Volume XIII, Issue 4

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The C Fact Book explains it a ll So tmny que. tion , and . o few an­

swer: ... until now. Suzanne Janney' brainchild is packed with useful infor­mation for staff and student . The Catalyst has made its own report on thb one-stop resource of vital facto.; and . alicnt statist ics.

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Words, not bombs The new Bush admini ·1rat ion has

brought its foreign policy off to a belli­cose ' tart. But will missile strikes succeed where U. . sanctions have failed? It's time for a more under tand­ing approach towards the Iraqi people.

addam Hussein is the real enemy here. Cm..fMRNTARY, PAGE 7

Bake-Off tums out

all your base are belong to us

Medieval Fa·r overwhelmed by commoners by Kathryn Dow

The 26th annual Ringling Medieval Fair descended on Sarasota last weekend in a whirl of dust and costume. for four days, the ground hcbind the Ring! ing museum were converted into a Robin Hood-tbcmcd playground ror performers and patron[> a1ikc. Some . hows and event wcr in keeping with thi. theme, while others simply paid tribute to the Medieval or Renai ancc time periods.

hursday and Friday, the crowd con­si -ted largely of schoolchildren on fielll trips, which created plenty of work for second-year Chris Sabatclli, who worked a~ a 'pu hmonkey' for the King' Swings.

abatclti lamented the -rrec ride" passes gi en to the children, commenting that the free pa scs should he used for games which didn't give the employee . uch a workout. Tho c games were plentiful 'ts well. Some of l ht~m resembled the sorts of games you might find at a <:Ollnty f<tir or 11rcade, only " ithout the electronic

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The~is-student Austin Elicaar teaches kids how to juggle slicks

Oft~~~t~~~~~~·~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. ;;~ enter, and nobody comes, did the could test th~ir strength with g-.ant ham- There were also plenty of vendor one Bake-Off ever happen at all? The mers. A ynthetic rock-climbing wall was selling their wares. While some of the "what the sword does to the block is not Catalyst dared to find out. Inside, read also available.. smaller items were affordably priced, important," demonstrating that the blade the tale of how one staffer's ploy be- Fourth-year Mike Olson attempted the there were also items available that could itself was not nicked or chipped by the came a New College morality play. A rock wall. " I managed to get to the top, co t several month -' alary for a reason- encounter. Those unfortunate enough to tragedy for on ; a comedy for other ·. which signified the completion of my ably employed person. Some of the be confronted with one of tho e blades

SEE STORY, PAGE 5 thesis," he said . He added that he has not artisans were willing to put thei r craft to might wish lhey had visited one of the yet finished his thesis. " It was a symbolic the test for the audience. As Mike of avai lable 'sEE "MEDIEVAL FAIR" PAGE 3

Anthropology Professor Maria Vesperi shares her observations of Cuban religious traditions

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All your base are belong to us What the hell is that supposed to mean!? Uninformed readers may catch a clue at www.allyourbase.nct. Remember, everyone: "'Mo 'Zig.· For great ju tice .. ,

b Max Campbell February 2H, 3:30 p.m., Profe ·sor of

Anthropology Maria Ve peri explained the relationship between the Afro-Cuban religious trad it ion and callaloo so p. "In the callaloo,'' she said, " the ingred ients walk with each other. I prefer to think of the l Afro-Cuban) system in that way, rather than as a kind of warped CathoJicic;m. ··

llcr le<.:tut , entitled ''A Cultural Encounter in Cuba: The EleggLta Project.'' \vas the latest in the ongoing , ew College Fal:ulty Lectllrc Series. Profc~sor of Literature Paul Outka intro­duced VcspeJi as the author of City of Green Benche~: Growing Old in a New Dmvnrm-.·n and of n\lmcrous newspaper articles for the St. J>eterslmrg Times. He then yielded the podium to the di tin· guished profe sor (and Catalyst spon ·or) for her discussion of culture, tradition

and religion in today's Cuba. "What we'll be talking abuut i. a com·

bination of Catholic and African traditions," Vespcri told her audience. She prefaced her lecture with a video clip taken during her time in Cuba last sum­mer, featuring footage of ceremonial dances in which performers portrayed the orbha, the 21 spirit who correspond to the Catholic saints The Afro-Cuban cul­ture, Vespcri said, was a yncretic one: "a combination of the experience of the en­slaved Africans, their captives' religior and their own traditions:·

Vespcri e. plained that Africans taken as slaves in Cuba had a slightly different experience than in the U.S.: "In the 17th century, slaves had le~>al rights, and the ability to O\ ·n property. ' I bey \\ere more free than the slaves in mcrica." However, she added, "tbinos took a turn for the worse in the 19th ~entury, \ hen

sugar bec,ame profitable." 'The slaves, former ly domestic ervants, were turned out to work in ihc ·ugarcane fields under harsh condition , wh ich in turn resulted in discontentment and uprisings. She showed slides of rnonumental sculpture~ built in honor of their struggle, each fig­ure :-.tanding at three time~ human height.

Elcggua, who ·e name appeared in the title of her lecture, i among one of 1hc most importunt of the Afro-Cuban orisha. Several of the slides Vcspcri presented were of cer monial performers portra -ing f.lcggua, w ating red-and-black costunu:s and holdin • eythcs in both hands . .Ekggua is mischievous and child­like, but he i.' also a protector of children. Ile is al. o the orisha tesponsible for opening pathways and communication .

Hence, the Eleggua Project. According to the Canada-ba. ed project's web site ~EE "VJ~SPERl" PAGE 4 I

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Ronald Reagan to drift around world unday. March 4, President Bush

dedicated our nation· ncwc t 4 billion airnaft carrier, the Ronald Reagan. The ~.:ercmon took place at cwport ew: Shipbuilding, and wa · attended by for mer Fir t Lady 'ancy Reagan. form r Pre-idcnt Reagan wa not able to attend due to a hrokcn hip.

Bu h told the gathered crowd that he wanted to follow in th forml:r pre~i­dcnt': footstep~. c peciall. in his dedication to the military. The Ronald Reagan is the ninth Nimitz-clas carrier in the .S. aval Jlect. It i expected to hegin active dutv in the fleet in 2003.Thc final Nimitz-cia s carrier vill be chn. tcncd in 2006.

et another ukide hombin~ in Israel unda), . arch 4, a Pal stinian . ui­

cidc bomber . et off a bla~t on the corner ol a busy intcr~edion in th~;. co:~~tal town of ~cntanya. Lrac. Three Iswclis were killed in the bla. t. and an estimated -o othen; wen; wot nd d. The force of the blast . hattcrcd 1warby windows and . cnt a car into the air.

As Prime \1inister-clcct Ariel ShartH prepares to as. umc power, pos. ibly !->Omelimc lhi-.. we ·k, militant Islamic grc ups have promi ed continue I atta\.:ks against the · oming government Israel ha.•., already !-.cakJ otT the W~t Bank and G:11. trip., ,n , n attempt to prevent h mbin s, but he r lcctiv · mea~ure. have not appeared to help curh iolcn c

1 far. They ha e, however, devastated the Pale tinian e onomy and prevented 120,000 Palestinian· from commuting to their job .

Vice Pre idcnt Cheney undergoes surgery Vice Pre. idcnt Cheney underwent

surgery Monday to re-open a blocked

artery in his heart. ' 'here is no evidence he ha suU red another heart attack. doc­tors said. He remains in the ho pital at press time for observation.

Information take from the A.\sociated Pre .. Wire.

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Friday' hearing was a rc.-;ult of a lle­

ci ion iss_ued by the· 9th .S. Circuit Court of Appeals. llte decision ordered U.S. Di trict Judge Maril_ n Hall Patel to alter an earlier decision that would have shut apster down. The new screening system i, intended to uphold free speech rights and protect copyrights simultane­ously.

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Record label: arc still skcplical a to whether the crccning proce will live up to expectations. The goal 1 an elu ive one and will only be attained \Vilh dili­gence. Hila ry Rosen, president of l h t:

Recording Indu stry Association of America, said, .. We think that the ~rccn­ing technology ha the potential to be elfcctive, but we'll sec ...

The y ten will be . mart enough to pick up on variants of titles and arti t ' name~. Slight mbspellings and abbrevia­tions will be weeded out just as easily as

full names and titles. Under the n w proce. s, when a u. er attempts to search for an artist or title that is creened for, no re ults will appear for the search. But record label fear that apster users will overcome thi without problem by using any number of codes that could lip through t e blocking proce ·s. If the

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proce. s docs work, it is ex­pedcu that the majority of

apster users will seck free music c. change over the Internet u ing other programs, particulnrly ones that do not use a central ·ervcr uch as np ·tcr.

ap. ter 's popularity spread like wildl'irc when· it opened in 1999 using a program developed by it lounuer, Shawn Fanning. The major record lu­bcls, BMG, EMI, nny,

nivcr al anu Warner, sued al­most immediately for profit lo. s. The two s1dc. have been battling the is. uc out ever . incc. ]\;o one ha of yet been able to pur forth a clear answer to the delicate issue ol free speech vs. copyright law ..

Though the crccning proce~ will dictate 1 ap ter\, operations tor the time being. plans · rc in the making to tum the . ervicc into a paid-subscrip­tion program. ll is expected that the tran ition will be complete by July 1 of this year. nder the plan, us r would pay for the

service, ~timatcd al $15 a month, of sharing music fil<..-s unrc tri<.:ted over the Internet. apster would u e the revenue to then pay royalties oft' to th ·opyrighl ho lder:-..

However, even thi plan has not ~aineu popularity Wlth the recording in­dustry. Only BMG, which offered to help fund the transition into a sub cription ser­vice, has thu far consented to the idea. Other record label. arc already working on their own program that would allow customers to download mu ic directly

from them for a fee. They said that a $15 a month fee could not po sibly cover the amount of music that Nap ter u er would download.

Information gathered from tlze Associated Press

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"A Pathetic Display of Desperation'' March 7, 2001

David Savarese Bake-Off goes oft without bakes by Jagdecp Gabriel Davies

Last Sunday evening, at 7:00 in Hamilton Center, the "David Savare e ·Help Him Put A Bun In Your Oven' Bake-OfF took place before an eager throng of thrilled on-lookers. The crowd, primarily consisting of Savarese' three friends and his roommate, could not wait to sec which lucky lady's tasty treats would win her the prize of a night alone with the highly touted, Melbourne-bred hunk (and Catalyst staff writer).

The premise of the event was simple: between seven and eight o'clock, contes­tants would bring their baked goods to the Bake-Off headquarters in Hamilton Center, where Bake-Off judge Matt Ramsay would evaluate the goods ba eel on texture, edibility and a variety of other factors. Meanwhile, the goods would be sold to New College students and mainte­nance workers, with the proceeds going to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. At the end of the evening, Judge Ramsay would announce the winner of the Bake­Off, who would then receive a night

IFROM "MEDIEVAL FAIR" PAGE ! I a r -mories. Leather, chain and plate armor were available under various tents, none perhaps so well-named as the Arse Guard Armoury, a new addition to the Fair. There were, of course, lighter crafts available, lite.rally and figuratively­pewter and clay sculptures, hair adornments, jewelry and musical instru­ments, not to mention tents full of clothing that would be a re-enactor's dream.

Fourth-year Austin Eliazar worked at the Crystal Stix booth, where he taught

alone with David Savarese as the grand prize.

The marketing, preparation and coor­dination of the Bake-Off were engineered by Savarese himself. According to sources, the Bake-Off idea began on the previous Tuesday evening, when, Savarese, lonely for female companion­ship, began traveling door to door throughout the Pei dormitory in an at­tempt to solicit sex from a willing female. After withstanding more than a half­dozen rejections, Savarese decided to create a subtler scheme to reach the de­sired result.

However, there was one hang-up. As the clock slowly inched past 7:15, and then 7:30, the expected flood of contes­tants and their baked goods had yet to surface. By 7:45, the only goods that had been entered into the contest were a Snickers bar, a package of Nature's Valley Date Bakes, a Tootsie Roll Pop, a pint of Ben and Jerry's 'Half Baked' ice cream and a half-empty 'Balanced' diet supplement drink, most of which had

potential buyers how to twirl one weighted stick between two lighter ones; tossing it in the air, spinning it in circles and seemingly defying gravity. Eliazar, who bas worked at and attended Medieval and Renaissance festivals for many years, wrote in an e-mail to the Catalyst, "it wa a decent fair, I think, and for once was actually diversifying and changing its merchants." He added, "I was a bit disturbed by the weapons booth selling Klingon weapons, but who is to say that Star Trek didn't land in the middle of Renaissance Europe to sell

Former New College student cierdwyn Lucker sells jewelry at Moon Angel

been purchased at the C-Store momenls earlier.

"I u ed to be friends with David," said first-year Zak Bek, with a urprising hint of seriousness to his tone.

"A pathetic display of desperation ... it was a better idea last Tuesday night," added first-year Alex Krieg.

According to second-year Dara Matthews, "I think if all the money went to Jag, it would be a different story. Can you also say that I'm on a whole bunch of [prescription J painkillers? By the way, I'm free on Tuesday night, Jag. And, yes, I like sushi."

What did Savarese himself have to say about the results of the Bake-Off? "So this is what it's like to feel cheaper than a five-cent whore ... I think it's ob­vious that no one at New O?llege cares about charity. I asked them to do it for the children, and they didn't."

The evening's highlight came at ap­proximately 7:50 when fourth-year Michael Olson purchased tbe aforemen­tioned Snickers bar for seventy-five

some of their wares for slaves, food and

cents.. Fortunately for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Olson acciden­tally handed Savarese an extra twenty cents when making the purchase, raising the grand total for the evening to a whop­ping ninety-five cent .

In the end, the evening's lucky winner turned out to be second-year Pete Summers. Despite the fact that she did not enter l,he conte l, Summers won by default when seventh-year Kristin Blystone entered the aforementioned pint of Ben and Jerry's 'Half Baked' ice cream under her name, with the prior knowledge that it wa judge Matt Ramsay's favorite item from the C-Store. Sometime in the coming weeks, at a date of Summers's choice, Savarese must be­come bcr slave for a period of twelve hours in order to fulfill the requirements of the Bake-Off prize.

Said Summers: "I can't believe I won a contest I didn't even enter. Well, l plan on showing hin [Savarese) wbat ploys like this can get him into."

diJ#hium crystals?" He. ~-~811l~~q~I.-AIQ~~~~·~~a&!(Mi~W}!U.-~;; that the Budweiser booth "scared" him. particularly interestmg, as r e s en

For those who were more interested in began dispatching freely of his own men. performers than games and souvenirs, This tactical maneuver did not help his there was a wide variety of minstrels and side, and they lost quite blatantly. entertainers, both on stages and in the Thursday through Saturday were dry 'streets.' Jugglers with flaming torches and hot, but at about noon on Sunday, a stood atop ladders, while washing-well deluge turned the entire Fair into a mud wenches shared their slightly bawdy pit for a few hours. While some vendors humor with the crowds. Emrys Fleet, actually benefited from the rains, as pa­Ratcatcher, was there, as always, and trons crowded into their tents for shelter, even had some new cheesy jokes and others ended up soggy, and some tents puns to supplement his old ones. did not withstand the storm. The firsl Minstrels included Jim Hancock and the chess match was cancelled, and Prince inimitable Loonie Lucy, and periodically John got ill and had to have his role filled throughout the Fair day, people were by another. Second-year June Gwalthne} greeted with the beautiful sound of bag- said she enjoyed the rain. "Walking pipes. through the nearly empty fair in the rair

Some faces were sadly missing, like on Sunday with bagpipes playing was 2

half of the well-loved Celtic-inspired very Scottish experience," she said. Som{ band, Double Indemnity. Their new of the patrons were also apparently feel· lineup also bore a new name, Empty ing Scottish, seeking shelter from the Hats. Another feature noticeably absent storm in the pub tents. Others simply from this year's fair was the food booth gave up and went home, sodden and cold. which sold delicious crepes and chilled The rain cleared up by around 3:30. soups. Nonetheless, much of what h~s and tbe afternoon chess match went on made previous Fairs enjoyable was shll without any noticeable hitches--except pre ent, including the cast, many who for the wheels snapping off the jail cart at have performec,i at the Ringling Fair for the very end. Some vendors were offering

discounts toward the end of the day, at­years. Playing their Robin Hood-inspired tempting to make up for lost sales due to

characters, the cast wandered around tbe the downpour. Perhaps best of all, the site, helping create atmosphere by per- dust which had choked people on previ­forming improvisational and cripted ous days was suppressed by the moisture, performances around the site. The human and the temperature after the storm was chess matches, scheduled for 12:30 and 5 exceptionally pleasant, helping the Fair p.m. daily, were a confrontation between to end on an overall positive note.

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Vesperi ventured to communist Cuba to study Santeria

Maria Vesperi \FROM "VESPER/" PAGE 1 I (http://www.pathcom.com/-cancuba/eleg gua.htm), the project is "a cooperative partnership of North American and Cuban non-governmental agencies who share an interest in developing opportuni­ties for academic study in Cuba."

Vesperi said that she took part in the

program, along with other members of the American Association of Black Anthropologists, a group which any an­thropologist may join, in order to study the effects of the diaspora on African cul­ture. Janice Hutchinson of the Univer ity of Houston organized the trip. "She got the whole thing together," Vespcri ex­plained, .. and it was not ea y to get permits for 70 people to go to Cuba." Most were anthropologists, but the group included people of other professions as well, including some young British writ­ers.

··we had a poetry bus and a non-po­etry bu , which wa very interesting," Vcsperi said. Her own participation in the trip wa aided by a $1,500 Faculty Development Gran t from the New College Foundation, which, . he told the Catalyst, went to pay for tran portation.

The latter part of Vesperi's lecture in­volved her discus ion of her own experience in Cuba, and her reflections on the current conditions there. Part of the difficulty in bringing 70 people to Cuba had of course come from the U.S. aovcrnment' ongoing embargo of that ~ountry. --You have to get a special li­cense from the Department of the Treasury to o to Cuba" Yes eri said. ··usF has one, and you can get a copy. ft's illegal to . pend American currency there, but the American dollar is still the main form of c urrency ... there's all sorts of paradoxes like that."

"We tend to think of Cuba as being very isolated," she said. " It isn't. It's re­ally quite a bu y place." lllu trated with a series of slides taken during her stay, Vesperi's lecture ranged from Cuban cul­ture and ceremony, to architecture, to the cars on the street. Many of those cars were models from the 1950s, the last gen­eration shipped before the U.S. sanctions

went into effect. ·• All of those cars arc still on the road," Vespcri said. "And I do mean all of them."

Vcsperi's experiences emphasized the division between Cuban and American cultures. "We were told [by the Cubans] that they had no racial relations prob­lem ," Vesperi said, .. but the jury's still out on that. Sometimes we had trouble being served, if it wa a mixed gr~up of people. We weren't sure whether 1t was just that we weren't Cuban." She aid that the Cubans, on the other hand, "were very worried about our groups . . . be­cause we were what they called a 'racially mixed group from the United States,' something which they had been told did­n't exist."

For her part, Vesperi was struck by Cuba's utter lack of advertising. Her group was al o urprised to find a dearth of images of Fidel Castro among Cuba's depictions of revolutionary heroes. "We were told that Fidel wasn' t a hero yet," Vel peri said. ··1 asked, 'You mean he's not dead?"' Sure enough, that turned out to be the case; Castro does not number among Cuba's revolutionary marty r . Vcsperi opined that "he has a way to go .. .. 1 saw him on TV, and he was very robust. "

In other ways, however, Yes eri found America and Cuba to be more similar than different: "Havana looks a lot like the U.S. capital," Vesperi remarked. ''people don't talk about that very much." And as the last of her slides reminded her audience, Cuba and America have shared

at least one recent preoccupation: a statue representing Juan Gonzalez and his son, erected in protest by the Cubans during the Elian Gonzalez affair. The statue's finger points towards the American Interest Building, the building that once housed the American Embassy.

As Professor of Literature Amy Reid

Latest candidate psyches out New College by David Savarese

If you had to decide between Elvis (the King) and the Beatles, which would you choose? What would you do? Some might panic, but others would. stand their ground and commit to a decision . Kimberly Ryan, the third and final candi­date for a position in the psychology department, stood her ground. She com­mitted to the Beatles, even though she really liked some of Elvis's movies. She made the right choice.

Ryan attended the University. of Vermont (known as "Groovy U-V" to alumnae such as herself) as an under­graduate student and developed an interest in teaching. She pursued her graduate studies at both the University of Washington and Western Washington University. During that time she was able to develop and teach several courses, in­cluding Child and Adolescent Behavioral

Disorders, Cognitive Development and Psychology of Parenting. Recently, she has studied marital counseling and the use of relapse prevention programs, much like those used in drug-use coun­seling, to increase marriage counseling's long-term efficiency. In her presentation to New College she discussed goals for development of intervention and preven­tion programs to address couples' issues associated with life transitions and aging.

There i a lot more than beautiful Florida weather attracting Ryan to New College. She has an interest in non-tradi­tional colleges, and bas known about New College and its academic idealism since the time she was researching schools. One drawing factor that New College has is its focus on interdiscipli­nary dialogue. Ryan discussed the importance of communication between clinical and cognitive psychology depart-

ments during her lunchtime question and answer session Tuesday, March 4. If Ryan is hired, she would be very inter­ested in teaching classes in life-span development, introductory psychology, research methodology, a survey course in clinical psychology and various other realms of mind-study.

Professor Charlene Callahan, chair of the selection committee, said in a phone interview with the Catalyst, "We are very lucky to have three good candidates. With the third candidate, I think that her desire to teach on a small campus and her particular background in clinical psy­chology matches well with [New College]."

Psychology thesis-student Kate Parr commented, "She spoke directly to indi­viduals who asked questions. That might make other individuals in a discussion based class feel isolated. One-on-one she

put it, "One of the most interesting things is the way that her lecture suggested sim­ilarities in practices throughou t th e western hcm1sphere, emphasizing the cultural connections we have with the Cubans, despite our attempts to barricade them." The lecture was posi­tively received among students, as well. "I liked it," third-year Elitza Ramnova aid. "I thought it was good. I haven't

been to many other lectures [in the Faculty Lecture Series J, but if they were all this good, I think I missed a lot."

Vesperi on Havana: "[It] looks a lot like

the U.S. capital" On Castro: ''I saw him on TV and he

b " was very ro ust. On technology:

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there, if it runs at all, it is In use.

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cially if it's an airplane."

may be great, like as a sponsor, but in class I am not so sure. She seemed nice, and she was able to answer questions."

Third-year Jay Mccauley said, " [Ryan] seemed to fit in very well. She was very comfortable around student . If she ends up coming here, she will be a very positive and overdue addition to our psychology department.''

Ryan expressed her enthusiastic inter­est in teaching by saying, "I enjoy my work, because what I do is enjoyable. So I don't really feel like I am going to ' work.' I look forward to doing what I am doing until I'm a hundred."

Psychology students will be getting a new professor in tbe coming year. As of Monday, March 5, the position was to be offered to one of the three candidates that were interviewed on campus and profiled over the past three weeks by the Catalyst.

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Holotropic Breathwork: an altered state of consciousness March 7, 2001 5

by Miss Valerie L. Mojeiko "'I could feel my body doing things,

but I was in a trance,'' said econd-year Matt Mazzuckelli of his experience with holotropic breathwork. "All of a sudden I was hearing the intensity of the music, al­mostlike going into a [sleep] state. Then there was nothing except for my thoughts: friends, family and all of the things that had been going on in my life."

T'wo weekends ago, 14 New College students participated in a two-day work-hop where they experienced exploration

and healing in altered states of conscious­ness using deep, rhythmic breathing exercises. It began with a Friday night informational talk about the techniques and history of hololropic breathwork and culminated in a daylong retreat followed by free Thai food.

The workshop was facilitated by Kylea Taylor and James Schofield, both of whom are certified practitioners of holotropic breathwork. They have been facilitating holotropic breathwork work­shops together since 1988. They were taught by and have often worked side by side with the pioneers of the technique, Stanislav and Christine Grof.

"In any ritual work, there is really a three · · · , [then] is the ritual, and the third phase is integration," explained Taylor to the cir­cle of student in the back corn r of

udakoff on Friday night. "So what we're doing now is the preparation part." Preparation consisted of a detailed expla­nation of what to expect from the ritual, talk about confidentiality and informed

consent and the hi tory of breathwork. She told the group to be prepared for sen­sory experiences, biographical experiences, perinatal experiences and yogic sleep states.

Her partner, Schofield, explained to the group that the technique could be "es­sentially likened to hyperventilating" and that they would be working in pairs. Each pair would take turns playing the roles of breather and sitter. The breather would perform the breathing technique while the sitter would watch him or her and provide for any bodily needs such as a drink of water or an escort to the re­stroom. Most, but not all, attendees of the lecture would be participating in the next day's workshop.

Saturday began with a 9:00 a.m. van ride from Hamilton Center to the house of an alum in south Sarasota. The partic­ipants unboarded the van carrying the nece sary supplies- pillows, blankets, Kleenex (for crying), sketch pads and oil pastels.

The group formed a circle, and began with a five-minute meditation. Then the participants took turns revealing the cur­rent physical state of their bodies and any life problems which they were currently

lO....VIUH''-'U. l 1.1< • • • d to form a bond and create a starting point for what lay ahead.

v ryon di p hrougho t th house into groups of two with enough space between groups for breathers to be able to comfortably flail their arms, if . they were so inclined. The breathers lay on blankets with a sitter beside each, and

Taylor led the group into a relaxation ex­ercise.

Many tudents were extremely happy with their experience. First-year Julia Onnie-Hay reported feeling, "incredibly mentally, physically, and spiritually lev­elled ... like I had just had a full night's sleep, a good meal and a substantial amount of physical exercise ... even though I had just been laying on the ground."

Participants also experienced strong physical effects during the breathing ex­ercise. First-year transfer Jimmy Burgdorf said, "My hands got really numb ... it [felt] kind of like blowing up a balloon or a big rainbow-colored worm."

Mazzuckelli said, ·'[It was] interesting to watch the physical signs of what was happening to the breather ... there was a certain empathy factor ... and it gave me a more thorough understanding of the ex­perience:·

After both partners had taken turns breathing and sitting, each person drew a mandela to represent his or her experi­ence. Then the group assembled again to share their mandelas and thoughts on the experience. After finishing the session by

o · g th cred s ace, the rou or-dered Thai food, courtesy of New College alum Rick Doblin, who had been

key per on in organizing the work~ shop. Doblin was not in attendance at the event.

As with other methods of attaining al­tered states of consciousness, holotropic breathwork has received some criticisms.

According to Taylor, "Mostly the criti­cism of holotropic breathwork comes from those who haven't done it, or from those who are frightened of deep work. Some have said that hyperventilation brings material to the surface before it is ready to come and can cause problems. Western medical and psychological re­sponse to hyperventilation has always been to repress it by having people breathe into a paper bag or take tranquil­izers rather [than 1 to encourage full exprcs ion and experience of whatever is happening."

Taylor also said, .. Our experience is that material seems to come to the surface when people are ready for it. People do brcathwork so that material can arise. It is important for people to feel ready for that and to have a safe set and setting to go into the material fully. For that reason, we actually try to discourage people from doing breathwork if they feel in any way that it is not the right time or way for them to do deep inner exploration.~

None of the New College students who participated in the workshop have, as yet, reported a negative experience or difficulty with integration. Onnie-Hay said she had "discovered a foim of medi­taf on that is extreme\y beneficial and healing."

According to thesis-student Raj Gho hal, " went .in a eptic ... but now I'll purify the earth of non-believers. Breathwork is the way of the future."

Stanislav Grof will be conducting his final holotropic breathwork session in Atlanta on the weekend of April20-22.

S.A.C. MARATHON ALLOCATIONS- PART 2 * Members in attendance: Lindsey Luxa, Shannon Dunn, Adam Rivers, Eric Nowak, Emma Jay, & Cassandra Tanenbaum * Ninth Proposal- New College Circus- rep­resented by Shane Riley, requesting $600 for wood from Home Depot, scrap metal from Sarasota Scrap-All, costume fabric from Jo­Ann Fabrics and food. The circus will be held on Saturday, May 19. Note: There will be cir­cus practice by the bay Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. -The money requested for food ($100) is rea­sonable. However, we think that $300 is a more appropriate request for the grand total. We know that this is a very well attended event and we are confident that you can find addi­tional sources of funding. Emma Jay made a motion to allocate $300. It was unanimously approved. * Tenth Proposal- New CollAge Literary Magazine- represented by Lauren Rathvon, requesting $360 to bring Nestor Gil to New College for the Thirteenth Annual ew CollAge reading at the Four Winds Cafe (all of the other writers are presently in attendance at New College) sometime in March. The $360 will pay for 2 nights lodging, gas (honorarium) and food allowance. Thi. will also pay for

catering by the Four Winds. * We feel that Nestor is a recent alumnus and can lodge with a friend. We cannot pay for gas but we are willing to pay Nestor a small hono­rarium of $80. Eric motioned that we allocate $120 for catering and an honorarium. It was unanimously approved. "'Total allocated $120 " Eleventh Proposal - Beckett Play - repre­sented by Jon Spector, requesting $358.48 for props, costumes, makeup and supplies to be used in the Beckett plays "Play", "Ohio Impromptu" and "Roek&mdash;a-bye" to be performed on or around April 9- !3. * Since these three plays are going to Orlando for the Fringe Festival, we feel that this will give New College good exposure. Three plays for $358.48 seems very reasonable. Thi is part of a thesis and Jon has not let us down in the pa t. We want to stipulate that the rocking chair be either put into the equipment room or donated to the Four Winds. Emma Jay made a motion to allocate $360, Eric abstained due to involvement, it was approved. " Total allocate $360 * Twelfth Proposal - Musical Performance/ Concert for New College- proposed by David Jacco, requesting $150 for the cost of bands to

come to New College. This proposal was tabled because David was not in attendance. * Thirteenth Proposal- Catalyst - represented by Max Campbell, requesting $3,080 for the publication costs for 11 issues at $280 an issue to be printed at The Bradenton Herald. * We feel that we are obligated to fund this, but advertisements must be sold!! Adam made a motion to allocate $3,080. Cassie opposed. It was approved. * Total allocated $3,080 * Fourteenth Proposal- New College Kickball Tournament- represented by Charles Ferrin, requesting $90 for drinks, a kickball & prizes for champs and participants. The tournament will be held Saturday, March 10 ($5.00 was added to the total requested in order to pur­chase a whistle, the new total is $95). * We think that $30 for prizes (for winners) is a more reasonable request. Adding the request for a whistle, Emma Jay motioned to allocate $75. Tt was unanimously approved. " Total allocated $75 * Fifteenth Proposal New College Soccer­represented by Coraggio Maglio, requesting $350 for league fees for eight games and po­tentially a playoff game. Soccer games are open to both men and women.

-We encourage sports on our campus. A dam made a motion to allocate $300 (the amount that the women&rsquo;s league was allo­cated), Eric abstained. The motioned was approved. -Total allocated $300 "' Sixteenth Proposal "Spoiled Products"(thesis art in lallation)- represented by Regina Gelfo, requesting $535 for fabric, fake worms, lace, and rose appliques. - Since the exact prices were not certain, we encourage you to seek other sources of fund­ing. A motion was made by Emma Jay to table the proposal. It was unanimously approved. * Seventeenth Proposal- Muffy! - represented by Regina Gelfo and Carly Earnshaw, request­ing $3000 for the printing of 500 copies of Muffy! at Spotlight Printing. "' We already had reserved $2,000 for Muffy! It is a large publication and we have faith in you guys. We will allocate $500 more than what we had in reserve, encouraging you to fund raise. Emma Jay made a motion to allo­cate $2,500 and it was unanimously approved. * Total allocated $2,500 $9045 is the total amount that was allocated at Marathon.

6 The Catalyst OPINION

Col ege Drive threatens us all by Anna Maria Diaz-Balart

Renovation and new con truction have dramatically changed the ew College campu in the la t few year . Although quite costly, most of these new addition have improved the chool. Thi cannot be aid of College Drive, the new road that connects the we t ide of cam­pus to Bay Shore Road. It i very dangerou.; omcone is going to get hurt.

To begin with the road is very nar­row--it wa designed to be a one-way road. Long range plans for the campus have it connecting with 58th Street, turn­ing it into a perimeter road. A road de igncd for one-way traffic is never going to accommodate two lanes well. If the road ·eems smaller than Dart Drive, it' not. According to campu architect Rick Lyttle, it i · actually a few inches wider than the old thoroughfare. But Dort Drive wa a traight road, and rarely did

~ . -driver leave their lane. The curves in the

new road often end drivers aero s the center line endangering oncoming traffic.

Perhap the eventual perimeter road will olve the current problems, but that day is a long way off. Especially consid­ering that 58th Street i not campu property, and may remain that way for orne time. According to Lyttle, connect­

ing College Drive to 58th Street "remain a po ibility." However, Lyttle also aid that campu planner have met with ·· orne resistance from the rcs1denLc.;." Judging from the Viking Dormitory park­ing lot situation, New College does not always win over it neighbors.

So while faculty and students wait for the plan. to he completed, their safety is compromi cd. Dort Drive, which will soon be the pedestrian thoroughfare, i hardly accessible now. People on foot or bike follow a complicated maze of plas­tic fence. Any attempt to bypa · the con truction or find a different route is a

erious risk. If beginning construction on a perime­

ter road that might not be completed wa a bad idea, taking away Dort Drive wa wor e. The ru, h to beautify the campu i a afety ri k. Speed bump , or rather the lack ot, i another example of thi ·.

Dort Drive had two speed bumps that slowed traffic a great deal. College Drive has none, although campu planner arc working with the police to determine the he t locations to put them. The speed bump. hould be in place ometime th1 · summer, when no one i here. It i pre­cisely thi kind of wait-and- ee attitude that endangers the campu ·.

There arc plenty of other plans in the future to make the west side of campus safer for drivers and pede. Irian ·. Many of these plans relate to the four-way inter­. ection at College Drive and Bay Shore Road. At the request of the Campus Police Department, the line of demarca-

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tion, or top line, ea tbound on College Drive will he moved clo er to Bay shore Road. Some day, the wall and iron fence that run along Bay Shore Road will a! o be moved back, hopefully eliminating the north/ outh blind spot · the drivers now face. The city ol Sara ota may also chao e to add top ign on Bay Shore.

These plan all sound great, but in the meantime, they are ju t plans. The reality is that every day, our safety i compro­mi. ed by ambitiou and poorly thought out plans. Still, nothing has happened yet. College Drive is, according to Lyttle, ·· ized with adequate width." But that doc not change the fact that it was de­signed with a different purpo ·c in mind. The new road i technically wide enough, but what docs that really mean? And who, if anyone, is responsible for acci­dent that arc bound to happen?

New College fact book statistically, aesthetically signifigant by Ryan McConnik Price, E q.

At any moment of any day, trench­coated secret agents might burst into the

.. -----~~- office of any one professor on campus,armed with, silenced pi tols eyes glinting malevolently from beneath the snap-brim of their fedora . Glaring in­tently at the professor they've cornered, they will work the !ides on their pistols and growl in a gravelly voice: "Alright, Doc ... how many serial ub cription does your campu library currently hold in paper, microform, and electronic for­mats?" ln the tense silence to follow, the only sounds would the . teady breathing of the secret agent, the slow ticking of the clock on the wall, and the frantic rustling of pages as the professor digs out their copy of the ew College Fact Book and flipped to page 19 before shouting tri­umphantly "One thou and, eight hundred and fifty two!" With nary a word nor a backward glance, that secret agent would drift away like smoke on the breeze, foiled again by the pia tic-covered 36-page might of the New College Fact Book.

The New College Fact Book i the brainchild of uzanne Janney, Director of Special Project for the Office of the Dean and Warden. Janney felt the cam­pus would be well- erved to have a wide variety of institutional informations available digested into one ea ily portable source for faculty, staff and tu­dent . According to Janney, the Fact Book was primarily designed to gather all this information in one place in order to "help with completing the college guide surveys that come into Admi ion every year. There's a LOT of urvey form , and we have to be sure we're giving the same information out to each of them. [The Fact Book) provides a common data et

for the question from each publi her, even though they're asked in different ways."

The Fact Book compiles aata on all manner of esoterica gleaned from the of­fice of Admis ions, Student Affair , Financial Aid, Record and Registration and the Library, among other . Practically every office on campu con tribute to the wealth of information for the edification of all. Aside from its ob-

information on New College. I'm hope­ful that as we grow, we will have much more information of this type that we 'Jl be analyzing our program and taking a clo er look at what we do, and having even more data on all aspects of the col­lege as part of our institutional research effort available to faculty and tudents."

Student might well find the Fact Books engro · ingly full of tantalizing tid­bits. For in tance, you can find that while

The interested researcher can find that male freshmen had a mean SAT score of 1343 as compared to the females' mean of 1294, giving the males some small comfort in the face of their nearly 3 to 1 disadvantage of numbers. vious application in making the Admi ion Office more efficient in the area of statistical clarity, Janney sees the Fact Book as potentially useful to profes­sor· or staff who are asked to give off-campu lectures on ew College. "If omeone's asked to give a talk by their

church or Rotary," ays Janney, "they'll appreciate the Fact Book because not everyone walks around with institutional boilerplate in their head ."

Moreover, successive Fact Books taken a a whole will provide a helpful record of time past for those who want to gather information on the school over a five or ten year period. Altogether, Janney feel that in the Fact Book she has created "a very helpful tool, which pro­vides a single source of a wide range of

137 of FTIC (hr t Time In College) stu­dents are from the Southern United States (ranging from Virginia m the northeast to Mi sissippi in the west and outh to Florida), only 18 are from state other than Florida, leaving the Sun hine State majority intact. You canal o find that the entering class of Fall 2000 had a stagger­ing sex ratio of 70.37% female to 29.63% male, a fact which could be of interest to budding Lothario applying to ew College who want a wide dating pool. Table C7 on page 7 is quite intriguing, re­vealing that personal character and extra-curricular activities have more bearing on admission to New College than talent/ability or minority tatus, which is not even considered, all of which goes to show that a sparkling per-

onality really will get you farther in life than anything else. Chart C9a "FTIC Mean SAT core " i labeled as being for rescarc purposes on y, and t e mtere ed ---• researcher can find that male freshm n had a mean SAT score of 1343 as com­pared to the females' mean of 1294, giving the males some small comfort in the face of their nearly 3 to 1 disadvan­tage of numbers. In the area of graduating tudents, the reader can learn that the breakdown for May 2 0 gradu­ate by division aw 24% of the students graduating with a Humanities area of concentration, a full 20% of the cia s re­ceiving a degree in the Natural Sciences, 3 % of the graduates leaving with a Social Sciences major and 18% falling under the category of General Studies (numbers differ from those presented in the Fact Book, corrections by Suzanne Janney).

That, of cour e, is only the tip of the iceberg. All student· interested in enrich­ing their personal knowledge of their college are encouraged to procure a New College Fact Book and learn for them­selves exactly how many ational Merit Scholars have applied since 1993, or how many Native American· applied for the Fall 2000 incoming clas ·. An intriguing section on alumnae/i at the back provides information on the careers of selected succe sful alum , so interested students can start building a list of contacts for u e in their plan for world domination.

The Fact Books are available for pe­rusal at the offices of the Dean and the Assi tant Dean a _well as in the division offices and Records and Registration. Per anal copies can be made available by contacting Suzanne Janney at 2-4390 or janney@sar.usf.edu.

by Zac Konkol For better or worse, we have another

Bush as our president, <md he ha. wa ted no time in getting hi:-. own policies rolling into action. Within a month of George W. Bu h' inauguration. he brought Iraq hack into our national headlin~, making a nol·so-favorable impression on worlu leaders in the Middle East and beyond.

riday, Fchn1ary 16, President Bush ordered Hn air trike on five I aqi radar sites on the outskirt of Baghtlad. It was the first attack on Iraqi target ouL<;idc the southern no-11y zone since December or 1998. when U.N. weapons inspector were expelled from Iraq. U.S. and Briti h planes earned out the recent bombin~. which killed three and wounded 25 other . The Pentagon stated that the attack was not a new act of a,g-

grc.- ion, but rather a con tin U<Jlion of cur­rent foreign policy. The targets had been labeled a. a threat to American and British patrol aircraft.

The following Thursday, another se­ries of attacks hy U.S. plane took out air dcfen e system· in the northern no-fly zone. Reports talc that the . econd round of bombi11gs were in rcspon e to Iraqi anti-aircran tire. Sadd<tm Hus. in claims that the very existence of the no-lly zone. is an intrusion of national sovereignty

Th~ c recent allacks have hrought wa c of criticism upon both the mlcd States and Britain. While Bush may view his orders a pmtcctive measures and pol· icy enforcement, people the world over arc cnlling t unjustified murder. Even close .S. allic , like ranee, have con­demned the recent

Sadtlam Hus ·eitl unveils Iraq s latest anti-aircraft d(.fense and hi · new hat.

military. Countrie.! that strongly .-up­ported the various sanction - put on Iraq after the Gulf Wa. 111 1991 arc now ay­ing that the sanction- are unfair.

Two days after the second wave of bombings. Secrct:uy of State Col in Powell arrived in the Middle ast to meet with Arab leaders. Wide. prcad disnp· proval followed him wherever he went CrowJ gathered to chant anti -American message. and hum u.s. nags.

The situation has divided American politician. as to \ hat the next move hould be. Powell, in a quote taken from

the Associated PrQ.s, .aid the sanctions arc "in a late of disarray . ., He wants to lighten the load of the economic :-.anc­tion and allow product I ike water pump , beuer health supplies and items of common need to move through the Iraqi border. Others fear that any ground given by the Americans will only lead to trouble.

What is certain is that the economic situation in Iraq is anything but desirable. The average monthly wage for an Iraqi \vorkcr is a mere $5 to 7 (U.S. cur­rency). Many have not been able to get new clothes or automobiles since the Gulf War ended. Jlus ein has turned the . ad depravation of his people around in his own favor by blaming the poor living conditions on American policy, The sanc­tions, intended to diminish Hussein's power, h vc done anytlimg but.

PowelJ ·eems to have the right idea. By lightening the Joad of economic ~me­Lions, items desperately needed by the Iraqi people will finally be able to get into Iraq. Under a current pla n developed in 1996, Iraqi· allowed to sell o il abroad only if the revenues go to things like

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health care and food. Unfortunately, it is highly :uspected that Hus ein has been diverting much of Ibis revenue into other plan . Only ·m estimated 20th: have reached the intended end.

The world is calling tor a r(X:on iuer­ation of Lite.: policie.'> that arc !calling to the economic starvation of the Iraqi people. Only the U.S. and Britain stand in the way. I.n 'tit time that the politician. think clearly and rcaliLc tllat under current pol­icy, things arc only getting worse and wo~e: Hussein i a threat, but he i even a greater threat when he has his own peo­ple and the Arab world stanuing h ·hind him.

March 3, the nitcd Nations reviewed a report detailing the progression of Iraqi disarmament. The report wa. labeled as inconclusive. and is _aid to contain no new information that would lead the U. '. to hclieve Iraq weapons of mass d~ trudion to he d troycd .. Still. talk is in

the air of possible negotiations between the .N. and Iraq to wor · out a program that would satisfy both ide-, probabl including an casing of the economic sanctions.

Luckily, we have a cretary of state thai realizes the current situation is going to require a little give and take. If Bush can accept tbis view, perhaps thing. win begin to smooth out. The recent attacks have on\)' aggravated an extrcmc\y d~e~l=ci·~--. care situation. u sem is the problem. not the Iraqi people. and I think it's time we began directing our policies at the righc target.

Information gathered from the Associated Press

George l . Rush speak gibhl!nsh and curries a h1g stick.

8 The Catalyst

Members in attendance: Shannon Dunn (chair), Lindsey Luxa (secretary), Emma Jay, Eric Nowak, Adam Rivers, Andrew Jay, Julia Skapik and Cassandra Tannenbaum

* First order of business: The first request. was made by Vijay Siva raman on behalf of the New College Mountain Bike Club requesting $360 in order to cover registration fees for races for the next three months. This would consist of reg­istering 6 racers at $20 per race. Since we gave the soccer team $300, the general consensus was that we fund this team. A motion was made by Julia to allocate $300.00, (Andrew Jay abstained due to involvement) the motion was approved.

* The second proposal was made by Vijay Sivaraman on behalf of the ew College Bike team, requesting $20 in order to purchase a screen to print logos on T-shirts/ jerseys for the bike shop/ bike team. A motion was .made by Shannon to allocate $20 from the silk screen fund and it was approved with one abstention.

* The Third proposal was made by Myriam

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SAC MINUTES 3/5 Alvarez representing the Diversity Circle. The Diversity Circle is requesting $2,000 in order to jointly (with Ringling) bring ex-skinhead Frank Meeink to New College to speak of his experi­ences in a show titled "Frank Meeink: A former skinhead's fight against prejudice." The date of the event is Wednesday. March 14, it will be held in Sudakoff at 5:00p.m. The $2,000 will be used to cover speaker fees. $2,000 is a lot of money and the S.A.C. feels more comfortable funding a smaller portion and having the Diversity Circle search for additional sources in funding. A motion wao; made by Lindsey to allo­cate $1,000 and it was unanimously approved.

" The fourth proposal was made by Maxeme Tuchman representing FMLA. The FMLA is re­questing $9.00 for 300 copies (fliers) at $0.03 a copy to advertise a Body Image Consciousnes Raising event to be held March 16,2001 in the Four Winds Cafe. A motion was made by Emma Jay to allocate $9.00 for copies. It was unani­mous! y approved

* The fifth proposal was made by Chloe John on and Rose Eagle representing Best Buddies. $75 will be used for a sunset pizza party on Friday April 12 at 6:15p.m. Instead of taking the buddies off campus for dinner (as pro­posed in marathon allocations) Best Buddies is requesting $100 to prepare food in the dorms on campus. An additional $100 is requested for off campus activities. They are requesting $275 total. In regards to the $100 for off campus events, a suggestion wa<; made by Shannon to

take this ::>roposal to a town meeting becau c this goes against our policy. The S.A.C. feels com­fortable funding $175 for the Best Buddies. A motion was made by Cassie to allocate $175 and it was unanimously approved.

* The ixth proposal-Musical Performance/ Concert for New College- proposed by David Jacco, requesting $150 for the cost of 3 punk bands to come to New College (honorarium to cover gas money and food costs). The event will be held Tuesday, March 20 at 8:00p.m. This will be a very large event and offers an alternative for

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people who don't enjoy the traditional wall. A mot ion was made by Cassie to allocate $ 150 for an honorarium and it was unanimously arr proved.

* The seventh proposal was made by Kat Dow and the Mac Lab Crew, applying for additional Mac Lab T.A. positions. Mike Sanderson, ick Boissoneault, Brian Dodge and Brian Hallmark (to work on the server) are applying to be hired at a maximum of ten hours a week. 12 weeks at $5.15 an hour, for 42 hours a week for total number of T.A. hours. Total amount requested for Mac Lab T.A. - $2595.60. After deliberation the S.A.C. will fund Brian Hallmark -5 hours a week for four weeks Brian Dodge -7 hours a week for 12 weeks, Nick Boissoneault - 5 hOLus a week for 12 weeks and Mike Sanderson - 7 hours a week for 12 weeks

* 1l1e eighth proposal was made by Adam Rivers, requesting $13.00 for 2 USGS maps (2 $4.00 maps with a $5.00 handling fee) . A mo­tion was made by Julia to allocate $ 13.00 and it was unanimously approved.

CAREER · CENTER Correction: Events March 5 - March 16

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Jobs Wisconsin Badger Camp is currently ac­cepting applications for summer employment. Dates: June 2 - August 18th. Positions: Program Director, Program Coordinator, Male/Female Coordinator, Tripping Specialist, Activity Directors, and Co-Swim Directors. Campers vary in skill levels

from the semi-independent to the se­verely disabled individual. Additional in orma ion avai1a Ie on the weo: www.badgercamp.com.

Scholarships Florida Minority Participation in Legal Education announces Pre-Law Scholarships: If you are a sophomore, junior or senior in 2001-2002, a Florida resident and a U.S. citizen, a member of a historically disadvantaged minority group and plan to go to a Florida Law School the scholarship will provide up to full cost each year for selected students at public Florida colleges or up to 40% of full cost each year for selected stu­dents at private Florida colleges. Download an application from www.mpleonline.org. Application dead­line: April 30th.

The February 28 article on College Drive speeding misidentified Captain J.D. Withrow of