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Friday, October 1, 2010
THE LAWRENTIAN
Vol. CXXVIII, No. 3
Lawrence University's student newspaper since 1884
www.Lawrentian.com
Health and recreation services to merge at Buchanan-Kiewit Wellness Center
Samuel Flood
Staff Writer
In a campus-wide e-mail sent
Sept. 22, the Lawrence University
administration announced a
major change to popular facilities
on campus. The current student
health center located in the LandisPeabody wing of Colman Hall will
be moved to renovated facilities
in the Buchanan-Kiewit Recreation
Center.
The freed space in Colman will
be converted to living facilities
for students. The newly-designated
Buchanan-Kiewit Wellness Center,
a building that will combine health
and counseling services with recreational space, will be, as President
Beck described, a “central destination where students, staff and
faculty can invest in their own
well-being and multiply the opportunities for collaboration among
services.”
The
Buchanan-Kiewit
Recreation Center, which has
remained unchanged during the
careers of most students currently
studying at Lawrence, will undergo
many changes before its conversion to a wellness center.
The changes include a new
check-in and information desk, a
relocation of the fitness room adjacent to the track — in a repurposed
racquetball court — and offices in
a renovated wing of BuchananKiewit for Student Health and
Counseling Services.
Mark Szkodzinski, director of
athletics and recreation and men’s
hockey coach, said that the purpose of most changes and renovations will be “to utilize [our] space
more efficiently and make it more
‘user-friendly’.”
Szkodzinski explained that in
the place of the current entryway,
there will be a new, more friendly
entryway, featuring information
and check-in directly after entering
the building. One of the racquetball courts next to the gym will
be repurposed into a new fitness
room.
A second racquetball court
will host cardio equipment such
as treadmills, ellipticals and stationary bikes. The current fitness
room, seminar room and lower
racquetball court will be converted
into space for the student health
and counseling service area.
Szkodzinski emphasized that
while changes to Buchanan-Kiewit
would mean reshuffling and reorganizing its facilities, it was important to maintain the recreation
center’s current programming and
function.
He explained, “One of the goals
of the committee [who oversaw
planning] was to maintain the programs and services currently held
within the Buchanan-Kiewit building. We believe we have not only
done that… but have created space
for even more services to occur
within the building.”
The role of Student Health
Services will also remain the
same after the move, according
to Director of Health Services and
Registered Nurse Susan Muenster.
The number of exam rooms will
remain the same, but a triage room
has been added. The extra room
will be beneficial for both doctors
and patients.
“Doctors will be able to see students who need to be seen first,”
noted Muenster.
Further, in an effort to make
counseling services more attractive to students, the health and
counseling waiting rooms will be
separated.
“In the past,” Muenster
remarked, “some students may not
have come to counseling because
they did not want to be seen waiting to see a counselor.”
With a division of the waiting
Photo by Marc Deheeger
rooms, she added, this problem
will have been solved.
At the other end of the move,
in Landis-Peabody, approximately
10 to 12 new student rooms —
with a total of 21 new beds — will
be created in the wing that was the
student health center. The additional living space will take some
of the load off Lawrence’s overburdened housing situation.
The second half of the LandisPeabody wing, where the alumni
relations department works, will
not be affected by the renovations
and will remain separate from
Colman residence areas.
Responses to the move have
been positive. “I think it will be
good to have all these services in
the same place, and in a central
location on campus,” said senior
Emily Galvin.
President Beck concurred, saying that she hopes “it will become
a destination for many more
Lawrentians as health and counseling services and more recreational
and wellness programming are
added to the building.”
ITS expands wireless coverage while Career Center kicks off year with career panel, new staff members
bandwidth levels remain the same
Will Doreza
Staff Writer
Erty Seidel
Staff Writer
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Upon arriving on campus this
year, students living in Colman,
Trever and Brokaw Halls noticed
that their buildings were equipped
with wireless Internet service, and
this past week Plantz Hall also
gained service.
According to User Services
Manager Dana Rose-Schmalz of
Information Technology Services,
Lawrence is moving forward with
a plan to extend this service to all
dorms.
Steve Armstrong, director of
ITS, explained Lawrence’s new
wireless capabilities. “Our eventual
goal is to have complete, campuswide coverage, even outdoors,”
said Armstrong, “but we probably
won’t [put wireless] in any more
dorms this year.”
According to Armstrong, the
main restrictions have been budget limitations and existing infrastructure. For example, this past
summer workers had to drill a new
wiring conduit through all seven
floors of Kohler Hall in anticipation of the new technology.
Lawrence has spent about
$60,000 on the wireless initiative,
purchasing enterprise-class wireless nodes that support all the
current wireless transmission formats. Each node cost around $600.
Ryan Kessler, a sophomore
who lives in Brokaw, praised the
new wireless, saying, “It’s nice,
though it was fiddly in the beginning.”
Zach Prior, another sophomore
from Brokaw, added that he has
had a very good experience with
the wireless so far.
Residents of wireless-enabled
halls should note that they can no
longer use their own wi-fi routers,
as the signal will interfere with
the Lawrence wireless. According
to their website, ITS will actively
be working to find and remove
sources of wireless interference.
Armstrong reiterated this
point during an interview, saying,
“If your neighbor has their own
access point, it’s going to interfere... and make everyone’s wireless slower.” Wired Ethernet use is
still permitted and may even allow
for faster speeds.
Even though Lawrence might
See ITS on page 2
The Lawrence University Career
Center hosted a Law Enforcement
Career Panel for students interested in entering the field Monday,
Sept. 27. Alumni who have succeeded in law enforcement offered
their advice and opinions to students. The event was hosted by
the new career counselor, Chelsy
Cegielski.
The Law Enforcement Career
Panel was the first of many career
panels to be held this year at the
Career Center.
“Career panels address a
whole host of career paths,” said
Director of Career Counseling
Kathy Heinzen. “We operate based
on what might interest students.”
The career panels rely heavily
on the involvement of Lawrence
alumni. “This is a way that [former]
students can offer their time and
talent to the university as panelists,” added Heinzen.
For practical purposes, the
Career Center sometimes supplements some panels with professionals who did not attend
Lawrence.
The career panel event is central to one of the Career Center’s
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goals: connecting with Lawrence
alumni. “We want to continue to
involve Lawrence alumni in the
services and programs we offer,”
Heinzen said.
Besides organizing career panels, the Career Center offers a
wide array of opportunities for
students seeking employment,
from resume-writing workshops to
an enormous database of internship opportunities.
“The Career Center is not just
for seniors,” clarified Heinzen. The
Career Center offers assistance to
underclassmen that are seeking
help in choosing a major or finding
an internship.
This year marks a significant
addition to the staff at the Career
Center. Chelsy Cegielski joined the
team as a new career counselor,
Tricia Plutz as the new internship
coordinator and Sue Knott as the
new administrative assistant.
Cegielski, who hosted the first
career panel of the year, is excited
to work with the Lawrence community. “My passion is helping
students identify their major,”
explained Cegielski. “And also
their life after Lawrence, including
their job search and grad school.”
When asked about her impressions of the Lawrence Career
Center, Cegielski stated, “I’m
amazed at how many students
are making appointments so early
in the term… and how many
Lawrence students are preparing
for grad school.”
“I hope that students become
more aware of the great internship
program we have at the Career
Center, and in general, that students, staff and faculty get more
excited about the opportunities
offered here,” said Plutz.
The Career Center also hires
student career assistants, who are
available to help students in a variety of ways.
“I think that students should
know that we do more than just
résumés,” says Gwen CurtisEhrhart, a junior career assistant.
“We have a lot of really good
resources for alumni connections
and internships.”
Curtis-Ehrhart added, “It’s really nice to go and meet someone
who has graduated from Lawrence
[at a career panel], even if they’re
not in a field that you’re interested
in.”
Interested students are recommended to consult the Career
Center section of the Lawrence
website, which offers recorded
interviews with alumni, videos on
how to write resumes and access
to the internship database.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
Cooperative meal plan extended to formal houses on campus
Bridget Donnelly
Associate News Editor
The cooperative meal plan system, previously an option only
available for the members of the
McCarthy Cooperative House and
fraternity houses, was extended for
the 2010-2011 school year to the
Sustainable Lawrence University
Gardens and Greenfire Houses.
The co-op meal plan allocates
funds from student meal plan
costs to the organizations’ budgets in order to allow students to
regularly prepare their own meals,
fostering sustainable as well as
community-building alternatives
to the campus dining system.
Members of both Greenfire and
SLUG worked with Associate Dean
of Students for Campus Life Amy
Uecke, Campus Center Director
Gregory Griffin, Lawrence faculty
and the organizations currently
employing formal group house
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have more access points, campus
bandwidth is becoming scarce.
Lawrence has 100 Mbps — megabits per second — of bandwidth
for the entire campus to share,
and Lawrentians are starting
to hit that cap regularly, said
Armstrong.
“We’re aggressively investigating our options,” said
Armstrong, “but it means we’ll
have to replace a lot of our equipment.”
meal plans last spring to figure out
the financial and logistical practicality of establishing a cooperative system for the organizations’
houses.
In previous years, students
on cooperative meal plans paid a
lower fee than that charged to the
rest of the student body, making
it difficult for additional groups
to adopt cooperative meal plans.
However, the change in dining
service management during the
2009-2010 school year required
all students to pay the same fee.
This change allowed Greenfire and
SLUG houses to pursue cooperative meal plans.
SLUG member Oren Jakobson
‘11 explained the two major
questions that the groups had
to address during these negotiations: “Whether adding new
groups would significantly impact
Bon Appétit’s projections, and…
whether rewriting the rules would
somehow adversely affect existing
formal group meal plans.”
Ultimately, it was decided that
the number of students on cooperative meal plans was not significant enough to negatively affect
Bon Appétit, and the rules were
revised with the interests of all
groups on such plans in mind.
Students on the formal group
meal plans pay the same overall
meal plan charge as the rest of the
student body, allocating a certain
amount to the house budget, and
the remainder as meals or Culinary
Cash through Bon Appétit.
Heather Huebner ‘11, residence
life manager of Greenfire House,
described the cooperative meal
plan as an extension of efforts
taken by Greenfire and SLUG over
the past few years to establish
community-based meals.
“We, the Greenfire House,” said
Huebner, “have had smaller nonLawrence affiliated co-op dinner
set-ups for the past two years. We
have really enjoyed these meals
together and we wanted to make
it a larger-scale project, within the
house and the Lawrence community.”
With an established meal plan
this year, SLUG and Greenfire houses are able to maintain a regular
schedule for cooking meals together, which has been, according to
Huebner, “an amazing opportunity
to integrate Greenfire members
and members of the student body
in a sustainable — and nutritious
— way.”
Collaboration between the
groups has been an essential part
of the cooperative system, as
Huebner pointed out that many
of their ingredients come from
SLUG. This cooperation has also
extended into the greater Appleton
community. SLUG member Laura
Streyle ‘11 noted that many of
the foods not produced in the
Armstrong pointed out, “It
really comes down to budget.”
He noted that the school already
increased the bandwidth from
just 65 Mbps to its current level
of 100 Mbps in January 2010.
Much of campus is wired to
receive up to gigabit speeds —
1000 Mbps — but the cost to
actually deliver that bandwidth
is much higher than the allotted
budget.
One sophomore expressed
frustration with the current
Internet speeds. “It’s really annoying when I have to, say, load a
YouTube video, and the Internet
is too slow. Sometimes I have to
sit around for 15 minutes or half
an hour to watch one.”
Julian Delfino ‘13 in Kohler
expressed disapproval of the
Internet speeds at Lawrence. He
jokingly remarked, “They’re making me stay up until midnight to
play my games!” Lawrence currently shapes the Internet speeds,
allowing academic and regular
web browsing before gaming and
other leisure activities during
peak usage hours.
Across campus, students,
staff and faculty wonder about
the reasons behind Lawrence’s
Internet problems. Even with the
huge freshman class, the real culprit is changing media habits.
Sites like YouTube, Hulu and
Facebook are using more and
more bandwidth to share highdefinition media.
“It takes about a month to see
where we’re going to be [in terms
of bandwidth],” said Armstrong.
Tabbed browsing, which encourages people to have more content
loading at one time, also contributes to slower internet speed
overall.
Hiett, Colman and Trever
Halls, as well as the Warch
Lawrence gardens are purchased
locally.
One of the major suppliers
of ingredients for both SLUG and
Greenfire, explains Streyle, is
Bob Wall, head chef at Downer
Commons prior to last year’s transition to Bon Appétit.
In August, Wall opened The
Green Gecko, a grocery store selling local and organic produce,
located in the Appleton City
Center. Additionally, Wall buys
produce from local farmer Steve
Kuene’s farm stand at the Farmer’s
Market on weekends. SLUG and
Greenfire regularly buy produce
from Kuene’s stand.
Both Greenfire and SLUG
Houses plan to host more cooperative events throughout the year to
foster involvement in the traditions of sustainability and community that their organizations strive
to promote.
Campus Center are wired with
100 Mbps Ethernet, while most
of the remaining dorms are using
the old 10 Mbps cabling. Even
so, students in the older dorms
shouldn’t notice much of a difference in speed when connecting
outside Lawrence.
More information about the
plans to expand the wireless and
campus bandwidth can be found
on the ITS website.
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Uihelin Fellow of Studio Art Debbie Kupinsky
Naveed Islam
Features Editor
Uihelin Fellow of Studio Art
Debbie Kupinsky became interested in ceramics when she took
a class at a local college after
completing her undergraduate
program at Syracuse University —
where she had already earned a
bachelor’s degree in English.
“I was still kind of figuring out
what to do with my major,” she
recalled. “I was always interested
in art and ceramics was just something that was fun and took up a
lot of time. I’d look up at the clock
and four or five hours would have
gone by and I hadn’t even noticed.”
She continued her studies in
studio art at the Kansas City Art
Institute and earned her bachelor
of fine arts degree before pursuing a master of fine arts degree at
Louisiana State University in Baton
Rouge.
Before she came to Lawrence
University earlier this year,
Kupinsky taught at schools in
the Los Angeles area, including
California State University in Long
Beach and the San Bernardino campus as well as the University of
Southern California.
Kupinksy has enjoyed a change
of pace here in Appleton and is
looking forward to seeing what
the fuss is over the winters here in
Wisconsin.
“Some people have told me
that it’s not really all that bad,”
she said, “but then there are others
who’ve said that it can get terrible.
I don’t know who to believe.”
The Uihelin Fellowship will
allow Kupinsky to teach a full load
of classes during her time here
at Lawrence. She will be teaching
ceramics courses in fall and winter,
Introduction to Studio Art in the
fall and spring and Introduction to
Drawing in the winter.
In her spare time, Kupinsky
enjoys making and shipping out
her own artwork. Her work is currently being exhibited in a wide
variety of places including at a
solo show at the Valley City State
University Galleries in Valley City,
North Dakota, the Jingdezhen
International Ceramics Fair in
Jingdezhen, China and at Body and
Soul at the Baltimore Clayworks.
Photo courtesy of Lawrence University
Postdoctoral Fellow of Linguistics Christopher Odato
David Rubin
Associate Features Editor
Postdoctoral
Fellow
of
Linguistics Christopher Odato
joined the Lawrence faculty this
fall. Odato received his doctorate in sociolinguistics from the
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor,
and he earned his bachelor’s
degree with a concentration in
anthropology and linguistics from
Brown University.
Odato discovered his passion for languages in high school,
where he studied four different
ones. This interest flourished in
college, and after Odato gradu-
ated, he stayed at Brown to work
as a research assistant on a project
investigating children’s acquisition
of the Sesotho language.
Odato’s most recent research
focused on a storied issue in the
English language, one well known
to members of our generation. In
his dissertation, he investigated
usage patterns of the word “like,”
i.e. where it appears in sentences,
and who tends to use it.
This work falls under the
umbrella of sociolinguistics, which
Odato describes as the systematic study of “language in relation
to society.” During spring term,
Odato will teach a new course,
Introduction to Sociolinguistics, to
explore this territory.
In the winter, Odato will
teach another course investigating the intersections between language and society at large, titled
Language and Discrimination.
Students unfamiliar with the
field might assume that professional linguists are merely exceptional polyglots, but that isn’t necessarily the case. Although he has
studied Spanish, Italian, French,
Russian and Sesotho to varying
degrees, when asked about his
present-day communicative abilities, Odato responded modestly:
“I think I speak English,” he said.
Photo courtesy of Lawrence University
Postdoctoral Fellow of Russian Masha Kisel
David Rubin
Associate Features Editor
Masha Kisel, postdoctoral fellow of Russian, joined the
Lawrence faculty this fall after two
years of teaching at the University
of Victoria in British Columbia.
Kisel has specialized in
Russian ever since the last year
of her undergraduate studies at
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
where she majored in psychology.
Even though Kisel didn’t concentrate on Russian as an undergrad,
she always had an abiding love for
its great literature.
During her senior year, it all
“clicked,” and she decided to combine her interests by pursuing an
academic career in Russian. “I felt
that my psych classes were too
focused on biology. Russian literature [accommodated] my need
to think about human behavior,”
Kisel said.
After a year off, Kisel began her
doctoral studies at Northwestern
University. Now, after finishing
her doctorate and teaching at the
University of Victoria, she is back
in Wisconsin to begin her two-year
residency by teaching a course on
post-Soviet film.
Kisel describes the course not
just as an introduction to recent
Russian-language cinema but also
as an examination of trends in
post-Soviet culture.
Because Kisel moved to the
United States at the age of 10, after
growing up in Kiev — in the former
Soviet Union — she missed firsthand experience of the very period
in Soviet history that she is now
exploring in this film course. This
makes the post-Soviet period “personally fascinating,” Kisel said.
In the spring, Kisel will teach
a course based on her recent
research on changing conceptions
of humanity in 19th and 20th
century Russian writings. Titled
Animal, Human and Machine, the
course will examine the roots
of certain Soviet ideals. Open to
majors and non-majors, the course
has no language prerequisite.
Thus far, Kisel has been
pleased with her experiences at
Lawrence. “The students [here] are
really enthusiastic. I’m pleased
with [their] level of sophistication.”
Photo courtesy of Lawrence University
Domestic gourmands: Cena of Appleton
Naveed Islam and Tasmia Rahman
Features Editor and for The Lawrentian
Photo by Naveed Islam
TR: If you’ve walked down
College Ave looking for Sirocco’s
recently, I regret to inform you
that it’s gone. However, if you’re
interested in fine dining options
close to campus, pop into this
quaint little bistro that’s just two
blocks away and in the exact same
spot Sirocco’s used to be.
NI: Cena opened its doors to
famished Appletonians Oct. 20
last year. They’re actually cooking up — see what I did there?
— something special for their first
of hopefully many anniversaries
that’s happening in two weeks,
though they couldn’t give us any
specifics.
TR: I don’t remember the last
time I went to Sirocco’s but I’d
venture a guess and say Cena
doesn’t look all that different. The
décor has a very urban feel to it,
with brick walls and a network of
pipes haphazardly moving along
the ceiling. We sat near the back
where the lights were dim, which
complimented the earthy colors
of the decorative pieces that hung
from the painted walls. In short,
they’ve done the most with the
space they had.
NI: Cena’s layout is one-third
restaurant, one-third bar and one-
third lounge. The restaurant takes
up two-thirds of the space but the
bar and lounge areas have enough
room to host live performances.
We went to dinner early in the evening on a weekday but they were
already quite busy.
TR: The tables were in rather
close proximity to each other. You
don’t get much privacy when that
invisible wall of empty space is
so thin.
NI: They started us off with
bread, served with a sauce made
with olive oil and aged balsamic
vinegar. We whet our appetites as
we looked through the menu for
some good seafood. The food got
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Looking back on Lawrence International as it moves forward
Naveed Islam
Features Editor
It was late in the afternoon
by the time I woke up to explore
the campus on my first day at
Lawrence three years ago. I remember spotting a small group of students gathered in front of Downer
Commons as I pushed the front
door of Kohler Hall open on a
chilly day in early September.
A girl stepped forward and
said hello. She asked me my name
and where I was from before
introducing me to the rest of the
group. I remember a student from
Palestine, one from Russia, two
from Japan and two more from
Malaysia.
We spent the afternoon walking around College Ave and chatting among ourselves about the
homes we left behind, the classes
we were going to take and what
we thought our lives here would
be like.
Hang-Giang Bui ‘08, the girl
who had asked me to join them
for the trip downtown, invited
me to a pizza party later that
night at the International House.
I remember her saying that if I
needed anything at all that I could
always stop by. This was how I
first met the members of Lawrence
International.
Founded by physics and mathematics major Yiannakis Manoli
in 1976, Lawrence International
began life as a student organization with 15 members. They wished
to provide opportunities for social
interaction among international
students, inform the Lawrence
community of world issues and act
as a resource for incoming freshmen by helping them get settled in
the United States.
Their membership steadily
increased to 35 and later to 47
within the first two years of the
group’s existence in part due to
the success of events such as talks
from outside speakers, trips to
nearby parks and cities and the
first International Dinner.
34 years later Lawrence has
153 visa-holding international
students including freshmen and
exchange students. 64 of these
students are part of the Class
of 2014, including 19 one-yearexchange students from Belarus,
the Netherlands, Canada and Japan
via Lawrence’s exchange program
with Waseda University.
Seniors Siddhant Dayal and
Slavena Molle lead the Executive
Board as LI President and Vice
President, with George Levy, Nhi
Nguyen, Ornella Hills, Luyuan Li,
Aimen Khan, Mei Gong and Waseda
student Katsuhiro Kimura filling
up the ranks. International Student
Services Coordinator Tim Schmidt
works closely with the group as an
advisor.
“I joined because it is a way for
me to contribute to, rather than
just enjoy the benefits of the international community on campus,”
said Molle. “It is gratifying to know
that through your own efforts you
— hopefully — manage to improve
the Lawrence experience for the
other international kids and help
them get adjusted to the life here
much more quickly.”
Molle, who hails from Bulgaria,
recalls her own experience as a
freshman and notes how stressful
it can be. “It was a bit surreal, I
guess,” she says, “I kept waiting
for my family to show up and
tell me that they’ve changed their
mind about me studying abroad.
I didn’t know anyone and no one
[had moved in] on my floor in
Colman, where I lived my freshman year.”
Dayal, who has served on the
Exec Board and has stayed involved
with LI throughout his time at
Lawrence, remembers arriving on
campus and being offered a helping hand from LI members.
“I felt like all other international students back then, a little bit in
awe of the fact that I was actually
here,” Dayal says, “I wanted to call
my parents [in India] but I didn’t
have a phone at the time. I was
asking a fellow freshman if I could
borrow his phone and a senior
overheard our conversation. He
graciously and warmly offered his
phone to me so that I could call
home. That little gesture is what
defines Lawrence International for
me.”
This will be an important year
for Lawrence International and the
Executive Board, who will plan for
From our kitchen to yours
by Anneliese Abney, chef
Fresh Berry Tart
Adapted from the Summer 2010 “Farmer’s Market Cookbook” issue of Vegetarian Times
magazine
Welcome (back)!
I’m super excited to be back
and to be sharing more recipes
with you this year. This particular one is technically a bit late in
the season, but I loved it so much
when I made it this summer, that
I thought it would be a good one
to share, should you be able to
find some late berries — SLUG
has some delicious raspberries
right now, by the way.
Otherwise, you could experiment with some frozen berries,
or just store this away as an
idea for another time. Sorry to
my vegan friends: This is a particularly dairy-heavy recipe. Next
week will be more you-friendly, I
promise.
Ingredients:
Crust:
1/4 cup each almonds, pecans,
and hazelnuts (or 1/2 cup
almonds and 1/4 cup cashews,
if there are pecan and hazelnut
allergies)
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons chilled butter,
diced (plus 1/4 teaspoon salt, if
you’re using unsalted butter)
1 large egg yolk
Filling:
1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek
yogurt
2 egg whites (make absolutely
sure these are fresh eggs — I
tend to get my eggs straight
from a farm, if I can)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest
2 cups berries
1 tablespoon orange juice
Method:
Crust:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Fahrenheit. Coat a 9-inch tart
pan with cooking spray. Spread
nuts on a baking sheet and toast
them for 12-15 minutes, until
browned.
In a food processor, pulse the
nuts, flour and sugar until the
nuts are powdered. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture
resembles a coarse meal. Add
the egg yolk and pulse further
until moist clumps begin to
form.
Press the dough into the bottom
and sides of the prepped tart
pan, about 1/4 inch thick, and
poke small holes into the bottom
with a fork. Freeze the dough for
30 minutes.
Once the dough is frozen,
reheat the oven to 400 degrees
Fahrenheit and bake the crust
for 12-14 minutes or until golden. Set aside and let cool.
Filling:
Whisk together Greek yogurt,
brown sugar, vanilla and orange
zest in a small bowl.
Beat the egg whites to a stiff
foam, then carefully combine
with the yogurt mixture, using
a spatula.
Toss the berries with the juice in
a separate bowl.
Spread the filling into the crust
with a spatula, then spoon the
berries over the top a little at
a time until the filling is evenly
covered.
Refrigerate the tart for at least
30-60 minutes before slicing and
serving.
Serves 8.
Guten Appetit!
Photo by Naveed Islam
a much larger group of students
than in previous years. In order to
ease these new international students through the difficult transition of studying in an American
college campus, International
Student Admissions, International
Student Services and LI have
worked together to institute the
Mentor Program.
“There have been many stories
about the difficulty of the first
term on campus,” says Associate
Director of Admissions Nicole
Buenzli. “We wanted to do something to help.” In addition to the
program, the Exec Board will also
be planning the LI formals, High
Cliff Picnic, Ethnic Dinners and
Cabaret.
Cena
continued from page 4
here very fast.
TR: I worked my way up to
the seared steelhead salmon
with tasty spoonfuls of my
chili lime rice. I mostly ignored
the shitake mushroom salad
that came with it until the very
end, when I realized that it
was just sitting there. It’s not
that it was bad; it just wasn’t
the best salad I’ve had. The
salmon however, was exquisite. There were points during
the meal when I thought that
what I was eating wasn’t very
different from what we get at
Andrew Common’s for meal
swipes we’ve already paid for,
but the salmon changed my
opinion entirely. It was quite
tender and very juicy.
NI: My seared sea scallops
came with a rich and creamy
risotto that I loved. There was
a lonely clump of spinach that
sat next to everything else on
my plate. It made my insides
feel healthy after I ate it. The
scallops themselves were very
good. I had wanted to order
the mako shark after seeing it
on the sandwich board outside
last week but was disappointed to find that they didn’t
have it this week. The scallops
and risotto definitely eased
REMS
In the months to come,
Lawrence International will begin
making the transition to a new
Exec Board and begin sowing the
seeds for the future of the organization. With this year’s huge
freshman class there should be no
shortage of applicants to fill the
positions on the Exec Board.
“I hope that [LI] continues to be
a very active student organization
that promotes global and cultural
awareness on campus,” says Tim
Schmidt, “I expect it to remain a
very inclusive student organization — one that is an advocate and
resource for both international and
domestic students at Lawrence.”
the blow.
TR: Everything looked really good and was arranged very
neatly but, being a skeptic for
appearances I was surprised it
all tasted as good as it looked.
NI: We ordered a minipecan pie for dessert. It was
a delicious tart filled with
peaches and sautéed with
honey. The crust was made
with brown sugar and was just
the right amount of crunchy.
TR: Cena gets its produce
locally and doesn’t pre-prepare anything on the menu.
The pie was fresh out of the
oven and prepared after we
had placed the order. Cena
does this in order to cater to
the various dietary needs of its
patrons and adjust their menu
on the fly.
NI: When we asked for the
check, the singles and fives
in my wallet were throwing a
going away party for the tens
and twenties. But, everything
was reasonably priced and
wasn’t nearly as steep as we
expected.
TR: Overall I would give
Cena two thumbs up.
NI: Agreed. Feel free to
stop by Cena, dear reader, the
next time you and your friends
go out for a night on the town.
JL —
get the futon
ready for Sat.
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6
STAFF EDITORIAL
Recently, wireless Internet service has been installed in Colman, Brokaw, Trever and
Plantz Halls. According to ITS, no additional coverage will be added this year but plans
for future improvements are in place. We welcome this update and look forward to
campus-wide wireless.
At the same time, we are disappointed that most of the campus continues to experience slow Internet speeds. The infrastructural modifications in Colman, Brokaw, Trever
and Plantz have not increased data transfer rates in those buildings and bandwidth
remains limited campus-wide.
Websites and web-based applications become more complex each year and therefore
require ever-increasing amounts of bandwidth. Furthermore, the Class of 2014 includes
approximately 100 additional students beyond Lawrence’s usual class size. This increase
in population has undoubtedly affected our network’s performance.
Despite the evolving needs of Internet users, the university has not yet upgraded its
Internet services. Since the start of the term, some students have had unstable Internet
access in their rooms, and professors’ presentations in classrooms have been interrupted
by load times for media files and websites. Dealing with slow Internet is generally only
an inconvenience. However, on Lawrence’s campus, limited bandwidth has affected academic and artistic proceedings.
We recommend that the administration place a high priority on network speed
improvements. While these improvements would be costly, we at The Lawrentian feel
that they are necessary to maintain Lawrence’s dedication to academic and artistic excellence.
Magdalena Waz
Columnist
PHOTO
POLL
I want to take something of a
step forward and address the fact
that I think about film and its place
in our society more than I think
about reading and/or books. The
fact that book sales are plummeting is unsettling. I don’t remember
where I read this but only a small
fraction of books published sell
over 500 copies.
But what is perhaps even more
unsettling is the homogeneity of
the mode of entertainment we all
seem to prefer — film. We are
watching the same things over and
over again.
Let me use my favorite target
as an example. Judd Apatow has
discovered a genre that works really well across, according to imdb.
com, almost all demographics.
Since 2005, the feature films he
has produced have made over $1
billion in the United States alone.
His films are infected with a
juvenile sense of humor, and the
plots focus mainly on the relationships between men or boys changing with the introduction of an
often-vilified woman. The woman
most likely to win the heart of
the main character is the one who
is willing to tolerate his manboy
quirks and his manboy friends.
There are, of course, slight
variations, but the message is
often the same. Men learn to maintain their individual traits in the
face of a long-term relationship.
There is nothing necessarily wrong with the fact that these
movies make it a point to be the
opposite of the “chick flick.” There
is a wealth of copycat films that
use the same formula or emulate a style in which conversations
between men are extremely different from conversations between
men and women.
“Going the Distance” is a
recent example, but what was
missing from this as opposed to
Judd Apatow’s films was the con-
flicting desire of the main character to be around his bros while in a
relationship.
One argument that people
tend to make when it comes to
defending Judd Apatow productions is that women also like his
films. From looking at sheer voting volume alone, men outnumber
women almost 12 to one on the
imdb page of his most recent production, “Get Him to the Greek.”
This is also the case on the
imdb page for “Funny People.”
This does not accurately reflect
what I have seen in movie theaters
themselves.
Altogether, I do not appreciate
the lack of academic inquiry when
it comes to popular entertainment.
We tend to see contemporary films
as a diversion, only to be studied
when we are no longer in our current cultural moment. That is just
not a valid excuse for drawing
divisions between “chick flicks” for
women and “bromances” for men.
I am by no means advocating that we should all universally
love and appreciate Judd Apatow’s
films. It is the division of genres
based on gender about which I
am upset. And perhaps it’s not
the way we watch films but the
way that they are made that is a
problem. In any case, read books.
Many of them deserve more money
than Judd Apatow and his tired
formulas.
Photo poll by
Minh Nguyen
What’s the
first thing
that comes
to your
mind when I
say:
freshman!
Anonymity on the web
Alan Duff
for The Lawrentian
Campus Internet
Reading takes a backseat to film
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
Twelve years ago the Internet
was still full of odd experiments
and could only be accessed from
a clunky PC. Luckily, we are no
longer in the Dark Ages of the
Internet. We have become a society that has integrated our very
identity into the Internet with websites like Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube.
Nobody will ever lack for conversation again.
Getting ready to go to work?
Tweet it to all your followers on
Twitter. Did your boyfriend just
break up with you? Now you can
quickly tell the whole world how
you feel when you change your
Facebook profile information to
“single” and “looking for a relationship.”
Plus, with an iPhone, Droid or
Blackberry that’ll fit into a pocket,
you are connected when you want,
where you want. All your friends
can contact you whenever they
need to; the Internet is always one
small button press away.
But there’s a dark side to this
new and socially enhanced, alwaysconnected Internet. While your
friends have never had an easier
time finding you and talking with
you, the same is true for total
strangers. Whatever you post on
the Internet is there forever, and
it’s not just your friends who can
see it.
According to CNN, in just the
past few years, identity theft-related crime has increased as more
and more online users provide
their personal information in bios
posted on Facebook, MySpace and
even YouTube.
The mascot of the Pittsburgh
Pirates was fired because his boss
saw some negative comments the
mascot said about his team on
Facebook.
And robbing a house has never
been easier, thanks to families
eager to announce their three-week
vacations to Florida. Or take Israel
Hyman, for example, who runs a
podcast. He tweeted all his followers the day he left on vacation
only to find that when he came
back everything expensive he had
tweeted about had been stolen, but
nothing else was missing.
This should be a warning to us
all to be wary of just how much
information we give away on the
Internet.
Thankfully, for some websites
the opposite is true. On the popular website 4chan, anonymity is a
given and is celebrated. As thousands of users sign up for social
"While your friends have
never had an easier time
finding you and talking with you, the same is
true for total strangers.
Whatever you post on
the Internet is there forever, and it’s not just your
friends who can see it."
networking sites, proclaiming who
they are to the whole Internet,
4chan harkens back to when the
Internet was a wilder, more anonymous place, where anyone could
be anyone and you could act how
you really wished.
With anonymity, users can only
be judged by their actions, words
and character and can avoid sexist
and racist labeling.
While some users abuse anonymity for a chance to be vulgar,
this is not always the case; 4chan’s
anonymous community, for example, is known for punishing animal
abuse. They saved Dusty the cat,
whose owner Kenny Glenn posted
multiple videos of cat abuse on
YouTube.
Within 24 hours Glenn was
tracked down by the 4chan community and reported to the local
police. Dusty was saved.
The irony of Glenn’s anonymity being exposed by users of a
website that revel in their own
anonymity should not be lost. If
Glenn had been able to keep himself anonymous he would not be
facing jail time. Though anonymity
is a wonderful freedom we enjoy,
it does not exist for the purpose of
evading the law.
“Moot,” the creator of 4chan
and Time Magazine’s Most
Influential Person of the Year
for 2008, stated at the 2010
Technology, Entertainment and
Design Conference that anonymity
is one of the greatest strengths of
the Internet and that users are giving it up by joining social networking sites.
Now maybe I’m the only one
who gets scared when I walk into
a room and see all its occupants
surfing Facebook and Twitter with
their phones and laptops, but I’d
like to imagine that we can all celebrate our right to be anonymous
and be a little bit more careful with
what information we give away on
the internet. The Internet certainly
has changed — maybe a little too
fast.
“Noobs.”
—Peter Mancina
“They wear those red shirts.”
—Elena Grijalva
“Large, as in quantity... or mass.”
—Kelsey Cavanagh-Strong
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OPINIONS & EDITORIALS
7
U.S. increases attacks in Pakistan as flood relief efforts continue
Patrick Miner
Opinions & Editorial Editor
In July, torrential monsoon
rains fell over Pakistan, leading
to devastating flooding across the
country. According to the BBC,
over 2,000 people have died and
over a million homes have been
damaged or destroyed.
Up to one-fifth of the country’s
land was submerged under floodwater and six million people are
at risk of starvation. The total economic cost of the disaster exceeds
$40 billion. While the UN needs
$460 million for relief efforts, only
a portion of that sum has been
raised.
The United States is among
those countries currently supplying relief to Pakistan. But as
American helicopters drop aid
packages on ravaged floodplains,
another American operation is
under way. U.S. Predator drones
— small, remotely-operated aerial
vehicles — have continued to bombard tribal areas in Pakistan.
Drone operations in Pakistan
began in 2004 under the Bush
administration and have increased
in frequency since early 2009
when President Obama took office.
According to Pakistani authorities,
U.S. drone strikes killed 709 people in 53 attacks in 2009. Of the 53
attacks, fewer than ten actually hit
their marks, suspected al-Qaeda
and Taliban leaders.
So far this year, 658 people
have been killed by Predator drones
in 76 attacks. The CIA, which has
jurisdiction over these actions,
has launched 25 strikes since the
flooding began in Pakistan. More
Pakistanis were killed by the U.S.
in September than in any other
month since the attacks began six
years ago.
Pakistani intelligence indicates
that none of the recent drone
attacks have killed any senior
Taliban or al-Qaeda leaders, as
many of them have already left
the country to avoid the violence.
United States citizens, however,
have been among the victims
of the attacks. The CIA has not
yet released the names of the
Americans they have killed.
Since Obama’s inauguration,
1,367 people have been killed
by the drones in Pakistan. While
his continued support of these
operations is disturbing, congress
controls the military budget and
each representative must be held
accountable for this unwarranted
aggression.
Fatima Bhutto, Pakistani writer
and niece of former prime minister
Benazir Bhutto, said in September
that the victims of the attacks “are
all nameless, faceless Pakistanis.
The media will say they are largely
civilians, but I wonder if they are
not all civilians. They are unindicted. They are unconvicted. We know
that at the height of the floods,
America launched two drone
attacks. We know that last week,
within 24 hours, they launched
three drone attacks. There were
double drone attacks just days
ago. President Obama has been
enthusiastic in his use of employing Predator drone attacks, and
President Zardari has been very
pliable in allowing them to come
and kill Pakistani citizens.”
As the U.S. government both
attacks and sends aid to Pakistan,
I hope that Americans send word
to their representatives in government to end these acts of terrorism perpetrated against a country
in crisis.
Breeder Bingo: observations on the choice to be childfree
Chelsea Giguere
for The Lawrentian
I am 18 years old, female and
childfree. Being childfree means
knowing that you don’t want children now — or ever. Whenever
my childfree status comes up in
conversation, most people insist,
“You’ll change your mind,” or “You
can’t know that now, you’re too
young.”
These responses, and others like it, are disrespectful and
are often reflective of the beliefs
that cause discrimination against
childfree people. This is of great
concern especially because, in the
U.S., about 20 percent of women
aged 44 have never had children,
according to a 2006 document
from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Childfree women do not make
up the majority of women in the
world. The planet is almost close
to bursting; the estimated population by 2050 could not be supported by the current water supply
according to Lawrence Smith, president of the Population Institute.
Clearly the idea that you can
choose to be childfree is foreign
to most people. I believe when
encountering a foreign concept
one should try to understand it,
not condemn it for being different
or insist that it is impossible.
However, this is not what happens with most childfree people.
In fact, the typical responses child-
free people receive are so canned
and so disrespectful that the childfree population has come up with
a name for them: bingos.
A bingo blatantly disregards
the time and consideration a childfree person has taken to choose
not to have children. It challenges
childfree people’s beliefs and forces them to justify their lifestyle.
Almost every childfree person
gets bingoed. It happens so often
and in so many different situations
that childfree people make light
of their maltreatment by creating
“Breeder Bingo Cards.”
These cards are common bingo
cards with common childfree bingos written on them. There are
many cards scattered around the
internet and they include bingos like, “What about the family name?”, “It’s all worth it!” and
“Who will take care of you when
you’re old?”
These questions, or bingos,
are disrespectful. Questioning why
someone is childfree is like questioning a person’s religion. A childfree person has made an informed
decision to not have kids. They
have considered all the potential
regrets of not having children and
have determined that they still
don’t want kids.
It is a deeply personal decision,
just like one’s religion is deeply
personal. Just as it is disrespectful to immediately question someone’s choice in religion it is disrespectful to immediately question
someone’s choice to be childfree.
On Livejournal, a website for
journaling and community discussion, there are three communities
just for childfree people to rant
about the constant disrespect their
beliefs receive and to discuss their
status with other childfree people.
One user explained that her
coworkers with children constantly came back late from lunch. They
received no punishment because
they used their small children as
an excuse. When the user was
late — which was very rare — she
suffered daylong lectures from
her boss and even admonishment
from her oft-late coworkers.
Another user said, “While
going through a really rough patch
in my student teaching, I was told
by a friend/colleague of my master
teacher that because I don’t have
kids, that I lack the communication skills necessary to talk to
teenagers — and maybe I’m not cut
out for teaching after all.”
Why is having children a relevant factor in either situation? All
workers should be held to similar
standards if they are in similar
positions. There is a difference
between being understanding of
pressing circumstances and treating two people completely differently based on whether or not they
have kids.
Being a parent doesn’t necessarily mean you can communicate
well with teenagers, nor does not
having kids mean you cannot com-
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municate well with teenagers.
While choosing not to have
children is frowned upon, choosing to have them is considered
the cultural norm. All humans,
especially females, are expected
to reproduce. I do not understand
why.
It is the same principle as
the old “if everyone else is doing
something, do you do it too?” idea.
Just because most people have
children doesn’t mean that most
people should have children.
Perhaps if doing something
seemed like the right choice for
me after I carefully considered
all of my options, I would do it —
but not because everyone else was
doing it.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
Caffeine-addled 24 Hour Play Festival brings down the house
Nate Peterson
Staff Writer
Students showcased a series
of new plays last Saturday night
as part of another 24-Hour Play
Festival, organized collaboratively
by AM Theatre and the Lawrence
Society of Drama. The studentrun festival featured five plays, all
written and rehearsed within the
span of 24 hours.
Participants gathered at 8 p.m.
Friday night at Theater House for
a short meeting, and immediately
afterwards seven students began
writing short scripts — with a 3
a.m. deadline.
Five directors then read
through the pieces in Cloak Theater
Saturday at 7 a.m. An hour later,
21 actors arrived and rehearsed
the five plays for the entirety of
the morning and afternoon.
By 8 p.m. Saturday night, the
Playfest team had successfully prepared five new shows — a daunting task that could not have been
completed without the efforts of
the festival’s three talented producers, Andi Rudd, Zach Garcia
and Alex Kohnstamm.
The five shows, despite their
differences, contained one common thread: Each play featured
characters that either spoke to or
directly acknowledged the audience.
Andrew
Knoedler’s
“In
Memoriam” actually addressed
this issue of audience involvement
outright. His characters openly
debated the necessity of a “fourth
wall,” grappling with the presence
of their audience. Knoedler’s witty
play, directed by J.R. Vanko, really
benefited from strong performances by its entire cast, especially
Hannah Sweet.
Rudd and Kohnstamm’s “Into
the Motherland,” a parody of
Lawrence’s upcoming department
musical “Into the Woods,” stood
out as particularly hilarious. In
the opening musical number, the
narrator announced, “The Czar is
having a vodkafest!” while other
characters cursed Russia’s bitter
climate: “I wish! I wish I wasn’t so
cold!”
The piece also alluded to several other well-known stories, including “Alice in Wonderland” and
“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory.”
Other notable moments included Katy Harth’s portrayal of an
inebriated White Rabbit, Madeline
Bunke’s unique take on Disney’s
Mulan and Micah Price’s performance as a cigar-smoking dragon — a subtle reference to the
Homestar Runner website.
Photo by Nhi Nguyen
Erika Theide, who played Alice,
brought down the house after an
apparent misreading of the script
broke her focus.
Last weekend’s festival reintroduced many of the same charming
antics commonly associated with
past 24-Hour Play Festivals. Once
again, the program contained a set
of silly bios written by the participants themselves.
Also, each actor brought a random item to the Friday meeting as
a potential prop for one or more of
the shows. Playwrights and directors creatively incorporated many
of these props into their plays.
Items that made final cut included
a pair of bunny slippers, an empty
tequila bottle and a canoe paddle.
Along with encouraging students to get in touch with their
goofy sides, the festival also provided participants with an opportunity to engage in a unique kind
of theater: one characterized by
spontaneity and creativity.
An authentic sound: Near Eastern Music Ensemble performs to capacity crowd
Sam Lewin
Staff Writer
Harper Hall was almost full
five minutes before the start of
the Near Eastern Music Ensemble’s
Monday night concert. As I finally
found an open seat in the front
row, I thought about how strange it
was to see Harper Hall full.
Many performers have trouble filling a third of the theatre,
and I can only think of two other
“sold out” Harper Hall performances — the Dobet Gnahore and
Happy Apple concerts two years
ago. Given Harper Hall’s mediocre
attendance record, it was refreshing to see such a large turnout for
the first installment in Lawrence’s
World Music Series.
Before the concert started,
Sonja Downing, Lawrence postdoctoral fellow in ethnomusicology, introduced the ensemble and
spoke briefly about Near Eastern
music.
She explained that unlike the
Western tone system that divides
the octave into 12 equal parts,
the Arabic tone system divides
the octave into 24 equal parts and
allows Arabic musicians to use
modes that are foreign to Western
music. After these short and informative remarks, the ensemble took
the stage.
Ensemble leader William
Shaheen began the concert with a
slow improvisation on the oud, a
Near Eastern string instrument that
looks a bit like a guitar. When the
improvisation ended, the ensemble
immediately began an upbeat song
in 10/8 time, titled “Sama’I Bayati.”
Afterwards, Shaheen introduced
the musicians and their instruments.
He first introduced Michael
Ibrahim, the ensemble’s ancient
Arabic flute — or nay — player.
Shaheen then introduced Ali Amr,
the ensemble’s qanun player. The
qanun is an ancient, trapezoidal
instrument that has upwards of
70 strings stretched across its surface.
Shaheen briefly explained how
to play the qanun — it is plucked
with metal picks — and acknowledged the 18-year-old Amr.
Afterwards, Shaheen finally
introduced the ensemble’s percussionist, Tareq Rantisi and his three
instruments: an Arabic version
of the tambourine called a riq,
a frame drum and a hand drum
called a doumbek.
After Shaheen’s introductions,
the ensemble played a 1930s composition initially written for dancing, titled “Raqsit Badi’ah.” The
composition began with an uptempo melody, which the ensemble played in unison.
After finishing the melody,
each musician played a solo.
Shaheen played the first solo as
he improvised over a quiet ostinato held by Amr and Rantisi.
As Shaheen’s solo slowly became
louder and faster, it showcased
both his technique and his command of Arabic modes.
Like Shaheen’s solo, Amr’s solo
was also terrific, mainly because
it demonstrated the qanun’s full
sonic potential. The qanun sounds
a bit like a mix between a harp
and a slide guitar, but even that
comparison does not do the instrument justice. It has a very distinct
sound, and it was fascinating to
hear such a unique instrument in a
solo context.
Rantisi took the last solo on
the Arabic tambourine. He did not
play especially fast, but he got a
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wide variety of sounds out of a
very small instrument. Rantisi’s
solo evoked memories of percussionist Glen Velez’s playing at the
Trio Globo concert last year, so
when my friend and I talked to
Rantisi after the show, we were not
surprised to hear him cite Velez as
one of his idols.
The ensemble played for about
an hour and a half, and the songs
became even more impressive as
the concert progressed. Each song
featured numerous improvisa-
tions, and Shaheen did a wonderful job of explaining the historical
and musical significance of each
composition. I especially enjoyed
his explanation of improvisation.
While I mostly listen to jazz,
the Near Eastern Music Ensemble’s
use of interesting sounds, modes,
textures and rhythms convinced
me that improvisation can be exciting and beautiful in other musical
contexts.
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Iris Out: the hilariously gruesome horror spoof “Black Sheep”
Micah Paisner
Staff Writer
Every now and then, a horror
spoof comes along that gets the
formula right. By horror spoof, I do
not mean any of the “Scary Movie”
films or other parodies written
and directed by Aaron Seltzer and
Jason Friedberg — if you don’t
know who these guys are, then
lucky you.
Rather, I am referring to films
like the 2004 cult classic “Shaun
of the Dead.” In 2006, the surprise
film of this genre was “Slither,”
James Gunn’s story of worm-like
aliens that take over a small town
and turn the residents into zombies and other types of monsters.
A lesser known but equally
worthwhile film from the follow-
ing year, “Black Sheep,” directed by
Jonathan King, employs a similar
plot.
Set in the beautiful country of
New Zealand, “Black Sheep” tells
the story of a farm and the killer
sheep that come to inhabit it. In
his quest to cut down on costs, the
evil farm owner Angus Oldfield
develops a genetically engineered
sheep.
In his quest to create this new
breed of sheep, Oldfield creates
many failed samples, and the plot
begins when two environmentalists steal one of these and let the
mutated sheep run free to infect
Oldfield’s flock.
At this point, the protagonist,
Henry Oldfield, Angus’ younger
brother arrives on the farm. He
is visiting the farm for the first
time since his father’s death in
an attempt to sell his portion to
Angus.
Before he left the farm, Henry
developed a phobia of sheep following a cruel trick that Angus
played on him out of jealousy.
Henry is the perfect protagonist
for such a film: he’s attached to
the villain, he’s extremely timid
and he distrusts sheep even when
they are not eating people.
“Black Sheep” has all of the
elements of a great horror spoof.
Though the film was made with a
modest budget, there is plenty of
blood for the horror fan. So if you
shy away from gruesome deaths,
this film may not be for you.
Many people are eaten by the
killer sheep throughout the film,
and each way seems to be more
gruesome than the last. Included
are shots of sheep eating off limbs,
sheep eating off appendages — go
figure — and sheep chewing on
people’s faces.
These shots may be gruesome,
but because this film is a spoof,
they are also quite humorous. One
funny shot consists of a man halfheartedly throwing his gnawed-off
leg at an oncoming sheep.
As the plot thickens, the people that the sheep eat become
hybrid sheep-people. The hilarious
part of their transformation is that
they grow taller and develop seemingly superhuman — and supersheep — strength.
This proves to be highly problematic for Henry and his companions Experience and Tucker. On
a farm in the middle of nowhere,
they find themselves surrounded
by killer sheep and sheep-people.
I won’t give away the ending, but
like the rest of the film, it is both
hilarious and ridiculous.
“Black Sheep” is one of the
many successful horror spoofs
released within the last 10 years.
These films are so successful
because they’re able to provide
the perfect balance of laughs and
blood.
The film also proves that a big
budget is not necessary for a film’s
success. Many modern day horror
films have budgets upward of $25
million. While some of the special
effects in “Black Sheep” look fake,
they are still stylized.
If I still haven’t convinced you
to give “Black Sheep” a chance,
head over to YouTube and search
for a scene in the film titled “Who’s
driving?” That should be more
than enough to change your mind.
Ready your antennas: WLFM gears up for a host of new programs
Peter Boyle
for The Lawrentian
When was the last time you
put on WLFM? Since the sale of
the station’s broadcast license
in 2005, those who would have
turned the dial to 91.1 FM now
head to WLFM’s website and listen
to the online stream in iTunes or
Winamp.
If you’re not a freshman, it’s
very likely that you’ve downloaded
the WLFM stream for the Great
Midwest Trivia Contest, but it
doesn’t have to be January for you
to tune in. Even without FM broadcasting capability, the station has
diverse programming and wide listenership. College radio is generally regarded as a platform for
underground rock music, fittingly
known to some as “college rock,”
but WLFM’s schedule accounts for
a variety befitting the scope of
the LU Conservatory’s sensibilities.
Classical programming occupies
the Sunday 4 p.m. slot, and the
titular variety is certain to be present during “Hip-Hop on the Jazz
Bus,” Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Some shows even abandon
a music-broadcasting format,
according to WLFM’s station manager, Micah Paisner.
“We’ve actually got more talk
shows this year than in the past,”
said Paisner. “Our top priority
is music shows, but it’s great to
have some shows with a different
dynamic as well. Nobody wants to
tune into the radio and hear the
same thing over and over again,
unless you want to hear the same
Katy Perry song on repeat.” Paisner also noted the presence of an energetic, young staff.
“We have more shows this year
than any of the last three years I’ve
been working here, thanks to a ton
of new freshman DJs.”
The station’s schedule is not,
however, without its seasoned
veterans. Seniors Josh and Luke
Younggren and Jake Fisher are
DJs for the “Deathbot!” radio show
and senior Cait Genovese spins
the tables for “Everything but the
Kitchen Sink.” All four have hosted
their respective programs since the
2007-2008 academic year. “It’s a variety show,” Genovese
said of her program. “I don’t speak
a lot, but I like to play the widest
variety of music I can and make
it flow nicely. I have an hour, and
I try not to just play an entire
CD.” The station pushes DJs to promote listenership, said Paisner.
“We also encourage DJs to listen to each other’s shows, because
it’s nice to support each other and
to know what everyone else is playing,” he continued.
Even for those who have been
on-air for the duration, however,
generating interest in radio shows
is an aggressive, multimedia affair.
“I try to harass people I know,
and I’ve made posters this year
that I’ll be putting up very shortly,”
said Genovese. “I do a lot of [promotion] online. I have a Facebook
group and I send out messages and
do status updates, and tell people
who aren’t in Appleton, or who are
out of state, that if they want to
listen, they can.” However, not riding the FM
waves can be an advantage for
some budding DJs.
“The fact that we are simply
broadcasting online now means
that more people have an opportunity to be a DJ,” Paisner said.
“For the more shy people, it’s nice
to know that you aren’t necessarily being broadcast to all of
Appleton.” Though perhaps the online
stream doesn’t garner as wide public access as an FM band, its online
accessibility can be an idiosyncratic advantage to those who may
find appeal beyond Lawrence.
“I definitely do have listeners outside of Appleton, and outside of Wisconsin,” Genovese said.
“Once, I even had some guy listen-
Photo by Rachele Krivichi
ing in Scotland.”
It only takes a few moments to
tune in to WLFM’s online stream,
and this year’s schedule is certainly worth the effort to type in
the station’s URL.
To listen to WLFM, direct your
browser to http://wlfm.lawrence.
edu
Artist Spotlight: Sunghun Cho
Andrew LaCombe
Staff Writer
When Sunghun Cho takes
the stage in Harper Hall Saturday
afternoon, Oct. 2, to present his
senior recital, he will showcase
not only his piano skills, but
also the lessons he’s picked up
studying voice and economics.
Cho, a native of South Korea,
matriculated in 2005 and studied on campus for his freshman
and sophomore years, but then
had to leave to serve in his country’s army. He worked as a field
medic and had almost no time
with a piano over the course of
his duty.
When Cho came back to
Lawrence, he jumped right into
a practice room and now is
ready to give his recital.
Cho’s recital, which begins
at 3 p.m., features a tribute to
Chopin, who is being widely celebrated this year on the 200th
anniversary of his birth. Cho will
play both Chopin’s Sonata No. 2
in B-flat minor and his Ballade
No. 3 in A-flat major. Works by
Mozart and Liszt are also on the
program.
One piece that Cho is particularly excited about is a work
by Nikolai Kapustin, a Russian
composer who combines classical elements with jazz.
To people without a strong
knowledge of piano repertoire,
these names may not mean
anything. However, said Cho, “I
think that this will be an exciting program for people who
aren’t typically exposed to classical music, and it might even
get them hooked.”
If you notice some beautiful phrasing in the music on
Saturday, that might be attributed to the voice lessons that
Cho has been taking with Bryan
Post. Cho says the time focused
on singing has opened up his
musical perspective.
Cho is also pursuing a
Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. But this instruction has
also been beneficial to his piano
playing.
“I’ve learned to maximize
my utility to be productive
while practicing, and a ‘Pursuit
of Innovation’ course helped
me focus more on efficiency in
movements while playing,” Cho
said.
A combination of maturity
and extra areas of study have
led to an evolution of his focus
while studying piano.
Cho commented, “As a teenager, I concentrated on playing
every note perfectly, because I
wanted to be famous.”
He has since abandoned the
quest for perfection and now
focuses on taking his musical
strengths and limitations and
doing the best he possibly can.
Having fun while making music
is now on the front of Cho’s
mind, and he is looking forward
to sharing this joy with others
on Saturday.
Photo by Oren Jakobson
THE LAWRENTIAN
10
SPORTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
Men’s soccer battles to tie against North Central
Erik Borresen
Staff Writer
The Lawrence University men’s
soccer team hosted North Central
College last Saturday. The Vikings
set out to win their fifth of six
home games and build on their
four-game winning streak, but the
Cardinals (4-3-2) held on for a 1-1
tie, the Vikings’ first tied game of
the season.
Defense was the focus for both
sides in the first half, as several
offensive attacks were thwarted by
each defense. Most notably, freshman goalkeeper Steven Solomon
saved an excellent shot off a free
kick from just outside the 18-yard
box as halftime approached.
In the 54th minute, the
Cardinals whipped a corner kick
into the box and connected on a
header to send it past Solomon.
Sixteen minutes later, the Vikings
struck back on an attack led by
senior midfielder Jared Padway
and freshman forward Cameron
Pieper.
Pieper crossed a ball to Padway
as senior Bennett Pang made a run
into the box; Padway then connected on a quick pass to Pang, who
poked the ball past the keeper.
Padway commented, “This is
the third time Benny and I have
connected for a goal this year.
When me and that short-legged
Hawaiian get together we make
magic happen. “
Pang responded in kind, saying, “Jared is an excellent passer and he puts [the ball] exactly
where it needs to be … 65 percent
of the time.”
With 20 minutes to go in the
half Jake Muszczynski received his
second yellow card of the match,
forcing North Central to play a
man down for the remainder of
the game. The Vikings had several
chances to take the lead, but could
not break the tie, even after twenty
minutes of extra time.
The Vikings tied their opponent for the first time this season,
but avoided a loss and remained
undefeated at home.
After facing UW-Oshkosh on
Tuesday, the Vikings will travel
to face Grinnell College and Knox
College in two important confer-
Standings
Football
ence matches this weekend. If
they sweep their weekend series,
the Vikings will come out of the
Photo courtesy of Paul Wilke
weekend with a 4-0 mark in conference.
Cross country finishes in top half of field
Erik Borresen
Staff Writer
The Lawrence University
cross country team traveled to
Minneapolis to compete in the
University of Minnesota’s Roy
Griak Invitational last Saturday,
Sept. 25.
The men’s team was led by
freshman Curran Carlile, who finished with a time of 26:32.2 for the
8000-meter course. Carlile, who
finished 19th, was closely followed
by sophomore Sam Stevens, who
finished eight seconds off Carlile’s
pace at 26:40.2 and finished in
27th place.
Carlile’s finish was an all-time
best for a Lawrence University runner at the Griak Invitational. Led
by the two top-30 finishes, the
Vikings tied for 12th place out of
30 teams.
The women’s team finished
23rd out of 32 teams behind a
strong performance by junior
Emily Muhs, who finished 40th
out of 453 runners with a time of
24:02.8. Senior Anne Sullivan finished with the team’s second-best
time on the 6000-meter course
with her time of 25:42.3.
The cross country team’s next
race is the Gene Davis Invitational,
held Oct. 9 at Appleton’s Reid Golf
Course.
Photo courtesy of Emily Muhs
Viking women’s tennis battles at ITA Championships
Beth Larsen
Staff Writer
The women’s tennis team traveled to Saint Peter, Minn. last weekend to compete in the USTA/ITA
Midwest Regional Championships
at Gustavus Adolphus.
Unlike conference matches, where the team collectively competes for a win, the ITA
Championships feature individual
singles players and doubles teams
competing to qualify for nationals.
Lawrence sent freshman
Gayatri Malhotra, sophomore
Jennifer Roesch and junior captain
Beth Larson to play in this intense
competition, but the Vikings had a
rough start.
Malhotra and Roesch played
hard, but came up short in their
singles matches. Larson lost her
first match, but quickly pulled
Lawrence University
herself together to win the next
four matches in landslide victories,
with scores of 6-0, 6-3; 8-2; 8-3;
and 8-5. Her four-game winning
streak pushed her to the consolation finals, where she played a
close match but ultimately lost 7-9.
Larson and Roesch won their
first doubles match against a pair
from Hamline, but lost their second
against the team from UW-Stout.
In response to the overall
atmosphere of the tournament,
Beth Larson noted, “I love playing
in the ITAs because it’s a great
opportunity to play against a higher level of competition.”
The women’s tennis team
plays two conference matches at
home this Saturday, starting with a
match at 9 a.m. against Monmouth
and finishing at 2 p.m. against
Knox.
Ripon Carroll Grinnell Beloit Monmouth St. Norbert Illinois College Lawrence Knox Lake Forest MWC O'All
3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3 4-0
3-1
3-1
2-2
2-2
2-2
1-3
1-3
0-4
0-4
Men’s soccer
MWC O'All
Ripon Lawrence Lake Forest Grinnell Monmouth Carroll Knox Illinois College St. Norbert Beloit 3-0-0 2-0-0 2-2 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-3-0 6-2-1
5-3-1
4-3-0
3-4-2
2-6-0
2-4-1
2-6-1
2-8-0
2-6-0
3-4-0
Women’s soccer
MWC
O'All
Lake Forest Monmouth Lawrence Grinnell St. Norbert Ripon Carroll Illinois College Knox Beloit 4-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 1-2-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-3-0 7-3-0
5-2-2
3-5-0
3-6-0
2-7-0
2-8-0
4-3-0
2-6-1
5-5-0
2-6-0
Volleyball
MWC
O’All
1-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 11-6
4-11
7-7
7-8
7-9
13-4
10-6
8-10
8-11
5-9
Monmouth Illinois College Grinnell Beloit Lake Forest St. Norbert Carroll Lawrence Ripon Knox Sports trivia
Q: The Chicago Vendetta, Virginia Rampage, Minnesota Blur and New York Epic are all teams that compete professionally in the
national league for what sport? Matches in this sport begin with “The Rush” and are generally contested by teams of six... but contrary
to popular belief, Patches O’Houlihan has never returned from retirement to coach a team from his wheelchair.
A: Dodgeball. Teams like the Epic and the defending-champion Vendetta compete in the National Dodgeball League, an 18-team league
formed in 2004. None of the NDL’s matches are currently televised, but that is likely because ESPN 8 — “The Ocho” — doesn’t exist.
Let’s Go Vikes!
Statistics are courtesy of
www.lawrence.edu and www.
midwestconference.org
and are current as of
September 29, 2010.
THE LAWRENTIAN
SPORTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
Athletes of the week
Golf Update
by Alyssa Onan
by Jon Mays
Lawrence University freshman golfer John Pechan has made quite a splash since joining the
Viking golf squad earlier this fall.
Pechan placed seventh in his first tournament as a Viking, which has proven to be a disappointing finish by his standards. He followed up his seventh-place finish with a victory at the Ripon
Invitational at Mascoutin Golf Course Sept. 19, and last weekend Pechan tore up Washington County
Golf Course.
He opened the tournament with a pedestrian round of 77, putting himself in 16th place, but he
remained within striking distance of the leaders, as the low score for the day was only a 73.
After the second day of the tournament, though, no one’s score even approached Pechan’s. After
teeing off on the back nine and notching an even-par 36 through nine holes, and Pechan went on a
tear to finish the tournament with the best nine holes in the history of the course.
After missing a short birdie putt on hole number one, the freshman from Bothell, Washington
finished his day with seven birdies and an eagle. With a majority of the players still on the course,
Pechan fired a course- and school-record 64 to run away with the tournament by six strokes.
The standout golfer said of his round, “I’m still in shock. I knew I could post a low score, but I
never imagined that I could go that low.” His nine-hole score of 28, which included two chip-ins for
birdies, was the first ever nine-hole score in the 20s at Washington County Golf Course.
This tournament was the last for the Vikings’ fall season. The official spring golf season will open
for Lawrence April 28-30 with the conference tournament at Aldeen Golf Course in Rockford, Ill.
John Pechan has clearly proven himself a threat to win the conference tournament and has given
the Vikings hope for their first team championship since 2005.
Women’s soccer falls to UW-Stout
Jon Mays
Staff Writer
The Lawrence University
women’s soccer team dropped a
non-conference decision to the
University of Wisconsin-Stout last
Saturday, Sept. 25.
Senior Sarah Ehlinger scored
the lone goal for the Vikings, who
dropped to 3-5 on the season.
Ehlinger scored her goal in the
17th minute to tie the game at a
goal apiece, as the Blue Devils had
scored early in the game.
Grace Salwasser scored what
would prove to be the winning
goal for Stout shortly before halftime. Stout added another goal in
the second half to push their lead
to 3-1, which held up as the final
score.
About the game, Ehlinger said,
“It’s a great feeling to score a goal,
but winning? I would take winning
a game over scoring a goal any day.
Hopefully we can get back on track
in our next game.”
Ehlinger is now tied with junior
Mallory Koura for the team lead in
goals with five. Koula, who scored
a hat trick against Beloit earlier
this year, and Ehlinger are also top
on the team in assists with four
and three respectively.
The Vikings faced Edgewood
College on Wednesday then head
out of state to take on Grinnell and
Knox this weekend in two conference matches.
Football blown out by St. Norbert
Stephen Exarhos
Co-Sports Editor
The Lawrence University football team took on the powerful
Green Knights of St. Norbert in
DePere, Wis. last weekend in a
conference matchup.
While the Vikings felt they had
a chance, from the first whistle,
St. Norbert proved that contention
wrong.
The Green Knights (2-2, 2-1
MWC) picked up two quick scores
in the first quarter, both on long
touchdown passes, to take a 14-0
lead into the second quarter.
Freshman quarterback Luke
Barthelmess hooked up with junior
Jon Bruehl to get the Vikings within
eight points, but St. Norbert would
go on to score another two touchdowns before halftime. Lawrence
was left with a mountain to climb
at the break, with St. Norbert leading 27-6.
After halftime, the Green
Knights didn’t let up. They scored
three touchdowns before Bruehl
could get the Vikings on the board
again. The Knights punched in a
fourth touchdown before the quarter ended, and the scoreline read
a lopsided 56-12 with 15 minutes
still to play.
While the Vikings did manage
to score twice in the fourth quar-
ter — with sophomore quarterback
Tyler Mazur connecting on a pass
to senior Jeremiah Johnson for one
score and running for another —
St. Norbert drove the ball into the
end zone three more times.
The final score was 77-26 in
favor of the Green Knights.
The Vikings’ cause was not
helped by their five turnovers
— four fumbles and an interception — and the 12 penalties for
97 yards called against them.
Lawrence (1-3, 1-2 MWC) has some
work to do before traveling to face
Illinois College (1-3, 1-2 MWC) this
weekend.
Volleyball goes 1-3 at Wheaton Invitational
Jon Mays
Staff Writer
The Lawrence University volleyball team has had an up-anddown season, which was encapsulated by last weekend’s Wheaton
College Invitational. The Vikings,
who entered the tournament at
.500 for the season, went 1-3 in
their four matches.
In their first two games of
the weekend, Lawrence lost
three games to one against the
University of Dubuque and North
Central College.
Junior outside hitter/middle
hitter Clare Bohrer finished each
match with a double-digit number of kills, while freshman setter
Diana McLeod’s 32 assists against
North Central tied her for the most
of the match.
The next day, the Vikings lost
to Benedictine University 25-18,
25-17, 22-25, 25-23. The match
went very similarly to Lawrence’s
first two matches, as all 12 sets
were close but the Vikings lost all
three matches without ever forcing
a fifth set.
It is clear that the Vikings have
the talent to play against upperechelon teams, but they have simply struggled to put together a
complete match this season.
Facing the possibility of a winless weekend, Lawrence finished
with a four-set win against Franklin
College. The Vikings dominated
the first set 25-13, and though
the remainder of the sets were
11
more closely contested, Lawrence
won the match 25-13, 25-22,
17-25, 25-19. Sophomore Shannon
McClain, with 13 kills, and Bohrer,
with 14, led the way for Lawrence
in the win.
Bohrer leads the team in kills
this season with 180, which is
nearly 2.95 per set for the junior
captain. Senior Melissa Schnettler
and McClain are second and third
respectively.
However, the more important loss of the weekend was the
Vikings’ loss of Schnettler to a
season-ending knee injury.
The Vikings (8-10, 0-0 MWC)
won’t take the court again until
Oct. 5, when they will face Mount
Mary at Alexander Gymnasium.
Emily Muhs:
Women’s Cross Country
What do you hope to
accomplish before the end
of the season?
I would like to be AllConference again and try
for Academic All-American.
What is the best course
you’ve ever run on and
why?
Yahara golf course in
Madison, Wis. I love that
course because it’s my best
high school time and where
I was second in conference
— which was a complete
Photo courtesy of Emily Muhs
surprise that year because
the state champions were
in our conference. So far in college I haven’t found a course
that I am quite as fond of.
How do you feel about the future of the program?
I am really excited for the future of the program. We’ve
had a couple of rough years with lots of coach changes but
some real dedicated people have kept the program going —
this is a shout-out to Daniel, David, Annie and Mark. Now
we have Coach Fast and things are looking up. We have
consistency, which is important when it comes to getting
recruits and keeping the program growing and improving.
How do you mentally prepare for a big race?
I try to stick to my usual routine. I like to ice bathe
either a day or two before, run four the day before and
do strides, and then the morning of the race do the same
warm-up and stretching stuff.
What is your favorite sport to watch and why?
I really love watching Colts football because I love
Peyton Manning. I’m banking on marrying him — Peyton, if
you read this, call me!!!
If you could play any other sport, what would it be and
why?
If I could play any other sport it would be “cup stacking.” To be able to stack and unstack cups faster than I can
steal a base is atop my “life goals” list.
Bennett Pang:
Men’s soccer
If you could play any other
sport at Lawrence, what
would it be and why?
Baseball. There’s nothing
like having Rash always telling me I suck cause I don’t
work out enough.
How are the freshmen
impacting the team?
They always have insightful things to say.
What would your freshman
self say about the way you
play now?
It wouldn’t matter what
Freshman Bennett would
say. Senior Bennett doesn’t
pay attention to what stupid
freshmen say.
Photo courtesy of Bennett Pang
What do you miss most about playing in Hawaii?
Playing and never being cold. We actually got some
pretty sweet new long-sleeve jerseys. We just don’t get to
wear them... Luckily my ears stay warm because I’m always
covering them with my hands to block out Hashim’s constant
screaming.
What is your pregame routine?
Usually I like to kick it with my roomies the night before
a game and go to sleep early, but it’s hard when 219 and 214
Hiett are always throwing bangers till 3 a.m. Somebody get
those kids under control!
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
What’s on your iPod?
David Rubin, Associate Features Editor
The Lawrentian
Editor in Chief:
Maureen Darras
Business Manager
Jinglei Xiao
Managing Editor:
Mya Win
News Editor:
Amy Sandquist
1. Sufjan Stevens, “I Walked”
Sufjan Stevens is back! And
that means it’s time to usher in a
new decade of whispered vocals,
biblical allusion and vaguely
homoerotic metaphor! This song
— a preview from his upcoming
album, “The Age of Adz” — is
a perfect mix of old and new.
Sufjan’s voice is just as fragile and
anguished as ever, but instead of
his questionable oboe playing, it is
now backed by all sorts of synthesized business.
2. George Frideric Handel,
“Ombra mai fù” from Serse
The late Lorraine Hunt
Lieberson’s voice is probably the
most loving thing I’ve ever heard.
According to critic Alex Ross, in
the Sept. 26, 2006 issue of The
New Yorker: “Deployed in the right
way, this sound could bring down
a government.” In her rendition,
this aria is Chicken Soup for Every
Soul. When I felt like fleeing and/
or dying in the minutes before my
recital, I curled up into a ball on
the floor of the green room behind
Harper Hall and listened to this
music on repeat.
3. George and Ira Gershwin,
“The Man I Love”
There’s something especially
poignant about Israeli pop-star
Ivri Lider’s recording of this standard from the “Great American
Songbook.” I love the contrast
between his vulnerable voice and
the smooth, sultry assurance of
the First Lady of Song, i.e. Ella
Fitzgerald. Listen to both of them!
with a wonderful violinist named
Sherry Kloss. Ms. Kloss told me
that one particular bar in this transcription of a Brahms song needs
— needs! — to sound “like heartbreak.” When I listen to her recording, I’m 100 percent convinced.
4. Edward Elgar, “Violin
Concerto in B Minor, op. 61”
When I took MUHI 201 last fall,
I struggled to keep up with Julie
McQuinn’s 8:30 a.m. enthusiasm
for ancient music. But this piece
from the late 15th-century really
got to me. I love thinking about
how people have been speaking
and singing these words — with
every fiber of their being — for
over 500 years: “O Mater Dei,
Memento mei. Amen.”
Some people say that violinist
Hilary Hahn plays like a robot, but
I disagree. This 2003 recording of
the longest and hardest concerto
in the standard violin repertoire is
an incredible hour of music. In my
opinion, no one else in the world
can play the violin this perfectly.
5. Beirut, “Scenic World”
I mainly study and play music
by dead people, so I discovered
Beirut a few years after the rest
of the world did. But now that I’ve
caught up, I can’t stop listening to
this song, from the”Lon Gisland
EP.” “I try to imagine a careless
life — A scenic world, where all the
sunsets are all — Breathtaking.”
6. Johannes Brahms, arr. Jascha
Heifetz, “Contemplation”
This past summer, I studied
7. Josquin de Prez, “Ave
Maria... virgo serena”
8. Gustav Mahler, “Symphony
No. 9 in D Major”
Listening to Bruno Walter’s
recording of this symphony with
the Vienna Philharmonic is a powerful experience. Given the historical circumstances, this document
is loaded with all kinds of meaning. I’m glad the microphones were
there when this legendary performance occurred — on January 16,
1938 — mere weeks before the
Nazis annexed Austria.
9. Franz Schubert, “Impromptu
in G-flat Major, D899, No. 3”
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Alfred Brendel’s last recording
of this piece, played as an encore
at his farewell recital, seems to
stop time for five minutes. To me,
it is representative of what can
happen with a lifetime of work and
love, both for one’s fellows and
one’s art.
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10. Maurice Ravel, “Daphnis
and Chloe”
This ballet would make Lady
Gaga blush. Ravel does raunchy
better than anyone, and nowhere
is “Daphnis” on more impressive display than in the Boston
Symphony’s 1955 recording, conducted by Charles Munch. If you
get bored with the recording, you
should watch the YouTube video,
because the maestro’s double chin
and flabby jowls really add something to some of those orchestral
outbursts.
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