional and amateur actors are not noticeable. The fi lm especially

shows how unprepared the country was for such an attack, as the military had a terrible time getting planes in the air and getting authorization from the president.

All this being said, I couldn’t help but feel confused after seeing the movie. Did this movie really need to be made, or could I have gotten the same thing from a documentary? Was my emotional response due to the movie or to the events themselves? How much of what happened on the plane do the fi lmmakers actually know about? Should Universal be able to make money off of this project? I also wondered if the tension I felt was due to the movie or from a morbid desire to want to know what the fi lmmakers dared to show. In the end, this movie is very personal and will receive mixed reactions from audiences. It is perfect fodder for a politically polarized nation looking for any excuse to debate world politics and the Bush administration.

Before it has even come out, internet message boards have already lit up with people hailing about or railing against this movie.

The answers to the ques-

Watching crap so you don’t have to: The Farewell

By Adam Summerville Cadenza Reporter I always hate these final, farewell articles, but now that it’s my turn, I don’t really care. You’re just going to have to suffer through it. I began writing for Student Life because of the laziness of my best friend and fellow writer, Jordan Deam. Wanting to get in on a free movie, I accompanied him and was later suckered in by the “Hey, I’m busy. Can you…?” line. From the first article, I was addicted. I’ve always been a firm proponent of my opinions and will voice them no matter whether others want to hear them or not. Honestly, I’m quite sure that most people could care less about what I need to say, but then again, I don’t really care.

From the beginning of my foray into Cadenza, I made it known that my writing skills were sub-par. I’m a math major. We don’t exactly write a lot of papers.

And even when we do, they are usually not critical analyses of artistic works.

I took on movie editor at Cadenza as something of a custodial position. I have always loved Arts & Entertainment sections of

newspapers, and Cadenza has been no exception. Not wanting to see the section die, I offered my humble services. As astute readers of Cadenza might have noted, I am something of a prolific writer for the section. There have been more than a few weeks that Cadenza seemed like a one-man show. This is no attempt to boast, just fact.

I am the Charles Dickens of Cadenza: what I lacked in talent compared to my contemporaries, I made up for in sheer volume.

All this aside, I’d like to thank my family and friends at the twilight of my collegiate career: To my mom, Judy, you have always been my strongest supporter, and I can’t thank you enough.

To my dad, Gregg, for teaching me a sense of integrity before anything else. What little hardwork and dedication I put forth, it is because of you.

To my sister, Amy, I have always looked up to you, and always will. You will always be the smarter older sister that I strive to emulate and to escape the shadow of, despite the fact that we haven’t attended the same school in 14 years.

To my girlfriend, Mal-

lorie, you are amazing. I cannot believe you allow me to be myself, despite occasional weirdness and misbehavior. While I don’t understand why, I’m certainly not going to fight it.

I have never met a better girl, despite the fact that we have nothing in common.

To my best friend, Jordan, after the stress of transferring, I probably would have killed myself had I not met you. I have met few people that have been as headstrong and argumentative as you are, which must be why we are such good friends. I will always remember our 4 a.m. Soul Calibur 2 bouts as being the most humbling experience of my life.

Don’t be a stranger.

To my other friends, thank you for supporting me and at least lying to me that you read and enjoyed my articles. I never for a second believed you, but I appreciate the effort you made. You all have made the last 2.5 years the best of my life. My god, I can’t believe I just said “you all,” and I can’t believe I just admitted to having a good time at Wash. U. I wish the best of luck to the future Cadenza staff.

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Rebecca Schull (left) as Patricia Cushing and Susan Blommaert as Jane Folger grapple with their plight against the hijackers in Universal Pictures’ “United 93.” tions of the appropriateness of the subject matter are for the individual moviegoer to

decide. In the end, this is an extremely well made fi lm that gives audiences a unique view

into a terrible event. Whether we want or need to see it is for America to decide.

FRESHMAN FIFTEEN

BY JASON ANDERSON

Have a thing for theatre...

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Anti-Flag: ‘For Blood and Empire’

By David Kaminsky Cadenza Reporter Ten years ago Anti-Flag released “You’ve Got to Die for the Government,” a song that quickly became its biggest hit. Its rallying cry, “Die for your country?

That’s shit!” inspired punks and anarchists at Warped Tour stages all around the country during a time of relative peace and prosperity. Today, with a much rockier political landscape and almost daily news that Anti-Flag could use for inspiration, one would expecttheir new album to be filled with lyrics more insightful

than “one trillion dollars could buy a lot of bling.”

Unfortunately, ones such as those from “1 Trillion Dollar$” are just an example of the problems that plague Anti-Flag’s major label debut, “For Blood and Empire.”

Punk as a genre has never been a staple for great instrumentation or vocals, but instead is known for its message. That being said, when a punk song’s message involves the word “bling,” one hopes the music makes up for it. However, Anti-Flag’s guitar riffs are boring and typical for the genre, the drumming is fast and furious but only serves

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Anti-Flag just released its new album “For Blood and Empire.”

to keep the beat, and the bass is so un-noteworthy that it’s hard to tell if they even have a bassist most of the time. Worse yet, vocals in songs such as “State Funeral,” “The Project For a New American Century” and the creatively titled “War Sucks, Let’s Party!” sound like they are forced down into a register lower than that which Anti-Flag’s vocalists Justin Sane and “Chris #2” can naturally attain. Adding to this is the singer’s attempt to use what is almost a growl—much like My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way—and the result is something that sounds uncannily similar to the gag reflex. In “State Funeral” and “War Sucks, Let’s Party!” this vocal prelude to projectile vomiting only makes the songs worse than they already would have been. In “The Project For a New American Century,” they ruin the chances for a decent song.

There are, however, a few bright spots on the album. The opening track, “I’d Tell You But…,” is fast and catchy and includes the “wooooooah” that has made its way into seemingly every bad punk song released in the past ten years. The second song on the album,

“The Press Corpse,” is even better. Its ranting verse and sing-song chorus will still be stuck in your head days after you’ve decided never to listen to Anti-Flag again.

With all of that in mind, “For Blood and Empire” isn’t worth your beer money and still won’t be even when you find it in the $5 bin in six months. At its best, it’s nothing but typical political punk music, and even with all that’s going on in US politics, most of these songs could have been released ten years ago.

After so many years of singing essentially the same thing, it’s unlikely that “For Blood and Empire” is going to win Anti-Flag any new fans. It appears that major label RCA actually hasn’t changed Anti-Flag at all.

The band is just as bad as it has always been.

Anti-Flag “For Blood and Empire” Rating: ★✩✩✩✩ For fans of: NOFX, Operation Ivy Download: “The Press Corpse,” “I’d Tell You But...”

The Arctic Monkeys: ‘Whatever People Say I Am I’m Not’

By Brian Stitt Movies Editor The British press loves anointing a new “greatest band in the world” every few years. From Oasis to the Darkness, it loves to think that there is a new savior of rock and roll to lead the genre into the new millennium. Quite frankly, if one of these supposed saviors keeps popping up every few years, perhaps that means that rock and roll doesn’t need a savior at all. Instead, what rock may need is a new David Bowie, a chameleon who can not only predict the trends but create them. But all of this baggage is unfair to put on anybody, much less a group of kids from England who only learned to play their respective instruments about two years ago.

The Arctic Monkeys put together a solid set of pop-punk dance songs that are much more The Clash than Green Day. The lyrics are pure booze, birds and cigarettes. Surely autobio-

graphical, it sounds like The Streets if they produced a rock album. The instruments are deftly played and even if they are not experts, the Monkeys seem to know what sounds good.

The rhythm section keeps the beat, and the tunes are varied enough that the disc never gets boring. Lead singer Alex Turner almost shouts at us, but it’s the narration of a bar room, and he’s always aware of the music behind him, helping to bring the listener closer to the album.

The best parts of this album are the honesty of the lyrics and the band’s ability to blend pop and rock without leaning too heavily towards one side or the other.

The worst part has nothing to do with the band or the music but the hype machine around it. If the listener had discovered this on his or her own, he or she would be taking it to all their friends and playing tracks like “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor” or “When the Sun Goes Down.” However,

with all the hype, one starts feeling lackluster about the whole ordeal. This is a terrible way to feel about music, and we all have to do our best to listen to music without outside influences encroaching too closely.

Overall, this is a great debut from the Arctic Monkeys. It stays completely modern when it could have easily slipped back into the 1980s. Moreover, the band varies its influences enough that inspirations never overwhelm its own tunes. If the press has anything to say about it, the new “British Invasion” is on its way.

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The Arctic Monkeys “Whatever People Say I Am I’m Not” Rating: ★★★★✩ For fans of: The Clash, Hot Hot Heat Download: “When the Sun Goes Down,” “Mardy Bum”

Summer School Stay. Learn. Grow.

Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys performs at The Shockwaves NME Awards Gig in Glasgow.

Editorial Privilege

Break out the shot glasses, it’s time to reminisce

By Laura Vilines Senior Cadenza Editor Emeritus Writing a column a handful of times over the course of one semester really doesn’t give anyone the right to call herself a columnist, let alone allow that person to write a farewell column to her non-existent readership.

But as the title of this “column” indicates, I’ve decided that I’m going to go ahead and do it anyway.

Last week, as I was wrapping up the final Cadenza issue of my newspaper career, I had the sudden realization that with the departure of this senior class, the last people who remember Cadenza as its own beautiful once-a-week publication will graduate, and there will be no one left here to remember the section in all of its glory. To me, this seemed significant, sort of like when the last person who remembered the Civil War passed away, and no one was left to tell firsthand about Honest Abe and the destruction of Atlanta. As a result, this column is a tribute to the Cadenza that once was, so that all of the future Cadenzstars can know what our section was like at its finest.

Cadenza was the brainchild of Student Life staffers in the early 1990s who decided that unlike other college papers, Student Life needed a real arts section, and Cadenza, “an exceptionally brilliant part of an artistic work,” was created as its own entity, separate from its Student Life umbrella. Once the section was formed, the staff devoted themselves to writing primarily about the activities of KW UR, the source of most music-related activity on campus. However, over time, Cadenza branched out and began writing about other topics, including fine arts, movies and theatre and grew into the

hip, weekly publication we all knew and loved. Every week, regardless of its content, Cadenza was 12 pages of greatness.

Three years ago, in what some might describe as a misguided yet judicious decision, Cadenza was integrated back into the newspaper, where it was given nine pages a week, which eventually shrank down to our current three to four page max. In these three years, we have witnessed the Cadenza spirit rise up in fury, simmer down to weekly flare-ups and eventually begin to integrate itself into the regular workings of a student newspaper.

Over the past four years, Cadenza readers have consistently accused us of being egotistical, condescending, haughty and conceited, and I am proud that the letters kept rolling in even after we have tamed ourselves under our Student Life parent. (This column is yet another example of our self-aggrandizing nature, and I expect letters in protest.)

Even though I am not nearly as informed or with-it as my amazingly knowledgeable predecessors (Dan Carlin, Travis Petersen, Jess Minnen, and Matt Simonton), I am glad that we are still a forum for people to talk knowledgeably about arts and entertainment without taking it all too seriously. In addition to its serious journalistic aspects (of which there are many), Cadenza is and should always be about writing sarcastic columns, bullshit features and at least one story each year that calls for excessive drinking as a major aspect of the creative process.

So, on behalf of the Cadenza that once was and will no longer be remembered, let us all take a moment of silence and at least one shot of Jager.

Cadenza—here’s to you.

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Five minutes from WU Green shuttle. Contact bmgoldst@wustl.edu.

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Washer/dryer, internet, kitchen, 1.5 bath, living room/sunroom.

Five minutes from WU Gold shuttle.

Contact Ben2537@aol.com.

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Sudoku

By Michael Mepham Level: Moderate Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

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4/26/06

SUBLETTER WANTED TO SHARE gorgeous 2 bedroom/2 bathroom townhouse in Dogtown with female grad student, available mid-May through August, flexible. Full basement w/ washer-dryer, AC, loft, dishwasher, hardwood on first floor, new appliances. 5 minute drive to either med or main campus. Half of rent is $550.

Contact Jen at larusse@ gmail.com.

SUMMER SUBLET: FURNISHED 3 bedroom/1 bath Forsyth apt, 5 min walk to campus. Available mid-May to midAugust. Free laundry in basement. Contact amg insbu@artsci.wustl.edu.

(314) 680-6956.

ROOMMATE WANTED TWO ROOMMATES AND/OR summer subletters wanted. 2 br/2 sunroom apartment close to Delmar Loop.

Blue line route. $267/month + utilities. $267 deposit.

Female preferred. (314) 229-2248.

REAL ESTATE 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH CONDO with basement in Creve Coeur. Call 314422-3101.

CWE CONDO FOR sale.

2 bedroom/1 bath, 1200 sq. ft. recently renovated.

Stainless steel appliances, cherry cabinets, garage parking. $189,500.

Contact Carrie at 314367-6158.

FULLY FURNISHED 2 BEDROOM, 3.5 bath condo with furnished basement in Creve Coeur.

Call 314- 422-3101.

COUCH, FULL SIZE bed, and computer desk for sale. All in great condition. Graduating senior needs to sell. No reasonable offer will be refused.

Contact Monica via phone at 619-992-2002 for more information.

1993 TOYOTA COROLLA FOR SALE. Automatic Trans. Heat, Air, Radio with cassette player.

Automatic locks.

Red exterior with grey cloth interior. $1500.00. Call 314.725.5261 or emaillwe st@gwbmail.wustl.edu.

FIVE GOLDFISH FOR free to a good home. If you can provide at least a 10 to 20 gallon tank with proper filtration, aeration, and regularly changed water, these fish can be yours. We’re graduating and don’t want them to die! Contact mjbauer@wustl.edu or call (314) 489-4618.

EGG DONORS NEEDED! Ages 19-30. $5,000 paid.

Call (877)-EGG-DONOR/ (877)344-3666 for more info. Visit us on the web at www.spct.org

FULL SIZED MATTRESS + Boxspring and Frame. bought new 18 months go for $340. Will sell for $95.

Floor lamps also available starting at $15! Will sell NOW or hold until May 19th. Contact Daniel at dnpaull@wustl.edu.

FURNITURE: FLOOR LAMP, table, and wooden futon with spring mattress.

All in good condition.

Very affordable.

Available in mid-May. Contact lewolff@wustl.edu for more information.

SONY FLAT SCREEN TV -need cash for summer in Europe.

Selling 32 inch flat screen. Perfect condition...Paid $400 will sell for $150/obo. Contact Karli via phone at 480-200-4441.

TWO BROWN COUCHES for sale. $100 total. Please contact Emma via email at egbasch@artsci.wustl. edu.

UP TO 350 MEAL points for sale. Contact lameyer@artsci.wustl.edu if interested.

LOOKING FOR A sublet for a summer student from early June to late August.

One room is sufficient; must be within walking distance from campus, please contact Vladimir by email at birman@wustl.edu.

STUDENT SEEKING IPOD and accessories in good working condition.

314-406-4495 or email antisan@sbcglobal.net.

WANTED: RELIABLE AND roomy used car. Must be automatic. Willing to pay up to $4000. Please email jlk1@cec.wustl.edu with more information.

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