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Wrighton likely contender for Harvard president position BY TROY RUMANS NEWS EDITOR Emerging as a contender for Harvard’s next president is the University’s own Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Since the resig n at ion of Lawrence Summers at the end of the 2005-2006 academic year, there has been w idespread Chancellor Mark spec u lat ion as to who will Wrighton lead the nation’s premier educational institution in the upcoming year. In December, The Harvard

Crimson broke a story revealing 11 of the roughly 30 names the search committee presented to its Board of Overseers. Though Harvard is still considering him as a possible candidate, Wrighton denied any interest in the position when his name was fi rst mentioned last December. Dean of Arts & Sciences James McLeod was not surprised that Wrighton is one of the candidates. “I assume that they recognize what we recognize. He’s a great educational leader. He’s terrific. I’m assuming that everyone who knows him and knows Washington University knows what a terrific job he’s done,” said McLeod. While McLeod feels that it is

unlikely that Wrighton will decide to leave, he notes that the possibility exists. “I’m not a person who reads tea leaves like this—I have no way of judging what Harvard will do,” said McLeod. “I’m assuming we can show him we love him more than they do, but I’m assuming they all know what a great job’s been done over the past decade.” Senior Richard Zernickow, who holds the undergraduate student seat on the board of trustees, believes Wrighton has no intention of leaving. “In my interactions with him, he’s got plans for the University and seems dedicated to Wash. U.,” said Zernickow. “He has a vision, and wants to see that vi-

sion out. I don’t see him leaving at all. In some of the meetings, I’ve seen some of the plans he’s laid out and it looks like he’s put a lot into it.” When contacted last week, Wrighton was unavailable for comment, said to be traveling in Turkey. Final-round interviews for the position are currently being planned for the four frontrunners of the search—Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy, Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard Law School Institute Dean Elena Kagan and University of Cambridge Chief Allison F. Richard. The committee is also planning on adding another name to that list from a scientiﬁc ﬁeld, with

Wrighton being a key candidate. Harvard has not elected a president from any scientiﬁc ﬁeld since James Bryant Conant, who was president from 1933 to 1955. Lecturer in Women and Gender Studies Barbara Baumgartner was impressed by Harvard’s inclusion of two women among the top candidates. “Harvard is one of the premier educational institutions in the country, and if Harvard chooses a female chancellor, that would provide a wonderful example and model for all other educational institutions,” said Baumgartner. Chancellor Mark Wrighton was elected the 14th chancellor of Washington University

Wash. U. awarded for productivity

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Around 150 students caroused on the Swamp in the wee early hours of the morning on Sunday, Jan. 21. Heavy snowfalls prompted students to erupt in spontaneous snowball fights with strangers while a few dozen men played a rather disorganized game of football.

Local college bans tobacco from campus BY DAVID TABOR MANAGING EDITOR St. Charles Community College made a special resolution this New Year’s. Starting Jan. 1, 2007, a prohibition on tobacco use became effective campuswide. It became the third school in Missouri to enact such a policy. The school’s Board of Directors, who passed the measure unanimously last year, cited the health risks of smoking both to smokers and bystanders who might breathe secondhand smoke. Littering and odor problems were also cited as secondary reasons for the policy. On the Washington University campus, smoking is prohibited in any building managed by Residential Life. In addition, all buildings on the Danforth Campus are smoke-free, unless otherwise indicated. In an e-mail to Student Life, Dean of Students Justin Carroll said that he was unaware of any plans to institute a campus-wide smoking ban. The University has focused attention on the issue but stopped short of calling for students to cease smoking. When a proposed amendment in last November’s elections would have increased taxes on cigarettes in Missouri, Chancellor Mark Wrighton highlighted the

subject in a letter to the University community. “As a leading research and teaching institution, Washington University is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of Missourians through education, cutting-edge research and access to the highest level of patient care,” said Wrighton. “Constitutional Amendments 2 and 3 further all these goals. I urge all members of the Washington University community to consider carefully these ballot measures, and to vote Nov. 7.” The University’s policy of banning smoking in nearly all of its buildings but permitting it in some reserved spaces mirrors that of many schools nationwide. According to the American Nonsmoker’s Rights Foundation, only 41 schools nationwide have campus-wide tobacco bans, but many more have signiﬁcant restrictions on campus smoking. University of Missouri-St. Louis enacted a smoke-free policy in all buildings and some campus areas in 1991, and St. Louis University bans smoking in all non-residential buildings except for certain areas reserved for smoking. The two schools other than

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See SMOKING, page 2 Senior Alana Fields smokes outside Olin Library on Sunday Jan. 21.

Swimming to the big ﬁnish The Bears swimming and diving finished up their season with the Washington University invitational, making an admirable finish to a successful season. Sports, Page 6

in St. Louis in 1995. His long academic career began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972 as an assistant professor of chemistry. He became head of the department in 1987. He then held the position of MIT Provost from 1990 until his election to the position of Chancellor at the University. Wrighton has received a host of grants and fellowships in the ﬁeld of chemistry, has assisted in writing 300 articles in professional and scholarly journals and holds 14 patents. He has also served on a wide array of boards, including the National Science Foundation, the Boston Museum of Science and the Editorial Advisory Board.

The campus big dig continues As students return to campus, a familiar sight greets them: construction. News has the update on what’s done, what’s close, and which projects have a way to go. News, Page 3

Washington University ranked seventh in a recently published ranking of research universities for faculty productivity in doctoral programs. The study, financed by the State University of New York at Stony Brook and published by the Chronicle of Higher Education, ranks individual departments along with the university’s overall research program. In individual programs, the study credited the University with a top 10 ranking in 19 doctoral programs, with a number one rank in its Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Political Science departments. James Cheverud is the graduate head of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department and professor of anatomy. According to Cheverud, the department has not received much attention in other ranking systems because it employs only 10 faculty members, which is small compared to the 40 or more professors in other departments. “The department is not so large but it is of very high quality,” said Cheverud. “It has very prominent senior faculty and good young faculty.” Cheverud said that the high rank of the graduate programs reflects a high quality of education that undergraduates receive because all of the department’s faculty teach undergraduate classes as well. The universities were ranked according to the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (FSP), which assesses a program’s merit by its faculty productivity. This is determined by aggregating the number of papers published, citations received, grant money received and awards accrued to the faculty of a particular program. This data is then divided by the number of faculty members within the program to level the playing field between large universities, which employ a large number of faculty and therefore produce more, and smaller ones, such as Washington University. Robert Thach, dean of the

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Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, said that the high rank is likely to attract more faculty members to work at the University. He also said that the rank will draw more applicants to both its undergraduate and graduate level programs. “It will change the way people think in ways we can’t even predict,” said Thach. According to Thach, the FSP is the first objective method of ranking universities because all other methods, such as the one used by the U.S. News & World Report, depend too heavily on the reputation or the size of a university. This places the University at a disadvantage, as it is too young to have a reputation on the scale of Ivy League schools and has smaller graduate programs. “When the general public thinks of Wash. U., they think of the great job we do with undergraduates and the great medical school even though we have excellence in many areas,” said Thach. “The people aren’t aware of that because the reputational surveys put them at 20 to 30. Reputations take decades to build,” said Thach. The University also gained a top 10 ranking in five of 11 field categories: third in social and behavioral sciences, fourth in biological and biomedical sciences, tied for fifth in public administration and social sciences professions, sixth in humanities and seventh in business. According to the FSP index reports, universities that rank high in faculty productivity also tend to rank high in undergraduate education. Thach said that the public will notice this correlation, thereby improving the University’s reputation. “It is the best job anyone has ever done in coming up with a honest, data based evaluation system,” said Thach. “It has caused a big stir and rightly so.” The FSP was developed by Lawrence Martin, dean of the Graduate School at State University of New York at Stony Brook. The recent index compiled nationwide data from 7,294 programs, 177,816 faculty members and 354 institutions to determine the rankings.

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NATIONAL Anti-spanking ban proposed in California San Francisco area assemblywoman, Sally Lieber, is submitting a proposal to California legislature which would make the spanking of a child or toddler under age four a crime punishable by up to a year in county jail. Although Lieber, a Democrat, received much negative criticism of the government’s interference in child rearing, Lieber was confident that she would rally the support of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. While most states already ban corporal punishment in schools and child-care institutions, the passage of Lieber’s proposal would make California the first state to ban spanking.

LOCAL Catholic Group protests for 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade Archbishop Raymond Burke joined a group of over 400 protestors on Saturday in a peaceful march from the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica to the Planned Parenthood office on Forest Park Avenue. The vigil marked the 34th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion around the nation. While no attempts were made by the protesters

to contact the women in the clinic, there were over a dozen representatives from the Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice offering support for the clinic workers and visitors.

INTERNATIONAL Iran Announces Short-Range Missile Tests In spite of significant international pressure, Iran announced new tests of short-range missiles Sunday. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed criticism that the country’s economy has been hurt by U.N. sanctions for its nuclear program. The nation is planning to test its short-range Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles possibly near Garmsar City, 60 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran. Iran’s actions are the first since the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions last month over Ahmadinejad’s defiance of its demand that Iran stop enriching uranium. The sanctions also ban selling materials and technology that could be used in Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Ahmadinejad has vowed that Iran has a right to pursue nuclear technology.

Severe Earthquake Rocks Indonesia A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook buildings in an Indonesian provincial capital on Sunday evening. There

were no reports of casualties as of yet, but many buildings were cracked in Manado, a city of 400,000. A massive tsunami triggered by a quake in the Indian Ocean in December 2004 left about 170,000 people dead or missing in Indonesia’s Aceh province in Sumatra. Many fled to higher ground for fear of a tsunami after the quake, but none had occurred as a result of the quake. Manado is located on northern Sulawesi Island, 2,200 km northeast of Jakarta.

St. Charles Community College that do not permit tobacco use anywhere on their campuses are Ozarks Technical Community College and State Fair Community College. Junior Ulas Gulkirpik, a light but regular smoker, would oppose such a ban on

the University campus. By the time students enter college, he said, they should be allowed to make decisions for themselves. “The damage you do is only to yourself,” said Gulkirpik. “Secondhand smoking is not an issue outdoors.”

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Construction projects continue Architecture School places through spring semester sixth in national rankings v Garage expansion eases parking crunch; Sam Fox

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Campus construction is progressing at a brisk pace. While the Hole’s development continues, the new Snow Way garage opened this past week. BY JOSH HANTZ NEWS EDITOR The Snow Way parking garage expansion by the Village has made finding a parking spot much easier for the residents in Small Group Housing and fraternities. The $4 million Phase II project, begun in May and completed in late December, added 327 spaces to the garage. The four-story addition is the first expansion to the garage since it was first constructed in 2001 with the creation of Small Group Housing. The expansion required the demolition of two Small Group Housing units. “We started right after graduation and it was a fast-track project so that we could have it back open for students as soon as possible,” said Lynda Markham, administrative assistant of Capital Projects and Records for Washington University. Markham added that the University had to add more parking to stay in line with a county rule requiring a certain ratio of parking spots to students. Many students were forced to park in the

Millbrook garage due to lack of space by the Village. “Bad weather sometimes made it harder to find spots,” said sophomore Erica Gorman. “There were times I would drive around two times trying to find one.” Gorman, who has a blue parking permit allowing her to park in the Village garage, has noticed a significant difference since the expansion. “It’s a lot easier to find spots now,” she said. “There’s also a lot more under-cover parking. The upper levels are emptier now too. I rarely have to go past level two to find a space.” The garage is zoned for red permits on the first level and blue and yellow on the other levels, with several designated handicapped spots. The garage has two entrances but only one exit on the west end. The bicycle rack has been moved to the southeast corner of Level One. There are currently no plans to further expand the Snow Way garage. The underground University Center garage, slated to open in 2009, will ease parking around the Danforth Campus.

The Sam Fox Arts Center, while still far from completion, is well underway. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, these two new buildings, which were started in April 2004, are meant to link the University’s five visual arts and design programs through interdisciplinary study. They were made possible by a $1 million challenge grant by the Kresge Foundation and an additional $4.4 million raised through gifts and pledges. One building is the Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall, a 38,000 square-foot studio facility for the School of Art. The other is a 65,000 square-foot art museum, housing the Newman Money Museum, the Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Information Center, the Gallery of Art and offices and classrooms for the Department of Art History and Archaeology. In the Gallery Building, temporary protection and roofing has been completed, and second-floor drywall is expected to begin in late February, according to the Department of Facilities Planning and Management.

The Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design recently rose four positions to tie Cornell University and Rice University for sixth in the nation, according to a survey by DesignIntelligence. Harvard University, the University of Cincinnati, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia ranked first, second, third, fourth, and fifth in the survey, respectively. “Last year, we ranked tenth [in the nation],” said Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School. “This is a result of the tremendous effort put forth by the faculty and quality of our students.” The ranking focuses primarily on alumni experience. DesignIntelligence polls directors of design, managing principals, and human resource directors from architecture firms nationwide. Those polled rank programs based on the professionalism and preparation graduates exhibited over the last five years. Sustainability, analysis and planning, construction methods and materials, research and theory, communication skills and computer applications are also taken into consideration. “The commitment of the faculty alongside the unique international experiences offered to our graduate students are apparent,” said Colangelo. Although Colangelo and his colleagues are proud of the program’s rise in the rankings, they look forward to additional improvement in the future. “We are not finished,” said Adrian Luchini, a professor of Architecture. “I personally aim for the program to be number one and

I am not being idealistic. Before I leave this institution, I see the program closer to, if not, number one. The caliber of Washington University allows us to aim high.” Luchini shares similar feelings with Colangelo about the faculty and students. “Both the faculty’s and students’ level of commitment and level of talent is really stunning,” said Luchini. “We seldom have to deal with bad cases; they love what they do.” The increased popularity of the program is visible when examining the growth of the student body. “The recruitment of students has risen dramatically,” said Colangelo. “We now have 179 graduate students and are moving closer to 200.” Colangelo also noted the increasing selectivity of the program. Application numbers are rising more dramatically than enrollment, thus lowering the graduate student acceptance rate. Luchini has noticed a significant change in the architectural program during his ten years at the university. “Our ability to really run alongside the pulse of society has introduced pertinent changes to the program,” said Luchini. “Among these include aggressive design programs abroad. Students are encouraged to study both in St. Louis and outside the [United States].” Programs are currently offered in Helsinki, Finland; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Barcelona, Spain. A new program will be offered next fall in China. “[Programs abroad] provide students the opportunity to be exposed to talented and rich cultures outside of the U.S.,” said Luchini. “I believe this has contributed to the improved ranking.” DesignIntelligence is the

monthly journal of the Design Future Council, a global network of professionals involved with the design community. Its mission is to explore trends, changes and new opportunities in design, architecture, and building technology. Published as “America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools 2007,” the eighth annual survey assessed 114 programs accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Washington University ranked first in the Midwest region. Currently, the graduate program offers students several courses of study. Options include the accredited Master of Architecture degree, a professional degree for students with an undergraduate degree in architecture, and for students with a background in non-architectural studies; the post-professional Master of Architecture degree, for individuals already holding professional degrees in architecture who are interested in pursuing opportunities in research, teaching and independent studies; and the Master of Urban Design degree, a postprofessional degree focused on issues of the metropolitan landscape for those holding professional degrees in architecture or landscape architecture. Joint dual degree programs also exist, combining the Master of Architecture or Master of Urban Design degrees with studies in other divisions at Washington University. These programs lead to dual degrees in architecture and urban design and a Master of Business Administration, Master of Social Work or Master of Construction Management.

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The furry Put teaching before research choice I W STAFF EDITORIAL

nspired by the situation of Religious Studies Lecturer Dr. Jerome Bauer, in it’s Sept. 29, 2006 issue, Student Life considered the position of lecturers at Wash. U. and concluded that they were a valuable part of a student’s educational experience (“Lecture positions valuable to students”). Student Life has already made the argument, then, that on principle, firing a lecturer in order to upgrade his position to that of a research position should be done only when it is necessary for the department and never when a knowledgeable and well-respected lecturer will have his term cut short. But, even if we ignore previous arguments about the benefits of having lecturers instead of research professors, there are compelling reasons, specific to the case of Jerome Bauer, for the University to reconsider its decision to eliminate this lecturer’s position and save itself from making a mistake that will cost the student body and the University community at large. The University administration, no doubt, believes that changing Bauer’s position to

that of a research professor will improve its religious studies department and views this move as an improvement that ought to be celebrated. In some ways, the administration is correct. The benefits of having a researcher involve potential opportunities for students and align perfectly with the criteria for improving the school’s U.S. News & World Report college ranking. But, while increasing the school’s ranking may be beneficial, the best education for students and best decisions for the University do not always fit into the rigid requirements of a ranking equation. These decisions are unique to each situation and instead of just considering Bauer’s career as a position within the school, the administration needs to look specifically at Bauer and determine whether or not releasing him is more beneficial for the school than retaining him as a lecturer. Bauer is a special asset to the Wash. U. community. His past course evaluations are incredibly high, particularly in the areas evaluating his interaction with students and students

having taken his classes report learning a lot. Even more impressive evidence of his effect on student’s lives has been the fact that a generally apathetic student body, (only a small portion of students take the time to log onto WebSTAC to vote in school elections) has circulated a petition, signed by around 500 students, to keep Bauer at this school. Students at this school believe he makes a difference. However, Bauer is not only concerned with his students. He has shown his commitment and dedication to the school by concerning himself with several campus issues ranging from the Student Worker Alliance to the co-op to the University’s silence on an alleged sexual assault by one of its faculty. In a climate where lots of the faculty are either afraid or unwilling to engage in discussing campus issues, particularly when it is appropriate to be critical of the administration, Bauer has called for the University to change its course of action and has asked written letters in which he creates plans for an ideal University. Essentially, he has taken leadership in

quest to change the educational practices of this school in ways that are beneficial to students. Those who disagree with his opinions are benefited at the very least by the stimulus he has provided the University community to re-evaluate its opinions on education. Through his concern for students and concern for the University as a whole, Bauer has proven himself a valuable asset to the community. The benefits of such a voice seem to be overlooked and underappreciated within the confines of the administration’s current decision-making practice. While there may be value to adding another research position to the religious studies department, the value Wash. U. would lose in its loss of a unique member of its community, a member who has been actively involved in pursuing the good of the community in a way few others have been, negates the hard benefits of a researcher. For the sake of the University community as a whole, Wash. U. needs to reevaluate its decision to remove the position of Jerome Bauer.

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The hard truth: your jobless major BY TOM BUTCHER STAFF COLUMNIST

his is an article for all you communications majors out there, for every student of philosophy and for anyone who ever decided to follow their dream. I have something to tell you. You may not like. it You may not even acknowledge it, but then you are in denial. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you can move on. Are you ready? Here we go: we are all unemployable. We are the black sheep of the collegiate family. “How did this happen?” you ask. Well, let me lay it out there for you. In these institutions of higher learning, there exists an inverted triangle of employability. Spanning ﬁve full levels, each step down diminishes your odds of ever escaping the realm of academia at an alarming rate. You can think of it as the food pyramid from hell—with college majors. At the very top are of those practical minded people who major in business, science and engineering. Virtually assured

of a job upon leaving our protective bubble of education, these people tend to be very practically minded. That, or they’re just that much smarter than the rest of us. Immediately below those far-sighted individuals are the Language and Social Science majors. While a degree in German or economics might not carry the same weight as a B.A. in chemistry, they are still moderately assured of being able to ﬁnd a job. They still carry majors with a relatively high degree of practicality. On the third level, however, employability begins to take a big dive. The third level is occupied exclusively by the oftmocked communications major. Unless you manage to land a job in the journalism industry, you’re probably not going to go too far with that lead weight diploma. And if you were interested in journalism, you should have majored in that, anyway. Continuing down to the fourth layer of this pyramid, we begin to wipe the dust off the aborted résumés we ﬁnd. This level is home to the classic

liberal arts degrees: English, history, philosophy. It also plays home to a few other majors like American Cultural Studies. I mean, seriously, come on. American Cultural Studies? That just sounds like a welfare check. Anything that D-1 football players major in goes in this category, too. If you are one of these poor, unfortunate souls, then I recommend getting a trust fund, and quick. That, or marrying well. Perhaps you can use your big words to impress a rich business major. So, you might be wondering at this point, what could possibly be more unemployable than a philosophy major? Well, I’ll tell you, though it breaks my heart to do so. The ﬁfth and lowest level of this inverted triangle is where students in the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities make their home, and this is what I intend to major in. For those of you who don’t know, the IPH is basically like triple majoring in English, history and philosophy, but for people who don’t want to actually do that. This ensures that we are three times as unemployable

as anyone else. What jobs will await students in the IPH? Well, the standard joke is that any philosophy major will one day wind up teaching philosophy himself; the IPH was actually created with this intention in mind. It’s a self-perpetuating cycle, ensuring unemployability for all time. So what could make a seemingly rationally minded fellow like myself desire to follow this beeline to the unemployment queue? Stupidity, idealism and naiveté are all acceptable answers, but the real reason is something far less substantial: I love this stuff. I can’t get enough of Thomas Hobbes, I ﬁnd myself fascinated by Alexander the Great and my jaw drops in awe before the might of William Golding. I may be doing everything in my power to become unemployable, but I am loving every step on the way. Let’s just hope I still feel that way after I’m done with school. Tom is a freshman in the School of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at tmbutcher@wustl.edu.

eek one is over and the break is so far back in my memory that I wonder if I imagined it. But, one feeling from break still remains for me—the lack of my fuzzy bundles of joy. Yes, I am referring to my cats and dogs, not a furry love child from my past. To simplify further, I miss my pets. This may seem elementary and pointless, but recently I have come to feel that the relationship with a pet and the companionship a pet brings is an overlooked and potentially health boasting relationship. As college students, we generally accept that pets are a nono and have never questioned the decision for a pet-free existence. In the last couple years, however, many schools across the country have been experimenting Chelsea with pet-friendly dorms. For example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology sets aside four buildings for upperclassmen that allow cats, under specific guidelines, with the main reason being stress relief. Also, Stephens College recently received national press for creating a pilot program that allows for a pet floor under strict rules. The rules included a weight limit of 40 pounds or less, the pet must be spayed or neutered, the student must provide proof that the pet has all its shots and a deposit and waiver must be provided for responsibility of any damage caused by the pet. Included in many of the colleges that participate is the consent of 75 to 100 percent of the floor’s residents and the option to request a non-pet floor. The obvious con to a pet-friendly environment is the possible noise, mess and lack of care. A student who is going through the trouble of registering his or her pet, however, is probably not going to neglect their pet on a whim. A pet-friendly dorm oncampus may not necessarily be an answer. But, I feel if ResLife began a pet policy off campus, there could be many benefits to both students and

the school. Firstly, off-campus is a more plausible place to own a pet. Presumably, you have more access to the outdoors in an area that already may be occupied by non-Wash. U. pet owners. Secondly, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has concluded that pets have a relaxing effect on their owners, which may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol. It has also been concluded that pets have been known to lower stress levels and calm the nerves. This would be an obvious benefit to a Wash. U. student (I believe everyone can agree that Wash. U. is stressful.) Lastly, the added perk of pet ownership may entice students who would normally stay on campus until death (or graduation, whichever occurs first) to move off campus, thereby possibly alMurphy leviating the risk for a repeat of this year’s housing crunch. Therefore, this is what I propose: 1) Allow pets in select Wash. U. off-campus apartments. 2) Put a weight limit of 40 pounds or less on the animals. (Size isn’t necessarily a problem until someone tries to squeeze a Great Dane into a Wash. Ave. apartment.) 3) The pet owner must register his/her pet with ResLife by providing a current record of their shots and by leaving a deposit. 4) The pet owner must be responsible financially for any damage that occurs due to their pet. 5) If any of these rules are broken, it may lead to immediate expulsion of the pet. With a good set of rules in place, I feel that the benefits of pet-owning in a college setting could be endless. Furthermore, if the benefits do prove to be good, the school could choose to further implement a pet policy in on-campus, upper-classmen dorms. Chelsea is a junior in the School of Art and a Forum Editor. She can be reached via e-mail at forum@studlife.com.

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A word for engineering Dear Editor: I was pleased to see the article on women in engineering in the recent issue of Student Life (“Female engineers: No longer the forbidden trade,” Jan. 19, 2006). It would be terriﬁc to see more women take advantage of the great opportunities that engineering has to offer. One important aspect of engineering that I think students often overlook is how creative it is. While it is true that math and the sciences provide essential tools that engineering students need to master, what makes engineering so rewarding is the opportunities for invention that it provides. Successful engineers are profoundly creative people and while our medium can be pretty technical, what separates the ordinary from the

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MOVIE REVIEW

Sylvester Stallone enters the ring one last time: ‘Rocky Balboa’ is a fitting conclusion BY DANIEL P. HAEUSSER CADENZA REPORTER Until recently, I hadn’t seen any of the “Rocky” fi lms, despite growing up in suburban Philadelphia. I’ve watched boxing since middle school, but never cared much for the tangled mess of heavyweight bouts, preferring the fl uid style of lighter divisions. After fi nally seeing “Rocky,” I was critical of the overly violent and unrealistic ‘fi ghts’ that seemed more like street brawls than the sport I watch. Yet, I found the Academy Award-winning original to be engaging in its gritty capture of a downtrodden Philadelphia neighborhood and social class. The sequels were mostly competent in resurrecting the character, but never captured the raw simplicity of the original. I love the po-

litical and pop-culture 1980s undertones of “Rocky IV,” and although I agree with the consensus that “Rocky V” is awful, it did have some good points, particularly in its aborted attempt to move on from the formulaic Rocky plot. “Rocky Balboa,” directed by Sylvester Stallone, is the perfect bookend to the series and matches the gritty simplicity of the fi rst fi lm. At the same time, it returns to the failed themes of “Rocky V,” such as Rocky’s relationship with his son and the corruption of professional boxing. This fi lm gives them another try, albeit with mixed results. Antonio Tarver, a professional light heavyweight, plays Mason “The Line” Dixon, Rocky’s opponent, in the new fi lm. Although eager to prove himself in the ring, Dixon is manipulated by promoters into easy fi ghts

that guarantee large payouts in place of respect. In fact, “Rocky V” comments on the fl amboyant lifestyle of boxing stars and the damage to promoters of the sport. At the same time, “Rocky Balboa” appears to celebrate the theatrics of boxing, including a pointless cameo by Mike Tyson and online gambling site advertisements ubiquitously plastered throughout the movie. The gritty realism of the majority of the fi lm suddenly becomes brightly lighted, vibrantly colored and carnivalesque when the match begins. It was as if I had been transported from the cinema to watching HBO on my TV. The prefi ght statistics appeared on screen in HBO font, with HBO announcers babbling like it was a typical Saturday night prizefi ght. “Rocky Balboa” portrays several relationships be-

tween the title character and those dearest to him. There is again tension with his son (Milo Ventimiglia) and his brother-in-law Paulie (Burt Young), but Rocky is additionally burdened with the emotional weight of recently losing his beloved wife Adrian to ‘woman’s cancer.’ It was a good decision, though regrettable, that Stallone removed the character of Adrian from this fi lm, as it gave Rocky great motivation to bring his life back together and fi nd meaningful purpose and relationships. Filling the vacant post of female supporter is the character of “Little Marie,” a girl who Rocky met in the fi rst fi lm (and whose scenes were cut from “Rocky V”), now played by Geraldine Hughes. It is made clear by dialogue that Rocky has no romantic interest in Marie, yet what the audience observes is un-

comfortable at times. Stallone uses Marie’s son, Steps (James Francis Kelly III), as another son-fi gure for Rocky to take into the fold. Unfortunately, the character seems to serve no discernable purpose, providing little confl ict and then suddenly becoming a silent, but friendly companion to the champ. All of these characters are really used to support Rocky, and perhaps Stallone’s ego as the star. This is no different, though, from any of the past fi lms. Even “Rocky V,” which could have featured Rocky training a protegee in the trend of “The Next Karate Kid,” chose to make the young protegee a villain to showcase Rocky alone. At the end it is difficult to say how much any of the characters beyond Rocky have grown. Stallone seems caught up in the joy of his

fi nal time in the ring as the character, breathing in the shouts of “Rocky! Rocky!” with nostalgia and holy reverence. In this sense, the movie as an avatar for Sly’s own life is clear. If you’ve seen the other “Rocky” fi lms, then you should defi nitely see this one. With all my criticisms, it is a fun, entertaining little fl ick that completes the story well.

Rocky Balboa Rating: ★★★✩✩ Directed by: Sylvester Stallone Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes

BOOK REVIEW

This is—really—‘Not Chick Lit’ CADENZA WRITER According to Elizabeth Merrick in her introduction to “This is Not Chick Lit,” chick lit can be defined as such: “Chick lit is a genre, like the thriller, the sci-fi novel, or the fantasy epic. Its form and content are, more or less, formulaic: white girl in the big city searches for

This is Not Chick Lit Rating: ★★★★✩ Author: Elizabeth Merrick

Prince Charming, all the while shopping, alternately cheating on or adhering to her diet, dodging her boss, and enjoying the occasional teary-eyed lunch with her token Sassy Gay Friend. Chick lit is the daughter of the romance novel and the step-sister to the fashion magazine.” And while Merrick concedes that “we all need occasional cottoncandy entertainment,” she points out that the popularity and publicity of the chick lit genre has hidden the fact that women in America are writing serious, funny, and honest works of fiction that have nothing to do with

handbags or shoes. To offset this unfortunate oversight, Merrick has compiled eighteen short stories written by “America’s Best Women Writers” and titled her anthology “This is Not Chick Lit.” The title doesn’t lie. The stories in “This is Not Chick Lit” are anything but that: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie details the struggles of a young woman who comes to the United States from Nigeria; Jennifer Egan’s “Selling the General” is the story of a publicist whose duty is to make a genocidal dictator look good; Samantha Hunt explores the possibility of falling in love with a robot;

Judy Budnitz puts a semimodern spin on the story of Joan of Arc. The contributing authors take on issues ranging from racism to professor-student affairs to coming out as homosexual, and all this is done without a single mention of designer clothes. While some of the stories didn’t appeal to my personal tastes (sorry, but robot love really isn’t my thing), they were all thought-provoking, entertaining, and very worth reading. I don’t think there is anything wrong with enjoying a good, girly book every so often, but it is important to acknowledge the

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MONDAY | JANUARY 22, 2007

Swimming teams perform well at invitational tournament v Squads now

had a pair of impressive swims, winning both the 500-yard freestyle and the 1650-yard freestyle with NCAA provisional marks of 5:05.82 and 17:40.58, respectively. Junior diver Priya Srikanth turned in season-high performances in both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. She scored 421.15 points in the 1meter event, just four points shy of the school record, and 491.05 points in the 3-meter contest. The men were led by junior Perry Bullock, who won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:56.81 and the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:10.28. Sophomore Julian Beattie also contributed a second place fi nish in the 200-yard breaststroke and a third-place fi nish in the 1650-yard freestyle. Beattie’s time of 16:25.09 in the 1650 free was just two seconds short of the provisional qualifying time for national competition. With their last home meet behind them, the Bears now turn their focus to the UAA Championship meet in three weeks. Going into the resting period of their training, the teams will be able to feed off their successes of the last two weeks as they prepare for the fi nal meets of the season. “It kind of picks everyone up and makes everyone look forward to [the] conference [meet],” said Nordbrock. “It really helps to know that we’re that well-prepared, that once we’re rested we’ll be swimming even faster.”

preparing for UAA Championships in February BY ANNA DINNDORF The Wash. U. swimming and diving teams fi nished off their home schedule with a bang this weekend at the Washington University Invitational. In addition to turning in some strong individual performances, the Bear women took fi rst out of seven teams with 958 points, beating out second place fi nisher DePauw University by 198 points. The men’s team fi nished second to the University of Missouri-Rolla with a fi nal point total of 757. Coming off a dual meet victory over Lindenwood University last weekend, the Bears were pleased with their performance. “After our training trip we’re still kind of broken down, and it’s very encouraging to see that people are still swimming fast,” said junior co-captain Meredith Nordbrock. Nordbrock had a strong meet, clocking season-best times in the 200-yard backstroke and the 400-yard individual medley. She improved her NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 200 backstroke to 2:07.76 and qualified in the 400 IM as well with a time of 4:33.88, taking fi rst in both events. Sophomore Kelly Kono also

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Sophomore Charles Stewart encourages a teammate at the annual WU Inivtational on Friday, Jan. 19. The men’s team placed second, while the Lady Bears took first place at the meet.

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moves women’s basketball back into UAA race BY TRISHA WOLF SPORTS REPORTER Numbers clearly don’t always tell the story. On Friday night, Washington University’s Women’s basketball team played like the number two ranked team in the country while the University of Rochester (41-1, 3-1 UAA) played like the team that had lost three of its first four games and fallen out of the national rankings. In a phenomenal upset, the Lady Bears handed the Lady Yellowjackets their first defeat of the season, blowing them out 57-36 at the Field House. With this win, the Bears (11-4, 3-1 UAA) have seemingly regained the form and confidence that has made the team a perennial UAA powerhouse. The game seemed in doubt early on when standout senior Rebecca Parker received her second foul of the game with 15:21 remaining in the half. This greatly limited her playing time for the remainder of the half. Wash. U.

faced another hurdle when fellow starter Sarah Schell received her second foul of the half with 9:08 remaining and did not play for the rest of the half. Fortunately, the bench responded, scoring 12 of the Bear’s 27 first half points. “Our bench came out strong tonight,” said head coach Nancy Fahey. “They have finally started to gain some experience and it really shows.” “This game was truly a team effort,” added senior guard Jill Brandt, who scored a game-high 13 points. “We have begun to gel as a team and really worked hard together tonight.” The Red and Green took complete control of the game in the second half. The Bears limited the Yellowjackets to just 18.75 percent shooting from the field while not allowing a single Rochester field goal in the last five minutes of the game. Defense was truly the story of Friday’s game, as 18 of Wash. U.’s points came off of forced turnovers. The Bears were also able to grab 50 rebounds, led by sophomore Jaimie McFarlin who had 12. “We played very solid defense tonight and were able to keep our heads in the game for the entire 40 minutes,” said Fahey.

The Red and Green were ecstatic about their performance on Friday. “We had a particularly fierce mentality the entire game and really took it to the league favorite,” said Parker. “We had no UAA respect going into the game and were able to earn some tonight.” On Sunday, the Bears earned another solid victory, defeating Carnegie Mellon University (6-10, 0-5 UAA) 76-64 at the Field House. The Red and Green never fell behind in the entire 40 minutes of play. Parker had an especially strong game, recording her seventh double-double of the season and thirteenth of her career with 18 points and 16 rebounds. With this performance, Parker also moved up to sixth on the all-time rebounding list with 597. Guard Leah Feola led the Tartans with a double-double of her own, recording 16 points and 12 rebounds. After this stellar weekend, the Bears now stand in third place in the UAA and have moved themselves back into title contention. The Bears return to action Friday night versus Brandeis University at the Field House. Game time is scheduled for 6 p.m. LIONEL SOBEHART | STUDENT LIFE

Sophomore Jaimie McFarlin dominates the Rochester’s Yellowjackets in a 57-36 blowout on Friday night in the Athletic Complex. The Lady Bears improved their record to 11-4.

Men’s Hoop Team Cruises to Easy win over Carnegie Mellon vMen’s basketball remains undefeated in UAA play after blowout 73-49 victory yesterday BY ANDREI BERMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Thirteen and climbing. The 13th ranked Washington University men’s basketball team avoided any form of a letdown Sunday, easily defeating Carnegie Mellon, 73-49. The Bears, who defeated Rochester in a grueling Friday contest Friday evening, moved to 14-1 on the season and remained perfect at 50 in University Athletic Association play. The red hot hoops squad has now won 11 straight games and its national ranking is expected to rise with Monday’s release of the weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. Relentless defensive pressure in the first half limited the visiting Tartans to just 16 points in the opening frame. Offensively, Wash.U struggled at the start, turning the ball over ten times in the early going. The second half proved a different story, however, as the Red and Green utilized its trademark transition offense to perfection en route to a 30 point lead with just over five minutes remaining. The Wash. U. lead hovered around 20 for the much of the second stanza, but a 9-0

Bears run midway through the half cemented the proverbial dagger in the Tartans’ coffin. A pair of late Carnegie threes allowed the final margin of victory to appear slightly more respectable in a game which was never truly in doubt. Sophomore point guard Sean Wallis and junior big man Troy Ruths each tallied 15 points for the hosts. Freshman guard Aaron Thompson checked in with 14 points, while sophomore swing man Tyler Nading finished with 12. Nading also had nine rebounds to lead Wash. U. Ruths garnered seven boards and Wallis finished with a team high five assists. It was the 14th time this year that the team exceeded 70 points, with Friday’s win over Rochester being the only time this season that the team has failed to reach the 70 point plateau. The team, which currently sits alone atop the UAA standings, resumes its four game home stand next weekend with a pair of crucial league contests. The Bears welcome the Judges of Brandeis for a Friday night match-up at 8 p.m. and then host New York University on Sunday at noon.

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Starting Forward Troy Ruths (08) goes up for a layup in the Bears’s game versus Carnegie Melon on Sunday, Jan. 21. Ruths scored 15 points in the game, eight of which came during a Bears’ 12-4 run early in the game.

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Sophmore Guard Sean Wallis pushes the Bears’ offense forward during the first half of Sunday’s game against Carnegie Mellon. Wallis posted 15 points and led the team with five assists in 30 minutes of play.

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SPORTS Lady Bears upset Rochester, defeat Carnegie Mellon v Weekend sweep

Sophomore Jaimie McFarlin dominates the Rochester’s Yellowjackets in a 57-36 blowout on Friday night in the Athletic Complex. The Lady Bears improved their record to 11-4.

Men’s Hoop Team Cruises to Easy win over Carnegie Mellon vMen’s basketball remains undefeated in UAA play after blowout 73-49 victory yesterday BY ANDREI BERMAN SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Thirteen and climbing. The 13th ranked Washington University men’s basketball team avoided any form of a letdown Sunday, easily defeating Carnegie Mellon, 73-49. The Bears, who defeated Rochester in a grueling Friday contest Friday evening, moved to 14-1 on the season and remained perfect at 50 in University Athletic Association play. The red hot hoops squad has now won 11 straight games and its national ranking is expected to rise with Monday’s release of the weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. Relentless defensive pressure in the first half limited the visiting Tartans to just 16 points in the opening frame. Offensively, Wash. U. struggled at the start, turning the ball over ten times in the early going. The second half proved a different story, however, as the Red and Green utilized its trademark transition offense to perfection en route to a 30 point lead with just over five minutes remaining. The Wash. U. lead hovered around 20 for the much of the second stanza, but a 9-0

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