BY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES HERALD the October 5, 2001 VOLUME CXXV ISSUE 4 T uesday, October 2 – Students at the café appeared per plexed, lifting their gazes wea- rily from their taco salads, their eyes fell upon a small assembly of admin- istrators and students, and with a quick shrug of indifference returned to their evening’s snack. This was the scene at the Fall Student Trustee Forum, an event advertised as a meeting where students could voice their problems and concerns, but lost amidst the din of the café’s famished traffic. The meeting was planned as a chance for the student body, along with the administration, to gather and discuss the agenda of the Student Trustees. One of the most hotly debated issues of the night was that of third party catering, or the lack thereof. According to the HWS Handbook of Community Standards 2001-02, “Common sources of alcohol (kegs, party balls, punch buckets, and unmonitored sources) are not per- mitted except when administered by an approved third-party caterer.” Since 1999 the colleges have not had a third party caterer, and for some this is seen as a dangerous prospect. A third-party caterer is a respon- sible organization that oversees the consumption and service of alcohol at major events on campus. Events like Snowball, and Senior Week, re- quire caterers to serve alcohol and take responsibility for appropriate consumption of alcohol by those 21 and over. Hobart Senior David Gordon be- lieved that the Colleges’, in their hesitance to retain a catering service, are endangering the lives of HWS Student Trustees Address Campus Issues P rofessors Wesley Perkins and David Craig of Hobart and William Smith Colleges were recently awarded a grant funding data compilation and researching of alcohol abuse reduction on college campuses. The Sociology and Chem- istry Professors, respectively, re- ceived the two-year $250,000 grant to, “focus on misperceptions of al- cohol and drug abuse among stu- dent-athletes.” Hobart and William Smith ranked fifth out of the 110 na- tional colleges applying for the, “Safe Profs. Get Grant for More Research on Alcohol and Drug-Free Schools Program’s Grant Competition to Prevent High- Risk Drinking and Violent Behavior Among College Students.” In 1982, Perkins and others began researching effects of alcohol in college communities, establishing several “pervasive and continuing pattern[s].” It was found there was a student perception of increased peer drinking, which reinforced student drinking on the whole. In 1997, Perkins paired up with Craig to con- duct more research with an incipient grant from The Department of Edu- cation. Together they enacted a pro- gram diagramed, “to educate stu- dents about actual alcohol use pat- terns.” The program was wildly suc- cessful and encouraged formation of others similar activities across the nation. The program and its “social norms theory,” received much me- dia attention for its innovative ideas and instructional emblems. The program entitled “Most Valuable Players,” is designed to, “reinforce positive norms, correct misperceptions, and reduce high risk drinking among student-athletes.” Student trustee-elect Kristen Moglinicki speaks on behalf of her fellow Trustees Reneé Conklin, Quentin Robbins, and Rich Leone, this past Tuesday night in the Café. photo by Dave Gordon Ian Schlanger News Editor CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Professors David Craig and Wes Perkins Dina Paulson News Contributors CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 photos courtesy of office of communications News Feature A&E Sports Take Back the Night 6 10 11 Oysterhead CD Review Connors Rates Intramurals News Student Life Opinion/ Editorial Arts & Entertainment Sports Index 1-3 4-5 8 9-10 11-12 3 This Week: Decorate Your Space
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BY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
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October 5, 2001 VOLUME CXXVISSUE 4
Tuesday, October 2 – Studentsat the café appeared perplexed, lifting their gazes wea-
rily from their taco salads, their eyesfell upon a small assembly of admin-istrators and students, and with aquick shrug of indifference returnedto their evening’s snack. This wasthe scene at the Fall Student Trustee
Forum, an event advertised as ameeting where students could voicetheir problems and concerns, but lostamidst the din of the café’s famishedtraffic.
The meeting was planned as a
chance for the student body, alongwith the administration, to gather anddiscuss the agenda of the StudentTrustees.
One of the most hotly debatedissues of the night was that of thirdparty catering, or the lack thereof.According to the HWS Handbookof Community Standards 2001-02,“Common sources of alcohol (kegs,party balls, punch buckets, andunmonitored sources) are not per-mitted except when administered byan approved third-party caterer.”Since 1999 the colleges have not hada third party caterer, and for somethis is seen as a dangerous prospect.
A third-party caterer is a respon-sible organization that oversees theconsumption and service of alcoholat major events on campus. Eventslike Snowball, and Senior Week, re-quire caterers to serve alcohol andtake responsibility for appropriateconsumption of alcohol by those 21and over.
Hobart Senior David Gordon be-lieved that the Colleges’, in theirhesitance to retain a catering service,are endangering the lives of HWS
Student Trustees Address Campus Issues
Professors Wesley Perkins andDavid Craig of Hobart andWilliam Smith Colleges were
recently awarded a grant fundingdata compilation and researching ofalcohol abuse reduction on collegecampuses. The Sociology and Chem-istry Professors, respectively, re-ceived the two-year $250,000 grantto, “focus on misperceptions of al-cohol and drug abuse among stu-dent-athletes.” Hobart and WilliamSmith ranked fifth out of the 110 na-tional colleges applying for the, “Safe
Profs. Get Grant for More Research on Alcoholand Drug-Free Schools Program’sGrant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking and Violent BehaviorAmong College Students.”
In 1982, Perkins and othersbegan researching effects of alcoholin college communities, establishingseveral “pervasive and continuingpattern[s].” It was found there was astudent perception of increased peerdrinking, which reinforced studentdrinking on the whole. In 1997,Perkins paired up with Craig to con-duct more research with an incipientgrant from The Department of Edu-cation. Together they enacted a pro-
gram diagramed, “to educate stu-dents about actual alcohol use pat-terns.” The program was wildly suc-cessful and encouraged formation ofothers similar activities across thenation. The program and its “socialnorms theory,” received much me-dia attention for its innovative ideasand instructional emblems.
The program entitled “MostValuable Players,” is designed to,“reinforce positive norms, correctmisperceptions, and reduce high riskdrinking among student-athletes.”
Student trustee-elect Kristen Moglinicki speaks on behalf of her fellow Trustees Reneé Conklin, QuentinRobbins, and Rich Leone, this past Tuesday night in the Café. photo by Dave Gordon
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The Truth is….
86% of HWSstudents neversubmit latepapers orexaminationsas a result ofdrinking duringthe academic year.
Who says HWS students never study?
Source: 2000 Spring survey of a representativecross-section of HWS students with 327 respondents.
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students. He believes that with-out a catering service in place, thereare not any social outlets for frater-nities and other organizations tohave situations that allow for the safeconsumption of alcohol.
“I would like to think there’s a ra-tional solution,” Gordon argued,“First years and really not just firstyears are drinking themselves todeath.”
HWS Trustee Roy Dexheimerwas in agreement, “I agree this issuehas been frustrating…”
However, Gordon was unde-terred, and said, “this isn’t frustrat-
ing – it’s unacceptable.”Other issues of note discussed
at the forum, included the construc-tion of the new $6.5 million dollaracademic building,
The new academic building pro-jected to begin construction in thesummer of 2002 and finish sometimein the fall of 2003, will be built in thearea west of the library and will behome to various departments.
Renee’ Conklin, a Senior Trustee,was also proud to announce an in-crease of approximately 6% in fac-ulty and staff salaries. This issuewas considered one of great impor-tance of not only the Student Trust-
The underlying idea is to apply“social norms,” to alternate activi-ties such as athletics, where thesame logical characteristics and judg-ments should be exhibited. All workand research done, thanks to newfunding, will contribute as data to,“help reduce misconceptions amongthe general college population aboutstudent-athletes, and promote otherpositive messages such as service,volunteerism, and academic achieve-ments.” A rejuvenated and moreunified athletic body is hoped to re-sult, with athletes and students hav-
ees but also that of the student bodyand the Hobart and William SmithColleges community at large. Thestudent trustees noted that the pro-posed changes were “well received”by faculty and staff, as they werepromised such attention last year byPresident Mark Gearan.
The floor was opened up afterofficial issues were addressed, andstudents brought up concerns aboutcampus security, dorm safety, mealplans, and shuttle bus service. Eachissue was addressed to both the stu-dent trustees as well as representa-tives from various administrative of-fices across campus.
For most issues, the administra-tive officials assured students thattheir concerns were being addressedat the present time, or would be con-sidered in the near future. The trust-ees urged students to take up issueswith the administration at the closeof the forum for further discussion.
The meeting ended wrapped in asense of unease and weighted withthe load of unanswered questions.The few students who attendedwalked away passing by those whohad sat immersed in their plates andthe everyday chatter that one nor-mally finds on weekday night in thecafé. As Rich Leone, a JuniorTrustee observed, “Compared to lastspring, turnout was spectacular.”
Trustees Attempt to AddressDifficult Issues at Forum
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Student trustee Quentin Robbins addresses forum audience as his fellowtrustees look on. photo by Dave Gordon
ing a, “more realistic awareness ofpeer disapproval of alcohol abuse.”As well as, initiation of further dis-cussion of alcohol awareness issuesas well as reduction in high-drinkingrates of athletes are optimisticallypredicted outcomes.
Patricia Stranahan, Provost andDean of Faculty at HWS, along withMichael Hanna, Director of Athlet-ics for Hobart College, both avidlyendorse the program’s agenda andimplications. Susan Bassett, Direc-tor of Athletics for William SmithCollege, comments, “The programcreates an exciting opportunity for
learning and growth for student-ath-letes.” The additional fundingPerkins and Craig have received forthe enactment of “Most ValuablePlayers,” allows for new exciting pro-grams in research and analytical de-velopment. These include a “massmedia campaign…to reduce mythsabout athletes…orientation programfor student athletes…training of stu-dent athlete peer educators… work-shops on social norms preventionstrategies,” as well as, “social normseducation workshops for alcoholpolicy offenders who are athletes.”
Social Norms Studies to ContinueCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
(Brief facts about the HWS Community. Click onthe “Campus Factoids!” icon on network computersthroughout campus to read and react to previouslypublished factoids. Campus Factoids are compiledand reported by Professors Wesley Perkins andDavid Craig.)
1. The library currently holds 4,102 videocassettesin its collection–enough for every student andfaculty member to simultaneously check out twovideos on the same day.
2. Among seniors, 8% read for pleasure more than15 hours per week and 13% used their computerfor recreation that amount of time each week.
3. 77% of students hold the belief that it is neverokay to use tobacco.
Source: Data for item 1 were provided in Warren HuntingSmith Library circulation desk records. Data for item 2 arebased on a May 2001 survey of 342 graduating seniors. Datafrom item 3 are drawn from a survey of all students (N=180) inintroductory and selected intermediate sociology andchemistry courses during the Spring 2001 term.
CAMPUS FACTOIDS!
The air will be filled with power,not power due to hating men,but the power of letting our
voices be heard and claiming ouridentity. Uniting together, opposedto violence against women (sexualassault, sexual harassment, domes-tic violence, and rape), our
William Smith sisters and themembers of the community will walkthrough campus and Geneva. OnTuesday October 16th, the Women’s
Collective invites you to join us inTake Back the Night, a celebrationof woman and the sounds of ourvoices. The women’s march beginson the William Smith Green at 6:30p.m. and will end on the quad wherewe invite the men to join us in acandlelight circle. The circle repre-sents a strong community for dis-cussions and sharing stories. Bothof these events are important as themarch allows women to speak outand assert their independence, whilethe candlelight vigil brings bothsexes together in a time of under-standing, support, and sharing.
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Hobart StudentCourt Nominees
My name is Mike Cabot and I am runningfor justice of the Student Court. I have beenon the court for the past year, and was theinterim chief justice in Spring 2001. The Stu-dent Court is something very special becauseit allows Hobart men to be judged by theirpeers. Everyone has problems with the Deansand Administration at times, but being judgedby your peers us something on a totally differ-ent level. If I were to be elected to a secondterm, I want the Hobart men to realize that thecourt does exist, and that if someone does vio-late a code of Hobart College and they are sentto us, that individual will receive an honesttrial with a recommendation of a just punish-ment.
Michael Cabot
Hi my name is Chris Stringham and I will berunning for one of the open positions on thestudent court. I am currently a junior here andI want to get more involved with the Hobartcommunity. When I heard about the open-ings on the court I felt as though it would be avery good opportunity to do so. I know that Iam a good candidate for the job because I havea very non-biased and rational way of lookingat situations, which happen to be two quali-ties that I feel someone in the position of mak-ing important decisions that affect otherpeople’s lives should have. I also feel thisexperience would be helpful in achieving myfuture goal of law school. I don’t need to beyour first choice, or your second choice, oreven your third choice, but when you look atthat fourth choice remember the name ChrisStringham.
Chris Stringham
Hi, my name us Chris Olney. Many of yourecognize me as shades. I am running for Stu-dent Court. I am a Junior here at Hobart Col-lege and am majoring in Math and Economics.I am running for this position because I uselogic all the time and have become quite adeptat using it. I feel this is the type of Character-istic that should be in place on our StudentCourt. I understand the need to be unbiasedand how to look at both sides of every issue. Ideal with problems on a weekly basis as abouncer at one of our local bars, and believethat this is the sort of hands on experiencethat would make me a good fit for StudentCourt. I cannot tell you how to vote on Elec-tion Day, all I can do is ask that you considerme, Chris Olney.
My name is Sean Kelly and I am a supersenior or a fifth-year. I am a History major andthis fine institution for a long time. I havebeen here to see Hobart under the leadershipof President Hirsh and our current PresidentMark Gearan. The school has changed in many
Sean Kelly
Chris Olney
George KayHello, my name is George Kay. I am double
majoring in Political Science and Philosophy,and plan to continue on to Law School aftermy graduation. As a future lawyer I have astrong interest in the complexities of Law andthe dilemmas of Justice. I come from New YorkCity, a multicultural community renown as amelting pot of traditions, values and beliefsfrom all over the US and the world, which willaid me in understanding all students. Plus asan Orange Key member I firmly believe thatservice to one’s community should be an inte-gral part of one’s education. I see our collegeas a distinct community, with unique laws andtraditions best understood by the studentsthemselves. A belief that I will uphold as astudent judge in the service of my peers.
positive directions. This change is a big fac-tor in what persuaded me to run for a positionin Student Court. I wanted to try and becomea voice for the students of this small, opensociety, called Hobart College. I feel that overthe years I have gotten a comfortable grasp onthe type of lifestyle that Hobart looks for itsstudents to live. I feel that the environmentthat Hobart wants to represent is an environ-ment that will have respect towards eachindividual’s ideas. Hobart also wants there tobe a voice behind those student ideas. Hobartwould like its students to act with respect to-ward each other’s likes and dislikes. This indi-vidualistic respect is important, but for thosefreedoms to exist there are basic laws and rulesthat we must abide by. I would like to be avoice for the people. If I were given the oppor-tunity to make a decision regarding my fellowstudents, I would weigh both sides with fair-ness and openness. I would come to a conclu-sion that was respectful for both the studentand the Hobart educational institution itself.
Elections will be held onOctober 10, 2001 inScandling Center.
Polls will close at 7:30 p.m.
Opinion/Editorial
I am unsure how many people at-tended the Graduate Schools “Fair” inthe library atrium, but I can tell you thatthose that did, at least those I talked to,share my response. My friendsand I were all appalled at the lackof options presented by the col-leges. We are a Liberal Arts col-lege; a Graduate School Fairshould have more than half adozen or so schools, and offerMUCH more than opportunitiesfor business, law and chiropracticcare. I went to a small, rural publichigh school- my graduating class was113 people, 116 if you count the girlswho were pregnant. The College Fair atmy high school consisted of more than100 representatives for colleges and
Dave Diehl
Hidden Mending
Kathleen Stearns
It is clear that Hobart and WilliamSmith students care about the tragedies
“The Mending Wall” was established in order for the HWScommunity to share their thoughts and prayers in memory of allthose who are affected by the recent attacks on America.
photo by Ally Gualtieri
Graduate Fair Reflects on Center For Career Developmentuniversities, offering such a wide vari-ety of academic choices that it was hardto narrow them down. The GraduateSchool Fair at Hobart William Smith was
beyond lacking- it was downright sorry.I have had similar experiences with theCareer Development Center. The C.D.C.claims that they can help you find what
that occurred in D.C. andNYC, because we have allshowed concern andshared our condolences.Our campus has united andit has been a great exampleof both the strength of ourcampus and nation. Withthis in mind, the leaders andtrustees of HWS have madeour cares, concerns, andcondolences visible byconstructing “The Mend-ing Wall.” This wall, on thesecond floor of ScandlingCenter, brings about physi-cal manifestations to oursorrow and support.
The question that israised is visible to whom?I’ve been to “The MendingWall.” It really is a greatthing. I read some greatthoughts and some greatlines, and I really got a goodfeeling of what is in theminds of our school’s soci-ety. I personally contrib-uted some of my ownthoughts on the wall, whichreads, “The smile of the sky-
line has lost its two front teeth.”Writing this made me feel better about myself, it helped
me get something off mychest, and collect mythoughts. After I wrotemy quote, I stayed thereand sat in front of “TheMending Wall.” I staredat it and thought thatthere was way too muchblank space. Thereshould be more writing,and there would be, butwho goes to the secondfloor of Scandling? I wasthere for twenty-five min-utes, and not one personwalked by. Why not putthe wall on the first floor?There would be greatthoughts and responsesto thoughts and re-sponses. “The MendingWall,” did great thingsfor my own consciousand for my mind. Whykeep the rest of the stu-dent population fromhaving the same feelingof cleansing that I had?Why keep this hidden onScandling’s secondfloor?
Graduate Fair Fails To Meet Student Needs
you want to do with your life, help you tonarrow down choices of schools and jobs,and even help write your resume. Lastspring term, I attended a resume-writing
workshop. I was handed a pamphletand shown a three ring binder of for-mats ‘to copy.’ I don’t think it is toomuch to ask of our institution to pro-vide the resources and knowledgeablestaffs to answer questions that makemany students worry as their days inour sheltered little bubble lessen. Theresources our Colleges claim to haveshould be made available to studentsstudying subjects other than busi-
ness, law, and chiropractic care. At leastI had a chance to win a Palm Pilot.
We are a Liberal Arts college; aGraduate School Fair should have morethan half a dozen or so schools
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Arts & EntertainmentHERALD FLICK OF THE WEEK
No Movie BeingShown This Week.
Difranco-fever {oh so gradu-ally…} sweeps campuses nation-wide! She is able to tour: a string ofstops at coffee shops and collegesacross the country.
This experience, in this journal-ists’ opinion, must have formed somepart of the basis to ‘96s’ “Every StateLine:”
By age 23 Ani has sold “over onehundred thousand albums.” By‘93’s end Righteous Babe has re-leased 3 new albums of super-pro-lific Ani’s material; ‘91’s “Not SoSoft,” and two in ’93: “Imperfectly”and “Like I Said” {the later being acompilation of previouslyunreleased songs from the years ’90and ‘91}.
Ani, with her shorn locks, deeplyfelt political views, and frank descrip-tions of her bisexual history, all ofwhich seeps into the wellspring ofemotion that is {frequently, thoughnot nearly always} her voice, is ste-reotyped by many into the categoryof “militant angry dyke.”
Difranco responds:“I was never able to describe my-
self,” she says frankly. “But that’sOK. Other people are always pre-pared to do that for you.”
On shaving her head: “I thoughtI would rather you just listen to mymusic. Men don’t smile at you asmuch. But at least when they dosmile, you know it’s genuine and notnecessarily a come-on.”
“I think I caught a glimmer of whatracism might be like,” she says. “Con-versations would stop when I wouldenter the room, or people wouldmove to the other end of the sub-way platform, or follow me aroundstores. It’s a very subtle thing, butit’s very claustrophobic after awhile.” “It’s the music that’s impor-tant to me, and not the fame and for-tune,” says DiFranco - who has sincegrown a new hairstyle- dreadlocks.“So I’m doing it the most genuineway that I can.”
Many marvel at Difranco’s cour-
age and bravery, at her honesty andstrength, to say what she does inlyrics and interviews. She diffusessuch comments:
“It isn’t so hard to talk about
couragement and inspiration. But itcan’t end there. I can’t let peoplepassively consume me.”
“I think that whether you havethe freedom to tell the truth aboutyour life depends on whether or notyou feel you do. I think that it’s amistake to think I have any more free-dom than anyone else. Peopleoftentimes will approach me after ashow and ask if it’s been difficult be-ing out as a performer, putting my-self out of the mainstream of themusic industry—and if I’ve foundmyself being pigeonholed—and the
obstacles created by lying aboutmyself. I think that if you’re a freakfrom hell, you should say “I’m a freakfrom hell.” I don’t stand in judgmentof performers or people in any lineof work who are closeted, but I thinkthat what you feel you can do is allin your head. If you think you cancome out at work, you can—and thenyou’re becoming part of the solu-tion. If you’re not willing to sacrificefor something you personally be-lieve in, you’re part of the problem.If more people were making noise,then I think it would be easier for allof us.”
Ani has had many suitors by thispoint, both major and minor labelscame calling. She initially consid-ered signing with an indie label, butAni eventually decided to conducther career completely free of the su-perstructure.
“I believe in that step of not justmaking revolutionary music but mak-ing it in a way that challenges thesystem,” DiFranco says. “Especiallyin this day and age when the toolsfor producing and distributing aremore and more accessible to the av-erage Joe and Josephine. The possi-bility of emancipation and controland independence is so muchgreater now.”
“I don’t know why anybodywould work for somebody else ifthey could work for themselves,”says DiFranco. “I have completeartistic control. I don’t have to com-promise myself politically or finan-cially. I don’t have to support a mul-
~Ani~Corporate Rock Still
Sucks
things so personal, the way I look atit, there’s nothing private - it’s all uni-versal. Saying it’s too personal is away not to talk about difficult things.Nothing’s going to be solved if wedon’t open our mouths.”
“Many things can become asong. I always wonder what wouldhappen if we just burst into it.There’s a flood of people all saying‘me too!’ If we’re all seeing this andliving this, why am I seen as a freakfor talking about it?”
“It’s a political act to tell yourstory. Lotta nights I don’t feel liketelling it, but it’s one of my little sac-rifices. You have to be up front aboutyour experiences because wateringit down to make it appropriate is coun-terproductive. I’m forfeiting my pri-vacy and insisting vicariously thatothers do too.’
“It would be nice,” writesDiFranco in response to the fawn-ing fan, “if you joined in.”
“ It’s really great to provide en-
answer is yes. Of course.It’s like any other job; I’m dealing
with the same world everyone elseis. But I prefer those obstacles to the
tinational music business/corpora-tion scene that I don’t wish to sup-port.”
“The reason I’m independent isbecause I’ve figured out my politi-cal ideals and acted on them. Peoplemake the choice to be with labels;it’s not like everything’s the label’sfault. They sign because they wantto be rich and famous; their personalambition gets in the way. It’s likecoming out: if you decide you wanta job in a corporation, and then de-cide you can’t be out because it’lljeopardize your career, then what doyou wind up being? A closeted fagworking for Chemical Bank. Butwhose fault is that? ChemicalBank’s? The burden of personalchange, and to change society atlarge, is on our shoulders.”
Danny Goldberg, who will foreverbe remembered for his part in the sen-sation that was Nirvana, was amongthe rebuked. Goldberg: “she’s oneof the most brilliant and compellingartists out now... a genius.” DiFranconever returned his call.
Many of Ani’s lyrics havetouched on her independence fromthe corporate world, especially heroft-praised “Blood in the BoardRoom.”
Ani on “Board Room:”“It was me, young artist going into
a record company boardroom of amajor label, she says, “and havingthis sort of poetic occurrence that Idon’t think this world Is humanizingand affirming. I think it’s exploitiveand I’m outta here.”
A&E ContributorTim Follos
a full line music store
This isn’t a trick ques-tion, so put down yourbongs and granola, andstop hugging those trees.Get ready to think real hard,all you Phish-fiends. Whatdoes your beloved jamband’s front man TreyAnastasio have in commonwith the much harder bassguru Les Claypool ofPrimus and The Police’sformer superstar drummerStewart Copeland?
Answer: Oysterhead. Ifyou’re confused, it’s be-cause Rolling Stone was topreoccupied with coveringthe life and story of yet an-other teeny bopping thir-teen-year-old superstarwith a morally casual atti-tude, to take the time tocover the concert of a life-time.
Oysterhead has beencalled the “superband” bycritiques from all walks oflife for good reason. AsCasey Logan ofIronminds.com so elo-quently put it,
“What makes the trioparticularly intriguing isthat their careers and music are sodifferent that the idea of them play-ing together seems like nothing morethan a dreamy dorm room what-if andcan-you-imagine, spoken with mu-sic in the air and a towel stuffed un-der the door. After all, in terms oftheir profession, the three men ap-pear to share only two definite thingsin common: First, that none of themare selling a lot of records today inthe world of ‘N Sync, and second,that it really doesn’t matter.”
The very fact that three such dif-ferent, well known, and respectedartists would ever consider gettingtogether is perhaps the biggest mu-sic story of this decade. Anastasioand Phish have a fan base that ri-vals Tina Turner’s, Claypool alonehas been heralded as the Jimi Hendrixof bass guitar, and Copeland is ar-guably the most precise drummerand now producer of recent time.Nice job Rolling Stone, hopeChristina’s cat fight with Britneyworked out for you.
But enough whining about the
sorry state of music journalism.Oysterhead got together with a fewsimple phone calls this past May atthe New Orleans Music Festival. The2,500 tickets to the show sold out ineleven minutes for $36 each. Withinan hour, scalpers were selling themfor everything from the modest priceof $75 to the ungodly amount of$2,000. Choked up yet? Accordingto those who were there, puttingaside the very fact that the trio wastogether, the show was incredible.Oysterhead was born. This pastTuesday the band put out their firstalbum called “The Grand PeckingOrder.”
This album is hard and heavy inproper Claypool fashion, but not outof control. It is filled with the master-fully intense and mesmerizing guitarriffs that only Anastasio could pulloff, but believe me when I say youdon’t have to be stoned to enjoy thesolos. And last but not least,Copeland keeps these two easily dis-tracted front men together and on
beat. Neither Claypool norAnastasio takes a definite lead, al-though don’t be surprised by thenew sound Anastasio seems to haveadopted.
This album is a must buy. Or, forgod’s sake, download a few of theMP3’s from their web site(www.oysterhead.com). This trio hasmanaged to combine the inventivequalities of Primus, with the slightlyeasier tone of Phish and the cleanwell-produced sound of The Police.
In laymen’s terms, this CD hasnow been in my stereo playing non-stop for the past five hours. I’m ac-tually going to bring it down to theHerald office because I keep hearingnew and interesting things that Ihadn’t previously picked up.
If rock has the capacity to make aserious comeback it will be becausethere are serious musicians out there,like this trio, that are not doing it toplease Rolling Stone. These guysare doing it for everyone but themasses and it shows.
Oysterhead Brings Together the Best
I got pulled over inwest Texas
So they could look in-side my car
He said are you an“American citizen?”
I said: “yes sir, so far.”
They made sure Iwasn’t smuggling some-one in from Mexico
Someone willing tosettle for America
‘Cause there’s no-where
Else to go.
And every state line
There’s a new set oflaws
And every police man
Comes equipped withextended claws
There’s a thousandshades of white
And a thousandshades of black
But the same rule al-ways applies:
“Smile pretty, andwatch your back.”
AniLyrics
“everystate line”
TheHerald
Dave GordonPhoto Editor
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Perhaps the biggest questionfor the Hobart StatesmenFootball program this past
weekend, was how they would re-spond from their biggest loss in overten years. The answer was easy...run the football. The Statesmen useda scintillating ground game whichamassed 442 yards and includedthree rushers that gained over 100yards, with one more gaining 98yards, enroute to a whopping 47-0victory over St. Lawrence. First yearrunning backs Ty Godinho, BrandonThurman and John Holleran coupledwith Jerome Brown for the masterfulday of running. The Statesmen de-fense also earned their first shutoutof the season allowing a stingy 189yards of total offense and compilingthree sacks. Sophomore DavidSzentesy led the charge with ninetackles while Junior Brad Griffith andSenior Jesse Aquilino each totaled7. The pass defense was up to theirusual tricks as well allowing aminiscule 54 yards through the air,as Sophomores Patrick Lester andDavid Taylor helped lead the chargein the secondary. Hobart (2-1)would total for touchdowns of morethan 35 yards on the day. TyGodinho had 13 carries for 151 yardsand one TD all in the first half,
Statesmen Earn Sincere win Over SaintsChris ConnorsPlaya Hater Thurman carried 18 times for 106
yards, Holleran ran 10 times for 102yards and Brown stormed throughthe defense 7 times for 98 yards.
Hobart showed that they wereready to get on with the rest of theirseason quite early in Canton, N.Y.,as they led 14-0 after the first sevenminutes of play. Coach Mike Craggknew the team had to respondagainst St. Lawrence (0-4) to helpkickstart the season, and get the of-fense moving into high gear. Threemore touchdowns in the secondquarter would help seal the Saintsfate and hand them their fourth lossof the season. Hobart did not throwone pass in the second half as start-ing signal caller Craig Swansonwould give way to fellow Sophomore,Justin Morrison. This year’s HobartStatesmen have fought their way outto a 2-1 record, quite similar to lastyear’s great team. The schedulinghas been eerily similar. Last yearHobart dropped their second gameof the season before reeling off 8straight victories en route to theirfirst ever NCAA Playoff berth. TheStatesmen hope they can enjoy thesame success this season as well.After losing to Union in their sec-ond game, the boys have buckleddown and are taking things one gameat a time. Standing in their way next,are their old rival the University of
Rochester. The Yellow Jackets comecalling to Boswell Field for a 1pm kick-off time on Saturday.
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Smelling only the IntramuralChampionship, the TeamProject Football team got their
season underway on Sunday night...well not really, considering the otherteam did not show up, and the Projectwere handed the victory by forfeit.However come Monday night,“Macko’s” came calling to the TurfField at Hobart and William SmithColleges, looking to knock off the#14 ranked Intramural Football teamin the country, Team Project. Pre-season All- Americans Rich Sinclairand Rob Stewart were ready for thechallenge as the festivities got un-derway.
Stewart would intercept theMacko quarterback on the first playfrom scrimmage. Stewart, a con-verted offensive lineman, gained noweight in the off-season promptingus to move him from the line. KirkLaubenstein thoroughly dominatedboth sides of the ball on the line, butwould later be asked to leave thegame for some rough-housing. Kirkperhaps the best player on TeamProject, had not slept once since thefinish of last season. A longoffseason of frustration had sat toolong on the mind of the wily veteran,and Kirk was ready to take care ofbusiness. However Kirk received agame misconduct for playing a tadtoo physical, thus ending his day.
Ben Weiss showed promise in hisfirst stint with the Project, throwingtouchdown passes and ending upon the receiving end of one, fromyours truly.
However on a cool Fall eveningin Geneva, the cool cat from NewYork City would steal the show. Mike“Unstoppable” Gerard ran for onetouchdown and caught one more, enroute to game MVP honors. Super-Frosh Jimmy Morgan hailing straightfrom the Strong Isle made his debuta good one. Morgan totaled 7 tack-les. Mike Borsz added a quick pres-ence on both sides of the ball alongwith Steve Cushman who had onetouchdown run, in which he almostkilled 3 people.
The Project won 28-15 and im-proved to 2-0 on the year. And nowfor the part which really matters. No,not how good our uniforms looked,or who got injured... Yeah youguessed it- the Rob Stewart statline.
Preseason All American Stewartrecorded one interception, 5 tackles,4 receptions for 65 yards, 12 pancakeblocks, even more ripped pants,blown coverage on a Macko touch-down and “almost a rushing touch-down, I swear I would have made it,had it not been for the turf trippingme up.”.
Rob this is Team Project afterall,and every week is a stepping stonetoward success. Congrats old man.
Project Soar to 2-0Christopher ConnorsGreat White Hope
CONNORS CORNER
MATCHING GAME1. Michael J. Fox A. Animal on D
2. Huey Lewis B. Martin McFly
3. Mike Tyson C. The News
4. Rob Stewart D. Ear biter
5. Ray Lewis E. Intramurals
SportsHERALD GAME OF THE WEEK
HWS INVITATIONALSat & Sun on Seneca Lake
As the aches, pains and hurting muscles of an arduous162 game season take their
toll on Major League Baseball, a cropof players on defunct organizationsare hanging up their cleats and stir-rups a little earlier than expected.Some millionaire players on teams outof pennant races feel they are toovaluable to risk injury, or are simplypondering the point of playing outthe season for a team in the cellar oftheir division. For my Boston RedSox, this was a season of immensepotential. Boasting the reigning bat-ting champion (Nomes), the CYYoung Winner (Pedro), a man wor-thy of 160 million clams (Manny), twoother All-Stars (Carl Everett, DerekLowe), and a host of role playersready for breakout seasons (TrotNixon, Jason Varitek), Spring Train-ing looked promising for the Bo Sox.As always, I said to myself, and fel-low baseball fans, “it’s our year”. IfI had a dime for every time I said that,I’d be sipping umbrella drinks in anexotic island dubbed “Kenna’sWorld of Yankees Suck”. But like asick version of domino game, inju-ries ravaged the Sox lineup and pitch-ing staff one after another, and ru-ined one of the most talked aboutand anticipated seasons for Sox fa-natics. Now, with 7 games remain-ing in one of the most disgusting andputrid seasons I have ever wit-nessed, a few of the Sox pretty boysare giving up, and have headedhome. Pedro Martinez and MannyRamirez are home. Carl Everett ismissing, or on his way out of Bos-ton (but not before murdering a fewSox representatives, I’ll bet), Nomar,and I never thought I’d say this, iscursing and whining “no one wantsto (expletive) play here”, and thereis way too much bitching and moan-ing in the clubhouse to handle. Play-ers blaming Managers. Managersblaming General Managers. GM’sblasting players, coaches, the media.And through all of this, right fielderTrot Nixon has been the backboneof the organization, busting his assfor all 162 games (sitting byManager’s decision 13 games), giv-ing 110 percent in every inning he’s
played. Nixon, playing the most dif-ficult position in Fenway, is hittingan admirable .277, with 25 homers,82 RBI’s, 92 runs scored, and 30doubles. Nixon has emerged as club-house leader for a reeling Red Soxorganization, blasting teammateswho have given up, and gone home.Nixon is the epitome of a profes-sional; he plays hurt, he plays hard,and most importantly, he does notgive a damn if it is game 1 or 162,he’s going to give everything he haswhile on the field. In an era of thelong ball, and personal glory, Nixonis all about his “team”, and is in con-tention to be named a captain of ateam that hasn’t had an establishedcaptain since the 1980’s. In a mostshameful season for the Sox, Nixonhas been one of the few bright spotson a group in turmoil. Sure, Mannyposted amazing numbers (.306, 41,125), but he’s back home icing hisear lobes because his new piercingsare not agreeing with him. Pedroposted somewhat Pedro-like num-bers for his limited starts (7-3, 2.39ERA, 163 strikeouts), but he’s get-ting healthier at home. Next season,god willing, Martinez, Varitek,Garciaparra, Everett (if they want himback) and the other wounded war-riors will be back, healthy, happy, andready for another shot at destroyingthe curse. One thing that I’ll put mymoney on: Trot Nixon will be there,and he’ll be diving for low sinkingline drives, and hustling down theline to beat out an infield single onthe first day of Spring Training.
SAD TIMES FOR SOX FANSBen KennaWeakest Link
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*Hobart Football:Back on Track p.11
Here’s how it all went down.The Hobart Cross-Countryteam got whupped
at the UCAA ConferenceFinals. Immediately follow-ing the race, they vowed toredouble their efforts overthe course of the next twoweeks, and come backstrong for the second halfof the season. Look for bigthings at St. Lawrence, astheir time for honoringthemselves will soon be atan end. Also the greatestalbums of all time are Tool’s“Aenima”, Pearl Jam’s“Yield” and Radiohead’s“OK Computer”.
At the UCAA’s,Hobart was led by seniorSteve Chabarooti, althoughsadly his dreams of All-Conference honors wentunfulfilled. His only re-sponse was “Whoa.”Right behind Chabarootiwas the Singapore sensa-tion Rob Portik-Middleton-Henderson-Smith. Expectbig things from this up-and-coming runner. 13-Year old Justin Buffum had a greatrace, and is beginning to resemble arunner of years’ past by the samename. The fab freshmen duo ofScooter McThoms and DrewCrombie finished out Hobart’s top
five, with Sailor-Mouth Josh andMax Factor close behind. This train
is bound for glory. If you have readthis far into the article and are not aHobart XC runner, you are eligibleto receive an additional $2,500 in yourfinancial aid package for next yearand should contact the bursar’s of-
fice. In other news, this year therewill be an Indoor/Outdoor Track
Club. Although it willbe club status, we willbe competing in bothopen and UCAA meets.All interested HWSstudents are welcometo join, especially thosewho competed in trackand field during thosewonderful high schoolyears. Stay tuned formore information.
*This article is cour-tesy of Derek Wolf,Sports Contributor.
LEFT:SophomoreJoshuaNavikonissprints to thefinish line witha triumphantfinish time.Josh has runwell for the
Statesmen this season.Photo is courtesy of theHobart College CrossCountry Team
XC to the Izzo
HOBART FOOTBALL10/6 vs. Rochester 1 PM“Take your Kid to a Game” Day
HOBART SOCCER10/6 @Ithaca 1 PM
HWS SAILING 10/6-7MAISA Single-handed Championships @QueensNavy Women’s Intersectional @NavyHWS Invitational @HWS (way to put 2 and 2 together!)
WS FIELD HOCKEY10/5 @St. Lawrence 4 PM10/6 @Hamilton 2 PM10/10 vs. Cortland 4 PM
