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April 21 , 2000
SPWTo
Include
Many
Events
Tradition And Transformation
State
'Gate
A special section inside
Every year, Colgate confronts a
broad array of_ challenges that
touch every Sludent and employee
on campus. Bui lhey ulo reach
beyond Colga1e's boundaries into
the village of Hamihon and even
farlher.
In S1a1e of the 'Gate, a special
section published in today's newspaper, Th~ Ma,.,,,,,,-News lakes a
look -1 these challenges. their potential solutions and the changing face of our campus. We look
at the year thal was and al whal
the fulure of Colgate migh1 be.
And WC look back at seniors'
last four years at Colgate and
the new experiences that lie
ahead.
By Tilfany Sharplt5
MurOQlt•News S1t1ff
Many Give
The Spri ng Pa rty Weekend
(SPW) Planning Commiucc has
organized a weekend events including parties. rides and concerts.
APRIL VISIT DAYS 2000
To Senior
~Gift
" h 's going
By Jackie Plaza
Friday nigh1 a t 8 :3 0 p.m. in
San ford Field House. Josh
The Class of 2000 has almost
reached its panicpa1ion goal for
this year 1s Senior Class Gift
project, which will fund the con•
struction of a new fountain on lhc
Hamilton Village Green.
The Class Gift Committee
began last semester with two par·
1icipation goals for the Class of
2000. The first was to reach the
Rouse. a musician of the band's
own c hoosing will be opc11ing.
Tickets arc $ IO and will be on
sale all week. $1udcn1s arc urged
to gel them while they last.
On Saturday. fou r mechanical
carnival rides such as ··Tih-A-
75 percent participation mark,
which would require contributions
from 473 members of the senior
class. The second goal was to exceed the rceord of 81 pe,cent I'll'"
1icipation that was set by the Class
of '96, according 10 Assistant Director of the Annual Fund An&ela
Chongris ' 98.
The panicipa1ion rate for this
year's senior class currently stands
al 68 percent, with a month left
before graduation. Of these gifts,
182 have been contributions made
at the President's Club level ,
which is SI 00 or .more.
This number represents a new
record for the Senior Class Gift,
surpassing last year's tolal of 144,
as well as the Class of 2000's
original goal of I 57. Surpassing
this goal allowed the class to receive a $7,000 contribution front
the President's Club Membership
Committee (PCMC), a poup of
Colgatc alumni who have contin·
ued their contributions to their
alma mater at President's Club
levels.
Following the s,-1ful accompli1bment of tbe Class of
2000'1 goal. the PCMC1eopondcd
by challcn&ina the 1C11ior class to
gene,ate an additional 13
Praidcnt's Club donations, for a
total of170 Pl ui as•, Club mcmben. The Nnior clau lltllpUICd
tbil pl II wel~ and IO teeeived
an addilional $2,500 donation
from the PCMC. ·
"The IUI _ . , has 1et1lly
broupt III ftall circle," senior
Kadlcrinc Allen said. Allen is one
of lhe lhne Cius Gift chaira,
. . . wilb _._ Mkbael Karle
and Jennifer D•deff, and she
._ 111 ~ ... WlfOI- of)lllllicipaliclD 111DY lewl. "We'" made
lolaMld lolaofpimMld-look-
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be really exciting:
the Ben Folds Five concert on
Moroott•N~wi Su1ff
ins for pa,tidplllon, -
10
we' re going to have a lot of enter·
tainmc;nt," said co-director of the
commi trcc sophomore Ken
Hoyte.
The weeke nd kicks off with
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PROSPECTIVES AND PARENTS, led by lo•r 1nlde Chris Wolyalak, see Col111e In spring.
April Visit Days Brought 600 Prospectives
Aler CHITord
New$ Editor
Over the put two weekends, more than 600 accepted
high school seniors have
siaycd at Colgate for the annual April Visit Days. Dean of
Admission Mary Hill rcpons
t hat "everything came off
without a hik:h."
The first poup of students
slllycd 1iom Sunday, April 9 to
MOftday, April 10. They were
........ whosi.,..iupliomthe
pneril pool of admitted students.
"Most 11udcnts prefer to stay
overnight," Hill said.
After their Sunday check-in al
Siarr Rink early Sunday afternoon,
the students and their parents attended an open house with Outdoor
Education, Student Activities, Study
Abroad and Olhcr OIK&mpuS orga-
niution.1.
Afterwards, they attended an
open discuaion oession at the Hall
of Praidonts with a panel of students. faculty and adminillnltorS.
Then, al S p.m, the holl3 and their
gllCSII met up. Many oflhl, prospective students walChcd a hypnotist
perfunn II the Edge Cafe.
The second group stayed from
Saturday, April IS 10 Monday,
April 10. This group consisted
la,gely of ALANA students and
Alumni Memorial Scholars.
These students receive a slighdy
more in..dcpth in1roduc1ion to
Colgate.
"Getting the most lalcnled students is every college's focus,"
Hill said. "h's so competitive 10
get top minority students."
Some pan of the students 1ha1
visited Colgate the put two
weekends will make up Colgatc's
class of 2004, which has a projected class size of 730 Sludents.
Whirl" will operate on \Vhitnoll
field and will be open IO the public. There wi ll a lso be four
"inn n1ablcs:· including "Bunjce
Challenge" and Sumo wrcs1ling
(organi,ed with the help of1hc J•·
pan club).
Food will be provided all day
long free of charge by several local restaurants. including Mr. Ed's,
Rogers, New York Pizzeria,
0 1ivcri's and Numero Uno. CocaCola will sponsor beverages and
Bacchus will provide mock1ails
1hroughou1 the day.
" Hones1ly, mocktails arc great.
Not everyone wants to be drunk
all o f Spring Party Weekend," SC·
nior Jehon Coutu said.
Saturday's events will take
place on Whi1noll field. The day
will begin with a return performance by Jan-Funk band .. Viper
House" fro m 12 p.m. I p.m.
CUTV will lake over from I: ISI:45 with the ir very own "Colgate
Daiing Game," which will be followed by "old school" rapper/ DJ
"Biz Markie" from 2 p.m. 10 3
p.m.
.. Seeing Biz Mark ie will undoubtedly be the highlight of my
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Stude11ts Go To DC fur IMF/ World Bank Protest
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Six mcmbcn ofS1iadcnla for Enviroamcnlal Action (SEA) joined
tbou11ndl or envi-lal and
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- , _ , in Wuhin&tGn, D.C. 111
pc- the ilr,ol-ofthe lntemalional Monetaty Fund(IMF)
and the World Bink in the envillld lCOIIOlllic ..,.._
lioD oftbinl wld _ . , __
-we made tho trip IO call - lloa 10 the &let 1h11 the coulllries
aft'eclld by IMII o,pnizatiom
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selves and protecling their valuable social and environme111al uscu," -.ior John Elliot uid.
The 'M>rld Bank and the IMF
met in Washington this w,:ckcnd
to Id tbil year's...,._ The pro-lellon oppooc the tremendous social and cnvin,nmcnlal damage
.._ orpnizalions do by financing induslrial projecll in countna
dial ba¥e few ................ ,....
llliottl orlllVOffllllCDlacoallOI.
Acc:uuluc Ill the prue,-., the
IMFlm-..owr9011Mim1
10 lllreOUl lqe ........ lhe IMF
cllilna wil help boall their IINlpng-icl Aaa..,.ofweak
OOLG&ftll'OHS .
governmenlal management, these
millions of dollars arc lost, which
results in increased debt. Health
caie, education and help for the
ncody arc ignored and small farms
and businesses die out. According
10 the protcllors, Tanzania has
wotked with the IMF for I S yeano
and half of its population still lives
in povet1y and famine threatcns 40
percent of the country.
Environmenlal damage caused
by the World Bank's and IMF's actions also motivated the protestors to oppose the meeting. Loans
pven by the IMF often provide for
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the construeti9n of large dams and
destroy sections of valuable rain
forcsls. Millions of fanncrs were
recently forced 10 relocate in
China after the IMF built a dam
that flooded a large portion of fe rtile farmland.
Although last year's meeting
1:>e1wccn lhc two organiza1ions
drew only several dozen demonstrators. auendanec rose 10 almost
I S,000 this year due lo similar protests lhal were held in Seattle last
Deocmber and lntcmct communication. The protcstors organized
themselves at two bases in Washington.
COMMENTARY
ttlt-alcMlun
Wom1n'a.Lax
TimeOff
Derby Daya
C11111w!ldltybalao
011 a fom-pme win 1111et1k
widt only - wealt left
beftnpla,offl/ ..... 7
A look at students who left
Colple to wort, travel
Eld learn l pege17
Should Dctby Days be
SCNtinizcd by the
administration?, _
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PRST. STo.u.s. Poscaac Paid
Commentary
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THE COLGATE MARooN-NEWS
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67°/o Of Seniors Have Given
rontinweJ from fl'JSf' I
gift of five dollars or a symbolic
$13," she said.
At this point, Chongris csti·
mates that the comminec has
raised about SS0,000 for the fund.
This figure includes the approximate $23,000 raised by s1udcnts.
the SI 0,000 generated from parents and $9,500 from the PCMC.
"This is a record that I think
should s tand for some time."
Chongris said, referring to the
number of President's Club donon;, as well as to the amount of
overall donations that 1hc Class of
2000 has received.
This year's Senior Class Gift
was intended to support the con-
struction of a fountain on the
Hamilton Village Green, but the
success of the fundraising will al-
low for that as well as for the
completion of the Class of 2000
Counyard. The counyard will be
a section of the Village Green directly surrounding the fountain
that will include benches. trees
and nowcrs, all as a result of the
generosity of the senior class.
In addition, the Village of
Hamihon will receive matching
funds from the State of New York
for any amount up to $ I00,000
that is raised by the Village. of
which the Senior C lass Gift dona•
tions will be a pan. The money
received from the state will fund
overall improvrpents to the green,
which is to be re-modeled with a
tum-of-the-century theme, consistent with the architecture of the
buildings tha1 currently surround
the area.
COLGATE STUDENTS join IMF and 11\,,!d Bonk p r - . in 'llfuhiap,n........ .,• .., -,,- 0'1,in
Colgate Students Protest IMF In DC
eo,.,;,nwdfro• pap I
The large nwnbcn attracted publicity for the dc-111(,r's cause
and also strona police control.
The Colgate group had planned
on •ttending clinics at Oeorac
Washington Univcnity, but police
shut these cvcnu down oul of fear
of vandalism. On Saturday night
over 600 pro(CSlon wen: anated
for failing to march with a pcnnit.
In addition, the two bue camps
w= closed for failing to . - fire
safe1y codes on Friday just u the
Colgate group arrived.
"There wu no sign that the pro-
test wu 11 all violent or would
ever get violent, yet the police still
used tear ps and violent mcuurcs
to control the crowd," Elliot said.
The Colpte group participated
in protcSlS throughout the week,
end before returning to campus oa
Sunday.
Hit-and-Run Accident Dismays Victim
By Marty Bair
Mol'OOll-/llrNs Stoff
The Campus Safe1y Dcpanmcnt
is invcs1ig1ting a series of accidcnls that have occurred on cam·
pus in recent months, including a
hit-and-run incident that left the
student involved in need ofmedi·
cal attention.
.. , fell like an animal.'· the vie·
tim of the accident sophomore
Archana Nath said. "Not even an
animal. If you think you've hi1 a
dog, you stop. This person didn't
LU ,bt:lt~r
even check to make sure I was
alright."
· WELLNESS WEEK reatund a variety or acdvldn, IDlng a Health Fair, where st•denll rttleved mauaaes,
come forward, Director of Campus Safety Gary Bean docs not
e,pcct anyone to be chlllcd at any
time in the near future.
Nath is frustrated with the curConti1tMd fro,n page I
Rail" will wrap up the day's rent Slate or the invcstiaation and
weekend, if not my semester." events at Whitnall field from the initial way in which it wu
sophomore Greg Sattler said. 4:30-5:30.
handled.
"'He's one of the all.time greats
"Third Rail rocks ... it's
"I think (Campus Safety) wu
gurantecd to be a dank show," unprepared." she said.
in the industry."
The accident occurred on April
From 3-4:30 the stage will be sophomore Jeremy Frumkin
devoted to the Colgate Talent said.
7 at 9:5S p.m. in front of the
Show. Last year's winners, SC·
"[Sprina Party Weekend) will Alumni Hall parking lot. Neth WU
nior rappers Webster Pilcher and be about bringing the community ff!kin, west, toward Frank DinMike Mills will perform once toaether ... It's about havina run i"I Haft, when III oncomiDa veagain in addition to other new with your rriends," Auistant Di- hicle made a sharp tum into the
student performers. The well rector of Student Activities lot and struck her. Nath wu
thrown onto ,the roof or the veknown campus band .. Third Marisela Rosassaid.
hicle, rolled off and landed on the
ground. The vehicle IUIDcd around
in the lot and proceeded to drive
away u Nath called out for thcm
to llop,
According to Nath, she waa
struck by a maroon cu being
drivet, by a blontl-haum WOIIIID
who opparcd to be older than a
Spring Party Preview
Passport Photos
5 minute service
Official photos,
4 for $10
824-3196
for appointment
31 Eaton Street Hamilton
(next to Webbs Lumber Co)
lludcnt.
Nath rctumed to Wat Hall and
alerted Campua Safely. An investigation of the Alumni lac round
one marooa cu dial belq1 d IO a
woman who had tlrlJllllcd itofflbr
an employee of Frank Dining Hall.
Campus Safety and the Hamilton
Police Dcpertmcnt questioned the
woman on the Sunday after the
accident to determine if she was
responsible.
According to Nath, if she had
been able to sec the woman Fri·
day night after the accident or
sometime that Saturday, she might
have been able to more accurately
recall the facial features of the individual who hit her.
Bean defended the investigation.
"We looked into that car," he
said. " Honestly, we don't believe
that's the one."
Bean said that an eumination
of the car yielded no evidence to
5 - ' the eoncllllion that it wu
the one that hit Nath. According
to Bean, the woman wu not quationcd until Sunday bcc:IUSC Cam·
pus Safely did not haw conclusive
cvidcncc of her involvement and
therefore lacked the power to demand that she opcak with them.
"It\ in,ponant to rcmcmbcr that
everyone is i - ' until proven
auihy, not the 04hcr way around,"
be said.
Bean added that the woman
dropped the cu off at the Alumni
lot at 9 p.m. that Friday night,
MSly an boar bcfon Nedi WU
hit.
Nath tso!ltcd tbal 1M poll8IS
~around..,,.,..- -eqtll 1h11
infonnalian Nlllina io the accident were pu1 up only upon the
ieq,ICllofbcr....-,llcm•·
plained thal t h e ~ -
well enough to pcrfonn our duties
- absolutely," he said.
Bean said he shared the victim's
sense of frustration regarding the
lack of closure in the case and is
trying to figure out why the driver
did not stop. He suggested that
substance abuse or intoxication
might have prompted the driver 10
leave the scene.
"It makes me wonder if they
even knew what they wcrt doing."
he said.
"I've gone through the accident
in my head and - 't figure out
whal would possibly motivate
someone to do that to someone
else;• Nath said ... , just want
someone to take responsibility for
hitti"8 me and then leaving m<
there."
Ban admitted that since no eyew i - have come forward, the
likelihood of dctaminina who is
,aponsible is small.
"Unleu that person IICpa for·
ward, there is not a lot more WC
can do," he said.
Accordina to Nath, there WU "
least one ot her person in the
Alumni lot at the time of the acci·
dcnl who hlls not apoken to Cam·
pus Safely. Ban said dial if this
individual saw anytbi111, CaffllMl$
Safely would be ver)' inlelelled in
apenH--. witb him.
Ban liM R4Ullted a review of
t h e - · of llplins in Ilic ....
ll'OUIIII Ilic Alwiml lot. Pt-,tly.
Ilic . . wllele Nod, - 1111 is ii·
1umitllledl,yallp1-llicchain
that blockl
~ Ille reside•·
tial qui ond pole lamps in the
ace••
llnldy pnpul111 10pul .. ftyen. Altalli lot. TIie ..... will de·
l..,....i•wded
u well • iDiti.- odler of lefflllae if_
1alllerin1 informatio n, wllen
IO ........
tallre - in
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- -· needto b<
Nod,'1 . . . - tllldc the .......
aWIR of the fact that wt
Bean defended Camp•• llaw
•
birlt pecleltrian campus,"
Safely'• ability IO bandlc 1M..,
Bean uitL "Driwn need 10 be
alioll.
lllerlfor,.....__.
"Do I think
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April 21,2000
G,lgate
~S.April 18
AJumnQS
Theta Pi caused by dust from a
Founds
.
.
SL-day, 4116
vacuum cleaocr.
2:06 La:Astudentwas injured
after falling at Kappa Delta Rho
and wu ttansponed 10 Community Memorial Hospital by Campus Safety.
• 2:21 Lm.: File alarm at Theta
Chi caused by a discharged fire
extinguisher.
2:33 L a : An officer on routine
pelrol reported• dafNiepole near Case Library.
2:31 L a : An officer on routine
petrol reported a stop sign miss101 from the intersection of
Alumni Road and Conant House
Road.
2:43 L a : An officer on routine
pelrol rcponed a damaged light
pole OD Willow Path.
3:37 Lm.: Campua Safely responded to a bumina trash can
behind Drake HaU.
5:5'L-.: An officer on routine
pelrol reported damaged fumitun outside of Stillman Hall.
t:43 p.&: Undenge residents
of Dnke Hall were found in posasion of marijuana, drug para-
KidsCam.p
a,KadllrlMWUeJ
a-lbodgUlto,
After the scheduled May
co111plelion of a four-million dollar comauclicm projec~ the Fiver
lioundllion.aDOD-profil orpniza.
lion, will open a camp in the town
of Hamilton Ibis summer.
Camp Fiver, according 10
Hamiltan Codes Enforcement OfIlea Don Hudson. wiU welcome
"underprivileged children whose
psrenls • income is below poverty
level."
"We're recruitina kids from
both New York Cily and from the
locsl Hamilton area," Fiver Foundation Executive Director James
Flint Slid.
The Foundaticm is working with
over 20 prganizations and schools
in the cily to recruit childmt ranging from eight 10 IO years in age
and will provide the children with
pbemalia and alcohol.
11:51 p·. m.: A resident of
Cunia Hall reported finding
paffiti.
transportation to and from the
camp.
Campers will spend rwo weeks
11 Camp Fiver. panicipatina in
activi1ies ranging from boating,
fishing and swimming to ans and
drama. The children will also
make use of the Equestrian Center and the Leaming Center.
The camp will run four twoweek sessions each summer and
will accommodate up 10 80 campers a session.
Tom Tucker, a Colgate gradu-
Moaday, 4/17
18:15 p.m.: Received a report
of a stove fire al Parker Apanmenls lltal was extinguished by
residents prior to Campus
Safely'a arrival.
Tuesday, 4118
4:37 p.m.: A student was injured while playing softball on
Whitnall Field and was transported 10 the Student Health
Center by Campus Safety.
5:54 p.m.: A student reponed
items missing from a locker
room at Huntington Gym.
11:27 p.m.: Fire alarm at East
Hall caused by burnt food.
II :42 p.m.: Fire alarm at Beta
Theta Pi caused by cigarette
smoke.
utc. conceived of 1he concept of
Fiver. flint explained that, after
his retirement. Tucker "wanted to
give back to the community."
As Tucker was already familiar
with the area, when the Mill Street
site in Poolvillc came onto the
market, the group jumped al the
chance.
While the camp will do a great
deal for children, ii will also help
the local economy. In fact, the
project is "probably one of the biggest projects they've had in town,"
Hudson s,id.
The camp will be a wonderful
experience not only for the children who are lucky enough 10 attend, bu\for the staff u well. "It's
really a pal opponunily IO build
skills not just workina with kids
bul for any job experience in the
f11111re." Flint said.
7:16 ....: An om- cm rouline
petrOI discovered a fire extia-
CAMPUS SAFETY T IP OF
plllber mlulna from Stillman
THE WEEK : Campus Safety
is actively seeking information
regardina the hit and run motor vehicle incident which occurred on 4/7/00 near the
Alumni Chain. If you have information relating 10 this incident, please contact Campus
Safely.
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p.a.1 Fire lllarm at Delta
lJpli1aa cauNd by cigar smoke.
ft~, p.a.: Sllldenla reported ob-
Nl:YUII Ii velaicle beina stolen
tom die Fnnl< Diniq Hall area.
n. vehicle WU later ~
wlila tllMI' - dan,ap to iL
"I~ p.a.: Fire alum ai Beta
''You've tried the rest . ..
Now try the Best!"
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Thii intcnsi~, 48-credit program l<"~ds to an M.A.
degree in the field o(jounuhsm and a Cenific.m.- in
Science and Environment.al Rc:potting.. Applic::uions
art' now being accepted (or the
2000 k'llldtC'f,
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THE Col.GATE MARooN-NEWS
National
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cludiai mvirMmeallliA, 1'11r
lnde lallbyilll .,.t " ' - rial*
IClivisll. AD acc,IIOd tbe Wadd
BankllldlMFofburdmiinapoor
c:ounaics witb cn.,incdebtpaymenl$, unsafe food, eoviromnental destruction and IWcalShopo.
Tbe protestors lobbied agains1
open
markets
and
globali,.a1ion,andcalled for laigescale del>1 forgiveoea and other
key reforms.
%rid financial leaders inaisl
that Ibey already are addreaaio&
!hose issues. '1be link be1wcen
ll'adc, developmem and pova1y
reduction is high on all inlelllational agendas," said PQ.UI
Nielsen. Europe's commissione,
for Develop,neo1 and HWDIDillrian Aid.
There was no bumina, loocina
orsignifican1 dcstruclion ofproperty, unlike danonsttaliooa dw
were held eaaiftSI die Wedd 1nde
Organizalion last December ill
Seaule. Some demouattaton
dreued .. tur1les to prolwl wllll
Ibey say is die destruction of die
environmau by mllltinadoaal
oomplllies. Some womm bend
mootofdlel,bi_llld_llo;
gana OIi 1heir bare becb •• pco- ofwllll ibiy c:omidor twellahop condidom II l'ac1orfell ill
some poor llllioua.
IINled, 1i111
'°IIIIIW Ii oil ID
all dioee wllo Ioli dllilr
Ill
Columbiae," Pnaid•t .BIU
Cliatoa Aid.
Slllprodl, New Mab - The
federal aovermnmt w111 make i .
aic telephone 1C1Vice for Native
Americans liviq OD ~
available for one dollar per IDOIIIII
ill the bopes ofllriagiq voice aad
lntemet service to • c:broaically
undcnerved popallliGD, Prelidcnl
Bill Clinroa IIDDOUDCed Monday.
The plan reflecu • additloml
S 17 milliou iu.-lCDI in die eiiistiq $450 miUioa Lifeline program, wbicb providct ~..
on pboae service for
cuatomera. The admiDillntioa
a1ao-acec1 tbol
ntions wollld provide ftmdla, lllf
a variety of pn,p11111 daipccl ID
help Nalive Alllerlcw. illeludlna
International
low-....«eoq,o-
$2. 75 millioa iD .aoftwan 1111d
ledmicalllippartfmDM....a
forlribalcol~
Accordiaa to dioo
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THE Col.GATE MAROON-NEWS
Apnl 21, 2000
Volume CXXXIV. Number XXIIJ
April 21, 2000
Commentary
Brad Heath • Er in Majewskl
Earth Day Is T1D1e To Examine
Progress Toward O~n Energy
By Job• Elllon
deep pockets of 1he au10 induS1ry. If ev.
cry car in the United States were replaced
SotiM UIMon
This Saturday, April 22, is Earth Doy by one that was 10 miles per gallon more
Christopher Wahlen
2000, which is 1he day when people all over fuel--efficient, carbon dioxide emissions
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1hc globe re<:ognizc that the eanh needs our would be reduced by 250 million tons per
K11htrine Wiley
help to survive. While E.anh Day has long year and the nation •s annual contribution
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been an important holiday for environmen• to global warming would be cul by nearly
Alu Clifford• Jnsict Whlu • .,.,.~ Ellllen
Sruror O.rieltlsoa • c.--•f'J' ,:._
talists
and an opponunity for those who arc 20 percent. We have the 1echnology 10
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not so environmentally conscious to medi- do this, but not the demand.
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on their role as inhabitants of the earth,
Corpor11ions worldwide have spen1 bilJIii Ballutyne • Nkk Cordon • Denise Hatds • Allina Klint
avta- s,.n
1his Earth Day is something special: an an- lions in the past weeks trying to appear
Stnh Otprw • AndrH F'alktn • S1r1b Kulkofsky • Narhanlt-1 Lt•ls • Jason Pollack
niversary.
as "green" as possible, the most obvious
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This year will mark lhc 30th anniversary perpetrator being British Pc1rolcum (BP).
of Eanh Day. Since this is a rather unique The BP logo is all green, but what is at
Earth Day, we should iakc this opportuni1y a ll green abou1 BP? If we believe 1hcir
10 evaluate the in1cma1ional goals of this
advenising, it is 1hc fact that they recently
day and then create our own space in the bought the largest manufacturer of solar
festivities, while simultaneously rccogniz· panels, Solarcx, for a reported sum of$4S
ing the dctrimen1al actions ofcorp0ra1ions. million in 1999.
The 1hcmeof1his l:.arth Day is clean enBu110 a company like BP, $45 million
With ailolhcr school year coming 10 a close. as Colgate students prepare for final ex• ergy. This applies 10 both types of energy is just a blip on the radar compared to the
ams and 1erm papers, accep1ed s1uden1S of 1he Class of 2004 have begun 10 make 1hcir use, industrial and home. Vet neither of $5 billion BP will spend in 1hc ncxl five
decisions whether or not 10 attend Colgate. Soon. the longjoumcy in which many siudentS these currently make use of"clcan" energy years on oil cxplora1ion and production
search to find the "nght" college or university will end. All students have experience<? this
in environmentally sensitive regions off
sources.
same reeling of comple1ion.
Fossil fuels arc our larges1 source of en- 1he north eoas1 of Alaska.
What is surprising is how much the methods that many of us used to search for our ergy despite the fact that these arc also the
And what about Chevron, the company
college have changed. Wi1h an explosion of lcchnology throughou11hc United Stales, the most destructive. Drilling for crude oil de- that wrought social and environmen1al
ad1n1ssion process has certainly been changed. More s1uden1.s arc using the Internet to stroys the environment from where it is havoc throughout Nigeria? They, roo,
learn about collcge.s and universities and more s1udcn1s arc using the Internet to get into taken, most often in underdeveloped coun- wrap themselves in green. Their thin
1hose colleges and universities.
tries tllat do not have legal protection from gauze is composed of the ''People Do"
In recent years, Internet companies have vciy actively begun to become involved in the
environmental and social destruction and campaign. A number of the "People Do"
admissions process. And according to Dean ofAdmission Mary Hill, many ofthese Internet whose leaders arc often backed financially projects, such as programs to protect 1he
companies arc trying to help potential s1uden1s "bca1 the system."
by the oil companies.
grizzly bear in Montana, wa1erfowl in
It is discouraging that studen1s (and their parents) arc throwing large sums of money at
A good example of such a rela1ionship is Mississippi and the Kit fox in Califorthese for-profit groups in an cfTon to diston their applications before they arc reviewed Chevron, which has 1hc political leaders of nia, are programs that are manda1ory unby admissions staff. Everything from college essay services to application revicwal ser- Nigeria deep in i1s pockcts. In Mayofl999, der the law - something 1ha1 Chevron fails
vices can be found on the Internet now.
Chevron allegedly provided financial sup- to mention. Chevron implies that the
Hill no1cd 1ha11hc commercialization of how 10 apply and ge1 in10 college have really port to the Ni,crian military to violen1ly projeclS are charitable worlc done of the
expanded during the laic I 990s.
suppress a peaceful occupation of an off- company's own volition. Now wouldn't
Hill said Colgaic admissions officers usually can de1ec1 essays prepared by private compa• shore oil rig by local residents. This Chev• that be nice?
nies. But even if it can, such services still shows that however wonderful technology may be, ron-supported ICI killed IWO pro1CS1Crs and
On the 30th annivcrury of Earth Day,
there will always be people who try 10 use ir 10 get lhings they do not necessarily deserve.
injured 200 olhers. In I similar lawsuit, it is important to fully grasp the meaning
Chevron-backed Nigerian 1roOpS allegedly of lhe clean energy agenda. People mus1
ransacked villages in December 1998 and realize that fossil fuels arc incredibly deJanuary 1999. It is doubtful 1h11 a fair trial Slruclive worldwide, and that the promol·
for these atrocities will ever be held.
ers of Ibis energy source have the reBy Stentor O...lelsoa
Earth Day 2000 is III opportunity for us sources to diverl attention away from
to show that consumers would like to see a these activities and toward their "green"
Oo Wednesday, 1he Vermonl Senate approved legislalion lha1 would allow homosexual greater level of fuel efficiency in their au- operations, which arc trifling by comparicouples to enter into "civil unions," an institution nearly identical in all but its name to mar- 1ornobiles. This 9enlimcnt amplifies the fact son. We must force these corporations 10
riage. This measure is a response 10 a unanimous December ruling by the Vermon1 Supreme 1ha1 we presently find ourselves in the larg- take action, to increase efficiency of cars,
Court thal homosexual couples were being unconstiru1ionally denied the privileges available est gasoline crisis since the 1970s.
trucks and sport utility vehicles and to
The vehicles most urgently needing search for clean energy sources.
to heterosexuals through marriage. A similar bill has passed the Vennont HOtJSC of Repn,sen·
such improvements arc the light truck and
Decreasing greenhoUJC gucs must be
ta1ivcs and Governor Howard Dean is expected 10 sign lhe final dnlft.
The Vennont initiative is the first affirmation ofmarriage or marriage-like rights for homo- spor1-u1ility vehicle claues. These lie placed higher on our agendas, and every
sexual couples by an state, and follows on the heels of measun:s defining marriage as exclu- ou1sidc of strict federal regulations due individual must evaluate his pan in contrit,.
sively he1crosexual in California and Hawaii. Vermon1 should be proud to be leading the , to loopholes thal Slay open 1h1nks 10 the uting to these gases and 10 reducing them.
country in the right direction.
The Supreme Court ruling was based on a clause in the Vermont constitution guararnccing
equal righlS for all 1he Slate's ci1izcns. The court founil Iha, prohibi1ing some people from
enjoying 1he more 1han 300 bencfiis 1ha1 come from mamage simply due to the sex of their Durant's Commentary Misrepresented David Irving Court Case
and thus protected her speech. Duran1's
chosen panners violated this clause. The civil unions created under the new legislation will To 1he edi1ors:
confer all of1hcse righlS on committed homosexual couples. The procedures for establishing
Edmupd Duran1's column in last week's column gives the impression that Irving's
and dissolving a civil union also parallel those for marriage and divorce.
issue of The Maroon-New, ("Fre<: Speech woric.s were banned or otherwise res1rictcd
The major difference between marriage and civil untOn is the terminology, which was al- Should Not Be Compromised Ever") was in England, which is 001 the case.
This is not 10 say Irving hMn 'I been pun·
tered as a concession to advocates of the traditional family. The change means that civil unions full of fine sentiments and murky foctS. The
in Vermon1 will have no s1anding oulSide the stale (whereas mamagcs arc transfenble).
ruling re<:ently handed down in England iahed for his denial of the Holocaust - as
Opponents ofcivil unions for homosexuals argue that aJlowing marriage or a similar insti- (available 11 http://www.courtservice. DOied in the ruling. he has been baned from
lution for same-sex couples undermines lhe u11dilional family SINCIIIJ'C. While this may be gov.uk/judgments/qb_irving.htm) actually entering Germany, Austria. Italy and
true on some level, it is not the threat to society that "family advocates" claim it is.
protects fn:e speech. David Irving e•crcised Canada. For that matter, he could~ beaned
11 is rrue 1ha1 homosexual marriage falls oulSide the boonds of the 1Tldi1ional defini1ion of his right to speak about his views on the from 1he United States, since Conatirutional
family - one man, one Woman and their children. But that cs noc mean that samc-.sex Holocaust. Based on those views and the prot:ections do not apply to noncitizcns visarguments made in their favor, Deborah a-vis immigration matters.
couples arc not a viable family s1ructurc in modem America.
Nonetheless. Durant's comparison be·
Our social and economic well-being is no longer based on kinship connections. A defense Lipstadl labelled Irving a bed historian and
of 1hc 1radi1ional no1ion of family is, in effect, a defense of 1he reproduction-bescd kinship a Holocauat denier, 1CCUS&tions that Irving tween the Irving case and the horron of
McCanhyism holds very little water.
S1ruc1ure 1ha1 hc1croscxual monogamy fos1crs. Exn-familial friendly and business contacts considered libelous.
The British cow'! basically found that
have become as important to our well-being as having many children and seeing them marlames Oippingcr '%
Lipstadt's occuaationa were well-founded.
ried into good families.
The purpose of marriage today is iwofold: 10 solenv,izc a committed relationship between
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Opponen1s of same-sex marriage often try 10 insinualC 1ha1 a hon'!)scxual relationship can
001 be as stable and committed as a heterosexual one, and then:fo,c lhat ii is not dcservina of
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the sanctity of marriage or a similar union. While they use more mature lmninology. the
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argumcnl boils down 10 1he assumpdie vicwl of'Colp1e Uaiwenity,
Raising a child in a homosexual household is I frigh1ening thoughl for defenders of 1hc
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union. same-sex couples will demand adop1ion righ1s. They believe that the conscqucnces for
of ... wriW, AM--poovlde• " a child's devclopmcn1 could be disastrous.
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I sec no reason why a homosexual couple would be any IC$$ likely to be earing and stable
1han a helcroscxual couple. Examples ofhe1croscxual couples gone bad ore not hard to come
by. I would venlun: 10 say lha1 same-sex couples migh~ on average, be better porcnlS because
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1hough1 and a g,-ea1 deal of effort, while children can be conceived by 1e()pponenlS of same-sex marriage base their case on the seemina decline of the fomily, the
building block of society. Bu1 by defining "fomily'• in such rigid and ouulatcd tmns, they ore
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Technology Enters The Admissions Process
Editor's Column
Decision On Gay Unions Is Commendable
Letter to the Editon
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April 21, 2000
Music At Frats
Offers Escape
From Stress
I.aw Cuts Into Miranda Rights
By St..tor Daaleltoa
possible thal 01hcr facls may show that
Dickerson's confession was made under
The Fifth Amcndmenl guaranlccs Ameri- duress. But these kinds of judgmcn1 calls
cans that they will never have tO give evi- are wha1 the Miranda ruling was meant to
dence agains1 1hemselvcs in coun. For 1he settle.
put 34 years, police have been ~uired 10 • The principle behind Miranda is simple.
inform suspects of that right. But the Police immediately advise suspects that
Miranda warning, immortalized in the they have the right to remain silent. Therewords ofnearly every television and movie after, law enforcement officials can assume
police officer, may soon become a lhing of that all statements made by suspects were
the pas1 when the Supreme Coun rules on made in 1hc full knowledge tha1 1hey did
the case of Dickerson v. United States.
not have to say anything incriminating.
Miranda rights were established in 1966
Wi1hout Miranda, couns would be forced
when the Supreme Coun ruled in Miranda to look at each confession and examine 1he
v. Arizona that police must infonn all incfj. circumstances surrounding it. to dctenninc
viduals arrested of, among other things, how aware the suspect might have been of
their right to remain silent, and that confes- 1heirop1ion 10 keep their mouths s.hut..With
sions made before the suspects arc proe-, Miranda, they have a simple test. A confcs•
crly infonncd of their rights canno1 be sion made afler hearing the Miranda rights
counted on as voluntary. This practice has is made wilh 1he full knowledge of 1he Fifth
been standard ever since.
Amendment. A confession made before
Charles Dickerson appealed his convic• hearing the Miranda rights is questionable
1ion for seven bank robberies on lhe grounds and canno1 be 1rus1ed.
d,a1 he had no1 been properly read his righ1s,
Bui many people worry 1ha1 the Miranda
and, therefore, a confession that had been ruling allows criminals who confessed to
presented as evidence was invalid. But go free because of a technicali1y. A slip in
University of Utah law professor Paul proper procedure by the arresting officer
Cassell filed a friend of the coun brief1ha1 could invalidate '\ mountain of otherwise
alened the coun to a long-ignored law that incriminating evidence..
would seem to invalidate the Miranda rulThose backing Okkcrson 's conviction
ing. The law, Section 3S0 I, was passed in cite an opinion issued in 1994 by Justice
1968 10 stale 1ha1 a failure 10 read someone Antonin Scalia. Scalia said that ignoring
his Miranda rights docs not necessarily in- Scc1iqn 3S0 I "may have produced ... 1hc
validate confessions. Cassell's argument acquittal and the nonprosec.ution of many
persuaded 1hc Founh Circuit Coun of Ap- dangerous felons.... There is no excuse for
peals.
lhis." But Scalia misplaced 1hc responsibilDickerson v. United States presents the ity for ensuring that confessions arc freely
Supreme Coun with an difficult situation. made.
Miranda rights are a simple and cffcc1ive
Reading suspects their rights is nol an
way to ensure that incrimina1ing evidence arduous task. The case with which police
provided by 1hc defendanl was given will- forces picked up the mandate, even after
ingly. But the coun is not in a position to Scc1ion 350 I was passed, dcmonstra1cs that
make law, only to interpret the laws that are the Miranda warning is a simple procedure.
already on the books.
This means that officers can be routinely
I am in no position to judge Dickerson's expected to read SU$pCCts their righ1s jusl
guilt. Section 3501 stales only that a court as they can be e xpected to wear their unimay admil confessions from a suspect not forms and carry their badges.
infonncd of his or her Miranda rights. ii is
Worries that neglectin,g to propcrly·in~
By Edmund Duranl
fonn suspects of their rights betray a lack
of confidence in pol ice to carry out a
simple pr0<:edurc. Despite recent horror
stories of police gone bad, r think mos1
officers can be !rusted to inform those
they arrest of their right to remain silent,
a line the vast majority of civilians.
through 1elcvision and movies, know very
well.
The blame for acquittals of suspects
sirnply because they were not read their
rights does not fall on 1he Miranda verdict. The problem is one of quality con•
trol in police forces.
The Supreme Court may uphold 1he
Fourth Circuil Court's ruling by rightly
finding lhat Scc1ion 3S01 1rumps 1hc
Miranda verdict. But this should not mean
the end of suspects' right to be informed
of lheir Olher conslitulional righ1s. Hopefully, police departments will sec the
value in continuing the practice of reading lbe Miranda verdict. And it's not too
much to ask that Congress eliminate the
wrongly-adoplcd Section 3S01.
Spring Party Changes Harmfal To Colgate Spirit
By W. Bart Larmealll
As a non-drinking member of the Cotga1c
will sec a very sharp increase in the num-
ber of incidents involving over-consurnp1ion of alcohol.
Those who will nol be able 10 drink on
Whitnall (let's be realistic, not everyone
who drinks on this campus is over 21) or
do not wish 10 pay for drinks may very well
consume massive amounts of aJcohol prior
10 arriving al the field. Wilhoul proper time
between drinks, this will cause a dangerous situa1ion in which many students will
suddenly be overcome by 1hc effects of 1he
alcohol. The proposed system will, in fac1,
cause more hann than good.
A.side from pure logistic.al problems with
the new sys1cm1 it seems to me that the administration of Colgate is trying iu hardest
to wipe out fun at this University. Fraternities and sororities musl feel as if their CV•
cry move is scrutinized and with one slip,
they will be shul down. Somc1imcs, it seems
like we arc in the movie Animal House, and
Dean Wormer is looking for any infraction
that may allow for severe punishment of the
fraternities tha1 help to define Colgate as a
community.
With this case, ii seems lhat some of thal
very csscnce of the "Colple Spirit" is being killed. Socializing on Whimall ftcld has
been integral not only to Spring Party weekend, but also to Colgaie itself for a long
time. Let's not be naive. yes. it involves
drinking. It always has. I like to think tha1,
on the whole, Colgaie studcnis are mature
and responsible abou1 their consumption of
alcohol. The Administration seems to 1hink
community, I feel that the decision to limit
alcohol consumption from the events on
Whimall Field not only destroys a valuable
Colgale tradilion, bul also has the potential
to blow up in the University's face. Ou1door activities on Whitnall have been a pan
of the Spring Party Weekend tradition for
many years now and have helped to bring
the Colgate community 1egether, upper and
lower classmen alike.
As a first-year, it wu different and cxhilara1ing to be dancing 10 bends on lhe field
with junior and senior friends that I normally did no1 have the opponunity to socialize wilh, since I could no1 frequen1 lhe
hen. With lhc decision to not allow studcnlS
to bring alcohol 10 the various evcnls, ii
seems to me tha1 the Administration ensured
that Whitnall will most likely be buren for
Ibo weekend. Not much has been said about
how the new l}'1tCm is to opcnle but, if
catered, I would asswnc it would worlt under the same pay-for-ticket method 1ha1 is
employed at partjcs on the row.
With a "cub ber" syslem in place, ii docs
not take a rocket ocicntist 10 sec where a
large problem is sure to develop: prc-partying. As the sysiem IIICd 10 worlt, pcqple
would brina their own bcvcraacs onto the
ft0ld and drink throupout the day. The
number of containcn wu timired (quite
effectively) by Campua Safety, thereby
bclpu,s to dim~ mmy poaible caacs
of alcohol poitonin1, With c:ataen on the otherwise.
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Spring Pany Changes" prinlcd in 1hc February 2 issue of The Maroon-News, direclorof psychological services Mark Thompson said, ••...the non-drinking p0pula1ion at
Colgate feels like lhcy have 10 leave during
Spring Pany Weekend ... they don '1 wanl
people giving them a hard time for not
drinking." Well, I can honc..ily say 1ha1 I
· have yet to have anyone give mc-e hard time
for not drinking. I turned 21 in December,
and frequent lhe Old Stone Jug, yel I never
drink. That is strange as, according to Thompson, I should have cracked under the
pc:cr pressure long ago. Colgate students are
mature enough to accept those who do not
drink, smoke, etc., and do not pressure us
into things we arc opposed to. This j ust
proves that the administration does not truly
feel or understand the ..way things are" at
Colga1c.
There is a true ..spirit" that many Students
at this University feel, which helps make
Colgate the amaz.ing establishment it is. I
will love this place until my dying day, as
the result of my time here as a student. I
charge 1ha1 in order 10 fully understand 1hc
tradition and spirit of this place, you must
first walk lhrough the halls as a student The
more steps arc taken that dampen spirit. the
more and more of it dies. Only through s1uden1 inpul (oulsidc of the-Sena1c and Student Government Association) can decisions tha1 reflect 1hc feelings of the major•
ity ofColgale s1udcn1s be made. II appears
to me that, in this case, Spring Pany and
the multiple face1s of ii are controlled by
and for the administration, not the student
body.
Mallhtw ColltO
' 01
··wm it really mate •
difference? People uc
coins co drink anyway.
II jus1 makes it hatdc.Y."
As part of my weekend ritual to celebrate the passing of ye1 ano1her week of
classes. I often find myself in front of a
pair of overdriven speakers in some fraternity house. hs1cning 10 music so loud
1ha1 1can feel my whole body vibra1e. A fter doing this nearly every weekend fo r
the past two semesters. I havc •come to
the realization that ii is 1he music that
makes the fraternity parties worth goang
10.
All 1hcsc nigh1s begin 1hc same. I ask
everyone I know what 1hcy arc doing and
pick the most attractive activity. The administration and a handful of srndcnts will
claim that !here are: always plcnly of activities 0 11 campus. but it seems like every single weekend the most popular thing
to do is 10 head down to Broad Street and
check out wha1 is going on at the frn1s.
So a group or us head down 1hc hill.
perhaps aficr throwing back a few drinks
to "pre-game." We find a frat with a party,
pay the SS cover and s1art to mill about
the dance floor looking for somebody 10
chat with. Afier trying to communicate
with several people by yelling in their
cars, I remember lhat frat parties aren't
really grca1 places 10 ialk 10 people. For
some reason. I only seem to remember
this once I have already paid 1he caterers. But the fact remains, frats arc nor a
great place to talk.
LcO wi1h nothing else 10 do, I rind some
people I may or may not know and start
10 dance with them. My dancing can be
compared wi1h Garlh Brooks playing
baseball; I really have no business doing
it. But I always seem to disregard this fact
and dance anyhow.
After I have become tired of jumping
around like an idiot, ( usually find a place
to stand and watch the people around me.
More often than not, this is right in front
of a speaker.
As the music courses through my body
and shakes me down to the core. my mind
clears and r stop thinking all together. I
c lose my mind and just feel the music.
I find that tcchno is the best kind of music for this kind of experience. For the
most part. techno is instrumental. There
are no words that might induce thought.
· As my mind c lears, I start to forget all
the 1hings that have happened to me during 1he last week. I begin to think larger
though1s and ponder questions like,
"What is the meaning of life?" I never
find any sort of real answers to qucs1ions
like this. but 1 do ponder issues that I usually don'I bo1her to think about.
It is that momen1 of pure mental tranquility that really makes 1he $5 cover
wonh it. Only when 1hc music is at a level
where you can feel it rather 1han just hear
ii can 1his state of mind be reached. I just
c.an 't gel to that level with my computer
speakers and 200-wan noor speakers simply wouldn't fit into my 1iny single, so
the frats arc my only option for high-output sound.
Ncx1 time you are down at the frats
wondering what you arc doing there, walk
up to the speakers, close your eyes and
just let the music fill you. The shon.-tcnn
effects on your mind will make 1he long1erm damage 10 your hearing seem insignificant. Forget about the dancing. the
beer and the opposite sex and just feel the
music. if only for a little while. The possibility that it will work for you makes
the attempt worth it.
0.
Clayton Hill
'00
..For those who fol low 1c,
11 wall only c,0nccnu·,.uc
the drunkcnncu For
I ~ who don't, II \4'"0fl'I
make • dlffercm-.:- ..
10 THE Col.GATE MAROON-NEWS
Commentary
April 21, 2000
Sigma Chi's Derby Days Are A Derby Days Should Recieve The
Positive Force On Our Campus Same Scrutiny As Spring Party
By Peter Oaunls
On behalf of the entire brotherhood of
the Sigma Chi fraternity, I would 10 thank
all of the competitors. local businesses.
parents and alumni who made Derby Days
2000 a runaway success. This year's
event shattered our goals and expectations
like 10 set the record straight about a few
accusations that I have heard thus far.
Sigma Chi docs riot "target women."
Every girl who decided 10 panicipate in
this philanthropic event did it ou1 of her
own volition. Nationally, the competition
aspect of Derby Days is traditionally run
as a contest be1wcen sororities or between
firs1-year students. At Colgate, however,
due 10 1he small student body size and the
execution of the event at such a late point
in the academic calendar, Sigma Chi invites all female students to par1icipate.
in every regard. Since Derby Days was
reintroduced to Colgate three years ago.
fundrais ing efforts have climbed from
$1800 dollars in 1998, 10 $3000 dollars
in 1999, 10 an astounding $7000 dollars
in 2000. Fur1hcrmorc, the number of
teams that panicipated in this philan•
thropic event has surged from 12 teams
in 1998. to 17 teams in 1999, 10 an incredible 24 teams comprised of 420 girls
in 1his year's competition.
Needless to say, the resounding success
of our annual philanthropic fundraiscr
never could have been achieved had it not
been for 1he enthusiastic participation of
the 420 compc1itors who tirelessly engaged in battles of wi1. crca1ivity and
physical prowess over the course of five
days in their qlJCSt to secure the campus
bragging rights as the reigning Derby
Days champions.
The bulk of the money raised this year,
approx,matcly $5000, will once again go
10 Sigma Chi's national charity. the
Children's Miracle Network. Founded in
1983, this 1n1crna11onal organ1zat1011
raises money for hospitals so that children suffering from all 1ypes ofafn ictions
can be treated regardless of their family's
ability 10 pay.
This year's championship team, the Gas
Station Attendants. which was comprised This year less 1han 25 percent of 1hc parprimarily ofjunior and sophomore Kappa ticipants were first•year students. This
Alpha Theta sis1ers, has designated their number makes us quite proud of the numshare of the proceeds to the Gary Ross ber of returning panicipants. considering
Fund. The Gary Ross Fund. established that the bulk of the females in the junior
this fall by the fnterFra1cmi1y Council and cl&ss arc abroad.
Panhellcnic Council to honor Assistant to
Funhcrmore. our house docs not en1he President Gary Ross. is a founda1ion courage underage drinking. Derby Days
sci up 10 benefit children in Madison does include two catered panics and a
Councy in need of emergency care. We Cup Night downtown. Caterers and bar
could not be more pleased with their staff were employed to ensure tha1 only
choice.
of.age s1udcn1s were allowed 10 drink.
Aner the cvenl's success, it has hcen However, the bro1hers of Sigma Chi arc
very frustrating to have this philanthropic not law cnforcemcnfoffieials and Derby
endeavor tarnished by the unfair cri1icism Days is not Mardi Gras. Drinking is not
of a few individuals. Before and afler each an in1egral part of Derby Days and 1he
Derby Days. representatives from our events do not revolve around it.
house mcc1 with
Derby Days is
boih
1h c
a unique event because it is one of
ranhcllenic Coun"After
the
event's
success,
cil and Director of
the only arenas on
Fraternity a nd Socampus where fcit bas been very
rority Affairs S 11ni
rna Ies have the
Wilhelm to invite
ability
to select a
frustrating to have this
suggcs11ons and
1cam of 1heir
concerns regarding
friends. proceed
philanthropic endeavor
the cven1 . These
with free arlistic
meetings have aland creative reign
tarnished by the unfair
ways been frank
over that 1cam and
criticism
of
a
a
n
d
compete against
productive. Among
01hcr females in a
individuals."
the changes made
friendly
atmo·
,to Derby Days this
sphere whi le raisyear, as o rcsuh of
ing money for a
these discussions.
chari1able cause.
were the introduction of daily score up- And ifan)'one were 10 actually ask those
dates and the decision 10 alloca1e a por- who participated last week, I am co'nfition of the proceeds to a charity chosen dcnt that the overwhelming majority
would be happy 10 tell you that Derby
by the victorious team.
The reason these meetings have been Days was one of their favori1e and most
so·produc1ive in the past is because sug- memorable college experiences.
People have also voiced some concern
gestions and concerns have merit when
1hcy come from parties dircc1ly involved over the fact that Derby Days coincided
in Derby Days.
with April Visit Days this year. Had I been
It is not surprising, then, that J found a prospective and been exposed to the
last week's episode of CUTV's Booty Call evcn1s on the lawn of Sigma Chi that day
disconccning. That episode was a testa- I would have sent in my deposit the first
ment to the travesty that occurs when chance 1 had and not because there might
people pretend 10 be knowledgeable about have been drinking or because of the
events about which they ha\lC little to no male-to-female ratio.
1would have chosen to come to Colgalc
first-hand knowledge. Among the false
sta1cmen1s made by the program's female because the excitement and the spirit rahost was 1ha1 our house "targe1s women," diating from the lawn that mornina adencourages and promotes underage drink· dressed the one real concern I had about
ing and that teams were "primarily frcsh- 1his school. In 1hc face of geographic isome,, girls:·
lation and nevercnding winters, people
While I have no in1ention of waging a still manage to have a great time here and
rnudsh,,ging battle w11h !hose uninformed they do it through charitable events like
people who cri1icizc Derby Days. I would Derby Days.
By Andrea Suarez Falk••
of such·acts of graciousness when doing
them. During Derby Days, the opposite
While I have ye110 experience my first happens. Members or the fraternity have
Colgate Spring Party Weekend, I have told me 1hat it is a good event because
heard more 1han enough about it. Regard- they arc able 10 make ii so enjoyable 1h11
less of whether SPW will go or stay, participants do not realize 1ha1 they arc
change or remain the same, we need 10 helping others. This selfish aim contrarealize that we have graver matters on our dicts the purpose of charity and is conhands than this conflict.
tradictory 10 the attitude• we should be
All of this fuss over a single weekend trying to instill in students.
would suggest that it is 1hc only major
We've spent months talking about SPW
function at which alcohol is consumed. and obsessing over the minuscule details
This year, though. another event grew to of this event. While it may need rework·
ing, if SPW is receiving this amount of
attention from 1he administration, Student
Government and student body, Derby
•
Days merits at least a glance.
People argue tbat ii is tough 10 get students interested in volunteer work. If it
is, in fact, difficuh to mobilize students
to lake part in fundraising cffons, this is
a problem we need 10 remedy, but not by
fooling students into being "do-gooders."
Humanitarian work is defined by one
party's desire to help another, without
benefit to itself. Derby Days removes
exactly that.
Why has this event not received even b
once over? The amoun1 of alcohol and
other subs1ances abused during 1he event
was substantial. Six of thc'teams were all
first-years and arc undoubtedly underage.
How docs Sigma Chi get away with a
weekend of such decadence and debauchery?
It seems strange that administrators
have no problem with this event or the
obviously illegal underage alcohol consumption that comes with it. In fact, i1 's
be comparable in magnitude and duration. all done out in the open. During 1he weekSigma Chi's Derby Days boasted more long event, drunken and sometimes high
1han double the usual number of partici- female s1udcnts run around the hill, made
pants. With over 70 brothers in the house. tipsy, bold and loud by their consumption.
and a record 420 female students taking I find it hard to believe that no one has
part, it will most definitely go down as noticed . It is as if the administration
the second largest event of its type this doesn't want this 10 end, so 1hey 1urn a
year. This s1a:is1ic alone mandates that the blind eye. Perhaps it has something 10 do
event be brought up for discussion.
with the large donations made in
Yes. Derby Days do have history. They Colgate ·s name. Jndccd, this year's specbegan in 1933 al the University of Cali- tacle raised over $7,000.
fornia at Berkeley and were, at that time,
Al the very least. 1he administration is
merely a social event. In 1hc 1960s, the being hypocritical for not taking a stand
philanthropic aspect was added. But is it or, in 1his case, any notice at all. Wasn't
still there?
it only last fall that a KOR pledge found
Derby Days may, in theory, seem like a drunk on Whitnall field caused sancuons
great idea. A bunch of altruistic young against the entire fraternity? Derby Days
men from Sigma
is far worse in
Chi enlis1 the aid of
terms of 1hc numfemale students
ber of underage
"During
from all over camstudents drinking,
pus 10 raise money
Of course, 1 do no,
ewnt,
for the Chi ldrcn 's
condone either be·
Miracle Network
havior, but I do besomecim~
female
and another charity
lieve in 1hc imporof the winning
tance of applying
nm around
team ·s choice. I
rules fairly among
won't deny that
students. The adchapters all over
ministration will
the country connever be taken setinue to sponsor
riously if it docs
the event, but they
not come down
are not all the
with proportionate
. . . . . . ... . . . .$ _. . _ _
same.
responses to all in·
At
Colgate,
appropriate bchavlearns of 1 S-20
ior.
women compete
Finally, this
for points awarded
event is clearly deby five seniors who arc Sigma Chi broth- grading to the many women involved,
ers. They arc given points for competing which I am sorry to say included the coin various activities such as field day, president of Colgate Society of Feminists
karaoke niah1 and Colgate Feud, u well (talk about hypocrisy!). These women
as for overall "spirit" and ""panicipation.'' made fools of themselves and embarEach woman pays S20 to participate and, nwcd the rest or us in their attempts to
in retum. gains entrance to two catered earn points from Siam• Chi brothers.
parties, a t-sbin and lots of food and bev- They, too, need to take responsibility for
erage• - especially beverages.
their panieipation rate was so large that
Derby Days, however, is anythina but these women could be found all over the
an act of charity. It is instead a six-day hill, acting well - drunk. This was not the
drink-fest couched in the extremely pe- side of Cola••• that I wanted the
ripheral aim of fundraising. If the coor- prospectives visiting that weekend to see.
dinators of The Children's Miracle NetNow that we·vc finally got it out in the
work: and other organizations had any idea open - and, hopefully, understand what
whal students were doing to raise money is at the core or Derby Days- I'd like to
on their behalf, I am certain that they personally conaratulatc those numerous
would adamantly object to lhc event.
individuals for sivins LQJ a week of their
I am not saying that students ean·1 have time to help others. I would love to hear
fun while doing something good for other what they have learned from their participeople, but that they should be conscious pation in 1his act of ""charity.'•
DERBY l)i.YS.
few
•
the week-long
clrunlcen and
,i:udco.,.
high
the
hill, made ripey, bold aad
loadbydieir
CIJDRl..,.inLl&adit
.........
December
Senate Minutes
Colgate University
April 18, 2000
Congnts to die Prof of die Week-Antonio
Banen! Congnts to new 0-Boud
representatives. Remember 100%
anendence 11 last Senate meeting 4125 !
Also. commiuee chaiR tum in FAii 99Spring 00 projects and initiatives.
Slaning llme: 7:22
3,
1999 11
Student
Goven11nent
~sociation
107 Student Union • Phone 228-7329 • E-mail: SGA
I. Approval of MinuleS 4111
n.E-BoordRepo,ts
A. President
I. AAB meeting
a. review of POSSE program (10
increase minorily applicants)
b. disamion of ALANA studenu and
role II inslihltion
c. discussion of Honor Code
2. Lunch meeting w/ Prof. Johnston
a. discussion of Cenicr for Elhics and
World Socielies
3. Last SenalC Meeting 4125
a. new E-Boanl come before Senate
0
8. n-we,. 4 Allocations rq,oned
I. Panhell, IFC, Lecture Series, CCAC
2. no more BAC meetings
C. Pattiamenlarian- Anendence
I. Senators will be conllleled 10 ensure
full assembly on 412S
Ill. Olmmiuee Repons
A. Legislative Affairs
I. SWUle book compleled
8. S1uden1 Assoc. Organization
I. still awai1ing over 30 inactive group's
responses
IV. Professor of the Weelc- Antonio
On the topic of lhe frequency of signing a
pledge- different raponses. Concerns about
whether Isl years will take signing serious
if ceremony accompanies all die ocher orientation evenu that are lengdly and tirelome
forisome. As for the reoccurring signing on
written and in-class work, some senators
argue !his action defeats one of die underlying principles of HC-TRUST. Repetative
signing may result in a type of l'OlC rehearsal
1h11 may noc atrec1 SIUdenu cheating or abSlaining from cheating. Counter argument is
that a short pledge and signing will be a oonsisienl reminder and instill pride in students.
V. Q.Boord Elections (See copy of
Off"icials)
no positions conlCS1ed but vacancies
!.
Devoting ls1 half day of Freshmen
Seminars 10 HC discussioo
Limiting pledge 10 semester signing at
beginning
Limiling signing at beginning of each
class (pledge for 4 classes)
V~. Announcements
.
I. Next & Last Sen11e Meeting- FOOD,
Folks, & FUN!
2. Email President (TCampbell) qlleslion
for Honor Code Pamphlet
presenl
Adjournment: 1:SS
Mocion to approve student appoin1menu
Unanimous Approval
VI. Honor Code lmplementllion (See
copy of Slallll of HC)
I. Main focus. Clauses V, VI
a. public signing ceremony
b. frequency of sipin& of work
lbrouaoul academic year
Points ol Clarilicadon
I. Only 2004 is n,quiled 10 sign die honor
code upon admission.
2. Howe.er. 111....,,.. musi abide by
code and oon11m 10 its principles
whedler veit,elly or in wrinen form.
Sunuwy ofl)isc,•ssion
.._ ._,;.aniculllolheimp,runceofa
pulllic .......... i•hw •• )'ell$ ol lhe
HC'a e,q,eclllions. Many dlinlc 1h11 in llldiD IOdlia _......, lhe finl!lay ofclaa
lllollld ....rec1 tor • fllrmlllinformal
dillCIMllon widl ;:ufe•cn IO leave III impr 111'011on dle11Udeiaand ~ c e HC's
policiel
By: Tommy Campbell
Pre.sid~nt
sive Al-IC booklet to be completed
by mid-summer.
I want to first wish everyone a
Happy Good Friday and Easter
AAB is also still working to creHoliday. Also, as a member of University Church, I would like to in- ate a more efficient class schedule.
vite all that will be around to our 11 The new schedule works to put
am Easter Service and to the brunch more classes in the morning in order to create less afternoon schedthat follows.
uling' conflict with athletics and afNext tenn looks to be an exciting ternoon labs. There is also a strong
Problems raised- tlow does one deal with
possibility to add a Wednesday or
lhostudents who didn'l vote for it, dicin't have will be in full swing with his second year in office, we will have a be designated as an optional time
opponunicy 10, or just choo6e noc 100.
I
new Vice President for Administra- slot for seminars. At the last meetHow does one deal with Prof=s
tive Services, and a new Director ing, I expressed the need for such a
mulliple different conflicting implemencaof the Center for Career Services. slot, so that juniors and seniors
lions models?
We will definitely have a new look could have the opportunity to plan
Suggestions
for the new millennium to compli- around 1heir seminars. Please email
SGA@mail and let me know how
Combining mass signing in Chapel with
ment our rich history.
discussion in 1s1 day of classes
you feel about this issue. Cheers.
Bln'Cnl
I. presented by Amir Muhammed
Honor Code and Schedule Info
Respeclfully Submined,
Chi-Chi Obichere
Recording Secretary
•
Colgate will also experience its
first year under an honor system.
Yes, the 2000-01 year will be the
inaugural year of our Academic
HonorCode(AHC). Asubcommittee of the Academic Affairs Board
. (AAB) is working for a smooth
transition to the system. Though the
implementation process is still in
the works, the decided measures
will include: the signi ng of the code
itself by the Class of 2004, the establishment of an advisory committee, a public signjng ceremony and
the development of a comprehen-
Executive Board
1999-2000
President
Thomas Campbell
Vice President
Becca Mervis
Treasurer
Amo Cefalo
Recording Secrcrnry
Uchechi Obichere
Corresponding Se<:rccary
The last Senate Meeting
Will be on April 25th
As always, everyone is
invited to attend, and
our thanks go out to the
Students for a great year.
Erica Giers
Comm-unic:uions Dircclors
Karen Santana
Tal-ee Roberts
Reprcsemauve
Mauro Tucci
Elections Commissioners
Will Owens
Janel Shen
Parliamentarian
Doug Wolfson
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CAMPUS LIFE AWA RDS
April 2000
James W. Benzing ·oo has distinguished himself with consistent service to the Colgate community. He has given of his time and
energy in many campus and community arenas. He is an active member of the Men's Group and has been the only male student
member of the Fighting Ealing Disorders Task Force for the past two years. He served one year as an RA and has participated in club
sports. As a member of Kappa Delta Rho, he has served as Fire Marshall, Kitchen Steward and Vice President. He is a student
member of the Hamilton Fire Department, SOMAC and the First Response Squad. He was awarded membership in Konosioni. Thanks,
Jeb, for modeling student involvement and leadership!
Rachel B. Dehlinger "02 and Rodman K . Forter "02 are to be commended for the successful lnterfraternity and Panhellenic
Scholarship Dinner which served as the awards banquet recognizing scholarship and leadership of both students and faculty. Rachel is
also involved with the recent production of the Colgate Portfolio and is a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Rod received the award for the
highest academic standing of a fraternity new member in 1999 and serves his fraternity, Delta Upsilon, as rush chair .
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David F. Park '02 is being recognized for his hard work and commitment to Take Two pictures. David's high energy and enthusiasm
has been an asset in bringing Take Two to higher levels. David has been an involved leader who is also a member of Charred
Goosebljak and Protoculture.
Dave B. Rich '02 and Jenna M. Webb '02 are being recognized-for their role as co-chairs of the Colgate Activities Board (CAB) music
committee. They have been responsible for bringing a well-rounded music scene to Colgate and have been instrumental in lhe
success of such musical events as Ubiquity, String Cheese Incident, Ja Rule, and most recently Moe. Under their leadership, CAB
music has been a visible force on campus bringing music enter)ainment to all students.
Steven Shue '02 receives a Campus Life Award for his commitment to community service. He took on the project of planning and
executing the first Greek Service Day. Working with Volunteer Colgate, Steve organized fraternity and sorority members to perform a
day of service at a local camp for inner city youth. Steve is also heavily involved in Habitat for Humanity and recently led the alternative
Spring Break. He serves on the lnterfratemity Council as Alumni Relations Chair and is a member of Kappa Delta Rho.
All of these students have worked to improve the quality of life for students at Colgate. We appreciate their dedication and commitment
to the organizations and students they represent.
· Campus Life Staff:
Arlene Hunter
Lester Manzano
Carrie Mclaughlin
Marisela Rosas
Mary Ann Stark
Mamie Terhune
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The deadline for Colgllle TMs w,,k is ll!'.2 weeks
prior to the date of the event. Send calendar ilems 10
EEK
April 21-30
Tuesday, April 25
Thursday, April 27
11:30am - Physics & Astronomy Seminar:
Basudev Chaudhuri '95, Cornell Universi!y, "A
Dynamic Model For Charge Transfer in IonMetal Scattering" - Refreshments 11 :20 - 217
Lathrop Hall
11 :30am - Chemistry Seminar: Andrew Bain
'00, TBA; Everett Weiss '00, "Progress Towards
the Synthesis of a Carbon Linked Tn Antigen
Mimic" - Refreshments 11 :20 - 111 Wynn Hall
11 :30am - Women's Studies Brown Bag
Lunch: Ulla Grapard, associate professor of
economics, "Trading Bodies, Trade in Bodies:
The 1878 Paris World Exhibition As Economic
Discourse" - Lunch provided - Center for
Women's S1udies, East Hall
1:OOpm - Third Annual Children's Concert:
Colgate University Chamber Orc~estra, Marietta
Cheng conduc1or, "Teamwork!," playing
together in harmony with works illustrating this
idea - Hamihon Central School Auditorium
3:00pm - Softball vs. Marist
4:00pm -Women's Lacrosse vs. Lehigh
4:00pm - South Indian Classical Music: A
troupe of singers and musicians from Chennai
(Madras) will present South Indian classical
music and the ancient epic. the Ramayana Commons, College St.
7:00pm - Africans & Latin American Studies
Film: Yo la Peor de T0tlas - 209 Lathrop Hall
7:30pm - Native American Studies Lec:ture:
Simon Oniz. author of Men 011 the Moon. From
Sand Creek and Speaki11g for the Ge11eratio11s:
Native Writers 011 Writing, will read from his
work - Ho Lec1ure Room, Lawrence Hall
8:00pm - At the Barge: Singer/songwriter
Leslie Nuchow - Sponsored by 1he Barge Canal
Coffee Co. and the Dean of 1he Facuhy - 37
Lebanon Street
11:OOam - Masterwork of the Day: Counney
Burpee '02, Milton Avery's March Avery with
Basket - Inner Gallery, Picker An Gallery
7:30pm - Peace Studies F1lm Series: War
Requiem, Derek Jarman' s cinematic interpretation of composer Benjamin Britten's famed
oratorio; narrated by Lord Laurence Olivier, it
combines Britten's music with the words of
English poet Wilfred Owen and Jarman's stark
symbolic images - Love Auditorium, Olin Hall
Deb Barnes in 1hc Office of Communic:itions, ext.
7417, e-mail Deb Barnes. The next calendar will be
the las1 one of 1he scmes1er
Friday, April 21
12:()().3:00pm - Hour of Silence- Judd Chapel
3:00pm - Stations of the Cross - Mee1 on
Chapel steps
4:00pm - T,enebrae - Chapel
5:30pm - Shabbat Service - Saperstein Center
6:30pm - Shabbat Dinner - Saperstein Center
Saturday, April 22
10:30am - Men's & Women's Crew vs.
Hoban and William Smith - Willow Wind
Recrea1ion Area. Lake Moraine - Free shuule
from Student Union staning at 10:00
I :OOpm - Men's Lacrosse vs. Lehigh
6:00-8:30p m - Trad itional Chinese Wedding
Ceremony & Ba nq uet: A showcase of an
inieresting and imponant aspect of Chinese
cuhure - Ca1ered by China Road - Commons
Sunday, April 23
10:30am - University Church Coffee Hour Chapel
11 :OOam - University Church \Vorship Chapel
12:30pm - Catholic Mass wi1h 1he Sacramen1s
of lniliation - Hall of Presiden1s, Student Union
1:30pm - Newman Community Continental
Brunch - Clark Room, S1udent Union
3:30pm - Easter Serenade: Colgate University
Chamber Players present an all-student performance of music by Olazunov, Mozan, Borodin,
Boccherini and Rameau ; also the well-loved
piano trio by Arenksy performed by Sarah
\Vider. associate professor of English on piano.
joined by Kimberly Holmes '00 on violin, and
cellist Franklyn Hu 'Ol - Chapel
10:30pm - Catholic Mass - Chapel
Monday, April 24
4:00pm - Faculty Meeting - Ho Lecture Room,
Lawrence Hall
7:00pm - Asian Studies Film Series: East
Palace, West Palace (China/Mandarin with
English subtitles). Beijing policeman fights
attraction to gay prisoner; powerful drama,
strong story, and rich charac1erizations will
engross fans of thought-provoking fare Persson Hall Auditorium
7:00pm - Earth 2000: Acclaimed photographer
and naturalisl Gerry Ellis presents an unprecedented multimedia event that propels audiences
through the socierenvironmental passages and
turmoil of 1he last century - Sponsored by
Students for Environmental Action - Love
Audilorium, Olin Hall
8:00pm - Reel Women film Series: Jupiter's
Wife - Center for Women's Studies, East Hall
Wednesday, April 26
11 :30am - Masterwork of the Day: Susan
Furfey '00, Auguste Rodin's Mrs. Russel/Outer Gallery, Picker An Gallery
2:30-3:SOpm - African History FIim Series:
I'll Make Me A World: Freedom You Will Take,
1985-Present - Love Auditorium, Olin Hall
4:30pm - Art & Art History Visiting Lecture
Series: Photographer Rose Marasco's work
explores computer collage, 35mm black and
white prints and large format pinhole derived
prints; issues of self-ponraiture and ponrait
studies of other women address the complexity
of meaning from a refined personal place of
inquiry - Persson Hall Auditorium
5:()().7:00pm - Student Art Show: RJ Kem,
'00, will host a reception for £ye Candy, an
exhibition of his latest paintings - Barge Canal
Coffee Co., 37 Lebanon Street
7:00-8:JOpm - Outdoor Education 8 Camp Serles: Sharpe Swan, an Adirondack
local, will present a narrated slide show on his
research, "A History of Adirondack Logging
Camps" - Base Camp
7 :30pm - PbllaJetbelan Society Meetmc: ''The
Price We Pay for Freedom of Expression,"
introduced by Mary Macl..eod, instructor in
philosophy & religion - Merrill House
Friday, April 28
3:30pm - Science Colloquium: Dr. Gregory A.
Threatte '69, SUNY Health Science Cenler,
moderating a panel discussion on "Challenges
for Science Education at Colgate: Pas, and
Future" - Co-sponsored by the Hewlett Founda·
lion - Refreshments 3: IS - 209 Lathrop Hall
5:30pm - Shabbat Service - Saperstein Center
6:30pm - Shabbat Dinner - Saperslein Center
Saturday, April 29
No events scheduled
Sunday, April 30
10:30am - University Chutth Coffee Hour Chapel
11:OOam - University Chutth Worship Chapel
12:30pm - Catholic Mass - Clark Room,
Student Union
1:00pm - Women's Lacrosse vs. Ohio State
2:00pm - Newman Community Spring Party
Barbeque - Taylor Lake
10:30pm - Catholic Mass - Chapel
Catholic M&N: MWThF. 12:00 Noon -Judd
Chapel
All events are free unlesa otherwise noted. For daily updates
call the Colpre Events Line,
228-7100 or on-line at www.
colgate.edu.
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April 21, 2000
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Take Two Prcsenu ........ 20
uigh Anne Bennett
By Sarah Depew
,bs1sta111 Aris and F4!alurr:s Edllor
Wi1h only a few weeks icfl in her
Colgate earcer;senior Leigh Anne Bennett
has a 101 10 look back on and be proud of.
She has been involved in numerous activi1ies on campus, including varsi1y sp,orts.
1hc Greek scene, Konosioni and April Visil
Days.
Bennen began swimming al lhe age of
eight and has been competing ever since.
She slarled swimming for Colgale during
her first year and currenlly holds lhe 1ide
of1ri-captain of 1he women's varsily swim
learn. Although this year has been difficult for Bennett due 10 shoulder injuries,
Breaking Outside The Colgate Bubble
A Few Students Take The Path ~ Traveled
she said 1hat "the team has always been
very supportive."
Due to her injury this season, Bennett
has had to be supportive outside 1he pool
and exercise her leadership skills lhere.
"h's been difficult, but well worthwhile,°
she said. Indeed, 1he swim 1cam has been
a great experience for Bennclt, who feels
that one ofthe unique upccts is seeing her
1cam members "i!hange throughout 1he
four years that you're with them."
Bennett has also put a lot of time and
cffon in10 1he Greek scene. She is a sister a1 Gamma Phi Bela and was mos1 rccen1ly vo1ed Sorori1y Presiden1 of 1he
Year. Before becoming Presidenl, Bennett
held the position of Treasurer. ''Being a
member of the Exccu1ivc Board, I saw
what ii took to be President," she said.
The sorority scene with ilS many programs and events has provided Bennett
with a different outlook. "You become involved in a whole different realm. You sec
a different side 10 everything," she said.
"I go110 do a 101 of differen1 1hings 1ha1 I
otherwise wouldn't have."
Konosioni has also been one of her focuses. This year 1he major event was the
Charity Action, which raised money for
Madison Outreach. They also painted faces
81 Homecoming in order 10 increase school
spiril and add IO 1hc ovenill f\m oflhc day,
Bennen has focused much of her volunteer
work within campus organizations 5'1Ch as
Konosioni and Gamma Phi Beta.
Mos1 reeen1ly, Rennell helped 10 coordina1e April Visil Days, which brought in
over SOO prospective students to Colpte.
She had been a 10ur pide since her firs1
year and hod hosted I number of
prospectives, so she knew a great deal
aboul wha1 incoming students' needs and
expectations even befon: she bepn her
· . "I love wor1tin1 wilh students, especially 1hc high school qe, which is the
grea1C$1."
One of Benncu's raponsibililies was
·ng a calendar for the 1WO weekends.
She conti,,.... IO work on 1hc Office of
Admiuiom • Mini Day Program which
rum lhroupout April and brinp in about
SO 10 70 proopeclive Sllldents. ·rve en.
wonting wi1h the admissions office.
It WU a grca1 opportunity and fun IO do,"
aheMid.
A native of Berwyn, PA and a mad, and
· double my,,-, Bennett is Soilll
10 conlinue wor1tin1 in admiuiolll 1hi1
- -Colple. inlerviewinaJIIOllPlive 1111dans. EYCD1Ually, ahe would lllce
ID ac> inect tnchifta.
By kirsltn Gallsson
Art, and F~aruru Edltor
"I started work al 6 a.m. and worked till 2 p.m. Then I went climbing
the rcsl of the day with people I worked wi1h.'' s.:nior Andrea Rongey
explained. as she described her typical day during a year spent away
from Colgalc. "I slepl in a tent for six months. I saw bobcats and I heard
coyotes at night"
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Rongey spenl her 1hird year of college working wi1h 1he Naiional Ou1door Leadership
School (NOi ..S} in the Southwest. ··1 wcnl backpacking. rockc:.limbing, white water rafting,
canoeing down 1hc Rio Grande and caving," she said. The 1imcshespent away from Colga1e
was an experience she will never forget, one lhal formed a unique part of her cduca1ion. "I
defini1ely grew from it," she said.
While some Colga1e slUdcnts go abroad wi1h designalcd s1udy gi-oupS or clec110 remain
on campus for all fOexperiencing life on a ranch, backpacking across Europe or working in a museum, some
s1uden1s have decided 10 loolc beyond 1he Colga1c bubble during 1hcir college year.;.
Rongey is not alone in this desire. Senior Dave Williams took time off from Colgate in
hOpCS of broadening his horizons. "Since I didn'1 go abroad I wanlcd 10 go away," he said.
A biology major, Willianu made 1hc decision 10 lake offlhe spring semester of his junior
year when he realized he had enough cx1ra crcdiis. after participa1ing in 1hc Monlana summer Sludy group. He 1hen embarked on a road 1rip O''We were camping in tents all along," Williams said. After wintc.-r camping in a state
park wilh severe condi1ions and "fro= bo1des ofwine,'' he and his brolher decided 10 look
for a more comfortable ahema1ivc. "We found a rancher who needed helpers 10 feed caulc.
We worked for him in 1hc momings in exchange for a free place 10 Slay... Thai is when,
according 10 Williams, "everything all fell in10 place."
The ranch work included feeding 400 heads of canlc 120 bales of hay a day during 1hc
morning hours. This allowed 1ime for skiing al S1eamboa1 Springs in lhc afternoons. Williams even worked a lunch shift at the cafeteria on top ofthe mountain to get free ski passes,
Relleetingon his rimcoff""'11J)us, Williams looks back posi1ivclyon wha1 he has gained
from this experience. "'I definitely value my education more ... it (the experience away
from Colgaie) was refreshing and made me wan1 10 go back. I view ii as oulside of my
OFF-CAMPUS PURSUITS: ·S•nior
CRuben Caldwell in Morocco (1op), Senior
Hald.re Rogers (top righ!), the Collosium
An environmenial biology major, Rongey decided 10 talce 1he scmcslcr off in 1he filli
of 1997 after aceepling a summer jdb lhal dido 't end until November. During 1he summer, in Rome, one of many of Caldwell's
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destinations dwimg his travels in Europe.
Pro-Anti's Stipp/icon_ Mixes It Up In New Album
By Matthew Dodiam
The album begins wilh a powerful, upbeat "cal 1hc world."
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song, "92 Ycan," lha1 is 1ouehed by a sense
This second song is followed by one offOof melancholy. The song as a whole has a ponions of the album that can only be deSlipplicon reccndy enlCrtd the New York feel of slow-paced punk. While ~ lyrics scribed as asides. These four sections arc
music scene with their 1999 oelf-tilled album. themselves an: !1llhcr inlen:Sting and diffi- highly inven1ivc and 1nlly defy dcscrip1ion Prodiia:d by their own "'1lOld 111,e~ Pro-Anti, cull IO describe, 1hc song deals wilh 1hc i~ lhcy mu.<1 be heard 10 be fully unden;1ood.
their .-reecn1 effon is a d i - and ink:r- of 1hc impalicncc and suffering involved in
UPrac:tical Tactics.. is a complete change
esting combination of various modem rock wii1ing 92 ycan for one's body IO be "con- from 1hc mellow sounds of"Ea1 lhe World." 11
demeidl.
SIIUCled." There seems 10 be a spiri1Ual im- begins with a Kom-esquc flourish of gui1ars
Sonp fiom this album, u well as some of pon behind 1hc lyrics, though 1hc comedic and grunted, indistinct vocals. The song
1hc band's other music, can be found al way 1hc song ends seems IO refine this.
evolves into a power chord driven anthem. h
Donovan's Pub when Slipplicon talcea 1hc
The first ttack is upbes1 and fast-paced, is followed by "Life Size," which begins
lllp IOnip1 • 8 p.m. Appearina widl them while the second is more mellow, and lhert slowly. with vocals and aeouslics that arc remiwill be ano1her bond fiom the Pro-Anti 111,el, an: definiie trip-hop elements al work in "Eat nisccnl of Radiohcad. The lyrics arc an in1crQumlanoyer FaoploA
1hc World."The lyrics themselves an: much csting dialogue between one person. who
Uslenina IO S1ipplic:orl ngh1 duough. I more clear in their naning and have a solid seems IO be an ouleaSI, and lhc group 1ha1 has
allel-.1 between bcilll in1p1u1ed and per· buc in reali1y. The song discusses 1hc band's cut him out. Ultimately, the song is about
plcxed by die blcndoflOUlldl and leehniques lack of fame and loolts forward 10 a time in acarching for one's self.
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18 THE Col.GATE MA!tooN-NEWS
Arts & Feanues
April 21, 2000
Off-Campus Adventures: A Different I ~1-ning Experience
conrmu~dfrom pug~ 11
she worked fort he Na1ional Park Service as a
ranger naturalist in Ycllows1onc Part.. She d1C11
embarked on an 88-day program in Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas 1hat allowed her to
participate in various outdoor activities. The
following spring. she was given the opponunity to join the NOLS staff in 1hc Southwest
branch.
"Initially. 1 wasn't planning 01, taking the
whole year off," Rongcy said.
Her du1ics as a NOLS staff member included briefing and debriefing instructors on
equipment and responsibility for the upkeep
and repair of gear used for outdoor programs.
She lived on an old Oravian horse rann with
six other staff members. "It was fun ... I got to
54,.-c how the whole organization was run." she
said.
While some s1udcnts chose 10 mkc time
off in the middle oftlicir college year,;, others
may choose an alternative experience before
they even begin a1 college. Senior Haldre
tlogcrs, for example. worked in the Museum
or Natural History of the Smithsonian Institute and lived in Washington D.C. for nearly
a year before she bcsan at Colgate.
"I was only 16 when I graduated from
high school. That was really intimidating.''shc
said. "In December when everyone was applying for colleges, I felt strongly that l did
not want to apply yet ... 1 definitely wanted
to go to college. though."
In retrospect, Rogers is glad she took the
year off. "The process orapplying 10 colleges
was not nearly as painful as it would have
been in high school," she said.
Having grown up in the small town of
Wolcou, Vennon1, Rogers felt compelled to
get away from home and live in a city before
entering tJ1e college scene. ;,, knew 1 wanted
10 do something I was going 10 grow from,"
she said.
She began her volunteer wortc in Octobc, when she bc<:amc a pan ora project called
"Biological Diversity of the Guianas.." which
was a program inside the botany department.
Her work at the museum included looking at
dried plants and hcrbarium specimens as well
as identifying termites.
"I worlgo< a job at a nearby Ben and Jerry's ror two
to three days a week," she said.
After four busy, academically-driven
years at high school, Rogers felt it necessary
to take some time off before beginning studies again. ''It was definitely nice 10 take a little
b=k before college ... First and foremost, I
entered Colgate exCltcd to open up the textbook and learn," she said.
Senior Ruben Caldwell also felt a break
from college was necessary. "I basically traveled in lourope for four months by myself,"
he said. Caldwell decided bc1wcen the semesters of his sophomore year that he wanted to
take the fall semester of his junior year off. "l
felt like I needed to have more experience
Wldcr my belt before Colgate would become
more meaningful for me," he explained.
A history major, Caldwell traveled extensively throushout Europe, visiting such places
as the United Kingdom, Gcnnany, the NC1h·
erlands, Switzerland, France, Spain, Morocco,
Belgium and Italy. Along the way he camped,
stayed with a cousin in Berlin, met up wilh
friends in Olher study groups and stayed in
hostels. As for 1ransp0na1ion, "I hitchhiked
ha Irthe ti me," he said.'
Caldwell valued his independence during
his travels. "h was great traveling alone ... I
didn't have to worry about meeting people
and I could go wherever fate took me," he
said.
Caldwell described a major turning point
in his 1ravcls. which occurred after !ooking at
a newspaper during his stay in Morocco. "For
the fim time in my life I rcaliz.ed America
was a roreis,, nation ... I took a step back W
saw things rrom a different perspective," he
. said. He assci1ed that he learned more in those
four months than any other time in his life.
"It also made me appreciate the friends l had
here more," he added.
The typical days of each or these students
differed immensely from the typical day students might experience in Hamihon. Williams
described his job as basically "grunt wort<."
"I got up at 7 a.m., fed caulc with a hone drawn sleigh. We finished at 9:30. Then I
hitchhiked into town and skied most or the
aftcmoons," he said.
Rogers' work "varied a lot from day to day,"
but basically involved going 10 work at 8:30
a.m.. taking a half-hour shuttle ride to her
building and =rching various things all day
in the museum. "I examined things under the
microscope. entered data and collected infer.
mation from the library."
As ror Ben and Jerry's, each day was as
different as the nex1. '"I met lots of famous
people," she said. As the assistant scooping
manager, Rogers had the unique <>pportunify
to scoop ice cn:am forAnomcy General Janet
Reno, and she al.so met Ben and Jerry themselves in pers0t1.
Coming back from her travels. Rongey has
remained active on campus. As a leader of
the Green tarth GMg and a staff member or
Outdoor Education, she values her time out•
side of the classroom. "My education has
Modern.Rock Band CDmes To Gzmpus
co1trfnu~d from page 11
cal work, which is somewhat reminiscent or
This provides a unique introduction 10 the Sonic Youth's ..Thurston Moore.''
next song, a slow and mellow rune. The lyr•
"Passenger Two" returns to the pop-,ock
ics arc powerfully poetic, exploring the topic sound orthe first track. Built 10 Spill fans will
or depression. Toward the end the song ex- find this track especially pleasing, as it seems
plodes into rough guitar work and sorrowful to uti Ii7.c some orthe same musical techniques
vocals, revealing the 1orrcn1 of emotion the found in tha1 group's songs. The lyrics ofthis
songwriter is feeling.
track arc especially fascinating. They repre"Computers ·n Brains" is the next song. a sent a dialogue ~ three people riding
slow and melancholy tune like the previous in a car lost in their own tholl3hts, yet sharing
two. What sets this song apan from the oth- them with the others. The namitiv,:, yet po. ers is its unusual lyrics. The song as a whole etic, lyrics seem to be heavily influenced by
is a comical dia1ribc against technology. One recent developments in shor1 story and prose
drawback: to this song, however1 is that the poetry writing. They arc ocnainly innovative
interesting and important points made by the in a musical context.
lyrics arc undcnnincd by 1he quirky nature of
The final track, "Big Shoes," bcsins with
the song a~ a whole. In the end, the listener is the same trip-hop feel found in track two, but
confused as to whether the song is opposing quickly transfonns into dart<, beat-driven rock.
technology. or if ii is an ironic caricature of The song deals with power and raine and the
those who fear progress.
impcnnanencc oreverything in life. The riddle
Song seven. "A Pile of Rocks." begins of the Sphinx found in Oedipus Rex is used
wilh a buildup of distortion and screaming beautifully in the chOI\IS to CXprc$S this imvocals, then instantly changes to a quie1, rc- pennancricc. In the middle of the song there
Occtive piece. This 1rack deals with the idea is a poetic interlude tha1 reminds one of"lbe
of what life would be like if one were the End'. by The Doors. though Stipplicon quickly
only human alive. The lyrics can be taken returns 10 the melody of the song.
comically. bu1 on a deeper level they acOn the whole. the album is or extremely
knowledge truths about the human spirit in high quality for being produe<'pendent record label. The songs are diverse
The next song is one of the most perplex- and inlcrcsting. combining nearly evc,y sound
ing on 1hc album, "No1hing B01hen; a Dead and 1cchnique that makes up modem rock at
Guy" is both comicnl :and 1mgic. The song one point or ano1hcr. There arc several tracks
seems to be ci1hcr glorifying death or imply- that seem 10 have the pcnential 10 rise as singles
ing nn envy of the dead. There arc several on the college rock chans, ff not make an appoints. however. where the lisiener is losl and pearance on modem roclc chans.
cann01 follow the meaning behind 1hc lines.
Stipplicoo will be appearing this Friday 11
An intcrcsling feature of this track ls the vo-- DoooVM's Pub at 8 p.m.
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REAL WORLD: A ocene &om the cmle ranch dw NU>< o... '\Vdliom, worbd on
during hi, junio<,- (top), Ropn
-oldie -1 world &om har job u the..;,..,,.
scooping man- a, Ben and Jerry• in Wuhington D.C.
come fiom my cxlnlCurriculan. This wuone
Rosen' expericncc at the Stniti-ian has
other thing that enhanced me u a penon," clearly influenced her future. "It made me
go,.
she said.
Rongey's expericncc off-ampus hu
also inRaenecd her t\iture plans. SIie plans to
become M instN:tOr for NOLS after gntbtion. "My work with NOLS IP"" me a foot in
the door," she explained. She is confident that
she will brina the skills she learned with her
wherever she ..,.. after Co1p1c. •r pined
communication *ills ... cvay jGb is related
to the SCl\'icc-and requires you to work
with people," she said.
Rongcy • •plained that her year away
openec1 her eyes to the i..., ICGpC or opportunilics there arc available in terms orjobs
and inlemlhipL '11 nadc me have a broader
,..,iffll
want to go into ocicncc and biology mon, ...
r want todo biolol)I field research out West."
Rosen allo made valuable contacts II the
~
and she aid she would like to
go back.
Caldwell's travels have clearly inspired his
future plans. "I have a trav,:lina bus ... I 'II
hav,: to wmlder for awhile befure I'm con- ,"he said.
The time away 6"m Colgate inRucnccd
how each inudent feh about their.....,_li(Jn 11
Colga ~RonpyQJyou skills on how to critically think, but it
doesn't exat:tl) ptepen, ,OU for the ral world
... I learned life skills. We learned so much
information that yo,, don 'I bow how it's go"11 IO apply al achool," she laid. "It nadc me
more ....., or my 111ap and qualifica.
rocm. r
1tien:wuc10manyawaomc
lhiap to do," she laid.
Afterhisatl--..inColondo, WIiiiama
came IO ralizlo thal "i1'1 moy to II' anywbae tiom."
in America widl no money and find ,.,._.way
'11 llnMlinc alnatl) affecsed how I look
and make do.. Willilnll wwld like to lm'el at ecuatioot .• , I tink yo,, tlboulcl coq,loapinafter.,...._andski in Tibet. ' 1 - it witll lilt oxpaicnce,. Caldwell conIO try ii all," be laid.
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Arts & Features
April 21, 2000
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The Menace OfThe Star "Wan Prequel And The Good Sense Of The Sixth Sense
TIIM
By Peter Dapltr
ltlo,oc,11°New, Stoff
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I grew up in America, and was lhcrcfore integnted into the fabric of pop culture at a young age. I ate Mc Donalds on
a regular buis, spent hours in front of the
television every day and was thoroughly
enamored of movies .
Going to the movie theater was my all·
time favorite thing to do as a kid. In fact,
I still love the entire txperience that only
a big multiplex theater can provide. As
much as I loved the greasy popcorn, oversized drinks and undersized scats that
comprise basic theaters, I loved the mov•
ics themselves even· more. Hollywood
had caught me hook, line and sinker, and
I don't think it ever really let go. As ter-
rible as most movies arc these days, I s1ill
find myself going to sec them or even
renting 1hem.
VCRs arc another object that marked
my childhood. My family didn' t get a
VCR until pretty late in the game. Before that we had to plan our lives around
the TV schedule. Sunday night movies on
the.major networks were almost as good
as going to the theater, although the couch
was a lot more comfortable and the pop·
Photo bJ Non /'l,iUip,.
com a lot less greasy. Movies like the
,...,,u,, of
Holl: ,-J l~'rtwm. All riiJ,11 " """"·
THRILLER FLICK: Dr. Malcolm Crowe, played by Bruce Willis, trios to help cight-ytu-old Cole Sear, played by Haley Joel O, mcnt,
Wizard o/Oz were almost religious event · who ii haunted by his gbo1dy vi.Noru in The Smh Scnte, which will be showing this Saturday night in love Auditorium.
that came only once a year.
Of all the movies that were shown regu.
larly on TV, there were none that surpass
the Star War, trilogy.
I was born into the tail-end of the hysteria that originally surrounded the films
and changed the face of movies forever.
Nonetheless, for boys everywhere, Star
Wars remained an institution beyond all
othch I have friends who can still recite
lines word for word, and know more
about the trilogy's minor characters than
I do about my own parents.
I still believe that Star Wars, The Empi"1 Striku Back and Return of the Jedi
arc amcng the best films ever made. Their
stories arc timeless epics of good versus
evil. The characters aren't so deep that
they confuse younger audiences, but the
stories arc complex enough 10 withstand
the meticulous examination of countless
fans throughout the worlJ.
Possibly the best aspects of these three
films were the incredible visual effects.
While the countless light saber duels, laser blasts and explosions that were con·
sidcrcd groundbreaking when the films
were released are still amazing even by
today's standards, I think what really sets
the Star Wars series apart from other ac.
tion flicks is i1s attention to detail.
For example, the scenery looks used.
In fact, the inside of the Millennium Falcon looks like the inside of my car. Things
are dirty in that far.away galaxy, and that
lends more exposition and credibility to
the film than any plot twist or actor ever
could. Immersing yourself in the world
George Lucas created can be one of the
greatest nights of fancy offered by Hol•
lywood, but at the same time, just looking at what he chose to put in front of the
camera is as rewarding as any stylish film
sequels to mimic or perhaps recapture the
magic that the filmmaker once possessed,
the only word to describe the resulting
fiasco is ·•sad."
It made m~ sad to watch the movie
- that I had waited nearly 10 years to
sec, - falter and disappoint me. I liter·
ally felt like I was watching c haracters
that I had come 10 know well be s laughtered and profaned.
Worst of all, were the new characters
introduced in the film. Of course , I'm
speaking of that infernal Jar Jar creature.
I have no idea why I hate that ... thing. It
might be racially insuhing, but lhcn again,
there were just as obvious allusions to
conniving Asian merchants as well. I
think what I really hated about Jar Jar and
most of the The Phantom Menace in general was that it was stupid. Sight gags and
acting silly just aren't funny. The origi·
nal films might not have been insightful
journeys into the human psyche, but they
definitely didn '1 pandef 10 audiences and
did not leave me feeling insulted and en·
For all these reasons, 1 wu completely
disappointed with the new Star War, film.
Epuode /: '1'11, Phantom Menace is sleek,
stylish IUld every bit ready for the new
milleMium, but that's not necessarily a
good thing. There's an incredible amount
or computer animation in the film, which
it a testament 10 the technical prowess
and ingenuity of lhe filmmakers. However, these advancements have the same
effect u puttina up two-dimensional
cardboard cutoull up on a llllge.
Watchina hordes of cut-and-pasted
battlcdroidt march across what looks like
UlrOturr countryside to battle more ridiculoua lookina creatum just isn't u
stimulating to me u the duck-and-shoot,
perrilla-1tyle fights of the firSI films.
Even the moments in the film that Lucas
no doubt intended to be profound were
merely refemic:es to eonvenations from
die fint tllml. Wilh the prequel having
10 rerereacc ill chronoloaically earlier
one of the areatest stories I've been told
ruining the whole film, but the ending is
too good no110 describe in detail, so here
we go. Jus t kidding. Am I runny or what?
TIie Sixll, Sense's wri ter/director M.
Night Shyamalan, in addition to having o
really cool name, has quickly become one
o f my favori te fi lmmake rs, despite his
previous involvment with 1998's Wulc
Awake. starring Rosie O'Donnell a nd
Camryn Manheim. The Sixth Sense W3S
in the running for a fe w Oscars. and at
the time I was n't s ure why. Honestly, rm
not a big fan o f s us pense films or any·
thing like that. and this one d idn't even
have Jennifer Lo ve Hcwill in it. Aficr see·
ing the movie though, I understand com•
plctc ly.
Simply put, if you haven' t seen The
Sixth Se,,1e. you have to. It's easily one
o f the best films you ' ll sec 1his year and,
besides once everyone secs it we can stop
avoiding talking abo ut 1hc end ing, which
is a preuy diffic ult thing to do - 1rust me.
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Music Notes
raged.
Comedian Chris Kauan, who himself
is lucky to have a job, let alone be a main·
stay of the new Saturday Night Live, once
called Jar Jar the character who ruined
Star Wars. While there is some validity
to that statement, I disagree. I think
George Lucas was the one who ruined
Star Wars, when box office receipts
clouded any integrity or ingenuity he may
have had left
Lucas mandated how long his movie
would remain in theaters, and on how
many screens it would play. While I re·
spect his self.assurance, it just proves
once and for all that the Force that is so
highly talked about in the films is nothing more than greed.
Then again, you should probably go and
make up your own mind. The only thing
worse than being pretentious enough to
think your film should stay in theaters for
a specified amount of time is being pre·
tcntious enough to hate it without ever
seeing it. Besides this may be your lut
chance to ... the film without buying or
renting it on videotape, and you cenainly
don't want to have to pay into that system to ace ii, do you? In any case, Th,
Phanto11t Menac, will be shown tonight
at both 7p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Tomorrow night is a different story altogether. There will be another double
screening (both at 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.),
but this time ofa film I absolutely loved.
I didn't sec TIie Sixth S.n.se until it came
out on DVD and it tock all I had in me to
avoid finding out the big surprise ending
until I watched it myself. The ending is
entirely amazina, and makes the film into
today.
in a long, long time.
Little Haley Joel Os m ent pl ays the
iroubled young Cole Scar. and he plays
the part really, really we ll. Scar's problem, as I'm s ure you know, is that he secs
dead people. He sees them everywhere.
And that could be pretty frightening for a
liule kid . I was scared o r my bas ement
back home until I was old e nough to vote,
and I never once saw anyth ing d own
there. Nonetheless. Co le is a brave kid
who comes to accept his fate. With a li1tle
help from Bruce Willis' caring child psychologist, Malcom Crowe. Cole e ven be•
gins to realize why he secs the ghosts.
However, Malcolm has his own issues
10 deal with as well. He has no fa ith in
himself after being confronted by an old
patient he failed 10 help. On top of that,
he's having a few marital problems. To.
gether the two characters help each other,
and we a ll feel really good.
I can't really say much more withou1
Cliifmher 'Played Easter Concert Ends Musical Season
SW..,
Tllil
at 3:30 p.m., lbe Colple a.amber Playcn will olfer their last concert of
1111111-.Tlltpabnw•~willlalureworksby Moan, Olazw>ov, Rameau, Atensky,
Gemwln,llaoi l+Yantlllnbmo.
~ . .. , _ _ will nmlt the Chamber Playas' sixth annual "Easter Serenade."
Suadly'a wiD iealun, ICllior Kimberly Holmes, junior Hanwei Hsieh and ftrst,-rS.., OiMDon violin;junior Franklyn Hu, oopbomorc Erin Bradfield and first-year
Qi_,a.a,11111 OIi cello; anti ICDior Jonathan Lee on harpsichord and piano.
wli'I.-Wi+
to._""Illa
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will
Wldllr will pcrfom, piano; Asaocialc
enrmible
be joined by sevctal guest perfonncrs:
Prof0$S0r of Music
Ii l(pl
1'111;lay viola, ICCDlllpmlied by bis son, Joe; and Sharon Nakhimovsky, a
Ja!ar,.~%:ac--.1 Scbool N'II Solanp NavaRlte, a VtSiting Scholar from Chile,
Oft
•violin.
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a wide llpCCINn of time periods and moods.
_--oi1_..pn1119111
will po••• a fiiendly, accessible atmosphere. For example,
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~~\llnXhlpazcleacribaOlazunov'1Flvo No,.,//etesaredescribed by
· ~·lialitadnpii-.-.,Ie"ofthecon..-"1oationalistllylc. The Quin·
lf/i.~llaliai aymboli• lhe applOlleh anti depanure of a military band.
NIIICiltlonl belp lend the piece an easy approcbability. George
llit> ltllluadlrlbe nd
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du;ilhdlboYO,M .... IWOpiecea OD Sunday's program fca...... moodl. AJWky'a 1Ho bt D mbtor pcaascs themeo that
. . . ..~ IIJ Guo diaplays a dnmalic romaotic ovenonc.
jllllll . . . . soloilll Mmafl Quan« In F was initially com)j:ili1!i, 11111 • • Al Suadly's concert, the finl violinist will perform
..,...Wlld:widla violiapart ofltrikio&antlsoloislic brilliencc. Ramcau's
~:..,.,.,._. C1Mc6,"' C - 0 is conceived in I simliar manner,
......aaloillwithllrill8~-
111t; z bidlcoinitll priamilyofsttidonls, also olftn a i - of other
'7iotlfl'i .,. lllt·>W", ladttcli,w m amual pcdonmDcc at the President's home
ailllllir,...a Iii Ille l'llllrcr An Oallcry. In addition, members of the Chamber
~.. . -jliilltl JClupp. 11w, diroctor of thc group, for roun of the New York City
p:.
!!WIil!ii! 1111!1 ill lllt Colp lo Memorial Cbopcl and is fil11til lffllpliaa will &lllow Ille canccn.
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April 2 1, 2000
T H£ COLGATE MARooN-NEWS
Spring Party Weekend Info Sheet
For Friday'-s concert:
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Be11 Folds Five witl1 special guest Josl1 Rouse will play at Sanford Field House.
Tickets are available at Student Activities a11d during peak hours at the Coop. They
are $10 for Colgate ID l1olders and $17 for the general public.
Doors open at ·8:00 p.n1., concert begins at 8:30 and will end at approximately 11 p.m.
As with all co11certs, no alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, cameras or weapons
(i11cluding pocket ki1ives!) will be allowed inside.
Because of the artificial turf, it is imperative that patrons not smoke.
For Wl1itnall Field activities 011 Saturday:
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The field events begin at 110011 and ru11 until 6 p.111.
Students are expected to comply with NY State laws relating to alcohol.
A catered beer garden where of-age students can purchase beer will be open from
1100n - 6 p.m.
Students wisl1ing to purcl1ase alcohol n1ust bring 2 picture IDs, including a Colgate
ID if enrolled here. Citations for fraudulent IDs will be handled by the lacai court.
Absolutely 110 co11tai11ers, coolers or back packs will be permitted inside the
perimeter.
Free food and beverages will be avai lable all day .
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Also of note: students should expect a heavier than normal police presence in the area
su1Tounding Whitnall and the row. Last year, 111any students were ticketed fo r open
container violations. A11 open container is defined as any alcoholic beverage which is not
sealed in its original container. Therefore, even covered mugs of mixed drinks or beer
constitute a violation. Substantial fines will result if students are found in possession of
open containers
Please use good judg1nent ~ hen 111aki ng decisions about alcohol - we want everyQne to
l1ave a great but SAFE ti1n e. Enjoy tl1e weather, n1usic, rides and friends and remember
all the fun you had when Sunday rolls around.
And, finally, local police have conducted routine traffic and sobriety stops during SPW
the past few years. Be smart a11d leave your cars at home - parking will be nearly
no11-existe11t anyway!
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April 21, 2000
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
STUDY SPACE
During Reading and Final Examination Periods
In addition to regular study areas (the Libraries; hours as posted) each year the
hours of several campus facilities are extended to accommodate late night study
needs during reading week and final exam period. The areas and classrooms that
have been designated as study areas and the times they will be open are listed
below. The rooms may occasionally be reserved for make-up classes or other
scheduled activities and, therefore such activities will have priority over·study
area usage.
From April 24 - May 5 the following locations are available for study:
Lathrop Hall 212, 303
Monday-Friday, 5 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 8 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Wynn Hall Lobby
2nd & 3rd Floor Areas, 116
Monday - Thursday, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, 12 noon - 11 p.m.
McGregory {fall 215
Monday - Friday, 5 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Olin Hall 104,304
Monday - Friday, 5 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.
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Alumni Hall
All first floor rooms open daily until 2 a.m.
Persson Hall 6, 108,109,208,210
Daily until 2 a.m.
Lawrence Hall 21
Keck Center
Daily fro.m 5 p.m. - 11 p.,111.
Hours as posted
Commons
8 a.m. - 6 a.m. (except as posted in use)
Clark Room
until 1 a.m.
NOTE: please see Technology Lab Hours posted where appropriate
.
Be reminded that ususal regulations which govern parking on the hill
will apply
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April 21, 2000
NATKONAJL §PORT§
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NBA Rcporc ............. 25
Holl'C A Niu WHkt,.d:
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Chartes Barkley
cbll.11 out:
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·This fat is about as rare
as tbc Oippcn winning.
The Round Mound of
Rebounds no longer around.
Surprising Avalanche Look Strong
ON•t RTS
ing this year and have a year orpostseason
experience under the ir belts, as well..
tha1 a team baulingjus1 to make the play·
offs would emerge as a favorite to win
Alex Tanguay. a rookie center who was
nol yet born when Bourque made his NHL
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lhe Stanley Cup.
debut, has emerged as one or the lcague·s
This has been the Deplh Charges
Despite amazing production from Pc· top first•ycar s rn rs . The 20·year·old
s1ory of 1hc Colorado Avalanche, 1cr Forsberg and J oe Sakic, Colorado ·s Tanguay, who lives in 1hc home of vet·
eran goalie Pa trick Roy. has combined
who have posted a depth has been ilS b iggeSI
wi1h Drury and I lcjduk for I 0
rceordofl7-3- I in problem in the pas1 s everal
1hcir last 2 l games pos tscasons. A me di oc re
points in four games agaans1
Phoenix.
and are playing Edmonton squad was able to
with 1hc poise and ous1 the Avs in 1he first round
These conlributions
give
the
team four sohd lines
conviction similar two years ago, and 1he 1cam
and keep the ice time ofSnk 1c
to that of their appeared worn out by the end
litle•winning of las1 s eason's conference
and Forsberg (who is play111g
finals agains t Dalla s, in
despite scp.irating his shoul·
199S-96 ream.
NHL REPORT dcr las1 week) down 10 rca·
While 1hc Avs which the Stars overcame a
dropped a 3-2 de- ) . J deficit 10 bea1 1hem. This
sonablc amounts.
cision Wednesday year's squad - buill 1hrough
night in Phoenix. they slill hold a com• excellent draft choices and 1rades for vet· Roy-derful
T his season may not have been his bes!,
manding 3· 1 lead over the Coyotes in the erans - has no such problem.
A number of role-playing veterans have bul no goahcnder rises 10 the occasion
teams· firs1.round playoff series, w inning
1hc firs, 1hree games by scores of 6-3, 3- s1cpped up in a big way for Colorado. belier than Roy, who adds 10 his own CB·
1 and 4·2, respectively, Colorado's trans· among them OaVc Reid, Da ve reer record for playoff victories wllh each
formation from preColorado win. Roy's nor·
mally stell ar s kills ap.
tender to contender
pcarcd merely human for
over the past 1wo
months can ~ anrlbmuch of the season. but
he 1s more rested than m
uted 10 a multiludc of
factors:
rccenl years (1hanks to
rookie backup Marc
Ir It Ain't Bourque,
Denis mak ing a good
s hare of starts) and 1s
Don't Fb It
The acquisi1ion of
clearly on lop of his
vclcran defcnseman
game. With three Stanley
Ray Bourque from
Cup ·r111gs and a playoff
Bos1on has probably
Goa IS· Again SI. Ave.ragc
of2.25 so far, I wouldn't
been the biggest factor
in the Avs• improve·
want anyone else s1ar1111g
mcnl. Allhough he has
for me if I were 1hc coach.
never won a champi·
T he only lingering
onship in. his 21 NHL
question: srncc Tangu:.y
lives in Roy's house, do
seasons. Bourque is
one of the top players
1hcy gel to keep 1hc
in league his1ory and
S1anley Cup there for 1wo
has supplied jus1 what
days?
1hc Avalanche needed
since his March 7 ac·
Around The Playoffs
quisition.
Eastern Conrerence:
For one, he has
(I) flyers versus (8)
given Colorado a sec·
Sabres· It was widely be·
ond offensive threat
lieved that eighlh·scedcd
from the blue line. 1ak·
Buffal o. h11ving been on a
ing some pressure off
season-ending roll. was
of Sandis Ozolinsh.
the true favomc in 1his SC·
The learn·, power play
rics . Not 1hc case. While
quarcerbaek, Ozolinsh
Buffalo p rovided some
had become lhc focal
elevcn1h•hour he roics by
poinl of opposing dew i nning in ovcrl irnc
fenses and saw his proWednesday to avoid be·
duction drop dramali•
ing swep1. the Flyers are
eally for a long s1retch
clearly
the bencr team in
..,
of lhis season. With
1his matchur.
Bourque, Colorado has
Dominik Has ek c an
two potent threau
shu1 down opponcn1s all
he wants , bu1 the fact of
among its defensive
corps.
lhc matter is that teams
OBUYIOUS 10 THE i•llaad r•bba gto.. on 1be ice, Colorado
Ozolinsh broke a
a lso need s omething
-,....
. . . Rar'&o.tq•e fipra off' a Coyote ia the fint rouad or the
20,gamc aoal scoring
called offense. BufTalo lit
,..,..... Thub to d,c addition of Bourq••, ,be Ava arc Sconley Cup
drought with two tal·
the lamp a total of 1hrec
--.i.n-opi,,.
lies in same one
limes in the series· first
apinst Phoonix, while
lhree contCSIS - all Philly
Bourque•s 14 points in as many regular Andreyehuk (acquired in the same trade wins. As ESPN's Barry Melrose says, "if
seuon a1me1 since the lrade provide that landed Bourque) and Shjon Podcin. you wan1 to win games, you golta score
great evidence of his impact. In addi1ion Podein's three goals against Phoenix give some goals."
While it definitely sucks when you lose
to remaining an offensive 1hrca1. the 39- him a share of the team lead with Adam
year-old still brinp a formidable defen- Deadmarsh, another unsung holdover on a goal that goes in through the outside
sive pmc to 1hc table and sets a wonder- from Colorado ·s championship team.
of the net and the referees don't sec it, as
The
team's
younger
players
have
also
ful example for Colorado ·s crop of young
h:ippened 10 the Sabres in game 1wo.
players.
developed expanded roles. Sophomore 1here's still no excuse for not puuing the
Bourquc's on-ice presence aivcs Colo- standouis Milan Hejduk and Chris Drury puck in the net on a regular basis. Bur.
rado ano1ber strong defcnseman and were second and lhird on the team in scor-
Six weeks ago, few would have guessed
Elton Needs
Barkley's Heart
It has not been a good sports year.
Imagine living in Chicago wa1ching 1hc
6- 10 Bcafll, the 6S-97 Cubs, the Bulls who
·
have won a com•
bincd 30 games in
two seasons and
there is also a
hockey team. Did I
forget the While
Sox? Sorry.
There has been
li1erally one brigl,1
spot and his name
is Sllon Brand . I
was in Washington
1hc night Jerry
Krause and friends
made Brand the
NB A's. IOp pick in
1he draft. l was not surprised. but s1ill
somewhat disapp.:,intcd. In fact r wrote
lasl year that, while ii was possible that
Brand could be 1he next Karl Malone, it
was also likely he could be the ncx:1 Robert Traylor. Brand was a snfc choice. B01h
Lamar Odom and Steve Franc is had
..character" issues and controversy hov•
cring over them.
IO months later I am glad 1ha1 I was
wrong. I will sty that Francis is awesome
at times - he gave the single best pcrfor·
mance I have.seen in person since, well,
Michael. Francis is an Al lcn Iverson•typc
point guard. He won' t be playing the poinl
for too long either though. 1 don ·1 think.
That, and 1he fac1 he averaged six assis1s
per game, preuy much eliminates the fact
1hat he has had to play his rookie season
"at the hardest posi1ion on lhe court" as
an argumcbt in his favor.
Odom certainly leveled off aner a very
nice ~Han. I can't say I have seen too many
Clippers game (or 1wo Clipperll games,
for that matter). bul his numbers arc good.
Nonc1heless, he plays on 1he Clippers.
hasn ·1 dominated by any sireteh of the
imagina1ion and plays on the Clippers.
Therefore, Brand is a lock for the Rookie.
of•the• Ycar award.
Because 1hc Bulls arc SO bad, people
may not realize how great of a season
Brand has had. Really. since 1he All-Star
break, he has been as consistent u any
player in lhe Eastern Conference. The
6'8° power forward averaged 20.1 points
per game and IO rebounds on 1hc season.
Those are ~II-Star numbers, to say the
least More impressively, he joined the
likes of A lonzo Mourning, Dikembc
Mutombo and Shaquille O'Neal as rookies who have had those numbers in their
rookie eampaians.
Elton may not become Malone, bul he
has the potential to be that good. He has
peat touch around 1hc bukct and the abil•
ity to bit jumpers anywhere in the paint something O'Neal has not yct perfected.
Brand led lhe lc11ue in offensive rebounclina 111d. moot imponantly, adjusted
hi1 game half way through the scuon to
the point where he rarely got his shot
blocked.
It i1 true Francis also plays on a ter•
riblc ICIIII and his terrible ICIIII won more
games than Chicap did. So what? Brand
COMlltt-1 ...
,,...1,
power. play option, as we ll as ano1hcr
defining figure o f c hampionship mcru at.
ity.
24
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aocl l.a\'vr Arriagtoa. The MP-:W doztdOfSMt- the ul1clioa~1-lilt •n.S11 Ju,ikr,ti, in die &ni __. by die Raiden.
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Boxing Greats Face Troubled Lives Away From Ring
Thcrc·s no debate concerning the violent nature of boxing. Muhammad Ali considered 10 be the greatest fighter who
ever lived by almost every bo>..ing fan - is suffering
from
Parkinson's discase as a result of
too many blows
to the head. Ali is
lucky 10 be a live.
A handful of boxers. especially reccntly. have died
in 1hc ring. While
no one can dispule lhc violent
nature of a sport whose sole objective is
10 knock out one's opponcn1. 1herc is a
dangerous menial toll of boxing 1hat goes
largely u,,notieed.
Former heavyweight champion
Michael Moorer was hospitalized this
week aner he 1hrea1cned to commit sui·
cide. Unfortunately. this sort of thing occurs all the time across the world so it
barcly even scratched the surface of recent headlines . The distressing s1ory
migl11 deserve its lack of attention if it
weren't the latest in a long line of tragedies involving boxers falling from grace.
Moorer won the heavyweight 1i1le by
dcfcaling George Foreman with one
punch a few years ago. His reign as champion was short lived as Evandcr Holyfield
beat Moorer in his firs1 title defense. As
oflcn happens in boxing, Moorer was
scarcely heard from again un1il lhis incident. Considering his uneventful career,
Moorer is merely a blip on the screen of
recent misfortunes in the boxing world.
Another former hcavyweigh1 champion, Riddick Bowe, was often in 1hc
news for all the wrong reasons a couple
of years ago. Bowe, a two.time undisputed champion (in 1992 and 1995) retired from boxing in 1997 wi1h only one
blemish on his record, a 12-round decision at the hands of HolyficJd. After
nudging 1hrough 1wo fights wilh Andrew
Golo1a - only to be declared the winner
each time after Golota caught him wilh
muhiple low blows - Bowe s1cppcd away
from 1hc boxing ring and decided 10 try
his luck in the Marines. This i11.fa1ed attempt lasted all of five days.
After leaving the Marines. Bowe
couldn't seem to avoid trouble with the
Jaw. Jn May of J997, • poJice report
-charged Bowe with assaulting his sister.
The two worked 1he situation out amicably, however, agreeing that the fight was
a draw. Later 1ha1 year. Bowe was charged
with assauhing his wife. This time. it was
no draw. Bowc's wife, Judy, accused her
husband of punching her in 1he face and
the ba(k. She aJso cJaimcd that beatings
hi.ld happened on numerous other occasions. but she had been 100 afraid 10 re·
port them then. Jn November of J998.
Bowe had the assault charges put aside
by a federal judge on the condi1ions that
he was to have no contact with his wife
and complc1e a I 0-day psychiatric evaluation. The judge only ai;rced to forger
aboul the assault charges because Bowe
was dcslined 10 face jail lime due 10 an·
other heinous incident that occurred in
1998.
In June of that year, Bowe abducted
his estranged wife. Judy. and five of his
children from 1heir home in North Carolina. He altcmptcd to drive the family to
his home in Maryland, but Judy was able
to phone for help during a stop in Virginia.
Because he pleaded guilty to the kidnapping charges - and because he was a famous athlete - Bowe got off with only a
30-day jail sentence. No one has heard a
word about Riddick Bowe since then.
And then, of course, there's Mike
Tyson. ls ii even worth discussing him?
Rape. Biting. Just pure nonsense and cons1an1 obscene behavior. Tyson's la1es1
comeback involves figh1ing no•namc opponents throughout Europe. for some odd
reason, he has been welcomed as though
he were a sain1 there. In America, he is
looked down upon as the thug thal he is.
Then there's Holyfield. Herc's a man
who rivals Kurt Warner when it comes 10
spewing about God, yet also manages to
rival Shawn Kemp when ii comes to fa1hcring children ou1 of wedlock.
The inevitable question is: what is
the cause of these calami1ies? There is no
one, dcfini1c answer, but al.I fou~ of these bccau~c !hey wcr~ already troubled?
men were former heavyweight otlc hold- Tyson s d1fficull childhood, for example,
crs when their adversities occuncd. Boxis well documented, whi~h is nol to s~y
ing is a sport that glorifies
..-----..._ that 1hose cxpcnen~es get him
its champions as long as
of! lhe hook ~or has cru_el acthey wear 1hc gold. In reuons. !here 1s something to
cent years, however, bebe said. however. for young
cause of the ranking sysmen who come from broken
1em and loss of public inhomes and then tum to boxterest, figh1crs are often
~-..:;..._..-- . in~. _There is often a gym in
forgotten abou1 as soon as
inner c111es where teenagers can
1hcy lose their belts. Sometimes
train. 11 is often the case tha1 yo~1hs with
fightt:rs arc even forgotten about as soon nowhere else to go turn to boxmg as an
as they Jose a fight. The goJdcn age of out Jct for their troubled Jives. The sport
boxing, when men such as Ali, Joe ~razier is ccrtai_nly a safer and_more conslruc!ive
and George Foreman r~led the nng for alternauvc lo other op1.ions, s~ch a~ crime
years. arc long over. II 1s very well pos- and drugs, tha1 face inner city kids. Jn
siblc for all of the lroublcd boxers tha1 general, it is rare for a professional boxer
once. they were pushed off their champi· !0 com~ from a stable home wi1h a supp0n.
onsh1p pedestals, they had nowhere else ave family.
101urn bu1 crime and tragedy. There w~s
Unfonunately, there doesn'_t secm_10
no other way for them to handle their be any concrete answer to the d1fficult1cs
fleeting fame and fortune.
tnany professional boxers face. The comThis, of course, is n_ot 1he only an- bi!181i_on of the viol_e~t !pon i~lf, along
swcr. When contemplating 1he recent wnh its corrup1 pohueking ou1s1de of the
hardships of boxers. one runs into the ring and 1he tough childhood ofmany fight·
problem of 1he chicken or the egg. Did ers often lead 10 lethal and tragic conscboxing create the adversity for these quences. And these arc only for the actual
young men, or did 1hcy 1akc up the sport boxers. I didn'1 even mcn1ion Don King.
Avalanche On Cusp OfSecond Round
eon1mutd/rom page 1J
falo has scored onJy J.5 goaJs per game
in the series. Thiscomingoffscason. Jwould
hope BuffaJo acquin,s what it dc$pcn1tcly
needs: a young, quick pJaycr who can generate some power pJay goaJs. Too bad Andy
McOonaJd aJrcady signed with Anaheim.
(4) OeviJs versu, (S) Paplhers. BeJieve
it or not. the Devils may make it past the
first round 1his year. Maybe having a terrible last month of the season was a bJcssing to the perennial top-sccds/lirst-ro,md
vic1ims as they have cruised to a 3-0 lead
over a tough FJorida squad.
[n games two and three, the Devils have
shut down Panthers winger Pavel Bure and
showed great poise after faJling behind
rallying to 2- 1 wins on bolh nightS. Gamewinning-goals by Brian Rafalski and Scou
Stevens turned a potential 2-1 series defici1
into a daunting 3-0 :Cad. You know things
arc going badJy for FJorida when Bure's fa·
thcr, a Devils trainer. says he is rooting for
his Jersey boys JOO percent. With sttong
goaltending, stingy de'fcnsc and veteran
acquisitions Alexander Mogi lny and
Claude Lemieux, the DeviJs Jook Jikc a
force to be reckoned with a1 1his s1agc of
the game.
·.o.
(3) MapJo Loafs v•rs•• (6) S.nators The only playoff series 1ied 11 two is fit·
tingly the onJy one tha fcatura teams from
1hc same !I.tale or province. The all-Ontario
series has featured home wins in each of
its four eon1e.s1s. While this is the best of
1.hc eight matchups in terms ofbeing even,
it's hard to get amped up by a series fca•
luring Radck Bonk and Tic Domi.
One highJight, or JowJiah1: Toronto's
Curtis Joseph was ejected, but somehow
skirted a suspension for 1ackling a referee
after allowing a goal in game three. You
have to love professional spons today.
San Jose's Bryan Marchmcn1, Jeff
(2) Ptaplns vorsus (7) CapJlaJs · On Norton and Gary Suter. To top it all off,
Wednesday, Washington was one of three the man coming up wi1h the saves when
teams 10 win while trailing 3,.() in its series, his team needs them most iS not Turek,
foJlowing Phoenix and Buffalo. The Caps' Jeff but San Jose's Steve Shields. Even after
HaJpcm hcJpcd them avoid the sweep wilh a St. Louis raJJied from a 2·0 deficit to tic
nifty power play goal in the third period, but game four Wednesday, ShicJds wcath•
Pinsburgh still has the upper hand.
crcd the stonn and kept the Shar1cs anoat
Nine Penguins have tallied goals in four un1il Suter scored the gamc ..winner. The
games, including Jaromir Jagr, who has been pJayoffs come down to wKo has. been
a one-man wrecking crew wi1h 1wo goals and there and who wan1s ii more, and right
seven assists. JOWTlC)'ml!'l goaJic Ron Tus,,un now the BJucs are hurting in both deis pJaying some soJid hockey. Don't Jook for partments.
this series to last much Jongcr.
(4) Rt d Wings venus (5) KJngs .
Western Conftrtnct:
Winners of two of the Jast three NHL
( J) BJu.. vorsus (8) Sharks • Many so- titles a~inst·a team led by a guy named
calJcd experts were ba.,ically giving St. Louis, Zim. Steve Yzerinan and Sergei Fcdcrov
owners of the NHL's best regular-season against Luc Robitaille and JomfStumpcJ.
record. a free pass into the second round. J wouJd predict I Detroit s,vecp. onJy it
Those cxpcfts arc probabJy scratching their aJready happened. The Wings arc the fint
heads now that San Jose has not onJy pJaycd and onJy team through to round two as of
the BJucs toush but assumed I comrrwxling Thwtday. NonnaJJy the four seed woukJ
3.; Jcad in the series, but this tum of events Jove to face a Jowly eight seed in the
docs not swpnse me at alJ. The playoffs arc next round, but 1hc way things are gothe second season (in truth, the rear season), ing, does coach Scouy Bowman really
and when you Jook at the postsc8Sence by the two squads boast, the matchup
bcoomc$ 1 Jot more even.
(2) Stan • • n •• (7) OJlen •
BJucs goaJie Rom.an Turek put up the Edmonton deserves a Joi of crcdil for
Jcaauc 's best ""'" apinst avenge this sea- fiving the defending champion Stars arr
son, but San Jose's core of ve1en1n forwanls they can handJe. Nothina if not llri"Y,
have exposed him as beatabJe. The Sharks' the OiJen battled back flOm a 2-0 defic~ of velenln forwards - Owen NoJan, cit to win convincingly in pme three and
Vincent Damphousse and Mike Ricci (the push DaJJu to the brink Wednesday
names of the Jatlcr poir an, ahady enpavcd night before Josina 4-3. WhiJe the heon the Cup)- have thrived whiJe the BJua' roic pcrfonnanccs by Doug Weiat,1 and
Plffl'C Turseon and scvenl odlen have been fonner Jcncy llllndoul BiJI Oucrm, who
MJA. Yes. the BJucs miss :.U,.scom Pa>'OJ ntllal a hat Irick in pine rour, hm: been
Dcmin, but his presence alone wouJcl not fttn IO WIICh. Thr beJenred ~ should
stop them ffllffl being OUl•ffllllt:Jed and out• <1- thiscme out in pme five. Ikea HuJJ
checked on both ends of the ice.
and Mike Modano lead nine ployoft'plAJ Maclmis and Chris Pron,er, perhaps the ....,. fer D11Hu with two apiece. Tbis is
best defensive tandom in the Jagut, 1ft be- shopina ... IO be -.,ite the second-round
ing one-upped by the gritty pmonnances of oeries against CoJorado .
............. ii.
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National Sports
April 21, 2000
25
NBA Playoffs Tip OffWith I ak.ers Clear Favorites
The NBA's second season is slated to
tip-off tomorrow afternoon as the firsl
round of the playoffs begin. Milwaukee
held off Orlando
forthc eighth and
final spot in the
Eastern Conference,
which
should feature
some cxciring
first
round
match-ups. Out
West, the regular
match up resulted in a I05.g4 Bucks win
at Conseco Fieldhouse, where the Pacers
were virtually unbeatable all sea.Son long.
Milwaukee presents a legitimate threat
with Sam Cassell, Glenn Robinson and
Ray Allen leading the way. Allen's
hc•lth, specifically his sprained knee, will
te:11 the story of how competi1ive the
Bucks will be. Pacers Coach Larry Bird
is in his final year and now Rik Smits has
started again to ponder rerirement, both
of which could serve as added motivation
for the veteran Pacers. In the end the
Pacers are just too strong and too good at
home and should dispose of the Bucks
ra1her easily.
Pacers in Four
injuries will deter-
mine the outcome of
this series. Though
Miami won 1hc season series two
games 10 one, Dctroi1 won thejr last
meeting on April 12,
90-73. Miami guard
Tim Hardaway - ·
who is the key to
Miami's success - is
on the I.L . wi1h a
sprained right ankle
season wrapped
and left foot and
up as the Seaule
may no1 be ready for
SuperSonics
the start of the playwere able 10 seoffs.
Detroit for·
cure the much•
heralded seventh #4 Cbarloltt Horatls (49-33) versus #5 ward Grant Hill,
who has a deep
spot and consequcn1ly avoid a first round Pblladelpbla 76ers (49-33)
series with Shaquille O'Ncal and the LakTwo of the hotter teams in the East bruise on his left
ers.
matchup in what should be one of the foot and was also
Herc is a breakdown of the first round more competitive and exci1ing series of placed on the I.L.
complete with my insightful predictions. the first round. Charlotte took the sea- 1his week. but
son series 1hree games to one, winning should be all right
£1a11era Conrerente
one game on an Eddie Jones' buzzer for the playoffs .
beater. The IC'1'e 76ers' win came in a Even if Hardaway
#I l adlaaa Pacers (56-26) venu, #8 game when Hornets forward Derrick plays he won't be
Mllwaakee B•ck, (42-40)
Coleman was ejected. Allen Iverson is the player the Heat
While Indiana has more or less had the banged up coming in, having been pu1 on needs to move on.
top spot locked up for a couple of weeks the injured list with a broken toe and in- Pistons In Flvt
FAR EWELL TO SIR CHARLES: Houston Rocket Chulu
now, Milwaukee was able to barely jured righ1 elbow. While Iverson is due
Barkley aclcln:na hit home fuu. Buklcy ,.,j1cd up for the
squeeze inlo the number
back in time for game #3 New York Rockets clapi1e aa i11jured bee bcca"" he wanted to Jc:ave
eight spot in the lasl week
one, ifhe is not his usual Knlck1 (50-32) vs. die coun for the last time undc:r hi, own powc:r. Sir Chari«
of the regular season. Indiself, the Sixers are in a #6 Toronto Rap- collected two point:1 and one tt:bound in ,ix minutes of
ana probably would have
heap of trouble. If t ors (4S-37)
action.
It is a matchup of
prefened to sec the Magic
Iverson is alright:
opposites here as the Raptors make their plined team come playoff time as they
in the first round·, as the
Slsers In Five
NBA REPORT
first
trip to 1hc playoffs against the vet- showed lul year. The Raptors have had
Bucks and Pacers split the
eran
and battle•tested Knicks. Despite some 1cam chemistry problems ofl,ue and
four.game season ·series,
#2 Miami Heal (52-30)
losing 1he season series three games 10 look like they arc headed for an early exit.
with each team winning a game on the vers•• #7 Detroit Pllloa, (42-40)
one,
the Knicks arc usually a more disci - Knicks in Four
road and a game at home. Their last
like the rest of the Eastern Conference,
Bra,u/, Should Strive For Barkley's Determination
fro- pose 2J
is the man the Bulls will build around and
he was a belier chotce than Francis to accomplish such a feat. His consi::tency was
sensational in the second half, and while
it would have been a nicer achievement
to do it in a situation like the
Timberwolves' Wally Szezerbiak, that
C
obviously wouldn't have happened.
Brand should be the R.O.Y. in a landslide.
And maybe, JUSt maybe, Jerry and Co.
will surround him and Ron Anesi with two
draft picks and some free agents (Tracey
McGrady and Eddie Jones) that will have
Brand oo the All-Star team and in the playoff's next year.
Western Conftrtnte
• Growing up a Bulls fan, I was never a #I Los Angeles Lakers (67-15) versus
huge Charles Barlcley guy. He was a great #8 Sacramento Kings (44-38)
player, especially for someone undcrsiu:d at
Tuesday's overtime loss to the Sonics
his position. Charles was a great rebounder may have cos1 1he Kings the opportunity,
who was also an offensive weapon, at first or at the: least the hope. or getting to the
just in the lane and then as an adequate jump- next round. Instead. with the cighrh seed,
shooter as his career went on.
they draw the ream many arc picking to
Barkley first threatened to retire seven years win the whole thing. Sacramento, though,
ago. And then he did six years ago and five. is dangerous with Chris Webber and Ja.
Not surprisingly the trio of Barldey, Olajuwon son Williams, and can run, making them
and Drexler or Pippen never really worlout in Houston. Charil'$' career faded the past stop Shaq and the Kings can't stop the
two years because hls 1cam was miserable. Lakers.
Still, it was kind of sad how he went out in Lakers In Four
Philadelphia earlier this season. That is why
it ~ a great story to see him suit up \¼xlncs- #4 San Antonio Spurs (53-29) vs. #S
day°night for the Rockets' final game of the Phoenix Suns (S3-29)
season. Barkley rehabilitated his knee - must
The World Champs arc facing a scary
have worked pretty hard at it- when he didn't prospee1 of having to play without Tim
really have to.
Duncan. Anytime you are ralking abou1
The irony, of course. is 1ha1 it was his lhe possibility of surgery, you're in
work ethic and desire to win that were qucs. trouble. Phoenix does not have their floor
tioncd more than anything else during his general Jason Kidd to start the playoffs.
career. From Michael to Sconic. no one but he should return eventually. The Spurs
could take him serious. Maybe it was diffi- arc mediocre at best without Duncan .so
cult to balance his larger-than-life jovial watch for an upset.
personality with winning a championship. Phoenix in Five
More likely, however, is he jus1 wasn't ever
on a good enough team. The I993 Suns #2 Utah Jazz (5S-27) versus #7 Seattle
were good enough to win a championship, Sonics (45-37)
but no1 good enough to beat Jordan. That
w,nch oul for whu1 you wish. you jus1
isn't a knock on Charles, though, Nobody might gel it Seattle. The Sonics were rewas good enough 10 beat Jordan,
lieved 10 get out of the eighth spot and miss
Now that Barkley's career is over, I have the Lakcrs in 1hc first round. Now 1hcy play
gained a lot of respect for the class, dignity the Jazz. which is no small ta.sk itself. Knrl
and perspective he showed when reOec1ing Malone is as strong· as ever. and though John
on his life, He said basketball was good to • S1ockton is pa~t his prime, he ij still dan.
him and thal he owed everything in his life gerous. The playoff-savvy Jazz should disto basketball, that he got to travel the world pense with the inconsistent Sonics.
and so on. Ordinarily you don't hear fa. Utah in Four
mous, brash athletes say such humbling re·
marks.
#3 Portland Trailblazers (59-ZJ) ,•s. #6
Charles could have accepted his fare that !'flnne,ota Tlmbnight in Philadelphia - no one would have
The Blazers looked incredible in the first
ever given it a moment of thought. Instead half of 1he season and mediocre in the seche worked and was rewarded wi1h six min· ond half. They hove shown signs of life m
utcs of baske1ball in a meaningless game . the past couple weeks and appear to be getagains1 1hc Vancouver Grizzlies. Cenainly ting it together just in time. The Wolves.
his legacy will be in his personality and and Kevin Garnett, pose a real threa1 and
mindbogglingly good statistics. I think, first round challenge to the Blazers. But the
howeter, that dclerminalion and desire say Blazers just have 100 much talent and wficn
aa much about him as anything. The NBA 1hcy win this series. they will be primed to
is already a much worse thing these days; make a run and challenge the Lakcrs for
without Charles, it is also a lot IC$$ fun to the Western title.
watch.
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April 21, 2000
Sports
THE C..oLGATE MARooN-NE\VS
Patriot League/ECAC Standings
Men 's Lacrosse
Conference Qveroll
4-1
6-4
Hobart
3-1
6-4
Bucknell
3-2
4-8
Colgate
3-2
6-S
Anny
Lafayclle
2-3
6-S
l,chigh
1-2
6-4
0-S
2-9
Holy Cross
Women's Lacro.Jse
Lafayette
Colgate
Bucknell
Lehigh
Villanova
Holy Cross
Confer,nce 0.eroll
4-0
8-4
3-0
6-4
2-3
S-6
1-2
3-7
1-3
2-12
0-3
3-10
Softball
Conference
Lehigh
7-1
Army
8-2
3.3
Colgate
Holy Cross
4-6
2-6
Lafaycllc
Bucknell
2-8
Overall
21-20
24-16
18-20
7-23-1
4- 16
9-20
Must-See Game(s) Of The Week
MASKED DETERMINATION: J..ior Pulr.er GiNo• loob ''" aa ..... ---•re. Tho w', 1 , _ ho,u t.i.igh this ,..,1,,.,,.., capping otr Purioc 1-e pier. C-'heoe '- -111 d,c l...i.n in
ocoring with 22 points (1 5 goals, 7 wioa). Colpr• trails h.,... l•d'"I l:foNn l,y OM pme.
All eyes should be on the softball 1cam this week as 1hcy 1ravel
to Lafaycuc and Lehigh. The Red
Raiders head in10 1heir final regular season league games with an
I 8-20 record overall avd a 3-3
Scoreboard
league record.
The team is coming off of a
tough week. losing six out of eight
games. This slump included being swept by Patriot League opponent Holy Cross on Saturday.
Colgate split a double-header with
Anny on Sunday.
Colgate head.~ lnto the weekend
trailing league Jcading Lehigh.
Colgate has some key offensive
performers. Senior co-captains
Stephanie Scott and Kerry Purvis
Fint-ycar Amanda BridtcJI
• Denotes Patriot League/ECAC
Opponent
Men's Tennis
Colgate s. Lehigh • 2
Sophomott Amanda l'aoluc,ci
bring offensive leadership to the
team. Scou leads the team with a
.393 average and 49 hits. Purvis
moved into second place all-time
on the Colgate hits leaderboard
with 149 career hits.
ln addition to the outstanding
veteran play, Colgate's underclassmen arc also pcrfonning well.
Sophomore Amanda Paolucci has
set a team record with 16 doubles
this season and leads the nation
with .42 doubles per game.
First~ycars Melissa Rawson,
Amanda Brickell and Laura
Chausscc have all contributed 10
the team's offensive success this
season.
Upcoming Red Raider Sports Action
Home games in CAPS
Forthe week of April 21-April 28. 2000
• Denotes Patriot League/ECAC Contest
Today
SOffBALL
at Lafayette • ....................................................................................... 3:00
GOLF
at Princeton 1nvitationa1................. ................................................. TBA
Saturday, April 22
at Lafayette • ..................................................'. .................................. I :00
SOFTBALL
at Lehigh • ...................................................................................... 1:00
MEN·s LACROSSE
LEHIGH ' ........................................................................................ 1:00
.
at Princeton lnvitational ..................................................................TBA
Tuesday, Aprll 25
SOffBALL
MARJST.......................................................................................... 3:00
Wednesday, April 16
SPITBALL
at Siena.............................................................................................4:00
Thursday, Aprll 27
OUTDOOR TRACK
Women's Tennis
Quinnipiac S, Colgate 4
Softball
Albany (3-2), Colgate (2-0)
Colgate (4-3). Anny • (2-4)
Holy Cross ' (8-12), Colg11e (6-4)
Colgate (3-2), Albany ( 1-7)
Colgate 19. Bucknell • 8
Colgate 20, Vermont 4
Colgate 16. Villanova • I
Men's Lacrosse
Bucknell • 13, Colgate 4
M•a'1 O.tdoor Tntck
Buff'•lo 213, Albany 187, Holy
Women'1 Lacrosse
Cross 133. Binghamton 97,
Colgate 33
Women'• Oatdoor 'n'ack
Buffalo 220, Albany 171.
Binghamton 140, Holy Cross 92,
Colgate 45
Sports Spotli&ht
MeUssa Rawson '03
H-elowa: Palmdale, Ca.
Sport: Softball
Polilloa: First Base
nt1 Wttk: The softball team will finish its regular
season this week, including its last four Patriot
League games. Colgate will face Lafayette and
Lehigh this weekend in crucial league play. Rawson
leads the team with a .538 slu111ing percentage and
is second on the team with a .378 batting average.
Qaocable: "We have two very impocWtt games ooming up this weeltend. Finl our league pmeo apiast
Lafayette and Lehigh and then the Palriol'Leque
toummnent. I feel confident that we wiU be a contnder and go on to the NCAAI. Hi Mom and Dad, I
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WOMEN'S LACROSSE
GOLF
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at Penn Relays (Philadelphia)....................................................... 11:00
Edward Jall•ske 'IO
H - w• . New York, N.Y.
Spart; Tennis
hlllloti. Second linglea, third doubles
'11111 Week:Tbe . . -·, and women's tennis ieams
finished the regular lut weekend. The men
beet Lehip 5·2. Now, the teem will bead into the
Patriot Leque Clwnpionahipl with aome momentum.
QNta•te: "E.eiyone played hard 1pias1 Lehigh.
Tbeenlile maldt WU i W and cameclowa 111 die
wino II fifth wl awl, linpta 11ION pya ieally
liepped it up for us. Hopel\dly, we will 11> inlo dto
Palrioc Lequel witll tllew kiad ofinlwily dill
bal been dtanetaillic of our team all ICIIOII."
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THE CoLGA11! MAROON-NEWS
Rowers Continue Success In Spring
By Becky Musgrove
a ligh1weigh1 four from llhaca and
finished with a winning time of
6:22.2.
On Sunday, the women's varsity
and novice squads raced the University of New Hampshire women
on Lake Moraine. The Colgate
varsity eight went head to head for
most of the race until the SOOmeter mark, where they walked
through the UNH crew in !heir final sprint, defeating them by 3
seconds. wi1h a 1ime of S:16.9.
tn the fours race, both
Colga1e boa1s beat oul UNH.
The crews were very evenly
spread across the field at the
finish, wi1h the Colgate A boat
rowing the course in 6: I S.4.
Colga1c Bin 6:19.9 and UNH
at 6:24.2. The women's novice crew competed against two
crews from UNH, finishing
,econd in the paC'k,
The race against UNH gave
the Colgate women's crews an
opportunity 10 gain more experience in close competition be..
fore heading in10 1he 1oughes1
part of1he season.
The Women's Varsity Captain
Stacey Joyce said, ..We had two
strong races over the weekend.
Ithaca is always one of our top
competitors and it was an extremely close race. We look forward to seeing them again at New
York S1a1es,"
•
This Sa1urday, Colga1e will
once again host William Smith on
Lake Moraine for the annual Seneca Cup Regatta. The races will
begin al 11 :30 a.m. al 1hc Willow
Wind Recreation Center on Lake
Moraine Road. A free shuule will
run from the Student Union to the
racecourse starting at 11 a.m.
fas1 and furious. At times. our boat
showed flashes of frighlcning
Moroor,-Nn,;,!>' S'9(1"
speed.''
Conditions were ideal this past
Saturday in Ithaca as the crews of
Colga1e, l1haea and Roehes1er Institute of Technology competed
againSI each 01hcr in a 2,000mcter race. 1bc nat water, coupled
with a slight tailwind. promised
fast races for 1hc day.
The day opened with the novice events. In 1hc Men's Novice
The women's varsity eight race
ended in a photo finish between
hhaea and Colga1e pulling 10 the
lead early and remaining ahead
until the 1200-meter mark. at
which point hhaca poured it on
and pulled ahead. Colgalc gained
ground during 1he final 300-mcicr
sprint. but finished just shy of1he
Ithaca crew.
eigh1, Colgale led 1he hhaca
crew to the finish with a time of
6:22.2. The Colga1e men's novice crew, who arc coached by
Chris Peters, remains undefeated this season.
..Overall, it was a good week·
end. It was our first 2,000-mctcr
race, so it gave me the opponu.
nity to sec what our wcakn_esses
and strengths arc/' Peters said.
"They raced hard, bul I don't
feel like lhcy've quilc reached
1heir full po1en1ial yel. The
strength is there, but we need an
edge on technique. We've been
working 10 gain more speed and
arc looking to be even faster in
upcoming competitions,"
The Women's Novice eight heat
was a 3-boat race comprised of
one Colga1c team and two crews
from hhaca. Ithaca won the race.
followed by lhc Colga1c novice
and 1hc llhaca B boat
ln the Men's Varsity eigh1 race,
hhaca won by 2 secoods with a
time of 6:09.0, followed by RIT
al 6:11.2, and Colga1e a1 6:19.7.
Colgale's Ligh1Weigh1 crew. compc1ing against 1he second varsity
boals from llhaca and RIT. finished second 10 RIT. Junior PJ
Haglin slated, "The racing was
After reviewing the tape, it was
dc1ennined 1ha1 llhaea had won by
a mere. I offl second with the time
of 6:52.3. The Colga1e women's
second varsity crew defeated RIT
and Ithaca by a large margin, beating llhaca by nearly 12 seconds
and 1he RIT crew by 19.
In the varsity four events, the
Colgate crews dominated, In the
men's four, Colga1e led 1he field
for the entire race, finishing well
ahead of RIT and llhaca. • The
Colgate crew came in at 7:23.7,
followed by RIT al 7:40.S and
Ithaca at 7:41.6. The women's
second varsity four raced against
Women's I ax To Finish Season Play
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Nikki Sheridan, Moll and firs1third time this season, beating year Caitlin Houck all scored
Vermont 20-4. Team captain goals in 1he second half for
Currier led 1he Colga1c offense Colgate. Murray made six saves
wi1h eigh1 goals. She go11hc ball in the victory while Vermont
rolling early, scoring twice in the goalie Rachael Kaplan made 17
game's first JO minutes. Then, saves in a losing effort.
goals by sophomore Kerry
On Wednesday, 1hc Red RaidLyden, Brown, junior Krislin ers made it four wins in a row,
Bailey and Currier's lhird helped with a I 9 .. g win over Patriot
Colgalc eslablish a six-goal lead. League foe.Bucknell. The 1rip 10
Vennont got on the board next Lewisburg, Pennsylvania did nol
when their leading scorer, Liz slow Colgate down, u their scorLundgren, managed 10 gel a shol ing express continued to roll.
past Murray. However, that was Currier led the way with five
all 1he Vcrmonl offense could goals, while Manzella added
musler up in 1he firs1 half before four more. Brown and Moll net·
Colgalc added lhree more goals, tcd three and two goals, rcspcc·
takina • 9- I lead to intennission. lively.
Vermon1 drew firs, blood in
:colga1c had a 12-S lead by 1he
lhe second half, bu1 Colgate re- end of lhe firsl half and never
sponded wilh a four-goal streak looked back. Bucknell lried 10
10 put lhe game out or band. rebound. but their cf'forts were
thwarted as Colgate outscored
them in the second half. Mucray
made five saves in the victory,
while Nicole Kallis slopped 13
shot,; in a losing effort.
"Everything has come togc1her." Head Coach Ka1rina
Silva said. '"All pan.s ofour game
arc ticking, and we're looking
forward 10 the week ahead."
• A busy week ii will be, as 1hc
women, 3-0 in the Patriot
League, will wrap up their conference schedule, traveling to
Lafayette in Easton, Pennsylvania on Saturday, before hosting
Lehigh on Tuesday evening.
. The game with Lafayette will
determine this season's Patriot
Leaaue Champion, as Lafayelle
is 4--0, bul a Colgale win would
clinch a second straight Patriot
League ti1le for the Red Raiders.
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..lllf IDJRIIIDURftl SPORTS REPORr'
Prior to all the hoopla that
goea with the upcoming Spring
Party Weekend, there is softball 10 be playccl. Playoff softball begins Ibis Monday. The
outfield will be a lad deeper,
the nmning a bit faster and the
competition al a feverish
· pitch.
The replar season had lo
conclude flrst, however. and
1ha1 wu the key 10. ibis past
chipped in with lwo solo
shols, and Thal Is All exploded for five runs in the fifth
inning to win, 7-3.
On Tuesday, 1he Ullima1e
Warriors kept on rolling
against the Playaz. Having
already scored 20 runs in 1heir
previous game, the Warriors
1his lime knocked in 18. laking 1be vic1ory, by an 18-1
margin. Io the late game howweek.
ever. 02K would find a way
10 s1op the Warrior juggemau1,
holding them to lhrec runs in
Fratenlty Leaeue
Starting 1be week in first a 7 ..3 win.
place al 2--0, DU would require
Leading the once-dormant
six NDI in tbe bo11om of 1he 02K allack was a 4-for-4 outseventh aaainat ATO A, in• ing by Brian Dunford, while
eludiog a threo-run lriple fiom the defensive effort wu keyed
Bill Schacf'er, 10 rally ror a dra- by 1he play of ou1fieldermatic-9-8 triumph on Whimall turned·shor1stop
Jarett
Landman and first baseman
Field.
a similar fashion, Phi Tau Josh Krcllenstcin. who
seemed confiden1 when it wowed onlookers wilh an unoconod one run in 1be lop oftbe usisled double play.
soventh 10 break a 6-6 tie. lo
After their earlier loss 10 the
Warriors,
lbe Playaz seulcd
the boetom hair of~ inning.
Phi Delta Theta landed men on down againsl Thal Is All, lak1Ceond and third and mana1ed ing a thrcc•run lead into the
to get them both home wilh a bo11om of 1hc ninlb. Thal Is
gamo-winaing single.
All would rally 10 1ie in lhe
Cootnstiog to DU and Phi bottom of the final inning, but
Dolt, both OKI! A and DK.E B the Playaz scored five runs in
needed no lalt-inoin1 heroic., the firs1 exira frame 10 lake 1he
to en11irc victory, rollibg to win, 12-8,
wins over Hockey# I and KDR
The final game of the sea.
B by scores of 7-2 and 16-6, son be1ween 02K and lhe
respectively.
Playa,: was played on Thursday.
Due 10 scheduling rules
KDR A kepi iu record perfect on Tuooday with a con- and opposing team records, a
vincin1 14-4 rout or Bela.
win for 02K mean, lhe 1op
Strong defensive play and seed in the playoffs, while a
timely bitting up and down 1he loss meant the last seed.
baltiog order keyed the KDR
02K scored first on a lcadolfbomcr by Jeb Benzing, bu1
amck.
Golas into the ftnal day or would get down tarly after
11:e IO-, DK£ and DU wen, 1wrcndering a momtFr home
tied 11. 2..0, willa Sip,a Cbi A run to Darrin Berkley. The
ripl on tbejr llil widi a record Playaz could nol sustain their
of 1-1 . In die lln1 hair or Ibo momenlum, bow:cvcr, and
day, DXE pve DU a IUte or save up live runs 0 - the lul
111-medlciDO, acMin& two two innings. A towering
ruu IDIbo lap oflbe sixth and homer by Dunford aad three
top otdlo eipda 10 come back bit, by David Mehlman led
ftoDa ~ nlM doWII 10 win, 8- lbe cbaJse offensively.
6.
The 12-8 win forD2Keams
~
the top seed and a bye
a
iPl1 Sipe
.!,All
dJli
1111111oftbo In tho playoffs. Because of
-"-, could .have their loa 10 02K earlier in tbe
spot ud a week, the Ultimate Warrior,
)i,p
~SlpaCbl llad 10 1onle for Ibo 11econd
A,
na;~ d a1a1D11 Hod aad will face rbe Pep
, •• i.o:;t, 1n i1t prov!- Band. By winoin& Loague B
••
o, laao more than · widla 2-0reeord, lheAmazins
_ . i.ft rot DKB u they
tbe third seed and a da1e
~ 16 w ,-tailc allowing with aixith-sccdod Thal Is All.
·nl)' HVOII, 1'1111 created a Tho final first round game is
_ . • Ille rap of Loasuo A, between 1he fourt~ aeeded
wllll
bell!& awarded fim Playaz and fifth seeded East.
f l~;. IU bui1 of run,
In
:,,__'fl*
!.f
·u;
.tGp
ac1
mJ.
_._..wallowed.
Flntplacoilll.oasueAsives
DU Adie top nod in the playoffa aod a lint-round bye. A 40 record in Loap,e B garnera
Ibo IOCOlld nod for KDR A,
wbo will race Sigma Chi B in
tbe firal round. Sigma Chi A
and OKI! ~ round OUI 1he IOp
. four seeds and will square off
with Pbi Tau and KDR B, respectively.
441• 4 Foolllall . . . .ametll
NOi straying from their flag
football tille in 1he fall, DU
compiled a 4-on-4 learn 1ha1
easily handled Bela in 1be
quarterfinals of the touma·
ment, 44-7.
In lhe olher half oflhe fralemily side of 1he draw, KOR
A's Nale deKeiffer scored
with eighl seconds to play 10
defcal DKE, 27-25. This SCIS
up a remaleh or fraternity nag
llldepeadHIIDer• Leas•• football final bc1ween DU and
Due to tbe poor wea1her KDRA.
over the put few weeks, only
In the lndcpcndcn1/Dorm
one aame bad been played in half of lhe draw, the resul1s
all or the Jodepeodenl/Dorm were similar, with the Ulti·
League enlering this week's mate Warriors easily disposaction. That lsAII would s1art ing of Wes!, 30-7.
off the week on Sunday
The defending nag foo1ball
againSI D2K. Allho•gh they champions, Thai Is All, had
allowod three runs in lhe 1op just as easy a time with Eas1,
of tbe li,-1, That la All pitcher wiMing 68-12. This se1s up a
Liz Rotz settled down and rcmaleb or 1he lndependenV
llnw sill ICOl'lllosi iDDinp. On Dorm fmal lasl year belween
11ffea1e, Stove Flannery tbc Warriors and That l1 All .
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Tennis Teams Oose Out
Regular Season Strongly
By Jadde Pirone
Moroon-Ncwl Slgl
801h Red Raider tennis teams
found lhemsclves up against
tough competitfon in nail-biting
matches last weekend. The
women lost a 5-4 squeaker
against Metro A1lantic Alhlctic
Conference foe Quinnipiae last
Sunday, dropping lhcir overall
record to II -8. The
men were more suc•
•
ccssful, pulling off
a 5-2 win against
Lehigh afler some
.
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tough indiv idual
ma1chcs. pulling
their overall record
10 10-10 on 1hc season.
Despite a heartbreaking loss at
home for the women, individual
players recorded impressive dcfeals agains1 their opponents.
Fourth singles junior Captain
Cyan Brakhage overcame
Quinnipiac's Michelle Nagle. 63, 6-1. while fifth singles Kelli
Provenzano dcs1royed Erica
Peltz, 6-1, 6-4. Crys1al Helem
continued the winning streak at
six1h singles. defeating April
Sonon, 6-2, 7-5. In doubles, 1he
first•ycar duo of Jenny Buntman
and Lorraine Coulter walked all
over their first doubles oppo•
ncnts Petrycki and Arahovitcs by
a score of 8-4.
"The
ma1ch
against
Quinnipiac was very close,"
Head Coach Bob Dallis said. "11
all came down to the final
doubles ma1ch, bu1 1he girls
played very hard, even coming
from far behind to make 1hc
game so 1igh1. It was exciting,
we had a good crowd and I wish
we could have won."
After their match against
Lafayenc had been cancelled,
1he men faced Lehigh for some
of the best tennis ac1ion this sea·
son. Five of six singles matches
were cap,urcd by Red Raiders.
Sophomore Evan Paushter won
in first singles, 6·2. 6· 1, senior
Ed Jalinskc dcfca1cd his second
singles opponent.
7-6, 6-4. and firs1ycar Josh Cohn re·
corded an irnpres·
sivc 6-2. 6-1 win
. t,
of his own at third
singles.
1ncrcdiblc
wins were seen in fifth and sixth
singles, wilh both senior captain
Jon Stcmcnnan and J.P. Johnson
each coming from behind to win
their matches in three sets after
their defeats in the first. The
doubles team of Andrew Davis
and Jalinskc also overcame their
Lehigh opposi1ion in 1hird
doubles, 8·2. scaling 1he win for
Colga1e.
"The guys played very well in
thia very exci1ing 1 very hardfough1 ma1ch. And, lhe comebacks of S1emerman and
Johnson were absolutely oul·
standing to sec," Dams said.
Both the men and women arc
in action again 1wo weeks from
now when they travel to Army
in \'lcsr Poin1 for the Patriot
League Charnpion:.hips . The
Red Raider 1cams will go in10 the
Championships wi1h 2-2 Pa1rio1
League records, looking to
avenge 1hcir losses and bring
back 1he crown 10 Colga1c.
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ON THE RUN: Senior cap1ian Anne Currier pidu up the ball u ahc rwu 1he Geld. Curric:r and the
women's lacrosse team fini1h their Patriot League uuon thU wcclc.end agaimt Lafayette.
Women Make It Four Wms In A Row
By Yariv Amir
Mtrr(HJl1,Nn s Staff
1
With 1wo wins over the last
week. the Colgate women's lacrosse team reached and sur~asscd 1hc .500 mark for 1hc season. On Saturday afternoon. 1hc
team improved to 4.4 on 1hc season by picking up their second
Patriot League win of the season,
over Villanova.
The Colga1c anack was led by
senior captain Kare Manzella
and junior Liz Brown. The pair
each con1ribu1cd four goals en
rou1c 10 a 16- 1 rou1 of1hc Wildcats. Colgate took control of the
game early and never looked
back. Bo1h Manzella and Brown
scored on free position shot in
the firs1 IO minutes, sparking the
Colga1c offense. By halftime,
Colga1c's lead had climbed 10 12
and Villanova was s1ill scoreless.
Colga1e also go1 scoring help
from first.year Heather Smith
who scored three goals, sophomore Lauren Moll and senior
Anne Currier with two a piece,
and first.year Shawn Mattson
who scored once.
Villanova ·s lone goal came on
Julie fcddcman's second half
goal. bu1 by 1ha1 1ime 1hc game
was out of reach and the Red
Raiders cruised to victory.
Sophomore goalie Jane Murray
made 11 saves in a winning cf•
fort forColga1e, while Villanova
goalie Kelly O'Leary made 12
saves itf the loss.
JuSI after reaching .500,
Colgate got the chance to move
beyond 1he mark on Sunday afternoon when the Catamounts of
Vermont came to Tyler's Field.
The women wrncd in ano1hcr
convincing perfonnancc, bcs1ing
1hc Ca1amoun1S by I 6 goals. The
win improved Colgate to 5.4
overall, still 2·0 in the Pa1riot
League. The loss dropped Vcrmon1 10 1-7 and 0-4 in 1hc
America East Conference.
Colga1c scored 20 goals for 1he
f'Oltlbt1,cd 0,1 Pdl" 17
Softball Heads Into Season's Fmal Week
By Jason Pollack
Aulsumt Ct>IS"'"' Spom £dlwr
"We lei ourselves down on Sal·
urday agains1 Holy Cross." softball
Head Coach Vickie Sax said. "I
don't think we've quite recovered
yet I 1hink i1 [1hc loss) served as a
reality check for us. It happens 10
all good teams at some point in the
season,"
The softball ,cam is coming off
ofa 2-6 week. after being swept by
Holy Cross and Albany. The one
high poin1 ot the weekend came
when Colgo1c spli1 a doubleheader
with Anny. one of its toughest Pa·
triot League opponents. However,
1hc four days dropped Colga1c·s
record to 18-20 overall and 3-3 in
lhe Patrio1 League.
"We were really disappointed
with ourselves because we knew
1hat we could have played a 101 better,"junior pitcher Katie Miisui said.
The team faces a crucial point in
the season this weekend, when it
travels 10 PeMsylvania to face Pa1rio1 League opponents Lafayette
and Lehigh. Lehigh is currcn1ly in
firSI place in 1he League wi1h a 7- 1
rcco,d; Anny is cl= behind wi1h
an 8-2 mark. The Red Raidm know
1ha110 finish wilh a lop seed in 1he
league 1oumamen11hey mus, win all
row- pmcs lhis weekend.
"We've got to win these next four
pmcs," Sax said. "11's going 10 take
1he cn1irc team. We have lhose 10kcn few 1ha1 play well every game.
bu110 ge1 ovtake everyone. We need some
people 10 break oul oftheir slump."
The 1cam has had a 101 of offensive production this s~on. Sophomore Amanda Paolucci broke 1hc
school record with her 16 doubles
and 34 RBIs in a single season,
Paolucci is leading 1hc nation in
doubles wi1h .42 a game. Senior
S1cphanic Scott leads 1he Red Raiders in hitting wilh a .380average and
has a I 2-gamc hining s1reak going
into this weekend. She leads the
1cam in hits this year (49) and
moved into seventh place all-time
wi1h I07 1otal.
Senior Kerry Purvis has 44 hi,s
on the year, moving her into second
place all-1imc wilh 149. She 1rails
first place by only 11 hi1s.
"Considering we only have 12
players 1'm really glad everyone has
s1eppcd up," MilSUi said. "I'm especially proud of all 1hc freshmen
on 1hc lcam. They've come rishl
into our starting lineup and have
played well. Our record mighl not
reflect i~ but we're a 11"'811Cam. If
everyone plays well, we don't have
any wcakncs.scs..,
The play of all lhe firs1-~ on
1he 1eam has been a major reason
for i,s success lhis year. Finl-year
Laura Cbaussee also broke a
Colptc nx:ord, by accumulllina 20
sacrifice bunts in a single season. In
addition to Chaussec, Amanda
Brickell and Melissa Raw10l1 have
li1 up opposing pi1ehcn. Brickell is
battina .345 wilh 27 RBIs and a
1eam-leading 13 walks. Rawson
boeS1S a .378 averqe in addilion 10
a 1eam-lcading .538 slugging per-
cenl"IC.
W'tth 1he ofl"ensivc nwnben ofall
1hcsc players il's hard 10 imagine 1he
1cam losing. Bui according 10 Sax,
1he bottom halfoflhc lineup needs
to produce more.
"We made a lot of mis1akcs lhal
proved 10 be very costly," Sax said.
·'One weak,,... of ours is 1ha1 1he
bottom halfoflhe lineup isr,·1 producing and 1llis causes mon: pressure 10 be pu1 on our olher players.
After 1he humilia1ing loss on Salurday wc 1alked abou1 how i1 docsn'1
manor wha1 happens 1oday. bui
rather wlla1 we can do 1omom,w. On
Sunday we came out strong '"d
played well agains1 Army. We
showed a lot of discipline. We regrouped and movedforwanl."
This weekend's roed trip serves
as some final league competilion
before entering 1he l'1ltrioc Laaue
tournamenL One thing that Sax is
wdnied obou1 is that 1he team will
concentrate so much on Lehigh,
because of 1he cabl>cr of 1he team,
1ha1 i1 will look o= Lafilyettc.
"I'm worried about ii [ovcnoolt·
ing l.afaycac)," Sax said. "I think
1ha1 one oflhe thiap that happened
last weekend was that wc looked
pos1 Holy Croas and only foamd
on Army. We have to lake every
pmc one at a time."
The players hope 10 use 1he recent slwnp 10 motivate them this
weekend and in 1he lcquc iounu,.
ment.
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Mitsui ,aid. "lfMplaythe..... lhll
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comr ........ MldplaybcacrhDM
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TH£ Col.GATE MAAOON-NEWS
State of the 'Gate
April 21, 2000
After Strong Year, Many Challenges ~main.
By Nathaniel L ewis
Ass,sumt Nri,,,•s Ed11or
Since its 1819 inception, Colgate University has never been
contcn1 to rest on its laurels.
Str1ving 10 keep up with the constant evolution of the academic
world, the University has made
significant changes 1hroughout
its history.
Co-education ,1.,ns introduced
in 1970, the percentage of stu·
dents of color has increased by
over 12 percent in the pa.st 25
years and 1hc university has just
earned stacus as Yahoo.com 's
No.2 "Most Wired" Libero I Arts
College in the Country.
But, what challenges docs
Col~ate face at the dawn of the
new millcnium? While Univcrsily officials' answers to this
question have varied from .. improving 1cchnology" to ..embracing divershy," all agree 1ha1
Colgate will continue to capital.
ize on its entrepreneurial spirit
to meet the challenges' or the
coming years.
According to administrators,
Colgate's most pressing chal·
lcngc is to keep up with the
progress of technology. "Even
though it consunte!i so much of
our budget, we would be shonchanging ourselves ifwc did not
continue to update and improve
the use of technology at Col·
gate," Dean of the College
Michael Cappeto said.
Provost and Dean of the faeulty Jane Pinch,n felt that technology was necessary for all
small, rural. libcrar ar1s colleges
10 remain competitive with
larger. urban uni'versitics.
··Technology is the greatest
challenge for institutions like
1his, which exist in a world of
'bricks and cliques,' Pinchin
said. "lfwc continue to press 1he
need for technology. Colgate
will be in as sophis1icatcd a pl;scc
as any urban university.
President Charles "Buddy"
Karclis. 1aking a philosophical
approach to the subject, said that
the University's greatest ongoing
challenge is "to understand the
demands and opportunities of the
kind of world into which Colgate
students will move." By being
aware ofth1s larger goal. Karelis
hopes to better define an cduca1iqn that will br appropria1e for
that world.
The president fcft especially
confident that Colgate would be
challenged to put a greater cm•
pbasis on integrative learning
while reducing the pervasive
"comp11rtmcn1aliiation'' or the
academic process. ·'The one
quality of all successful people
that always shines through is
their ability to sec different theories and viewpoints in relation•
ship to each other," Karel is said.
"I want s1udcn1s to have the opponunity to gain these synthetic,
critical thinking skills at Col·
gate."
Achieving this type or integration in a struc1ural sense was also
one the goals that Cappcto out•
tined for Colgate's future. "We
might be able to bcucr integrate
living and learning environments
by providing more housing
based on academic interest," he
said. Meeting this challenge
promises 10 be easier once gen·
eral campus renovations and
con~truction have been completed. A proposal for the rccon·
st ruction of the Cuuen Complex.
Karelis Reflects
On Ending His
First Year As
Colgate Chief
By Erin Majewski
Ed,tor-111-Chi,f
Each year, State of the Gate is
an opponunity for The MaroonNews to consider the major themes
and events of past year. The an·
nual interview with the University
president has become an integral
pan of this tradition. This year 1he
presidential interview w~ panicularly significant. as it was a chance
for President Charles Kan:lis to
reflect on his first year in office
and to contemplate 1hc challenges
that Colgate will face as it cn1ers
a new millenium.
Looklaa back on your flnt year
at Colgate, what have beta some
or U1e most memor able mo·
meats?
Well, the most memorable moment at the beginning of the year
was my Convoca1jon speech to the
new freshmen. One of the things
that was memorable about it was
that I was planning on raising
some issues about student life and
student culture, and 1was wondering what the reception of my remarks would be and when I got
.
,._. "uJ., 11• .,... there there were about 300 stu•
dents there carrying tor~hes
A STUDENT, above, walks her doa reeeady o• Colpte'• eampat. Below, one of Collate's swaa,
around and I was extremely contraverses Taylor lake.
cerned that s.omconc had gotten
fo llowing the completion of the
wind of what I was going to say
new Art and Art History buildand 1hat this was a rro1csr. But
ing, is already in the works.
1hen I found out that it was simA more long-term challenge
ply a tradition. So that was one
for the Universi1y is to con1inuc
cx1rcmcly memorable moment.
the diversification of1he s1udcnt
(laughs]
body and faculty. "Colgate is a
I think one of the most exciting
historically white campus in an
moments for me was the NCAA
almost exclusively white town,"
hockey game in Albany against
Cappc10 said. "Somc1imcs. I
Michigan. 1 mean, I was in a state
worry that the total college exof super-adrenaline rush for the
entire game and I felt that I had
perience for students of color is
played the game. I felt that I had
not as rich as that for white students.'' This year, 19 percent of
been in 1he game. I was so CX·
haustcd
at the end-and so excited.
Colgate ·s admitted studcn1s are
That was another very son of wons1udcn1s of color.
derful
and interesting moment
"\Vithout any doubt, America
I've had a number of terrific
is becoming more and more di•
meetings with facuhy ofwhich no
versified - it suggests that insti·
one stands our - so this isn't a
tu1ions like this must be aware
0
momcn~ I guess you could say it·,
or the exterior populafion, Pin·
more of I series Of moments - but
chin said. The Provost felt it es•
tbe way in which faculty have sort
pecially important that Colgate
of taken thoughts and questions
increases its population of inter•
tbal I have bad way further than
national sludcnts. " We have been
the place that I had started and
an ou1ward-looking school right
developed all kinds of interelting
from the beginning, and I think
i•1111 in raponse to qucstions and
admi1ting more international stu..,....;oas of mine.
dents would be a fine supple•
One Ollamplc of 1h11, I guess,
ment to our strong Off-Campus
Study Groups and International
Tho Uaivenity will alao - · ceived oppo&itioll fnlm ... - - would be the wonderful uptake
Relations program," Pinchin tinue to punuc the optimal cbel- tlcat body, with tealiOIII _ . . lllat there has been on the...,....
said.
lengc ofJ>N>Vidia1 fiDaDCial aid i - flll'inl up conai-tly !Ma lion 1h11 we do more with u ynImproving Col1atc'1 outward to all admitted 11udea11. ~ - " All 1111811 liberal -col- " " ' - lcamiDg. The prclClltarelations in the context of Cappeto nplained 11111 CUINlldy, ..... . . pappliq with dlit, llul ticla. for example, by faculty who
Hamilton will also be a ebal• some lludenta ue emollod bo- · III 1111 policies (IIGIICllld by the -IIIUlluy,,cltronous laming
lcnge for the University. One of cause their fami lies CIIII pay ftall adlnlDl-io. llave iecolved die technolopcl at the 8-d ofliuatw cold iapow fnlm the 1111- cn ..-in1 in March wu a real
the Univcrsily•s primary soals. tuition while other qualified as mcntionedJ>y new SGA pres;. dcnta have opted not to come to deel body," Cappeto said.
higb poim- a real moment of IOrl
Yet.
Kuelia
said
that
IIIUdcDts
dent Erika Miller last week, is to Colgate because Ibey were ad·
ofpride that Ibo faculty had taken
attract sludcnts to downtown milled only after financial aid truly have the opportunity to aomedlins way beyond what I had
Hamiht\n.
resources bad already been ex- gain control o- tbeir own lei- imapned. But it adll ......,..
"We could probably benefit hausted. "Both of tbeoc groups sure time at Col1atc. "Wc~c tivity to • 11,..,..ioll tbal we in·
from operations like a new book· arc very small, but we want to bad a very healthy diacuuion novate and then taking a bare·
about alcohol-nlatcd i - of bones coaccpt way further than I
store downtown, but we just need eliminate them,• Cappeto said.
some entrepreneurs to have faith "Still, we will need more dollan mid-week panics and Sprin1 had taken it. So that's a series of
Party Weekend, but I thillk that - , I guess you could say.
that they can make money from to achieve this."
The administration '1 chal• coaviacin1 atudeata that they
Not so obvious to stuclenta, but
such operations," Cappeto said.
"My feeling is that students lcngc of reducing tbe. , . _ - •can•t'just IIO with the crowd' w:,yabviWltomc,hubecnwhal
arc not yet using lhcir 1pendin1 of "an alcohol cullun, on cam- will be an enduring i11ue for I learnecl about tbe relationahip
power outside of the campus."
pus is tbe only , ..1that hu re- Collate," be said.
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April 21, 2000
State of the 'Gate
Change And Stability Mark Colgate's Year
online application.
By Cloris Walllen
Ex«adwE•r
Dlveralty
Since its founding in 1819, the
For several years, Colgate has
University has undergone numerous changes as it continuously at- actively sought to make the cam·
tempts to evolve with the needs of pus more diverse.
its students, faculty and staff.
Dean of the Faculty and Provost
While the exact number of Jane Pinchin said that the
changes is too high 10 coun1, sev- diversif&ction of students and faceral members of the adminstration ulty is the most signifcant change
and faculty were able to reflect that has occurred at Colgate. Pinback on recent and significant chin said that when she first bechanges to the Colgate campus.
gan teaching at Colgate, the UniIn a year that =ms to be pri- versity was not yet a co--cducamarily marked by implementation tional instirutition.
Hill, a Colgate graduate of the
ofa new University President and
a major construction projccton the class of 1983. believes that a malower campus, it is important to jor change at Colgate has been its
recall that change and progress arc diversification ofgender, race and
geographical origin .
not new concepts for Colgate.
.. When I was a student, every
New Bulldlnga
1hird person was from New York,"
she said.
With regard to admission, Hill
When asked to name the most
significant changes to the Univer- said that greater effons have been
sity, administrators most com- made to recruit qualified students
monly mentioned the expansion· of color.
·
and renovation of the campus it•
In addition, Colgate has begun
aclf.
to aggressively recruit students
Penson Hall, Drake Hall, the from the Caribbean and other forEdge Cafe and the Barge were all eign countries.
built within the past 10 years. In
Race is clearly not been the only
addition to the new buildings, the issue of diversity that has been
University authorized the renova- addressed by the University.
.. Five or six years ago, there was
1ion of several older structures,
including Lawrence Halt and a concern rhar we were not admany residence halls. "We made dresS i ng women's needs,"
a pledge to the students about Cappeto said ... Since then, we
seven years ago that we would re- have made a lot of progres,."
The Women's Studies Center
vitalize the residential life physical plant," Dean of the College was the central result of this conMichael Cappcto said. "We have cern. which has sinccd launched
done an awful lot to the campus numerous programs and activilics
for students."
that are designed to call attention
In addition, 1hc University is in to women ·s is.sues.
the process of renovating the
Lower campus and adding a new
an and an history building. Aller
the construction is completed on
the new building. the University
will begin 10 renovate both Cut·
ten Hall and Csse Library.
Technology
With technology becoming
more important to education, the
University
has
sought
to
continously provide students and
faculty with new technology. In
fact, Colgate's strong commitment
to te<:hnology was recently recognized by Yahoo! magazine when
it released a list of "most wired"
colleges and universities across
the country. Colpte was ranked
second behind Williams College
in this survey.
When asked lboul new technoloay additions in recent years,
Cappeto higblishlcd the implementation oftbe VAX o-mail system, or whal most students r,rnember •• ..center.'' and the
........ to ..-,,i "mail" pcoaram.
New techaolosY hu played •
lipificanl role in Ille Univtnity'a
admiuialll ..- . Dam of Mmiuion Muy Hill Aid 11111 tec:11noloo baa allowed Co1911e to
beaer tnck polelllial ........OI,
p,oc• -did1fa 111d plan-.icly far lhc lblun,,
"In 1995, when I Mmled. I remember ua all beina - , . ex-
Cu"lcu:um
This year was marked by the
changing of the Universi1y President from Neil Grabois to Buddy
Karel is.
"Colgate has been really fonu- ·
natc because its reputation (as)
leaders of the educations! world.
We have been in a terrific posilion
to attract ambitious and intellegent
presidents to lead this institution,"
Assistant to the President Gary
Ross said.
According to Ross. Grabois and
Karclis "represcntthe essence of
what a great college president is
all about Both are innovative
thinken, who care a grept deal
lboul what takes place in the classroom."
In addjtion to atuacting distinguished presidents, Colgate has
also manqcd to atl?ICI a distinguished faculty.
Rou .cfcmd to lhc cwrent fac.
ulty u being "second to none."
With lhc paaina of ycen, the
Uaiwnity cim:ulum hu undcraonc numeroua cxpanoionl to provido 11Uden11 with new fields of
lllldy.
The Colgate liberal ans core
cinwUmn, bowevw, hu remained
cited lboat our first webp1p_"
llle11a1apiKe.-,fthcColplecduc1tiGII.
,._..IDl'illt:bin, Colpte'I
atrOIII ~ ID the liberal
- CORE cncullum dales beck
to 1928 wben lhe jN'Opanl WU
HlU aid. Today,
11111 -"liabcd. 0 - tbe ycon.
.ell...._•
lhe Colple SIUdeal c,,.--,
.... _......... _,_......,
wllicb ii ..... pnllpeeli.e -
q,ICllioal, onli• iaquiriel and
April Vllil ~ . . . .Ilion, -
all be clono . . . dilo ! 1 'mct
ID addition, 12" G I ta lie·
cidotl ID tlllPIY,..... "11f n IDllle
Ul.iwril) .......... - of•
lbe propam hu cvol¥ed, . - d y movin1 from General
l!ducltlan (OEND) 10 lhe cunent
CORl!ch1111.
Piacbi• added tbat tbe
eim:ullum bNbeen ~ in
.,._ . . . ill Cllabliabmcnl ...
bu
..
alldcraoae ....,
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SENIOR MYUSA SERGEANT said Colgate reels " business oriented. As a liberal arts school,
I tlllak 11 sbnld bave more dlvenlty In wbat companies recruit her<."
Students Gauge Campus' Direction
By Katllerine WIiey
Con1rlbufl"8 Editor
Times Square may be the
crossroads of the world, but the
O"Connor Campus Cen1cr
(Coop) is undoubtedly the
crossrOW ofOur campus. Most
students visi1 it daily to c-heck
mail, glance over coop tables,
print out papers or just catch up
with friends between classes.
While students gaiher here
for differen1 reasons. when
asked to reflect upon the direction in which our University is
headed, they oflen focused
upon similar topics. Students
overwhelmingly felt tha1, to
keep up with the limes. above
all Colgate must diversify its
academic programs and racial
makeup.
From their pCrch on the
Coop's patio. sophomores Di·
ego Duran and Meredith
Manuoli both emphasized tha~
over the next few years, Colgate will have to expand its
course offerings.
Mari:uoli explained that
Colga1e's curriculum "needs a
broader range of things ... for
example, I know in the religion
dcputmcnt there's not so much
of I focus on Eu1em thought.
There's only one professor who
foculCI on 1bi1. I think they
DCCd IO CJmore overarching focus."
Future students will "come
here expecting IO ll\ldy nontn1ditiGllal things and to expect the
cu.riculum to reflect chanaes in
society," Duran added.
The two were nol alone in
their views. Sophomore
Brendan Kelley also felt that
Colgate's ClifflCl/lum hu room
for improvemeal. "It would
also be nice if ,o,nc of lhc genend dep..b11CD11 .doptcd more
specific- oh111dy," be said.
"I'd like IO tbhik that the . . .
dcmic propama would become
more varied."
Nol aurp.uinaly, ltu·
dents alao bopod that Colpte
WO!lld become more racially
di..,... owr lhc next decade.
STUDENTS' VIEWS
Brendan Kelley '02
"I would love the community
of Hamil Ion and Colgate's
community to become a bit
more integrated... I would
like to sec them extending
mutual councsies."
Derek Hosn '02
"I think the student body and
faculty should be more
liberal. If you're liberal it .
expands your knowledge
more . ... Personally, I think
hlvina a more liberal
campus would stimula1e me
more."
Meredith Maz.uoli '02
and Diego Duran '02
"(Wei 1hink 1ha1 fundamentally Colgate will remain a
highly elite. private,
privclcgcd institution ... As
much as (we) want 10 1hink
1hat diversity will increase. ir
will siill be a difficulr place
for non.traditional students
to be at."
Laura Simmons '03
"'Should Colga1e increase its
enrollment? Definitely not. If
it got any larger, I don·,
think there would be the
same sense ofcommuni1y."
COfflP1k!d b:, K Mhcr- W,ity
However, they disagreed on
whether this chanac would actually occur.
"ColgaiC will be doing better divcrsity-wiac," senior Myliu
S.,.cant explained. "I definitely
think tbe.c will be [cbanacs) in the
riaht direction u long as the students keep pushina for them."
Othcn were not so positive.
"Thcy'retryin1 IO make [Col·
1atcI mon, diverse, but I don't
think that will happen," explained
sophomcn Derek Hom. "Minor-
ity studcntS jusr arcn 't attracted
to a place that's 89 percent
white, as it was when I applied
here." Hom also noted that
Colgate's rural setting turns off
many minority students.
Most students also felt that
Colgate's social life will a lso
alter in the upcoming years.
"I'm thinking it's going to
move away from the Greek
system, just because the administration is not too happy
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State of the 'Gate
THE CoLCATE MARooN-NEWS
April 21, 2000
Many Say Economic Boom Bypassed Ha1nilton
By K atherine W iley
(local businesses], the bencr we
become," she explained. When
residents spend their money in
Hamilton, stores can offer bcner
prices and selection.
Cuntributlflg Editor
ft is a sunny Friday in April and
Broad S1rcc1·s stores are busy with
Hamilton residents running er-
Colgate's Role
rands. Inside the gift shop Cran-
berries. owner Kim Lamb is busy
advising one customer about
which children's CD to purchase
for a friend who is expecting.
As 1hcy move to 1hc back of the
s1orc to lis1cn 10 the options. the
phone rings. After answering the
caller's questions. Lamb rings up
a 1an woman and chats with her
about her recent trip 10 Florida.
Lamb doesn't seem bothered by
all the activity; she con1inues 10
grce1 each customer with a plcas-
an1 smile,
h would be easy 10 allributc 1his
morning's business to the recent
national economic boom. but
Lamb is quick to point out that
many Hamilton residents feel that
the village and its surrounding ar·
eas have not benefited from the
thriving economy.
Hamilton's Current
Economic Status
"As a whole, upstate New York
is way behind the rcs1 of the country," Lamb explained. "I don ·1
think that we have panicipatcd in
the wonderful economy that ev·
eryone else has - you don't have
to go very far from downtown
Hamilton to sec lots of poverty."
Assistant Professor of Sociol·
ogy Adam Weinberg agreed. "I
think that. overall, 1hc current
c.-conomy is devastating for communities like Hamilton, but we're
managing bcncr 1han most."
On the other hand, dcspi1c i1s
small population, Hamilton has a
lot going for it economically.
Within its boundaries it has a hbs·
pital and a four year college, two
assets most villages iJs s ize do not
enjoy.
However, while these ins1im1ions do provide many jobs to 1he
commul1ity's rcsidenls, they arc
exemp1 from paying properly
taxes. Indeed, since 1he villagfs
school and churches also enjoy
such rax breaks, Hamilton is not
able to collect taxes from two•
thirds of the propcny 1hat it contains.
The village's small tax base is
not the only problem it faces economically. Allhough it is not difficult to find work in Hamilton and
the surrounding areas, many of
1hcsc jobs offer low salaries and
few bencfois.
Hamillon residents have been
addressing these issues,
•
AN AIRPLANE prepares to take off (n,m tilt Hamlhon Alrpor1.
Airport Is Centerpiece Of Growth
By Kate Dubill
Maroon-Nett>s Srajf
You don't have to drive 70
miles to fly away for the week·
end. Not far from lhe heart of
Hamilton is a municipal airport
1ha1 accommodates 1200
flights a month in peak season
and is open 365 days a year.
"You never know when
someone is going to drop in,"
said General Manager Fred
Keib. ''Because this is a nontowered airport, you need to be
ready."
In existence since 1961, the
airport has seen several owners before being bough1 by the
Village in 1995. Despite the
changes, a close tic with the
Colgate communi1y remains
strong.
The airport hosts a wide
range of users. Forty-one
planes arc stored; 4 arc airplanes made by Hami llonians.
Military crafts also make
Hamilton a stopping poin1, either to refuel, or if weather
poses a problem.
The airpon is also a siopping
ground for priva1c and corporate jets. Keib estimates that 98
percent arc Colgatc,rela1cd.
Notable passengers have in-
Attracting New BuslnesMS
Las1 June, the village cstab·
lished 1he Panncr,;hip for Community Development, a non-profit
orga11ization whose goals, as director Kate Lucy explained. are
" to enhance economic opp0rtuni1y
and community vitali1y in and
around Hamilton."
Realizing these goals will in·
volve improving what Hamilton
already has. while simultaneously
adding to these assc1s, For example. the Panncrship hopes 10
'"tangibly assis1 existing businesses in the area and to recruit
new businesses." Lucey said.
To draw new businesses to
Hamilton; the village plans to develop a parcel of land east of the
Hamilton Municipal Airpon.
The land's proximity to route
12B ma kes it attractive fordcvcl•
opment since it would be easy to
extend utilities to it, a projec1 1hc
village is also hoping 10 fund wi1h
grants from various agencies.
The village hopes that, once
developed, the Airpark project will
draw a ccnain kind of industry.
This means "no smokestack in·
dusirics." Village Mayor Charles
· Naefexplained. Rather, they hope
the Airpark will anrac1 .. indu.1Ctrics
eluded New York Governor
George Patatki, former Soviet
President Mikhail Gorbachev and
last year's Univcrsily commencement spcak"cr Bill Cosby.
I\ family opera1ion, Keib Air
Service is owned by Fred's son,
Patrick Keib. Pa1rick 's brother Jon
is 1hc Director of line Openuions.
When she is 001 busy with herjob
as treasurer for the Oneida City
School District, Fred's wife Judy
serves as bookkeeper.
Under lhe Kcibs. the airpon has
expanded services for night crews.
II is connec1cd to a national
weather service thaJ i,s constantly
updated.
Arrangements for rental cars
and hotels can be made through
the airpon, as well as planning for
weekend lrips, conferences and
sales meetings,
The airport has a 5,000-foot
runway. Due to increased ac1iv.
ity, Keib Air Service has installed
a jct fuel tank.
Though studen1& may not realize it, Colgate grants physical
education credit for 10 to 12
hours of flight classes, the average time ii takes for someone 10
earn a pilot's license. Lessons
arc $74 per hour and cover the
cost of fuel, the plane and the
instructor.
that really crcalC jobs andjobs that
create decent wages ... to really
hope the surroundina community
we really need to llllnC1 industries
that will hire local people."
Sub-assembly or service sector
industrics would not only provide
jobs for skilled WOllalso increase the village's tax bue.
Shopping Center
While one part of making
Hamilton a stronger community
economically is rccruitina new
businesSC$, another is supportina
businCSSC$ that arc already here a practice some local business
The airporl has been a
launching pad for many stu- .
dents .•One night when studying on his roof, Bob Meyer
'60, watched the planes taking off and landing. This inspired him to take lessons, and
he made his mark as a Marine
1'via1or in Vietnam.
Today, he is an auorney
with his own plane. He occa.
sionally returns to visit nol
only his alma maier, bul also
the airpon 1h11 sparked his interest in flying.
Studen1s arc not the only
pilots wi1h Colgate connections. Partnering with Patrick
Keib in the Chenango Valley
Aviation Association is retired
Professor of Psychology Jim
Reynolds. A privalC pilot, he
is partial owner of one plane
that is rented out 10 Right students and their ins1rue1ors.
"I think we have a very
good airpon with mnarkable
facilities, especially for acommun i1y this small," said
Reynollls.
"A committee has been established in 1he Village to expand the facilities. If thal
happens, we could sec the
airport 1row and Hamillon
with it."
owners feel does not occur often
enough now.
With large stores like Wal-Mart
and Wqman 's within euy drivina distanee, convincing people to
spend their dollars in Hamiltoo is
ROI an euy task. "It hu to be a
pusroots effo11 just for people to
decide to shop locally," Lamb explained.
Still, the difficult part is pning
started. Accordina to Hamilton
Whole Foods owner Monica
Costa. u soon u people commit
to 1hoppin1 locally, they will begin to see the effects.
"The IIIOtt IIC'?Ple supponing
It is no1 just Hamilton residents
who have to commit to shopping
locally if1hcy want to sec a more
ccnomically viable town; Colgate
s1udcnts must support local busi·
nesses as well.
"We live in a ·University town,
but a lot of kids don '1 find us until
they're juniors or seniors.'' Lamb
said.
Many s1udents agree. As chair
of 1he student affairs cominince,
sophomore Noah Schwarz hopes
10 help bridge the divide be1wecn
Colgate and Hamihon.
He noted that man:, students
avoid shopping downtown be·
cause "A lot of S1uden1s get things
sen, up from Jheir parcnlS ... they
follow wha1 other people do."
Weinberg, who serves on the
board of the Par1nership, explained tha1 a few year,; ago some
of his students conducted a study
to examine why so few Colgate
students shop in Hamihon. They
found that, in order 10 convince
s1udcnts to shop locally, there
••have to be enough stores in 1he
village 10 make it an outing ... it
has 10 be a destina1ion place," he
explained. "S1udents aren '1 neces~
sarily looking to buy 1hings,
they're looking for something to
do."
Turning Hamilton into a "dcstj.
nation'' would involve more than
jus1 recruiting new busint:SSC:s that
offered diverse products: students
would have to be provided with a
means to set downtown.
Weinberg and Schwarz agreed
1ha1 1he shuttle bus - which could
make cxlTII trips 10 the shops on
designated "down1own days" might solve this problem.
Another possible way 10 a11rac1
Colgate studenlS 10 suppon local
businesses included instituting a
sys1em in which. ins1ead of meal
cards. students would have a son
of debit card 1h11 they could use
not only on campus, but also at
many of the downtown businesses.
The Future
Overall, people agreed that if
Hamilton's business owners and
residents, along with the Colga1e
community, remain committed
to these causes. Hamilton could
be a very different place in JO
years.
"It's either going to be an example of how a 11111all rural comm11nity can thrive in the new
economy or it's going to be an
example of how a community can
be dcv-..ed." Wcinberalaid. He
predicts the former.
"Ideally, I don't think anyone
W911tl to sec Hamilton become a
boom town," Lucey explaisMd.
"The different busincsoes that
are here - and have been here for
a Iona time - have been doing
good jobs, but if we could have
more and-bring IIIOtt traffie in
1h11 would be even better."
It will not be an easy trip, but
Hamihon is certainly on the right
track.
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State of the 'Gate
THE Col.GATE MAaooN-NEWS
April 21, 2000
5
Year Hands Greeks Successes And Setbacks
By Jessi•• Whitt
News Edllor
The 2000-0 I academic year has
brought a mix of successes .ind
setbacks 10 Colgate's nine fratcr·
nities and four sororities ... h
wasn't a perfect year, but we
gained some significant grOWtd/'
Director of Fraiernity and Sorority Affairs Simi Wilhelm said.
While Colgate's Greek chapters
have shown greater initiative 1han
past years in philanthropic and
house events, several chapters
have been put on probation for
violations of the University and
New York State alcohol and hazing policies.
Colgate's I 3 Greek chapters
have also grappled with issues of
risk management, liability and the
constraints that 1he national organizations have placed upon them.
Despite these factors, partitiparion
in the Greek system is greater than
it has been in recent years. Greek
members• participa1ion in campus
and community events has also
increased.
The fall of 1999 yielded s1ro111
results for both fraternity and sorority rush effortS. After a fiveyear decline in fraternity bid acceptances, 189 men accepted bids
from Colgate's nine fraternities,
compared with last year's ISS,
with Bera Theta Pi receiving the
highest number of bids (29), followed by Delta Kappa Epsilon and
Sigma Chi with 28 each. Colpe's
four sororities Delta Delta Delta,
Gamma Phi Bera, Kappa Alpha
Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma
also netted s1r0ng results tiom the
rush process with a slight increase
in bid acceptances. Kappa Kappa
Gamma netted the highest number of bid acceprances totaUing S4,
followed by Kappa Alpha Theta's
S2.
Ajoint effort by the Panhellenic
and lnterfratemity Councils produced the first "Mr. Colgate" competition, which was hosted by Assistant President of the University
Gary Ross and junior Kappa Alpha Theta member, Liz
Scanerella. The event, which
nearly 800 students anended,
raised over S3, I 00 for charity.
Sigma Chi's week-long ·Derby
Days attracted over 400 fCIJ\8le
participants and raised over
$7,000 10 primarily benefit the
Children's Miracle Nc1work .
Kappa Delta Rho has also· made
signiciant charitable contributions.
through a program in which brothers coach Hamilton Ccnlral
School athletic teams.
The spring semester began with
another initiative that was unpopu-
SENIOR ANDY DALE, ript, cdtbrates al a 1919s party al Ille Slsma Chi fraternity In Ottobtr.
lar among students to handle liability and risk management issues and comply with New York
State's pub crawling laws that
wen: enacted November 24, 1999.
In accordance with the new laws,
which aim to reduce 'binge drinking,• the caterers must now limit
the number of drinks per person
to six by dispensing 1ickets to
those students over 21 when they
pay their SS entrance fee. Eligible
students who wish to consume
more alcohol may purchase an ad-
ditional SS bracelet.
Tb.:ra Chi was suspended following a hazjng incident in midScptembcr: the liarernity was not
allowed to initiate its new class.
which cost the house up to
$10,000 in uncollected dues from
its 21 members. according to
Wilhelm.
As pert of its suspension, Theta
c;ru was not allowed to host any
events within the house until January I, 2000. Later in the fall, Theta
Chi was ordaed cl06ed after it violated University policy by a cosponsoring a social cvcn1 with
Kappa Kappa Gamma while Theta
Chi was still on probation. Both organizations were put on social probation after having faced hazjng alleptions in the fall. Theta Cm residenls wen: forced to move out for
the mnainder of the semester.
The removal ofall alcohol from
Kappa Delta Rho (KOR) was
mandated after violating the
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the house sponsored a new member education event that involved
alcohol. Authorities leamed ofthe
incident after an underage new
member was found intoxicated on
among its 26 member sororities.
Phi Delta Theta will go dry in
June 2000 as mandated by its national headquarters and Theta Chi
has announced its plans to go dry
by 2003. According to Thiede, the
chapters of Phi Delta Theta that
have embraced 1hc alcohol-free
"Rush results have still been
phen'omcnal," Wilhelm said in ref•
crencc to Sigma Chi's pcrfor·
mance over the past 1hrce years.
Sigma Chi's pledge classes of 23
in 1997,22in 1998and29in 1999
Whitnall Field at I p.m. September 12. As part of their penalty,
KOR was allowed to host one initia1ive have benefited from the
party on campus and one party off- · decision. New member class sizes
shows how that the hou.se's 1cm·
porary dry status did not hinder iLS
recruitment process.
Marcu.s Casteel, Director of
have increased, as well as chapter
GPAs, alumni giving and campus
involvcme.nt. Dry chapters also
benefi1 from lower insurance pre•
miums and decreased liability
claims.
Despite increasing pressure to
work around these liability and
risk management issues, Colgate's
other chapters of na1ional frater•
nities. as wcJI as local fraternity
chapter, Phi Tau, have made no
Expansion Alpha Tau Omega
campus.
Alpha Tau Omega re-opened
last fall after a three-semester probation period. Wilhelm was impressed with ATO's house involvement and initia1ivcs, which
included ATO's sponsorship of a
faculty dinner this weekend.
Mid-week &.tcrnity parties have
come w,der fire by the administration after faculty members approached Dean of the College
Michael Cappeto willt compuunts
about mid-week parties based on
noise levels, under~• drinking and
interfm:nce with study habits. The
issue was dosed on Octocr S after
the Studcn1 Senate unanimously
voted nor 10 ban mid-week parties.
Liability and risk management
issues have neccs.sitated greater
t'eStrictions on the Greek system.
All sororities, according to a Na·
tional Panhellcnic unanimous
resolution, are going to suppon
alcohoJ.free ini1iatives beginning
in the Fall 2000. At its annual convention, the National Panhcllenic
Conference drafted unanimous
agreements for collective action
plans to go dry a1 this point "My
impression is that DKE will never
go dry," Wilhelm said. "I would
be surprised ifATO, Beta or Sigma
Chi went dry in the next five
years," she added.
While many Greek members
fear that a dry chapter will attract
fewer students in the recrui1ment
process, Wilhelm 's evidence
poin1s to 1he contrary. She s tresses
rha1 a house's alcohol policy docs
not necessarily hinder its
recuritment process and uses
Sigma Chi's consistently strong
bid acceptance rate. even during
its period of social probation as
evidence.
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National Headquar1crs. says 1ha1
while some chap1ers of ATO
have voluntarily removed aJco.
hol from their ehap1ers, ATO's
national headquarters have no
present plans to mandate alco-
hol-free chap1ers, ahhough they
encourage it through other
means.
.. ATO na1ional headquarters
fully supports s ubstance-free
chapters, but we don't mandate it.
We promote it through rebates and
education," Casteel said.
01hcr chaplers of Colga1c's
nine fraternities have adapted
s imilar policies. Delta Upsilon's
national hcadquancrs have draf\CU
an alcohol policy 1hat makes 1hc1r
right to possess alcohol in their
houses contingent upon certain
chapter standards.
"\Ve arc removing the alcohol from chapter houses to foster
the college experience. no1 hinder
it,''Thiede said who believe~ that
the iniliative will help Phi Dehn
Theta re1urn ''to 1hc basic values
of a fraternity."
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State of the 'Gate
THE Col.GATE MAROON-NEWS
Students
Consider
.Colgate's
Future
Karelis Reflects On His
First Year At Colgate
eominued from pag~ 1
community about many issues inbetween the alums and 1he college cluding student financial aid
- and in panicular I'm rounding policy, the possibility of being
out 1ha1 geography does not dilute more involved in the Village of
eommi 1mcn1 10 Colgate. That the Hamilton, possible building
reception that I got in Los Ange- projects on campus, the increase
les and in Phoenix and in San in the size of the faculty that we
Francisco in Palm Beach, Florida, hope to make happen, the curricuin Fort Lauderdale - 1ha1 all those lum and pedagogical innovation
far-nung alums are quite aware of process - these are all issues 1hat
whal's happening on campus and have been circling, and they arc
quite supportive, quite committed going to land sooner rather than
to Colgate. So those have been a later. I say land not in the sens~ of
series o f pleasant revelations as being completely set in stone beI've 1ravclcd around.
cause plans are always affected by
Those arc some things that pop unforeseen events and by new opto mind immediately. Do you have portunities that come along that
any that you're surprised I didn't you didn •1 anticjpatc . Which
mcn1ion?
makes something that seemed a
priorily because less a priority
I thought that Inauguration bccaUsc some terrific new thing
would have been a memorable opens up. So with all due acknowl•
day for you.
cdgment to the imperfect nature of
'any planning proecss I still think
Yes, Inauguration. Can I please we're working our way to a plan.
be allowed 10 backtrack and Jl'II 1ha1
back in'! That was ac-rually one of You have been here leu than a
the high points of my life. really, not year, but do you think thert art
just of my year Foronc thing.. it was things you tan pick out as your
a Ionic bit like "This Is Your Life" - most important accomplish ..
because all kinds ofpeople fom1all ments in your first year?
pans of my life assembled - people
r think u·s an important stage in
who had ocvcr met each other before and may not sec each other my presidency - gctriog caught up
in tnc ways 1ha1 Colgalc docs
again unul my funeral...
The Colgate community was in- things Finding out about the
c«.-dibly wam1. I mean. the recep- achievemen1s of facuhy. finding
tion that I got from faculty when out about the traditions., about the
Ellen Kroly son of welcomed me culture. And while I'd be the last
mto the faculty, and the very nice to call it an achievement - ccnainly
rc1muks that Otat\ Pinchin made you don '1 get a gold star for gel•
abuul me. It was just a sort of amaz- ting up 10 speed • the idea of this
ing momcnl. and as 1 think I s:1id first year is tha1 it ·s a year to get
whc;n you interviewed me on !he up 10 speed, and I 1hfok that I have
subject before. it's was the kind of learned a lot about this wonderful
thing I normally wouldn't feel com- institution and the wonderfu l
fortable doing except it felt like it people here in a few months. So
was Colga1e 's history and traditions J'd say tha1 I was on course. rather
and so I reluctantly allowed m)"'clf than ready to open the champagne
to be made a fuss of. But it was a and celebrate a series of glittering
wonderful time.
achievements.
You talked about somt memo-
rable moments from the past
year. Are there any events tbat
stand out 11 deflnln& moments
for Colgate?
·
I probably don '1 think there
have been defining moments - I
wouldn't characterize this year as
a defining moment. I would say
this year is a year ofconversation.
looking toward a resolution. I
think it's going to be important to
resolve the planning process.
There's a board initiated planning
process underway for something
like two and a half yean and that's
working its way to some son of
resolution and the hope is that it
will provide us with some sort or
sketch ofwhen, we're headed o_.
the comin1 ycan.
lfl had 10 characterize this year
ii would be .. • year or open discussion between many parts oflhe
•
/ro,,e page J
co,itillMff
about the associ'arion of the Grccland drinking." Marzuoli said.
"Which will probably· be good
because maybe ii will become a
more individualized University."
Sophomore Mike McWilliams
agreed the Greek system would be
changing, but didn '1 proje<.t that
the system would dissipate altogether. "I think there'll be less of
an emphasis on fraternity panics
on the weekend." he said. •·11·s
kind of the trend lhal all schools
are secint1, I don't know if we'll
OCCC$$1rily lose them but they're
dwindling."
Whether the Greek system disappears or not, many studen1s felt
u,.c.,.. that par1ying would still be a maCOLGATE PRESIDENT Charin "B•ddy" Kartlb rtlltcls oa .
jor pan of the campus' social life.
bis nrst year at Colaate.
·1ncre's nothing else to do here,"
Hom explained.
world to come?
agemcn1 - you do one thing. you
No maner how much 1hcy
stop doing that and tum your at~ may want them to. students admitWell, I'd like 10 sec Colgate tcntion to the next Ching and tum ted that some things would never
think about how to prepare future your attention to the next thing and change. After all. according to
leaders 10 do the kind ofintegrated it's an adaptive Way to handle lim- McWilhams, ten years from now
and synthetic thinking - the think- ited time - to consider problems "Frank food wall 51111 be disgusting across boundaries that they' re in isolation. And yet the opposite ing." Bui will the Colgate of the
going to have to do in the po6i- capacity is adaptive in the world future be a bener p1acc? Most stu·
1ions of responsibility 1ha1 they arc into which we're all going.
dents said yes, \>ul only after they
going 10 occupy. If you look at the
We need to figure out a way to insisted 1ha1 Colgate was okay as
most successful people around, help students see the things 1ha1 is. Duran noted that the futu re
one quality consistently shines they learn and the thongs 1ha1 they Colgate "will be more reflective
through - apd lhal is, the capacity do here in relation to one another of America I think 1ha1 there wall
to sec infom1ation and theory and and npt compartmentalize. This be even more opponunities to do
vicwp0ints and values in ... their would go also for the relationship be11er things and I think 1ha1 Colrelevant relationships and con• between learning an the narrow gate will be a bellcr place."
texts. A managc1 who listens to scosc and all other aspccrs or stuWhile most students hope he is
competing experts and weighs one dent life. Here apin, ~ven the comet, they would probably also
against another or who synthesizes "work hard, play hard" mantra agree with Sergeant who exviewpoints that may be expressed suggests that the culture endoncs plained that "I don '1 think anyirt different jargons is exercising separation of the academic from body likes the Colgate 1ha1 they
this capacity to see things in con- the non-academic pans orcollege see when they come back and visit
text and judge things in relation life. ] think WC need IO deliberately because they don't know that Colto other things. An cntrcprcneur
focus on healing some of those gate."
At tbe start or a new cent_.ry, who joins knowlcclgc of tcc:hnol- f'racnua in student experience.
what art some ortbt major~• ogy 10 insiah1 into social needs
and appetites and comes up with We"-tallcNlalel..,_1,..,....
ltngn faclnc Colcatt?
a new product is excn:ising the 1ac1111t1eM1r.rureoftm'CGlI think that the biggest challenge capfacing Colgate is 10 undcnllnd the relationship.or in contcJkind of world into which students person who commits mindfully to Moy1
from Colgate arc aoina to move, a philosophy of life, having
the demands of that world, the browsed in the &.c marketplace
Yea, I do. No ooe bu"*- me
opportunities they'll race and then ofidcu is demonstrating the'samc to live a padlllllioa opeecb this
10 work backwards 10 dcfinina an capacity to see things in rclalioo year, but [ have tome advice.
education that's an appropriate andjudae thinp in COllleXt, I think Learn to !mow when your worlt ii
education for that world. So it's an that Colptc lhould 1C1 out dclil>- ffnilbed, when a job ii dooe. y,..
excn:isc. in prediction combined cntdy to prepare people to eur- can't fiaiab nery job, but doo'I
with an cxcn:isc in suilin& Colptc cilc that kind or j....-,
kid younelf. Second, set OODINI
I think that's in our tnditiw. of your own leiAINI. Don't let
to the prcdictod world. That's the
biggest tllallcnge. And a pan or Ifyou rad aome ofdlo 1ept11111bol .......... apeyourllillnb
that chlllcnac is dcvclopin& the were written before I pt bin, you. Nevw rad die ...... inc ill
resources - human raourca, fa,.· there's a lot of otteatioo to die die poudl .. die .... ofdle cilitics, bricks and mortar - that ptOblcm o r ~ . ....•• ia hat of ,.,. ia die oirarc needed to meet that challenge. That students ~ iaalile plw. 'l1lal'IICIIDebod)'. .'lideo
problema and iaolalc 6am ofwlltlt,.,. aliould .,.. . . witll
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State of the ' Gate
THE Col.GATE MAllooN-NEWS
7
Today's Colga~e Shaped
By Years Of Changes
ron1in11ed from page 1
sions.
"(f we taught the same curriculum we taught 100 years ago, we
would be a terrible college,"
Cappeto said.
Today at Colgate. more majors
and fields or study have been
added to the numerous list of
courses students may take. Over
1hc years. the University's distinc-
tive prorcssor-lcd study groups
have also increased in number.
Colgate has removed some clements ofthe academic experience,
such as January and Summer
1crms. Admistrators agreed that
these programs worked well in the
past, but eventually needed to be
changed
Capcno added that over the past
few years. there has been a major
enhancement of the holdings of
the Colgate libraries.
Admlaalon and Financial
Aid
In the five years that Hill has
served as Dean of Admission.
major changes have been made to
bo1h admissions and financial aid
policies.
Since Hill anivcd, 1he applicant
pool for admission has become
better qualified and more diverse.
Hill believes that the marketing
performed by the Office orAdmission is one of the major reasons
that has led to these two desired
changes..
"We have very dclibcra1ively
emphasiud the strength orthc liberal artseirrcullum," Hill said. Hill
added that an emphasis on
Colgate's academic profile will
help infonn potential students who
would nonnally rccogniu Colgate
for i1s athletics program. beautiful campus and social reputation.
Of the new marketing strategics,
Hill said, "I think it's working. I
think that&rsquos why we've had
stronger applicant pools."
Hill is also proud or how Colgate is becoming more diverse. In
addi1ion to ethnic diversi1y, the
Colgate has become more gco•
graphically diverse. Previously,
most of 1hc studcn1s attending
Colgate were from 1hc Nonheas1,
specifically New York. Today, the
majority of students s1ill orginate
from New York, but the percentages orstudents coming from New
York have dropped significantly to
about 2S pe,ccnt last y-.
Students arc instead coming
from the western and southern
states to ancnd Colgate. In addition, the number or international
students hal also grown subaiantially. About 4 percent orthc University population are iatenaliOMI IIUdents, and Hill bopco that
tbio Ii....., will increue wilh thc
claN of 2004.
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"Colple. l1 now pen:cived as
an outstanding colleae lhat hu
been able 10 draw great minds
l'rom all over lhe -rid." R-
said.
Over the yean, Colgate haa
managed to master lhe proceu of
building a strong sense of community. in addition to its academic
and physical setting. Each year,
Colgate makes a strong commitment to provide activities for the
campus community 10 bo1h enjoy
and learn from. Students. racully
and stafThavc worked hard to con·
tinue this tradition and as a rcsuh,
more and more ac1ivitics and programs arc offered a1 Colgare each
year.
.., think the number ofactivities
on campus has gone up;' Associate Dean or the Fac ulty Jeff
Qaldnni said. "The culture or the
college has to change. and I think
it is a good thing that more activities arc more academic and diverse
than when I firs1 came here in the
1980s."
Administrators c redit the in• THE BARGE CANAL Is among Colgate's mos1 visible inve,tments in Hamilton.
crease of a"c:tivitics and programs
to how much Colgate students
want 10 give back to the commu•
nity. Each student may give back
to the community in different inpropose a soh11ion. The indepcndcnl 1he Univcrsi1y's plans to change
dividual methods, but the goals
By Alex Clifford
analysis ofboth consultants was tha1 1hc face of downtown Hamihon,
remain the same.
Nct,i·s Edltor
the stores were suffering from low Cappcto is quick 10 point out 1hat
"One or the things that makes
me most proud is that almos1 evFour years ago, the University traffic because there was liulc 1oa1- "Colgate is 1101 going into the vii·
ery single student cares 10 get in- ushered in a new era of town- tract students rrom the top or the hill lage to take it over. Imperialism is
volved some separate way 10 give gown relations with the creation down 10 the Village. They proposed not exactl y what we have in
back 10 the community," Ross or the Barge Canal Coffee Com- 1he creation of an anchor store 1hat mind."
said. "If that becomes one of the pany. Following in this 1radi1ion, woolddrawdaytime traffic from the
Yet, changes arc on 1hc horizon.
enduring charac1eris1ics when the Class or2000's gift will be a hill and consequently benefit busi- Establishments like Olivcri's, the
Hami lton Movie House and
people think or Colgate. I think fountain for the village green. This ness on Lebanon St.
"We needed to give Hamilton a Hamilton Whole Foods have
that would be a tenific reflection gift is presented in conjul'lction
on Colgate."
with a Hamilton-run )>roject to re· shot in the ann," Cappeto said.
storefront facades in keeping with
The Barge was opened in Sep- the 1um-of-thc-century feel tha1
When compared with her expe- model the village green. Accordriences as a student, Hill believes ing to Dean or the College tember or 1997 and the Lebanon both the Village and the UnivcrSt. Corridor has been relatively sily arc looking for. lncen1ivethat the cuJTent student batty has Michael Cappeto, the united
become a more active and in• forts towards refurbishing down- booming since.
based programs for businesses to
Now,
the
Universi1y
and
the
remodel
their s1orefronts have
volved student body. She noted the 1own Hamihon will continue.
··1 foci pretty confident that over town arc collaborating on a reno· been suggested.
wider spectrum of activities and a
the
course of the next four or five. vat ion of the vilfage green. In an
The University has also been
greater willingness for students to
practice voluntcerism as two ofthe years, a lot will happen,'' he said. attempt to crca1e a more 1um-of- considering opening ano1hcr ColThe Barge was created for two thc-een1ury feel consistent wi1h galc-run fac ility in the downtown
causes for this change.
According to Director of Stu• rcasonsi as a s1op-gap measure to 1hc surrounding architecture, the area. The ideas of either creating
dent Activities Mamie Terhune, prevent funher economic deterio- remodeled green will incorpora1c a satellite bookstore or moving the
evidence of this willingness ofstu- ration to Downtown Hamilton and brick walkways and a bandstand. actual bookstore downtown have
'"The village is our front door," both been considered. However.
dcntS to give back can be found in as place which could, according to
Cappcto,
func1ion
as
'"the
living
Cappeto
said.
with no Sui1able space available.
the s1uden1 organizations and stu•
This remodeling of1hc green is any such addition seems unlikely
den1-planncd activities.
room of1he village."
Consultants were brought in to the first step in the Village's and in the immediate fu1urc.
"I have seen an intensification
of activities on campus," she said.
"I am really amazed with the ac1ivities that Colgate students have
organized."
This greater student involvement in organizing and plannin'g.
activities began about 1hrcc years
ago when Student Activities wa~
expanded with 1he es1ablishmen1
of the Colgate Activities Board
(CAB).
In addition, strong in1erest 10
be&in new clubs continues among
students.
"'Clubs and organizations arc
still just croppin& up each year
and show great diversity and a
broad range or interest," Terhune
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THE Col.GATE MARooN-NEWS
April 21, 2000
State of the 'Gate
THE YEAR IN
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April21,2000
The :Jest OfThe Blotter
Ewrry Wttk. the C4mpus
S4fety BlOlttr entert9/,.,,
shocks and sometimes even
emban-DJsa us with the wacky
exploits ofcampus ne ·er-do•
wells whose antics are caught
by the authorities. And. every
so often.from amid the cloud
offin, alarms and underage
drinking, an Incident will
stand out. an incident that
demands to be honored in
Tau caused by smoke machine.
I :28 a.m.: Fire alarm at Phi Tau
caused by smoke machine.
Wtdnetday 2/16
7:03 p.m.: Fire alarm at Phi Tau
caused by dust from a vacuum
cleaner.
CALLOUT THE FIRE SQUAD
Monday .S/30
4:29 p.m.: Fire alarm at East Hall
was set off by an individual touch·
The Best OrTiw, Blo«tr:
ing a smoke dc1ec1or.
Monday 11/8
ATTA CK ON CAMPUS
SAFETY
Wtdntsday 8125
4:00 p.m. : After being issued a
Fire a larm at Lathrop Hall caused
by a chemistry experiment
ticket for an unregistered vc•
hiclc. a staff member confronted an officer and verbally
abused him with names that
degraded Campus Safety and
the officer.
PHI TAU ON FIRE
· Friday 11/5
II :06 p.m.: Fire alarm at Phi
T.:u. c:lUsc i.mJetcrmincd.
II :37 p.m.: Fire alarm at Phi
Tau caused by cigarette smoke.
Saturday 11/6
12:56 a.m.: Fire alarm at Phi
SEEING DOUBLE
Saturday 11/6
3:09 1.m.: A Campus Safety officer on routine patrol observed a
s tudent urinating on the outside of
the ALANA Cultural Center.
3:50 1.m.: A Campus Safety officer on routine patrol observed a
student urinating on the outside of
a Campus Safety vehicle.
Thursday 3/2
7:09 a.m.: A student was injured
aflcr falling outside of Crawshaw
House and was transported to
Community Memorial Hospital by
Campus Safety.
7:13 a.m.: A staff member was Safety per University regulations.
injured after falling outside of 'SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
Crawshaw House and was 1rans- Saturday 9/1 1
poned to Community Memorial 4:1 4 a.m.: Campus Safety obHosp(tal by Campus Safety.
served a student acting suspicious
Saturday 3/4
at James B. Colgate Hall.
7:34 p.m.: An underage student Thursday IOn
was found in possession of alco- 2:24 a.m.: An unidentified person
hol in Reid Athletic Center.
riding a bicycle ditched the bike
7.:52 p.m.: An underage student and ran when they saw a Campus
was found in possession of alco- Safety officer who was on routine
hol in Reid Athletic Center.
patrol.
8:32 p.m.: An underage student
wa.s found in possession of alco- INJ UR IES TH EY DON'T
hol in Reid Athletic Center.
\VANT TO REMEMBER
8:42 p.m.: An underage student Sunday 9/ 19
wa.s found in possession of alco- 9:56 p.m.: A resident of Curtis
hol in Reid Athletic Center.
Hall was inJurcd wlule ironing.
Wednesday 11/10
CAMPUS SAFETY IS HOT ON 7:04 p.m.: A resident of Andrews
THE T RAIL
Hall was injured while riding on
Saturday 1/22
top of ano1her student ·s shoulders.
5:06 1.m.: An officer on routine Mondayl/14
patrol discovered vehicle tracks 7:35 p.m.: A resident of Parker
behind Bryan Complex where a ,Apar1mcn1s was injured aflcr
vehicle had driven off the road.
j umping out of 1hc way 6f a veSaturday 3/25
hicle being driven in the Parker
3: 19 a.m.: A Campus Safety of- Apanmcnt quad.
ficer discovered eggs had been Saturday 2/19
thrown at a patrol vehicle.
6:50 p.m.: A spectator of the
Monday 3/27 •
hockey game at Starr Rink was
8:30 a.m.: A student has failed 10 injured ancr standing up.
register their vehicle with Campus Sunday 4/2
6:01 a.m.: A student was injured after hilling their hand on
a bed at Sigma Chi.
UN USUAL T H EFT
Tuesday 8/31
10:30 a.m.: A resident of Stillman Hall reported their room
key taken from their door.
S.iurday 11 /20
I :22 a.m.: A resident of Russell
I louse rcponcd a Jacket missing from his room. A friend who
borrowed it without pcnnis.sion
later rctumcd the jacket
Saturday 1/22
2:50 a.m.: A rcsuJcnt of
Cushmnn llousc reported the
kitchen ransacked
RANDOM ACTS OF BEL·
LIGERENCE
\Vcdncsday 2/9
11 :45 a.m.: A student spit on
another student while they were
walking by Persson llall.
Saturday 9/11
1:48 am.: \Vltilc on routine p~t·
trol. a Campus S.afoty Officer
witncs:-.cd a student sinking a
sign ''-'ith a tmnic cone. The student was found to be underage
and intoxictcd.
The Year In Quotes
"The concerns, voiced mainly
by college students, seem to run
the gamut from high-minded
won-ies a!Jout how much of our
lives the government ouaht to
be running to questions about
whether tcn-<:ent Jell-0 shots
will still be legal when the
called "pub crawl" law goes
into effect at the end of November." - Editorial, "Right Dttl-
*
1l0• On Cat-Rate Liquor," 9/
111199
..,r the first-year class insists on
acting so responsible, how arc we,
the senior class, supposed to show
off our newfound maturity?'' Lara Huetb, "First-Year Maturity S ha mes Once-Wild Se-
niors," 9/17/99
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ligion. Faithful worshippers tum
out each weekend to pay homage
to the mighty deities of Passing,
Kicking, Tackl ing and VinegarSoaked Pierogics." - Stentor
Danielson, " Fint Amendment
Protects Prayer a t Games," t I/
19/99
"Would you go to W11tch the man
who fixes your plumbing be inaugurated into his new job? I
wouldn '1. ... What if your muffier
guy asked you 10 give something
back 10 him;maybe a new set of
wrenches as a way of saying
thanks.·· - Brall Heath, "Colgate
Glorifies Tri.tal Events," 10/IS/
99
"I ne'1er procrastinate." - Margot
M artin, in response to the Campus Notebook question "What's
your favorite way to procrastinate?" 11/19/99
"That will be a hard image (of
an educated liberal ans studentJ
•·1 want to be with people I care
to uphold if you don't know that
abou1, just in case 1hc world docs
Slobodan Milosevic is the presi·
blow up:· - Matt Rlchenthol,
dent of Russia.
"Y2K Is No Big Deal," 12/3/99
"And if you read that l1141 sen- "In some ways inaugurations arc
tence without noticing the error. both cclcbratOfY and symbolic. but "What arc colleges going to be like
I suggest you swt catching up this one is most panicularly - not in 10 or 20 years? Will students
now... - St talor Danlel1on , just because Colgate is inducting be so dependent on computer tech"Bursti ng 11,e Col1att a new president~ but be<:ausc we nology that they no longer interBabble,• 9/111199
arc inaugurating a new leader at act wi1h their friends or room•
the 1um of1he new millennium." mates?" - Rlo•d Beidas, " Tech"1be goal of almost all women , Provost and Dtan or Faculty nolOIY Controls Oar Lives," I/
is 10 allocare u much suffering Ja• Plnchl•, 10/22/99
·
28/00
u possible to the male population u a just response to their " It seems as if there is a srereo- ''There arc only so many column
brutish. scx..clriven nature." typical Colgate ideal, and we inches and TV minutes 10 go
Jtrr Sttlabrl•k, "D•ll•1 At spend way too much time trying around. why expend them being
Cttlpte Is Cltalleqt..." 9/11/ to tit it.••
repetitious or scnsa1ional?" - An·
99
- Racllel deSlmoae, "Too Much drea Suarez Falken, "Hype, Not
CollCerll Over Female Appear- News, Gets Reported," 1/28100
-Colptc ii 10 dcpcndcnt upon uce," 11/5199
an alcobol·bucd social sc:cnc
'"No. I was praying for more dethat it has been a challenge to "Colgate students, like everyone s1ruction." - Andrew Lynn, In
anntct new mcmbcra" - Raab else, need 10 respect their neigh- response to the Campus NoteC'llalnu• .,... Della Tlteta bors." - Edllorlol, "Sadly, Plolce book question "Do )'OU think too
Oarles llntler, 9/17/ff
patntb Appear To Be Nctdtd," much 1Uentlon was given to
11/519
Y2K?" 1/28/00
''Thcrc is resistance, but u the
number of alcohol-related "Aller studying the four required "We thought we would have been
deaths on collcac campuses CORE courses that survey the inforTrlcd of these ideas before
continue to mount, ii will only morals and ethics of the world's they were publicized," - SGA
be a matter of time before one philosophers. how can we be cer- President Tommy Campbell 2/
fraternity after another starts to tain that a job on Wall Street is the 11/00
feel pressure to join Phi Delta riaht choice?" - Kirsten
Theta in this new round of G.U.-, " Paydteck Over-Em- .. When you have a s1a1e law the
Orcck-syl!cm tcm~." - pllubed I• Job Sean:~,· 11/19/ dean does not make the decision
ldllorlal, "Fra1erallle1 99
and neither docs the student.body.,.
SIINld Be AIIMI M-nu
Alc1ll1I." ' " ' " '
"To some people, footbell is a re-
- Dtu of tlle College Mlchael
Cappeto 2/11/M
"The legacy of this little boy
whom so many knew and whom
so many others did not, should
transcend and pcnneatc our lives.
our hill and our college, remind·
ing us that there arc things so inn;\tely more imponant and worth
valuing than catered parties. honor
codes. grades or even a Colgate
diploma." - Paul Kuhne, "A
Child's Death Prompts Rccvalu1tlon Of Lift," 2/11100
"...and the walk into 1own can be
pleasant (when it isn't 40 below)."
- Erin Majewski and Steve
ltfarsi, " Treat Your Valentine To
Some Pine Dining," 2/11/00
''When major decisions like this
come around, it's not enough to
give s tudents some input at the
beginning and more at the end.
Students need 10 be involved in
decisions like the meal plan and
Spring Party Weekend all the
waythrough the process- they
need avenues to weigh in on pro•
posals as they arc being considp
crcd.
We fa il to sec how students are
helped by secrecy."
Editorial, "Students Not H elped
By Secrecy," 2/18/00
"If China and the United States
can come to an agreement on free
trade, human righls abusers will
find their idcologial hold on the
population weakened by ideas that
s lip in Jhc door opened for trade."
-Stenlor Danielson, ""People Of
China Will Bcncnt F rom Free
Trade," 2/18/00
"George Barton Cullen. who
became lhe eighth pn::;idcnt of
Colgate University on a nnny
day in early October. 1922.
was a racist." - Mac Barrell,
"Colga1e llonors Racist Cut·
ten," 2/25/00
"We know that we have to do
a lot to make our image bcncr
around Colgate and nex1 semes1er we are going to do our
bes, 10 do that:· - Theta Chi
Presidenl Eamon DePcler, 3/
3 /00
"So f went to c hurch, hoping
1ha1 at least God remembered
how to tell rime but even the
church service started 10 minutes late ...
- Katherine Wiley. ·'Tardip
ness Is A Problem On Campus," 3 /3/00
"Although the campaign and
electoral processes on the Colgate campus arc some1imcs
dismissed or 1riviahzcd by students, these operations arc, in
fact, valuable to the quality of
life on campus and can help us
to develop poli1ical awareness
for all sorts of e lections in the
future." - Nathaniel Le~is,
"Student E lections Matte r,
Too," 3 /24/00
"Colgate s tudents often speak
of how it is impossible 10 take
any practical c lasses here."
Ka1herine Wilry, " I r' s
\Vorlh Learning A Foreign
Language
Before
You
Graduate," 3 /24/00
"Free trade policies only propa·
gate human rights abuses among
the already marginalized, whether
this means 1hc indigenous.corn
farmer in Chiapas or the sweatshop worker in China." - A ndrea
S uarez F a lken, " Free Trade
Works In Theory But Not In
Practice," 2/25/00
"While it is a tremendous as.
set to have the stunning campus and fac ilities. ultimately 11
is 1hc people that will determine whether we will auract
the s tudents we want.·· - Assis.I ant to the Universily Pres ident Gary Ross 3/31/00
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10
State of the 'Gate
THE CoLGAn MAROON-NEWS
Apri1·21, 2000
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State of the 'Gate
The Most lniportant Me~ories ·Don't Stand Out
before caterers, we snuck inlo fra ..
tcrnity parties before Novcmbcraflcr asking all our friends i f anY1hing was "going on" that weekend. for a really good time, we
broke off the Alumni Ga1e. We
played ultimate frisbcc and foot·
ball on the quad and. when winter
kicked in. engaged in wha1 had 10
have been 1he biggest snowball
fight 1ha1 Colgate ·squad has ever
By Katlleriae WIiey
Remember when we had our
orientation picture taken? That
panoramic photo captures us at a
moment when we had absolutely
• no idea what our undergraduate
cxperieneea would be like. Would
college really be the time of our
lives? Would we makr,; friends?
We smiled at the camera wearing
our Class or 2000 1-shir1s and
hoped that those pangs of homesickneas would subside. Gradua-
tion seemed cons away.
I can't believe 1ha1. in just a few
weeks. all the questions we had
that day will
have been an- SENIOR
swcred. we COMMENT
have spent four
years learning, developing and
growing. We have completed our
undergraduate experience.
While these years may have
passed, as we zip out ofHamihon
and wave goodbye 10 128 for what
may be the last time ever, we can
be a.ssurcd that our Colgate experience is not actually over.
Some will become those alumni
(God-wc·rc going to be alumni!)
who manage to find their way
back to one of Hamilton's water
holes every other weekend. Hopefully. many of us will return 10
those Whitnall Field reunions to
create new, bigger parties and
those lucky members of our class
who arc ..succCSSful" enough will
return toCarccrCcntcrPanelsand
Real Worlds 10 share their life c>Cpericnccs with future students
(we ·re going IO have life experiences!).
Bui whether our goals arc 10 be
trustees, have buildings named
after us or simply never to have to
scale Cardiac Hill apin, memories of Colgate wilt greet ua around
every comer. Over the years these
will make us smile, laugh and
grow misty-eyed. Bui most importantly, they will remind us of how
our years here helped to form us
into the people we arc today and
the people wc will become.
Of coune, each of ua will cntenain a different set ofmemories.
However, there arc some lhal wc
all will share.
Remember getting ready to
leave home? We purcbaoed extra•
long lheeu and wondcnd bow WC
were going to fit yanof1111ffinto
a dorm room. ne mailman
brought UI tbme red P11*S lhal
tilled - dann a... - ud
our l'OOIIIIDIIII• . , . . ., and WC
........ ._....__
lhll would hold 10 mach
-anin1. For tllose who were
brave enoqh to pt in with thll flltme roommate, remember bow
w thialt-
...,.ii
seen.
Rcmcmbcrac1ivi1ies? For many
of us. this first semester would be
the only time we would not be
behind a 1ablc at Student Ac11v11ics Night. We shuffied off 10 informational mcc1ings and first
practices.
Remember love first.year style?
Although so many of us came to
school with significant others elsewhere. by Oe1obcr most or us had
said goodbye (or would 1ransfcr in
the next year). ln·bc1wccn classes
and making friends some of us
developed love in1crcs1s as well.
We have yet to dCtcnnine whether
a first-year kiss on Willo\V Path
really leads to marriage.
But as I smile back upon these
Colgate memories, I find that my
most imponont memories arc often of 1hlngs that I don ·1 exactly
remember.
I can ·1 pinpoim 1he momcn1
when I first realized 1ha1 my
courses here wercn ·1 like those I'd
experienced before. I do11'1 know
when I started rcadmg more critically. or drawing connections between diverse fields or being 111spircd by professors.
I can'I tell you when it was that
I suddenly realized 1ha1 many of
the people I lived wi1h and surrounded myself with wrre no
longerjust faces or :\Cquaintances,
but friends. I don·, know when I
realized that all those late night
talks were not just with friends,
bul with good friends. And I don · 1
remember when I realized that I
had bcSI friends a1 Colgaie.
Fil,,,._
I can't pick out the moment
when I stancd thinking ofColgate
SCENES LIKE THIS - a view ., nn1-,-n
are the nnt or maay Coteat• memorlH.
as home.
We don '1 rcmcmberthesc things
ing tho.t we were PIii to live with point we met our links and link they sure seemed sman and old.
Iha! faraway wice?
ll'OUPI and played a Ion of nan,c In between a11ending classes and because they have moved beyond
Remember ow lint few days on pmca. We found the dinins hall, checking for mail we eagerly memory; they have become part
c:ampua? Thoec who had jUII rc- set , . our voice mail and opened awaited our e-mail training ses- of us. We will take many things
tumed fflllll WildemOII~ our(cmply) mailboxca for the first sions that would introduce us to away from this place - our overflowing cars will anest to that had the memorable experience of lime. At the end of the weekend, the wonder that wu Center.
mecti"I llitute donmnllea after we linod the quad after the ConRemember dorm life? Our but it is these non-memories that
not 1howcrin1 for a week. We YOCllion dinner-another moment markers got stolen and fire alarms will accompany us forever. They
were pectcd by the "Wclco- lhll fflllinded ua how far away (eapccially if you lived in Drake) have become pieces of ourselves.
I hope that IO years from now
Clua of 2000" •11111 lhll ftappcd poduationwu. .
Sj)Undeci with such regularity that
we
will look back and smile
from the en.I S - hamea: it
Rcmcmbcr the finl week of we teamed 10 sleep through them.
· Homed lhlll 2GOO wptdd aever Cl111•? This WU the time when We partied with fifth floor West · fondly upon the slrcas ofjob huntwe -11y had to
a .... to and lhouaht nothins of 111aying up ing, thesis writing and good-bye
saying that is senior year. And,
Remember orientation? Al· pl 111-.1 camp,11. We IOI our to 4 a.m. jUII chatting.
flnl
syllabi
and
wondered
what
thoupthNOdaysuallcred•inlo
Remember social life? We pro- more than an)'lhing, I hope that,
collcF life, I don't thialt-, of wOul..... -,, apab lboul. At some .-i1-claaca' tli1e1•ioaland dining hall in herds. In the days non-memories .
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State of the 'Gate
THE COLGATE MAROON- N EWS
April 2 1, 2000
Four Years Of Transfon11ation Are Nearing Their End
By David Mehlman
being able to si\ around on Sunday mornings and talk about what
So. 1hn1's college. How do you we did the previous night for an
put into words wha1 i1 means 10 hour. And laugh.
you? This is one of those things I
I canno1 imagine no longer bewant 10 wrilc, but that I don'I want ing in a silua1ion where you arc
to write yet. The end ofschool still surrounded by all of your best
seems too for away 10 contcm- friends all of 1hc time. I cannot
plu1c.
imagine not doing Thursday
The amazing 1hing is how one's nigh1s anymore. Or not going to
pcrctption of time can change so 1hc Bacon on Wednesday nigh1
dramatically during college. Un- and seeing everyone you know at
loading 1hc car
school. r can't imagine not going
on Whi1nall and SENtOFI
10 1hc library every day and cheeking c•mail seven times to avoid
walking up the COMMENT
old steps on the
doing any work and then going
I lill for 1he firs11imc1 it seems that home to 1ry and gc1 stuff done only
your en1irc life is ahead of you. 1osil around and watch three hours
College is just starting: it's up 10 of sports and make fun of Ryan.
you to figure out who you are, who
It has 10 end. Parts of me arc
you arc going to be and how you ready for it 10 end. Certainly, I am
arc going to be.
ready to be done wi1h school. Bu1
Those firs1 flcc1ing days c.rcatc I can't believe we're going to be
ccrrn.in memories that arc etched done with Colgate.
in your mind forever. Last year,
Four years go by. You come in
Neal srancd by wr;i ting how he nervous but confident. Bui you
hated playing the name game on find your way. You share thing.s the quad that first afternoon. Ev- the ups and downs - with other
eryone did - -.yell, maybe Devon people. That probably is what is
liked it - but the thing is, J met so grca1 about college.
my best friend 1ha1 day. And la1cr
Some unsolicited advice: Go
at that first ronnal dinner under the abroad. Colgate will s1ill be here
tent, I sat next to two guys who waiting when you get back. Join a
arc still my closest friends.
fratemi1y - if you want. There is
Looking back, it can't be. It good and bad about ii, bu1 find ou1
can't be that we've nearly used up fo,- yourself. Don'1 do it because i1
all 1he time that has been alloucd seems like 1hc right thing o,- because
10 us here. h isn't as if it has just
someone told you 10. 11 might no,
flown by, instead it is the percep- · be for you, bu1 it's not as bad as
1ion that it has flown by. Thal is some people make i1 ou110 be. With .
the difference: having it all in front only afew exceptions, all of my best
of you, the times and experiences mends happen 10 be members of1hc
10 make and then being on 1hc cusp same fraternity as me.
of having only 1he memories left.
Do some1hing. Have some1hing
On 1he first episode ofSa.ed by 10 look forward 10 and be proud
the Bell: The College Yeors, Zach of - more than just work and goMorris says, .. If I would have ing out at night. Play a sport. Write
known college would be this great, for 1hc newspaper. Take advantage
I'd have skipped high school." of wha1 Colgate offers you. You
Think about how different you might not regret it later, but then
look at things in the world 1oday again you might. lt's once··in-afrom how you did when you first lifetime. Go out freshmen year.
came here. Think about who the Even though it seems like you
people arc whom you trust, who have forever to do it - and you do
you talk wilh about everything and over and over, again and again with whom you share every day.
il's how you mcc1 people. Take
There is nothing else like this. school seriously: it is important,
It isn't all just college in general; but ii isn '1 the only 1hing.
I have learned how to write a
a lot of it has to do with Colgate.
Walking up to class this week it thesis and have learned how to go
just seems like this is something out five nights a week. I have
you will do forever because it has learned how to build a bar - or
become such a part of your life. more precisely how to watch my
The rou1ine of it all. t cannot imag- roommates do it. I have learned
ine a month from now no longer how to spend money and how 10
waste money. I remember pledge.
..The Kegoratol''s gone!" I have
lcamcd how much bencr Hamilton
is with Olivcri's, even if you still
have to wait for it. I have become
friends wich people I never
1hough1 I'd become friends wi1h.
I have learned how 10 sleep from
three until nine just so there is
enough time during the day 10 do
work and have fun. I've learned
i1's no1 1ha1 imponan1 if the girl
docsn'1 like you because your
friends still will. I've gotten hurt
and I've hurt people.
I will be really, really sad ncx1
month.
Some things l\avc changed; we
all know things don '1 s1ay the
same forever. There is 8 new
building th11 should make 1hc
lower campus nicer, even ifit has
been a pain for over a yr:ar.
Fr11emity parties arc not the
same 11 all anymore. Make sure
those 1hat slay continue to give the
ca1crers a hard time and maybe
someday 1hcy will show up on
1imc and bring enough beer. We
have seen a movement to make all
of the houses dry, which obviously
makes no sense considering the
rest of the college certainly isn '1.
People might 1ake more morning
classes, bu1 that docsn '1 """"' 1hcy
pony
won '1 still
the nigh1 bcfon:. We
have seen 1WO presidents; the latter
of whom !'In l10I sun: has sccn a
single student yet. You would think
someone who wanted 10 be part of
a University environment might
make the slightes1 ctfon 10 get 10
know some of the student body.
Hopefully tha1 is somethina that he
can change in the near future.
College is sitting in the library
staring ou1 the window II the endless snowfall. It is walking down the
Hill. It is sitting in Slices. II is look- •
ing II the clock during class every
10 rninulcs.11 is&1ayina up until five
in the momiQgjllll llllkins, l10lcvcn
about things that R imponanl It is
also learning and meeting people
that arc snw1er than you. 11 is being
annoyed 11 thinp you look back al
and will regret being annoyed 11. II
is Friday afternoons doing noching.
And i1 is riding thc bus home II three
in the morning in London with hundrecls ofother people, wishing your
Olhcr fticnds could get 10 c,cpcricncc
11111.
Mos1 imponan1ly, college is
learning 101hink for yourself. This
isn'1 high school. There is a balance between being indcpcndcn1
and wanting to fit in. There is a
balance between doing the righ1
1hing and going along wi1h the
,,,_,..'°'Dm,JM,.,__
crowd. By figuring this stuff out,
you develop a real conscience, real
values and real in1egri1y. Thal stuff
is up to you. Don't just believe
your parents, or don 11just not believe your parents. Fiaun: stuffOU1
for yourself.
Here's wha1 I think abou1 Colg11c. I am I bencr person because
I chose 10 come here. And 1ha1
means an awful IOI 10 me. There
is a place in your life you grow
up and then there is this place in
your life when: you grow up and
live. Certainly no1 everylhing
abou1 1hc school i• great No1 all
of ii is even good, but, uhimately.
1hc things I would change and
would like to have done differenlly are far outweighed by the
things I am happy about and happy
1ha1 I will always know I have
done. Colg11e is home. And now,
for the Class of 2000, i1 's almos1
lime to leave home again.
You are ready though, nervous
and confiden1. You have learned
whether or not you arc aware of
it.Andjusl when ii seems as ifyou
have it all figured out, it •s over.
And 1ha1's the thing - i1's probably supposed 10 be 1h11 way.
Blink and you miss it, but it
changes you. Wha1 a great place.
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State of the 'Gate
. April 21, 2000 13
Ttme At Colgate Seems To Rush By Quickly
By Jee! 0..aMky
I was going to Hamilton College. 1be check was in the mail. I
had been deferred twice by Colptc admissions and had had about
enough. I picked up my rental tuxedo the night before my Senior
Prom and called my date to tell her
when I would pick her up. I hung
up the phone S
· ·
d'
ENIOA
8nd 11
,mmc ,. COMMENT
ately
rang
again. h was
Dean Terhune. He told me that I
had been accepted off the waiting
list and 10 give him an answer as
to whether or not I wanted to go
10 Colgate by Monday. It was
Thursday, graduation was Sunday
and Colgate wanted an answer by
Monday.
I spent the next three days al my
prom and various other senior
events struggling over my dcCi·
sion.
I got up Sunday morning for
gradua1ion, put on a shirt and tic,
looked in the mirror and finally
made the decision. I drove to my
high school for the ceremony and
caught the principal before everything staned. I asked him to mention that I was going 10 Colgate
rather than Hamilton when it came
time to call my name. That was the
first my parents had heard of it.
I've told that story to only a
handful of people over the past
four yc.ars, and I am usually immediately asked, "Did you make
the right decision?" To be honest,
for a while, it never crossed my
mind. Colgate was the first school
I looked at and it was my top
choice from day one.
What will I remember about
Colgate? For the past wcck I've
wondered how to answer such a
question. I could spend this article
talking about the experiences I'll
cherish: like that professor who I
took a class with six times, play•
ing the piano for strangers at the
Barge, Saturday night of Skin
Deep Ill, kissing that girl at the
al 3:30. The Conccns ore free.
Hike 10 the top of the Sk, Hill
and go on an outdoor education
trip.
Give people rides up the hill.
Say hello 10 people you meet in
town.
If you find yourself fcehng like
you want ro be far away rrom
Hamilton. think about those who
did not make it here.
Lislcn to the record collcc1ion
al the ALANA Cuhuml Center.
Go sledding on the field across
from fames 8 . Colga1e llall.
Keep an eye on your friends
when you go out.
Respect those on campus you do
not know.
Try the ice cream at Gilligan\,
Island and the taicrs a1 the P1aa
Pub.
Go to oll your class events.
Take care of your friend who
had too ri1Uch ;md be there for the
one who needs more.
Fairweather friends come and
go. but good friends last a lifetime.
Know the difference.
FOUR YEARS AGO, memben or tbe C lass or 200G ..ere the new races on campus.
Not forgeuing 10 use sunscreen
bridge on the Willow Path, being
I never took all the classes I rounds you. Then think about how might help 100. but anyway.
done for the day 11 10:30, having wanted or met 1he woman I'd lucky you are 10 be here.
II seems only yesterday I was
that Friday night drink with my spend the rest of my days with
talking
abou1 an acceptance
Take a class because you 're inbuddies after a stressful week,
here, but I feel that Colgate gave terested, not ~cause you think speech by Toni Morrison and a
getting an A on that exam I stud, me a sense of my place in life that you will get a good grade.
poem by Seamus Heaney with
ied all night for, turkey wraps al has prepared me for the next step
Take one OufT class per scmes· my link group. The lime really
the Juice Cafe, having the more than the diploma I wi II re- ter
docs Oy by. Suddenly the few
priviledgc of being able 10 work ceive in a few weeks.
Take one extremely hard class bad limes don't seem like much
with 25 highly motivated people
I am confident knowing that I am per semester
anymore when 1 1hink of how
on Konosioni, leaving Cornell leaving here with the complete ColGo 10 the office hours or every lucky I was 10 have gotten in
knowing I w,s louder than their pie experience. What advice could professor you ever have at Col- here ofT that wailing lis1 and 10
hockey fans and knowfng who,... I offer? To add 10 what one astute gate. They want 10 talk 10 you and have had lhc experiences of 1he
ally won the game against Michi- senior wrote last year, I hav,: de- you'll love to listen.
last four years.
gan, eating in the Sukkah al the cided 10 offer a guide 10 this comWith that I say Mazcl Tov 10 the
Never miss class for stupid reaSaperstein Jewish Center, dancing plete
experience
for sons. You can always sleep an- class of 2000. Let's live it up ooforc
until the sun came- up on Spring underclassmen. The greate.~t trag- other time.
rhc year is rhrough. Then, after u's
Party Weekend or the life-long edy is to graduate Colpte feeling
all
over. remember tltc 'Gate forever
Go to as many Colgate sponing
friends I have made. But I'm sure like
you 'vc
missed events as possible.
in your hean and mind. In the: words
every senior has similar experi- something. Hopefully this will help:
Join the Greek system because of the great Dr. Seuss, "You have
ences.
Attend Skin Deep-ii is still the you want to, but don't ever feel brains in your head, you have feet
Our time at Colgate made us best experience I had al Colgate. you have to.
in your shoes. You can steer yourwho we arc. for me, it was more
Go 10 Huntington Gym at least
Get involved in an aetivily be· self any direction you choose.
than learning about American three times a week-you'd be sur- cause you have a passion for il - You're on your own and you know
politics or analyzing a Beethoven prised what it can do for you.
not because you think it will look what you know. And YOU arc the
sonata, it was about knowing myStop at the stop signs. Use the good on your resume.
guy who'll decide where 10 go."
self.
time 10 look at the beauty that surGo 10 the Chapel every Sunday Good Luck.
For Seniors, Time To Look Forward To Becoming Alumni
By Devoa Skerrltt
Within the last few days, I hav,:
had the opportunity to relax and
take a break from the rigorous
study and hectic social life that
consumes students at Colpte. I
have had the chance to reflect on
what all of these great cxpaiencca,
thcte incredible people and this
special institution will mean to me
once I take the long road from
Route 12B out ofColgate and into
the "real world,
I can't help but think of how
(uMy all of the clichcs and SIC·
reotypes about
Colgate are, but SENIOR
the"rQlworlcl" COMMENT
is the one that
really gets to me right now. What
will Colgate truly mean to me
once I am a paduate? How win I
relate to all ofmy friends and piofesson, 10 the cl..... and panica,
without the fcanome jaunt up the
hill and the sdlizopbmlic waii,.,
to remind me of what I really went
lhrough?
I have had the good fortune to
work a couple of ieunion weekends over the past two ycan and
what I witnessed made me yearn
for the day when I would become
an alumnus.
On a bright and sunny day - the
bnca students usually ,-ve for
M
.
-
playing outside and putting off
work - men and women ofall ages
mingle amidst a sea of big tents.
Some of these people know one
another, and some of them have
never met before. Yet. the one
thing that brings them together in
laughs and conversation is Colpte. Colpte Univenity grows to
take on a life of its own; it be·
cornea a living entity. It is the tic
that binds, blowing energy into
cve,yonc utOCiatcd with it.
"Hi there, my name is (insen
stranger's name), class of '48."
"Hello, I'm (inaert another
name), clua of '64. How are
you.
And thus beains a relationship
that already hu ycan of depdt to
it. 1be talk can go in any direction. It can be between two people
who haven't seen each other for
years or two people who dido 't
even know !hey were Jn the same
class. It can be between people
who have traveled very different
roads in life or shared some of
their greatest ycan together.
This might all seem sentimental anddistantto manyor ua. I'm
sure that many students, especially
· senior$, 4on 't ,..119 think about
life u a Colptt .iwtlnqa. Still~(
brina up this example to prove a
point that has become ever so clear
to me in my four yean hett. llove
,..
Colgate because of everything ii
has given me - the good and the
bad, the late nights 11 a great pany,
the thoughtful conversations in a
' classroom, the bonding experiences that came in swea1ing out
an intramural contC$t or the peacefulness of playing a game of cards
with the people you know are your
friends for life. And what Colgate
gives beclt 10 us is this energy, this
center of shared experience 1h11
draws us back tugcthcr al some
point in time, whether 11 a Colgate
alumni event, a homecoming or a
reunion weekend.
I hope that, as time passes, each
of my fellow classmates will want
to come back to Col1atc. All this
establishment asks of us in return
for our four ycan oflife and labor
(besides, our tuition payments) is
that we re-connect with the people
and events that made our experi•
once here so special.
This is not a lamentation of how
the seniors are ready 10 graduate
or abou1 how time is moving so
quickly for thole of tls who have
time left at the ·Gate. Rather, ii is
a reminder that you really need to
make yourtimc hett special. That
"'"'"' sometlrin1 different for evOl')'l>De: a lilc1 thal has taken me a
long time to recognize. For my
classmates, I hope th11 you use
each day 10 do something wonh
remembering. Amidst the chaos will stay here. a treasure for you
that is 1he close of the spring SC· 10 reopen again and again. r'm
mcster, and especially the conclu- very concerned about what will
sion of a four•year adventure, become of my friends 31 Colgate,
these last weeks should really ~ but I think 1ha1 each one or us has
the climax 10 your Colgate expe, left something behind, as docs
riencc.
everyone who gradua1cs from this
So take the time 10 enjoy your- prestigious home on a
self. You will work hard in the last hill. Colgate will grow 10 life as
few wccks finishing papers, the- we grow up. and being an alumses and projects that help 10 de- nus only gives yet another sense
fine the fact that you arc about 10 of community that will pervade
become recognized as a scholar.
our lives, if we let it.
Use yourtimctodoa little of what
So don ·1 get worried about what
you have always wanted to do. ft is to come and case your fears
docsn 't matter if you never do it abou1 going on to new places. J'vc
all, because if you've satisfied all found that Colgate will always be
of your dreams and expectations a home that will allow me 10 reach
at Colgate, then you dicln 'I aim out to old friends and new ae.
high enough. As the whirlwind quaintanccs and rejuvenate 1he life
draws you seniors up into a con- that made my four years here some
fusion of families, panics, laughs of my most memorable.
and tears at Commencement,
you'U take comfort in knowing
that you made the mosl of your last
few weeks at Colgate and those
memories will be some of the
freshest and most gratifying.
When it is all said and done,
thouah, and you arc sining in your
car, thinking about how quickly it
all went by, don't let that be an
enq. It's just a close 10 a chapter
and the beginning, of a new one.
For Colgate will always ~ there
for you. All of your friendships
and memories that were lefl here
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State of the 'Gate
THE Col.GATI! MARooN-NEWS
April 21, 2000
15
1999-2000 Season Soars Past Rosiest Expectations
. continuttl/rom pa~ 16
round.
"Winning the Pa1riot League
was grcal for the girl11, but even
more impressive, I 1hink. was how
we played against Pacific,"
Murphy said. "Against one of the
nation's best five teams on their
hon,c court, we really came out
strong and made them cam it"
Hockey
Season Was
Good To
Colgate
WINTER
The winier season brought
Colgate's athlctiq more strong
competition and many more title
possibilities. One of the most sur·
prising contenders was the
women ·s basketball 1eam. which
has long been considered second·
ary 10 the men's team. yet ex•
cccded expectations more than
any Red Raiders squad this year.
"Tnc women showed d.,matic
improvement," Murphy said.
"They wore picked to finish last
in the league, and they wound up
third. They nearly advanced to the
conference 1i1lc game as well. We
couldn't be more pleased."
Murphy fell that the combination of ve1crao leadership and exccllen1 lil$t-ycar play.,. was the
major factor in the team ·s improvcmcn1.
The men ·s basketball squad
proved 10 be a bit disappoip1ing
since, after nearly making 1he conference finals a year ago. i1
struggled to establish an identity
or a go-10-playcr. Even so, 1he Red
Raiders stayed togcth.:r and won
13 games, playing the toughest
league competition evenly at
hornLeague record by advancing 10 the
tournament semifinals for the seventh consecutive year.
"We had our ups and downs, bul
overall I wasn't disappointed.''
Murphy said. "We played everyone in the league down to the wire
at home, and advancing to the
semifinals was really big for 1he
guys. Considering we lost both
s1ar1ing guards from the previous
year, we played very well."
A successful swimming and
diving campaign - one in which
the men finished an impressive 64 and 1he women an even better
8-2 - was another highlight oflhc
winter season. The men went 2-3
and 1hc women 3-2 in league play.
The swimming and diving team
also featured the athletic
department's only .-rung chansc,
as now retired head coach Bob
Benson led the Red Raiden for the
29th and final time. In his ,.....,,
Benson ammasscd I 76 wins on the
men's side and I JO for the women.
The Colgate hockey programs
both tumed in stellar acuons; for
the women it wu the best in the
school's shor1 hiJtory,
The men finished 24-8-2 and
advanced to the NCAA tournament with an at-lllJe bid, while
lhc women finished their third_
son u a vanity proa,am at an im-
n intuum/ /mm /Hlf,i' U,
U~A,rl,,r
COLGATE FOOTIIAU. playen me•• In for a tackle, above. Btlow, Colgate's basketball team adds
two •en pelllb te Ille ...,....rd,
and a league record of 3-2. the
men's lacrosse 1cam is currently
one game behind 1-lobart for 1he
Patriot League lead. With just one
game remaining in the regular sea~
son, the team must hope for the
highest possible seed going into
the Patriot League tournamcnl.
Colgate will travel to Lehigh this
weekend 10 cap off its season.
Senior c.aptai,, 'frcvor O'Reilly
leads the team with 18 goals. Also
playing well arc senior Danny
Grady and junior Parker Gibson.
Grady leads the team with 27
points ( I6 goals, II assists) while
Gibson is close behind with 22
points ( 15 goals, 7 assists).
Colgate's 1cnnis teams arc already finished with regular season
play and arc look ing ahead 10 the
Patrio1 League Championships
next weekend. The men's team
finished the regular season with t1
10- 10 overall record and a 2-2
league record. They were led by
senior cap1ain Jon Stcnemum who
frnish1.-d with a singles record of
8-7 and a doubles record of I 1-8.
The women's team finished the
season with an 11 -8 overall record
and a 2-2 league record. T11c main
story for 1hc womc-n 's team was
the outstanding play of 1hc firstyear players. Firs1-ycars Jenny
Buntman and Lorraine Coulter
combined for an 11-8 firs1-doublcs
record, First-years Lauren l!rikson
prcnivc 21-4. Rookie head coach Middlebury and two were 10 divi- and Meredith Bumpass both had
good singles records. Erikson was
Ted Wisner was named the ECAC sion I schools. It's remarkable."
Murphy said lhc program will I 0-7 in the second-singles spot
and the national coach of the year
for women's division Ill hockey. continue ilS plan to move to divi- while Bumpass had a 12-5 mark
"We're enormously pleased sion I in the near future, since Col- in the fifth and six1h singles spots.
The women's lacrosse team,
with thal propam," Murphy said. pre is division I in all other sports.
which captured its first Patriot
*We bad been really improving
League 1i1lc last season. is lookOYCrtbe lut IWO yan under C<*h SPRING
Brad HOIIIIOII. and Ted wu able
While the spring season is still ing for a repeat. The Red Raidc,.
to step ript in and conlinue the young, plenty ofcxci1ing action is currently siand al 6-4 and 3-0 in
confcrcnc,e play.
pnlliea. Of our four loaca. IWO already underway.
"We Josi some key playe,. from
were to eventual champion . With an overall record of 4-8
Camp
Sussex
The team remained a conlender for 1hc ECAC regular
season 1i1lc all year long and
fini~hcd wi1h a 14-4-2 record
in co11fcrcncc play, JUSt one
game behind champ10n St.
Lawrence.
After two wins over Yale
in front of a soldout Srnrr
Rink crowd in the first round
of 1he playoffs, Colgate "d·
vanccd 10 1hc GCAC Final
Five in search orns first 1ournarncnt til lc in 10 years .
While their scmifinnl loss
ended 1hose dreams. Colgate
defeated Cornell in the eo11soh11ion round and earned an
at-large bid in10 1he NCAA
tournament, making 1hc field
for the first tin,; since 1hc
runner-up squao or 1990.
In the firs! round of the
1oumamcn1, Colgate foccd
Michigan 111 Albany. The
Wolverines jumped ahc.ad 30 before the Red Raiders
tumed in their finest two periods of the season and rallied 10 tic the game on u goal
by Campbell wi1h under a
minute left. The team's cvenlual ovenime defeat did nolh·
ing 10 diminish 1hc amazing
.sca§On they had enjoyed.
McDonaltl was named 1hc
ECAC Player of 1he Year, a
firs1 team AII-AfncNcnn ~ind
a finalist for the Hobey Baker
Mcrnorit1I Award,
las1 year particulal'ly goalie lhlary Meyer but we arc sttll very
opt11nis11c," Murphy said . .. We
have an experienced, talented and
well-coached squad. so hopefully
we can work lhrough 1he tough
early schedule we have.''
Another team defending a firs111mc league champion~lup ,s the
softball squad, which ,s als.o off
to a sohd s1ar1 in defense or 1hc
Pa1rio1 League crown.
First-year play has bee11 a major factor behind lhc team's success this year. Firs1-ycars Melissa
Rawson, Amanda Brickell and
Laura Chaussee have all stepped
up in their rookie seasons. The
1eam is 18-20 overall wi1h a 3-3
league record.
"Softball should be good again,
very much 10 lhcir crcd11. They
have only 12 players and have
played a gruel ing schedule, "
Murphy said.
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THE YEAR IN
SPORTS·
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·ders
Year Surpasses
Colgate's Already
High Expectations
By S teve Marsi
ColJ((llf.• Sports Ediwr
Few would have thought a fter
such a spectacular 199g..99 year
m sports that the follow ing year's
rcsulls would prove to be even
more memorable However, after
1hc numerous dnuna1ic contests,
momcn11, or high ..tcnsion on the
field and league titles won, the
edge finally goes 10 1999-00.
Herc, w11h Director o f Athletics Mark Murphy ·11. The Colgate
Maroo,,-News takes a look back
n., a fall, winter and spring season
tha1 will surely be remembered for
years to come.
FALL
Kick mg off the fa ll spons cam-
paign wa.s a football 1cam 1hat entered the season expect i ng a
league 1111c and a llu rd straight trip
to the NCAA 1oumament. A Ocr
1hc team lost at home to Bucknell
m 1hc second week of the year and
put 11Sclf bchmd the e ight ball,
many Jumped ofTthc bandwagon.
Dc.;pHc the slow stan, 1hc stellar
defense and the incredible
playmokmg of Ryan Vena led Colga1c 10 a six-game win streak and
set up 1he Patriot League game of
1hc year against Lclugh.
Lt.:h1gh came to Andy Kerr stadium wi;h a perfect record and
havmg won 20 consccu11vc confcn:ncc games, including a convinc111g victory over Colgate in the
previous year The winner would
FANS WATCH • RNI R• lder foolb•II &•me al Andy Kerr Stadium 1•11 f•II.
Puliafico to form one of the
conference's top o fiens1vc tan•
dems Colgate finished at 10,8-2
The men's soccer program ex•
pcrienced an erratic and inconsis·
tent campaign in which they fi nished 6-7-4 and 2-2-2 in conference play. Juniors Brendan
Skonicczki and Josh Vici were
ah11os1 ccr1a1nly clonn 1hc Patriot
League title and an amomatic
NCAA bid
The Red Raiders fell behind the
Mountain Hawks 17-0 and trailed
24- 13 m ttrc final quarter, but Vena
kept the offense moving and 1he
defense clamped d own. Whc,, 1hc
dust settled, Colgate rallied for a
28-24 victory:
"The win over Lehigh was probably the highlight o f the year,"
Murphy said. "There was so much
on the line w ith Lehigh having
won so many games in a row - 10
get behind early and then to come
back the way we did was tremendous."
· The Red Raiders finished the
season at I0- 1, tying the school
record for most wins in a season.
Although Colgate was eliminated
in the first round of the NCAA
playoffs by Illinois State, the season will go down as one of the best
in the progr.im 's history.
..This year's ream was really
spcciol," Murphy said.
A s for the team ·s future.
Murr,hy is optimistic despite the
loss of Vena and All· Amcrican
linemen Steve Estes and Paul
Clasby.
"We have a really s olid core,
especially on defense," he said.
"Obviously it will be difficult to
rcplocc Ryan and four s1ar1crs on
1he line. bur wc feel wc will still
contend for the Pa1riot League
title."
Continuing the trend of pcrcn·
nial NCAA bcnhs, the women's
soccer dynas1y 1ha1 has come to
rule the Palriot League conlinucd
its winning ways w ith its sixth
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COLGATE HOC KEY bea r long odds 10 m•ke It to the NCAA 1ourn• mea1.
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Astounding Season For Men's Hockey
By S teve Man i
Colgute Sports Editor
This winter, the men's
hockey team e lectrified the
Colgate campus and opened
the eyes of the college hockey
world wilh a spectacular run to
the NCAA tournament. Colgate won 24 games - the second highest win 1outl in school
history - and was included in
straight Patrio1 League tille and
th ird consecutive spot in the
NCAA field.
Head Coach Kathy Brawn led
the Red Raiders back from their
year's up-and-down stan to a S·l
record in conference play and a
toumamcnt title. which they won
national polls for much of the season.
"I can't say enough aboul 1he
play ofthe hockey team this yu.r.''
Athletic Di~tor Mark Murphy
said. "Whal their season did and
will do 10 the program's ru11ue is
incredible."'
Behind 1he steallar play or senior goaltender Shep Harder, senior forwards Andy McDonald
and Danyl Campbell, an explosive
at home on Van Doren Field.
"Women ·s soccer has had a lot
of great years in a row, bul winning lhe tillc a1 home this year SCI
it apart,·· Murphy ..id. "It wu really pat for lhcm 10 brina it home
ln fronl or our fans."
The team WU paced by Ille OUI•
power play unit and stinay defense, the Red Raiden made a
name for themselves early in
the seuon and were able to
mainiain a hip level of play
all scason long. The team need
to a 9-2 record out of1he ga1e,
winnina their fira1 Syracuse
lnvillllional Toumamcnl ride in
nearly IS yen over Thanks-
givina vocaliOG.
t:oltd1111#
°" P"te I J
standina play of its senior co-cap-
tains, back Saru Lolv and aoal·
keeper Kelly Tyrrell, w ho wu
named the 1999 Patriot tape
Defensive Player of the v-. Tho
previous year's Offensive Player
or the Year, senior Andne Licari,
teamed with sophomore tin1ola
atop the scoring column with 11
and 10 pomts. respectively. The
team's season ended in the league
tournament semifinals.
"The men's team had an up-anddown year. but we have a solid
foundation for the yea.rs 10 come,"
Murphy said. "There is a lot of
young talent on that team."
Among the things that most
pleased Murphy about the past
year was the increase in fan suppon for both soccer programs.
"Both our teams received a huge
outpouring of suppon all season
long," he said. "'It makes it a great
atm0$phere for players and fans
alike."
Also stn1agling with an up-anddown campaian was the field
hockey team, which came on
SttOng near the end of the season
bul railed 10 make the Patriot
Lape playoffs. The Red Raiders' -.on ended with IWO lll'llight
home victorico and a 3-3 record
in conf'crcncc play.
While football and women's
soccer lived up to expcc111ions,
one proa,am that excccdcd them
wu the volleyball team, which
was led by senior C<>-Captain Judy
Culhane to its first conference
toumamcnl title in four years and
a berth in the NCAA IOUmamcnt.
The Red Raiden had played
- 1 , J y well all season long.
bur rose IO the occuiOG and elevaled their play at the onset or
importan1 matches at the oeuon 's
CDd. The team's best match of the
year wu perhaps aaainst 1op1ootled Pacific in Ille NCAA first
