Tasting wine in Italy for credit Features, page 6-7 Construction delay affects football team I ill e tte Unl vers j t v 900 Stall- Street Sah-in. Orojtm 97.301 News, page 2 Sports, page 1 1 Writing center to open this wee!' Volume 105, Numlei- 2 The ofAcial student newspaper since 18S9 September 1, 1905 Bistro delay sparks caffeine withdrawl by J. Markham Furman 3 Editorr Estimates for the completion aate of the Bistro run from September 23 to 30. " As students return to campus this fall, looking forward to the atmosphere and ameni amenities ties of the Bistro Willamette, it has become impossible not to notice that the Bistro reno renovations vations are lagging far behind those of the rest of the University Center. f "It is like being in a Kafka story," said Senior Martin Roth, a Bistro employee from last spring who has been rehired for this fall. "I stumble out of class without a sense of direction, wholly alientated and out of place. If it does not open soon, I feel as though I might jump into the Mill Stream to awaken Tiy homeless stupor." Senior Kelly Rudd, one of the three Bistro managers, echoed Roth's sentiments. "What is most unfortunate is that thirty people are out of a month's worth of work," said Rudd. However, Rudd further noted that the Willamette community, as a whole, has been inconvenienced by the Bistro delay. "A lot of people are telling us how much they miss the Bistro, especially off campus students who don't have a room to go home between classes." "Without the Bistro, it has become clear that there is just no central location on this campus for people to hang out," said Scott Greenwood, the new Director of Student Ac Activities. tivities. Greenwood postulated that the delays were a result of the overly ambitious scope of the project. "We took a four month , 1 .J- IL - i "- . l 11- . - The future site of the Bistro stands empty, devoid of both coffee and construction workers. project of gutting and renovating an entire building and thought it could be done in three." According to Greenwood, work on the renovations of the third and second floors of the U.C. raced ahead of progress made with the first floor. When it became clear half way through the summer that the work would not be finished on time, the University had to reprioritize the renovations. Since the book bookstore store and mailroom were operating out of locations that would have been impractical during the school year, their renovations were bumped up on the priority list. The finish date for the Bistro, however, remains unclear, with current estimates running the week of September 27. This means that employees have another three to four weeks before they go back to work. The Bistro is open roughly 19 hours a day, 5 days a week. With a base pay of $4.75 and an average three employees on duty, Bistro employees are losing a collective $270.75 every business day that the Bistro remains closed. However, there is no plan in place to compensate employees for wages lost. "In retrospect, if we had known the Bistro wasn't going to be finished until the 27, we probably would have encouraged a tempo temporary rary location to keep those people working," said Greenwood. "It is like a double-edged sword," said Roth. "On the one hand, I am enjoying the sleep. On the other, I miss the money." Debaters win hono rs by Charlotte Jones Editor The Willamette Universoty Foren Foren-sics sics Team started off the semester with awards for eleven of its membvers membvers-without without entering a competition or utter uttering ing a word. Four members were honored with an appointment to the First Team All Conference. Jennifer Gustafson, Eliza Elizabeth beth Lamzaki, Bonnie Pennebaker and Brian Shipley earned the distinction based ontheir performance in debates last semester. According to Trapp, the top five percent of participants in each of three catgories are appointed to the First Team. Wardeh Bisharat, Melissa Franke, Blayne Higa, Keri Keefer, Cheron McGuffey, Angie Ridinger and Jolene Yee were among the top 10 percent in their catagories and received awards for the Second Team All Cofnercnce Appointments are based on foren forensic sic performances of the previous year. Awardees are chosen from three catagories: Parliamentary Debate, Cross Examination Debate and Individual Events. The Northwest Forensics Confer Conference ence chooses a first and second team from each division. Willamette's fo forensics rensics team belongs to Division 1, which is reserved for schools with large forensics programs. Please see FORENSIC on pae 12 New faces grace Willamette's campus by Joe Findling Writer Laureate Amiko Matsumoto begins the new semester as Coordinator of Community Outreach Learning. (' ) h f 1 Scott Greenwood came from the University of Idaho to serve as the new Dean of Residence Life. Several new administrators were selected for the new year, including a new dean, restruc restructured tured offices, and departmental changes. Jim Bauer, former University of Idaho Director of Residence Life, was appointed the new Dean of Residence Life on July 24. Bauer, who received a Master's in Counseling and Human Ser Services vices from Idaho, said, "At a place like Idaho where I came from, the number of students that you're involved with is so great, that you never really know whether what you do has an impact on people, and at aplace like Willamette you get to see it." The next biggest change in administration is the switch from Director of Annual Giving to Di Director rector of Student Activities and the University Center for Wil Willamette lamette alum Scott Greenwood. Greenwood, a one-time Assistant Director of Student Activities, replaces Cesie Delve Delve-Scheuermann, Scheuermann, who resigned in the Spring to spend more time with her son. Ryan Scott replaces Green wood in the office of University Relations, while 1995 graduate Brian Hess replaces Scott as the Development Associate. Two new Assistant Directors of Student Activities have also been hired, with a third being brought on board later. Amiko Matsumoto replaces Ron Krabill with a title change to Coordinator of Community Outreach Learn Learning. ing. Sue Milne is the other new Assistant Director, who received her Masters in Education from Oregon State University. The position of Coordinator of Greek Affairs, formerly filled by Anita Stacey, has been divided up, so that the title no longer ex exists. ists. Dan Brungardt was selected to fill the new Greek Housing Resident Director position, re responsible sponsible for the residence life aspects of Stacey'sjob, including anything involving housing and punitive actions. Other Greek life functions of the position will be assumed by Greenwood. The Director of Multicultural Affairs position, formerly filled by Joyce Greiner, has also been divided up, since it formerly also assumed the role of disability ser services. vices. Rich Shintaku, former Dean Please see FACES on page 12 Freshmen add fresh look by Laura Foster Contributor The Willamette University class of 1 999 arrived on campus last week, uniting in one place 433 freshmen from highly diverse and impressive backgrounds. For starters, 72 entering fresh freshmen men had scores of four or five on one or more Advanced Placement tests for a total of 122 credits at entrance, which is nearly enough credit for a student to graduate four times over. 134 freshmen showed significant participation and talent in instrumental music, as well as 52 students in vocal music. 62 have significant talent and experience in theatre, while 37 have exhibited tal talent ent in the area of forensics. The freshman class kept busy away from home as well. 29 fresh freshmen men participated in foreign ex exchange change programs in high school. The countries they visited include Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecua Ecuador, dor, England, France, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Thailand. The lan languages guages spoken by some freshmen include Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japa Japanese, nese, German, Navajo, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. When it comes to leadership and service in the community, the freshmen class is pretty impressive. 191 students held leadership posi positions tions and made contributions to ser service vice organizations in their commu community. nity. In their churches and syna synagogues, gogues, 103 freshmen were in involved volved in helping others. Extracurricularly, the class of 1999 stayed active in high school. The class has been involved in many clubs, the most popular of these being Amnesty International, D.A.R.E., Drama Clubs, Environ Environmental mental Awareness Clubs, Foreign Language Clubs, Future Business League of America, Knowledge Bowl, Mock Trials, Model United Nations, Natural HelpersPeer Counseling and R.E.A.C.H. The most popular hobbies in include clude camping, hiking, karate, mountain biking, reading, skiing, snowboarding, and vriting. But the list doesn't stop there1. Some people out there have very interesting and unusual hobbies such as member membership ship in the Bonsai Society, cartooning, fencing, raising guidedogs, and Scottish Highland dancing. The job skills of the class of 1999 are not all the norm either. Interesting jobs that fieshmcn have held include an Angora goat farmer, backhoe operator, deer tracker, ge Please see LOOK on page 12 1- N The Collegian September 1, 1995 Writing center seeks to improve student work View from the rotunda r . y". . ,.:-aT - - . . ,..,. : - V.: 4 v, J 4 4 -4 J 4 4 -4 A beautiful view of the Capitol Mall will be available for everyone now that the Capitol Rotunda is open to the public. Tours are ayailableand will be offered at extended hours, beginning this week. Call the information deskat the Capitol for specific hours. The new Writing Center, located on the first floor of Matthews Hall, will open its doors for the first time of the semester on Tuesday morning. by Rindee Paul Contributor The beginning of a new year brings about many changes on cam campus, pus, including the much heralded Writing Center. 1 At the end of last year, the fac faculty ulty approved a new writing pro program, gram, which included the addition of a writing center. Under the direc direction tion of Professor Eleanor Berry, things were built and will in fact open sometime next week. When students enter the new Writing Center, they will find many ways to improve their writing, as well as specific essays and assign assignments ments they have. They could go into the loungelibrary and sit at one of the tables and just absorb the attitude, or they could use one of the many manuals and examples of various writings. There will also be the ever-necessary dictionaries and thesaurus' around. Students will be able to bring an assignment in to receive help start starting ing it, or if a student has reached that dreaded stage of writer's block, the trained people at the writing center can help them overcome it and mo ve on. Students can also type up these assignments on the Apple Comput Computers ers located in the writing center. There are trained students at the writing center to help writers alter their pieces towards something they like better. The students working in the Cen Center ter go through a course entitled Com Com-position position Theory and Pedagogy taught by Professor Berry. In this course, they learn about how to im improve prove their own writings, as well as helping others. They are learning to converse with people about their writing, which will help people help them themselves selves to write better. The staff of the Writing Center includes Berry, Professor Carol Long and Professor Adele Birnbaum. They all want to make it clear that this is not just a place f f-students students to go when they need heip with an assignment. It can be used for that, but it can also be used by anyone for any kind of writing. It's just a place to go if a writer needs another perspective on what they are doing. The Writing Center is available to Willamette in large part due to the Bill Long Endowment. Professor Berry is looking for forward ward to the opening, saying, "We are very grateful for all the enthusi enthusiasm asm on campus for the Writing CcO CcO-ter ter and for all the support we' ve had in beginning it." Writing Center Hours Monday-Thursday 8a.m.- 8p.m. Friday 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m.- 10 p.m. C Overcrowding indicative of another Freshman clas, by Jessica Wingler Contributor Several Freshmen around campus anxiously await the telephone call from Residence Life that will free them from overcrowded rooms Are you one of the overcrowded freshman living day to day without knowing when you're going to get "the call" to move? Well, have no fear, there's hope yet to get that permanent room that you can unpack in. According to Jim Bauer, Dean of Residence Life, and Tom Butler, Residence Life staff member, they are currently expecting that every everyone one should be able to get a room shortly. Right now there are eight overbooked freshmen on campus. They expect this situation to be remedied for the most part within the next couple of weeks, although there may be a few people who have to wait a little longer. Usually about 80 of housing problems are taken care of within the first week. Sometimes, however, it can take up to a month to get permanent housing for the very last few. There will be a credit to the accounts of the overcrowded fresh freshmen men to reimburse them for the in convenience, unless they're in one of the guest rooms. The amount of repayment de depends pends on where they're staying, and how long they must stay there before getting permanent housing. What is the cause of this prob problem lem of overbooking? The main problem is that people will say that they're coming, and then they never show up for the first day of class. It then takes time for the staff to figure out who's coming and who's not. After that, they have to figure out which rooms were allotted for those people and give them out to people who are here. The Willamette staff doesn't want anyone to lose out on the chance to experience life on a col college lege campus, so they feel that it's worth it in the end, even though it may be a bit of a pain in the begin beginning. ning. They are working to correct this problem, however. The new apartments are now open, and they are using extra dorm space to make new dorm rooms. While there are still problems with overbooking, they are much less than in years past. There are many types of overbookings; some with higherpri higherpri-orities orities than others. First, there is the four students in a triple. There was one of these, but it was taken care of by the first day. Next there is the three students in a double. As far as who moves out of these rooms, it is usually left up to the affected students, although if they can't decide, then it's usua the person who sent in their deposit last. Next is the people in singles who don't want to pay for them because they're more expensive. After that is the two students in a single. O And last but not least are the guest rooms. No problems are anticipated in finding rooms for everyone sooner or later. However it is still early, and there are still close to 100 people who haven't registered for schofl yet. Wait and see what happens. Opening Days, in Retrospect by Heather Stampfli Contributor Opening Days was August 24-28, involv involving ing over 500 Willamette students and lasting four days. The purpose of Opening Days is to orient the incoming freshmen and transfer students to the world of Willamette. This program included skits, games, convocation, information sessions for parents and students as well as the infamous Playfair. Opening Days is also a chance for fresh freshmen men to meet each other and become familiar with the numerous activities that Willamette has to offer. Scott Greenwood, Director of Student Affairs, summed up this year's Opening Days when he said, "This years program was ex extremely tremely successful and the Opening Days staff did a wonderful job making the frcshmens' transition a smooth and success successful ful one." Greenwood went on to explain that the evaluation forms coining in from the parents indicate that they thought the program was a superb one. Freshmen on the whole seemed to enjoy the activities, though many felt a bit over overwhelmed whelmed by their hectic introduction to col college lege life. Freshman Barry Nelson said, "They kept us very busy. It was overwhelming. There wasn't a lot of free time just to get settled in. But, the Opening Days staff was really friendly and helpful." Also, some had trouble adjusting to the academics in the activities. Bonnie Pennebaker, student Opening days coordina coordinator, tor, said that the fast pace of Opening Days is a general complaint every year and that this year, the planners of Opening Days actually added more free time to the schedule. Pennebaker also commends the Opening Days staff for their hard work and for the wonderful job that they did, a feat that did not go unnoticed by freshmen. "People were pretty organized. R.A.'s on our floors were prepared for any questions we had. Opening Days Staff had knowledge of what they were talking about. People running this did well at gradually separating parents and kids," siad freshman Laura Winters. " ' V ..,;....-!' J f Y t Vw;. - I ;! J ), j ASWU and Campus Safety came together last week when a bird flew into the University Center and soared through the offices on the third floor. After extensive efforts involving such equipment as a box, a volleyball net, and an old S.C.AJR.E.D.(Students Concerned About Rapid Environmental Destruction) banner, ASWU Vice President, Gar Willoughby, caught the bird with his bare hands. After posing for several photo opportunities the bird was set free outside of the building. i I v0 News September 1, 1995 Die Collegian " : N Shower ., - ,, 1 I (h ( , K , 1 Curtain Kit . NrCfNi h - f Kr ! -V Durable kit includes 11 EW$! R) VI RM in p ( I 1 1 1 shower curtain and M fc- ml -? 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If a product is on sale, you will receive the sale price or the percentage off the day-in, day-out price, whichever is lower. Sorry, no rainchecks. Availability of products vary from store to store. No sales to dealers and competitors. Quantities may be limited. f itoria H The Collegian September 1, 1995 EdiwRials New alcohol policy requires slide rule "lor some reason, undergraduates are notorious for stuffing as many people into a confined space as possible. Phone booths, hot tubs, VW Bugs and student rooms - somehow, there is always room for one more sardine in any tin. When people are jam packed into a student room on the Willamette campus, it is often a good bet that there is alcohol present. And under section IV-A-2-a of the Willamette University alcohol policy, located on page 3 of the 1995-1996 Policy Manual, people need not be packed too tightly when alcohol is present for there to be a problem. Section IV-A-2-a reads: "Consistent with Oregon State Law, private gatherings in individual rooms will not be considered social functions and need not be registered, but occupants and participants are respon responsible sible for abiding by all University policies." In other words, if you are over 21 years of age and quietly enjoying an alcoholic beverage in the privacy of your home with friends, you are in compliance with the law and policy. However, section I V-A-2-a continues: "Any gath gathering ering in an individual student room where alcohol is present may not exceed a safe and manageable occu occupancy pancy for that room. 'Safe and manageable occu occupancy' pancy' is defined as no more than three (3) times the residential occupancy for that room." Anybody smell a lawyer behind these words? Well, you may be correct: word has it that recent court decisions have put the Willamette consul on alert as to just how vague the alcohol policy was. So if this sounds like a "change," understand that Willamette's official spin is that these changes constitute not an insidious effort to stamp out the consumption of alcohol, but a necessary "clarification" to keep the university out of any possible civil suits. And with that comes the element of policy en enforcement, forcement, namely that any Residence Life employee who knows that alcohol is present in a room occupied in excess of three times the residential occupancy (quick math shows us that a double room can host a total of six people, a triple nine, and a quad a maxi maximum mum of 12) is contractually bound to confront the situation and inform the residents of the room of the policy infraction. It will be curious to see how the enforcement of this "clarification" proceeds and if the student popu population lation who choose to imbibe alcohol will adjust their behavior in order to comply with this policy. The gap between the alcohol policy and the realities of cam campus pus life appears to be here to stay. Campus Safety breaks own policy Campus Safety isn't making any friends among the resi residents dents of the new University Apartments. Residents who left their cars parked in the adjacent parking lot assumed that Campus Safety would follow their own policy as stipulated in Parking Regulations 1995-1996, section B: Parking Per Permits: mits: "Parking permits are required to be on all vehicles parked on cam campus pus beginning September 6, 1995." Either this lot does not qualify as on campus or Campus Safety made a big mistake ticketing residents' cars that were left in the lot overnight. Of course, in a memo to "the Campus Community" dated August 25, 1995, and received by students limits w the EdiwR IIIIBLII HfflMT ! USA J ' Bistro delay frustrates concerned student I am a concerned student writ writing ing about the renovation of the Uni Uni-versity versity Center. I appreciate Willamette's relentless efforts to expand and beautify the campus. The students, faculty and adminis administration tration all benefit from the growth and development of the campus community. However, the renova renovation tion process this summer is indica indicative tive of a fundamental problem at Willamette. Until now, I held the belief that on August 30, Ross Stout explained that the "the newly paved lot near the University Apartments was re restricted stricted to parking from midnight to From the Editorial Board J. Markham Furman 7 a.m." This sentence says that from midnight to 7 a.m. you couldn't play volleyball, hunt mammoths or compose sonatas in the parking lot because the lot "was restricted to parking" and parking only. What do you want to bet that Mr. Stout wanted to say the lot was open to parking from 7 a.m. to midnight? The new hours are 6 a.m. to 3 a.m., but the memo still failed to explain Willamette, being a small, private university, focused on the process and quality of the student's educa educational tional experience. Recently, this belief was dis disrupted rupted when I witnessed the progress made on the Bistro located in the U.C. The Bistro provides part-time employment for roughly 30 stu students, dents, in addition to being the social outlet on campus where on-cam-pus, off-campus, residence hall and fraternity students, as well as gradu graduate ate students, administrators and pro professors fessors can gather. The Bistro man managers agers last year also showed that the coffee shop can be more than just a social outlet run by and for stu students. dents. Under leadership from hard hardworking working managers, last year the Bistro became a successful business. 1 iHIG LlGDCiQt WODLD the absence of the September 6 policy. As for the residents who left their cars in the lot between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on August 30 and subse subsequently quently received parking tickets, it appears abundantly clear that Cam Campus pus Safety's own policy - a confus confusing ing memo issued five days prior to its receipt aside - forbids the issu issuing ing of tickets before September 6. I would recommend that Stout sup support port the swarm of appeals his department' s actions have garnered by not only suspending any fines issued, but by rendering null and void all tickets issued before Sep September tember 6 in the newly paved lot near the University Apartments. I was disappointed to receive a letter from Willamette saying that the Bistro would not open until af af-ter ter school started, then I was cha chagrined grined to find that it would not open until late September, and finally I was appalled after actually viewing the state of the Bistro compared to the rest of the UC. , I understand the importance of the many other offices located in the University Center, but I don't think our administration under understands stands the significance of the Bistro. Why is the Bistro of so little t importance to our educational ex experience perience that it must open a month later than the rest of the U.C? David Fleschner, Senior BY TOM TOMORROW HEY. LONELY 8ACMELOR5! tfS TiME FOR AMOfrtCR LESSON 04 THE ART OF UY-'VUTH YOUR INSTRUCT, MONZlZvH HEWT! 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SO EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE WANTiNG MOW TO FALL ASLttP. YOU MUST REMEMBER To 1 whisper swr nothings m hep SAk- SUtM AS-IETME THINK AH, YES, I KNOW KNOW-"DAflLiNG, "DAflLiNG, EEF YOU TELL ANYONE ABOUT THEES-X Will say you are if tun i MH VS A&AlM nT TtM To LEASH MoBE A80UT LS MTSTEJlEi PES FEMME$tRm TW WORLDLY ANO SUAJ MOHSMR ABWT! V G 4 . fc ii bVs JM1VERSIT' COLLEGIAN Vol. 106 No. 2 The Collegian is the official student publication of Willamette University, published weekly except during holidays and exam weeks. The contents of this publication are the responsibility of the editorial staff of the Collegian and do not in any way reflect the policy of ASWU or Willamette University. We encourage readers to submit letters and guest editorials. They should be sent through campus mail to the Collegian by Tuesday to receive full consideration for publication. Only signed letters will be considered for publication. Letters are limited to 350 words, typed and double double-spaced. spaced. The Collegian reserves the right to refuse publication of letters and to edit for clarity and space considerations. Al! items submitted become property of the Collegian. The Collegian is located in the Student Publications office on the third floor of the Putnam University Center. The address is Collegian, 900 Stale St., Salem, OR 97301. The office phone number is (5C 3) 370-6053 with a fax at (503) 370-6 1 48. Advertising and billing should be directed to (503) 370-6755. Readers can also direct e-mail to collegianwillamette.edu. If you can read this, remain silent about what you have seen and await further instructions. Ryan Teague Beckwith Editor in Chief Annette Wooten Business Manager Jeremy Hall, Jon Morris DarkroomManagers Dan Metz Managing Editor Will Ramey Computer Consultant Charlotte Jones .News Editor Andrew Bernhard Sports Editor Lydia Alexander Features Editor J. Markham Furman Opinions Editor Tim Marshall. Events Editor GennaVeahman Copy Editor Josh Harwood Copy Editor Staff Writers: Joe Findling. Contributors: Laura Foster, Scott Mahon, Perry Martin, Jennifer Miller, Matt Missel, Rindee Paul, Jamie Peters, Melissa Prichard, Tobias Read, J'mr Sites, Willie Smith, Heather Stampfli, Jessica Wingler. Staff meetings are held at 5:30 in the Autzen Senate Chambers on the third floor of the University Center. The Collegian is printed on recycled paper. Please recycle. A pinion September 1, 1995 T)e Collegian You say bubye and I say hello Republican regime endangers nation The truth is that the budget is already balanced. I saw a bumper sticker in Washington this summer. "Newter Newt" it urged in bright letters. While I don't advocate vio violence lence or sexual mutilation, it is difficult not to sympathize with at least some of those sentiments. -What Congress is doing is difficult to understand. Or jus justify. tify. One of the best examples of confused thinking in the repub republican lican party is evident in the de debate bate over how to balance the budget. While the goal of a bal balanced anced budget is laudable, it makes no sense to pick an arbi arbitrary trary date, as the Republicans have done, and then make the hurried and unnecessarily pain painful ful cuts necessary to achieve bal balance ance by that date. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. Trea Treasury sury Secre Secretary tary Robert Rubin has criticized this approach as contrary to the best interests of the nation. Republicans never tire of ex explaining plaining that the deficit reduc reduction tion package is being undertaken in the name of the next genera genera-tit, tit, u. I he truth is that the budget is already balanced. Surprised? Take away the interest payments on the national , debt and voila - balance is achieved. The debt is due in large part to the failed policies of the Reagan-Bush years. What President Clinton has done in his first two years in office makes a lot more sense -working for deficit reduction while making choices that best reflect the needs of the country. The Clinton administration passed more than $1 trillion of deficitreductionoveraprojectcd seven year period and has al already ready achieved over $500 bil billion lion in reduction. This accomplishment marks the first time since the Truman administration that three fiscal years have had declining defi deficits. cits. In the midst of all the cuts necessary to achieve a balanced budget by 2002, one item in par par-ticularstandsout. ticularstandsout. Studentloans. This is one place where some The Raging Moderate Tobias Read less compulsive bookkeeping should be endured. The Repub Republican lican plan to balance the budget by 2002 called for massive cuts not only in the availability of loans, but in the interest exemp exemption tion many students now enjoy. Instead of avoiding accumulat accumulating ing interest for the period of their education, students would face loans accumulati ng i n terest from the moment their school receives the funds. Cuts like these would : resultin an av average erage 33 in debtedness in increase crease accord according ing to the Con Congressional gressional Budget Office and other ex experts. perts. Student loans programs work. Republicans do care about the future of the country, but in this instance they appear blind to the lessons of history. There is abundant and impressive proof of the importance of education emerging from the newly indus industrialized trialized countries of the far east. All of these now flourishing economies give great credit to the priority of and investment in education. They put their money where their mouth is. Many in the far east are convinced that the U.S. is doomed to slide slowly into the mediocrity of being a second rate power. As the months pass between now and November 1996, it will be interesting to see how this economically conservative, Milton Friedman inspired and socially myopic Republican Congress occupies itself. One can only hope that they will ex exercise ercise sound judgment and con consider sider the needs of the country before the needs of their own districts and constituencies. I saw another bumper stic ker i n Washi ngton : "GOP Happe ns." A nothcr year begins, and as most people are busy using A-the phrases "Hello" and "How are you doing?" I thought that we could look back at some of the Willamette community mem members bers who have left us over the sum summer. mer. This is affectionately known as the "Bubye and Good Riddance" column. Anita Stacey (Coordinator of Greek Affairs) - Has been known by many nick names: Darth Stacey, Destroyer of the Greek system, or as one fraternity called her, "The Bitch". One note about Anita, she prob probably ably made more money for the University by fining Fraternities for messy houses or not bowing low enough when she passed by, than any other employee. Anita, for all the stress you put people through -Bubye! All of last years RD's - What a group of wackos. Everyone from The Queen of PMS Deb Horn, to Saint Samantha. Ryan Tarply and Tim Wilson were all right, but coupled with the other ones they didn't stand a chance of being nor normal. mal. The only question I can ask is why Residence Life would pick such anti-social people to lead their halls? This years group is much better! So to all of last years RD's RD's-adios! adios! Cesie Delve Scheuermann and Michelle Howell (Director and Asst. Director of Student Activi Activities) ties) - These two women were known as "The Bitches of Eastwick" No Holds Barred Willie Smith by last years AS WU officers. While I had a good relationship with both of these women, many people could not stand them. I do know that it was always easy to find them when you needed them - in the Bistro snacking. So to these woman who helped the Bistro's till re remain main full - Has ta la vista. Now let's take a look at my wish lists of people and things that I wish would go away. President Hudson's Opening Days Speech - As much as I love it and have it committed to memory, ("It reminds me of the old joke 'How many Willamette alumns does it take to screw in a light bulb...") it might help to have four speeches so no one knows that he uses the same speech every year. U.C. Renovations - Parents who attended last year' s commence- It might help to have four speeches so no one knows that he uses the same speech every year. ment found out that they had paid $80,000 for their children to go to school in Beruit. It is a good thing George Putnam is dead. It is begin beginning ning to look like we need to call in Bob Villa to get this thing over and done with. Jerry, start negotiating! Offices closed during lunch hours - Why do most staff offices have to be closed during lunch? This ain't Mexico, and we don't have siestas here. Why can't they stagger lunch times so students who can't make it in any other times can get ser ser-vice?Idon'tthink vice?Idon'tthink this is too diffi difficult, cult, but it amazes me how simple ideas are just too difficult for some Willamette staff. (By the way, starting this year the Registrar's Office is open over lunch. Good work guys!) While we are on the topic, the mail room should say "Bubye" to their current mail window hours. 10am to 3pm, what is this? Hire some students to help out. It gives students more work and might im improve prove service. Well, hasn't that been a fun look down memory lane. Have a good year everyone and Bubye! Crucial choices await new students On the 24th of August the Class of 1999 arrived at Willamette University to an Opening Days extravaganza. Stu Students dents arriving on campus, some for the first time, were quickly assisted by the Opening Days Staff and as assured sured that their anxiety would soon pass. While the parents' grip was loosening and the first breaths of freedom were coming forth from their lungs, a new life was begin beginning. ning. In this life we make choices, choices that quickly affect us. In this life we choose to be students. We choose to let go of our stereo stereotypes, types, and grasp hold of new ideas. We choose to become thinking, caring, responsible people. When I was a freshman, I had already de decided cided what I thought to be right and wrong. I spoke to a professor that I felt comfortable with and made this statement, "I know what I believe, but I don't know why I believe it." I didn't want to go through four years of college with an academic chip on my shoulder. I knew what The Devil's Advocate Perry Martin my parents believed, I knew what my friends believed, but what did I believe? The question to ask yourself is do you want to be a student or do you want to be a person who takes up space in life. You will find both inside yourself, and they will fight. Not just about whether or not to study, but about life. How will you make a difference? What can you learn that wiil change the world? Every person at Willamette Uni University versity has the ability to make a difference. The most important choice you can make is this one. Becoming a student of life and open opening ing up your mind will allow you to do what you are. Being a student of life will get you through it all. It will release you from your prejudice, help you overcome sexism, keep you from being politically manipu manipulated, lated, and reduce your doubt about what and who you are. The Willa Willamette mette University Motto is "Not unto ourselves alone our we born," and this is the essence of being a stu student.. dent.. Realize today that you have a choice. Every person, from the Class of 1999 to the professors who let you discover this new life, must make this choice. I chose to be a student last year, after my 26th birth birthday. day. I don't want any of you to wait as long as I did. When you choose to become a student, it can take you to anywhere you want to go. Make this one of your first choices, and you won't be sorry. Good luck to all in this new life. Flickering shadows distort world, distance humans from reality This era of fragmented cinematic yearnings breaks thousands of hearts daily. The excess capacity for nostalgia, like an oversaturated bittersweet river, overflows its banks at random and at will and at you. And from you. The memory of what was, with all its scars, ripens but becomes beautiful and does you in almost nightly. Shadows only perpetu perpetuate ate this. Rainbows crush you. He and she are not he nor she but the ones who got away but still live here, wearing transparent dress, layering themselves fat with novelty. All the novelty evaporates but envelops you. It screams truth but you don't listen. You stare agape, horrified; your earnest and true capacity for something you refuse to label (because it cannot be named) long since over overrun. run. Every gesture is now unbearable, an in insult sult to all your contrivances - contrivances which may well have been the paradoxical defense against the harsh reality of non-analogy. Your sepia safety against the yellow re re-Stereotaxis Stereotaxis Matt Missel jection which is happy with itself but a burn burning ing bright deception for you. Somewhere something turned and went horribly wrong and whether it righted itself without thinking of you becomes the haunt haunting ing refrain "...doesn't care, doesn't care, doesn 't care... " And you cannot help but care, in spite of them, in spite, even, of yourself. But then again these are people, and sub subject ject to change. On your most unexpected Thursday afternoon everything becomesclear. For good or for bad you now know. You now know. For some this knowing is so damaging it is never known and instead remains floating under the surface. Sink or swim is your un unheeded heeded ultimatum - the one upon which you will not dare act. But the back of your reced receding ing tide will one day drag the truth in, and it will kill you. That fast cold empty death, when you begin to re recede cede into the corner and the wallpaper as everyone else smiles and heads toward a Friday night waste wasteland. land. You may stumble home drunk, but you will be un unbearably bearably sober. This cloud will not lift. Con Confidences fidences are temporary medicinals. This trial of knowing but notknowing, of you staggering half-blind but aware, pain painfully fully aware, through the bulk of your days. The only escape is to forget, not just with the mind but with the being, to fill the gaping gash of cold death with that brotherly para- ou may stumble home drunk, but you will be unbearably sober. doxical opposite of consolation: loss. Something does not have to mean every everything thing to render everything else meaningless. It only has to mean just enough. It only has to be your crippling fate to be there, see that, know this. To shock yourself at 4 a.m. with the truth that you sud sud-denly denly become too modest to believe. If only crystal clear, were interven intervention. tion. If only, practi practically, cally, you had done and not been as a last recourse. But it's all over now. "...doesn't care, doesn 't care, doesn 't care... " But these are people, and subject to change, doesn't care does care not easy like picking petals. But these are people, and subject to change. But you are people, and subject not to. Featmrd Tlie Collegian September 1,1995 3W WW) The WilUiiette cKipi4s encomi jowneye, studied cxA earned cx .1 ft I A.,.. 7 ' " 'I r i .III talten friendliness, sri by Melissa Prichard Contributor Saint Mark's cathedral in Venice, Italy, was one of many historic and cultural sites visited during a six week tour of Italy. Throughout the ages, the debate over how a student should spend his or her vacation has raged. For a group of 33 people from Willamette, the answer of what to do was easy: go to Italy. No, not just to drink red wine and visit villas, but to study Renaissance art, literature and architecture. Between May 23 and June 19, a Wil Willamette lamette Post-session Program spent time in Florence, Venice, Siena, San Gimignano, Assisi and Rome. Each student earned one ISB credit and the program cost (prices may change in the future due to exchange rates) of $2,750 airfare, lunches and books. However, scholarships were available for those who qualify. While in Italy, activities included visiting museums, Italian language lessons and wine-tasting at a traditional Italian villa. A favorite activity of Louis Schalk, a student participant in the trip, was viewing famous works of art. This was especially true in the Uffizi Museum, in Florence, "where every room we walked into contained more incredible art than the last." "My expectations of experiencing the unique culture of a new country were met in ten-fold'Schj the Ultizi museum was onto! Vatican and Sistine Chapel were ah Santa Maria Novella churches, cultural heritage. Adele Birnbaum, a Professor educational advisors, hoped this p understanding of Renaissance ,"jt. accomplished through a stay in Fk history." Schalk felt that in his led "amazed by the amount of positiv creation." Tom Taylor, a participant, was between Italy and America "One III the saying of 'Hello' every time f of friendliness." "It's a friendly culture, sometii Italian men are true: they're veil decided to come talk to us at dinn "Europeans are more classy, foi i ' J - j - ..." - s E r 1 ' r " - - - ' - ' - I 1 " ' - ! , ,, - tl- i t ' , , : T Chmi trip gfves hmorfty perspective by Lydia Alexander Editor T 0 'JfSi , Ti 7 -1? ''i y L' v It For Aaron Jensen, the summer of 1995 brought comple completion tion to the year he spent studying in Beijing, China. Jensen received a one year scholarship to study as an National Security Education Program Scholar at the Central Univ--sity for the Nation in Beijing. One of the most enriching and revealing experiences was learning with ethnic minorities in China. The students at attending tending classes at the Central University for the Nation represented the fifty-five ethnic minorities of China, putting Jensen in the unique position as one minority among other minority groups. "1: Another opportunity to learn about the issues facing minority groups was in a trip taken to a minority in the south of China. Other travel opportunities included trips to Hong Kong and Macao. This tight-knit group of students worked as interns in inner-city Chicago social agencies, earning ISB credit QMosigo internships bring hope by Melissa Prichard Contributor While most Willamette students were beginning their summer va vacations, cations, six students and Steven Hey, Professor of Sociology, were traveling to Chicago, Illinois on a post-session program. The Chicago Program was a relatively new program to Wil Willamette lamette and the only domestic pro program gram available. The cost to each individual was $ 1 ,644 and one ISB credit was earned. Thi s program began on May 1 6 and commenced on June 9. During these three and a half weeks, the students (Erin Chambers, Erik Salkeld, Hiro, Leslie Roberts, Alison Meier, and Mary Beth Payne) woiked as interns with inner-city organizations, took tours of the city, heard seminars, studied architecture, watched plays and heard every type of music from Jazz to Blues. Hey's goal for the program was to have "Willamette students expe experience rience the diversity and complexity of urban forms." Roberts wanted to learn how "life in a big city was different from life every where else." While most people had differ different ent reasons for attending the Chi Chicago cago Program, all agreed that the program enabled them to see and reflect on the issues of homelessness, urban poor, gangs and drug abuse first hand. Roberts' most memorable ex experience perience occurred when she was interning for a government agency that found suitable housing for fami families. lies. One woman she met was 29 years old, had nine children and was unable provide for her chil children. dren. "I was amazed how often no thought is given to the welfare of the children before they are born," said Roberts. Meier learned a lot about "the diversity that could exist within one area." She was surprised at how, on one hand, the people in Chicago seemed so different from the people in the Northwest, yet the children she worked with during her intern internship ship were so similar to the ones she knew back home. "I guess it shows how much people are really the same, even if they are dealing with different situ situations ations on a daily basis," Meier added. Reflecting upon the overall op opportunities portunities offered by the Chicago program, Hey commented, "It is a great chance to see how America works: the problems and the cre creative ative solutions. This program vill be offered next summer, so if any anyone one is interested there will be infor informational mational meetings soon." ..' t Natural and human history are united in Tule, Mexoco, where tk s pic a 2000 year old tree. attain September 1,1995 Tlie Collegian ssed IWkm villus cre Chicago inner city as students 2it m 1995 summer study abroad programs and scenery enchani k added. 'irfy sources of magnificent art. The isited, as were the Santa Croce and h renowned for their artistic and English Literature and one of the ram would "increase the students' irc'yre, and culture. This could be ice, which exemplifies this time in ing about the Renaissance, he was nergy that was put toward art and nazed by the differences in culture in custom that I had to adapt to was liri a shop. In Italy, this was a sign . overly friendly. Stereotypes about aggressive. Half the Italian navy ' said junior Lisa Henshaw. al, but not stuffy," added Henshaw, who was entranced by the Italians' love for a life of leisure. "You never see anyone working. For Americans, the center of life is their job: they Italians just enjoy life and drink wine." Besides the time studying art, literature and culture, there was plenty of time to experience the wonders of Italy . Free afternoons, days, or even a weekend spent wandering around Venice were not uncommon, and provided some of the most memorable experi experiences. ences. "We wandered all over every city on our own, experienced culture, ate at restaurants. There was a lot of free time . . . which was just as much a learning experience," said Henshaw. One of Taylor's favorite memories was "watching the fire fireflies flies dance in the olive groves after the sun went down in the Italian countryside." Professor Birnbaum remembers "the long walks up to Piazzale Michelanglo to watch sunsets." Each participant has a special collection of memories and new-found knowledge of the Renaissance. However, all share the common experience of traveling to a foreign country and learning more about themselves and a culture very different than their own. It 1 ft III' L j ' i r .1 - ! r r ST """W1 ' if W. $ ' r " I IWWW j J I I 3 ' !.'.; Y?J1 ' lii i : . s-. ; I V- '' ) K jt., la I Mil ; r ! i "'! f v MH : i -u u i Katie Snow, Zach Hull, Tom Taylor and Louis Schalk investigate the streets and alleyways of Venice in their free time. !EcAdcor trip increases - Tinenc in onijf si weetcs by Lydia Alexander Editor Sixteen students from both Willamette and Chemeketa Community College went on the six week trip to Ecuador, accompa accompanied nied by Professors Marta Gavilanez and John Uggen. During this intensive Spanish language program, students attended classes, visited local attractions and lived with host families in order to improve their abilities to speak Spanish. All of those students who completed the program were able to bypass Intermediate Spanish, gaining foreign lan language guage proficiency and condensing a year of work into six weeks. For Gavilanez, one of the greatest strengths of the program was this distinct improvement among students' Spanish skills. Gavilanez noted that first year students, after spending six weeks in Ecuador, are now suc successful cessful participants in 300 level composition classes. Every morning, students spent five hours of classes a day at the ACLAS Institute. Afternoons and evenings were often spent with host families, or on tours with other students. Visits to the Indian Market, the rainforest, beach, and tours of Quito were frequent occurrences. ' ; ' i if One of many cultural differences observed in Oaxaca was this VW bug police car MexJcn hospitality taught hore thm classes did by Lydia Alexander Editor Oaxaca, Oaxaca was the destination for the seven students who ventured to Mexico to spend six weeks in classes and with host families. The mid-sized city four hours south of Mexico City exposed students to positive experiences which included close-knit host families, weekend excursions, and improved Spanish language speaking. More challenging experiences included the intense classes and con confusion fusion regarding the expectations and arrangements made with the school in Oaxaca. Although it was not an official Willamette study-abroad or summer post-session, the Mexico program, under the faculty supervision of Professor John Uggen, has been in place approximately five years. This year, senior Alexis Wetzel made many of the arrangements for the five week program which began July 7th. The high point of the program was the time spent with host families, who took them to see Indian ruins, artisans making handmade rugs, and to the beach for a weekend. "I loved my family, they were really wealthy and they spoiled me rotten: my clothes were washed, line-dried and ironed for me. They were so nice. They included me in their parties, they took all of us on trips, like to the discotheque," said Angela Graves, junior. Living with host families also taught students about the way that Mexican people in Oaxaca approach the issues of their day, including government, family traits and patterns, giving a broader perspective on Mexican life and culture. A less positive experience was the class sessions. Four hours a day were spent in classes on literature and art. "The school aspect sucked. We basically got the shaft, and they were a really disorganized school," said Graves. "They were really hard, more than I expected. I had more homework from them then I ever had at Willamette," added Raze. Another experience which was unsettling yet intensely revealing, was the feeling of being a minority. "It's an interesting experience to get the opposite perspective on being an outsider. As we were walking down the road, the men were always calling us guera, which means white girl, and they didn't consider it rude," Raze noted. Graves added "I walked past seventeen cops with machine guns . . . they were whistling at me and calling me guera: what can you do, you can't flip off police officers?!" picturesque church is feet away from 8 Die Collegian September 1, 1995 nr. r I TEAY E x Oregon State Fair, Fairgrounds, 1 0 a.m. a.m.-I I I p.m. cu CO Pulp Fiction sponsored by ASWU will play at Smith Auditorium at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Portland Rockies Base Baseball ball vs Boise, Civic Sta Stadium, dium, 7:05 p.m. The Robert Cray Band with John Hammond at Washington Park Amphi Amphitheater. theater. Ultimate Frisbee, Quad, anyone interested is invited, 4:30 p.m. YOUfflIMII. l LH. It's against the law. So if you don't want a ticket, buckle up. Or, you could become broke in more ways than one. YOU COULD LEARN A LOT FROM A DUi'IliY.' EUCKLEY0U.1 SAFETY EELT. (joined U S Department ot Transportation SALEM Herbert Smith Auditorium Saturday, September 16 at 8:00 pm All Seats Reserved: $ 1 9.50 for the general public, $ 1 3 for the Willamette community.Tickets available starting Sept. 4 at the University Center Information Desk and outlets. Charge By Phone 503-224-4400. Look for George's newest release, Forest, at your favorite music store. Please join us in support of Marion Polk Food Share by bringing a donation of non-perishable food to the concert. s SATURDAY cu f Oregon State Fair, "g. Fairgrounds, 1 0 a.m.- I I p.m. Intervarstiy Christian Fellowship will be having a beach trip and barbe barbecue. cue. If interested meet at the fountain at 9:30 a.m. Returning from beach at 5 p.m. Bring $2 and car if available. Campus Ambassadors water skiing and picnic trip will meet at the UC at 9:30 a.m. Cross Country vs Alumni, Bush Park, 10 a.m. 7C f V" if at allTicketmaster PA J Women's Soccer vs Portland State, Sparks Field, I p.m. Men's Football vs Alumni, McCuIlough Sta Stadium, dium, 1:30 p.m. Portland Pride Soccer vs Las Vegas, at home, 7:35 p.m. An Evening with Willie Nelson at Washington Park Amphitheater. 00 ir. c 8t oj Ultimate Frisbee, Bush Park, for the co . ' more serious and ex experienced perienced players, 3:30 p.m. Basking in the sun. . - -. -, ' ' - -v., ..... -4!- ... With only a few days left of summer, junior jenna Fischer takes time out of her schedule to catch up on some reading in the grass nearby the University Center. She realizes with the sun becoming a rare thing she has to enjoy the moment while she can. Be a Reviewer! Review books, CDs, films, vid videos, eos, theater, microbrews, art, concerts, restaurants, TV snows, espresso, radio snows or DJs, and anything else you can think of. (If it can he experi experienced, enced, it can he reviewed!) NO'S SEQUITUR BY Vllj MOSAV E .Si Santana with Jeff Beck, Portland Mead Meadows, ows, 4 p.m. CO Ultimate Frisbee, Quad, anyone interested is invited, 4:30 p.m. x E cu Oregon Sym Symphony phony Classical Con cu CO cert, Waterfront Park, ad admission mission is free, 7 p.m. WEPiSP$f E cu ea. cu CO Ultimate Frisbee, Bush Park, for the more serious and experi experienced enced players, 5:30 p.m. 3- Name: WLat types of things Box: would you review? Phone: T7 .1 Wkat do you want to Cr-mail: J 9 a reviews M ass: Send responses to the Collegian care of campus mail. 5 THURSDAY E .8 OMSI laser light (3 show call 503-797-OMSI for informa information. tion. oo cu .o E cu Ultimate Frisbee, Quad, anyone inter interested ested is invited, 4:30 p.m. Artist's View of the Arab Worlds opens at the Hallie Brown Ford Gal Gallery. lery. Running through October 13. Creative Dating, Bearcat Cavern, 8:00 p.m. . Reviews 9 September 1, 1995 Hie Collegian 1V1 usicai for faniilar faces Well known bands' efforts to revitalize careers and sound generate mixed feelings. Writing my first CD review of the year is proving to be a great challenge. The most difficult aspect of this process has been choosing which CDs to review. This diffi difficulty culty is exacerbated by the fact that I spent my summer in Roseburg, Oregon which is a relative cultural, intellectual and musical void. I did not have my regular sources of in information formation regarding new music such as Bohemia Afterdark or 970 AM the Beat. Instead, my sources for new music were the corporate giants Rolling Stone and MTV. This led to a hit and miss search for CDs to add to my ever blossoming collection. Foo Fighters Kurt Cobain may be dead, but David Grohl is still alive and kick kicking, ing, and his first album since Cobain' s suicide leaves very little to be desired. The Foo Fighters are suppos supposedly edly a four man group including Pat Smear (probably the most unfortu unfortunate nate name in rock today) who played with Nirvana on their last tour, but everything that I have read about this album makes it sound like the entire album was performed by Grohl, including all vocals and in instruments. struments. The album is a fusion of punk sounds and attitudes with pop overtones and a straightforward feel that give the Foo Fighters potential to cross the lines of musical genres in much the same way that Nirvana did. In many ways, this album is much less dark than a Nirvana al album bum and I think that it derives strength from this. In a musical era Low budget flick offers innovative techniques for entertainment x Rmew The Brothers McMullen is writ written ten and directed by 27-year-old film filmmaker maker Edward Burns and was shot on weekends with what equipment Burns could borrow from the set of Entertainment Tonight, where he worked during the making of the movie. He used his own house for filming and bottles of beer with the Budweiser name marked out with black marker. The Brothers McMullen is the filmmaker's first full length pic picture. ture. Some of the footage is rough due to the type of film used, but the young writerdirectoractor uses the equipment to the best of his ability. It is by no means an inferior picture. surgery when it is just as important to feel sorry about oneself as it is to play good music, this album goes against convention and does not rely as much on rage. Instead, it relies on David Grohl' s oft overlooked mu mu-. . sical abilities. Nine Inch Nails I have yet to enjoy a remix al album bum and the "Further Down the Spiral" CD proves to be no excep exception. tion. I was excited when I heard that Trent Reznor was working on re revamping vamping a number of the songs from his "The Downward Spiral" album and making them more introspec introspective tive sounding in hopes of matching his new outlook (interestingly enough, his paradigms were changed by the untimely death of his dog, who fell out of the window of a high-rise building). Unfortunately though, this al album bum provides very little in the way of new music or drastic changes from the original songs. In much the same way that "Fixed" did little to improve upon or change Nine Inch Nails second album "Broken," this album is quite bland when placed next to "The Downward Spiral." Neil Young In an obvious attempt to expand his musical horizons and hopefully add to his fan base, Neil Young enlisted the services of Pearl Jam for his latest album "Mirror Ball." This mix of new and classic rock works very well and "Mirror Ball" proves to be a very strong album full of some great rock songs that should be found acceptable by fans of both Pearl Jam and Neil Young. Many Pearl Jam fans may complain about there not being enough of Eddie Vedder on this album, but I do not feel that this is in any way detracts from the worth of this CD. Most importantly, this al album bum proves that there are not any important differences between clas classic sic rock and new rock that make one inherently superior to or exclusive from the other. The camera angles and panoramic shots of New York, particularly Long Island, are incredible. The Brothers McMullen won Best Picture at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival and was marketed by Fox-Searchlight for nation-wide viewing. The history of this film alone makes it a must see. Burns has created a heartwarm heartwarming ing and realistic film which takes a serious and sometimes comical look at the power of sex, religion and brotherhood on a family, as three brothers mature. The Brothers McMullen encaptures the lives of three Irish Irish-Catholic Catholic brothers with an abusive alcoholic father who had a varying effect each of his sons. Jack (Jack Mulcahy), the oldest brother, is afraid to start a family with his wife, and is unsure of his ability to be a good father. Patrick (Mike McGlone), the Temptation good weekend getaway The Last Temptation of Christ Based on a fictitious account of the life of Jesus by Nikos Kantzakis, this Martin Scorcese production raised some contro controversy versy back in ' 88, when we were in junior high school, when Bon Jovi was King and Dukakis ran for President, and when we were probably not very concerned with the duality of man, the accuracy of testament scripture or the in intent tent of the teachings of the son of God. This film stars Willum DeFoe as Jesus, and Harvey Keitel as Judas, and other than its extraordinarily long running time (a lengthy two hours and 43 minutes), it offers an intriguing perspective on the life of an amazing character. Whether one is a hardcore athiest, a firm agnostic or a reli religious gious fundamentalist, this movie has a few ethical and philosophi philosophical cal dilemmas for everybody. As a matter of fact, it may be more fun to watch a movie such as this one among a group with diversi diversified fied opinions regarding the son of God. If nothing else, the movie will spark some discussion re regarding garding the nature of Christian Christianity ity and Jesus. The movie begins in Nazareth, with Jesus as a poor Jew who carves crosses for cru crucifixion. cifixion. At this point, Jesus comes across not only confused about his identity as the son of God, but confused about his san sanity ity as a whole. One of the things Scorcese maintains throughout the film is the kernel of doubt that Jesus has in himself as the messiah. To some, this is a point of great controversy; instead, I see it as Scorcese's way of por portraying traying Jesus as a man who is in fact having visions, hearing voices, and experiencing other signs of insanity. What person wouldn't think twice? DeFoe does an excellent job of playing the role of Jesus, youngest and most devout Catholic of the three, wrestles with the thought of marriage to his longtime Jewish girlfriend, with whom he has had forbidden sex. The middle brother Barry, played by the writerdirector Burns, is instructed by his mother not to make the same mistake she did by getting married to someone he doesn't love. This causes him great trouble when he finds a girl that doesn't believe any of his lame ex excuses. cuses. The character development is continuous throughout the film, which helps to bring the viewer into the story and grow along with its characters. The dialog is consistently crisp and realistic, making it easy to be believe lieve these three really are brothers. This is without a doubt one of the best films of the summer. Don't miss it! speaking in a tone of voice and using words that often leaves an audience uncertain of his mean meaning. ing. This works well because it is usually the meaning, the inter interpretation pretation of the words that is in dispute; not the words them themselves. selves. Another unique point made by the film is that whether or not particular words were said, or particular events occurred, the stories and events are signifi significant cant for one reason only; be because cause people believe in them. It shows how the truth is some sometimes times (if not all the time) subjec subjective; tive; as long as a person believes something in their own mind, then they are right. In the movie, the point was that the accuracy of the stories about Jesus and his life was really not as important as the overall message he was trying to convey. . . love every everybody. body. The character of Satan plays a large role in this flic, but his identity is not revealed until late in the story. It is strange to think of the ongoing battle between Satan and Jesus throughout the passage of his life, and it is al almost most impossible to tell if the battle is real, or if it's merely a big head trip created by the sub subconscious conscious of Christ. The thing that is really fun about this cinematographic pro production duction was that it showed how being baptized in the river Jor Jordan dan can be a lot like the Oregon Country Fair, with lots of tribal bongo drums and people danc dancing ing in a euphoric naked frenzy. The way the disciples were rep represented resented was good, too; they were just average guys with av average erage dreams. There's even a scene where the disciples and Jesus look like a bunch of pissed off gangsters; a perspective people may not have considered. I particularly enjoyed the re relationship lationship that was built between Judas and Jesus, mostly because it allowed Judas to be a respect respectable, able, strong character who be betrayed trayed his master at Jesus' own request. And besides, Harvey Keitel kicks ass. GREENTIPS T "1 FACT Power plants are built for peak power usage. In other words, a new plant is not necessary until the old plant can no longer satisfy demand during peak hours (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.) TIPS Turn on your dishwasher when you go to bed. Use your other appliances during the off-peak hours when possible. Please tend your tip to: GREENTIPS. 4830 W Kennedy Blvd.. Suite 280. Tampi. FLL 33609 G 1995 Kevin A. McLean Tampa, Florida How was your first day of classes? "Oh no! It was so bad. I don't have my financial aid, so I haven't got mf books yet and Organic Chemistry was my first class. Rachel Caspary, junior Cindy Koenig, freshman "They were fine but it's going to be a tough year for me. It will definitely be academically challenging" Greg Becker, sophomore "Well, I had a year off and not much has changed. There may be construction, but Willamette has not changed." Marc Kassis, junior "It went just great." ; SJ 'y, - V 1 ..III I l ....J iports 10 The Collegian September 1, 1995 Community offers alternative to WU facilities by Josh Harwood Editor Though it may not have hap happened pened yet, sometimes we all find that this little island of Willamette is just a little too small and need to get away. Luckily, the Salem area gives many options to those seek seeking ing a break, and some are even within walking distance. The closest place to be on your own is of course Bush Park, which, as any returning student would know, is located just a few blocks from campus on Mission Street. It is also the home for many Wil Willamette lamette athletic teams including football. Bush Park's 89 acres in include clude much more than these sports complexes, as it also can serve as a place to walk or bike amongst many old, majestic oak trees that line much of the outside of the park. Though it may not serve the most avid of ex exercisers, ercisers, its paved paths will lead the more laid back for more than a mile. West Sa'em's Wallace Marine Park offers a similar outdoor feel. Its many sports fields gives it the look of many other inner-city park, although its location on the riverfront does give the park a bet better ter feel. Its facilities include a nice picnic area and jugging trail. In ad addition, dition, those that are lucky enough New coach by Scott Mahon Contributor Mark Speckman does not act like a first year college football coach. Off the field, he is casual and relaxed, leaning back in his chair as he talks with his arms crossed be behind hind his head and a pleasant grin creeping across his face. On the field, the new offensive coordinator and offensive line coach commands respect and awe from his players, who already heap praises upon his coaching ability. Speckman is very comfortable with small colleges, having gradu graduated ated in 1977 from Azusa Pacific University, just outside of Las An Angeles. geles. At APU, he was an Honor Honorable able Mention All-America Line Linebacker. backer. He didn't know much about small college football in the Pacific Northwest until he wrote a letter of recommendation three years ago that helped get present Head Coach Dan Hawkins the top job at Wil Willamette. lamette. Hawkins and Speckman have been casual friends for a long time, but now will get to work together each day. For 14 seasons, Speckman has coached four different California high schools with a record of 1 13-48-3. In eight years at Merced High School from 1986-93, his team went 81-21, won six straight conference championships and had back-to-back undefeated seasons in '89 and '90. In 1990, Merced was the top ranked team in California and were also ranked No. 5 in the Nation by ESPN and 10th by USA Today. With such an accomplished record, it is easy to see why Speckman had trouble leaving Cali California. fornia. "I was hoping to find a lot of reason not to come to Oregon," Speckman said. "It's really hard to "1 ' -. . - 4-- Bush's Pasture Park and Minto Brown Wildlife Preserve are two of the many parks that are easily accessible athletic facilities, such as jogging paths and hiking trails, as well as some beautiful scenery. to have a boat nearby may spend some time out on the water. Wallace Marine Park is located just off of Highway 99E on the west side of the river. To get a somewhat unique view the Salem area wild life, one can make an excursion to Minto Brown fires up football team ; & f 4 New offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Mark Speckman 1 4 years of coaching experience in California. Under his leadership Merced High School was ranked numer S in the country by ESPN. leave an area where you're well well-known known and really entrenched. My wife and I came up and were im impressed pressed with the facilities, the people, and the job." They could not find the nega negatives tives they were looking for, and Speckman took the job. His family of five moved to Salem in early July. He is not the only one who's impressed. Everyone around him seems impressed by the man. One look at Speckman who was born without hands, and that impression is multiplied. According to Speckman, his Wildlife Preserve. This can be found on River Road in south Salem. This is regarded by many students as an excellent place for biking. Its scen scenery ery provides for beautiful surround surroundings ings while getting plenty of exer exercise. cise. Minto Brown is also frequently visited by Willamette students be handicap is more visual and physi physical. cal. He plays golf and racquetball, the latter he may teach here. He played the trombone in high school and is very comfortable behind a computer keyboard. "There's nothing major that I can't do," he said. "I'll never be able to play the piano or tie my shoes." Speckman will make "huge changes" in the offense this year as he uses his deceptive motion filled "fly offense". He even has a quar' terback controversy as two hopeful QB's try to win the starting spot in an offense known for passing. . ... - -ta cause it is within biking distance. For those looking to truly get away, Silver Falls State Park gives students the opportunity to be sur surrounded rounded by some of the most beau beautiful tiful landscape in Oregon. The park offers a seven mile trail that winds its way amongst fourteen water- ...... .';;-:-. v ; LwimJ-tw it. ' "" - i - r '' - - Club sports provide diverse opportunity for participation Students who do not play varsity sports find other athletic opportunities in clubs. by Annette Wooten Business Manager On the collegiate level, ath athletics letics become very competitive and demanding, especially as students lean towards them to finance their education. For those who are not so inclined, there are club sports that anyone can play, usually for little or no cost besides uniforms. Rugby is hoping to make a strong show this semester. With the start up of WU' s first female team a year ago, this sport of "organized chaos" has grown in popularity on campus. Returning player Jeremy Everitt said "Rugby is for any anyone one who loves either soccer or football and isn't afraid to com combine bine them. Or to shed a little blood." Notorious for its inju injuries, ries, rugby is perfect for fanatics of contact sports, mud and espe especially cially bruises. Just ask Holly Hitchcock. After one game, she counted twenty-three. The rugby teams (both men and women) will be wanning up in the Quad in the next few weeks. Another non-mainstream sport on campus is lacrosse, which is known as one of the fastest field sports around. This year, the team is fortunate to have many returning players and, as a result, expects to do quite well. During the fall semester, a majority of the time is spent train training ing new players while honing 11' , from Willamette. They offer many falls, five of which measure greater than 100 feet. There are also many smaller loops that allow visitors to choose how long a hike they would like and which falls they are most interested in seeing. This treasure is located just forty-five minutes west of Salem off of Highway 214. the skills of veterans. There is one fall tournament held in Eu Eugene, gene, which Willamette has been invited to for the past several years. In the spring, competition begins with a great number of the colleges here in the West. With games at UofO, L&C, WASU, PLU as well as many others. Once the season begins, the Lacrosse team is kept very busy. The soccer and women's soc soccer cer clubs might seem alike, but they are far from the same. The soccer club is a co-ed team that competes year-round with com community munity college varsity and uni university versity club teams. The women's soccer club, active only spring semester, is an indoor team which mainly plays with local city leagues. Most of their competitors are recent college graduates or var varsity sity players working out during the off season. Both are open to anyone, but note that the indoor team is very competitive while the outdoor encourages those who have not played before to come and join them. The soccer club will begin practicing in the next few weeks on the soccer field after the con conclusion clusion of the varsity teams' prac practices. tices. The volleyball club is a six man team that competes in an OregonWashington conference with various state and private schools. Their mid-fall to Janu January ary season is characterized by three practices a week and week weekend end games. Dan Roth, a current member, invites any men with a serious desire to tryout to come to any of Uieir open gyms or to their practices in the Quad. 'ports 11 September 1, 1995 The Collegian Construction delay creates inconvenience for football team 1 I -r- - - I ( by Jennifer Miller Staff Writer Construction crews work to finish construction on Sparks Center which will house a the new weight room. r all the Bank STUFF YOU'LL NEED. First, the basics. You need a checking account. Open a VERSATEL Checking account, and you also get a deal. 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Over the sum summer, mer, football play- ers that lived in Salem to work and train in the offsea offseason son were sorely disappointed to find that the Sparks Center weight room was fully incapacitated less than three weeks into the summer. Players that lived in Salem, like senior receiver Geoff Huetten, jun junior ior Matt Britton, senior Keith Grames, sophomore Benji Hammond, senior Matt Neil and j unior Jake Neil, were asked to pay half of an $80 summer membership to the newly built World' s Gym on Lancaster Avenue. The $40 and time spent having to drive to and from Lancaster (a roughly 15 minute commute) made it cumbersome for players to lift on a regular basis on top of summer jobs. "You would think the school could pick up forty dollars, but it wasn't that big of a deal," said Jake Neil. "I don't think we lifted any less because of it." Huetten also commented on the fact that people who have lived in Salem over summers were used to having the Sparks facility to work with. He also thought it would have been nice for the school to pick up the tab becuase of the fact that he and others living here were training for a Willamette varsity sport. The team also felt the downside of improvement during the first few days of practice, when prc-season testing required that weight ma machines chines were pulled out of storage and placed on the Sparks' gym floor on top of towels to complete certain strength tests. The team is conquering the tem temporary porary problem by setting up shop in the baseball stadium. Third year Head Football Coach Dan Hawkins said "We are setting up a little satellite station at baseball sta stadium. dium. We're going to move as much as we can; ahip sled, leg machine, dumbbells: basic mainte maintenance nance stuff." The end result is worth the wait in Hawkins' eyes. "Considering what we're getting, it's a do-able inconvenience," he said. When asked when the weight room and the rest of the Sparks Center would be entirely finished, Athletic Director B ill Trenbeath said that, "There is no set date; it's going to be early October." There have been problems with roofing and the ventilation system for the building which have slowed down construction on the the up upstairs stairs offices, he said, but the rest of the building is moving along rapidly towards the desired final product. "We'll keep our fingers crossed," Hawkins said of the build building ing being finished by early October. "Considering what we're getting, it's a do-able inconvenience," Dan Hawkins head football coach Kaneko welcomes alL . . -vi V ' 1 ' U V . i 'j "' r For those who didn't find enough time for recreation this summer, there are plenty of ways to spend time relaxing as close as Kaneko Hall at the neighboring Tokyo International University of America (TIUA). Located between Kaneko and the parking lot is a sand volleyball court. This court is open for all Willamette Community students during daylight hours. In addition to volleyball, those students looking for active recreation can find outdoor tennis courts next to the parking lot. Lights shine on the courts for play until 10 p.m. For those interested in simply taking in the sun, Kaneko's swimming pool is open between noon and 1 0 p.m. every day during the beginning of the school year and is open for all students. 12 TJie Collegian September 1, 1995 ."7. ,J(K !AY TUES, & THURS. FH i will i naui 9-BALL 8-BAL.L 3:30 pm 7:30 pm nAPK Drop Pocket Only. Not Valid With Any Other Discounts. One Coupon Per Visit Expires 32795 7:30 pm Q O. O ' -. Os Sill r . 1PAY 1 gfeUfiV!l':fo V Sill : ' 1 7 POOL TABLES LOTTERY Drop Pocket Only. Not Valid With Any Other Discounts. One Coupon Per Visit Expires 32795 1 ELECTRONIC DARTS 1 4 BEERS ON TAP Look Continued from page 1 nealogical librarian, ski lift op operator, erator, and wrangler. So, where does the freshman class hail from? Oregonians lead the rankings- 43 of the class. Washington comes in second with 18, while 13 of freshmen are Californians, 4 are from from Idaho, 3 from Colorado, and Alaska, Hawaii and Montana each contributed 2. There are also stu students dents from the states of Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Minne Minnesota, sota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jer Jersey sey , New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyo Wyoming. ming. The international students in the freshmen class come from Bul Bulgaria, garia, Great Britain, Japan, the Neth Netherlands, erlands, Russia, Switzerland, and Tunisia. Though busy in a wide variety of activities and interests, the class also performed well academically in their high school careers. The median gpa for the freshmen class this year is 3.757, up .1 17 from the past year' s freshmen class. Also, 82 students held a 4.0 gpa in solid subjects. 51 of freshmen are ranked in the top 10 of their high school and 83 are in the top 25. These students represent 267 high schools, 83 of which are public. The remaining 17 come from pri private vate or parochial schools. Faces continued from page 1 of Residence Life, became the new director, while Robin Smithtro is the new Coordinator of Disability Services. Two new Admissions Counse Counselors lors fill vacant positions in the Ad Admissions missions Office, with both com completing pleting their undergraduate work at Willamette. Laura Bunker, a 1995 graduate, will also have special re responsibilities sponsibilities for the MAT program, and is joined by Steve Dutton, a 1993 graduate who completed his Masters at Wake Forest University. Forensic Continued from page 1 Trapp predicts more excitement for the team in the near future. 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