Student Life | February 6, 2008

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Undergrads bolster Obama, McCain v On Super Tuesday, students mobilize to vote, taking advantage of South 40 polls

v Exit polls show stronger Obama,

McCain support than statewide results

BY NEWS STAFF Washington University Students came out to vote yesterday in the presidential primaries at polling stations on Trinity Ave., Our Lady of Lourdes on Northmoor Dr. and—for the first time—on the South 40.

Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) split several key races across the country with Obama faring especially well in the Midwestern and Mountain states and Clinton in the Western and Northeastern states. Senator John McCain won a plurality of Republican primaries, though both of his leading competitors won victories around the nation.

Students said that the new polling stations on the South 40 made voting easy and convenient.

“It’s good because it’s so accessible,” said Student Union (SU) President Neil Patel.

“Students just have to walk a short distance to get there.

Because it’s visible it’s going to have an impact. It becomes part of the community.”

The station on the South 40 was one of several efforts by student groups and the administration to encourage students to vote.

Another service available to students for the first time this year was a shuttle service transporting them from Mallinckrodt to polling stations near campus. The shuttles were organized in part by the administration and paid for by a Student Union executive fund at a cost of

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Students vote in the presidential primary Tuesday afternoon in Friedman Lounge in Wohl Center on the South 40. over $1400.

“It’s a wonderful idea,” said SU Treasurer Marius Johnson. “It promotes good citizenship.”

Johnson said that though SU was in favor of giving students an easier path to the voting booths, he is not sure whether the service will be available for the general election in November.

“There’s going to be a couple of factors [regarding the shuttles’ availability],” he said. “It will depend on who the [SU] executives are.”

Matt Adler, a student who spearheaded the shuttle ini-

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Wash. U. voters turn out for Obama, McCain Obama 81.8% Clinton 19.2% Information was collected at all three polling locations for Wash. U. students.

Romney 25%

McCain 60%

Paul 10% Prefer not to respond 5%

Departing from the statewide trends in Missouri, Washington University students overwhelmingly voted for Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator John McCain (D-AZ), according to exit polls conducted by Student Life.

Senators Obama and McCain both won hard fought victories in the state’s Super Tuesday contests by a very small margin.

In data from exit polls conducted by Student Life within the three precincts in which most University students vote, Senator Obama received 80 percent of the student vote in the Democratic contest and Senator McCain received 60 percent of the student vote in the Republican contest.

Senator Clinton garnered 20 percent of the votes among University students, considerably less than the 48 percent that she garnered statewide.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney brought in 25 percent of the student vote, while in the final statewide tally he finished third.

Although Senator McCain won the Missouri primary, his margin among the general election was far smaller than among University students; as of press time, fewer than 10,000 votes separated Senator McCain from his nearest competitor, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

Student voting trends are largely in line with—though more pronounced than—the trends for surrounding St. Louis County where Senator Obama received 71 percent of the vote.

In line with trends from previous polls of the University community, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and healthcare topped students list of the largest factor in deciding for whom to vote.

Breaking with the campuswide trend, those Democrats that voted for Senator Clinton were more likely to identify healthcare as the most pressing issue facing the nation.

Throughout the election, Senator Obama has drawn media attention for the sustained support he has received from young voters-a group traditionally thought to be politically apathetic.

“Young people have really woken up over these past four years,” said Tamia Booker, the campus events manager at the Center for American Progress.

“So many things have happened and changed and young people have become more interested and more progressive.”

Despite the relatively lackluster support for other candidates among University voters, nationwide all presidential candidates have enjoyed support from a new generation of voters.

“I think that what Senator Obama did is really start the trend in terms of paying attention to young voters,” said Booker. “He did get a large turnout in Iowa, but when you go to New Hampshire you get a large turnout for Senator Clinton.”

The exit poll was administered through the day by Student Life reporters at the three polling places in which the majority of University students vote: Wohl Center, Our Lady of Lourdes Church and Trinity Presbyterian Church.

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With change to housing options, ResLife alters lottery

Forman resigns as SU secretary

BY JEREMY ROGOFF

BY BEN SALES

STAFF REPORTER When students enter the housing lottery this year, they will notice some significant changes to the pecking order in certain rounds.

In an effort to ensure housing for underclassmen, the Office of Residential Life approved a revised selection system designed to draw juniors and seniors away from the South 40 and into residences on the North Side of campus and off-campus.

The second and third rounds of the lottery, which fill the North Side locations and the South 40, respectively, will undergo the most significant change. Students in search of apartments in Millbrook, Loop Lofts, Greenway, Rosedale, U-Drive and suites in the Village or Lopata House will select in the second round using their randomly assigned lottery numbers.

The second round will also fill Village East, a new 152-bed apartment complex with double beds and four-person suites scheduled to open in the fall.

Higher priority will be given to students who have lived in the Residential Life system the longest.

Next, in the third round, the lottery will progress in reverse order, giving rising sophomores top priority on the South 40 and

then allowing remaining upperclassmen to fill vacant rooms.

In modifying the selection process, Residential Life sought to encourage underclassmen to remain involved with their residential colleges on the South 40 and to help juniors and seniors

secure more independent housing on the other side of campus.

In collaboration with a student task force, the change was made to “give priority to the students who we felt belonged living on the South 40,” said Cheryl Stephens, associate director of

Residential Life. “The seniority of your lottery number stays the same, but the South 40 is a reverse lottery.”

The new wrinkle to the lottery comes in anticipation of the

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Wash. U. students to ride microgravity plane

BY JOHN SCOTT STAFF REPORTER Many people know it as the “Vomit Comet.”

The formal name is the C9 microgravity plane, a NASA resource that will be used this spring by a group of students from Washington University’s Aerospace Systems Lab as part of the University’s nanosatellite project.

The Bandit/Akoya project, a name that refers to the two satellites involved, has been underway since 2003. Since that time, the team has designed and built the two-part satellite.

The test this spring will determine the functionality of Bandit’s maneuvering abilities in a zero gravity environment.

Akoya, the host satellite, weighs

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just 29 kilograms, while Bandit weighs three. During flight, Bandit can detach and maneuver around Akoya.

The Bandit is designed to control and orient itself during flight but can also be controlled remotely.

Sophomore Katie Sullivan, the team leader, said the satellite needs to be tested in a zero gravity environment in order to see if it can be maneuvered properly.

“We have absolutely no idea how these things function in space. We want to see how it functions in zero gravity. The only way you can do that on earth is to take a plane and fly straight down,” said Sullivan.

The test is part of NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. The

University is one of 11 schools participating in the Nanosat-5 competition.

Junior Mary Mathias has worked on the project since last year. According to Mathias, a different team also performed tests on the satellite last year, but it did not yield the desired results. The problem was that the design of the experiment did not allow Bandit to move freely, as it was confined to a large box.

This time, however, the satellite will not be confined.

“It didn’t work so well because you have such a short time of microgravity, [and] it was hitting the sides of the box.

We are going to do a free float this time,” said Mathias.

According to Sullivan, allowing Bandit to free float will give

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NEWS EDITOR Citing “personal circumstances,” Rebecca Forman stepped down as Student Union secretary on Monday afternoon.

She resigned via an e-mail to the Student Union (SU) executive board.

“I have decided that it is in the best interest of the Student Union for me to step down as this organization’s secretary,” she wrote in the e-mail. “Due to personal circumstances, I have been unable to complete many of my duties to the extent that this organization deserves.”

Forman says that she enjoyed her time at SU and that the decision did not stem from dissatisfactions she had with the organization or its members.

“It was a personal and internal decision,” said Forman, a sophomore. “It had nothing to do with the people in Student Union. I have a lot of respect for them. I think they’re amazing people. It has nothing to do with Student Union being a bad organization.”

Although she will no longer be involved with SU in an official capacity, Forman says that she looks forward to helping out with projects in the future.

“I will continue to do a lot of work for Student Union,” she said. “I plan to attend a lot of

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meetings that I’ve always attended. I’m going to still help out with [public relations] for SU.” SU President Neil Patel hopes to see Forman stay active in SU and says that though he is sad to see her leave, he understands her decision.

“It’s something she wanted to do and she did it for personal reasons,” he said. “She knows what she’s doing so I support her in what she’s doing.”

Forman and Patel met prior to the official resignation, which— according to Forman—was hard to send due to her passion for her job and for the organization as a whole.

“I cried a lot,” she said. “This was really one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make but I think I’m doing the right thing.

I feel really good about my decision.”

In the meantime, Patel is not sure what will happen to the now vacant space. The traditional procedure in such cases is for the president to appoint a candidate who must then be approved by the SU Senate and Treasury, though Patel says he may want a committee to replace Forman until the end of the term.

“We need someone or a group of people to pick up the tasks and finish the year strong,” he said. “People are already com-

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much better data regarding the propulsion system, but it will also present additional challenges due to the speed of the plane and the potential for problems. “[The satellite] will not be attached to the plane, which is dangerous,” said Sullivan.

“There [need] to be people watching it at all times.”

Last year, the University’s team finished second place in the competition. Cornell University, last year’s winner, will not be competing. If the University wins this year, the team will have the opportunity to launch the satellite.

“We don’t want it to be here, we want it to be in space. So many people worked on it

through their college years [and] graduated,” said Sullivan.

Many improvements have been made to the satellite with each subsequent test.

“Last year, Bandit could only see a quarter frame per second. Now it can see 15 frames per second,” said Sullivan. “We are seeing in time what [Bandit] would be seeing in space, which is good, because if something were to happen, we really can’t be seeing a quarter frame per second. We wouldn’t be able to save it then.”

Sullivan said both she and the University have benefited from participating in such a project.

“I feel like it has added a lot to my college experience. I came

to Wash. U. because of the satellite program,” she said.

According to Mathias and Sullivan, the project also has an outreach segment, which visits several local schools to educate students.

“There’s not a lot of space knowledge sharing going on in middle school situations because space is really expensive.

You can’t do it in middle school.

It’s an exciting tie for us to have with the middle school [students],” said Sullivan.

The group’s proposal states that a craft similar to Akoya/ Bandit would be useful “to investigate and photograph another spacecraft at close range” and be used to check for damage.

FORMAN v FROM PAGE 1 mitted so it may be hard to find one person to do the job.”

Forman’s resignation, according to Patel, will be a big loss for SU. He noted her weekly SUpdate e-mails and overall demeanor as her biggest contributions to the group.

“A lot of people have talked to me about the SUpdate,” said Patel. “She infuses her train of thought into it, it makes it more human. She put jokes in it. It gives the SUpdate a personality that matches her own.”

Forman also took pride in her SUpdates, but she said that her greatest pleasure as secretary was being able to reach out to people and to get them involved in the Washington University community.

“Nobody will write SUpdates like I do,” said Forman, who served in SU Treasury and on the Budget Committee before becoming secretary. “The reason I got involved in the SU Exec. was that I really wanted to make sure that as many students as possible could find a place for themselves. I wanted to help them.

I tried to make myself readily available. That’s something I was really passionate about.”

Forman, however, feels that SU will continue to succeed in her absence.

“I have complete and total faith in Student Union that they will go on and do a better job than I would have done,” she said. “The most passionate

and dedicated people at Wash.

U. are in SU. I never would have resigned if I thought it wouldn’t continue to be successful.”

Although no immediate policy changes will result from Forman’s resignation, the structure of the SU Executive will shift next year so that the secretary’s position will be divided in two.

This change will allow a more definite split of duties such as taking minutes, the SUpdate, public relations work and internal SU work, all of which are

jobs that the secretary now performs.

“The job next year will be a lot easier,” said Forman. “The role of secretary is incredibly spread out. It will be very interesting to have multiple people working on the job.”

Whatever happens next, Forman feels good about the job she did.

“My goal was to make Student Union have a softer, friendlier face,” she said. “And I think I might have done that.”

COURTESY OF MARY MATHIAS

Senior Justin Char floats weightlessly in NASA’s C-9 microgravity plane last year in Houston as a part of NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. Last year’s C-9 testing team, a part of Wash.

U.’s Aerospace Systems Lab, finished second in the national competition hosted by NASA.

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Rebecca Forman and Neil Patel, Student Union president, discuss a budget initiative at an SU Budget meeting on April 27, 2007. Forman stepped down as Student Union secretary on Monday afernoon, citing “personal circumstances” in an e-mail sent to the SU executive board.

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housing shuffle that will occur next fall with the opening of more upperclassmen housing on- and off-campus and the closing and impending demolition of Umrath dormitory, a traditional residence hall for freshmen on the South 40.

Additionally, the current sophomores, who make up the largest Washington University class in history, will add to the demand for non-South 40 housing.

Although most upperclassmen do not want to live on the South 40, the lottery in the past has allowed juniors and seniors—typically with the best lottery numbers—to reserve spots there, as backups in the event that their first-choice residences fall through. Meanwhile, younger students who wanted housing on the South 40 would often have to wait for their first choices to open.

“People are waiting for that perfect space, so they accept something on the 40 when they really want to end up somewhere else. It’s a trickle down,” said Stephens of the housing logjam that occurred as a result of the lottery in past years.

Stevens added that the new plan, which was presented to both Student Union and CS40, faced little student opposition.

Upperclassmen “who really want to be on the South 40 have expressed concern. I would tell them to take advantage of the Residential College lottery,” said Stephens.

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A final incentive for upperclassmen to live off the South 40 comes in the form of an expanded “homestead” system, which will allow students already living in University-owned off-campus apartments the option to remain in the same apartment for the following year.

While in the past all occupants would have to remain in the apartment to be assured the same housing, now Residential Life only requires one occupant to remain from year to year.

Michael Baill, a junior who currently lives in a Universityowned apartment on Kingsbury, will take advantage of the homestead option for his senior year, in part because of what he considers an ideal location.

“There’s no way I’d live on campus,” said Baill, who secured his apartment last year after being denied space in Millbrook.

He said he does not foresee the revised lottery system adversely affecting upperclassmen.

“Almost all of my junior friends are in Millbrook or Greenway or in apartments off-campus,” said Baill.

Privacy and independence are the main factors sophomore Ashley Johnson said are driving her towards Village Bloc housing and away from the South 40, where she has lived for almost two years. “I think it’s a little awkward to live on the 40 with freshmen when you’re a junior,” said Johnson.

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SPORTS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Getting the ball back rolling

BY JOSHUA GOLDMAN SPORTS EDITOR Washington University women’s basketball team ended a twogame losing streak on Sunday, defeating a struggling Carnegie Mellon University team 54-47 in Pittsburgh. The Lady Bears are now 13-5 (5-2 UAA) while Carnegie dropped to 7-11 (0-7 UAA).

The Red and Green were forced to play from behind again, not taking the lead until the 2:38 mark in the first half after Shanna-Lei Dacanay’s three-pointer made the score 20-17. However, the Lady Bears would hold on to

the lead for the remainder of the game, taking a 24-20 lead into the locker room and eventually winning by seven.

Despite holding a lead for the final 20-plus minutes of the game, the Red and Green watched a 13point lead with 1:52 left in the game dwindle to six on a few late threes from Carnegie Mellon.

Sophomore Zoe Unruh and freshman Kathryn Berger led the offensive attack with 11 points each, and juniors Dacanay and Jill Brandt dropped 10 and nine for Wash. U. The Tartans outshot Wash. U.

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Freshman Kathryn Berger goes up for a shot in a recent game against Emory University. Berger scored 11 points Sunday against Carnegie Mellon University to help end the Bear’s two-game losing streak.

32 percent to 30 percent from the field and outscored the Lady Bears from behind the arc, but Wash. U. held a 10-point advantage from the free throw line in the six-point win.

“We came in with the attitude that we had to win, no matter who the opponent was. We came in more focused, but still, we are looking to get better and better every practice, every game,” said sophomore Janice Evans, who scored five and led the team with 12 rebounds.

“We did what we always do to prepare for games and knew we had to bounce back from Friday’s game. It’s hard to say what went well that didn’t against Rochester and Brandeis. I guess we took what we learned from the losses against Rochester and Brandeis and tried focusing on those aspects of our game,” said Dacanay.

Over the past three games, the team played great defense on the floor, but unlike in the two losses, Wash. U. held the Tartans to fewer than 20 free throw attempts and outscored them from the line.

A new week brings the rematches of the previous one, as Wash. U. will finish its home-andhome against the Tartans Friday at 6 p.m. at the Field House before battling seventh-ranked University of Rochester again on Sunday. Wash. U. will look to go 2-0 against Carnegie Mellon and to avenge a 58-55 overtime loss to Rochester on February 1.

“Since we are facing each of these teams twice within the span of two weeks, each team will be familiar with other’s personnel and style of play, and the previously played games will be pretty fresh in our minds,” said Dacanay.

Evans agreed, adding, “Losses mean come back and win, and wins mean proving you can do it twice in a row. We’re really excited.”

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Grammy Rumble 2008: The Reckoning

BY CADENZA STAFF Pride. Glory. Ten bucks. All this and more are at stake as the Cadenza music staff lines up its picks for the 50th annual Grammy Awards, set for Feb. 10, 2008.

As Grammy Rumble 2008 commences, a couple of things are guaranteed: Corporate monopolism of mainstream

radio will continue to reward popular music through the bombastic lauding of mostly formulaic music and someone will walk away 10 bucks richer.

“Honestly, I’m surprised these noobs even came back,” last year’s reigning champion and star Cadenza reporter Eric Lee quipped, before the Rumble started. “I pwned them so hard last year. These fools’ chances of winning are some-

where between slim and Amy Winehouse.”

Cadenza editor and benevolent overlord Brian Stitt disagreed. “Eric Lee certainly is my star reporter, but stories of his pwnage are largely overblown. His win last year was a fluke, nothing more.” Stitt went on to give his own predictions for this year’s Grammy Rumble. “I always like my own chances, of course. But other

than my overwhelming awesomitude, I’d look to the fresh blood. Matt Karlan’s snarky sensibility should serve well, although look for Steve Hardy to surprise some people.”

A chill fi lled the February air as the Rumblers gathered on the battleground. Only one would walk away victorious, Cadenza having a strict “No Wimps and No Prisoners” policy.

Early favorite, Matt Karlan was taken out early with what appeared to be a low blow from Eric Lee. Despite an outcry from the crowd, no foul was called and the Rumble continued. No clear winner will be decided until the Grammys air this Sunday at 7 p.m. on CBS, but Eric Lee did not disappoint with another strong showing.

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Record Of The Year

Rumblers: Brian Stitt Eric Lee David Kaminsky Stephanie Spera Steve Hardy Matt Karlan

Best New Artist

1) “Irreplaceable,” Beyonce 2) “The Pretender,” Foo Fighters 3) “Umbrella,” Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z 4) “What Goes Around...Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake 5) “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse

1) Feist 2) Ledisi 3) Paramore 4) Taylor Swift 5) Amy Winehouse

LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Not Ready to Make Nice,” The Dixie Chicks

LAST YEAR’S WINNER: Carrie Underwood

Stephanie: Rihanna—they gave Milli Vanilli a Grammy, and they’re all at about the same talent level.

David: Party under my umbrella ella ella eh eh eh. Ten p.m. Friday night. Be there, Rihanna will.

Eric: I’ve waited a long time for a song about umbrellae. I believe those extra syllables deserve a Grammy.

Matt: Along with “Cry Me a River,” I’m impressed that Justin Timberlake could form another hit record using a phrase my grandmother repeatedly uttered to me as a young lad.

Brian: I think I remember that Beyoncé song from a commercial. I’ll go with that one.

Steve: Oh, Rihanna, you’re so cute, I don’t even mind that my 12year-old cousin is singing that song like it’s not the worst genitalia euphemism.

Brian: I understand that when the Grammys say new they are referring to the artist’s popularity and not the artist themselves. That being said, Feist released her first album in the 90s. Taylor Swift wins for Newest Artist at least.

Stephanie: Considering Paramore banded together in 2004, the word new doesn’t really apply to them either. So the Grammy should go to Amy Winehouse because anyone who promotes sex, drugs, alcohol and the beehive is a winner in my book.

David: Paramore is some catchy stuff, but singer Hayley Williams needs to gain some weight, grow some tits and write lyrics that reflect her age, not her emotional maturity.

Eric: Amy Winehouse’s lack of ability to focus on an object for more than fi ve seconds will ultimately prevail over Feist’s questionable counting talents.

Matt: Let’s begin Amy Winehouse’s posthumous legacy about, I’ll guess, two months early?

Steve: Didn’t Amy Winehouse win best contemporary song in the Novello awards four years ago?

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The Cadenza staffers prepare for the 2008 Grammy rumble, armed and dangerous.

Song Of The Year 1) “Before He Cheats,” Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) 2) “Hey There Delilah,” Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s) 3) “Like A Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae) 4) “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse) 5) “Umbrella,” Shawn Carter, songwritter (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z)

Album Of The Year 1) “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” Foo Fighters 2) “These Days,” Vince Gill 3) “River: The Joni Letters,” Herbie Hancock 4) “Graduation,” Kanye West 5) “Back To Black,” Amy Winehouse

LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Not Ready to Make Nice,” The Dixie Chicks

LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Taking the Long Way,” The Dixie Chicks David: I won’t lie, I’m not into any of these albums so mine’s an antivote. Amy Winehouse is one of the most annoying songwriters to come around in years. Her voice, her lyrics, her life, EVERYTHING! I hate it all! Hopefully rehab will shut her up. Ugh! Stephanie: Obviously Vince Gill. Who hasn’t heard of him?

Eric: Graduation. Ego, general lack of intelligence, healthy respect for the sweater vest. Everything I want in a human.

Matt: I’m partial to that Foo Fighters album because my bunk buddy made a lanyard for me in summer camp adorned with those same words.

Brian: Despite her ubiquitous tabloid presence, Amy Winehouse has the best album. Most of that credit should go to producer Mark Ronson and the stellar throwback arrangements. Check out “100 Days, 100 Nights” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings for the same musicians, different singer.

Steve: If you Wikipedia search Herbie Hancock, there’s a picture of him playing keytar.

Brian: “Hey There Delilah”? Really? SongWRITER’s award? This is Tom Higgenson’s thought process while writing “Hey There Delilah”: “What rhymes with ‘you’? ‘Do,’ ‘to’ and hmmm, crap, nothing else.

I’ll just use ‘you’ again. Hey guys, does anything rhyme with ‘fall’ other than ‘all’? Nothing? Sweet, let’s record this thing!”

Stephanie: “Before He Cheats,” purely for the dating advice.

David: We all know that after the popularity of this song, Delilah finally decided it was time to date singer/songwriter Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s, but that’s just not enough.

Eric: “Before He Cheats.” Carrie Underwood shoots whiskey, takes a Louisville slugger to both headlights, becomes role model to millions.

Matt: Not Carrie Underwood. I don’t support preemptive strikes on any boyfriend’s crap, no matter how dastardly he is.

Steve: Plain White T’s, I’m not not voting for your song because it’s a travesty of aural entertainment, I’m not voting for it because you omitted a comma of direct address and I cannot vote for ignorance.

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION ®

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 1) “Candyman,” Christina Aguilera 2) “1234,” Feist 3) “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Fergie 4) “Say It Right,” Nelly Furtado 5) “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Ain’t No Other Man,” Christina Aguilera Eric: Christina Aguilera has never lost this category in the last three years she’s been nominated. So I’m choosing Amy Winehouse. I smell change in the wind.

Stephanie: Candyman because I love that game. Oh wait, that’s Candyland...

David: Don’t care.

Brian: I like Feist. I wouldn’t say I love her, but she puts out a brand of wistful pop that I can get behind. And please, will someone explain to me how Fergie qualifies as a female. I’m not saying she’s definitely a guy, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she was smuggling some kumquats.

Matt: Fergie, because that face has dealt with so much meth abuse that her tear ducts no longer function. And so the song title is kind of a warning to other young boys who want to follow in his/her footsteps.

Steve: Christina was more interesting when she was a Disney slut, Nelly was more fun to hate during the “I’m Like a Bird” phase, Fergie was hotter before she grew an 8-pac and pissed during concerts and Amy Winehouse was actually born a human. Feist will be the last woman/man/alien standing.

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Best Alternative Music Album

David: Bjork’s strangely separated eyes make her look like the real “Earth Intruder,” but perhaps that’s why that song and the album it’s included on are so damn good. Along with that single, her duets with Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons fame) are testaments to how damn good Bjork is. Bravo my baby seal-eating friend.

Stephanie: Bjork, for the awesomeness that would be her acceptance speech.

Brian: When are they just going to bite the bullet and rename this “Best Good Music Album”? “Icky Thump” features some of the goodest music I’ve heard in a while so once again it gets my vote.

Eric: Lily Allen wins. Although having three nipples should be award enough by itself.

Steve: You know what’s totally alt-rock? 2 Kings 2:23-24. Look it up.

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1) “Alright, Still...,” Lily Allen 2) “Neon Bible,” Arcade Fire 3) “Volta,” Bjork 4) “Wincing The Night Away,” The Shins 5) “Icky Thump,” The White Stripes LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “St. Elsewhere,” Gnarls Barkley

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Best Rock Song 1) “Come On,” Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams) 2) “Icky Thump,” Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes) 3) “It’s Not Over,” Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry) 4) “The Pretender,” Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo Fighters) 5) “Radio Nowhere,” Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen) LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Dani California”, Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Stephanie: I think it will be a tie between the Boss, that guy from Nirvana, that other guy from American Idol, the White Stripes and some lady named Lucinda Williams.

Brian: Sorry, the Grammys, I don’t get it. “Icky Thump” the song is rock, but “Icky Thump” the album is alternative? I don’t appreciate your ruse, and it shall not work. “Icky Thump” it is!

David: “The Pretender” isn’t a particularly fantastic Foo Fighters song, but I suppose they should get it or something. Just don’t give it to Mr. White and his gross facial hair.

Eric: I choose Lucinda.

Steve: Daughtry is a solid fourth place again.

1) “Finding Forever,” Common 2) “Kingdom Come,” Jay-Z 3) “Hip Hop Is Dead,” Nas 4) “T.I. vs T.I.P.,” T.I. 5) “Graduation,” Kanye West LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Release Therapy,” Ludacris Brian: Once again the Grammys conspire to confuse me. All of these albums were extreme disappointments, except for Common’s, which was only a mild one. Jay-Z actually released a good album last year, “American Gangster.” Common, I guess.

Stephanie: I think my T.I. 84 should win. Kanye’s had a rough year, they’ll give him the award.

David: Kanye may have graduated, but T.I. said it best when saying, “There’s not nobody out there doing what I do as well as I do it, so I see myself as worthy competition for myself.” That he is. Whether he’s repping the T.I. moniker or the T.I.P. moniker, “T.I. vs T.I.P.” is off the chain.

Eric: Kanye in the easiest category of the night.

Steve: Anyone else think that Nas is in the market for a new publicist?

Best Rap Song

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Star Cadenza reporter Eric Lee bests the Cadenza overlord in hand-to-hand combat.

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album 1) “Le Cowboy Creole,” Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie King Cake, Lisa Haley 2) “Live: Á La Blue Moon,” Lost Bayou Ramblers 3) “Blues De Musicien,” Pine Leaf Boys 4) “Racines”, Racines 5) “The La Louisianne Sessions,” Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars 6) “Live! Worldwide,” Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience LAST YEAR’S WINNER: **NEW CATEGORY** Steve: Strong group in this category’s freshman year (except for Lisa Haley, who sounds like a carpetbagging ne’er-do-well). You haven’t heard fiddle and accordion like this before.

Stephanie: I don’t know what I’m going to do if Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars lose this one.

Brian: This Category is near to my heart, in that I like getting drunk on moonshine and eating reptiles. Geno Delafose has the better pedigree but Roddie Romero has a long history in the genre. He’ll take this one home. Seriously.

Eric: Oh my God, you guys don’t know ANYTHING about Zydeco.

This is a joke. Obviously French Rockin’ Boogie.

1) “Ayo Technology,” Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) 2) “Big Things Poppin’ (Do It),” Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.) 3) “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” Aldrin Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West) 4) “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” Soulja Boy Tell’Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell’Em) 5) “Good Life,” Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain) LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Money Maker,” Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell) Eric: Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

David: How could “Crank That” possibly not win? The Grammys are all about giving awards to bad music. At least this has started a revolution in the way crappy dancers strut their stuff when drunk.

Brian: I hope that Soulja Boy not only wins but that he supermans Kanye West at the after party.

Steve: “Crank That” isn’t going to win any awards, but it has spawned various sex acts named after superheroes. Aquaman, Spiderman, hell, even Captain America earned one. As far as I know, Batman is still waiting. Somebody get on that!

Stephanie: Wait, who’s Soulja Boy?

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Having heard enough of David’s White Stripes bashing, Brian Stitt gives David Kaminsky a taste of his icky thump.

Best Rock Album 1) “Daughtry,” Daughtry 2) “Revival,” John Fogerty 3) “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” Foo Fighters 4) “Magic,” Bruce Springsteen 5) “Sky Blue Sky,” Wilco LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Stadium Arcadium,” Red Hot Chili Peppers Stephanie: Fingers crossed for Bruce Springsteen, because Cadenza’s Andrew Senter may commit suicide if he loses.

David: While not Wilco’s best, “Sky Blue Sky” is a nice album to listen to. It’s not going to “rock” but I think we all know how stupid these categories are.

Brian: I’m not even a Wilco fan and I give this to them for out-classicrocking two classic-rock artists, in Springsteen and Fogerty.

Eric: Years of fighting foos finally pay off for Dave Grohl and Co. Steve: Sorry, the correct answer is Coheed and Cambria’s Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: No World for Tomorrow.

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Make emergency texting opt out, not opt in

Are we going shoe shopping or choosing a president?

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n October of last year, we printed a staff editorial praising the WUText emergency text messaging system recently implemented in light of the Virginia Tech and other university shootings but criticizing its effort to include all students on campus. Our argument was that a system of such critical importance merits more than just one e-mail to students.

Students received another e-mail this week reminding them to sign up for the service. But the University’s approach is still not effective enough.

As a news article in Student Life reported on Jan. 23, the University automatically entered the e-mail addresses of more than 30,000 undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni into the system. These 30,000 people represent the members of Washington University who should be immediately warned in case of an emergency on campus.

Only 4,000 of these affiliates are currently signed up for the emergency text message system, which provides a far more immediate mode of contact with those who need to be warned.

The University should take the same approach with text warnings as they have with e-mail warnings of campus emergencies: Consolidate the information for the entire school and enter it all into the WUText system.

The first step is for the University to gather the phone numbers for the entire school by obligating students to provide the school with their cell phone numbers.

There are many channels on campus through which the school can make this effort.

Residential Life, on its housing forms for the next year, can require students to provide their cell phone numbers. For those who don’t live on campus, the school can ask for cell phone

numbers on other required forms.

But an even more potent idea is the possibility of WebSTAC as a tool for gathering students’ cell phone numbers. Just as a prompt pops up for many students every few months asking for a change of password, the University could engineer the site to require that students enter their cell phone numbers, if possible, before performing any further actions on the site.

Because WebSTAC is the crucial student resource for almost everything (at the very least, for class registration) student cell phone numbers can quickly and efficiently be collected.

WebFAC is a similar resource for Washington University faculty and can be used in the same way.

If the school takes advantage of the ease with which they can collect student, faculty and staff cell phone numbers, the next step will be a breeze: consolidate these phone numbers so

that the WUText system can address all those likely to be on campus at the time of an emergency.

If students are resistant to giving out their cell phone numbers, WebSTAC can provide a “No thanks” button for students to opt out of joining the WUText system. We are sure that, immediately faced with the choice, few students would choose this option.

This method provides students with the same amount of freedom and privacy with their cell phone numbers but is more up-front about the emergency text message system.

As we said earlier this academic year, for such an important matter the school cannot afford to be passive. It must confront the students with a choice.

They will be free to opt out should they choose, but far more likely to stay in the texting system.

This kind of upfrontness by the University may very well save lives.

“We need to ask ourselves what change really is—whether it is healthcare reform, immigration reform, economic reform or a new Iraq war policy— and elect a candidate who we feel will make the policy changes that will affect our everyday lives. ”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Saying this, doing that Dear Editor: I’m glad to see that the University continues to say one thing and do another in regards to politics—it makes my nostalgia for St. Louis seem quaint. If Chancellor Wrighton’s appeal of support for Amendment 2 in 2006 on University stationary was appropriate, then I hardly see how allowing space for a candidate to speak in 2008 would be in poor taste. What’s more, for all four years I spent at Wash. U., the administration tried every year to increase our notoriety and prestige in national media, including dropping God

knows how much money on the debate in 2004. Would a campaign stop—from any candidate—before the biggest primary in recent memory not do that? Would allowing other political candidates to speak on campus, as the University seems to fear so much, be so bad for our brand recognition? If potential freshmen are scared off by a campus that allows all politicians who are interested to speak on campus, then good riddance.

Don’t bother calling me for donations, Wash. U. -hannah draper BA/AM 2007

Katz’s comments misguided Dear Editor: I am always amazed at your beneficence in printing letters written by people who clearly have not read the articles to which they are replying. For example, Jonathan Katz suggests that the University administration is lying when it states that the tax code prohibits political speakers when, in fact, it merely requires equal access.

The problem with this assertion is that the University administration has never made

war hero. s you read this, Change is clearly the you and I will theme of this year’s camprobably both paign. But how will voters know how Super determine what “change” Tuesday turned out. Will means? Inevitawe know who bly, we’re already the Democratic seeing voters who candidate is? cannot help but Will we know merge the political for sure that the candidates’ physiRepublicans are cal changes, the nominating Mcchange in the type Cain? Or, will the of person in the contest be just White House, with as alive as ever?

Jill Strominger the policy changes It’s impossible and leadership to say right now, style changes they but there is one would like to create in the thing we know for sure: presidency. At the end of This was only the primary, this campaign, we will and we have a lot of decilikely find that instead of sions to make before we, as finding that Americans a country, decide who will elected a candidate they take the place of George W. thought would make a Bush. good beer buddy, they With so much emphasis elected the candidate who on the primaries, it’s been represented the type of difficult to think about the change they wanted to see. general election and the task we as voters have at hand. We’ve been wrapped up in the excitement of primaries that swung back and forth more than the Super Bowl game between the Giants and the Patriots.

But we need to step back and remember our role in the process. We’re voting, and we’re electing the next leader of our country.

In the past, we’ve heard that the American public has made its decision on whom to elect based on the candidate with which we would most likely enjoy sharing a beer. We’ve elected the candidate who looked better on television, the candidate who was an outsider, the candidate who was an insider…we tend to elect our candidates based on some basic quality that Now, don’t get me wrong, seems important to our moving from beer pals to country at the time.

This year, basically all of change is an incredible step, and electing candithe campaigns talk about dates who will actually change. We have Obama bring the changes we want touting “Change We Can Believe In;” Mitt Romney is incredibly important for tells supporters “Change our country. But, if we elect Begins with Us;” and Hillour president based on ary Clinton offers “Solusome background feature, tions for America” and so we are asking to be dissaton with all the candidates. isfied with our choices.

It’s clear that voters, We need to ask ourlargely unsatisfied with the selves what change really Bush administration, want is—whether it is healthto elect a candidate who care reform, immigration will change life in America reform, economic reform or and change America’s ina new Iraq war policy—and ternational image. But it’s elect a candidate who we interesting that most of the feel will make the policy candidates we’re considerchanges that will affect our ing are also campaigning everyday lives. On a daily on how something about basis, we will not feel a their background reprechange as a result of havsents change. ing a woman, black or MorThe most obvious exmon in the White House, amples of candidates who the change we will feel will can offer a physical change come through the policies to the presidency are the our candidate enacts. As Democratic contenders. we move on to consider the Barack Obama would be general election, or conthe first person of color tinue to vote by absentee to occupy the presidency, in our home states, let’s be and Hillary Clinton would sure we’re truly looking at be the first woman. But our candidates’ platforms the Republican candidates and not viewing our candihave background difdates as different designer ferences that have been clothing labels or fashion significant throughout accessories for our country. the campaign trail as well.

After all, we have to make Mitt Romney is a religious a change. minority, Mike Huckabee is a religious zealot and Jill is a junior in Arts & John “the establishment” Sciences and a Forum ediMcCain even offers a slight tor. She can be reached via contrast to our current e-mail at forum@studlife. president in that he is a com.

such a statement. Instead, the University has stated exactly what Professor Katz claims: that the restriction is a question of equal access.

This statement is initially reported in the third paragraph of the article to which Professor Katz is replying and is repeated in varying forms in paragraphs five, nine and 12. At no point is it suggested that the University has said what Professor Katz claims it has. His letter adds nothing but misinformation to the pages of Student Life.

-M. Alan Thomas II Arts & Sciences 2004

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Leave your politics at the door? Why NOT to O study abroad

BY MICHAEL MORGAN STAFF COLUMNIST n January 24, the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was torn down by Palestinians, resulting in the crossing of approximately 350,000 starving men, women and children into Egypt to buy food and fuel restricted by Israeli blockades since Oct. 28 of last year. The blockades were implemented in order to punish the Palestinian political party Hamas for unleashing rocket attacks on areas of south Israel. Since the blockade, the attacks have not stopped, but instead have brought starvation and isolation to Gaza citizens, punishing them for exercising their political rights in electing the Hamas into power. On Sept.

19, while we were starting a brand new year here at Wash.

U., Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert voted to cut fuel and electrical provisions sent into Gaza in order to stimu-

BY DAVE SHAPIRO STAFF COLUMNIST

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ime moves quickly. My worries about senior year housing are over. I believe I have confirmed an excellent summer internship.

The Giuliani jokes you read last week are now outdated (and to be fair were old even then).

I have just five more papers to write in the remaining month or so of Hillary term. Four by the time you read this. Why worry about the future when we’re already in it? But, lest I bore my few readers with some poorly put-together exposé of me fumbling around in the philosophical realm, let me take you elsewhere.

When we last spoke, I was writing about the benefits of ‘finding oneself’ when studying abroad. Now I will harp upon why you might want to reconsider studying abroad. A caveat: keep in mind that not all programs are the same.

I’m a political guy. I would have camped out in front of Wrighton’s office over the Obama speaking debacle. I would have phone banked, heard both Dulé Hill and Chelsea Clinton speak, gone door-todoor, worn buttons, shirts…you get the idea. But I’m not at Washington University right now. I’m in England. Thanks to the glorious Interwebs, I can watch debates online, but I feel as if I’m missing the fervor generated by elections that only a swing state like Missouri could provide. Thus, my first argument for staying home and not going abroad: If you need to participate in politics, think twice before leaving the country.

On the other hand, you can be political, yet question your political beliefs. In that case, a semester or year abroad might broaden your horizons, expose you to non-American life and make it easier to choose a political perspective upon reentry into our great land. If I had the choice, however, I would have come here last year.

There are other students now abroad experiencing the same withdrawal symptoms. Junior Sophie Cohen, now in Spain,

“In this brave new era of globalization we must be very aware of how the world perceives us. ”

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had to give up her positions as treasurer of College Democrats and Washington University chapter coordinator of Students for Barack Obama. She says, “Study abroad is a once in a lifetime experience…I wanted to study in a Spanish-speaking country since high school; there wasn’t much that was going to change that.” Had she been able to anticipate the high possibility of an Obama presidency, “it’s possible I would have thought more seriously about it.”

Still, she cautions that placing politics, particularly one campaign, over an educational experience abroad “would have been a risky and I think unwise choice.” You never know when your favorite candidate might drop out.

Of course, there are those

who don’t give the on-campus political hype a second thought.

Junior Doug Horn, also in Spain, astutely notes, “This year is no more exciting than any other election year. It just seems that way because everyone at Wash.

U. has a hard-on for Barack Obama.” Penises aside, how much importance to place with any given candidate is a choice for you to make. Cohen and I chose Obama early on. If you’re working for Gravel or Kucinich, however, you should probably be living abroad, and not just studying there.

Cohen reminds us, as with all things we must leave behind at some point in our lives, “I’m just holding on to the fact that I did what I could before I left, and will be going back to work hard for Barack in the general

[election].” Perhaps the true test of being passionate about something is being able to leave it for a little while.

That said, politics while you’re still young and not yet disillusioned is a powerful thing. You’ll always have a chance to visit a foreign country when you’re older. Unless your program offers a unique learning environment, think about what you’ll be missing in the States before deciding to study abroad.

Finally, if there is something about study abroad you’d like to ask, please do e-mail me. I’ll probably cover it in my next column.

Dave is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at dshapiro@wustl.edu.

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BY KATIE AMMANN STAFF COLUMNIST

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lright kids, Valentine’s Day is coming. I know that many people boycott Valentine’s Day because they feel that it’s a “Hallmark holiday,” or maybe because love should be expressed everyday or maybe because they don’t have superspecial chocolate-and-rosesworthy lovers in their lives right now.

Those are all great reasons to refrain from Valentine’s Day festivities, but the reality of Saint Valentine’s Day is that it’s not about us, or even the people closest to us; it’s about all of the relatives, friends and strangers we’ve forgotten to love.

St. Valentine wrote notes to people in prisons to let them know that he remembered them and cared about them; there are plenty of ways we can do that here and now as well. I’m challenging you to do something, or many things, this St. Valentine’s Day, both for people you know and people you’ve never met.

First of all, how long has it been since you’ve written

anything but a thank-you note to the great-aunt who sends you money every year for your birthday? Buy or make a sweet card and write her a quick update of your time at Wash. U. and your plans for the future. If any of your relatives live alone, in a nursing home or just far away, give them a call this week to say hello. If you’ve got a few hours to spare, call a nursing home in St. Louis and see if they’d like someone to play games with, read to or just talk to residents for awhile.

If these are things you already do, that’s great. Keep the love flowing, though. If there’s a friend you’ve been meaning to catch up with for months now, sit down tonight and send him a Facebook message that’s a least a few paragraphs long.

Or, if you know someone who’s been going through something tough, make time to call her and really listen.

This next part may be a bit more difficult. The rest of the challenge is to appreciate and show love for people you don’t know. It’s not about giving to a charity that will distribute the gifts of many people out to

many other people. This time, it’s about being one person with the capability to recognize the worth of every other person.

This week, make a personal commitment to love someone new simply out of respect for his or her humanity; then use your individual creativity to help meet an individual need.

There are hundreds of homeless people in St. Louis; your goal is to do something good for one of them. Do you have $20 to spare? You could go to a MetroLink station, buy a oneweek pass and slip it to a homeless man or woman who can then get around town and stay warm for the next seven days.

An even cheaper way to show your love and understanding could be to provide a homeless person with a stamped envelope; many have not been in contact with their families for months. You could also make a long-term commitment, like to the homeowners of Habitat for Humanity or the children involved in Each One Teach One. If you’d prefer to let your support reach even farther, you can mail care packages to poverty-stricken parts of the

country or world. I met a boy in West Africa last summer who, like many of the other children in the town I was in, held out buckets asking for gifts of money. As I walked by, I slipped him the equivalent of a few dollars.

It was an awkward moment, to be honest, but I think he knew that in addition to being loved by his parents and friends, he was remembered, and loved, by someone new.

We’ve all experienced love in different ways so far. People share it in so many different ways that it is often hard to see, understand or give in return.

Even if you have not received love in the ways you would like, give it in the best ways you are able. Let people know how much they mean to you. As you find new people to care about, especially those forgotten or degraded by much of society, let them know, as it says on one of the posters in a MetroLink train, that “the world needs all of us.” Spread the love.

a Graham Hall touting Nixon and Spiro.

But what makes this decision particularly hypocritical are two recent events: 1. When Jim Talent lost his bid for Governor to Bob Holden some of his Republican buddies on Board of Trustees got him a cushy job at the law school where he could teach an occasional class and plan his run for the U.S. Senate which amount to a subsidy to a future senator who needed a job to make ends meet between feeding off the public trough.

2. Last May the University gave a platform and a degree

to that right wing fossil who supports using nuclear weapons in Iraq, Paul Harvey.

Of course the University wasn’t concerned that either of the two events would affect its tax-free status because there has never been a single instance of a major university losing that status—including Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University which is simply a front for right wing bible bangers.

If the Administration doesn’t want Obama on campus it ought to just say so and not hide behind a made-up policy.

Katie is a junior in Arts & Sciences. She can be reached via e-mail at kaammann@ artsci.wustl.edu.

LETTERS v FROM PAGE 4 Arbitrary policies inappropriate Dear Editor: A University policy on campus speakers? There is no policy—it’s simply an arbitrary decision by a University functionary that the University doesn’t want Obama or for that matter any of the candidates on campus. Going back to the sixties when I was student and worked for Student Life, the University has been consistently inconsistent on this matter.

One year when I was a

student the Socialist Worker’s party wanted to hold a convention on campus (I think there may have been a total of 20 members) and some vice chancellor invented a, “The University is not a Conference Center policy” of which I’m reminded each time as an alum I receive another mailing about another conference at the University.

And the list of politicians/ speakers (running for office and not) is endless—I remember Ed Muskie speaking at Graham Chapel when he was running for president—the same year then-Attorney General Jack Danforth spoke at

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late the citizenry to overthrow Hamas. The resulting action caused for there to be 20 percent less fuel than what Palestinian citizens ordered, and a 40 percent reduction of fuel for vehicles and electric generators. A week after Wash. U. students began the spring semester, Israel began “phase 2” of its plan, and instituted an additional 40 percent reduction in fuel supplied to the Gaza strip that resulted in blackouts throughout Gaza for more than 12 hours each day. After Gaza’s power plant lost function a little over a week ago, over 800,000 Palestinians were left without electricity.

At a Kadima Knesset meeting last week, Prime Minister Olmert was quoted saying, “as far as I am concerned, every resident of Gaza can walk because they have no gasoline for their vehicles, because they have a murderous regime that doesn’t let people in southern Israel live in peace.” What Prime Minister Olmert refuses to recognize is that countless Palestinians have died due to medical complications, starvation, malnutrition and other health complications due to the blockade since the “punishment” began. This isn’t just a matter of walking.

According to studies by Oxfam International, 40 percent of the population is currently without running, drinkable water. Israel has also attempted to prevent U.N. humanitarian aid, of which 80 percent of Palestine relies on, when 57 percent of Gaza lives in poverty. The Israeli surge has crippled Gaza, bringing 1 million of its inhabitants into complete reliance on international food aid, and forcing 3,500 businesses and factories to close, resulting in the loss of 65,000 jobs.

This dismal situation hearkens back to two historical events, the most recent a part of our nation’s history: the Boston Tea Party. New England colonists were punished by the “Intolerable Acts” of 1774 when the Boston port was closed down and blockaded until the damages were paid for. By chastising the revolutionary Bostonians, the English hoped that the radical

movement centralized in Massachusetts would disperse and pressure from the other colonies would lead to a waning in extremism resulting in compilation with British taxes and other statutes. As we all know today, His Majesty’s decision turned out to be a devastating mistake. Instead of quelling the insurrection, the action of the British government further fueled American revolutionary “terrorism” (because that’s what it was) and eventually led to the overthrowing of the British crown and the establishment of the wonderful freedoms of capitalist democracy that we live in today. Israel’s iron fist ruling of Gaza reflects the same presumptuous decisions made by the British.

More importantly, the strong connections between the U.S. and Israel have lead to Middle East assumptions that the United States has given tacit, or even direct permission, to Israeli actions. Many Middle Easterners believe that Israel is remotely being used by the United States as a machine to further encroachment and illegitimate authority in the region.

The last example I will use comes from much farther back in time—2600 years—to the exodus of Hebrews from Egypt. According to the writings of Moses in Deuteronomy and Exodus, the Israelis were once in a very similar situation themselves. Exodus 3:7 says: And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; Cruel irony strikes in the 21st century. Palestinians are now fleeing from Israeli “affl iction” into the bosom of Egypt in order to be given food and fuel to prevent starvation and death just as the Hebrews did so many centuries ago.

Only last Sunday morning did the Israeli court of Justice, pressured by Israeli human rights groups rule that the fuel supply to Gaza must be restored immediately. Even though the ordered amounts are still short of what Palestinians need, it is progress; progress that was forced by a pro-active group of Israeli citizens who understand the malice and inhumanity of the Israeli government’s actions.

We must learn from history. Endowed by our esteemed position as United States citizens of this great democracy—especially as college students at one of the best universities in the country—is our responsibility to educate ourselves with balanced views of the international arena. In this brave new era of globalization, we must be very aware of how the world perceives us. We must be willing to examine and understand both sides of the heated struggle between Israel and Palestine. The American judicial system relies on the idea that justice is blind. We as citizens must embrace this idea, and remind our government that implicit in the responsibility of holding the global scales of justice is keeping the promise that they will not be tipped.

Michael is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at mlmorgan@ artsci.wustl.edu.

CORRECTIONS: An article on Monday, February 4 (“ResLife works to reimburse students after rash of thefts”) quoted an associate director of Residential Life as saying “This isn’t typical for most college campuses.” While the quote was accurate, he was referring to the University’s policy of reimbursing students, not the burglaries as was suggested in the article.

A photo caption in an article on Monday, February 4 (“Track takes fourth and seventh at Titan Open”) incorrectly stated that Cristina Garmendia vaulted 9.99 m. The caption should have written that Morgen Leonard-Fleckman vaulted 3.74 m.

Student Life regrets these errors.

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the icy sidewalks, bundled up in 10 layers, an inside rockclimbing gym can help save you from the cold, and even make you sweat.

The Wash. U. Rock Climbing Club meets every Wednesday and climbs at the Upper Limits gym behind Union Station, easily accessible by MetroLink. An intro class plus use of equipment costs around $30, and if you’re looking to take a date, check out their Valentine’s Day options. Rock climbing is both an adventure and a convenient way to stay in shape while literally hanging out with friends and staying out of the cold.

SCENE REPORTER With the cold season upon us, many students fi nd themselves staying inside with cups of hot chocolate and avoiding even the trek to Bear’s Den. Below-freezing temperatures and fierce windchills can wreak havoc on participation in outdoor activities, even for the biggest winter enthusiasts.

There are, however, some great options around St. Louis to keep you active and enjoying these cold months.

For those who want to maintain their fitness but don’t want to run outside on

If you enjoy team sports— but not playing them in freezing temperatures—then consider going to a Blues hockey game. While you will have to dress warmly for the cold stands, you can still enjoy sitting and watching the action with a hot beverage in hand.

“It’s easy to get to and outrageously cheap. It is a good way to get a ‘sports fi ll’ in a convenient way,” said freshman Kira Cypers.

The tickets can cost as little as $7 and there is a metro station right outside the Scottrade Center.

For those willing to brave the cold for a winter-only activity, ice skating can be a

nice relaxing time or a swift workout. Depending on your comfort and experience with ice skating, the sport provides double the fun, as you can glide effortlessly or race your friends around. Many dormitory floors fi nd that ice skating can be a great group activity, especially since the Steinberg Skating Rink in Forest Park is so close to campus.

“It gets a little crowded at eight, when all the little hockey players come show up, but it calms down around 10 or 11,” said freshman Vanessa Hausmann, who has enjoyed skating this season.

The rink is open until March 2, midnight on Friday

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Students also organized for Senator Hillary Clinton, another democratic candidate, and Senator John McCain, a republican candidate.

Ben Guthorn, president of Washington University College Democrats, said that the student groups involved in the campaign allowed the campus to have its voice heard.

“Our generation is becoming the voice of America,” he said. “We’re learning how to make our vote count. Every group has been doing a phenomenal job advocating for their candidate.”

Students interested in the candidates got the opportunity this past weekend to see the presidential hopefuls in St. Louis, as Obama, McCain, Clinton and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney—another republicasn candidate—all came to the area to galvanize supporters.

Jesse Wilks, a junior who went to see Obama on Saturday night, said that he enjoyed hearing the senator’s

tiative, said that the value of the shuttles lay less in their practical function and more in the presence they created on campus.

“Most students found there own way to the polls,” said Adler. “It was as much about the principle of getting the message out there to ensure that everyone voted.”

Still, Adler is glad the option was open this year.

“The shuttles were part of a larger effort to get students out there,” he said. “I would hope that Wash. U. continues to do this.”

Adler is also active in Students for Barack Obama, a group that increased its efforts in the days leading up to the primary. He said that the group will add to the future success of Obama’s overall campaign.

“It’s unbelievable [that] there’s a few hundred people of all different races [supporting Obama],” he said.

“It’s a diverse group of people and it’s just like the sort of coalition that’s going to put [Obama] in the White House

and Saturday, or until 9 p.m. during the rest of the week.

Skating costs $6 with a $2.50 charge for skates, making it a cheap and fun activity.

Another Forest Park option is sledding down Art Hill, where the only thing necessary is snow and some sort of sled—legitimate toboggans are great, but a plastic lunch tray or trashcan lid will do nicely.

If you want a little culture during the week, try experiencing some wild jazz on the Loop. Ptah Williams plays jazz piano with a new band every Wednesday night at Riddle’s Penultimate Café. Or try checking out an art exhibit at

the Soulard Art Market Gallery. Their exhibit, “The Love Project: love lost. love found” runs from Feb. 14 to March 5.

It’s a free event and open to anyone. Since the gallery is downtown, though—located at 2028 S. 12th St.—it can be a little inconvenient to get to.

Of course, if you still just want to hang out in your room, you can always rent some videos and burrow in to hibernate. Ordering takeout is a great way to avoid the walk to, or monotony of, Bear’s Den. Whatever you choose to do, don’t let the winter ruin your fun and remember to wear warm gear if you do brave the frosty air.

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“I was pretty impressed by his speaking,” said Wilks.

“The energy he brought seemed to resonate with voters.”

Jordan Aibel, who is active in Students for John McCain, said that seeing McCain speak energized him to increase his campaigning.

“It definitely motivated us to go out and find others on campus who supported McCain,” he said. “It made us want to make sure that they wanted to vote.”

Several students also saw Chelsea Clinton, Senator Clinotn’s daughter, who spoke near campus on Jan. 28. Freshman Bram Lambrus said that he appreciated the opportunity to get more involved in the campaign.

“That was my first campaign experience,” he said. “It was really exciting. It makes it worth the tuition.”

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1) “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” Johnny Cash 2) “1234,” Feist 3) “Gone Daddy Gone,” Gnarls Barkley 4) “D.A.N.C.E.,” Justice 5) “Typical,” Mute Math LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Here It Goes Again,” OK Go Stephanie: Johnny Cash, because being deceased = getting awards.

Brian: Sorry to crap on the Grammys’ attempt to continue honoring artists long after they die but I’m voting for Justice, because I prefer animated T-shirts to lots of lip-synching famous people. Feist should pick up the “Best Short Form Music Video Most Likely to Be Confused with a Gap Commercial” award.

David: “D.A.N.C.E.” This video’s got legs (literally), some dolphins and constantly changing T-shirt art. All are very cool and successful in making listeners stop “crank[ing] that” and really start to groove.

Bravo.

Eric: All of these are the tits, “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” is slightly more the tits.

Steve: Upskirting ticks? Hallucinations of inter-phylum loving? Violent Femmes? Gnarls Barkley!

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1) “The Black Parade - Special Edition,” Matt Taylor, Ellen Wakayama & Gerard Way, art directors (My Chemical Romance) 2) “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out - Limited Edition Collectible Deluxe Box,” Alex Kirzhner, art director (Panic! At The Disco) 3) “Icky Thump - Limited Edition USB Flash Drive,” Robin Bechtel, Taylor Brigode, Bill Mooney & Jack White, art directors (The White Stripes) 4) “Venus Doom,” Matt Taylor & Valo, art directors (Him) 5) “What It Is!: Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977),” Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists) Steve: Bad Panic!(!) Bad! You can’t release a limited Edition Collector’s Box for your first CD a year after the normal edition debuts! I’m going to go sulk and listen to Mothership.

Stephanie: Icky Thump/White Stripes, because the music is so memorable. Well, it comes with 512mb of memory.

David: I still contend that “Icky Thump” and everything that involves Jack and Meg is terrible, but receiving music legally on a flash drive is just flat out rockin’.

Eric: Gerard Way’s pale ass and emo comic book seems like a safe bet.

Brian: “What It Is!” should win this award for being able to shove this much funk into one box. The funk is a rare and notoriously wily beast. It cannot be tamed but apparently, it can be packaged. Congratulations Masaki Koike.

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