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then allowing remaining upper- classmen to fill vacant rooms. In modifying the selection pro- cess, Residential Life sought to encourage underclassmen to remain involved with their resi- dential colleges on the South 40 and to help juniors and seniors secure more independent hous- ing on the other side of campus. In collaboration with a stu- dent task force, the change was made to “give priority to the stu- dents who we felt belonged liv- ing on the South 40,” said Cheryl Stephens, associate director of Residential Life. “The seniority of your lottery number stays the same, but the South 40 is a re- verse lottery.” The new wrinkle to the lot- tery comes in anticipation of the BY JEREMY ROGOFF STAFF REPORTER When students enter the hous- ing lottery this year, they will notice some significant changes to the pecking order in certain rounds. In an effort to ensure housing for underclassmen, the Office of Residential Life approved a re- vised selection system designed to draw juniors and seniors away from the South 40 and into resi- dences on the North Side of cam- pus and off-campus. The second and third rounds of the lottery, which fill the North Side locations and the South 40, respectively, will undergo the most significant change. Stu- dents in search of apartments in Millbrook, Loop Lofts, Greenway, Rosedale, U-Drive and suites in the Village or Lopata House will select in the second round using their randomly assigned lottery numbers. The second round will also fill Village East, a new 152-bed apart- ment complex with double beds and four-person suites scheduled to open in the fall. Higher priority will be given to students who have lived in the Residential Life system the lon- gest. 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LOUIS SINCE 1878 VOLUME 129, NO. 51 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008 STAFF EDITORIAL |RECONSIDER EMERGENCY TEXT SYSTEM | SEE FORUM, PAGE 6 S TUDENT L IFE BY BEN SALES NEWS EDITOR Citing “personal circum- stances,” Rebecca Forman stepped down as Student Union secretary on Monday afternoon. She resigned via an e-mail to the Student Union (SU) executive board. “I have decided that it is in the best interest of the Student Union for me to step down as this organization’s secretary,” she wrote in the e-mail. “Due to personal circumstances, I have been unable to complete many of my duties to the extent that this organization deserves.” Forman says that she enjoyed her time at SU and that the deci- sion did not stem from dissatis- factions she had with the organi- zation or its members. “It was a personal and inter- nal decision,” said Forman, a sophomore. “It had nothing to do with the people in Student Union. I have a lot of respect for them. I think they’re amazing people. It has nothing to do with Student Union being a bad orga- nization.” Although she will no longer be involved with SU in an offi- cial capacity, Forman says that she looks forward to helping out with projects in the future. “I will continue to do a lot of work for Student Union,” she said. “I plan to attend a lot of meetings that I’ve always attend- ed. I’m going to still help out with [public relations] for SU.” SU President Neil Patel hopes to see Forman stay active in SU and says that though he is sad to see her leave, he understands her decision. “It’s something she wanted to do and she did it for personal reasons,” he said. “She knows what she’s doing so I support her in what she’s doing.” Forman and Patel met prior to the official resignation, which— according to Forman—was hard to send due to her passion for her job and for the organization as a whole. “I cried a lot,” she said. “This was really one of the hardest de- cisions I’ve ever had to make but I think I’m doing the right thing. I feel really good about my deci- sion.” In the meantime, Patel is not sure what will happen to the now vacant space. The tradition- al procedure in such cases is for the president to appoint a candi- date who must then be approved by the SU Senate and Treasury, though Patel says he may want a committee to replace Forman until the end of the term. “We need someone or a group of people to pick up the tasks and finish the year strong,” he said. “People are already com- Washington University Students came out to vote yesterday in the presidential primaries at polling stations on Trinity Ave., Our Lady of Lourdes on Northmoor Dr. and—for the first time—on the South 40. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) split several key rac- es across the country with Obama faring especially well in the Midwestern and Moun- tain states and Clinton in the Western and Northeastern states. Senator John McCain won a plurality of Republican primaries, though both of his leading competitors won vic- tories around the nation. Students said that the new polling stations on the South 40 made voting easy and con- venient. “It’s good because it’s so ac- cessible,” said Student Union (SU) President Neil Patel. “Students just have to walk a short distance to get there. Because it’s visible it’s going to have an impact. It becomes part of the community.” The station on the South 40 was one of several efforts by student groups and the administration to encourage students to vote. Another service available to students for the first time this year was a shuttle ser- vice transporting them from Mallinckrodt to polling sta- tions near campus. The shut- tles were organized in part by the administration and paid for by a Student Union executive fund at a cost of over $1400. “It’s a wonderful idea,” said SU Treasurer Marius Johnson. “It promotes good citizenship.” Johnson said that though SU was in favor of giving stu- dents an easier path to the voting booths, he is not sure whether the service will be available for the general elec- tion in November. “There’s going to be a cou- ple of factors [regarding the shuttles’ availability],” he said. “It will depend on who the [SU] executives are.” Matt Adler, a student who spearheaded the shuttle ini- Undergrads bolster Obama, McCain Forman resigns as SU secretary With change to housing options, ResLife alters lottery Clinton 19.2% Obama 81.8% McCain 60% Prefer not to respond 5% Paul 10% Romney 25% Information was collected at all three polling locations for Wash. U. students. Wash. U. voters turn out for Obama, McCain Students vote in the presidential primary Tuesday afternoon in Friedman Lounge in Wohl Center on the South 40. MATT LANTER | STUDENT LIFE Departing from the statewide trends in Missouri, Washington University students overwhelm- ingly voted for Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator John McCain (D-AZ), according to exit polls conducted by Student Life. Senators Obama and McCain both won hard fought victories in the state’s Super Tuesday con- tests by a very small margin. In data from exit polls con- ducted by Student Life within the three precincts in which most University students vote, Senator Obama received 80 per- cent of the student vote in the Democratic contest and Senator McCain received 60 percent of the student vote in the Republi- can contest. Senator Clinton garnered 20 percent of the votes among Uni- versity students, considerably less than the 48 percent that she garnered statewide. Former Massachusetts Gov- ernor Mitt Romney brought in 25 percent of the student vote, while in the final statewide tally he finished third. Although Senator McCain won the Missouri primary, his margin among the general elec- tion was far smaller than among University students; as of press time, fewer than 10,000 votes separated Senator McCain from his nearest competitor, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Hucka- bee. Student voting trends are largely in line with—though more pronounced than—the trends for surrounding St. Louis County where Senator Obama re- ceived 71 percent of the vote. In line with trends from pre- vious polls of the University community, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and healthcare topped students list of the larg- est factor in deciding for whom to vote. Breaking with the campus- wide trend, those Democrats that voted for Senator Clinton were more likely to identify healthcare as the most pressing issue facing the nation. Throughout the election, Sen- ator Obama has drawn media at- tention for the sustained support he has received from young vot- ers-a group traditionally thought to be politically apathetic. “Young people have really woken up over these past four years,” said Tamia Booker, the campus events manager at the Center for American Progress. “So many things have happened and changed and young people have become more interested and more progressive.” Despite the relatively lacklus- ter support for other candidates among University voters, nation- wide all presidential candidates have enjoyed support from a new generation of voters. “I think that what Senator Obama did is really start the trend in terms of paying atten- tion to young voters,” said Book- er. “He did get a large turnout in Iowa, but when you go to New Hampshire you get a large turn- out for Senator Clinton.” The exit poll was adminis- tered through the day by Student Life reporters at the three poll- ing places in which the majority of University students vote: Wohl Center, Our Lady of Lourdes Church and Trinity Presbyterian Church. Wash. U. students to ride microgravity plane BY JOHN SCOTT STAFF REPORTER Many people know it as the “Vomit Comet.” The formal name is the C- 9 microgravity plane, a NASA resource that will be used this spring by a group of students from Washington University’s Aerospace Systems Lab as part of the University’s nanosatellite project. The Bandit/Akoya project, a name that refers to the two sat- ellites involved, has been under- way since 2003. Since that time, the team has designed and built the two-part satellite. The test this spring will de- termine the functionality of Bandit’s maneuvering abilities in a zero gravity environment. Akoya, the host satellite, weighs just 29 kilograms, while Bandit weighs three. During flight, Bandit can detach and maneu- ver around Akoya. The Bandit is designed to control and orient itself during flight but can also be controlled remotely. Sophomore Katie Sullivan, the team leader, said the satel- lite needs to be tested in a zero gravity environment in order to see if it can be maneuvered properly. “We have absolutely no idea how these things function in space. We want to see how it functions in zero gravity. The only way you can do that on earth is to take a plane and fly straight down,” said Sullivan. The test is part of NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. The University is one of 11 schools participating in the Nanosat-5 competition. Junior Mary Mathias has worked on the project since last year. According to Mathias, a different team also performed tests on the satellite last year, but it did not yield the desired results. The problem was that the design of the experiment did not allow Bandit to move freely, as it was confined to a large box. This time, however, the satellite will not be confined. “It didn’t work so well be- cause you have such a short time of microgravity, [and] it was hitting the sides of the box. We are going to do a free float this time,” said Mathias. According to Sullivan, allow- ing Bandit to free float will give See SUPER TUESDAY, page 8 See FORMAN, page 2 See LOTTERY, page 2 See PLANE, page 2 v On Super Tuesday, students mobilize to vote, taking advantage of South 40 polls v Exit polls show stronger Obama, McCain support than statewide results BY SAM GUZIK SENIOR NEWS EDITOR BY NEWS STAFF RACHEL NOCCIOLI | STUDENT LIFE
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then allowing remaining upper-classmen to fi ll vacant rooms.In modifying the selection pro-cess, Residential Life sought to encourage underclassmen to remain involved with their resi-dential colleges on the South 40 and to help juniors and seniors
secure more independent hous-ing on the other side of campus.
In collaboration with a stu-dent task force, the change was made to “give priority to the stu-dents who we felt belonged liv-ing on the South 40,” said Cheryl Stephens, associate director of
Residential Life. “The seniority of your lottery number stays the same, but the South 40 is a re-verse lottery.”
The new wrinkle to the lot-tery comes in anticipation of the
BY JEREMY ROGOFFSTAFF REPORTER
When students enter the hous-ing lottery this year, they will notice some signifi cant changes to the pecking order in certain rounds.
In an effort to ensure housing for underclassmen, the Offi ce of Residential Life approved a re-vised selection system designed to draw juniors and seniors away from the South 40 and into resi-dences on the North Side of cam-pus and off-campus.
The second and third rounds of the lottery, which fi ll the North Side locations and the South 40, respectively, will undergo the most signifi cant change. Stu-dents in search of apartments in Millbrook, Loop Lofts, Greenway, Rosedale, U-Drive and suites in the Village or Lopata House will select in the second round using their randomly assigned lottery numbers.
The second round will also fi ll Village East, a new 152-bed apart-ment complex with double beds and four-person suites scheduled to open in the fall.
Higher priority will be given to students who have lived in the Residential Life system the lon-gest.
Next, in the third round, the lottery will progress in reverse order, giving rising sophomores top priority on the South 40 and
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Super Tuesday is barely over, but our commentary on this highly dramatic day has already begun. Check out our political unit blogs for all the action. blogs.studlife.com
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BY BEN SALESNEWS EDITOR
Citing “personal circum-stances,” Rebecca Forman stepped down as Student Union secretary on Monday afternoon. She resigned via an e-mail to the Student Union (SU) executive board.
“I have decided that it is in the best interest of the Student Union for me to step down as this organization’s secretary,” she wrote in the e-mail. “Due to personal circumstances, I have been unable to complete many of my duties to the extent that this organization deserves.”
Forman says that she enjoyed her time at SU and that the deci-sion did not stem from dissatis-factions she had with the organi-zation or its members.
“It was a personal and inter-nal decision,” said Forman, a sophomore. “It had nothing to do with the people in Student Union. I have a lot of respect for them. I think they’re amazing people. It has nothing to do with Student Union being a bad orga-nization.”
Although she will no longer be involved with SU in an offi -cial capacity, Forman says that she looks forward to helping out with projects in the future.
“I will continue to do a lot of work for Student Union,” she said. “I plan to attend a lot of
meetings that I’ve always attend-ed. I’m going to still help out with [public relations] for SU.”
SU President Neil Patel hopes to see Forman stay active in SU and says that though he is sad to see her leave, he understands her decision.
“It’s something she wanted to do and she did it for personal reasons,” he said. “She knows what she’s doing so I support her in what she’s doing.”
Forman and Patel met prior to the offi cial resignation, which—according to Forman—was hard to send due to her passion for her job and for the organization as a whole.
“I cried a lot,” she said. “This was really one of the hardest de-cisions I’ve ever had to make but I think I’m doing the right thing. I feel really good about my deci-sion.”
In the meantime, Patel is not sure what will happen to the now vacant space. The tradition-al procedure in such cases is for the president to appoint a candi-date who must then be approved by the SU Senate and Treasury, though Patel says he may want a committee to replace Forman until the end of the term.
“We need someone or a group of people to pick up the tasks and fi nish the year strong,” he said. “People are already com-
Washington University Students came out to vote yesterday in the presidential primaries at polling stations on Trinity Ave., Our Lady of Lourdes on Northmoor Dr. and—for the first time—on the South 40.
Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) split several key rac-es across the country with Obama faring especially well in the Midwestern and Moun-tain states and Clinton in the Western and Northeastern states. Senator John McCain won a plurality of Republican primaries, though both of his leading competitors won vic-tories around the nation.
Students said that the new polling stations on the South 40 made voting easy and con-venient.
“It’s good because it’s so ac-cessible,” said Student Union (SU) President Neil Patel. “Students just have to walk a short distance to get there. Because it’s visible it’s going to have an impact. It becomes part of the community.”
The station on the South 40 was one of several efforts by student groups and the administration to encourage students to vote.
Another service available to students for the first time this year was a shuttle ser-vice transporting them from Mallinckrodt to polling sta-tions near campus. The shut-tles were organized in part by the administration and paid for by a Student Union executive fund at a cost of
over $1400.“It’s a wonderful idea,”
said SU Treasurer Marius Johnson. “It promotes good citizenship.”
Johnson said that though SU was in favor of giving stu-dents an easier path to the voting booths, he is not sure whether the service will be available for the general elec-tion in November.
“There’s going to be a cou-ple of factors [regarding the shuttles’ availability],” he said. “It will depend on who the [SU] executives are.”
Matt Adler, a student who spearheaded the shuttle ini-
Undergrads bolster Obama, McCain
Forman resigns as SU secretary
With change to housing options, ResLife alters lottery
Clinton19.2%
Obama81.8% McCain
60%
Prefer not to respond 5%
Paul10%
Romney25%
Information was collected at all three polling locations
for Wash. U. students.
Wash. U. voters turn out for Obama, McCain
Students vote in the presidential primary Tuesday afternoon in Friedman Lounge in Wohl Center on the South 40.MATT LANTER | STUDENT LIFE
Departing from the statewide trends in Missouri, Washington University students overwhelm-ingly voted for Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator John McCain (D-AZ), according to exit polls conducted by Student Life.
Senators Obama and McCain both won hard fought victories in the state’s Super Tuesday con-tests by a very small margin.
In data from exit polls con-ducted by Student Life within the three precincts in which most University students vote, Senator Obama received 80 per-cent of the student vote in the Democratic contest and Senator McCain received 60 percent of the student vote in the Republi-can contest.
Senator Clinton garnered 20 percent of the votes among Uni-versity students, considerably less than the 48 percent that she garnered statewide.
Former Massachusetts Gov-ernor Mitt Romney brought in 25 percent of the student vote, while in the fi nal statewide tally he fi nished third.
Although Senator McCain won the Missouri primary, his margin among the general elec-tion was far smaller than among University students; as of press time, fewer than 10,000 votes separated Senator McCain from his nearest competitor, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Hucka-bee.
Student voting trends are largely in line with—though more pronounced than—the trends for surrounding St. Louis County where Senator Obama re-ceived 71 percent of the vote.
In line with trends from pre-vious polls of the University community, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and healthcare topped students list of the larg-est factor in deciding for whom to vote.
Breaking with the campus-wide trend, those Democrats that voted for Senator Clinton were more likely to identify healthcare as the most pressing issue facing the nation.
Throughout the election, Sen-ator Obama has drawn media at-tention for the sustained support he has received from young vot-ers-a group traditionally thought to be politically apathetic.
“Young people have really woken up over these past four years,” said Tamia Booker, the campus events manager at the Center for American Progress. “So many things have happened and changed and young people have become more interested and more progressive.”
Despite the relatively lacklus-ter support for other candidates among University voters, nation-wide all presidential candidates have enjoyed support from a new generation of voters.
“I think that what Senator Obama did is really start the trend in terms of paying atten-tion to young voters,” said Book-er. “He did get a large turnout in Iowa, but when you go to New Hampshire you get a large turn-out for Senator Clinton.”
The exit poll was adminis-tered through the day by Student Life reporters at the three poll-ing places in which the majority of University students vote: Wohl Center, Our Lady of Lourdes Church and Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Wash. U. students to ride microgravity plane BY JOHN SCOTT STAFF REPORTER
Many people know it as the “Vomit Comet.”
The formal name is the C-9 microgravity plane, a NASA resource that will be used this spring by a group of students from Washington University’s Aerospace Systems Lab as part of the University’s nanosatellite project.
The Bandit/Akoya project, a name that refers to the two sat-ellites involved, has been under-way since 2003. Since that time, the team has designed and built the two-part satellite.
The test this spring will de-termine the functionality of Bandit’s maneuvering abilities in a zero gravity environment. Akoya, the host satellite, weighs
just 29 kilograms, while Bandit weighs three. During fl ight, Bandit can detach and maneu-ver around Akoya.
The Bandit is designed to control and orient itself during fl ight but can also be controlled remotely.
Sophomore Katie Sullivan, the team leader, said the satel-lite needs to be tested in a zero gravity environment in order to see if it can be maneuvered properly.
“We have absolutely no idea how these things function in space. We want to see how it functions in zero gravity. The only way you can do that on earth is to take a plane and fl y straight down,” said Sullivan.
The test is part of NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. The
University is one of 11 schools participating in the Nanosat-5 competition.
Junior Mary Mathias has worked on the project since last year. According to Mathias, a different team also performed tests on the satellite last year, but it did not yield the desired results. The problem was that the design of the experiment did not allow Bandit to move freely, as it was confi ned to a large box. This time, however, the satellite will not be confi ned.
“It didn’t work so well be-cause you have such a short time of microgravity, [and] it was hitting the sides of the box. We are going to do a free fl oat this time,” said Mathias.
According to Sullivan, allow-ing Bandit to free fl oat will give
See SUPER TUESDAY, page 8
See FORMAN, page 2
See LOTTERY, page 2
See PLANE, page 2
v On Super Tuesday, students mobilize to vote, taking advantage of South 40 polls v Exit polls show stronger Obama,
McCain support than statewide resultsBY SAM GUZIKSENIOR NEWS EDITOR
BY NEWS STAFF
RACHEL NOCCIOLI | STUDENT LIFE
much better data regarding the propulsion system, but it will also present additional challenges due to the speed of the plane and the potential for problems.
“[The satellite] will not be attached to the plane, which is dangerous,” said Sullivan. “There [need] to be people watching it at all times.”
Last year, the University’s team fi nished second place in the competition. Cornell Univer-sity, last year’s winner, will not be competing. If the University wins this year, the team will have the opportunity to launch the satellite.
“We don’t want it to be here, we want it to be in space. So many people worked on it
through their college years [and] graduated,” said Sullivan.
Many improvements have been made to the satellite with each subsequent test.
“Last year, Bandit could only see a quarter frame per sec-ond. Now it can see 15 frames per second,” said Sullivan. “We are seeing in time what [Bandit] would be seeing in space, which is good, because if something were to happen, we really can’t be seeing a quarter frame per second. We wouldn’t be able to save it then.”
Sullivan said both she and the University have benefi ted from participating in such a project.
“I feel like it has added a lot to my college experience. I came
to Wash. U. because of the satel-lite program,” she said.
According to Mathias and Sullivan, the project also has an outreach segment, which visits several local schools to educate students.
“There’s not a lot of space knowledge sharing going on in middle school situations be-cause space is really expensive. You can’t do it in middle school. It’s an exciting tie for us to have with the middle school [stu-dents],” said Sullivan.
The group’s proposal states that a craft similar to Akoya/Bandit would be useful “to in-vestigate and photograph an-other spacecraft at close range” and be used to check for dam-age.
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Senior Justin Char fl oats weightlessly in NASA’s C-9 microgravity plane last year in Houston as a part of NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. Last year’s C-9 testing team, a part of Wash. U.’s Aerospace Systems Lab, fi nished second in the national competition hosted by NASA.
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LOTTERY v FROM PAGE 1housing shuffl e that will occur next fall with the opening of more upperclassmen housing on- and off-campus and the closing and impending demolition of Umrath dormitory, a traditional residence hall for freshmen on the South 40.Additionally, the current sopho-mores, who make up the largest Washington University class in history, will add to the demand for non-South 40 housing.
Although most upperclass-men do not want to live on the South 40, the lottery in the past has allowed juniors and se-niors—typically with the best lot-tery numbers—to reserve spots there, as backups in the event that their fi rst-choice residences fall through. Meanwhile, young-er students who wanted housing on the South 40 would often have to wait for their fi rst choices to open.
“People are waiting for that perfect space, so they accept something on the 40 when they really want to end up somewhere else. It’s a trickle down,” said Ste-phens of the housing logjam that occurred as a result of the lottery in past years.
Stevens added that the new plan, which was presented to both Student Union and CS40, faced little student opposition.Upperclassmen “who really want to be on the South 40 have ex-pressed concern. I would tell them to take advantage of the Residential College lottery,” said Stephens.
Petitions for the Residential College option are due March 3,
followed by a lottery on March 24.
A fi nal incentive for upper-classmen to live off the South 40 comes in the form of an expand-ed “homestead” system, which will allow students already living in University-owned off-campus apartments the option to remain in the same apartment for the following year.
While in the past all occu-pants would have to remain in the apartment to be assured the same housing, now Residential Life only requires one occupant to remain from year to year.
Michael Baill, a junior who currently lives in a University-owned apartment on Kingsbury, will take advantage of the home-stead option for his senior year, in part because of what he con-siders an ideal location.
“There’s no way I’d live on campus,” said Baill, who secured his apartment last year after be-ing denied space in Millbrook.
He said he does not foresee the revised lottery system adversely affecting upperclassmen.
“Almost all of my junior friends are in Millbrook or Gre-enway or in apartments off-cam-pus,” said Baill.
Privacy and independence are the main factors sophomore Ashley Johnson said are driving her towards Village Bloc hous-ing and away from the South 40, where she has lived for almost two years. “I think it’s a little awkward to live on the 40 with freshmen when you’re a junior,” said Johnson.
mitted so it may be hard to fi nd one person to do the job.”
Forman’s resignation, accord-ing to Patel, will be a big loss for SU. He noted her weekly SUpdate e-mails and overall demeanor as her biggest contributions to the group.
“A lot of people have talked to me about the SUpdate,” said Patel. “She infuses her train of thought into it, it makes it more human. She put jokes in it. It gives the SUpdate a personality that matches her own.”
Forman also took pride in her SUpdates, but she said that her greatest pleasure as secretary was being able to reach out to people and to get them involved in the Washington University community.
“Nobody will write SUpdates like I do,” said Forman, who served in SU Treasury and on the Budget Committee before becoming secretary. “The reason I got involved in the SU Exec. was that I really wanted to make sure that as many students as possi-ble could fi nd a place for them-selves. I wanted to help them. I tried to make myself readily available. That’s something I was really passionate about.”
Forman, however, feels that SU will continue to succeed in her absence.
“I have complete and to-tal faith in Student Union that they will go on and do a better job than I would have done,” she said. “The most passionate
and dedicated people at Wash. U. are in SU. I never would have resigned if I thought it wouldn’t continue to be successful.”
Although no immediate poli-cy changes will result from For-man’s resignation, the structure of the SU Executive will shift next year so that the secretary’s position will be divided in two. This change will allow a more defi nite split of duties such as taking minutes, the SUpdate, public relations work and in-ternal SU work, all of which are
jobs that the secretary now per-forms.
“The job next year will be a lot easier,” said Forman. “The role of secretary is incredibly spread out. It will be very interesting to have multiple people working on the job.”
Whatever happens next, For-man feels good about the job she did.
“My goal was to make Stu-dent Union have a softer, friend-lier face,” she said. “And I think I might have done that.”
FORMAN v FROM PAGE 1
At about 2:45 p.m. on Tues-day afternoon, a man jumped 10 stories to his death from a building at the Washington Uni-versity School of Medicine. Ac-cording to the St. Louis Police Department, the man was a for-mer patient of the psychiatric
ward of Barnes-Jewish hospital; police have ruled the death a suicide. The St. Louis Post-Dis-patch reports that the victim fell from a high point on the Wohl Building, 4940 Children’s Place, which houses offi ces and a clinic. —SAM GUZIK
Rebecca Forman and Neil Patel, Student Union president, discuss a budget initiative at an SU Budget meeting on April 27, 2007. Forman stepped down as Student Union secretary on Monday afernoon, citing “personal circum-stances” in an e-mail sent to the SU executive board.
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Thursday, Feb. 7 A Conversation with Kota Ezawa7:00 pm Kota Ezawa, Artist. Auditorium—Free
Ezawa has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Artpace in San Antonio, Texas; the Aspen Art Museum in Colorado; and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. His lecture complements the exhibition Lennon Sontag Beuys on view in Gallery 301 through April 20, 2008.
Friday, Feb. 15 Prizewinners from the 25th International Festival 7:00 pm of Films on Art
Auditorium—$5 ($3 for Members); price includes both films
Panta Rei 2006, 54 minutes. Directed by Lars Nilssen.
Norwegian with English subtitles.
Industrial designer Jan Wanggaard created an amazing installation based on the solar system as seen from Norway’s Lofoten Islands.The film follows Wanggaard over a three-year period, from the conception to the implementation of his Planet Lofoten.
Zahara & Urga2005, 60 minutes. Directed by Rax Rinnekangas. Finnish with English subtitles.
This story of self-discovery involves a silent young boy living near the Arctic Circle. After seeing a strange illumination, he receives the voiceof another person. As a photographer, he then spends years traveling through Europe in search of the light that allowed him to speak.
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Join assemblage artist Saar as she discusses the personal and universal symbolism in her politically charged artwork. Saar’s work is represented in the collections of major museums including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Artin New York, and the Saint Louis Art Museum.
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Senior Sports Editor / Trisha Wolf / [email protected] | FEBRUARY 6, 2008 STUDENT LIFE | SPORTS 3
SPORTSSPORTSWashington University wom-
en’s basketball team ended a two-game losing streak on Sunday, defeating a struggling Carnegie Mellon University team 54-47 in Pittsburgh. The Lady Bears are now 13-5 (5-2 UAA) while Carn-egie dropped to 7-11 (0-7 UAA).
The Red and Green were forced to play from behind again, not taking the lead until the 2:38 mark in the fi rst half after Shan-na-Lei Dacanay’s three-pointer made the score 20-17. However, the Lady Bears would hold on to
the lead for the remainder of the game, taking a 24-20 lead into the locker room and eventually win-ning by seven.
Despite holding a lead for the fi nal 20-plus minutes of the game, the Red and Green watched a 13-point lead with 1:52 left in the game dwindle to six on a few late threes from Carnegie Mellon.
Sophomore Zoe Unruh and freshman Kathryn Berger led the offensive attack with 11 points each, and juniors Dacanay and Jill Brandt dropped 10 and nine for Wash. U.
The Tartans outshot Wash. U.
32 percent to 30 percent from the fi eld and outscored the Lady Bears from behind the arc, but Wash. U. held a 10-point advan-tage from the free throw line in the six-point win.
“We came in with the attitude that we had to win, no matter who the opponent was. We came in more focused, but still, we are looking to get better and better every practice, every game,” said sophomore Janice Evans, who scored fi ve and led the team with 12 rebounds.
“We did what we always do to prepare for games and knew we had to bounce back from Friday’s game. It’s hard to say what went well that didn’t against Roch-ester and Brandeis. I guess we took what we learned from the losses against Rochester and Brandeis and tried focusing on those aspects of our game,” said Dacanay.
Over the past three games, the team played great defense on the fl oor, but unlike in the two losses, Wash. U. held the Tartans to fewer than 20 free throw attempts and outscored them from the line.
A new week brings the re-matches of the previous one, as Wash. U. will fi nish its home-and-home against the Tartans Fri-day at 6 p.m. at the Field House before battling seventh-ranked University of Rochester again on Sunday. Wash. U. will look to go 2-0 against Carnegie Mellon and to avenge a 58-55 overtime loss to Rochester on February 1.
“Since we are facing each of these teams twice within the span of two weeks, each team will be familiar with other’s per-sonnel and style of play, and the previously played games will be pretty fresh in our minds,” said Dacanay.
Evans agreed, adding, “Losses mean come back and win, and wins mean proving you can do it twice in a row. We’re really ex-cited.”
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
BY JOSHUA GOLDMAN SPORTS EDITOR
Getting the ball back rolling
Freshman Kathryn Berger goes up for a shot in a recent game against Emory University. Berger scored 11 points Sunday against Carnegie Mellon University to help end the Bear’s two-game losing streak.
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Pride. Glory. Ten bucks. All this and more are at stake as the Cadenza music staff lines up its picks for the 50th an-nual Grammy Awards, set for Feb. 10, 2008.
As Grammy Rumble 2008 commences, a couple of things are guaranteed: Corporate monopolism of mainstream
radio will continue to reward popular music through the bombastic lauding of mostly formulaic music and someone will walk away 10 bucks richer.
“Honestly, I’m surprised these noobs even came back,” last year’s reigning champion and star Cadenza reporter Eric Lee quipped, before the Rumble started. “I pwned them so hard last year. These fools’ chances of winning are some-
where between slim and Amy Winehouse.”
Cadenza editor and be-nevolent overlord Brian Stitt disagreed. “Eric Lee certainly is my star reporter, but stories of his pwnage are largely over-blown. His win last year was a fl uke, nothing more.” Stitt went on to give his own predic-tions for this year’s Grammy Rumble. “I always like my own chances, of course. But other
than my overwhelming awe-somitude, I’d look to the fresh blood. Matt Karlan’s snarky sensibility should serve well, although look for Steve Hardy to surprise some people.”
A chill fi lled the February air as the Rumblers gathered on the battleground. Only one would walk away victori-ous, Cadenza having a strict “No Wimps and No Prisoners” policy.
Early favorite, Matt Karlan was taken out early with what appeared to be a low blow from Eric Lee. Despite an outcry from the crowd, no foul was called and the Rumble contin-ued. No clear winner will be decided until the Grammys air this Sunday at 7 p.m. on CBS, but Eric Lee did not disappoint with another strong showing.
With ten bucks at stake, can you bear not to watch?
Rumblers:Brian StittEric LeeDavid KaminskyStephanie SperaSteve Hardy Matt Karlan
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Not Ready to Make Nice,” The Dixie Chicks
Stephanie: Rihanna—they gave Milli Vanilli a Grammy, and they’re all at about the same talent level.David: Party under my umbrella ella ella eh eh eh. Ten p.m. Friday night. Be there, Rihanna will.Eric: I’ve waited a long time for a song about umbrellae. I believe those extra syllables deserve a Grammy.Matt: Along with “Cry Me a River,” I’m impressed that Justin Timber-lake could form another hit record using a phrase my grandmother repeatedly uttered to me as a young lad.Brian: I think I remember that Beyoncé song from a commercial. I’ll go with that one.Steve: Oh, Rihanna, you’re so cute, I don’t even mind that my 12-year-old cousin is singing that song like it’s not the worst genitalia euphemism.
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Taking the Long Way,” The Dixie Chicks
David: I won’t lie, I’m not into any of these albums so mine’s an anti-vote. Amy Winehouse is one of the most annoying songwriters to come around in years. Her voice, her lyrics, her life, EVERYTHING! I hate it all! Hopefully rehab will shut her up. Ugh!Stephanie: Obviously Vince Gill. Who hasn’t heard of him?Eric: Graduation. Ego, general lack of intelligence, healthy respect for the sweater vest. Everything I want in a human.Matt: I’m partial to that Foo Fighters album because my bunk buddy made a lanyard for me in summer camp adorned with those same words.Brian: Despite her ubiquitous tabloid presence, Amy Winehouse has the best album. Most of that credit should go to producer Mark Ronson and the stellar throwback arrangements. Check out “100 Days, 100 Nights” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings for the same musicians, different singer.Steve: If you Wikipedia search Herbie Hancock, there’s a picture of him playing keytar.
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
1) “Candyman,” Christina Aguilera2) “1234,” Feist3) “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Fergie4) “Say It Right,” Nelly Furtado 5) “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Ain’t No Other Man,” Christina Aguilera
Eric: Christina Aguilera has never lost this category in the last three years she’s been nominated. So I’m choosing Amy Winehouse. I smell change in the wind.Stephanie: Candyman because I love that game. Oh wait, that’s Candyland...David: Don’t care.Brian: I like Feist. I wouldn’t say I love her, but she puts out a brand of wistful pop that I can get behind. And please, will someone explain to me how Fergie qualifi es as a female. I’m not saying she’s defi nitely a guy, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she was smuggling some kumquats. Matt: Fergie, because that face has dealt with so much meth abuse that her tear ducts no longer function. And so the song title is kind of a warning to other young boys who want to follow in his/her footsteps.Steve: Christina was more interesting when she was a Disney slut, Nelly was more fun to hate during the “I’m Like a Bird” phase, Fergie was hotter before she grew an 8-pac and pissed during concerts and Amy Winehouse was actually born a human. Feist will be the last woman/man/alien standing.
Song Of The Year
1) “Before He Cheats,” Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)2) “Hey There Delilah,” Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)3) “Like A Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)4) “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)5) “Umbrella,” Shawn Carter, songwritter (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z)
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Not Ready to Make Nice,” The Dixie Chicks
Brian: “Hey There Delilah”? Really? SongWRITER’s award? This is Tom Higgenson’s thought process while writing “Hey There Delilah”: “What rhymes with ‘you’? ‘Do,’ ‘to’ and hmmm, crap, nothing else. I’ll just use ‘you’ again. Hey guys, does anything rhyme with ‘fall’ other than ‘all’? Nothing? Sweet, let’s record this thing!” Stephanie: “Before He Cheats,” purely for the dating advice. David: We all know that after the popularity of this song, Delilah fi nally decided it was time to date singer/songwriter Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s, but that’s just not enough.Eric: “Before He Cheats.” Carrie Underwood shoots whiskey, takes a Louisville slugger to both headlights, becomes role model to mil-lions. Matt: Not Carrie Underwood. I don’t support preemptive strikes on any boyfriend’s crap, no matter how dastardly he is.Steve: Plain White T’s, I’m not not voting for your song because it’s a travesty of aural entertainment, I’m not voting for it because you omitted a comma of direct address and I cannot vote for ignorance.
Best New Artist
1) Feist2) Ledisi3) Paramore4) Taylor Swift5) Amy Winehouse
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: Carrie Underwood
Brian: I understand that when the Grammys say new they are refer-ring to the artist’s popularity and not the artist themselves. That be-ing said, Feist released her fi rst album in the 90s. Taylor Swift wins for Newest Artist at least.Stephanie: Considering Paramore banded together in 2004, the word new doesn’t really apply to them either. So the Grammy should go to Amy Winehouse because anyone who promotes sex, drugs, alcohol and the beehive is a winner in my book.David: Paramore is some catchy stuff, but singer Hayley Williams needs to gain some weight, grow some tits and write lyrics that refl ect her age, not her emotional maturity.Eric: Amy Winehouse’s lack of ability to focus on an object for more than fi ve seconds will ultimately prevail over Feist’s questionable counting talents.Matt: Let’s begin Amy Winehouse’s posthumous legacy about, I’ll guess, two months early?Steve: Didn’t Amy Winehouse win best contemporary song in the Novello awards four years ago?
Grammy Rumble 2008: The ReckoningBY CADENZA STAFF
The Cadenza staffers prepare for the 2008 Grammy rumble, armed and dangerous.
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Best Alternative Music Album
1) “Alright, Still...,” Lily Allen2) “Neon Bible,” Arcade Fire3) “Volta,” Bjork4) “Wincing The Night Away,” The Shins5) “Icky Thump,” The White Stripes
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “St. Elsewhere,” Gnarls Barkley
David: Bjork’s strangely separated eyes make her look like the real “Earth Intruder,” but perhaps that’s why that song and the album it’s included on are so damn good. Along with that single, her duets with Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons fame) are testaments to how damn good Bjork is. Bravo my baby seal-eating friend.Stephanie: Bjork, for the awesomeness that would be her accep-tance speech.Brian: When are they just going to bite the bullet and rename this “Best Good Music Album”? “Icky Thump” features some of the goodest music I’ve heard in a while so once again it gets my vote.Eric: Lily Allen wins. Although having three nipples should be award enough by itself.Steve: You know what’s totally alt-rock? 2 Kings 2:23-24. Look it up.
Best Rock Song
1) “Come On,” Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)2) “Icky Thump,” Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)3) “It’s Not Over,” Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilker-son & Brett Young, songwriters (Daughtry)4) “The Pretender,” Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shifl ett, songwriters (Foo Fighters)5) “Radio Nowhere,” Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Spring-steen)
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Dani California”, Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Stephanie: I think it will be a tie between the Boss, that guy from Nirvana, that other guy from American Idol, the White Stripes and some lady named Lucinda Williams.Brian: Sorry, the Grammys, I don’t get it. “Icky Thump” the song is rock, but “Icky Thump” the album is alternative? I don’t appreciate your ruse, and it shall not work. “Icky Thump” it is!David: “The Pretender” isn’t a particularly fantastic Foo Fighters song, but I suppose they should get it or something. Just don’t give it to Mr. White and his gross facial hair.Eric: I choose Lucinda. Steve: Daughtry is a solid fourth place again.
Best Rock Album
1) “Daughtry,” Daughtry2) “Revival,” John Fogerty3) “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” Foo Fighters4) “Magic,” Bruce Springsteen5) “Sky Blue Sky,” Wilco
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Stadium Arcadium,” Red Hot Chili Peppers
Stephanie: Fingers crossed for Bruce Springsteen, because Caden-za’s Andrew Senter may commit suicide if he loses.David: While not Wilco’s best, “Sky Blue Sky” is a nice album to listen to. It’s not going to “rock” but I think we all know how stupid these categories are.Brian: I’m not even a Wilco fan and I give this to them for out-classic-rocking two classic-rock artists, in Springsteen and Fogerty.Eric: Years of fi ghting foos fi nally pay off for Dave Grohl and Co.Steve: Sorry, the correct answer is Coheed and Cambria’s Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: No World for Tomorrow.
Best Rap Song
1) “Ayo Technology,” Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)2) “Big Things Poppin’ (Do It),” Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)3) “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” Aldrin Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)4) “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” Soulja Boy Tell’Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell’Em)5) “Good Life,” Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Money Maker,” Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
Eric: Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! David: How could “Crank That” possibly not win? The Grammys are all about giving awards to bad music. At least this has started a revolution in the way crappy dancers strut their stuff when drunk.Brian: I hope that Soulja Boy not only wins but that he supermans Kanye West at the after party.Steve: “Crank That” isn’t going to win any awards, but it has spawned various sex acts named after superheroes. Aquaman, Spiderman, hell, even Captain America earned one. As far as I know, Batman is still waiting. Somebody get on that!Stephanie: Wait, who’s Soulja Boy?
Best Rap Album
1) “Finding Forever,” Common2) “Kingdom Come,” Jay-Z3) “Hip Hop Is Dead,” Nas4) “T.I. vs T.I.P.,” T.I.5) “Graduation,” Kanye West
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: “Release Therapy,” Ludacris
Brian: Once again the Grammys conspire to confuse me. All of these albums were extreme disappointments, except for Common’s, which was only a mild one. Jay-Z actually released a good album last year, “American Gangster.” Common, I guess. Stephanie: I think my T.I. 84 should win. Kanye’s had a rough year, they’ll give him the award. David: Kanye may have graduated, but T.I. said it best when saying, “There’s not nobody out there doing what I do as well as I do it, so I see myself as worthy competition for myself.” That he is. Whether he’s repping the T.I. moniker or the T.I.P. moniker, “T.I. vs T.I.P.” is off the chain.Eric: Kanye in the easiest category of the night.Steve: Anyone else think that Nas is in the market for a new publi-cist?
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
1) “Le Cowboy Creole,” Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ BoogieKing Cake, Lisa Haley2) “Live: Á La Blue Moon,” Lost Bayou Ramblers3) “Blues De Musicien,” Pine Leaf Boys4) “Racines”, Racines5) “The La Louisianne Sessions,” Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars6) “Live! Worldwide,” Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: **NEW CATEGORY**
Steve: Strong group in this category’s freshman year (except for Lisa Haley, who sounds like a carpetbagging ne’er-do-well). You haven’t heard fi ddle and accordion like this before.Stephanie: I don’t know what I’m going to do if Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars lose this one. Brian: This Category is near to my heart, in that I like getting drunk on moonshine and eating reptiles. Geno Delafose has the better pedigree but Roddie Romero has a long history in the genre. He’ll take this one home. Seriously.Eric: Oh my God, you guys don’t know ANYTHING about Zydeco. This is a joke. Obviously French Rockin’ Boogie.
Star Cadenza reporter Eric Lee bests the Cadenza overlord in hand-to-hand combat. Having heard enough of David’s White Stripes bashing, Brian Stitt gives
David Kaminsky a taste of his icky thump.
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See GRAMMYS, page 8
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STAFF EDITORIAL
Make emergency texting opt out, not opt in
In October of last year, we printed a staff editorial praising the WUText emergency text
messaging system recently implemented in light of the Virginia Tech and other uni-versity shootings but criti-cizing its effort to include all students on campus. Our argument was that a system of such critical importance merits more than just one e-mail to students.
Students received another e-mail this week remind-ing them to sign up for the service. But the University’s approach is still not effec-tive enough.
As a news article in Student Life reported on Jan. 23, the University automatically entered the e-mail addresses of more than 30,000 undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni into the system. These 30,000 people represent the members of Washington University who should be immediately warned in case of an emer-gency on campus.
Only 4,000 of these affili-ates are currently signed up for the emergency text mes-sage system, which provides a far more immediate mode of contact with those who need to be warned.
The University should take the same approach with text warnings as they have with e-mail warnings of campus emergencies: Consolidate the information for the entire school and enter it all into the WUText system.
The first step is for the University to gather the phone numbers for the entire school by obligat-ing students to provide the school with their cell phone numbers.
There are many channels on campus through which the school can make this effort.
Residential Life, on its housing forms for the next year, can require students to provide their cell phone numbers. For those who don’t live on campus, the school can ask for cell phone
numbers on other required forms.
But an even more potent idea is the possibility of WebSTAC as a tool for gath-ering students’ cell phone numbers. Just as a prompt pops up for many students every few months asking for a change of password, the University could engineer the site to require that stu-dents enter their cell phone numbers, if possible, before performing any further ac-tions on the site.
Because WebSTAC is the crucial student resource for almost everything (at the very least, for class regis-tration) student cell phone numbers can quickly and efficiently be collected.
WebFAC is a similar resource for Washington University faculty and can be used in the same way.
If the school takes advan-tage of the ease with which they can collect student, faculty and staff cell phone numbers, the next step will be a breeze: consolidate these phone numbers so
that the WUText system can address all those likely to be on campus at the time of an emergency.
If students are resis-tant to giving out their cell phone numbers, WebSTAC can provide a “No thanks” button for students to opt out of joining the WUText system. We are sure that, immediately faced with the choice, few students would choose this option.
This method provides stu-dents with the same amount of freedom and privacy with their cell phone numbers but is more up-front about the emergency text message system.
As we said earlier this academic year, for such an important matter the school cannot afford to be passive. It must confront the students with a choice. They will be free to opt out should they choose, but far more likely to stay in the texting system.
This kind of upfrontness by the University may very well save lives.
SAM WASHBURN | EDITORIAL CARTOON
Are we going shoe shopping or choosing a
president?
As you read this, you and I will probably both know how Super
Tuesday turned out. Will we know who the Democratic candidate is? Will we know for sure that the Republicans are nominating Mc-Cain? Or, will the contest be just as alive as ever? It’s impossible to say right now, but there is one thing we know for sure: This was only the primary, and we have a lot of deci-sions to make before we, as a country, decide who will take the place of George W. Bush.
With so much emphasis on the primaries, it’s been difficult to think about the general election and the task we as voters have at hand. We’ve been wrapped up in the excitement of primaries that swung back and forth more than the Super Bowl game between the Giants and the Patriots. But we need to step back and remember our role in the process. We’re voting, and we’re electing the next leader of our country.
In the past, we’ve heard that the American public has made its decision on whom to elect based on the candidate with which we would most likely en-joy sharing a beer. We’ve elected the candidate who looked better on television, the candidate who was an outsider, the candidate who was an insider…we tend to elect our candidates based on some basic quality that seems important to our country at the time.
This year, basically all of the campaigns talk about change. We have Obama touting “Change We Can Believe In;” Mitt Romney tells supporters “Change Begins with Us;” and Hill-ary Clinton offers “Solu-tions for America” and so on with all the candidates. It’s clear that voters, largely unsatisfied with the Bush administration, want to elect a candidate who will change life in America and change America’s in-ternational image. But it’s interesting that most of the candidates we’re consider-ing are also campaigning on how something about their background repre-sents change.
The most obvious ex-amples of candidates who can offer a physical change to the presidency are the Democratic contenders. Barack Obama would be the first person of color to occupy the presidency, and Hillary Clinton would be the first woman. But the Republican candidates have background dif-ferences that have been significant throughout the campaign trail as well. Mitt Romney is a religious minority, Mike Huckabee is a religious zealot and John “the establishment” McCain even offers a slight contrast to our current president in that he is a
war hero. Change is clearly the
theme of this year’s cam-paign. But how will voters determine what “change”
means? Inevita-bly, we’re already seeing voters who cannot help but merge the political candidates’ physi-cal changes, the change in the type of person in the White House, with the policy changes and leadership style changes they
would like to create in the presidency. At the end of this campaign, we will likely find that instead of finding that Americans elected a candidate they thought would make a good beer buddy, they elected the candidate who represented the type of change they wanted to see.
Now, don’t get me wrong, moving from beer pals to change is an incredible step, and electing candi-dates who will actually bring the changes we want is incredibly important for our country. But, if we elect our president based on some background feature, we are asking to be dissat-isfied with our choices.
We need to ask our-selves what change really is—whether it is health-care reform, immigration reform, economic reform or a new Iraq war policy—and elect a candidate who we feel will make the policy changes that will affect our everyday lives. On a daily basis, we will not feel a change as a result of hav-ing a woman, black or Mor-mon in the White House, the change we will feel will come through the policies our candidate enacts. As we move on to consider the general election, or con-tinue to vote by absentee in our home states, let’s be sure we’re truly looking at our candidates’ platforms and not viewing our candi-dates as different designer clothing labels or fashion accessories for our country. After all, we have to make a change.
Jill is a junior in Arts & Sciences and a Forum edi-tor. She can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
Jill Strominger
“We need to ask ourselves what change really is—whether it is healthcare reform, immigration reform, economic reform or a new Iraq war policy—and elect a candidate who we feel will make
the policy changes that will affect our everyday lives. ”
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I’m glad to see that the University continues to say one thing and do another in regards to politics—it makes my nostalgia for St. Louis seem quaint. If Chancellor Wrighton’s appeal of support for Amendment 2 in 2006 on University stationary was appropriate, then I hardly see how allowing space for a candidate to speak in 2008 would be in poor taste. What’s more, for all four years I spent at Wash. U., the admin-istration tried every year to increase our notoriety and prestige in national media, including dropping God
knows how much money on the debate in 2004. Would a campaign stop—from any candidate—before the biggest primary in recent memory not do that? Would allowing other political candidates to speak on campus, as the University seems to fear so much, be so bad for our brand recogni-tion? If potential freshmen are scared off by a campus that allows all politicians who are interested to speak on campus, then good riddance. Don’t bother calling me for donations, Wash. U.
-hannah draperBA/AM 2007
Katz’s comments
misguided
Dear Editor:
I am always amazed at your benefi cence in print-ing letters written by people who clearly have not read the articles to which they are replying. For example, Jonathan Katz suggests that the University administration is lying when it states that the tax code prohibits politi-cal speakers when, in fact, it merely requires equal access. The problem with this asser-tion is that the University ad-ministration has never made
such a statement. Instead, the University has stated exactly what Professor Katz claims: that the restriction is a question of equal access. This statement is initially reported in the third para-graph of the article to which Professor Katz is replying and is repeated in varying forms in paragraphs fi ve, nine and 12. At no point is it suggested that the University has said what Professor Katz claims it has. His letter adds nothing but misinformation to the pages of Student Life.
-M. Alan Thomas IIArts & Sciences 2004
Saying this, doing that
See LETTERS, page 5
Senior Forum Editor / Nathan Everly / [email protected] | FEBRUARY 6, 2008 STUDENT LIFE | FORUM 7
GazapaloozaBY MICHAEL MORGANSTAFF COLUMNIST
On January 24, the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was torn
down by Palestinians, result-ing in the crossing of approxi-mately 350,000 starving men, women and children into Egypt to buy food and fuel restricted by Israeli blockades since Oct. 28 of last year. The blockades were implemented in order to punish the Pales-tinian political party Hamas for unleashing rocket attacks on areas of south Israel. Since the blockade, the attacks have not stopped, but instead have brought starvation and isola-tion to Gaza citizens, punish-ing them for exercising their political rights in electing the Hamas into power. On Sept. 19, while we were starting a brand new year here at Wash. U., Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert voted to cut fuel and electrical provisions sent into Gaza in order to stimu-
late the citizenry to over-throw Hamas. The resulting action caused for there to be 20 percent less fuel than what Palestinian citizens ordered, and a 40 percent reduc-tion of fuel for vehicles and electric generators. A week after Wash. U. students began the spring semester, Israel began “phase 2” of its plan, and instituted an additional 40 percent reduction in fuel supplied to the Gaza strip that resulted in blackouts throughout Gaza for more than 12 hours each day. After Gaza’s power plant lost func-tion a little over a week ago, over 800,000 Palestinians were left without electricity.
At a Kadima Knesset meet-ing last week, Prime Minister Olmert was quoted saying, “as far as I am concerned, every resident of Gaza can walk because they have no gasoline for their vehicles, be-cause they have a murderous regime that doesn’t let people in southern Israel live in peace.” What Prime Minister Olmert refuses to recognize is that countless Palestin-ians have died due to medical complications, starvation, malnutrition and other health complications due to the blockade since the “punish-ment” began. This isn’t just a matter of walking.
According to studies by Oxfam International, 40 percent of the population is currently without running, drinkable water. Israel has also attempted to prevent U.N. humanitarian aid, of which 80 percent of Palestine relies on, when 57 percent of Gaza lives in poverty. The Israeli surge has crippled Gaza, bringing 1 million of its inhabitants into complete reliance on international food aid, and forcing 3,500 busi-nesses and factories to close, resulting in the loss of 65,000 jobs.
This dismal situation hearkens back to two histori-cal events, the most recent a part of our nation’s history: the Boston Tea Party. New England colonists were pun-ished by the “Intolerable Acts” of 1774 when the Boston port was closed down and block-aded until the damages were paid for. By chastising the revolutionary Bostonians, the English hoped that the radical
movement centralized in Mas-sachusetts would disperse and pressure from the other colonies would lead to a wan-ing in extremism resulting in compilation with British taxes and other statutes. As we all know today, His Majesty’s decision turned out to be a devastating mistake. Instead of quelling the insurrection, the action of the British gov-ernment further fueled Amer-ican revolutionary “terrorism” (because that’s what it was) and eventually led to the overthrowing of the British crown and the establishment of the wonderful freedoms of capitalist democracy that we live in today. Israel’s iron fi st ruling of Gaza refl ects the same presumptuous deci-sions made by the British. More importantly, the strong connections between the U.S. and Israel have lead to Middle East assumptions that the United States has given tacit, or even direct permission, to Israeli actions. Many Middle Easterners believe that Israel is remotely being used by the United States as a machine to further encroachment and illegitimate authority in the region.
The last example I will use comes from much farther back in time—2600 years—to the exodus of Hebrews from Egypt. According to the writ-ings of Moses in Deuteronomy and Exodus, the Israelis were once in a very similar situa-tion themselves. Exodus 3:7 says:
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affl iction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land fl owing with milk and honey;
Cruel irony strikes in the 21st century. Palestinians are now fl eeing from Israeli “affl iction” into the bosom of Egypt in order to be given food and fuel to prevent star-vation and death just as the Hebrews did so many centu-ries ago.
Only last Sunday morning did the Israeli court of Jus-tice, pressured by Israeli hu-man rights groups rule that the fuel supply to Gaza must be restored immediately. Even though the ordered amounts are still short of what Pales-tinians need, it is progress; progress that was forced by a pro-active group of Israeli citizens who understand the malice and inhumanity of the Israeli government’s actions.
We must learn from histo-ry. Endowed by our esteemed position as United States citizens of this great democ-racy—especially as college students at one of the best universities in the country —is our responsibility to educate ourselves with balanced views of the international arena. In this brave new era of globalization, we must be very aware of how the world perceives us. We must be will-ing to examine and under-stand both sides of the heated struggle between Israel and Palestine. The American judicial system relies on the idea that justice is blind. We as citizens must embrace this idea, and remind our government that implicit in the responsibility of holding the global scales of justice is keeping the promise that they will not be tipped.
Michael is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
“In this brave new era of globalization we
must be very aware of how the world per-
ceives us. ”
Leave your politics at the door? Why NOT to
study abroadBY DAVE SHAPIROSTAFF COLUMNIST
Time moves quickly. My worries about senior year housing are over. I believe I have confi rmed
an excellent summer internship. The Giuliani jokes you read last week are now outdated (and to be fair were old even then). I have just fi ve more papers to write in the remaining month or so of Hillary term. Four by the time you read this. Why worry about the future when we’re already in it? But, lest I bore my few readers with some poorly put-together exposé of me fumbling around in the philosophical realm, let me take you elsewhere.
When we last spoke, I was writing about the benefi ts of ‘fi nding oneself’ when study-ing abroad. Now I will harp upon why you might want to reconsider studying abroad. A caveat: keep in mind that not all programs are the same.
I’m a political guy. I would have camped out in front of Wrighton’s offi ce over the Obama speaking debacle. I would have phone banked, heard both Dulé Hill and Chel-sea Clinton speak, gone door-to-door, worn buttons, shirts…you get the idea. But I’m not at Washington University right now. I’m in England. Thanks to the glorious Interwebs, I can watch debates online, but I feel as if I’m missing the fervor gen-erated by elections that only a swing state like Missouri could provide. Thus, my fi rst argu-ment for staying home and not going abroad: If you need to par-ticipate in politics, think twice before leaving the country.
On the other hand, you can be political, yet question your political beliefs. In that case, a semester or year abroad might broaden your horizons, expose you to non-American life and make it easier to choose a po-litical perspective upon reentry into our great land. If I had the choice, however, I would have come here last year.
There are other students now abroad experiencing the same withdrawal symptoms. Junior Sophie Cohen, now in Spain,
had to give up her positions as treasurer of College Democrats and Washington University chapter coordinator of Students for Barack Obama. She says, “Study abroad is a once in a lifetime experience…I wanted to study in a Spanish-speaking country since high school; there wasn’t much that was going to change that.” Had she been able to anticipate the high possibility of an Obama presidency, “it’s possible I would have thought more seriously about it.”
Still, she cautions that plac-ing politics, particularly one campaign, over an educational experience abroad “would have been a risky and I think unwise choice.” You never know when your favorite candidate might drop out.
Of course, there are those
who don’t give the on-campus political hype a second thought. Junior Doug Horn, also in Spain, astutely notes, “This year is no more exciting than any other election year. It just seems that way because everyone at Wash. U. has a hard-on for Barack Obama.” Penises aside, how much importance to place with any given candidate is a choice for you to make. Cohen and I chose Obama early on. If you’re working for Gravel or Kucinich, however, you should probably be living abroad, and not just studying there.
Cohen reminds us, as with all things we must leave behind at some point in our lives, “I’m just holding on to the fact that I did what I could before I left, and will be going back to work hard for Barack in the general
[election].” Perhaps the true test of being passionate about some-thing is being able to leave it for a little while.
That said, politics while you’re still young and not yet disillusioned is a powerful thing. You’ll always have a chance to visit a foreign country when you’re older. Unless your program offers a unique learn-ing environment, think about what you’ll be missing in the States before deciding to study abroad.
Finally, if there is something about study abroad you’d like to ask, please do e-mail me. I’ll probably cover it in my next column.
Dave is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
Spread the St. Valentine’s Day loveBY KATIE AMMANNSTAFF COLUMNIST
Alright kids, Valentine’s Day is coming. I know that many people boycott Valentine’s
Day because they feel that it’s a “Hallmark holiday,” or maybe because love should be expressed everyday or maybe because they don’t have super-special chocolate-and-roses-worthy lovers in their lives right now.
Those are all great reasons to refrain from Valentine’s Day festivities, but the reality of Saint Valentine’s Day is that it’s not about us, or even the people closest to us; it’s about all of the relatives, friends and strangers we’ve forgotten to love.
St. Valentine wrote notes to people in prisons to let them know that he remembered them and cared about them; there are plenty of ways we can do that here and now as well. I’m chal-lenging you to do something, or many things, this St. Valentine’s Day, both for people you know and people you’ve never met.
First of all, how long has it been since you’ve written
anything but a thank-you note to the great-aunt who sends you money every year for your birthday? Buy or make a sweet card and write her a quick update of your time at Wash. U. and your plans for the future. If any of your relatives live alone, in a nursing home or just far away, give them a call this week to say hello. If you’ve got a few hours to spare, call a nurs-ing home in St. Louis and see if they’d like someone to play games with, read to or just talk to residents for awhile.
If these are things you al-ready do, that’s great. Keep the love fl owing, though. If there’s a friend you’ve been meaning to catch up with for months now, sit down tonight and send him a Facebook message that’s a least a few paragraphs long. Or, if you know someone who’s been going through something tough, make time to call her and really listen.
This next part may be a bit more diffi cult. The rest of the challenge is to appreciate and show love for people you don’t know. It’s not about giving to a charity that will distribute the gifts of many people out to
many other people. This time, it’s about being one person with the capability to recognize the worth of every other person. This week, make a personal commitment to love someone new simply out of respect for his or her humanity; then use your individual creativity to help meet an individual need.
There are hundreds of home-less people in St. Louis; your goal is to do something good for one of them. Do you have $20 to spare? You could go to a MetroLink station, buy a one-week pass and slip it to a home-less man or woman who can then get around town and stay warm for the next seven days. An even cheaper way to show your love and understanding could be to provide a homeless person with a stamped enve-lope; many have not been in contact with their families for months. You could also make a long-term commitment, like to the homeowners of Habitat for Humanity or the children in-volved in Each One Teach One.
If you’d prefer to let your support reach even farther, you can mail care packages to poverty-stricken parts of the
country or world. I met a boy in West Africa last summer who, like many of the other children in the town I was in, held out buckets asking for gifts of mon-ey. As I walked by, I slipped him the equivalent of a few dollars. It was an awkward moment, to be honest, but I think he knew that in addition to being loved by his parents and friends, he was remembered, and loved, by someone new.
We’ve all experienced love in different ways so far. People share it in so many different ways that it is often hard to see, understand or give in return. Even if you have not received love in the ways you would like, give it in the best ways you are able. Let people know how much they mean to you. As you fi nd new people to care about, especially those forgotten or degraded by much of society, let them know, as it says on one of the posters in a MetroLink train, that “the world needs all of us.” Spread the love.
Katie is a junior in Arts & Sciences. She can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
CORRECTIONS:
An article on Monday, February 4 (“ResLife works to reimburse students after rash of thefts”) quoted an associate director of Residential Life as saying “This isn’t typical for most college campuses.” While the quote was accurate, he was referring to the University’s policy of reimbursing students, not the burglaries as was suggested in the article.
A photo caption in an article on Monday, February 4 (“Track takes fourth and seventh at Titan Open”) incorrectly stated that Cristina Garmendia vaulted 9.99 m. The caption should have written that Morgen Leonard-Fleckman vaulted 3.74 m.
Student Life regrets these errors.
Arbitrary policies
inappropriate
Dear Editor:
A University policy on campus speakers? There is no policy —it’s simply an arbi-trary decision by a University functionary that the Univer-sity doesn’t want Obama or for that matter any of the candidates on campus. Going back to the sixties when I was student and worked for Stu-dent Life, the University has been consistently inconsistent on this matter.
One year when I was a
student the Socialist Worker’s party wanted to hold a con-vention on campus (I think there may have been a total of 20 members) and some vice chancellor invented a, “The University is not a Confer-ence Center policy” of which I’m reminded each time as an alum I receive another mail-ing about another conference at the University.
And the list of politicians/speakers (running for offi ce and not) is endless—I remem-ber Ed Muskie speaking at Graham Chapel when he was running for president—the same year then-Attorney Gen-eral Jack Danforth spoke at
a Graham Hall touting Nixon and Spiro.
But what makes this deci-sion particularly hypocritical are two recent events:
1. When Jim Talent lost his bid for Governor to Bob Holden some of his Repub-lican buddies on Board of Trustees got him a cushy job at the law school where he could teach an occasional class and plan his run for the U.S. Senate which amount to a subsidy to a future senator who needed a job to make ends meet between feeding off the public trough.
2. Last May the University gave a platform and a degree
to that right wing fossil who supports using nuclear weap-ons in Iraq, Paul Harvey.
Of course the University wasn’t concerned that either of the two events would affect its tax-free status because there has never been a single instance of a major university losing that status—including Jerry Falwell’s Liberty Univer-sity which is simply a front for right wing bible bangers. If the Administration doesn’t want Obama on campus it ought to just say so and not hide behind a made-up policy.
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BY MEREDITH PLUMLEY SCENE REPORTER
With the cold season upon us, many students fi nd themselves staying inside with cups of hot chocolate and avoiding even the trek to Bear’s Den. Below-freez-ing temperatures and fi erce windchills can wreak havoc on participation in outdoor activities, even for the biggest winter enthusiasts.
There are, however, some great options around St. Louis to keep you active and enjoy-ing these cold months.
For those who want to maintain their fi tness but don’t want to run outside on
the icy sidewalks, bundled up in 10 layers, an inside rock-climbing gym can help save you from the cold, and even make you sweat.
The Wash. U. Rock Climb-ing Club meets every Wednes-day and climbs at the Upper Limits gym behind Union Station, easily accessible by MetroLink. An intro class plus use of equipment costs around $30, and if you’re looking to take a date, check out their Valentine’s Day op-tions. Rock climbing is both an adventure and a conve-nient way to stay in shape while literally hanging out with friends and staying out of the cold.
If you enjoy team sports—but not playing them in freez-ing temperatures—then con-sider going to a Blues hockey game. While you will have to dress warmly for the cold stands, you can still enjoy sit-ting and watching the action with a hot beverage in hand.
“It’s easy to get to and out-rageously cheap. It is a good way to get a ‘sports fi ll’ in a convenient way,” said fresh-man Kira Cypers.
The tickets can cost as little as $7 and there is a metro station right outside the Scot-trade Center.
For those willing to brave the cold for a winter-only activity, ice skating can be a
nice relaxing time or a swift workout. Depending on your comfort and experience with ice skating, the sport pro-vides double the fun, as you can glide effortlessly or race your friends around. Many dormitory fl oors fi nd that ice skating can be a great group activity, especially since the Steinberg Skating Rink in For-est Park is so close to campus.
“It gets a little crowded at eight, when all the little hockey players come show up, but it calms down around 10 or 11,” said freshman Vanessa Hausmann, who has enjoyed skating this season.
The rink is open until March 2, midnight on Friday
and Saturday, or until 9 p.m. during the rest of the week. Skating costs $6 with a $2.50 charge for skates, making it a cheap and fun activity.
Another Forest Park option is sledding down Art Hill, where the only thing neces-sary is snow and some sort of sled—legitimate toboggans are great, but a plastic lunch tray or trashcan lid will do nicely.
If you want a little culture during the week, try experi-encing some wild jazz on the Loop. Ptah Williams plays jazz piano with a new band every Wednesday night at Riddle’s Penultimate Café. Or try checking out an art exhibit at
the Soulard Art Market Gal-lery. Their exhibit, “The Love Project: love lost. love found” runs from Feb. 14 to March 5. It’s a free event and open to anyone. Since the gallery is downtown, though—located at 2028 S. 12th St.—it can be a little inconvenient to get to.
Of course, if you still just want to hang out in your room, you can always rent some videos and burrow in to hibernate. Ordering take-out is a great way to avoid the walk to, or monotony of, Bear’s Den. Whatever you choose to do, don’t let the win-ter ruin your fun and remem-ber to wear warm gear if you do brave the frosty air.
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GRAMMYS v FROM PAGE 5tiative, said that the value of the shuttles lay less in their practical function and more in the presence they created on campus.
“Most students found there own way to the polls,” said Adler. “It was as much about the principle of getting the message out there to en-sure that everyone voted.”
Still, Adler is glad the op-tion was open this year.
“The shuttles were part of a larger effort to get students out there,” he said. “I would hope that Wash. U. continues to do this.”
Adler is also active in Stu-dents for Barack Obama, a group that increased its ef-forts in the days leading up to the primary. He said that the group will add to the fu-ture success of Obama’s over-all campaign.
“It’s unbelievable [that] there’s a few hundred people of all different races [sup-porting Obama],” he said. “It’s a diverse group of people and it’s just like the sort of coalition that’s going to put [Obama] in the White House
in 2008.”Students also organized
for Senator Hillary Clinton, another democratic candi-date, and Senator John Mc-Cain, a republican candidate.
Ben Guthorn, president of Washington University Col-lege Democrats, said that the student groups involved in the campaign allowed the campus to have its voice heard.
“Our generation is becom-ing the voice of America,” he said. “We’re learning how to make our vote count. Every group has been doing a phe-nomenal job advocating for their candidate.”
Students interested in the candidates got the opportu-nity this past weekend to see the presidential hopefuls in St. Louis, as Obama, McCain, Clinton and former Massa-chusetts Governor Mitt Rom-ney—another republicasn candidate—all came to the area to galvanize supporters.
Jesse Wilks, a junior who went to see Obama on Sat-urday night, said that he en-joyed hearing the senator’s
views.“I was pretty impressed
by his speaking,” said Wilks. “The energy he brought seemed to resonate with vot-ers.”
Jordan Aibel, who is ac-tive in Students for John Mc-Cain, said that seeing McCain speak energized him to in-crease his campaigning.
“It definitely motivated us to go out and find others on campus who supported Mc-Cain,” he said. “It made us want to make sure that they wanted to vote.”
Several students also saw Chelsea Clinton, Sena-tor Clinotn’s daughter, who spoke near campus on Jan. 28. Freshman Bram Lambrus said that he appreciated the opportunity to get more in-volved in the campaign.
“That was my first cam-paign experience,” he said. “It was really exciting. It makes it worth the tuition.”
With reporting by Perry Stein, Johann Qua Hiansen and Ben Sales. Written by Ben Sales.
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EARN $800-$3200 a monthto drive brand new cars withads palced on them. Visit us online at www.Ad-CarClub.com.
GRADUATE STUDENTWANTED to assist physicallychallenged undergraduate inexchange for free room &board near DanforthCampus. Couple of hoursreq. to help in morning &evening. Some strength andfl exilbility in time required.Please contact [email protected]
GUITAR PLAYER WANTED:advanced palyer seekssomeone to jam and teachme Jimi Hendrix songs,especially Little Wing. I amgood enough, but too lazyfor tab. If interested, please call 314-766-9945.
LOCAL REAL ESTATECompany is looking for aWash U student for part timework showing apartments,managing properties, etc. Most properties near theUniversity’s borders. Mustbe from St. Louis. 314.608.2692.
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TUTORING: $20 PER hour. Earn $20 per hour withVarsity Tutors, LLC, tutoringlocal high school students incalculus, chemistry, physics,etc. Please send resume andAP/SAT/ACT scores [email protected] orcall Michael at 314-422-2007. www.varsitytutors.com.
1-3 BEDROOMS, 2 Bath-rooms beautiful apartments. Dishwasher, stained glass, hardwood fl oors. Close to WashU, behind Kayaks. Also available in theLoop. We are fi lling up NOWfor the 2008-2009 schoolyear! $1000-$1995. LondonProperties. 314.608.2692.
2 & 3 BEDROOM apart-ments. 2 bath. Full kitchen/-appliances. Internet, seemore by visiting us on-line at www.homean-dapar tmentrenta ls .com or calling us at 314-409-2733
6031 WESTMINSTER: 3BR, 1 BA. 2nd fl oor apart-ment in historic building. Completely rehabbed, cen-tral air, new kitchen, plumb-ing, and electric. Walk toDanforth Campus andMetrolink. 314.406.6682.
$5000 PAID EGG donors. +Expenses. Non-smokers,ages 19-29, SAT > 1100, ACT> 24, GPA > 3.0. Reply to: [email protected].
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