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SU: Is Special Olympics legit? n SGAC investigates relationship between Special Olympics Club and ZBT By Liz Neukirch and Jonathan Greenberger

Special Olympics Club Controversy Who is involved?

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• Special Olympics Club: SOC hosts a statewide basketball tournament each Feb. with the Mo. Special Olympics organization • SU Treasury: Funds student groups • Student Group Activities Committee: SGAC decides whether organizations can be classified as student groups, which affects Treasury’s funding decisions • Zeta Beta Tau: ZBT fraternity has a number of members in the Special Olympics Club

What are the accusations? • SU members maintain SOC misrepresented its relationship with ZBT • SGAC is investigating this • If SGAC finds SOC is a part of ZBT, it may strip SOC of its student group status—and potentially its SU funding • SOC denies these claims and says it is a legitimate student group, fully independent of ZBT

Student Life Staff Following a confrontational appearance before Student Union’s Treasury, the Special Olympics student group is now under investigation by another arm of SU. At last week’s Treasury meeting, Special Olympics Club representatives appealed for $4,350 in additional funding from SU. The funding request, which was only partially approved, will be used by the Special Olympics Club (SOC) to fund its February basketball tournament, which it hosts on an annual basis in conjunction with the Missouri chapter of the Special Olympics. During the course of the funding appeal, Treasury members asked if SOC had sought out funding from other groups, besides SU—specifi cally the University’s chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity, which has historically had a close relationship with SOC. The SOC representatives denied any connection with ZBT. SU says this denial was a lie. “Special Olympics blatantly lied to Treasury,” SU treasurer Jessica Jones claimed. The question of SOC’s connection with ZBT is significant because it potentially affects whether the club should even be classified as a student group. Typically, fraternities and their philanthropic committees are not considered student

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CNYF receives funding despite mix-up

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Readers sound off in Forum on Anna Dinndorf’s recent claim that private schools give their students an unfair advantage when applying to college.

PAGE 4 Is it fair for the Senior Class to have an elected SU representative who doesn’t pay the activities fee? The Editorial Board takes a look in Forum.

Contributing Editor Despite concerns over the status of the Chinese New Year Festival group, the Student Union Treasury decided to approve the group’s $3,380 budget appeal for next weekend’s performance. CNYF’s budget request provoked a lengthy debate at Tuesday’s Treasury meeting, where representatives ultimately decided to effectively double the amount the group received from SU this year. Prior to Tuesday’s meeting, Treasury had granted $3,654.65 to CNYF, which stages a yearly performance to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Last November, CNYF members asked the Student Group Activities Committee to separate from their umbrella organization, the Chinese Students Association. SGAC told CNYF it needed to submit a new constitution to the Student Union Treasury, which could then vote on whether to make CNYF a new group. However, by Tuesday’s Treasury meeting, CNYF had not yet submitted a constitution—though

they had turned in an appeal for increased funding for their show next weekend. Treasury Representative Rafael Walker said the CNYF Treasurer, Jonathan Liu, arrived at the SU meeting with no knowledge that the CNYF constitution had not been submitted. Liu refused to comment on the mix-up, and other CNYF members referred all questions on the issue to CNYF Coordinators Tina Ho and Katrina Yuen. Ho and Yuen did not return phone calls yesterday. “There’s obviously a disconnect somewhere in the group,” said SGAC Chair Harsh Agarwal. “Something wasn’t carried over.” Though CNYF and the Chinese Students Association are technically connected through SU, the organizations have maintained separate business operations, including separate funding, in recent years. CNYF is a campus tradition like Diwali and Black Anthology—all are yearly extravaganzas that draw in large numbers

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The Chinese New Year Festival ran into difficulties this year because the organizers did not file their See CNYF, page 2 Student Union paperwork on time.

SU urges the creation of GLBTQA resource center By Shweta Murthi Contributing Reporter

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groups. In response to this controversy, the branch of SU that decides these matters, the Student Group Activities Committee (SGAC), has launched an investigation into SOC’s status as a student group. If SGAC ﬁ nds that SOC is not a legitimate group and instead is just a part of ZBT, its SU funding, which last year totaled $4,500, would be in serious jeopardy. SOC insists that it has followed all of SGAC’s rules and is confused about why it is being accused of lying. SU, for its part, says it has good evidence that SOC is really just a part of ZBT and not its own student group. At last week’s Treasury meeting, for instance, Speaker of the SU Senate Marc Bridge showed those in attendance that until recently, ZBT’s Web site claimed that the fraternity helps organize the local Special Olympics. “There are all these references to ZBT putting on the event,” said sophomore Treasurer Rafael Walker. “A lot of [Treasury] members understood that was the case.” While Special Olympics could retain its SU funding even with a majority of its members from ZBT, SGAC rules require that a legitimate student group actively solicit participation from all undergraduates at the University, said SGAC Chair

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Student Union Senate passed a resolution on Jan. 20 urging the creation of a resource center for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning/queer, and ally (GLBTQA) community. The center would overlook all four GLBTQA groups on campus and pr ov ide a longt e r m support network t h a t would remain active e v e n SU Senator Abram Rose th rough changes in student groups. The new coordinator would provide not only a liaison between student groups and administration but would also reach out to the wider community to provide a long-term support center. The proposition also called for “the creation and maintenance of a GLBTQA resource center with appropriate staff” as well as “the creation of a University Task Force to investigate GLBTQA issues.” According to senior Marc Bridge, speaker of SU Senate, the proposition was passed by the Senate without opposition. Senator Abram Rose in-

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troduced the resolution after meeting with representatives of GLBTQA groups on campus. The students told him about a problem they had noticed: when group members graduated, there was no one to continue their projects. “This is something that could act independently, so that even when someone leaves, there will be continuity,” said Rose. Now that SU has passed the resolution, Rose said the groups are waiting for the administration to make a move. “At any point, the faculty can say, ‘We’re not going to do this.’ Right now the ball is primarily on the court of the faculty,” said Rose. “We’re hoping they decide to get started right away.” Senior Kerry Chaplin, president of Keshet Jewish GLBTQA group, said that the new coordinator position would address needs not already addressed by current GLBT groups. “Spectrum serves a more social purpose and Safe Zones is more educational, but this would cover all the administrative areas of the university that would be very hard for student groups to go to,” said Chaplin. “For example, if a student were to have a breakdown or GLBTQA emergency, health services redirects people to WUPD, so we need to train them how to handle such a student. No one group can go to all GLBTQA services, while com

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On Thursday, Los Angles District Attorney Steve Coolzed charged Juan Manuel Alvarez, 25, with 11 counts of murder for Wednesday’s deadly train accident that left 11 dead and nearly 200 injured. Alvarez, intending to commit suicide, parked his car on the railroad tracks on Wednesday, but at the last minute changed his mind, leaving his car on the tracks. The Metrolink train collided with his Jeep Cherokee in a ﬁery crash. The accident left three trains crushed. Fearing that the collision was the result of a terrorist act, FBI and National Transportation Safety Board investigators set up a counter-terrorist post near the scene of the accident shortly after the wreck. Within a few hours, authorities concluded that the collision was not an act of terrorism and took Alvarez into custody. The district attorney announced yesterday that the state would likely seek the death penalty for Alvarez.

Fidgety people burn off 350 calories a day A new study suggests that overweight people could lose extra pounds if only they would pick up a nervous tick. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic calculated the calories that leaner people work off just from pacing and ﬁdgeting—about 350 a day—and then translated that number into a yearly weight loss of 30 to 40 pounds a year without additional exercise. Scientists said the difference is probably biological, which suggests that a more sedentary lifestyle actually leads to obesity, instead of obesity being the reason for a sedentary lifestyle.

A federal agency may appeal a southern Illinois officer’s decision to approve an air permit for Peabody Energy Co.’s proposed power plant. The U.S. Federal Wildlife refuge officials, including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agency, are now wary that this new permit would have a harmful impact on the nearby Mingo Cypress Swamp in southeastern Missouri. The officials argued that the new permit might cause acid rain near the swamp. Though Illinois officials believe otherwise, many environmental activist groups, including federal agencies, are concerned that the new permit would cause unforeseen, detrimental effects on the environment. The federal agency has 30 days to decide whether they will appeal Illinois’s decision.

INTERNATIONAL Tsunami crisis prompts peace talks between leaders from Aceh provinces After a tsunami hit southeast Asia earlier this month, leaders from the Aceh provinces and Indonesia have agreed to meet to discuss a possible end to an ongoing war that has lasted 30 years. An Aceh rebel group’s fight for independence from Indonesia came under cease-fire after the tsunami hit and rescuers entered the region to provide emergency aid. Finnish ex-President Martii Ahtisarri persuaded both sides to meet together for a talk. Indonesian President Susil Bamban Yudhoyono hopes that giving ‘special autonomy status’ would bring about peace in the region. Finnish mediators will guide the talk.

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CNYF n FROM PAGE 1 of students, both through individuals’ involvement in performances and also through the large audiences the shows attract. This year, CNYF performers will present a kind of variety hour, with ribbon dancing, fan dancing, a fashion show and martial arts. “Our overall decision to give [CNYF] the money came from the fact that this is CNYF,” said Walker. “We shouldn’t punish everyone because there was some mishandling by the individual.” Treasury Representatives discussed whether they should grant money to such an obviously disorganized group. After debate, however, they decided that withholding the money would be unfair to the many students involved. “CNYF is not a small thing. There are 100 to 150 people performing in the show,” said Agarwal, who attended the Treasury meeting. “If that many people are performing in this event, how can someone like me tell them this event is not worthwhile?” Now that CNYF has missed the deadline to turn in their constitution, they will have to wait several months to become their own organization. Student Union has placed a moratorium on new student groups until March at the earliest. Students will present the show at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4 and at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5. Audience members can purchase tickets to a banquet following the Saturday show.

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The Performing Arts Department will present an adaptation of “The Trojan Women” this weekend at the A. E. Hotchner Studio Theatre. The play, by Greek playwright Euripides, tells the story of a bitter struggle between the cities of Sparta and Athens. During the war, the Athenian army kills all the men on a neutral island, Melos, and sells the women and children into slavery. The play follows a small group of Trojan women as they wait to be sold into slavery. Actors will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

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Biotech ﬁrms and School of Law converge By Dan Daranciang

neering Design. According to David Deal, the administrative director of the clinic, this first team “will work to identify intellectual property issues that would be faced by the design teams as they work on their projects.” “The shift of the economy from a manufacturing-based economy to an information economy has placed emphasis on intellectual property,” said Deal. Other groups are working in diverse situations. Sites include everything from the Missouri Botanical Garden and Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to the Nidus Center, a non-profit organization funded partially by the Monsanto genetic engineering firm. Law student Rachel Rutledge has spent the past month working with clients at the Nidus Center. “I think exposure to working with clients has been the best,” said Rutledge, noting that interaction with clients differed considerably from textbook learning. At the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts, another site involved with the clinic, law students are also getting hands-on experience with a pro bono organization. “When there are cases that come in that seem appropriate for their area of interest, meaning intellectual property, they’re going to talk to the clients,” said Sue Greenberg, the firm’s executive director. Since the students are not technically lawyers, Greenberg noted that “they can’t provide legal counsel yet. But they’ll do preliminary consultation with the clients, and we’ll see if they can’t prepare some research related to client questions.” Completing 15 hours of weekly service at a specific organization and passing the associated class fulfills the School of Law’s capstone requirement.

Staff Reporter Through a new legal clinic, the School of Law now provides St. Louis institutions with legal advice from law students, free of charge. Funded by a $3 million grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Intellectual Property and Business Formation Clinic is currently placing law students in St. Louis organizations where legal aid is both a necessity and a luxury. “Legal clinics have historically served a public service mission as well as an educational mission, and at least part of the clinic’s goal is to provide early-stage legal advice and information for innovators that would not otherwise have access to that advice,” said Charles McManis, professor of law. McManis added that there is “a growing number of intellectual property clinics, but we’re among probably the first five or six schools in the country to establish such a clinic.” Intellectual property has become a hot issue in recent years. All patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets are a form of intellectual property. In an age where technology giants wage war over who invented what first, the necessity of protecting innovation—or, as McManis said, the “intangible property that is a product of human creativity”—has become an oft-repeated theme in courts of law. Joel Seligman, dean of the law school, noted that issues raised by intellectual property are of particular interest to the St. Louis area. “Given the dynamic biotech industry in St. Louis and the emphasis of Washington University on such projects as genetic sequencing and bioengineering, our focus on intellectual property is clearly in the best interest of the School of Law,” said Seligman. The nine students participating in the clinic are divided into four groups, each with its own particular task. The Interdisciplinary Innovation Team is working with Professor Joseph Klaesner, the instructor of BME 401: Biomedical Engi-

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GLBTQA n FROM PAGE 1 municating with the chancellor’s office and career services simultaneously.” The leaders of GLBTQA organizations felt that other campuses around the nation had already successfully established a full time GLBTQA support network. “We currently have very few resources for closeted students. Hopefully, I can see [the GLBT coordinator] stretching into different areas of the University that we can’t access” said Chaplin. Senior Daria Pelech, one of the Safe Zones directors, added that “Residential life, Student Health Services, and Student Admissions don’t have enough support staff to field GLBT questions and that is not acceptable.” A new center will also help make resources more noticeable to students, says Freshman Brandon Menke, international relations officer of Spectrum Alliance. “I think that an addition of an appropriately staffed resource center will bring greater visibility to the cause,” said Menke. “It would show prospective students that there is a system of support at Wash U, whereas before that was not apparent.” When asked about the potential use of OSA funds for hiring a paid coordinator, Junior Ross Eppelheimer said, “I believe any sort of consolidation of these [GLBTQA] student groups is beneficial.” There is still work to be done and much of the proposed resource center is still under planning. A task force was tentatively created to scope out the needs of the GLBTQA community and the proposition will be passed to James McLeod, dean of students, later this month for consideration.

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS n FROM PAGE 1 Harsh Agarwal. During its investigation, SGAC will focus on this issue, and it will also examine such questions as how much control ZBT members have over the SOC executive board. “It boggles my mind that such an amazing event that beneﬁts so many people positively comes under such scrutiny,” said SOC president David Berlin, who is also a member of ZBT. Though ZBT encourages its members to be involved in the event, Berlin maintains this has nothing to do with the legitimacy of the Special Olympics Club. Whatever SOC members do with their time outside the group is completely their own business, he said. “Should The Pizza Party is we become in your room. exclusive and say Greek FREE Delivery. members are 644-3700 not allowed? 6662 Clayton Rd. We send a let-

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ter to every student group asking if they’d like to participate,” Berlin said of the club’s efforts to involve the entire University community. He went on to say that SOC has had participation from a number of students outside of ZBT, including graduate students in the School of Law and Theta Xi fraternity members. Because SOC is a philanthropic event, Berlin said he is happy to take volunteers from all across campus—regardless of whether they are members of ZBT—and also does not care if ZBT may have claimed ownership of the event in the past. “I really don’t give a fuck who takes credit for it,” he said. SOC’s only goal is to provide “a good event that students from Wash U can participate in and beneﬁt from, and that allows them to give back to the community.”

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SU executive compensation revisited D ean of Arts & Sciences Jim McLeod wants to pay Student Union executives. Probably owing to the controversial nature of this idea, McLeod would say little about it, citing that he was in “very preliminary” talks with SU execs on the matter. SU President David Ader said he’d need to hear more speciﬁcs about the plan, “to make sure we’re on the same page.” Regardless of the details, this is a bad idea, one that runs against the very conception of what an elected government should be. Is it appropriate for the pharmaceutical industry or the teacher’s union to pay an elected ofﬁcial’s salary? It’s not hard to see why special interest groups should not be funding elected representatives: representa-

tives are supposed to be beholden to the interest of the people that elected them, not special interests. Likewise, having the administration pay SU execs would raise serious concerns about who was really their primary constituency—students or administrators? In politics, money talks, and it shouldn’t be the administration’s voice that SU hears loudest. If there is going to be any executive compensation, it must be paid for by the student body, from the student activities fee, so that SU execs are only interested in their constituents’ views. The student body soundly defeated a constitutional amendment to allow SU to pay its execs last year, with 72 percent voting against the idea. They were right to do

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t seems the modus operandi of Student Union is, “Laws are made to be broken.” Wednesday night, the Senate voted to retain Josh Gantz as the senior class’ treasurer. Yet the Senate knew Gantz graduated this past December. SU’s Constitution is very explicit: “All members of the Student Union who hold a position in the Student Union must be members in good standing.” And to be in good standing, you have to be an under-

graduate student who has paid the student activities fee. Gantz is enrolled in zero undergraduate credits and has not paid that fee. He is not eligible for ofﬁce. Shame on the senior class for ignoring the constitution, and shame on the Senate for letting them get away with it. Why did SU spend countless hours drafting a new constitution several years ago? They ignore it at every turn today.

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so, since last year the execs tried to sneak the amendment in under the rug without informing the student body of its likely cost. Plus, execs abused their power by spending student money on propaganda to convince students to vote for the failed amendment. The icing on the cake, however, was that some legislators didn’t even think students had a right to decide how much execs would be paid. That said, executive compensation is not inherently a bad idea. It just needs to be put to the student body in a fair and candid manner, and students need plenty of time to discuss and critically evaluate the merits of the proposal. This cannot be a rush process, submitted to the students with a week’s

notice. Here’s our challenge to SU. Spend February having serious discussions on the merits of exec compensation. Come up with good reasons why SU execs should be paid when other student groups’ execs aren’t. Get input from a random survey of students as well as student group leaders. By March 1, have an amendment drafted for the student body to consider over the several weeks before SU elections. Let the student body critically evaluate the proposal without resorting to propaganda to win their approval. SU, “your student government,” should be of the students, by the students and for the students. Here is their chance to prove it.

All men are created equal . . . ?

wo Fridays ago, the National Bureau of Economic Research held a conference in Cambridge, Mass., to discuss the disparity between the sexes and minorities in the fields of mathematics and engineering. While it was not sponsored by Harvard University, one of the keynote speakers was the president of the University, Lawrence H. Summers. Acting as an economist and not as an official representative of the University, Summers received criticism for putting forward a hypothesis that stated that innate, biological differences between men and women could be one of the causes for the disparity in these fields. From an economist’s standpoint, asking this question is valid. President Summers was invited to be provocative and he certainly caused quite a stir. Just one day later he issued a formal apology which stated that he did not say that he believed that this was true and that he is deeply sorry that this has cast his institution in a bad light. Fortunately, he has not backed down from discussing the issue. He still maintains that his mentioning of studies that have documented innate, biological differences between the sexes was appropriate to the situation, and several conference attendees believe that the topic of discussion was “healthily provocative and inoffensive.” While I’m not the president of Harvard and I was not invited to this conference, I feel that I have sufficient training in econometrics to be able to understand the position that these researchers hold. In this day and age we are so hell bent on making everything equal that we forget the fact that we live in an imperfect world and that humans are different, like it or not. I’m not going to be mad if someone tells me that I can’t get pregnant because I’m a

man; it’s a biological fact. On the same issue, women should not get mad when someone tells them that, because they are women, they can’t get erections. Post-op transsexuals aside, that is something that women cannot do. Is it such a bad thing to say that humans are different? However, the implications of debate should end right there. These biological differences should never be the basis for decisionmaking, only for study. When you start using innate differences to stereotype and classify worth, then the problem has gone too far, no matter which side of the spectrum you decide to go. Difference in how men and women learn the sciences have been well documented and this information should be used to create teaching methods best suited for each gender’s learning style. Instead, a witch hunt has been launched, and any practical applications of these studies have been squashed by political correctness and touchy-feelyness. If I were a woman and stood to beneﬁt from this research, I would be more angered by the fact that it was being discouraged than by the fact that it is controversial.

Brian Schroeder

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Private schools not to blame for grade inflation Dear Editor: Re: “Buying your way into Wash U” [Jan. 26. 2005]. Anna Dinndorf makes a number of empirical claims without the empirical evidence to warrant the author’s conclusions. There are two distinct claims made in the article: first, that private schools give their students higher grades than public schools in order to appease the parents who are forking over tons of money; and second, that these inflated grades lead to a disproportionate number of private school students gaining acceptance into elite universities. Both of these claims are simply false. The problem of grade inflation is a nationwide issue not confined to public or private schools. Students applying to college all over the country have ridiculously high grades. Take, for example, a school that most of us would not deem as “elite,” the University of Montana. Professor Mark S. Cracolice at that school discusses its freshman class, noting, “The high school grade point average for college freshmen has reached yet another record high. The percentage of this year’s entering class earning an A– or higher average in high school is now at 47 percent, and only five percent of students earned a C+ average or lower. In other words, nearly all of our freshman students had a high school grade average of B or above, and about half had an A average.” In a world where everyone is getting really high grades, grades no longer can serve as the sole way, or for that matter even a particularly strong way,

for universities to rank and separate applicants. In the end, Dinndorf is undoubtedly correct that private school students have an advantage over public school students in gaining admission to top tier colleges, but this edge is clearly not based on grade inﬂation at private schools. -Sam Duby Class of 2007

Private school students work hard Dear Editor: I think that it is incredibly ignorant to assume that “many” students coming to Washington University from private schools gain entrance through grade inﬂation and wealth. I graduated in 2003 from an East Coast private school and can tell you from my experiences that the assumption is in no way valid. Not only did I work hard every day of my high school life to maintain my 5.0 GPA, but I was also a member of our celebrated sailing and fencing teams, and competed annually in the America’s Cup Regatta. As for wealth, assumptions are also sorely mistaken. Nearly 90 percent of the minorities at my high school were on academic scholarship and every day after football and basketball practice they would attend private sessions with tutors to make sure they kept up their grades enough to get into schools like Washington University. As for myself, rather then spending weekends with

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my classmates at Augusta National or on my father’s Reynolds catamaran, I would work 20 hours at a mere $17.50 per hour to maintain payments on my H-2. From now on, before you make judgments about “privies” like myself I think you should sit back and think about the everyday trials and tribulations that we all go through. I know that after coming here I expect to make enough money to send my kids to a private school so that they may partake in the same hardworking lifestyle that I’ve gone through, and I’m sure that you will want the same for your children as well. -Eric Eisenberg Class of 2007

Flexes: a failed idea Dear Editor: Re: “Center Court: a worthwhile tradition” [Jan. 26, 2005]. As former co-chairman of the Student Union/Congress of the South 40 Student Food Committee, I strongly disagree with your recent staff editorial’s assertion that Washington University Dining Services should reintroduce ﬂexes into its meal plans. In fact, I was shocked to learn that some of you who wrote the opinion piece are seniors, as a great majority of students who lived through the days of ﬂexes surely would oppose their return—and with good reason. First, the current outcry of students who rightfully complain about losing

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their unused points at the end of the year would increase dramatically. Why? The old flexes expired every week, and students were forced to budget their meal plans on a weekly basis. People who traveled back to home or to interviews frequently often lost many dollars worth of flexes every week. Second, if you think Bear’s Den is crowded now, you must have forgotten what it was like right before the weekly flex expiration marathons a few years ago. Back in the day, students made their weekly pilgrimages to the Den to buy bag-loads of soda and other beverages or to binge-eat in order to avoid losing their (or their parents’) money. Third, the cashiers at the various eateries on campus often would mistakenly use students’ points to pay for food after asked to “flex it.” By no means is this a complaint against Wash U’s hardworking employees; rather, it was the result of an overly complex meal plan system. And fourth, while you raise a valid point that Dining Services should attempt to raise attendance at Center Court, reintroducing flexes is certainly not the answer. Currently, Dining Services is attempting to reinvent Center Court through redecorating and offering themed dinner nights. While these actions have not proven successful yet, they might catch on eventually. Furthermore, as any student of economics knows, if Dining Services really wants to “create an economic incentive to eat there”—and not simply to antagonize students with a poor policy change—it could just lower prices at Center Court. Considering all this, I do not want to ignore the possibility that the

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student body might have permanently lost interest in Center Court. Perhaps this apathy has been caused by a newer, better Bear’s Den, social and cultural inﬂuences or other factors. Regardless of the causes, though, Dining Services ought not to distort students’ eating preferences by reversing the hard-fought campaign waged by past Washington University students to eliminate ﬂexes and to improve dining options on campus. -Christopher Starr Class of 2005

C.C. good for nutrition Dear Editor: I’d like to second the recommendation for more students to try Center Court for their evening meal. As indicated in the staff editorial and in the op-ed by Daniel Ramirez [“Make it our Court,” Jan. 26, 2005], healthy options are much easier to ﬁnd in Center Court and the variety of foods offered is another nutritional plus. Having a variety of foods to choose from makes it easier to meet nutritional needs without even trying. In addition, variety helps keep eating exciting and enjoyable. When the menu changes daily and the choices within a food group are numerous, the odds of getting bored decrease signiﬁcantly, meaning you can maintain a healthier eating pattern. -Connie Diekman Director of University Nutrition

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LAST GAME: Wash. U. 64, Carnegie Mellon 43 TEAM NOTES: The Bears have defeated the Tartans for the 23rd consecutive time. Senior Kelly Manning led the Bears with 15 points. The score at halftime was 40-14. Senior Hallie Hutchens scored 10 points to move past Angie Kohnen into 10th all time in scoring with 925 points. DID YOU KNOW: The Bears have never beaten Brandeis, their next opponent. NEXT GAME: Wash. U. AT Brandeis, Friday, Jan. 28 at 6:00 p.m.

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Men earn 1000 win in program history, women reach No. 500 on the same day Saturday, Jan. 23 proved to be a milestone day for each of the Washington University basketball programs as the men’s team posted its 1000th win in program history and the women broke the 500-win mark. Including the University, only 60 teams in Division III history have ever recorded 1,000 wins or more. Both victories came against Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on the heels of winning streaks. Coming into Saturday’s game, the men’s team had won six of nine games while the women’s streak encompassed eight wins in 10 games. A 93-83 men’s victory came from the stellar threepoint shooting of senior Rob Keller, who went 5-for-10 from beyond the arc and scored 26 points in 31 minutes, tying his career high. All in all, the Bears shot 12-of-24 from long range. The superb passing of a key player, junior Scott Stone, contributed to the memorable day. Stone, who has already amassed a team-leading 84 assists on the season, lent nine assists to the Bears’ offense. Senior Anthony Hollins is second on the team in assists with 36. The women’s game against CMU was deﬁned by a strong defensive strategy centered around solid turnovers. This plan worked well, and the Lady Bears walked off the court at halftime with a 40-14 edge after forcing the ball away from CMU 18 times. Despite being outscored in the second half 23-29, the Bears’ ﬁrst half domination was too much for CMU to overcome and the University posted a 63-43 win. Senior Kelly Manning was the leading scorer in the game with 15 points while senior Hallie Hutchens came away with a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Today the men’s team (10-6, 2-3 UAA) and women’s team (14-2, 4-1 UAA) square off at Brandeis University in Boston, Mass.

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SWIMMING & DIVING LAST MEET: Women’s squad finished in first place (of seven teams) at WU Invitational at Millstone Pool and the men’s squad finished third. RECENT KEY PERFORMERS: Freshman Meredith Nordbrock broke the school record for the 400-yard individual medley. The freshman phenom already holds or shares four other records. On the men’s side, senior Craig Goergen scored a season-high 419.60 points to lead the men.

qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200IM and the 200 back...Junior Allie Boettger and sophomore Monica Jones also qualified for NCAA “B” cuts in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, respectively. DID YOU KNOW: The men fell just two points shy of finishing second. Second place DePauw (634.5) just barely edged out the Bears (632.5). NEXT MEET: University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships on Feb. 10-12 in Chicago, Ill.

TEAM UPDATE: Nordbrock earned an NCAA “B” cut for her record-breaking performance in the 400-yard individual medley. She also provisionally

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MEN’S BASKETBALL LAST GAME: Wash. U. 93, Carnegie Mellon 83 RECENT KEY PERFORMERS: Senior Rob Keller scored a careerhigh 26 points. Freshman Troy Ruths, senior Anthony Hollins, and junior Scott Stone each contributed 12 points. The Bears shot an impressive 48 percent from beyond the arc. DID YOU KNOW: Wash. U. is looking for its 1,001th win in its next game against Brandeis. NEXT GAME: Wash. U. AT Brandeis, Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:00 p.m. NATIONAL RANKING: Unranked

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Trojan Women: Ancient Greece meets the 21st Century By Laura Vilines When one envisions Greek theater, one is likely to call to mind images of amphitheatres, elaborate masks and Dionysian celebrations. Rarely does one recall feminist literature, anti-war sentiments and St. Louis icon and rap star Nelly. However, this weekend, Greek theater will experience a renewal of sorts, as “Trojan Women,” written by Euripides in 415 B.C., will grace the Hotchner stage. Complete with a rapping chorus, the play focuses on the women of Troy following the fall of the city. As the women grieve for their lost sons and husbands,

they also prepare to be divided among the Greeks and to leave their homeland. The play is directed by Ron Himes, the founder and producing director of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company and a Washington University alumnus. Performances will be held today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Performances will resume Feb. 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance from the Edison Theater box ofﬁce.

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Senior Rob Keller shows his offensive prowess as he attempts to make his way past a Carnegie Mellon defender.

The Flipside of Pop Culture By Tyler Weaver

Tyler’s Oscar Booby Prizes Much has been made already of the 77th annual Oscar nominations, which arrived this past Tuesday heavy with Scorsese-love and indefensibly absent of one Paul Giamatti. While I’ll continue lamenting the “Sideways” star’s omission for quite some time, it felt appropriate to scan the list of what the Academy deemed great and bestow a few awards on those most notably forgotten: Best Adapted Screenplay: “Spider-Man 2,” easily the feel-good, asskicking blockbuster of the year, plowed through a handful of screenwriters and was built upon some serious effects work, but managed to condense a massive comic mythology into something thrilling, touching, fun and—in its own way—wonderful. The letdown that the original “Spider-Man” was only proved how difficult crafting a good comic movie can be, and its sequel showed how satisfying the results can be when the work is done very, very well. Best Original Song: All right, fi ne, you can’t nominate a song previously released for an Oscar. It’s one of their stupid rules. But rarely is a tune used to such exquisite effect as, in “Closer,” is Damien Rice’s “The Blower’s Daughter.” Bookending a very difficult movie with yearning and genuine romanticism, Rice’s music is what sets the fi lm’s tone and veers it back toward hope when all seems lost. I’d see the picture again, if only for those opening and closing credits. Best Supporting Actress: She received a nomination for her admirable turn in “The Aviator,” but Cate Blanchett’s restrained work in “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” was the best thing by far in an atypical Wes Anderson misfi re. Blanchett’s relative straight-man performance managed resolution and tenderness amidst quirky whimsy gone wild, and the fi lm’s hollow center was forgotten every time her vivid character appeared onscreen. Best Fake PSA: Okay, so this isn’t a real category, but I saw “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle” last night, and the anti-marijuana public service ad the title duo catches on television made me laugh as hard as anything in any movie this year. “I’m so high...nothing can hurt me!” Classic. Best Original Screenplay: Depressingly—unless “The Aviator” pulls off a sweep—Charlie Kaufman will probably bring home the Oscar that fi lm sycophants have been praying he’d win since the overrated “Being John Malkovich.” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is certainly Kaufman’s fi nest work so far (followed by the forgotten, woefully underestimated “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”), but any fi lm built so clearly on a gimmick (not to mention the writer’s usual dollop of painful male angst) doesn’t deserve an Academy Award. Zach Braff’s cozy “Garden State,” though hardly the generational landmark theorists and thefacebook users have claimed it to be, showed a deft touch with character and warm human comedy that felt more like home than any movie this year. Best Picture: I can’t argue with “Sideways” or even “The Aviator.” “Million Dollar Baby,” out today in St. Louis, has some mighty expectations to fulfi ll. But the best movie I saw this year before Alexander Payne’s ode to wine country was a quickly-forgotten fi lm released way back in July to quiet acclaim. It did manage an adapted screenplay nod, but “Before Sunset” is much more than a fi nely-written fi lm. It is one of the best pictures to be found from 2004, divinely scripted, acted and directed, from its awkward, pitch-perfect outset to the sublime fi nal shot. Richard Linklater put together one of 2003’s best studio pics with “School of Rock,” but he proves with “Before Sunset” that his touch for humanistic, richly-felt cinema has never been in better tune. C’mon, Academy. Get your head straight.

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Your Horoscope for Friday, January 28, 2005 By Linda C. Black, Tribune Media Services Today’s Birthday (01-28-05). You’re good at putting things into order this year, so clean up old messes. You’ll find you’ll be a lot more creative when you have more room to work. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8. More and more assignments are coming your way. Don’t be annoyed, even if your paycheck isn’t fatter yet. That’ll happen, naturally. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8. A meaningful conversation leads to plans for a new adventure. Enjoy the sweetness of the discussion in the safety of your snug nest. Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6. Conditions for travel are pretty good, but even better yet are conditions for having folks over to your place. Better get some chips and dips.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 7. You can be a big help to a person who’s in a bit of a jam. Provide the data to prove you’ve really got things at your end under control. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 6. Paying off your debts is good, and you’ve been doing that. Also good is having other people pay you what they owe. Remind them, if they forget. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. You’re not only confident, you’re also very cute. Somebody you like finds you attractive. Listen and be compassionate, and you’ll strengthen that impression. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 6. Sort and file and label things. Get everything into order, your closets, your drawers, even your garage. You’ll feel so much better. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 7 . The team looks to you for direction. You always seem to know what to do.

Calm them down and provide certainty, and they’ll be more effective. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 6. Cash in your coupons and send in your rebates. Yes, you will have to find some receipts, but it’ll be worth the effort. You’ll wind up with more jingle in your pockets. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7. You’d rather test the limits than not, and you’re very curious. An old injury may be holding you back, but that’s not a terrible thing. It’s good to be a bit cautious.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 6. Details are important. From them, you build workable plans. They’re rather a chore to sort out, but time doing that is well spent. And, now’s your chance. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7. A very critical person is good to have on your side. To accomplish that, you’ll have to listen and

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A non-stop three hour flight to the Oscars By Matt Simonton If this year has taught us anything, it’s that big-screen heroism is to be found in the past. Modern-day dramas such as “Sideways” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” focused on life’s more mundane events (although, admittedly, to the point of making them magical), while the largerthan-life hubbub was left for biopics like “Ray,” “Kinsey” and even “The Passion of the Christ.” All of which explains Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator,” whose length and breadth dwarf all others. In this th ree -hour epic—and thank God, one that surpasses “Gangs of New York”— Scorsese brings us the biggest figure i m a g i n a ble , produce r/ d i rector/ a i r pla ne magnate/ mental headcase Howard Hughes. The result may not be worth the fi lm’s 11 Oscar nominations, but Scorsese and the fantastic Leonardo DiCaprio give us one hell of a look at the American dream. So who was Howard Hughes? Most people now associate him with reclusion and germophobia, but the fi lm reveals a character made of much grander stuff. When we fi rst meet Hughes (DiCaprio), he’s desperately trying to fi nish his breakthrough picture, “Hell’s Angels,” even if it means draining the funds from the drill bit company he has inherited. DiCaprio

gives us a young man driven, capricious and obnoxiously in control (in one telling scene he refuses cigarettes, drinks strictly milk and effortlessly seduces a night club waitress). His profl igate spending and stubbornness initially turn us off, but screenwriter John Logan soon changes that. The turn comes with rising star Katherine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett), whom Hughes, in his signature style, acquires following a bombastic entrance and a terse invitation. Being unfamiliar with Hepburn’s work, it’s difficult to say whether Blanchett’s performance truly captures her personality, but as a character she’s riveting, despite looking somewhat like a clown impersonating Annie Lennox. She’s all New England loquaciousness and intellect, rattling off opinions about Picasso and Mussolini while Hughes knows only ambition and success. In her company, though, we begin to appreciate Hughes’s everyman virtue, especially at a dinner party with her snobby family, who, in Hughes’ words, “Don’t care about money because you have it.” Softened by Kate’s love, Hughes is also able to disclose his uncertainty. “Sometimes I see things that aren’t there,” he admits, although a more accurate description would be that he sees too many things that are there, including dust, germs and other dangers for the obsessivecompulsive. With every camera flash, handshake and rare steak, we catch a glimpse of Hughes’s profound disgust and fear, which he must suppress in his quest for greatness. And greatness does come, in spades. Throughout the fi lm, we listen to Hughes’s accountant Noah Dietrich (John C. Reilly) spout a never-ending list of superlatives, including “most expensive fi lm ever,” “fastest man alive” and “largest airplane purchase in history.” The man knew how to live large. Unfortunately, his valleys were often as low as his mountains were

high. Rival airplane men, particularly Juan Trippe of Pan-Am (a wonderfully smug Alec Baldwin), prey on Hughes’s weaknesses, and a horrific plane crash sends him into seclusion and the depths of madness. When he emerges from his own private hell, his formerly long hair and fi ngernails trimmed and his moustache concealing a twitching, grunting mouth, Hughes is older and weaker, but his spirit is untarnished. Great feats still lie ahead, namely a Senate investigation into wartime profiteering and the completion of a mammoth airliner, the Hercules. DiCaprio navigates these dramatic waters (and skies!) with ease, revealing a knack for both charm and depth that has been completely lacking from his previous efforts. When the Hercules rises from the New York harbor like a flying Titanic, you get the feeling that Leo is eclipsing his past demons and truly establishing himself. Despite its excessive length, “The Aviator” can only be described as a fun time at the movies. Scorsese and DiCaprio have crafted a thoughtful, well-acted, and just damn entertaining picture, the sort of mammoth, Cecil B. DeMille-sized Hollywood epic that would make Howard Hughes himself proud.

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By Michelle Lawrence

(The male) sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll Harvard President Larry Summers caused quite a hubbub recently when he suggested that women might have more difficulty with the sciences because of genetic predispositions. Now, my knowledge about genetics doesn’t extend much farther than “Jurassic Park,” so I won’t make a scientific inquiry here. But the question has still been nagging me: Why are most of the hardcore record collectors men? That’s not to say that women don’t like their music. It’s just that when you think of the truly obsessed junkie, images of unkempt middle-aged men and eager, antisocial college boys spring to mind. Like Steve Buscemi’s character Seymour from “Ghost World,” record collectors are presumably male misfits who return home from dead-end jobs to fi nd solace in old Hank Williams albums. My own experiences lend themselves to this androcentric view. Not only are all my favorite record haunts populated by ghostly old dudes, swapping inane trivia about Nick Lowe side projects, but almost all my collecting habits have worked this way too. Whether it was cards, comic books or music, my addictions have been, so to speak, sausage fests. Where are the ladies? One easy answer is that those pursuits are aimed, you know, AT MEN. We won’t go into too much detail with comics, except to say that any medium that crams in as many hypermasculine meatheads and spandex-busting superheroines as possible must have something to do with the adolescent boy demographic. Just check out Rebecca Romijn’s body paintsporting character from the “X-Men” movies and you’ll see that the tradition is alive and well. Similarly, music has been a predominately male industry, with everyone from Mick Jagger to Motley Crue extolling the virtues of masculinity, usually from the vantage point of a hot tub fi lled with naked women and champagne. Also notable are the phrases “rock out with your cock out” and just plain “cock rock” (a genre that Velvet Revolver recently resuscitated). As James Brown once said, in my least favorite song of his, “It’s a man’s, man’s, man’s world.” Another idea could be that men are culturally programmed to acquire. Whether that means sports cars or Bright Eyes albums, it’s all the same. Perhaps there is a demand for men to have gigantic, wall-spanning CD collections. (Although this is not likely to have aided many guys in their romantic pursuits. Especially if you’re pretty poor otherwise. Then it implies that you’d rather spend your money on music than, say, food or toilet paper.) And, of course, with a giant collection comes a giant mental landfi ll stocked with random factoids that you can use to impress others. For instance, did you know that Keith Richards came up with the riff for “Satisfaction” in his sleep? Or that Bob Dylan once sang “Hava Nagila” at a Bar Mitzvah with Harry Dean Stanton? Wait, wait, come back! But seriously, despite those slapdash theories, there remains another question, the most important question. Is there something about men that makes them enjoy music as an activity in itself more than women? Certainly not. For one thing, I know plenty of girls who know more about music than me and my record-collecting brethren. Lest we forget, just a few years ago former editor Jess Minnen built an empire out of the Cadenza music section. Similarly, a quick perusal of thefacebook reveals plenty of ladies with a “favorite music” section that reads like a novella. I just think the disproportionate numbers have to do with music’s decidedly chauvinistic past. As the intimidating geezers who currently frequent the record stores pass on, more and more women will fi ll the gaps. And if some men would stop talking about their Smiths singles long enough to hear a girl’s opinion, the process might become even faster. In any case, the democratization of music marches on, which is always for the best. And now that we’ve established that gals can be just as fanatical as guys, I might add, “SWM seeks F for musical enjoyment. Must like Al Green, Frank Zappa, and Sleater-Kinney…”

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It’s not clear exactly what “Worlds Apart” means as a title for this album, at least according to the band. Perhaps they intend to inform us that they are now much different from the group we used to know, an accurate interpretation, as original member Neil Busch has departed and other percussionists have stepped in. It may also be that “Worlds Apart” describes the music on this album, which falls very far from the aggressive, emotional rock they have done so far (save for a few moments on their recent “The Secret of Elena’s Tomb” EP). Whichever title interpretation you choose, it is clear that they did not record another “Source Tags & Codes,” their most acclaimed album. The two songs that make the least sense on this album come early in the tracklisting: “Ode to Isis” and the album’s title track. “Ode to Isis” is sweeping, orchestral and ﬁ lled with layers of screaming voices, as well as a choir. It comes off as cheesy and inappropriate. The lead vocal on “Worlds Apart” is just as cheesy as “Ode to Isis,” and the lyrics are also insincere and superﬁcial (some re-hashed junk about celebrity). Member Jason Reece has previously contributed interesting and different

songs to albums, an effort repeated here with “Caterwaul”; its layers of piano and voice work well. “Classic Arts Showcase” is a throwback to poppy ‘90s alternative rock, “Let it Dive” is like good songs they have written before—grand with familiar guitar work—and “All White” has an almost ‘70s Elton John feel. If you are a die-hard fan of this band, you may be confused and alienated by this album, especially if you miss the Trail of Dead that used to sound like a mix between Sonic Youth and Fugazi. This album has a lot of good things on it, but the bad things on it are really bad and it doesn’t ﬂow as cohesively as the band’s previous outings.

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Worlds Apart Interscope Records For fans of: Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins Grade: BFinal word: A brand-new mixed direction for the band. Download these tracks: “Will You Smile Again,” “Caterwaul”

Ani DiFranco: Not just for angry middle school feminists By Austin Thompson I found that DiFranco is talented and not undeserving of the dogmatic adoration of my middle school feminist colleagues. Until now I’ve associated Ani DiFranco with a few girls in my She, like all artists who have “a message,” is at her best when she middle school who burned their bras in front of the school and concentrates not on delivering a sermon but creating beautiful didn’t believe in shaving their armpits. In the past, this associa- music. For example, “Studying Stones,” a song that wouldn’t tion, created by their passion for her music and insistence that stick out on a country music station with its orchestral accomone pronounce DiFranco’s name correctly (“AH-nee”), prevented paniment and nostalgic theme, is the best on the album, solely me from actually listening to her music. But when her latest because DiFranco skips out on formula and concentrates on album, “Knuckle Down,” was received by the Cadenza ofﬁce, I good songwriting. “Modulation” is another funky tune where decided that she deserved an actual listen before I marked her DiFranco breaks out and sings honest lyrics about love and loss down as another hippie musician I didn’t like. with some nice guitar work on the side. Conversely, “Parameters,” a sort of spoken word/rap piece with chords in the background, is just downright Ani DiFranco bad music, even though it deals with the imKnuckle Down portant issue of sexual violence. “Knuckle Down” certainly shows DiFranRighteous Babe Records co’s talent in places, but seems formulaic and For fans of: Girly Men, Indigo Girls, Dalacks depth in others. This being her twentyvid Bowie’s Androgyny period somethingth album, published a year after her last, DiFranco has nothing to be ashamed Grade: Bof; but, then again, maybe she should wait, Final word: Unless you’re a huge fan, say, a year and a half until recording the don’t bother. next. Download these tracks: “Studying Stones,” “Modulation,” “Lag Time”

Pop-rock T’s sound a little too plain By Adam Summerville I am sure that many—actually, probably most—readers have never listened to the Plain White T’s or even heard of them; however, I’m certain that most would agree that they have a very familiar sound and could have sworn that they’ve listened to them before. I hate to make the comparison, but the Plain White T’s hold very true to their name. They are indeed plain, almost bland, but they do have the positive of being comforting in their familiarity. The band has a decent sound, and I am sure that it will be agreeable to many people given the popularity of Jimmy Eat World, whom the Plain White T’s copy so expertly. The album suffers from poor recording, at times sounding very tinny and lacking any sort of depth or warmth. The band forges no new ground with the content of their songs, with every song dealing with unrequited love, former lovers, falling in love or falling out of love. While these are all fair topics, especially for pop/rock aimed at t e e n a g e r s, Burgers. Wings. Pizza. given the Bring it on. Free Delivery. b l a n d n e s s of the band they do 644-3700 t hemselves 6662 Clayton Rd.

no favors by repeating the same themes. The songs that are more pop-infused are better than those with slightly more rock ﬂair, since they do have very catchy melodies and choruses. If you are a fan of Jimmy Eat World, then chances are good that you’ll be a fan of the Plain White T’s. At ﬁ rst listen you might even believe you are listening to a new, quickly churned out, Jimmy Eat World album. However, for fans of the pop/rock genre who are less-than-impressed with Jimmy Eat World, this album might be worth a casual listen, although odds are it will not spark a need for more. The Plain White T’s appear at Vintage Vinyl today at 5:30.

Plain White T’s All That We Needed Fearless Records For fans of: Jimmy Eat World, Jets to Brazil Grade: BFinal word: These Plain White T’s could use a little color. Listen-worthy tracks: “Take Me Away,” “All That We Needed”

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Add some Falafel to your Sunday diet: Falafel Beatz kicks off its ﬁfth season By Susannah Cahalan

Falafel powers unite: DJ Ellioto and DJ Davizzle show off the logo. Deep in the recesses of the Olin Women’s Building dwells the most powerful DJ duo on KWUR: the Falafel Brothers of the immensely popular hip-hop show, Falafel Beatz. Suited in hooded sweatshirts and infamous Falafel insignia t-shirts, DJ Ellioto, a.k.a. Elliot Darvick from Birmingham, Mich., and DJ Davizzle, a.k.a. Dave Fernandes from Scarsdale, N.Y., successfully kicked off their fi fth season this past Sunday. Playing such diverse underground hip-hop acts as Insight, Brother Ali, Royce Da 5’9” and Mainflow, Falafel Beatz has secured a place on KWUR as being the place to hear obscure, high energy hip-hop. The Falafel mix of musical knowledge and humor (as seen in the show’s opening sequence) has broken KWUR records by capturing a widespread audience. It’s hard to say how many people actually listen to Falafel Beatz. The show averages about 20 to 30 online listeners, but it’s impossible to judge the number of listeners through the airwaves. During the inaugural show of the fifth season, fans hailed from all over the United States, including New Orleans, Indiana, and North Carolina. So far Falafel Beatz has attracted an audience from 10 states, but according to Fernandes, the show’s “ultimate goal is all over the United States.” Another indication of the show’s popularity is the constant flow of instant messages from Wash U students, parents, friends from school and listeners from other parts of the country. During the show, at least 25 people constantly IMed, requesting tracks, commenting on song choices and poking fun at the DJs. Falafel Beatz may specialize in underground hip-hop music, but it thrives on the banter between Darvick and Fernandes. They interact like an old married couple that bickers over track lists instead of taking out the garbage. During the kickoff show, a listener’s requested track, Pretty Willy’s “This is What They Told Me,” started a vehement disagreement over the treatment of fans. Darvick decided to cut the song short, explaining, “It was a Falafel fi rst, but we have to uphold our reputation.” In opposition, Fernandes responded, “But the most important thing for us is to treat our fans well.”

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Clearly, some problems may arise when performing a live radio show. Most of the show is improvised and for Darvick it is a “test of endurance” when things don’t go exactly as expected. Adding to opening show jitters, technical difficulties caused a considerable amount of pre-show drama. However, the impromptu interactions between the two DJs are the most entertaining bits of the show. For instance, the “random track of the day” is completely unprepared. Fernandes closes his eyes and picks a record from the hip-hop LP stacks and plays it on air. The DJs then dissect the song, rating it off of an unusual scale from -5 to 5. The random track of the opening show was Y’all So Stupid’s “Soul Messiah.” With a name like that, it’s surprising how good the song ended up being. (It was rated a solid 3.) According to fans of the show, the chemistry between Darvick and Fernandes is what truly makes the show so popular. On and off the air, Darvick and Fernandes play distinctly different roles. Darvick insists that he’s “the brains behind the operation,” covering most of the “smaller details,” such as running the Web page, sending out emails and getting the general word out about the show. Fernandes tends to “have the ideas” and makes sure to “keep [Darvick] under control.” But they both agree that through their differences they “work off each other to keep going.” The birth of the Falafel Brothers, nearly three years ago, has been a fairytale from the very beginning. The two met during an ArtSci Weekend and bonded over a mutual interest in hip-hop. During that very fi rst weekend, Darvick suggested that they do a KWUR radio show. “We wanted to take advantage of what the school offers,” explained Darvick. Soon after, the two fledgling DJs started training and began their radio show at 2 a.m., otherwise known as “the graveyard shift.” Even during their most unpopular fi rst season, Falafel Beatz received international attention. Darvick explains: “When we had our show at 2 a.m. we had a guy from Saudi Arabia e-mail us and tell us he was listening. He used to live in St. Louis. So he listened to KWUR and asked us to give a shout-out to his son.” Strange occurrences, international recognition and school-wide hype continued as the two moved out of the early morning hours and nearer to the primetime. They received a call from China and a strange visit from a local rapper. Ratings climbed steadily through a combination of what Fernandes believes is “the good unknown hip-hop” and what Darvick insists is the “dogged persistence in making sure people listen to the show.” Both DJs “live and breathe” the show. Darvick makes sure to tell everyone he meets about KWUR, to the possible chagrin of his closer pals, and Fernandes maintains that the show is a “soundtrack to his life.” The determination paid off. Now Falafel Beatz occupies the 10 p.m. slot on Sunday nights, the most desirable hour for hip-hop shows (because inappropriate lyrics cannot be

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