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By Andrew LuftglassSports Editor

For the sixth time in the last sevenyears the Denison womens basketballteam cut down the nets as championsof the NCAC tournamentThe cham-

pionship victory came on Saturday as

the Big Red defeated third- seededAllegheny College 72- 54 at LivingstonGymnasium In doing so the Big Redlocked up an automatic berth for theNCAA tournament next weekend

Saturdays victory was by no meansin hand from the start despite the BigReds 27- 0 record coming into thecontest In fact Denison struggledmightily in the first half shooting just10- 30 from the field and zeroo- fsix

from three- point land In additionDenison was uncharacteristically coldfrom the free- throw linegoingjust 4- 7from the line in the first half ShainaKaiser best depicted Denisons firsthalf struggles as the teams leadingscorer shot only twoofs- even fromthe field

The first half was not all a result ofDenisons poor shooting Alleghenyplayed shut down defense throughoutthe opening 20 minutes Virtuallyevery Denison shot was contested andevery drive was met by the Gatorstimely help defense in the post

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Senior Shaina Kaiser hoists the NCAC Championship trophy after she and theBig Red womens basketball team defeated Allegheny on Saturday

The first half after Kenyons big in the regular season In both regularseason games between the two squadsthe Big Red held the Gators under 60

points even though Allegheny aver-

aged over 73 points per game for therest of the season

After a slow start Denison caughtfire in the second half In the first threeminutes ofplay Kaiser and fellowsen- ior

Haley Dahlgard knocked downthrees to spark a 17- 4 Denison runDahlgards three gave Denison a 20

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emotional game I think that it justtook us some time to get ourselves re-

focused said head coach Sara LeeLuckily for Denison Allegheny

played a sloppy offensive half as wellThe Gators top scorer sophomoreHeidi Goeller finished the half 2- 10from the field As a whole the Gatorswere 9- 29

The result was a 24- 21 Big Redhalftime lead against a Gators teamthat Denison had easily disposed of

Focus groupresults analyzesense ofcommunityand identity oncampus

By Jasmine MickensStaffWriter

According to focus groups conduct-ed last semester by the Student Affairs

Campus Culture ocCommunityWorkGroup many Denison students feel

that there is a lack of collective iden-

tity on campus The studies conveyedthat students are more likely to iden-

tify with smaller groups such as theirGreek organization or athletic teamrather than the Denison communityas a whole

Most of the participants in thegroups attributed the lack of a strongidentity to rigorous school work andover- programming which they said

cultivated a sense of individualismrather than a shared way of life Thegroups also revealed that some studentsdisapproved of the Its a DenisonThing campaign as an attempt by theadministration to impose a campusidentity on them rather than allowingthe students to define it themselves

However many students reportedpositive individual experiences withthe faculty and administration sug-

gesting a disconnect between studentsrelationships with other members ofthe community and their perceptionsof Denison as a whole

Students also challenged a notion ofdiversity that they saw as too heavilybased on race socio- economic statusand geographical background andnot enough on varying lifestyles andpersonal beliefs

The focus groups assembled stu-

dents representing many differentsub- categories including LGBTQinternational students transfer stu-

dents athletes men and women Greekmembers and members of variousgovernance councils and committeesThe focus groups also included a sampleofstudents randomly selected from theDenison directory

Of the random and non- randomselection students opted to participatevoluntarily Therefore the research is

not representative of the entire Denisonstudent body as

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Brave students bare it all as they rush out of Doane Library yesterday afternoon Feb 28 to kick off the openingceremony of Denisons ninth annual Naked Week Check out a review of Naked Weeks history on page 6

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were published in the newspapersevery day Eventually A specialspot was reserved in the daily papersfor just this purpose like the featurecolumns or the comics Reeves saidIndeed the purpose was comparable

namely to entertain the populace andto divert their attention from theirown miseries

One of the first rules and amongthe most famouswas the mandate thatall Jews wear a yellow Star of Davidprominently affixed on their cloth-

ing Reeves described the differentreactions that Hungarian Jews hadto the star some committed suicidebut others wore it prominently tryingto provoke a reaction from the Gen-

tiles they met Others attempted tohide it by covering their chests withbriefcases or packages He describedthe reaction of most Gentiles as dis-

comfiture saying that he thinks mostpeople were uncomfortable with thenew ordinances

Reeves was given a letter ofprotec-tion from the Holy See Such letterswere flooding Hungary at this pointfrom the Swiss the Swedes the Vati-

can etc Butthatprotectioncouldonlyget him so far He explained thatHu-man life was cheap and there was nosuch thing as benefit of the doubt

In November of 1944 he andhis fellows were driven to the German-

Hungarian border in cattle carswhere they were cruelly over workedThat winter to avoid the advances ofthe Soviets they were driven to thedeath camp of Mauthausen in one ofthe infamous death marches Reevessaid that to compare their treatmentto that ofanimals would be inaccurateanimals were valued for their economicbenefits We were viewed as grave li-

abilities whose very appearance wouldconstitute a clear indictment of theslave drivers Reeves said

Reeves explained that it was clearthe Germans were losing the warat that point and that they knew itAlong the way they passed Germansoldiers in full uniform dangling fromlampposts with a sign attached to theirfeet reading This will happen to alldeserters and defeatists The ThirdReich was running scared

By the time Reeves arrived in Mau-

thausen he described that Outrightmass executions were stopped by thenby the higher- ups in order to protecttheir own record but the intermedi-

ate echelons did what they could tomaximize attrition so that as few

potential witnesses as possible wouldsurvive

They soon left Mauthausen onanother death march which led toGunskirken where Reeves explainedthey were packed in to barracks like

sardines Soon after freedom came as

they were liberated by the Americansin May of 1945

Reevess talk lastedjustoveran hourWhen it ended Reeves was flooded bystudents wanting to ask him questionsabout his experience or just to shakehands with the remarkable man

By Sarah WileyFeatures Editor

Andrew Reeves was still practicallya kid when he arrived at the notoriousNazi death camp ofMauthausen Hesomehow survived though he doesntknow how According to Reeves dur-

ing those horrible years in the 1940s

Jews learned how it felt to be huntedanimals during open season

He came to speak to Denison stu-

dents about his experiences last Tues-

day Feb 22 in Higley AuditoriumReeves is a professor emeritus at

Wayne S tate University and the fatherof Denison visiting Professor of Ger-

man Eva Revesz Revesz is Reeves

original Hungarian name which his

daughter reassumed in tribute to herheritage Revesz said that her colleagueDr Gabriele Dillmann encouragedme to invite my father she thoughtit would be interesting for studentsto experience the Holocaust througha first hand account

In addition to the speech in HigleyReeves spoke to two German classesThis is only the second time he has

spoken about his experiences in a

university setting The only other placehe has done so is in his church as he

eventually settled on Unitarianismreligiously However his experiencesshattered my belief in a personal God

one who cares about human destiniesand is just and loving

Claire Navarro a senior religionand Spanish double major from Seal

Beach Calif said that she found himto be incredibly sincere and forgivingnoting that his forgiveness reallystruck me

When Reeves graduated highschool World War II was raging in theworld around him His native countryof Hungary was allied though notconquered by Germany and centu-ries old anti- Semitic sentiments werebeing codified into law Reeves said

that the opportunities for Jews were

winnowing down and by the time he

graduated they had reached zeroReeves said he recalled his fathers

words in regards to his situation as aneighteen- year old Here he is thenew graduate What is he to do hisfather said A job they dont give himInto the University they dont take himWhat is he to do Go and steal

Reeves eventually made a paperconversion to the Roman Catholicfaith Legally it did not really matterbut it might have allowed him to slipthrough the cracks and obtain employ-

ment It eventually did but at firsthe was told under no circumstancesto admit that he had graduated highschool If he had done so it wouldhave classified him as an intellectualand regulations were more strictlyfollowed there

The German military occupiedHungary in March 1944 withoutfiring a shot From then on Reevessattempts to live a normal life wereshattered Reeves said that from thatpoint forward new regulations andrestrictions on the Jewish population

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Page 3 Tuesday March 1 2011NewsFocus Groups continued from page 1Stolen antiquities a massive

investigation a war in IraqCollege Republicans welcomeMatthew Bogdanos to campus

some students declined Nonethelessall participants were involved in atleast one club organizationor activityincluded members from all classes andvarious racial groups thus allowingfor an assorted sample group Two-

thirds of participants were femaleand the majority of students 767

self- identified as White followedby 10 Black African American67 HispanicLatino 5 and Asian17

Reacting to the results of the focus

groups and the discussion on campusdiversity Marquita Williams a first-

year sociologyanthropology majorfrom Chicago 111 said that diversitywas about more than culture

Diversity is about people embrac-

ing and understanding each othershe said

After analyzing the surveys ad-

ministration officials welcomed theresults and encouraged students tocontinue dialogue about the meaningof Denisons community

The focus groups serve to informus of what students believe Its reallyto encourage more discussion said

Julie Tucker Assessment ProgramManager

Tucker however cautioned that thefocus groups was not perfectly repre-

sentative of the Denison communityand that it was important not todraw too broad conclusions from theresults

Fundamentally think students re-

ally have to be the driving force behindthat the Denison identity Tuckersaid This place can be whatever youwant it to be

National Eating DisorderWeek focuses on awareness

opening forum for discussion

than I thought humanly possible andI dont even like tea and playedbackgammon waiting for someoneto mention hypothetically ofcourse that their cousin might knowsomeone who thought he had heardthat his friends neighbor had a 3000year old cuneiform tablet that he tookfrom the museum for safekeepingHis reply was tell them to come in tothe museum where the team set upheadquarters and have a cup of teaenticing them them with amnestyfor their cooperation an entirely newconcept to most Iraqis The previouspenalty for stealing an antiquity wasbeheading on state television

The offer of amnesty proved over-

whelmingly successful Bogdanos saidthat two thousand Iraqis came in anreturned two thousand unique objectsfor two thousand reasons Over 95 ofthe objects that had been looted frominstead of professionally stolen or

taken by staff from the Iraq nationalmuseum were returned One memora-ble recovery occured after he returnedto New York Bogdanos got a call onhis cellphone from an mysteriousman wondering if the amnesty policyapplied in the US Bogdanos repliedyeah if you need it Of course this

man hypothetically had a 3000 yearold cuneiform tablet And he wouldonly give it up to him at busy Midtownlocation 52nd and 3rd at noon Theman summarily handed the tablet tohim in the smoothest handtoh- and

Bogdanos saw in his career only toleave his office address on the envelopethe tablet was in

Throughout his presentation Bog-

danos emphasized the bravery andpassion of the Iraqis and Afghans heworked with He noted with a toneof frustration that the Afghans arethoroughly hospitable and the Iraqisextremely courageous traits that arentoften seen in the media Of course as

aMarinehe didnt sugarcoat anythingHis superiors were reluctant to let himtake on the mission there was a waron after all Some of the men whoserved with him didnt view the missionas important as he the classics scholardid A team- member was killed by a

sniper outside the museum He toldstories about Afghani children whowere scared to go to school becauseof reprisals and womens faces beingcut or burned with acid UN agenciesheld conferences when the looting wastaking place but didnt actually go incountry to do anything about it

The audience of 40 was impressedand attentive Many people haventheard of the looting or forgot So theywere surprised to learn that IndianaJones not only exists on film but foraround an hour in the Roost in reallife too

By Jordan Kurker- MrazSpecial to The Denisonian

The Roost was graced with thepresence of a real life Indiana JoneslastThursday Feb 24 when MatthewBogdanos came to campus as a guestspeaker Hosted by the College Re-

publicans Bogdanos spoke about his

experience in recovering some of theworlds greatest stolen treasures fromthe Iraq National Musuem

Bogdanos is certainly an interest-

ing and diverse individual He has a

masters degree in classics from Co-

lumbia University is a New York Cityprosecutor he investigated R Diddyfor gun possession and bribery aftera nightclub shooting in 1999 and is

a middleweight boxerTo add even more this his impres-

sive resume Bogdanos is also a Marinecolonel Bogdanos was picked to runa team that included representativesfrom every government agency DEAICE FBITreasury Dept State Deptetc all working together The teamwas brought to existence after 911 tocombat terrorism in Afghanistan AquickGoogle search brings up apictureofBogdanos showing his medals thatbasically cover the entire left- hand sideof his jacket

Junior Kurt Mosbacherhead of theCollege Republicans invited Bogda-nos to campus after reading about himin National Geographic

I saw the article about him andfigured he had a great personal storyto tell said Mosbacher

Naturally when the US invaded Iraqin 2003 Bogdanos was on the groundwith his team Busy fighting a warhe had no idea that the Iraq NationalMusesum was being looted until anangry BBC reporter found him andasked what he was going to do aboutit An ardent history buff Bogdanospetitioned his superiors to be allowed

to investigate the looting and get thetreasures back promising that theinvestigation would be completed inthree days and that it wouldnt interferewith his other missions

Instead the investigation hastaken a much different turn lastingthroughout the past seven years andstill hasnt finished yet After listen-

ing to the Bogdanos presentation itimmediately became clear as to whythe search has taken so long

The Iraq National Museum spannedover 11 acres including around500000 unique artifacts Luckilyfor Bogdanos Saddam Hussein wasvery organized there were records fornearly every piece in the museum giv-

ing Bogdanos and his staff a massivelist of items to recover And so longhunt began

Bogdanos spent considerable timeinteracting with the local Iraqis In hisspeech he joked that I drank more tea

nutrition myths and a viewing of thefilm Killing Us Sofdy 4 at BurtonMorgan

The week concluded with the Walk-

ing Hand in Hand Toward EatingDisorder Awareness 3rd Annual 5KRunWalk on Saturday afternoon Itwas sponsored by Health 8c Counsel-

ing ServicesThe Panhellenic Councilthe Womens Resource Center and theEating Disorder Intervention TeamEDIT The first 50 participants

received free T- shirtsAccording to the National Eating

Disorders Association as many as 10million females and 1 million malessuffer from some kind of eating dis-

order Occurances of eating disordersare disproportionately high for females

between the ages of 15 and24Collensaid that Health and Counseling Ser-

vices saw approximately 20 studentswho were diagnosed with a clinicaleating disorder over the past year

Milo and Moss for their part aredoing what they can to change thosestatistics

My favorite part of the show wasprobably when we talked about thethings all of us can do to change theenvironment we live in Moss said

Our culture is really hostile towardour bodies- especially women who usebody criticism ofthemselves and otherwomen to bond We talked about howmuch healthier relationships can be

not to mention self- esteem whenwere careful about our language andnot constantly calling ourselves fat orhating some part of our body

By Debbie GillumStaff Writer

OnTuesdayseniors Elizabeth Miloand Anne Moss held their weeklyWDUB show Anne andMilos FanF-

reakingTastic Show at its regular530- 730 pm time slot But thisbroadcast was different

Rather than their usual routineMilo and Moss instead focused oneating disorders titling this episode ofthe show Eating Up the AirwavesThey chatted with guests CrystalLapidus- Mann a Staff Counselor atWhisler and a member of DenisonsEating Disorder Intervention TeamEDIT Molly Thurlow- Collen the

Associate Director ofHealth Servicesand also a member of EDIT and anunnamed student in recovery

I think it was so good for peopleto hear the students story to thinkthat recovery is possible even thoughits hard even though its an everydaybattle said Moss a womens studiesand Spanish double- major

The sow perfectly fit into the themeof last weeks observance of NationalEating Disorder Awareness WeekItsTime to Talk About ItThe theme

was selected to raise awareness ofeatingdisorders and Denison hosted severalon- campus events to raise awareness ofeating disorders and allow students toopenly discuss the issue on campus

The week featured many eventsapart from the show including a lec-

ture on Monday by Sonja Stotz theDirector of nutrition services at theCenter for Balanced Living about

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Editorial

The good the bad the apathetic Dcniri eurfrlj MJCikUrre Sotot dhr irets

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Preppy Naive Cliquey ApatheticContradictory

These words were used to describeDenison during a recent campus studyThe Student Affairs Campus Culture

Community WorkGroup conductedfocus groups with specific subgroupsof the Denison population includingdomestic students ofcolor and LGBTQstudents

While the responses were not always

positive these words also appearedon the questionnaire intellectual in-

volved progressive collaborative andfriendly

We feel that students should cel-

ebrate all that Denison has to offer

while working together to grapple withthe negatives Students in the focus

groups reiterated this notion in theirresponses

The study which is explained inmore detail in Jasmine Mickens storyon pagel noted that students dontfeel like there is a cohesive communityat Denison Rather students segregate

themselves into groups like Greek life

or sports teams and turn to those orga-

nizations to define themselvesPerhaps this lack of a collective iden-

tity is the root of many of our problemsPerhaps its why the focus groups feelthat Denison cannot force diversity witha higher non- white enrollment nor canthey force unity with the Its a Denisonthing campaign

The lack of connectedness inevitablyextends to the administration Manyparticipants expressed high praise forthe administration and they were usu-

ally the ones who had worked with theadministration personally on issues

So this is where human agency comeson Like the results said we agree thatstudents who blindly blame the adminis-

tration or each other are never goingto feel connected with this campus

As noted above one of the words usedto describe this campus is apathetic Ofcourse the word progressive was alsoused Now we just need to bridge thegap between the two

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Denison awards mash- upWith awards season wrapping up

last weekend we are all in the spirit ofhanding some shout outs to the crowdOf course the

Gender neutral housinga positive step

Grammysthe GoldenGlobes and theOscars all have

the high profile

stars huge par-

ties and theglitz and glamassociated withthem Its hardto deny that Aoen KozenyIh Denisonian

every once ina while each of us

wants to be one ofChristian PayneEditorinC- hief

are occurring at colleges all over theUnited States

Now about those kinks Rising seniorsmight have the option to reside withthose of the opposite sex in four or five

senior apartment units in the Brown-

stones andor Sunsets All the rooms inthe house are lockable because you have

to draw the line somewhereOf course there is the concern that

opposite sex students will just want toroom together for the convenience ofhooking up or so that couples can playhouse This probably wouldnt end wellHowever once we graduate we can livewith whomever we want So its kind ofcool that Denison recognizes our brim-

ming adulthood Of course definingadulthood is a whole different story

The concept of gender neutralhousing is a tangible example of howDenison can genuinely be a progressivecampus Surethereareafewkinkstobeworked out but 20 rising seniors couldhave the option to room with membersof the opposite sex next year

On one hand the option of genderneutral housing makes sense It allowsstudents from the LGBTQA com-

munity to live together Indeed thereis something refreshing about the ideathatgender parameters might no longerapply to housing situations

The University Council and Presi-

dent Knobel have already approvedthe proposed housing accommodationprotocol for assisting gender variantstudents Housing changes like these

at the same time See last weeks issuefor a profile on them Heres to youSweat and Swaggers Keep feelinboththe beat and the burn

3 Best Or Worst Visual EffectsNaked Week You cant argue thatNaked Week doesnt add some sugaror spice to your mid- semester mindsetIts probably the fourth year in a rowthat the front page of The Denisonianfeatures a bare all photo of some ourbravest Big Red coeds When a barebottomed friend runs by you downthe library steps with nothing on buta backpack and a pair of boots we all

say thanks or no thanks for the showHeres to you streakers Keep up thetrouser- less tradition

4 Best Surprise Quad Day 1

Feb 18th When out on the quadthere arose such a banger we ran fromthe library to see what was the matterAway to East everyone flew like a flash

tore open a Natty and chilled with ourfrat As bad as my poetic skills maybe thats how awesome Friday Feb18th was After weeks of slipping onsnow and ice we all got to soak in the70- degree sun and sip out of Solos fora while Heres to you Quad Day 1

We hope you come back soon5 Best Bash Pledge partiesForget bar parties or Sunny Dseshes

When second semester comes aroundpledge parties are where its at Thethemes are great and the atmosphereis even better Its a time for the wholeGreek community to come together andhave their new members be on centerstage Heres to you pledge partiesKeep the good times rollin

6 Best Drama Wingless AngelsScandal Whenever the band makes itsmark it causes quite a stir Howeverthis time it was worthy of a campus call

to action With several buildings ruinedby the infamous emblem in red graffitiwe stopped to think about how we candisplay our schools color in a positiveway Lets not let these senseless actsdamage the respect for our communityHeres to you WA Paint pranksarentthe way to go

The DenisonianDenison Universitys Oldest Student Organization Established 1 857

those celebs underthe bright lights Its always fun to be

recognized as a winner Even thoughour budget doesnt allow metodishoutgolden Denisonian Awards trophiesIstill want to celebrate some highlights

So dim the lights and roll out theBig Red carpet Here are some of theHills winners from the semester so far

1 Best Group Womens Bas-

ketball Undefeated 28- 0 NCACChamps Need I say any more Theseladies have the right to blast Jim JonesBallin wherever they go I had the

privilege to do DSN broadcasts fora bunch of their games and I canhonestly say I havent seen a moredominant team here They thrashedliterally every opponent with speedclutch shots tough defense and evena few alley- oops Heres to you BigRed bailers Youre already legends inLivingston now go rep the red andwhite in the Big Dance

2 Best New Group Sweat andSwagg Not only does this group gettheir work out in but also they knowhow to do it in style Theyre a crewof guys and girls who take exercise tothe next level escaping the usual grindin Mitchell to sport their moves inthe blinged out Welsh Hills Room inBurton Morgan They make a creative

way to listen to tunes and get toned

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Gordon Ramsey would be disappointed

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Thats because its low- grade It doesntmatter how hard the Sodexo employeeswork or how much skill they bring tothe table if they are given low- gradeingredients they will produce garbageThis is not rocket science Were payingfor quality so bring us better beef Andbananas that arent already brown Andpasta that isnt crunchy

4 Dont fake green Sodexo has at-

tempted to follow the green initiativeWhile waiting in the Curtis Veggie Roomsandwich line I noticed that the toasterthey use for sandwiches draws 5 kW ofelectricity read they have a 5000- watttoaster Turns out 5 kW 5000 watts is

equivalent to 50 100- watt light bulbs orfive illegal dorm room space heaters set tothe medium setting and before you call

me out Doane and other campus offices

are laden with electric space heaters Butseriously Sodexo I know that reducingenergy consumption is a collective effortbut why am I unplugging my laptopcharger and turning offmy 500- watt ACunit when Curtis is running a toaster thatdraws 10 times the amount I am tryingto save Heres an idea grab a standard120- volt 1875- watt max sandwich presssimilar to the one used in the Huffmansandwich line Even if the upfront inves-

tments J1000 Im pretty sure Sodexo

will save that amount in energy costs inrelatively little time And if you pleadyour case nicely Gordon Ramsey mighteven chip in

Ramsey would say if he had the chanceto eat in Curtis Huffman or Slayter I

snickered because Im sure that JamieOliver would have more of a Food

Revolution with Huffman than he didwith the public schools in HuntingtonWest Virginia

Im not a jerk 100 of the time soIm going to provide Sodexo with sometips prior to inviting TV networks andcamera crews that could blast some TVmagic into Denisons dining debacle

1 Invest in HVAC Heating Ven-

tilating and Air Conditioning Seri-

ously how many students need to gruntand moan about the infamous Curtissmell before management figures outthat it is a tangible problem This musthit Curtis employees particularly hardTheyre either throwing all of theirclothing into the washing machine atthe end of each shift or their sense ofsmell has been annihilated by years ofoverexposure to air grease I myselfhave

a Curtis jacket instead of the proverbialsmoking jacket Heres an idea invest afew grand into an air- exchange systemWhen installed properly these systemsexchange large amounts of indoor andoutdoor air with minimal heating cool-

ing loss Take the plunge Students andfood service employees those who stillhave the ability to smell will thank youUntil you do Gordon Ramsey andJamieOliver will be holding their noses sip-

ping from flasks and sparking menthols

by the dining hall dumpsters2 Dont re- use breakfast foods

for dinner The other day I broke myown rules and met some friends atHuffman for dinner I had given upon Huffman dinners the second weekof fall semester Against my betterjudgment I picked up what lookedlike a stromboli except that it wasfilled with egg and cheese When myfriends arrived one of them laughedat me saying that hed had the same

thing for breakfast Really HuffmanIm a closet optimist so I had assumedthat Huffman had merely cooked upsome breakfast food for dinner whereas

they probably reheated an item that hadbeen baked off- site in the first placeand heated that morning for breakfastGordon Ramsey would spit this crapout which leads me to my next point

3 Bring us better beef Studentsrip on Sodexo routinely in TheBullsheetand probably on comment cards

and all Sodexo management does is

counter these complaints with wordslike local and organic and phraseslike were listening Yeah yourereally listening Local organic fairtrade- certified and sustainable wouldall be great labels except that nobodycares Why Because the quality is

horrendous Ever noticed how beefcooking in the dining halls smells morelike Burger King or Taco Bell thanyour own home when you cook beef

By Nick GarafolaWeb Editor

I was fortunate enough to havesome time to breathe the other dayso I tuned in to a re- run of GordonRamseys Kitchen Nightmares7 This

episode entailed Ramsey revampinga Long Island Restaurant ClassicalAmericanwhich was so dire in need ofintervention that he actually consideredhaving the restaurant close Even withthe equity and client- base injectionsthat Ramsey brings with his TV magicTruly astounding I say

I have a sick mind so it wasnt longbefore my thoughts drifted to diningat Denison I wondered what Gordon

Organic farm to implement feudal systemi cs

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By Chris HighHumorist

Green Thumb Farm a 12- acre plotat the Homestead has recently beenforced into feudal rule under the Lord-

ship of Gary Nelsen the farms formercompost director

The inadequate summer harvestcaused Green Thumbs winter foodstorage to run low at an earlier datethan expected Concerns over a scarcityof completely organic food prompteda drastic change in the farms workingdynamic The implementation of thissevere hierarchy came directly after adiscussion held by the Homesteads yearround residents

Most of us agree the only way thisfarm can continue is under a social andeconomic system that mimics earlyWestern Vassalage said Bret Scott amember of the new warrior aristocracyTwo factors influenced our councils

decision It was most important thatwe find a stable solution to a terrifyingdeficiency of chemical- free food Wealso considered the long- term defenseof this farm from other ailing organiccommunities No doubt their food sup-

ply is thinning too When it runs outyou can bet theyre not going to visit asupermarket for grains or root cropsThisfarm needs warriors like me to fend off

these organic nomadsEarly this morning the newly lorded

Nelsen addressed his fiefdom in anattempt to quell dissent and inspirecooperation

You are being naive if you believe

the change from equally positionedenvironmental stewards to LordshipVassal and fief worker is a transitionwithout its challenges boomed theregal figure atop the farms tire swingBut you must understand the establish-

ment ofa rigid feudal society is the onlyway we can decide how much food todistribute and to whom it is to be dis-

tributed Now please some of you getback to work so youll have something tooffer the warriors for their protection

Like the manorial systems of theWestern medieval period the Home-

stead has developed a serf class to workthe few remaining green house crops

Im not entirely thrilled with thisposition said Kurt Danby Homesteadresident I have to work miracles tend-

ing to green house beans and radishesto meet the set homage But what canwe do Every third day Lord Nelsenorders our finger and toenails clippedtaking away the only things with whichwe have to fight back Though I must sayas hopeless as this situation is havingto microwave frozen asparagus is thereal nightmare

Photo courtesy of Ruth Ellison

Enacting the feudal system will hopefully allow the Homesteads Green ThumbFarm to continue producing organic delicious foods like the ones pictured above

Other Homestead residents are notas optimistic about the new imple-

mentations The only people given asufficient amount of food are the menelected to fertilize the fieldsconfidedKaitlyn Minich a serf assigned to thechicken coop But I have a plan I have

arranged to smuggle in several NorthWestern Alligator Lizards creatureswho will ovulate in any weather con-

dition That way it wont matter how

many chicken eggs the Lordship takes

from me because Im going to be eatingreptile eggs Kaitlyns still got some fightin her Minichs going to survive thisfrozen hell

Green Thumb is not the first modernincarnation of a feudal dynamic Fordecades North American high schools

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Tree Campus USA and as of Feb 23

Denison was admitted to this exclusive

clubJeremy King Sustainability

Coordinator said that the idea ofapplying for Tree Campus USA cameto light two years ago and in Jan 2010we first met as a committee to talk aboutthe process

Denison has a tree committee throughwhich the application for Tree Campus

Denison is a gorgeous campus Thereare very few who will deny that Oneof the primary factors contributing toDenisons breath taking beauty arer thetrees that dot the hill TheNational ArborDay Foundation awards campuses with a

strong record on trees membership into

was run According to member JamesHaleproduction manager forUniversityCommunications the committee was

born when we started talking about thefact that we have concerns and interestin the health of trees on campus Manyof the trees for which Denison is so well

known are facing health problems andthe groundskeepers are overstretched

Hale added that he was very interestedin making Denison an arboretumand discovered that there are very few

requirements in becoming one WarrenHauk associate professor of biology is

another member of the committee andpossesses a good understanding ofnative

species to help make the arboretum ideahappen

According to King in order to be

considered forTree Campus a school has

to develop a tree maintenance careplanto protect trees on campus have an

Arbor Day event this does not necessarilyhave to be on Arbor Day and have a

community outreach education day

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Naked week a HiistdDnyBy Sarah WileyFeatures Editor

In the years that have passed since

naked week has taken on a life of its

own It has gone from a group of sevenstudents streaking around campus toan organized event with about onehundred Denisonians participatingAnd the students who do not actively

participate in it have also come to view

naked week as a Denison institutionSophomore political science major

Leyla Falhan from Nicosia Cyprus said

that Last year I just went out of class

and I saw this huge group of peoplecoming toward me and they wereall naked She said that nakedweek proved to be quite a cultureshock for her However Falhan said

she supports naked week We shouldall be comfortable with our bodies andcelebrate diversity she explained

According to Craig who says thatnaked week is my favorite Denison

tradition naked week is not meant tobe a spectator sport He said that thewhole point of naked week is not tostand by and watch it is to participateand have fun

of life on the hill as the hill itself and has

existed for time immemorialNaked week is actually a relatively

young Denison tradition It was startedin 2003 by junior Taylor Ferguson Oneof the original streakers was MichaelCraig then a first year Craig explainedthat Ferguson was doing a show onWDUB and with some friends includingCraig himself decided he wanted to gostreaking Ferguson then made randomphone calls around campus The next daya paltry contingent streaked Over theweek it gained momentum and by theend of the week we had about 20 peopleCraig said They ended the week withnaked ultimate Frisbee now the normfor naked week- ers

Craig continued that that first year itwas more of a random act than anythingHowever the first night that this groupstreaked security got upset about itThe streakers had heard a plethora ofstories about what a fun wild campusDenison had been twenty years earlierThey wanted to bring some of thatfun and freedom back to Denison and

decided that they were going to takeback campus one streak at a time Asthe streaking tradition continued thatbecame the slogan for naked week forseveral years

After their experiences that firstyear Craig said we decided it was

something we had to do regularly Theymade the decision to put naked weekin February now early March becausenothing was going on at that time ofyear The second year its organizersstarted making it a more organizedphenomenon instituting themes Craigexplained that they introduced thingslike body- painting night school spiritnight formal night and jungle night

Craig explained that every yearthe numbers have gotten better Hecontinued that we didnt do openingceremonies until the third year thatby the third year it had become enoughof a tradition that we needed to startit off with a bang Now naked weekparticipants have the opportunity toburst out of the library at lunchtime onthe Monday of naked week

In between contemplating Socratesdebating gun control and ponderingquantum physicswe all need abreak fromtime to time Its alright to stop beingso serious and just let loose And whatbetter way to do that than to gather ourfriends together and watch a contingentofour classmates streak across campusExcept perhaps stripping down andjoining them ourselves Below freezingweather be damned

Naked week is a beloved Denisontradition Incoming students hear aboutit on admission tours or at orientationIf not they are horribly shocked onewinter morning on the way to class

when they see that guy who sits behindthem in philosophy in his birthdaysuit By sophomore year Denisoniansspend the end of February waiting inanticipation for the grand event Nakedweek has been so ingrained into ourDenison psyche that we are left withthe impression that it is as much a part

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in Spring Valley Nature Reserve whichthey plan to continue doing annually

King said that Denison has createdour own little arbor day event in the fall

Last year they planted elms beaches andoaks on the quad In the future Kingand the tree committee have hopes ofcoordinating it with Board Weekendin order to show the board what theyare doing He continued that it will be

more of a public event this coming fall

with more student involvementThe application forTree Campus was

submitted in the beginning ofDecember2010 and Denison heard back in late

February that it had been acceptedKing added that he was also excited

because the State Awards Ceremony for

Tree Campuses and Tree Cities on April21 is going to take place in Granville

IHistorical trees at DenisonAll photos are courtesy ofJames Haleproduction manager for UniversityCommunications

According to James Hale when Denison first came to the Hill in the mid 1800s therewere very few trees on campus The Hill was previously largely farmland and anytrees in the area had been cleared away A Denison faculty member ProfessorMarsh planted a row of evergreens in front of Marsh Hall which is on the site ofKvhat is now Higley In the 1920s Olmstead Brother Architects were hired to redesigncampus The Olmstead brothers were landscape architects and the sons of the manKvho designed Central Park Their plan involved planting trees and shrubs

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Sushi lovers rejoice dining services bring Sushi with Gusto to Slayter snack barBy Megan MesserColumnist

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Dishes such as the shrimp tempura above are gaining immense popularity withDenison students looking for a healthy alternative to the dining hall food

major Emily Ernes of Geneva Ohioenjoyed the shrimp salad roll her per-

sonal flavorful favorite while chatting onSkype with a fellowDenisonian studyingabroad She was super jealous and a

little more excited to come back fromEquador Ernes said

Although the price tag is higher thanSlayters sandwiches and salads 550 to650 is an incredible bargain compared

to sushi in the outside world I dontthink the sushi is Gods gift to earth butit tastes really good and I dont know ofanywhere where you can get two rolls

for under 7 said senior economicsand French double major Ryan Buessera fan of the barbeque eel and solidclassic California roll It adds a greatalternative to somewhat of a stagnantoffering in Slayter I probably get sushi

once a week and I get to brush up on mychopstick abilities Buesser said

According to Niles Gebele generalmanager of Denisons dining services

Sushi with Gusto has been incrediblysuccessful with the student body Ourbiggest issue is being able to keep upwith the demand he said A steadystream of students purchase the sushiall day long emphasized Slayter staff

member and beloved ID swiper RachelSmith

Why the name Sushi with Gustoyou ask The franchise was establishedin the late 1970s by Nick Spiak whotrucked fresh fish from the Atlantic coast

to upstate South Carolinian restaurantsIn a nod to his Ukranian heritage he

decided to name his operation the GreatUkranian Seafood Trucking Outfit

GUSTO for short Apparentlyhe fell in love with sushi on a Hawaiianvacation and decided to expand Nowthe Sushi with Gusto bars are locatedthroughout the eastern half of the coun-

try in a variety of grocery stores anduniversities including Kenyon and KentState If you really love this stuff youcan even join the Gusto 4 Sushi clubat wwwsushiwithgustocomfanclub

At this point I fear my fondness forthe sushi is turning into an addictionAfter not even one month ofsushi access

my Denison Dollars account is rapidlydepleting Sophomore sociologyan-thropology major Caitlyn Battagliashares my predicament Last semester

Step aside over- greased Grill 155

and over- priced Sandellas Sushi has

arrived at Slayter and its a scrumptioussmashing success Sushi with Gustoa franchise unaffiliated with Sodexo

made its hilltop debut on Jan 31 Ivebeen addicted ever since

The menu offers a refreshingly diverse

variety ofoptions from your basic veggieroll to the savory Philadelphia roll withsmoked salmon and cream cheese to theextravagant shrimp tempura The classic

California roll is most popular accordingto Ken Zaw sushi chef extraordinaireWith the California roll I always run

out and I need to keep making it againand again Zaw said I appreciate itthat the students like my sushi so muchwhen Im first starting here

Each roll flying off those mini- fridgeshelves is freshly prepared by Zaw whoseems to be perpetually cheery despiterolling solo six days per week Afterimmigrating from Burma to the UnitedStates in 2005 he lived in Chicago forseveral years before beginning his sushitraining at the College of WilliamMarys sushi bar Burmese people donteat raw fish so I didnt know anythingabout sushi when I came and I hadto learn in the US he said As Kenenlightened me about his life I was able

to watch his seemingly effortless processof making sushi grabbing a glop ofsticky white rice methodically spread-

ing it across the thin sheet of seaweed

paper adding layers of sliced avocado

cucumber and carrots rolling everythinginto a trim and tight cylinder with hisbamboo mat and delicately sprinklingsesame seeds on top for the final touchHe slices the roll into 12 perfect piecesbrushes them aside and starts again

In every opinion I sought from stu-

dents who tried the sushi I heard zeronegative reviews Senior psychology

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Vegetarians are not left out of the Slayter sushi craze as delicious vegetable rolls areavailable for fish- free dining

refreshed and devoid of any digestive

consequences For the adventuresomeraw fish favorites like spicy tuna are sup-

posedly on the way pending approvalWith Kens devotion and expertise Itrust they will be delicious

Sushi is available for purchase everyday except Saturday In my opinionits the most delightful treat that dining

I had almost 45 leftover in flex dollarsand now I think Im almost out she

said Im from Houston so Im used tocoastal access but I still think the rolls

are really goodThe thought of sushi from Slayter

might sound suspect to some but I urge

you to give it a try Currendy Sushi withGusto safely serves only pre- cookedseafood and all my experiences left me

Check out these options for off- campus sushiAt Restaurant Hama 3945 Easton

Station Columbus expect a scrump-tious meal a dimly lit chic atmosphereand a steep bill Hamas selection is

particularly diverse from plenty of

Although most commonly known for

their Hibachi Kanji Japanese Steak-

house 661 S 30th St Heath andTokyo Asian Bistro 789L Hebron RdHeath offer a modest sushi selectionNothing marvelous but close to the hillcheaper than Columbus restaurants andenough to satisfy a non- Slayter sushicraving Tokyo gets ambiance pointsfor their koi fish pond

While Ive never personally experi-

enced sushi in downtown Columbusfavorite recommendations from sushi

loving friends include hip Asian fu-

sion Lemongrass 641 N High StColumbusin the Short North MrSushi 1 127 N Hamilton Rd Gahanna

which offers a complementary jellodessertand Kikyo 3706 Riverside DrUpper Arlington a long haul away buthidden gem with rave reviews

While a bit on tKe pricy side AsianGourmet393 StoneridgeLaneGah-anna has a delicious sushi selection as

well as otherlhai Chinese and Koreanentrees In addition to the basic rolls

you can find plenty of unique combi-

nations incorporating ingredients like

apple asparagus almonds and coconutBeware these specialty rolls are nearlytoo massive to eat and certainly a chal-

lenge with the chopsticks

light and fresh sashimi to excessively

deep- fried cream cheese filled spicy

mayo slathered decadence

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Radiohead explores familiar territory in The King of Limbs5

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feels very modern and forwardlo- oking

Lotus Flower works in a similarway propulsive and louder than youdexpect its thick bleating drum soundsbreak down and give way to more ofthis new tightly- wound beatworkand Yorkes ethereal vocal shreds

But the end ofThe King of Limbs is

the most importantThe last three songs-

modern Radiohead ballads CodexGive Up the Ghost and Separator

are more sonically expansive and airythan anything else on the record andthey all unfold in satisfyingly simple

and repetitive ways Theyre light helddown with nothing more than thosegreat disembodied Yorke vocals andhiplazybeautiful instrumentationCodex is driven by muffled piano

and hazybu- tepic melodies courtesy ofYorkes damn voice It flows It buildsIts pretty Give Up the Ghost thebest song on the album starts off withsome vibey bird- sounds and a second orso of that backwards noise first heardat the beginning ofThe Bends PlanetTelex From there shitty loose guitarsstrum out a beat and electronics washover everything The whole time Yorke

sings almost- incomprehensible wordshis voice layered on itself over andover until all of the layers sort of comeat once loud perfect Separatormay be the most straightforward love

song Radiohead has ever written and it

works really wellThe crisp drumsandc- ymbals

run along simply for about halfthe song until it all smooths out withYorke repeating this sort of optimisticbut really sad refrain If you thinkthis is over then youre wrong If youthink this is over then youre wrong

In a way with that line hes ad-

dressing both his fans and detractorsreassuring both parties This isnt overRadioheads not done But if they wantus to really believe that they shouldprobably work a little bit harder Ornot Theyre Radiohead Theyll be fine

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Just one short week after it came outand it already seems as if everything thatcan possibly be said about The King ofLimbs Radioheads eighth album has

been said Like everything Everyoneand his weird Radiohead- obsessed dadhave an opinion about it There have

been so many reviews average verdicteh its pretty good tweets because

Radiohead makes albums for people todownload and listen to once and thentweet about at nine in the morningnerdy message board discussionsfightsjessica This album is 3729 long so its

also the shortest Radiohead LP to datemcbeatzthebopit Dont let the 8 tracks

fool you you can tell they put so muchwork into it Its perfectly layered

and thinkpieces Radiohead Dealsa Deathblow to the Album that itsdifficult to actually listen to the recordand ignore all of its contextbaggageIts also difficult to form your ownopinions about it and to not crib ideas

from other peoples reviewsthoughtsSo lets not worry about it I have

some thoughts about The King ofLimbs and although a lot of thethings I want to say have alreadyprobably been said in disparate andsomewhat angrily scatterbrained waysall over the Internet Im going to saythem anyway Like the record itself Imgoing to do some recontextualizing

First to get this out of the way I dontreally really like RadioheadI like Radio-

head a lot but I find their music oftenhard to listen to for its almost obnoxiousand strangely inhumanbuth- uman per-

fection In other words its good oh itsgood but its also kind of boring TheKing of Limbs then is Radiohead- y

um came out earlier than anticipatedRadioheads digital release of their eight alb

sketch- like and unfinished beauty of2007s In Rainbows sorry to compareThe King of Limbs to their other al-

bums but like this is the world wereliving in and the uneasy perfection ofKid A Radiohead made a great record

that manages to also be kind ofjust okayThe standout songs mostly succeed

because they merge Radioheads pastwith some idea of a future They soundlike Radiohead songs but maybe notRadiohead songs youve already heardMorning Mr Magpiems unchanging

and tightly- knit drumanddou- bleguitar

beat chugs and spits along fastwhile Yorke croon- wails cryptic whatdoesital-

lmeanisms like Youve stolenart give it back Its a throwback toany number of older Radiohead songsbut the construction of the percussion

Dont let anyone tell you otherwise Itsso Radiohead- y in fact that at timesit almost feels like parody or sarcasm

or a step backwardIts like whenThomYorke and his band holed up in a man-

sion with nothing but the storied WarpRecords back catalog to record 2000sjaw- dropping world- stopping Kid Aonly this time Yorke holed everyone upwith nothing but Radioheads own backcatalog and not even the whole thingThey only brought like their last threeor four albums So Radioheads justsitting around listening to their ownCDs being weird until Thorn finallysays All right then at which pointeveryone commences to self- consciously

throw The King of Limbs togetherAnd thats really not meant to be

as negative as it sounds By taking the

ReviewWelcome5 marks the start of the Denison French Film Festival

ByWiselene DorceusSpecial to The Denisonian

mmdidnt know the ending would be so

depressing I was saddened and con-

tent at the same time The movie was

definitely able to evoke emotion fromthe lecture hall of students and faulty

Welcome is only one of the five

great movies featured in the Frenchfilm festival altemativelyTheTourneesFestival Also being shown are Parisdirected by Catherine Cedric KlapishBarbe Bleue directed by Catherine

Breillat Cest Dur Detre Aime ParDes Cons Its Hard Being Loved byJerks directed by Daniel Leconte and

Coco Avant Chanel Coco before

swimming coach comes in to help theyoung man Simon himself is facing diffi-

cult times while going through a divorce

The two men learn and grow with oneanother throughout this remarkable tale

Besides an the coming of agestory line Welcome also exploresthe French controversy surroundingstrict immigration enforcement laws

and the unjust conditions that immi-

grants endure while in refugee campsIt was really good the director did

a nice job at conveying the theme ofimmigration said Sampson whendiscussing her perspective on the film

Overall the director Phillipe Lio-

ret did a great job at capturing theimpact of immigration from mul-

tiple angles The interaction betweenSimon and Bilal shows the compli-

cated relationship between Frenchcitizens and immigrant refugees

When asked her opinion aboutthe film freshman Michelle Agun-

loye of Lynwood 111 explained Iknew it was going to be good but I

22 2011 There was certainly a lot tolove about the festivals opening flick

Welcome launched the DenisonFrench Film Festival which is spon-

sored by the Patty Foresman Fundthe Communication Department TheDepartment of SociologyAnthro-pology The Womens Studies Pro-

gram and the Denison Film SocietyThe film depicts the struggles of

Bilal played by actor Firat Ayverdi

a 17y-earold Kurdish boy from Iraq

who migrated from Iraqi to CalaisFrance In Calis Bilal embarks onan adventure to illegally migrate toEngland where he aspires to reunitewith his long lost love and play profes-

sional footbalTfor M anchester UnitedIn order to get to England Bilal

plans to swim 32 kilometers of theEnglish Chanel which would take him10 hours Although Bilal has a plan anddetermination to get to England hehas one minor problem he cant swim

This is where Simon Clamat played

by actor Vincent London a French

Be sure to catch

Cest Dur Detre Aime Par Des ConsTues March 1

at 430 in Higley Auditorium

Coco Avant ChanelWed March 9

at 730 pmin the Slayter Auditorium

Jadore la film raved sopho-

more communication major Je- VonnaSampson after viewing Welcome inSlayter auditorium last Thursday Feb

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Who knew koalas could be so damn funkyDenison band draws a large following with their versatile and unique style

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Last Wednesday night anticipationhung heavy in the air as a packed Roostwaited for Denisons own Koala Funk totake the stage The stage dressed only inan appropriate trippy tapestry was flood-

ed with rainbow lights creating a perfectatmosphere In typical musician fashionthey didnt come out right at 1000 but1030 allowing the energy to grow inthe Roost primarily thanks to the barwhich was busier than Ive ever seen

Now what the fk do you wantSound Tribe Sector 9s infamous open-

ing line to Arigato rang through thespeakers as Koala Funk took the stagestarting the set offwith their own rendi-

tion of the song Ernie Pouttu with his

guitar slung over his back took to thekeyboards for the opener allowing MartyRosenbaum Koala Funks resident pro-

grammer to concentrate on the drumsHowever it was Tony Capetillos guitarsolos that allowed their Arigato tostand out from the original hands down

Completely switching gears the bandwent straight into Phelps the funki-

est song of the night Steel drums andoffbeat strumming gave it an instantlyrecognizable reggae feel What madethis the best song of their performancewthejxacks ability to highlight each

musicians talent Ernie andTony tradedoffguitar solos while Hajier Karimi tookthe little gap in between to lay downsome ofthe funkiest bass lines Ive heard

look of concentration Rosenbaumtook to his beat pads infusing hisown synths and rhythms into AnimalCollectives My Girl As two stu-

dent photographers bombarded himit was clear his techo- ish renditionwas the one of the shows highlights

I also must mention the visual spec-

tacle that took place throughout theentire show Oscillating rainbow lightsgreen and yellow lasers that moved tothe rhythm of the bass and black lightsturned The Roost into visual crack

By the time Koala Funk startedplaying the vaguely Egyptian sound-

ing Northern Lights the audiencewas at peak energy The Roost was atleast 85 degrees without a still bodyin sight The song ended in youguessed it an impeccable guitar soloafter which the place erupted withcheers The fans chanted One moreOne more One more to which theyobliged for a slow building methodicallydrummed but aggressively keyed encore

As a jam band Koala Funk has anuncanny knack for fusing many differ-

ent genres into one seamless entirelyunique sound Electronic is met withblues jazz with funk and their abilityto work a guitar solo into any song is

remarkable By watching each membersperformance style you can start topick up on their respective influences

and how they bring those inspirationsinto Koala Funks sound Heres hop-

ing for a long successful career to oneof the most versatile bands Ive heard

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From left Haijier Karmi Ernie Pouttu and Marty Rosenbaum members ofDenisons own Koala Funk kept the crowd entertained last Wednesday at the Roost

Rosenbaum let the drums loop so hecould hammer out synth progressionsthat made the entire crowd pulsate

From there Koala Funk didnt let themusic stop as the next two tracks seam-

lessly flowed into each other The first

an upbeat distorted tune that focusedon the wah- ing guitars The seconda very Moby- esque ethereal one thatpeaked with Tonys taping guitar solo

I feel a lot of the bands success inthe live setting can be attributed toTony and Ernies mastery of the guitarspecifically their uncanny ability to con-

trol and develop their riffs One would

wah away on the rhythm while theother hammered a true solo Too manybands similar to Koala Funk have thetendency to find a lick they like and sit

on it using it as a mere complement tothe rest of the song Lotus and STS9come to mind but K- Funks Ernie andTony attack the solos putting their tal-

ent in the spotlight Case in point theslow building Herbie Hancock inspiredFunk Mustardwhich ended their set

The most pleasant surprise of thenight came when Hajier announcedthe band would be taking a little breakwhile Marty took over With a deadly

UPCs annual Arcade Night brings popular games to SlayterBy Latasha HoardSpecial to The Denisonian

Last Friday in Slayter the annualUPC Slayter Arcade Night took place

offering many different types of gamesand activities This arcade was free as itis every year and everyone was invitedThis night the atmosphere was calm

with little interference from the massesand students were able to enjoy the eventand even able to have the option to playmultiple times Students from all overthe campus took part in the festivities

With about 15 different games studentswere able to play from 7 pm untilmidnight Because the schedule was

so flexible students had the option ofstaying for a few hours and leaving oreven coming late

Wii game consoles were one of thebiggest attractions of the night withJust Dance and Rock Band as the mostpopular games Just about everyone was

rocking to the beat The Classic Bullwas the most talked- about attraction ofthe night with some adventure- seekers

taking two or even three rides

With the classic games ofarcade likePac Man and Pin Ball and even race carski ball and golf the event was perfectfor date night or a study break and a

free start to a weekend of fun

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From left Chafi Samen and Nathan Forrester play a racing game during the University Programming Councils annual ArcadeNight which was held last Friday Feb 25 in Slayter The UPC brought in both classic games such as Pac Man and ski ballas well as modern favorites such as Wii and Rock Band The arcade games were provided by Fantasy World Entertainment aswell as Waltons Distributing Students that attended were excited to find Slayter transformed from its usual Friday late- nightatmosphere into a fun and free arcade

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Womens lacrosse wins opener at Guilford

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after the Big Red pulled away in thesecond period

Soteriadeswin was her first as a headlacrosse coach at Denison though she

has served eleven years as the field hock-

ey coach However she is no strangerto womens lacrosse Soteriades spenteight seasons as the assistant underformer head coach Stephani Schmidtcapturing two NCAC championshipsand winning sixty- seven games in theprocess

This years squad is hoping to im-

prove its record from last years season

as the Big Red finished with a record

of 7- 7 overall and 2- 4 in the NCACThe Big Red want to draw its leadershipand experience from the three playersnamed to the All- North Coast AthleticConference team last season Returningto the roster this season are senior first-

team midfielder Lulu Carter seniorsecond- team attack Phoebe Myhrumandjunior second- team midfielder Alex

Thurner Last season Myhrum lead theteam in scoring with thirty- three goals

and fourteen assistsThe Big Reds next game will be

its home opener against FontbonneUniversity on Sunday March 6 Lasttime the two teams met the Big Redtraveled to Colorado Springs Colowhere Denison won 13- 6 So far this

By Scott BairdStaffWriter

PJ Soteriades also the head field

hockey coach at Denison began herstint as interim head coach with a

20- 7 victory over Guilford Collegeon Sunday The Big Reds opening day

victory in Greensboro NC droppedthe Guilford Quakers to 0- 3 in theiryoung season

Denison dominated the Quakersmost of the game but did not pull awayuntil the Big Red strung together five

unanswered goals in the middle thirdof the first half With the run Denisontook an 8- 4 lead into halftime

The Big Red further displayed itscontrol with another string of goalsThis time Denison scored eight in a

row six ofwhich were on free positionshots With four more goals in the halfDenison ran away with the victory overthe Quakers

Junior Molly Sbrega led the teamwith a career- high five goals whilesophomore Molly Cornbrooks rackedup a team- high four ground balls SeniorJenny Strathern junior Alex Thurnerand freshman Katherine Palms also

finished with three goals each Ninedifferent players found themselves inthe scoring column during the game

Senior Lulu Carter scored two goals and posted an assist in the Big Reds openingday victory She is coming off a first team AH NCAC selection in 2010

season the Griffins are 2- 0 Faceoffagainst Fontbonne is scheduled for 11

am and will be broacasted live on theDenison Sports Network

Mens basketball season ends at Wittenberg in quarterfinalsBy Andrew TouhySpecial toTbe Denisonian

The mens hoops team will have towait anotheryear to make a playoff pushafter it dropped its opening round gamein the NCAC tournament to Witten-berg on Feb 22 in Springfield OhioWith the loss Denison closed out theyear with an 8- 18 record overall andfinished 5- 11 in conference play

Although Wittenberg led 77- 63

when the final buzzer sounded thescore doesnt begin to tell the wholestory Neither team led by more thansix in the first half and the Big Redbattled for the entire twenty minutes

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Eight minutes into the first halfjuniorCasey Stockton drilled a three ball to

put Denison up 11- 10 Wittenberghowever took its biggest lead of thehalf aftergoingon an eighttoo- ne runThe run put the Tigers up 18- 12 withseven minutes left in the half

Resiliency was the theme of thegame as sophomore Jon Akpapunamresponded for the Big Red by knock-

ing down backtob- ack three- pointersto tie the ball game at eighteen with602 left in the half Akpapunam fin-

ished the half with 11 points and wentthreeof- six from three- point territoryAkpapunams three- point shootinghelped keep the Big Red afloat in thefirst half as Denison shot 50 percentfrom beyond the arc

While three- point shooting helpedDenison stay in the game early its

post play was not so impressive Overthe first twenty minutes Denison wasoutscored 20- 8 in the paint and out-

rebounded 25- 15

We could have guarded againsttheir middle penetration a lot bettersaid sophomore Dimonde Hale If wecontrolled the glass better it would have

been a different game We just got beatinside tonight

Wittenbergs second half rally beganwith eight unanswered points over thefirst three minutes The run put theTigers up ten for the first double- digitlead of the game Wittenberg caught fire

for the rest of the second half and sunkshots from everywhere on the floorThey shot 70 percent from the field andhanded Denison a season- ending loss

Wittenberg locked down the paint all

night outscoring the Big Red 46- 16and grabbing 45 rebounds

Junior guard Brett Tiberi led the Big Red in three point field goals this seasonDuring the quarterfinal loss at the hands of Wittenberg Tiberi knocked down oneof two attempts from beyond the arc He finished the game with five points

nationally ranked Wabash sendingLivingston Gymnasium into a frenzyThe game- winner caught nationalrecognition and the video was featuredon the home page of D3hoopscomThe splash from just inside half courtbrought excitement to a team that hadhad its struggles all year Denison will

also return every player and bring moreexperience to the floor in 2012

Next year I look forward to win-

ning because our group will definitelyhave the most chemistry in the leagueHale said

This kind of confidence in team-

mates could be the missing piece thatleads the Big Red to NCAC promi-nence in 2012

Akpapunam paced Denison with14 points while sophomore DimondeHale finished with 12 points and nineboards Freshman Alex Longi added10 points

Wittenberg advanced to the NCACtournament finals after defeating Wa-

bash with a buzzer beater by seniorSeth Hill However the Tigers fell inthe championship to host WoosterCollege by a score of 82- 68

Despite a first round exit the BigRed has a lot to look forward to nextyear Though it may look like a disap-

pointing season there were some bigpositives

Just weeks ago Jim Leffews half-

court shot at the buzzer downed

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secutive seasonThis time Denison willplay defending Dili national championWashington University in St LouisThe Bears come into the tournamentwith a 20- 5 overall record and areranked eleventh in the nation

If Denison wins it will play thewinner of Hope vs DePauw UniversityHope ousted Denison in the first roundlastyear and went on to become nationalrunners up Denisons first round gameis slated for Fridav March 4

to 28- 0 Despite the Big Reds recordthe team will be seriously tested in theNCAA tournament as it has yet to facea nationally ranked opponent

I think that although we haventplayed any ranked opponents I thinkthat weve played some really goodcompetition as of late Lee said

The NCAA tournament selectioncommittee announced yesterday thatthe Big Red will travel to Hope Collegein Holland Mich for the second con

team alongside Dahlgardwho finishedSaturday 2- 3 from beyond the arc Kai-

ser was also named the tournamentsMVP for the second year running

However Denisons second halfsurge was mostly a result of the teamssuperior depthThroughout the seasonthe Big Red has posted strong secondhalves as it can consistently play tenplayers and keep fresh legs

We have a lot ofdepth and we have

players that are in shape And I thinkthat as other teams are starting to gettired were starting to go and to kind offind our rhythm Lee said Sometimesmore than half our points are scored byour bench players

Freshman Jane Windier led theteam with nine total rebounds off thebench In addition Windier was argu-

ably the teams lone bright spot in thefirst Over just five minutes of firsthalfaction the freshman pulled down five

boards and contributed two points andtwo steals

It helps a lot that other teams donthave a lot of depth so therefore wecan press and tire other teams outNuzzo said

Saturdays victory ensured Denisonsspot in the NCAA tournament andextended the teams undefeated mark

Dahlgards three gave Denison a 20-

point lead just three minutes into thehalf and sophomore Serafina Nuzzohit a triple of her own a few minuteslater By the midway point of the halfthe Big Red had already eclipsed itsfirst half scoring total

We realized you know on the homecourt we only had one opportunity tofinally pull this out and get a victoryKaiser said We knew the fans wouldbe behind us no matter what Andwe had one final push to give all wecould give

Denisons second half was stellarAs a team the Big Red converted 60

percent of its field goals and hit fiveots- even

three- pointers The Big Red also

doubled its first half production with48 points in the final 20 minutes As

a result Allegheny trailed by as muchas 23 and was down by double- digitsfor most of the half

The Big Reds primary scorers inKaiser and Nuzzo led the late offensive

assault Kaiser contributed 13 points inthe second half for a total of20 Nuzzofinished on the edge of a triple- doublewith nine points seven rebounds andseven assists Consequently Kaiser andNuzzo were named to their secondconsecutive NCAC All- Tournament

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Mens lacrosse defeats Washington and Lee 10- 6

Sophomore Kyli Parker scored two points

more defenseman Nick Farrell addedthree ground balls for the Big Red Asthe season progresses Denison coachesand players have set high goals for themonths ahead

We expect to play for a conferencechampionship and make the NCAAchampionship tournament and have a

serious shot at playing for the NationalChampionship they are loftybut thatis what we expect Caravana said

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and added a block off the bench on Saturday

in home openerWe want to be playing in Baltimore

on Memorial Day Shannon said

Denison will take its 2- 0 record intoan off week as the Big Red will nottake the field again until March 12thThat day Denison travels to HaverfordCollege in Haverford Penn The BigRed will play its next home game A larch26th against Wooster The game is

scheduled for a 1 pm faceoff

is traditionally a tune- up tor the NCACfinishes One by junior Dee Salukombo

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large NCAA playoff ramificationsWith a resume- building win potentiallyon the line Denison seemed focusedfrom the onset

The key to beating WL is pa-

tience on offense and discipline ondefense We will have to help each

other be successful all over the field

Lowell said

We need to be very patient on of-

fense and value each possession of theball Defensively we have to play soundand not go for the big check disciplineon both sides is huge said Jones oneof the teams co- captains

The Big Red executed the game planto perfection as Denison methodicallybuilt a 4- 1 lead heading into intermis-sion This lead only widened and itappeared the game was safely in- handfollowing a Molloy goal that put theBig Red ahead 6- 1

However a fourth quarter surge byWashington and Lee had the PiperStadium crowd somewhat uncomfort-able as the Generals climbed withintwo at 8- 6 With the tension risingin Granville Jones capitalized on a

beautiful pass from senior midfielderand fellow co- captain Tanner Smith to

put the game safely away with just over

two minutes to play Brown added onelast goal for good measure to bring thefinal score to 10- 6

Juniorgoalic Gregg Shannon turnedin anothcrsolid performance stoppingsix Washington and Lee shots Anotherpreseason All- America choice sopho

played host to the Denison Last Chance

By Braden LayerStaffWriter

For the second time in as manyweekends the Denison mens lacrosse

team earned another victory to begin its2011 campaign One week after a 14- 7

win over Mount StJoseph the GeneralsofWashington and Lee befell a similarfate Denison scored early and held onfor a hard fought 10- 6 decision

The Big Red was lead by a trio ofseniors with attackmen Kyle Brownand Emmett Jones and midfielder ColinMolloy combining to score seven goalsNow in his second stint at the helmof Big Red lacrosse head coach MikeCaravana believes his senior class is anirreplaceable one

We have a very strong senior classlead by our 3 captains Tanner SmithEmmitt Jones and Dan Fosselmanbutwhat makes me feel good about ourteam is that the other seniors have all

been excellent leaders as well cultivatingthe focus energy and competivenesswe need throughout the other threegrades Caravana said

Junior Davis Lukens sophomoreSpencer Riehl and newcomer ChapinSpiedel also scored for Denison Justa freshman Spiedel has made quite a

contribution The freshman has scored

in each of the games played thus far

Chapin is very talented and will

hclpourteam thisyearand ourprogramdown the road said senior attackmanMatt Lowell

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Denisons leading scorer senior Collin Molloy had two goals against Washington and Lee

Meet on Friday February 25 The meetBig Red came away with two first placefollowing week At the Last Chance Meet the

who won the 3 000- meter run Tine other was senior Julie Rotramels victory in the mile- run Several other Denison competitors finished either sec-

ond or third in their respective events The NCAC championships are set for this Friday March 4 and Saturday March 5 at Oberlin College