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Residents question University’s use ofeminent domain in expanding med school
BY PERRY STEIN
CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
A signiﬁcant number ofcomplaints have been ﬁ ledagainst the Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation regarding its
alleged abuse of eminent domain, according to Missouri’s
Ombudsman of Eminent Domain Anthony Martin.
“It’s been decimating theseblack neighborhoods,” said
Martin.
Washington
University
Medical Center Redevelopment
Corporation’s (WUMCRC) stat-ed mission is to revitalize thestructures and neighborhoods
surrounding the University’s
medical campus.
To achieve that goal, it isempowered to use eminent domain because it has been classiﬁed as a 353-redevelopment
corporation under an old Missouri state law.
“They have been grandfathered into an old law,” said
Martin. “The new law says thata city government has to vote touse eminent domain.”
Eminent domain is deﬁ ned
as the power of a state to seize
private property for public use.
Although many of the com-

Journalist to
speak on real
deal in Iraq
BY JEREMY ROGOFFCONTRIBUTING REPORTER
As a freelance journalist in
Iraq, David Enders reported
on stories that often went untold. In his 18 months in the
Middle East—spanning fromthe outset of the invasion
to this summer—Enders accessed areas previously designated unsafe for any westerner, let alone a journalist.
The 28-year-old will speak
tomorrowatWashington
University about his ﬁ ndings and his most recent
stint in the Shia-dominatedAnbar province, where U.S.
forces face new byproductsof war such as ethnic cleansing, factional clashes andthe growing refugee crisis.
Over the summer, Enders, author of the new book “Baghdad:
Bulletin,” which chronicles his
war coverage, and ﬁ lmmaker
Richard Rowley traveled to
Iraq and Syria. It was partof a project chartered by the
Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting in an effort to tell thereal-life stories of the citizens

in these war-torn regions.
Besides spending about two
weeks embedded with troops,
a common war coverage strategy of the media that offers
maximumsafety,Endersspent most of his time with
Sunni and Shia militia groups
without any American military protection.
Regarding his most recent
reports, Enders ﬁ nds thatsome of the war’s most alarming issues have received little
attention in the day’s public
discussion.
“The U.S. is contributing
openly to war crimes,” hesaid. “But it doesn’t seem thatthat’s generally discussed.”
Zach Dyer, a Washington
University alumnus, was oneof the people responsible forbringing Enders to the University.
“The Iraq subject is interesting because it’s a chance totake a topic that is really volatile, really important, and ona personal level affects a lotof Americans,” said Dyer.

plaints appear to be directed
towards WUMCRC, Brian Phillips, executive director of the
Washington University medical
center, said the corporation has
not used eminent domain since1999.
“We have not used it in quitea while,” said Phillips. “It isdeﬁ nitely available to us, andwe take the use of it very seriously.”
Despite this, Martin said
people’s properties are being
seized and blighted in order tobeneﬁt the University’s medical
campus.
This is, in part, made possible through Cortex, a non-proﬁtorganization jointly created by
ﬁve education institutions, including St. Louis University andWashington University, that develops property in order to expand research institutions.
“[Washington
University]cannot claim they have clean
hands,” said Paul Henry, aneminent domain lawyer at Denlow and Henry who represents
property owners whose properties have been condemned by
Cortex.
The Cortex district consistsof several hundred acres ofland located between the areaof St. Louis University Hospitaland Washington University’s

hospital, Barnes Jewish Children’s.
While Phillips said Cortex isa separate entity from the University, Henry said that Washington University is a powerfulpart of Cortex and St. Louis.
“The reason why Cortex isthere is to allow the hospital toexpand,” said Henry. “The ties
between Wash. U. and Cortex
are extraordinarily strong.”
Cortex was not able to comment for this article before
press time. However, William
Danforth, former Washington University chancellor, wasquoted on its Web site.
“Cortex is an idea whose

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Senior Moriah Cohen and guests Jennifer Golding, Amer Sweity and Rabbi Michael Cohen (from left to right)
spoke at the “Organic Peace” discussion on Monday night. The event highlighted the work of the Arava Institutefor Environmental Studies in Israel to facilitate peace through environmental activisim.
BY ELI KEEHNCONTRIBUTING REPORTER
At a panel discussion on
Monday night, a Washington
University student and two ofher colleagues discussed theirexperiences living and studying at the Arava Institute forEnvironmental Studies in Israel, an academic center devoted
to promoting peace in the Middle East through educating students of all faiths and ethnicities about the environmental
issues faced by the region.
Senior Moriah Cohen, an
American-Israeli majoring ininternational studies and environmental studies, traveled to
Arava in the spring of 2007 forher junior year abroad.
“One of the most fascinating and effective parts for me
was the exploration of historical narratives,” said Cohen dur-

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time has come. The district is ahuge step forward for St. Louisand is a critical component of
the redevelopment of the entire
area,” said Danforth.
Both homeowners and business owners have been affectedby the use of eminent domain
for universities’ development.
Shenise Pruitt, a motherand homeowner in the Central
West End since 1994, said she
received a letter of intent froma developer in 2004 stating hewanted her property to build
more labs for a university.
“It doesn’t matter what it is,

ing the discussion. “What’s thehistorical narrative I learned
growing up as a Jew and an Israeli and what historical narratives did these Jordanians andPalestinians [with whom she
studied] learn growing up?”
The other members of thepanel were Jennifer Golding, aBritish-Israeli whose father is of
Yemeni descent, and Amer Sweity, a Jordanian-Palestinian.
Sweity described the difﬁculties he had getting to know
his roommate, “the ﬁ rst Jew
I’d ever known,” saying it took
three weeks for their conversations to move beyond an awkward, introductory level.
He further discussed the
difﬁculties he had upon returning home.
“My name is on a blacklist in
Jordan because I was studying
in Israel. It’s [now] very difﬁcult
to get a job,” said Sweity.

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Golding outlined her reasoning for wanting to study at
Arava.
“It combines my love forthe desert and my love for Israel, where love means making
them sustainable in terms of
the environment and in termsof the relationships we build,”
she said.
According to Cohen, thePeace-building and Environmental Leadership seminars
she attended were very meaningful. She described them as“deep and intense dialogue sessions where we explored our individual and collective cultural
identities.”
One of the ﬁve classes Cohen took during her semester
at Arava, called Water Management in the Middle East, lookedat water from political, social,
cultural and ecological pointsof view, and discussed how and

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why those factors converge.
“Ideally, the environment
ought to dictate political policies, and problems arise whenpolitics begin to dictate or affect the environment,” said Cohen.
The students were joined by
Rabbi Michael Cohen, a founding member of the Arava Institute, who underscored that theeducational institution has aunique status because it is located on a kibbutz, or collective
farm.
“[The kibbutz] serves as a
micro level for cooperation onmatters of peace and the environment,” said Rabbi Cohen.
In addition, the length ofeach student’s stay at Arava—
anywhere between one monthand two semesters for undergraduates—contributes heavily
to the Institute’s atmosphere.
“The students know they
have the time to work throughissues, and the time for people
to really change,” said Rabbi
Cohen.
The event was sponsored byStudents for a Peaceful Palestinian-Israeli Future (SPPIF), agroup whose main purpose is
to “engage the tough issues of
the conﬂ ict in the Middle Eastand try to get both sides to understand each other,” according to sophomore Robert Fares,
the organization’s incoming
president.
Several years ago, SPPIF
sponsored another Arava visit
to the Wash. U. campus, which
focused more heavily on recruiting students to apply for
its programs. Admission to
the Institute was described as“about as competitive as admission to Wash. U.”
The representatives of theInstitute are in the midst of anational tour promoting theInstitute and discussing theirexperiences studying there.
The ﬁ nal event, according toGolding, will take place at aninternational peace camp in
Yosemite Park outside San
Francisco.

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American consumption habits
could lead to an economic downturn as large as the recession in
the early 1980s, according to a paper recently released by a Washington University alumnus and an
economics faculty member.
The study, co-authored by Professor of Economics Steven Fazzari and Barry Cynamon, who
graduated from the University in2005 with a major in economics,
said that the rise in householdspending relative to income overthe past 25 years has skyrocketedhousehold debt. Fazzari said thatdebt spending by households
has been a large contributor to
the long-term economic stability
and growth of the past 25 years.
However, the large nature of theincrease in debt, they wrote, could
lead to greater ﬁnancial fragility
and a downturn in consumption

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strong enough to cause a signiﬁcant recession.
Cynamon, who is pursuing a
Ph.D. at the University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business, wasout of the country and unable tobe reached for comment.
In the study, Fazzari and Cynamon examined the consumption
patterns of American households
over the past 25 years.
According to the study, oneof the causes of the increase inhousehold debt is the inﬂuence ofmedia and the inﬂuence of friends
and family on the spending habitsof households.
According to Fazzari, people
feel more inclined to make certain
ﬁnancial choices, such as debt
spending, when people they know
are doing the same thing.
“It’s more of a sense of, ‘Well I
can do this. My neighbors are doing this, it’s pretty easy, I don’t really know what the future is goingto bring, but everyone else seems

to be doing it, so why am I not doing it?’ ” said Fazzari.
Other factors contributing to
the debt increase are institutionalchanges like the Tax Reform Act of
1986, which eliminated tax deductions on all loans except for homemortgage loans. Home equity linesof credit (HELOC), which allow homeowners to take out loans using
their houses as collateral, became
a popular and easy way to acquireﬁnancing with tax-deductible interest.
According to Fazzari, that act,
combined with the steady drop
in home mortgage interest rates
since the early 1980s, made iteasier than ever for consumers
to acquire home loans for various
spending purposes.
But now, with the recent subprime mortgage crisis, in whichrising interest rates have led torecord levels of foreclosure in the
United States, Fazzari and Cynamon worry that trouble is ahead

for home mortgages, the interest
rates for which have generally
tumbled since the early 1980s.
“Mortgage rates got very low,
so low that it’s hard to imagine
that they could get that low everagain,” said Fazzari. “As interest
rates fell during economic weakness, people could reﬁnance atlower interest rates, take cash out
or at least lower their interest payments. But we may have run thecourse on that.”
With home mortgage interest
rates potentially having bottomedout and household debt having
piled up, Fazzari said that ﬁnancial fragility is now so high thatany sudden spikes in interest rates
or problems in home or mortgage
ﬁnance could lead to ﬁnancial
troubles for households and huge
drops in household consumption.
Fazzari emphasized that there
is a realistic risk that this type of
economic downturn could happen. With household consump-tion comprising 70 percent ofgross domestic product, werea downturn to happen, it could
mean a recession larger than any
since the early 1980s recession,in which unemployment reached
a post-World War II high of 10.8
percent. Fazzari did speculatethat such a recession could feature a decrease in gross domestic
product over several quarters andunemployment as high as eight ornine percent.
The paper’s analysis was qualitative and historical, but not quantitative; therefore it could not offera precise prediction of the economy’s future. Fazzari described thestudy as more of a “historical narrative” and said that a quantitative
treatment of the subject would bea good topic for future research.
“We’re careful to support [thepaper] not so much with formal
statistical tests as with observations on the economic events of
the last 25 years,” said Fazzari.

Professor finds autism symptoms canbecome less severe over time

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Washington University Assistant Professor Paul Shattuck has
just published a paper showingthat symptoms of autism, like
repetitive motion, interaction
problems and impaired communication skills, can improvewith age.
Reported in September’s
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the paper
is part of a larger longitudinal
study of 400 adolescents andadults with autism and theirfamilies conducted by University of Wisconsin professor Marsha Mailick Seltzer.
“Generally people fell into

one of three groups,” said Shattuck, who joined the George
Warren Brown School of Social
Work this summer. “There wasa small group of people who
got worse, a medium size who
remained the same, but mostpeople got better.”He qualiﬁed his statement
though, saying that the magnitude of improvement is “quitemodest.”“It’s not the case that people
are getting better all of a sudden,” he said.
These ﬁ ndings offer hopeto all those who are diagnosed
with autism. Statistically, one in
150 children and an unknown
number of adults in the UnitedStates have autism, a brain devel-

EXPANSION v FROM PAGE 1
as long as it’s for the students
they just feel like they can takethe property,” said Pruitt.
According to Pruitt, she
had her home appraised for$410,000. However, the developer only had her home appraised for $215,000.
“If you have a mortgage formore than they offer you can’t
accept the offer,” said Pruitt.
Pruitt also operated a licensed daycare center fromher home but was forced toclose it when her clients left
and her property was eventually blighted.
“They demolished my business so badly that my clients
left,” said Pruitt. “My neighbors are going through thistoo. This is the worst I’ve everseen my block. I haven’t seen
any of these movements. Why
plant a ﬂower when you know

they are going to bulldoze yourhouse?”
Pruitt said she believes thatobtaining property in thismanner will not be beneﬁcial
for students in the long run.
“The developers don’t realize they are putting their students at risk. You don’t wantsomeone to lose their mind
[and hurt a student] because
they have no home,” said
Pruitt.
Martin said he hopes that
University
students
learn
about this issue and start toraise awareness.
“They are not breaking anylaws because they have to go
through courts to do this. It’sa moral issue,” said Martin.
“They don’t have to answer toanyone except the students,[the] public and social [community].”

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opment disorder that researchers know very little about.
“I thought it was important to
depict what happens to people
with autism throughout theirlifespan, not just in childhood,”
said Shattuck. “It’s importantto realize that people have thecapacity to grow and improveacross their lives. Human development does not freeze at somepoint in time. Public service forpeople with disabilities ends
after adolescence, but it should
not stop.”
The study’s participants,
aged 10 to 52 at the onset of thestudy, were recruited from service agencies, schools and clinics in either Wisconsin or Massachusetts.

Every 18 months for ﬁve
years, their parents assessed
their symptoms and behaviors
in depth. Many participants remained stable, but many showedsigniﬁcant improvement. The
mean assessment never regressed, according to Shattuck.
”The ﬁ ndings are valid eventhough they are based on parental reports,” he said.
Parents were given two
standardized
measurement
questionnaires which havebeen used for a long timeand are known to be reliable.
Speciﬁc symptoms that the
study measured include reciprocal conversation, interestin people, compulsions, rituals and maladaptive behavior

which isn’t unique to autism.
The study, however, does not
identify the underlying causesof improvement, but this will
be an area for research in the
future.
Shattuck, who has an undergraduate degree in education,
has had a long-term interest in
disabilities because his father
is a polio survivor and many ofhis best friends have forms ofautism. He also wanted to contribute to the ﬁeld since very little research has been conductedso far.
In addition to being the leadauthor on the paper, Shattuck
also assisted with data collection, management and analysis
while at Wisconsin.

ENDERS v FROM PAGE 1
Dyer went to work for
The
Pulitzer
Centerin
Washington,
D.C.
after
graduating
lastspring.
Enders’ reports on Iraq deserve
intenseconsideration, Dyer said, because
they ask the essential question: “What’s the actual
situation in the country?”
Along with recognition fromThe Pulitzer Center, an organization that provides indepth coverage of global crises, Enders’ articles on thehumanitarian crises have garnered national exposure. His
reports are featured in The
Washington Times, Democracy Now!, Foreign Exchange
and al Jazeera English. His
most recent byline landed locally, on the front page of the“NewsWatch” section in lastSunday’s St. Louis Post-Dis-

patch.
Enders, who also teaches
English and journalism at the
middle and high school levels, has an interest in seeing
young people take an interest in global affairs. Students
should know “how we interact
in the world,” said Enders in
an interview, and “the best
lesson plans are the ones thathave a heavy, real-life element
to them.”
For students, Enders’ talkmay convey the reality of war
in Iraq, a version not diluted
by politics or network television producers.
“He’s not pandering toany particular audience,”
said sophomore Raghu Harrington. “The anchors of the
major TV stations have a responsibility to be compellingto audience members, but afreelance journalist doesn’t
have that obligation.”“David brings a very interesting perspective to thewhole debate,” said Pushkar
Sharma, the programming coordinator for the International Area Studies department.
“There are very few people
who have had that experience
with that perspective. We
would be wrong not to bring
him to campus.”
In addition to his visit to the
University, Enders will also
speak at area high schools
about his reporting, part of
the Pulitzer Center’s “Global
Gateway” initiative to educate
young people on the importance of international affairs.
For more information on David Enders or the Pulitzer
Center for Crisis Reporting,visit www.pulitzercenter.org.

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Graffiti reading “insert tuition here” was sprayed on a concrete cinderblock tower at the Village East
construction site over the weekend. According to Don Strom, chief of University Police, the graffiti
appeared between 5:30 p.m. on Friday and 5:30 a.m. on Saturday when contractors found it upon
returning to work in the morning. Strom stressed that this was an isolated incident, saying, “As far as
we know that’s the only time that it’s happened.” By Tuesday it had already been painted over.

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Thursday, September 27
10:03 a.m. INFORMATIONONLY REPORTS-UNDESIGNATED AREA OFF CAMPUS-Student
reported fraud use of his credit
card totaling $1500. Disposition: Under investigation.
Friday, September 28
2:42 a.m. LARCENY-WOHL
CENTER (R171)-Caller advises
person(s) unknown were at
the bakery attempting to steal
cookies. Ofﬁcers located thesuspect and took custody. Disposition: Referred to JA.
9:09 a.m. LARCENY-SNOWWAY GARAGE (P224)-Stop signand trafﬁc barricade stolen
between 9/26 3 p.m. and 9/27
6:30 a.m. Value $85. Disposition: Pending.
4:03 p.m. LARCENY-LOPATA HALL-An employee of Bon
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register at the food cart in
Lopata Gallery when an unknown black female walked
past and took money off thecounter. Value $95. Disposition: Pending.
Saturday, September 29

8:24 a.m. PROPERTY DAMAGE-SMALL GROUP HOUSINGunknown person(s) climbed
scaffolding and painted “insert
tuition here” on 46’ tower ofbuilding under construction.
Disposition: Pending.
3:21 p.m. LARCENY-SOCIALSCIENCE BLDG-Two suspects
taken into custody for stealing
copper from the construction
site. One subject attempted toﬂee on a stolen bicycle. Disposition: Cleared by arrest.
Sunday, September 30
11:19 a.m. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-OLIN LIBRARY (Y141)Husband and wife involvedin a verbal altercation inside
Olin Library. Altercation became physical when husband
grabbed his wife by her arms
and pushed her out of the library. Disposition: Cleared byarrest.
7:52
p.m.
FRAUDSHANEDLING DORM (R167)Student reported that someone
unknown was using his SSN
and address to open credit
accounts. Unknown, but probable point of origin was in
California. Disposition: Under
investigation.

Monday, October 1
5:25 p.m. LOST OR STOLENBROOKINGSQUADRANGLE(Y103)-A student stated he left
his cell phone on a bench in the
Quad during W.I.L.D. and upon
his return found it missing.
Several subjects reported thephone was picked up by a B&D
guard. Disposition: Pending.
5:59 p.m. CHECK THE WELL
BEING-DANFORTH CAMPUS-A student had not been seen
since 11 a.m. today’s date. Investigation eventually revealed
that he had been hospitalized.
Disposition: Cleared.
7:30 p.m. INVESTIGATIONPARKING LOT #55 (R320)Student reported that an unknown individual had written
the n-word in approximately
4-inch letters in dust on thecomplainants rear window.
The student had wiped thewording away prior to making
this report. Disposition: Under
investigation.
10:21 p.m. THREAT REPORTMILLBROOKAPARTMENTSComplainant reported that another student threatened her
while at her apartment. Disposition: Under investigation.

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SPORTSWEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 3, 2007

VOLLEYBALL

SWIMMING & DIVING

Aces away as Bears
bombard UAA foes

Men’s swimming upsets SLU

BY JOHANN QUA HIANSENSPORTS REPORTER
Washington University’s volleyball team blew away Case
Western Reserve University
and University of Chicago withsweeps over the weekend whilesoundly defeating Carnegie Mellon University in the ﬁfth set towin 3-2. With these wins, theBears went 3-0 in the ﬁrst roundof the University Athletic Association (UAA) Round Robin at New
York University.
Showing superior serving
ability, Wash. U. had many aces
over the weekend. With hitters
ﬂying above the net and servers accurately dropping the ballon the opposing side, the Red
and Green offensive machine
was unleashed. Six players had
at least ﬁve kills in a game withthree having double digit kills,
while 10 players had at least one
service ace.
UAA action in New York also
saw the Bears set a season highof 14 service aces in a gametwice against the Spartans andthe Tartans. Senior defensive
specialist Lindsay Schuessler
served two aces in the ﬁfth set
to seal the win against Carnegie
Mellon University.
“I was just doing my job andplaying tough,” said Schuessler.
“There were other points that included excellent serves from myteammates as well.”In one match against Case
Western Reserve University that
ended 30-10, over half of Wash.
U.’s attacks became kills leading to the biggest margin of theseason. The team attack averageof .372 was the Bears’ best of theseason.
The weekend also marked

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GAME 2 WU 3 w CASE WESTERN 0
GAME 3 WU 3 w U CHICAGO 0
the debut of a new 5-1 strategy
as the team decided to try something new. This tactic meant thatone setter took sole responsibility for positioning the ball. Prior
to these games, the Bears had
used the 4-2 system where twosetters controlled the location of
the ball.
“We’re experimenting with a
5-1 offense in hopes of becoming
a more effective attacking team,”said Coach Rich Luenemann.
“Although we’re blessed to havetwo very strong setters in Audra [Janak] and Vicki [Blood], wefound that the variances in their
setting—speed, height, location—didn’t allow our attackers
to be as consistent as we wantthem to be.”As attackers adjusted to thelone setter’s style, they were better able to time their jump andspike in relation to where theball would be, enabling more efﬁcient kills. “The 5-1 allowed us
to get in a better rhythm,” saidsenior captain Haleigh Spencer.
“The only thing I don’t like about
it is that unfortunately only one
setter sets in a 5-1 and we have
two incredible setters.”
The two setters were able
to set personal bests as junior
Janak attained a career high of
58 assists against Carnegie Mellon University while sophomore
Blood tallied a season high of 37
assists against Case Western Reserve University.

“My stats don’t mean much tome except as a tool to ﬁgure out
how I can be more effective,” said
Janak. “I play for my team.”According to Luenemann,defensive play also improved
as the middles, freshman Nicole Penwill and senior Ellen
Bruegge, kicked it up a notch.
The team’s number of blocks per
set had been 2.2 throughout theseason though this weekend theBears saw an improvement of 50
percent, as this improved to 3.5
blocks per set.
“Our middles were huge thisweekend,” said Spencer. “Theydeﬁnitely proved themselves
and showed lots of potential.”
The Bears were able to comeback from an 18-12 deﬁcit in thethird set against the Tartans totie the game at 20 after a massive
block by Spencer and Penwill.
Spencer received University
Association Athlete of the Week
honors as she set a new careerhigh of 20 kills against Carnegie
Mellon. “She looked the best I’ve
seen her all year,” said Vincent
Novicki, assistant sports information director.
The Bears will travel to Rock
Island, Ill. to compete in theAugustana Invitational Tournament with games scheduled
against Grinnell College andKnox College on Friday evening.
Washington University will also
play against Elmhurst College on
Saturday.

v Women fall in season opener
BY ANNA DINNDORF
SPORTS REPORTER
It may still be early in the season, but enthusiasm is runninghigh among Bear swimmers.
The swim teams kicked off
their long season Saturday with
their annual dual meet against
Division I Saint Louis University.
Despite slightly depleted rosters for both the men and thewomen, both teams turned instrong performances. The men
upset SLU 151-137 and though
the women fell 197-101, they had
several impressive swims that
set a positive tone for the rest of
the season.
Coming off a year where thewomen ﬁnished seventh at nationals and the men placed 18th,
the Bears are looking at thinnerrosters to start off this season.
Losing a number of swimmers
to graduation, study abroad programs and other commitments
has left both teams smaller thanin previous years. However, theyremain optimistic about theirprospects.
“It’s been a little tough, but
we’re making do,” said seniorco-captain Meredith Nordbrock.
“It’s still a strong squad.”
The impact of losing veteranswimmers has been softenedsomewhat by the addition ofeight new freshmen—four men
and four women.
Thoughthese
incoming
numbers are also smaller thannormal, their presence was felt
immediately at the ﬁrst meet.
Freshman Michael Flanagan led
the newcomers, turning in several strong swims including aﬁrst place ﬁnish in the 200-yard
butterﬂy, which earned him aprovisional bid to the NCAAChampionship meet in March,with a time of 1:54.80.

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Freshman David Chao also
gave an impressive initial showing with top-four performancesin his three individual events,
including a second place ﬁnish
in the 200-yard freestyle with atime of 1:46.44.
“We were a little worried at
ﬁrst because we only had fourincoming freshmen,” said senior co-captain Ross Vimr. “Butthe fact that two of them swam
lights out at this meet I think isgood.”
Defeating a Division I opponent was also an encouraging
start to the season for the men.
“We got beat by a lot last year,
so we wanted to win again thisyear,” said Vimr. “I think thateverybody is excited for the restof the season and excited to see
what we can do later on.”On the women’s side, sparse
numbers held the Bears backfrom competing at full strength.
With a smaller team this year,
they did not even have a full
lineup to set against SLU, which
may have been a deciding fac-

tor in their loss. Despite this,they still managed to hold theirown, highlighted by junior Kelly
Kono’s ﬁrst place ﬁnish in the
50-yard freestyle with a time of
25.38, and a 1-2 ﬁnish by Nordbrock and freshman Karin Underwood in the 200-yard backstroke, with times of 2:11.46 and2:12.04 respectively.
“We still had some extremely
strong swims and people put up
some great times for the ﬁrst
meet of the season,” said Nordbrock. “I think regardless of ourloss we set a great tone for theseason.”With the ﬁrst meet out of
the way, both the men and thewomen’s teams are now looking
ahead to what will hopefully bea successful season.
“This is a good starting point
for us,” said Nordbrock. “Hopefully after this meet people will
have a better idea of what theywant to achieve for themselves.”
The Bears are back in action
Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Show Me
Showdown in Columbia, Mo.

Fall Lectures at
the Saint LouisArt Museum. . .

Clayton Triangle Event
Saturday, October 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Brentwood Boulevard between Maryland & Forsyth
The Clayton Triangle presents the Jaguar Clubs ofNorth America’s Concorde d’elegance, a nationallysanctioned show. Eighty Jaguars will be on display forthe official judging for trophies and Jaguar Club points.
For more information, call: 314.727.2020

DANIEL SUN | STUDENT LIFE

Bear swimmers start off a backstroke race Saturday afternoon in the Field
House. The men’s team won their first meet of the season, defeating SaintLouis University.

Thursday, Oct. 4
7:00 pm

Wydown Fall Festival

A Conversation with Lorna Simpson
Lorna Simpson, Artist, with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Associate
Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
One of the leading artists working in the United States today,
Simpson challenges perceptions of identity through provocative
combinations of photography and text and also film and language. Simpson will discuss issues of race, gender, and identitywith Shaw, author of Portraits of a People: Picturing African
Americans in the Nineteenth Century.

Saturday, October 6, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hanley Road and Wydown Boulevard
The public is invited to this charming neighborhood
festival. At the fourth annual Wydown Fall Festival,
business owners look forward to greeting guests
with gifts and giveaways. Festivities include art
exhibits and fun for everyone in Wydown Park.
For more information, call: 314. 290.8508

Friday, Oct. 12
7:00 pm

The Big Read
Saturday, October 6, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Central and Carondelet Avenues in downtown Clayton
Bookmark your calendar for an extraordinary event thatwill celebrate authors and promote literacy. Packed with
events and performances for adults and children, the Big
Read will feature authors, costumed characters, interactive
projects, panel discussions, workshops and book signings.
For more information, call: 314.863.0278

Rock the Block
Wednesday, October 10, 5 to 8 p.m.
North Central Avenue
The public is invited to this “not your usual block party” with
Y98 on-site and a live performance by the Ralph Butler Band
from 5:30 – 8 p.m. For more information, call 314.290.8508

Clayton Canine Classic
Sunday, October 14, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Shaw Park in Clayton
The third annual Clayton Canine Classic features a“Dressed to the K-nines” fashion show, pup art, a
puppy kissing booth, unique face painting and games
for dogs and/or their humans. Various vendors
and service providers will PAWticipate. Proceedsfrom games and other activities benefit Stray
Rescue of St. Louis. All dogs MUST be on leashes
and accompanied by an adult human guardian.
For more information, call: 314.726.3033
Sign up for Clayton’s e-mail updates. Just click the e-communication icon on the HOME page of the City’s website: www.ci.clayton.mo.us

20th Anniversary Dorismae Friedman Lecture:
Early European Sculpture and Painting in
St. Louis and Washington, D.C.
Nicholas Penny, Senior Curator of Sculpture andDecorative Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Join Penny to explore important early European artworks fromthe Saint Louis Art Museum and the National Gallery of Art inWashington, D.C. The annual Dorismae Friedman lecture is
supported by the Dorismae Friedman Docent Enrichment Fund,which was created by Harvey Friedman to honor his wife, a longtime docent, and is dedicated to docent education at the Museum

Thursday, Nov. 1
6:00 pm

10th Anniversary Nelson I. Wu Lecture:
Cultural Memory and Regional Pride in
China’s Western Gardens
Jerome Silbergeld, P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Professor of Chinese
Art History, Princeton University, and Director, Tang Center,
Princeton University
Most of what is known about China’s great garden-building
history comes from private scholar gardens in the south andimperial gardens in the north. Silbergeld sheds new light on
Chinese garden design when he explores the little-known traditionof landscape architecture from Sichuan in the southwest. The
10th annual Nelson I. Wu lecture on Asian art and culture, which
honors the memory of the late Dr. Wu, is jointly sponsored by theSaint Louis Art Museum and Washington University in St. Louis.
Lectures are FREE and held in the Museum Auditorium

One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park St. Louis, Missouri 63110 314.721.0072 www.slam.org

Forest Park
314.721.0072
www.slam.org
Tuesday–Sunday, 10
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STAFF EDITORIAL

What is the
big joke?

University should enact“Democracy Day”
A

dd us to the morethan 250 students
who have alreadyjoined the initiative
to make 2008’s Election Day arecognized academic holiday
for Washington University.
The initiative, led by theCollege Democrats, proposesthat this be a day off to support political engagement on
campus. It is also partiallya response to the difﬁculty
many students faced during the 2006 election when
they tried to cast their votes
at Wydown Middle School
and an attempt to alleviate
the heavy schedules burdening students and potentiallypreventing them from casting
their votes on Election Day.
The potential holiday has
been dubbed “Democracy
Day,” mirroring the proposed
national holiday that has beenstalled in Congress for quite
some time.
Every election cycle, voter
turnout becomes a point ofcontention. People ask, “Whydo we have such low turnout
nationwide?” The reason isthat many individuals decidethat the costs of voting
outweigh the beneﬁts theyreceive. As a result, many
average Americans do notturn out on Election Day.
Those who do vote usually
feel strongly about civic dutyor key issues. Consequently,
the actual voting population
tends to disproportionately
represent special interestsgroups, whether they are theelderly, evangelical Christians
or labor unions. Middleof-the-road Americans areunderrepresented because
they do not feel passionately
about any speciﬁc issue, andlower-income Americans areunderrepresented because
they cannot afford to taketime off from work to go vote.
The result of disproportionate turnout is the Congress we elect every cycle.
Politicians catering to theextremes of the political spectrum or giving lots of pork to
special interest groups do notappear out of the ether. They
are elected to serve constituencies that want them to act
in this manner. Furthermore,while few will admit it, many
politicians actually like low
voter turnout. It is much easier to serve (and get re-electedby) a small constituency
composed of special interest
groups than a large constituency of diverse opinions. Thisis one reason why the Democracy Day national holiday isstalled in Congress.
But for all the talk of culture wars, America is not as
politically divided as it may
appear on cable news. The

problem is just that many
moderate Americans do not
vote. Therefore, one of thebest ways to bring back moderate politics is to lessen thecosts and obstacles of voting.
If more average Americans
vote, then politicians’ constituencies will shift away fromthe extremes. More moderate
politicians will lead to greater
cooperation in legislatures,
more productive government
and less vitriolic rhetoric.
So how do you increase
voter turnout? Well, making Election Day a national
holiday (and a day off fromwork) would certainly help.
But since we do not control
national policy, in the spiritof “think globally, act locally,”
we encourage the University
to adopt Democracy Day as aschool holiday. Beyond justthe student body, such a holiday would make it easier for
many faculty and staff of the
University to vote as well.
By presenting itself as
willing to put up the vast
amounts of money, time andeffort that the Presidential
debates require, the school
has already shown an interestin bolstering political involvement. Giving the University community a better
opportunity to vote in 2008’s
Presidential elections would
greatly reinforce this commit-

I

ment to political engagement.
The University’s considerationof its students, faculty andstaff on Election Day is a testof its political commitment.
As a repeated host of thepresidential debates, the University is in a strong position
to take the lead in expanding
political engagement and dialogue amongst other institutions of higher education
by supporting Democracy
Day. The day would not only
reduce the costs of voting, it
would also spread general political awareness and activism
on campus. The day off would
harness and sublimate the energy of an election day into a
positive buzz around campus
and could become an eventthe school looks forward to
every two years.
We support Democracy
Day as a positive step towards
increasing voter turnout andpolitical awareness on campus. We encourage Student
Union and the Faculty Senate
to endorse this academic
holiday and we hope that
University administrators will
make it a reality. For too long
American politics have been
dominated by extremes. Thismay only be one small stepon a long road to moderate
government, but we have tostart somewhere.
Why not here?

Pinch hitting for fall break
STAFF COLUMNISTF

all break is coming up
and you know what thatmeans. It’s time for everybody to complain about
how fall break is worthless. Like
the swallows ﬂying to Capistrano and tuition rising, it’s ayearly tradition with no end in

the foreseeable future.
And it’s true, fall breakis worthless. The usual solutions offered are certainly an
improvement, such as eliminating fall break and extending
Thanksgiving to a week. But
how about this for a change:
The University should keep fall
break the way it is and put a
moratorium on having major
assignments due the week after“With fall break as itis, all we can do with
one day is study for atest; it’s not a chanceto actually relax.”

we f lat-out think that the
regret that it isbelief behind some joke
because of a recent
is wrong, we don’t findcolumn in Student
it funny. For example,
Life that I’ve started
if someone told a joke
thinking about the impact
about slavery, most peopleof jokes. Sometimes, jokes
would not find that joke
are just funny and that’s
funny because they would
great, but sometimes they
immediately wantstrike a deeper
to condemn thechord. Sexist
beliefs that were
jokes, racist
behind it. Simijokes and jokes
larly, people don’tthat question
very often tellsomeone’s sexual
jokes about slavery
identity all fallbecause they realinto the second
ize what a horrible
category. These
institution slavery
jokes cross a line
by putting someJill Strominger was.
Even though
one’s identity up
jokes about
to be laughed at
women’s studies majors,
by everyone who finds theoverweight women or ugly
joke funny.
women do not have the
Oftentimes the people
same gravity as a joke
who tell these jokes will
about slavery would, tellsay it’s something differing those jokes truly does
ent—that they’re laughaffirm the sexist beliefs
ing at the way society has
behind them. And potendealt with a situation. Or
tially more importantly,that it’s just funny andnot serious. They won’t
this type of joke underadmit that there is some
cuts serious efforts totruth that corresponds topeople’s beliefs in the toneof racism, sexism, etc. intheir joke. The idea that
this underlying stereotyping could actually hurtanyone seems more laughable than the joke itself. I
mean, come on, it’s just a
joke.
But, what is just a joke?
What makes something a
joke? It’s funny, duh. But,
when is something funny?
In order for a joke to be
expose the prejudice thatfunny, there has to bedoes continue to exist insome element that correour society. It labels, forsponds to people’s beliefs
example, discrimination
about the world. You laugh against overweight women
because you can recognize
as something that’s funny
and grasp some underand not worth serious
lying belief as one thatthought.
people legitimately think
Telling jokes is a difis true. Because of this,ficult business. The point
you see the joke as ref lectof a joke is to make fun ofing some larger, humorous some aspect of society or
aspect of society.
to expose some irony. And
Or if a joke is targetedjokes play an importantat an individual, it’srole in critiquing our sofunny because it points
ciety. But jokes that makeout something that is
fun of individuals due totrue and humorous about
inaccurate stereotypes
the individual. A random
only perpetuate thosejoke about a bunny thatstereotypes and prevent
did tricks because it ate
efforts to expose them aspink grass wouldn’t besuch. These types of jokes
funny because it doesn’t
do not expose ironies
correspond to any of ourin broader society; they
beliefs. A joke about feridicule people because
male drivers, on the otherof their identities. Worse,
hand, would seem funnythey affirm untrue beliefs
to many people because it
about people and these
corresponds to an actual
beliefs are usually ones
belief about how womenthat are accepted by parts
drive. It’s funny becauseof society.
people believe there’s an
When we tell jokes andelement of truth to theread columns that are supclaim that women are
posed to be jokes, we need
terrible drivers or at least
to consider what underlyrecognize it as a wideing facts and assumptions
spread belief.
we have to take as truth
Like jokes about female
in order to find thosedrivers, jokes about womjokes funny and question
en’s studies majors ref lect
whether or not we actuallya similar set of beliefs.
believe the underlying asLet’s be honest, on thissumptions are true. If wecampus if someone says
are willing to endorse theshe’s majoring in chemview in the joke, then let’s
istry and another says
go right ahead and keep
she’s majoring in women’son telling it.
studies, you can makeIf we don’t really besome accurate and inaclieve the view the joke
curate judgments about
endorses, let’s reconsider
these people based on the
all the things we have tostereotypes you might
be saying when we perhave. If we didn’t, as apetuate it.
campus, understand what
those stereotypes were,
Jill is a junior in Arts &then jokes about women’s
Sciences and a Forum edistudies majors wouldn’t
tor. She can be reached via
make any sense.
e-mail at forum@studlife.
On another level, whencom.

“In order for a joke
to be funny, there has
to be some elementthat corresponds topeople’s beliefs about
the world.”

MIKE HIRSHON | EDITORIAL CARTOONBY DANIEL MILSTEIN

Wednesday: Jill Strominger Friday: Tess Croner
jlstromi@artsci.wustl.edu tacroner@wustl.edu

Thanksgiving.
If I had classes on Friday andI didn’t live about one thousand
miles away, fall break would
probably be pretty awesome.
Waking up on Friday morning…
in my own bed…that sounds as
good as New York Mets pitcher
Tom Glavine being able to get

See MILSTEIN, page 7

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7(Goodness gracious) grease balls of the fryer
BY BRIAN PRICE
STAFF COLUMNISTO

n July 20, 1969,
man first landed on
the moon. There heuncovered a vastarray of mysterious objects,
physical and theoreticalenigmas which inspired awe
and terror in those who but
gazed upon them. It wasthought at the time to be
one of the defining moments
in human history, one thatwould likely never be bested.
That is, until now.
Direct your attention to
the item in question—a supposed greaseball. It seems
relatively normal, does it
not? Well, to freshman Ari
Kahn the answer was an unequivocal yes: “This appears
to be a tri-helical, tungstenbased life form, with a slightnitrous scent and tracesof raspberry and pepper.”Others who looked upon theobject questioned its origin
and function, but never werewords such as “extraordinary” or “unreal” thrownaround. To most nonscientists, this was nothing morethan a plain-old boring rock.
Here’s another story,
one which occurred on anaverage September evening
not long ago. Two boys
were trapped in a labyrinth
known as the line at Bear’sDen. Their intention had
been to order from the Grill,
but they soon realized thatthey were actually waiting
for the Fryer. Knowing thatthe service at Bear’s Den isoh, let’s say a bit on the slow
side, the two decided to getfood from the Fryer. Once
there, they ordered mozzarella sticks and frenchfries and were (eventually)
rewarded with two aromatic,artery-clogging appetizers.
The first boy found nothing wrong with the mozzarella sticks, other thanthat psychological burning
sensation and the coronary
cries for help that should
regularly be expected fromgorging on such a dish. The
second boy’s french fries,
however, contained something else…something evil,
perhaps.
Actually it wasn’t evil,
just mysterious. The secondboy picked it up and calmly
exclaimed, “What the [expletive deleted] is this?” Thefirst boy’s initial thought
was that it must be a moonrock that had been broughtback from a NASA flightand somehow ended up ina frying pan in Bear’s Den(how exactly this happened
is something far too complicated for this writer to evencontemplate).
Yes, to the two boys who
were entranced like the
man-apes gazing at themonolith in “2001: A Space
Odyssey,” this object mostcertainly possessed some
awesome yet heretofore un-

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discovered power.
Others saw it differently.
Another customer in line
was under the impressionthat it could be quite a while
before he was able to orderhis food, let alone receive it,and so upon seeing the item
he nonchalantly offered to“dispose” of it. The woman
at the check-out looked theobject over carefully in order to determine whether or
not it required an additionalcharge. (It did not.)Upon finishing the restsof their meals, the two boys
pondered whether or not it
would be sanitary to consume the object in question.
They eventually decided
against it, mainly because
the first boy thought itwould make an interesting
subject for his newspaper
article.
And so we’re back towhere we started, with amysterious object resembling a moon rock. This is,of course, no moon rock;rather, it is (as far as I cantell) a fragment of solidified

grease that accumulated
from the cooking of frenchfries. Though it’s no anomaly (I’ve been to enough fast
food restaurants to knowthis), that doesn’t mean it
isn’t worth noting. Recently
I stumbled upon (and by“stumbled upon,” I mean
someone showed me) the nutrition facts for the food on
campus. Here’s a telling statistic: three chicken tenders
represent 94 percent of yourrecommended fat intake foran entire day. I think eventhe least health-conscious
people would say that isn’tvery good.
Now you should knowthat I don’t want to be yourmother and (in a voice that
falls somewhere in between
Marge Simpson and theschool teacher from “Peanuts,” because we all know
that’s what adults soundlike) tell you to “eat yourvegetables” and “lay off thejunk food” (for the record, I
haven’t had a vegetable in 10
years and my room is full of
less than nutritious snacks).

I just want to let everyone
know that it is in fact possible to consume a meal whose
volume of leftover grease
doesn’t exceed the volumeof the meal itself. Yes, I ama health nut who regularly
wishes great pain and injury
upon those who can eat
whatever they want whenever they want yet manage
to gain no weight, but this isabout something more. It’s
about avoiding not only the“Freshman 15” but also therisks that come with eating
fatty foods.
Trust me, as someone who
used to have very high cholesterol, I can tell you thatit’s not something you want.
I could churn out terrifying
statistics, but I think it’smuch easier to get the point
across if you just look at the
picture of the “item” foundamong some french fries
one night at Bear’s Den (ifyou’re that desperate to see
it up close, contact me andwe might be able to arrange
a viewing, although I’ve
discovered that the half-life

Branching out community
service style
BY KATIE AMMANNSTAFF COLUMNISTI’ve heard it said that
United States citizens
spend the most timeon community service. Whether or not thisis empirically true, I knowthat people on this campus
are very socially aware andeager to lend their services
to whoever needs them.
And there are many opportunities to help out in the
St. Louis community andbeyond.
There are plenty ofreasons you might want to
get involved—you want tobecause it’s fun, you feel
morally obligated to, all yourfriends are participating,etc. No matter why or how
you want to get involved,
there’s always something todo.
In the immediate area,
there are lots of different
ways for us to recognize
and satisfy people’s needs.
For instance, most of thereligious associations on
campus and throughout thecommunity plan organizedservice days in partnershipwith Habitat for Humanity, various nursing homes

and retirement centers ororganizations like Oasis thatprovide shelter for victimsof abuse. In December,there’s a holiday party at the
St. Patrick’s Center downtown, during which homeless people of all ages cangrab a hot breakfast, singalong to some familiar tunes
and pick up a few gifts forthemselves and family members. Volunteers are always
needed to help with food,organization and cheerfulconversation.
A lot of people havechosen to get involved inlong-term service projects aswell. The Campus Y offers
opportunities to tutor kids
at local schools every week,
and tutoring fellow students
on campus is another good
option—especially if you
have qualms about working
with 10-year-olds. Other fun
commitments include givingmusic lessons, teaching kids
how to play sports, working
with mentally handicappedpeople or scheduling a visit
to a hospital à la Patch Adams (not forgetting the bedpan slippers, of course). If
anonymous aid is more yourstyle, try a new avenue—if
you usually donate money,

try donating canned foodto the Crisis Food Center orused clothing to Goodwill.
In the realm of service,
the whole world is a worthy
recipient. If you’re concerned
about the continuing project“I know everyone’s
already done many
great things for a lot ofgreat people, but maybe
branch out and try
something new.”of rebuilding New Orleans,
try a spring break trip there;
there are still plenty ofgroups that are constructing
buildings, doing legal workand helping people piece
their lives back together.
If you’re interested in an
endeavor abroad, there’s anorganization called Operation Crossroads Africa that,in addition to other things,
helps individuals in many
African countries find out
their AIDS status and, whennecessary, receive counseling and treatment. Engineers
Without Borders does excel-

lent specialized work, likecleaning up waterways inparts of Brazil or the Dominican Republic.
One of the most important things to keep in mind
is that wherever and however you decide to direct
your time and energy, it
may be appreciated in a way
other than what you expect.
No matter how menial or
profound the task, or how
many or few people noticewhat has been done, remember why you thought it wasnecessary. Did you do it tobe recognized, or did you
work hard to lend a handto someone who seemed toneed it?
I know everyone’s alreadydone many great things fora lot of great people, butmaybe branch out and try
something new. Take advantage of new opportunities tomake someone happy; form
closer relationships with thepeople working alongsideyou; try to do somethingthat’s good for someone elseand for you.
Katie is a junior in Arts &Sciences. She can be reached
via e-mail at kaammann@
artsci.wustl.edu.

of grease isn’t that long).
Please don’t become anorexic and/or bulimic and blame
it on me, because I’m nottelling you that you can’t eat
anything. Just keep track ofwhat you eat, and when yourbody tells you it’s time tostop, know that “no meansno.” So by all means, takeadvantage of the great selection of delicious food available on and off campus, butjust remember that when
you eat, eat responsibly.
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MILSTEIN v FROM PAGE 6
two outs.
Then there’s the suggestion of adding fall break onto
Thanksgiving. Sure, getting
an extra day of that would beeven better, but is that goingto happen? And as much as
I’d like to see it happen, losing two days of classes rightbefore ﬁnals might actually
be a bad thing. Since we’re
paying approximately 17 million dollars a semester for our
education, missing the classes
the week before Thanksgiving isn’t a great thing. So let’s
keep them and instead haveThanksgiving actually be moreof a break.
Having a paper due rightafter Thanksgiving breaksucks. It ruins the Thanksgiving weekend, and it has happened to me a lot. And let metell you, the quality of my work
really suffers (whether or notthat is really possible is its own
debate).
Moreover, by the end of thesemester, I’m so burnt out thatmost of what I had learned
has already left my brain. Thisis because there really isn’t a
break. Putting a moratoriumon these papers and all work
due the week after Thanksgiving would change this. It
would allow students to sit
back at home on that Saturdaynight, relax and recharge ourbatteries. This would be invaluable to our education. Right
now, we’re like those wind-up

cars. We get all of our energy
at the beginning of the year,
but without breaks, we never
have a chance to get wound up
again, and we just fall ﬂat in
December. Let us use Thanksgiving break as a chance to getsome more juice so we can beready for the home stretch.
The current fall breakstructure runs contrary to
Wash. U.’s mission. Wash. U.
wants to educate us, but thelack of breaks makes it impossible to truly focus and absorb
material all the way throughthe semester. With fall breakas it is, all we can do with one
day is study for a test; it’s not a
chance to actually relax. Sadly,
replacing fall break by extending Thanksgiving break to a
week would either make classes after Thanksgiving more
intense or force a professor
to go over less than he or she
normally would. Putting an
end to having work the week
after Thanksgiving would get
the best of both worlds: moreof a break without sacriﬁcing
class time.
Arguments for the best way
to improve fall break aside,
one thing is certain: fall breakneeds to change well before
the swallows stop ﬂying toCapistrano.
Daniel is a senior in Arts &Sciences. He can be reached via
e-mail at daniel.milstein@gmail.
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MOVIE REVIEW‘The Game Plan’: The Rock getshimself into a hard place
BY CECILIA RAZAKMOVIE EDITOR
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a talent for screen
acting unlike anything one
expects to see in a major
studio ﬁ lm. With his dark eyes,chiseled jaw, wide smile andcarefully coifed receding hairline, his is a face capable oflaunching at least a few ships.
And “The Game Plan,” Andy
Fickman’s 90-minute Disneymobile, is akin to Homer’s“Iliad” in so many other ways.
It capers and dodges hardreality like an epic hero on thebattleﬁeld. It shimmies andshakes through vaguely homoerotic sports competitions.
And it will most likely spawn
years and years of sequels.
On the top of his game butat the bottom of his heart,pro quarterback Joe Kingman(Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson)

lives the wild and crazy lifeof your average bachelor withinﬁ nite income. He’s Elvisobsessed (King-man, get it?);he’s got a fast, shiny car; heeven has carbonated soda at
his New Year’s Eve party. Sadly,
all things must pass, and thedebauchery comes crashingdown in a masterfully unforeshadowed and unexpected
turn of events. Kingman
discovers that he has an eight
year old daughter of whom hehas been heretofore unaware.
She of the saucer eyes andindiscriminate race appears on
his doorstep looking prim andas if, one day, she could launchsome ships of her own. And let
us be clear that young actress
Madison Pettis was not castfor her looks alone. She also
dances.
The success of this ﬁ lm
relies on the performances of
the two leads and the deliver-

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Millard and Kathryn Price,in composing their script,
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ever after, and Helen skips

home with the Greeks—rightafter they win the Championship Game.
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ALBUM REVIEWSFoo Fighters:‘Echoes, Silence,
Patience and Grace’BY STEPHANIE SPERACADENZA REPORTER
I was 10 when I firstacknowledged the existenceof the Foo Fighters: flipping through the channels
I stumbled upon Dave Grohl
dressed in drag in their“Learn to Fly” video.
I was a little slow on the
uptake: the song was on
their third CD, after the FooFighters had already made aname for themselves outside
the shadow of Nirvana. And
now, eight years later, they
can still deliver an awesomerock album.
The worst thing thatcan be said about “Echoes,
Silence, Patience and Grace”
is that the album sounds
like the Foo Fighters. Dave
Grohl did not try too hard to
experiment with his music:
But why should he? With
“Echoes,” the Foo Fighters incorporated the best
aspects of their previous
albums—the coalescence ofsmooth and jagged guitar
riffs, headbang-worthy
drum lines and lyrics you
would want to scream atyour ex—to create a soundthat is quintessential Foo
Fighters.
“Echoes” opens with “ThePretender.” Grohl wistfully
sings over a dreamy guitar melody when suddenly
Hawkins, on drums, punctuates the progression and isquickly accompanied by Shiflett raging on guitar. By thetime Grohl shouts “You’rethe pretender / What if I
say I will never surrender,”you’re swept into the worldof the Foo Fighters.
In XFM, Dave Grohl
said, “[Echoes is] definitely
moving in a few different

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directions.” A case in point
would be “The Ballad of
Beaconsfield.” This purely
instrumental track with justDave Grohl and guest, Kaki
King, playing slap guitar,sounds like something you
would hear on the community radio station. The song
itself is interesting, andeven tolerable, but its shear
existence on the album
makes no sense.
Yet, there are other songs
that branch out in directions that will actually takeyou somewhere you want togo.
Of the four minutes andthirty-eight seconds thatmake up “But Honestly,” thefirst two and half minutes
consist of Grohl strummingaway on an acoustic guitar.
But even these first minutes contain signature FooFighter lyrics “No way you’llsilence me/ Give me backmy peace of mind.” As “ButHonestly” reaches that 2:30
mark, Grohl and his guitar
crescendo until the drums
and electric guitar blend tocreate a seamless transition
to the classic Foo Fightersound.
“Echoes” also has two
piano heavy songs, including “Statues.” Grohl sings“You and I were two old andtortured souls / Repairedby a love of broken things/ In a life, just some bodies
growing old / No fear of theend, of anything.”
With the harmony created by the piano, smoothelectric guitar and accordion coupled with atypicallyrics, the Foo Fighters form
an elegiac love song as only
they can.
If you can’t afford to buy
the CD, at least download“Long Road to Ruin,” arguably its best track. The songis a fusion of all things
right with the Foo Fighters. It starts with a simple
chord, then takes off andflies until the very last note.
It highlights not only Chris
Shiflett’s guitar skills but
also the ability of the bandto write a pop-rock anthem
you can’t help but enjoy.
“Echoes, Silence, Patienceand Grace” is one of few
albums that you would takealmost every song from inyour iTunes library and put
into that playlist of songs
that you actually enjoy (i.e.
my “I’m Kind of a Big Deal”
playlist).
In the final song of thealbum, “Home,” Grohl laments, “All I want is to behome.” But after listening totheir sixth album, it’s pretty
evident that’s exactly where
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Bruce Springsteen:‘Magic’BY ANDREW SENTERCADENZA REPORTER
Bruce Springsteen and the EStreet Band’s new album “Magic” is a powerful return by oneof rock’s greatest ensembles.
Many of its songs are focusedand stirring tunes that show
a new, noteworthy side to theBoss. The musicianship on thealbum is spectacular, especially
the work from guitarists Nils

Lofgren and Steve Van Zandt.
But unfortunately some of thematerial is at best mediocre,
and the album lacks the raw
vitality and energy that madealbums such as “Born to Run”
and “The Wild, The Innocent
and the E-Street Shufﬂe” undisputed classics of rock & roll.
The album opens with the
new single, “Radio Nowhere.”Throughout the song Bruce
passionately repeats, “Thisis radio nowhere/ Is there
anybody alive out there/ I justwant to hear some rhythm.”commenting on the current
state of commercial radio. On“Radio Nowhere,” the E-Street
Band sounds more polishedand professional then they
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ALBUM REVIEWMatchbox Twenty:‘Exile on Mainstream’
BY STEVE HARDYCONTRIBUTING REPORTER
In 1996, the then-unknown
Matchbox Twenty released“Yourself or Someone Like
You.” My dad picked up theCD, and my eight year-old self
promptly stole it. Our family
took a trip to Mount Rainierthat summer and, after leaving the CD folder in the car at
the airport, I was stranded fora week three time zones fromhome with my Walkman andthat sole CD left from a previous listen.
More than a decade later,
the songs sound fresh and I
still listen to that album fromtime to time and remember
all the words. These songs,
with those of REM and others, deﬁ ned post-grunge 90s
alt rock. On their new album“Exile on Mainstream,” a mixof old and new material, ﬁveof the 11 re-issued songs arefrom “Yourself.” I like to thinkof that fact as a testament totheir ﬁ rst album’s awesomeness, but perhaps it’s because
subsequent releases lacked thepunch of Matchbox Twenty’s
hungry freshman effort.
When the band is on, they
are a solid rock group for an

adult audience. Backing vocals
are tight, instruments complement the lyrics without being
gratuitous, lyrics are clear,meaningful and sung carefully. However, the new tracks of“Exile” sound like a B-side totheir last album, “More Than
You Think You Are.” While theopener, “How Far We’ve Come”
is a fun sing-along, the bandruns out of steam in subsequent songs. Harmonizing andechoing backing vocals are
reduced to annoying “na-na”
style nonsense, especially on“All Your Reasons,” and they
are used as ﬁ ller between
sparse guitar and repetitive
bass, giving the songs a generally predictable, formulaic andsimilar feel.
Rob Thomas is still hard

albums. While I would have
liked a live recording or two,
the re-released songs are all
fantastic. “Push” and “3 am”
are alt rock songs for the ages.
Want to learn how to write asong about depression? Listen
to these tracks. And on “Back
2 Good” Thomas shows that
he can write slow burn thatknows when to give in andbelt it out. If you don’t believe
my endorsement, take Mick
Jagger’s; the fan helped theband pen the barnburning“Disease.”
The bottom line is, if you
only know Matchbox Twenty
as the guys who wrote thatsaccharine monsterpiece“Unwell,” give them a chance
to prove themselves on “Exiled.” Skip right to track sevenand listen to the young bandﬁght to prove themselves…tothemselves, really. Fans of theband, sorry, nothing new hereis particularly interesting. As
they put it themselves “Everyone here is wondering what
it’s like to be with somebody
else… / And we don’t know
how / to get it back to good.”
Please, Matchbox Twenty, justbe yourselves. Don’t tease us
with your former grandeur,just get it back.

at work singing about depression, loneliness and abandonment, but the originals
on “Exile” fall short of thegravity attained by such earlysongs as “Kody” and “Busted”(shamefully omitted from thiscollection). Instead of sounding heartfelt, the band fakes
its way through a lounge-singer sound in “Can’t Let You Go.”
Thomas was better at writingheartache when he actually
was alone, poor and fat.
As a compilation, “Exiled
on Mainstream,” is disappointing in that it does notoffer any live tracks, alternate takes or old, unreleased
work. The second disc functions as a chronological hit
parade of Matchbox Twenty’s
singles from their three studio

Matchbox Twenty
Exile on Mainstream
Rating: ★★★✬✩For fans of: Everclear, ThirdEye Blind, Our Lady Peace
Tracks to download: “3 am,”
“Bent”

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ence Clemmons’ saxophone issacriﬁced in favor of riffs andﬂourishes from Van Zandt and
Lofgren. The emphasis on theguitars can make some of thesongs sound a bit generic andscripted. This is ultimately
disappointing, especially when
Mr. Springsteen’s previous effort(recorded without the E-Street
Band) “The Seeger Sessions” wasa study in loose, freewheeling
popular music.
The production of the album
is most heavily felt in mediocre
efforts such as “Gypsy Biker”
and “Magic,” both of which arelistless. These ﬂaws are repented for by a batch of songs
that soar to magniﬁcent heights.
“Your Own Worst Enemy” is ahaunting song that ponders thepsychological impact of an exlove returning to a small town
after a long hiatus. “Livin in the
Future” is one of the strongest
compositions on the album.
With horns blaring in the background, Springsteen enthusiastically sings, “Don’t worry darlin’/
Now baby don’t you fret/ Livin’in the Future/ None of this has
happened yet.” And “I’ll Workfor Your Love” is a wonderfulpiece about what sacriﬁces andtrials people will endure to win
someone’s love.
Springsteen also delves into
the political realm. “Last toDie” is a thinly veiled attack on

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Rating: ★★★★✬For fans of: Bruce Springsteen
Tracks to download: “Livin in
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the war in Iraq. Lyrics such as“Who’ll be the last to die for a
mistake/ Blood will spill/Hearts
will break,” and, “We don’t measure the blood we’ve drawn anymore/ We just stack bodies outside the door,” are quite blunt.
In “Devil’s Arcade” Springsteen
contemplates how, “Heroes areneeded/So heroes are made.”
These are at times interestingand difﬁcult questions, but theylack any freshness and therefore
the poignancy that would makethem unforgettable.
Bruce Springsteen and the
E-Street Band’s new album is anenergetic and exciting work that
suffers from spots of mediocre
production and songwriting. But
even with these faults, its best
moments are absolutely wonderful and make it a worthwhile
listen. Bruce’s best qualities areshowcased in the closing songof the album, “Terry’s Song,” aloving tribute to a recently lostfriend.
As Springsteen affectionately
laments, “Taj Mahal, Pryamidsof Egypt/ are unique I suppose/
But when they built you brother/
they broke the mold,” the simplicity of the lyric accents thecomplexity of the emotion in his
throaty howl.
While not among his bestrecordings, “Magic” reminds us
why the Boss got promoted in
the ﬁrst place.

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they ever. They occur enoughto eschew even the most tightﬁsted of attempts to impose
structure upon them. Mostﬁ lms would ﬁ ll the screen withpredictable hijinks and broad
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avoid these tired clichés in favor of not using them, and not
replacing them with anythingelse, either. And herein lies
the genius of “The Game Plan:”
the title slyly implies to theunsuspecting movie-goer thatsome sort of foresight, or atleast “Plan”-ing, went into theﬁ lm’s production, when in reality a Homeric disdain for any
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