The Wooster VoiceA STUDENT PUBLICATION SINCE 1883Vol. CXXVII, Issue XXI Friday, April 9, 2010

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News Editor Laney Austinshares the value of opti-mism on the Wooster cam-pus. To read her full view-point, turn to page 3.

Features Editor Elle Bloomcovers the “Walk a Mile inher Shoes” event, whichhelped raise awarenessabout domestic violence forwomen. See page 5.

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“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.” — Gloria Steinem

Editor in Chief JonahComstock decries thedecline of our politicalprocess and dishonesty intoday’s politics. See page 4to read more.

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Alexandra DeGrandchampreviews the newest artexhibit, “Andy WarholPhotographs: 1975-1986.”To find out more, turn topage 6.

Sports Editor MargaretDonnelly writes about thewomen’s lacrosse team,who has improved to 3-0in NCAC play. Read thefull story on page 7.

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Obama announces plan to expand off-shore drilling

Springfest generates campus buzz

Springfest headliner, Wale, will be performing thisSaturday alongside K’Naan and John Forte (Photo by AP).

William MillerVoice Staff

In an effort to streamline domestic oil and natural gasproduction, Obama recently expanded his offshoredrilling proposal (Photo by AP).

President Obama announcedplans last Wednesday to expandoffshore drilling in an effort tostrengthen domestic oil and naturalgas production. Regions outlinedin the proposal include an expanseof the East Coast stretching fromDelaware to Central Florida, theeastern Gulf of Mexico and thenorth coast of Alaska. Obamabelieves that the plan will bolsterAmerica’s energy independencewith traditional sources of fuel,while renewable energy sourcescan continue to be developed.

“This announcement is part of abroader strategy that will move usfrom an economy that runs on fos-sil fuels and foreign oil to one thatrelies more on homegrown fuelsand clean energy,” PresidentObama said during his announce-ment at Andrews Air Force Baselast week.

If put into effect, Obama’s planwould be a reversal from the mora-torium issued by President GeorgeH.W. Bush in 1990. The orderrestricted offshore drilling on theOuter Continental Shelf of theUnited States, except for the west-ern Gulf of Mexico. PresidentGeorge W. Bush nullified the mora-torium’s renewal in 2008.

Such a dramatic change in ener-gy policy has been met with a num-ber of responses from differentparties. Republicans see domesticoil production as a potential boost

to the economy by increasingAmerica’s competition in the inter-national energy market, decreasingtaxes on oil sales at home and cre-ating jobs. However, some GOPmembers, such as the HouseMinority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, argue that without the open-ing of the Pacific Continental Shelfand the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge,Obama’s plan is not strong enoughto make a significant economicimpact.

“Opening up areas off theVirginia coast to offshore produc-tion is a positive step,” saidBoehner in a response to PresidentObama’s announcement. “But keep-ing the Pacific Coast and Alaska, aswell as the most promisingresources off the Gulf of Mexico,under lock and key makes no senseat a time when gasoline prices arerising and Americans are asking‘Where are the jobs?’”

According to 2006 estimates madeby the federal Mineral ManagementService, a total of 86 billion barrelsof oil and 420 trillion cubic feet ofgas remain undiscovered in theentire Outer Continental Shelf ofthe United States. The three off-shore areas of Obama’s plan are esti-mated to have a combined total of4.5 billion to 22 billion barrels ofundiscovered oil and 13 trillion to 95trillion cubic feet of undiscoverednatural gas.

In comparison, current untappedoffshore reserves in the UnitedStates are estimated to containapproximately 20 billion barrels of

oil and 250 trillion cubic feet ofnatural gas. The United States cur-rently imports approximately 12million barrels of oil a day.

“We have an abundance of oiland natural gas right here in theUnited States,” said Meret Nahas’10, president of Wooster’s CollegeRepublicans. “We must break thecurrent standard of dependence onforeign oil.”

Democrats have also expressedtheir criticisms of Obama’s plan,citing that the expansion of petro-leum production does not supportlasting jobs and energy security.Party members and environmental-ists also argue that support for off-shore drilling hinders efforts toabate climate change, while off-shore drilling platforms will resultin pollution of the surrounding seaand coastline.

Obama’s effort to pleaseRepublicans with the expandeddevelopment of traditional fossilfuels only appears to have embold-ened party lines. This arises at aparticularly turbulent time for bothDemocrats and Republicans, espe-cially after the passage of healthcare reform last month.

“I don’t believe that having a moreopen stance on drilling will help miti-gate the hyper-partisanship that iscrippling Washington right now,” saidJessica Schumacher ’11, president ofWooster’s College Democrats.“Many Democrats hate the notion ofoffshore drilling. And manyRepublicans, including John McCain,R-Ariz., lauded the idea, but said

Obama was not going far enough.”Despite critics’ opinions, Obama

foresees that his strategy will unitethose who continue to argue overfuture energy policies.

“We need to move beyond thetired debates of the left and theright, between the business leaders

and environmentalists, and thosewho would claim drilling is a cure-all and those would claim energyhas no place,” president Obamasaid. “Because this issue is just tooimportant to allow our programsto languish while we fight the sameold battles over and over again.”

As the end of the school yearcomes to a close, students and fac-ulty have turned their attention tothe highly anticipated Springfest2010. Some people may be awarethat the College of Wooster andW.A.C. have turned up the heat thisyear by adding arguably the mostwell-known artists the school mayhave ever seen.

This years Springfest will featureworld-famous music artists, Wale,K’naan and recently announcedJohn Forte. Wale, who has producedhits like “Chillin’” and “Pretty Girls”embodies a new hip-hop vibe whileincorportaing other pop and rapartists into his work. K’Naan is aSomali-Canadian artist who self-describes his music as being “asound that fuses Bob Marley, con-scious American hip hop, and bril-liant protest poetry.” John Forte isan acoustic artist who has beentouring with Wale and K’naan forseveral months now. Both K’naanand Forte are coming to campusessentially cost-free because thethree artists have been currentlytouring together. This is a huge dealfor the College, who in the past isaccustomed to having much smallerartists be featured during bothParty on the Green and Springfest.The buzz on campus is growing

and although Saturday will be agreat time to celebrate, the schoolhas also taken into account the newrisks that having bigger artistsposes.

W.A.C. President Grainne Carlin’11 said “security will be putting up afence in order to keep people fromcoming and going easily.” This willmean that there is only one entrancethat people can go in and out of,decreasing the chance that non-stu-dents or employees will gain access.Carlin also noted that “alcohol willnot be supplied,” this year becausethat requires an additional amount ofsecurity that the group does not wantto have to worry about. In the past,only a few security officers and W.A.C.members ran Springfest, but this yearwill be staffed by the entire securityteam including the head of security,the entire W.A.C. staff and the policewill be on stand-by in case they areneeded to assist. The Office ofSecurity has had several meetingsprior to discuss the risks thatSpringfest poses and ways in which todeal with it.

W.A.C. is anticipating an atten-dance of not only Wooster students,but also students from neighboringschools like Denison, Ohio Wesleyanand Wittenberg. In addition, there is ahigh probability that non-studentsand citizens of the surrounding com-munities will show up to the event.Although the College limits

Springfest to College of Wooster stu-dents and employees, there is noprocess that distinguishes them fromothers. This means that the Collegehas instituted a higher level of securi-ty to ensure the safety of both thestudents and the artists performing.

The W.A.C. members running theevent will be checking COW cards tohelp distinguish students and alsokeep crowd control at a minimum.Other members along with securitywill be in charge of escorting Waleand K’Naan at all times to make surethat their exposure to outside forces isas minimal as possible.

The school has put a lot of thoughtinto what would appeal to everyone.Student artists P-10, Freddie Cooland Red Wire will be performingbefore the headliners starting at 6p.m. While John Forte has a half anhour set, both K’naan and Wale willboth be on-stage for an hour. In addi-ton to musical acts, there will also bejousting, the bungee run, a Velcrowall and a character artist. First-Years for Haiti will be operating adunk tank with proceeds goingtowards Haitian relfef. Food and bev-erages will also be served. W.A.C.would like to remind the communitythat no flash photography or videowill be permitted during the event asit could be a breach of contract. Thatbeing said, Saturday will be one ofthe most anticipated Springfeststhat the College has ever seen.

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Jazz concert featuresstudent compositions

The College of Wooster’s JazzEnsemble and Jazz Combo will per-form tonight at 8:15 p.m. in McGawChapel. The program will featurean original composition by EtienneMassicotte ’12, as well as a per-formance by drummer Butch Miles,from the Count Basie Orchestra.Tickets are $5 and available atBuehler’s, The Wooster BookCompany, Florence O. WilsonBookstore and at the door.

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Police chief resigna-tion sparks questions

Creston Police Chief Phil Carrput in his resignation as chief,effective April 23.

Carr told The Daily Record thathe plans on moving and that “thearea we have decided to move towill make it impossible for me tocontinue to work here.” However,some Creston residents such asSuzanne McKenna and RobertStrickler alleged to The DailyRecord that Carr’s resignation isnot voluntary. Carr responded bystating he wasn’t in a position tocomment until April 23.

GM motors still hasloss after bankruptcy

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Alexandra DeGrandchampSenior Staff Writer

Wooster student named Truman Scholar

General Motors postedWednesday a $4.3 billion loss for thesix-month period following itsreturn from bankruptcy this pastsummer.

Through the first quarter of 2010,sales increased by 16.8 percent.However, this followed their 29.9 per-cent drop in sales during 2009.

“As the results for 2009 show,there is still significant work to bedone,” said GM Chief FinancialOfficer Chris Liddell in a statement.“However, I continue to believe wehave a chance of achieving prof-itability in 2010.”

The Wooster DemocraticSocialists is actively campaigningacross campus to affiliate TheCollege of Wooster with theWorkers Rights Consortium.

According to CelesteTannenbaum ’13, the WRC is alabor-rights organization thatinvestigates collegiate apparelsuppliers to ensure fair laborstandards are instituted acrossthe globe. Tannenbaum statesaffiliating with the WRC is astrong step, signaling thatWooster is committed to becom-ing a “sweat-free campus.”

The Wooster DemocraticSocialists circulated a petition toPresident Cornwell. The petitionis co-signed by 18 student organ-izations and over 500 students.Citing the 2009 Commencementspeech and Cornwell’s commit-ment to global engagement, the

petition states, “It is our moralobligation to ensure that theWooster name and logo appearonly on ethically produced prod-ucts. For this reason, it is imper-ative that we begin work with theWRC as soon as possible.”According to Tannenbaum, thepetition was well-received by thePresident, and she notes his sup-port has been critical in takingsteps to affiliate with the WRC.She also notes the bookstore staff“has been really cooperative” ininstituting change.

Director of Administrativeand Auxillary Services JackieMiddleton indicated that thebookstore does make efforts toremain sweatshop-free in its pur-chasing. She stated, “TheWilson Bookstore currentlytakes all available measures toensure that the products in ourcollege store are manufactured ina manner that is consistent withthe U.S. Department of Labor’s

Campus Security ReportsMar 26 - Apr 5

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Fair Standards Act.”Wilson Bookstore currently

reviews its vendors’ Code ofBusiness Conduct statementsyearly before renewing a purchas-ing commitment. Tannenbaumhopes an affiliation with WRCwill further the bookstore’s com-mitment to sweatshop-free prod-ucts by using external monitor-ing to support self-reported prac-tices.

The Wooster DemocraticSocialists are working withCampus Council and the StudentGovernment Association toapprove the affiliation with WRC.In the meantime, Tannenbaum stat-ed, the group, as well as the other 18co-signing organizations, is work-ing to raise awareness on campus onthe importance of becoming sweat-shop-free and what it means to live asweatshop-free lifestyle.

Tannenbaum is excited aboutaffiliating with the WRC becausethe organization investigates suppli-

er factories based on the school’sself-developed Code of Conduct.Though Tannenbaum notes theWRC stipulates some elements ofthe Code of Conduct to protect for“basic human rights,” she envisionsa campus forum to discuss the cam-pus’s code. “I want to draft ittogether as a school,” saidTannenbaum, “have this be some-thing students are involved in.”

The Wooster DemocraticSocialists will be hosting a speakeron Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m. inKauke 305 to discuss sweatshops,Neoliberalism and Socialism. MarkEngler, author of “How to Rule theWorld,” and Erik Rosenberg,National Organizer of YoungDemocratic Socialists USA, will bepresent. Tannenbaum states shehopes the speaking engagementwill serve as “a big rallying point”for the multiple student interestgroups hoping to encourage theCollege’s affiliation with theWorker’s Rights Consortium.

Wooster aims to become “sweat-free” campus

Allana MortellNews Editor

Out of 576 applicants, JessicaSchumacher ’11, a political sci-ence major at the College, hasbeen named a 2010 TrumanScholar by the Harry S. TrumanScholarship Foundation. Thisprestigious honor is awarded to60 college juniors across thecountry who are passionate aboutworking in public service andhave the potential to commit tothis type of career. Each individ-ual scholarship provides up to$30,000 for students pursuinggraduate degrees that will laterlead to a career in public service.

The Truman Scholarship web-site says its mission is to find stu-dents with, “exceptional leader-ship potential, who are commit-ted to careers in government, thenonprofit or advocacy sectors,education or elsewhere in thepublic service and to providethem with financial support forgraduate study, leadership train-ing and fellowship with other stu-dents who are committed to mak-ing a difference through publicservice.” The Truman ScholarshipFoundation was first establishedin 1975 and has awarded 2,730students this honor since the firstawards were created in 1977.

Schumacher first became awareof the scholarship during herfirst-year at the College after heradvisor, Associate Professor of

Political Science Angela Bos, ini-tiated a conversation with herabout the award. She knew whatthe award and applicationprocess entailed, but it wasn’tuntil last spring whenSchumacher spent a semester inWashington D.C. where herinterest in pursuing a career withpublic service began to blossom.Schumacher worked at theAmerican Jewish Committee inD.C. and it was the first-handexperiences she had that helpedfuel her passion to get involved.

“I was able to work [first-hand] with immigration legisla-tion and contribute to AJC’sadvocacy efforts for a comprehen-sive immigration reform bill. Ireally saw how these bills wouldimpact so many lives around thecountry in a positive way.”Schumacher said. Her volunteerefforts at a rally for the DREAMact, a bill to help children of ille-gal immigrants find proper legis-lation, also intensified her involve-ment in different activities.Schumacher added, “Participatingin that rally really gave me insightinto the human element of immi-gration reform, which drove mypassion to change the system.”

Schumacher has also utilizedher leadership skills on-campus,when she stepped up to helporganize the volunteers and stu-dent leaders campaigning for theObama administration during theelection last fall. Her “boss” was

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American serves eightyears in N. Korea

Last Wednesday, a 7.7 magni-tude earthquake occurred at seaabout 215 kilometers northwest ofthe Indonesian island of Sumatra.The Indonesia Meteorology andGeophysics Agency issued a tsuna-mi warning after the quake, butremoved it two hours later.

Susan Potter, a geophysicist withthe U.S. Geological Survey, saidthat because the earthquake origi-nated deep below the surface ofthe earth, it will not likely producea major tsunami.

The U.S. Geological Survey saysearthquakes of magnitude 7 andabove occur approximately 17times per year.

Major earthquakedevastates Sumatra

the Wayne County organizer forthe campaign. Together, they can-vassed, helped raise awareness,assisted to register 700 students tovote and especially helped organizethe rally for Joe Biden.

The actuality of receiving thisaward has already set in, especiallywith the numerous networkingconnections that have appearedfrom this award. A Wooster alum,who is also a past TrumanScholar, has already gotten intouch with Schumacher, and ithas only been a week since she

received the news. These connec-tions make Schumacher excitedfor what is to come, especially interms of networking for jobs.

For now, Schumacher is veryfocused on the future. She’s tak-ing the LSATs this coming Junein preparation for law school aftergraduation from Wooster and ishoping to return to D.C. whereher interest in public service real-ly began. And thanks to theTruman Scholarship, her hopesfor the future are much moresolid and achieveable.

Jessica Schumacher ’11 has been selected as a 2010Truman Scholar (Photo Courtesy Jessica Schumacher).

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Aijalon Mahli Gomes, anAmerican citizen was sentenced toeight years in prison after illegallyentering North Korea in January.Gomes is an English teacher withstrong Christian values and hadtaken part in anti-North Koreanprotests in the past. This is thethird recent case of Americansbeing held in North Korea. Theother two were female journalistswho were released last Augustafter former President Bill Clintonintervend on their behalf. TheUnited States has no diplomaticrelations with North Korea.

The 20th century witnessed theestablishment of a strong tradition

of studentactivism on col-lege campuses asa catalyst forsocial change.This connectionwas solidifiedwith collegeinvolvement in

the social movements of the 1960s.Famous examples of this traditioninclude the Student Non-ViolentCoordinating Committee in theCivil Rights Movement, or the stu-dent activism which helped tobring apartheid down in SouthAfrica.

By contrast, college students oftoday, especially at liberal artsschools such as Wooster, are oftenstereotyped as overly idealistic yetineffectual activists, with a façadeof social or political consciousnessbut no actions to support this ideal-ism. This stereotype, while con-taining a grain of truth, is notalways accurate.

The task of creating real socialchange that goes beyond a campuscommunity is often desired, but iscomplicated by the challenges oforganizing, generating interestacross a diverse student body andgetting outside cooperation fromthe administration or from thecommunity.

The student body of Wooster isas socially conscious as that of anyschool, demonstrated by the preva-

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“Do unto others as you would havethem do unto you” is known as the“Golden Rule” of Catholicism. Afterattending Catholic school for 13 years

of my life, Ican’t evenrecall the num-ber of bulletinboards that thisteaching wasposted on.

A l t h o u g hbefore my First

Reconciliation and First HolyCommunion I had to learn the TenCommandments and all of the Giftsof the Holy Spirit, I always referredback to the Golden Rule. Whileeverything else seemed to blendtogether, this made perfect sense inmy mind, and to this day I try to keeptrue to it. Why would I copy from themath overachiever’s midterm next tome, if I wouldn’t want the annoyingkid in my Spanish class copying fromthe midterm that I had been studyingweeks for? And just because yourneighbor’s door is wide open doesn’tmean they’re asking for you to takethe 20 dollar bill on their desk. If youwere in the bathroom, you probablywouldn’t want someone to steal whattook you over two hours of workingyour minimum wage job to make.

Expecting college students to treateveryone with respect is sometimesseen as a stretch for certain membersof the underclassmen community, butexpecting adults to treat everyonewith respect is usually just a part oflife. And everyone would definitelyexpect leaders of organized religionsto follow what they preach.

However, media and even membersof the Catholic Church have been crit-ical of these leaders since the early2000s when the pedophilia scandalsbegan to surface. Someone who isseen as having the highest role in areligion and is referred to as a “man ofGod” being accused of sexually abus-ing young children was news thatshook the nation. It’s been about 10years and it seems like people are onlyjust beginning to be able to cope withthese wrongdoings. It was soberingto see that the Church was not asinfallible as many people assumed.

There are still plenty of snideremarks made about what priests dobehind confessional doors.

Some very loyal followers of theChurch have not been able to dealwith the criticism and choose not totalk about the allegations, continuingto put all of their faith in their leaders.Although many grandparents I knowfrom back home would be veryoffended by the off-handed commentsI often hear, it is hard to deny thatpedophilia is not still a huge problemin the Catholic Church as recentreports have begun to surface.

Reverend Lawrence C. Murphy,who worked at a school for the deaf inWisconsin, sexually abused groups ofchildren that attended the school.This went on for decades without anyaction. The most horrifying partabout the situation was that victimstried to get the word out aboutReverend Murphy. The New YorkTimes reports that they told otherpriests, three archbishops ofMilwaukee, two police departmentsand the district attorney. They notonly used sign language and othergestures, but also written affidavits toexplain what wrongdoings FatherMurphy had commited against them.

The Vatican and current PopeBenedict XVI knew about this caseand despite the outcry from the vic-tims, nothing was done about it andhe died still ordained as a priest in1998. Whether their intentions wereto hope that once again the generalpublic would begin to forget aboutthese scandals as they have in the past,or Catholic leaders honestly don’t feela need to speak up against the recentuncovering, I think we can agree thatthe Catholic leaders are not acting asthe example they should be.

Even understanding that somemembers will stray and not followwhat they are preaching, it is up to thepope and other leaders to “do untoothers as they would want to be treat-ed.” And the victims of these terribleacts deserve to be recognized insteadof ignored.

Editorial cartoon by Gus Fuguitt. He can be reached at GFuguitt13@wooster.edu.

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Sweat-free goal promotes activismlence of student activism on cam-pus, but there remains the chal-lenge of translating this conscious-ness into a real change in theworld.

This semester, a campaign oncampus has begun that provides anopportunity for student activism tobreak the “Wooster Bubble,” andcreate an engagement between theconsciousness of the student bodyand the world at large.

As many have been made awareby now, there is an active campaignto affiliate with the Worker RightsConsortium (WRC), an influentiallabor rights monitoring organiza-tion.

The WRC investigates the work-ing conditions of factories whichproduce apparel with the Woosterlogo, including athletic jerseys andthe popular clothing items sold inthe bookstore, holding these facto-ries to a school-drafted code ofethics.

Just as the student movements ofthe 1960s and 1970s were aresponse to the glaring and promi-nent injustices of society, the anti-sweatshop movement supported byWRC shows a movement against aless news-catching, yet just as trou-bling, social justice issue and indi-cates a direction in studentactivism.

The WRC as an organization isitself a direct product of studentactivism, as is its parent organiza-tion, United Students AgainstSweatshops (USAS). Both of these

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Church scandal revisitedgroups were established by univer-sity students and administrators.

As a part of this campaign, Ihave seen firsthand how effective ithas been at growing a new socialconsciousness on campus for thisimportant issue.

Events by the WoosterDemocratic Socialists and Peace byPeace have made the topic ofsweatshop labor a concern formany students, to the extent that itis now common for organizationsto ask us which clothing companiesare guaranteed to be sweat-free.

The Wooster student body hasdemonstrated that it is willing totake on the challenge of true socialchange, and our campaign has nowbegun dialogue with the adminis-tration. As more groups and indi-viduals continue to become inter-ested in the issue and add their sup-port to the cause, the likelihoodthat Wooster apparel will be guar-anteed to be sweatshop-freebecomes greater.

Our campaign among the studentbody is continuing, and our finalmajor event of the year will be adiscussion about the ramificationsof sweatshop labor by activist ErikRosenberg and author MarkEngler in Kauke Tower.

The WRC has already inspired anew consciousness on campus. Thenext step is implementing it.

Daniel Hanson is a contributor to theVoice. He can be reached for comment atDHanson12@wooster.edu.

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The sun is finally shining on oursmall college campus, the birds arechirping, Ricky Martin is out of the

closet andMTV finallydropped theword “music”from theirname. Why isit, then, thatpeople allaround still

find things to be sad about?One look at our culture and the

answer is clear — negativity is more“in” than flannel shirts.Pessimism has penetrated somany aspects of our world,notably politics, pro-sports, for-eign affairs and pretty much any-thing that has to do with theKardashian family. In order tosave Prozac over-production, Ihave decided that the worldneeds to change its outlook onlife to being happy and, there-fore, productive.

I like to consider myself a super-optimist. By this, I mean I don’teven consider the glass half-full. Iconsider the glass-halfway to thenext glass and that next glass isgoing to offer up something evenbetter, like wine. I am a firm believ-er that good things won’t happen topeople who are negative. Just look atMel Gibson who made an ethnicslur when intoxicated and has sinceonly been offered a part in the movie

called “The Beaver,” which depicts aman who walks around with a pup-pet of a beaver on his hand pretend-ing it’s real — gripping.

Looking at things in a negativeway makes as much sense as a dovecrying. It just doesn’t work.Looking at things in a positive way,however, allows things that previ-ously made no sense, like TigerWoods’ sex life, to make perfectsense! Even if it doesn’t, it makes nodifference because you’re too happyand elated to care at all.

Some of you may be asking your-

self “how can I avoid being negativewhen all this bad stuff is happeningto me?”

The first step of accepting opti-mism is to take a step back andthink about how bad is the stuffthat’s happening to you? For exam-ple, people being loud and disrup-tive on a week night might makeyou really mad and normally stormout of your dorm room in a fury, butif you embrace optimism, you canfind that balance between anger and

Optimism lacking at Wooster

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involvement. Say to yourself “theyare probably just letting off steam,they had a hard week.” Throw thema beer and say, “Let the good timesroll, friends!” I guarantee you thatnot only will this make you feel bet-ter, but also make you super popularas the cool kid who gives out freebeer on your hall. Think about it.

If you could sell optimism, itwould fly off the shelves like theiPad attached to a case ofKeystone. Think about all the hugeworld issues that optimism wouldsolve! Conflict in the middle east?

Gone. Athletes abusingsteroids? Share the wealthand everyone wins! NorthKorea pointing nuclearweapons directly at us on thebrink of WWIII? At least wetried diplomacy!

Sure, negativity is hard toavoid sometimes (think abouthow Chevy Chase feels whenhe sees his name in the end-

ing credits). And no, spurring yourenthusiasm won’t necessarily makeyou more experienced or intelli-gent — I used to think baby show-ers were small rainstorms whereinfants fell from the sky. Whatoptimism will do is make youhappy, and even a pessimist willhave trouble finding fault with that.

One look at our cultureand the answer is clear —negativity is more “in” thanflannel shirts.

WILLIAM MILLER, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

“You can intellectualize manyaspects of rock ’n‘ roll but primarily

it’s not intel-lectual. Itsmusic, that’sall,” says JannWenner, thefounding edi-tor of RollingS t o n eM a g a z i n e .Gonzo jour-

nalist Lester Bangs holds a similarlyludicrous opinion and says “Rock andRoll, at its core, is merely a bunch ofraving [explitive].” In my opinion, alack of knowledge of the origins, his-tory and cultural impacts of rock ’n‘roll music improvises theirparochial views.

Unfortunately, Wenner andBangs are not alone in viewingrock ’n‘ roll as intellectuallydetestable and revolving aroundunbridled sex and perniciousdrug abuse. However, I believe itis important to keep in mind thecultural impacts of rock ’n‘ rolland the paramount role it has playedin eliminating racial discrimination inthe United States.

Rock ’n‘ roll music diminishedsocial segregation as white childrenfound themselves to be joyfullysinging to tunes that were producedby African American musicians. Thismusic placed an overwhelmingemphasis on lyrics and created a newgenre of music, one that advocated forsocial cooperation and racial equality.Expressing their disapproval throughthe lyrics of their music, African

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Jonah Comstock is an editor-in-chief forthe Voice. He can be reached for com-ment at JComstock10@wooster.edu.

Since the 2008 election I havewatched with growing disgust as atrend in our nation sickeningly

s n o w b a l l s .This trend isone of themost simpleand insidioustools of evil,and yet one ofthe most pow-erful. It is

simply this: telling lies.Finding themselves without a leg

to stand on, the corporate forcesthat make up the power behind theRepublican party have been search-ing for a way to keep the workingpoor, the people they oppress andtrod upon with their every legisla-tive move, on their side.

They need the votes ofthose people they are slowlysuffocating and the only wayto get those votes is to mis-represent everything theystand for, and everything theiropposition stands for. Slowlybut surely, a once-effectivepolitical discourse has becomea game of lies.

How else do you explain thecontinued persistence of rumorsabout President Obama that havebeen repeatedly proven to be false:that he was not born on Americansoil, that he is Muslim, that he is asocialist?

How else do you explain thearsenal of lies about theDemocrat’s healthcare plan thathave refused to die down despitehaving little to no factual basis:that it will increase debt, that itincludes death panels, that the plan

would (or would have at any point)forced Americans into a govern-ment plan?

The anti-Obama agenda is builtmore or less entirely on lies, anunprecedented state of affairs inAmerican politics. When outrightlies aren’t being employed, danger-ously misleading rhetoric steps ininstead.

The Sarah-Palin-Tea-Party-Take-Back-the-White-House rou-tine is an us-versus-them rhetoric,which characterizes Obama and theDemocratic members of the Senateas evil socialists who can not beallowed to succeed at anything, andportrays the political field as a bat-tleground.

Palin literally posted a map on

Facebook with rifle crosshairs overthe weakest Democratic Senateseats with an accompanying notetelling her supporters to “reload.”This may not be a physical threat ofviolence, but it’s a disgusting anddetrimental way to think about pol-itics. We cannot afford to let themodel of our government, compro-mise and rational discourse, giveway to a turf war.

The system isn’t designed for aturf war. Obama and the

Democrats are screaming for bipar-tisanship, for any semblance ofworking together, but the GOP hasdecided that governance is a war,and as a result it will be a miracle ifany governance gets done in thenext two years.

The most sickening part is thatonce the Republicans have dug intheir heels and halted all politicalprogress, Obama will be blamed fornot keeping his promises of change.

We cannot let an overgrown partyof stubborn, spoiled children hijackour government and our media. Ifthe aggressors want a war, we haveto make them fight fair — because ifthey lose their primary weapon, lies,then they’ll have to rely on thestrength of their policies — and

that’s a fight I have a goodfeeling about.

Intelligent debate isimpossible without someagreed-upon premises. Weneed a media that calls outlies for being lies, ratherthan getting caught up in adistorted idea of fairnessand balance.

We need to institutional-ize truth and rationality, and

come up with some kind of code ofconduct for our lawmakers. Freespeech is important, but the lawprotects against slander and libelfor a reason. People have the rightto know that the things their politi-cians and their media are tellingthem are based in truth, and rightnow they are simply not.

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A few weeks ago a friendapproached me suggesting that theVoice write an editorial about love,based on an idea she got from a New

York Timescompetition inthat same vein.

I was skepti-cal at first.Having been“going steady,”as my momlikes to call it,

with a guy for a number of months,I’ve started to forget what beingsingle is really like. But I cast mymind back to last year — my fresh-man year — and started to recall allof the memories which make meconfident in saying that it really is ajungle or a feeding frenzy out there.The common phrase is that thereare many “fish in the sea” for a rea-son. If love was easy, we wouldinstead be searching for our fish in abucket.

Now, I am not a philosophymajor, so don’t expect anything tooprofound. What I do know is thatthe concept of love has such anenormous stigma around it that Ihardly know where to begin. It is aword that is perhaps applied tooliberally in many instances. Peoplesay it to friends, pets, even abouttheir teachers. The girls in mysorority alone toss the wordaround often enough to make it ournew motto.

I used to be in the camp thatthought this was a bad thing. Love,for me, is reserved for my familyand the occasional high schoolboyfriend who confessed it to meand therefore guilted me into say-ing it back. And if a friend says itto you, they’re obviously exagger-ating, or have an agenda, or justdon’t know the true meaning oflove, right?

Maybe not. I’ve had a literalchange of heart. Love can be morewidely applied. I do love my dog.I’ll cry if she dies and she makesme happy every day. I love myfriends too. But I still don’t feelright somehow telling them that Ilove them all the time. And this iswhy, after talking to two of myclosest friends on the subject,we’ve concluded that not only arethere varying degrees of love,there are also different types oflove. For the sake of simplicity,we’ll call them object love, friendlove and family love.

They don’t require much clarifi-cation. Object love is what you feelabout your bed after a long day, orthe sweater that makes you feelinstantly sexy when you put it on.Family love can be applied to aselect few – your immediate family,obviously, and those particularlyclose friends who you feel totallycomfortable around and would doanything for. And friend love is foreveryone else, including yourteachers, old friends from homewhom you occasionally talk to andthe majority of friends you have atWooster.

These will obviously changefrom person to person, since one ofthe other confusing things aboutlove is that everyone views it a lit-tle differently. I have friends who

“fall in love” with every personthey date, then suddenly hate themafter they break up. Curiously, mostof these friends are girls.Alternately, I have friends whobelieve themselves incapable ofever falling in love, or shy awayfrom relationships when they feelthey’re reaching the point of“love.” And most of them are guys.

Which brings me to anotherpoint. To be blunt, guys are essen-tially discouraged from being inlove. Even today, when we, as col-lege students, are usually consid-ered adults, everyone is skeptical ofcouples who are “in love” and planto stay together indefinitely. Thisin itself makes sense, since statisti-cally very few people really staytogether to the end. And yet it’sstill different with guys.

Chances are, while the girlfriendwill be congratulated for findingsomeone so perfect for her, the guymay be questioned or even lookeddown upon for “settling.” The word“settle” itself can imply eitherstopping normal activity to becomedomestic – i.e. settling down – or tosettle for something. Neither termis particularly complimentary.

In no way am I implying thatguys cannot experience love in thesame way as girls — they are everybit as capable. However, I believethey experience many more obsta-cles along the way and must over-come a lot to reach that stage.

Furthermore, the obstacles guysovercome and the general feelingtowards monogamous relationshipsmay also be a factor that perpetu-ates the idea that sleeping around isacceptable, and even admirable.The overused double standard isjust as present today as it was 50years ago, or even more so. Guysare looked up to for canoodlingwith multiple women — hey, themore the merrier — but if a girlhooks up with a few guys her repu-tation goes directly down the drain.

I still don’t understand why thisis. Guys are just as likely to con-tract STDs as girls. And it’s just asmuch the guys fault if his partnergets pregnant; though one couldargue that the girl ends up dealingwith the repercussions much morefrequently than the guy.

What it comes down to is thatthere are deep-rooted, unshakeableprejudices in our society. Webelieve that humans aren’t meant tobe monogamous, that guys havemore “needs” than women and thatto guys having sex is cool but girlshaving sex is slutty.

And even if we managed to dis-solve these ideas, we would still beleft with the problem that everyoneviews and experiences love a littledifferently.

You can’t expect your significantother to fall in love with you pre-cisely when you discover yourself inlove with him or her. And even ifyou think that someone is perfect foryou, that doesn’t necessarily meanyou are perfect for them too.Sometimes love sucks, but thenagain, that’s life.

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Usman Gul is a regular contributor to theVoice. He can be reached for comment atUGul13@wooster.edu

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Kris Fronzak is a Viewpoints editor forthe Voice. She can be reached for com-ment at HKFronzak@gmail.edu.

American musicians successfullypainted a vivid picture of how theirhopes and passions had been chainedby the menace of racism. Rock ’n‘ rollmusicians sparked feelings of sympa-thy and compassion amongst theyouthful white population of Americaand gradually put an end to racismafter centuries of slavery and unfairtreatment.

Rock ’n‘ roll aided the elimination ofracism primarily on two grounds.First, it imposed tremendous financialcosts to institutions or businesses thatengaged in racism. Radio stations thatdid not play rock ’n‘ roll music werelosing out on audiences. Second, itcreated a political voice in the country

for the social acceptance of AfricanAmericans. “It was only when rockand roll became popular among theyouth of America that the politicians’wrath came in the form of aCongressional investigation of anactivity (rock ’n‘ roll musicals) thatwas harming no one,” says TheFuture of Freedom FoundationPresident Jacob Hornberger. He adds;“The world of racial separation forwhich adults longed in the 1950swas disintegrating among their chil-dren. And it was occurring not as a

result of government coercion butin spite of it.”

He further says that the marketprocess was also bringing whites andblacks closer together in other ways.Buddy Holly, who created some of themost beautiful music ever written,shocked the black audience at theApollo Theater in New York City. (Nowhite act had ever played the Apollo!)And they loved him! White teenagerswere flocking to see Chuck Berry sing“Roll Over Beethoven,” “Maybellene,”and “Sweet Little Sixteen.” And, hor-ror of horrors, white and black musi-cians were even travelling together!

We must acknowledge that rock’n‘ roll musicals acted as a catalyst in

softening racial discriminationfrom the American society inthe post-World War II era. Wemust recognize and pay homageto these cultural impactsinstead of disregarding them,as recognition and acknowl-edgement from the fabric of aprogressive society.

The inextricable relationshipbetween rock ’n‘ roll and a lifestylecharacterized with sex, drug abuseand yuppie-loving partying shouldnot be allowed to undermine thegenre’s historical significance. Thosewho criticize rock ’n‘ roll at publicforums, including Wenner andBangs, must be asked; if agents ofsocial change are not intellectualthen what is?

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We must acknowledge thatrock ’n‘ roll music acted as acatalyst in softening racialdiscrimination.

We need a media that calls outlies for being lies, rather thangetting caught up in a distort-ed idea of fairness andbalance.

How do you feel about this year’s SpringFest performers?

“I think they got Wale at theright time because he is really

starting to get popular. K’nannmight not be as big of a deal but

he is also gaining popularity. Theyare both respectable big name per-

formers coming to campus.”

“Unfortunately I will not be here for Spring Fest this year

but I’m so bummed because they are two of my favorite musical

performers. Plus, the weather is so nice!”

“I’m not familiar with theartists but I’m excited. I went

last year and had a really good time.”

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Meet Carolyn Newton-Wooster’s new provost electMadelyn HalsteadFeatures Editor

From a one-room school house toMiss Betty Crocker to a liberal artscollege, Carolyn Newton has had hershare of experiences. With thoseexperiences under her belt theCollege has chosen Newton as its newprovost.

A provost is, by definition, the sen-ior academic administrator at an insti-tute of higher education. At Wooster,the provost’s responsibilities include ahost of different academic and co-cur-ricular programs such as academicadministration, faculty and curricu-lum development, care of the ArtMuseum and athletics. The searchwhich has, been ongoing since lastMay, came to a close with Newtonwho will take office on July 1 of thisyear. Newton is currently the provostand academic vice president at BereaCollege in Berea, Ky., where she hasbeen for the past five years.

In her time at Berea College,Newton commented, “I have focusedon many aspects of increasing stu-dent success … I believe that for stu-dents the college experience bothinside and outside of the classroom isall of one piece.” Hoping to transferthese goals to her position at Wooster,Newton has her own visions specificto our college.

Familiar with Wooster’s renownedIndependent Study program, Newtonwas intrigued by the manner in whichthe “I.S. program provides a motifthat integrates and coordinates thecourses that are part of Wooster’sgeneral education requirements,” shesaid. She feels the students areimpressive, a feeling which washeightened after her interactions withthe search committee, “Alex Jue [’10]represented the student body extraor-dinarily well, he asked insightful ques-

tions and was an articulate and enthu-siastic spokesperson for the Woosterexperience,” said Newton. A definingquality that attracted Newton wasinclusion of “diversity and inclusivi-ty” in the College’s five core values.According to Newton, “actually act-ing on those values to diversify thefaculty as demonstrated by thosehired in recent years,” really capturedher attention.

In addition to the already presentoutstanding qualities of the College,Newton hopes to add some of her own.A firm believer in getting to know stu-dents and faculty as individuals,Newton plans to hold office hours,lunch group meetings and an array ofcampus activities. As her job covers alarge host of responsibilities, Newtonplans to participate in everything frommusic to athletics. Acknowledgingthat excellent programs such asWooster’s present challenges, part ofwhat Newton hopes to accomplish is to“help identify and address these chal-lenges in ways that provide a strongerinfrastructure to sustain the excellentwork of faculty and students.”

In terms of student experiences,Newton would like to increase the per-centage of students participating inengaging experiences such as intern-ships, service learning and the studyabroad program. By developing thegovernance of the College’s faculty, inencouraging the faculty to worktogether and creating a more effectivemanner of governance, Newton hopesto advance faculty and institutionalconcerns.

Aside from her career at BereaCollege, Newton has had an impres-sive drove of lifetime experiences,including a 27-year career as biologyprofessor and a stint as AssociateProvost at Kalamazoo College. As achild, Newton grew up on a ranch inSouth Dakota and later moved to

Nebraska. “I had many farm animalsas playmates but rarely saw other chil-dren except at school,” said Newton.Continuing on a unique track Newtonattended school in a one-room school-house on the prairie of Nebraska forgrades one through eight. “Therewere only two other children in myfirst grade class. We had electricity,but no running water at school,”Newton commented.

Academics were always somethingthat intrigued Newton and to her,reading was an amazing adventure.Newton joined a class of 50 studentsfor high school, a place where she wasfortunate enough to have teachers inboth math and science that influenced

and inspired her to continue on hereducation after high school. Afterbeing selected to participate in anNSF-sponsored math and physics pro-gram at the University of Wyomingher junior year, Newton found herselfsurrounded by devoted students who,like her, shared an interest in math andscience.

Confident that she wanted to pursuea college career, Newton faced manyobstacles, “neither of my parents hadgraduated from high school and theydid not value higher education, espe-cially for girls,” expressed Newton.As a result of her parents’ valuesNewton emancipated herself as a stu-dent, pursuing any and every scholar-

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Carolyn Newton will begin as Wooster’s new provost onJuly 1 (Photo courtesy John Hopkins).

ship that would help fund her collegedream.

Newton found success in a GeneralMills scholarship and was namedMiss Betty Crocker of Nebraska. Asa result of her placement Newton wasprovided with an all-expense paid tripto Washington D.C. and ColonialWilliamsburg. “For a country girlfrom a low-income family, this was anamazing experience — flying on anairplane for the first time, visiting theSmithsonian Museum and havingbreakfast at the White House withFirst Lady [Patricia] Nixon, in theState Dining Room. Needless to say, Istill buy Gold Medal flour,” saidNewton.

With the help of a high schoolteacher Newton landed a summer jobat Colorado State University, leavinghome the day after graduation tobegin work. It was at Colorado StateUniversity, that Newton went on toreceive an interdepartmental degreein Biological Sciences. She then wenton to receive her doctorate inBiophysical Sciences from the StateUniversity of New York at Buffalo. Itwas during her last year at graduateschool that Newton decided toexplore the options associated with acareer in a liberal arts college envi-ronment. After visiting more than adozen liberal arts colleges, Newtonsettled on Kalamazoo College inMichigan. She taught in the biologydepartment for 27 years and spent thelast six serving as the AssociateProvost.

It is now Newton’s turn to take herexperiences and use them to shape theWooster community. With a host ofvarious life experiences the campus,its students and faculty will lend itselfto Newton in hopes that in return, shewill successfully “help create a campusculture that recognizes and values thescholarly work of faculty and stu-

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes raises awareness at WoosterElle BloomFeatures Editor

This last Friday, April 2, Walk aMile in Her Shoes began in KaukeArch. This event featured students,faculty and staff who volunteered towalk approximately a mile inwomen’s heels. Some took this tothe extreme and proudly displayedtheir pink, six-inch platform shoeswhile others claimed their half inchwedge heel counted. Regardless ofthe height, this event was sponsoredto raise awareness about rape,assault and gender violence.

The event was organized mainlyby Ali Peters ’10 and Katie Harvuot’10 with the Women, Gender andSexuality Studies curriculum com-mittee, of which Nancy Grace ishead of the department and co-sponsored by the Inter GreekCouncil which would explain theabundance of Greeks ready andwilling to participate. Peters andHarvuot are the only seniorWGSS majors this year. Around150 Wooster students and staffshowed up in order to show theirsupport, or at the very least to seetheir president roll up fashionably

late on his Vespa showing off hisred high heels. Other administra-tors joining him included DeanHolmes and Joe Kirk.

Whether or not people came to

laugh at these men stumblingaround in heels or to support aware-ness, the speakers at this event weremoving and passionate about thecause. After Harvuot and Peters’s

Faculty, staff and students participated in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event last Fridayat Kauke Arch. Around 150 College of Wooster people participated in the event to raiseawareness about rape, assault and gender violence (Photo courtesy Elle Bloom).

For more information concerningthe Walk a Mile in Her ShoesFoundation, please visit www.walka-mileinhershoes.org.

introduction Mark Weaver, a profes-sor of political science, spoke of theanger and frustration he felt at thefact that his female friends did notfeel safe walking around Wooster’s

campus just a few years ago. AlexLans ’10 made it clear how impor-tant women were in his life and howmuch respect they deserve. Harvuotbegan the walk by making it knownthat it was not a race, but that theremight be a prize for whoever fin-ished first. The prize was a t-shirt.

Walk a Mile in her Shoes is aninternational organization foundedby Frank Baird in 2001 in theUnited States. Over the years theorganization has grown and trav-eled to all 50 states, Camp Henry inSouth Korea, Nairobi in Kenya,Gold Coast in Australia, Leeds inthe United Kingdom and all overCanada.

The Web site lists the organiza-tion’s mission statement which is to“Co-create a United GenderMovement, where men will be apart of the solution to ending sex-ualized violence.” Harvuot andPeters were able to successfullyraise awareness to the 150 men andwomen who showed up to supportthe cause.

A minority of American collegestudents follow a vegetarian lifestyle,but at Wooster there is a growinginterest in lessening one’s meatintake and exploring vegetarianalternatives.

In a recent survey conducted by ateam from the Greenhouse commit-tee, 67 percent of over 450 respon-dents said they are willing to con-sume meatless meals in Lowry oneday a week for the rest of the semes-ter. Over 84 percent of students saidthey would be willing to refrain fromeating beef one day a week for theduration of the semester.

The purpose of the survey was notonly to learn about students’ eatingpreferences, but also to encouragestudents to reduce their consumptionof meat, especially red meat, for

health, animal rights and environ-mental reasons.

In addition to conducting the cam-pus wide survey, the team workedwith the school cafeteria manager tocreate green labels placed on the buf-fet food sections to designate bothvegetarian and vegan choices. Theyare currently working with membersof dining services to spread overallawareness of vegetarian options.

Informal reactions from the stu-dents have been overwhelminglypositive. Students have approachedmembers of the vegetarian groupand commented on how much theyappreciate the vegetarian labels andwould like to see more vegetarianand fewer meat options in the vari-ous food stations in Lowry.

The team of environmentalactivists initiated the survey andnew food labeling system for theprimary goal of reducing the car-

bon footprint of The College ofWooster campus. The meat indus-try is one of the largest contribu-tors to greenhouse gas emissions.This industry is also associated withproblems relating to environmentaltopics such as water quality, wastemanagement, and land develop-ment.

This week Greenhouse displayedposters advertising its optionalMeatless Monday, which is takingplace on April 12. The club will alsohave some informational cards inLowry regarding the benefits of eat-ing less meat and instead consumingalternatives such as lentils, variouskinds of beans, tofu, eggs and othermany other kinds of foods.

Vegetarian friendly Lowry to startEric SteinVoice Contributor

This is the second of five articleswhich Greenhouse will contribute to theVoice. Eric Stein can be reached forcomment at EStein11@wooster.edu

Democratic Republic of theCongo. The exhibition showcases21 pieces, which, according toZurko’s curatorial statement dis-played in the exhibition, wereselected by Zurko and Professor ofStudio Art Walter Zurko, “withconsideration of how they wouldbe utilized within Wooster’s cur-riculum.”

The Rilling collection features adiverse array of colors and materi-als that highlight the beautifulfunctionality characteristic ofAfrican and Oceanic Art. The focalpoint of the collection, an elaborateand wildly colorful egungun mas-querade fabric piece from Nigeria,provides an excellent counterpointto the mellow earthtones of theremaining pieces.

The two gallery spaces present avisual disconnect that showcases theversatility and diversity of TheCollege of Wooster Art Museum’scollection holdings. The stark con-trast between the iconic sparsity ofAndy Warhol and the intricate andtimeless motifs of African andOceanic art run the gamut of whatcontemporary society considers “art.”Though not an obvious pairing ofexhibitions, Zurko’s curatorial eyeshowcases both collections effectively.Moving from Warhol’s high-contrastblack and white action prints to themuted tones of the Polaroid head-shots allows the viewer to appreciatethe essence of Warhol’s photographicstyle. The minimalism of the Warholimages in conjunction with the deco-rative shapes of African and Oceanicart provides a visual feast for museumpatrons.

Art class, for example, each choseone of the subjects of the Warholpieces to research and extractedinformation from their courseassignments to provide context forthe exhibit’s object labels. In thissense, Wooster’s gallery spaces“function as labs,” says Zurko, forhands-on experience. In addition,Professor of Theatre and DanceKim Tritt’s Choreography classdesigned a dance piece inspired bythe life and art of Andy Warhol.

The Andy Warhol exhibit will bethe focal point of two upcomingevents at The College of WoosterArt Museum. Students enrolled inSiewart’s Contemporary Art classwill present their research during aGallery Walk on Wednesday, April14, from 12-1 p.m. in the MorganGallery. Tritt’s Choreography classwill also perform a dance in theGallery event on Wednesday, April28 and Thursday, April 29 from 7-8p.m. Both events are free and opento the public.

Running in conjunction with theWarhol exhibit is a vast anddiverse selection of African andOceanic functional art from theDavid and Karina RillingCollection. The Rilling exhibition

features contem-porary pieceswith traditionaldesigns. TheSussel Galleryshowing juxta-poses piecesfrom Papua NewGuinea, Nigeria,Mali, the Côted’Ivoire and the

embedded throughout the perform-ance. The ensemble also demon-strated great musicianship with abrass band and well harmonizedimpromptu singing group.

My favorite moment from theproduction was the last scene titled“The Singing Turkeys.” It was hardnot to laugh when two of theactors dressed minimally to resem-ble turkeys, pecked some audiencemembers in the front row.

But what made this scene trulyspecial was when the curtain liftedto reveal a tall, black turkey that

charges a significantfee to perform, theyagreed on a lower per-formance fee accordingto Levin.

The theatre compa-ny, officially titled“Bread and Puppet:Cheap Art and PoliticalTheater in Vermont”was formed in 1962 inthe lower east side ofNew York City byPeter Schumann.

Today, the companyis located on a farm inGlover, Vt., and is alsothe home to theirBread and PuppetMuseum which boastsa huge collection ofpuppets from their pastperformance seasons.

To gain attention and interest inthe performance, five members of

the companyp a r a d e dacross theCollege cam-pus to attractstudents to

the show, with a live band and life-sized, over the top puppet struc-tures. The parade led followers tothe Shoolroy Theatre, where mem-bers of Bread and Puppet companyquickly led the audience to their

seats and began the show. “The Dirty Cheap Money

Cabaret” consisted of performanc-es of various skits such “APresident and A Chair,” “TheatreBlue” and “Jolly Battle betweenMountaintop Removal Protestersand Mountaintop Machinery.”During specific moments of theproduction, an actor impersonatingKarl Marx teased audience mem-bers about the wonderful anddeceptive ideas about money. Theplay was basically designed as asketch-comedy show with satire

— tough, philosophical and witty.The play’s other great asset was AlexHorning ’13, whose off-stage voiceperformance as Sandy, a human-likecomputer system wounded by herfirst taste of love, was note-perfectand very moving. Horning excavatedall the challenging questions the play

raises and broughtthem all to her creationof the character, seem-ingly effortlessly.

The middle of theprogram continued the succession ofvery good material. Gillis reappearedin a totally different role in ItmanMose’s “Men’s Intuition” alongside awinningly straightforward JakeBriggs ’10. Ben Christ ’12, meanwhile,proved a definite highlight of twoplays, David Ives’ “The Philadelphia”and Joe Jensen’s (’11) “Boom,” in bothof which he portrayed a frustratedman at a restaurant.

Perhaps the greatest play of theevening, however, was the last on theprogram. Paul Dooley’s “Post-Its,”brought to life by sublime perform-ances from Nina Takacs ’11 andMalcolm Campbell-Taylor ’13,might have been the best 10 minutesof theatre I’ve witnessed at Wooster.With no action on stage apart fromthe two characters, seated on stools,reading a lifetime’s worth of post-itnotes to each other, the success ofthe piece relied overwhelmingly onthe emotional truth the actorsbrought to the roles.

Tacaks and Campbell-Taylor cap-tured the beauty and the sadness oftheir characters’ long relationship ascompletely as you could ask for in afull-length play. What was especiallynoteworthy was Campbell-Taylor’sgrief in the play’s final, tragic devel-opment, deeply affecting and unfor-gettable, ending the evening on thehighest of highs affirming the realexcellence of student-produced the-atre on campus.

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quickly moved forward andrevealed itself as a man in a blackevening dress wearing red highheels.

The performer then sang hisheart out to the other turkeys,which was welcomed by a thunder-ous applause from the audience.According to Levin, the work ofthe theatre company “exudes a kindof joyfulness ... even if people didnot ‘get’ each scene or how thesketches work together, the audi-ence clearly left the performancebuoyed somehow. The workappeared to connect with a generalhuman spirit and those that camecertainly left elevated.”

After the performance, theensemble members set up a boothfor more information about theBread and Puppet TheaterCompany, a selection of “cheap” artfor sale, and served to patrons freebread with aioli (garlic sauce).

Levin added that the companylabels their performances as cheapart because part of their fundamen-tal beliefs is that “art is for the peo-ple... They normally go where theyare sponsored, either by a city, pre-senting organization, progressiveindividuals or college, and do notcharge a ticket price.” For moreinformation on the company, youcan visit their Web site atwww.breadandpuppet.org

The most recent 10-minute playfestival, presented by student theatregroup Effie’s Players last Friday andSaturday night, was really somethingspecial, and not just as 70 minutes ofcompelling and hugelyentertaining theatre –though it was certainlythat. It was one of thosemost delightful showcas-es for campus talent that boasted theincomparable feel of an intimate cam-pus event — by students, for students.Think Don’t Throw Shoes, or theCovers evenings put on by studentmusicians. This was a play festival fora small space — specifically theShoolroy black box theater inFreedlander — and a relaxed week-end crowd, and it worked beautifully.

Of course, the easygoing atmos-phere would have been wasted on sub-par plays; fortunately, there wasn't asingle weak link among the seven.The rapid-fire parade of new dramat-ic scenarios presents a unique chal-lenge for the actors: they must asserttheir characters and a conflict imme-diately or risk losing the audience.From the very first piece, however,each cast proved itself up to the task.

Tim Gillis ’10 demonstrated yetagain that he is one of the most valu-able comedic actors on campus, turn-ing in a nuanced performance as analoof yet manipulative jerk in AnnaZiegler’s “Sad Song,” directed byJasmine Verreen ’13. Kate Donnelly’13 played her more emotionally sen-sitive role very effectively as well —the sharp contrast between her char-acter and Gillis’s fully achieved theplay’s deeply sad ending.

“Hell Hath No Fury...,” which fol-lowed, was similarly fantastic, a high-light even in such sterling company.An original play by Nathan Comstock’10, the script itself was remarkable

Wooster Street Style

1) What’s your favorite aspect of spring style?

My favorite aspect of spring style is definitely breaking out all of the summeryclothes and colors that have been sitting in my closet for months. Putting bootsand sweaters away and replacing them with sandals and dresses is a great trade.

2) Is style a form of self-expression for you?

I definitely think style is a form of expression for me. I love that you can wakeup feeling kind of down or tired or whatever, and if you put on the right thing, itcan honestly make your day better. I used that tactic on a weekly basis while work-ing on I.S.

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Poloroid portraits, taken by Andy Warhol, are currently ondisplay at Ebert Art Center (Photo by Sarah Harbottle).

Alexandra DeGrandchampSenior Staff Writer

With temperatures finally creeping above 55, and the grass on the quad actually visi-ble, it’s official — spring has sprung. Wooster Street Style caught up with senior AllisonSmith, who celebrated the warm weather with bare legs and strappy sandals.

Upon first hearing of Bread andPuppet Theater, one might imaginesome sort of whole-grain-centricmarionette fiasco. But after watch-ing a performance produced by thecompany, it became apparent thatthe actors achieved a perfect bal-ance of slap-stick entertainmentand political satire.

On Wednesday, March 31, the“Bread and Puppet Theater” com-pany performed their play “TheDirty Cheap Money Cabaret” in theShoolroy Theatre in Freedlander.

James Levin, director of theCenter for Entrepreneurship, has astrong relationship and a long his-tory with the company and helpedcoordinate bringing their travelingshow to the campus. “They hap-pened to be in Cleveland two weeksago and I met two of the actorswho will beperforming inthe IngenuityFestival,” saysLevin.

The companytold Levin “that they were touringand performing in Columbus andthey had a gap in their schedule.”Levin stated that he invited thecompany to perform at the College.

Though the company usually

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Allison Smith ’10, keeps herspring style hip with neutrals(Photo by Linda Kuster).

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Actors performing a skit from “The Dirty Money Cabaret” in ShoolroyTheatre (Photo by Jody LS Tidwell).

New art exhibits intrigue campusThe College of Wooster Art

Museum is currently showcasingtwo distinct collections. One, AndyWarhol Photographs, 1975-1986,will be on display for the remainderof the semester. The David andKarina Rilling Collection of Africanand Oceanic Art will be featureduntil April 19.

The Burton D. Morgan Gallery isfeaturing “Andy WarholPhotographs, 1975-1986.” Woosterwas one of 183 colleges and univer-sities nationwide to receive Warholphotographs from the Andy WarholFoundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.Wooster’s collection features over150 Polaroids and black and whiteprints, and approximately 60 arecurrently on display. Warhol’sPolaroid images capture the person-alities of period celebrities and soci-ety figures. According to Directorand Curator Kitty McManus Zurko,Warhol’s Polaroids served as“sketches” preceding his infamoussilkscreen portraits. Images rangefrom household names — likeKareem Abdul-Jabbar — to lessiconic personas. The black-and-white images, on the other hand,capture candid moments of celebrityfigures. According to AssociateProfessor of Art History JohnSiewart, “These society pictures areautonomous works usually takenquickly and spontaneously ... [theyserved as] a way of both seeing andmaintaining a distance.”

Zurko’s excitement about theWarhol photographs was palpable.“This exhibition came together sowell,” she explained, “and I think itwas a great addition to the perma-nent collection.” Zurko used theunique collection of photographs asa platform for curricular integration.Students in Siewart’s Contemporary

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Britta Harman ’10 is solid force on defense and scored herfirst career goal on Saturday (Photo by Sam VanFleet).

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The women’s lacrosse team domi-nated the opening minutes against St.Vincent College Saturday, March 27at the Carl Dale Field, scoring eightunanswered goals that led them to a20-4 rout.

Scots’ Nina Dine ’11 and BeccaWorthington ’10 both scored just sec-onds into the game, and the lead waspadded to 4-0 with goals by AmyDenny ’10 and Madison Carey ’12moments later. Dine, Worthingtonand Clare Nelson-Johnson ’13 eachadded goals to set the score 7-0, andWorthington added one more for ahat trick (8-0) with 18 minutes left in

Women’s lacrosse remains undefeated in NCAC playMargaret DonnellySports Editor

the first half. Megan Kelly eventually scored for

the Bearcats off an assist by MeganFisher, but the Scots quickly respond-ed. Defender Britta Harman ’10 andCarey scored within 12 seconds ofeach other to push the Scots’ lead to13-1 to end the first half.

The Scots’ momentum slowed inthe second half, but they still scoredsix goals, including pairs by Careyand Katie Smart ’11. Eliza Cady ’12had her first career goal on a free posi-tion shot with 17 seconds left in thegame. In the net, Shawna Ferris ’13made one save and allowed two goalsin the first half, and Jennifer Forsyth’13 saved 10 during the second half.

Worthington led Wooster’s scoring

with five tallies, while Carey had fourgoals and an assist. Smart alsorecorded two goals and two assists.

The following Thursday, April 1,the Scots traveled to Meadville, Pa.,where they faced their first NorthCoast Athletic Conference competi-tion in Allegheny College (3-4, 1-1NCAC).

Wooster trailed 11-8 with two min-utes left on the clock in regulationwhen the Scots scored three goals tohead into overtime, and then cameback with a hat trick by Worthingtonto beat the Gators 14-11.

In the final minutes of regulation,Smart and Carey scored to put theScots within one (11-10), andWorthington made the final shot topush the teams into overtime.Wooster dominated the overtimeperiod with three goals byWorthington, who finished the gamewith seven goals, her career high andone less than the school record.

Following Worthington’s lead,Dine had two goals and three assists,while Carey had two goals and oneassist. Smart and Emily Johnson ’12each tallied one goal for the day.Ferris made eight saves in the goal forWooster.

The Scots marked their secondNCAC win against DenisonUniversity last Saturday in a closematch that ended 10-9 at Carl DaleMemorial Field. Wooster’s defender’smade a considerable impact, alongwith a four-goal run over seven min-utes in the second half were key in theScots victory over the Big Red.

Trailing by one at the half (6-5),the Scots rallied with three quickgoals in the early minutes of the sec-ond half with goals by Denny, EmilyMeyer ’11 and Jess Cleveland ’10, whoalso recorded an assist. Minutes laterNelson-Johnson recorded one more

for Wooster on a free position shotafter a few minutes of defensive play.

Denison responded strongly withthree goals to bring them within oneof Wooster (10-9), and as Woostertried to let the clock run out Ferrisand Harman both dominated defen-sively to deny Denison’s attempts atthe net.

Wooster showed its depth and scor-ing abilities with 16 players recordingpoints that game. Nelson-Johnson,Cleveland and Denny all had twogoals for the day. Defensively, Ferrishad 11 saves and Harman had fiveground balls and five causedturnovers.

The Scots continued their winning

ways, improving to 3-0 in the NCACwith a 14-9 win over Ohio WesleyanUniversity.

After Ohio Wesleyan evened thescore at four. Wooster exploded withfive unanswered goals before the half-time break, taking a 9-4 lead into theintermission. The offensive flourishcontinued into the third, with theScots increasing their lead to 12-4.

Nelson-Johnson lead the way forWooster notching a career-high fivegoals in the win. Dine put four in thenet while Worthington scored twoand added three assists.

The Scots will take their winningstreak on the road this weekend withtwo games away from home.

Amy Denny ’10 has dominated at the face-off position andcontributed to the powerful offense (Photo by Sam VanFleet).

Margaret DonnellySports Editor

Growing popularity of cricket mirrored in club achievementUsman GulVoice Staff

For the first time in Wooster’scricket history (that dates back to the1990s,) the College’s cricket teamparticipated in the internationalChivnarine Chanderpaul Trophyheld in Florida from March 17-21.

The team consisted of 15 playersrepresenting Pakistan, Bosnia, India,Nepal, Zimbabwe and the UnitedStates.

Coach Graham Ford accompaniedthe team on the five-day long tourduring which the team played match-es against Ohio State University,University of Saint Cloud and YorkUniversity from Toronto, Canada.

Participation in the tournamenthas culminated into a growing crick-et culture at The College ofWooster.

Cricket teams from GeorgeWashington University andCarnegie Mellon University visitedWooster this past weekend andplayed a triangular cricket series.

“Participating in the Shivnarine

Chanderpaul Trophy enabled us tocontact cricket clubs from other col-leges and invite them to Wooster,”said Wooster Cricket Club Vice

President Maaz Khan ’10.Amongst other outstanding per-

formances, Anoop Parik ’10 andShiladitya Roychaudhuri ’11 scored

40 runs each in the first matchagainst George WashingtonUniversity.

In the second match against

Carnegie Mellon University, Khanscored 81 runs and took three wick-ets while Roychaudhuri, once again,played a spectacular inning of 54runs. Wooster Cricket ClubPresident Omer Ijaz ’10 claimedfour wickets while Tamour Ishraq’12 took three wickets. WoosterFighting Scots are scheduled tovisit George WashingtonUniversity next week.

“Not winning tournaments mustnot be construed as losing,” said Ijaz.“It is through the continuous supportand encouragement of PresidentGrant Cornwell that we were able toparticipate in the national cricketchampionship and arrange cricketseries at home,” he added.

Active participation in cricket bylocal Americans, including DannyTomes ’11 and Ian Carlin ’11 whowere part of the team for Florida,has been a milestone in the cricketclub’s history.

“It demonstrates the involvementof locals in international sports andintercultural engagement at theCollege,” said Khan.

Peters paces golfersUnderclassmen lead softball success

The Wooster softball team split adouble header on Tuesday againstBaldwin-Wallace College. Bothgames provided exciting finishes,as Baldwin-Wallace was able tocurve the Scots’ comeback effort inthe first game, but could not stopthe Scots in the second.

Powerhouse pitching dominatedthe first game, as the Scots heldBaldwin-Wallace to just one runthrough six innings. Unfortunately,Baldwin-Wallace’s Sarah Bakermanaged to keep the Scots at bay aswell, shutting them out through sixinnings. Despite this early lack ofoffense, a few defensive mistakesquickly changed the pace of thegame in the seventh inning asBaldwin-Wallace was able to putthree more runs on the board, giv-ing them a four run lead.

Fortunately for the Scots, theiroffense began to get a handle on theYellow Jacket’s pitching as Priscilla

Staples ’10 knocked a hard single tothird base and Erica Villa ’13brought her home with a hitthrough the middle of the infield.Lauren Swinehart ’12 and GinaPirolozzi ’13 also added to theScots’ score by knocking in one runapiece. Unfortunately, the Scotswere not able to overcome the four-run deficit, and came up one runshy of forcing a tied game.

The second game followed thepath of game one for its first fourinnings. Staples got the Scotsoffense moving with a double, inthe bottom of the fifth inning. TheScots continued to trail the YellowJackets 1-0 until Rachel Frank ’12drove in Staples with an RBI singleafter Staples managed to advanceto third following a wild pitch.Swinehart and Villa also managedto get on base loading the bases forJenn Horton ’13 who hit a deepshot to center field, clearing thebases and driving in three RBI’s.Horton also finished the game onthe mound for the Scots, securing

the win and bringing the Scotsrecord to 11-9.

The Scots have been lead by sev-eral key players this year, includingKelley Johnson ’13 who is batting.491 on the season. Villa has alsohad an impressive season, tyingJohnson’s average of .491.

The Scots continued their win-ning ways against Oberlin Collegeon Wednesday. The team won bothgames in the double-header byscores of 14-4 and 9-3.

The Scots will play two games atKenyon College this Saturdayafternoon at 1 p.m.

The men’s golf team placed fifthin the 27-hole John CarrollInvitational at Fowler’s Mill GolfCourse at Chesterland, Ohio lastFriday, April 2. Michael Peters ’10led the team with an 18-hole resultof 71 and finished the tournament in108 strokes, placing him tied forsixth out of 40 golfers in the compe-tition.

Peters began with two over par 37on the first nine holes, and shot oneunder par 71 on the final 18. He was

only beat by Malone College’s JustinLower, the individual medalist forthe tournament.

Overall, the Scots scored 568, just12 strokes more than WalshUniversity, the fourth-place team.Malone was the winning team with413 strokes, and host John CarrollUniversity placed second with 445.

Wooster finished as a solid group,with Blake Sword ’12, Tim Faerber’12 and Greg Benckart ’12 all shoot-ing 121 for the 27-hole tournament.

Wooster will attend the TedBarclay Classic in Granville, Ohiothis weekend.

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Itai Njanji ’11 is one of the 15 players on the Wooster Cricket Club team which travelledto Florida for the Chivnarine Chanderpaul Trophy (Photo from Voice Archives).

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FRIDAY CONVERSATION

Sports Editor Matthew Yannierecently talked to baseball player GregVan Horn ’11.Van Horn is thestarting shortstopfor the Scots thisseason.

After transfer-ring to Woosterfrom PrincetonUniversity, he isleading the team in three offensive cat-egories and has a 0.00 ERA.

MY: So far the team has takencare of the early schedule withrelative ease. With only four loss-es thus far what are your expecta-tions for the remainder of theseason?

GVH: At the beginning of theseason the expectation, especiallyfor a team as good as Wooster canbe, is to win a national champi-onship. That is definitely the maingoal, but that being said we need tomake sure we take the properapproach and take care of what weneed to do.

MY: You’ve gotten to see a lit-tle bit of what the NCAC has tooffer having faced two confer-ence opponents thus far. Whatimprovements can still be madeto ensure that this team meets itsgoals in the conference?

GVH: We need to improve a littlebit in just about every area. Ourstarting pitchers have done a prettygood job of doing what they needto do, but I’m sure that they wouldtell you that they need to improve.There are always things that we canwork on to get better during theseason.

MY: What led to your decisionto come to Wooster after havingso much success in your time atPrinceton?

GVH: I knew that I wantedtransfer. My dad went here, andplayed soccer, so I knew a lot aboutthe school and the traditions. I alsoknew that the team was coming offa season in which they played for anational championship. That wasone thing I was really looking for,an opportunity to win.

MY: You’ve not only led theteam in three offensive cate-gories, but also have contributedeight and a third scorelessinnings from the mound. Whathas contributed most to yoursuccess in both batting andpitching?

GVH: Pitching is a funny thingbecause if you were to tell the kidsfrom back home in New Jersey thatI was pitching they would probablylaugh at you. I haven’t had theopportunity to pitch since littleleague so I’m having a good timewith that. At the plate it has justbeen taking the approach that youreally can’t waste any at-bats. Wetry not to worrying about the hitsbecause the hits will take care ofthemselves.

MY: You have experienced vastpersonal success, but have alsomade a seamless transition intothe Scots’ lineup. What hasallowed you to acclimate to yournew team so quickly and so suc-cessfully?

GVH: One of the big things isjust having a great group of guysaround me. It really starts with theseniors and the few captains that wehave. The team has done a great jobmaking it easy for me as a transferstudent to come in and already feellike one of the guys.

MY: As a starter at shortstop,you have helped turn 31 doubleplays this season. How has thechemistry between you and MattJohnson ’10 developed andthrived early this season?

GVH: It was tough in the fallbecause he was still coming off ofan injury and wasn’t able to play atall. I had heard he was really talent-ed, but I had no idea how good heactually was. He has come backfrom his injury so easily that it hasmade it easier for us to work up themiddle. Changing positions is a lotharder than he makes it look. Thetoughest part is the footworkaround the base on double plays, buthe makes it look as easy and effort-less as anyone.

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Luke Sutton ’10 has been one of many powerful bats in the Scots lineup which hasoutscored opponents 198-92 through 20 games (Photo by Sam VanFleet).

2010 PRESEASON BASEBALL PREDICTIONS

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The sports nuts make a few predictions that may well be right, and more than a few that will surely go awry.

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World Series ChampBoston Red Sox over St. Louis

CardinalsAL East ChampBoston Red Sox

AL Central ChampDetroit Tigers

AL West ChampLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim

AL Wild CardNew York YankeesNL East Champ

Philadelphia PhilliesNL Central ChampSt. Louis CardinalsNL West ChampColorado RockiesNL Wild CardChicago Cubs

AL MVPIchiro Suzuki

NL MVPAlbert PujolsAL Cy Young

Jon LesterNL Cy YoungTim LincecumAL ManagerDave TremblyNL Manager

Jim Tracy

World Series ChampBoston Red Sox over St. Louis

CardinalsAL East ChampBoston Red Sox

AL Central ChampMinnesota TwinsAL West Champ

Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimAL Wild Card

Tampa Bay RaysNL East Champ

Philadelphia PhilliesNL Central ChampSt. Louis CardinalsNL West Champ

Los Angeles DodgersNL Wild CardAtlanta Braves

AL MVPJoe MauerNL MVP

Ryan HowardAL Cy YoungJosh Beckett

NL Cy YoungRoy HalladayAL ManagerJoe Maddon

NL ManagerBobby Cox

World Series ChampBoston Red Sox over St. Louis

CardinalsAL East ChampBoston Red Sox

AL Central ChampChicago White SoxAL West ChampSeattle MarinersAL Wild Card

Tampa Bay RaysNL East Champ

Philadelphia PhilliesNL Central ChampSt. Louis CardinalsNL West Champ

San Francisco GiantsNL Wild CardAtlanta Braves

AL MVPEvan Longoria

NL MVPAlbert PujolsAL Cy Young

Cliff LeeNL Cy YoungTim LincecumAL Manager

Don WakamatsuNL ManagerBruce Bochy

World Series ChampBoston Red Sox overPhilidelphia Phillies

AL East ChampBoston Red Sox

AL Central ChampChcago White SoxAL West ChampSeattle MarinersAL Wild Card

New York YankeesNL East Champ

Philadelphia PhilliesNL Central ChampSt. Louis CardinalsNL West ChampColorado RockiesNL Wild CardAtlanta Braves

AL MVPDustin Pedroia

NL MVPAlber Pujols

AL Cy YoungJon Lester

NL Cy YoungTim LincecumAL ManagerOzzie GuillenNL Manager

Jim Tracy

Baseball lives up to hype at midway pointAndrew VogelEditor in Chief

A month into the season, the Scots’offense has treated opposing pitchersabout as nicely as the National RifleAssociation treats gun controlactivists. The Scots’ loaded lineup is abig reason why the Scots have livedup to their lofty preseason billing.

The Scots (16-4, 4-2 NCAC East)entered the 2010 season ranked No. 2in the d3baseball.com preseason poll,and currently sit at No. 4 in thenational rankings behind theUniversity of St. Thomas, ChapmanUniversity and HeidelbergUniversity. The hot start has beenkeyed by the bats, which have been

hitting the cover off the ball. The Scots have been led by great

production up the middle from short-stop Greg Van Horn ’11 and secondbaseman Matt Johnson ’10.Interestingly, neither of the two wereon the field for last year’s run to thenational championship game. Johnsonsuffered a season-ending arm injuryin mid-season and Van Horn wasplaying for Princeton University. Ayear later, the Scots boast arguablythe best middle infield tandem in thecountry.

Van Horn, a highly touted juniortransfer, leads the team with a .500average and astronomical .838 slug-ging percentage, while Johnsonshares the team lead in homers with

four. In his first three years atWooster, Johnson had played short-stop. However, with Van Horn’sarrival, Johnson has slid over to sec-ond. Johnson’s comeback has beenespecially significant because he hasalso taken over the leadoff spot in thelineup, previously held by centerfield-er Sean Karpen ’09.

Matt Groezinger ’10 has also fol-lowed up his fantastic junior cam-paign, in which he hit .369 with 12homers, with an equally impressivesenior season. Groezinger is secondon the team with a .448 average andshares the team lead in homers withfour. Left fielder Stu Beath ’10 haslikewise put together a solid seniorcampaign after a breakout junior year

in which he hit .389 with four homers.This season, Beath is hitting .333 witha pair of dingers. As a team, the Scotsare hitting .339, with a robust .519slugging percentage to go along witha .444 on-base percentage.

While the Scots’ pitching has beenserviceable, it has not yet reached thestatus that led the team to Appleton,Wis. for the Div. III College WorldSeries. Justin McDowell ’11 last yeartied a school record with 13 wins andposted a 2.38 earned run averagealong with 94 strikeouts. The terrificsophomore campaign landedMcDowell multiple All-America hon-ors. This year, McDowell has beensolid, if not unspectacular. McDowellhas a 3.31 ERA and leads the team inwins with a 4-1 record.

One of the biggest storylines com-ing into the season was the return ofMatt Barnes ’11. Barnes entered lastseason as the projected ace of thestaff, but only pitched in the seasonopener due to a blood clot. Now backwith a clean bill of health and junioreligibility, Barnes has provided solidinnings and posts a 3-1 record.

This weekend, the team heads backto Meadville, Pa. to take on AlleghenyCollege. Two weeks ago, the teamsplit a doubleheader with Alleghenyafter the Scots’ bats went cold. TheScots were able to get a 3-1 win in theopener behind a strong performancefrom McDowell, but in the secondgame Tyler Fugate ’11 was the tough-luck loser after the Scots’ offense wasshut out for the first time all season ina 2-0 loss. Since then, the Scots’offense has broken out for 16 runsagainst Baldwin-Wallace College, 17runs and 13 runs in multiple gamesagainst Case Western ReserveUniversity. If the Scots’ bats continuetheir hot streak, the Scots’ pitchersshould have a much less challengingouting the second time around on thehill against the Gators.

Ben CaroliVoice Staff

Lacrosse, winners of four straight, dethrone Big Red

The three consecutive home victo-ries have brought the Scots back to6-4 overall and 1-1 in conference.The team began the three gamehomestand with a 16-6 victory overSt. Vincent College on March 24.Pat Coyne ’10 led the charge withfour goals, including a first quarterhat trick, as well as an assist.

The highlight of the season thusfar was the following game againstDenison University on March 27.The night game brought the BigRed, who were ranked sixth inNCAA Div. III before the contest, toWooster. The exciting contest fea-tured eight lead changes, and thegame was tied heading into the

fourth quarter. Another goal fromCoyne gave Wooster a 12-10 lead,but the crowd was silenced asDenison’s Emmett Jones scored topull the Big Red within one goalwith 1:21 on the clock.

After a key face-off win by MattPullara ’11, Denison forced aturnover and had an offensive pos-session with less then a minute inthe game. After struggling to findan open look, a Denison attackerpulled back for a shot with 10 sec-onds left, but was checked bydefenseman Ryan Story ’10, causinga loose ball that was fought for astime expired.

Wooster gave Denison its firstloss of the season in the Big Red’sconference opener. It was Wooster’sfirst victory over a nationally ranked

opponent since 2004. The victoryalso ended an 18-game losing streakto Denison, dating back to 1991.For the second straight game, Coynepaced the Wooster offense withanother four goals, one assist per-formance. Dan McVarish ’10 put inthree goals, and Joe Suliman ’11scored twice.

The Scots kept the streak going,with a 12-7 victory over the Collegeof Mount St. Joseph on March 31.Coyne continued his offensive explo-sion, tallying another four goals toincrease his team lead to 22 on theseason.

As the second quarter began in a3-3 tie, Wooster took control andnever looked back, going on a 6-1run that lasted into the third. TheLions (2-7) brought the deficit back

to 10-7 with 5:07 left in the finalquarter, but there comeback attemptwas quickly halted by Pullara, whowon the ensuing face-off and scoredjust 10 seconds later. On top ofCoyne’s four scores, Alex Mies ’10added two goals and three assists,and Casey McGann ’12 had an assiston top of his own hat trick.

The Scots took their winningstreak on the road, successfullydefeating Trine University (3-4).After swapping goals to start thegame, the Scots responded with 10unanswered goals in route to a 13-3victory. Wooster returns home fortwo games this weekend. Tonightthe Scots will face Albion College at6 p.m. and Sunday afternoonColorado College will come to JohnP. Papp Stadium at noon.