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Sick architecture juniors raise concerns By Mandy Silver Contributing Editor By junior year, Washington University architecture students consider Givens Hall the hub of both their academic and social lives. Junior architect majors estimate that they spend between as many as 40 to 60 hours a week in the studio space and large drafting rooms working late hours to ﬁnish projects. Recently, too many all-nighters have resulted in a large number of junior students getting sick. At the suggestion of Architecture Professor Iain Fraser and Associate Dean of the School of Architecture Peter MacKeith, a mandatory meeting for juniors was called to discuss health and wellness issues. Architecture School Council President Anisa Metzger organized the session and invited Chief of Health Promotion Services Melissa Ruwitch as a guest speaker. “The juniors have a really tough ﬁrst semester this year because of their heavy load of studio—taking graphics and design studio at the same time,” said Metzger. “Professors felt students weren’t taking care of themselves as well as they could have been. I think juniors

needed to know that people were concerned.” Ruwitch’s presentation focused on promoting better nutrition and sleeping habits, while simultaneously attempting to raise students’ awareness about their own and their friends’ behavior. She also emphasized Health Services’ goal as “helping to support the academic mission of the university.” “In their setting, students feel conﬁned to Givens,” said Ruwitch. “Since Kayak’s closes early, they think that they only have vending machines as a food option. Instead, I talked about planning—packing snacks. This is just one example of how Health Services might help students focus on a very basic behavior and help alter that speciﬁc unhealthy behavior.” Ruwitch’s impression of students was that “they were all really overworked and dead looking.” She said she believes that her message to get more rest was well received but was largely viewed as unfeasible by students. Debbie Balters, junior architecture student and an attendee at the health discussion, agreed with Ruwitch’s assessment of the students’ reception of her

presentation. Balters openly commented that architecture students simply don’t have the time to take advantage of the health services offered by the University, much less sleep the recommended number of hours each night. “I don’t think she [Ruwitch] realized how little sleep we had gotten,” said Balters. “We were in the middle of this really intense project and she started giving us these advertisements for Student Health Services no one has time for. It makes you realize how ridiculous your habits are when she tells you the recommended amount of sleep and everyone is functioning on a third of that.” Responding to student opinions, Ruwitch emphasized that she recognizes that the step from being aware of behavior to actually modifying that behavior is huge. “The students and I understand that there is a divide between giving tips and implementing changes in behavior,” Ruwitch said. “My purpose in speaking was to only give an overview of the services offered at Wash. U. and to welcome an opportunity to do further indepth health investigations.” Over the years, the school of

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Junior architecture student Steve Gage works on designing a shuttle stop Thursday afternoon in Givens Hall. The School of Architecture is known for having a rigorous work load. architecture has had counselors visit faculty meetings and student groups to address similar issues. Professor Fraser said that Ruwitch’s presentation was merely to suggest that “there are guidelines and help, based on

students’ interests.” Despite the stress juniors feel, most enter into the architecture major fully aware of the demands of the program. Pinned to a student board hanging in Givens is a crushed fortune whose

message reads “God will help you overcome any hardship.” For now, it appears that architecture students are satisﬁed harnessing the inspiration provided by a fortune cookie, rather than choosing to change their habits.

Bright to speak on death penalty at law school By John Hewitt Staff Reporter Stephen Bright, director of the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, will speak on the death penalty today in conjunction with a meeting of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons, which the University Law School began hosting yesterday. Bright will speak on “Crime, Prison and the Death Penalty: The Inﬂuence of Race and Poverty.” “It is really important that people look at what kind of court system they have and what kind of justice is being dispensed,”

said Bright. “Poor people who are in prison who can’t afford a lawyer—what can they do if their rights are being violated, if they’re being raped every day in their cell? If you don’t have a lawyer, there’s nothing you can do.” Bright’s speech will cover a range of topics including public health problems posed by America’s jail system and political demagoguery surrounding the issue of crime. Yesterday’s meeting of the Commission, which was open to the public, focused on the stress that corrections ofﬁcers are put under, how they cope with it and

how the situation might be improved. “My big pitch to law students is that it’s more fulfilling to give up the money that you get from working at the big law firms and do something worthwhile like working for the public defender offices,” said Bright. “I would encourage people who’re going into law to really pay attention to this—and to those that aren’t, I’d say that they have a civic responsibility...to encourage their legislators to do something about it...We incarcerate more of our population than any other country in the world.” Alex Busansky, the Commis-

sion’s executive director, commented on the difﬁculties facing prisoners once they leave the criminal justice system. “Ninety-seven percent of all inmates are released eventually,” said Busansky. “Twenty percent of them are mentally ill, and many prisoners are no longer given educational programming or work opportunities... We accept the situation because no one wants to talk about it.” The Commission began operating last March with the intent to increase public knowledge about serious problems within America’s prisons and to search for solutions. Members include

legal experts, psychiatrists, law enforcement ofﬁcials, civil rights advocates and state legislators. Josh Glickman, a secondyear law student, worked with the Commission last summer. “I think it’s a fantastic commission,” said Glickman. “I think it’s easy for people to not know and not care about what happens in our nation’s prisons. People don’t realize how the safety of our inmates affects the outside world.” Glickman added that he thought Washington University had been very accommodating in hosting the Commission,

which is not afﬁliated with the University. The Commission will move to Los Angeles, California in February 2006. Margo Schlanger is a professor at the Law School who serves on the commission. “Students don’t often get a chance to participate in an event where public policy can be affected,” said Schlanger. “This isn’t just an exercise held for educational value...it’s an opportunity for the beneﬁt of the commission.” Bright will give his Assembly Series address today at 4 p.m. in the Bryan Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

CPC’s Happy Hour attacked by false ﬂyers once again By Sarah Kliff Senior News Editor

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Students use the walkway over the Forest Park Parkway MetroLink construction to return home from classes on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2005. A female student was robbed as she came off the bridge very early Sunday morning.

Robberies continue near campus By Sarah Kliff Senior News Editor A recent string of offcampus robberies continued through the weekend, with one student assaulted directly across the street from Washington University early Sunday morning. University City Police are currently pursuing an individual who they believe has committed four recent street robberies, one in September and three in October. In Sunday’s robbery, a University student was robbed

as she exited the walkway over the Forest Park Parkway MetroLink construction. “These robberies are occurring late at night, with one or two people,” said Charles Adam, the Deputy Chief of University City Police. “He’s picking people who are off the beaten path. The young lady who was robbed the other day was robbed late at night while crossing the walkway.” Adams said that the University City Police have stepped up their patrol efforts since students arrived

on campus for the fall semester and have placed a greater focus on patrolling over the weekend. The robberies have tended to occur when individuals were walking alone on side streets in the area between campus and the Delmar Loop. “We increased our patrols south of Delmar,” said Adams. “We have a whole unit that comes in and patrols that area since the school year started.” Adams also noted that University City ofﬁcers are working in conjunction with

Washington University Police to patrol the same area. The high amount of pedestrian trafﬁc makes the area a target. Adams recommended that students walking to the Delmar Loop travel in groups and use main thoroughfares rather than side streets. “When you have this much walking trafﬁc, it’s enormous,” said Adams. “You’re going to have people who are going to rely on this proliferation of pedestrians as targets. We all have to be cognizant.”

Flyers falsely announced the cancellation of the Campus Programming Council’s weekly Happy Hour on Thursday, marking the second time that Happy Hour has fallen subject to such false advertisements. The fake flyers were posted on both dormitories and academic buildings. At this point, Campus Programming Council (CPC) does not have any leads about who created the flyers. “We woke up in the morning getting calls from people, asking me why happy hour was cancelled,” said junior Eric Turkington, co-president of CPC. “I was confused because I thought it was still going on. There were flyers posted on every dorm and economics building with the CPC logo.” Happy Hour typically brings in a crowd of 200 hundred students for free beer and pizza on a Thursday afternoon. Turkington noticed a decrease in attendance at the Oct. 27 after the fake flyers were posted. CPC faced a similar incident last semester, when flyers containing both the CPC and Student Union logo littered campus. Said Turkington, “It was the same thing last time. We had posted our own flyers and then these ones went up.” CPC has yet to pursue any action against those posting

the ﬂyer. “I don’t think it’s something that you could investigate,” said Turkington. “Basically, we assume most people don’t do that and they can respect Happy Hour and that it’s for everybody. The best we could do is just keep our ears open if anyone hears anything.” Washington University Police (WUPD) Chief Don Strom said he had not heard anything about the incident but that WUPD could investigate the problem. “I think certainly we would be interested in meeting with the group and identifying who the source of ﬂyers is,” said Strom. “It’s more than likely it would be a matter that we would refer to the Judicial Administrator.” As for now, Strom thinks that increased student awareness of the problem would aid CPC in preventing the problem from occurring. “I think it’s important to get the word out to people,” said Strom. “I think it’s helpful for people to know the impact that it has. It’s ultimately costing student funds for the activity at an event like this, so if it’s being perpetrated by other students then it’s important to see the impact. What may seem like a practical joke may not be so fun. If they want to consult with us we’d be happy to look at the material they have and see if there are any potential leads.”

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NATIONAL NBA introduces new dress code for players The National Basketball Association will require all players to wear business-casual attire whenever they are involved in team or league business in the upcoming season. The dress code outlaws the wearing of sleeveless shirts, flip-flops, or headgear of any kind

when the player is sitting on the bench or in the stands at a game, during media interviews, or during a team or league event or appearance. The new policy has come under criticism from players, who have called it a racist policy.

Bush unveils $7.1 billion plan to ﬁght avian ﬂu Bush released his plan to combat the avian flu pandemic by spending $7.1 billion to vaccinate over 20 million Americans. The virus has not been found in the United States but 60 deaths from Avian flu in Asia and 140 birds have been killed in attempts to stop the virus’ spread. The President plan to combat the spread of the

flu into the United States will include a stockpile of antiviral medication including Tamiflu and Relenza, which do not prevent the flu but reduce its effects. The antiviral medication will first be distributed to first responders, such as police officers and health care workers, followed by high-risk segments of the population.

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NYU graduate students plan to strike Graduate students at New York University plan to strike beginning Nov. 9 in response to the university’s decision to withdraw recognition of their union. Until that decision announced over the summer, NYU was the only private university in the country to have a collective-bargaining agreement with a union of gradu-

ate students. The university has promised its graduate students a three-year payand-benefits package similar to the one designed under the union contract but graduate students worry that, without the legallybinding agreement, the university could back out of its promises at any time.

CAMPUS Social Work school offers incentives to Teach for America grads The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will begin to offer special incentives to members of Teach for America (TFA) corps ap-

plying for a Masters of Social Work Program. The new incentives include two $35,000 scholarships for TFA alumni each year, no application fee

and a two-year deferral for students who are accepted to the Social Work school and choose to participate in TFA.

versity student reported that an unknown person damaged a computer in the computer lab located in Lopata House. Between Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. and Oct. 23 at 5:00 p.m. Disposition: Pending 7:49 p.m. LARCENYTHEFT—OLIN LIBRARY—A cash box belonging to the Ashoka Indian Student Association was left unattended at 5:30 p.m. at the east end of computers located in Whispers Cafe. Upon their return at 7:20 p.m., the cash box was missing. A search of the area for the box met with negative results. No suspects or witnesses could be located at this time. Total loss valued at $320. Disposition: Pending.

known person(s) stole both his front and rear license plate tabs. Victim noticed the tabs missing on 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22. Replacement cost of $12. Disposition: Pending 3:54 p.m. LARCENYTHEFT - SIMON HALL A visitor had their bike stolen from bike rack on the east side of Simon. Specialized brand, 21-speed men’s mountain bike, $500. Combination cable lock was cut. Disposition: Pending 10:30 p.m. PROPERTY DAMAGE - MILLBROOK APARTMENTS Victim reported unknown person(s) wrote “PhiDelt” on the rear spoiler area of his vehicle between Oct. 27 at 3:00 p.m. and Oct. 28 at 10:00 p.m. Disposition: Pending 11:36 p.m. MEDICAL— SOUTH 40—Attempted suicide. Disposition: Cleared.

Saturday, Oct. 29

POLICE BEAT Wednesday, Oct. 26 3:28 p.m. LARCENYTHEFT—HURD DORM—A student reported the theft of an unsecured bicycle from the bike racks at Hurd Dorm between Oct. 13 and Oct. 14. Disposition: Pending. 5:37p.m.LARCENY-THEFT— ATHLETIC COMPLEX—Student reported that he had his wallet inside his pants pocket inside of a bag, which was left outside the courts. Upon leaving the A.C. he noticed his wallet was missing. Student later reported that he located his wallet intact. Disposition: Unfounded. Thursday, Oct. 27 10:56 a.m. LARCENYTHEFT—REBSTOCK HALL— Biology department reported the theft of license tabs

from department vehicle between Oct. 24 and Oct. 26. Disposition: Pending. 11:08 a.m. MEDICAL— SOUTH 40—Sick case. Disposi tion: Cleared. 11:52 a.m. ASSIST—POLICE DEPARTMENT—University of North Carolina requested assistance in serving a no-trespass letter to a subject in lockdown at MPC. Subject is also barred from University properties as a result of a threat against a doctor at the medical school. Disposition: Cleared. 5:30p.m.LARCENY-THEFT— SOUTH 40—A Washington University student stated that on or around Fall Break her bike seat was stolen off of her bike, which was locked to a hand railing in front of the Cornerstone area. Disposition: Pending 5:36 p.m. PROPERTY DAMAGE - SMALL GROUP #1 LOPATA HOUSE A Washington Uni-

Friday, Oct. 28 9:14 p.m. LARCENYTHEFT—WHITTAKER BIOMEDICAL—Victim stated un-

10:55 p.m. DISTURBANCE— PARKING LOT #2—Student arrested for trespassing and peace disturbance. Disposition: Cleared. 11:57 p.m. DISTURBANCE— PARKING LOT #2—Student arrested for trespassing and peace disturbance. Disposition: Cleared. Sunday, Oct. 30 1:26 a.m. ALARM —SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON—Alarm determined to be a false pull. Disposition: Pending. 1:47 a.m. MEDICAL—SOUTH 40—Disposition: Cleared. 3:49 p.m. ABANDONED, 276 SKINKER—Vehicle abandoned on rear lot taking up two spots, with rear of vehicle sticking out, impeding trafﬁc ﬂow. Disposition: Cleared

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Bush nominates Alito for Supreme Court By Troy Rumans Contributing Reporter Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers withdrew her bid last Thursday amid a cacophony of criticism from conservative leaders. In her place, President Bush has nominated Samuel Alito Jr., a conservative Federal Appeals Court judge from New Jersey. Lecturer in Political Science Denise Lieberman, who specializes in Supreme Court and civil liberties issues, sees this as a key point in the history of the Supreme Court as well as the entire nation. “The issues today are extremely compelling. I think this is a pivotal moment for the Supreme Court, not only for these two nominations but for the types of issues that the court is dealing with,” said Lieberman. The implications of the Miers resignation revolve around her predecessor, Sandra Day O’Connor—widely

seen as the deciding vote on many civil liberty decisions— and her quick dismissal by the President’s own base of support. “It does appear that the public knew very little about her, in part because the administration and she herself did not provide much information,” said Lieberman. “I’ve seen some commentary suggesting that Miers’ criticism was harsher because she was a woman…It’s certainly no small feat to be White House counsel.” Critics viewed Miers as a weak candidate on a number of angles, even as an obedient lapdog for the president. Lieberman noted that the dual portrayal of her given by the White House also served to mire her bid for the Supreme Court. “It appeared to me that he sent mixed messages. After criticism, he tried to show her as a conservative, whereas she was touted as a new

O’Connor when she was first nominated,” said Lieberman. Much of the criticism came from conservative outlets. Right-leaning thinkers felt insulted by the nomination of such a supposedly moderate candidate and were quick to deride her. “The Democrats could just sit back and watch the whole thing unfold. It sent a pretty strong message to President Bush that his base would not be happy with someone nominated that did not share their views,” said Lieberman. The biggest issue, in Lieberman’s mind, however, comes from the loss of a moderate voice in the Supreme Court in the event of Alito’s confirmation. “This raises, for me as someone who follows civil liberties, some very important questions...More than just being a swing vote, having somebody like O’Connor on the court, in essence, moderates the whole court. It really

Piano instructor Haydon passed away Saturday By Brad Nelson News Editor Sona Haydon, a longtime Washington University piano instructor who developed therapeutic methods to teach the instrument to people with physical disabilities, died Saturday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She was 73. The cause of death was complications stemming from pneumonia, the University announced. Haydon came to the University in 1974 to complete her master’s degree in piano performance. She joined the music department’s faculty in 1976 as a senior lecturer, teaching classes in piano

pedagogy and keyboard harmony. She remained on the faculty until her death. “It’s a great loss for all of us,” said Dolores Pesce, the chair of the music department. “She was a very strong presence in the department and we all are going to miss her very much.” In 2001, Haydon inaugurated a local piano competition called the Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition for pre-college students. The winner played a concerto with Washington University’s Symphony Orchestra. Haydon also served as a jurist for a number of piano competitions in the Missouri valley. Hayden developed a special

interest in teaching piano to students with physical disabilities after a serious injury in her right hand prompted her to conduct research into therapeutic methods to help regain strength and mobility. The fruit of her labor was a 1995 instructional video titled “Piano Technique: Is There One Way?” In lieu of ﬂowers, the family asked that memorial donations be made to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, 77 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, Mo. 63146. Haydon is survived by three sons, Bryan Duckham and Todd and Noel Haydon, three stepchildren, Rob, David and Vicki Hermanson, and six grandchildren.

helps to keep the balance going on the court,” said Lieberman. “By introducing someone like Alito, who, from his past record, appears much more stalwartly in the conservative camp, there’s a concern that that balance could sway significantly—particularly on issues that we as society are debating so strongly right now.” Samuel Alito was nominated for the Supreme Court four weeks after Miers’ nomination. His nomination came amid a poor week of publicity for the White House, marred by the Libby indictment, an Iraq death toll surpassing 2,000, Bush’s lowest public approval ratings ever and Miers’ withdrawl. “[The nomination] could deflect from other issues that were causing criticism. It’s certainly not something unique to this administration,” said Lieberman.

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Judge Samuel Alito (R) of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia was nominated by President Bush for O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court on Monday, Oct. 31, 2005.

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IN BRIEF: The women’s soccer team extended their win streak to four with 4–0 and 2–0 wins over UAA rivals Brandeis University and NYU. The No. 4 women’s cross country team won the UAA Championship, while the men took home a fourth-place finish.

Women’s cross country runs Women’s soccer rolls ahead towards UAA championship of the weekend competition Elizabeth Herndon picked up where the two-time defending champion—and now-graduWhat happens during a ated—Maggie Grabow left off, league championship race winning the 6K race in a time when four of the top-seven fi n- of 22:07. Junior Lindsey Harkeishers come from one team, in- ma, senior Stephanie Felz and cluding the overall winner? In sophomore Tyler Mulkin fi nthe case of the fourth-ranked ished shortly thereafter, placWashington University wom- ing fourth, sixth and seventh, en’s cross country team, the an- respectively. Sophomore Amy swer is a simple one: you take Levine, the University’s fi fth home your fourth consecutive fi nisher and the race’s thirUniversity Athletic Association teenth overall, rounded out title, fly back from Pittsburgh the scoring for the lady Bears, (site of Carnegie Mellon Univer- who captured their eighth UAA sity, the race’s host), and begin championship in the program’s preparing for NCAA regional history. The next closest fi nisher competition and the possibility to the women, supposed “rifor a national championship. For the third straight year, val” Emory, fi nished with 72 a University runner was the points—some 41 points more overall winner of the com- than the Bears, who took the tipetition. This year, junior tle with a miniscule 31 points. The University of Chicago fi nished just behind Emory, fi nishing with 77 points. “The women ran really well. We are right where we want to be in preparing for nationals on November 19,” said Head Coach Jeff Stiles. Fol low i ng the event, Stiles and his coachCOURTESY OF DEREK LEIDIGH ing staff were Senior Ryan Lester (right) runs past two NYU runners recognized for their outstandat the UAA Championships in Pittsburgh, Pa. on accomSaturday. The men finished fourth out of eight teams, ing plishments as while the women headed home with top honors.

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they garnered the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year award. The men’s cross country team, while overshadowed by the sheer dominance displayed by the women, also had a solid showing at the league championship. They fi nished with a respectable fourth place on the highly competitive men’s side of the UAA. Senior Brennan Bonner led the Bears, fi nishing fourth in the 8K race in a time of 25:30. Junior Kevin Gale was the next University fi nisher, completing the race in 26:02.40, good for 12th place. Right there beside him was teammate junior Joe Guinness, who crossed the fi nish line a half second later, placing 13th with a time of 26:02.90. Despite their best efforts, the Bears couldn’t outrun Carnegie Mellon, who took home the men’s championship, with the University of Chicago and New York University rounding out the top three. NYU’s Hany Abdallah took the individual title in a time of 25:17. Emory fi nished seventh in the scoring. Stiles was pleased with his squad’s performance, however. “Considering the men’s third place fi nisher (University of Chicago) is ranked 10th in the country, the men ran strong,” said Stiles. The men’s and No.-4 women’s squads have two weeks to ready themselves for the NCAA regional championship, to be held on Nov. 12 in Peoria, Ill. The shotgun start is scheduled for 11 a.m.

By Justin Davidson Senior Sports Editor Heading into their final three games of the season, all against University Athletic Association (UAA) opponents, the Washington University women’s soccer team was riding a two-game winning streak in which they outscored their opponents 6–0. Over the weekend, the Bears increased their winning streak to four games with wins over Brandeis University and New York University. The 4–0 shutout win against Brandeis on Fri., Oct. 28, was highlighted by an explosive offensive performance by the Bears’ attackers in the first half. By halftime, the squad held a commanding 3–0 lead after scoring three goals within eight minutes of one another. The first came on the leg of freshman Caitlin Malone at the 23:30 mark, after recovering a loose ball and knocking a shot off the far post and in. The goal was Malone’s second of the season. Next, sophomore Kim O’Keefe followed suit, three minutes later, extending the score to 2–0. O’Keefe drilled her fourth goal of the season with a shot just under the crossbar from 12 yards out.

Less than five minutes later, sophomore Katie Campos ended her scoring drought with her first goal of the season as she received a corner kick from junior captain MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn, managing to blast a shot into the back of the net. Following halftime, the Bear sdefense kept the

Judges in check as they held them without a goal for the remaining 45 minutes. In the 71st minute, Fowler-Finn rounded out the scoring with her team-leading seventh goal with a blast from 25 yards out.

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Junior captain MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn dribbles past a defender in a recent game. Fowler-Finn scored a goal and had an assist as the Bears knocked off Brandeis 4–0 and NYU 2–0 this weekend.

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Manufactured controversy? W hew. Crisis averted. Everyone please pick up a copy of the Washington Witness—yes, the one dated three weeks from now—and learn how to spot manufactured controversy. You caught us. So there are no secrets, we will now disclose a transcript of the meeting that took place beforeForum Editor Jeff Stepp’s article ﬁrst ran in Student Life. Stepp: Hey guys, I’m bored. What can I do to stir up trouble? Everyone else: Well, can we pick on Student Union or the Greeks? Stepp: Nah, that’s old hat. I want FRESH BLOOD. I’ve got it! Why don’t I write about homophobia? I hear Professor Katz is a real bigot. Everyone else: Great idea. Then we’ll personally call everyone we know and get people to write in and act hysterical and we’ll be famous! Editor in Chief Margaret

Bauer: Don’t forget to add in a splash of anti-Semitism, because it just wouldn’t be our paper without some Jew-hating. Here’s the story: Forum does not work like the rest of the paper. People can write about whatever they want and express whatever opinions they want, and if a particular column starts a campus dialogue, a.k.a. “manufactures controversy,” that’s a bonus. The article in the Washington Witness itself is proof that the Forum section is doing its job. We like rufﬂing people’s feathers, and we sure got to the Witness—they devoted a three-page spread to further promotion of a controversy they accused us of unnecessarily prolonging. Anyway, thanks for the publicity and caring enough to write. And don’t worry, we’ll have a talk with Jeff Stepp about that whole “man-dog sex” thing. That’s just downright disturbing.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Find a new way to honor the dead Dear Editor: Re: “The graves you don’t see,” Oct. 28, 2005. Todd Schiller’s article shocked me. I didn’t know that there were moderates at Wash. U., and I enjoyed his article. Much of the talk at the “Honor the Dead” table was about “Bush,” not about “Honor.” Oftentimes, those who oppose war confuse the Bush Administration for American foreign policy as a whole, which originates equally from the White House and the Congress. Remember that Senator John Kerry voted “YES” to the “Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq” and said in the Senate debate: “By standing with the president, Congress would demonstrate our nation is united in its determination to take away that arsenal, and we are afﬁ rming the president’s right and responsibility to keep the American people safe.” Even John Kerry wanted democracy in Iraq. Even John Kerry believes in war. Those who oppose war (certainly a respectable position) should oppose the government of the United States when it engages in war, not a political party.

However, writing a dead soldier’s name on a cheap piece of plastic with a Sharpie marker for political reasons seems an odd way to “honor the dead.” -Steven S. Hoffmann Class of 2007

Subway employees don’t hate students Dear Editor: As the owner of the Wash. U. Subway, and speaking for many Subway employees, we are bewildered and dismayed at the words and thoughts Mr. Chang imputes to us (“They really hate us so much”). The words and thoughts illustrated in the cartoon are antithetical to everything we care about in the operation of our business. We continually strive to do the best we can in serving our customers. If there are times we do not meet our customer’s expectations, be assured that it is not for lack of desire. -Loren Grossman Owner, WU Subway

Homelessness is more complex than cardboard boxes Dear Editor: Every year, we dread the approach of Wash. U. Build’s Cardboard City. As fellow antipoverty advocates, we support the intentions behind the event; however, we are offended by the event’s portrayal of the homeless and simpliﬁcation of poverty. Depicting cardboard box structures as housing propagates detrimental stereotypes of the homeless population. Stereotypes of homeless individuals living in cardboard boxes are closely linked to those of homeless individuals as being addicted to alcohol or drugs, undereducated or mentally ill. These stereotypes do a great disservice to the homeless population by dehumanizing and reinforcing biases against these individuals. Additionally, we feel that this event is insensitive to the complexity of poverty and homelessness. Cardboard boxes are neither the only form of housing available to homeless individuals, nor, to our knowledge, the most common

form. Moreover, this event does not address directly the lack of sufﬁcient space in shelters, high-priced real estate development in urban neighborhoods, curfews in public parks or other common housing problems that might cause someone to live in a cardboard box. Additionally, students misunderstand the complexities of poverty and homelessness if they naïvely believe that they were empathizing with the homeless by “suffering” for a night in a cardboard box in the cold. Most of us come from privileged upper-middle class communities and, hopefully, will never experience what it means to be homeless. One night in the cold does not compare with weeks, months or years of worrying where one’s next meal will come from or how to complete a job application without having a permanent residence or telephone number. We support Wash. U. Build’s effort to educate students about poverty and homelessness; however, we feel that its method is ﬂawed. Before we can address poverty and homelessness effectively as a society, we must understand that a variety of factors cause these conditions and that such circumstances do not diminish the worth of a person. Unfortunately, Cardboard City currently falls short of further-

ing such an understanding. We hope that Wash. U. Build will educate others about the complexities of poverty and homelessness in the future and continue its anti-poverty mission. -Katie Schwarz, Class of 2007 Jevon Plunkett, Class of 2006

Don’t sabotage our Happy Hour Dear Editor: This past Thursday, like nearly every other Thursday at Wash. U., hundreds of students gathered in the Gargoyle for Campus Programming Council’s weekly Happy Hour. However, the good time was shadowed by the efforts of some individuals’ intent to sabotage the event. False ﬂiers claiming CPC Happy Hour was canceled littered every dorm and academic building on campus, causing unnecessary confusion to the many students who anticipated a Happy Hour. As extensively as the phony ﬂiers were posted, people still came to the Gargoyle and enjoyed free pizza, wings and drinks. And that’s what CPC’s goal entails; we work hard to plan fun events that Wash. U. students will want to attend. That is why we don’t

understand why anyone would want to disrespect our event. They were not only disrespectful to all of us in CPC who plan and execute Happy Hour, but to the people that enjoy themselves on a weekly basis and look forward to unwinding every Thursday afternoon. We want to continue the tradition of CPC Happy Hour, and we encourage new people to attend and familiar people to continue attending. Instead of spending a couple hours trying to ruin our event, why don’t you just spend that time at CPC Happy Hour enjoying yourself, too. -Sally Preminger and Eric Turkington Class of 2007

‘Slut’ Halloween article misses the mark Dear Editor: Sarah Baicker’s Oct. 31, 2005 article, “Show up half-naked, or don’t show at all” was supposed to explain “Why college women

See LETTERS, page 7

In Memoriam: Sona Haydon I

never once heard Sona Haydon raise her voice or yell at a student. I never once saw her express frustration or give up when a student was having trouble. She taught her piano, keyboarding and pedagogy students with the same calm, comforting voice for 51 years, until she died in the hospital Saturday from complications of an infection. Sona graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1954, with honors. She immediately began teaching, and in 1976, she completed her Masters in Piano Performance here at Washington University. She has taught

ceaselessly here since then. In addition to inaugurating a piano competition, Sona was a pioneer in teaching individuals with disabilities, including the deaf, because she believed that music could be learned by anyone. Sona’s legacy, however, is not deﬁ ned by her outstanding academic accomplishments, but by her tireless devotion to her students, faculty and family. Sona was my piano teacher for one semester, and we couldn’t have been more different. She was a brilliant, trained Classicist, adoring of Bach, Handel and a graceful piano. I was a rambunctious Romanticist,

preferring the loud, ﬂamboyant tones of Rachmaninov and Liszt. It’s safe to say we had our share of disagreements about interpretation, and how loud was “too loud” (I didn’t think there could be such Jeff a thing). I know I Stepp frustrated her, but she never showed it, and our differences never got in the way of her teaching. She helped me learn the softer side of piano, teaching me to play with both power and ﬁ nesse. Dr. Kathleen Bolduan, senior lecturer in music and

director of undergraduate studies, remembers: “Sona was thoroughly dedicated to her teaching, both in the classroom and in her private studio. She was always focused on each student’s progress, and countless students beneﬁted from her wealth of experience and solid teaching methods.” Keyboarding is a one-credit class that must be taken for two semesters by all music majors. Sona taught this course to hundreds of music majors, all with different

skills, abilities and interest levels. Having taken both semesters, let me tell you that to teach these classes would probably drive even the sanest of us crazy. There are about eight students in each section, some who’ve never played the piano, and others who’ve been playing since birth, all playing the piano at the same time. This resulted in a somewhat awkward, often cacophonous mix of sharps and ﬂats. Somehow, Sona would craft this into the synchronous sounds of melodies played in key, simultaneously giving each of us individual attention and helping us grow as musicians.

Sadly, Sona’s body was not as healthy as her spirit—she lived with leukemia for a number of years. Her death, though, comes as a surprise, and though we have lost a friend, a mother and a teacher, we have not lost her heart, as it lives on in everyone she touched. Now that’s she has passed, we may walk a little slower, feel a little weaker, but we should try to smile a little bigger, because that’s how she lived her life. R.I.P. Jeff is a senior in Arts & Sciences and a Forum editor. He can be reached via e-mail at forum@studlife.com.

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WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 2, 2005

STUDENT LIFE | FORUM

African islands and alcohol M

adagascar: with a population of 18,040,341, it lies east of Mozambique in the Indian Ocean, and while being the fourth largest island in the world, it is slightly less than twice the size of Arizona, according to the CIA World Factbook. Its capital is Antananarivo, which is where President Marc Ravalomanana rules over the southern African republic. It is also the world’s leading producer of vanilla, which is why I decided to co-opt its name for a drink. Madagascar: The Drink first came into existence

shortly before this year’s fall WILD. Because of my unhealthy love for cream soda, I wanted to concoct a drink that included cream soda, but would get me sufficiently drunk to make WILD bearable. First I tried amaretto. The cream sodaamaretto was good, but not great, so I gave rum a shot. This brought me close, but not quite at the apex of my alcoholic delight. So I decided to mix vanilla rum with my cream soda. And I had it. My perfect drink. Having learned about Madagascar’s premier vanilla last spring in Intro. to Cultural Anthropology, I called my

in the same order as I do on my KWUR show, so Madagascars have less claim to the title as my baby than these other activities—until I actually have children, that is. After deep reflection, part of the answer to this quandary that I came up with is that a drink has much greater appeal than many other things. A column in Student Life, a show on KWUR? Well, at least more than 10 people read my column. But everybody wants a good drink. Granted, thus far, the majority of the people that have had Madagascars also both read this section and listen to

my show every week, but just the fact that there is such a demand for a good drink is a source of satisfaction. Delusions of grandeur aside, pretty much anyone can write this column, and it wouldn’t really make a difference (there are a few people for each outlet that do make a real difference though). But if Madagascars actually catch on? That’s something I personally have done. And I’m sure President Ravalomanana would agree.

umpire thought a pitch hit were stuck on 1917, the nohim (though it actually hit nonsense approach favored his bat). Everyone needs a by the team worked well in little luck once in a while, defusing the pressure of but more importantly, when the playoffs and in making a lucky break comes along, the whole situation easier to you better take advantage deal with. Rather than dealof it. Every time the Sox got ing with almost 90 years of a favorable call or a lucky history, they dealt with each bounce, they made game as it came, sure to cash in on it one at a time, each one another step on (Tadahito Iguchi’s the way to the top. three-run homer Perhaps most imafter Graffanino’s portantly, I learned error, Joe Crede’s it’s better to be double after Pierlucky than good zynski reached (preferably both). base, Paul Konerko’s The ball just grand slam after seemed to bounce Dye got on base). As Matt the right way for great as it is to be Shapiro the Sox all through lucky, unless you the playoffs, from take advantage of Tony Graffanino’s the breaks you get, botched potential double you’re wasting your good play ball in the Division luck. Series to AJ Pierzynski’s Yes, I’m aware that I’m phantom dropped third taking a series of clichés strike against the Angels and just re-proving them to Jermaine Dye being told with events from the end to take first base after the of the baseball season. But

what was truly unique about the whole playoff run was just the basic rush I got from each victory, something that’s a lot harder to transcribe on to paper. After the Sox won the Series, I felt like I did when I saw my first game at New Comisky (now known as US Cellular Field), and Frank Thomas hit a hom run in the bottom of the 9th to win it. It might not be as “important” as international relations, and it certainly isn’t as relevant as the piles of homework I ignored in favor of watching the games, but I’ll certainly never forget the thrill of each game over the past few weeks. Even though it was 88 years in the making, the moment when Konerko caught the final out made it all worth it.

to write about it in vanilla-filled drink Student Life), but a Madagascar. Madagascars have It was an immebecome like my diate success. Evbaby. The complierybody who had a ments about them Madagascar gave it have meant more rave reviews, even than the very rare people who don’t compliments for normally drink. any of my columns, This pattern has or for KWUR, or for persisted, getting a Daniel anything else that couple of new supMilstein I’ve done. This is porters at Bauhaus. kind of puzzling, since with And for some reason, comthe name of the drink possipliments about Madagascars bly being the exception, it’s have been more gratifying more likely that my columns than anything else. are at least slightly more I highly doubt that I’m original than Madagascars, the first person to mix and it’s hard to believe that cream soda and vanilla rum people play the same songs (maybe just the first person

Daniel is a sophomore in Arts & Sciences and a Forum editor. He can be reached via email at forum@studlife.com.

The joy of Sox

or the past few weeks, I have been involved with something more important than classes, activities and figuring out what the hell I’m doing after I graduate combined: the Chicago White Sox’ run through the playoffs to their first championship in 88 years. Even though I’m from the Cubs-dominated North Side of Chicago, through coincidence I wound up a Sox fan, and have been since I was five, making this long-awaited victory sweeter than any of those Bulls championships that fell so conveniently into Chicago’s lap while I was growing up. More importantly, though those of you who aren’t baseball fans (or root for the Cardinals) may scoff, I truly believe that I have learned many important lessons from the best baseball team in the country. For example, I’ve learned that the whole is greater

than the sum of its parts. The White Sox don’t have any superstars, or even any players who are nationally known (at least before the playoffs). But each of the players on the team plays a specific role well, and that enables the team to work

“As great as it is to be lucky, unless you take advantage of the breaks you get, you’re wasting your good luck.” together to be better than it seems on paper. No player hits over .300 for the Sox, no pitcher won 20 games, and other teams had more players on the All-Star team. But what’s more important than these typical ways of

judging the quality of players on the team is the clutch performances that everyone on the team managed to produce throughout the season and especially in the playoffs, from the pitching staff four straight complete games in the ALCS to Geoff Blum’s go-ahead home run in the 14th inning of Game 3. I also learned that what happened in the past is much less important than what’s actually happening in the present. Even though it had been 88 years since the last Sox championship, this fact never seemed to faze the team. Even though last year’s Red Sox win was filled with talk by nearly everyone involved about how they were trying to finally break their team’s “curse,” this year’s White Sox took a much more business-like approach to it: we’re here to win a championship, and that’s all there is to it. Although the media and some fans

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

Display reflected deaths of war Just the Facts By Adam Shriver Op-ed submission

s one of the organizers behind last Thursday’s display of tombstones honoring the U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed since the invasion of Iraq, I would like to offer a brief response to Todd Schiller’s article “The graves you don’t see.” In the article, Mr. Schiller writes, “There should also be graves included for those Iraqi civilians killed under Saddam Hussein’s regime.” This is an important point to make, and I appreciate Mr. Schiller’s concern for the Iraqi civilians who were killed and tortured under Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime. Everyone can agree that Hussein was a terrible dictator and should be in prison rather than at the head of a country. Unfortunately, this argument was not the primary justification the Bush administration gave for invading Iraq before the war started. The administration claimed that the Iraqi regime possessed weapons of mass destruction, had links with al-Qaeda and posed an immediate threat to the United States; and many people understandably believe the fact that our administration was willing to mislead the American public is morally reprehen-

sible and undemocratic in itself. Be that as it may, perhaps (as many apologists for the administration seem to believe) it is beside the point. Maybe it is sometimes justifiable to rally public support for a war on false information if the war turns out to make the world a better place on the whole. The question of whether the invasion was justified, on this conception, would turn out to be equivalent to the question, “will Iraq turn out to be, in fact, better than it would have been if Saddam Hussein had been allowed to stay in power?” In any honest assessment, this is still an open question. Some people are certainly better off than they were under Hussein, but attacks every day are slaughtering civilians and public officials, crippling the oil industry and keeping the country’s infrastructure in tatters. It may turn out that life will be better in the future, or it may turn out that life will be even more miserable. Based on what I have heard from soldiers returning from Iraq, the prospects don’t look very good, but I certainly hope that Iraq will soon become a flourishing democracy as promised. But even this way of evaluating the decision to invade is misleading. Surely we can’t evaluate whether the invasion of Iraq was

justified only on how the situation actually turned out. Rather, in evaluating the actual decision, we need to consider whether it was justified based upon the information the administration had available at the time of the invasion. This is the true test of the value they place on human life.

“Rather, in evaluating the actual decision, we need to consider whether it was justiﬁed based upon the information the administration had available at the time of the invasion.” The administration knew beforehand that the invasion had the potential to cost the lives of many U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians, so one would hope that they would meticulously evaluate the pros and cons of invasion before making a decision of such magnitude. Unfortunately, however, it’s clear that they did not do so. They were not prepared for the looting that took place following the invasion. They could not find any WMDs. They did

not anticipate the difficulties in balancing the political factions that emerged. In short, it is clear that they were willing to risk thousands of lives without having even fully thought out a post-invasion plan. The point behind the 2,000 tombstones was to drive home, in a more tangible way, the huge loss and suffering that was inflicted based on the decision to invade Iraq. One of the worst falsehoods expressed by the administration was that American soldiers would be greeted as liberators by the Iraqi public. We can similarly rest assured that any future attempts to convince the public to support a war will also try to minimize the assessment of the risks to our soldiers and any civilians. I don’t think my opinion of the war can or should determine what anyone else thinks, but I do think that everyone’s decisions should be based on full information, which includes a realistic assessment of the magnitude of lost life. The tombstones were a reminder of one of the realities of this war, and if there is anything the war has taught us, it is that ignoring facts can have terrible consequences. Adam is a graduate student of philosophy in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at ashriver@wustl. edu.

LETTERS v FROM PAGE 6 dress like sluts for Halloween.” Now, I know that this phenomenon doesn’t exactly lend itself well to the scientific method, but what follows Baicker’s headline and promise is, in my opinion, the worst article to grace the pages of Student Life since Rachel Brockway’s “Sex, Lies and Lucky Charms” debacle. (Thank God that seems to be over.) To be fair to Baicker, the most ridiculous “ideas” in her article come from

Professor Susan Stiritz, whose discerning academic eye makes such enlightened observations as: “Halloween is a time in which we’re supposed to reverse roles. Children can demand treats from us. So what do women want? We want to be sluts. And on Halloween, it’s okay.” What? Which authority demanded role-reversal during Halloween? Also, is Dr. Stiritz suggesting that children are NOT demand-

ing the other 364 days of the year? Or perhaps she meant that, under the usual rules of social interaction, adults demand candy from children? Moreover, when Stiritz says, “We want to be sluts,” she is either throwing the world’s largest bone to Frat Row or giving a completely childish explanation of behavior. -Rich Hillesheim Class of 2005

‘WU’ does not equal ‘who’ To Students of Wash. U., c/o Student Life: Please stop using “WU” instead of “who.” It was almost clever the first time. Now it’s just annoying. Thank you. -John Mark Engle Class of 2006

RACHEL TEPPER | STUDENT LIFE

With all the robberies going on around campus, hiding in the bushes seems like it might be a reasonable escape method. But hiding in the bushes can be good for other reasons, too:

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It’s a good way to get to know our fellow campus inhabitants, the squirrels.

Bushes provide a quick and easy way to hide from that drunken hook-up you never want to see again.

Scaring random passersby provides easy entertainment.

There’s no room left to sleep in Givens.

Berries are yummy and don’t cost points.

If you’re already in the bushes, the robbers can’t hide there!

Bushes provide a place to hide from Crazy Margaret... - compiled by Anna Dinndorf, Margaret Bauer, Sarah Kliff and Brian Sotak

8 STUDENT LIFE | CADENZA

Senior Cadenza Editor / Laura Vilines / cadenza@studlife.com

BOOK REVIEW

“How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets For Success From the Country’s Top Student” By Adam Summerville Movie Editor I have always considered myself one of the country’s top students—not to sound conceited. Honestly, I think most of us here at Wash. U. have. Perhaps Orgo. or DiffEq. might have shaken some people’s conﬁdence, but on the whole, University students like to think of themselves as very bright people. That being said, unless I have vastly misread the situation on campus, we haven’t had to rely on cute self-help books to achieve our success. We don’t need a book to tell us that it is good to organize our time—the experience of writing a 10-page paper while hung-over has done that well enough. We don’t need a book to tell us that extracurriculars are a good way to spend time—enough afternoons ﬁ lled with Blind Date reruns have taught us that, as well. Books like Cal Newport’s guide to “winning at college” always think they are very clever. They either feel that they are telling people new and revelatory information, or they know that they are rooking the populace with their cheap, showy, quick answers. Either way, they feel that they are far wiser than they actually are. Well, they did manage to get a book deal, so they at least have a modicum of cleverness, but that doesn’t make the book any less worthless. I feel that “How to Win…” is at least genuine in its

desire to try to help students, but it contains some of the most inane advice ever. It offers up wonderfully confl icting advice such as “Avoid Daily To-Do Lists” and “Schedule Your Free Time”, or my personal favorite “Learn to Give Up” which confl icts with every other piece of advice in the book. Personally, I have found to-do lists to be a good way to organize busy days, giving up to be very counter-productive, and scheduling my free time to be the most anal thing I can do (and almost guarantees some kid beating me up for my meal points). The book does have some advice that I do prescribe to, such as “Don’t Do All Your Reading,” but that is more me being lazy and able to get away with it than it is sound advice. “How to Win…” might be useful for some freshmen who are completely and utterly clueless about how to live their life, but odds are if they fi nd this book to be useful, they are in far over their heads. I’ve always said that the most important thing you learn in college is how to manage your time. Most students probably won’t ever use what they learned in Japanese Civilization, Astronomy, or Numerical Methods outside of school, but how they actually managed their time will defi nitely be important in the real world. Skills such as these are taught only by experience, not some smarmy book.

WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 2, 2005

ALBUM REVIEWS Broken Social Scene, “Broken Social Scene” By Pat Kennedy Cadenza Reporter With its follow-up release to 2002’s highly acclaimed “You Forgot It in People,” the seventeen-person collective that is Broken Social Scene had signiﬁcant expectations to endure and to accomplish in creating a new album. Although the recently released self-titled album does not quite reach the heights of its predecessor, the slightly different approach to its creation still churns out admirable music. Instead of creating differently styled tracks that stand out on their own, Broken Social Scene’s new album establishes a particular mood that persists through all the tracks—think a Sigur Rós album with a more Canadian than Icelandic indie style. The instrumentation of “Broken Social Scene” feels spacious, with whispering vocals, steady percussive beats, and the frequent lingering of a horn section. Creating a spacious feel

is its booming conclusion of a with the multi-layered arrangeten-minute song, “It’s All Gonna ment of the songs is a notable Break.” What makes this song achievement, and the purposestand out is its more prominent fully lowered vocals help this featuring of Drew’s vocals and effort. The track “Major Label great use of the horn section, Debut” demonstrates this inciting more of the feel in the echoed feel of space, with Kevin band’s previous album. Other Drew’s vocals ﬂoating over laystandout tracks are “Swimmers” ers of instrumentation. and “Ibi Dreams of Pavement The overall pace of the new (A Better Day).” “Swimmers” album is faster than the previfeatures Emily Haines’ wispy ous effort, and this makes each vocals over horns, quick mesong bleed into the next, adding lodic bass, drum beats and the to the more cohesive effect of reverb of guitar and synths. “Ibi the album. Tracks like “Fire Dreams…” again gives Kevin Eye’d Boy” and “Superconnected” speed through with short bursting vocals and quick Broken Social Scene beats. However, the “Broken Social Scene” quickened pace of the album does Grade: ★★★★✩ sometimes make For fans of: The Arcade Fire, TV on the the songs feel Radio, Sonic Youth rushed and unfoBottom Line: These 17 Canadians have cused, making cerdone it again, in a new way. tain tracks more Songs to Download: “It’s All Gonna easy to forget. Break,” “Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better The highlight Day),” “Major Label Debut,” “Swimmers” song of the album

Drew a chance to scream out vocals in greater prominence over a slower paced and more anthemic song. Broken Social scene has created an album that demonstrates the value of the acclaim they have received recently. The only thing wrong with this album is its lack of more standout tracks, not to say there aren’t a signiﬁcant amount of them. It’s just hard to follow an album like “You Forgot It in People” where every track seems to stand out.

Animal Collective, “Feels” By Amy Sapan Cadenza Reporter “Feels” is an onion. It is cacophonous whimsy, harmonious genius and the love-struck/ heart-broken, multi-layered/ multi-faceted renderings of Animal Collective. It is as dense as the previous sentence and as brilliantly convoluted as the Brooklyn-based band’s previous albums, perhaps even more so. The seventh album and latest injection of imaginative “pop” offered by four friends—Avery Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin and Geologist—“Feels” is arguably both more accessible and harder to instantly fall in love with than “Sung Tongs.” Avey Tare still stretches vowels over and into the mic, but the primal sing-along intonations of “Sung Tongs” surrender to ethereal images that escape the bounds of the words that comprise them. Though sometimes obscured by the complexity of rippling guitar riffs, Tare’s own seemingly distant, integrated voice, background mouth-noises, old-fashioned keyboard melodies and other

Even at its most melancholy in equally indiscernible noises “Banshee Beat,” the build into that cannot sit still, the lyrics the fury, speed and confusion unconsciously creep their way of romance that didn’t work into consciousness. This is after all an album obsessed with love. emerges from the preliminary verse: “There’ll be times/ to just But make no mistake—it is cry/ and wonder why/ it didn’t not an assortment of immawork out” and remains devoid ture ramblings and mundane of the violent, trite rage you’d be heart-broken musings. It is a likely to ﬁnd elsewhere. tight-knit, freak-folk presentaIn “Flesh Canoe”, Tare tion of love that transcends the sings childish innocence and trappings of this world. It is an unabashed whimsy with “I’m offering of surrealistic wonderjust wondering what to do/ with ment and sheer sensual ecstasy. yourself and me/ naked in the Listen to the childlike, singmirror/ of your bathroom…it’s song, sea-like “Feels” all at once, nice to ﬁnd/ new ways to smile”. and you will fall in love, whisDiscovery underpins “The per sweet-nothings, fall deep Purple Bottle” as Tare delicately into melancholy, and succumb notes that “there’s a feeling/ in to bliss, all while remaining in awe of the elaborate musical Animal Collective composi“Feels” tions that unfold. Grade: ★★★★★ “Feels” is For fans of: Deerhoof, Broadcast, and Midairnot absent condo. of the buoyBottom Line: Noise and pop swim side by side ancy experiin a pool rich with kaleidoscopic melodies, comenced with plete with the sensation of coming up for air the quickerand swimming in compositionally-sound ether. paced “Sung Songs to Download: “Grass”, “Purple Bottle”, Tongs.” “Banshee Beat”

your bottle/ found your bottle/ found your heart” and naively asks, “can I call you/ just to hear you/ would you care?” Though the band chose to encase the album without its lyrics, it’s clear that the decision was as deliberate as the album itself. Ultimately, this is an album that weds imagery, raw emotion and fantastical mystery, all of which refuse to be relegated to the realm of onedimensionality. With “Feels,” Animal Collective demands subjectivity from the listener. One must listen and feel in order to participate in “Feels,” which might be the most refreshingly child-like act of all.

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‘Capote’ highlights controversial ﬁgure in the journalism world

By Robbie Gross Theatre Editor

Has there been any other time in recent memory when journalism was such an intense subject of conversation? “What a rotten industry,” some say, discussing a certain paper in New York. “What a noble calling,” say others, usually referring to a recent George Clooney–directed fi lm about the Golden Age of broadcast journalism. The release of “Capote” will no doubt add to the conversation, and it will do so with far more depth and complexity than its chronological sidekick, “Good Night, and Good Luck.” The fi lm, directed by Bennett Miller and written by Dan Futterman, stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote, the mid-century American journalist as notorious for his breathtaking prose as he was for his eccentric personality and homosexuality. Raised in the south, Capote was not truly born until he arrived on the New York literary scene in the 1950s and quickly rose to the status of preeminent socialite. How he became so socially renowned is one small question the fi lm asks. Interspersed throughout it are scenes of Capote in action: a man with a high-pitched lisping, drawling, juvenile voice commanding the attention of audiences with his witty quips and juicy gossip. Stories about writers are strange tasks. David Foster Wallace once remarked that “the personal lives of most people who spend 14 hours a day sitting there alone, reading and writing, are not going to be thrill rides to hear about.” Fortunately, “Capote” delivers such an intensely focused, significant and

indeed suspenseful chapter of a life as to make the movie’s project a thrilling success. It chronicles the research, writing and publication of Capote’s most renowned work, “In Cold Blood”—by no means a boring process. The idea for the book grew out of a story Capote wished to write for The New Yorker about the brutal slaughter of a family in Holcomb, Kan. The book ultimately tells the story of the crime largely through intimate personality sketches of the killers, Perry Smith (Clifton Collines Jr.) and Richard Hickock (Mark Pellegrino). The fi lm, however, tells the story of “In Cold Blood” from the perspective of Capote, an equally if not more powerful personality sketch. When the elegantly dressed, nationally renowned writer descends upon the rural, conservative town of Holcomb, he looks as out of place as a Democrat in Utah. He goes with the help of fellow journalist and friend Nelle Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), who herself just found a publisher for her book “To Kill a Mockingbird.” While working on the story, Capote develops a love—whether sexual or artistic or both is left ambiguous—for Perry Smith. Capote knows he is onto something with Perry. He fi nds that the killer, deserted by his parents and disabled, has a lot in common with himself. “It’s as if Perry and I grew up in the same house, and one day he stood up and went out the back door while I went out the front,” he says at one point. Capote’s interest in Perry, however, is driven by his astonishing ego. He fi rst gets the accused a lawyer so as to postpone their execu-

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Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote and Catherine Keener as Nelle Harper Lee in the film “Capote.” tion to allow him more time to interview. Then, with the book nearly complete, he descends into depression when their execution is delayed six years for appeals. He needs Perry, on one hand, to avoid execution so that he can tell him what happened the night of the murders. He needs him, on the other, to be executed so that the book is given its proper ending. Rarely has a movie portrayed a historical ﬁgure with such utter complexity. A frequently vile man who demonstrates all that is sickening

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and corrupt with “journalistic art”—he famously called “In Cold Blood” the fi rst “nonfiction novel”—Capote’s manipulation of Perry Smith is absolutely wrenching. First because he warms up to a man who committed such an abominable act and second because as he succeeds at humanizing a killer, the audience inevitably despises any man who dare use a human being so grotesquely for personal artistic gain. This kind of emotional roller coaster is possible only with fi ne acting, and “Capote”

delivers some of the best performances onscreen in recent memory. Phillip Seymour Hoffman delivers as convincing a performance in the lead as he has in so many other movies in support. Chris Cooper, as the embattled and simple Holcomb police chief, gives an equally wonderful performance. The ethical ambiguities of journalism are displayed in “Capote” in profound ways. That the ﬁ lm takes no clear sides and makes no uncritical arguments should make it even more celebrated, not

less. Anything else would be propaganda, exactly what good journalism should ﬁght against. Capote Grade: ★★★★✬ Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper Now playing at: Plaza Frontenac, AMC West Olive, Des Peres 14 For fans of: “Magnolia,” “Wonder Boys,” “Kinsey”

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Brother Ali rocks the Gargoyle last February during the KWUR Week concert series.

By Michael Sandler Cadenza Reporter Last February, Brother Ali rocked a crowd at the Gargoyle as part of the KWUR Week concert series, bringing to the stage a high level of showmanship and incredible lyrical skill. The show was such a success that earlier this year Brother Ali called KWUR and mentioned that he wanted to return with some other artists from his label, Rhymesayers Entertainment. Rhymesayers has become the Midwest’s premier label for underground hip-hop, largely due to the success of art-

Interested in reading and reviewing the latest books? ists like Ali, Atmosphere and MF DOOM. On Nov. 3, Brother Ali will indeed be returning, bringing with him artists I Self Divine and Swollen Members. The show will be held in the University’s own concert venue, the Gargoyle. All three artists are generally known as terrific live performers, especially Ali, who once said, “We don’t put on a show, we throw a party.” Though Ali is the headlining act, the other two performers have impressive track records as well. The MCs of Swollen Members have been rapping for over ten years, and

the artist I Self Divine has been an MC since the age of 13. He spent much of the past two decades in the group The Micranots and recently put out a critically acclaimed solo album that he hopes will put his name on the map. “You might not have heard of these guys,” said KWUR Hip-Hop Director Yoni Sarason of the opening acts. “But they’re going to be dope.” The concert is free for University students and $5.00 for the public. Doors will open at 8:30 p.m. Log on to kwur.com for more information.

Like to attend gallery openings and other art events around U. City, Clayton and the St. Louis area? Cadenza currently has openings for a book reviewer and a fine arts editor—so if you answered “yes” to either of the above questions, let us know! To find out more, contact senior Cadenza editor Laura Vilines via e-mail at lhviline@wustl.edu.

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THEATRE REVIEW

MOVIE REVIEW

A funny thing (almost) happened on the way to the forum

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Weather Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a bit hard to weather, but enjoyable By Adam Summerville Movie Editor

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Tada! Cast members cavort on the Repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliantly designed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forumâ&#x20AC;? set. By Laura Vilines Senior Cadenza Editor Upon entering the Repertory Theatre last weekend, I was immediately awed by the fantastical set, which is comprised of three larger-than-life cartoonish houses, brightly painted advertisements and signs, an enormous playing space and seating for the orchestra that is situated high above the stage. The set, which is ďŹ lled with plenty of strange angles and vibrant colors, sets up the perfect atmosphere for a show ďŹ lled with slapstick humor, scantily clad courtesans and outrageous characters. However, like the setup for a bad joke, this amazing set left me with high expectations, which, unfortunately, were not met by what seemed to be a ďŹ&#x201A;at, uninspired performance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.â&#x20AC;? The show itself is full of outrageous possibilities. The story is set 200 years before the Christian era in a Roman town, but the time period is innately insigniďŹ cant. Pseudolus, a slave in the house of Senex, pursues his freedom by trying to arrange a marriage between Senexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son Hero and a nearby courtesan/virgin, who is consequently promised to a powerful army captain. Stephen Sondheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music traditionally

brings Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outlandish script to life with such memorable pieces as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comedy Tonightâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody Ought to Have Maid.â&#x20AC;? Despite having a great script and a fantastic set, the Repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cast failed to produce a memorable performance. Pseudolus (Bob Walton) is given a majority of the jokes and one-liners throughout the show but failed to engage me as a viewer. There was nothing particularly bad about his performance, but there was also nothing particularly good about it, either. Eric Ulloa also failed as the lustful youth Hero and at times bordered on obnoxious. As a result, instead of rooting for the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;heroâ&#x20AC;? to get the girl, I was instead often rooting for him to hurry off of the stage. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the show was the portrayal of the neighboring courtesans, who, bearing names such as Gymnasia and Vibrata, should not be wanting in comedic effect. However, in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The House of Marcus Lycus,â&#x20AC;? the scantily clad girls simply paraded around the stage, one no more impressive than the next. Devoid of individual personalities, these women did little to enhance the already ďŹ&#x201A;at performance. Jeff Skowron, however, seemed to be the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saving grace, as the anxious do-gooder

Hysterium. As he fondled his falsies in the second act, the audience was provided with one of the only side-splitting moments in the show. Lynn Eldrege, as the overbearing Domina, and Keith Jochim, as Marcus Lycus, also turned in strong performances. In the end, there was nothing particularly off-putting about the Repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance, and there were indeed a variety of hilarious moments throughout the show. As a result, like a poorly delivered punch line, the show still retained some of its most likeable qualities. These qualities, however, were scarce, and a lack of character development and luster pushed the show into the wasteland of mediocre musical theatre.

One does not envy the people in charge of marketing â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Weather Man.â&#x20AC;? It has stars big enough for a large box-ofďŹ ce draw, but it has the plot and heart of an indie ďŹ lm, ensuring that audiences will probably leave disappointed. Not that it is a disappointing movieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but most people go to movies for escapism, something nowhere to be found in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Weather Man.â&#x20AC;? David Spritz (Cage) is a sad, pathetic man whose life is slowly but steadily spiraling downwards, and he is the only one to blame. He is a weatherman but has no meteorology degree, only a degree in telecommunications, and thus his work is relegated to pointing to a green screen for two hours a day. He is a father but has failed dismally at it; his daughter is fat, unhappy and wears clothes that are too tight for her (the kids call her camel toe), and his son is only 14 but already in a drug program and out of rehab. (They hope it will stick this time.) In every measurable aspect of his life, he is a failure. However, this does not make him an unlikable character; in fact, his most unlikable aspect is how he reminds us of ourselves. His sins are soft and weak, such as forgetting

the tartar sauce, cheating at a trust exercise or making his daughter play through pain, only to learn later that she tore her ACLâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;crimes that any person could commit on a given day. Spritz is weak and ineffectual about his faults, never owning up to them, and this is his greatest failure. At its core, the movie is a tale about redemption, about how one man can try to get his life back on course. The ďŹ lm is also a tale of parents and children and how they interact at all stages of life. Robert Spritz (Caine) is a Pulitzerwinning writer, a wonderful, caring father and a great man. He outshines his son at every step, and David wants to demonstrate to his father that he is a good human being before his father dies. The movie is difďŹ cult to pin down in any dimension. At times it is painful to watch as David digs himself further and further into the ground. At other times, it is quite funny and almost lighthearted. (The stream of consciousness rant as David goes to the store is quite hilarious, if only because it is extremely accurate.) And at other points, the relationship between parent and child (most notably between Spritz and his daughter) is moving. The movie tries to wear many hats, and while it does not fail at any one of them, it does not completely succeed at any of them either.

The movie is well shot, perfectly exemplifying the dismal, grey winters so typical of the Midwest and so representative of Spritzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. The soundtrack, on the other hand, can be a bit distracting. Some parts are somewhat bland but acceptable electronic fare, but there are scenes where the only sound is that of funk guitar, something that is a bit jarring. The movie thinks it is more clever than it actually is, with more than a few winks at the camera. Ultimately, the movie is simultaneously good and disappointing, which is interesting since this is also the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interpretation of modern life.

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NES: America’s most popular gaming system turns 20 By Adam Summerville Movie Editor Oct. 18 came and went with little fanfare, but had certain events not occurred 20 years ago on that very date, college would be a much different place. What, you may ask, could make such a difference in the lives of college students two decades after its conception? Oct. 18, 2005, marked the 20th anniversary of the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES was not the fi rst video-game system released in America, of course, but after the video-game industry crashed, many thought that the industry was dead. In 1983 a confluence of events destroyed the fledgling video-

game industry: the economy was beginning to weaken, and high sales of substandard video games led to a string of very poor-quality games being released. Programmers were churning out games in caffeine-fueled binges, often over the course of just a few weeks. The industry was teetering on the brink of disaster, and, ﬁ nally, one game pushed it over the edge. E.T. was going to be the biggest game ever released. It was one of the largest creative properties and had the largest budget for a video game yet: $20 million. However, it was also one of the worst games ever created, and its release almost single-handedly destroyed Atari. Atari produced more E.T. cartridges than there were systems in existence, and, if you want one today, you can take a shovel down to Alamogordo, N.M., where

most of the remaining copies lie in a landfi ll. Nintendo, however, would soon be the industry’s savior. Nintendo did not start out as a video-game company and was actually founded in 1889. Originally, the company produced hanafuda cards, for use in the Japanese card game of the same name. In the 20th century, the company tried its hand at a number of different industries, including “love hotels” (imagine a motel designed specifically for couples to come have sex in) and a taxi service. Around the 1960s, the son of Nintendo’s then-president decided that video games were going to be the future of the company. They produced a number of light-gun games before releasing their fi rst video-game system, the Color TV Game 6. The Color TV Game 6 contained six very simple variations on Pong and proved to be a moderate success. The company then created its fi rst hand-

held system, Game & Watch, designed by the late Gunpei Yokoi, the future creator of the Game Boy. Game & Watch sold very well, thus securing Nintendo’s entrance into the videogame industry. Nintendo then expanded, branching out into arcade games, where a young artist by the name of Shigeru Miyamoto created the most popular arcade game yet, Donkey Kong. Miyamoto would go on to create such other classics as Mario, Zelda and essentially every other Nintendo franchise of note. Riding high on its success, Nintendo decided to release the Famicom (the Japanese equivalent of the NES), which sold phenomenally—over 500,000 units in the course of two months. Having seen the industry crumble before their very eyes, retailers were at ﬁ rst wary of the NES. They were not convinced that the videogame industry could actually sustain itself. Nintendo, however, was convinced that it could convey its success in Japan into success in America, so the company went to work on a Trojan horse to get the system onto the shelves. The ﬁ rst tactic was to completely change the aesthetics of the NES. The Famicom had been a bright red, top-loading system, very reminiscent of earlier Atari machines. Nintendo wanted to distance itself from Atari and thus produced a drab, front-loading box that

very much resembled a VCR. By making it look like a standard piece of audio-visual hardware, Nintendo achieved its intended effect. Nintendo’s changed design would allow the company to get itself onto the shelves of department and electronic stores, but one question remained: How would they get onto the shelves of toy stores, especially now that they had a drab design that would not appeal to children? The answer came in the form of R.O.B.—the Robotic Operating Buddy. R.O.B. could plug into the controller port and would move and light up according to the action on the screen (assuming that the game being played was an R.O.B.– compatible game, which was rare considering only two were ever developed). With this extra toy addition, very similar to a lot of other animatronic toys popular in the mid ‘80s, Nintendo had the in it needed to get onto toy retailers’ shelves. Nintendo single-handedly revitalized the video-game industry, and all of the hours wasted since can be directly traced back to Oct. 18, 1985. Sony has since taken a commanding lead in the market, Microsoft is burning cash in its attempt to take Sony down and Nintendo, lacking the requisite power, has gone mad with creativity. No one knows how this next generation is going to play out, but were it not for Oct. 18, it wouldn’t have ever been a possibility.

VIDEO GAME REVIEWS

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Metroid Prime Pinball By Adam Summerville Movie Editor The Castlevania series is one of the longest-lived in the history of video games. Traditionally, it has followed the Belmont family, a clan that exists solely to wield a whip and fight Dracula. The series diverged after “Symphony of the Night” on the PlayStation. Half of the games have been on the PlayStation 2 and have been 3D. The others have been the more traditional 2D platformers on the Game Boy Advance. “Dawn of Sorrow” is a direct continuation of the GBA line and is all the better for it. A Japanese teen by the name of Soma stars this time around, although a slew of other vampire hunters get a shot as well in a secret second mission. Apparently, in 1999 Dracula was killed and his soul found its way into a child born at the moment of his death, i.e. Soma. Soma has gained Dracula’s power of dominion over the souls of monsters, which makes up the game’s most innovative play mechanic. The souls are used by Soma to do such varied activities as summoning

zombies and slugs, shooting fireballs, turning into a bat and even some mundane actions like sitting in a chair. Each monster, bosses included, can cough up a soul, and a Pokemonesque desire to ‘catch them all’ will drive you to play the game long after you have beaten it. The game play is tight, the control is crisp, the monsters are innovative, the animation is fluid and the map is a puzzle unto itself. The game is relatively short, but the aforementioned secret mission more than makes up for the brevity of the main quest. Allowing you to take control of three vampire hunters, each with very different styles and abilities, the quest is essentially

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the same as the original, only with greatly increased difficulty and a slightly different path.

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow For: Nintendo DS Worth it for: the old-school game play and beautiful animation The main drawback: the underutilized and tacked-on touch screen components Should be played by: anyone who has ever claimed to enjoy a video game Final word: If you want good game play and need no further motivation than a sword and awaiting zombie hordes, this is the game for you. Rating: ★★★★✬

Pinball is a dead industry. Sure, there are still plenty of machines in existence (mostly in bars), but there are no new tables being created. For those looking for a new pinball ﬁx, the best one can hope for is a video game with a nice variety of boards and good physics. Metroid Prime Pinball has one and a half of those things. The game puts you in the shoes of Samus Aran, the female bounty hunter lead of the Metroid games. She is a badass in orange power armor and has the ability to morph into a little ball, thus creating the clever tie-in to the pinball world. The game has you do standard space bounty hunter tasks, such as killing space pirates, destroying the infestation and defeating the giant rock monster that has come to life. These missions set the game apart from other pinball games because, while they could never exist in the real world, they feel perfectly natural in the context of pinball. The physics are spot-on, and it feels like you are controlling a little steel ball, even if you are supposedly controlling a large balled-up woman. There are also some special missions where you morph back into human form and shoot waves of alien beasties down, and

the control on these feels like you are forced to control them through a pinball machine, which is frustrating but accurate. The game does not really use the touch capabilities of the Nintendo DS, only using them to nudge the machine in the attempts of saving your ball. It takes too long to move your ﬁngers from the buttons to the screen and back for it to be practical, though. Actually, it’s all for the best because the nudging has a negligible effect on the ball. The dual-screen aspect of the DS is played up for all it is worth, with the boards taking up both screens; however, there is a gap between what the two screens show, which can lead to lost balls and frustration. The game has two main tables with a large variety of missions and three boss tables that only have one mission. The two

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main tables are a lot of fun and have a decent variety of things to do, but the three boss tables are beatable in the course of about two minutes each. The lack of adequate tables is the game’s main stumbling point, but the game is still fun despite its inherent shortness.

Metroid Prime Pinball For: Nintendo DS Worth it for: the chance to play pinball that is simultaneously realistic and not feasible The main drawback: the lack of decent mission-based tables Should be played by: anyone looking to kill some time with pinball Final word: a clever pinball title, long on polish but short on content Rating: ★★★✬✩