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O P/E DRubin encouragesopen conversation

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SPORTS Womens soccer

earns trip to NCAAs>> page 10

F EATURESTaylor Macceux chats with Ameya Balsekar

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A & E Jazz weekend

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Former Ambassador Perina deliversfirst Polvony lecture of 2010-2011

VCSC hosts Encounter Povertyevent to raise campus awareness

Last Monday, former ambas-sador and Stephen Edward ScarffMemorial Distinguished VisitingProfessor Rudolf Perina spokeabout the ongoing ethnic con-flicts in former Yugoslavia and theSoviet Union.

The first in the 2010 Povolnylecture series, the lecture markedthe 15th anniversary of the DaytonAccords, the peace agreement thatended the Bosnian war. During theDayton Accords, Perina acted asthe United States representativeto Serbia.

The lecture was well attended by students, community membersand even by Emeritus Professor ofGovernment and Henry M. WristonProfessor of Social Sciences MojmirPovolny himself.

Perinas lecture was titledEuropes Post-Cold War Conflicts:The Prospects for Peace in theSuccessor States to Yugoslavia andthe Soviet Union.

In the lecture, he gave an over-view of both the history of succes-sions in these regions and whetheror not the regions can hope to

become legitimate states. Perinafocused mainly on the conflictsin Bosnia, Kosovo, Moldova andTransnistria.

Perina introduced the lecture by saying, The end of the ColdWar was good news I find itrather remarkable that at the endof the Cold War we find really onlythe conflicts I will be talking abouttonight, this is not to say it is tosay that they were not terrible, but

it is to say that they could have been much worse.

Despite the fact that the con-flicts could have been muchworse, the discord in Yugoslaviaover the past 20 years has beenthe biggest conflict in Europe sinceWorld War II.

The conflicts, although theyarose for various reasons, weremostly based on ethnic differenc-es. Perina expressed this sentimentwhen he asked, Why should I be aminority in your state when I cansucceed and you will be a minorityin mine?

History, geography, poor lead-ership and outside intervention

only heightened the ethnic ten-sions in these areas.

For example, international aidfrom the United States, Russia andlater the European Union oftenonly worsened the conflicts. TheDayton Accords, on the otherhand, represent one internationaleffort that actually did help todecrease violence in the region.

According to Perina, [TheDayton Accords] had three objec-

tives: to stop the war, to reversethe territorial gains of ethniccleansing and to preserve Bosniaas a single state by preventingBosnian Serb succession. In hisopinion, the peace agreement wassuccessful on all three counts.

As he looks toward the future,

Perina is pessimistic. He sees anera of international disagreementin the current post-Dayton Accordsperiod, but Perina also views aidfrom the European Union as ben-eficial. He sees the prospects forgradual resolution are somewhat

better in Yugoslavia than the for-mer Soviet Union simply becausethe EU is closer.

In his lecture, Perina echoedAssociate Professor of Governmentand Edwin & Ruth West Professorof Economics and Social ScienceClaudena Skrans introductorywords. In her introduction, Skransaid, There are a lot of underlyingeconomic conflicts and being in

the European Union would help tosolve this.

In closing, Perina added: In anera of globalization, ethnic diver-sity should be seen as an attributerather than a problem by thosewho have the interests of their eth-nic groups truly at heart. Perinatook several questions from theaudience before concluding.

The Volunteer and CommunityService Center organized an eventcalled Encounter Poverty: TwoPerspectives Thursday, Sept. 4to provide students with multipleperspectives on the subject of pov-erty and the specific problemsfacing aid workers from nation tonation.

In cooperation with AppletonAlliance Church, the VCSC broughttogether Antonio Jesus Rojasof Peru and Thomas Traore ofBurkina Faso to discuss personalexperiences with poverty in theircountries.

Rojas explained that he has been dealing with poverty sincechildhood. In Peru, more than aquarter of the population lives

below the poverty line. He was born into a lower class family andwas a direct witness to the hard-ships of the poor.

Rojas and his organizationCorazones Felices, or HappyHearts, have made significantsteps towards providing childrenwith food to eat, means to attaineducation and safety from thegrowing levels of drug and gangrelated violence in certain areas.

Rojas admits that the challeng-es facing him were daunting. Hesaid, I felt this was a big city andI was just one, small man. But 12

years into their effort, CorazonesFelices has helped more than 1,500families.

Rojas and his team havefought hard to reduce high ratesof divorce and domestic violence

by providing families with week-end programs and meetings.Corazones Felices is also helpingmore than 200 children pay foreducation and medical treatment.Children without dreams, nowdream, said Rojas.

Traores fight against povertyis in some ways even more basicthan that of Rojas and CorazonesFelices. Burkina Faso, consideredthe third poorest nation on earth

by the U.N., is only in its 15th yearof independence from France andis still struggling to provide for itspoorer citizens.

Village residents still have towalk one to two miles just forwater, and, according to Traore,the water is often of poor qual-ity. Thus, much of Traores workinvolves drilling wells closer tovillages and trying to keep themopen and clean.

Beyond that, Traore, with thehelp of Compassion International,is also trying to get children

back in school by providing themwith free education and institut-ing scholar canteen programs,through which children can eat a

Maggie BricknerStaff Writer

Justin JonesStaff Writer

Lawrence hosted a series ofevents commemorating the FoxCities-Kurgan, Russia Sister CitiesPrograms 20th anniversary Nov.

4 and 5.The festivities began withBeet the Borscht, a borscht tastetest competition that took placeNov. 4.

There was a team from BonApptit, a team from Fox ValleyTechnical College and then a teamfrom the Russian department atLawrence, stated Chuck Lauter,former Lawrence University deanof students. All the borscht wasso good that nobody could figureout which was best.

The competition was followed by a traditional Russian dinnerand a small awards ceremony. Toclose the evening, the Wisconsin

Russian Folk Orchestra performedin Stansbury Theatre.

A series of educational pro-grams was held in the WarchCampus Center Nov. 5. The pro-grams included a presentation byLauter, his wife Estella and a panelof four individuals representingdifferent occupational spheres inKurgan.

According to Timothy Schmidt,coordinator of international stu-dent services and lecturer of theWaseda program, panelists gavea talk about their particular areasin Kurgan and what the sisterhoodwith Appleton has meant to themgoing forward.

Specifically, there were discus-sions on journalistic integrity, edu-cation, business development andthe environment.

According to Brett Schilke, pro-gram coordinator of the Fox CitiesKurgan City Sister Program, mem-

bers of the Lawrence communitywho did not attend the events can

still learn more about the program.Said Schilke, One of our maingoals is to get people engaged and

involved. Something that would beimportant for Lawrence studentsto know is simply that this part-nership is here. It isnt somethingthat should only be considered

by Russian majors or people spe-cifically interested in [...] studyingRussia. There are opportunitiesto expand partnerships into otherareas and different interests.

The mission of the Sister CitiesProgram is to work toward thecreation of a safer world throughimproving economic, civic, educa-tional and health opportunities inthe Kurgan, Russia and Fox Citiesregions. Specifically, the programhas achieved improvements ineducational opportunities, globalsecurity, economic developmentand cooperation between govern-ment and public services.

Kurgan was assigned asAppletons sister city in Aug. 1989.According to Schilke, Lawrence

University was involved from thevery beginning. During the firstdelegation in 1990, the sisterhood

between Kurgan and Appleton wasmade official in the John G. StrangeCommon Room of Main Hall.

Lawrences contributions tothe Fox Cities-Kurgan Sister CitiesProgram have continued through-out the last 20 years.

In the summer of 1990,explained Lauter, two Lawrencegraduates went off to Kurgan toteach English for the year. Over 80people from Lawrence Universityand Kurgan State University haveparticipated back and forth in bothdirections.

Faculty exchanges betweenLawrence and Kurgan StateUniversity have also taken placein the last 20 years. Our Russianlanguage assistant is from Kurganthis year, Schmidt noted. Wereceive professors from Kurganwho come to learn about Americanteaching methods, do research andprovide lectures.

Professors from Lawrence,including Lauter, have also taughtat the Kurgan State University. I

taught in Kurgan in 2001 and 2006.Both times, I taught FreshmenStudies in Kurgan. It was very wellreceived over there, said Lauter.

Assistant Professor of RussianStudies Peter Thomas reflectedon the program. He explained, Iwould like Lawrentians to knowthat many people here in Appletonhave spent years developing per-sonal relationships with individu-als and institutions in Kurgan, andmany in Kurgan have done thesame here in Appleton.

Thomas continued, They doso because they all believe thatpersonal relationships, no matterhow insignificant they may seemon the international stage, offerthe strongest and most effectiveargument against the destructiveand willful ignorance that plaguesthe political and economic rela-tionships between our two coun-tries.

Tammy TranStaff Writer

Sister city program celebrates 20th annivers

See VCSC on page 2


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THE LAWRENTIAN

2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010NEWS

As the end of fall term

approaches, Bon Apptit will beasking for student suggestions onhow to improve their services.

Starting next week, studentswill be able to write their com-ments on large rolls of paper infront of Kaplans Grill and KatesCorner Store.

Over the past year, studentcomments have led to implement-

ed changes. Vegan desserts, aswell as gluten-free muffins andcookies, are more readily availablenow thanks to student sugges-tions, noted Bon Apptit GeneralManager Julie Severance.

Student comments have alsoled to efforts to be more sustain-able. Students, as they should, arealways challenging us to becomemore green, Severance explained.

These comments, along withcollaborative efforts with the GreenRoots initiative, have led to the use

of wooden silverware in KaplansGrill. The incentive program foreco containers gives students whouse these containers 25 cents offof their purchase of an entre aspart of Bon Apptits encourage-ment of sustainable practices.

Campus Center Director GregGriffin feels that Bon Apptit payscareful attention to student com-ments. Time and time again theyhave instituted changes [that] stu-dents, faculty or staff have sug-gested, Griffin said.

Griffin noted some otherefforts Bon Apptit has made to

be more green, such as the effortto use china and real silverwarein place of disposable Styrofoamcontainers and plastic cups, anda January use your travel mugincentive program.

Bon Apptit is also makingan effort to sign up more localfarmers to be part of their vendorteam. Our goal is to source 20percent of our food locally, saidSeverance.

Bon Apptit strongly encour-ages students to make their wish-es known. We read all of thecomment cards and post respons-es to them outside of AndrewCommons, said Severance. Wecan most often make adjustments/corrections immediately and solveany problems. The proof is in thegluten-free pudding.

Bon Apptit continues to encourage student feedback Maija AnstineStaff Writer

Rose McCannais a Saint.

HappyBirthday

Rana!

prepared meal at school free ofcharge. Traore says he wants

to help the whole person andthat a child with an emptystomach has no ears.

The presentations provid-ed commentary about both theuniversal and specific aspectsof fighting poverty aroundthe world. Sylwia Matlosz 12,social justice programs coor-dinator for the VCSC, said,Where their talks overlap

and diverge says a lot aboutthe face of poverty in thesecountries. There are common,inherent problems when deal-ing with poverty, but thereis not one generalizable solu-

tion.The VCSC has more events

in the works as part of theongoing Social Justice Seriesand is constantly collaboratingwith other on-campus organi-zations to further the cause ofsocial justice here at Lawrence.

VCSC continued from page 2

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ognize Aimen Khan! A sophomore fromLahore, Pakistan, Aimen has organizedseveral different fundraisers for thePakistan flood relief. Aimen has raisedover $1,500 through dorm storms, dona-tion bins, henna stations and grill outs. Hehas also organized several events opento the community, including Reverse Trickor Treat where students exchanged candy

for donations. Future events planned forWinter Term include a silent auction atHarmony Caf. While home over winterbreak, Aimen plans to bring back sev-eral novelty Pakistani items to auction offto the community. To learn more aboutthe Pakistan flood relief or to donateto the cause, please contact Aimen [email protected].

O UTSTANDING V OLUNTEERSPlease join the Volunteer and

Community Service Center in rec-ognizing Zenabu Abubakari asNovembers Volunteer of the Month!Zenabu is a senior studio art majorand plans to work at a publishing firmafter grad school. Zenabu foundedthe Ghana Reads program to helpprovide local schools in Ghana withbasic school supplies, such as pens,pencils, notebooks and folders. Shehas raised over $2,900 and hascollected 215 boxes in donations.

Zenabu plans to distribute theseitems while home over winter breakto several different schools, includ-ing two elementary schools, onehigh school and one community col-lege. Cash donations are still beingcollected to cover shipping costsand transportation. If you are inter-ested in learning more about theGhana Reads program or donatingto the cause, please contact Zenabuat [email protected].

Courtesy of the Volunteer and Community ServiceCenter

Zenabu Abubakari (above) and Aimen Khan (left)

A T L AWRENCE


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THE LAWRENTIAN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 VARIETY 3

I have faced a great struggleover the past few weeks. A weightyquestion has been at the back ofmy mind all term and I fear I canhold it in no longer: Why do peoplechoose to wear pants?

Okay, I can understand the basic facilities pants offer: Theyprovide some warmth and theyhave pockets to hold things in. Butthey are just so disgusting. As Iwalk to class each day I find myselfstaring up at the heavens in orderto avoid gazing upon the pants ofmy fellow classmates.

Really, youre wearing pantsinto the campus center a facilityso nice Jesus himself must have

provided the blueprint.Wearing pants in your room

is one thing, but going to class inpants is just a sign of disrespecttowards your professors. It saysto me, Ive got something to hidein our relationship. Are you really

that insecure that you have to wearfabric over your naked limbs? Atleast have the decency to wearsome daisy dukes.

Cant we Americans all agreethat pants are oppressive? TheAmerican Indians never wore pantsuntil the colonists duped theminto trading the Great AmericanWest for some dungarees.

Many great spiritual leadersand liberators famously went sans pants. Gandhi didnt wear pants why should you? Be the changeyou wish to see in the world and

change out of your pants. Feel thecool autumn breeze on your legskin. Bring some much-needed sunto your upper thighs. Sunny D isnot the only way to get vitaminD. Our legs are our transporta-tion through the world; its time

we started showing them morerespect and stop covering them uplike a nephew in a cupboard.

In a world without pants,everyone is king. I imagine a worldwhere everyone is running around,their legs liberated, their soulssmiling. We will gather around agreat pants fire every one ofus and say goodbye to waistsizes forever. No longer shall we betempted by the material comfortsof pants, instead moving forwardand forming the New World Order.

You know whats dangerous

about pants? They can catch onfire, becoming very literal and pain-ful hot pants. Pants are also veryfilthy creatures. Pants get reallydirty when youre always wipingyour hands on them. Every timesomeone walks into the library or

Our Holy Warch with pants on theyare bringing in all the condimentstains they have been accruing ontheir pants. I dont want to haveto figure out which President your

barbecue stain looks like!Also, pants contribute to over

90 percent of the lint that coversthe Earth! Think about that: About90 percent of the deadly laundro-mat fires that occur were caused

by pants. If you dont like deadlylaundromat fires it follows thatyou shouldnt like pants.

Lets get one thing straight: I

dont like eating, talking or think-ing near pants. You are not at Gap this is a university. Pants lookpuritanical and are disrespectful.Do you pants-wearing folk evenunderstand the full implicationsof wearing pants? You are directly

supporting patriarchy and the cap-italist system every time you zipup dont get me started on pantswith buttons instead of zippers.

When you wake up and getout of bed, go straight to class.Think of the freedom you will gainwhen you no longer worry yourselfwith pants. No more balancingacts, putting one leg into oppres-sion at a time. Please, my fellowLawrentians, have the decency totake your pants off!

Hot pants discussion: Why Lawrentians should all take off their pantsErik WyseStaff Writer

Last year, my friend and fellowtheory/composition major DrewBaungartner wrote a weekly col-umn called Ask a Fith-Year forThe Lawrentian . It was a witty yetinformative look at campus issuesfrom someone who had experi-enced Lawrence over the courseof more than four years. If yourelike me, opening The Lawrentian

just didnt feel the same withoutDrews fantastic commentary onlife at Lawrence.

While I dont claim to be halfas witty and intelligent as Drew,I hope that through reviving thiscolumn, I can provide a decentsubstitute for the void his depar-ture left in our hearts.

After all, hearing a voice ofexperience may help youngerLawrentians to deal with the aca-demic and social stresses thatcome with college life or a t leastmake them think twice before they

do stupid things. If nothing else,this column will be an adequatedistraction for those sitting onthe Con couches, residence hall

lobbies and New Downer a.k.a.Andrew Commons.

Dear Evan,I am a freshman participating

in a Conservatory ensemble, but Iam not a music major. Im doingmy best trying to relate to Connies,but sitting on the Con couches oftenbrings curious and unwelcomingstares from the musicians. My Confriends are often telling me howthey have it a lot harder than me,and make me feel like my major isless worthwhile. What should I do?

Sincerely,Stranger in a Strange

Conservatory

Hi Stranger. First of all, greatRobert A. Heinlein reference. Bravo or Brava! I think its great thatyou are participating in an ensem-

ble as a non-major. Music makingis for everyone, and you shouldnt

feel that what youre doing in lifeis less important than anyone else.

Lets look at the couch situ-ation first. Its easy to feel awk-

ward and out of place when peopleare staring at you, but considerthis: are you particularly attractiveor particularly unattractive? Itshuman nature to stare at peopleone finds physically appealing orstrange. If this is the case, then Iwouldnt worry about the stares,

because this will follow you wher-ever you go.

The more likely reason is thatyou are unfamiliar to them. TheCon couches are often a hub foranimated and often inappropriatediscourse. When people are gos-siping, debating politics or playingBabe or Not-Babe, they are warythat unfamiliar people may be put

off or offended by the conversa-tion. They may be giving you awk-ward glances to make sure you arenot angry about the topic at hand.

If youre not angry, introduceyourself and join in the conver-sation. A new voice in the great

debate of whether or not HilarySwank is a babe is welcomed andneeded. If you are offended bysuch sophomoric objectification,

then its probably just best tohead to the other side of the lobby before the debate turns towardSarah Palin.

As for your friends, its hardenough to leave your group of highschool friends and find a place ofyour own here at Lawrence withoutConnies bragging about how muchwork and practicing they have todo. Yet, for a moment, try to see iffrom their point of view.

In a conducting master classhere, the visiting conductor toldus that as musicians, we have

big egos, yet are extremely self-conscious. As a budding com-poser, conductor and performer,

I definitely know the feeling Imean come on! I create from noth-ing! Bow down and worship me!Winning the whos busiest gamehelps stroke that ego, yet mostof us do our best not to belittleanyone.

As a friend who cares, the best thing you can do is get newfriends and stop talking to theones that make you feel bad. Trust

me, youre helping them.See, the most successful andemotionally fulfilled musicians arethe ones who can work well withothers. In order to do this, the egomust be deflated or at least sup-pressed. The best way to deflatean ego is to stop feeding it. Bu t youdont want to be mean, so its bestto just stop talking to them. If theychange, resume the friendship. Ifthey dont, then at least you wonthave to deal with them anymore.

I hope answering this fakequestion helps a few of you. Id loveto answer some real ones in futurecolumns. Please feel free to send a

question to [email protected]. Or if you prefer, send oneanonymously through campus mailto SPC 1577.

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THE LAWRENTIAN

4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010FEATURES

Originally from Mumbai, India,Ameya Balsekar has been anassistant professor of government at Lawrence University for

just over a year. He attendedBrown University for his bach- elors degree and earned hisdoctorate at Cornell University.Balsekar specializes in the sub- field of comparative politics, witha focus on India.

Maccoux: In general, what

makes Lawrence University spe-cial to you?

Balsekar: There is a lot to like.I really like that there are a lotof opportunities to interact withfaculty across the disciplines.There are schools where movingoutside your department or fieldis pretty rare. Also, speaking asa relatively new member of thefaculty, theres something aboutthe feel of the school the envi-ronment, maybe that is verynurturing.

Maccoux: Why did you decide tostudy in the United States?

Balsekar: I did one year of col-lege back home, starting off asa biology major, actually. I real-ized that the reason I decided tostudy biology was because myfriends were studying sciencetoo, but I hated the straitjacket-ed education system back home.While I was going through all ofthis, I had a friend who had goneto boarding school in the states,and he was applying to colleges.He suggested I apply to schoolshere too, and I did. For me, it waseither dropping out or startingfresh. It was all very spontane-

ous and unplanned, but it seemsto have worked out okay.

Maccoux: With that in mind,what advice would you have forundecided students?

Balsekar : Yikes! Im not sureI should be dispensing lifeadvice... Go with your gut. We allhave a sort of gut feeling aboutwhat we enjoy. Go with whatyou enjoy doing, because if youenjoy it, you will do it well. I liketo believe that if you do some-thing well, your abilities will berecognized.

Maccoux: So what eventually gotyou interested in government?

Balsekar: When I came to theU.S., I pretty much went wild,and it was only in my junioryear that I eventually settled ondevelopment studies. For thatmajor, which was multi-disci-plinary, I wrote a senior thesison environmental policy in India.While writing it up, I realizedthat politics seemed to mattermore than the quality of policy.So when I decided to apply tograd schools, political science

seemed like a better choice. Ihad taken maybe two politicalscience courses as an undergrad,so it was pretty tough, but every-thing worked out okay.

Maccoux: What made you decideto become a teacher?

Balsekar : I think at some level,I always wanted to teach. Ithelped that I had teachers thatI really loved in school as a kidand then in college. My mom isa teacher, and my sister is oneof those multi-skilled individu-als who also teaches, so we have

a lot of educationally-inclinedpeople in my family. Also, whenI started teaching in grad school,I really enjoyed it. It really mademe happy. That kind of satisfac-tion, I knew I couldnt get in acubicle.

Maccoux: What are the greatestand hardest parts of your job asa professor?

Balsekar : The greatest benefit isthat I get almost three monthsa year to go back to India andspend time with my family. Iwouldnt be able to have a joblike this back home. So, it workspretty well because I get the bestof both worlds. That for me isa big plus. I love the fact thatteaching is a very intellectuallystimulating profession. Thingsthat I may have thought aboutfor years in one way, I find astudent thinking about in a com-pletely different way. I find thatreally rewarding. I dont knowif its because Im still relativelynew to teaching, but grading isreally difficult. I still occasion-ally have problems with gradeguilt, and its a constant chal-lenge to ensure fairness and con-

sistency across 20 or 30 papers.Maccoux: What is your favoritecourse to teach?

Balsekar : I dont think I have afavorite yet, but there are alwaystopics I enjoy discussing in all ofmy classes. I love talking aboutcensorship because its part ofmy research and, generally, thepolitics of culture.

Maccoux: Outside of the class-room, what are some of yourfavorite activities?

Balsekar : Im a food fiend, andI enjoy a good meal out withgood company. Good food, goodcompany and movies. Im a hugemovie fan. Ive been told byfriends that my taste in moviesand music is like a 70-year-olds.I think that may be partly true...

Maccoux: Well, what would yousay is your favorite movie?

Balsekar : Id say that ForrestGump is my number one, andThe Shawshank Redemption.They tie for first. Ill leave mymore embarrassing favoritesout...

Maccoux: Since you are a gov-

ernment professor, I have toask: What did you think of themid-term elections?

Balsekar : Im not very familiarwith American politics but, likeeveryone else, I cant say I wasentirely surprised by the out-come. Because of the way I thinkabout politics, I almost expectedsome disaffection after a wavelike the one that won Obama thePresidency. I was surprised thatFeingold lost, given that he was,from what I understand, a veryindependent-minded Democrat.It made me wonder what exactlyvoters were basing their deci-sions on.

The secret lives of our profs:

Ameya Balsekar, Assistant Professor of Governmen Taylor Maccouxfor The Lawrentian

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THE LAWRENTIAN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 FEATURES 5

HE LP THE ENV IRONMENT.

RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER!

If your ninth week is anythinglike mine has been, youre probably craving all manner ofcomfort foods right about now.I dont know about you, butbreakfast is my comfort meal ofchoice. Granola, scones, muffins,eggs... if its a breakfast food,Im going to want it. And myabsolute favorite breakfast treatis French toast. Something about

the bread-and-egg combination just really hits the spot for me.So, in honor of all the stressful ninth weeks weve just completed, and the stressful coupleweeks that lie ahead, here ismy personal French toast philosophy.

What you need:4 eggsAbout 1/2 cup milk (becauseIm mildly lactose intolerant, Illoften use less milk or substitutegoats milk)1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurtCinnamonDash of nutmegPinch of orange zestSome day-old bread, sliced (mypersonal favorite is challah)Butter

What to do:In a bowl, beat together eggs,milk and yogurt.

Add the spices and stir untilwell mixed.As you heat up a pan and meltsome butter over medium heat,soak your first slices of bread inthe egg mixture.When the pan is hot and your

butter melted, place the soaked bread in the pan and fry eachside until a nice golden brown.In the meantime, soak up thenext slices of bread, so you canget a smooth system going.Eat your toast immediately andvoraciously, with any toppingyour heart desires someideas include the classic maplesyrup, or maybe some jam or

apple sauce or a nice fruit salad.Should you be craving a savorytreat instead, leave out the cin-namon, nutmeg and orangezest, add a pinch of salt andyour toast is ready to be enjoyedwith some melted cheese or aside of grilled vegetables.

Serves about 4 or 5.Guten Appetit!

From our kitchen to yours Anneliese AbneyChef

A French toast philosophy

Domestic gourmands: From Shishkabob to Chicago Grill

NI: Its a chilly day in the fall of2007. You and a friend are walking back from Walgreens and decideto stop somewhere for a bite toeat. Chef Chen of Dong Po fameis still cooking at Confucius andwont bring his fusion of Chineseand Japanese cuisine to WestRichmond for another few months.Franks Pizza Palace isnt open inthe afternoon and you are not inthe mood for Good Company.TR: What are you doing?NI: Im painting a mental picture.Anyway, the bags your friend

bought from Walgreens feel heavyand you have to carry them backto campus because youre a gentle-

man. The wind starts to pick up.TR: Get to the point.NI: You turn the corner on SouthLocust and pass the empty storewindows of a space for sale toShishkabob, a small restaurant thatserves authentic Mediterraneancuisine at affordable prices.TR: Shishkabobs food was worththe long trek or speedy bike ridedown College Ave and if it ever got

too cold outside you could alwaysget it delivered to your dorm, pro-vided they knew how to get thereor you were proficient at givingdirections.NI: Now flash forward to 2010.You remember the warm serviceand great gyros at Shishkabob anddecide to take your friends there.After a 20-minute walk downCollege Ave where you list offexotic items like the schwarma or

baba ghannough to your friendsand plan what you want to eat, youstand a few feet from one of yourfavorite little exotic delis in townstruck with horror.TR: Shishkabob is now calledChicago Grill.NI: Spoilers much? I was going fora Charlton-Heston-on-his-knees-

before-the-Statue-of -Liberty end-ing.TR: Sorry. If you can get pastthe name change youll find thatnot much has changed within thewalls of the Chicago Grill. Thesmell of meat roasting on the openschwarma grill and the friendlysmiles from over the counter arestill there to welcome you for aquiet lunch or dinner with friends.The menu still has a selection

of great Mediterranean delicacieslike gyros, falafel or hummus butalso features Philly cheese steaks,cheeseburgers and chicken fingers.NI: When you took away themiddle-eastern woman singing inthe flat screen mounted on thewall, Shishkabobs dcor was fair-ly generic. The plain walls, tiledfloors and hardwood tabletopsdidnt scream exotic. But withthe obligatory Vienna Beef posterof the giant hot dog at the harborand the neon Kronos sign flaringabove the cashier like somethingstraight out of Blade Runner, itshard to let your mind escape tosome place foreign and unfamiliarwith your taste buds.TR: Blade Runner? That tiny thing?Youre taking this too personally.NI: I just want that middle-easternwoman back.TR: We decided to sample a little

bit of both worlds by trying anold favorite and something new. Iordered the Buffalo chicken wingswith French fries and a side ofranch dressing for dipping.NI: I went with the schwarma wrap a mix of lettuce, onions, pick-les, tomatoes and pieces of grilledchicken wrapped in soft bread and

served with a special chili sauce.I also ordered some baba ghan-nough for the two of us.TR: The $4.99 chicken wing optionsserves six small pieces, drippingwith a spicy hot sauce that givesnew meaning to the phrase finger-lickin good. Shishkabob featureda halal meat option, a method ofpreparation similar to kosher thatobserves religious rules. ChicagoGrill continues to serve halal chick-en but not beef.NI: The baba ghannough is a gen-erous portion of grilled eggplant,mashed and dressed with olive oil.I tore off a piece of the pita breadand dipped it into the sauce. Itsguaranteed to whet your appetitefor Mediterranean food while youwait for the main course. We werealso given a red bag of barbecue-flavored Kruncher chips, becauseapparently they spell it with a Kin Chi-town. My schwarma wascut down the middle but the twohalves were still quite large. Itwas appropriately juicy and itsdelicious mix of grilled meat andvegetables was packed with a lotof flavor.TR: We watered our lunch downwith Coke from the fountain in

white Styrofoam cups. They gaveus a free refill when we realizedthat dipping Buffalo wings in chilisauce had set our stomachs onfire.NI: The food here is still quite goodand the infusion of a Chicago-style menu adds more optionsfor the less adventurous lunch-goers who like their meals to feelmore familiar. The prices are stillreasonable and your wallet wont

bleed cash when its time to paythe bill.TR: I would have given Shishkaboba thumbs-up for its greatMediterranean dishes and inexpen-sive menu and the same holds truefor the new Chicago Grill. I enjoyedthe chicken wings and am eagerto try more of their local cuisinewhen I stop by next time.NI: Agreed. If you and your friendare walking back to campus fromWalgreens and need to stop forlunch or dinner, curl up next to thelarge poster of the Chicago skyline,order a gyro or two and watch aPackers game on the flat screen atChicago Grill.

Naveed Islam & TasmiaRahmanFeatures Editor & for The Lawrentian

After deciding that I was goingto participate in the LawrenceLondon Centre program, the warn-ing I heard most often was to notget my hopes up about makingBritish friends. Several previousLondon Centre students expressedtheir frustration over that exactproblem. They said that theLondon Centre felt a bit like sum-mer camp, a vacation, even if it wasa vacation with fellow Lawrencestudents. With those warnings inmind, I arrived in London expect-ing my temporary escape from theLawrence bubble to be difficult,

but I was determined to try.Within a week of arriving, my

friend Katherine and I had joinedthe Imperial College UltimateFrisbee team, more commonlyknown as the Disc Doctors. Onour first day of practice, I wasnervous; the most I had done witha disc since Spring Term 2010 wassome tossing at the beach. I hopedI wouldnt be shunned too badly ifI made a complete fool of myself.

In the end, there was noth-ing to fear. Before either of ushad even come near a disc, wewere being queried about our fluo-rescent shorts, our home team,whether we knew Wolfy Sarah

Wolfson 12 and whether wewould be meeting the team at the bar later.

Since that first day of practice,I have found myself planning myremaining time in London aroundthe team schedule. We spent afull Saturday wearing silly hatsat a tournament, which we nearlywon. We have waited until the last

minute to race to class from prac-tice, and then gone immediatelyto the Imperial Union Bar with theteam as soon as class ends. Just afew weeks ago, I spent six hourscrammed into a small upper roomin a curry house with 31 team-mates, enjoying the most amusingmeal of my life.

Perhaps, in previous years,Londoners have been lessapproachable. Maybe ImperialCollege has been less accessible inthe past. Whatever the case, I haveexperienced none of the expectedproblems while making friends

in London. Its true that neitherLawrence University nor FIE hadpre-packaged British friends wait-ing for me in my welcome package.

However, by taking myself outof my comfort zone and acceptingthat if I wanted to make friendsI would have to make an effort, Ihave discovered some of the bestand closest friends I could possiblyask for. My only regret about mynew friendships is that there is notnearly enough time left to spendwith them, but thats okay; thats

just one more reason to come backsomeday.

Photo by Tara Atkinson

Across the pond: friends for ten weekLauren Thompsonfor The Lawrentian

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6 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010OPINIONS & EDITORIALS

I almost drove off a cliff.

Francesca Romero-Siekman

When I was a freshman in highschool, we were [...] going 90 mphdown a road, the car flipped three

times, I pinched a nerve in myneck and went to the hospital. Bad

scene.

Marc Pawlus

Have youever had anear death

experience?

Photo poll by Tara Atkinson

I was driving, it was really snowy,I was at a stop light and a car ran ared light and smashed into the car

behind me.Clare Bohrer P

H O T O

P O L L

The midterm election ismarked by overwhelming backlashagainst an unpopular Democraticpresident. The economy is in oneof the worst recessions in recentmemory. Unemployment is in thedouble digits. Republicans ride thewave of popular anger and deci-sively win.

Sound familiar? It wasthe midterm election of 1894.The Republicans overwhelm-ingly retook the House of

Representatives and several seatsin the Senate in the greatest elec-toral upset of American history.

Did 1894 mark the death ofthe Democratic Party? No. Did thiselection reverse growing federalpower? No. Did Congress instantlysolve the Panic of 1893? No.

Based on the rhetoric sur-rounding the Nov. 2 election, onewould believe that Congress haschanged quite a bit over the last116 years.

On Election Night 2010,Speaker of the House-elect JohnBoehner promised a new wayforward in Washington. Rand

Paul, Senator-elect from Kentuckyannounced, We [The Entirety ofthe American People plus RandPaul] have come to take our gov-ernment back.

Take it back they did, drivingthe Democrats from the Houseand leaving the sniveling curs totremble in the White House andthe Senate, which they still hold.

As a sophomore, I have a keengrasp on all political phenomenaand possess the necessary qualifi-cations to pontificate on this elec-tion. I got my sixth grade diplomaat Our Lady of Peace IntermediateSchool and can talk loudly forextended periods of time, possess-ing terrific lung capacity from row-ing. I can also dress myself.

To Democrats, I will say this:Stop whining you are still inpower. You control the Senate andthe presidency. The AmericanPeople, who consist entirely ofindependents, Catholics and oldfolk, didnt like what was goingon when you were in office. Toughluck. On the bright side, since theRepublicans are steering the Shipof State, you can have the keysto the Barge of Filibustering. Goto town.

For once, your party may

have better discipline than theRepublicans. Remember backto the health care debate? TheMidwestern and Southern bluedog Democrats who caused somany problems have been purged

by the Republican victory. Whatremains are the members of thepartys coastal liberal core, whohave a greater ideological consen-sus.

To Republicans, my message is:Curb your enthusiasm. This isntthe start of a second AmericanRevolution. You havent takenyour government back. You canthave the neo-libertarian dreamright now. What you do have is anunclear mandate from an angryelectorate that will come after youin 2012 if there is no improvementin their day-to-day lives.

The Democrats can pull thesame parliamentary tricks you alldid a few years ago. If you com-plain about it, you will lose myvote. That was then, this is nowis the same grade of intellectualmush as was the pre-election mis-takes were made proffered byDemocrats a few weeks ago.

To The American People:

Reframing the midterm electionsSteve Nordinfor The Lawrentian

STAFF EDITORIAL

Last winter, Lawrence launched the Admissions Ambassador program, whichgave current Lawrentians the opportunity to visit their high schools on behalf ofthe university. Recently, students were contacted to participate during the upcom-ing break.

We suggest a strong emphasis be placed on the geographic distribution of partic-ipating high schools. This approach has the potential to further diversify Lawrence

by increasing the number of students from under-represented areas. In implement-ing the ambassador program, the university recognizes the varying educationalapproaches and cultures that students bring to Lawrence. Maintaining and strength-ening this characteristic is in accordance with the universitys educational mission.

In the next few years, the efficacy of the ambassadors will depend on several fac-tors. The number of students who serve as ambassadors and the number of schoolsthey reach will determine whether this program can become a permanent featurein Lawrence Admissions.

We commend the university for this innovation. High school students increas-ingly rely on independent and Internet-based research during the college searchprocess; Lawrences Admissions Ambassador program allows for high schoolers tolearn from undergraduates about the specific experience of transitioning from theirhigh school to this university.

According to Admissions, over 100 students participated in this program in itsfirst year. We at The Lawrentian are encouraged by last years enthusiasm to vol-unteer for and represent Lawrence and hope to see more involvement this winter.

Homecoming

Harry Potter. A name recog-

nized and loved by the vast major-ity of people in our age group andone moving back into the spot-light with the upcoming releaseof Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows Part One in theaters Nov.19.

I still remember my first forayinto midnight book release terri-tory, standing giddy with my bestfriend in a Borders on 95th streetin Chicago, trying to remember allof the rumors we had heard andassumptions we had made aboutJ.K. Rowlings fifth book, TheOrder of the Phoenix. On the wayhome we tried to read by the lightof streetlamps. Their yellow light

slid down the page and we could

only get in a few sentences beforewe were plunged into darkness atintervals.

In the summer of 2007 beforemy freshman year of college, dur-ing a flood of graduation andgoing away parties, my friend andI sat for hours in the basement ofthe Borders on Michigan Avenue.We were first and second in line,still hotly debating whether ornot Snape had been acting onDumbledores orders, and I wasanswering trivia questions meantfor 5-year-olds.

All of this is tied directly tomy experiences reading the booksthemselves. I dont have thosesame associations with seeing themovies in theaters even thoughIve always gone to the midnightrelease or right after school gotout.

Maybe there was a bucket ofpopcorn involved, maybe I stoodin line nervous with a tick-et stub in hand. But what I doremember are feelings of indigna-tion as I watched people in thetheater actually enjoying them-selves, and I realized that thiswas a spectacle for some peopleremoved from the world dedi-cated to the reading of the books.

I was not there to enjoy myself.I was there to keep up with whatwas going on in the larger world

Magdalena WazColumnist

The return of HP

If youre of age to spend anevening at the VR, then youveprobably noticed the sharp declinein attendance this year. I turned21 last year, and I was eagerlylooking forward to attending theVR on a semi-regular basis. Thatsame sentiment does not seemedto be shared by many Lawrentiansthis year.

While most of the booths, aswell as the long tables, wouldgenerally be full last year, onlyfew booths are usually full thisyear. It is even hard to find theVR half full on Wednesday nights,which are Senior Nights. I try to goevery week, even for just a drink,and there seem to be fewer peoplethere every week.

Senior bartender Mike McCainis equally as surprised by thisdecline in attendance: I do under-stand that Lawrence studentsdont always have money to spend,

but the Viking Room does have

the lowest drink prices around.Hes right. Being from Chicago,

Ive come to love the cheap pricesthe VR has to offer. My favoritedrink, gin and tonic, costs only $3at the VR. In Chicago, the samedrink costs nearly twice as much.While it is true that many collegestudents do not like to spend a lotof money, the VR is really not toomuch more expensive than buyingalcohol from a liquor store suchas Flannigans. And it is much

more affordable than spending anevening down College Ave.The way things are going, it is

reasonable to assume that the VRmay not be around for too muchlonger. Lawrence students are tak-ing this wonderful establishmentfor granted. Most people I meetoutside of Lawrence are surprisedand jealous that our school has acampus bar. It really is not a com-mon college campus feature.

The VR is more than just a bar. McCain shares this senti-

VR attendance declining Micah PaisnerStaff Writer

See Harry Potter on page 8

See Elections on page 10 See VR on page 10


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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 OPINIONS & EDITORIALS 7

The opinions expressed inthese editorials are thoseof the students, faculty

and community members who submitted them. All

facts are as provided bythe authors. The Lawrentian does not endorse any opin-

ions piece except for thestaff editorial, which repre-sents a majority of the edi-torial board. The Lawrentian

welcomes everyone tosubmit their own opinions

using the parameters out-lined in the masthead.

This crazy man was chasing meand my friend. We crashed into atree. The crazy man came out andstarted yelling at us and threaten-ing to smash in the windows, so

we paid him off to leave us alone.

Melissa Zheng

I was a senior in high school andmy best friend and I were in a roll-over car accident. Thankfully we

were fine.

Joe Neumann

I hit a patch of glare ice and thenI spun towards an oncoming semi

and then landed in a ditch"

Kyle Brauer

What do all politicians in theUnited States have in commonwith Halloween and Christmas? Anoverwhelming amount of advertis-ing and marketing pointed at theirconsumers months before suchactivity is necessary.

Weve all encountered an over-dose of a holiday season. Months

before Halloween, Valentines Dayor Christmas, the shelves become

stocked and commercials of everysort seek to remind us about theupcoming holiday, just in case wemight forget. Millions of dollarsare spent on commercials dur-ing holiday seasons to remind theAmerican public to buy and buyuntil we are sick of it.

The same is now true for ourpoliticians and their campaigning.From senators and governors topresidential candidates, the themethat saturation of information is

better remains a constant.Every election cycle begins

sooner now as politicians try toone-up one another and Americansare exposed to campaign seasonsfor an unnecessarily long time.Christmas carols are pleasant atfirst, but after being exposed tocaroling for four weeks straight aperson begins to block them out.Enough is enough!

Just after our Nov. 2 elections,I found myself exhausted andlooking forward to a little R&Rafter all the political campaigns we

Please sir, I dont want some more Alan Duff Staff Writer

Paging through the pastfew weeks Op/Ed section, onemight get the impression thatLawrentians enjoy being angry atone another.

If I was reading The Lawrentian from outside the bubble Quiet,you skeptics! Ive seen it happen!Ive seen visitors paging throughour little weekly publication, onthe third floor of the campus cen-ter, with their eyebrows furrowedand their mouths slanted sidewaysin consternation! I might gleanfrom its pages a warped impres-sion of this campus.

Indeed, I would imagine a placefull of angry, shoeless conserva-tory students who go about theirlives a) picking on people whodont want children and b) notvoting.

Clearly, that is not an accuratepicture of our lives here, and mostreaders-from-elsewhere wouldrealize as much sooner or later.But some of them might still won-der: Why are they so intent onpicking each other apart? Whatsthe point?

Maybe its because life atLawrence is always full of frus-trations. From the pressures of ano-longer-quite-10-week term, tothe unique social challenges thatstem from coexisting on this tinycampus of ours, to the continuousflow of ominous tidings from theworld-at-large, it is all too easyto direct ones general unease atones peers.

Maybe its because figuring itout often entails creating somesort of enemy. As in, I am me

because I am not you. I dont dothose things that you do, thosethings that bother me. I object tothem. Because I am 20-somethingyears old and I am deciding whatis Capital-R Right and what is

Capital-W Wrong.Maybe.Its humbling, I think, to con-

sider our campus dialogue in thecontext of the recent election sea-son, in which the countrys conver-sation was rife with bitter partisan-ship and unprecedented, seethinganger.

I know they are worlds apart, but I get the same feeling fromthe yelling matches on cable newsnetworks that I do from the resent-ment dripping from the commentthreads on the website of TheLawrentian and even some of theLetters to the Editor. It is not agood feeling.

The worst days are those whereI feel myself contributing to thiskind of climate. I know I have apropensity for this kind of engage-ment with life at Lawrence. Its soeasy to do. When everyone knowseveryone else, a witty, barbed com-ment about that obnoxious kidin your class can turn you into atemporary hero, a court jester ofincomparable wit. When everyoneis hard at work and haunted byinsecurities, its easy to get lost ina game of one-upsmanship, there-

by forgetting the very reasons whythat work was meaningful in thefirst place.

But we can do better. Actually,we already do. We do better, every-day. We just dont write muchabout it.

Im comforted when, glancingout of the campus centers fourfloors of windows, I see my friendsvolunteering their time in the gar-den. Having witnessed its growthover the past few years, Im alwaysheartened by what theyve accom-plished, by what they continue toaccomplish.

And when I hear about the newthrift sale project. When I see signsfor Ghana Reads. When I get anemail about flood relief efforts.When my roommate edits and re-edits a flier about why feminism

matters. When I look around at theMcCarthy Co-ops open-to-every-one Friday dinners.

I even feel better just think-ing about the conservatory, know-ing that it exists. I like remind-ing myself people are willing todevote their lives to making theworld better through somethingas abstract as sound. And forgiveme, I dont mean to highlight theconservatory. Its this whole place,not just the conservatory. Thisentire school. When its abuzz withactivity and life and passion, I canthelp but feel inspired.

I know other people feel thesame way.

It just seems like the onlything anyone wants to write aboutis whats wrong with everyone else.

So I have a proposal. I wouldlike to challenge you whoeveryou are, and at the risk of sound-ing presumptuous, my hope is thatyou translates to everyone towrite a miniature essay. In the spir-it of the great public radio series,This I Believe, these essays wont

be about what you dont approveof. They wont be about definingyourself in opposition to some-thing else. They will just be anexplanation of something or some-one you care about, somethingthat gets you through your dayshere at school. An affirmation, nota refutation. A quiet acknowledg-ment of the good things that areso easy to ignore.

I invite you to do the think-ing and the writing, and then tosend the finished product in toThe Lawrentian . Well find a placefor these statements of yours,somewhere in between Op/Ed andFeatures. Maybe in Variety, thatflighty friend of yours. Then, per-haps, well have a new kind ofweekly conversation in which wetry to understand who we areinstead of griping about who wearent.

David Rubin Associate Features Editor

Affirmation over refutation

I had a seizure when I was littleand the left side of my body wasparalyzed then I got better. It

could have been way worse.

Nick Johnson

Letter to the EditorIn his column I didnt

vote, Andrew Hintzmanexplains that he didnt vote

because the costs of vot-ing outweigh the benefit ofnegligibly influencing anelection. In short, Hintzmandidnt vote because he isrational. I would liketo take a closer look atHintzmans rationality andoffer a few suggestions thatmay alter his cost-benefitanalysis.

First, Im perplexed bywhat appears to be a contra-diction in Hintzmans argu-ment. Hintzman claims thathe didnt agree with the via-

ble candidates on importantissues, yet he also claimshe would have had to spendhours and hours research-ing the positions of thoseviable candidates in orderto vote properly. Howdid Hintzman know that hedisagreed with the viablecandidates if he was toolazy to research them? Didhe spend hours and hoursresearching in order to bean informed non-voter? Thathardly seems rational.

By not voting, Hintzmanhas also forfeited his rightto complain about politics unless he wants to sound

like a whiny five year oldcomplaining about a dinnerthat he didnt help make. SoI better not hear Hintzmanwhining when WisconsinSenator-elect Rob Johnsonadamantly declares that sun-spots cause global warmingor when Governor-elect ScottWalker promises to return$810 million of federal fund-ing for high-speed rail. AndHintzman will be missingout, because complainingabout politics is a lot of fun.Its even more fun than eat-ing yummy voting refresh-ments at Edison ElementarySchool or bragging aboutreceiving an I voted sticker benefits which themselvesoutweigh all of the potentialcosts of voting.

The Greeks had a wordfor a person who declinedto participate in democ-racy: idiotes . Next electionHintzman may want tospend his precious time vot-ing instead of condescend-ingly justifying his decisionnot to. Otherwise, he mayrisk coming across as anidiotes .

Sam Lewin 12

Recently my brother-in-lawfound out that one of his stu-dents from last year, who wasvery bright and an excellent trackrunner, had been shot and killed.He was only in eighth grade. My

brother-in-law teaches at a char-ter school in Chicago and knowsmany kids who have been threat-ened with or injured by guns.

According to the University ofChicago, of the 510 people killedin Chicago in 2008, 80 percentwere killed with firearms. Almosthalf of those people were betweenthe ages of 10 and 25. Chicagois one of the many places in theUnited States where gun crimeshave become so common thatoften they are no longer reportedin the news.

Of the leading industrial coun-tries in the world, the U.S. has by

far the highest death rate fromguns. According to the AmericanBar Association, this rate is eighttimes higher than the averages ofits economic counterparts. Everyyear more than 100,000 peopleare shot in the U.S. and more than30,000 of them die from theirwounds. Given these horrific sta-tistics, it baffles me that there are

not stricter gun laws in the U.S.In some states, includingWisconsin, a person does not evenneed a license to own a gun. It isterrifying to think that anyonearound our campus could have agun. I would like to think that itwould be easy to protect peopleagainst guns by making commonsense gun laws. The sad truthis, though, that it has becomeextremely hard to regulate gunsat all even to do something thatis obviously sensible like banning

Gun laws need to change Anita BabbittStaff Writer

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Jamie Cartwright Associate Layout Editorw

Although Aviva Milner-Brage will leave Lawrence witha Bachelor of Music degree

in clarinet performance, shedoesnt plan on making acareer with her instrument. Shehas spent a lot of her time herestudying ethnomusicology the social and cultural aspectsof music from both local andglobal perspectives.

This growing field is thedirection that Milner-Bragewould like to go after gradu-ation, but first she must per-form her senior recital onclarinet. Not surprisingly, herrecital Saturday, Nov. 13 at 3p.m. in Harper Hall will featuremusic that reflects a variety ofcultures.

One of the pieces Milner-Brage will be performing is aduet for two clarinets that isheavily influenced by BalineseGamelan. It was written byMichael Tenzer, a well-knownethnomusicologist in gamelan.

The second movementparticularly sounds likegamelan because of interlock-ing rhythms that reflect play-ing the reyong, which is a longwooden instrument that seatsfour players and holds twelveinverted pot gongs, comment-ed Milner-Brage. Emily Cookand I could not play this pieceif we were not reyong playersin gamelan.

Also on the program forthe recital are Dance Preludes

by Lutoslawski, PersichettisParable for solo clarinet andSix Bagatelles for woodwindquintet by Ligetti. All of this ismusic from the late 20th cen-tury, which was when Milner-Brages favorite clarinet reper-toire was written.

Its going to be a busyweekend for Milner-Brage, asshe will also be performingwith the Lawrence SymphonyOrchestra Saturday nightat 8 p.m. and with the WindEnsemble Sunday afternoon at3 p.m. Both of these perfor-

mances are in the LawrenceMemorial Chapel.

Despite all of these perfor-mances and a degree in clari-net, Milner-Brage said she cameto Lawrence to study music ingeneral.

I think Ive discovered thatI am much more interested in

being absorbed in other musi-cal practices and studying thehistory and meaning of musicin culture, she noted.

This curiosity has led to

some work in the field of ethno-musicology while at Lawrence.Milner-Brage completed anindependent study with SonjaDowning, Lawrences postdoc-toral fellow of ethnomusicol-ogy, on Mongolian and Tuvanmusic.

That is an area of ethnomu-sicology that she will probablywant to study while attendinggraduate school. Milner-Brage,who will actually finish herLawrence career at the end ofthis term, is looking at schoolsin California that have well-established ethnomusicologyprograms.

Milner-Brage, who will

also graduate with a minor inRussian studies, thinks thatthose studies also led her toethnomusicology because ithelped her realize the interestshe had in culture and anthro-pology.

Although she has playedmany instruments in additionto clarinet, like piano, saxo-phone and harp, Milner-Bragethinks that she always shouldhave been a percussionist.

That is the area I gravitate

towards for ethnomusicology,she said. I envy the multi-cultural study in percussion you cant learn it withoutspending a lot of time learningabout beats and instrumentsfrom many different origins. Ialso am fascinated by sound ingeneral, and there are so manydifferent kinds of sounds youcan make with percussioninstruments.

Although she wont be play-ing percussion, Milner-Bragesinterest in sound will surely

be on display this Saturdaythrough a variety of multicul-tural music on clarinet.

Artist Spotlight: Aviva Milner-Brage Andrew LaCombeStaff Writer

Photo by Oren Jacobson

New in music: No Age cleans up for Everything in Betw

The term the LA scene mayat first call to mind a washed-updemographic a musical climatewhere hair metals glitzy squalorstill thrives, or where hopefulscompete unsuccessfully againstlazy actors with awful musicalprojects. Yet Los Angeles has beenhome of late to excellent indepen-dent acts: HEALTH, The Mae Shi,

Abe Vigoda, Bethany Cosentinosearly group Pocahaunted and thedefunct Mika Miko all emergedfrom Los Angeles and acted asparts of the network of bandscentered around the all-ages multi-media venue, The Smell.

This culture surrounding TheSmell also fostered the growth ofNo Age, a band that gained promi-nence after the release of their2007 singles compilation WeirdoRippers. That albums title wasan apt descriptor of the bandssound; the raucous experimentalpunk was full of more youthfulenergy and genre-collapsing noisethan nearly any punk rock recordof that year. Proving their spasticsound translated to a full-lengthwith 2008s Nouns, No Agegained depth and maturity withoutlosing their initial exuberance.

The bands follow-up LP toNouns, titled Everything inBetween, extends that depth evenfurther. Coming off of last years

Losing Feeling EP, which con-sisted of two sonic experiments

bookended with more traditionalNo Age jams, the band learned the

benefit of occasionally removingthe jagged edge of their sound.

Everything in Between openswith Leather Prowler, which fea-tures an ominous drumbeat thatquickly eases in with layers of near-ly clean electric guitar. The allitera-tively named guitar player RandyRandall seems to have reached apoint where a bold sound meansminimizing fuzz. Aside from one

buzz-saw guitar track, LeatherProwler sounds far more similarto other bands studio sound. Thiscleaned up sound is an interestingstep for a group whose allure isoften otherness.

Glitter follows with morefamiliar distorted territory for the

band and nails-on-chalkboard gui-tars, but with a solid basis ina clap-along drum track and akeyboard riff that melts into the

rhythm guitar. Its a sort of yearn-ing-anthem-meets-drug-freakout:Singer/drummer Dean Spunt isntexactly clear about what he wantsback underneath [his] skin, afterall.

In another universe, FeverDreaming might, have been aRamones B-side featuring heavymachinery; Common Heat

brings the acoustic and maracasalong for the ride; Valley HumpCrush sounds very nearly likethe kind of thing youd hear onthe beach at night, complete withebbing and flowing hiss. Even alittle piano shows up on PositiveAmputations.

These songs do show the bands additions to their tumultu-ous repertoire, and could bringEverything in Between to a

best-of-2010 level in a year whencacophony made a big comeback.

Unfortunately, a good portionof this album is simply boring.While not bad noise in any way,

Skinned, Katerpillar, Sortsand Dusted sound so similarthat most listeners will not noticethe difference between them. Thestandard No Age material on thisrecord is maybe not as strong asthe deeper cuts on Nouns, butsince the cleaner sounding mate-rial seems to be getting minedfor singles, that may be an irrel-evant concern. To put it bluntly,if skipping songs is not forbiddenon your iPod, this record doesimprove drastically.

To some extent, No Age hasgrown up and internalized moreinnovative sounds into their style.Everything in Between does pickup a morsel nearly every sub-genreof indie rock today. Unfortunately,everything in between those bestnew tracks may induce yawns inthose expecting punk-rock fury.For best results, leave it on in the

background. These zany veganswill make you perk up when itsworth it, for sure.

Deastro plays lively caf show

While many students shareda litter box at Betas Beach Bashor discovered the true recreation-al spirits of ORC at the Americaparty last Saturday, others foundtrue musical artistry in the Warch

Campus Center Caf. Sponsored by LUs Band Booking Committee,the synth-heavy Detroit bandDeastro brought a show that was

both entertaining and impressive.Deastro was particularly well

received, especially after the dis-appointing opening duo fromChicago, Geographers. Also basedon a synthesizer-heavy industrialrock style, Geographers gave ashow that was reminiscent of atypical high school emo bandwith an electronic twist.

Their vocals were weak and didnot contain a strong sense of mel-ody, while the music, in general,seemed repetitive and uninventive.

The creativity and holistic qualitypresent in Deastro was nowhere to be found in the opening act, andthe crowd heaved a collective sighof relief when Geographers finallyturned over the stage to Deastro.

First off, when performing foran audience like the one in thecaf, its highly important to playtwo parts: the musician and theentertainer. At Saturdays perfor-mance, the guitarist, drummer and

bass player took the musician rolewhile lead singer Randolph Chabotembodied the entertainer role.

From the beginning of theshow, Chabot had very little voiceto sing with, and although he

quietly carried the lyrics throughthe performance, his role soon

became the joke- and story-telling

front man. Utilizing a little bit ofdark humor with personal stories,he effectively carried the perfor-mance between songs and kept theaudience attentive and amused.

Chabots best joke of thenight? A mildly offensive groanerabout hipsters: Why do all hip-sters have AIDS? Because its a

retro virus.Meanwhile, the band playedsome superb tunes. Delicately

balanc ing synthes izer with areverb-heavy electric guitar sound,Deastro effectively draws from

bands like Joy Division, Muse andRadiohead while really bringingsomething new to the table.

Chabots smoky singing voicewas almost unnoticed in the faceof the catchy, fast-moving songs,

but this by no means detractedfrom the songs. The band blendedpopular, easygoing pop soundswith interesting, almost experi-mental musicality. From the firstsong, Deastro brought audience

members to their feet, and dancingquickly ensued.Deastro has been growing in

popularity and recognition sincetheir beginning in Detroit in themid-2000s. Theyve released threealbums and several EPs, all ofwhich are available on populardigital music stores like iTunesand Rhapsody. Although they havea long way to go, Deastro seemsto be the type of band that couldreally make it big as they movefrom a regional level to a nationalpresence.

Look for more concerts fromBBC coming this winter term, butin the meantime, check out SOUPs

weekly Coffeeshop Series in thecaf.

Peter BoyleStaff Writer

Photo courtesy of No Age

Photo by Emma Moss


10/12

THE LAWRENTIAN

10 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010SPORTS

Football MWC O'All

St. Norbert 7-2 7-3Carroll 6-3 7-3Ripon 6-3 7-3Monmouth 6-3 6-4Grinnell 5-4 6-4Beloit 5-4 5-5Illinois College 5-4 5-5Lake Forest 2-7 2-8Lawrence 2-7 2-8Knox 1-8 1-9

Mens soccer MWC O'All

Ripon 8-1-0 11-7-2Carroll 8-1-0 12-6-1Grinnell 7-2-0 9-7-2Lawrence 6-3-0 9-7-2Lake Forest 5-4-0 12-6-0St. Norbert 4-5-0 6-12-0Beloit 3-6-0 8-9-0Monmouth 3-6-0 4-12-0Illinois College 1-8-0 3-15-0Knox 0-9-0 2-15-1

Womens soccer MWC O'All

Carroll 8-1-0 14-6-0Lake Forest 7-2-0 11-8-0Lawrence 6-2-1 9-8-1Monmouth 6-2-1 10-6-3St. Norbert 6-3-0 8-9-1Grinnell 4-4-1 6-10-1Ripon 3-6-0 4-14-0Knox 2-7-0 7-11-0Beloit 0-7-2 3-12-2Illinois College 0-8-1 2-13-2

Volleyball

MWC OAllMonmouth 7-2 20-13Beloit 7-2 19-11Lake Forest 6-3 14-17St. Norbert 6-3 22-10Carroll 5-4 19-10Lawrence 4-5 13-16Ripon 4-5 14-18Grinnell 4-5 11-15Illinois College 2-7 7-18Knox 0-9 6-20

Statistics are courtesy ofwww.lawrence.edu and www.midwestconference.org

and are current as of November 10, 2010.

Lawrence University

Standings

Thanks to two upset victo-

ries in last weekends MidwestConference Tournament, theLawrence University womens soc-cer team is headed to the NCAAtournament for the first time since2001.

The third-seeded Vikings (9-8-1, 6-2-1 MWC) had to defeat boththe second-seeded Lake ForestForesters and the top-seededCarroll Pioneers to advance. Bothgames came down to the wire, butLawrences defense held strong tosecure the victories.

One key to victory in both thesemifinal match and the cham-pionship was the play of prolificgoalscorer Mallory Koula.

Koula, a junior forward whorecorded a hat trick in the finalgame of the regular season,matched that effort in the semifi-nal against Lake Forest. After onlythree shots, she had remarkablynotched a hat trick.

Despite Koulas strong per-formance, the Vikings still foundthemselves fighting a heated bat-tle to beat Lake Forest (11-8-0,7-2-0 MWC). After Koulas first twogoals, junior Natalie Jin scored togive the Vikings some breathingroom at 3-1, but back-to-back goals

by the Foresters left the scoretied until the final 10 minutes ofregulation.

Koula then delivered the game-winner in the 84th minute, sendingthe Vikings to the championshipmatch with a 4-3 victory after their

defense held the line for the finalsix minutes.

With the right to play in thenational tournament on the line,

both Lawrence and Carroll cameout firing in the championshipmatch. All three goals of the matchwere scored within the first 19minutes.

Carrolls Sarah Tennant scored just 51 seconds into the game,and the Pioneers looked poised torepeat their regular-season shel-lacking of the Vikings. However,Lawrences defense settled down,holding strong for the remaining89 minutes and keeping Carrollfrom scoring again even thoughthe Pioneers brought on extra

strikers near the end of the game.Koula answered the Pioneers

early goal with one of her own inthe sixth minute, then gave theVikings a lead with another goal in19th minute. Senior captain SarahEhlinger assisted on Koulas firstgoal, though the second goal wasmore notable it was her 19thof the season and, amazingly, herfifth of the two-game tournament.

Sophomore goalkeeper CassieBurke made 11 saves, allow-ing only the one early goal. Shealso won the mental battle withCarroll star Cody Callender, forc-ing a miss on a penalty kick latein the game. Burkes defense heldstrong in front of her, even when

Carroll added more strikers in alate attempt to tie the game.

With the 2-1 victory, theVikings won their first MidwestConference championship since2000. The NCAA tournament bidis their first since 2001.

The opening game for Lawrencewill be played against WheatonCollege at 5 p.m. Friday. Wheatonearned an automatic bid into thetournament with an 18-2-1 record.The winner of the opening roundmatch will face either AugustanaCollege or Carleton College in thesecond round.

Jon MaysStaff Writer

Womens soccer upsets Carroll to reach NCAAs

LETS GO VIKES!

Things arent going tochange quickly. We are notgoing to become a BananaRepublic or a Jeffersonian uto-pia. Government will be slow,not entirely effective, and yourrepresentatives will not give

you everything you want 100percent of the time.

Our Constitution wasdesigned to make govern-ment slow. Rapid alterationsin policy from the extremesof the ideological spectrumdont usually last. The systemwill only react quickly whenthe voters permanently change

their opinions.Focus on your own actions,

how you conduct yourself,how you can make a differ-ence. If you dont participatein the process, i.e. voting, I amhereby using my authority asa contributing writer to a col-lege newspaper to revoke yourpolitical kvetching privileges.

Thomas Reed, Speakerof the House in 1894, stated,One of the greatest delusionsin the world is the hope thatthe evils in this world are to becured by legislation.

In short, calm down.

ment, saying, The VR has beenaround since 1969 and is anintricate part of Lawrence. TheVR is a great place to comehang out with friends after anintense day in the Mudd.

Not only is it a place tohang out with friends, it is alsoa place for students and facul-

ty to have discussions outsideof class during Happy Hour orSenior Night.

The VR wont go downwithout a fight, though. The

bar has many new enticingadditions. To replace the oldoutdated TVs there are now

brand new flat screens thatshow a variety of programs,such as sports and sitcoms.Also, the VR now has food.No longer do students have to

grab food from the CampusCenter to bring over. Like thedrinks, the food is very afford-able. This is a welcome addi-tion.

Like any other bar, the VRhas plenty of signature cock-tails, such as the Blue Viking.One other addition is livemusic, which you can catchevery few weeks. What all ofthis really says is that the VRwants your support.

Lawrentians need to makemore of an effort to keep theVR running. Losing such aplace would be disastrous. Sonext time youre drinking inyour room, pop over to theVR for a nightcap. Offering afinal word, McCain says: Comedown to the Viking Room andorder a Watertower and seewhat we are all about!

have been barraged with sinceObama announced he was hit-ting the voting initiative trailin April. Instead of a lapseof political campaign news, Isee that CNN has announcedthe 2012 Senate battle alreadyunder way.

Unfortunately for allAmericans, signs point to evenlonger, more expensive cam-paigns in the future. Accordingto The Washington Post , the2010 mid-term election cam-paigns for senators and gover-

nors cost a total of $4 billion.This is more than the cost of

any other mid-term election inhistory.

Whether or not the cam-paigns are successful, theysucceed in flooding the air-waves, our televisions andeven YouTube and Twitterwith their slogans and slandermonths before Election Day. Iwould rather have our politi-cians working in their officesthan spending months of theirtime on the campaign trail.

A form of regulationwould be great. Just as wetook Common Law from theBritish, lets use their cam-paign regulation acts as well.The United Kingdom ElectoralCommission has a series of

acts in place that designatespecific times for politicalcampaigning. Each politicalparty is also allocated a set,equal amount of time duringthe election cycle on broadcastchannels. This ensures thatthere is no politician trying toone-up another because theyare all given equal time.

While the United Stateshas several regulations inplace that control spending,I believe more regulation onthe timing of campaigns wouldhelp both politicians and vot-ers. If the Federal ElectionCommission found a properand equal amount of time toallocate to each political party,

we wouldnt be bombarded by campaign advertisementsmonths before election days.Americans wouldnt be numbto all the campaign promis-es or surrounded by a blurof name recognition that canmake some prospective votersapathetic and cause them torefuse to vote.

It would be nice if politi-cians and advertisers in theU.S. would only spend a fewweeks before each electionpromoting themselves andtheir candidates. Hopefully anew form of regulation will beput into place before every dayof every year is another day onthe campaign trail.

Electionscontinued from page 6

VR continued from page 6

Please sir continued from page 7

Photo courtesy of midwestconference.org


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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 SPORTS 11

I wroteyou a

letter.

If we playedthem 10 times,

they mightwin 9.

A night withoutToppers?

If you could play any other position what would it be andwhy?

It would have to be quarterback because it would be niceto be able to manipulate the defense just by your cadence,

body language in the pocket and the fact tha t youre also arunning threat.

What is the hardest part about your position?

Probably just keeping your legs fresh and healthy through-out the season.

What is one piece of advice you would give to an incomingfreshman about how to prepare for college football?

Always do extra. Whether it be catching balls, runningroutes, sprinting, lifting always do extra. Because in the endthat work ethic will take care of your performance.

What is your most memorable touchdown reception?Um, I dont know, really... I guess I would have to say the

touchdown I scored against Carroll University my sophomoreyear. I scored off a rocket screen.

Who do you think is the best professional player in yourposition? why?

Of all time? I would say Jerry Rice because he was notthe fastest guy but ran the smoothest routes. But best wide

receiver right now? I would say Chad Johnson because heplays with such tenacity.

by Alyssa Onan

Athletes of the week

What was the bestpart about beatingCarroll last weekend?

The fact that wehavent beat themduring my four yearsand its about time weshowed them up!

What went throughyour mind when thebuzzer rang and you

won the conferencetournament?That was the lon-

gest 15 seconds of mylife. Who should I hug?Then I started laugh-ing and hugging myteam.

What is the best mem-ory you have from the past four years?

I assume you mean with soccer... probably running 120s.I mean, who doesnt want an oxygen-deprived, painful, cruel,stressful and timed workout?

Do you prefer turf or grass? Why?Well, it really depends on the team. I like when the ball

runs out of bounds on turf, but I much prefer falling on grass.

Id have to say grass just cause I feel like its to my advantagethat the ball doesnt move too fast.

If you could go back to the beginning of the season and doit over again, would you change anything?

Yeah, there are always things you want to change. But ifI change them would we end up with the same result? Plus, Icant remember what I would want to change anyways.

Jordan Holmes: Womens soccer

Photo courtesy of Paul Wilke

Jeremiah Johnson: Football

Photo courtesy of Jordan Holmes

The Lawrence University hock-

ey team has gotten this yearsseason off on the right foot, open-ing with three wins in four games.In the process, head coach MikeSzkodzinski became the win-ningest coach in school history.

Szkodzinski, who is only in hisfifth season as coach, passed DaveRuhly on the all-time list last week-end against Concordia UniversityWisconsin with the 51st victory ofhis career.

The Vikings made his record- breaking win a memorable one, blowing out Concordia 5-1.

Lawrence used a huge thirdperiod to break open a 1-0 game.Three Vikings scored their first

career goals in the third period,with sophomore Brandon Berquamand freshmen William Thoren andfreshman Ben Friedman getting onthe scoreboard for the first time.

Seniors Jacob Esch and JoshDeSmit contributed the other twogoals for the Vikings, while seniorEvan Johnson made 28 saves torecord the win. Johnson had hisshutout erased with a late goal by

Concordia, but the Vikings winwas never in jeopardy.

The Vikings once again cameout firing on all cylinders on theoffensive end in the second gameof their doubleheader againstConcordia, but the defense strug-gled and the Lawrence team founditself down 4-3 in the third period.

However, Lawrence scoredtwice in the third period to erasethe deficit and earn a 5-4 victory.Johnson once again earned the

win, the Lawrence-record 31st ofhis career. Johnson broke former

Vikings goaltender Andrew Isaacsrecord of 30 wins despite givingup four goals in the winning effort.

Lawrence (3-1-0, 2-0-0 MCHA)takes the ice again this weekendin a home-and-home series againstconference foe Lake Forest. Theseries opens in Appleton Fridaynight, after which the Vikingswill travel to Illinois for Saturdaynights game with the Foresters.

Hockey continues strong start to season Jon MaysStaff Writer

The Lawrence University football team met Ripon College inwhat would be the Vikings last

game of the season. Lawrenceplayed hard but couldnt capital-ize on their chances: They wereoutclassed by the Red Hawks, fin-ishing the game with only sevenpoints against Ripons 63.

Ripon (7-3, 6-3 MWC) domi-nated most of the game, scor-ing 21 points in the first quar-ter. Meanwhile, Lawrence (2-8, 2-7

MWC), was having a tough timeputting things together, turningthe ball over twice on a pair ofinterceptions in the first half alone.

At halftime, the Vikings weretrailing 42-0, and it would just getworse from there.

The second half went much thesame as the first. The Red Hawksadded another 14 points in thethird quarter, forcing the Vikingsinto making another two turnoverson an interception and a fumble.The Red Hawks eased off the gaspedal in the fourth quarter, onlyputting up one more touchdown to

bring their score to 63.The Vikings did manage to

score on their last possessionof the season when sophomorequarterback Tyler Mazur connect-ed with senior receiver JeremiahJohnson on a nine-yard touchdownpass to make the final score 63-7in favor of Ripon.

Lawrence ended their season

with two wins in conference play their highest such total in thelast three seasons and they willlook to continue improving nextyear under the leadership of Mazurand his fellow returning starters.

Kelson WarnerStaff Writer

Football has no answer for Ripon

Photo courtesy of Paul Wilke

The Lawrence University menssoccer team suffered a bitterdefeat at the hands of the RiponCollege Red Hawks in the secondsemi-final game of the MidwestConference Tournament. After

being tied after 110 minutes ofaction, the game was decided inpenalty kicks and Ripon pulledaway to claim a 4-3 advantage totake the victory.

The match was hotly contestedfrom the start and all signs lookedas if the first half would draw with-out a goal from either side.

With 1:33 to go, however,

senior winger Jared Padway randown a loose ball in the RedHawks penalty box and neatlypunched it past Ripon goalkeeperAdam Haefner.

Early in the second half a bro-

ken Viking defense was forcedinto fouling Ripons Zach Hershoff,

which set up a free kick fromroughly 25 yards out. Hershoffdirected a well placed ball overfreshman keeper Steve Solomonsarms into the far side netting at48:05, tying the score 1-1.

The Red Hawks threatened just a couple of minutes lateroff yet another free kick fromHershoff that narrowly sailed overthe crossbar.

The game was a virtual stale-mate for the remainder of the half.Two 10-minute periods of extratime commenced upon the com-pletion of 90 minutes of action,

but no goals came, forcing thegame into a penalty shootout.

Both Lawrence and Ripon con-nected on all three of their firstpenalty kicks, Lawrences scorescoming from sophomores KarlMayer and David Caprile and junior

Stephen Exarhos, but the Vikingsmissed back-to-back opportunities

on their fourth and fifth attempt.Ripons Matthew Lange finishedhis kick to snatch the victory witha 4-3 advantage in penalties.

The Vikings lost a devastat-ing showdown, ending their sea-son and all hopes of making theNCAA tournament. Ripon Collegewent on to face Carroll UniversitySaturday in the conference cham-pionship game, but were defeated

by the Pioneers who earned a berthinto the national tournament.

Lawrence will lose a verystrong core of eight seniors, fiveof whom were regular starters.The seniors led a team projectedto finish eighth in the 10-teamconference up to a very respect-able fourth and a winning 9-7-2overall record.

Erik BorresenStaff Writer

Shootout loss to Ripon ends mens soccer season


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