Local bookstores explored Features, page 8 Students attend Mariners game Sports, page 1 4 Willamette University 900 State Street Salem, Oregon 97301 WiLLAiETTE Volume 105, Numter 8 The official student newspaper since 1889 OctoW 13. 1995 Campus organizations debate role of EPG News, page 3 AffA TH3E OJ M 0 V E R S 0 T V I COLL EGIAN Campus observes day of acceptance by Joah McGee Staff Writer Marked by many students and faculty members wearing pieces of cloth representing acceptance toward all sexual orientations, the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Alli Alliance ance celebrated National Coming Out Day. "There are two purposes here," said Jeremy Teissere, who headed the events. "The first is to launch a 'Safe Zone' campaign, an effort to create a campus where everyone feels comfortable, whether you are straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual. The second is to celebrate Coming Out Day, to publicly state that it is happening. It is a day when most people can feel more comfortable about their sexuality, and work towards self-empowerment." Na National tional Coming Ou; Day, or NCOD, began eight years ago as a non nonprofit profit educational project of the Human Rights Campaign Fund. It is celebrated on Oct. 1 1 to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for lesbian and gay rights, as well as the inaugural visit of the Names Project, or the AIDS quilt, to the nation's capital in Washington, DC. In 1993, two million people participated in NCOD, on more than 125 campuses, and it was adopted in parts of Canada and Switzerland. The Willamette LGB A honored the day by staffing a table at the University Center that gave information and provided the cloth pins to wear. The Bistro played music by gay, lesbian and bisexual artists. In the evening, a documentary, Before Stonewall, was shown, and later on, many students partici participated pated in a candlelight vigil on the steps of the Capitol in recognition of Oregon Governor Kitzhaber's proclamation regarding October as National Gay, Lesbian and Bi Bisexual sexual History Month. "We're trying to make a safe atmosphere for everyone who wants to come out," said Brodke Borders, who staffed the table for an hour in the morning. "Gay rights really need to be stood up for." National Coming Out Day was celebrated in each of the fifty states and also abroad. "We live with hate, misunderstanding, fear and :. K : v M Kendra Speirs and Erin Chaparro from the LGBA organization hand out cloth pins and information on National Coming Out Day. prejudice because people don't Rights Campaign Fund. "Corn "Corn-know know who we are," reads the pam- ing Out Day is a sure way to gain phlet distributed by the Human . support and understanding." Students reach out to Warm Springs reservation by Melissa Prichard Staff Writer Mid-semester break is only a week away and some students are choosing to spend their break vol volunteering unteering with children on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The Community Outreach Pro- rrrom PHP 1 1 nff&r tl" nnnnrhi . e , . vv,. Le Lenity nity for six Willamette students and six TIUA students to travel to Warm Springs to witness life on a Native American Reservation. Warm Springs Reservation, lo located cated in Central Oregon, covers more than 600,000 acres. Over2,000 tribal members originally classified as Sanaptin, Chinookan and Paiutes Indians reside in Warm Springs. Recent cuts in federal funds for Native American reservations have deepened the hardships faced by many Native Americans living on reservations. "We plan to explore life in Warm Springs through lis listening tening to different speakers from the Tribal Organization and spend spending ing time with children at an Early Child Education Project," said Alex Rodinsky, Coordinator of Alterna Alternative tive Breaks and Community Part Partnership. nership. "I think the trip will expose people to something new. It will be an opportunity to learn a lot in a short amount of time," Rodinsky said. Alternative Breaks, organized through the COP Office, are pro programs grams where students can travel to places in Oregon or different states and participate in community ser service. vice. This year, there will be the trip to Warm Springs, a winter trip to San Francisco and a spring trip to Washington or Canada, which will focus on environmental issues. "I think the Mid-semester Alternative Break, in comparison to other Al Alternative ternative Breaks, is a great way to help people on a one-time basis. You can get a lot done without com committing mitting the rest of your life to a certain project. I went on the Mid Mid-semester semester Break last year and had so much fun. It was definitely time well spent," said Andy Kolosseus, a past participant in an Alternative Break.The trip will be led by Rhonda Mayhew from TIUA, senior Akinori Yoshida and sophomore Kevin Rodgers. "This break will be an experience in service, education and group dynamics. The joint TIUA and Willamette aspect of the break will add a different and exciting aspect," said Rodinsky. Participants will leave Oct. 19 and return Sunday. The $35 cost includes food and transportation. Sign-ups are at the UC Desk. Senate bill to hook campus up by J. Markham Furman Editor If the Senate's wishes as em embodied bodied in Senate Resolution 302 302-95 95 are granted, the Office of Resi Residence dence Life (ORL) will "provide basic television reception to all stu students dents on campus who request it in a timely fashion at no additional cost." The resolution, which calls for an official AS WU memo encourag encouraging ing the ORL to provide free televi television sion hook ups to students who re request quest them, recently passed. "There were people putting in requests for television cables- and no one ever got back to them," said Jonathan West, the author of the resolution and Senator from Sigma Alpha Epsilon. West said the reso resolution lution was prompted by the long wait some of his constituents en encountered countered after applying for televi television sion hook ups. Some of West's con constituents stituents decided to climb on the roof and throw the cables down to their windows themselves. "If all it entails is throwing the cable off the roof and sticking it in the windows, wouldn't it make sense to leave it in the window?" West asked. " We pay a considerable amount each year for room and board, and we feel it is just a basic service we think they should provide." Cheryl Todd, Assistant Direc Director tor of Operations for ORL, noted that the $30 fee was an average of the cost to run cable from the an antenna tenna to the room. "Ten years ago, students weren't bringing large stereos, computers and televisions to college. The build buildings ings are simply not wired for the electronics," said Todd, referring to the electrical output required to sup support port an increased number of televi television sion sets. Plans to install a conduit for the ethernet could expand elec electricity tricity and television hook ups. Recent liability concerns lead to Kappa Sigma's new alcohol-free status by Melissa Prichard and Ryan Teague Beckwith not comment on the specific reasons for the decision, citing the need to protect the au- In an unprecedented and unexpected move, the Theta Delta chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity recently decided to become entirely alcohol free for an indefinite period of time. Although alcohol was served to party goers who were identified as over the age of 21 by differently colored wristbands at the recent Barbary Coast function, future events, such as the upcoming "Swamp," will be entirely dry. House leaders stress that the decision was made at a local level, although the na national tional organization has promoted the idea in recent years. "We, as a House, have decided to become alcohol free," said Kent Campbell, President of Kappa Sigma. Vice President Scott Anderson would Behind Closed Doors: Alcohol on Campus tonomy of the fraternal governing system. "We were strongly encouraged by our na nationals," tionals," said Anderson. According to Kent Campbell, President of Kappa Sigma, the national guidelines for alcohol in local chapters have always been strict. These rules include prohibition of kegs, restriction of alcohol to eligible adults, and prescription of yearly risk management pro programs. grams. House members hope that the decision will be a positive change in the atmosphere of the fraternity. "There is a perception that we are a party house which consumes a lot of alcohol. Holding alcohol-free functions will show that Kappa Sigma can still hold good parties without alcohol." "We plan to make this party really cre creative ative with things that have never been tried before. Often, alcohol is a social safety net, but we will work to make this party success successful ful without alcohol," said Social Chair Ben Worsley about the upcoming party. "Swamp." Dan Brundgardt, Resident Director of Greek Housing, said that recent decisions to become alcohol-free have come from many fraternities across the nation to insurance liability, declining memberships and univer university sity administrations questioning the neces sity of Greek life. "When a Greek house becomes dry, the university administration knows that the house is examining its behaviors," said Brungardt, "Becoming a dry house rcfocuscs a chapter's operations and brings it closer to the inten intentions tions of the original chapters. Without alco alcohol, hol, the focus on parties is redirected to a focus on brotherhood and societal responsi responsibility." bility." Two violations were reported by Campus Safety at Barbary Coast. The fraternity did not clean up areas used for an alcohol function and a student in atten attendance dance was issued a Standards of Conduct Violation for minor in possession of alcohol by consumption. However, Ross Stout, Director of Cam Campus pus Safety, stated that "Campus Safety usu usually ally cites one minor in possession per frater fraternity nity party." ation & World Hie Collegian October 13, 1995 New name may solve EU currency dilemma by Paul Ames Associated Press Visions of Frankenstein, dicta dictators tors and herds of ( ierman cows have trampled some of the European Union's ideas about what tocall the continent's future common cur currency. rency. After months of dickering, how however, ever, European Union nations ap apparently parently are Hearing agreement to call the supercurrency the "euro." Uninspired, to say the least; perhaps even boring. Nonetheless, it appears to fulfill most of the cri criteria: teria: It's short, pronounced the saine in all the EU languages more or less - and seems not to offend too many people. Most importantly, perhaps, the Germans like it. And the Germans, after all, are the heavyweights in this European currency game. Theo Waigel, finance minister of the EU's most powerful eco economic nomic nation, put forward the name at an EU meeting recently in Valencia, Spain. Many of his fel fellow low ministers went along with it. At least they preferred it to an earlier German idea - the "euromark." The "euro," however, is not in the clear just yet. France still prefers the "ecu." British Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke con confesses fesses a weakness for the "florin" or the "shilling." And there arc many across Europe who simply don't want the thing under any name. Nevertheless, the Valencia meeting reconfirmed the EU's in intention tention to push ahead with the drive for a common currency to replace guilders, escudos, drachma and the rest. EU leaders are expected to take a firm decision on the name in De December cember when they meet in Madrid. If German Chancellor Helmut Kohl gets his way - and he usually does in EU monetary matters - EU citizens could be filling their pock pockets ets and purses with euros by 2002. Non-cash transactions in the new money should start three years earlier on Jan. 1. 1999. But the French still could sink the euro. "There is not yet a consensus," French central bank governor Jean Jean-Claude Claude Trichet, told reporters in Valencia. "For France the good de denomination nomination is still the ecu." By happy coincidence, the initials of European Currency Unit form the name of an old French coin. The ecu is currently used by the EU for its accounting, based the value of a basket of national currencies. In the past, the Germans floated "franken." That sounded 1 ike a good suggestion - a Germanized version of the French currency. Then somebody mentioned Frankenstein. When yovi get what you want, you don't want it by Walter Mears Associated Press OK, maybe it is a funk, even though President Clinton disowned his diagnosis of what ails the na national tional mood. Gauging by public opinion polls, Americans seem to know what they want only until they get it. Then attitudes sour, question questioning ing begins, and preferences turn to something else. At various points this year, that's applied to people, policies and to the two major par parties. ties. There's a more favorable view of a possible third one, or an inde independent pendent entry in the 1996 presiden presidential tial election. Since those are pro prospective, spective, they are not yet suspect. That's human nature, of course. The notion that the other grass is greener applies politically, too. Whether and how that mood affects votes next year is the puzzle; the same August survey that showed increasing disapproval of the work of the Republican Congress also showed that had the elections been then, a majority of the same people would have voted for the GOP. A Washington Post- ABC News poll completed Oct. 1 showed deep deepening ening concern about the Republi Republican can course on social programs, par particularly ticularly Medicare changes. In that one, 56 percent said they think the changes in course Clinton seeks are mainly the right ones, 44 percent opt for Republican changes. Compare that with attitudes early in the year, when polls showed that more people thought the Re Republicans publicans would do the better job of handling national problems. A sur vey on the day the new Congress convened showed a majority thought it would achieve more than usual, fewer than one-third expected less. So far, it' s been less. Of course, the major decisions haven't yet been made; they are piled up for action in the weeks just ahead. Actually, the disenchantment began long ago; by late winter and early spring, the surveys showed expectations about congressional performance were declining. While one January survey showed Repub Republicans licans with a margin of 24 percent percentage age points when people were asked which party was better suited to handle major problems, the margin was do wn to 7 points by mid-March. That it's turned in the opposite direction in subsequent surveys proves only that those attitudes are sometime convictions, sure to keep changing. If there is a trend, it is toward mistrust and misgivings about the government and the people who run it, or want to. In a joint survey by Democratic and Republican pollsters this sum summer, mer, 76 percent of the people who responded said they rarely or never trust government to do what is right. That is a more negative outlook than pollsters found after Watergate. As the presidential campaign of 1996 takes shape, that outlook prompts a preference for something and somebody new, which may ac account count for the Colin Powell phenom phenomenon enon and for the surveys indicating that 60 percent or more of Ameri Americans cans favor the formation of a new party, a wish Ross Perot is out to fulfill. Powell is the most popular fig figure ure in or near the political lineup, rated by the polling and by the non nonstop stop crowds massing as he travels the country marketing his memoirs. The Post-ABC News poll shows him leading Clinton in a two-way race if the election were now, effec effectively tively tied with the president in a hypothetical three-way contest in including cluding Sen. Bob Dole. Both Powell's plans and his party, if any, remain unknown. He has said he will disclose them later this year. Should he run, his above the field rating, 70 percent favor favorable able in the Post-ABC poll, almost surely will slip. Candidates don't ride as high as elusive prospects do, just as the GOP Congress in operation isn't as popular as when it first took over. That has been the Clinton prob problem, lem, too, although his approval rat ratings ings are up in recent polling. In an airborne soliloquy aboard Air Force One, he'd said he was "trying to get people out of their funk," a mood he blamed on insecurities due to eco economic nomic uncertainties and the rush of technological change. Poor choice of words, he said later, declaring himself to be very optimistic about the country. Clinton said his point was that in the 1994 elections, the Republican landslide that took over Congress, "plainly the country was in a kind of anxious mood, a negative mood, a frustrated mood about the government." 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The coffin of Mohammed Abu Shakra, 21, was draped in a Palestinian flag before the burial in the West Bank's Ramallah cemetery. His battered body was found Saturday night at Israel's Ketziot prison in Beersheva, where he was serving a five-month sen sentence tence for stone-throwing and membership in the militant Islamic group Hamas. An Israeli army spokesman said Sunday there were signs that Abu Shakra had been beaten to death and the death was under investigation. The militant group Hamas claims he was killed by prisoners collaborating with Israeli authorities. Meanwhile, Arafat's Fatah faction asked the Pope and the leaders who attended the Sept. 28 signing of the West Bank autonomy agreement for help in win winning ning the release of 27 Palestinian women held in Israeli jails, said top Palestinian negotiator Hisham Abdul Razek. Israel has agreed to release 23 of the women, but refused to release four who were involved in murders. Only one female detainee agreed to leave jail. 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Inc. and VISA biterrattorol News October 13, 1995 The Collegian Future of Educational Programs iWU by Heather Parkinson Staff Writer This year marked the second year in a row that ASWU has failed to fund half of the Education Pro Programming gramming Committee's budget. Traditionally, ASWU and the student activities fee have picked up half of the funding for the EPC. Tighter budget constraints forced ASWU to cut club funding across the board this year bringing groups together in an attempt to come up with alternative sources of funding for their clubs. Some clubs have suggested that ASWU reevalu reevaluate ate their traditional role as supporter of the EPC, Glee and the Wallulah. Some feel that while the EPC is a valuable asset to the Willamette community, it is not in the same category as the other student run activity clubs that ASWU has a history of funding. A proposal was offered to have student activities fees fund the EPC in full in the future. 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Dilworth said they would be evaluating all clubs' use of their allocated funds, but did not com comment ment on whether or not they were actively pursuing student activities fees to fund the EPC in full next year. Jeff Eager, the EPC President, holds firmly that EPC and ASWU should maintain a close relation. While the EPC is notorious for sponsoring many on campus guest speakers and lecturers on its own, it is also willing to fund other educa educational tional interests on campus: art ex exhibits, hibits, concerts and plays. As Eager points out, "We really take an ex expansive pansive view on what is educational. "Already on this year's EPC agenda is guest speaker Nadine Strossen, who is the first female President of the ACLU and author of Defending Pornography, on Oc October tober 23. Also, on February 26, Bill Shultz, the current President of Amnesty International, will be on campus. While these activities are on the EPC calendar, Eager is quick to point out that student groups and clubs can still turn to the EPC with their funding requests for educa educational tional programs. If ASWU is no longer responsible for their fund funding, ing, then Willamette loses the com committee mittee that gives students a direct voice in educational planning on campus. Eager suggests that the EPC should continue to be a legitimate voice in ASWU. Eagers stated, "The name of the group is ASWU, not mindless en entertainment tertainment for the Associated Stu Students dents of Willamette. I think they have wonderful activities but there is definitely a place in ASWU for academic programming." Other club members have of offered fered support towards AS WU' s con connection nection to the EPC and point out that it is only con con-fusion fusion s u r -rounding the func function tion of the EPC that has led to of it being sup supported ported through other channels. Sarah Kimball, a member of LGBA club, recognizes the ben benefits efits the EPC has to offer their club. "For us they offer an exciting op opportunity portunity of have a big name speaker to campus since the theme this year is Human Rights. We are talking about submitting a proposal now but, we would not have known about it unless our faculty advisor was on the EPC committee," said Kimball. Currently, all groups and clubs should have a funding request form through which they can apply to the I he name of the group is ASWU, not mindless entertainment for the Associated Students of Willamette," -Jeff Eager, EPC President EPC with educational funding needs. This year Dilworth plans to work in close connection with Ea Eager ger to see that applying for educa educational tional funding runs smoother. If stu students dents express funding needs that ASWU is not meeting, such as funds for a speaker, Dilworth does not plan to simply turn students to the EPC, but he would like to work with Eager and clubs through the appli application cation process so they feel their needs are addressed. ASWU Secretary Josh Norman also be believes lieves there is great value in the EPC co co-sponsoring sponsoring different speakers or events with other groups. "It gets EPC's name out. The more activities that are advertised as being co-sponsored by different clubs the better," Norman said. He believes it helps not only to get the EPC's name out, but also raises club sup support, port, allowing students to actually associate activities with a group. "Co-sponsoring also gives events more backing, not only financially but as far as broad based member membership ship goes," Norman pointed out. EPC members hope student groups will work more closely with them this year. All are encouraged to turn to the EPC as a possible option for their educational funding needs. in Expanded Foreign Experiences Plans are in the works to add new study programs in Australia, England, Sweden and the Middle East. by Joah McGee Staff Writer For all students looking to major in either Kanga Kangaroo roo Studies or Peace Negotiations, the new leaders of the Foreign Studies Programs here at Willamette have just the trips lined up. "I think we need the study abroad programs. The more options we have for students, the better it is," said Kelly Ainsworth, the new Director of Off-Campus and International Studies, and then added, "We are inter interested ested in students having diversity of programming as well as location. It is good to provide many different locations, but varying programs are also helpful." Ainsworth is in the process of establishing a num number ber of new locations and programs for students inter interested ested in studying abroad. For those fans of the Australian Football League, students will be able to follow their teams more closely at the Queens University of Technology in Brisbane, a school of over 27,000 that also offers degrees in higher education. Furthermore, there will be an affiliated program at James Cook in Townsville, which is 1500 kilometers north of Brisbane. "The great thing about the Australian program is that it offers many opportu opportunities nities for the science majors," said Ainsworth, noting that sometimes finding classes that coincide with one's major can be difficult in a foreign country. Other soon to be implemented plans include Linkoping, Sweden, which is south of Stockholm and provides Economics, Business, Politics and Sociology classes. Also, Keele University in England, which Ainsworth pointed out was the first "real" exchange Keele University, a residential campus near Stoke-On- Trent in England, with an enrollment of 6,000 students, is one of the new study abroad program sites. program of Willamette. A region filled with lots of controversy and also the focus of the freshman World Views classes, the Middle East, will also be set up. Ainsworth commented that they are also looking at Jordan and Israel. Furthermore, Willamette has plans to join the CIEE (Council on International Education Exchange), a program that will give students access to such countries as Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Argen Argentina, tina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ghana, Spain, France, Austria and the Czech Republic, as well as many others. The next challenge facing the foreign studies pro program gram is working to assure that all credits are transferable. "We are working closely with the Regis Registrar trar to iron out all of the wrinkles," said Darcy Franzen, Ainsworth's assistant. "It will probably be taken care of by next year- it is just a matter of us communicating with the Registrar." There are also now various scholarships that arc available for one to create an alternate destination. For example, the National Educational Program Scholar Scholarships ships allows people to travel to non-traditional and more exotic countries. "My own experience was so eye-opening," said Franzen. Franzen, explaining her interest in working with the study abroad program, said "Seeing how the people lived first hand in a culture so different from ours teaches acceptance, patience and to be non-judgmental." Ainsworth was also very excited about the advan advantages tages of studying abroad, and what new features would be brought about to the program. "It will give Willamette students universal choices no matter what field of study they are in," he said. "Going overseas will be able to fit in any curriculum and enhance lives as well." r ditorial. The Collegian October 13, 1995 Elvis is dead, but not Blelvis Bdnonials Mi Kill ASWITs television "TTf television really is the drug of a nation, then the j AS WU senate seems intent on being drug push push-Jiers. Jiers. On Thursday, October 5, the ASWU Senate passed its first resolution of the 1995-96 school year. Senate Resolution 301-95, entitled "A Resolution to Memorialize the Office of Residence Life," passed 28-0-0 after debate dealing solely with the hypotheti hypothetical cal feasibility of hooking campus residences up to cable television. This unanimity is rather disturbing, considering the anti-community spirit and limited research represented by this resolution. SR 301 -95 mandates that an ASWU memorandum be sent to the Office of Residence Life (ORL) encour encouraging aging them to "provide expanded television pro programming gramming in the form of cable television or satellite mini-dish television to the Willamette community." Had the supporters of SR 301-95 bothered to ask, they might have discovered that the ORL has in fact been actively looking into hooking the campus up to cable television for almost a decade. However, the inaccessibility of service, the demands by cable com companies panies that each and every room be paid for as if fully hooked up regardless of the presence or absence of an actual television set and the potential electrical de demand mand of an increased number of televisions on anti antiquated quated residence hall electrical systems have held the ORL at bay. As a further stumbling block, the ORL's expressed committment to building community within campus residence halls may be compromised by increased access to television channels. Television viewing separates and isolates individuals from their fellow humans and the world around them, potentially threat threatening ening not only community development but students' academics as well. Even the opening statement of this resolution invites scrutiny. To say that "the students of Willamette University have extremely limited access to televi television sion programming on the Willamette campus" is to ignore the televisions located in most residence hall lounges, the cable television programming available in Kaneko Hall, the individual room television an antenna tenna hook-ups which the ORL offers to campus residents and the Language Learning Center's satel satellite, lite, access to television channels worldwide. Con Contrary trary to the resolution's assertion, all of these televi television sion viewing options are on campus and available to students. If the point of SR 301-95 was to prompt action, Senate should have done its homework and realized that such actions were already underway. If Senate's unanimous support was a call for more television than the Willamette community already has, however, then it is imperative that the perceived desirability and alleged advantages of expanded television ser services vices be seriously and critically debated. So there I was lugging my lug luggage gage across the Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge from the neighborhood of Adams Morgan to the Woodley Park-Zoo Metro station in Washington, D. C, when he walked up beside me. "I was just admiring your side sideburns," burns," he said. This caught me a little off guard, although I was beginning to get used to it. In the preceeding four days, attention had been drawn to my mutton chops twice: once by two elderly women on the train, who had laughed themselves silly at my appearance, and later by the doorman at the Hilton. "Man, you look like Elvis Presley," he had laughed. "I'll tell all the ladies, 'Here he comes, Mis Mister ter Elvis Presley!' They'll tear you apart!" Whereas those remarks had come at my expense, this guy was serious. He actually had quite the chops himself. I told him my other sideburn experiences, adding that he was the only other soul in the DC area that I had seen with an overt affinity for facial hair. "It is funny you should mention Elvis Presley," he continued. "Al "Allow low me to introduce myself, my name is Blelvis. That means I am the black Elvis." My last day in DC and I meet the black Elvis. This is rich, I thought. Maybe we all will be re received ceived at Graceland. "Did you know that there are one thousand, one hundred and thirty two - one one three two, yes -one thousand, one hundred thirty two From the Editorial Board J. Markham Furman different Elvis Presley songs?" I wanted to shoot back, "Yeah, but how many of them did he write himself?" Instead, "You don't say ." "Yes, one thousand, one hun hundred dred and thirty two, and I know the words to every single one. Name any Elvis Presley song; 1 11 sing it for you." And of course the only Elvis Presley songs I could think of are Jailhouse Rock and Hound Dog, hardly adequate tests for his ex- pressed skills. I sheepishly admited defeat. "You can't think of the name of an Elvis Presley song? Is there some something thing wrong with you? "OK, it is imperative that I dem demonstrate onstrate to you that I am a real Elvisologist. Give me any word, and I will sing you an Elvis song containing that word." What is going on here, I think. Now I can't even think of a single word. "Uh. . . street." What?! Good TTEJIO MODCiDtJ VODLD IDEOLOGUES ALWAYS NEED SCAPEGOATS. ..WHICH 15 WHY WE ARE CURRENTLY FACED WITH THE SAD SPECTACLE OP OVERFED MILLIONAIRES BLAMlNG OUR NATION'S PROBLEMS ON" WELr FARE RECIPIENTS... OH, NONSENSE! CON CONGRESS GRESS IS TRYING To HELP THE NEEDY-BY TAKING AWAY" THEIR SAFETY NET! HMMA... NOT UN UNLIKE LIKE HELPING THE SICK BY BLEED BLEEDING ING TriEAA WITH LEECHES additionally, american manufacturing jobs are disappearing abroad in record numbers ... as of august "s, the dept. of labor certified that 38,lh& workers have lost their jobs as a result of the nafta accord... -IN FACT, THE VAST MAJORITY OP CORPOR CORPORATIONS ATIONS WHICH PROMISED LJTO CREATE JOBS UNDER NAFTA HAVE ACTUALLY LAID Of F WORKERS-OF TEN DUE TO -SHIFTS IN PRODUCTION To MEXICO..." H4 .AS ANY REASONABLY BRIGHT 2-YEAR- OLD might have Foreseen ... one, college boy. "Alright! I am going to sing you Silver Bells from El vis's Christmas album. Just so you know, I could have also selected Hearbreak Hotel or associated 'street' with 'road,' considerably expanding my possibilites." So there I was on the Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge listen listening ing to Blelvis's rendition of Silver Bells. Not half bad. He finished the song and I of offered fered some applause, but he wasn't through with me yet. "You taking the Metro out to the airport? Let me give you something." Af After ter fishing around in his pockets, he pro produced duced a fare card that would get me about half halfway way to Washing Washington ton National. The catch? "I'll tell you why I'm doing this, man. I'm homeless and I don't like just asking people for money." I gave him what I had on hand, which barely amounted to the face value of the fare card. He said thanks, bid me farewell and took off in the opposite direc direction. tion. I stopped, turned and called af after ter him, "Take care. And nice meet meeting ing you, Blelvis." by TOM TOMORROW I'll tell all the ladies, 'Here he comes, Mister Elvis Presley!' They'll tear you apart! ACCORDING To POPULAR WISDOM, THE PooR ARE1 simply lazy and bon't want to work... this in a country in which the federal reserve manipulates interest rates in order to maintain a surplus of around 8 million unemployed workers-- to fore forestall stall inflation..:' -WHICH WOULD SEEM To PLACE THE JOB JOBLESS LESS BETWEEN THE PROVERBIAL ?OCK AND HARD PLACE... Finally to keep things in perspective perspective-consider consider THAT OUR COST-CONSCIOUS, WEIFARE WEIFARE-SLASH'NG SLASH'NG CONGRESS WILL BE SPENDING $! BILLION NEXT YEAR ON A SHIP THE. NAVY DID NOT ASK FoR-To BE BUILT, ODD ODDLY LY ENOUGH, IN THE HOME STATE OF TRENT LOTT, CHAiR OF THE SENATE SHIPBUILDING SUBCOMMITTEE.-- UM...NELL...AT LEAST HE'LL BE CREATING JOBS! HA, HA. ..HA? HA, HA. ..BIFF, YOU GUYS ARE SO FULL OF CPAP, IT'S OOZING OUT OFl Your EARS..- I COLLEGIAN Vol. 106 No. 8 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. Because the Collegian encourages a diverse range of views in its opinions and editorials, signed editorials and columns do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board as a whole. We encourage readers to submit letters and guest editorials. Only signed letters which have been sent by Tuesday of the week of publication will receive full consideration for publication. Letters are limited to 350 words, typed and double-spaced. The Collegian reserves the right to refuse publication of letters and to edit for clarity and space considerations. All 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 97301-3922. The office phone number is (503) 370-5053 with a business line at (503) 370-6755 and a fax available at (503) 370-6 1 4S. Readers can also direct e-mail to collegianwillamette.edu. Is your monster truck equipped with an airbag? , ini 3 i '0 Ryan Teague Beckwith Editor in Chief Annette Wooten Business Manager Jeremy Hall, Jon Morris Darkroom Managers Dan Metz Managing Editor Will Ramey Computer Consultant Charlotte Jones News Editor Andrew Bernhard Sports Editor Lyd i a Alexan de r Features Editor J. Markham Furman Opinions Editor Tim Marshall Events Editor GennaVeahman Copy Editor Josh Harwood Copy Editor Staff Writers: Tara Bilyeu, Travis Brouwer, Adam Brown, Cwen Davis, Laura Foster, Joah McCee, Jennifer Miller, Kirsten Olson, Heather Parkinson, Melissa Prichard, Patrick Smith, Heather Stampfli, Jessica Wingler, Tanya Zyranoff. Contributors: Cabrielle Byrd, Rebecca Frazier, Marc LeQuieu, Nate LeQuieu, Rindee Paul, Keri Trask, Tobias Read, Travis Rice, Sarah Zollner. The Collegian is printed on recycled paper. Please recycle. 1 I i- r Opinion October 13, 1995 TJie Collegian Big trucks symbolic of male inadequacies Do you really want to know what makes me laugh? I always tend to chuckle when I see those huge 4x4 trucks that are about 20 feet off the ground with tires that are much bigger than I will ever be. You know the trucks I am talking about; the ones where you have to get strapped into a safety harness so you will not fall and kill yourself on your ascent into the cab of the truck. Then once you get into the truck, you are impressed at the distance between you and the ground, and wonder how you will ever get on the ground again. What is going on? The people who own these trucks obviously have the IQ of the average fencepost, but it is not entirely their fault. What good is a automobile that sucks down five gallons to the mile and serves no practical purpose whatsoever? Of course, we all know why these individuals find it neces necessary sary to own such huge automobiles. It stems from a certain male sexual insecurity. Own Owners ers of monster trucks think that if they own a "Big Truck" then society will think that they are "Big Men." I must digress here and put in a small word about women and cars. Women are concerned about what cars they drive, but not to the extent that males are. I would write more about women and cars, but as I am not One Man Riot Nate LeQuieu a women, I do not have the slightest clue on this subject. Let' s not jump to conclusions about mon monster ster truck owners. The same situation exists with any car, for that matter, and is especially prevalent among male law students. Why do we all think that cars make us better? Do they somehow transcendentally leap over exist existing ing metaphysical boundaries and make us more attractive to the opposite sex? Do they, in fact, make us "Bigger Men?" In our wonderfully television-nurtured society, we have come to believe that the kind of cars we drive do in fact increase our sexual prowess, elevate our standing in soci society, ety, and make us more attractive to members of the opposite sex. The sad part of this story is that the majority of males out there believe it! Why? Because the corporations have centered in on male sexual insecurity and have mastered the art of manipulating our emotions - all just to earn a profit! ! ! We also believe it because we have forgotton how to think for ourselves. With the invention of the god we have come to know as tele television, vision, humankind has lost all capacity for rational thought. In Instead stead we are content to worship the god and follow all of its com- mandments, which of course, come right from the corporation head headquarters. quarters. We march soberly around every everyday, day, content that our T.V. reality is "A-OK." There are a few of you out there who know what I am talking about. You all know the commercials: Guy gets rejected. Guy gets nice car. Guy gets "California" girl. It's simply amazing at all of the car commercials that are based simply on sex, or at least have references to sex. No wonder there is such a breakdown of communication in our society. The people who own these trucks obviously have the IQ of the average fencepost. Our minds are controlled by the corporate hieracrchy through the medium of television. We have become "T.V. casualties" who no longer know how to think for ourselves. We all live boring existences where the only excitement is when we brag about ourselves to impress other peopie. Value and reality does not lie in the kind of car that you drive, the clothes you wear, or even the people you hang out with. Per- sonal value comes from within yourself. You are valuable for who you are, not what you are. That's another thing that's screwed up in our society, we all want to impress other people so that they will "like" and "accept" us. We do this by decorating ourselves with materialistic goods (cars, etc.) instead of show show-ingpeople ingpeople what lies in the depths of our souls. So, do you really want to impress someone? Then you have got to impress yourself first. Pretty simple, isn't it? Book exchange ends Bookstore 9s exploitation of students Are the people in the book store your friends? Ad Admittedly mittedly these folks are faced with a difficult job. Yet there is reason to question the opera operations tions of the bookstore. Are the bookstore's priorities right when it takes two weeks to make a re return turn on books the bookstore mis mistakenly takenly ordered for a class? Is it fair to sell a textbook back to the bookstore, one for which you paid sixty dollars just a couple months before, for a measly seven bucks? Where are jus justice tice and equity at Willamette? First off, what is the function of a college book bookstore? store? As a branch of the University, the Willamette Bookstore is m-m-m not subject to the same pressures as a typical small business. Cer Certainly, tainly, the store must charge more than it pays for merchandise in order to pay for expenses and per personnel, sonnel, but there is little reason to believe that the bookstore should be operating at a substantial profit. Willamette is a non-profit edu educational cational institution. Does the Health Center turn a profit? Why should the bookstore, a depart department ment in an institution of higher education be making a profit off students who already pay a con considerable siderable amount for the privi privilege lege of being here? The bookstore would do well The Raging Moderate Why should the bookstore be making a profit off students who already pay a considerable amount for the privilege of being here? Tobias Read to examine reform strategies to bring prices more in line with student budgets. The profit mar margin gin for the bookstore snould be no more than is necessary to cover ex expenses. penses. The University of Oregon runs an innovative pro program gram in its bookstore by which proceeds from sales of clothing items (much of which - """""" is to adults and wealthier folks) are used to subsi subsidize dize costs of class related books. The Willamette Bookstore ignores student concerns at its own peril. One alternative to the book bookstore, store, currently in the planning stages in ASWU, is a student run book cooperative or exchange. The idea is based on a simple principle and aims to keep stu student dent money in student hands, all the while reducing costs for ev everyone. eryone. Towards the end of a semes ter, students will bring books they want to sell to a central location where they will set their own price. The Book Exchange personnel will organize books by class and run the cashier's desk. Students wishing to buy books will be able to peruse their op options, tions, looking at the student set prices. The event will run for sev several eral days before the end of the academic semester, giving stu students dents the chance to prepare for the next semester, and pick up some much needed Christmas cash. When a purchase is made, the money will be set aside for the book owner. Books that do not sell will be available for owners to claim after the event is over, and if not claimed, will be do donated nated to the library. It is time that Willamette em embraces braces such an innovative and ef effective fective program as a Book Ex Exchange. change. Successful programs have been running for many years at schools across the country all to the benefit of students. The Book Exchange is an easy way to make a real difference for stu students. dents. In the ideal world, the Willamette Bookstore would op operate erate with the goal of meeting student needs, providing class books and related materials at rea reasonable sonable prices and would spend more time worrying about books than receipts and profits. In the absence of this fantasy, look for the Book Exchange - coming soon! Live the friendly skies Wouldn' t it be nice to spend your days hopping from one plane to another see seeing ing the world from the sky? I think so. The cars look like ants and the houses look like little boxes. The swimming pools look like tiny puddles of water. It would be a different way to look at our earth. Airplanes are a funny thing. And to go from one jet to another would be like entering an entirely differ different ent time zone and planet. While in the air, time seems to stop until the captain reminds you a few moments before landing to change the time on your watch. The only clue is whether it is dark or light outside the small oval windows of the plane. Everything seems to stop, not just time. Above the clouds there is no weather and no country owns the air that you fly through. You are just out there. Theonly problem with airplane hopping would be airports. I don't know if this would be a drawback or a bonus to the plan, but it would definitely make the journey inter interesting. esting. Airports are filled with emo emotion tion and tacky carpet, souvenir stores and white courtesy tele telephones phones and most importantly, people. Children run among the gates while parents sit in black leather cushy chairs. Newspapers, so trav travelers elers know what is happening out outside side the airport bubble, and trashy love novels litter the scats that people aren't sleeping on. Coffee cups and soda bottles clutter the garbage cans. Television screens hang above your head reporting when and where flights are arriving and departing from. People hustle, people dawdle, people hug, people cry, people wait and people wave. People are nice and want to know where you're going and where you were, what you do and why you are headed there. They are curious and they are bored. Byrd's Eye View Gabrielle Byrd Large windows are lined with people as they watch airplanes land and then taxi to the gates. Workers with headphones frantically wave orange signals to direct the planes and others load and unload bag baggage. gage. Everything has to be quick and efficient, although there are always a few errors here and there. You are checked when you walk in and when you walk out. Your lug luggage gage is examined by a person sit sitting ting in front of a little monitor. Would someone really be dumb enough topackdrugsorweapons in their carry on bag? What would the half-asleep airport worker do if he found a bomb? Maybe it would make his day. Traveling from airport to air airport port would be like never leaving or going anywhere. Most airports look the same with the only difference being the name on the souvenir mugs and shirts in the shops that are conveniently placed right be before fore the gates for that last minute shopping. Faster than commuting to or from work for some people, air airplanes planes put you in a new state -mentally and physically. They are a way for us to stop and look down at us; to see the vivid blue of the ocean and the puzz'.e-like pieces of land that cover the country. It puts ev everything erything in perspective while get getting ting frequent flyer miles, and free orange juice and honey roasted pea peanuts. nuts. What a deal. lenensw riie EdiroK 3 . TK Colli-un I Park car at own risk Let's see if I have this right. No residence hall on campus has re reserved served parking for its residents. But 19 residents of the new University Apartments will each be granted a much coveted parking space right outside their door. A "parking board" will decide, based on safety concerns, which residents will re receive ceive spots. Hmmm. Even though Atkinson and Law students live in the Uni University versity Apartments, and even though they arc primary users of the lot the 19 spaces are being desig designated nated from, only CLAstu Jems v ere represented in the negotiation to get those spaces. The article in the September 29 edition of the Collegian stated that: "The parking permits will be dis distributed tributed according to need based on safety concerns. Residents who con continually tinually arrive home late. ..may be considered before those who don't." I'm glad Willamette is concerned about the safety of those 19 indi individuals, viduals, but w hat about the rest of the students, faculty and staff? Un Underclassmen derclassmen and first year law stu students dents were categorically excluded from competition for those spaces. Do they not have the same safety issues? Besides, parking is rarely a problem in that lot late at night, it's during the day that parking is un unbearable. bearable. But a good cilicn offers solu solutions tions for discovered problems. My suggestion: have parking be first come, first served like the rest of the campus - drive a car, deal with the consequences. In regards to the safety issue, other schools hire stu students dents to escort sludentsfacultystaff anywhere within 2 blocks of cam campus pus from dark until 1 or 2 a.m. Equipped with a flashlight and a radio, they could take some of the demand off of campus security. Micni:u.F. BmnsAi.i, Atkinson Student s The Collegian October 13, 1995 I Greek housing, activities responsibilities divided by Tara Bilyeu Staff Writer In an effort to integrate Greek life into Residence Life, the Office of Student Activi Activities ties is splitting Greek Affairs right down the middle. Rather than have one position overseeing all Greek Affairs, the duties have been di divided vided between a new Greek RD and Scott Greenwood, Director of Student Activites. Dan Brungardt's appointment to the new RD position puts him in charge of Greek housing issues. Greenwood serves as the head of Panhellenic and Inter-Fraternity Council. The cluster of Residence Life, Student Activities and Student Affairs got together over the summer to define the roles of each department in the Greek community. "Greeks will be better served if the life and housing functions are split," says Greenwood. Student Activities will now be dealing more with the activities portion of the Greek system. Greenwood will be more involved in the Greek community and rush, and will help to build leadership within the system. One of Greenwood's hopes is "that we'll have an opportunity to trumpet the role of Greek students in their community service and academic showings." Also, with a shift in responsibilities, Stu Student dent Activities will not have to deal with the housing issues, but will be able to build a community without splitting its focus be between tween life and housing. Greenwood said with regard to the changes, "We help to build student leaders, it was a natural adjustment." Brungardt said he "feels comfortable with the progress." Together with Student Affairs r- ! .tt- " 'i1 "i ... ' . i .- ... f " , A. J A ' "" ' 7, T . j S i-iJ 1 Dan Brungardt, the new Greek Resident Director, will oversee Greek housing as a part of the new "Greek management team." and Student Activities, "we've been able to bring more people into working in Greek affairs." Before it was one person dealing with all the issues that came up, but now there will be what Brungardt called a "Greek man management agement team." Brungardt's job will partly deal with the housing needs of Greeks. He will help with the facilities, making sure that everything is kept up as far as maintenance and house housekeeping keeping needs. Brungardt has six house directors under his care, and said that "they are all doing a wonderful job." Working with Greenwood has also helped Brungardt. "He found where everyone fit in the system. We want to de develop velop the Greek system to its full potential." New advisors offer sexual assault victims choices by Jessica Wingler Staff Writer There are many avenues for a victim of sexual assault to go for help on campus. While many of these options may seem more in line with what the victim wants for help, there is now a system by which they can review their options. This is accom accomplished plished through the newly organized Sexual Assault Advisors. The Sexual Assault Advisors were in instated stated in response to both part of the "Higher Education Amendments of 1 992" and because of the concerns of students. The amendment was instated by President George Bush on July 23, 1992 as part of a massive change in the whole Higher Edu Education cation Act of 1965. The federal government is simply re requiring quiring apolicy to be made. "Willamette is taking this policy one step farther, as are many other universities," stated Deb Loers, the Director of Health and Counseling. "This new job is being created as another avenue to take in the quest for information to help them in dealing with this issue." There are five new Advisors. They are Meredy Edelson, Associate Professor of Psychology; Amiko Matsumoto, coordi coordinator nator of Community Service Learning; Jennifer Murray, director of Alumni and Career Services for the Atkinson School; Sue Milne, assistant director of Student Activities & the U.C. and Susan Smith, Professor of Law. They are available for students to call directly at their offices any time. Their purpose is to give victims options as to where they can go to receive help. They will make themselves avail able for students to call them at their of- . fices or homes anytime. Both phone num numbers bers are listed in the Fusser's Guide. These new advisors are not bound by laws of confidentiality like a counselor or a lawyer. However, they are instructed to be discreet and to act responsibly when they feel that it is necessary to use outside sources to deal with a problem. "The response of an advisor will prob probably ably vary a bit from advisor to advisor, but we are bound by moral and ethical obliga obligations tions to tell someone if we think that the issue is serious enough," said Sue Milne, one of the advisors. "Even though we're not bound by law to tell anyone, there is still the moral obligation, and people need to keep that in mind when they talk to us." "The thing to remember about these advisors is that their job is to assist you in finding help, and they're not trying to replace or replicate the Women's Crisis Center or the Counseling Center in any way. They are meant to augment these programs and give victims knowledge of their existence and what they do," stated Loers. The way that these people were chosen for this job was pretty straight forward. The Deans of each Willamette school chose a person to take this job. "Bob Hawkinson Associate dean asked me if I would like this job," stated Edelson, "and I accepted. This was a choice thing. I was a pretty good choice for this job since I have a base in Psychology. "Sometimes people don't feel right in a counseling atmosphere, so this provides a more non-threatening environment with a trained professional who can tell them more about rights and options," she said. on CHEAP We're talking dirt. MAC. 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The trip was partially funded by the EPC (Educational Program Programming ming Committee) and the Chaplain's Office; and was orga organized nized through Steve Reed of Part Partnership nership Ministries. The first person to speak was Jeff Poush. He and the seventeen others who traveled to Guatemala worked hard to raise the needed money for the trip. They used part of the money they raised towards building supplies for a church that they helped complete. The Campus Ambassadors group also donated their time and labour to the project. While they were there they helped the commu community nity construct a cement slab roof for the church. According to Poush, the project was a lot of work. The stu students dents spent a lot of time twisting wires like twist ties. When the time finally came to pour the roof, the SenareReponi This week's Senate meeting was marked by debate over two propos proposals, als, one of which was not presented to vote on. The first proposal debated over was the first draft the Senate saw of an amendment to the Constitution of Willamette. This version of the bill proposed to change three parts of the Constitution. The first change would have the AS WU President not presiding over all Senate Meetings. The second change would have the Speaker of the Senate become a member of the Executive Commit Committee, tee, and new a section will be added which will have the Senate elected Speaker presiding over all Senate meetings. The amendment caused much discussion, although it was not ac actually tually presented to the Senate last night. Some ideas for change in included cluded the power of impeachment, UVrf Theft October 5, 9:00 a.m. (Matthews Hall)- A student reported that his locked bicycle was stolen from the bike rack. October 5, 1:04 p.m. (Matthews Hall)- A student reported that his locked bicycle was stolen from the bike rack. October 5, 10:43 p.m. (Matthews Hall)- Two students caught a subject stealing a bicycle from a bike rack. The subject was arrested by Campus Safety officers and was later taken into custody by a Salem Police officer who trans transported ported him to jail. CAMPUS cement had to be mixed. Poush ex explained plained how the native men mixed the cement in the middle of the street by walking around in it in hip waders. Poush and others scooped in the gravel until the cement was the right consistency. The whole process of pouring the roof took twelve hours of hard labor. Poush was amazed at the way the whole community came together to help with the construction. Emily Ashton spoke next about the other half of their work: a vaca vacation tion Bible school for the native chil children. dren. They organized crafts, activi activities, ties, and teaching time for the chil children. dren. The children were apprecia appreciative tive of the Bible school and enjoyed all of the activities a lot. Ashton said, "The children touched our hearts the most." Some of the chil children dren had never seen white people, so they were very curious about the Ambassadors Group. According to Ashton, the group was appalled at the pervasive pov poverty erty of the country. The children were sick and dirty, and their par parents ents didn't have the means to care for them properly. Ashton explained that children there are forced to take on adult responsibilities at an early age. Karen Mercer, who also went on the trip, then treated the audi veto power to the President, and whether or not the President will get to vote after this. Some Senators were concerned that the President might loose his accurate representation of the stu student dent body if he does not run the meetings. The writers of the amendment are looking into the possibility of a Presidential veto power. Some feel that this would give him more power than he already has, while others think this is still not enough power. ASWUPresidentD'mitriPalmateer assured the Senate that if the Presi Presidential dential position was given a vote, it would not receive the veto as well. The changes for the Speaker of the Senate position would also be a fair amount, and some of them are also debated. It was brought up that the per person son in charge of meetings does not get a vote, and this might eliminate the representation part of the Sena Senators tors job. On the other side of the argument, many feel that the posi position tion of Speaker of the Senate has more power than the one vote del delegated egated the Speaker. The amend amendment ment should come to student vote October 7, 3:20 a.m. (Lausanne Hall)- A student's locked bicycle was stolen from the bike rack. Criminal Mischief October 4, 3:54 p.m. (Beta Theta Pi)- A stu student dent reported that an unknown person(s) threw an object at his win window dow and broke it. October 7, 3:09 a.m. (TIUA) (TIUA)-Unknown Unknown person(s) destroyed sev several eral flowers that were located in a garden on the east side of the north entrance. Policy Violation October 6, 1:30 a.m. (East side of Doney) Doney)-Two Two students and four non-students, carrying multiple cases of beer, were identified by officers. The two stu students dents were both in violation of Mi Minor nor in Possession of Alcohol and were issued citations. The four guests were asked to leave campus. ence to a slide show depicting some of their experiences. The last speaker in the presenta presentation tion was Andrew Robinson, who graduated last year from Willamette. Robinson addressed the issue of poverty in Guatemala. He said that the real purpose of the trip was to try to reconcile the rich and the poor. While the U.S. has material wealth, explained Robinson, Guatemalans have an "emotional, spiritual wealth." The group was able to share material wealth with the commu community nity they visited, and the commu community nity gave them love in return. Robinson expained that almost all of Guatemala City is extremely poor. Only a small portion of the citizens are well off and live in nice homes, while the rest subsist in shanty towns and poverty. After a week in Guatemala, Robinson said that the novelty had worn off and he was ready to go home. He still had another week of hard work to face before he could go home. He pointed out that the Guatemalans can never escape when they get tired or bored because they are trapped by poverty. "They are poor because they have no options," said Robinson. A group from Campus Ambas Ambassadors sadors plans to return to Guatemala in December, 1996. sometime in November. The other big debate of the night was with Senate Resolution 303 303-95, 95, which recommended to the Of Office fice of Residence Life that Fraterni Fraterni-. . ties should be allowed to have house pets. This bill was met with argu arguments ments that some students have al allergies lergies and would not be able to handle the pets, the concern for the humane treatment of animals and the issues of liability. The resolu resolution tion was not passed. Other issues of the night in included cluded the passing of an addition to the budget, which gave money to the College Republicans for a speaker to come in. The speaker, Gordon Smith, will be coming to campus November 3. Money was also given to the Hawaiian club for a Luau, which should take place next semester, and the Foil Fencers for new equip equipment. ment. It was mentioned that the group Uncle Earl will be playing at the Bistro Friday evening at 9:00. Finally, the meeting for next week was canceled due to Mid Mid-Semester Semester break. Suspicious Activity October 3, 4:35 p.m. (TIUA)- Report of two individuals that didn't appear to belong in the building. An officer made contact with the individuals and asked them to leave campus. October 4, 12:10 a.m. (Quad) (Quad)-Report Report of several males, wearing no clothing and making lots of noise. Officers arrived as the individuals were running back to their resi residences. dences. October 4, 8:59 a.m. (Goudy Commons)- An employee reported that a transient was in one of the dumpstcrs. October 6, 12:45 p.m. (Goudy Commons)- An employee reported a suspicious looking person wan wandering dering through campus. Officers made contact with the individual and asked him to leave. News B k i e p s Jg& ASWU election reform Currently the ASWU Elections board is looking into changing the process of electing the ASWU officers. Students with suggestions and or concerns should talk to Josh Norman (ASWU Secretary) in the ASWU office on the third floor of the UC. He can also be contacted through email at jnorman willamette.edu. All suggestions or comments must be made by Fri Friday, day, October 20. Secularization to be discussed Jeffrey K. Hadden, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia will be giving a presentation this week entitled, "Beyond the Death of Seculariza Secularization." tion." Professor Hadden specializes in the sociology and has written numerous books, among them Televangelism, Power, andPolitis on God's Frontier Secularization and Fundamentalism Reconsidered and The Handbook on Cults and Sects in America. This presentation will deal with the usefulness of the "secularization" theory in explaining or refuting religion in a modern and post-modern world. The presentation will take place in Cone Chapel on Monday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. 'Ghost Stories' at the Elsinore The Elsinore Theatre is bringing famous story teller Jackie Torrence for a performance in celebra celebration tion of Friday the 13th. The performance, entitled "Ghost Stories," is sup supported ported with funds provided by the Western States Arts Federation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commision and The Black United Fund of Oregon. Seats for the performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m. are $10. WCC to sponsor Women's Week The Willamette Community for Choice is spon sponsoring soring National Young Women's Week from Oct. 22 through Oct. 29. This week is to bring national and local attention to concerns about women's reproduc reproductive tive and general health. The focus will be access to abortion, although activities will center on a broad range of issues including domestic violence, childcare, affirmative action and ethnic and racial justice. The goal of the week is to bring awareness to all issues that are dealt with by women. Events of the week will include haing Tricia Smith speak in the Hatfield Room at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22. A voter drive will be held in the mailroom from Monday, Oct. 23 until Friday, Oct. 27. A speaker from Planned Parenthood will speak in the Hatfield Room at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26. There will also be a candlelight vigil in Jackson Plaza at 9:30 p.m., after the Planned Parenthood speaker. This vigil will commemorate the women who have died from illegal abortions. Throughout the week there will be a Wall of Awareness in Jackson Plaza for people to voice their opinions. 8 Tlie Collegian Feateres October 13, 1995 OFF i rm IT .11 ii K H Loca usee bookstores offer charm and inexpensive books Have you ever wanted to find a specific book, but when you looked through the Hatfield Library you found that they didn't carry a wide variety of fiction, and the book bookstore store just isn't what you're looking for? That is what this article is designed for. Hopefully this guide will help you figure out which local bookstore you want to visit. What do people look for in a bookstore? Selection, atmosphere and of course, friend friendliness liness of staff. This guide should help you find exactly what you want when you go on a book hunt. For the most part, the stores priced books about the same, somewhere between two to three dollars for the average paperback. The stores looked at are all within walking dis distance tance and just about anyone, no matter how bad their sense of direction, should be able to find them fairly easily. Book Bin One of the closest used bookstores to campus is the Book Bin; it is also one of my favorites. Located at 450 Court NE, it is open everyday, and stays open fairly late. Although these are good things, they are not the only charms of the Book Bin. A store should give a good first impression, and the Book Bin certainly did that. As we walked in, we were greeted by a display advertising Banned Book Month. This was the best display I've seen on theme, displaying banned books with police "cau "caution" tion" tape around them. The reasons for the banishment were posted on the tape. Included with the display were pamphlets listing events in the area. Getting further into the store was pleas pleasant. ant. Non-fiction topics were clearly labeled and easy to find. Fictional books were alpha alphabetical. betical. Something I hadn't seen before or since was the shelves, which were designed to lean slightly back, all but eliminating that feeling that the shelves might fall on you at any given moment. The store was large, and had a good selection, including a cheap sec section tion of books upstairs. Of course the most important thing is price, and these books weren't too bad. They offer both used and new, which keeps cost for buyers low, a definite plus. Finally, the people were friendly and helpful, which makes shop shopping ping at the Book Bin an enjoyable experi experience. ence. Unfortunately, the next store I visited wasn't so nice. fl The Book Habit The Book Habit, located at 390 Liberty SE, is a small used store that gives the first impression of that little used store back home you used to love, with books everywhere, that slight musty smell associated with old books and organization only the dedicated can figure out, which is the problem. Who wants to be dedicated when you can easily go to another bookstore? If you absolutely cannot find a book else elsewhere, where, take my advice and ask. The people there seemed very helpful, and seem to know what they are doing. If you want to go some someplace place just to browse, this isn't a bad spot to be. A nice spiral staircase and good prices add to the charm of the Book Habit, if only they could get by on charm alone. ffl Jackson 's Books If you have gone to the Book Habit and were disappointed, don't let the trip be a waste. Right across the square is Jackson's Books. Jackson's, at 320 Liberty SE, offers good selection and friendly staff. When look looking ing around, there are so many nice new books just waiting to be read. Yes, I said new, this ,-1 ' 1 i . 4-. ..-i-sss t. r The Book Habit is one of the quaintest used bookstores in downtown Salem, offering a congenial atmosphere and comfortable surroundings. However, if one tries to look past charm and find a specific book, one will need a generous amount of dedication and good fortune to succeed at this endeavor. bookstore only sells new books, and new books equal high prices. Aside from that, this is a great store. They have placed book reviews around the store to help you find a book to read. They have calendars, address books, etc. that are reason reasonably ably priced. They even have some cheap copies of books for those of us who don't like to spend money. For the dedicated reader who likes to start a book before they spend money on it, Jackson's has a comfortable spot in the back of the store furnished with chairs and coffee . where you can check out your books. All in j all it is not a bad place to get books, for a new bookstore. Michael's Book Shop Michael's Book Shop, just a few blocks away at 1 15 Liberty NE, is another one of those bookstores you love to walk into. It is located in an old home. It's got the atmo atmosphere sphere down. Book shelves reach to the ceil ceiling ing and go back through every room in the place. What used to be a kitchen now has books framing the sink and the old cupboards have turned into more book shelves. Upstairs is a records section that is alone worth the trip. The selection is good and the easy to understand organization helps everyone to find what they need. Something I noticed here that I didn't find anywhere else was the music, which, when I was there, was a great j azz album. What can I say ? This bookstore is worth the walk and easy to find. W Rosebud and Fish The last bookstore reviewed was Rose Rosebud bud and Fish, located at 524 State St. I had never been there before, and was expecting your run of the mill bookstore. I. was defi definitely nitely surprised (not a bad thing) when I walked in the door. There was a nice smell coming from somewhere in the back. Candles and such were stacked to my left. I found books on raising a family right in front of me. I wandered throughout the store, looking at the books and decided I liked the store. There isn't any fiction, except for children's fiction that I saw. The books were mostly related to things like religion, Tarot cards, numerology and star signs. Necklaces, cards, and posters about palm reading abounded. It was interesting just to walk around the store and look at all of the things they had. This was another of the stores you should visit sometime at while at Willamette. by Rindee Paul, contributor McAlenamlns 1HOJ12FSON BREWERY L PUBLIC HOUSE A Neighborhood Place for Family and Friends HOURS: Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday Noon to Midnight 3575 Liberty Road S., Salem, OR 97302 363-7286 Are you considering theological education? HARVARD UNIVERSITY THE DIVINITY SCHOOL is holding general information sessions Come learn about our master's degree programs, including Master of Theological Studies and Master of Divinity Dual degree options and cross-registration opportunities with the other Harvard graduate faculties Meet With A Representative: Date: Tuesday, October 17 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Place: Career Services All students, All majors, All years welcome ill Features October 13, 1995 Tlie Collegian Trashless home engenders sustainability by Tania Zyryanoff Staff Writer It protrudes, bulges and burgeons uncon uncon-- - trollably. It exudes foul and nauseous odors that stealthily meets every passerby's nose. Trash. For most households it's a thing that miraculously mutates to gargantuan propor proportions tions by the end of the week. The mere sight of it uproots feelings of revulsion. Yet this is not a problem for seniors Jean Prijatel, Courtney Kelley, Brian Alles, Aaron Fairbrook and alumni Andrea Reese. Their home, located just a few blocks off campus, is a recycling haven that only produces one can of trash within the course of two weeks. - Within their home, the two thriving com components ponents of their eco-operation is a recycling 4p center and composter. Just off the dining area is small room that is the core area of recycling. Similar to the recycling centers in Willamette's residence halls, there is a spe specific cific place for the three types of paper: white, mixed and office pack. There are also bins full of newspapers, magazines, cans, plastic 3 and cardboard. "We have taken the recycling center located in the dorms and put it in the home," explained Alles. Adorned on the entryway to this little eco-hub is a list of "recycling amendments." These rules remind everyone of the general do's and don'ts in recycling. The composter is another integral part of the house. It is an outdoor garbage can filled with organic waste that breaks down natu naturally. rally. Kelley explained that a composter is "the mixing of greens and browns: greens come from the kitchen and browns come from the yard." Living in this house last year, Kelley and her prior roommates had a recycling room but no composter. This year, in an effort to upgrade their abilities, they began utilizing this natural alternative to trash. Almost any anything thing can be put in a composter, besides meat and some packaging, since the meat and cross-contaminated meat packages will at attract tract rodents. Theoretically, a composter has a hole on the bottom so biodegradable waste can gradu gradually ally sink into the soil. As a result, the can never gets full. They have not yet created a hole on the bottom of the composter. Kelley said "we are improving our composting abili abilities ties right now. We are trying to equal my grandmother's technique." Her grandmother grew up recycling and using a composter. The kitchen is also a major focus area. Cloth napkins and rags are staples, Prijatel emphasized, noting that the residents never use paper napkins. Posted above the trash can is an eye-catching sign reminding both resi residents dents and guests of what is recyclable. Food is also a concern. "I try to buy organic food," Kelley added, "but the costs are greater." Not only is waste and food an issue, but the methods of cleaning as well. Kelley uses a laundry soap called Ecover. It is phosphate phosphate-free free and almost fully biodegradable. How However, ever, Kelley said, "For my stinky soccer stuff, I have to admit, I use Tide." For general cleaning around the house, they use baking soda, water and vinegar in lieu of harsh chemi chemicals. cals. . All four seniors are Environmental Sci Science ence majors and a part of the new Environ Environmental mental Career and Outreach Society (ECOS). Having similar interests is a key motiviation factor for recycling. "It's easier to do every everything thing when we help reinforce each other," Prijatel explained. Although they are fine-tuning some mi minor nor challenges, their home is dedicated to reducing and reusing. "We do not have the perfect house, but we are just trying to dem demonstrate onstrate that recycling off campus can be done," said Alles. t f--vLi i A.. . i :V I . J" ' fr-- .- -,-, t i : - f ' . " . - I x - J ! - - i- fei ! :::: ;t v h- !-, ( - ' "". L . 'Pf K r ' '... ! .. c - i- v., ,v .-... j 1 t, - - - -J" - ri umi- irtiif-"-" aatijU' Senior Aaron Fairbrook deposits refuse into a composting bin behind his house. Popular television show brings Friends together by Sura Zollner Contributor Do you know who your Friends are? After sharing in the birth of Ross' son Ben, Phoebe's over-analytical shrink boyfriend, Joey's antics as a perfume salesman and Ross' ongoing crush on the ever-oblivious RacheJL many Generation X-ers have, come to love Friends so much that they have an ongoing Thursday night date with the whole crew. In last year's debut season, NBC's evening sitcom Friends was nominated for eight Emmys and was the highest rated new comedy of the year for viewers aged 18-49 and in homes. This past summer, the show was 1 with the same viewers for several consecutive weeks. Even the show's theme song, "I'll Be There For You," recorded by the Rembrandts, became a smash hit. The show features six twenty-somethings living in an apartment building in New York. The characters share camaraderie and sar sarcastic castic humor as they muddle through a con confusing fusing time in their lives. According to producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kaufmann and David Crane as quoted in TV Guide: "Friends is a show about love, sex, ca careers reers and a time in life when everything is possible. It's about searching for commit commitment ment and security and a fear of commitment and security. And, most of all, it's a show about friendship - because when a person is young and single in the city, friends and family are synonymous." Members of the cast have enjoyed almost instant fame and success; many of them are newcomers to TV comedies. Courteney Cox (Monica) co-starred in Family Ties several years ago, but Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), Matthew Perry (Chandler), Lisa . Kudrowjj, (Phoebe), David Sch wimmer (Ross) and Matt LeBlanc (Joey) are all fairly new to TV sitcoms. Last season's finale was a classic cliffhanger, leaving faithful fans to wonder all summer: "Who is Ross' mystery woman? Will he dump her when Rachel declares her love for him ? Will Ross and Rachel ever get their timing right?" Luckily, the show's creators know that part of the formula for continued success is keeping the audience happy. So, this season Ross and Rachel eventually will get their timing right. Monica will find herself in a bind when she loses her job, and Chandler may experience his first serious relationship. On the other hand, Friends may have an uphill battle with their new 8 p.m. timeslot, which puts the show up against the biggest and best from the other major networks. An Another other challenge will be to keep audiences from saying, "Oh, they're not as funny as they were last year," says Bright, "This year, it's about survival." u - Since the premiere of Friends last season, Thursday nights on campus just haven't been the same. Students here have made Friends a weekly tradition, and have very definite opinions about their favorite characters. Here are the results from an informal poll of 32 students' familiar ivith the program taken in Goudy Commons last Thursday: Which of the characters on Friends would yon prefer to date? Male characters: Chandler 35 Joey 0 Ross 65 Female characters: Phoebe 11 Rachel 33 Monica 56 Which of the guys on Friends is best looking? Monica Phoebe Rachel 56 16 28 Who are you usually with when you watch Friends? Alone 9 With a group of friends 84 Other 6 How often do you watch Friends? Weekly Almost weekly Twice a month Once a month Less than once a month 41 16 25 9 9 Chandler Joey Ross 31 27 42 Which of the women on Friends is best looking? Have you considered getting a Friends -inspired haircut? Yes 16 Yes, I have one 10 No, I haven't considered it 74 Advertisement - Sponsored by LGBA A Christian Testifies on Equal Rights for Gays Because of my beliefs as a born-again, spirit-filled Christian, I oppose discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. For people to whom such information is important, I am 51 years old; I recently retired from a 20 year career of teaching high school; I am a married heterosexual with 3 adult children. I can tell you ihat homophobia in all its ugly manifestations is worsening in our public schools. I have watched my homosexual colleagues live in fear that their sexual orientation will be found out and they will lose their jobs. I have seen the broken bones and bloodied laces of the victims of gay-bashing, and have read in my gay students' journals of the inner, deeper wounds caused by homophobia. I'm alarmed that the beliefs that underlie and fuel this vicience are labeled "Christian," because Jesus taught a very different theology - one that could never logically be used to justify homophobia. Nowhere in the Bible did Jesus ever speak out against homosexuality or homosexuals. In fact, a careful reading of Jehus' teachings makes it clear that no Christian can leel justified in judging or condemning homosexuality. Jesus is very clear regarding the judgment of others' behavior: "Judge not. that ye be not judged... And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye. but considerest not the beam that is in thine own?"(Matt. 7:1-3); "Ye Judge after the flesh; I udge no man" (John 8:15). And Jesus was explicit about not condemning or trying to punish the sexual behavior of others even adultery, which in his culture was punishable by death as the well-known passage where the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman to Jesus who had been caught in the act of adultery, and he said, "He that is without sin among you. let him first cast a stone at her" John 8:7) To those who would argue that, even if all that is true, homosexuality is still a sin o fornication, I would reply that Jesus mentions fornication only twice both times in regard to a man's not divorcing his wife 'except for the cause of her fornication" (Matt. 5.32 and 19:9). He does not teach that homosexuals are fornicators. For those who mistakenly believe that Jesus' references to the city of Sodom have to do with the present-day term sodomy, please refer to Ezekiel 16.49, in which God says to Jerusalem: "Behold, this was the sin of thy sister, Sodom: pride, lullness ol bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy " The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was hardness of heart in the presence o! human need The transformation from a story about neglecting the poor into a tale about punishing homosexuality took hundreas of years. In "Sex in History-, Reay Tannahill writes: To begin with, the name Sodom was treated as a kind ol portman portmanteau teau word for sins that Jews are particularly familiar with, or that particularly offend them pride, adultery, abuse of hospitality, and an irreligious spirit. (Then.) in the first century A.D., Philo of Alexandria expressly interpreted the story of Sodom in homosexual terms.... Thus by easy stages, an imprecise Bible story colored by Jewish disapproval of Greek habits, had the ultimate eflect of transforming the homosexual into a danger tor the stale . (Still.) Irom the sixth until the early eleventh century, homosexuals were in fact treated no more harshly than couples who practiced contraception. Some Christians, too. use the letters of Paul to support their condemnation of homosexuality Fortunately, most people do not confuse the teachings of Jus with the opinions ol the Apostle Paul. Careful and thoughtful reading of Paul s opinions will show that Paul was uncomfortable with any sexual behavior. It was Paul, qf course, who said, "To the unmarried and the widows. I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn" (Cor. 7 8 9). Many other Christians believe they must condemn homosexuality because it is an "abomination of God " While a passage in Leviticus does call men lying down together abomination, it is also important to read on and find out what other things qualify as abominations They include eating three-day-old sacrificed animals (Lev. 7:18); women wearing men's clothing (Deut. 22.5); sacrificing a detective ox or sheep (Deut. 17:1); using incense (Isaiah 1:13); keeping the silver or gold from melted idols (Deut 7 25); and sexual intercourse during the menstrual period (Lev 18:19) No reasonable person would reluse rights to people who do these thinas And if the Bible speaks out against homosexuality twice in Leviticus and in some of Paul's writing, it speaks out against adultery 40 times, according to Strong's "Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible". Thus. I find myself wondering why the antihomosexual movement in the church is so adamant about denying homosexuals their civil rights while not demanding that the stale deny civil rights to adulterers Why are these zealots so riled up about the sexual acts of gays in the first place? Are the love and joy ol Jesus motivating them? The teachings of Jesus are the basis ol the Christian faith, and though Jesus does not ever mention homosexuality, he does prescribe behavior in which a Christian should take part he mentions love 47 times, he speaks about forgiving others 22 times And while he did not spend his ministry condemning sexual practices, fie did condemn sell righteous reliaious people who udge and condemn others. Fortunately, most Christians see their mission as modeling Jesus' teachings of love and brotherhood But if you are a Christian who uses Christ's name to condemn and udge homosexu homosexuality. ality. I plead with you to stop. I do not ask you to change either your beliefs or your prejudices. I do. nowever. ask that you keep quiet and not add to the hatred and bigotry Since Jesus did not discuss homosexuality. I ask that you retrain from doing so, too. At the same time, I pray thai tne love of Jesus sol'en your heart and that you soon turn away from righteous indignation, judgment, and condemnation, so that you can follow the new commandment that Jesus brought us: "That you love one another, even as I have loved you. that you love one another. By this all men will know Ihat you are my followers, if you have love for one another' (John 13 34) The above testimony was presented by Nicole Qibeaut at a gay rights hearing in Olympia, Washing Washington. ton. Permission to reprint is freely given. Distributed by the Gay-Straight Awareness & Social Action Committees ot the First Unitarian Society of Salem, Oregon. Features 10 T7ie Collegian October 13, 1995 WISH emphasizes international community by Heather Stampfli Staff Writer Willamette International Stud Studies ies House (WISH), has ajam packed year of programs planned. Located adjacent to the main parking lot on campus, WISH combines a medley of international and American stu students dents from a variety of backgrounds. WISH has the unique distinction of being a tight knit community and strives to focus on this sense of community with the activities they plan for their house as well as for the campus. Some of WISH's activities have included activities with Shepard to build connections between the two houses. WISH also hosts a "Com "Community munity Night" every Thursday night, where the house gets together to plays games, watches interna international tional movies, or may be just goes to the Bistro for coffee and discus discussion. sion. "WISH is already a commu community, nity, and the things we have planned will bring us even closer together," said Augusta Parra. For Parra, this is her fourth year as WISH resident, and her second year as RA. Belly dancing is another way in which WISH hopes to bring its resi residents dents together, having commis commissioned sioned an instructorto teach its resi residents dents on October 16 and 23. Also coming upjust in time for Hallow Halloween een is WISH's an annual nual Haunted House in which the whole house gets involved. The haunted house is open for the Willamette community at large, as is the case with most of the programs at WISH. Then, on Nov. 11th, at Cat Cavern is a inter international national dinner. This dinner will have international food, music and dancing. This is one of WISH's ma major jor activities. This December, WISH will be having presentations on how other countries celebrate Christmas. The areas featured in these presen presentations tations will include Russia, Asiaand Latin America. Previously WISH was run by a Resident As Assistant sistant and a Program Co Co-ordinator. ordinator. This year the Program Co Coordinator ordinator po position sition has been elimi eliminated. nated. WISH is now run by two Resident Assistants, Thai Verzone and Parra. Parra likes the idea of a team of R.A.s, saying WISH Theme:To create a greater understanding of international , cultures and issues. "'i "Wish is already a community, and the t - things we have planned will bring us. even closer," Augusta Parra, R.A. : . t-- ; : - i - ' . v " ; '-' t ' '' 1 " fe -: ,t i "-i .. . . s : ( 1 - '. o WISH residents, when they aren't belly dancing, haunting or developing international programs relax together in the lounge. that two R.A.s make a balance in the community. WISH would not be possible without the help of a few very im important portant people. WISH's Resident Director, Peter Bugnatto is one. Bugnatto helps with the planning and activities that make up WISH. Bugnatto is always around WISH and Parra says that by being around to talk to residents and help with their everyday life he has become an integral part of WISH. Also essential to WISH is Donna McElroy, Director of International Student Affairs and Faculty Ser Services. vices. McElroy is helps WISH out with their plans and activities as well as helping to make those ac activities tivities a reality. Ainsworth warns : avoiding off off-campus campus study can be dangerous by Keri Trask Contributor In 1968 the United States Army drafted K. S. (Kelly) Ainsworth for the Vietnam War. In 1995 Ainsworth is Director of Off Off-Campus Campus and International Studies as well as a history professor, but he never forgot the time he spent in Vietnam. "From that experience I learned that it is important for people to learn about foreign places, it's dangerous not to," says Ainsworth. After the war Ainsworth went to college, earning a Ph.D in History. Last year he was a history professor and was in charge of international studies at the University of Texas, a school with approximately 20,000 students. , He says Willamette is a much different place, with only about 2,000 students. He said he chose Willamette because it has an intimate environment and is a community within itself. "I came back because the Northwest is paradise," says Ainsworth. "You can only appreciate how good things are at home when you've been away for a while. That's why I think people should go abroad." Helping students travel abroad is Ainsworth's primary focus. "What I would like is for no Willamette student to graduate without going abroad," he says. "If there is an interest we'll try to find a program," Ainsworth explains. He says if- Kelly Ainsworth, director of Off-campus Studies and International Studies. someone wants to go to Nepal to study Bud Buddhism dhism and climb Mt. Everest and K2 he will try to find a program for that student. In addition, Ainsworth is evaluating the diversity and quality of the programs Wil Willamette lamette has to offer. "I want programs with the most bang for the buck," says Ainsworth, "programs that offer our students a very rich academic and cultural experience." However, Ainsworth is concerned with deeper issues than just traveling abroad. He said, "I am also concerned with the cultural programming on campus, as well as links between Willamette and the community." Spanish assistant means business by Jessica Wingler Staff Writer Spanish Teaching Assistant Maria Fernanda Burbano comes to Oregon's capi capital tal city from anothercapi anothercapi-tal tal city far far away - her home near Quito, Ecua Ecuador. dor. Burbano is actually from the smaller town of Ambato, Ecuador. Salem is a very different expe experience rience for her. She said that the reason for this is that Quito is a very large city. "The capitol is very large there," she said, "while here it is a little smaller and more quiet." For ten years, she worked in theContralona General del Estado in Quito. Her job was to distribute the money to the institutions in smaller towns around Quito. "It was a very tiring job with a big responsibility, be because cause I had all of that money in my power," she said. Burbano came here ' i ,r..- ; "My mom is an example for my entire family because she is always reading and thinking, " Maria Fernanda Burbano in September of 1994. "This is my second year here as a T.A.," she said, "and I am slaying another year be because cause 1 like it here so much. I like teaching, and I like the state of Oregon. I have been to other states in the U.S., and I like this one the best. I wanted to have a change after working in the exact same place for 10 years." In addition to her job as a T.A., which requires her to work at the Language Learning Center, as well tutor Spanish students, Burbano keeps busy with other academic interests. "I am taking Intro to French here, as well as taking classes at Atkinson Graduate school of Management. I took the business classes to learn more English economic vocabu vocabulary." lary." Burbano does miss her family, and will be going home next May. "I have a mother, two brothers and three sisters. My father died, so I live with my mom. My family is very close, and it is hard to be away from them. My mom is an example for my entire family because she is continuing her studies and is always reading and thinking." 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I just hope you'll unplug the aerator to my tank be before fore you go and put me out of my misery." Alas, I didn't heed the fish's warning, and proceeded to wait ten minutes before I got seated. The booths were big, red and cushy (some were repaired with matching red duct tape), and they were the best part of my Lu Yee restaurant experience. Once, a friend told me that eth ethnic nic restaurants can buy kits to deco decorate rate their establishment, and in the case of Lu Yee, I think this could be Van Sant achieves redemption with latest Film I Review . Director Gus Van Sant's new film To Die For is one of the most impressive social satires of the '90's. Van Sant offers a poignant look into the horrors of media and those swept up by the plastic attractive attractiveness ness of it all. To Die For is a plethora of images which paint a portrait of a small town girl waiting to be the next Barbara Walters on prime time television. Nicole Kidman plays Suzanne Stone, the bitchy blonde that al always ways got what she wanted and man managed aged to maneuver her way through high school without seemingly to lift a finger. In her efforts to reach her goal of becoming a television personal personality, ity, Suzanne marries Larry Maretto (Matt Dillon), the son of a restau restaurant rant owner. Suzanne then gets what she wants - a meager weather re reporting porting job at a local cable station, and the chance to flex her muscles Fahey mixes Concern Review Not only does guitar legend John Fahey's playing inspire some mea measure sure of awe, but the guy is quite the character! In front of a packed Parents' Weekend audience in the Bistro, Fahey plucked, stroked and slid the sounds out of guitar. Late in the second set, he launched into an im impromptu promptu history of slide guitar play playing, ing, chastizing Terry Rob for em employing ploying a very simple expression of very true. There were the usual plas plastic tic ceiling lights with red fringe hanging off of them, and ornamen ornamental tal fans were stuck on the walls. The token fake red flower in the cheap white vase was ready and waiting at my table. Odd elevator music floated through the restau restaurant. rant. While I was there I had the good fortune to listen to "Memo "Memories" ries" and something by Olivia New Newton ton John that gave me a bad case of "Grease" flashbacks. Lu Yee's menu contained the basic Chinese fare, and the cheap prices appealed to my miserly ten tendencies. dencies. I had a yearning for some Lemon Chicken (6.50), so I ordered that and some eggrolls (3.95). I have come to believe that the quality of a Chinese restaurant can be judged by the tastiness of the eggrolls. When they arrived, I felt a sink sinking ing feeling. Four skinny and greasy eggrolls lay on a tray, accompanied with . . . (oh, horror) ketchup and mustard. Not only did the eggrolls have a distressingly blah taste, but they had long strings of some kind of vegetable that would slip out and give my chin third degree burns as I tried to eat them. Don't worry, I have started legal action on that little problem already. , The service was amazingly slow, especially considering the fact in the world of cable television. Larry simply wants a family with a couple of kids. To prevent this atroc atrocity ity from happening to her career, Suzane manipulates twolowlife kids - Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix) and Lydia (Alyson Folland) - into kill killing ing her husband. Turning criminals into national celebrities is nothing one hasn' t seen before, unless one has been in a coma the last five years. The plot might seem a little trite in light of current events in the last couple of years, but screenwriter Buck Henry The Graduate) injects new life into this story and keeps the audience involved at every turn. Henry's script is loosely based on a 1992 novel by Joyce May nard which wasaboutPamelaSmart's 1990 case in which she hired someone to kill her husband. The story is told in a series of interviews wi th the people surround surrounding ing Suzanne's life. Beginning with a taped confession from Suzanne, Van Sant constructs the story, slowly cross-cutting between Suzanne's family and Larry's as they appear on national talk shows and give history with slide guitar. Before the show, Fahey shared some amazing stories over dinner with Bistro manager Kelly Rudd, Fahey's soundman Jeff and myself. As a young man he had the opportu opportunity nity to meet the poet Ezra Pound in a federal insane asylum in Wash Washington, ington, D.C. "I couldn't understand what he was talking about. Maybe that's because he was crazy," he said. Fahey also recalled being in invited vited up to John Steinbeck's house to perform. "I got there and there were narcotics, booze and women. I don't remember any of that weekend." that the restaurant was really empty. In fact, it was so empty that I felt like I was in The Valley of the Lost Souls. The few people that were there had blank glazed looks on their faces as they vegetated while wait waiting ing and waiting for nourishment, and they are still waiting there to this day, I think. Perhaps it would have been better if I had just kept waiting for all eternity, in P erhaps it would have been better if I had just kept waiting for all eternity. stead of being faced with my Lemon Chicken. Like a piece of gum that turns your mouth black, my food looked innocous until I tasted it. When I shoved the first bite in my mouth, the sugary sweet lemon sauce completely overpow overpowered ered my senses, and I think I even blacked out for a minute. I sputtered back into conscious consciousness ness thinking "Lemon Chicken is supposed to be tangy ! Tangy !" Oh, my friends, this sauce was far from tangy. It tasted like the lemon me meringue ringue pie filling, except sweeter. I soon realized that I could not eat something that was so sick and wrong. So, I tried the steamed rice interviews to the media throughout the movie. Only Larry's, sister Janice (played by a caustic Illeana Dou Douglas) glas) reminds us we're watching a movie and not a trash news maga magazine zine show, adding bits of sarcasm at every turn. Kidman delights at every point in this movie. Her character, comes off as a not so bright, but methodi methodical, cal, well polished, goal-oriented seductress. Kidman spends almost the entire movie done up in bright pastels and clothes - Easter Sunday Hell is the only way to describe them. Oscar talk may be a little early in light of the quality films coming out this fall, but a nomination is almost a lock in light of Kidman's best performance ever. Phoenix plays Jimmy's charac character ter almost to perfection as Beavis and Butthead's long lost cousin. Phoenix is almost mesmerizing at times, going through scenes in al almost most a zombie-like trance oblivi oblivious ous to all but what' s right in front of his face. Phoenix doesn't offer us the same charisma as his brother impressive During the show, one member of the audience suggested to me that being in Fahey's presence was like watching a piece of history at work. Fahey's set list included classi classical cal noodling, the blues, several 1 950's ballads and some slide guard. As to his closing bossanova, Fahey said, "This is possibly my most beautiful song. It's a shame nobody has let me record it." The song was true to his words. Backstage, his soundman la lamented mented that Fahey wouldn't have a chance to share some of his new songs that experiment with digital delay. Allegedly on a lark, Fahey recorded over six hours of tape run with an "it can't get any worse" feeling. Although the rice was tilled with mushy tendencies, it was ed edible. ible. After picking at my rice, I de decided cided that it was time to bring this disturbing dinner to a close. My waitress, how- . ever, seemed to be some sort of sadomasochist. No matter how many times I gave her that pleading "please bring me my check" look, she did not respond. After waiting several eons, my check (salvation) was brought to me, along with some take-home boxes. At first, I didn't want let this food out into the world, but then I figured somebody in my dorm was bound to eat it, and maybe I could study the effect it had on them for a future research project. I walked out of the restaurant knowing I would no longer be able to drive by the Lu Yee Restaurant without ex experiencing periencing an involuntary seizure. But if you're on a mission for some bad food, slow service and unhappy fish, by all means, visit the Lu Yee and enjoy your stay. River did, however, a comparison would not be fair to either brother. Instead, we get an honest por portrayal trayal of a lost teenager dealing with his own adolescence and the life provided for him by his televi television sion saturated environment. Jimmy is quickly caught up in Suzanne's manipulative web, and is the helpless pawn that brings ev everything erything to a hilt. Jimmy's friend Lydia also offers us a portrayal of a lost teen manipulated by Suzanne who simply wants a friend. The real hero of the film was Director Gus Van Sant. After Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, I was wor worried ried that the Portland-based direc director tor would never be allowed to re release lease another film again because it was so panned by the critics. I was half expecting Van Sant to be rel relegated egated down to directing more Red Hot Chili Pepper videos (check out "Under the Bridge"). To Die For doesn't reach the pinnacle of Van Sant's best film, Drugstore Cowboy, but it offers us a story of foolish desire brought about by the glamorization of a twenty-inch screen. guitar work ning his folksy brand of guitar through a digital effects device. He even tried hooking up a microphone to the digital delay, recording al almost most an hour of himself chanting in Sanskrit. As Fahey played on into the evening, it became apparent that he played for his own enjoyment as much as the audience's. A good portion of the set may very well have been improvised, but none of it failed to entertain and amaze the faithful listener. "Thanks for listening, and I hope to see you all again sometime," said Fahey as he left the stage. The ap applause plause suggested that the feeling was more than mutual. Who would you like to see speak on campus and why? 7- -5TSJWSOT ! I? "Paul Leaky, because of his discoveries in archeology." Jen Williamson, senior 1 "Bill Bradley, former Democratic Senator from New Jersey. He has good id cms about the current state of politics." Amanda Hermsmeyer, Atkinson second year "Kramer from Seinfeld because he's pretty tool." Todd Davenport, sophomore "The Pope, because I'd like to see everybody get worked up about him." Kelly Rudd, senior 1 - Coming Attraction! 12 Die Collegian October 13, 1995 BTOPAY o O HOMECOMING Student matinee of Dancing at Lughnasa, Kresge Theatre, 11:00 a.m. Ultimate Frisbee Quad, any anyone one interested is inviied, 4:30 p.m. BBQ for all students with board plans, weather permitting, 4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Powder Puff Football, Brown Field, 6:00 p.m. Women's Volleyball vs Pacific, Cone Fieldhouse, 7:00 p.m. Pep Rally, Brown Field, 7:30 p.m. Jackie Torrence, performance of "Ghost Stories", Elsinore The Theatre, atre, 7:30 p.m. Fireworks, McCulloch Stadium, 8:00 p.m. Theatre production: Dancing at Lughnasa, Kresge Theatre, 8:00 p.m. Performing artists in the Bistro featuring Uncle Earl. 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' ljxDS s filter VISA 13 The Collegian Parents see football team win W i I I a en e t r e B ox S c o k e s by Jennifer Miller Staff Writer ti Sophomore tailback Danny Osborne lit the flame that started the fire Saturday in the Willamette Bearcats 49-10 win over Eastern Oregon State College (0-4) in the Parents' Weekend football game. Osborne scored three of Willamette's touchdowns as well as 257 yards of rushing for the Bearcats. Osborne was filling in for start starting ing sophomore running back Rich Rideout, who broke his leg in the first quarter. "That's it, I'm out for the sea season," son," said Rideout of the injury. Rideout, who won first-team all league honors last season, was taken to the hospital during the game to have surgery to repair his fractured left fibula. The team doctor had said he could wait for the operation, which takes just under two hours, but ad advised vised that he have it as soon as possible. Rideout agreed, and is cur currently rently hobbling around on campus with the aid of crutches. He had been averaging 5.5 yards a carry so far in the season, and plans to be back for next season. "Rideout was a huge loss for us," said third year Head Coach Dan Hawkins. "Obviously any time you take an All-Conference, com competitive petitive player out of your line-up you're going to feel it." Willamette's offense compen compensated sated for their slow starting perfor performance mance at last weekend's away fifiP" Cverybody just clicked, from the line to the receivers. There were some excellent plays." Danny Osborne game versus Eastern Oregon in Ashland, which resulted in a 23-15 loss for the Bearcats. The offense rushed 493 yards and had an explosive fourth quarter. "I think we had some big plays, the interference by (defensive line lineman man Matt) Brittan, which we scored on, Osborne's runs. . ." said Hawkins. "We got it done." Eastern's offense was crippled, hobbling to a mere 202 yards in rushing. Their starting quarterback Rich Davis was sidelined in the second qu arter after getti n g i nj ured . Willamette made its 49-10 slaughter with come-from-behind style. The team had been behind 10 10-7 7 at the start of the second period before Osborne got the ball rolling for the Bearcats. He had a 76-yard touchdown run. Sophomore quar quarter ter back Chuck Pinkerton also had a four yard scoring run which helped Bearcats struggle with George by Patrick Smith Staff Writer The Men's Soccer team played two games against NCIC opponents on Sparks Field. On Friday, they met George Fox in a hard fought match that resulted in a loss for the struggling Willamette men. Sun Sunday, day, the men met Linfield in a close match which eventually resulted in a tie at the end of two overtimes. The two games changes the Bearcat's record to 1-4-1, increas increasing ing their NCIC point total to 3. Friday's game against George Fox matched the Bearcats up against the current NCIC leader. When all Freshman quarterback Chuck Eastern Oregon defense during to bulk up the Bearcats quickly growing lead to 21-10 at half-time. Osborne had two runs of around 18 yards in the fourth quarter along with Pinkerton 's four yard run and Jerry Bushman's 16 yard pass re received ceived from Geoff Buffum. Freshman defensive back Kevin Scharer also scored in the fourth quarter. " """"" His touch down off a two-yard run was the first of his college ca career. reer. "Last week's game was one which O and D both came to play on the same day," said senior team captain Matt Neal. "Defense has been strong all year, but Saturday both offense and defense worked together for the win." Willamette's defensive line performed exceptionally well. The defensive line and defensive backs worked together to strangle Eastern's offense until it couldn't breath. Willamette did not let East Eastern ern score for the entire second half of the game, as well as the majority of the second period. Senior linebacker Chris Prange had an exceptional performance with nine tackles. Brittan also had ten tackles and an interception. Osborne credits the majorty of his success Saturday to the defensive line and other defensive players. "I have to give most of the credit was said and done, George Fox proved why they are the conference leader, handing Willamette a 5-0 loss. The Bearcats were outplayed for most of the game and had trouble matching up against the powerful George Fox team. Willamette's match vs. Linfield was much more closely matched that the Bearcats' earlier loss to George Fox. Resulting in a 1-1 tie, the game went through two fifteen minute overtime periods before fi finally nally being declared a draw. Unlike in the George Fox game, the Bearcats looked as thought they were in control for much of the second half, but seemed unable to " ..... J-W o o Pinkerton scrambles away from the the Bearcats 49-10 win. to the line. They did awesome," he said. "Most of the time I didn't even get touched until ten or 15 yards down the field." Saturday's success has to do with congruity more than anything else. "Everybody just clicked," said Osborne. "From the line to receiv receivers, ers, Trager did a great job, and Huetten and Gabe and Dawson making cuts; there were some ex excellent cellent plays." "The D line rocked the house," said Benji Hammond. "The defense as a whole gave an outstanding per performance. formance. But now it's time to fo focus cus on Linfield." That's what the team has been doing in practices all week: focus focusing ing on Linfield. Linfield, 3-0, is coming to this week's game with a fresh loss off of Western Washington at their Home Homecoming coming game last weekend. The team, which "doesn't have any weaknesses," according to Hawkins, looks to be tough compe competition. tition. Hawkins doesn't feel that Rideout' s loss will affect the over overall all game plan drastically, but he will be missed. "The last two big wins we've had were pretty consistent; consis consistent tent plays both defensively and of offensively," fensively," he said. "That's a lot of it, just having some consistency." This weekend's tough home game will be a question of just such consistency. "We have to take just like any other game," said Osborne. "We have to make the executions." Fox, Linfield score. Both teams had equal scor scoring ing opportunities, but both were unable to score. Linfield scored first in the first half, then freshman Mark Flanders put the ball in the net to tie the game at one goal apiece, his first goal of the season. Midway through the second half, staring goalkeeper Jim Meurer injured his leg while making a save. Meurer was replaced by Eric Freitag who played well keeping the ball out of the net for the remainder of regulation time and through the two overtime periods. In addition to Meurer' s in injury, jury, three other players off of both teams suffered minor ankle injuries during the course of the games. NCIC - Mt. Hood League Last Week conference standings Saturday, October 7 Willamette def. WL T Eastern Oregon, 49-10 Lewis & Clark 4 0 0 Linfield 310 This Week PLU 2 2 0 ,,,. . . A Saturday, October 14 Willamette 2 2 0 T . " u ., , , n Linfield at Whitworth 1 3 0 ...... n . c a n a n Willamette, Puget Sound 0 4 0 Ogdahl Field, 1:30 p.m. standings current as of October 9 NCIC conference standings W L GWGL Willamette 5 0 15 2 Pacific 5 0 14 6 Linfield 4 1 12 6 George Fox 3 2 12 7 PLU 3 3 15 10 Whitman 1 4 3 13 Lewis & Clark 0 5 1 15 Whitworth 0 6 5 18 standings current as of October 9 NCIC conference standings W L T Pts 5 1 0 10 5 1 0 10 4 2 0 8 3 3 0 6 14 13 14 13 0 4 2 2 Pacific George Fox PLU Whitworth Willamette Whitman Linfield standings current as of October 9 NCIC conference standings W L T Pts Whitworth Willamette PLU Pacific George Fox Whitman Linfield 0 1 1 3 4 4 5 0 10 1 9 0 6 1 3 1 3 0 0 standings current as of October 9 ft ft ftftftftftftftftftft ft WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY tV GRADUATES & ALUMNI tV NOW MAKING OVER ft $8000.00 A MONTH!!! ft PART-TIME!!! AT HOME!!! ft CALL NOW TO FIND OUT HOW!!! 3- 503-559-2214 (Salem) ft ftftftftftftftftftft ftftftftftftftftftft Last M eek Sunday, October 7 W. Oregon Invitational Masters def. Willamette 13-15, 16-14, 15-4 Wednesday, October 11 Willamette def. George Fox, 15-2, 15-13, 15-4 This Week Saturday, October 13 Pacific at Willamette, Cone Fieldhouse, 7 p.m. Last Week Thursday, October 6 George Fox def. Willamette, 5-0 Sunday, October 8 Linfield tied Willamette, 3-2 This Week Sunday, October 14 Willamette at PLU, 1 p.m. Last Week Saturday, October 7 Whitworth def. Willamette, 2-1 Sunday, October 8 Willamette def. Whitman, 2-0 This Week Saturday, October 14 Willamette at PLU, 3 p.m. Sports 14 Tlje Collegian October 13, 1995 Students P.QULI CflflE ft t 5B33V861635Q33 SCO STCTE ST , WlLLHrtTTE UNIUERSITV SfiLEfl.CR 973G1 by Andrew Bernhard Editor When the dust finally settled, the Seattle Mariners emerged vic victorious torious as the American League West Champions by beating the California Angels9-1 inaonegame tie-breaker playoff. The two months that Ken Griffey, Jr. was sidelined with a fractured wrist, the Mariners' collapse at the end of the season and the Angels' resurgence after their tail tail-spin spin stretch run all suddenly seemed insignificant. The battle was over and the Mariners had earned their first playoff berth in club history. All Seattle was ablaze with news of their team's new found success. Crowds clamored for tickets to see their club's first playoff game which would take place after the first two games of the series were played in New York. When game night fi finally nally arried last friday, 57,944 poured into the sold out Kingdome. 16 of those fans had made a four hour drive from Willamette to see the game. "I love the Mariners, I've been a fan ever since my grandpa took me to see them," said ASWU Vice President Gar Willoughby, who ar r t : 1 A t h I e t e op The week r " - t 1 mv jjp Dana Newsom senior What some athletes bring to their team can't be measured by any kind of number. For Dana Newsom, a senior defensive specialist for Willamette's Women's Volleyball team, stats are irrelevant, be because cause her presence alone is enough to - 1 rotation can't reach the back row, where she plays, fast enough. Then when she enters the game, she slaps everyone's hand, as if to transfer some of her energy into her teammates. Amazingly enough, Newsom's presence on the court has saved the Bearcats at times, as she uses her quick feet to chase down balls that others wouldn't dream of getting to. The end result is a continued rally, an therefore a better chance for the team to come away with a victory. A better chance for the team, is what Newsom is all about. "She's a total team player," said her coach Marlene Piper. "She's also an excellent role model as a senior. She has a very balanced life." Another skill that is imperative for a defensive specialist, is the abilty to serve well. With a new rule allowing the server to serve from anywhere along the end line, Newsom has become one of the Bearcats' top servers. She says her secret to serving is looking for spots where players pile up on both sides of the net. "I serve through the players," she said of her technique that helps hide the ball from the opposing team. Whetehr she is serving, digging, passing or just cheering from the sideline, Newsom is always a positive influence. But when she gets on the court, she has the ability to light her team up and turn the opponent's lights out. see pivotal game ranged the ASWU trip to Seattle. "I knew there were a lot of faithful Mariners fans here at Willamette and how much it would mean to them to see their team play post postseason season ball." When ASWU announced that it had acquired 1 6 tickets to the soldout third game of the series, many Wil Willamette lamette students found themselves caught up in Mariner Mania. Eagerly awaiting tickets for the game, juniors Matt Axling, Nate Currie and Joe Rehberger spent the night in the UC to make sure they got the first tickets that went on sale. Sophomore Justin Wellner holds up his Yankees sign during game three of the series. He was pelted with peanuts by Seattle fans. I A s i lift her team. "My role on this team is to be a plug," said the Damascus, Oregon na native. tive. "It's been my role my whole life. I accept it and I like it." All Newsom has done for the past three years is provide the Bearcats with stellar defensive play, clutch serving and a quiet enthusiasm that can, by itself, bring the Bearcats up to a higher level of play. Sometimes Newsom's spot in the "I've been waiting for 19 years for this," explained Axling, who grew up in Seattle. "I used to go to the games when there were only about 500 people. I' ve been a Mari Mariner ner fan from the beginning and I couldn't stand the thought of not getting a ticket." Many Mariner fans were feel feeling ing disheartened by the time the series returned to Seattle, however, with the Mariners down 2-0 to the Yankees in the best of five series. Yankee fans, however, were exu exuberant. berant. Sophomore Justin Wellner was so sure that the Yankees were going to win that he took a sign to the game which read, "Yankees sweep, Mariners weep." It was Wellner that went home disappointed, though. Game three turned out to the turning point of the series for the young Mariners. When Wellner first held up his sign in the third inning after the Yankees had taken a 1-0 lead, Mari Mariner ner fans hurled peanuts and ice at him and refused to stop until the Mariner victory was sure. Wellner was not the only one to get hit by a thrown object. During the fifth inning, with the score tied 1-1, Yankee right fielder Gerald Williams was pelted with a tomato in the head by an unknown Seattle fan. In the same inning, when ten tensions sions were high, New York pitcher Jack McDowell hit Seattle infielder Mike Blowers with a pitch. The unexpected object hurling did not affect the outcome of the Row leads Volleyball team at tourney The Bearcats exited the Western Oregon Invitational tournament last weekend, but recovered Wednesday by smearing George Fox. by Matt Kosderka Contributor Coming off of a disappointing loss in last weekend's Western Or Oregon egon Intvitaional, women's volley volleyball ball team needed an easy match to get back on track. That is exactly what they got, as the Bearcats blew out George Fox Wednesday night in Cone Fieldhouse. The Bearcats started off the Western tournament looking- like they had a chance to come away with the championship trophy. They disposed of Albertson College 15-10, 16-14, Linfield 9 9-15, 15, 16-14, 15-13, nationally ranked Azuza Pacific 15-8, 15-12 and had their chances in a 1 5-9, 5-15,4-15 loss to nationally ranked and even eventual tual tournament champion Puget Sound in pool play. "We had a great Friday," said Head Coach Marlene Piper of her team, which moved on to face Mas Masters ters College in the round of 1 6 in the championship bracket. With a handful of nationally ranked teams entered in the tourna tournament, ment, the Bearcats had their sights set on the semifinals, possibly the finals, and a chance to prove to the rest of the Pacific Northwest, that they are a team to be reckoned with on a national level. Then, the Bearcats hit a snag. A breakdown in the third game against Masters College resulted in an unexpected early exit for Wil in playoff series t - - : : : "-" ... S . ' ! ,' Willamette students cheer an Edgar Martinez HR that gave the Mariners their first lead of the game. game, though. The Mariners sim simply ply outplayed the Yankees. Randy Johnson was outstanding on the mound for the Mariners, allowing only one run in seven innings. The Yankee defense collapsed with the pitching of McDowell in the sixth inning when the Mariners added four runs on a pair of singles, an error, and a sacrifice fly. The Yankees never recovered and the Mariners went on to win 7-4. Some Willamette students at the game were disappointed. "I wanted the Yankees to win," said senior Sean Waters. "But I was really just tired of being hit by peanuts." "I'm glad the Mariners won," explained senior Paul Smith, ex lamette. "Saturday was a different story," said Piper in comparison to the team's performance in pool play. "We just couldn't get going." Despite the Bearcats early de departure parture from the tournament, senior outside hitter Brandi Row was named to the six member all-tournament team for her performance. The women were looking to re rebound bound on Wednesday night as they hosted the Northwest Conference of Independant Colleges' newest member George Fox. George Fox's first conference run in with the Bearcats will be a memorable one, as they were bap baptized tized by a well executing Bearcats squad 15-2, 15-13, 15-4. "They (Willamette) enjoyed being back in front of their home crew," said Piper. The women entered the match knowing that they had to serve well, come up with some key blocks and at the same time, take advantage of George Fox's best player not being able to play due to an injury. That is exactly what they did, as the Bearcat's multi-dimensional attack was running on all cylinders throughout the match. As usual, Row and junior Alicia Wright made major contributions to the offensive attack. Still, what most likely was the match's deciding factor, was the performances of senior Sarah Pitcher and junior Aspen Phelps. Both Pitcher and Phelps were able to make some key plays just when George Fox was beginning to gain some momentum. Piper also praised the play of freshman middle hitter Rosie Allen, who substitutes for senior defen defensive sive specialist Dana Newsom when her spot in the rotaion reaches the front row. "She's in every game and pressing the feelings of the majority of the students who made the trek to Willamette. He added "I think this was a great ASWU event and I hope they do something like it again." It appears likely that Willamette students will get to see more play playoff off action this year. The Mariners claimed the series victory over the Yankees in dramatic fashion last Sunday when Ken Griffey, Jr. scored the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh inning. Willoughby, looking past Seattle's current series with Cleve Cleveland, land, promises that "another trip will be planned later this October when the Mariners are in the World Series." gives us a solid middle," said Piper of Allen. With the victory over George Fox, the Bearcats moved their over overall all reacord to 19-5 and 6-0 in the NCIC. Their undefeated conference record has placed them tied atop the NCIC with Pacific. They will have a chance to take over sole possesion of the confer conference ence lead tonight as they will take on Pacific in Cone Fieldhouse start starting ing at 7 p.m. "That's gonna be the old proverbial grudge match," said Piper of her team's match-up with Pacific. If the Bearcats are to come away with a victory, they must do two things well according to Piper. "I think that serving will be our key again," she said. Piper also hopes that Row and Wright will be in peak performance so that the Bearcats can confuse Pacific's young middle blockers. If Row and Wright can success successfully fully attack from the outside, the middle blockers won't know where to set up, which will then open up the floor for the rest of the Bearcat attack. Regardless of how the Bearcats fare against Pacific, they will have little time to think about it, as North Northwest west Nazarene comes to town to tomorrow morrow for a 2 p.m. match in Cone Fieldhouse. Northwest Nazarene is the reigning regional champion, and has a strong team once again this season. The Bearcats will finish off their four game homestand on Wednes Wednesday, day, with a 7 p.m. rematch against Linfield. The women rolled over the Wildcats earlier this season in McMinnville, but were taken to a decisive third game by Linfield in the Western tournament. D(53CtarS not his usual self. You suspect the salsa. So you call Dr. Nlisbldtt, your family vet back home The call is cheap. CTOO bad about the COUSUltatlOU fee.) Q ccd msam mm Mm mm ? msxm J Life can be complicated. 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