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February 6, 2007ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOLVolume 13, Issue 3

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Art: Kathryn Ticehurst

On January 25, the Red Hot Chili Pep-pers and tour supporters Gnarls Barkley visited the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It had been almost four and a half years since the Chili Peppers had come to Washington, D.C., but the wait was well worth it. The show started off with a bang, with Gnarls Barkley starting their set at 7:00. Completely dressed in ‘Aus-tin Powers’ themed attire, they performed nearly the entirety of the Grammy nomi-nated debut album, St. Elsewhere. They closed the set with the ever popular “Cra-zy,” before an hour long intermission. At 9:00, the lights went out, and gui-tarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea, and drummer Chad Smith of the Red Hot

Chili Peppers belted out an amazing five minute jam. Toward the end, loud cheers belted out from the audience as singer An-thony Kiedis danced onto the stage. The jam quickly turned into the intro to the hit song “Can’t Stop.” After the song, cheers did not stop as the band went through the major hits “Dani California” and “Scar Tissue.” Later, the crowd was treated to a song that is almost never heard in concert, a cover of the Ramones’ classic “Havana Affair.” After amazing renditions of songs including “21st Century,” “Throw Away Your Television,” and “C’mon Girl,” the arena shook as everyone heard one of the most awaited songs, “Snow (Hey Oh).” Following “Snow,” a brief 2 minute break due to technical problems led to guitarist John Frusciante doing a solo rendition of the Cat Stevens’ classic, “How Can I Tell You,” leaving the audience in awe. Then came a rapid transition from the slow, emotional song when the Peppers unexpectedly broke out a rare 1989 clas-sic, “Nobody Weird Like Me.” The long and hard rocking song turned out to be the highlight of the show. Later in the night, they closed off with slower, and more pop-ular songs “Hey,” “Californication,” and “By the Way.” Before leaving the stage, Kiedis thanked everyone for coming to the show, but the audience knew there would be an encore. About five minutes later, drummer Chad Smith came out and played a five minute drum solo that left the crowd chanting and cheering.

Stephen and Maryann Parker, a white couple who lived in Winterveldt, South Africa can be seen as saviors of sorts. Mr. Roy Barber traveled to South Africa to visit and work with the Parkers several years ago. “I first met Stephen and Mary-ann through friends at Seekers Church who worked at [the United States Agen-cy for International Development],” said

Barber. This initial meeting would end up changing Barber’s life forever. “In August 1995 at 10:30 one night Ste-phen and Maryann picked me up in Preto-ria. Maryann was holding their adopted daughter Ruthie in her lap…They took me out to the sprawling township of Win-terveldt which then had no paved roads, no electricity, and no running water. Ste-phen invited me to go to a midnight wake for a young man who had just died of an unnamed, terrible disease,” said Barber. This disease was AIDS. Though AIDS came to South Africa ten years after it had come to the United States, “people with AIDS confronted the same fear, hatred, ignorance and prejudice there.”

Barber continued to reminisce. “Ste-phen and I stumbled across the bush in to-tal darkness, walking towards a candlelit tent,” he said. “I remember falling twice, and looking up at a million stars. We sat at the back of the tent and listened to the people speaking about the young dead man. Suddenly, I heard the most beauti-ful sound I had ever heard: the heartbreak-

ing beauty of the children of Winterveldt singing ‘We will Never Give Up’.” He paused. “If you can trace transformation to a mo-ment, that moment changed my life and everything that happened after that.” Without this defining moment, the St. Andrew’s community would never have been graced with the presence of the Bokamoso youth. After being held at gun-point by several young men, Stephen and Maryann Parker started Bokamoso in 1999 as a

refuge for the community’s youth: a place to go to learn and search for hope and a better future. Barber originally created the exchange for the Race and Culture in the Modern World senior elective. The purpose, said Barber, was to “make South African his-tory more personal.” The St. Andrew’s-Bokamoso relationship, however, has grown immensely over the years. It has brought an entirely new culture to the school, and students look forward to the visit every year. For the past several years, the Boka-moso group from Winterveldt, South Af-rica has traveled to the United States in order to partake in an exchange program

RHCP Rocks DC With a Little Bit of The Old and a Little of The New

On February 9, students in the classes of 2008, 2009, and 2010 will receive course registration forms for the 2007-2008 school year. The class of 2011, which will enter high school next year, will also re-ceive their forms in the upcoming weeks. Most students are familiar with the courses that have been offered in the grade ahead of them this year, but they shouldn’t have their plans for next year set in stone yet. The administration has recently made several changes in the course offerings for next year. Among these changes are several new classes, a revised class, and several class removals. Mr. David Brown, Assistant Head of Upper School and academic dean for the class of 2007, said that the school will not be offering the Statistics class for seniors because of the small size of next year’s se-nior class. Also being removed from the course offerings for next year is the Intro-duction to Computer Science. This class, which is open to students in grades 10

through 12, will be offered on a bi-yearly cycle so that the class has a larger group of people each time it is offered. In the English department, the school will offer the AP English Language course as a second AP English option for the class of 2008, which was the first class to have to option to take AP English Literature during their junior year. The class will be offered to students who took AP English Literature this year. In the course descrip-tion for the class, English department chair Dresden Koons says that what makes the AP English Language class different from English Literature is its “specific focus on nonfiction texts in a variety of histori-cal contexts and authorial perspectives.” She continues, “The course centers on the study of rhetoric, particularly as it applies to the triangular relationship between writer, audience, and argument.” In a significant change, the ninth grade

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New Courses Hit The HallsJacob HornMane News Staff Writer

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SGA UpdateAlex AzzaraSGA Secretary

Over the past few weeks, SGA has been busy or-ganizing and plan-ning for many ex-citing upcoming events including spirit week, the Winter Pep Rally, the Winter Formal, and the

talent show. This year, SGA chose a fiesta theme for the 2007 Winter Formal. Although students did not have to dress up “fiesta style” for the dance, decorations and morning meeting skits featured this “fi-esta” theme.

Spirit Week January 29th through Feb-ruary 2nd included tradition days like Pa-jama Day, Twin Day, and Class Cup Day as well as new themes like Jersey Day and Fiesta Day. As always, many students showed their school spirit by dressing up during this week leading up to the dance. In addition, the SGA added a Winter Pep Rally in order to recognize the Win-ter sports teams on the Friday before the dance. We are also planning on schedul-ing a Spring Pep Rally sometime around Prom. Due to the addition of the Winter Pep Rally to the schedule, the Talent Show has been moved from February to March. As a result, students will have more time to prepare and make Spirit Week a little less chaotic. SGA hopes that the addition of the upcoming pep rallies may become a tradition in the years to come.

The Late Lunch BluesSadie DavisMane News Staff Writer

Before you grab that soda and candy bar, consider this: child and adolescent obesity is quickly turning into an epidemic. According to Carol Torgan, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Health, in 2000, 15.5% of American adolescents from ages 12 to 19 were overweight and 14.9% were

in danger of becoming overweight. That’s double the numbers from the1970s. Given that school is a major part of a child’s day, and about 30 million students eat a federally funded school lunch ev-ery day, many experts are looking at the school cafeteria as a possible offender in the obesity epidemic. The government has recently imposed dietary restrictions on school lunches and passed the School Meals Initiative for

Healthy Children, which set guidelines for the recommended daily allowances of calories, vitamins, and fat. However, it is estimated that only about 4% of schools have met the guidelines. An active boy should be consuming about 4,000 calo-ries, and an active girl should be consum-ing from 2,000 to 3,000 calories a day. In reality, on average, boys consume 5,222

calories and teenage girls consume about 3,573 calories. Senior Emily Suttle, who used to attend nearby Winston Churchill High School, said that the food there was much less healthy than ours. “[The lunches] were really disgusting. Every day they had soggy boardwalk fries, nachos, with meat that looked like cat food. It was all junk food. You could buy sandwiches but it was only like BLTs on white bread. I had pizza every day, but it was nasty pizza.” She mentioned how she loves the salad bar here because she is a vegetarian and everything at the salad bar is fresh. Mont-gomery County Public high school lunch-es, in general are not very healthy. While students are sometimes offered salad as an entrée, there is not a vegetable every day. Even at the elementary school level, Montgomery County Public School lunch-es are not up to par. “The foods are starchy; the kids are getting fat and losing their minds” Ellen Bowie, the former kitchen manager of Flower Hill Elementary in Gaithersburg, MD, complains. The lunch menu is exactly the same every month, in-

cluding foods such as “Chips Olé” (nach-os in a cheese sauce) and “Baked Shrimp Poppers” (comparable to Popeye’s). “Ev-erything is canned,” Bowie explains. St. Andrew’s lunches are made by Ridgewells, a catering company based in Bethesda. According to Susan Murray,

the school nurse, they are taking care of our nu-tritional needs. “When we started with Ridgewells, we didn’t have a salad or sandwich bar. It was clear that we needed to expand, but money was an issue.” Sal-ads used to come pre-packaged, similar to McSalad Shakers from McDonald’s, so students did not have an option to really get what they wanted. Murray says that it is important that students eat a wide variety of foods, with a focus on fruits and vegetables, which are always available. Murray also says that it is important for students to eat on campus because one should know how to eat given the choices provided, which for seniors is a skill that will become a neces-sity in college. Students, both here and elsewhere,

should be taking the first steps towards a healthy diet themselves. Susan Mudd, M.S., says, “Good nutri-tion and education starts at home, and par-ents should model good behavior for their kids. The school is a good environment for reinforcing healthy habits, but it can only do so much. I do think schools have a responsibility to offer nutritious meals to teens, but that will have to be within the guidelines of the school budget.” Mudd said that one of the biggest mis-take that students make regarding their nutrition is skipping breakfast: “When you don’t eat breakfast, your body thinks it’s in a state of starvation, so it releases stress hormones and starts picking at nutrients from the liver, kidneys, bones and other organ systems in order to keep blood chemistry stable. So you are in ef-fect ‘eating a little of yourself’ when you skip the first meal of the day. Then, when you decide to eat at lunch, you’re starving, and your body in response to the upcom-ing ‘feast’ releases too much insulin. Insu-

No Kidding: Teens Eat UnhealthilyCaroline DowningMane News Staff Writer

Students have always had the same two complaints about lunch. At each of the three lunches, students say they do not get as much food as they would like. They complain that while there is a wide

variety of food, things run out every day. Secondly, students do not like the rule that they are not allowed to bring in food from home. And seniors, who are allowed to go off campus throughout the day, are not al-lowed to leave during lunch.

“I think we always have enough hot food… but the sandwich bar always runs out… I never get the good bread,” said freshman Courtney Duran. “They always run out of ranch dressing. There’s never any,” complained a senior who wishes to remain anonymous. Many students who eat at late lunch believe that the earlier lunches take to much food. However, a seventh grader, Ping Ni, complains, “we never have enough food for everybody.” While this may seem true, Mr. Bren-dan Brooks, the school’s manager for Ridgewells, explained that many students do not fully understand the situation. He said that 99% of the time there is more food in the kitchen, but he does not know that the food stations are empty because the staff are in the back cooking and can-not see that something has run out. The

other one percent of the time though, the food does run out. It is a difficult job to organize lunches for our school. The school sets aside a certain amount of money for lunches each

year, and Brooks cannot go over it. With certain foods that are more expensive, such as fruit, he cannot order as much. Also, many people will take a hot lunch and a salad and a sandwich. Ridgewells is re-sponsible for knowing how many

people will do this, and how many peo-ple will take each type. Brooks discussed how the students in the first two lunches eat a lot, and he is unable to monitor how much each person takes. “The seniors are better than the lower classmen though,”

says Brooks. Further, the amount of food he needs to order depends on how long things last, and there is a limited amount of space and time to store it. Students are not allowed to bring in lunches from home. Ni questioned, “Sometimes the lunches are horrible! If we don’t like anything here why can’t we bring stuff we do like?” Assitant Headmaster John Holden helped make the decision to stop bring-ing lunches to school. He said the ad-ministration enforced this rule for two reasons. First of all, when students were allowed to bring lunch there was a sig-nificant problem with bugs. “People are not good about taking care,” said Holdon. Students would leave food in their lock-

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At lunch, items on the sandwich and salad bar frequently run out.

Unlike at some other schools, students here have many healthy options.

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On Wednesday, January 3, shortly be-fore 11:25 a.m., a fight on Churchill High School grounds broke out. According to the Montgomery County police report, the fight involved six male students and started as a verbal disagree-ment, escalating when one boy sujested they ‘take it outside.’ This has not been the only physical dispute between these students. A break up between a girl and boy initiated these fights in the fall. The original one was on November 10, and another occurred in December off school campus. The most

recent was in retaliation to the incident in December. One group involved is affiliated with the street gang ‘54 MOB’ while the other students do not have to ties to gangs. The afternoon of the fight a letter was sent home by Dr. Joan Benz, principal of Churchill. The letter contained the state-ment, “I have failed to mention another devastating fact. Every incident revolving around this two-month ordeal has been black-on-black violence.” Benz also made a reference to the rising SAT scores for African American Churchill students. Benz later wrote a letter apologizing for her comments, which many viewed as racially insensitive. The Washington Post reported that Benz “made reference to the school’s black students in her letter to parents after hearing negative comments about the school’s black population from students and parents.” Benz said she val-ues “each and every student” and “did not intend to single out one group of students in a negative light.” Many parents from the Scotland, a development where one group of stu-dents involved in the fight live, are skep-tical of Benz’s apology. They believe that it is not an issue of race, but rather the region where their children live. The general feeling is that the Churchill com-munity, including the administration, does not treat the students from their neighbor-hood equally. Parents say that the letter continues a pattern that separates Scot-land students from the rest of the school. The opinion is maintained throughout the community that African American stu-dents from Scotland are treated different-ly than African American students from Potomac. Many sense ridicule, disrespect, and hatred directed at their children com-ing not from the students, but from the ad-ministration. Benz denies these accusations and states that all students at Churchill are treated equally.

Fight at Churchill Raises Racial TensionEmily HattonMane News Staff Writer

On Tuesday, January 9, Holocaust sur-vivor Nesse Galperin came to speak to the student body. She told her story, speaking of her life in the Lithuanian ghetto and of her time in the concentra-tion and work camps. This was likely a once in a life-time experience for most students, as we are the last generation to have the abil-ity to hear the first-hand sto-ries of Holocaust survivors. It was a rare and special experience, but what can we really learn from it? We al-ready know what happened. Our Upper School history education begins with read-ing Night, by Eli Weisel, and every fresh-man class visits the Holocaust Museum. In history, one can only learn so much from the textbooks. We may be able to read first-hand accounts, but they remain faceless. As powerful as words can be, information can seem simply explana-tory when it lacks a human touch. The opportunity to hear a survivor speak has become a rare thing, as Gal-

perin herself acknowledged. “It is only fair to the victims that I tell my story, so the Holocaust isn’t forgotten,” she said, as she expressed her anger towards Holo-

caust deniers. She told her story, but she does not speak with hostility about her ordeal. Dr. Liz Weber of the His-tory Department remarked, “Students were amazed at her lack of bitterness towards the Nazis. And interestingly, she made a point to distinguish the Nazis from the Germans.” In making this point, she taught the school that

a horrible act committed by a specific group does not characterize the entire na-tion. “People ask if I hate the Germans,” she said, “but I have many friends that are Germans. It was not the Germans that caused the Holocaust, it was the Nazis.” While Galperin shared her story and taught us all a lesson about generaliza-tions and tolerance, she also told us how we can help. She did not ask us to single-

handedly save all the oppressed people of the world; she simply asked us to give what we can. Galperin said that her granddaughter, an elementary school student in Maryland, brings an extra sandwich in her lunchbox every day, in case she sees someone who is hungry Galperin says “Just something small, be it a sandwich or a few dollars, can do a good deal to help. She spoke of Rwanda and Darfur as well. “I watched Hotel Rwanda, the mov-ie. I don’t know why I do that to myself…but I watched it. And I thought to myself, it is no different. It is absolutely no differ-ent than the Holocaust,” she said. The Holocaust has become history, but that does not mean the world will never let it happen again. As Galperin pointed out, it still happens in this day and age, and it is our duty to stop it. How? “Very easily”, said Galperin, “Open up your heart to humanity and speak up. Go to the rallies. Write letters to congressmen and the government. Give what you can. We are responsible for hu-manity.”

Holocaust Survivor Adresses Student BodyHilary EisenbergMane News Managing Editor

Holcaust survivor Nesse Galperin as a young girl.

This year, many new teachers joined the faculty. It is hard getting to know new teachers unless you have them as a teach-er yourself, and this column will help you learn more about some of the great addi-tions to the faculty here at St. Andrew’s. Mr. Michael Reddy joined the English Department this year after taking last year off to decide whether he wanted to con-tinue his teaching career or attend gradu-ate school. He gained experience teach-ing from the year he spent at a boarding school in Lynchburg, Virginia, the five years he taught at an independent school in Delaware, and a year teaching at Maret. Mr. Reddy grew up in Baltimore, Mary-land, and Omaha, Nebraska, and “still has not found a home yet.” In high school, his college counselor helped him get through “a rocky four years of high school,” and he developed a close friendship with her,

often visiting her house on campus to raid her fridge or get help editing his essays. After high school, Mr. Reddy attended the

Air Force Academy, where he met another inspirational English teacher, and was in-spired to explore his intellectual curiosity and take risks. After two years at the Air Force Academy, Mr. Reddy transferred

to Roanoke College where he majored in English. Outside of school, though he ad-mits he spends most of his time grading essays, Mr. Reddy “obsessively” reads non-fiction books about race, class, and education. He loves music and has a col-lection of over 550 CD’s. He also loves to write when he has the time. Some of his most interesting experiences traveling include: driving a kid from camp to his father’s movie set in Vancouver, BC, driv-ing across the country with his best friend after his first year of teaching, and spend-ing this past Christmas in the middle of no-where in Mississippi and Wisconsin. He has also lived outside of Portland, Maine, and in Key West, Florida. As for teach-ing, Mr. Reddy says, “it’s challenging, but I enjoy my colleagues, and the kids make me laugh.” And, to his students: he will return your essays as soon as he grades them—promise.

Ready for Mr. Reddy?Kelly TillotsonMane News Staff Writer

New English teacher Michael Reddy.

Nearby Churchill High School was the site of a fight between African-Ameri-can students. The school’s principal was accused of being racially insensi-tive in her response to the incident.

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This year the St. Andrew’s community celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the American Century Oral History Project. The project creates a unique opportunity for students to preserve a certain period or event in history through the views and memories of a person who lived during that time. Students complete the 3-month long project n 11th grade history classes. It be-gins with an intricate interview process, which includes research, a contextualiza-tion paper, and questions for the inter-viewee. Students then complete a final presentation board that is displayed at the

annual Oral History Coffee House. History department head Glenn Whit-man began the project at two previous schools and taught it at St. Andrew’s start-ing in 1987 at the Bradmoor location. Whitman was able to create a more exten-sive project than any other that he knew of at the time. His idea now serves as a model for other schools, including Holy Child. Whitman also wrote Dialogue with the Past, a book that assists teachers across the country who work to incorporate oral history into their curriculums. Whitman explains the importance of oral history in the classroom by describing participating students as “practicing histo-rians, doing real historical work in a rigor-ous environment.” Students are essentially

creating primary historical sources. While the project can seem difficult at first, the final results are worth the effort. According to senior Daniel Khan, who completed the project last year, “I learned the history of someone’s life and I was able to share it with others. I can think of nothing greater than that. I learned things I did not know, and I think through this experience I was able to understand a person and what it was he believed and fought for.” The oral history website currently hosts 100 online projects, which are accessible at doingoralhistory.org. After this year’s junior class finishes its projects, there will be approximately 500 completed proj-

ects at St. Andrew’s, which are currently be-ing kept in the archives of the school’s library. The American Century Oral History Project will become the largest pre-collegiate archived project of its kind in the nation. Whitman hopes that we will be able to have all of the remain-ing projects accessible

on the website soon. The American Century Project makes studying history more interesting and brings various perspectives on certain is-sues. As author and oral historian, Studs Terkel once said, “In their rememberings are their truths.” Everyone remembers different events with their own biases, and the project is a unique opportunity to hear an account of a particular time period that cannot be found in a textbook. After ten years, Whitman is very happy with the evolution of the project and said that “it is the closest approximation to what a his-torian does that a student here will ever experience.”

Oral History Project Turns TenBy Laura WitowskyMane News Staff Writer

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After playing “I Could Have Lied,” the Chili Peppers belted out the 1991 clas-sic “Give it Away,” with everyone in the Verizon Center singing along. After the song was over, Kiedis once again thanked everyone for coming as he left the stage for good. However, the show was not over, as John Frusciante, Chad Smith, and Flea stayed on and left the crowd with a 15 minute ending jam that nobody in at-tendance will soon forget. This was my third Chili Peppers ex-perience, and it was by far the best. The set list was perfect for the show, and the singing by Kiedis was top notch, which sometimes isn’t the case. The most ex-citing part of the night, however, was guitarist John Frusciante. Not only was his playing incredible as usual, but his de-meanor was less than expected. Usually a more relaxed and laid back person while playing, he left the crowd with their jaws dropped as he swung his guitar and danced around like a madman on stage. The Red Hot Chili Peppers delivered a spectacular show, and there was nothing that occurred that could have given a lesser rating than 10/10.

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ing the community a sense of dignity and honesty,” said Barber. “The youth name the issues they want to explore, work through improvisation workshops, and then present the musical plays to their community always for feedback and dis-cussion.” Barber then decided to express the AIDS crisis through his play “Won’t Happen to Me”. Other plays articulate problems with domestic violence, chang-ing gender roles, and the newest play on “real change” (how and why one should make a change). These plays are written collaboratively by Barber and the youths in the Bokamoso program. Bokamoso brings passionate song and dance to our community while they visit, which usually portrays the black struggle in South Africa. “One song they will be bringing this trip is called ‘Shosholoza’,” said Barber. “Shosholoza” was origi-nally sung in the mines after the workers would have short visits with their fami-lies, and ultimately was “transformed into a song of struggle…and the words and sounds can be translated: ‘The freedom of the people is like a moving train that no one can stop.’ Listen to them sing, you will believe them.”

Bokamoso Youth Group Visits

with St. Andrew’s and to perform musi-cal plays around the D.C. area (as a means of fundraising for their education). This exchange, started by Barber, is in its fifth year, while he has been working with the group for a total of seven years. The name “Bokamoso” means “future” in Tswana, and the pro-gram is a part of the Pretoria An-glican Diocese’s Tumelong out-reach program in Winterveldt. “It became a very popular program and a place to rebuild hope and re-build family,” said Barber. “It was a sense of home.” However, it has not always been this way.Barber described the first year of his relationship with the Bokamoso in South Africa as “confusing”—students would frequently skip rehearsal, and Barber would have no idea why. He quickly found out that this absenteeism was due to the fact that most of the students in the group faced extreme poverty, hunger, and other adversities that would prevent them from attending rehearsal. Now, Barber said, “I understand it much better. It is a very serious and popular program.” Winterveldt is a destitute town, where most people live in crowded shacks with-

out running water or electricity. HIV/AIDS affects approximately one out of three residents, teen pregnancy is increas-ingly common, and crime and unemploy-ment rates are extremely high.

An orga-nization called Theatre for Development commissioned Barber to write musical plays for the Bokamoso group to perform. The purpose of these plays is to articu-late problems and crises within conflicted communities like Winterveldt. It is “giv-

Modern European History class will be removed from the curriculum next year as a new World History class is introduced. Although the class’s syllabus has not yet been finalized, history teacher Amanda Freeman said that this new class, which will be required for freshmen, will prob-ably focus on the study of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East with an eye towards “modern history, culture, and current events.” While the current European His-tory course began with the Italian Renais-

sance, the new course will begin in a more contemporary time period. Freeman says that the class will probably start right be-fore the period of European Imperialism and the Chinese Opium Wars, around 1840. She emphasized the importance of learn-ing how to analyze current events and link them to the material being studied, which is not a component of the existing class but will be added to the new one, as this is done very often in other history cours-

es. Though the school is not developing a replacement for the European class, the 10th and 11th grade history classes will be a fusion of US and European history, as the two are so closely intertwined. Mr. Glenn Whitman, history department chair, says this format will leave students “better prepared for the world they will inherit.” A new visual art class, Digital Media as Fine Art and Design, will also begin next year. The course description for the class, written by Visual Arts department chair

Lauren Cook, says that the class will, “provide students with an overview of the three major formats of digital media: still im-agery (including digital drawing & painting, photogra-phy, and scanning), video imagery, and interactive web-based imagery.” The course will involve a collab-orative effort be-tween many of the different mediums

of art already offered. Cook says that the class will explore the pressure in digital art brought on by tech-nological advances. As a new class, Cook says that the teachers will learn along with the students, and they will survey the class for constructive feedback so that the course can be further developed. In addition, other departments will also be introducing new courses which will be unveiled in the course de-scription booklet.

New Courses Arrive

Freshmen studiously preparing for new courses.

Opening arts ceremony.

“The American Century Oral History Project will become the largest pre-col-legiate archived project of its kind in the nation.”

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15. Wolf Creek This Hostel-esque horror flick takes place in the Australian outback. The story follows a bunch of col-lege students being chased by a psy-chotic Australian killer.14. Cannibal: The Musical The maker of “South Park” and “Team America”, Trey Parker, directs and stars in this musical about cannibalism in the 1800’s. 13. The Great Raid The Thin Red Line and Hart’s War com-bine in this WWII movie, about a daring raid on prisoner of war camp.12. EquilibriumThe new batman, Christian Bale, stars in a movie set in an alternate universe. He plays a Government agent whose mis-sion is to enforce a drug that is ridding the world of emotions. The fast action and in-sane gun fights make it almost as good as The Matrix.11. Miyazaki FilmsI hate Manga, but the Japanese director, Miyazaki redefines animated movies. I recommend you see all of his films in-cluding: Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Princess Mononoke.10. Pulse (The Japanese version) Now that the awful American version has been released, no one will try to see

the amazingly scary Japanese version. This movie will make you sleep with the lights on for the rest of the year. It fol-lows a bunch of Japanese students being haunted and possessed by a deceased friend through electronic devices. 9. Jarhead People have been saying awful things about this movie because it doesn’t have any battle scenes, but it was not meant to be an action movie. It was actually sup-posed to be a war-time drama and dark comedy. Now go take what you now know and watch it again.

8. Donnie Darko This strange but good comedy follows a high school student (Jake Gyllenhaal) who receives apocalyptic news from a demonic rabbit (don’t ask. Just watch it). 7. Seven This is a bizarre crime thriller, starring Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, and Brad Pitt. It is about a serial killer who kills his victims in the same way they vio-lated the seven deadly sins. 6. Running Scared Paul walker stars as a mobster who is on a mission to get rid of a gun used in the killing of a police officer. After one of his sons’ friends steals the gun, he searches all over L.A. trying to get it back.5. Layer Cake The new James Bond, Daniel Craig,

The Top 15 Most Underrated Movies Charlie GillMane News Staff Writer stars as a mob-

ster in this grit-ty British crime drama. Craig must please his new boss, save his girlfriend and try to find a mysterious cus-tomer known as the “dragon”, all at the same time.4. Broken Lizard’s Club Dread The Broken Lizard comedy troupe returns with this spoof of slasher mov-ies. A group of vacationers goes to an is-land to find that their friends are getting “slashed” one by one by the “slasher.”3. After The Sunset This is an action movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Selma Hayek. They play as two diamond thieves who come out of retirement to pull of one last heist.2. The Thin Red Line A huge cast of actors come together in this epic WWII flick about the land-ings at Guadalcanal. Adrian Brody, Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney, and John Cusack star as soldiers trying to fight off the Japanese.1. Into The Blue The number one most underrated mov-ie is about two innocent people who get tangled up in a web of drug-runners in the Bahamas. Brutal fight scenes, a great story, and amazing underwater photogra-phy make this one a must-see.

This spring, the St. Andrew’s com-munity is coordinating efforts to support GOT ART, an organization formed to raise funds and awareness for research on Bipolar Disorder. It was founded by Kerry Malawista and Alan Heilbron in memory of their daughter Sarah Malawis-ta, who suffered from Bipolar disorder. The organization’s goal is to collect

art from local schools that will be dis-played in a mobile art gallery which will be created in a renovated school bus. This idea was originally formulated by Sarah Malawista, with her target population to be underprivileged youth and inner city art programs. Sarah was a young, talented artist who was awarded the Scholastic Art Award and the Gold Key Award for writing. Jean Diamond, one of her art teach-ers when she attended Walt Whitman High School, said, “She could draw like you wouldn’t believe.” In 2004 Sarah was diagnosed as suffering from Bipo-lar Disorder. In June of 2006 she gradu-ated from the Edmund Burke School. In spite of the dedication of Sarah’s family and friends, last August, 11 days before her 18th Birthday, Sarah commit-ted suicide. In her memory, her mother, Kerry Malawista, and her stepfather Alan Heilbron, decided to go ahead with the establishment of GOT ART. How-ever, they changed the target and goal of the idea to benefit research for and raising awareness of Bipolar Disorder.

Got Art?Alexandra Lis-PerlisMane News Staff Writer

Dispatch Aiding ZimbabweChas DuvallMane News Co-Editor in Chief

On July 31, 2004, Dispatch, the famed rock and reggae band played their last reported last concert ever. This concert, titled The Last Dispatch took place at the famous Boston venue, The Hatch Shell. The concert attracted over 110,000 die-hard fans all of which were sad to see the band depart with their final concert. However the band has recently announced that they will be get-ting back together for a three day music festival to be held at Madi-son Square Garden in New York City. The concert will take place over July 13th, 14th and 15th of this upcoming summer. Although this may seem to be just any old reunion concert, it is just about the opposite. Unlike most bands who use reunion concerts to make money and gain more publicity for the band, Dispatch is using the concert to raise money for the ever growing economic struggle in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a country that is stricken by poverty, with over 85% of the people un-employed, and 90% of the people below the poverty line. Aside from the economic

struggle, Zimbabwe is undergoing a seri-ous AIDS epidemic that also plagues the majority of Africa. Today, one in four citi-zens of Zimbabwe is infected with the ep-idemic. Aside from all proceeds going to Zimbabwe, on the night of the 14th, Rock for a Remedy will put on a can food drive, with proceeds going to underprivileged families in the NYC area. Tickets were first released via a MySpace

presale on January 12th at 12:00 pm, and at that time the only announced show was the July 14th date. However these tickets sold out with in an hour, prompting a sec-ond show (July 13th). Immediately after the second show was announced, tickets were also sold like wild fire, and once again the concert was sold out. The band then announced a third show (July 15th), and these tickets were released on January 20th, and now are sold out. The show will absolutely be a terrific time, and it will all be for a great cause. Will this truly be the last Dispatch? Who knows.

The Advice ColumnDear LovinSpirit and RealityChk, I am practically in a relationship with a boy in my grade. We have been friends for a long time, but have just started to have romantic feelings for each other. I under-stand he is a busy and social guy, but it is hard to find him during the day and he does not seem to make an effort to see me. I feel too awkward saying anything, be-cause he is not my boyfriend yet. I am a pretty laid back gal, but this is starting to get to me. I question wanting to be with this boy at all. I don’t want to ruin anything by making a big deal about it. What should I do? - Confused and Used

Confused and Used, I think this boy is just adjusting to the new life of couple-dom. If you are a little more affectionate towards him, he will be more willing to give you the attention you deserve. Also remember to give the relationship time.

You will start to hang out more on week-ends which will lead to more time spent together in school. I guarantee that within a few weeks, you will be one of those annoying couples that kisses and holds hands in the hall and basically drives ev-eryone crazy with your cuteness. I under-stand that starting a relationship can be stressful but you will be comfortable in no time.—LovinSpirit

Confused and Used, I hate to break it to you, but you are not really in a relation-ship with this guy, not even close. My bet is he needed a date to winter formal.

He probably thinks you are still friends and that is why he is not treating you in a special way. It is all in your head. Don’t be the fool in this scenario, move on and meet new guys. Maybe once you start seeing other boys, he will get jealous and actually like you.—RealityChk

Dear LovinSpirit and RealityChk, HELP ME!!! I fear for my life!! I have a crazy girlfriend who will never leave me alone! I am in way too deep to break up with her. She calls all of the time, comes by my house without asking and even ap-plied early decision to the college I’m go-ing to. She says she wants to marry me and we are only 17. I feel bad breaking up with her, because I’m afraid of what she will do. I am also losing my friends, be-cause I spend all of my time with her. The worst part is that she does not realize how crazy she is acting. She did not used to be like this and her crazy behavior is what drove me away from her. I don’t know how to get out of this.—Scaredy Cat

Scaredy Cat, I think that you have put too much into your relationship to end it like that. You two used to be close, and now you owe it to her to talk to her about this. If she loves you as much as you say, she will take it down a notch to make you happy. Also, try to invite her friends to hang out with yours. That way you too

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the Mane News6 February 6, 2007 Style the Mane News

This year’s spring designers focused on three major themes: futurism, roman-ticism, and ath-leticism. Though many of the designs are not practical, (unless you’re planning a trip to the moon or the wilder-ness) the trends can be added into almost any woman’s ward-robe. Typically, designer collec-tions focus on a select kind of wom-an. Last season, most of the clothes were made for a harder, darker woman with a bit of a rock n’ roll edge, but this season designers cater to a larger audience. The sixties have been a major influence for the past few seasons, but this season designers took the mod inspiration and enhanced it. The sparkle of metallic silver and some gold glinted from almost every runway. At Dolce and Gabbana, models strolled down the runway in bondage-inspired

chrome armor. At Fendi, there were sil-very shift dresses that belonged in an epi-sode of The Jetsons. Pucci and Burberry

also showed sixties inspired coats and dresses in metallic shades. At Balenciaga, each girl was clad in tight, mechanical leggings which were made of aluminum and steel. However, this was all over-shadowed by the performance at Hussein Chalayan where futurism was taken to the next level. Mod-els stood still while the dresses they were wearing changed shape! Hems rose, sleeves unfurled, and large brimmed hats contracted into scull caps. Other designers were more subtle with this theme, such as Marc Jacobs, who pared metal-lic items with softer, more roman-tic ones. Those de-signers who chose not to make women

look like robots went for soft roman-tic layers and flow-ers. Marc Jacobs designed layered, gauzy apparel both for his own collec-tion and Louie Vuit-ton. Girls sporting LV resembled Little Bo Peep in flow-ery headbands and

ruffled skirts. Ja-cobs’ creations, while sweetly feminine, were ragged with a sense of decay. For his own collection he showed Arabian style flowing pants paired with drop-waist tops. Another big trend was adorn-ing dresses and

shirts with 3-D roses. Alexander

McQueen went wild with Victorian style dresses stuffed with thousands of dried flowers. At Dior, broad shouldered suits

were embellished with mossy accents. Like Marc Jacobs, many other designers looked to the distant past to give a more ro-mantic feel. The Dior girls had bowl hair cuts like Joan of Arc and at Roberto Cavalli much of the collection was inspired by flamenco dresses and bull fighting costumes. The current roomy floral garb is a big shift from the bulky knit layers and scratchy black of the fall and winter collections.

Fashion Your FutureCallen BrennerMane News Style Editor

Carousel PreviewWilliam WhiteMane News News Editor

It is 3:30PM after school and the cast of Carousel, this year’s winter musical, slowly trickles into the chapel. Greeted by the pungent aroma of The Middle School wrestling team that lingers from eighth period, they warm up: “Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yel-low leather…” Soon, they begin running scenes, and practicing lines that must be memorized before the show opens on February 23.

Scenes progress slowly as the actors be-come used to their lines and movements and Mr. Ritchie Porter, the director, gives them “notes” on how the acting could be fine tuned. Meanwhile, in the orchestra room, the stage band is warming up and practicing their numbers. On the stage, student set

designers Sarah Danly and Thea Klein-Mayer work to put the final touches on the

plans, as the tech crew will soon begin building. Carousel revolves around the misguided love affair be-tween Billy Bigelow (Tim Rogan) and Julie Jordan (Marisa Rheem). While Carrie Pipperidge and the nerdy Enoch Snow have a seemingly perfect relation-ship, Billy and Julie face

trouble. When Julie becomes pregnant, unemployed Billy makes bad choices and puts his life and livelihood in jeopardy. Come see the show! Though all of the pieces of Carousel will not fall into place until the fabled “hell week” before the show, everyone—from the cast, crew and orchestra to the costume moms—is already working hard to make it a success. Carousel will be performed in MacDon-ald Hall Friday February 23 at 7:30pm, Saturday February 24 at 2:00 and 7:30pm, and Sunday February 25 at 3:00pm.

With shows like Rob and Big and The Duel coming to an end this winter season, the birth, and continuation, of other new and famous MTV television shows are taking over. Monday and Tuesday nights are new and a little bit interesting on MTV for the next few months. Mon-day night kicks off the long school week with a bang. At nine o’ clock there are two back to back ep-isodes of My Super Sweet Sixteen. For those of you who did not get your fill of rich boys and girls complaining that their party wasn’t going their way for the first three seasons, now’s your chance. Next, at ten, is season two of The Hills, staring Laguna Beach’s very own Lauren Conrad, otherwise known as “LC.” LC is starting off the season with a breakup from boy-

friend Jason and a tough time at the Teen Vogue office. In a recent interview about the show, LC claims that in this season “relationships are tested,” especially be-

tween her and her best friend Heidi. Af-ter the drama of The Hills, you can cool down by watching Jennifer Lopez’s new production Dance Life, a show about six young dancers trying to make it big in the industry.

Tuesday nights are a little less dramatic and more athletic. Road Rules is finally coming back, so if you missed watching everyday people perform more than everyday ac-tivities and put their en-durance to the test, you should grab a seat on the couch at nine o’ clock.

Following Road Rules is a new show enti-tled Bam’s Unholy Union, staring Jackass and Viva La Bam star, Bam Margera. In this show, Bam and his new f i a n c é e publicly d i s p l a y the hard-ships of planning a wed-ding. After you have a few laughs, you can enjoy the second season of Two- A- Days, a show about one of the best high school football teams in America. All these shows are something to get excited about, so if, and when, you need a break from a night of homework, take a seat in front of your television and enjoy all new Monday and Tuesday nights with MTV.

This Season’s MTV ShowsHayley MacKiernanMane News Staff Writer

Vogue’s Best Dressed of

2006 When glances over “the originals” of the 2006 fashion world, Hamish Bowles, a writer for Vogue magazine, chose an eclectic group of young women who are making an impact on fashion and serv-ing as an inspiration to all. Bowles began with actress Camilla Belle. Belle who has been described as “a young Elizabeth Taylor” is beautiful, sensual, and true to her Brazilian roots. Belle has said that she “loves to mix native jewelry from Mexico with diamonds.” She often finds her fa-vorite pieces in places such as Amazonian Brazil and Namibia. Belle stated, “I vear towards simplicity so the dress isn’t wear-ing me!” Belle believes that with all style, self-confidence is the key to any success-ful outfit. The next fashion icon designer Ra-chel Roy agrees with Belle. Roy stated, “If you have to rely on the dress to make you sexy, you are never going to be sexy.” Roy believes it is the woman lying be-neath the clothes that draws eyes to one’s attire. If your self-confidence does not shine through your outfit, others will not notice you. When describing her style, Roy stated, “I get dressed with the goal of wanting to look refined and sophisticat-ed, but I don’t want to look unapproach-able!” Fashion is about expressing your-

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Senior Emily Weiss practices her role as Mrs. Mullin

Jacob Baron and Tim Rogan rehearse together thier roles as Jigger and Billy Bigelow respectivly.

Balenciaga

Burberry

Alexander McQueen

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Bright Arts Shining Through the Dark Winter

Bokamoso Youth Brings Music and Dance From South Africa

Art Show Opening in Kreeger Gallery: A Celebration of South African Art and Culture

Woman WalkingRas Kawma, Jr.

Spaza Art Gallery

Young Nelson MandelaBongani

Cape Town SkylineSpaza Art Gallery

8th Grade Artists

J’burg Market IRas Kewma, Jr.

Zebra HeadSpaza Art Gallery

J’burg Market IIRas Kewman, Jr.

DancerTyrrell Thyssen

Jazz City IIIDiana Page

“The Bokamoso Youth Theater was created to empower youth to speak with courage and clarity through art to their desperately poor town-ship named Winterveldt, 40 kilometres north of Pretoria, South Africa.The Bokamoso (means “Future” in Tswana) Center was created to coun-ter the crime and despair destroying their community where schools are overcrowded and inadequate, there is 60% unemployment and a 25% HIV infection rate.It is a part of the Pretoria Anglican Diocese’s Tumelong out-reach program.”

“Come out to St. Andrew’s to see outstanding work from artists of South Africa, in Kreeger Gallery. This exhibit, the fifth in the Roshan Cultural Heritage Series, is a natural for St. Andrew’s, which has a longstanding relationship with several groups and communities in South Africa.”

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St. Andrew’s is relatively quiet in the morning, with birds sitting innocently in the trees and cars of all varieties pulling silently into the circle. Stepping out of their sedans or SUV’s, the students mum-ble good-byes with a Starbucks coffee in one hand, homework in another, and a backpack slung over their shoulder. The parents wave after them, anxiously wait-ing for their child to enter the building, so they may fi nally drive off without worry. All in all, it is rather peaceful until one makes the journey to the English hallway

on the second fl oor. The hallway itself is nothing special, the fl oors are no cleaner, the walls are no whiter, the billboards just as lackluster as any others. Howev-er, this hallway belongs to the freshmen. Like the tolling of a deep bell, the sound starts out soft, and gradually cre-scendos into a thunderous, gargantuan

wave of noise that envelops and con-sumes the ears. The sound, unfortunate-ly, is nowhere near as pleasant as a bell. The noise is composed of harsh shouts, raucous laughter, and the jumbled up cacophony of dozens of individual con-versations, with what may be equiva-lent to the din of a “The Who” concert. The only repose from this all-con-suming racket is the classrooms on ei-ther sides of the hall. There is also the writing center, which interestingly enough, has a door about three inch-es thick. Aside from the sound, there are physical obstacles that banish any

thought of safe passage across the hall. The obstacles are none other then the legs of the freshmen class, splayed out into the middle of the hall to create an im-passable labyrinth of Uggs, Timberlands, and Rainbows; khaki pants, skirts, and knee caps. Most freshmen have grown ac-customed to the intricate maze, and have

little to no trouble navigating the hallway. Of course, for teachers, this presents a particular problem. English teachers show up every morning, the majority before any students do, so they settle down into their offi ces, grading quizzes, and mentally preparing themselves for the day ahead. When they exit their offi ce, however, they are horrifi ed to fi nd themselves trapped in an endless sea of humanity, and often re-sort to hopping, skipping, or vaulting over the students to make it through unscathed. On occasion, some will break down and start yelling, which, although effective, puts them in a bad mood for the rest of

the day. And thus, here it is, the facts e x p l a i n i n g what makes the fresh-men hallway s o m e t h i n g of a rock concert and treacherous tangle of hu-manity all at the same time. But why does this even matter? Why write about this hallway? As stated be-fore, the hall-way on its own is noth-ing special. Is it not obvi-

ous… the freshmen! What makes the

hallway unique are the people who in-habit it, who have made an ordinary hallway something distinct enough to write about, and have taken something ordinary and made it extraordinary. And while admittedly corny sounding, they’re really the only ones who have made some part of the school their own.

The Crowded Freshman HallwayJoey GottliebMane News Staff Writer

History has proven that kids make mis-takes. Many kids who have made mistakes suffer by being suspended from their re-spective schools. Suspension from school is a denial of a student’s privilege to attend school and school activities for a specifi ed period of time. How could anyone in their right mind view suspending a student as a just punishment for any infraction. Expul-sion is a different matter. If the situation is serious enough that the child should be expelled, then that is the right plan

of action, h o w e v e r , a n y t h i n g less should not result in suspension. When kids are s u s p e n d -ed from school, not only are

they hurt academically, but their reputation is also damaged. While being suspended for just a week, students can miss many things in their classes which makes it extremely diffi cult to catch up. Why is the main dis-ciplinary action that a school takes one that prevents students from learning, and also makes it nearly impossible to com-pletely catch up? Students do not learn from being sus-pended; they only develop a fervent hatred for their school and increase the tension between students and faculty. Education specialist Reece Peterson says, “There are many constructive alternatives to suspension, each specifi cally targeting a problem and helping the child overcome it.” One of the most important factors of a good school are the relationships that the students have with their teachers and suspending a kid jeopardizes this relation-ship, which is another subsequent punish-ment.

Sam GoldenbergMane News Staff Writer

Suspension: Not a Good Punishment?

AP European history has been a course that many students want to take. But is it being offered already? In short, the answer is yes. Five mem-bers of the freshman class are currently preparing for an AP European history exam for college credit. Although there is no formal class being offered, a select few ninth graders have been given the op-tion of taking the exam. Anyone who wants to take the exam can take it, although students of older ages are not offered the exam and must show their own interest in it in order to take part. While there are no exact requirements to take the exam, there are a few prereq-uisites. “The candidate must be capable of 11th grade work,” says Mrs. Amanda Freeman, one of the two teachers of fresh-man European history. Freeman simply defi nes the difference between freshman and junior workloads as “large.” As a freshman with a junior brother, I can at-test that he spends roughly three times as

AP Euro: Is MTAR Being Upheld?much time on homework as I do. Mrs. Joanne Beach, Head of the Upper School, says that the teachers look for students who are capable of preparing and studying for long stretches of time on their own. In order to choose which students will be offered the exam, the European his-tory teachers (Freeman and Dr. Liz We-ber) create a list of possible candidates for the exam. Then they meet with Beach and Mr. John Holden, who look over the grades of the candidates and decide who will be offered the course. This whole process begs the question: Why hasn’t the exam simply been opened up as an option to all willing and capa-ble freshmen? Freeman has an answer. “What we’re fi nding with European histo-ry is that it is a very challenging course for most people,” She says, “We don’t want to overpressure our students.” Beach also says that there is “no need” to open up the option to everyone. She adds, “There’s no use taking the exam if you aren’t pre-pared.” As a freshman with consistent A’s in history, I am somewhat disappointed at

not being chosen as one of the elite few to be offered the exam. Freeman explains that, “In order to take the exam, you really need a passion for history.” Beach believes that in order to succeed on the exam, one needs the drive to do hours of extra work. This is why many successful history students were not offered the exam. So if people are taking the AP Euro exam anyway, why isn’t there a class for it? Freeman says that there is a possibility of it in the future. The Upper School history curriculum is being totally revamped next year for the upcoming freshmen, replacing European with world history. Freeman says that “with the changing curriculum, there is a possibility that senior electives will be changed.” Beach disagrees with this, and states that, “while there is always the possibility of a class being created, it is not currently being talked about.” She also mentions that with all the numerous AP courses offered at St. Andrew’s, the administration does not want to overload their students with work. The ultimate question that comes up

Steve WhiteMane News Staff Writer

from all this discussion is; If St. Andrew’s is a school about “More Than Academic Rigor,” why are freshman taking AP ex-ams that are usually reserved for upper-classmen? Holden, the Assistant Head-master, thinks that the students may be pressured too much by the exam. Free-man believes that although it is a lot of work, she thinks it can be an exciting op-portunity. “St. Andrew’s is good at deal-ing with the whole spectrum of learners. We can push our successful ones and carry along struggling learners,” she says. Beach says that, “We feel that we have to put some things out there so that they are there to take advantage of.” I am of the opinion that St. Andrew’s should simply create a standard AP Euro course rather than offering it to a small group. From my experience, it is easier to learn from a class than on one’s own. When European history is moved out of the freshman history curriculum next year, the option of taking the exam will cease, and the school’s policy will then be more equitable.

Cartoon by David Dunn.

OPINION the Mane News February 6, 2007 9OPINION

Sam is a Democrat. Matthew is a moder-ate Republican.

On January 10, 2007, President Bush an-nounced that he would be sending around 24,000 more troops to Iraq. 20,000 would go to Baghdad and 4,000 to the western Anbar province.

Sam Cooper-Wall: President Bush’s speech on January 10th harkened back to another time. On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Vietnam War had reached a similar situation. Like Bush, he too made a speech to the nation in primetime. However there is one key difference: Both men were stubborn Tex-ans, but Johnson knew when to quit. He announced his retirement from politics and his decision to seek peace with the North Vietnamese. If only our current president could have acted similarly. In addition, the North Vietnamese also took to guerilla warfare as Al Qaeda does to-day. We cannot continue burning bridges, instead it is time to work to make peace with Al Qaeda.

Matthew Vaveris: Guerilla fi ghters are not invincible. In many cases, such as both Battles for Fallujah, we routed the insurgency. The main problem is the violence between Sunni, Shiite, and the

Kurds. Iraq is not a military defeat. It is a failure of this Administration to outline specifi c objectives, understand the culture of the Middle East, plan for the recon-struction, and exit Iraq.

SC: I completely agree with you on the fact that the Bush Administration has ut-terly failed to give the American people a timeline and a plan for success, or at least withdraw troops from Iraq. However,

Prime Minister Al-Maliki does not have the forces to quell the Sunni-Shiite fi ght-ing because he lacks the amount of trained troops to do so. Guns are useless without bullets, just as the Iraqi government has not been supplied with the muscle to hin-

der these violent attacks.

MV: Certainly not alone. They have around 129,000 soldiers, and that number is growing. But, it is defi -nitely not enough. They defi nitely need us. The President needs to make it clear that if the Iraqi’s want our continued support, they need to crack down on the militias. In his speech last night, President Bush said that Al-Maliki would “lose the support of the American people.” I thought he was being too weak on that issue. He did say that Iraqi and U.S. troops have the green light to go into any neighborhood and clear it out. If that is true, then the extra troops would be a big help in securing those areas.

SC: The insurgency will never fully go away no matter how many troops we send to Iraq. Also, our presence in

Iraq is not only hurting the Iraqis, but also ourselves and the standing of America in the world. There have yet to be very high casualties in a short period of time, but

Matthew Vaveris and Sam Cooper-WallMane News Staff Writers

Iraq: Is More Better?Opinions From a Democrat and a Moderate Republican

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Gabe Elsworth and Lexi HaywoodMane News Staff Writers For those of you who do not know, The Red Onion is a satire written by two seniors, Gabe Ellsworth and Lexi Heywood. Each issue you will fi nd The Red Onion right here in the opinion sec-tion. This article is not meant to offend anyone, nor is it meant to make fun of anyone. This article is a take off of the hit website, www.theonion.com. So for your personal enjoyment, here it is...

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Greetings, prospective St. Andrew’s student! We are Lexi Heywood and Gabe Ellsworth (proud members of THE CLASS OF ’07), and on this part of the tour we’re going to show you the St. Andrew’s science program! Take a look into the Physics Lab here. This is Mr. Sinclair, who has been teaching physics here at St. Andrew’s for the last 13.7 billion years (how else do you think he can explain everything related to science?). Now, St. Andrew’s has always instruct-ed its students in the ways of non-vio-lent interaction. See how this philosophy plays out in the classroom? Mr. Sinclair

says, “There are barbarians, even physics barbar-ians, who say that this equation is the Work-En-ergy Theorem. It is your duty to go out into the world, track them down, and eliminate them … in a peaceful manner. The real Work-Energy Theorum is a pow-erful bomb. It’s like going dragon-hunt-ing with nuclear weapons. You will win.” Let’s go across the hall to the Life Science room. Here is Mr. Dut Brown’s 7th grade course … truly a rite of passage for St. Andrew’s stu-dents. Duck! Incoming sheep brains! Now here’s Dr. Koulov in the Earth Science room next door. Don’t be frightened off by his accent … the Cold War is over (he got the memo). Now on to the Chemistry Lab. Here we have another teacher with an accent: Dr. Kelleher. Oh, wait. He’s fi nishing up his tea and crumpets. We’ll catch up with him lat-er. Mrs. Walsh is here, though. Stay happy!

Music piracy has spread like wildfi re over the internet. Ever since the MP3 compression format was made available, millions of songs have been distributed on peer-to-peer programs such as Napster, Limewire, and BitTorrent. According to a survey about internet use conducted by St. Andrew’s librarian Anne Macdonell, 32% of the students ranked downloading music as “very important.” In a separate survey conducted by the Mane News, a large majority of those in-terviewed said they currently download music without paying for it, or have done so in the past. Very few said they never download music without paying for it. All songs cost just 99 cents at the iTunes Music Store. How come people, especial-ly people who go to St. Andrew’s, most of whom can fork over the money for high speed internet connections, use it to steal music? Do people no longer think music should be paid for? Senior John Taylor said, “I don’t think it’s that they don’t think they should pay but because it is so easy to get the mu-sic for free and there are really no conse-quences… because the likelihood of get-ting caught is so low, they get the songs illegally.” The Recording Industry As-sociation of America (RIAA) has sued hundreds of providers of music since Sep-tember 2003. Even with all these lawsuits against pirates, an article on Yahoo News cited that BitTorrent, the latest client for sharing media, accounts for 35% of all internet traffi c. Clearly the prospect of court cases, which have quickly derailed college-aged students’ plans for life, will not stop piracy among students.

Some are able to rationalize not paying for some types of music. Senior Joe Pe-terson said, “The thing is these artists are making so much money on contracts with radio stations and MTV and who knows what. If I download one song that I could care less [about], I don’t think it’s wrong.” The idea here is that the superstars don’t need the money, so pirates say that it’s ok to steal in this case because it won’t hurt the artist fi nancially. What about the other artists, the ones whose albums don’t automatically go platinum? Bands who are playing at their best levels ever, but who just can’t seem to get a break? How do we St. Andrew’s students support them? By downloading their songs, of course! “I do not really have a problem with it, though sometimes I feel a little bad if I am pirating music by a band that really needs the money. I know a lot of people that feel that way but still pirate anyway,” said sophomore Ryan Banner. All of the students interviewed who do not currently pirate music admitted that one of the main reasons they do not is due to the dangers paired with downloading anything off the internet: Spyware and viruses. Junior Abbey Wallace said that she buys her music, but copies a lot of her friend’s music, some of which is pirated. When asked why he did not pirate music, junior Colin Gray said, “Mainly because it’s not fair - one of my guitar teachers told me once ‘if you don’t buy it, it’ll go away’ and I think that’s prob-ably true.” Gray, a musician himself, said people should realize that artists will stop producing albums if people keep illegally downloading rather than buying them. Artists do not usually make much mon-

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ey off of CD sales. Generally the record companies and then song owners receive the most money. Artists have to tour to recover recording costs. Gray pointed out that artists sometimes lose money on tour if they don’t sell enough tickets. Buying merchandise or tickets or CDs from the artist’s website is much better for the art-ist. So, some think that downloading is a way to save money that can be used to really support the artist, by buying either a tee-shirt or a concert ticket. But does anyone think that taking some-

thing without paying is stealing? Not one person interviewed said stealing music online was “wrong.” Some said that it just wasn’t practical, however. “I have a ton of money in my iTunes account, so there’s no need. And the music I would be getting illegally would probably be bad quality,” said freshman Elliott Silverman. One important thing to remember is that, according to Ryan, “Music piracy is not only rampant at SAES, but across the world.”

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Results from AP US History Poll

a = strongly agree c = no opinion/undecided e = strongly disagree1. I support America’s involvement in Iraq.2. I believe more troops will stabilize Iraq.

3. I would support additional troop increases in the future.4. The recent changes in leadership will make a positive difference in the

United States’ policy.

the Mane News10 February 6, 2007 OPINION the Mane News

Despite the obvious difficulty of having to wake up early during my summer vaca-tion, I can say that it has been a great and

interesting week. As many of you know, for this past week I’ve been attending St. An-drew’s as a visitor. I decided to come after the idea was suggested by a St. Andrew’s family that I was friends with when I lived in Maryland (2000-2003). I thought it’d be interesting to learn how an American private school felt like. However, I obvi-ously had a few worries and fears. The staff at the main office were very open and comprehensive, so I got in easily enough. When I first stepped into the school, I was at first afraid of being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of new people, as had happened when I visited Wootton High School. However, as I soon found out, St. Andrew’s is a much more personal school, partly because of the smaller classes, which are similar to my school in Chile. Also, it’s hard to explain, but I feel that the students themselves have been much more open and personal. I have been able

Diego SalvatierraSpecial to the Mane News

From Chile to MarylandAn Exchange Student’s Point of View

to share my experiences much better than I could at a 2000 student public school. For this valuable experience, I would like to thank the teachers, who received me with open arms into their classes and

showed an active interest in my culture. They also managed to make their classes surprisingly interesting, giving me a good impression of the academic standard. I learned a lot about how an American private school works, although there are some sharply contrasting details. In some ways, it’s not too different from my British private school in Chile: showing that across continents, we are not so different after all. I also want to thank the students, who received me extremely well. They were the ones who made a space for me at lunch, sat next to me at class, and were not afraid to ask questions about life in Chile. I felt nearly immediately at home, made friends, talked a lot, shared experiences, and I just felt like a part of the group. I’m sure that one week is not nearly enough time to know the people as much as I’d like to, but I still believe it was worth waking up early in summer.

Iraq Debate: Is the Surge Good? Continued from page 9.

Diego and with a junior AP English class.

self through your clothes and accessories, not to scare off others, forcing them to perceive that you are a little too stuck on yourself. It is important to carry yourself well and therefore portray yourself well to those around you. Roy made a predic-tion that for the spring of 2007, the major focus color will be butter yellow, soft but bold. Roy, like many women, likes to “mix things up” with boldly colors. The next woman of this fashion list is interior designer Alexia Kondylis, another fan of bold colors. Kondylis likes “strong colors like purple and elec-tric red. You can be more risky with color because the form is so simple,” Kondylis stated.

But Kondylis is not the only firm believer in simplicity. Ivanka Trump is more of a “minimalist” so she says. Although Trump is said to have in-herited her mother’s “sense of invention and fearlessness in color,” she is more conservative in her outfit choices. Trump does not “wear things that are to busy.” Many find these clothing items to be too distracting. In one word, Trump’s styled

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is chic, and in other words, Trump is femi-nine in her simplicity. Another admirer of feminine style is model Natalia Vodianova. Vodianova’s style is “feminine, playful but still ele-gant.” She claims, “I love jewelry and col-or. But I can also be tomboyish and much more messy and relaxed.” She has a dra-

matic style, but also finds herself wear-ing rock-show tee-shirts from bands such as The Doors and The Rolling Stones. Vodianova stated, “You feel the energy of the sixties and seventies [when you wear them].” Not all women who appreciate fashion appear to be so from the out-side. Professional tennis player Maria Sharapova is one of these women. “I love dresses,”

Sharapova stated, “and certain design-ers just fit perfectly on your body.” It is important to keep in mind to search for a sense of styles that fits your body and per-sonality, not one that fits in with everyone else. These women are not afraid to do that, and for these they are some of Vogue’s top female fashion icons of 2006.

scratchy black of the fall and winter col-lections. Other designers experimented with ath-letic wear and techno sport fabric. Lanvin produced jump suits and sporty dresses from parachute fabric, while Mari cre-ated billowing tops and coats from mesh and paired them with sophisticated biker

Fashion Your Futureshorts. At Chanel, there were sequin hot pants and tennis dresses. Many design-ers also showed anorak jackets and safari inspired wear. Though it is not recommended to dress in head-to-toe silver or a childish frilly floral dress, in small doses these trends can add life to any outfit.

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our troops are slowly being killed one by one. As I just said, more troops would further hinder our reputation in world af-fairs. The day after Bush’s speech, the U.S. embassy in Greece was attacked by a rocket. The group that claims responsi-bility is a Greek minority that opposes our involvement in Iraq.

MV: I agree that the insurgency can be dec-imated but never fully destroyed. Sending more troops does not solve the problems unless Al-Maliki and his government are willing to take action. This is a real pos-sibility. Yesterday, the front page of the Washington Post said that U.S. and Iraqi troops entered a hostile neighborhood in Baghdad and killed around 50 militiamen and captured 20. If this continues, then there is a purpose for those 24,000 troops. If not, then more of our troops will die for nothing. Compared to the lives they were living before, our presence has helped the Iraqis. The media reports nothing about the schools we build there. We all cry out against the genocide Darfur, but we seem to forget that Saddam committed genocide

against the Kurds in northern Iraq and the Shiites.

SC: If you would allow me to be sarcastic, I am sure that a little Iraqi girl is thrilled that her father has disappeared (likely in a hostage situa-tion), that her teach-er has been killed in the insurgent at-tempt to purge the country of such educators, and that her school has been bombed so many times that she is too scared to leave her house. It is true that Saddam Hussein wasn’t your ideal ruler, but at least children could go to school, adults could eat in outdoor cafés, and people could go to work assuming that they would come home alive.

MV: If that girl were a Kurd or a Shiite, those things could have happened to her anyway. The bombings and murdering of teachers are done by insurgents, whom we are fighting.

SC: During his reign, Saddam’s Sunni allies were a minority in Iraq compared to Shi-ites and Kurds. Saddam did or-chestrate unneed-ed and undeserved massacres, but if his rule was so bad, the majority would have rose up and perhaps the world would have spoken out, as they now do for

Darfur, for Iraq.

MV: In South Africa during the apartheid era, the whites were the minority, yet they

held political power for many years. It took decades for the black South Africans, who were the majority, to end apartheid. Do you have any closing statements?

SC: Matthew, what you have been saying throughout our entire discussion is that it is time for the Iraqis to at least pay part of the bill, but they haven’t gotten their meal yet. While I agree with you that the numbers of the Iraqi Army are encourag-ing, many of those troops still lack proper training and discipline. Both the police force and the army are understaffed in key areas where they are needed most to quell insurgence violence. President Bush isn’t used to making sacrifices for his plans, both domestic and international, but with a new Democratic Congress threatening to cut funding for the war, Bush must realize that his way is not the best way or the only way for closure in Iraq. Only time will tell if victory is out of reach, but closure doesn’t always have to mean victory.

MV: I have said all that I have to say. Sam, it’s been a pleasure. Have a nice day.

“How long do you think it will be before the United States pulls out of

Iraq?”

Better get out soon!

718 days.

Ted, I think you’re really cute and I have a huge crush on you.

10-15 years.

Forever and Forever and Forever.

SPORTS February 6, 2007 11the Mane News

together while seeing your friends. You also need to be real with her. Tell her that even though you care a lot about her, you are way too young to be thinking about marriage. After all of this, if you still think it is over, break it off, but let her know you did everything possible to save the relationship.—LovinSpirit

Scaredy Cat, Wow. This girl sounds like she should be locked up. No one should spend their se-nior year in a crazy relation-ship like this. Concentrate on enjoying your-self. End it in person and tell her that in time she will realize it was for the better. After this, spend as little time around her as possible. Seeing you will only hurt her. If she keeps bothering you, tell her friends that she is not ever going to fix things and try and get them to reason with her. It may seem in-sensitive, but if you are really 100% over her you should start asking out new girls to give her the message.—RealityChk

Dear LovinSpirit and RealityChk, I am a senior, I have gotten into one school, and am still applying to others. However, I am seriously losing my moti-vation to put effort into my school work. My classes seem to get more boring by the day. I have a great deal of difficulty getting through one nights homework. I

know this is not wise, because I still want to get into more schools. I cant help it. What should I do.—Slacker

Slacker, I understand what you are going though. The winter is hard enough to get through as it is and being a senior in college only makes it worse. Maybe you could discuss your concern with your teachers, so they know to keep up with your school-

work. If more people are mo-tivating you to work, maybe that will help. You should also keep in mind that you will be in col-lege next year

and will not have people there to help you get your work done. You should learn to do it for the desire to learn and improve your grades.—LovinSpirit

Slacker, just forget about school. In the broad scheme of things every college is as good the next. Just go to the one you are already in. The stuff you will be learning about in the second half of the year is ba-sically pointless anyway. In 15 years do you think you are going to need to know what an eclipse is?? Yea, no I didn’t think so. You are only in high school once, so enjoy yourself! As long as you don’t fail your classes you are good to go. Spend time with your friends and savor the time you have left. –RealityChk

St. Andrew’s has decided to join their efforts and students in all art class-es, regardless of level, are encouraged to contribute their creations. The bus, which has already been renovated into a high-tech art gallery, will go to sport-ing events, arts festivals, back-to-school nights, drama and music performanc-es, and other fairs and local events. Inside the bus, information concern-

It is questionable whether the Capi-tals will make the playoffs this year. Of the thirty teams in the NHL, only sixteen teams make the playoffs which begin in April. The recent play of the team, sug-gests the Caps will end the year as one of the worst teams in the league. With goalie, Kol-zig playing poorly and the defense al-lowing more shots on goal than any other team in the league, the out-look is not good. On a more positive note, Alex Ovechkin con-tinues to be one of the NHL’s top scorers and also agreed to be more active in the

Caps: How Will They Do?

defensive zone. Alexander Semin began a hot streak eight games ago and has man-aged to climb himself up into the top ten NHL goal scorers with Ovechkin. He set

a new personal record scoring eight goals in five games. With a com-petitive and tightly packed Eastern Con-ference, the playoffs are not out of the Capitals reach. This should be an exciting

spring for Caps fans despite their recent lackluster perfor-mances.

Colin McDougualMane News Staff Writer

Advice ColumnContinued from Page 5.

Got Art?Continued from page 6.

would dry out and rot. Further, it is very difficult for Ridgewells to order food when they do not know the amount. Brooks is split about bringing in lunches. He per-sonally believes that students should be al-lowed, but it will make his job harder. He proposes that if students are able to bring in lunches, each student would have to decide at the beginning of the year wheth-er or not they will bring lunches for the whole year so that he knows the amount of food to buy. “It’s a very big issue” he commented. If St. Andrew’s were larg-er, there would be enough students who would order lunch to not waste food. But if we have only 250 students eating lunch, it will be a waste of food. Both Holden and Brooks do not want to waste food, which would inevitably happen if students are allowed to pick and choose the days they want to eat the schools lunches.

Seniors, who are allowed to go off cam-pus throughout the day, are not allowed to go during lunch period, or even bring food back for lunch. “It is inconvenient that we can not go off campus during lunch,” stated senior Viveka Jahn. Many seniors agree with this complaint. As Ms. Virginia Cobb, the dean of stu-dents said, “Our big thing is community and lunch is a community time.” There are often important announcements dur-ing lunch that they do not want seniors to miss. Furthermore, Cobb explained that they want other kids to see the seniors because they are the role models. Seniors are allowed to go out for lunch during pe-riods before and after lunch and they are allowed to bring food back to eat during lunch. The faculty just requires that se-niors are present during the lunch period.

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lin that is not used is restored as body fat. Any teen that wants to maintain a healthy metabolism and health weight should start the day off with breakfast—some protein and fruit is best.” However, Mudd does not suggest count-ing calories because that can turn students obsessive in regard to their weight. She

Teens Nutrition WoesContinued from page 2.

suggests portion control instead, noting that, “one serving of protein is the size and weight of a deck of cards, a serving of fruit is the size of a tennis ball.” The moral of the story? Eat your veg-gies, skip the soda, and stop skipping breakfast!

“I am seriously losing my mo-tivation to put effort into my school work.” ing Bipolar Disorders and Depres-

sion will be available so that the pub-lic can be made aware of the illness and contribute funds to the project. I hope that all students and commu-nity members, regardless of their level of expertise in artistic and creative endeav-ors, will consider donating their work to this very worthwhile and original project.

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Friday February 23 at 7:30

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After a rough start, the Wizards have surged ahead of the their divisional op-ponents, and emerged as one of the top teams in the East-ern conference. The Wizards success can be attributed by great play all around, but mainly, the outstand-ing play of point guard Gilbert Arenas has helped the team to a 26 and 17 record, which is second in the Eastern Confer-ence and first in their division. Arenas, or as some call him, “Agent Zero”, has led the team in scoring, and is second in the league overall, while making sev-eral game winning three pointers. His best performance was when he put up 60 points against the Los Angeles Lak-ers, outshining superstar Kobe Bryant. Gilbert has also won several games with buzzer beating 3 pointers, including the game against the Utah Jazz, in which Gilbert scored 51 points. Gilbert’s out-standing play has been rewarded with

Wizards UpdateLucas GarrisonMane News Staff Writer him starting in the all-star game, as well

as being in the running for the MVP award with other superstars Steve Nash and Lebron James. Forward Caron But-

ler has also put up all-star caliber numbers, averaging 21 points and 8 rebounds a game. Butler has become a strong second scoring threat when Gilbert struggles and has been able to make op-posing teams pay when they choose to double team Gilbert Arenas. Along with Arenas and Butler, centers Brendan Haywood and Etan Thomas have both put

up solid numbers and have shown a vast improvement in rebounds and blocks from last year. The Wizards main problem is their defense, blowing double digits leads often, including a 15 point lead against the sub-par New York Knicks, but when their offense is firing on all cylinders, the Wizards are able to run with any team in the league. The Wizards look to be a force to be reck-oned and will surely make the playoffs, and, with the help of Gilbert Arenas, have brought excitement back to D.C.

St. Andrews is considered a liberal arts school, choosing to focus more on academics than on sports. However, this does not mean that the school can not field a competitive sports team. For example, this year’s baseball team is expected to be a very strong one. With returning seniors Chris Stokes, Matt Devaney, and Curtis Wilson, providing leadership, along with a new infusion of young talent, there is no reason that St. Andrews should not compete for the Mid-Atlantic Conference title. Further-more, the MAC appears to have become weaker as a lot of the talent from other teams has graduated. With the seemingly favorable circum-stances all coming together nicely, it is imperative to understand that the suc-cess of the boys team along with every other team at St. Andrews, is based upon the fact that we as students do our job of showing up to these games and showing some support for our teams. Senior Chris

Stokes believes that having fans in the stands can do a lot, “ having people com-ing out to our games and showing some school support definitely makes the guys out here more pumped to go out there and win some games.” Furthermore, with students cheering in the stands, opposing teams will be intimidated, creating the home field advantage that St. Andrews has lacked for so long. When asked about the impact that a large home field crowd has on the0ir play, Curtis Wilson replied, “ No doubt the fans in the stands create a huge difference, it helps create that at-titude of ‘winning at all costs’ because we want to show our appreciation of them coming out by delivering a win.” Now, I am not saying that the students have to go to the road games, but attend-ing home games is a must. If students consistently go to the games, opposing teams will be scared every time they come to our campus, which will result in more wins and begin to end the apparent atmosphere of complacency that St. An-drews has with losing.

Sports Attendance is Not Cutting It

Amir Khan Mane News Sports Editor

Students nowadays rely heavily on caffeine and energy drinks to keep them awake during a lecture. College students and athletes have explored an idea of mixing energy drinks and thirst quenchers such as Gatorade. The mix-ture minimizes the caffeine intake that is in an energy drink such as Red Bull. Nutritionists have studied the contents in energy drinks and studies have proven that an ac-cess consumption of energy drinks is un-healthy. This is true because of the amount of caffeine in an energy drink which becomes addictive, causing students and ath-letes to consume an unhealthy amount of caffeine. More and more college and high school athletic programs have ex-perimented with the mixture of energy drinks and Gato-rade. The mixture allows a safe, as well as an energy boast for athletes. It al-lows athletes to maintain their focus but also raises their level of performance. According to the University of Miami shortstop Ryan Lopez who claims that “The mixture of energy drinks and a drink like Gatorade is good. As a seri-ous athlete at a dominate baseball pro-

Do You Really Want That In Your Body?

Curtis WilsonMane News Staff Writer

gram I feel as if the mixture helps me stay in the game not only mentally but also physically. Our trainers here at the University highly recommend that all sports programs should use the idea.” Not only have college and profes-sional players such as Gilbert Arenas, Brian Roberts, Maria Sharapova use the mixture of a thirst quencher such as Ga-torade and a commonly known energy drink such as red bull. According to Garrett Ford, the Ath-

letic Director/Student Servic-es at the University of West Virginia, “the university has signed a five year contract with Red Bull as long as at all the sporting events we adver-tise their logo. When we first experimented with the drink students around campus were raving about the new drink that everyone was drinking instead of overdosing on cof-fee or the highly caffeinated Coca Cola. Outside of each hall there are containers that our trainers and members of the student body mix the drinks, so that before a class one can fill up a bottle or cup and then have it before or dur-

ing the class. I can personally say that I enjoy it not only because it tastes good, but it’s healthier for me rather then hav-ing 4 or 5 cups of coffee or 2 to 3 cokes a day”. High Schools within the area began experimenting with the mixture. As one can tell the mix is “getting around” and athletes and athletic programs have start-ed to use the mix.

We are at the early part of the 2007 college basketball season. Most teams have finished their “warm-up” season, and it’s time to take stock of where the local DC teams are at this point. George Washington: Last year GW had an amazing season. They were 26-2 going into the NCAA tournament and made it to the final 32 before losing to Duke, ending the season 27-3. This year is a different story for the Colo-nials. They are 12 and 4 in the Atlan-tic 10 and have lost to teams such as UMass and Provi-dence, neither of which is supposed to be very good, and to Southern Cal—no disgrace there. But, GW has played an easy schedule that, at the time of this ar-ticle, has included only one ranked opponent (23-Air-Force). GW has been led by its guards, Carl Elliot, who is averaging 12.6 ppg and Naureece Rice, who leads the team is scoring with a 16.2 ppg average. George Mason: After having a “cin-derella” year last year, which saw them reach the Final Four, GMU is having a horrendous year! They are 10-7 overall and 5th in the Colonial Athletic Con-ference. Nevertheless, there are some

bright spots on the GMU horizon. Will Thomas and Folarin Campbell are each averaging 14 ppg. Georgetown: GU is having an up and down year. They are 12-5 with losses to Old Dominion University and Oregon on the downside. But on the upside, they have a win against number 17 Notre Dame. They are led by their center, Roy Hibbert, who is averaging 11.9 ppg and 6.1 rebounds per game.

Maryland: Maryland is prob-ably the best team among the local teams, even though they are last in the ACC. They do have a win against then previously unbeaten Clemson, but have lost to Mi-ami (at home) and to Virginia (on the road). They are led by Mike Jones, who has stepped up this year to perform. Maryland starts a road trip this week in which they will play Virginia Tech, Duke, and UNC.

This could determine their season. This said, the best teams in the country are probably UNC, Florida, Ohio State, and UCLA. Ohio State has been at or near the top all year thanks to super fresh-man, Greg Oden, who has been dominat-ing the paint. However, Florida is com-ing off a national championship year with all starters returning. They may be the team to beat.

March Madness is on the Horizon

Bobby Lewis Mane News Staff Writer

Sophmore sensation, Roy Hibbert will hopefully lead Georgetown to the fi-nal.