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THE COLLEGE

A College Tradition Since /976

Ad Fontes

Volume XXI· Number 16 Monday, March 2, 1998Connecticut College, New London, CT

Camel Men earn NCAA berthAfter posting a regular season record of 21-3, the men's basketball

team has earned its first ever NCAA Tournament bid.The Camels are seeded second among six teams in the Northeast

region and have earned a first-round bye. On Mar. 7, Conn will host thewinner of Thursday's first-round contest between third-seeded SaJemState (24-2) and sixth-seeded UMasi-Darynouth (20-7) .Springfield earned the top-seed and a first-round bye. ThePride (26-

1) will host tbe winner of Thursday's opening round game betweenfourth-seeded Williams (2i_3) and fifth-seeded Trinity (20-3).Conn tied a school record for wins with a 91-87 win over NESCAC

rival Trinity on Sat., Feb. 28. The 1983-84 Camels posted a 2i-6 markin reaching the finals of the ECAC div. ill Tournament.This year's regular season highlights include a school-record J 0-

see /lcaa page J 2

Fontaine 'let go' without explanation

Housing crunch for returning juniorsby Abby Carlen

THE COLLEGE VOICE

New unified trackteams leaves many

questions

by Katie StephensonTHE COLLEGE VOICE

As the outdoor track season be-gan this past week there were manyunanswered questions about recentchanges made in the coaching staffand the new unification of theM en'sand Women's Track and CrossCountry programs.The questions and controversy

began in early February whenwomen's track coach Judy Fontainewas let go without explanation. Theannouncement was made at a meet-ing held with Athletic Director KenMcBryde, team coaches, and mern-

bers of the Men's and Women'strack and cross country teams.No reason was provided for

Fontaine's dismissal other than per-sonnel issues that wouldn't bereleased as public information. Theinformation upset many membersof the team said Women's Trackco-captain Lindy Graham '98,"Judy was an incredible coach. Shewas a very professional coach andeveryone loved her."According to Graham, after the

meeting she and fellow captainLatoya Marsh '98 went to meetwith McBryde accompanied bymost of the members of the team.At the meeting, McBryde gave theteam his word that Fontaine wouldhe rehired. However, shortly af-rerwards, the team learned that thiswould not happen because the dis-missal was now the "job of Human

be housed in rooms that have beenvacated by people who have left tostudy abroad. Poirier organized thehousing this semester since KristineCyr Goodwin, director of Residen-tial Life, is on maternity leave, Moststudents were placed in regularsingle rooms, and those with prj or-ity usuaJly got one of th~ir betterchoices.However, seven multiple fresh-

man rooms now house juniors. Onepair of roommates, Jen Levine '99and Katie Zorena '99, wanted tomove together to live in the samebuilding. Levine attests to the factthat they both sent their housingforms in by the deadlines, but saysthat neither of them had any prior-ity. Levine was given several op-tions for housing when she calledthe school to find out her room

Resources Departmentand no longerin McBryde's hands." Graharr andMarsh called Human Resources withquesLions but received no reply.Since Fontaine would not he re-

hired, the women were assured thata new coach would be hired and theywould have continued input in thehiring process. Again, however, thisdid not happen. A few days later twonew assistant coaches were hiredwithout any consultation with theteam.Graham and Marsh went to Art

Ferrari, Dean of the College, to dis-cuss what had happened and foundthat the recent events were not typi-cal and would not happen again.

. Graham said that she was glad thatthere was discussion on the issue butadded, "it is too bad that we had to hethe example of what not to do."

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Imagine returning to Conn to be-gin the second haJf of your junioryear after a semester abroad ..Thereare a Jot of new people to get toknow-new faculty, your neigh:'bars, a new freshman class, .andyour roommate. Due to the housingcrunch, approximately J 5 juniorswho studied away first semestercarne back to find they would beliving with another returning stu-dent. Many other were placed inspecialty housing that they didn'trequest. Five others now live infaculty housing on WinchesterRoad.According to Ryan Poirier, resi-

dential program coordinator, return-ing study-abroad students may only

see Track., page J J

location. She could either live in a"really small sing\ein Abbey," withfresbmen in a triple, or choose aroommate and live in a double ineither Morrisson or Smith. Zorena,who was her freshman year room-mate, was already housed in Park,although they had asked to movetogether. Neither of them realizedthat there was a housing problem.,but agreed to become roommatesand live in Sm.ith on a substance-free hall. Although Zorena andLevine were disappointed with hav-ing to live in specialty housing thatthey didn't request, Levine saysthat overall the setup bas workedour'However, she still "would havepreferred to Iive separately."

see Housing, page Jl

Miner also commented thatwhile the circumstances were stillunder investigation, the driver ofthe van did receive a citation forrunning the red light.

Accident on Mohegan Avenue claims C.ampus Safety cruiserby Dan TompkinsNEWS EDITOR

a student to the Athletic Centerwhen the van ran a red light in theleft-band; northbound lane.Officer Doug Barnes stated that

he checked both lanes before at-tempting to cross. The van appar-ently pulled into the left iane topass a car slowing down and tryto make the light. Barnes, already

Campus Safety lost the ser-vices of one of its two cars onFebruary 12 when the gray cruiserstruck a van while crossing Route32. The cruiser was transporting

in the intersection, struck the sideof the van.The front end of the cruiser was

heavily damaged and Director ofCampus Safety Jim Miner saidthat the cruiser was "being ap-praised" to determine whether ornot the damage was repairable.The driver of the van appar-

ently attempted to leave thescene, but was pursued by Barnesand stopped a short distance fromthe intersection. The CampusSafety gate house was then noti-fied and New London Police wascalled for assistance.None of the involved persons

were injured in the accident.

NEWS:J-Board Chair CraigDershowitz talksabout the Board andstudent opinion

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IN TIDS ISSUEA&E:

Russian pianist YuriRozum performs inDana Hall

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OPINION:Dean Lee Coffindefends Admissions

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2 THE COUEGE VO/CP**MONDAY, MARCH 2, /998

tially their job. Many studentsbelieve the revolving door of theBoard should stop.After the mid-year election for the class of 2000,numerous members of the classsaid that they hadno idea there wasa vacancy letalone an election.According toDershowitz, theelection went"surprisinglywell. Four candi-dates expressed alot of interest inbeing on theboard, and there'was an irnpres-siverurnout.t'Tbevoting was veryclose.with MattCipriano win-ning the elec-tion. "Not to in-sulr those wholost," explainsDershowitz,"but I'm veryhappy with thecandidate who

NEWS

table in Cro. Votes were writtenwith a prominent black marker, thusmany students felt their vote wasvisible to all who watched. Manystudent's fears were realized when

De r s h o w i t zwould referpeople to thecandidate'splatforms hang-ing on the wail.Several studentsfelt that if theirVOle was notwhat the mem-ber working thetable expected,then they werereferred to theplatforms andgiven a"chance" to votea g a in.Dershowitzidentifies withthe fears of thestudents, yet headmits "I'musuaUy annoy-ing when Iwork the table.1 want an in-

fanned vote. 1 don't care who youvote for, as long as you make aninformed decision." The conflictof interest is evident to many, andDershowitz concedes that he triesnot to look at the votes, yet heexplains "they are right in my lineof sight." That may be reasonenough to have a separate crgani-

"The truth is that fewstudents see the Board as avictim; rather, aU studentsknow the board holds Ihepower 10 draslieaUy changetheir lives."

won."The process of f-Board running

theirown elections was questionedby many, yet according toDershowitz "if you can't trust theI-Board Chair to be fair with elec-tions, then who can you trust?"That was expctly the question manystudents were asking themselvesafter they placed their vote at the

ter at Conn. However, many of thestudents expressed that the vast dif-ferences between the American andGerman university systems pro-vided for a difficult transition pe-riod.The disparity between the urban

environment of the students' Ger-man universities and the intimateatmosphere and small student bodyof Conn has caused the studentssome grief. They miss the shops,cafes, and night clubs of their Ger-man university towns and find littlesolace in the Connecticut CoUegekeg pardes. Inaddition, the Germanuniversities allow them a greaterdegree of independence in theircourse work. They focus more ontheir own indi vidual research andself-presented lectures. However,the students say they relish tbeclosebond that develops between studentand professors here at Conn andfinds that it compensates for theloss of autonomy."If you want to speak with a pro-

fessor they always make time foryou," says Dieter Kurtze. KristineFischer further comments that hereat Conn, "you are not just an anony-mous number." She also adds thatthecurriculum at Conn encompassesa broader range of disciplines suchas Gender and Women studies andtheoretical psychology.However Mathis Martin states

that while he does appreciate thestudent-professor relationship atConn he attributes this quality toConn'ssize rather than toa nationalstandard.Another concern voiced by the

students was their unmet expecta-tion that Americans were easy tobecome friends with. Martin saidthat Europeans have the miscon-ception that Americans are openand recepti ve to new people.But when Martin anived he found

that while Americans were initiallyfriendly and welcoming the bnndsthat he thought would develop natu-rally were more arduously formed.Christine Fuchs added that "it's easyto get to a certain point with peoplebut hard to get beyond that point."However" Fischer expressed un-

derstanding in stating that, "theylook at you from a certain perspec-tive. They see you as an exchangestudent who will only be here for ayear."On a more positive note, Kunze" s

expectation that there would benegative attitudes towards Germansin this country was pleasantJy dis-pelled on his arrival. «Everyone isinterested in hearing about Germanyand curious about my background,"added Kunze.

Martin believes that it was easierfor the Germans to integrate at Connbecause they were assigned to dor-mitories spread throughout the cam-pus. Thus, he says, contact with theAmericans was inevitable. He be-lieves that the other foreign stu-dents on campus become seques-tered in Knowlton Dormitory whichlimits international diversity to oneisolated spot on campus and hin-ders actual imegration.The Germans have each found

their niche on campus and are ex-ploring various activities which they

J.Board Chair Craig Dershowitz Reflects and Respondszation run the election. However,Dershowitz insists that he "wouldlove to discuss improprieties. Wecould punish the student who didthe wrong thing, and or defend thestudents who didn't."Dershowitz's desire for justice

isevident in h.isjob description, forhe explains "my job is to interpretrules and make sure procedure isfollowed. J'venevereverregretted .a decision Ihave made, If I'm notsure Igo in favor of the accused."The Board knows that the cam-

pus maintains mixed feelings aboutthe procedures and decisions ofthe Board. Dershowitz explains,"we're all aware of our reputationon campus, and we don't want tobe laughed at, or have people say'they're corrupt.' There are differ-ent types of perceptions. One is avery large apathetic segment whodoesn't give a damn and thinks J-Board is a joke. They don't get introuble ~o they don't take time toperceive us, or to develop rationalpersonal opinions."Dershowitz goes on to explain

the other segment of students in-volved in student government."They are more aware of the 'Board's workings, they respectwhat we do, but they are the mostcritical of our work. They are thefirst to applaud and the first to jeerour decisions."This year Dershowitz has imple-

mented a new charge which theBoard charges students with, "vio-lation of the Honor Code." Some

students criticize the ambiguity in.volved in the charge, yet othersapplaud the light penalties handeddown as a result of the generalityinvolved in the charge. "It's a panof my overall goal of putting em-phasis on honor," explainsDershowitz "as opposed to dryschool regulations. It has been asuccess. People aren't used to tak-ing responsibility for something asabstract as their personal honor. Ihave a problem with finding peopleguilty of things which don't affectthe campus community, forinstancesmoking pot in your room and burn-ing attended candles. We have aresponsibi lity to defend school regu-lations, yet we are now able to giveas Little a punishment as possible."Dershowitz' s statements may soundlike music to some students ears,yet he maintains "we're not afraidto give large punishments."

A J-Board sponsored TNE is oneof several ideas whichJ-Board ChairCraig Dershowitz is considering, tohelp the campus community betterunderstand the workings of theBoard. "All the carnpus DJ's refuseto do it," exclaims Dershowitz. Theattendance at such an event wouldbe interesting, for students oftenface J-Board as a result of dances,as opposed to during them.Dershowitz has also consideredhaving "dinner with the chair"nights, yet that has not been imple-mented into his hectic schedule,however he does maintain officehours by appointment.

Connecticut meets Germany. in international exchange

By MITCHEll POlATlN

ssociete News [; itorJ-Board has been in the public

eyeaconsiderable amount this year,and the Voice took an opportunityto sit down with J-Board ChairCraig Dershowitz '99tn talk aboutthe Board, his views, and the yearto date.

J-Board has come upon somehard times in full view of the cam-pus community. Two members ofthe Board have stepped down. JoshFasano '98 stepped down earlierthis year, and Keara Depenbrock'00 stepped down just a few weeksago. Chair Craig Dershowitz ex-plains that members stepping downis not uncommon. "Every yearthereare people who quit. The Bnard isa large time, emotional and mentalcommitment." Dershowitz goes onto cite the apparent lack of respectthe Board must deal with. ''Thereis a lack of respect for our commit-ment. Secrecy is exceedinglydifficult.i.you can't defend your-self upon criticisms, half truths andfalse rumors. You can't set anyonestraight. You can't tell them youdidthe right thing."

The truth is that few studentssee the Board as a victim; rather,all students know the Board holdsthe power to drastically change theirlives. The time and mental com-mitment is to be admired, and the'Positions are highly sought after.Tuus, the commitment \s essen-

By LAURA T. S'AlIANO AND

ALYSON G. DAYStaff Writers

In the Fall of 1997, seven stu-dents departed Germany for Con-necticut College as pan of aninternational program calledBaden- Wurttemberg, w\ch al-lows German and Connecticutuniversity students to attend aneducational institute abroad. IrisMilewski, another German addi-tion to Coon, is here as a teaching.assistant througb an IES programrun out of Humbolt University inBerlin. Since the German stu-dents' arrival at Conn they'vebecome quite a visible and wel-comeelement, making their pres-ence known at Conn and becom-ing sometbing like pseudo-ce-lebrities.These students have integrated

into Connecticut College life withan ease that is both remarkableand admirable. They're fairlyeasy to recognize by their savvyEuropean dress and their metro-politan flair which lends Connan urban multi-culturalism thatwas so of len talked about in thepast but was hardly a prevailingelement.The exchange students are a

diverse group of people whooriginate from different univer-sities in southern Germany. Afew of the students had spentsome time in an American sec-ondary school and so they weremore prepared for the culturaldifferences they would encoun-

have few opportunities to explore attheir home institutions. Theyex-pressed particular enthusiasm forthe opportunity to participate in the

arts, which are separated into indi-vidual academies in Germany.Bastian Hermisson has directed

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NEWS jBEYOND THE HILL

Starr under fire-from both sides

WASHINGTON -Thespe-cial prosecutor investigatingwhether President Clinton hadan improper relationship witha young intern came underheavy fire from both sidesSunday, with even supporterssaying he had gone too far.Democrats called for inde-

pendent counsel KennethStarr to step down and evenRepublicans who have beencritical of the president ad-mitted that Starr may havebeen unwise in extending hisinvestigation to thepresident's aides."I think that Ken.Starr made

a mistake on that," Sen. Arlen,Specter, Republican of Penn-sylvania, ·told CBS's "Facethe Nation" program.Supporters of Clinton say

Starr has gone too far - espe-cially in the past week, whenStarr subpoenaed presidentialaides such as White Housecommunications directorSidney Blumenthal about.whether he helped spreadmalicious lies in an attempt tosabotage Starr."The fact of the matter is

that Kenneth Starr has beentotally out of control," Ver-mont Democratic Sep. PatrickLeahy said on NBC's "Meetthe Press" program. "He hasthis fixation of trying to topplethe president of the UnitedStates."

Florida tornadodeath toll hits 40

ORLANDO, Fla - Thedeath toll from tornadoes thatwreaked havoc across centralFlorida has risen to 40 and thesearch for one remainingmissing person has been sus-pended, authorities said Sun-day.Rescue workers in Osceola

County found the 40th victimSaturday buried beneath hun-dreds of pounds of debris. Hewas believed to be collegestudent Craig Paulsen, 23, saidOsceola fire chief Jeff Hall.Paulsen had recently re-

turned from a stint in the U.S.Army and was living with hisfather, Micbael Ramirez, in amobile home park where adozen others died. Paulsen'sfather and a family friend alsodied when the home wassmashed by winds of about250 mph.The EI Nino-related storms,

which spawned at least .adozen tornadoes during the NAIROBI (Reuters) - Twoearly morning hours lastMon-day, rippedapartmobiJehome U.S. ~iJitary freighter planes

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ffhhave JOllied an international

par s an tore roo so ouses . .. t 1 F1'd 0 operation to feed thousandstn cen ra on a near r- .I d . I'" 265 cut off by floods in northeast-an 0, senous y mjunng K h U' Nin four Florida counties and em ewnyal'dt Fe dnJpted a-

. ' . nons or 00 rogramcausing an estimated So'z rnil- (WFP) id S dI.. d Sal un ay.IOn III property amage. Th H I C 130e two ercu es -

aircraft dropped 32 tons ofmaize to EI-Wakand Wajirin.their first day - enough togive 4,600 people a month'sminimum food ration-WFPspokesperson Brenda Bartontold reporters.The planes, manned by a

U.S. Marine Corps task force,are' expanding a relief opera-tion launched last month withaBelgian Air Force Hercules,a Kenya Air Force Buffalofreighter and a helicopter.

In addition, four boats arecarrying food along floodedrivers, jointly sponsored byBritain, Japan, the Nether-lands, Denmark and Norway.Germany has announced it

will give $218,579 to helpfinance the air operation,Barton said.An estimated' 515,000

people are still cut off byfloods in northeastern Kenya,where torrential rain over thelast four months has destroyedroads and bridges, making itimpossible to reach large ar-eas by road,

Schroeder to .Challenge Kohl inGerman Election

HANOVER, GermanyGerhard Schroederromped tovictory Sunday in LowerSaxony's state election, win-ning the chance to challengeGerman Chancellor HelmutKohl in September's federalelection.Television network exit

polls said Schroeder of tlteSocial Democratic Party(SPD) increased his share ofthe vote in the north Germanstate by more than three per-centage points.SPD party manager Franz

Muentefering told reportersin Bonn the result meant partyleaders would chooseSchroeder as their candidatefor chancellor at a meetingMonday."Tomorrow Gerhard

Schroeder will be the chan-

cellor candidate,"Muentefering said,The 53-year-old state pre-

mier had said be would notcballenge SPD leader OskarLafontaine for the nomina-tion if he dropped more thantwo points from the 44,3 per-cent of the vote he won in1994.

US planes join.Kenyan flood reliefeffort

Butler irked byIraqi view of U.N.deal

WASHINGTON - ThechiefU.N, weapons inspectorlashed out Sunday at an Iraqisuggestion that Baghdadcould go over his head as partof a Ll.No-brokered deal thatstaved off possible U.S. airstrikes last week .Richard Butler, chairman of

the U.N. Special Commissioncharged with ridding Iraq ofits deadliest weapons, said hewas troubled by anewly statedIraqi view that the deal wasambiguous on responsibilityfor inspecting eight disputed"presidential" .sites.Iraq's U.N. envoy, Nizar

Hamdoon, suggested Iraq ex-pected diploinats appointedby lJ.N. Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan, not Butler's ex-perts, to be in charge of in-spect.ions at the eight sites atthe center of the latest U.N.showdown with Iraq. "Well,depends on how you see it,"Hamdoon said when pressedon whether Butler, an Austra-lian diplomat whohas angeredBaghdad in the past, retainedoverall responsibility for in-specting the presidential sites.He said Annan would be incharge of running teams withdiplomats assigned to accom-pany inspectors.

Kevorkian tauntsprosecutors tocharge him

PONTIAC, Mich. -Dr. JackKevorkian admitted helpinga 21-year-old college stu'dentcommit suicide and againdared prosecutors to chargehim, the Oakland Press re-ported Saturday."It's time to clear the air,"

Kevorkian told the suburban

Detroit newspaper in an inter-view. "I admit I assisted in thedeath of Roosevelt Dawson.If there was a crime commit-ted, charge me. If there isn't,don't bother me."Dawson, Kevorkian's

youngest and first African-American assisted suicide,ended his life Thursday, hoursafter ajudge ordered a hospi-tal in Grand Rapids, Michi-gan, to release him.A student at Oakland Uni-

versity, Dawson was para-lyzed from the neck down 13months ago because of a viralinfection in his spinal cord.He could only breathe with•the aid of a ventilator.Oakland County Medical

Examiner Ljubisa DragovicFriday said an autopsy re-vealed that Dawson died froma lethal injection and ruledthe death a homicide, as hehas done in the deaths ofnearly all of Kevorkian's pa-tients.

Teens suspected aspossible PentagonbacKel's

SAN FRANCISCO - Themost organized and system-atic cyber-attack ever on V.S.military computers could bethe work of two' Californiateen-agers using sophisticated"hacker" programs, expertssaid Friday.FBI agents descended on

Cloverdale, atown of 5,500about 75 miles north of SanFrancisco, on Wednesday andsearched the homes of theteen-age boys, newspapersand other sources said.Tbe agents seized comput-

ers, software and printers.FBI spokesman George

Grotz declined to reveal spe-cifics of the search conductedby me FBI computer crimesquad.

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Residency on Seeger will examine women's music in America,lions and seeks to pay special atten-tion to the work of contemporarYwomen and minority composers.Their residency is funded by theDayton Family. They will performRuth Crawford Seeger's StringQuartet on April 17 at 8 p.m. inDana Auditorium.

On March 2, from 1:00102: IS,there will be a workshop in DanaHall called "How American WomenBecame Composers: The Legacyof Ruth Crawford Seeger" at whichJudith Tick will discuss RUlhCrawford Seeger as welJ, otherwomen composers, and traditionalAmerican folk music. Peggy Seegerwill talk about her own creativeprocess. Tbe workshop will he fol-lowed by a reception in theManwaring Gallery. That evening, .from 7:00 to 8:30 in ConnecticutCollege Downtown, the CharlestonString -Quartet will give an openrehearsal and there will be a discus-sion of the' Seeger family in theprogram "Music: A Thread Un-winding." The discussion will befollowed by a reception at whichJudith Tick will sign copies of herbiography of the Seeger. TheCharleston String Quartet's newCDwill also be available. The pro-grams are open to anyone over 13and aJlmusic lovers are encouragedto attend. Admission is free.

by Katie UmaTlsTHE COLLEGE VOICE

husband's death in 1989, PeggySeeger began working with Irishsinger [rene Scott with whom shetoured for four years and put out aCD entitled Almas! CommerciallyViable. She has recorded 17 soloLP's throughout her career. In 1995,BBC Radio 2 produced an award-winning five-pan series on Seeger.Peggy Seeger now Jives inAsheville, North Carolina, and hasrecently published two books ofsongs and put out a CD. She hasloured thecountry and, in May, willbegin a tour in Great Britain.

Judith Tick, a professor of mu-sic at Northeastern University, is anexpert on the subject of women inmusic and a specialist in American'music and has written the biogra-phy Ruth Crawford Seeger: AComposer's Search for AmericanMusic and co-edited the anthologyWomen Making Music. Tick wonthe award for outstanding scholar-ship from the Sonneck Society of'American Music Historians for anarticle on Charles Ives. Her biogra-phy of Seeger tells the story notonly of her musical career, but alsoof her political activism, particu-. lady in regard to gender issues. Thebiography look at the folk songmovement and the demands thatwere made on Seeger as a wife,mother, activist, and musician be-fore her death in 195~.

The Charleston String Quartet,which has a new CD out titled Three: Quartets of Samuel Adler, is notedfor premiering original composi-

For one day, Monday. March 2,musician Peggy Seeger. biographerJudith Tick. and the CharlestonString Quartet will be on campus toexplore me life one of this century'sgreatmusical talents, RuthCrawfordSeeger. The one day residency iscalled "Tradition and Modernity:The Life and Genius of RuthCrawford Seeger" and includes aseries of programs and discussionson Seeger's life.

Ruth Crawford Seeger, born in190twas a composer of modernmusic and part of the avant-gardemovement of the 1920's. She isbest remembered for her 1931SIringQuartet, lnaddition to her compos-ing, Seeger was a pioneer of usingfolk music in the classroom to edu-cate children about music, collabo-rated with poet Carl Sandburg onfolk arrangements, and became asocial activist after the onset of theDepression. She married the mod-emisr theorist Charles Seeger and isstepmother to folk singer PeteSeeger, who is often considered thefather of the American folk-revival.Ruth Crawford Seeger was also thefirst female recipient of aGuggenheim Foundation Fellow-ship in music composition.

Peggy Seeger, the daughter ofRuth Crawford Seeger, who will beon campus March 2, was born in\935 and inherited her family' slaveof and ta\ent for folk music. She

revival, and, Likeher mother, be-camepolitically active, both throughher music and through the runningof the controversial London CriticsGroup. The above is only a sam-piing of Seeger's many accomplish-ments in the musical world. PeggySeeger and her husband have givennumerous concerts and workshopsand passed their musical talents onto the next generation, their chil-dren Neill, Calum, and Kitty.

Peggy Seeger is widely regardedas one of North America's best folksingers and continues to compose,most notably for the British folkmusic revival. Her songs oflen ad-dress feminist and nuclear issues,and one of her most famous songs"Genna Be an Engineer" has beenadopted as the anthem of womenseeking' equ~l rights. After her

Tanya- Tanyq offers 'something different

rook up piano at age-seven and wasan accomplished musician by ageII,able to master complex theoriesof counterpoint and harmony. Sheplayed a wide array of instrumentsincluding guitar, banjo, 'andconcertina. Seeger attendedRadcliff College, where she ma-jored in music, and she soon beganto sing professionally. She went ona tour that included Russia, China,Poland, much of Europe, and sev-eral African countries before set-tling inEngland with husband EwanMacColJ, himself a singer andsongwriter. Together with her hus-band, Seeger developed a recordcompany and introduced the radio-ballad form. One ballad wasawarded the ltalia Prize in the radiodocumentary category. Seeger alsobecame part of the British folk song

Sci-fi fails in SpherePeter Gross find their desires turned true will

THE COLLEGE VOICE have to face the ugly parts of theirsubconscious, was Xeroxed fromthe 60's sci-fi flick, ForbiddenPlanet.Sharon Stone just crosses her

Sliver and Basic Instinct roles, atypical suspense movie heroinetrying to find out who the killer iswhen no one is above suspicion,except that. she somehow man-ages to keep her clothing on.Samuel L. Jackson, however, gotto bare his buttocks to the camera,but in my opinion he deserved it,since his manic-depressi vedefeat-ist character was the only originalpart of the movie. It was a chal-lenge he handled well, because alesser actor would have just triedto make himself into JeffGoldblum's chaos theoreticianfrom Jurassic Park. Jackson de-livers a spine-chilling role, at timesseeming outright psychotic, andthen shifting gears to be the onlytrustworthy member of the group.Dustin Hoffman, however, looksand sounds like hejust walked offthe set of "Outbreak," as a psy-chologist who tries to work withthe military to understand themystery. Once again, Hoffmantries to be the pacifistic voice ofreason and science while. con-fronted with the hysteria of hisequals.

With the low budget special ef-fects and the relative lackofpuhlic-ity, this movje must not have costmuch to make, which was a goodthing, since it deserves to be thebiggest box office homb in history.

by Christopher MojeTHE COLLEGE VOICE

something from Russia that hadnever been translated before. Shelooked at plays wrftten between1980 and the present, specificallyones whichwere writtenbya womanorhadgood female roles. This "nar-rowed it down considerably." Sheadded that it was "di fficult to find aplay that would read to an "Amen-

else to note is .that the charactersdon't speak. directly to each other.Ravi tch says the characters speak toeach other, "but it's obvious they'renot interacting." She describes theplay as relying on "vocalization ofthought."Ravitch hopes the play will give

people a greater understanding ofthe "universality of loveand sel f-knowledge."Ravitch said she worriedinitially that peoplewouldn't understand and"would have the desire toleave at intermission."She's confident now thatpeople won't experienceany difficulty in under-standing theplayand hopesthat if people are amused

'and entertained, the campus will beprompted to try something a littledifferent more often, things that"aren't completely realistic.UThe play features Erica Engstrom

as Tanya, Jed Georgitis as Ivanov,Autumn Dumas as Zina, ChrisChaberski as Okhlobystin, SaraBouchard as Girl, Eric Levai asBoy, and Nicole Ramos as Worker.The play will he performed onMarch 5-7 at 8:00 p.m. in PalmerAuditorium and will cost $6 forgeneral admission and $4 for stu-dents. Ravitchanticipates Conn stu-dents will enjoy themselves. Afterall, "it's basically about vodka andsex."

Next month, the theater depart-ment will present something a littledifferent for out viewing pleasure.Tanya - Tanya, a play about thelives and loves of three men andthree women in 1980's Russia, was.characterized by its direc-tor, Lara Ravitch, as a playf liedwith "very poetic lan-guage and absurd, emo-tional realism ... differentfrom what we normally dohere." The story focuseson the characters' lives asthey fall apart and their at-tempts to put their relation-ships with each other backtogether.The origin of the play'. produc-

tion is also something a bit 00l ofthe ordinary. The director didn'ttake a published English text of aplay and work from that. Instead,Ravitch undertook the difficult taskof translating this play from Rus-sian into a workable script. Ravirch,though, was well prepared for thetask. She has studied Russian forthe past few years as well as spend-ing last year in Russia as part ofCISLA.N; well as being used for t1ie

campus's viewing pleasure, thetranslation serves as Ravitch's bon-ors thesis. A double majorin theaterand Russian, Ravitcb had to choose

Yes, yet another Crichton cashcow has been released-on an un-suspecting audience, as MichaelCrichton's somewhat dated bookSphere made the (rather poor)translation from novel to screen.Everyone laments over the inepttransition Jurassic Park made, andwhileas a big dinosaur movie withspecial effects it was okay, as aclassic fable of man tamperingwith things he was not meant tocontrol it really dropped the ball.Well, Sphere was much the samestory.Unfortunately, I read the book

before seeing this movie, ariel so itwas a lost cause beforeI even setfoot in the theater. It is rather dif-ficult to see a movie about a teamof research scientists going downto the bottom of the ocean in anattempt to make contact with an .alien spacecraft when you knowaU of the twists that the script isgoing to make. However, even themost fervently imaginative at-tempts to view the movie as aseparateentityfrom the book seemto come up lacking, because themovie viewed from any angle stillstinks.All of the actors seem to be

rehashing roles theyplayed inotherfilms. The idea that man couldencounter alien intelligence thou-sands of feet beneath the o~eanseemed stolen from the movie Th~Abyss.The Suspenseful part theidea that a group of people 'Who

"The translation wastough. .. it was hard to getpeople to believe the playwould read or that it would

work, "- Lara Ravitch

can audience."She said that there have been no

huge problems, only ones at thebeginning, "The translation wastough ... it was hard to get people tobelieve the play would read or thatit would work." She-added that therewas "lots of negativity initially ...students are scared of absurd, non-realistic approach torealism." Over-all, though, "Things have gottenvery positive."Ravitch commented on some in-

teresting aspects of the production.The backdrop, designed by BobPhillips, was styled after Soviet re-alist paintings and is inspired by theStolichnaya vodka ads. Something

Inten·,ted in appl~ing for an editorial p,,,ition on Tlte (o/lege !'oicc'! Call C~nthia\~2XlJ or Hl'hl'(Ta \~lJlJ I for inlol'mation and to get an applkation,

THE COLLEGE VOICE """MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1998 5r~'~~~{pt~'hr~t~S~&~EV-E~NT~S'~~'~-~JConnecticut Poetry Circuit's visit packs the Chapel Library

by Luke JohnsonTHE 'COLLEGE VOICE

Last Wednesday, Feb. II, TheChapel Library was packed withpoetry fans who had come to listento recitations 'by students on theprestigious Connecticut Poetry Cir-cuit. The evening's four poets hadbeen through the rigorous selectionprocess and represented the finestof the state's poetry penners.Heading the evening was Natasha

Lebel, a senior at Yale University,who presented fine work on a num-ber of subjects. Her first selections,"Hart Crane," ''This Bridge Belongsto You and Me" and "Echo for HartCrane," were inspired by her home-town landmark, the BrooklynBridge, and the poet Hart Crane.Both were commendable; Flowingand alliterative, the pieces wereaurally pleasing, as well as men-tally engaging. Lelsel then readtwo "family poems;" the first, "Ma-triarchy," was a ruminati ve celebra-

by Jason [hieTHE COLLEGE VOICE

Take two Academy Award nomi-na'ted actors (Woody Harrelson,Elisabeth Shue) and VolkerSchloendorff, the critically ac-claimed director of The Tin Drumand a comedic film nair script and _you get the workings of what mightbe the first really good movie of1998. Right? Wrong! Wbat weendup with 'instead is a contrived, poorlyscripted, badly done attempt at filmnair. Not that it is a result of thepeople involved, but given themassed talent on Palmetto, itshouldhave been much better.Harrelson playsHarry Barber, an

ex -reporter and ex -con just releasedfrom prison on a bum charge. Hegoes back to Palmetto, the placethat ruined him, with his old lady-friend Nina (Gina Gershon). It isthere, on his first day out, sitting ina bar with the drink he ordered (buthe doesn't drink) tbat he first meetsRhea Malroux (Shue), the wife ofthe wealthy and dying FelixMalraux. She says she has a busi-ness proposition for him. Laterthey meet in a beach bungalow in aseductive tryst that plays like a cheapscene in a late-night made for cablemovie. But that's part of the joke,it's camp film nair. She offers him$50,000 to help with the stagedkidnapping of her stepdaughter(Felix's daughter). She needs himto' be the "threatening voice on thephone." Of course, the stepdaugh-ter, Odette (Chloe Sevigny of Kids), will be perfectly safe in a hotelhundreds of miles away.The best parts of the film involve

Harrelson: His acting is incrediblysolid and you truly believe that hischaracter, looking for paybackagainst destiny for the two years hewasted in prison, would accept thisdeal. Harry Barber is clearly a dim-witted fool, destined to lose, and the

tion of motherhood and the nurtur-ing atmosphere of her upbringingamongst four generations of women.The second, a poem devoted to thegrandfather who gave LeBelfs fa-ther his name and nothing else, wasan emotive, incisive query as towhy? Her last two works, "Usuma

holding her own within a group ofpredominantlyolderpoets. Herfirstpoem was based upon the memoryof a nocturnal excursion to seeHalley's Comet. Although hedidn't see the comet. Umans con-jures a hauntingly alien landscapefrom the sunny seaside of pails and

mode of communication; charac-terized not by the hackneyedsongbird's trill, but by the raucouscaw of the crow. Uman's finestpiece, however, was Grandmother,Evidence Collected, a touching re-flection upon her grandmother, theircommon and discrete pasts, and tbe

ing to vi it the water fountain. Inkeeping with his personality,Gromelski's poetry was just asarnusingand engaging as its author.With a tumbling, slightly clippeddelivery well-suited to his work.,GromeIski opened with Explain-ing, a satirical comment upon poetswho feel the need to preface everypoem with a full-blown exposition .Something Special was an upbeatpiece describing, in a flow of won-derful imagery and mini-anecdotes,a treasured relationship with a girlwho used to put her stuffed animalsin plastic bags to go swimming -obviously a very special person.The Moment was a wry discourseon the thin line between brainstorm-ing and procrastination, while HotlAbordetailed asummeras a "fenceputter-upper" with heatstroke in-ducing clarity. Grornelski's finalpoem, Running, explored his com-plex feelings toward the act of run-ning - from a dog, an older sibling,or in competition, a career he had to

•upcommgA&E

\

. Her first poem was based upon the memory of a nocturnal excursion to see

Halley's Comet. Although she didn't see the comet, Umans conjures a haunt-

ingly alien landscape from the sunny seaside of pails and sand castles.

- meditations on a Japanese foldingscreen" and "Jigsaw," were bothgraceful, sensual pieces; "Usuma"was especially good, presenting avivid verbal representation of a giltJapanese screen.Second in the lineup was Con-

necticut College's own Kate Umans,a freshman from Lexington, Mas-sachusetts, whose Conn. debutshowed her immensely capable of

sand castles. Images of sea, sky,and sand were beautifully wroughtand very expressive. "Fatality" fo-cused upon the difficulties of eva po-rating sympathy and the "bond ofcrisis" formed when her New Lon-don-bound train struck and killed apedestrian. Umans' "In the Attic"and "To Find a Voice" displayedgrandly her musings on memoryand the struggle to find a suitable

poet's realization that the two aren'tas separate as she once thought. Herexamination was at once excruciat-ingly chill, as the grandmother'smemories wash away, andcelebratory, as tbe granddaughterforges bond with the past.HankGromelski was the next poet

to present work, and obviouslysomething of a character - askingpermission in the middle of'his read-

Thursday-Saturday March5,6,7

"Tanya-Lanya" by OlyaMukhinaLocation: Palmer AuditoriumTime: 8 p.m.Price: $4

Saturday, March 7Concert & Artist Series Con-

necticut College Cbamber Play-ers "Through the Looking Glass:Fresh Perspective on the Oldand the New."Location: Dana AuditoriumTime: 8 p.m.Price: $5

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Palmetto makes poorattempt at film noir

best part is that he knows it. He justdoesn't know enough to stay awayfrom the dubious Mrs. MalFoux,over whom he nearly drools anddoes all but hang his tongue out ofhis mouth. Once involved in thescheme, the Assistant District At-torney finds out about the "kidnap-ping." Harry is called down to theoffice all the while wondering ifthey know he is involved. The wayHarrelson's facial expressionchanges from sweating dread to re-lief when they tell him that the rea-son they called him down is be-cause they want him to be the pressagent on the matter is remarkable., On"the other hand, Shue's actingmakes me wonder if her perfor-mance in Leaving Las Vegas was afluke given the other mediocre per-formances she has given since then.She doesn't play well as the femmefatale, nor does Gina Gershon fitthe role of the passive girlfriend.The two actresses seemed to havetraded places, each taking the other'stypecast role, and in this case it justdoes not work. When Nina learnsof Harry's sexual affairs with Rhea,she is broken. However, she barelybats an eyelash at the sight of a deadbody in the trunk of her car thatHarry put there. At least you under-standwhy he put it there and be-lieve that he would.

The script is not completely righteither, we are still left with some-loose ends, including tbe witnesswho Harry bad to hit over the headso he WOUldn't ruin the plan. Thereare questions I should Bot be askingmyself at the end of a movie.

It seems the writers realized thatfilm noir is getting played out, over-done.etc. so they attempted to makethe movie as a camp style film noir,It falter because the jokes come tooseldom, and when tbey do you're~not even sure if they are jokes. Per-haps with so many twists in the plot,they couldn't keep tbe humorstraight.. .... Grade: C+

Russian pianist performs in DanaYuri Rozum, the world-re-

nowned Russian pianist, per-formed on February 21 in DanaHall. One of the top ten musi-cians in Russia, Rozurn gave theconcert for free. He played sev-

era I pieces by Chopin on aStein way piano which had beendonated in honor of SylviaPasternack Marx '57, by her bus-band Leonard.

German, ctd.consmued from page 2 facilities where Kurtze has takenThe Dutchman with support from scuba diving lessons. Kurtze plansTheater One as the culmination of on utilizing his new skill when hean independent study. Fischer is travels to Key West Florida overlooking forward to working on a this March"Break. He is also takingGerman theater presentation as well. a nautical science class at the CoastFuchs and Kurtze are enjoying Guard Academy. As an addendumclasses in jazz, hip bop and ball- to this course, Kunze is permittedroom dancing. to take a five-week voyage down. Martin enjoys playing badmin- the Atlantic Coast with the Ameri-ton and squash and is quite happy to can cadets which he is ferventlytake advantage of the athletic center awaiting.

EXHIBITIONS

Througb March 7"Familia: the function of fa-

miliarity in seeing and caring"Location:Cummings Arts Center

Through March 29"Another Comer ofParnassus:

William Meredith and· the 1997National Book Award for Po-etry"Location: Shain Library

While the German students havenot found the Connecticut Collegelifestyle to be one of bLissful disre-gard, they have managed to enjoytheir time here and have made aspecial mark on our small comrnu-nity. When they leave this Spring itwill inevitably be a rime of bitter-sweet emotion for both Conn andGerman students. Conn will misstheir presence but will eagerly awaitnew students from their region.

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•THE COUEGE VO/CEoo'MONDAY, MARCH 2. 19986

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News Commentator only the option of blocking the leg-islation from coming to a vote.

After months of stalled debate in LOll and his Republican alliesthe Senate over the issue of cam- went a long way toward killing thepaign finance reform legislation the bill wben he blocked a proposedbill finally came to a vote in the addition to the bilJ thai would se-Senate yesterday. Republican John cure further Republican support.McCain of Arizona and Democratic Since supporters of campaign fi-Senator Russell Feingold of v,:is- nance need 60-votes to stop Lou'sconsin have sponsored a piece. of filibuster, and those votes must comelegislation that seeks to ban unlim- (rom Republicans, Lou's.decisionited campaign contributions. Dur- to disallow an addition to the billing the 1996 election candidates may have doomed it to never comefrom both parties exploited the laws up for a vote in the Senate.on campaign finance. Interest It is riiculousgroups ran ad- to see the major-vertisements for ity leader of thecandidates Senate filibustermasked as issue news column - away legislationads. Issue ads are that tbe majoritylegal, but coor- of the Senate fa-dinated advertisements between in- vors. Lou believes that campaignterest groups and candidates are not.The real issue is the degree, to finance is a form of free speech that

allAmericans are entitled to. Whilewhich groups that donate money to it is true that Americans are entitleda candidate influence an election's to free speech, Lott is kidding him-outcome. The system allows for self if he thinks that under the cur-donations from individuals and po-litical action committees. How- rent system the majority of theever, the outrageous sums of money American people have even the mostthat candidates received in the 1996 remote chance to affect governmen-election were derived from soft tal policy. Campaign finance re-

form isa public mandate; it is neededmoney sources. These include sup- to ensure that anyone who runs forposed issue ads, which in all realitywere ads for candidates. office will not be held responsible

to the interest groups that hold rna-The Senate voted 51 to 48 against jar influence in Washington. Sene-

a measure brought by Republican tor Lett's usage of obscure parlia-Majority Leader Trent Lott, to set mentary tactics to defeat an addi-aside the McCain-Feingold bill. tion to a bill which is already fa-Forty-four Democrats, along with vored by the Senate is poor policyseven Republicans, opposed LOll, b b Id b b d d . di. . . . t at 5 au e a an one rmme 1-thus leaving the majority leader With I

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Editorial:Athletic Department needs lessons in communication

have credible administrati ve rea-sons, but those reasons are notbeing explained to the studentbody wen enough. We believethat in the spirit of Conn's sharedgovernance, we should also prac-tice shared decision making inother aspects of the college. Stu-dents are involved in searches;does it not make sense to alsoinvolve students in removal de-cisions at an early awarenesslevel as well?

to the reasons for their coacb' sdismissal. A sensible course ofaction seems to be explaining

Events this year have clearlyshown that students are very con-cerned with athletics. With theNESCAC controversy and ex-tremely successful men's hockey.and basketball teams, it shouldseem obvious that students areconcerned and involved withSP0rlS whether they are athletesthemselves or not. With that inmind it seems odd that the A.th-letic department would so bla-tantly 'no comment' the mem-bers of the track team curious as

-the dismissal, or at least givingthe team a forum to voice thierconcerns. Announcements suchas thai which combined themen's and women's teams may

Letters to the Editor With Slyder and the Paisanwrite shit about you after we gradu-ate. The thing that really tickles ourballs off is that you state many timesin your article that you could careless if the Paisan wasn't your big-gest fan. So wby did you have to goout of your way and take time fromyour busy scbedule (whicb youkindly listed for us and boy! are weimpressed) to tell us that you couldcareless? Do you write editorials toaL1 of your enemies? Are you feel-ing insecure? Do you have a smallpenis Dan? Is that what this is allreally about? We thougbt so. Be-sides, the Voice op/ed page isn't thecorrect forum for airing your differ-eoces with other students. And thetruth be known, the Paisan lovesyou. So does Slyder, but then ag:i.inSlyder has a certain love for peoplewhich is still iIJegal in a few states.The point is: shut your pie-hole andlearn to take a joke. Ifeveryone wewrote about wrote an editorial in theVoice, the paper wouldn't have .tofIJI up its empty space with storiesabout skunks menacing the cam-pus. Instead it would look like lastweek's paper, riddled with opinionpieces about how we suck, Q·rin thatcase, how Abe Georgecouldn't Ruthis pen to paper withour shitting onit. And if we keep writing aboutyou people are going to stop read-ingourcolumn.OhDannyBoy,thepipes, the pipes are calling, but it'sunfortunate that your ass is too tightto work for this city.

We hope that everyone read DanTompkin's stellar op/ed pieee lastweek entitled, "My Life Goes On:Tompkins responds to Fasano'sLetter". For tbose of you madlysearching the back Issues of theVoice, be aware that -the Paisannever did in fact write DanTompkins this fabled letter to whichhe is responding. The Paisan doesn'teven have Dan Tompkins address.Ifbe did, the first person be wouldwrite to would beTed Kazinski. Asa matter of fact, we don't believethe school has his address either.They just send his mail to "residentdipshit". What we believeTompkins is actually referring to istwo lines in last weeks column ex-tolling Dao.' s virtues as a profes-sional ball monitor. Yes, youguessed it, this weeks column isabout people who take themselvesway too seriously. Danny, Danny,Danny, you donkey. No ODewroteyou a letter you silly boy. OhDanny,this isn't Russia. We simply madea joke, albeit at your expense, butthat's what wedo. Jay Golub takesit in theass weekly and thanks us forit like it was hisjob (well he does doit on the side for a minor fee), sowhat makes you so special? Doyouwant us to bust out the golden dildo?We hate to break it to you sir, butyou're subject to the same treat-menLas your peers so long as you'reenrolled here-and in your case wemight even make an exception and

Clem gives perspective on parking

To THE EDITOR:

HAVE A CAR. Is that not good Some of you even drive to Har-enougb for you? And some of you ris! (J'1l admit, I probably would.even have expensive, excessive too if I bad a car.) And, in somesport! utility vehicles or luxury se- cases, you're able to do it in exces-dans. You bastards! You have the sive comfort, with your butt warmedprivilege of beiog able to drive off by beated seats. (Awooderfulthing,campus, to go to Dunkin' Donuts I'll again admit.) You've got itlate at night, or Boston for the week- ' made. So shut up, park your damnend. What do I get to do when I'm cars wherever you can, walk thehungry? I get to sit in my room short distance to your dorm (orwaiting for my goodamn hotpot to wherever you're in such a rosh. toboil some water so that I can then get to), and realize how cool it ishave some ramen. that you have a car.

Dan Clem '98

As someone who doesn't own acar, I was pretty mad when I readthe article in last week's Voice thatdiscussed how some people seem tothink there is a parking crisis oncampus, even though there arepleoty of spaces. It sounds likesomeof you are just lazy, and you'reoot happy enougb that you have afreakin' car. To any of you whohave cars and are annoyed that youcan't park in the best places all thetime, I can only say this: YOU

Dean Coffin defends Admissions

To THE EDITOR:

accomplishments and personalqualifications of these students. Youare an impressive student body, andeach of you was offered admissionto this College via a deliberativeand highly seleclive process. Thetalent is here. If your promise hasnot been realized to date, an admis-sion "lie" is not at the root of theproblem.

pense of intellectual pursuits. Ithink he implies there is a discon-nection between our admission"line" [sic] vis-a-vis these studentsas applicants and the reality of their"performance" on campus. If Josb' sportrait is an accurate reflection ofour campus environment and itspriorities, I share his discontent.The point is debatable.

The admission <'spin" associatedwith recent first-year classes is anaccurate reflection of the academic

As Dean of Admission, I wasnaturally concerned to read JoshFriedlander's assertion in a recent[February l6JVoice op-ed thaI "theOffice of Admission lies." That isa rather serious affront to the admis-sion staff, and I must confess I ampuzzled as to how my staff can becharacterized in such a way.

If I understand the thrust of hisargument,Josh is dismayed bywhathe considers a pervasive campusattnosphere of partying at the ex-

Lee CoffinDean of Admission

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[~:~=;-==~ ..== . ..gS~PO~Rg1:~'S=====o==d,Women's Male Camel ieers freeze out UCONN HuskiesPuck dropsfarewellgameby Cy Moffett

THE COLLEGE VOICE

For the women's hockey team,the last borne game of the season,against the University of VermontCatamounts, was naturally an im-portant affair. The players, espe-cially graduating seniors LydiaTower and Joanna Montague,wanted to shake off a discouraging9-1 loss to Middlebury the day be-fore. The Camels wanted to gi veeverything they had to put a strongfinish on their inaugural year andreward the fans for their loyal sup-port. For most of the game theCamels did that, but they ended upon the wrong end of a 5-1 score.The game remained a scoreless.

defensive affair, until 10:59 in tbefirst period when Elizabeth Hall '0 Isuddenly broke away from tbe packand scored the first goal for Conti,on assists from Lydia Tower '98and Ann Peller '0 I. Concerning hergoal, she said that she "was in theright place at the right rime." Thefans roared, for CC had broken thedeadlock, and done so early in thegame. The lead was theirs to keep.Vermont'sCealy Nottingham '01

came back. to score later on in theperiod, with 2:59 remaining. Yetthe Camel defense held, despite anunrelenting onslaught from UYM' soffense, which peppered goaltenderClaudia Goodrich '0 I aU night.Goodrich put in another terrific per-formance, notching 40 saves.The second period was more of

the same, with neither side able tobreak the logjam. Both teams hadpower plays during the period, butneither could take advantage. Nev-ertheless, the momentum wasslowly shifting towards the Cata-mounts, as the Camels were unableto generate any offense. The shotson goal for each tearn teU the storyof the game: Goodrich stopped 40of 45 shots, while Catamountnetminder Melanie Bouchard onlyhad to fend off 11 attempts from theCamels.At that rate, it was only be a.

matter of time before Conn's leadevaporated, and that is precisely-what happened in the third period.Power plays were the straw thatbroke the Camel's back, with theCatamount's Allie Knowles '99scoring on the power play just fortyseconds in. Jennifer Welch '01made it 3-1 with a goal at 13:48.Knowles added her second goal ofthe period at 7:27 to make it4-1 andJordan Gremp '00 closed out thethird period scoring for Vermont at18:38.Despite the final result, the game

as a whole went very well.Before. the game, Head Coach

Melody Davidson knew the battlewould not be an easy one, sinceVermont was "on a roll." Yet,through almost tbe entire game,Conn was either right with the Cata-mounts or only a hair's breadthaway from coming back.

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--PHOTO BYEVAN CoM'OlA/PHOTOOIlAI"IiY £erroR

Revenge is.sweet!Conn took revenge on visiting UConn, who had beaten them 2-1 on

February 7, by skating to an 8-3 win on February 28. Above, captain KyleReis '98 wins a key offensive zone draw. At left, defenseman RyanMontecalvo '99 fires a point blast towards the VConn net, where leadingscorer Jean Labbe '99 is camped out. Below, center Mike DePlacido '99looks for a passing lane as UConn collapses into a defensive diamond.Conn (1"3-9-3, 11-5-3 ECAC) hosts to the 1998 ECAC "Ea.'it "TournamentMarch 6-7. The second-seeded Carne\s wi\\ be ioined by third-seededHamilton, fifth-seeded Salem State and njnth-seeded Norwich in the fieldof four vying for the crown. Salem Stat~ is the only team of the four thathas won an ECAC East Tournament crown, as it captured the title in 1995,1994 and 1985. Salem State skated to a 3~2 win at Hamilton one monthago, while the Camels opened their 1997·98 campaign with a S~3 homevictory Norwich.

women's hoops, ctd. track, ctd.cominued from poge 1 '--------------------

Cynthia Gordon, '99 voiced res,ervations about the abrupt nature inwhich the coaching changes tookplace. "The team as a whole doesn'treally know what happened, wehadno input into the process."Another new change is the two

separate teams have now been uni-fied under one Head Coach, Will-iam Wuyke who was previously theMen's Head Coach only. FormerWomen's Head Coach and founderof the women's program, NedBishop is DOW an assistant coach.The lack of a separate women's

team is something that many willhave to get used to according toGordon, " there is definitely a dif-ference, it isn't the same as theunity and feeling of working to-gether on the women's team."

turnovers in32 minutes. Most Valu-able Player honors for the game goto co-captain Sullivan, who was 8-I I from the field and made 2 out-of4 free throws for 18 points, pulJeddown a pair of boards, and turnedthe ball over only twice.

utes left in the game.The Camels' offense was

led by guard Hope Maynard '00,who played a great game, shooting6 for 10 from the field and 3 for 5from the line for 16 points, added 6rebounds, 4 assists, and stole theball once, while only committing 3

housing, ctd.continued from page JThe housing crunch is caused'

mainly by the Plex renovations,which have taken one dorm off linefor this year and last. Last year,Lazrus reopened to help ease thecrunch. The dorms are now at "fullcapacity," Poirier says, "whichmeans there are no availabJe singlerooms." TheOfficeofStudentLifeanticipated this shortage again this

year, and put one of the Winchesterfaculty apartments on-hold for ex-tra housing where five female jun-iors now share a unit. With the classof '02, which will probably be big-ger than the graduating senior class,arriving soon, it will be a challengefinding rooms to bouse ali of thestudent body.

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Graham agreed adding that" it isnice that we are trying to becomemore unified with tbe men but thewomen' 5 team is so bonded that it ishard when we have been separatedinto our specialized areas. We don'tinteract as much and miss spendingthe time together."Tbere are still questions that many

of the women want answered andchanges yet to be made. One mem-ber of the track team said that thewomen feel that McBryde expectsthem to trust his judgment on thechanges but feels that with every-thing that bas happened so far he"hasn't proven worthy of the team' strust."McBryde did not return phone

messages asking for comment onthe issue.

8THE COUEGE VO/CpooMONDAY, MARCH 2, 1998

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CAMEL

PORTWomen's basketballsuffers a two-fold loss

by].R. PageTHE COLLEGE VOICE

Last Saturday Luce Field Housewas the final stop 00 a long trip for[he women's basketball ream. Theteam, set to play their final game ofthe season, entered the gym with an8-14 record. horne-court advantageand an impressive crowd of familyand friends who brought with themthe well-deserved fan support thatseemed like it could help to over-come the visiting ]4-7 Trinity Ban-tams. However, the Camels fell 67 -56.The Camel's intensity was clear

before the game began, as the standsrustled with uneasiness. Sadnessand appreciation seemed simulta-neously in the hearts of the fans andplayers as flowers were presentedto seniors Katherine Moody. EileenSullivan, Kristen Harding andNikeya Kelly, for whom this wouldbe the final game.The four seniors, along with guard

Jennifer Brennan '00 formed thestarting \ineuQ. with hardly any suo-stinnions for the first ten minutes ofthe game. The score went back andforth for the entire first hal f. Thereferees were willing to allow thegame to be very physical. Connplayed well defensively, even inthe face of some size mismatches.For the most part, the Camel de-fense kept Trinity out of the paint,but when they did manage tosqueeze through the defense, Trin-ity did not miss often, building a32-27 halftime lead.Physical games are exciting to

watch, but difficult to play when

backdoor passes end up in the bandsof players like Trinity's 6'0" SarahMartino'S' JO"CarolynCanty, wbowere able to establish good insideposition through physical play, Thesize of the Bantams was sometimesa problem for the Camels. whoplayed every bit as hard, and manylimes even harder.Harding seemed La have an off

night; while she handled the ballweU (committingonly4 turnovers),she never got many good looks atthe basket. and never got ro the freethrow line despite taking severalhard hits. Free throws were a sig-nificant problem for the Camels.While neither team was stellar from. the line, Conn made 57% of theirfree throws and Trinity made 53%of theirs, but that 53% meant 16points, wbiletheCamelsonly pickedup S.

Co-captain Moody, who averaged8 points per game this season (in-cluding an 18-point effort in an 83-69 loss to Eastem Connecticut Stateon February 3), was held to only 2points in this game. Moody neverwent to the line either, despite tak-Ing countless elbows and shouJdersthat not only looked like, but alsomust have felt like fouls. Moodyhad the only blocked shot for eitherteam in the game, and althoughTrinity stifled ber offense, sbe pro-tected the basket well, and acted asthe anchor of Conn's effort to keepthe Bantams away from the hoop.Unfortunately, Moody did not getto finish her final game, as she fouledout with slightly more than 3 min

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Upcomingsports

MON. 3/2-MON. 3/9

MEN'S BASKETBAllSAT. srt VS. WINNER of 1stROUND NCAA NORTHEAST REGION,(Salem State #3 VS.UMass-Dartmouth #6)

MEN'S ICE HOCKEYFRI. 3/6 VS, NORWICH #9, ECACEAST SEMIFINAL, 8PMSAT. srt ECAC EAST FINALS, TBA(Winner of Conn #2/Norwich#9 VS.Winner of Salem State#5/Hamilton #3), 7:30PM

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game winning streak () 1-25-97 to1-21-98), a first-ever win overColby in 14 tries and a win overAmherst for the first time since.1985.•The Camels are led by forwardzach Smith '99 who leads the teamin scoring (15.3), rebounding (7.9),field goal percentage (.588), andblocked shots (2.5). '98 and Dwayne Stallings '99 have

Guard Kareem Tatum '0 1i.ssec- also sparked the Camels. Gallerani,and 00 lhe squad in scoring (J 3.7) guard and captain, is fourth on theand assists (2.9) and was named team in scoring, averaging J 1.1the ECAC/ Amerisuites New En- points per game. Stallings, also agland Division IJl Rookie of the guard, is third in scoring (12.1) andWeek on Feb. 15 and 22. leads the team in three-point fieldLocal products Chris Gallerani goals (47) and three-point field goal

Women rise, records fall in swimseason finale at Wesleyan

--,-.--..-.---.....=---by Michael Muller proved to be an admirable replace- took 18th place in the 50 yard but-THE COLLEGE VOICE ment for major league sports in the terfly with a time of 28.23.

greater Hartford area. The meet Badwey's time was just shy of awas a blockbuster three day event, school record.but when the mist cleared Conn had The rest of the meet wasshattered two school records and characterized by Conn's teamhad put up the b'C,stall-around per- strength, exemplified by the perfor-formance of the season. Co-captain mauces of the five relay teams. TheShana Davis '991ed Conn's assault 200 yard medley relay ofKratzinger,with a fourth and sixtb-place finish Badwey.Beth Kaechle 'OO,andJadeon the one and three meter diving Dallon '01 finished 19th. The400boards respectively. Davis, who is yard medley relay of Kaechle,still awaiting her official invitation Kratzinger, Badwey, and Jordanato the Div. Ill National Swimming Gustafson '01 finished 2Jst. Theand Diving meet, shattered herown 200 Freestyle relay team ofschool record with ascoreof338.30 Gustafson, Kaechle, Kratzingerandon the oue meter diving board. If Dalton finished 17th. The 400 yardeverything goes according to plan, Freestyle relay team of Gustafson,Davis will be heading to SaintLouis, Badwey, Sarah Reisman '0 I, andMissouri from March 12-14 to fin- Dalton finished 19th, and the 800ish off her season at the national freestyle relay team of Gustafson,meet. Kaechle, Reisman. and Dahan fin-

Given Davis' great sue- ished it ali up with a 19th placecess it would be easy to overlook finish. Reisman corn-the great performances put up by men ted on the meet, saying, "We ailthe swimmers on tbe team, most swam very well, and we all had bestnotably Ann Kratzingcr '01 who times." She also commented on thebroke the school record in the 50 success of the relay teams, sayingyardbreastrokewithatimeof33.12. il,at" all of the relays 'did muchKrarzinger was able to live most of better than expected with everyonethe season in relative anonymity, coming through under pressure."but left with a bang as she put her The effort that the women put outname in Conn history with her 21st for this meet was unparalleled byplace finish. Another incredible any meet this season, with every-performance by the women was put one coming through to finish off onup by Sabrina Badwey '00, who a great Dote.

percentage (.416).Conn is coached by Glen Miller,

who is in his fifth year at the helmafter going 10-38 in his first twoseasons, Miller's teams have com-piled an impressive 56-18 (,757)record over the last three seasons.

Each season the New En-gland Division ill Swimming andDiving Championships are the lasthurrah for the majority of the'women's swim team (5-6) and U$U-

ally tbe goal of the team is to justmake sure that the meet d.oes notbecome the last ha-ha of the season.The meet, beld this year at WesleyanUniversity inMiddletown, is a meet-ing of all of the top female swim-mers from around New England,including multiple national qualifi-ers.. Since Conn is not typi-

cally the most dominant team inNew England, many members ofthe team tend to get lost in the wakeof the bigger, more East Germanlooking swimmers. Conn's goal isgenerally to put up the best effortthat they can and to try and showthat they can compete with the "bigdogs." This year's contingent go-ing to New England was one of thelargest ever, but they managed tomake the pilgrimage up Route 9 tothe Rose Capital: Cromwell, CT,without any problem.

While central Connecticutwas still lamenting the loss of theHartford Whalers, the swim meet