The Wooster VoiceA STUDENT PUBLICATION SINCE 1883Vol. CXXVI, Issue II Friday, september 4th, 2009

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FEATURES

John McGovern and MorganSchweighoefer debate theimplications of the closing ofthe Annex this year. To readtheir viewpoints, see page 5.

Zack Vesco ’12 and otherplayers reflect on the unex-pected run to the nationalchampionship against St.Thomas in Appleton,Wisconsin. See page 8.

Editor in Chief JonahComstock explores the his-torical significance withinSpecial Collections located inAndrews Library. See page 5to read more.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Nathan Comstock reviewsGarfunkel and Oates’ debutalbum, “Music Songs,” whichhas made a substantial markin the Internet music market.See page 6.

Wooster alum has directorial debut

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“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” — Yogi Berra

Andrew Vogel argues thatBissman’s new paint job, whichcovered the previous Greekartwork on the dorm’s walls,was poorly communicated byRes. Life staff. See page 4.

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David YontzVoice Staff

Chaos ensues at first UG party

The opening dance party of theUnderground suffered “uncharacteris-tically disorderly conduct” from thestudents, said Julia Zimmer, assistantdirector of student activities. Severalstudents were injured, includingUndeground Manager ElizabethBirchfield ’11, whose rib was broken.

“We were prepared for the first weekback, but we were not prepared for howmany people showed up and how theyacted,” said Birchfield. “We wereshocked that they couldn’t handle sim-ple kindergarten rules like staying inline. It was like herding cattle.”

Doors opened at 11:30 p.m. onFriday, Aug. 28. Maximum capacitywithin the Underground was sur-passed at 230 within a few hours.“Managers couldn’t get from the bar tothe storage room by the entrance. I hadto go between legs,” said Birchfield.Even after maximum capacity wasreached, lines extended to WagnerHall and students began to push togain entrance. Students repeatedlyignored instructions to wait in line inan orderly fashion, said Abbas Sabur’11, inventory manager of the

Underground. “In the end, there wasa rush of people, things got out ofhand, and we did what we were trainedto do to maintain the situation,” saidSabur. Birchfield and Sabur made thedecision at this point to close theUnderground an hour early. Campussecurity was called to handle specificinstances and minimize conflicts withclosing.

“Only disruptive people were escort-ed out,” said Zimmer. “We allowed oth-ers to finish their beverages.”

After notifying security, Birchfieldinformed a patron that he couldn’t takehis alcoholic beverage outside the facil-ity. After failing to comply with eitherdrinking it inside or disposing,Birchfield reached for the beverage andwas elbowed by the patron, breakingher rib.

“We also heard of others injuringtheir noses and faces in the rush,” saidBirchfield.

Zimmer noted that, contrary to stu-dent complaints, cover charges are notuncommon for the Underground. “Inprevious years, there was a covercharge intended for the U.G. danceparties, but technical difficulties withthe cash register prevented chargeslast year,” said Zimmer, “I didn't think

it was fair to start a cover charge in themiddle of the year, so last year wasfree. The seniors and juniors should befamiliar with this, though.” In theirlatest manager meeting, Zimmer,Birchfield and Sabur all discussed plansto make the Underground safer forfuture visits. Lines may be splitbetween under and over 21 guestsearly on to ease entrance lines, andcommunication with the crowd will beincreased, said Zimmer. Extra staff atthe top and bottom of stairs may alsobe implemented. “All we need the stu-dents to do is follow the rules and beorderly and patient. If we have anoth-er Friday like last one, we may shutdown the U.G. for a while until stu-dents can get their act together,” saidZimmer.

Birchfield said this could be enactedas early as next week if tonight’sUnderground Dance Party does notrun more smoothly. “This week is their‘one last chance’ for following rules,”said Birchfield. Zimmer noted that sheis willing to discuss individual casesfrom the previous week with any stu-dents who are interested.

“These are students working in theUnderground, too, so please bepatient,” said Zimmer.

Students crowd the first Friday dance party in the UG. (Photo courtesy Jeanne Simons ‘10)

Charles HorensteinManaging Editor

Wooster alumnus Duncan Jones, ‘95,has recently entered the limelight with therelease of his critically acclaimed featurelegnth, “Moon.” Earlier this week Joneswas gracious enough to take time out ofhis busy schedule to reconnect withWooster students, and participated in aphone interview with The Voice. Belowis a transcript of the interview, whichoffers encouraging insight into how theWooster experience can impact one’sfuture in positive and unexpected ways.

How did you first conceive ofMoon?

Well, I’ve always been a huge fan ofSam Rockwell, and a few years ago anold film school friend and I wrote ascript with Rockwell in mind. We sentthe script to Rockwell’s agent, andwere pleased to hear that he likedwhat he read. However, Rockwellwanted a different role. After chattinga bit, Rockwell and I found commonground in late 70s, early 80s sciencefiction movies, and thought about col-laborating on something related to

these films. In particular, we dis-cussed how the first half of Alien isessentially a low-key film about bluecollar work in space. It seemed like areally interesting theme, and onethat’s been glossed over a lot in recentscience fiction, you know? It seemslike now there’s a lot of focus on real-ly grand intergalactic battles, and theworld ending, and other big thingslike that. Sam and I thought it wouldbe interesting to instead make a sci-ence fiction movie that focused moreon humans.

As a filmmaker, who are some ofyour biggest influences? Were thereany specific cinematic influences youdrew upon when making Moon?

Like I mentioned before, I got a lotof inspiration from late 70s, early 80ssci-fi movies. “Outland,” “SilentRunning,” “Alien,” “Solaris” … allthese films were huge influences.“2001: A Space Odyssey” was alsoobviously an influence. You can see in“Moon” that we really wear our refer-ences on our sleeves. Gerty is an obvi-ous tribute to Hal from 2001, forexample. See “Jones”, page 6

Soup and Bread returns

Let’s talk a bit about your experi-ences as a Wooster student. How didyou first discover Wooster, and whatsparked your decision to attend thecollege?

Well, obviously I started in the UK,and over here you have to take A-levelexaminations in high school, after spe-cializing in three or four subjects.When it came time for me to take myA-Levels, I got very hypo-stressed,and actually fell asleep during myexam! So, the boarding school I wasenrolled in asked me to leave.

After this happened I took a year offto sort of figure out what I wanted todo with my life. I then took the SAT,did very well, and applied to many lib-eral art schools in America. Woosterended up offering me both an academ-ic and soccer scholarship, so it becamemy top choice.

I really appreciated how they gaveme a second chance, even after gettingkicked out of high school. I think it’sreally important to give young peoplea second chance.

Emily TimmermanVoice Staff

The Soup and Bread Program isback on campus this year with aslightly different structure than hasbeen seen in the past. Offering newopportunities to volunteer as well asbeing located on a different side ofcampus, the revised program hopesto continue to serve as an exampleof Wooster students’ commitmentto serve the community.

Location of the program this yearseems to be a main concern on cam-pus. With the closing of KittredgeDining Hall this past year the pro-gram was forced to find a new home,and it will now be located in MackeyHall (attached to WestminsterChurch House, down the street fromadmissions andacross the streetfrom MorganHall). There,every Tuesdayfrom 11 a.m. to1 p.m, volun-teers will beserving lunch.“We are goingto put up larged i r e c t i o n a lsigns,” saidKathleen Kelly’10, one of thetwo studentcoordinators forthe programthis year.C o nve n i e n t lyfor many,Mackey Hall islocated almost directly at the bottomof the academic quad, much closerthan Kittredge Dining Hall is to thatpart of campus. With the programserving lunch on Tuesdays the con-venient proximity to classes shoulddraw more people.

Because the program is only beingheld once each week this year, asopposed to previous years’ programof twice each week, the money

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Duncan Jones, a former graduate of Wooster, celebrates therelease of his first feature film (Photo courtesy AP).

donated for each swipe of the COWcard is twice the amount comparedto last year; meaning that for eachSoup and Bread meal attended $3 isdonated to those less fortunate. Theability to use less money of a singleswipe to pay for the food and more ofthe money to donate comes in partbecause of the volunteering staffrunning each lunch. “Cutting outthe Kittredge staffers and using vol-unteers instead actually helps usdonate more money in the long run,”said Kelly.

Anyone can volunteer to help out;it doesn’t take any special skills.Volunteers will primarily be servingthe soups, swiping the COW cards atthe door and setting and cleaning up.These are all small jobs, yetextremely helpful to the program

overall. Thisyear the pro-gram will berelying ongroups andindividuals tovolunteer, andthe success ofthe programwill depend onthe amount ofsupport it getsfrom our cam-pus community.

So far thisswitch to vol-unteers hasbeen readilyaccepted andSacher saidthat, “they areexcited that the

community and the administrationseem so interested and invested inkeeping the program going”.

Furthermore “the volunteeringaspect will also allow more studentsthan just two student coordinatorsto have more input,” said EmilySacher, ’10. Groups such as some ofthe Greek societies have already

“Cutting out the Kittredgestaffers and using volun-teers instead actually helpsus donate more money inthe long run. Anyone canvolunteer to help out; itdoesn’t take any specialskills.”

KATHLEEN KELLY ’10

STUDENT COORDINATOR OF

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Jones scores critical hit with “Moon”

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The Wooster Forum series beginsWednesday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. inMcGaw Chapel. Tracey Kidder, abestselling author, will discuss“Mountains Beyond Mountains,” anexploration of tuberculosis andAIDS through the eyes of Dr. PaulFarmer, operating in Haiti. Farmerfounded the non-governmentalhealth care provider Zanmi Lasantein Plateau Central, Haiti, as well asclinics and hospitals to help stem thespread of tuberculosis and AIDS inthe region. Kidder’s book wasrequired reading for the incomingClass of 2013.

Forum series beginswith famous author

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New Director at Center for EntrepreneurshipAlexandra DeGrandchampSenior Staff Writer

Palestinian and Israelihave discussions

Though formal peace negotiationsremain deadlocked, high-level officialsfrom Israel and the PalestinianTerritories met Wednesday to engagein economic discussions. These are thehighest level discussions held sincePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuhas assumed office.

Palestinian Economy MinisterBassem Khoury met with Israeli VicePrime Minister Silvan Shalom for “pos-itive” discussions. Topics under discus-sion included travel restrictions againstPalestinians, imports into the WestBank, telecommunications issues, andthe transfer of goods and money intothe still-blockaded Gaza Strip. The twoagreed to meet again in six weeks tocontinue discussions.

—News briefs compiled by Alexandra DeGrandchamp

Soup & Bread back again on campus

Firefighters battling wildfires in themountains surrounding Los Angelesmay face further challenges due to achange in weather conditions thisweek. Lower humidity in the regionmay further fuel the massive fires,which are assumed to be caused byhuman activity.

The “Station Fire” has claimed thelives of two firemen, destroyed 62California homes and cost the stateupwards of $14 million. Over 140,000acres have been lost due to the blaze,which continues to rage only fifteenmiles from the city of Los Angeles. Atpress time, firefighters state the blazehas only been 22 percent containedsince its inception last Wednesday.

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Fire spreads inCalifornia

Melissa J. Delbridge, author of“Family Bible,” will be reading anexcerpt of her work on Tuesday, Sept.15, at 4 p.m. in Kauke 244. “FamilyBible” was the recipient of the 2009Great Lakes Colleges AssociationNew Writers Award for CreativeNon-Fiction. The reading is spon-sored by the Department of Englishand the Donaldson Fund. Delbridge’spresentation is free and open to thepublic.

Waste causes hearingat Health Department

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A local dumping ground may facea hearing at the Holmes CountyDepartment of Health. TheDepartment is responding to areport from the Ohio EnvironmentalProtection Agency which indicated aproperty off of Route 83 in PrairieTownship had accumulated a signifi-cant amount of solid waste rangingfrom household objects to construc-tion materials.

Department of Health officialsfear prolonged accumulation of trashin the area has the potential to con-taminate area surface and groundwater. Property owner VictorWhytsell has yet to respond to a Julyletter requesting clean-up of theproperty.

Campus Security ReportsAug. 24 - 30

Incident Location Date/TimeTheftWelcome student Lowry Exterior 8/24, 3:41 p.m.banner taken off sign Person caught stealing Lowry - Mom’s 8/30, 1:43 a.m. Fire AlarmBurnt popcorn set off Stevenson Hall 8/24, 10:49 p.m.alarm Dirty smoke detector Yost House 8/28, 1:26 a.m.caused alarm Dirty smoke detector Colonial House 8/29, 8:29 p.m.caused alarm VandalismWeathershade windscreen torn down Tennis Courts 8/24, 2:16 p.m.Door kicked in from Hider House 8/24, 11:30 a.m.outsideSomeone hung on door, Gault Manor 8/26, 4:42 p.m.bent the hingesFirst-floor South window Douglass Hall 8/29, 10:25 p.m.hit by waterballoonRowing paddle struck Kenarden Lounge 8/30, 1:46 a.m.light fixture & brokeglobe and fixtureSomeone turned over Kenarden Lounge 8/30, 3:21 a.m.custodian golf cartSubstanceAdmitted ownership of Andrews Hall 8/24, 11:22 p.m.drug paraphernalia andadmitted to smoking cigarettesAlcohol Lots of empty beer cans Andrews Hall 8/24, 11:48 p.m.in roomBeer pong set Bryan House 8/ 26, 10:30 a.m. up in basementDrank too much,underage roommate took him to SWC Wellness Center 8/29. 1:50 a.m.SmokingAdmitted to smoking in room Andrews Hall 8/24, 11:22 p.m.FightShouting matchbetween two males Lowry - Mom’s 8/27. 1:45 a.m.

What do you get when you com-bine innovation with creativity and adash of risk?

Entrepreneurship, according toJames Levin, director of the Centerfor Entrepreneurship at The Collegeof Wooster. Levin plans to tap intothe “pools of energy and creativity”that exist on campus and within thegreater Wooster community.

Levin joins the Center forEntrepreneurship after years of pri-vate sector experience. After receiv-ing his J.D. from Case WesternReserve University School of Law,Levin founded and directed threecultural organizations in the greaterCleveland community. TheCleveland Public Theatre, GordonSquare Arts District and theCleveland Ingenuity Festival “are allthriving,” says Levin, and he hopesto incorporate his arts and humani-ties background into activities at theCollege.

This is the Center forEntrepreneurship’s third year ofoperation, and Levin succeedsReuben Domike as Director. Levin

explains that the Center now needsto move into a research and ideadevelopment stage. He is currentlyspeaking withchairs of academ-ic departmentsand senior facul-ty, as well as stu-dents and mem-bers of thegreater Woostercommunity todetermine whereideas lie.

Levin plans tocontinue severalsuccessful pro-grams begununder Domike’slead. The stu-dent idea compe-tition, whichencourages stu-dents to thinkcreatively aboutentrepreneurial plans, develop themand present business proposals, thenawards top proposals with a cashprize, is planned to continue. Levinis also continuing the E-Club, a stu-dent organization that meets weeklyon Wednesdays to discuss innovative

ideas and how to implement them.This year, Levin hopes to develop

the E-Club with “popcorn sessions,”with 30 min-utes of thehour-long ses-sion devoted to“popcor n ing”ideas aroundthe group. Thegoal, he states,is to establish a“non-judgmen-tal, positive, funenvironment”to encourageinnovation andcreativity. Hethen plans touse the remain-der of themeeting to ana-lyze a few ideasand developstrategies for

implementation. Popcorn snackswill also be served.

Levin also hopes to expand aca-demic discussions of entrepreneur-ship. He is teaching two classes inthe Department of Theatre andDance. One, THTD 100, is entitled

the Nuts and Bolts of Arts andEntrepreneurship. The introducto-ry-level course focuses on both thebasics of arts management andentrepreneurship. The other,THTD 301, is entitled MarketingCulture and the Arts. In addition toformal course offerings, Levin hopesto bring “nationally known, out-of-the-box” entrepreneurial thinkers tocampus in a series of lectures. Thefirst lecturer, Grant Marquit, is theleader of Economic Developmentthrough Growth andEntrepreneurship, or EDGE, innortheastern Ohio. Marquit will bespeaking at the Center forEntrepreneurship’s Open House onWednesday, Sept. 16, at 5 p.m.

Levin is also hoping to establish aninternship or mentorship program forWooster students to partner with com-munity entrepreneurs in Wooster andthe greater Cleveland area with thegoal of inspiring ideas into reality.

“Action inspires action,” says Levin,“and I hope to overcome whatever apa-thy, inertia and resistance may existand engage a variety of energies oncampus.”

“I have high expectations for what Ican do in this position.”

James Levin (Photo courtesy OPI).

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decided to make volunteering atSoup and Bread part of their commu-nity service this year, and other groupsare encouraged to do the same. If youor your group want to help but don’twant to serve soup, the program is also

Annex closed this year

The Holden Annex — dilapidatedresidence hall or the quintessentialWooster experience? Can it be both?Ryan Radtke ’10, a Senior and formerResident Assistant. of the hall seemsto think so. In his experience, it wasmutual misery that brought not onlythe students of the first-year hall, butalso the R.A.s closer than any otherhousing on campus. “It’s a shame it’sclosed” Radtke claims, “but the rea-sons are understandable.”

Why wouldthe College ofWooster takesuch a drasticaction as closingan Hall? Withthe economy inshambles andnary a personleft unscathed,the College ofWooster hasbeen findingsmall ways tominimize costs,whether it berenting out itsf a c i l i t i e s ,improving performance of its auxil-iary operations or temporarily clos-ing Kittredge dining hall and theAnnex.

Kurt Holmes, the Dean of Studentsat Wooster, said there were other rea-sons for closing the hall as well.With the re-opening of Babcock, aslightly smaller first-year class, and afair number of students studying off-campus, it was an obvious choice. AsHolmes also acknowledged, “TheAnnex is an easily reversible actionand thus meets the dual goals of sav-ing costs and retaining the ability touse it in the future.”

To provide more information about

the future of the College’s economicplanning, Ellen Falduto, the associatevice-president for instituitonalresearch at Wooster, created a web-site called, “On Purpose StrategicPlanning @ Wooster.”

When asked about Wooster’s maingoal in dealing with economic plan-ning, Falduto replied, “The Collegehas an amazing foundation, some-thing we definitely don’t want tochange; It’s a good college. Nowlet’s make it great.”

To help achieve this goal, students,teachers, alumni and community

members willwork togethersimultaneously,no matter whatthe economymay be like.

“Our planningprocess is, as wesay, ‘purpose-ful,’” Faldutosays. “We will beguided by ourmission and val-ues, draw uponand empasizeour strengthsand distinctivecharacteristics,

to identify a set of strategic initia-tives that will achieve our vision.”

The College plans on accomplishingthese goals by employing a variety ofstrategies. One of these strategiesinclude holding numerous meetings toreceive input from those interested inparticipating and planning discussionsabout the future of Wooster, includingthe future re-opening of the Annex .

If you would like to voice your opin-ion on the aforementioned, you caneither post it onhttp://strategicplan.scotblogs.woost-er.edu/ or go to one of the upcomingstrategic planning meetings (time andlocation to be announced).

Ryan ThomasVoice Staff

Scot Spirit Day a success for campus communityThis past Friday, August 28th,students, faculty and commu-nity members gathered in thewalkway outside of Lowry toshowcase the College’s manygroups and organizations. Foradditional entertainment, theScot Pipe Band performed aswell as the Highland Dancers.First-years as well as upper-classmen were able to signup to learn more about all theCollege has to offer (Photo byMaureen Sill).

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Anyone and everyone are both wel-comed and encouraged to find a wayto help out with the program thisyear. Whether that is volunteering toserve the soup with a group offriends or your sports team, or com-ing and eating the soup everyTuesday, the support from the com-munity is essential for its success thiscoming year.

“The College has an amaz-ing foundation, somethingwe definitely don’t wantto change; It’s a good col-lege. Now let’s make itgreat.”

ELLEN FALDUTO

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT

FOR INSTITUITONAL RESEARCH

always looking for entertainment dur-ing the lunch hours and encouragesanyone to volunteer in that way.

Sacher notes that the revisions to theSoup and Bread program this year are“big changes with a lot of big opportu-nities”. By allowing more of the stu-dents to get involved with the programit is ultimately able to become moreinvolved in the campus community.

LETTER TO THE EDITORS

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Editorial cartoon drawn by Andy Kissinger. He can be reached at AKissinger10@wooster.edu.

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To the Editors:

Health care should remain a capitalist business. No matter who pays for it,health care is a service. You don’t get something for nothing — there are excep-tions, but health care is not — and should not be — one of them. The onlyexceptions are services that the Constitution instructs the government to pro-vide and that individuals cannot provide for themselves: a postal system, main-tenance of roads, national defense, etc. Nowhere in the Constitution is there aright to free health care. The fact that many struggle to pay their medical billsis concerning, but irrelevant to the idea that it is a right. Many struggle to payfor their homes — does everyone now have the right to a free house?

Health care costs so much because drugs and technologies are simply expen-sive to develop. As their complexity rises, costs inevitably rise as well.Additionally, the health care system employs hundreds of thousands of profes-sionals — physicians, researchers, etc. — all of whom have chosen to devotetheir lives to providing the service of health care, and all of whom receive apaycheck. Is it not fair that these people are paid for their time and energy?And if their position is in very high demand and takes years of study and ded-ication, why should they not be paid what the market is willing to pay them? Ifless-than-market wages are offered for certain positions, there will not beenough people to fill them. Doctor shortage, anyone?

As is so often pointed out, America is indeed the only industrialized countryin the world with a private health care system. That is why in the past 20 years,more Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine have been awarded to Americansthan to all the other countries combined — because the incentive to researchand practice medicine is substantially higher in America’s capitalist health caresystem than in Europe’s socialist ones, and because the one that generateswealth (ours) has more money to spend on further research and development.We must keep the health care system a capitalist business.

-Joseph McCarthyClass of 2012

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Bissman walls improperly handledWooster has always maintained that

its academic purpose is to foster anenvironment where discussion isencouraged and dissenting opinionsare valued. To put these principlesinto action, the administration has

consistently prid-ed itself on valu-ing student inputand taking thesejudgments intoc o n s i d e r a t i o nbefore makingdecisions. In turn,students have

appreciated an administration that iswilling to listen to their ideas. This aca-demic setting promotes mutual respectbetween the students and the adminis-tration. However, when the Office ofResidence Life made a decision to paintover the Greek artwork on the walls ofBissman Hall this summer, the staff fellwell short of its collaborative mission.

Bissman Hall is unique in that itserves as the home for nine of the fra-ternities and sororities on campus.One of Bissman’s other distinctiveaspects is the artwork that lines thelounges and hallways. On the doorsand in the hallways of each sectionwere the colors and letters of eachfraternity and sorority. In each of thelounges, paintings had been createdthat documented each group’s history.Artwork on the walls spanned fromcrests and mascots to lists of formerGreek members who had since gradu-ated. These designs in Bissmanweren’t simply decorative — they doc-umented history specific to each indi-vidual fraternity and sorority inBissman. This made Bissman standout from other residence lounges oncampus, which are simply paintedwhite. This art was a source of greatpride and satisfaction for all membersof the Greek community. The art-work really made Bissman distinctiveand gave it an identity.

Over the summer, however, all ofthis artwork was painted over by theResidence Life staff, for reasons stillunclear to the Greek community. The

artwork will be sorely missed byBissman’s residents — the residencehall is now missing one of the fea-tures that made it so distinctive to theGreek community. However, the factthat Bissman received a less than stel-lar paint job is not the real problem.The real problem lies in how the situ-ation was handled by the ResidenceLife staff.

The painting of the walls came as asurprise to nearly all members of theGreek community. The Residence Lifestaff asserts that the presidents ofthis year’s groups were told lastspring of Bissman’s expected summerpaint job. However, none of the ninepresidents from each of the differentgroups recalls being informed by theResidence Life staff that the paintingwould occur over the summer. To saythat Greek leadership was surprisedand distressed when they returnedtwo weeks ago would be like sayingthat Michelangelo’s painting on theceiling of the Sistine Chapel is a largepiece of artwork. To say the least, thesituation was a terrible case of mis-communication and the change wasnot well publicized to the Greek com-munity. For a decision that the Officeof Residence Life knew would likelynot be received well by Bissman resi-dents, many members of the Greekcommunity feel as if the wool waspulled right over their eyes.

Residence Life staff should havedone more to notify the Greek com-munity that the lounges in Bissmanwere being overhauled and re-painted.Residence Life staff should have rec-ognized that this re-painting would beviewed as a major change to Bissmanresidents. At the very least, the staffshould have ensured that all Bissmanresidents were aware of the change.

Moreover, the reasons for why thepainting was done are still unclear.Telling the Greek community that the“fresh blank walls should be seen as ablank slate” is as wholly unsatisfyingas a bowl of Ramen noodles. Onewould assume that this is part of theprocess to gradually move Greek

groups to another residence hall inorder for Bissman to become an all-singles dorm. However, at this pointno one can be certain. The communi-cation between the Office ofResidence Life and the Greek commu-nity has been about as successful asTaylor Hicks’s recording career — it’sbeen pretty bad.

Wooster has always been a schoolthat values the involvement of its stu-dents on important issues and hasactively sought out student contribu-tions. This situation should not havebeen any different. The Greek commu-nity understands Bissman Hall even-tually will become an all-singles resi-dence hall and changes within the hall-ways and lounges needed to be made.But if Residence Life staff deemedthat the lounges eventually needed tobe painted, it should have includedGreek leadership in the decision-making process. Because Bissmanremains the home to Greeks for atleast one more year, it is still unclearas to why the lounges and halls werepainted this past summer. For a liber-al arts school that touts studentinvolvement as one of its definingcharacteristics, one-sided decision-making by the Residence Life staff onthis issue doesn’t measure up to thehigh standard of partnership and col-laboration Wooster holds itself to.

Wooster has always claimed that ithas high expectations for its studentsto become mature decision-makersand collaborative learners. Theadministration stresses tolerance andopen-mindedness from its students. Inthis case, the Residence Life staff ’sdecision to repaint the Bissmanlounges was anything but collabora-tive and open. If the school expectscooperation and support from its stu-dents, then students should alsoexpect the very same from theiradministration.

Andrew Vogel is the president of Xi ChiPsi and editor-in-chief for the Voice. Hecan be reached for comment atAVogel10@wooster.edu.

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Be prepared for the H1N1 (swine flu)The last time I covered the flu pan-

demic for The Wooster Voice, I created asmall uproar within the campus com-munity. Don’t panic! Wash your hands,get your flu shots and don’t sharedrinks. Chances are, even if you docontract swine flu, you’ll survive.

But swine flucontinues to be animportant issue,not only for NorthAmerica, but alsofor the global com-munity. Most peo-ple in developingcountries face a

host of issues that are complicated bypandemic swine flu. Lack of basic sani-tation combined with pre-existinghealth concerns make conditions ripefor massive health disaster.

In addition, while the traditionalseasonal influenza tends to affect sen-ior citizens, the novel flu virus attacksmostly humans under the age of 25.This creates a second dimension thatis proving to be particularly problem-atic for the developing world; most ofthese countries have large youngerpopulations vital to the nation’s pro-duction capacities. Therefore, not onlyis the developing world more suscepti-ble to diminished living conditionsthrough disease, but the potential foreconomic malaise increases as theviable workforce is crippled by illness.

To date, there have been over200,000 lab-confirmed cases of theH1N1 virus in humans worldwide;over 2,100 deaths have occurred dueto complications from swine flu sincethe novel virus’s discovery in April ofthis year. Though incidences of swineflu are diminishing in most countries ofthe Northern hemisphere, three newcountries (Mozambique, Madagascarand Cameroon) reported their firstcases of swine flu to the World HealthOrganization (WHO) as of Aug. 28.

Swine flu is only the latest in a seriesof global health concerns that haveachieved notoriety in past years. It hasand will probably continue to affectschools, hopsitals, and communities.We can only hope that this year we willbe more adequately prepared to handleit. The first step in achieving a health-ier world is adequately addressing thispressing need. According to the WorldHealth Organization, “The same virusthat causes manageable disruption inaffluent countries could have a devas-tating impact in many parts of thedeveloping world.”

Already-overburdened health caresystems with few resources and fewerdoctors are suffering from an elongat-ed influenza season. Adding the toll ofpandemic flu exponentially increasesthe need for financial and capitalresources to attempt to meet the med-ical needs.

Moreover, the swine flu pandemicshould be an urgent wake-up call tothe need for comprehensive health carein both the developed and developingworld. Most of the deaths that haveoccurred because of complicationsfrom H1N1 have occurred in conjunc-tion with pre-existing conditions —heart disease, cancer, respiratory ill-ness, obesity, etc. Crowded cities, stag-gering pollution and low access tohealth care have primed developingcountries for pre-existing conditionsprone to flu complications and death.

The ultimate goal for global healthreform should be preventative ratherthan reactive. Improved sanitation,public education and living conditionswill ultimately decrease massive healthcrises.

So wash your hands. Get your flushots when they’re available. Throwaway your Solo cups on Friday nightinstead of “making them last” untilSaturday. And petition your electedrepresentatives for policies thataddress the entirety of the situation.Disease knows no political bound-aries — it is illogical that ournation’s policies should attempt toconfine it.

Alexandra DeGrandchamp is the seniorstaff writer for the Voice. She can bereached for comment at adegrand-champ10@wooster.edu.

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I think I can speak on behalf of ourfield hockey program when I say thatwe absolutely love playing on the newturf. The game is quicker and theatmosphere from the stadium increases

the intensity in ourplay. It allows ourgame to becomefaster and betterprepares us forteams that normal-ly have the advan-tage of playing on

turf fields. This field gives us an oppor-tunity to experience turf and still beable to play on our grass field, CindyBarr Memorial Field.

Cindy Barr Memorial Field is thehome grass field that is located behindBabcock Hall. Our grass field is keptshort; making it one of the best grassfields in the conference. The differencebetween playing on our grass field andthe turf is the transition during play.On turf, the speed of the game increas-es because the surface is smoother.Especially with the new self-start rule,the ball rarely stops moving. On mostgrass fields, the field is not as smooth asthe turf and can cause balls to pop up inthe air (increasing the opportunity forinjury) or not go as far as you intendedit to. Playing on the turf minimizes hitsthat may cause the ball to pop up. Somegrass fields are not as well maintainedand are clumpy or patchy which also

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affects play. Turf fields nullify any pos-sibility of playing on an uneven surface.

We split time during the week usingthe turf with the football team. In thefinal game against Wittenberg lastyear, our Scots tore up the old fieldfighting hard for their win. This yearthe turf will allow them to maintainthe intensity of play without acciden-tally ruining the field. It preventsinjuries that may occur because thecushioning of the turf is easier to runon. The football team and fans areexcited about the opening game thisSaturday against Waynesburg to breakin our new turf.

This year, in terms of fall sports,looks positive as teams prepare for theirfirst games on the turf. Our programhas been working hard at adjusting tothe transition between grass to turf.Luckily, we are a very versatile teamand seem to be adjusting well to eithersurface thus far.

Aside from having the opportunity toplay on the turf, I’m excited to hear ourwarm-up mix blare through the speak-ers of John P. Papp Stadium in themornings — waking up the campus tolet them know we’re on the way tobringing home another NCACConference Championship.

Turf intensifies play

4 The Wooster VoiceFriday, September 4, 2009

New school Web site just needs some getting used toChange is good. The College’s new

Web site is even better.I distinctly remember when

Wooster’s new Web site was firstlaunched. Peoplecould not handleit. Everyone wasrunning aroundacting like thedesk chairs hadbeen pulled fromunderneath them.Everything was

in the wrong place, the graphicswere too campy and took longer toload, meal plan info was in the wrongplace, etc.

This change seems very much akinto when Facebook launched their cur-rent version. The creators warnedusers far in advance of the changes,and gave people the chance to try it outbefore we had to commit to the newversion. But when they finally madethe changes permanent, panic ensued.

Opposition was formed from allangles. The most common was statusupdates — “Tim Nobama hates thenew Facebook.” “Sandy Stuborn issticking with old Facebook 4eva.”There were also events created to signpetitions against it. Groups formedsolely to bash the changes provokedlively (and sometimes disproportion-ately intense) debates and a host ofirate users sent letters of disapprovalto the creators of Facebook.

But — at least to my knowledge —even the most obstinate of us eventu-ally pulled out heads out of the sandand admitted that contrary to the ini-tial belief, new Facebook might actu-ally be better than the older version.Surprise! The creators didn’t want toconfuse us, they were actually makingthe site more user-friendly in thelong run.

The school’s new Web site operatesin much the same fashion. While rightnow it might seem a little confusing,

Kris Fronzak is a Viewpoints editor forthe Voice. She can be reached for commentat HFronzak12@wooster.edu.

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Revamp financial aidFinancial Aid is an important pro-

gram that allows students who wouldnot normally be able to afford upwardsof $40,000 per year for education toattend the College, and preventsWooster’s student body from becom-

ing homogenousin their life experi-ences. From talk-ing to fellow stu-dents, I have real-ized that Woosterdoes fairly welldistributing finan-cial aid through-

out its student body, creating anaffordable education for its studentsno matter their monetary condition.Despite this, a few of the policies ofthe Financial Aid Program here atWooster are questionable.

The first downside is Wooster’s pol-icy of not factoring in the cost of liv-ing of an area where the student livesinto the amount of financial aid thatsaid student qualifies for. From what Iunderstand, the policy is the result ofWooster’s opinion that living in anarea with an elevated cost of living isa personal choice of the way a family’sincome is allocated — i.e. money couldbe saved by moving to a less expensivearea. While this holds true on occa-sion, people usually live in higher costof living areas because of better edu-cation systems, and/or to live closer totheir places of work.

By moving out of the higher cost ofliving neighborhood, they acquire newexpenses such as alternative school-ing. Additionally, this often causes alonger commute, which usurps someof the saved money. On a non-finan-cial note, this also adds stress from alonger commute, and occupying addi-tional time. On top of that, the state oftoday’s housing market may makemoving hardly possible and highly

impractical for families who have pur-chased a home. So while it is all goodand easy to say that people living inexpensive areas should just move, thisis not as simple an option as it wouldappear.

The second main flaw that I haveuncovered in the Financial Aid systemis the protocol that the amount of aida student receives each year is unclear.Students don’t find out until theyactually begin the year that it wouldhave been more cost-efficient totranser. This is not to say that I thinkthat everyone should be guaranteed aset financial aid for all four yearsunconditionally; quite the contrary, Ithink it is important for students tostrive to keep their positions in thisCollege. I also understand that the aidthat the College extends to its stu-dents cannot be invariably fixedbecause it has to adjust from year toyear, depending on the budget of theschool and other extenuating circum-stances.

However those students who arereceiving aid that the school is notgoing to extend in future years, such asfamilies who receive aid as a result ofmultiple children attending collegesimultaneously, should be advisedclearly that they will not be receivingas much aid from the school in subse-quent years, before they choose toenroll in the school. Just becauseFAFSA determines that a family canafford a certain amount doesn’t make itnecessarily true. A student should beaware of the cost of the school-basedon the aid that they will or will notreceive each year, so that they maychoose to enroll in a school where theycan afford to stay for all four years.

Hilary Grothman ia a new contributor forthe Voice. She can be reached for commentat HGrothman12@wooster.edu.

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In the past week, most of us havetraded in over 60 hours of work atyour summer minimum wage job for

a stack of readingmaterial that wemight not evenend up reading.There is, howev-er, a solution tothis problem.

I personallyspent a full 40-

hour work week vacuuming leavesfrom the bottom of a pool, scrubbingtile and sitting in 80 degree heat topay for my semester’s worth ofbooks. You may have waited tablesfor a long Friday night for your geol-ogy book. Or, maybe you lifted heavybags of mulch for your landscapingjob day after day to pay for yourchemistry texts. There has to be abetter way to do this, right?

Some textbook companies actuallydo think there is a better and cheap-er way to help students out.Companies like Cengage Learning,Chegg and BookRenter have begunprograms where a student can renttheir textbooks out for 40 to 70 per-cent of the sale price. These onlinecompanies argue that renting text-books is a more economical way forstudents to get their required classmaterials. Because we all know thatsitting in the back of the WilsonBookstore and reading the assignedchapters out of the anthropologybook you didn’t buy doesn’t usuallywork too well.

Some argue that buying usedbooks and then selling them back at

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the end of the year is actually morecost efficient then renting them. Butthat still requires students to havehundreds of dollars of cash ready tospend at the beginning of eachsemester. And, more often than not,books are unable to be sold back tothe bookstore or the student receivesless than half of what they original-ly paid for the material. Websites likeAmazon.com and Abebooks.com areother options for selling used books.Posting them online, however, alsodoes not guarantee that you’ll find abuyer.

Renting textbooks is probably notthe best option for books a studentwould want to use for future refer-ence, such as books for their major.But, for required classes in whichyou won’t be reusing the materials,why not save some cash?

Most classes require the newest edi-tion of the text available, so why buy it,only to learn that no one is going tobuy it from you at the end of thesemester? When you’re supposed toshell out hundreds of dollars for yourclass materials, but you only make eightdollars an hour all summer, every littlebit helps.

Especially at a time where findingjobs is getting harder and harder,students are more money-consciousthen ever. After saving money allsummer, it is difficult to empty outyour checking account in the span ofa week. So why not try it?

We deserve more than a tool shedAs a first-year veteran of the

Annex, I was quite delighted to hearthat this year no students are forcedto live there. I can clearly remembergetting my dorm assignment, andthen looking up the image on the

Wooster website,only to see thec a s t l e - l i k eHolden Hall andbe convincedthat I was livingin that lovelybuilding.

Wrong. Theday we moved in,

my parents and I pulled up to adingy, crumbling, defaced buildingthat I would be calling home for theyear. Between the cockroaches (yes,there were cockroaches) and thecrumbling walls, I found myselfdreading to retire to my own room,the place I was supposed to be ableto call home.

On stormy nights, the unlucky lotof us would wander to each other’srooms nervously, listening to thewind beat against the building andfeeling the rumble of the foundationas it struggled to remain erect. Ourlounge furniture went missing overtime, and eventually we were left

with nothing but a wobbly chair andtelephone book. I understand thatyour dorm room shouldn’t be set uplike a mansion, and that you don’thave to stay there all the time, butthe fact is, we dressed, slept, studied,ate and relied on the Annex for shel-

ter and warmth. It is unfortunatethat it was in such a horrible state,and I am very happy to hear thatfirst-years this year don’t have tosuffer like we did.

Obviously it is not needed thisyear, and first-years have been dis-persed to other housing assign-ments. If the Annex must remain,why not turn it into a quarantineunit for the Wellness Center? I bet

they would love the extra space. Itdoesn’t need to be a permanent resi-dence facility. Or if that is not pos-sible, then just tear the thing down.I can say from the bottom of myheart that it will not be missed.

If it turns out that in the futurestudents must live there, the leastthat can happen is to fix the build-ing up a little bit. Make the doorsactually shut. They never did formy closet because the door framewas so bent. I ended up having toshove a chair under the doorknobwhen I really wanted the door tostay shut.

When we bump into walls,please make the plaster stopcrumbling behind them. Nothingis more unnerving than trying tohang a poster or loft a bed then tohear plaster crumbling inches

away from you. Is that even safe? Whatever the College decides to

do with it, don’t make students haveto live there. College should be thehome-away-from-home, and theAnnex certainly does not live up tothat image.

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Morgan Schweighoefer is a new contribu-tor to the Voice. She can be reach for con-tact at MSchweighoefer11@wooster.edu.

Benefits outweigh the drawbacksStanding just behind the towering

Holden Hall you will find the two-story Annex, a joyous architecturalachievement in temporary dormito-ries, which is nearly a century old.This year the building stays in dark-ness, not because the light bulbs werestolen but because of the decision bythe College to close it. Although the

dorm remainsadmittedly theworst excuse for ahabitat in theCollege (save per-haps Bissman ona Saturday), theAnnex shouldstay open.

There are plenty of downsides toliving in the Annex. To name a few— the winters are freezing, heaterseither don’t work at all or are impos-sible to turn off, the windows don’tclose, a stair broke, the only loungeis tiny and it probably would burndown with a single dropped ciga-rette. Only one dryer works, thewalls are the complete opposite ofsoundproof and the outside doorwouldn’t close for a few weeks in the

winter. Just look at the building; theplaster looks decrepit and chippedoff in several places. Everyone wholived in the dorm understands thatit’s an awful set up.

And yet, the first year on a collegecampus should encourage one tomeet new people, reside somewhererelaxing and secure, and live aroundthose like you in the formative yearof college. The Annex works per-fectly for this. Yeah, it’s a dump. YetI had a great time there last year, anda majority of the 40 person Annexclass of 2012 feel the same.

Everyone knew the entire hall—we played intramurals together,stayed up late doing absolutely noth-ing and invoked an incredibly intenseloyalty to the dorm. The lounge wasin use 18 hours a day, and althoughit’s the size of my current room inDouglass, it crowded Annexers withstudent-bought furniture in itsextensively decorated walls (mostnotably the scores of coloredprincess pictures complete withwitty and often perverse captions).Camaraderie seemed to ensuethrough the disadvantages of the

living quarters. If the rationale for closing the

dorm is facility based, the Collegecan upgrade it. Babcock had an“extreme makeover dorm edition,”and the Annex is not exactly a com-plicated dorm to improve.

If there weren’t enough first-years, well, that makes sense. It’s thesmallest first-year dorm, so obvi-ously that would be closed first. Ifnext year there are more applicants,re-open it. Financially, the Annexdoesn’t seem to require anythingspecial, and in fact this newspaperearlier published statistics showingthat the Annex actually used thethird least amount of power per res-ident.

I can’t vouch for everyone’s first-year experiences. Some people havea great time meeting people, othersend up alienated and uncomfortable.All I know is that my first year wasgreat because I lived with a rag taggroup of misfits in a shanty.

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John McGovern is a new contributor tothe Voice. He can be reached for commentat JMcGovern12@wooster.edu.

SHOULD HOLDEN ANNEX REMAIN CLOSED?

Between the cockroaches(yes, there were cock-

roaches) and the crum-bling walls, I found

myself dreading to retireto my own room, the

place I was supposed tobe able to call home

What do you think of the new College of Wooster website?

“I think the new website is nowmore easily accessible. It bringsour school up to date with other

campus’ current technology.”

“I think it’s a nice change for thecampus. We’re undergoing con-struction, so it’s fitting that ourwebsite would do the same. It’s

fun and up to date.”

“I think it looks more profes-sional and up to date, but it takesa while to get used to and learn

how to navigate.”

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it’s most likely going to be more easilymaneuverable in the long run. Theonly downside it that it does take twoclicks to get to most of the sites thatcurrent students use. But everything isin the same place after that initial click— ScotMail, ScotWeb, Woodle, thelibraries; every link we ever really useis right there.

A few peoplehave made theobservation thatthe home pagelooks a little des-perate — like theadministrationwas trying toohard to make itlook compelling. Instead it appearscluttered. I’ve scrolled over some ofthe pictures and icons on the homepage, but they are so close togetherthat it’s hard to even position themouse over any particular icon with-out accidentally pulling up another.

But it’s not really a big deal, since ascurrent students we don’t have to dealwith that home page anyway. Andmaybe prospective students and theirparents really like it.

One problem that I personally haveis that the pictures we have up of stu-dents are not current. Now, this

wouldn’t nec-essarily be aissue withincoming stu-dents sincethey probably-don’t knowthe differencebetween a stu-dent who is

currently enrolled in the college andsomeone who graduated 50 yearsago, but in a school of 1,800 stu-dents, it’s a little unnerving to lookon the site and recognize no one. Partof the draw for a small school isbeing able to actually recognize peo-

ple as they pass by. Maybe I’m beingjuvenile, but I would really like to seesome people online that I know andcan be proud of. And what happenedto the profiles of seniors and theirI.S. projects? That should be some-thing more prominently displayed,since many people cite it as a majorreason for choosing to attend ourschool.

Overall, I have no real complaintwith the new Web site. The designersdid a good job, and they’ve even put upa little blurb asking to be e-mailed withcomplaints/comments at webmas-ter@wooster.edu. So if you don’t likesomething, tell them! It might still feellike the desk chair’s been pulled outfrom underneath us, but who cares?It’s been replaced with a cushionedarmchair.

But everything is in thesame place after that initialclick ... every link we everreally use is right there.

We all know, in the backs of ourminds, that Wooster has been aroundfor more than a century. But there areplaces on campus where that pastseems to reach out to us across theages, and nowhere is that connectionmore palpable than in the offices ofSpecial Collections, where CuratorDenise Monbarren and SpecialCollections Librarian ElaineSmith-Snyder work to keep col-lections of historical files andrare books safe from the ravagesof time.

The Early Textbooks andPrimers exhibit currently ondisplay at Special Collectionsprovides a glimpse into daily lifeat the College back in the 1870s.

“What we did was we lookedat course catalogues from the 1870s to1890s to see what was the requiredreading at the University,” saidMonbarren, who worked withCollection Services Librarian MargoCurl on the display. Curl andMonbarren then tracked down copiesof those textbooks from varioussources — some were already in thelibrary’s extensive collection, whileothers were recently donated from aprivate collection.

are early imprints and things that areimportant to book culture,”Monbarren explained.

The primers are familiar — a pageof letters accompanied by illustrationsof common objects that start withthat letter — yet strange, with “A”standing for “axe” rather than “apple,”a reminder of the agrarian nature ofthe society.

“It was a very different culture,”said Monbarren. “What might be

considered ‘back woods’ nowa-days was very much a part oftheir culture.”

Special Collections maintainstwo exhibits per year, as well asperiodically doing special dis-plays on notable on-campusoccasions. Monbarren encour-ages students to come by andenjoy the displays.

The locked, sealed doors ofSpecial Collections can be imposing,preventing students from sneakingin unnoticed, but there is nothing tobe afraid of in this reliquary ofWooster’s history.

“For the most part, what we’re try-ing to do is just remind people of thewonderful treasures we have here oncampus,” said Monbarren.

The exhibit is available for viewingMonday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5p.m., Aug. 24 to Oct. 2.

“We wanted to preserve this partic-ular part of the history — the curricu-lum,” said Monbarren.

The books demonstrate some differ-ences in the curriculum from today.For instance, a much greater emphasisis placed on the sciences, as well as onGreek and Latin.

The other half of the display dealswith education as well, though not atthe collegiate level. It’s a collection ofprimers for teaching young children

skills like reading, comprehension andbasic math.

These books, drawn from theCollege’s rare books collection, werepublished in the early 1900s and arenotable for being some of the earliestbooks published in Ohio. Cincinnatibecame a hub for publishing as thepopulation of the United Statesexpanded westward.

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Voice 5Friday,

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Student puts spin on Independent Study presentations

Tamari FarquharsonFeatures Editor

Special Collections exhibits preserved historical files and rare books

Scott Smith and Woo91 spark discussion with “The I.S. Show”

Jonah ComstockEditor in Chief

seniors’ Independent Study other-wise,” said Smith. “So we try to haveinteresting conversations. I try to puton something people can discuss.”

“It’s a difficult format and endeav-or, but that’s what makes Woostersuch a unique college,” Smith said.

The first show aired last week.Because it was the first one, it was apanel. Philosophy majors TomLoughead ’10 and Sam Vanfleete ’10,Archeology major Andrew Marley’10, Philosophyand PoliticalScience doublemajor SaraPalagyi ’10 andEnglish majorOdin Tangvald’10 were featured.

The I.S. showtries to have sen-iors with differentareas of study onthe show. “I amtrying to bring avariety of majors on the show tohave different perspectives,” saidSmith. Often times students mayhave one I.S. for two majors andsometimes tie together two differentangles and perspectives of a particu-lar subject.

The show is broken down and cen-tered around independent study andits discussion. Seniors are allowed todiscuss what they will be doing for

their I.S. “Because for some seniors itis too early to know their directplans, they discuss what they may bedoing instead,” said Smith.

Seniors can always come back onthe show and share their thoughts onI.S. as it progresses and on thechanges they made throughout theprocess. At the same time, seniorscan get feedback and ideas fromother seniors as well. There may be alittle consistency and a few changes

that can be madeto seniors’ I.S.

This pastT u e s d a y ,Biochemistry andMolecular Biologymajor Ryan Story’10 was aired onthe show.

Loughead andMarley were alsoon the show withStory. “Tom andAndrew are pretty

much resident appearances,” statedSmith about the upcoming weeklyadditions to the show.

For next week, Smith is still work-ing on a normal lineup. He is tryingto bring in new people with differentmajors. Of course, Loughead andMarley may be on it as well. At themoment, Smith is relying on hisfriends because he has a diversegroups of friends of different

Experiencing different cultures and customs in “the happiest country in the world”

Like to appear onThe I.S. show?

Email Scott Smith

(SSmith10@wooster.edu)

or

(theisshow@ymail.com).

Above, Ryan Story ’10 and Andrew Marley ’10 discuss indi-vidual Independent Study topics and share innovative ideasled by Scott Smith ’10 (Photo by Linda Kuster).

majors. It may seem informal, butSmith separates business from pleas-ure, having each senior fill out a briefpre-interview sheet to help facilitateconversations and topics better.

In the future, he plans to inviteteachers on the show. “I want toknow how they feel to be on theother side of the chair during I.S.meetings, reading our drafts andother things,” said Smith. “I’m tryingto expand campus-wide discussionabout independent study. Wooster isI.S. You do it to graduate. It will helpthe campus if we open it up as anoutlet,” Smith continued.

Other discussions spur from thetopics when different seniors are fea-tured. It is not strict about where theconversation ends up. Also, the showfeatures music, discussion and com-mentary. “We do play music mostlyfrom the interviewees. It is a radioshow,” said Smith. The music isplayed during intermissions andwhile Smith is setting up an intervie-wee in the studio.

The show is on every Tuesdayfrom 8-10 p.m. All are welcome totune in on 90.9 fm MHz or listenonline via the Woo91 website. If youare a professor or senior interested ingetting your opinion or I.S. heard,Smith can be contacted at theis-show@ymail.com. The I.S. Show isalso on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/theisshow.

Woo91 is the College of Wooster’scommercial-free radio station runentirely by students. It broadcasts avariety of programs that featureshows, lectures, music and sports. Itis a format-free station, which meansthat each individual disc jockey cancreate his or her own station. Thereis not one specific genre of musicthat has to be played on air.

Scott Smith ’10, a philosophymajor here at the College tried to be

innovative creating his new show,“The I.S. Show.” “I enjoy being onthe air,” said Smith. While consider-ing what kind of show to have, hewanted one that was fun, but still hada practical purpose. “At Wooster,there is so much importance laid onI.S. Why not have a show that high-lights Wooster’s IndependentStudy?” asked Smith.

The purpose of “The I.S. Show” isto spark discussions between stu-dents from the same majors andamong those in different majors. “It ishard to know the oppressive work of

I chose to study in Copenhagen,Denmark because it is consideredto be the happiest place in the

w o r l d .Therefore, Iwas confusedwhen I waswarned thatthe Danes are“very cold.”Now under-stand why this

is said but also why this statementis false.

I have to commute 30 minutes bytrain every day to class. My firstday I sat next to a Danish woman— she got off about three stopsbefore me. When she was gettingout of the seat she didn’t say any-thing, she just pushed past me andknocked my bag to the floor. Ithought to myself “okay, rude,” butthen realized no one on the trainwas saying anything. It was com-pletely silent. Just everyone shuf-fling and squeezing up to the door.The only thing that could be con-sidered cold about the Danes is thatthey don’t say “excuse me” or“sorry” when moving past people.Punctuality is very important inDanish culture.

Everyone needs to be somewhereat sometime; so why apologize forgetting to your destination? This

cultural change took a little gettingused to, but the more I think about it,this idea actually makes a lot of sense.

A major difference that I still amnot comfortable with is the fact thateveryone here does not seem to beeasily offended. All of my professorsuse profanity in the classroom, andit’s no big deal.

Besides using certain words orbeing late, there are very few thingsthat are considered rude. It is strong-ly encouraged to speak your mind,just get to the point — don’t sugarcoat things.

At a pub one night a guy made acomment to me that probably wouldhave caused a lawsuit in the UnitedStates. When I looked at him in dis-gust he said “What’s on your mind?”I told him how I really felt; andinstead of walking away he just start-ed to talk to me about something else.

I have never been more confused inmy life. I learned quickly that if aDanish person wants something, theylet you know. And if you don’t — justsay it. It’s not embarrassing or rude(on either end), no one is offended, itsjust another point in a conversation.

I almost wish the United States wasmore like this; there would be a lotfewer awkward moments, mixed sig-nals, guessing games and wasted timetrying to get your point across.Ultimately, I believe this results in a

lot less drama.The Danish people are extremely

interested in US politics. A hot topichere is definitely the Obama adminis-tration and the proposed healthcaresystem.

There are extremely high taxes inDenmark which result in basicallyeverything being covered by the gov-ernment. I was told this was so theDanes could follow their dreams andnot have to worry about if they canprovide basic needs for their family.Not one Dane I have spoken to is inthe least bit jealous of the UnitedStates; one man said “It’s just so back-wards, I can’t even begin to under-stand your systems.”

The Danes have already got methinking about US philosophy. Do weoverthink our actions? Are we tooemotional and easily offended, readyto file a lawsuit at any minute? Is itsilly to have the “American dream” ofmoney, instead of our own individualdreams?

I suppose I have more time to learnand think these things over.However, I can honestly say I amlooking forward to living in the hap-piest country in the world for thenext four months.

Above, Grainne Carlin ’11 enjoys the view surroundingDenmark’s International Kollegium dormitory inCopenhagen (Photo courtesy Grainne Carlin).

Above, Special Collections exhibits textbooks published duringthe westward expansion of Ohio (Photos by Andrew Collins).

“We wanted to preserve thisparticular part of the history— the curriculum.”

DENISE MONBARREN

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CURATOR

Grainne Carlin ’11, a CommunicationStudies major, can be reached for com-ments at GCarlin11@wooster.edu

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obtained his second surfboard whichis on display in the exhibit.

After Earth broke up Springsteenformed the group Child. Childbranched out of New Jersey, playingnumerous free shows in Virginia inthe late 1960’s. The exhibit displaysvarious concert posters ranging fromprofessional posters to hand writtenposter boards. Also available isSpringsteen’s personal address bookfrom that time.

In 1970 Steelmill, formerly knownas Child was formed. To commemo-rate this time of Springsteen’s life his1968 Gibson Les Paul guitar is dis-played in this part of the exhibit.Springsteen retired this guitarbecause he felt it weighed too much.In addition to the guitar a song bookcontaining the songs “Clouds,”“Winters” and “Revelation” which heused the guitar to compose are dis-played.

the band Castiles. Springsteen wasthe lead guitarist and vocalist for theband which formed in 1965. Theband recorded a total of two originalsongs and played multiple venuesincluding some in Greenwich Village.The exhibit houses original scrap-books of the band that were createdby manager Tex Vinyard’s wife,Marion.

The display not only house’s trib-utary to his accomplishments as amusician, but family photo albums,letters and Springsteen’s childhoodknick knacks are all miscellaneousmemorabilia displayed throughoutthe exhibit.

After Springsteen’s time spent inCastile we move on to the next seg-ment of his life spent with the bandEarth. In the late 1960s’ Earth per-formed locally around New Jersey.Springsteen lived above a surf shopduring this time period, where he

Add this exhibit to BruceSpringsteen’s list of big hits. Thedisplay, entitled “From Ashbury Parkto the Promised Land, The Life andMusic of Bruce Springsteen,” is aspecial exhibit located at the Rockand Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,Ohio that runs from April 1, 2009 toSpring 2010. The display is the firstartifact centered presentation aboutBruce Springsteen, an artist knownto “play every show like it might behis last.”

Taking up a full two floors of theRock and Roll Hall of Fame, “TheLife and Music” displays artifactsranging from Springsteen’s FenderEsquire guitar, which is used on thecover of “Born To Run,” to the hand-written lyric manuscripts of some ofhis most popular songs. The exhibitcovers a span of time ranging fromhis early childhood to today.

The presentation is almost over-whelming in the number of peopleand the amount of informationcrammed into one small space. Theflow of knowledge is constant andthe artifacts captivating. The atti-tude of the space is lively; peoplelook genuinely excited to be closeenough to touch so much BruceSpringsteen memorabilia. The “Brucefans” are literally coming out of thewoodwork.

Springsteen, who has been com-pared to folk artist Woodie Guthrieand author John Steinbeck, was bornto a blue-collar family in LongBranch, New Jersey on September 23,1949. He was first inducted into theRock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.According to the exhibitSpringsteen’s music merges “urgencyand realism [and addresses] issues ofworking class Americans.”

The exhibit begins inSpringsteen’s adolescence, age 14, atthe start of his musical career with

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which Springsteen jumped from bandto band, with time spent in Dr. Zoomand the Sonic Boom, we progress tothe point in Springsteen’s life wherehe becomes more recognized. Withthe formation of the BruceSpringsteen Band in 1971,Springsteen evolved and eventuallyreleased his first album with the EStreet Band under Columbia Records.

From this point on we transitioninto the Bruce Springsteen and the EStreet Band that people know andlove today. At this point the exhibitis filled with magazine covers,clothes, various guitars, harmonicasand newspaper clippings, all focusedon the man they call “The Boss.”

One of the great things about theexhibit is that it not only includes somany different kinds of things fromthe life of Springsteen, but it alsoincludes artifacts from his E StreetBand members. Steve Vanzandt’s1984 Guild X-79 Electric guitar andClarence Clemons saxophone are justsome of the E Street Band artifactsyou will find.

While standing in the middle ofthe exhibit at peak visiting hours, onething is for sure: Springsteen’s mottoof “play every show like it’s yourlast” is one of the things that drawspeople to him. Some of the people atthis exhibit are positively thrilled tobe there.

Nancy Thomas and Kathy Hostfrom Akron, Ohio came to visit themuseum with only one thing in mind:Bruce Springsteen. These womenare huge “Bruce fans,” “We love theexhibit, you name it they’ve got it,we’ve been Bruce fans since beforeyou were born.”

The exhibit concludes with a videoclip of Bruce and his band forming ahuman train through the audience atthe MTV unplugged concert inNovember 1992, a clear representa-tion not only of the exhibit but theperson that Springsteen is.

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Nowadays, we see a lot of suspi-cious corporate buy-outs. If you payclose attention to business activities,you’ll notice little things that createthe illusion of variety while still send-

ing money inone direction.We’ve got thevarious banksthat are combin-ing; the phonecompanies thatwere separatedway back when

by the Sherman Anti-trust act areglomming back together; Dell and HPare really the same company; Appleand Microsoft use the same proces-sors and Vista’s look has a distinctMac-ish look to it. Even Starbucks ischanging the names of individualstores to hide the stigma that’s beenbuilt around a corporate image. Onebuy out in particular has alreadycaused quite a bit of buzz around theInternet. I speak of Disney’s recentacquisition of Marvel. The cross-over potential has me a bit concerned.

I can concede that Disney can pulloff Bad Ass; take the Pirates of theCaribbean series, for example. Asconscious as I think Disney would beof why Marvel is successful, howev-er, I don’t trust them to keep the fla-vor of classics like Spider-Man andthe X-Men.

I remember the game KingdomHearts and I foresee Mickey Mousesprouting claws from his knuckles todo battle with Pete in a cyberneticarmor suit a la Iron Man. Chip andDale could end up as an elite infiltra-tion and hacking team working along-side Ant-Man in the Avengers. Beastand The Beast would have to duke itout to avoid the redundancy issuesbrought to light by web cartoonist ofPenny Arcade Jerry Halkins.Personally, I think Hank McCoy couldtear Belle’s beau a new one. Well, hewould if he had to. Aside from theblue fur, Beast is generally a prettytogether guy, which gives him anoth-er advantage over his quick-to-angerDisney counterpart, but I digress.

I will be much more wary of futureMarvel movies. They say it won’tactually change anything, but if theDisney–Pixar relationship has taughtus anything, it’s that the big D doesn’tplay nice. Sure, Kingdom Hearts actu-ally turned out to be a pretty goodseries, but the line has to be drawnsomewhere. I won’t be having mySpider-Man movies turn into smarmybuddy-buddy movies… well, I guessit’s too late for that. But I definitelywon’t stand for Iron Man gaining anunnecessary romantic sub-plot… er… well never mind. But Blade! AndThe Punisher! Disney owns ThePunisher! Can you really imagine thesame corporation that has a friendlymouse as it’s mascot owning a charac-ter who embodies the classic idea ofthe psychologically troubled anti-hero? Well, I suppose in a depressing,ironic way, it makes sense.

Duncan Jones discusses life after Wooster and “Moon”

While a student, what were some ofyour favorite campus hangouts andactivities?

Well, I started the rugby team, andeven lived with my teammates in arugby house just off campus. We allhad a great time. It was a really nicegroup of guys, very laid back. That’sdefinitely something I appreciatedabout Wooster — the laid back stu-dent body. I also used to live in thebasement of frat house with someother international students. It wasgreat, because I didn’t get any of theintimidation of national frats, youknow? It was always very relaxed. Ialso edited the Year One magazine mysenior year, with Professor Grace,which was very fun as well.

Did you have a favorite Lowry dish?

You know, I can’t really remember.It may have been sloppy joes. I didused to eat at Mom’s quite a lot. Infact, there was one item on the menu

place once, to see a stand up comedi-an who was visiting!

How would you describe your overallWooster experience, and how do youthink it has impacted your post-gradua-tion life?

It’s been fascinatingly positive,really. In my adolescence I experi-enced a lot of ups and downs in aca-

I ate so much that they nicknamed itthe “Duncan Special.” That was adouble cheeseburger with an egg ontop! [Laughs] It’s really amazingwhat we can eat when we’re young!

Moving along, did you ever step footin the UG? If so, why?

I’m not exactly sure what that is.[Pauses] Oh! I think I did go to that

In the new independent music mar-ket brought about by the Internet,it’s fully possible for a band to have asubstantial fan base before releasinga single album. Garfunkel and Oates,consisting of TV actresses RikiLindhome and Kate Micucci (whomsome of you might know asStephanie Gooch in the last season of“Scrubs”) is one such band. Theirdebut album, “Music Songs,” whichbecame available on iTunes last week,is comprised of eight of the morepopular songs thathave been popping upon YouTube for thelast few months.

Their style is prob-ably best described ascomedy/folk, withLindhome on the guitar and Micuccion the ukulele or piano (other instru-ments like a flute make occasionalappearances.) The album is relative-ly well-mixed and balanced, and

although the flute seems a little outof place in a few numbers. All in allthe accompaniment really highlightseach song, and helps keep them fromblending together.

Both women can sing and theirvoices blend together excellently.When they harmonize, they soundgreat, but I wish they did so moreoften. While singing in unison cre-ates an interesting sound, more har-monies would be impressive and addanother layer to their sound.

Where the album really shines is inthe lyrics. Most of the songs areabout sex, in one way or another, and

contain a sarcastichumor which, combinedwith the sweet, inno-cent quality of theirvoices, kind of remindsme of Lily Allen. Thesongs range fom the

ridiculous (“Pregnant Women areSmug,” where the two actually stopplaying to do comedy sketches in themiddle), to the sublime (the sweet,sentimental and not particularly silly

“As You Are.”) Most fall somewherein the middle, like “Only You,” an odeto their friendship which containsmany silly lines, but is ultimatelysincere.

There are a few notable omissions— I would have loved to see theirsong “Self-Esteem,” about having toomuch self-respect to date someone,for example, or the pro-gay marriage

Springsteen lives up to his motto and rocks out. (Photo by AP)

demics, and Wooster was a definite“up” period for me. I can rememberexperiencing so many things I neverthought I’d try — fencing, sculpture,flag football, editing a magazine.Wooster really encouraged me toembrace a broad range of experi-ences, and explore many subjects.“Moon” sort of reflects that, as it’san almagamation of many interests— space, energy conservation, phi-losophy. The whole artificial intelli-gence thing even goes back to myI.S., which was based on sentientmachines.

To conclude, do you have any partingwords of wisdom for future Woostergrads?

I guess the best advice I can give isthat I know that time is limited, andwhile at Wooster you may feel like somuch of your life hinges on writingthe best I.S., or getting the bestgrades in whatever classes you’retaking. But really, when you get outinto the real world, you find thatemployers don’t care about thosekinds of things, and are looking forreally passionate, interesting people

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with a broad range of knowledgeand experiences. I think I wasexposed to that sort of thing atWooster, and it’s helped a lot. Iwould definitely say don’t worryabout the future so much when yougraduate. Take your time. It tookme 10 years after completing filmschool to make my first movie, andnow a lot of very exciting thingsare happening with my career. Ithink, when it comes to your educa-tion, it’s the little things that end upbeing important in the end, andthat’s the main thing I learned fromWooster.

Jones spoke these parting words withthe same enthusiastic, strikingly friendlyvoice he assumed throughout the dura-tion of the interview. Despite his new-found fame, he seemed to be a remark-ably approachable, down-to-earth per-son in conversation, with a great sense ofoptimism towards his future. It’s clearthat he approaches his life with excite-ment and passion, and his final wordsare indeed a great source of inspirationto a new generation of Wooster stu-dents.

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“Sex with Ducks,” but some things, Isuppose should be saved for theirnext album. Eight songs just seemsa bit short when they have numbersthey could have gotten together. Onthe whole, though, I think “MusicSongs” is a successful first album,and I’d recommend it to anyone wholikes female vocalists and funnysongs about sex.

(Photo by Chad Nicholson and courtesy Sara Sheragy).

Jones confers with Rockwell. Courtesy Sony Picture Classics

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Don’t have a clue who’s going towin the big game? Every week, sportsnuts Matthew Yannie, Andrew Vogel,Chris Weston and Jason Weingardtwill pick the week’s biggest footballgames, both college and pro. Somewill be on the mark, others probablynot so much. We’ll track theirprogress every week with seasonstandings. Think they’ve picked thewrong teams? Feel free to let themknow what you think about all sportsat vvooiiccee__ssppoorrttss@@wwoooosstteerr..eedduu.

M= Matthew, A = Andrew,C= Chris, J= Jason,

All= Everyone

NCAA GamesThursday, Sept. 3

(M,C,J) #16 Ore. at Boise St. (A)

Saturday, Sept. 5Navy at #6 OSU (All)

Akron at #9 Penn State (All)(C,J) Minnesota at ‘Cuse (M,A)

(M,C) Baylor at Wake (A,J)(M,J) Missouri vs Illinois (A,C)

(A,C,J) #13 UGA at #9 OKSU (M)(C) #20 BYU vs #3 OU (M,A,J)(A,C,J) #5 Bama vs #7 VT (M)

Maryland at #12 Cal (All)(All) #11 LSU at Washington

Monday, Sept. 7(J) Cincinnati at Rutgers (M,A,C)Miami at #18 Florida State (All)

2009 PRESEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS

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National Championship GameTexas over USC

ACC Atlantic ChampFlorida State

ACC Costal ChampGeorgia Tech

Big East ChampRutgers

Big Ten ChampPenn State

Big 12 North ChampNebraska

Big 12 South ChampTexas

PAC-10 ChampUSC

SEC East ChampFlorida

SEC West ChampOle Miss

BCS BusterBYU

Surprise Bowl TeamBoston College

Team To Exceed ExpectationsBYU

Team That Will Fall Short ofExpectationsNotre Dame

Coach on the Hot SeatRich Rodriguez

Heisman WinnerColt McCoy

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National Championship GameFlorida over Texas

ACC Atlantic ChampFlorida State

ACC Costal ChampGeorgia Tech

Big East ChampSouth Florida

Big Ten ChampOhio State

Big 12 North ChampKansas

Big 12 South ChampTexas

PAC-10 ChampUSC

SEC East ChampFlorida

SEC West ChampAlabama

BCS BusterBoise State

Surprise Bowl TeamBaylor

Team To Exceed ExpectationsArkansas

Team That Will Fall Short ofExpectations

NebraskaCoach on the Hot Seat

Dan HawkinsHeisman Winner

Terrelle Pryor

National Championship GameTexas over Florida

ACC Atlantic ChampFlorida State

ACC Costal ChampVirgina Tech

Big East ChampRutgers

Big Ten ChampOhio State

Big 12 North ChampKansas

Big 12 South ChampTexas

PAC-10 ChampOregon

SEC East ChampFlorida

SEC West ChampOle Miss

BCS BusterUtah

Surprise Bowl TeamMiami (FL)

Team To Exceed ExpectationsNorth Carolina

Team That Will Fall Short ofExpectations

USCCoach on the Hot Seat

Charlie WeisHeisman Winner

Colt McCoy

National Championship GameFlorida over Texas

ACC Atlantic ChampClemson

ACC Costal ChampNorth Carolina

Big East ChampCincinnati

Big Ten ChampOhio State

Big 12 North ChampIowa State

Big 12 South ChampOklahoma

PAC-10 ChampUSC

SEC East ChampFlorida

SEC West ChampLSU

BCS BusterUtah

Surprise Bowl TeamMaryland

Team To Exceed ExpectationsSyracuse

Team That Will Fall Short ofExpectations

GeorgiaCoach on the Hot Seat

Ralph FriedgenHeisman Winner

Colt McCoy

ROUNDING THIRD

Cleveland, you might want to read this...Let’s be honest — Cleveland is

going through tough times. Notonly is the econ-omy goingsteadily down-hill and jobs dis-appearing likecell phones at afrat party, butC l e v e l a n dsports teams are

feeling the repercussions of all this.So, what to do? Below are somepromotional ideas that are guaran-teed to put money back into the thecity, and if they don’t work, well ...let’s just hope they work.

1. Monetize off LeBron Jameswhile you still can

The Cavs may have gottenShaquille O’Neil, but LeBron isgoing to want more money regard-less of what happens this season.Come basketball season he may sin-gle handedly run the Ohio economy,but let’s face it: Mr. James is headed

to New York. So, what can the Cavsand Cleveland do to financially bene-fit from LeBron before his contractruns out at the end of next season?Make any LeBron James functionsomething you haveto pay for. Did youfawn over LeBron ona street corner?Fifty bucks, please.Have any Facebookpictures of you andhim? A hundred apiece. And for com-panies, you can evenrent out tattoo spaceon his body! Pricesare negotiable.

2. Sell Anderson Varejao’s hair

Before you move to the next point,hear me out. Much like his play, noneof Varejao’s hair is used to reallyhelp his team. His hair is clearly welltaken care of, which means it willprobably have the highest resalevalue. Judging by how his hair flows

when arguing foul calls with referees,Varejao’s hair could produce somehigh quality jackets and/or toupées.That way, instead of posting meagercareer stats of six points per game

and a solid sixrebounds per game,Anderson couldredeem himselfsomewhat by finan-cially contributingto the Cavs. Sowhile he’s spendingsome quality time onthe bench, he canhawk luxury coats tothe patrons sitting

courtside as well as find equal time toargue with his teammates over poorofficiating.

3. Brady Quinn/Grady Sizemoremud wrestling match

Out of any of these promotionalideas I’m submitting, this would eas-ily be the most prosperous. If I weretheir agents, I would be all over this

idea regardless of hurting theirstreet-cred. I can picture it now:Billed as a one night HBO pay-per-view event, two budding stars from astruggling city mud-wrestle it out tosee who’s the strongest. Just byquickly judging the number offemale Cleveland sports fans, this canalready be penned in as an instantsuccess. Someone really should callme about a job...

4. Actually accomplish “MajorLeague”

Although a radical move, this pro-motional idea seems to be the onlyone already being put into place.Much like the movie, the Indians arean absolutely dreadful team.Although they don’t have an ex-con-vict as their closer, Kerry Woodlooks like one. My suggestion —Indians front office should try tooverthrow the Washington Nationalsas the worst team in baseball, andhave the players revolt by winninggames. Then, fans will flock to the

The Fighting Scots are looking tostart off this season the same way aslast season.

The College of Wooster footballteam kicks off its 2009 campaignagainst the Waynesburg UniversityYellow Jackets on Saturday in thisseason’s home opener. Waynesburg,who have only beaten the Scots oncein the history of this series, are com-ing off what can be described as anaverage season (5-5), seekingrevenge for a 27-6 defeat from theScots during last season’s opener.

The main story line for the Scots’offense this week is Austin Holter’10, who last year single-handedlypicked apart the Waynesburgdefense, for over 100 yards throughthe air and on the ground, with 248yards total, as well as three touch-downs (two passing, one running).Holter, who is starting for his thirdstraight season, will need to find away to elude the Yellow Jacketdefense once again, assuming he willhave eyes on him the entire game.

A player to keep your eyes on whilethe Scots are on offense is MikeFrancescangeli ’10, who totaled fivegrabs for 40 yards and a score in lastseason’s match-up. If the defensefinally finds a way to keep Holter inthe pocket, Francescangeli should bethe go-to guy to work the Scotsdown the field.

On the other side of the ball, theScots’ defense will be looking toreplicate its success from last seasonagainst Waynesburg’s running game.Although it is no longer led by for-mer All-American running backRobert Heller, the Yellow Jacketsstill have a formidable one-twopunch in the likes of junior BillyBecker and sophomore Justin Falcon.Becker and Falcon, who took over forHeller after the first game of lastseason, totaled a combined 238 car-ries for 1055 yards and 11 touch-downs.

The Scots willl also need to keepan eye on is the brand-newWaynesburg passing game. Led byjunior quarterback Brad Dawson, theYellow Jackets have decided to makea switch from a pure power runningoffense to a spread offense that favorspassing the ball to any number ofplayers. With Dawson’s tendency tomiss his receivers (finishing last yearwith only a 55% completion rating),this system should allow him to findone of his many talented receiverswithout too much trouble.

This game will also mark theunveiling of the new Sprinturf,which was installed over the summer.This turf was deemed necessaryafter the “Mud Bowl” againstWittenberg last season, whichturned the field into a mud pit.

The season opens up tomorrow atJohn P. Papp stadium. The game isscheduled to start at 1 p.m.

ballpark with revitalized hopes, andthe Indians will be a financially sta-ble organization.

5. Inform fans it could beworse

Cleveland is the losing-est city inthe United States when it comes tosports. No, really, they are — in2004 ESPN proclaimed Clevelandas the most tortured sports city.But who can blame them? Theirlast major sports title of any kindwas in 1964 when the Browns wonthe NFL Championship. I’m pro-posing a new attitude I thinkCleveland sports organizationsshould use for promos — “at leastwe’re not Detroit.” Detroit mayhave won three times as many (21)championships than Cleveland(seven), but it’s important forCleveland fans to remember thatDetroit is home to the worst team— the 2008 Detroit Lions. Nowthat should really help spirits, andhopefully pocketbooks.

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Five failproof ideas for Cleveland sports teams to start earning money and winning games

Did you fawn overLeBron on a streetcorner? Fifty bucks,please. Have anyFacebook pictures ofyou and him? Ahundred a piece.

Tomorrow afternoon, the Scots will look to start their season on a high note against WaynesburgUniversity this Saturday. The Scots will look to repeat last season’s success against the YellowJackets, winning 27-6 on the road (Photo by Andrew Collins).

8 The Wooster VoiceFriday, September 4, 2009

Mark Miller ’09 pitched one of the finest games of his career, but gave up the game-winning single in the bottom of the 12thinning against St. Thomas. Miller, pitching the entire game, gave up three runs while pitching more than 11 innings. “It nevershould have gone that far. We should have scored more runs behind him,” said head coach Tim Pettorini (Photo courtesy OPI).

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Sports Editor Matthew Yannierecently talked about the upcomingfootball season with starting quar-terback Austin Holter ’10.

The footballteam is looking tocontinue the win-ning traditionthat resulted in asecond place fin-ish in the NorthCoast AthleticConference just last season.

Holter, who led the conferenceand in total yards from scrimmagewith 2,712, which was also a schoolrecord. He also totaled 22 touch-downs (nine rushing and 13 pass-ing) over the ten game span. He wasnamed a second team NCAC All-Conference quarterback after start-ing every game in the 2008 season.

MY: Given the success of lastseason how high are your expec-tations for this year?

AH: I’d say they are pretty high.Obviously we have a good seniorclass and offensively we bring backnine starters. On our offensive lineeveryone comes back with theexception of Cam Lemasters, anddefensively we have great seniorleadership on that side of the balltoo, so we’re looking to have a real-ly good season. Anything less thanan NCAC championship is not goodenough for us so we’re workingtowards that.

MY: Towards the end of lastseason the team really began fir-ing on all cylinders. What needsto be done to ensure continuedsuccess this year?

AH: We have to stay focusedthroughout each week and just gointo each week prepared for thatteam. We have to give good effort,give 100 percent, and not overlookany opponents. Coach has talkedabout enjoying the process, that it’snot just about the outcome, but toenjoy the time you have, working ashard as you can day by day.Through that we should be prettysuccessful.

MY: In your four years as amember of the football team,where do you think the programhas shown the most growth andimprovement?

AH: Year by year everythingimproves. As players grow, theirintelligence for the game growsobviously. Every year we have moreand more guys coming into the pro-gram with a better understandingof the game which makes it a loteasier for them to adapt to collegefootball. It goes along with greatcoaching, I think our coaching hasimproved year by year and that’sdefinitely a key to our success.

MY: With a successful seasonnot only for the team but for youas an individual, receiving secondteam all conference honors, whatare your personal goals for this,your senior season?

AH: First team All Conferencewould be fantastic, maybe NCACplayer of the year depending onhow the season goes, but my firstgoal would have to be an NCACchampionship for the team. Wehave a lot of team goals as well, towin the NCAC championship andhost a playoff game, and ultimatelyto win the NCAA division threechampionship.

MY: How important of a rolewill the 16 returning startersplay in the success of this year’ssquad?

AH: They should play a majorrole in our success but also ouryounger players are going to play abig role as well. I think returningplayers will be great leaders for theyounger players but we’ve had someof the younger players step up intoleadership roles as well. The suc-cess of this team is going to bereliant on all 95 of us.

MY: Is there a specific game onthe schedule this year that youare most looking forward to?

AH: I’m looking forward to everygame, to be honest. With it beingmy senior year I have to take it onegame at a time. I’m just excited toget the 10 guaranteed opportunitiesto play, so every week I’ll embrace anew game.

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When the University of St.Thomas knocked a single throughthe left side of the infield to beat theWooster baseball team for thenational championship in the bottomof the 12th inning, “heartbroken”doesn’t even begin to describe theemotions at the end of last year’shistoric season. However, lookingback on the 2009 season, despite arash of injuries and adversity, lastyear’s baseball team came closer to anational championship than any teamin school history. That feat in itselfmay be the most remarkable aspect ofthe Fighting Scots’ roller coasterseason.

The Scots’ appearance in thenational championship game is agreat achievement in itself. The2009 team that head coach TimPettorini trotted out was probablynot the most talented in Pettorini’s27 years, but it came as close to win-ning the ultimate prize as any Scotteam has ever come. The Scots firstreached the national championship in1997, ultimately falling to SouthernMaine 15-1.

In many ways, the 2009 team wassimilar to a MASH unit. Within thefirst week of the season, the Scotswere already hit with a significantsetback. Starting pitcher MattBarnes ’10, poised for a breakout jun-ior season and slated to become theteam’s ace, was out for the seasonwith a blood clot after his first startof the year. Anthony Trapuzzano’09, a three-year contributor, battledarm troubles all year and was not thesame force he had been in years past.Shortstop Matt Johnson ’10, a defen-sive standout in the infield, wasshelved for the season in mid-Aprildue to an arm injury.

“After the season-ending injuriesto Barnes and Johnson, the teamreally had two routes to travel. Wecould easily give up on the seasonbecause our backs were against thewall, or we could come together as ateam, pick each other up, and go outon the field and give 110 percentevery pitch of every game. We chosethe latter,” said relief pitcher TannerHall ’10.

The team, however, was able toplay its best baseball in the secondhalf of the season with the players ithad. After losing three of four toconference foe Kenyon College, the

Scots won 18 of their last 20 gamesbetween Apr. 16 and May 25, advanc-ing all the way to Appleton, Wisc. forthe College World Series. The teamsimply took it up a notch. It was arun no one, not even Pettorini, couldhave expected.

“This group really did overachieve.[After the injuries,] I didn’t makeany sterling coaching moves thatturned us into a juggernaut. Becausewe didn’t have a lot of depth, our topguys really played well and improvedas the season went on,” saidPettorini.

One key aspect helping the turn-around was starting pitching. JustinMcDowell ’11 (13-3, 2.38 ERA and94 strikeouts in 113innings) and MarkMiller ’09 (11-2, 2.51ERA, and 72 strikeoutsin 96 innings) emergedas two of the top pitch-ers in Division 3.McDowell had a break-out year, leading thenation in wins.

Once the team gotgoing, it didn’t let up.The team won its firstfour games in theCollege World Seriesto advance to thechampionship gameagainst St. Thomas.After already beatingthe Tommies once inthe earlier rounds ofthe World Series, the Scots simplyneeded to win one of the final two inthe championship series on May 26.With McDowell and Miller on themound in both games, the Scotslooked to be in good shape. However,after playing so consistently for overa month, the team couldn’t get itgoing on the last day of the season.

In the first game against St.Thomas, the Scots tied the game atfour with three runs in the bottom ofthe eighth inning, only to see St.Thomas score two in the ninth totake the first game 6-4 and set up thewinner-take-all second game of thedouble header.

Offense was at a premium in thefinal game. The Scots led 2-1 untilthe sixth inning, when St. Thomaswas able to tie the game againstMiller. From there, both teamsremained deadlocked. The Tommiesthreatened to score in the eighth,ninth, 10th and 11th innings, buteach time Miller worked out of a

jam. Finally, in the bottom of the12th, the Tommies led off with a sin-gle, moved the runner over with asacrifice bunt, and a weak grounderthrough the hole between third andshort gave St. Thomas the nationaltitle. Miller pitched arguably one ofthe finest games of his life, but itwasn’t enough.

Pettorini opted to leave Miller infor the entire game because he simplycouldn’t bear the thought of takingthe All-American out. “[Miller’s]such a competitor,” he said. “We hadother guys who could have come inand pitched, but maybe not as well.He gets so many ground balls and wewere making plays behind him. I did-

n’t have the heart totake him out. Itnever should havegone that far. Weshould have scoredruns behind him.”

The emotion, stillfresh from that lateafternoon on May26, still sits in thestomachs of theplayers. Hall saidthat after St.Thomas singled inthe winning run,“I’m pretty sureMiller was the onlyplayer on our teamthat was left stand-ing. I know mosteveryone in the

dugout dropped to their knees. It feltas though the weight of the worldcame down on our shoulders.”

“We all pictured in our minds thatwe were going to be the team to dog-pile at the end of the game, and whenit was St. Thomas instead definitelymade us realize it was all over. Theseason was finished,” said MattDeGrand ’10.

While it is said that time healseverything, the loss is still raw formany of the players. “It was theworst feeling in the world — know-ing that we had come all that wayand battled so hard only to be beat ona weak single through the hole. Ihave never felt a more sickening feel-ing in my stomach,” said McDowell.

“The bitter aftertaste of comingso close and knowing that we werethe best team in the country but justcouldn’t get it done on the champi-onship day still hasn't gone away.Every single time I see a highlightfrom the game or someone talks

about it, I still can’t get over it. Yes,we had a great run through theNCAC’s, regionals and World Series,but there is no doubt in my mind wewere the best team in the nation,”said McDowell.

The pain from that loss may nevergo away for many of the players, andif it does, it won’t subside any timesoon. Three months later, however,the players have had time to reflecton what a ride it was all the way toAppleton. The double-header onMay 26 that somehow went awryshouldn’t erase one of the finest sea-sons in school history. As hard as theloss has been for McDowell, he isimmensely proud of what the teamaccomplished last spring. “The say-ing goes ‘second place is the firstloser,’ but I think if you talk toKenyon, Oberlin, Allegheny,Marietta, etc., they’ll tell you the cal-iber of team that we had. We beat St.Thomas Game 3 of the World Series.It was just unfortunate that the daywe played them for the championshipjust wasn’t our day.”

Pettorini said that at the end oflast season, he was as proud of theteam as he has ever been in his 27years here. “It wasn’t the most tal-ented group and we had to deal witha lot of adversity. Every coach wantstheir team to reach that max poten-tial, and this team came as close tothat as I’ve ever had,” said Pettorini.

Yet as positive as this past seasonwas for the entire team, especiallygiven the circumstances, the after-taste of that extra inning loss stilllingers. “I look back proud of whatwe have done but it still hurts every-day when I think about how close wewere to reaching every one of ourgoals. We accomplished every goalbut one, but coming that close makesit hurt more than to feel satisfiedwith the things we did accomplish,”said third baseman Zack Vesco ’12.

The Scots came as close to anational championship as any teamcan without capturing the ultimateprize. While the run broughtimmense pride to the school and sur-rounding community, it didn’t endthe way players, coaches and fans hadenvisioned. While the players knowthey should look at the 2009 seasonwith their heads held high, for manyof them the pain of that loss will notsubside anytime soon. The only curemay be to get back on the field andstart thinking about the possibilitiesin 2010.

BY THE NUMBERS

25Number of years thatDennis Rice has coachedfor the cross countryteam. He spent four yearsas the assistant coachbefore being given thehead coaching position in1988.

2Number of players on themen’s soccer team whoscored more than two goalslast season, Karl Ruter ’10and Scott Buckwald ’10.Ruter scored six goals, andBuckwald scored seven.In one game this season,the Scots have yet to score.

“I look backproud of what wehave done but itstill hurts everyday when I thinkabout how closewe were to reach-ing every one ofour goals.”

ZACK VESCO ’12THIRD BASEMAN