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NewsAlums discuss minorityeducationFour alums came back to SwarthmoreMonday night to hold a panel addressing theissues language minority students face inour education system. PAGE 4

Complaints concerningwriting requirement ariseRecent discourse on campus has centeredaround the inconsistencies in writing cours-es at the college, which have caused severalstudents problems in trying to fulfill thewriting distribution requirement. PAGE 5

Student arrested in D.C. forMTR sit-inActivists on campus attended a three-dayconference against the practice of mountaintop removal at the end of September where,during a sit-in, a Swarthmore student wasarrested. PAGE 6

Meat Day to be held nextTuesday on Mertz FieldThe Good Food Project has planned a pigroast and panel discussion for Tuesday, Nov.16 in hopes of connecting students with thefood they consume. PAGE 7

Living & ArtsFrom DiBruno’s to pho,Italian market has it allPhiladelphia’s 9th Street Italian Marketoffers up both traditional Italian treats, likethe mozzarella at Claudio’s to the cannolis atIsgro Pastries, and a wide variety of otherethnic foods, like pho, falafel and burritos.Jen takes us through the best shops andrestaurants. PAGE 10

Are gap years a growingtrend among Swatties?Many students, both at Swarthmore andacross the country, are choosing to take gapyears before, during or after college.Students share their experiences. PAGE 11

Caffeine addiction, stressspread to dorm miceAriel finds that Swatties are not the onlyones stressed out and addicted to coffee —it seems those pesky mice are too. PAGE 13

Soulfège fuses diverse arrayof musical genresAfropolitan group Soulfège will performtheir musical blend of reggae, jazz and hip-hop this Friday, Nov. 12. PAGE 13

Spending a sleepless nightin the global capitalPushy Frenchmen and rainy days aside,Maki learns that Paris’ widely-knownstereotype of being the vibrant global capitalof culture rings true with its bustling week-ends filled with concerts and events. PAGE 14

OpinionsRefine foreign languagerequirementThe Phoenix supports a stronger foreignlanguage requirement because it will bet-ter affirm values inherent in a liberal artseducation. PAGE 16

Obama, GOP need to collab-orate on high-speed rail Peter argues that a high-speed rail serv-ice, offering faster, more accessible trans-portation to the nation, will requirePresident Barack Obama to work withRepublicans who were recently voted intoCongress. PAGE 17

SportsThe beginner’s guide tobeing a hockey fan: dos &don’tsHannah provides a list of dos and don’tsfor all fledgling hockey fans. You can letyour true inner fan out once you learnthis list of simple rules to show your pas-sion for the sport and your favorite team.PAGE 18

WBB looks to star seniorsWith a core of returning veterans and atalented incoming class, the Swarthmorewomen’s basketball team is set to beginthe 2010-2011 season this coming week.The Centennial Conference appears to bewide open as the Garnet will try to returnto the playoffs for the first time since 2005.PAGE 19

Swim teams off to faststartBehind stellar performances from dis-tance swimmers and first-years, theGarnet men’s and women’s swim teamsdominated Centennial-opponentMcDaniel this past weekend. The teamsreturn to action against the defendingCentennial Conference champions inmen’s and women’s swimming, Franklin& Marshall, on Saturday. PAGE 19

Defense the key to cham-pionships in the pastdecadeTim examines the offenses and defensesof championship-winning teams in theNBA, MLB, NHL and NFL over the pastdecade. A strong defense has led to morechampionships, across all four leagues,than a top offense. PAGE 20

Volleyball upsets Haverfordto reach CC finalsIn the biggest upset in the CentennialConference fall season, the Swarthmorevolleyball team knocked off top-seededHaverford to reach its first-everCentennial Conference finals.Swarthmore battled back from two-sets-to-one down to knock off the Fords beforefalling in the championship match toFranklin & Marshall. PAGE 21

Men’s soccer wins 2010Centennial ChampionshipThe Swarthmore men’s soccer team wonits second Centennial ConferenceChampionship in three years, defeatingMuhlenberg 2-1 in 2OT Sunday. TheGarnet needed penalties to get past No. 4Johns Hopkins in the semifinal Saturdaybefore Kieran Reichert netted the game-winner against the Mules. PAGE 22

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TodayFeminism's Identity CrisisMiriam Perez ’06, organizer and

advocate for Latina women, willoffer insight on the future of femi-nism in a lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Sci199.

Lecture: Nico Udu-gamaAs a field organizer with the

grassroots organization School ofthe Americas Watch, Nico Udu-gama will be on campus to discusshis efforts in organizing nonvio-lent protests against the controver-sial Western Hemisphere Institutefor Security Cooperation, formerlyknown as the School of Americas,in Fort Benning, GA. He will bespeaking at 7:30 p.m. in theScheuer Room.

SAM Workshop: Pre-Med EditionStressed about pre-med at

Swarthmore? Come for advice frompre-med SAMs at 9 p.m. in Sci 183about fulfilling pre-med require-ments. Cookies and other snackswill be provided.

TomorrowConversation about Quakerismsand Quaker values at SwarthmoreConvene with fellow students,

faculty and administrators in theBond Memorial Hall at 1 p.m. todiscuss the role of Quaker valuesin the strategic planning process.

Cooper Series: SoulfègeEnjoy the electrifying

Afropolitan sound of the interna-tionally acclaimed musical groupSoulfège at 8 p.m. in LPAC.Sponsored by the CooperFoundation, this concert is freeand open to the public.

Saturday, November 13thBeekeeping and urban agricultureTake a van to the Fairmount

Park Horticultural Center inPhiladelphia with members of theGood Food Project to learn aboutthe basics of beekeeping. RSVP toMichael Roswell and meet in theBen West Parking Lot at 8:15 a.m. ifinterested.

Sunday, November 7thEat for EducationThe Village Education Project is

hosting its second all-you-can-eatbuffet fundraiser for children inEcuador who have limited oppor-tunities to attend high school.Come to Shane Lounge at 8:12 p.m.with $5 for food from Shere-e-Punjab, Panera, Aria and more.

The Franklin Method workshopImprove your physical and

mental energy with CathyRaymond ’79 as she leads aFranklin Method workshop at 7p.m in Bond Hall. The method willtarget any tension or pain experi-enced in your neck and shoulders.

E-mail submissions for theevents menu to [email protected]

events menu Alums discuss minority education

BY ADAM [email protected]

“Swarthmore was a very differentworld to me,” said Nelson Flores ’03 onMonday afternoon at a panel on lan-guage minority education inKohlberg’s Scheuer room. “When Icame here, I felt like I was redefined asnot a legitimate user of English.”Flores, along with Elaine Allard ’01,

Laura Ascenzi-Moreno ’94 andJonathan Rosa ’03, returned toSwarthmore in order to speak abouttheir careers in language minority edu-cation as well as some of the issues thatlanguage minority students face withinthe United States education systemtoday. Such issues mainly reside in our

struggle, as a primarily monolingualEnglish-speaking nation, in providingadequate attention and resources to themillions of schoolchildren whose“native language” is not English, thealums described.The panel, organized by the Alumni

Office, Education Studies and theIntercultural Center, attracted a groupof over 20 students and faculty mem-bers. Lisa Smulyan, Professor ofEducational Studies, presided over it.Before coming to Swarthmore,

Flores was raised in a bilingual house-hold by his single mother of PuertoRican descent. However, due to inter-nalized anxieties regarding his ownproficiency in Spanish, Flores per-ceived himself to be a monolingualEnglish speaker rather than a bilingualspeaker of both English and Spanish.“With friends, I was told I didn’t speakSpanish well enough,” Flores said.Soon after arriving at Swarthmore,

Flores began to feel marginalized and“language-less” as he was forced toadopt new words and academic termi-

nologies to which he had previouslynot been exposed. He stated that manyof his peers would often correct his spo-ken English, making integration intothe community increasingly difficult. Itwas at this point that Flores claims hebegan to have an interest in educationfor language minority students in theU.S.On a similar note, Rosa cited his

experience as a Latino at Swarthmoreas the driving force behind his interestin the field of language minority educa-tion. Prior to Swarthmore, Rosa claimsto have always possessed a meticulousattention to grammar and rhetoric inspoken English. It wasn’t until after hisarrival at the college that Rosa realizedthis was his way of internalizing hisparents’ own linguistic anxieties.“I was always interested in ‘stan-

dardization’ in order to signal thingsabout myself through grammar – itwasn’t just about sounding smart,”Rosa said. “I wanted to be able to rep-resent my family publicly through myfacility of a high standard of English.”Ashamed of his parents’ voices as a

child, Rosa developed a newfoundappreciation for his parents’ nonstan-dard linguistic practices after arrivingat Swarthmore and a subsequent senseof pride in his own linguistic heritage.After graduating from Swarthmore,Rosa received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Chicago. He now teachesLatino Studies at New York University.Allard and Ascenzi-Moreno made

similar comments regarding theirexperiences at Swarthmore, statingthat they had felt forced to identifythemselves ethnically during theirtime here. “I was not identifiablyLatina enough,” Allard said. “I felt likeI needed to learn about Latino cultureto better identify myself.”Allard, now pursuing a Ph.D. in edu-

cational studies at the University ofPennsylvania, says that she hasreturned to Swarthmore to give currentstudents better access to informationregarding the issue of language minori-ty students in the U.S. She is now a vis-iting professor at the college, teaching aclass dedicated to the topic of languageminority education.In addition, Ascenzi-Moreno, daugh-

ter of a Colombian mother and Italianfather, stated that her bicultural identi-ty was not a common characteristicamong students during her time at thecollege. She stated that she had alwayshad a strong interest in educationalstudies; however, it was her search foridentity at Swarthmore that resulted inher current career in language minori-ty education. “I first wanted to find myidentity and have that guide my profes-sional direction,” Ascenzi-Moreno said.After graduating from Swarthmore,

Ascenzi-Moreno spent two years con-ducting educational research inBogota, Colombia on a Fulbright grant.She now teaches at the first parent-runDual Language School in New YorkCity, while concurrently pursuing herPh.D. in educational studies alongsideFlores at the City University of NewYork.Each of the panel members spoke for

ten to fifteen minutes, after which thepanel was open to questions and dis-cussion. Students asked the panelistsquestions concerning their back-grounds in education as well as adviceon pursuing general careers in educa-tion. Flores concluded the discussion by

urging students to actively establish amore supportive environment forincreasingly diverse student popula-tions in schools across America. “Wemust pressure institutions to be moreinclusive spaces,” he said.

Jake Mrozewski Phoenix Staff

Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Nelson Flores, Elaine Allard and Jonathan Rosa spoke out about the problems with language minority edu-cation in the U.S. at a panel in the Scheuer Room Monday night.

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Complaints arise concerning writing requirementBY JACQUELINE [email protected]

Writing courses at Swarthmore existto help students learn how to expressthemselves clearly and intelligently.But the way they are currently struc-tured is a source of frustration formany students. A recent thread of comments on a

Daily Gazette article revealed that,among other problems, several stu-dents think that writing courses areoften mislabeled, and that some of themlack the emphasis on revision andmeetings with Writing Associates thatstudents expect.According to the writing program’s

website, writing courses should require“multiple writing assignments thattotal at least twenty pages of analyticwriting during the semester.” A coursethat can fulfill the “W” requirementshould emphasize developing a stu-dent’s abilities to construct, organizeand develop a thesis and argumentwhile collecting, presenting and analyz-ing evidence and documentation.Furthermore, the website states that,“It will pay explicit attention to themechanics of writing and editing,issues of intended audience andauthor’s voice.”But some students have found the

lines distinguishing a writing coursefrom a non-writing course to be partic-ularly blurred.Dougal Sutherland ’11 said, “I’ve

taken a bunch [of writing courses] with-out even thinking about it. Some havehad better focus on writing. The onesthat used course WAs required at leastsome focus on revision process ... butothers had nothing. It’s pretty variedwhether they’ll actually make you bet-ter at writing.”Sutherland, who is editor in chief of

the Gazette, was hopeful that adminis-trators would take notice of the criti-cisms revealed in the comments online.The thread drew the attention ofMartin Warner, the registrar, who fol-lowed and commented on it.Warner said in an e-mail, “I learned

a lot from the chat ... and I am verysympathetic to the student concernsraised there. I decided the best thing Icould do in response is to try to providebetter advice to all students (and espe-cially first-year students) about theWriting Course Requirement.” He pub-lished new information about therequirement online, with suggestionsthat students should take “W” coursesas early as possible, and try to use themto fulfill distribution requirements.But for students whose majors are

highly structured, it can be hard just tofind time to schedule in “W” courses.Rebecca Roelofs ’13 plans to major inengineering and has had trouble taking“W” classes in the humanities. “I basi-cally only have one slot per semester inwhich I can work on fulfilling all mydistribution requirements. Freshmanyear ... none of my classes were writingclasses,” she said in an e-mail.The fall semester of her sophomore

year, she planned to take an Englishclass, but taking a writing credit was arequirement to take any class in thedepartment except for first-year semi-nars. “I felt totally blocked out of thedepartment without the writing credit,and I didn't really have time in my

schedule to take a writing class firstand then an English class later. Ithought that exploring subjects outsideof your comfort zone was the veryessence of Swarthmore, so it should bereally easy to do!” Roelefs said.Yet even for students who major in

writing-intensive subjects, fulfilling thewriting requirements can be difficult.Kat Clark ’12, an English major, neverexpected that fulfilling the writingrequirement would be challenging forher. But the absence of middle andhigher-level classes with the “W” desig-nation limits her options.“I took Intro to Ed and had a great

WA experience, but since then I've hadtrouble finding W classes that I'm inter-ested in,” Clark said. She pointed outthat majoring in English requires herto write extensively, but “W” coursesdo not seem to acknowledge the amountof writing done by students.William Nessly ’99, a visiting

instructor in the English departmentwho currently teaches a “W” class, afirst-year seminar called “The OrientalImagination,” said that the differencebetween a class that demands a lot ofwriting and a “W” class is the intent of

the course. “Not just English classesbut many humanities courses and sci-ence courses have demanding writingcomponents. But that’s different fromthe self-conscious emphasis on writingthat happens in designated ‘W’ cours-es,” he said.The requirements have changed

quite a bit since Nessly’s days as a stu-dent here. Until the 1990s, distributionrequirements could only be fulfilledthrough taking specific courses calledPDCs, primary distribution courses.PDCs were classes in the humanities,social sciences and natural sciencesthat had been recognized for meetingvarious criteria. They were supposed to be suitable

for students who intended to major inthe field as well as non-majors, have anemphasis on the specific methodologyessential for the subject and contain asignificant writing component.Students were required to take twoPDCs in each field, and could take onenon-PDC.The administration eventually

decided to get rid of the PDC listing, butkept the emphasis on writing.Professors who wanted to designate

their classes as Writing classes had tofill out an application, and the classesthat were labeled “W” are almost allstill considered to be “W” classes.Departments can, however, requestthat a class not be labeled “W” if, forexample, the professor teaching thecourse changes and the emphasisshifts.Constance Hungerford, provost of

the college, said that with the upcomingStrategic Planning, it is possible theformat of Writing courses will changeonce again. Until then, the solution toproblems like Clark’s may lie with theprofessors. “Many people whose cours-es are not W courses nonetheless carevery much about their students andtheir writing. I think more faculty canthink about whether they want to makemid-level courses W courses,”Hungerford said.Hungerford stressed, though, that

requiring students to learn to writewell will not change. “Writing well is areflection of thinking well, and the abil-ity to communicate is tremendouslyimportant. We want to find ways ofensuring our students are graduatingwith that skill honed,” she said.

Olivia Natan Phoenix Staff

Flyers reminding students to register for Spring 2011 classes and a photo of the registrar, Martin Warner, promoting writing courseshang on the board space outside of the Registrar’s Office in Parrish.

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Sixteen Feet serenades the campus in Sci 101 this past Friday with a fresh set of songsduring their Toejam Fall 2010 performance.

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Silbia Han performs along with several other student musicians during the annualHalloween student cover show in Olde Club on Friday night.

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Lisa Arellano, Chair of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Colby College, speaksabout the television show, “Dexter,” on Wednesday afternoon .

Student arrested in

D.C. for MTR sit-inBY GAIL [email protected]

On September 27, Alexa Ross ’13was arrested along with three othersfor refusing to leave a PNC Bank inWashington, D.C. PNC was thelargest American bank to still fundmountaintop removal, and she wasparticipating in a sit-in organized byself-proclaimed activist ReverendBilly in an attempt to stop them.“Protest is a privilege,” Ross said

in an e-mail, “and the fact that I couldstand up for the people and land ofAppalachia in that way was empow-ering.”The bank announced on Tuesday

that it would cut all funding to proj-ects that use MTR.“It's really incredible to see such

directly explicit results of a cam-paign you took part in. It's oftenyears before nonviolent campaignssee success, ifat all, and thiswas completelyunexpected,”Ross said.The sit-in

was part of athree-day con-ference held inWash ing ton ,c a l l e dA p p a l a c h i aRising. Itoccurred on thefinal day of theconference, the“Day of Action,” where in addition tothe sit-in, 2,000 people marched to theWhite House to demand an end toMTR and about 100 were arrested. OnSeptember 25 and 26, there werestrategy discussions and speechesabout the destruction of naturethrough methods like MTR inAppalachia.Four other Swarthmore students,

Blaine O’Neil ’13, Anjali Cadambi ’13,Kanayo Onyekwuluje ’13 andWilliam Lawrence ’13, also attendedthe conference. They are part of acollection of students who are takingon environmental issues on campusas well as on a larger scale. Theychoose not to officially form a groupon campus and instead focus onevents like this with every memberinvolved and no sense of hierarchy.“We all noticed the energy of the

march that concluded the conferencein D.C.,” Ross said in an e-mail. “Itwas very focused, very determined.We talked about it in the car rideback to Swat, how none of us had feltsomething like that before.”Before travelling to D.C., the stu-

dents wanted to better understandthe issues. They therefore took a tripto West Virginia last spring in orderto become better acquainted withMTR.There, they had the chance to sit

down with Ken Heckler ’35. He wasthe West Virginia Secretary of Statefrom 1985-2001, the U.S.Representative for the 4th district ofWest Virginia from 1959-1977 and aspeechwriter for President Truman.

Heckler is a self-proclaimed hell-rais-er and long time activist in thiscause. During their meeting, thegroup was able to draw much insightand wisdom.When the group came back to

Swarthmore, Lawrence noticed theirincreased passion in their efforts toend MTR. “Even though I didn’t go, Isaw the energy that people cameback with, and the passion reallybecame contagious,” he said.O’Neil says that even though

mountain top removal is cheaperthan traditional methods, the miningcompanies do not take into accountthe destruction of whole ecosystemsand the disruption of life in the areawhen calculating the cost.“I’m from Kentucky and this real-

ly hit home for me,” Onyekwulujesaid. “People are out there sufferingand their environment is suffering.”Rather than sending miners

underground toextract coal,mining compa-nies blast offthe top of themountain withexplosives inorder to accessthe coal. They then

dump millionsof tons of soilinto a nearbyvalley, which iscalled “valleyfilling.”

Valley filling has proven to be areal threat to the diversity of ecosys-tems. It kills off the animals andplants in the valley. But these are notthe only things being effected bymountain top removal; it has damag-ing effects on the people in the areaas well.As a result of mountain top

removal, the water has becomeheavy in mercury and arsenic,which poses a great health risk.There have also been many reportsof people who live close to thesemountains but have never been inthe mines being diagnosed withblack lung disease.It also has many social repercus-

sions. “The mining companies inthese areas have a monopoly in thework force,” Onyekwuluje said.“People can’t find any jobs otherthan ones that are in this process.”O’Neil believes that as a young

college student surrounded by pas-sionate people and resources, it iseasier to focus on physical interven-tion to enact social change. “Lookingback in history, non-violent directaction always plays a role in howchange happens,” he said.For Ross, she sees her arrest back

in September as just another steptowards a bigger goal. “This victoryis another step towards understand-ing the responsibility we all hold inenvironmental destruction,” she saidin an e-mail. “I hope that PNC con-tinues in their efforts, and that we allkeep asking ourselves how we canchange.”

“Protest is a privilegeand the fact that I could

stand up for ...Appalachia in that way

was empowering.”Alexa Ross ’13

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Meat Day to be held next Tuesday on Mertz FieldBY NAVIN [email protected]

On Tuesday, Nov. 16th, theSwarthmore Good Food Project willhold a hog roast, followed by a paneldiscussion on Mertz Field. “It’s a com-bination barbeque panel discussion toraise awareness about ecological meaton campus,” said Marjorie Herbert ’12,a member of the Good Food Project andorganizer of the event.

The roast will occur all day Tuesday,and its organizers hope to bring aware-ness to the Swarthmore community.Sarah Scheub, a Good Food memberinvolved in the event, said that thecommunity is “experiencing a discon-nect between their food and how it israised and where it comes from andwho raises it and how it gets on aplate.”

Flyers outlining what ecologicalmeat is will be distributed soon. Theorganizers hope that it will be an expe-rience where students can “visuallyexperience” and “see with [their] eyes… and associate that with eatingmeat… and be okay with that or notokay with that,” Scheub said.

She also hopes that people recognize“that this was raised by people,” andthat this “play[s] into [their] choices as… consumer[s].”

The panel discussion will consist offive farmers who will introduce them-selves, discuss how they raised the ani-mals, the hardships they faced and thetriumphs they enjoyed. Participantsinclude a farmer who raises pork,someone who has a stand in thefarmer’s market and a beef producer.

German Studies professorHansjakob Werlen, who is also thefounder of Philadelphia Slow Food, aneducational organization supporting

ecologically proper food productionand revival of food traditions, willmoderate the discussion.

“[Good Food is] a campus group, oneof the green groups, who focuses main-ly on food issues, whether that’s sus-tainable agricultural or sustainable liv-ing practices,” Scheub said. The groupgrows a variety of crops throughoutthe year, and its produce has been soldto the college dining services and localanti-hunger advocates.

Additionally, Good Food runs a com-posting program used by the college’sdining services, including Sharplesand Essie Mae’s. Schueb also empha-sized how the group is “doing it for thecommunity” and “doing projects toopen [the] discussion [of sustainabilityissues]”

Organizers of the event do not fore-see any problems or controversiesregarding roasting meat on campus.“We’re technically vegetarians,”Scheub said. “We think more thanmost people do about meat.”

Moreover, she emphasized that themeat is being created and processed“in an ecological way.”

Doug Woos ’11, a vegetarian, seemsto agree with this point and the idea ofthe pig roast. “Obviously most Swattieseat meat, so I don’t think there is any-thing inherently wrong with having ameat-centric event on campus,” Woossaid in an e-mail.

“In some sense a pig roast is a goodthing in that it forces a direct connec-tion to the hog in a way that pork-on-a-plate from Sharples really doesn’t,” headded. “I hope that this extends to theorganizers doing research to determinethe best source for a pig, and that theanimal they select has been raised andslaughtered humanely (which is not atall the norm).”

Courtesy of Sarah Scheub

Members of the Good Food Project will be purchasing a pig from a local farm for theirpig roast next Tuesday.

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Peer mentoring program to help autistic studentsBY ALLISON SHUSHTERMANTRIANGLE.ORG, NOV. 5, 2010

This fall, the Drexel AutismSupport Program will be help-ing Drexel students withautism improve theirUniversity experience througha peer mentoring program.

The program will strive toenhance self-advocacy skills,interpersonal relations andother strategies critical to col-lege success for students on theautistic spectrum. Directed byDr. Felicia Hurewitz, an assis-tant professor in the depart-ment of psychology, the coursewill pair autistic students withnon-autistic peer mentors toguide them through the com-plexities of college life.

As the staff prepare for thefirst class to commence in com-ing weeks, they are still search-ing for autistic students andpeer mentors who would be agood fit for the program. DanielSmith, a Drexel AutismSupport Program trainer andneuropsychology candidate, is

responsible for selecting peermentors. Smith is looking forstudents who are able to makethe time commitment, havehad experience working withthe disabled and are matureenough to guide their autisticpeers. Motives for involvementin the program also play alarge role in selecting peermentors.

Once admitted into DASP, apeer mentor is matched upwith an autistic student basedon their age and gender. Theuse of appropriate and effectiverelationships enables all stu-dents to grow and learnthroughout the program.Before the course begins,Smith will hold six trainingsthat will enable peer mentorsto learn more about their rolein the program and how to bestdeal with any challenges theymay face.

Research shows that autis-tic students tend to be strongervisual learners, and soHurewitz has adjusted lessonsto optimize student learning.

“I use many demonstrationsin the class to help the autisticstudents gain a better grasp ofthe material. For instance,sometimes I will play humor-ous videos, or have studentsrole play experiential situa-tions, like how to strike up aconversation with another stu-dent,” Hurewitz said.

Throughout the course, thedirector of DASP emphasizesthat in order for the autisticstudents to truly be successfulat college, they must advocatefor their rights as students.Many individuals with autismhave executive functioningproblems, a difficulty discov-ered during neuropsychologi-cal testing. As a result, thesestudents benefit from accom-modations provided throughthe Drexel Office of DisabilityServices.

“In the program, I informthe autistic students about theprocess of going to ODS andgetting the accommodationsthey qualify for, like extendedtime for tests and priority reg-

istration. Allowing these stu-dents to register early for theirclasses can enable them tobuild a schedule that best fitstheir needs,” Hurewitz said.

Hurewitz also notes that thecourse not only hopes to pre-pare autistic students for col-lege life, but also for the work-force.

“People with autism are notas successful with job place-ment and retention. This doesnot stem from their inability todo the work, but rather fromtheir poor social skills. Thisprogram strives to increasethese skills, which will lead toa more expansive social net-work,” Hurewitz said.

Elliott Berkowitz Sturgis, apsychology major graduatingin 2011, will assess the effect ofDASP on each autistic stu-dent’s social network.

“For my senior thesis, I amcreating a questionnaire thatthe autistic students will com-plete before and after thecourse. This will be used as aninstrument to see what effect

the support network in DASPhas had on their social integra-tion,” Sturgis said.

The program first began inthe fall of 2009 with four autis-tic students and four peer men-tors. Since the program’sinception, consultants, as wellas professors at four other col-leges in eastern Pennsylvania,have received training in thecourse.

Participating institutionsfor this coming term includeSt. Joseph’s University,Swarthmore and CarbondaleCommunity College.

Created under grants fromthe Pennsylvania Bureau ofAutism Services, it will befunded from 2009-2011 by theBureau

According to the Bureauwebsite, “The DASP projectwas created by Drexel as a wayto give colleges inPennsylvania resources toaccommodate students withautism who are attending, orplanning to attend, post-sec-ondary institutions.”

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Students take off for annual Quidditch World CupBY SABA HAMEDYDAILYFREEPRESS.COM, NOV. 9, 2010

Tom Ford, a College of Arts andSciences freshman, spends his Sundayssprinting around the Boston UniversityBeach dressed in a yellow T-shirt andshorts with a tube sock carrying a tennisball wrapped around his waist.

Ford isn’t crazy, he’s just the snitch:the key to winning the game ofQuidditch, the sport featured in J.K.Rowling’s popular “Harry Potter” series.His job is to run around until a seekerfrom either team catches him, whichwould result in victory.

Whoever said Quidditch isn’t forMuggles was wrong. Colleges across thecountry, including Boston University,are making the magical sport a realityfor wannabe wizards and athletes alike.

On Saturday, about 50 colleges anduniversities will compete in the fourthannual Quidditch World Cup.

In the past, the cup has been held atMiddlebury College, the first school thatbrought the sport to life in fall of 2005.

However, because of an increase incollege participation, the cup has a newhome in New York City at Dewitt ClintonPark.

Just like in “Harry Potter,” each teamhas seven people on the field at a time –three chasers, two beaters, a keeper and

a seeker. However, because none of theplayers can actually fly, collegeQuidditch is slightly different than thefictional game. Rather than keepingtheir balance while flying, team mem-bers must multi-task by holding a broombetween their legs with one hand at alltimes.

While the seeker searches for thesnitch, the beaters hit people with“bludgers” (dodge balls) and the chaserstry to score bythrowing the“quaffles” (volley-balls) into one ofthree hoops thatare defended bythe keepers.

About 70 peo-ple play on BU’steam – more thantriple from lastyear’s 20, saidSargent College ofHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences jun-ior Dana Pelerin, BU Quidditch team sec-retary.

“We’ve had so many people involvedthat we decided to organize the BUQteam into four houses headed by the foure-board members so that everyone getsmore playing time and we can stay moreorganized,” she said.

The BU teams (The Screaming

Mandrakes, the Hippogriffs, thePhoenixes and the Gnargles) each holdone weekly practice, where memberswork on specific skills and do a few drillsbefore scrimmaging each other,President of BUQ and College of Artsand Sciences junior Caroline Stack said.

Last year, BUQ nabbed third place inthe Cup out of 23 other teams.

“We have even higher expectationsthis year,” Pelerin said. “We’re bringing

a really greatteam to NY.”

“Our programis a lot strongerthis year, sowe’re hoping todo even better inthe World Cup,and also to beatMiddlebury, whoI think is stillu n d e f e a t e d , ”added Stack.

“The best part about the world cup isprobably the excitement and intensity ofthe games,” Stack said. “Everyone is sodedicated and puts so much effort intoeach game, but then at the end of the daywe’re all there to have a good time. It’sfun meeting other teams from across thecountry and from neighboring schoolstoo.”

Katie Stack, a CAS senior and BUQ

member, said being part of the team is afun experience.

“I love that Quidditch, at this point,isn’t even really about Harry Potter,” shesaid. “We have a lot of people on ourteam who aren’t huge fanatics, but want-ed to learn a new, fun sport and remainphysically active in college. The game ismuch more intense, physically, thanmost people expect.”

Stephen Houseman, BUQ treasurerand School of HospitalityAdministration sophomore, said thisyear the team is “going big.”

“With [extra] practices we are able tocreate plays while also focusing onthings that we need to improve on,” hesaid. “From last year the team as a wholehas quadrupled. We went from 20 playersto 80 players and now we feel like we aregoing to be a bigger force to be reckonwith then we were last year at the WorldCup.”

BUQ is taking 20 players, a coach, asnitch and a referee to New York City viathe Megabus, team members said.

“Quidditch may seem like a joke, butit is far from that,” Houseman said. “Theamount of bruises, blood and injuriessustained from Quidditch at a daily prac-tice or game is unimaginable to thosewho have never seen us play. We are BUQuidditch, we play to win. World Cup2010 here we come.”

“The game is much moreintense, physically, thanmost people expect.”

Katie Stack

BU senior


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10 November 11, 2010 THE PHOENIX

From DiBruno’s to pho, Italian market has it allIn the latter portion of

the 19th century, Italianimmigrants flooded EastCoast cities, creating eth-nic enclaves in Boston,New York andPhiladelphia, among otherAmerican cities. Today,Philadelphia’s Italian-American heritage isvibrantly evident, even inthe suburbs. A once-scorned group of immi-grants is now the oldguard, an essential part ofthe character ofPhiladelphia. The city’s

Italian cultural heritage remains prominently on displayat the Italian Market in South Philadelphia, though sub-sequent waves of immigrants have added businesses rep-resenting their own cultures and creating a sense of his-torical layering in the area that geology can’t mimic:Mexican and Central American immigrants work inItalian butcheries. Shops with “pho” signs in the windowface Chinese dry cleaning services, and when the wind isright, someplace out of sight smells like pastry cream andconfectioners’ sugar.

Known informally as the 9th Street Market, the ItalianMarket area runs from Fitzwater Street (north) toWharton Street (south), generally within a three-blockeast-west radius of 9th Street, within the Bella Vista neigh-borhood. There are good things to be found beyond theseboundaries, in particular a slate of Southeast Asian restau-rants to the south and the west.

Beyond the sidewalk displays of exotic and familiarproduce are a slew of traditionally Italian-owned food-related shops, including butcheries, spice shops, bakeriesand cheese shops. The area’s most well-known store is cer-tainly DiBruno Brothers’, (930 S. 9th St.) which specializesin cheese and sells anything you might want to accompa-ny that cheese. DiBruno’s is a small specialty grocery(they do have larger locations, including one inRittenhouse, but this is the original), and an expensive one

at that — but the samples are free. If mozzarella is trulywhat you seek, look down the block to Claudio’s (926 S.9th), where they make it, stuff it and smoke it on site. Teaand coffee lovers and serious cooks should stop by Fante’sKitchen Wares Shop (1006 S. 9th), a source for most every-thing a home cook could want.

If you are hit with the aforementioned sweet smell ofpastry as you cross Christian Street, it’s coming fromIsgro Pastries (1009 Christian Street). Stop in for cannoliand a wide range of other Italian-American classics thatlook like they materialized out of a glossy mid-centurycookbook. For hoagies, Sarcone’s Deli (734 S. 9th) is theplace to be. If you crave a bit more of the American in yourItalian-American adventure, just south of the market onthe two south corners of 9th and Passyunk Avenue, Pat’sand Geno’s solicit your judgement on which Philly cheesesteak reigns supreme. (Which of them originated the icon-ic sandwich is likely to endure as a contested fact.)

If you wander beyond the awnings of 9th Street, youmight note the high number of Vietnamese restaurants inthe area. In fact, several different Southeast Asian cuisinesare represented in the area. For pho, try Pho 75’s BellaVista branch (1122 Washington Ave #F), and for bahn-mi,try Viet Huong Restaurant (1100 Washington Ave.). A goodeight to ten blocks south (depending on how you count) isHardena/Waroeng Surabaya Restaurant, (1754 Hicks St.),possibly the best place in the city for Indonesian food.

What if you don’t want Southeast Asian food or Italianfood? For Mexican food, try Moctezuma Restaurant (1108 S.9th St), just south of the Italian Market on 9th Street.Further south, Bitar’s (947 Federal St.) offers cheap, Zagat-rated falafel; see if you can get extra pickled turnipsinstead of lettuce. North of the market, snout-to-tail eaterswill appreciate the high-quality French offerings at Bibou(1009 S. 8th St.).

There are two primary ways to get to the Italian Marketusing SEPTA: The fastest and cheapest way is to take theMedia-Elwyn Line towards Center City, get off at 49thStreet, and take the 64 Bus towards Pier 70. To catch the 64Bus after disembarking from the train, head right to thewest end of the platform, ascend the stairs, and make aright across the bridge over the tracks. You should findyourself at the corner of 49th and Chester Ave. About ten

meters east of the intersection, on 49th Street, is a bus stopsign for the 64 Bus (among others). Take advantage of thesilver guardrail as you wait — but since the bus runsroughly every 15 minutes, you shouldn’t have to wait long.The main bus stop for the Italian Market is at 9th andWashington, but you can get off a few blocks earlier (say,at 12th Street & Washington Ave.) if you want to explorethe area a bit more. Round-trip fare to 49th Street is $7.50in advance ($8 on board). Each trip on the bus costs onetoken or two dollars; tokens can be purchased in packs oftwo for $3.10, bringing the total cost of the trip to $10.60.(According to the SEPTA website, it is also possible to pur-chase a transfer for $1 when your trip requires two differ-ent SEPTA services. This must be purchased at the time ofpurchase of the initial service (for example, your firsttrain ride). The website says nothing of purchasing trans-fers in advance. I am not familiar with this process; formore information, inquire at the Swarthmore Station tick-eting office.)

Your other option is to continue on the Media-ElwynLine to Suburban Station and walk from JFK & 17th to theBroad Street Line station at City Hall, on the Market Streetside. Take the Broad Street Line in the AT&T Center direc-tion, southbound, and get off at Ellsworth-Federal Station.This will put you on Broad Street between EllsworthStreet, to the north, and Federal Street, to the south.Washington Avenue is one block north of Ellsworth; BroadStreet functions as 14th Street, so when you come to thecorner of Washington & Broad from the Ellsworth-FederalStation, the 9th Street Market is five blocks down thestreet to the right. Since each trip on the Broad Street Linecosts one token or two dollars, it is cheaper to purchase anIndependence Pass for $11 than to pay round-trip train fareto Center City ($10.75 in advance, $12 on board) and twobus fares.

The benefit of buying an Independence Pass if you planto take the 64 Bus is that, if you decide to venture sixblocks north to South Street when you’re done exploringthe Italian Market, and then maybe you wander all theway up to Rittenhouse Square or City Hall, the Pass willbring you back to Swarthmore on the Media-Elwyn Linewith no additional cost. If you want to have an extensiveday trip, the flexibility is worth the extra $0.40. If youchoose to buy an Independence Pass for either route, try toplan ahead and purchase it in advance at the SwarthmoreStation ticketing office, where they will give you the phys-ical pass. While it looks like the flimsy credit card-stylepasses that allow one to pass through turnstiles in othercities, it doesn’t allow the same ease of access. You’ll haveto show it to each ticketing agent and wait for him or herto grant you access to your next SEPTA service.

Jen is a junior. You can reach her at [email protected].

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Are gap years a growing trend among Swatties?BY DINA [email protected]

Typically, students continuing in academia gostraight from high school to college, and then (19.8%of the time if they’re a Swattie) to graduate school.However, some students choose a less traditionalpath and take a gap year, or a year off. Whetherbefore, during, and/or after college, the time offersstudents an alternative to the conventional path ofcontinuous schooling.Reporting in a recent article on gap years,

MSNBC said, “Experts say no one tracks the exactnumbers of American students taking gap years, butmost agree the trend is steadily growing in popular-ity.” In 2008, Princeton University created the“Bridge Year Program,” which offers undergradu-ates a pre-collegiate year abroad for public servicebefore matriculating at the college.Swarthmore also embraces the pre-collegiate gap

year and since 2003, the college has averaged aboutsix deferrals each year. There were three defers inthe class of 2003, two for 2005, 12 for 2006, four for2008, and five for 2013, along with 8 students current-ly on gap years who will defer to the class of 2015. When interviewing prospective students, Dean of

Admissions Jim Bock often asks, “What would youdo next year if you didn’t go to college?” Often unan-ticipated, the question catches most students offguard. “It’s amazing how often [students] get stuckbecause they have been so pre-programmed to thinkthat success is getting into a good college and gettinga good job,” Bock said.In an interview with NPR in 2008, Bock described

a pre-collegiate gap year as “the new summer.”“Summer used to be the time you took off, you had avacation, you went to the beach and you hung out,”Bock said. Under the pressure of applying to selec-tive schools, students often spend summers doingactivities to boost their application, and so Bockbelieves students sometimes just need a break. For pre-collegiate gap years, Swarthmore policy

asks students to inform the college of the decisionbefore June 1 following their high school graduation.Also, students must send in the $250 nonrefundabledeposit, along with a waiver promising not to applyto other schools, which is also signed by their par-ents and high school guidance counselor.Though it can be relatively unstructured, stu-

dents must have a plan for how they will spend theyear. During December of the gap year, students alsowrite an informal summation of their activities forthe college. With these relatively lenient require-ments, Bock hopes to avoid “discourag[ing] creativi-

ty and imagination,” and instead wants students todo “whatever [they] can dream up.”Following senior graduation, Rachel Crane ’13

spent her year glass-blowing at Penland School ofCrafts and then abroad in Greece and Japan in cre-ative writing and dance classes. “I was really burnedout and I needed some time away from academia so Icould come in and be ready to go and giveSwarthmore everything I have,” she said.Also abroad, Ben Wolcott ’14 spent his gap year in

an Israeli commune called “The Freedom Builders”that mimics the traditional kibbutz, which is a col-lective community based on an agricultural lifestyle.Living in a communal space with a shared bankaccount and in a small bedroom with four room-mates, Wolcott improved his ability to share spaces,understand different perspectives and participate indialogue and discussion.Though he admits his balance between academics

and a social life is far from perfect, Wolcott believeshis gap year did help him re-prioritize his prior highschool habit of choosing schoolwork over friends.“My priorities cannot be so clear — there needs to bemore gray. My friends cannot just come below myschoolwork and activities because [my friends] areessential,” he said.Similarly, Crane developed this sense of balance.

“It’s still something I struggle with the most, butwithout the gap year, I would just be one of thoseSwatties who doesn’t know how to just put it awayand say okay, that’s enough — I’m allowed to dosomething else now,” Crane said. Living abroad on her own, Crane learned to shop

and cook for herself and thus, the transition to thecollege’s dorm life and dining hall proved to be achallenge. “Though I was not in the real world whileliving in Greece and writing poetry in my free time,I was still being more self-sufficient than I am here.Not having that control felt like backtracking,”Crane said. Another gap year student, Rebecca Kranz ’13,

echoes Crane’s expressions of the difficult transitioninto the college lifestyle. After mastering the “wholeliving on your own thing,” Kranz struggled withacclimating to dorm life and a meal plan. “It was ahard transition, but it was definitely worth it,” shesaid.During her year, Kranz spent time at a non-profit

organization called “Save America’s Forests,” at theNatural History Museum at the SmithsonianInstitute, in West Virginia for an environmental edu-cation internship and finally at a Hawthorne Valleyorganic farm in NY. Other students choose to go on gap years while at

Swarthmore to explore other options and discovertheir passion, or because they feel burnt out. Dean ofStudents Myrt Westphal believes that America’syouth, in the traditional path in academia, rarelystop to consider their strengths and passions. “But,when you get to Swarthmore and find yourself sur-rounded by people who really do know what theywant to do and are passionate, you say, ‘Hm, whatabout me?’” Westphal said. Some students seek such gap years for health,

financial and personal issues as well, but as long asthe gap year is the students’ choice, the college onlyrequires students to fill out a form indicating thedate beginning and ending their intended absence.In situations where the college asks the student to

take time off for disciplinary, health or financial rea-sons, the process requires a written paper upon theirreturn about what they did during their year. “Whatwe want to see is that you’ve gotten your life togeth-er and you’ve organized something that was mean-ingful to you,” Westphal said. After graduation, Swarthmore alums join the

growing trend of post-graduate gap years to spendtime away from academia to consider the future.Now living in NYC, Oscar Guzman ’10 worked for thelast few months at Cinema Tropical, which is a non-profit media arts organization that promotes LatinAmerican Cinema in the US.In considering a Ph.D., Guzman used the time off

to reconsider and confirm his desire to pursue fur-ther schooling. “I don’t regret taking the time off —

I really needed it for my sanity,” Guzman said. “Ifyou are going for a Ph.D., I think you should take agap year because it is going to be six years of yourlife — it’s more than half a decade.”For students like Guzman, Westphal feels that a

couple years of practical life, whether at a researchjob or a law firm, can help students figure out theirnext move. “When are you going to take that time tosort of synthesize your life?” she said.During her pre-collegiate gap year and summer

before college, Hana Lehmann ’13 worked four dif-ferent jobs in her hometown of South Dakota.Forking over $20,000 for her first semester discour-aged Hana from taking her education lightly. Shesaid, “You can academically invest quite a bit, but itisn’t the same thing as actually financially having toinvest in your education.” In agreement with Dean Westphal’s sentiments

about the need for time off, Lehmann said,“Sometimes you just need really big Sabbaths.”

Courtesy of Rebecca Kranz

Rebecca Kranz spent part of her gap year at an organicfarm in New York and working for the non-profit “SaveAmerica’s Forests.”

Courtesy of Ben Wolcott

Ben Wolcott spent his gap year in an Israeli communecalled “The Freedom Builders.”

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Name: Devon NovotnakYear: 2011From: Fogelsville, PACurrent Residence: Worth

What She’s Wearing:“This scarf is from a boutique in Dublin,” said

Novotnak, who studied abroad at Trinity CollegeDublin’s school in Belfast, Ireland last semester. “Iended up doing a lot of shopping while I was over there.[I] just really loved everything they had there and it wascompletely different.” Her striped top and panne velvetskirt are from J.Crew, her black sweater is from Targetand her leopard print and leather purse is from UrbanOutfitters. Novotnak also has an extensive jewelry col-lection and is wearing a few standout pieces, like thedouble-stranded pearl necklace she purchased fromAttic, a consignment shop. “These boots have beenpassed down in my family,” Novotnak said. “They’re mycowboy boots that I wear almost too much.”

How She Describes Her Personal Style:Novotnak describes her style as both cute and eclec-

tic. “I don’t like to dress ... in very conservative pieces,”she said. “I’m very much into unique, antique-y piecesand kind of building off of that.” Novotnak taps into herlove of the antique with her vintage-inspired necklacesand her velvet skirt, but keeps it modern with the skirt’sluster paired with the black tights and cowboy boots.

Fashion Influences / Inspirations:“I was very influenced by my time abroad,”

Novotnak said. She loved how people all over Europe,specifically in Ireland and the UK, dress up nicely everyday. “It doesn’t matter for what, or what time of the day,or even what reason, but they always really presentthemselves and I guess that really influenced me as kindof putting on a presentation every day.”Novotnak has loved art her whole life, especially

impressionist art, and finds that her appreciation forbeauty meshes with how she puts together an outfit. “Ikind of approach it more from the sense of like puttingtogether a piece of art instead of just putting on clothes,”

she said. Novotnak also likes any-thing that evokes an antique feel-ing, though she describes herclothing as “nothing over the topand nothing incredibly vintage.”

Where She Shops:“All over,” Novotnak said. She

enjoys shopping at J.Crew andUrban Outfitters, but also frequentsconsignment shops, T.J. Maxx andMarshall’s for cheap, unique finds.Novotnak likes “finding those cheappieces that you can kind of keepadding on to your wardrobe.”

Favorite Items in Her Closet:“My cowboy boots and actually, any-

thing in leopard print,” Novotnak said. “Iactually have this odd sense that cowboyboots and leopard print go with any-thing.” While leopard print may some-times seem wild or more for an accessory,the animal print is turning into a basic,just like black, brown or navy. From a leop-ard print cardigan to shoes or even to apurse like Novotnak’s, leopard adds anoth-er dimension to any outfit, but can also actas a basic on its own.

Wardrobe Staples:For Novotnak, black leggings and boots

are her main staples. “Not just my cowboyboots,” she said, adding that any sort of bootand black leggings make up much of herwardrobe.

Never Leaves the House Without:“Probably coffee and my iPhone case,” she

said. The case, which Novotnak calls one ofher “prized pieces,” is from online site ModCloth.comand is highly embellished with cool rhinestones andgems.

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Tradition and invention blend in recent concertBY JOHN [email protected]

After a stunning performance withguest artist and former “Star Trek: TheNext Generation” actress Marina Sirtis,Orchestra 2001 came back toSwarthmore’s Lang Concert Hall onSunday, Nov. 9 to give an equally out-of-this-world performance featuring WuMan, considered one of the world’s great-est pipa players.With lights dimmed, the concert start-

ed off with the piece “Naibh Beags(Nyvaigs)” by Jennifer Margaret Barker,featuring the struggle and eventual tri-umph of the Celtics against the Vikings.The tension and anxiety created by themusic kept building and building until itclimaxed, crashing down to a hauntingsoprano melody, sung by NoelArchambeault. The narration, by Barker,framed the entire piece with an introduc-tion and conclusion, and the piece ended,as it started, with a dimming of the lights.The next piece was a Concerto for

String Quartet and Pipa, a piece writtenby Tan Dun specifically for Wu. “WhileTan Dun was writing this piece for me,we went back and forth on the timbre andcolors that I could make with my instru-ment and how that fit in with the rest ofthe orchestra,” Wu said. The entire con-certo was composed of a traditional

string quartet and the pipa. The pipa, alute with strings that are strummed orplucked, could be heard clearly above thequartet when needed. Its sound projectedwell throughout the hall with a virtuosicquality, further pronounced by the mix-ture of traditional Chinese melodies andWestern music. The most interestingquality about the quartet was that theinstruments were played to emulate thepipa in many different ways, with themusicians plucking and strumming thestrings, tapping the body of their instru-ments and using the Bartok Pizzicatostechnique, which is when the playerplucks a string so that it slaps against thefingerboard of the instrument.The third piece was a world premier

called “Transformations in Purple,” byMay-Tchi Chen. Meant for solo pipa, Wucame out alone and performed with pas-sion, swaying to and fro to the rollingphrases of the piece. The next piece,“Lunahuana” by Jay Reise, was also aworld premier. This piece was played bytwo accomplished percussionists, whoimpressively controlled their many dif-ferent instruments.The finale was Tan’s “Circle with

Four Trios, Conductor, and Audience,”which included audience interaction.The audience rehearsed how to sigh outloud with a crescendo for four or sixbeats, twittering, gossiping and shouting

at the cue and cutoff of the conductor.The players were scattered throughoutthe hall in the shape of a circle and theconductor acted as the high priest of all,narrating certain parts while facing theaudience. It was a great finish to anevening filled with pieces that many ofthe audience members were unfamiliarwith.The concert ended with a final encore

by Wu playing “White Snow in Spring,” atraditional pipa piece. The dexterity ofher hands proved incredible, as all thedifferent types of techniques were exer-

cised by this piece.“This was a concert of concerts. We

were extremely lucky to have Wu Manperform with us for this concert,” DanielUnderhill Professor Emeritus of MusicJames Freeman said. Many techniquesused by the composers of these pieces arenormally not seen in regular concerts,such as shouting, using the audience asperformers and displacement of the per-formers across the concert hall. The con-cert ended with a standing ovation. “Itwas truly an amazing concert,”Mackenzie Pierce ’11 said.

Paul Chung Phoenix Staff

Wu Man performed with Orchestra 2001 this past Sunday. Wu is one of the fore-most pipa players in the world. The pipa is a variety of Chinese lute.

Living & Arts



Stress can have high-ly unexpected conse-quences. Here atSwarthmore — wherethere is such an abun-dance of stress — we aregiven the opportunity tosee a fascinating vari-ety of its effects andmanifestations, and I’verecently been witness towhat must be one of themore unusual ones.Twitching, coffee fling-ing and the confusing ofone’s professors withsquirrels can officially

be considered standard.Some time ago, my roommate and I discovered

that a mouse had moved into our room and we begancalling her Leslie. This isn’t her first appearance inthis column, and I have reason to believe she’s fairlyinvolved in campus life, so you may already be famil-iar with her. She disappears for long stretches of timeduring which I can only imagine she’s attendingmariachi band practice and playing badminton. She’sreally a very nice mouse.Unfortunately, Leslie has gone insane. She’s taken

to eating our coffee grounds and running around allnight bouncing off the refrigerator. The other day Iwoke up before six to a frenzied rustling, clangingsound that I’d initially figured, in my sleepiness, wasmy roommate either raking leaves or making all ofour notebooks into paper airplanes very quickly.Both of these made perfect sense for five minutes orso before it occurred to me that the sound was proba-bly coming from Leslie. I have to assume that she waspracticing Scottish sword dancing and falling over alot, because the only other thing she could have been

doing would have been leaping violently up and downwhile attempting to eat a plastic bag.I’m sure that all of this is a result of her having

absorbed our stress. The poor thing has developed acaffeine addiction and can’t sleep. By the time I wasfully awake, I had realized that were I to investigatethe hideous scene unfolding beside the refrigerator, Iwould most likely find Leslie attempting to finish myart history paper. I’ve been feeling pretty terribleabout this, actually — most mice don’t have to bestressed about art history papers or resort to cof-fee. Of course, it is also true that most mice don’tget to join mariachi bands or play bad-minton. I was trying to explain to mymother over the telephone recently thefact that I had somehow brought the resi-dent mouse to the brink of emotional break-down and realized in doing so that thingsmight not be so bad for her. “And thus I’vebrought the resident mouse to the brink ofemotional breakdown,” I conclud-ed.“Ah.”“This mouse is consuming coffee.” I

repeated. “She stays awake allnight flinging herself at theside of the refrigeratorand thinking about arthistory … the mousedoes.”“She did choose to live at

Swarthmore,” the extremelytolerant person on the other end ofthe telephone pointed out.It’s true, Leslie did choose

Swarthmore; she could have gone any-where, but where else would she be play-ing badminton and getting the chance tofeel stressed about art history? Most

mice have to spend all their time feeling stressedabout the possibility of being eaten.It’s interesting to apply this notion to humans:

“Regardless of everything,” we ought to think to our-selves, “I am unlikely to be eaten.” This is a ridicu-lously good point in every situation. There are excep-tions of course, but in those situations one doesn’ttend to be concerned with making good points. Onetends to be concerned with saying “Aaaggghhhh!!!!”

or fleeing. Still, we couldmake the sentiment moreuniversally applicable byaltering it slightly to“Regardless of every-thing, I am unlikely to bekidnapped by aliens.” Ifyou can think of anyexceptions to this thataren’t completely silly youshould probably email me, or

the Living and Arts section ofthis paper, or alternatively, thebadminton club. It’s funny how

once alien abduction has been brought upthere’s really no natural way to continuethings. I’m really sorry, by the way, there will be no

more aliens in this column, or at least very few.But the point of all this is everyone is officiallygiven permission to calm down. Leslie is allowedto calm down, you’re allowed to calm down, I’mallowed to calm down — we should really allstop bashing ourselves against the side of

refrigerators and take a momentto reflect on the fact that we’re

probably not going to be kidnapped byaliens.

Ariel is a first-year. You can reachher at [email protected].

Caffeine addiction, stress spread to dorm mice

Let’s Be Serious

Ariel Swyer

Soulfège fuses diverse array of musical genresBY ISAAC [email protected]

Afropolitan group Soulfège will beperforming this Friday as part of theCooper Series, bringing their music’sAfrican roots onto the world stage.The band’s founders, DNA (Derrick NAshong) and Jonathan Gramling, arefrom Ghana and the Philadelphiaarea, respectively. The other membersof the band — Alex Staley, Stix Bones,Atta Addo and Micah Hulscher —originate from different places acrossthe United States, ranging fromOregon to Seattle. The influences ofeach of the members’ unique experi-ences growing up as an Afropolitancombine to form a sound that blends adiverse array of musical genres. Afropolitan is the combination of

the words African and cosmopolitan.It describes the generation of the chil-dren of African emigrants to the Westwho therefore grew up in a culturedifferent from their family’s heritage.Bridging these two cultures, thesechildren typically identify with both.Therefore they are neither Africannor American, for example, but rathera mix: thus, the creation of a distinct-ly Afropolitan worldview.Having met as undergrads at

Harvard University in a choir group,

Soulfège blend the different qualitiesof gospel, reggae, hip-hop and jazz tocontinue a conversation about thepowerful unifying power of music.In fact, their name embodies a spir-

it to work toward a better understand-ing of culture through music. Thename Soulfège is a play on the Frenchword, solfège, or the Italian, solfeggio,the “Do-Re-Mi” visualization of musi-cal notes thathelps musiciansto start learningabout music. Theclever pun is areference, obvi-ously, to theirAfrican influ-ences. Soulfègehopes to teachpeople aboutmusic and helpthem to think more broadly about thediversity of the musical experience. “We live in a digital world, a cos-

mopolitan world, and our music isabout how we can engage andembrace culture as it feels to us,”DNA said in a phone interview.“It’s interesting the way that they

incorporate their American experi-ence and their African heritage andcreate music that reflects the multi-culturalism of the present world,”

Diego Menendez-Estrada ’11 saidabout his excitement for Friday’sSoulfège performance.Their song “Sweetheart” features a

reggae melody and soul-inspiredvocals that is supported by a smoothjazz saxophone solo. The combinationof these three musical genres createsa song that is sweet in its lyrics aboutthe joys of falling in love, calm in its

reggae melodyand eccentric inits jazz elements.The experiencecan be describedas a soulful andpoignant feelingof relaxationthat flowsthrough theheart and thespirit. The many

different elements that went intoestablishing its meaningful experi-ence can also be appreciated. “A song is greater than its individ-

ual parts, and it’s about what we canachieve together and how we can cre-ate a better form,” Gramling said. By reconciling their identities as

Afropolitans of the world engaging ina broad musical atmosphere, theyestablish a universal sound, as theydid in “Sweetheart,” in which every-

one can relate on some level or anoth-er. “We just want to sit down and havea meal,” DNA said. “It’s food for thesoul,” Gramling said, adding ontoDNA’s comment. Soulfège will be performing in

LPAC on Friday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m.

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Afropolitan group Soulfège unites avariety of musical traditions and influ-ences, such as reggae, jazz, gospeland hip-hop. They will be performingthis Friday, Nov. 12.

“A song is greater thanits individual parts, andit’s about what we can

achieve together...”Jonathan Gramling

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My last column proba-bly made readers diveheadfirst into the deep-est, darkest recesses ofmy cultural morass herein the City of Lights.While culture shock isnever a pleasant subjectto discuss, especiallywhen a much-belovedcity like Paris falls underquestion, it has notentirely defined mystudy abroad experience.There are plenty of won-derful experiences —most of them unforget-

table — that I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy in thiscity.Despite my criticisms, Paris still preserves much

of its native charm, reminding me of my purpose forcoming here in the first place. It may be dirty andoverpopulated in places, but it is still, at heart, abeautiful city that is rich in history and continues tocaptivate visitors and residents. One could arguethat this kind of initial impression did not bode wellfor the eventual culture shock I experienced, butthat is besides the point.First off, the stereotype of Paris as a vibrant glob-

al capital of culture is true. Each week, a plethora ofartistic and musical events takes place all through-out the city. Countless new bars, clubs and restau-rants open their doors to eager clientele. Paris is ina constant cultural flux but never fails to promote itsfast-paced nightlife and arts scene.A student-friendly city, Paris allows students to

benefit from significant discounts at events and alsogrants free entry to most museums. Major events arewell-publicized, thanks to a massive, city-wideposter campaign, supplemented by a slate of pre-views and reviews found in free weekly magazineswhose sole purpose for publication is to recommendweekend entertainment highlights. These are strate-gically placed at every Metro station, whereParisians can leaf through their pages while boredduring their daily commute. Also free are bookletsand leaflets containing precious practical informa-tion on live music concerts and on up-and-comingartists seeking an audience — all of which haveaccumulated in a massive pile in my room. It amazesme how much Paris has effectively transformed cul-ture into both a core business and a lifestyle for itsresidents.The “Nuit Blanche” (roughly translated as “sleep-

less night” or “all-nighter”) is a perfect example ofhow leisure and entertainment have been institu-tionalized in the Parisian calendar. On every firstSaturday of October, numerous unusual cultural andartistic spectacles take place all throughout Paris allnight long, running from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. the nextmorning. Museums and special exhibits in Paris alsogrant free entry for this one special night. SeveralMetro and bus lines run all night for this purpose.At this year’s “Nuit Blanche,” my group of friends

ran around the center of Paris all night, hoppingfrom a surrealist short film, to an interpretive silenttheater piece, to a documentary of European immi-grants recounting an object of sentimental impor-tance from their homeland and then finally to agiant wall display of alarm clocks counting down tothe end of the night. It’s impressive how seriouslythis city takes its fun.Paris also considers its laidback pace of life a seri-

ous business. This manifests in the widespread caféand bistro culture, where customers like to sit on theoutside terrace with a cold beer or a freshly-brewedespresso shot while chatting with friends for hourson end. My friends and I have made a habit of goingout for coffee or beer just to unwind at the neighbor-hood watering holes. Another means of relaxation isto stroll around Paris whenever the weather isagreeable, leading to surprising discoveries like hid-den streets and secret passageways otherwiseunknown to tourists.Although my housing is far from perfect, my

quartier is home to one of the most culturally

diverse communities and some of the liveliestnightlife scenes in Paris. The 20th arrondissement iscomposed of Menilmontant and Belleville, previous-ly poor working-class districts, which now boast anarray of bars, concert spaces, galleries and restau-rants catering to every taste and distinction. The20th is also a hotbed of creative and political activi-ty, thanks to its resident artists, musicians and left-ists.Compared to the more touristy neighborhoods in

the center of Paris, the 20th is much cheaper and pos-sibly more authentic. My foyer compensates for itsliving standards with its strategic location right inthe middle of Menilmontant. Located just downhillfrom my foyer is Oberkampf, another popularnightlife spot, while Belleville itself is just a 15-minute walk away. Personal highlights of my quarti-er include the underground dive bars that featurefree live music (with the consumption of at least onedrink), and several choice restaurants. But my bestdiscovery has to be the neighborhood park on top ofthe hill, with a 360-degree panorama of Paris thatbeats the crowds sitting on the Sacre Coeur Churchsteps any day.While I griped about how small Paris was in my

last column, I also acknowledge the obvious advan-tage that it is easy and convenient to travel through-out the city. The Metro is an extensive train systemthat serves every possible nook and cranny of Paris

and is generally dependable, running even on offi-cial protest days. The Metro map makes logical senseand making transfers is never a stressful hassle,since all the changes for other lines are clearlymarked. Convenience aside, another charm of theParis Metro is the literally underground musicalscene that it supports. Busking musicians — includ-ing mariachi bands, accordionists, jazz manoucheduos, African guitarists and opera singers, just toname a few — embark on trains everyday to playimpromptu music for passengers, who often givegenerous donations. Of course, there are also thehomeless who beg for money, but this is an unfortu-nate reality that exists in every big city.Paris is known for wonderful historical architec-

ture, but this had never struck me so concretelyuntil I had to mount the back of a scooter, while run-ning errands for my internship. There is no feelingmore exhilarating in the world than flying past mon-ument after monument and seeing distinctiveParisian neighborhoods blur into one another.Hands down, riding on the back of a fast-movingscooter that someone else is driving is the best wayto enjoy Paris. It’s moments like these that make mebelieve again in the all-glittering, dreamlike stereo-type of this city, and momentarily forget about itsgrubbier realities.

Maki is a junior. You can reach her at [email protected].

Small But Classe

Maki Somosot

spending a sleepless night in the global capital

ACROSS1 “I smell ____”5 Conductor Toscanini11 Away’s partner14 Dash device15 Unabashed16 Monet’s “______ Montorguiel”17 UPI or Reuters, e.g.19 Pacers, on a scoreboard20 20 Questions category21 ____ Rule of Chemistry 10123 “Reality Bites” star Winona24 Accumulated, as interest27 Proponents of YellowJournalism, perhaps31 Baseball bat wood34 One half of Hispaniola35 Pepper et al36 Cell scrutiny38 Blockades 40 ____ Mater41 Son of Jephunneh 44 Ave. crossers 45 E-communities 49 Word with island or baseball50 River that flows past more than40 castles 54 Temporary shelter56 They may be grand57 Earth, e.g. 58 Literary technique…or a clue to17-Across, 27-Across, and 45-Across62 Stretch the truth 63 European system 64 Ecuador’s “cinnamon capital”65 ____ Lingus 66 Excises 67 American Girl doll

DOWN1 Like much of the Middle East 2 Bob Dylan’s “_____ Day Women#12 & 35”3 Pungent 4 Where to see Monet inManhattan, maybe 5 Genesis victim6 Educational basics, familiarly 7 Torah’s start? 8 Israeli gun 9 “For the ______” 10 Eight ounces

11 Burger toppers, perhaps12 Lady Bracknell to Algernon, e.g.13 1981 Warren Beatty epic18 Palin and Silverman, e.g. 22 Laconic 24 The Greatest 25 Trig. function 26 102 in Ancient Rome 28 Northern California’s ____ Area 29 Editor’s mark 30 Snake’s sound 31 Simple rhyme scheme 32 Where to cool a pie, perhaps 33 One in control of one’s destiny 37 Wiccan, e.g.38 To be, to Benicio39 Western European peninsula

41 Returns pro42 Dentists’ requests 43 Law in Lima 46 Punctual 47 Spicoli, famously48 Soft drink brand founded in 1889 51 How some papers are graded52 “_____ in sight”53 2005 addition to the SATs 54 “Damn Yankees” vixen 55 New York canal 56 Snapshots 59 NYC public transportation 60 Hosp. areas 61 It’s on a roll?

BY ANNA SHECHTMAN

For the solution to this week’s puzzle, see The Phoenix’s online edition atwww.swarthmorephoenix.com.

Crossword


c u l t u r e

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By Miriam Hauser

editor ’sPICKS


Feminism’ sIdentity

Crisis

Thursday, Nov. 11Sci. 1997:30 p.m. -9 p.m.

with MiriamPerez ’ 06

Fetter ChamberMusic Concert I

Sunday, Nov. 14Lang Concert Hall7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Grapevine Fall Concert

Saturday, Nov. 13 Olde Club8:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Eat for Education

Sunday, Nov. 14Shane Lounge

8:12 p.m.

c u i s i n e

By design, the foreign languagerequirement underlines the college’sunderstanding that studying a foreignlanguage is key for a liberal arts educa-tion. Nevertheless, this requirement is

flawed, from its ill-fitting evaluation ofstudents’ experience in high school to itsrather lenient expectations of proficiency.We believe that the college should

embolden the current requirement for theincoming class, especially since the lan-guage programs here are so strong. As thecollege is currently seeking to examine itsvalues with therecently startedstrategic plan-ning process,enhancing theforeign languager e q u i r e m e n twould be a stepforward in betterdefining “the lib-eral arts experi-ence.” Currently, there are four ways for stu-

dents to fulfill the foreign languagerequirement: study three years of a for-eign language, or the “block” equivalent,in high school; get a score of 600 or betteron an SAT foreign language test; pass ayearlong introductory or semester-longintermediate college-level course; orlearn English as a second language.It should come as no surprise that a

school such as Swarthmore, focused onegalitarianism and social justice issues,would push its students to recognize theimportance of learning a foreign lan-guage. After all, multi-language proficiency is

the bedrock for global communication —a note perhaps obvious to Swarthmore,but not to many in a nation fraught withanti-immigration activists and filled withEnglish-language-only pundits. Learning a second language enhances

cognitive, listening and communicativeskills, among others. And learning a lan-guage, between the inevitable mistakesand constant challenges we must dealwith, teaches a hard yet salient lesson:failing is sometimes the best way to learn. While the college’s current secondary

language requirement rightly seeks toinstill the importance of language educa-tion in its students, it doesn’t offer ameaningful or consistent evaluation ofstudents’ performance in high school. Requiring three years of language

study in high school fails to acknowledgestudents’ markedly different high schoolexperiences. Some high school languageprograms focus more on grammar, read-ing comprehension and vocabulary, butfall behind in listening, writing andspeaking skills — areas thatSwarthmore’s classes heavily encourage.Equating three years of high school withone or two semesters at the college, then,may pose an issue since the college’s lan-guage classes admirably use immersiontechniques. More simply, we think that more stu-

dents should take advantage of the col-lege’s strong language departments,which have excellent professors who offera great deal of support and effectively

teach a variety of skills. Plus, the college’sconnection to Bryn Mawr, Haverford andthe University of Pennsylvania opens upan even wider range of languages —Italian, Swahili, Hindi, Yiddish, andmany others — in addition the seven thatSwarthmore offers. The college bulletin’s rightly suggests

that it is “most desirable” for students todo work beyond the language require-ment. We hope that the college requiresstudents take more than basic introducto-ry level classes because higher-level onesoften offer more enriching challenges

that push stu-dents to a higherproficiency. Much of the

trouble in consid-ering a new lan-guage require-ment is the incon-sistency amongstother small col-leges. Amherstand Williams, for

instance, do not have language require-ments — a point that underlines how lib-eral arts colleges more frequently resistrequirements rather than create them.But Carleton, while allowing students

to place out of a language with an appro-priate AP, IB or other test score, requiresstudents to test out of either the fourth- orfifth-level of a foreign language — a morestringent requirement that seems to bet-ter ensure proficiency.Bryn Mawr expects its students to get

a score of at least 690, pass a placementexam from the college or take two classesabove introductory level. Haverford,among providing other options, wiselysets studying abroad as one option for ful-filling the language requirement.In turn, we propose that students,

regardless of their high school education,take a foreign language placement exam— similar to the ones already available —before their first year. If they do not placeinto a literature class, students should berequired to take up to the fourth level of alanguage. Studying abroad or participating in an

immersion program should be an optionfor fulfilling the language requirementunder the approval of the college or spe-cific department; students, then, wouldretake the placement exam after theirprograms end. Certainly, there should still be flexibil-

ity — rigidity is not what we endorse.After all, Swarthmore’s strength as aninstitution largely stems from havingrequirements that resist heavy-handed-ness and trust students to shape theirown paths. In turn, students here clearlyvalue foreign language learning and arealready taking advantage of classes here.Nevertheless, we believe the college

should refine the foreign languagerequirement, especially now when thecollege is examining high-sounding liber-al arts ideals and attempting to whittlethem down to manageable changes.Stringent requirements might not

define a liberal arts education, but theskills instilled through learning a foreignlanguage are undoubtedly at the heart ofit.

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refine foreign languagerequirement for next year

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I recently stumbled across an oldQuaker truism about pacifism. Picture a Quaker farmer, traversing

the then-agrarian hills of Swarthmore’scampus. Struggling to get his mule tobudge an inch, he finally relegated to

some straight-talk.“Josiah,” he grumbled,“Thee knows I shall nevercurse thee, and thee

knows I shall never strike thee; but if theedoesn’t start moving this very instant, Ishall sell thee to a Baptist who will!”Being a farm animal of reasonable wis-dom, the mule hotfooted it back to thefield.Unlike this Pennsylvania farmer,

though, I’ve noticed students atSwarthmore don’t like to even pay lip-service to violence, regardless of its justi-fications. For Swatties, hostilities of anykind spark protests to such a degree thatI am concerned by what seems to be a cor-rosive anti-military sentiment on cam-pus. Writing this op-ed is my subtle com-memoration of Veteran’s Day, my subtlerealization of the complexities of war andliberty.Numerous students I’ve spoken with

appear to have a knee-jerk reactionagainst the U.S. military. Folks atSwarthmore love to rant about imperial-ism, colonialism, ethnocentrism, and thelike. If there’s a word with an “ism,” youcan count on finding a troupe of Swattiesposting flyers and foaming at the mouthover injustice. But there’s a term I worry oft gets

overlooked in the Swarthmore vocabu-lary: freedom.If it were not for our valiant service

men and women, we could not openlycriticize the Department of Defense at all— an irony I see as having sadly floatedbeyond the confines of the Swarthmore“bubble.” I realize Quakers and thosewith similar sentiments may have decid-

ed on conscientious objection after deepcontemplation. I respect those who didnot respond to the line of duty in the clas-sical sense because they felt compelled bya line of faith they could not cross. What I have trouble respecting

though, are those who have lambastedthe entire military on the basis of one pol-icy, popularly known as “Don’t Ask,Don’t Tell.” I don’t necessarily endorsethe policy, although I understand whyPresident Bill Clinton signed it into lawin 1993. Yet is it fair to throw our militarydeference under the bus because of a billthat was passed when many of today’ssoldiers may have been toddlers?I’ve long since gotten tired of griping

about the Norwegian Nobel Committee,which granted President Obama the 2009Peace Prize. Honestly, the fact thatObama flew to Oslo to receive his awardjust weeks after authorizing the surge inAfghanistan might not be such incongru-ous foreign policy after all. Until contemporary times, the notion

of advancing a peaceful political orderwas interpreted as obliging a certaindegree of discriminate armed force whennecessary. A commitment to peace and the just-

war mindset were, for most of human his-tory, not regarded as contradictions.Indeed, until some messianic dawn, orcontrarily, a universal totalitarian dicta-torship, the military is the right-hand topeace. I am not arguing that this is ideal.I am stating that this is the reality.Please, in the quietude of today, Nov.

11, reflect that the nature of the U.S. mili-tary, however flawed it may be, is morenuanced and necessary than our initialSwarthmore reaction. Allowing this article to silently pass

within the pages of your campus papercan be your way of expressing an unspo-ken gratitude to those who know themaxim “Freedom is not free” less as acaption carved in stone and more aninscription written in personal blood andsacrifice.

OP-ED

Honor vets, don’t malign military

Enhancing the foreign language requirement

would be a step forwardin better defining “the

liberal arts experience.”

Opinions



It’s beenover a weeksince them i d t e r me l e c t i o n s ,and I haveyet to readhow Repub-licans, whoare now por-trayed asbeing in thedriver’s seatdespite con-trolling onlyone branchof Congress,

are planning to improve America’sinfrastructure. Specifically, I’m not familiar with the

general Republican stance on high-speed, inter-city railways. But consider-ing Republicans’ general inclination toslash spending and refusal to raise taxesit seems that, at least on the state level,they will not support plans to introducehigh-speed rail services. Democrats,and particularly the White House,should propose to invest in high-speedrail — funded by an increase in fueltaxes.First off, I don’t blame America for

not having a rail system as developed asEurope’s. Because the American econo-my and American society are moretightly integrated than countries withineven the European Union, there is amore pressing need for long-distancetravel that is well suited for airplanesand less so for trains. Since everything in America is gen-

erally bigger than in Europe, includingtowns and roads and distances betweenhome and work, the fact that Americansdrive their cars more often is also par-tially defensible. (Yes — a 2003 study published in the

American Journal of Public Healthjournal showed that Americans aremuch less likely to walk or cycle foreven the shortest of trips, those of onlyone or two miles, and much more likelyto take the car, than Europeans are. ButI digress.) For these reasons America has not

invested in its rail network for passen-ger travel in decades and is now lagging

behind.Calls to improve high-speed railare frequently illustrated, especially inpopular magazines such as Time, withcomparisons to less advancedeconomies that are investing tremen-dously in high-speed rail. The implication is: if China can

afford to spend hundreds of billions ofdollars to create a national high-speedrail network, why can’t we? Here again,I’m willing to give the American gov-ernment some slack. After all, theChinese government has, let’s just say,fewer bureaucratic obstacles to dealwith when deciding to build such rail-ways and to gather the money for itthan American lawmakers do.So far so good then. It’s understand-

able why America hasn’t yet investedmuch in high-speed rail. But right now,when the American economy is stilldoing poorly and when the unemploy-ment rate still hovers around 9 percent,it is an excellent time for the Obamaadministration to push to invest in fasttrains, despite near-certain Republicanopposition.If you’re not convinced that America

needs high-speed rail in at least themajor economic “corridors” across thenation, let me briefly go over the mainbenefits. If you’ve ever flown with anon-American airline, you’re likely toagree that American airlines are stingyand not very friendly. They could use some competition

from fast inter-city trains. Trains aremore comfortable for passengers, whocan more easily work or relax comparedto the crowded seats in an airplane. Passengers who would normally take

the car now don’t have to worry aboutparking it in an expensive parking lotin the city and can arrive refreshedrather than tired from a long drive. Ofcourse, there are also the environmen-tal benefits such as noise reduction andlower CO2-emissions. All in all, it’s agood deal. There is, I think, some difference in

attitude toward public transportationbetween Americans and Europeans.While I don’t have numbers, it’s safe tosay that Americans love their cars morethan Europeans do. So there tends to be somewhat more

support for public transportation in

most, if not all, European countriesthan in the United States. But let’s not pretend that Europeans

don’t like cars — if traveling by carwere cheaper and if the roads weren’t socongested, evenmore Europeanswould travel bycar rather thanby public trans-port, despitenegative conse-quences for theenv i r onmen t ,noise in cities,etc. Europeans are more prone to travel

by public transport because it’s avail-able and because driving by car is justso much more expensive than it is in theUnited States. Cars themselves are more expensive,

but the real reason is of course themuch higher gas taxes in Europeancountries. To give an example, the tax on gas in

The Netherlands would have been theequivalent of $3.5 per gallon in 2007, inaddition to a 19 percent sales tax overthe entire amount that applies to almostall consumer goods in the economy.(Since 2007, the gas tax has not signifi-cantly changed.) Compare this to theUnited States, where the average tax onfuel was 47 cents on the gallon in 2009,according to the American PetroleumInstitute.I mention the gas tax for two reasons:

first to dispel the myth that Americanscouldn’t be pressured into taking publictransport more often. Second, and moreimportantly, raising gas taxes would bean excellent way to gather funds toinvest in high-speed rail projects. Republicans will never agree to this,

you say, and they have the power toblock such a proposal. Perhaps — butRepublicans are blocking virtually all

non-right wing legislative proposals ofany sort at the moment, so I don’tbelieve that Republican non-coopera-tion should be a constraint onDemocratic policy proposals.

Regardless, thereis a bargain to bemade.The President,

then, shouldapproach theRepublican Partyand outline hisplan to invest inhigh-speed railacross America.

He should propose to mildly increasethe fuel tax to pay for significant invest-ments in high-speed rail, which willprovide an alternative to flying anddriving cars, be more environmentallyfriendly, help business by creatingfaster links between different economichubs and provide jobs at a time whenunemployment is still high. To do this he will need Republican

help in state legislatures to get aroundbureaucratic obstacles that might makeit difficult to decide precisely where tobuild rail lines, how much to compen-sate land owners and such. In return he can offer Republicans

cooperation on an issue such as energyindependence, for instance by pushingDemocratic lawmakers to support theconstruction of additional nuclearpower plants. If Republicans oppose, the President

can lay the facts down quite simply forthe American people: He tried to make adeal in both parties’ favor, butRepublicans will do nothing but oppose. With increased power in Congress

comes increased responsibility. Youknow the story.

Peter is a junior studying abroad inLondon this semester. You can reach himat [email protected].

Social Thoughts

Peter Akkies

Obama, GOP need to collaborate on high-speed rail

With increased power in Congress comes

increased responsibility.You know the story.

Never put deer cull or killing ‘to rest’To the Editor: I want to respond to the Phoenix

editorial “Deer cull most effective,humane way to preserve Crum”(11/4/10). As a vegetarian for ethical reasons,

I’m offended by your cartoon. If thedeer in Crum could talk I’m sure theywould be saying something like “F--kY-u.” It’s not a joke that we are killingdeer.The last paragraph in your editori-

al says that we believe this issue (ofkilling deer in Crum) can be put torest.Should killing ever be put to rest?

We should continue to have openforums and discussions.Your environmental concern is for

other organisms and habitats and howdeer negatively impact them. How

about how we as humans negativelyimpact deer and other organisms &habitats? By more building and build-ing and pushing and pushing…howabout the negativity of that?Let’s not blame the deer for Lyme

disease. When deer are scarce, ticksdon’t necessarily become scarce,because they have alternative hosts.Several recent studies (e.g. Jordan &Schultz, 2005; Ostfeld et al., 2006;Jordan et al., 2007) on mainland sitesin New York and New Jersey found nocorrelation between deer and ticks.Ticks are only dangerous if they areinfected, and deer play no role ininfecting ticks. Ticks become infectedby feeding on small mammals likemice and chipmunks.

Dorothy KunzigLinguistics Department

l e t t e r t o t h e e d i t o r

c a r t o o n b y e m m a w a i t z m a n

Diversity in “the sciences”

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Sports swarthmorephoenix.com

records and milestones

Men’S SocceRMorgan Langley ’11 is first in Division III in assists per game through Sunday’s

games.Morgan Langley ’11 is second in Division III in assists through Sunday’s games.Morgan Langley ’11 is fourth in Division III in points and points per game through

Sunday’s games.Kieran Reichart ’13 scored his fifth career goal in Sunday’s win vs. Muhlenberg.Micah Rose ’12 scored his 10th career goal in Sunday’s win vs. Muhlenberg.Micah Rose ’12 earned his 25th career point in Sunday’s win vs. Muhlenberg.

VoLLeybALLKat Montemurro ’13 earned her 250th career dig in Saturday’s win at Haverford.Genny Pezzola ’12 earned her 1000th career kill in Saturday’s win at Haverford.Danielle Sullivan ’14 scored her 200th career kill in Saturday’s win at Haverford.

The beginner’s guide to being a hockey fan: dos & don’tsIn con-

tinuing mygoal thisyear of pro-ducing asmany newh o c k e yfans as pos-sible, Ihave spentthe firstc o u p l eweeks ofthe NHLs e a s o nattemptingd i f f e r e n t

recruitment strategies. These have included bribes of ice

cream floats, promises of free tutoringduring intermissions and even flat outlying to students that the electionresults were postponed so everyonecould enjoy the game. Yet alas, these efforts have only

yielded marginal results. It hasoccurred to me, however, that perhapsI have been unsuccessful not becauseSwatties don’t like hockey (I mean,how could you not like hockey?), butbecause they are unsure of proper fan-behavior and thus are embarrassed tobecome full-fledged hockey fans. Buthave no fear! I have compiled an easyreference of the Dos and Don’ts of howto support your favorite team for allthe newcomers to hockey fandom.

Do: Feel like you are a part of theteam.One of the best things about being a

fan is that you are automatically partof a community. You should feel free tolaugh at the most recent blog post ofyour favorite player or make fun ofthem with your friends when they dostupid things like dye their beard blackto look intimidating (sorry, had toinclude at least one SF Giants refer-ence). Being part of this community means

you can walk up to a complete strangerwho is wearing your team’s parapher-nalia and you are guaranteed to have anew friend. It also excuses you forthrowing that plate of pasta sauce atthe guy you saw wearing the AnaheimDucks hat, right?

Don’t: Think you are actually on theteam.There is a fine line between being

part of the hockey community and

actually being on the team. Strappingon a pair of skates and showing up forpractice or stopping by the house ofone of your “teammates” with a six-pack and the latest Bruce Willis movieare both bound to end in a restrainingorder. Trust me, there are easier waysto get your favorite player’s signature.

Do: Stay loyal to your home team.Staying loyal can be difficult when

you are on the other side of the countryfrom yourfavorite players,but picking upand droppingteam allegianceslike classes dur-ing add/drop isjust not okay.Victory is neveras sweet forthose fair-weath-er fans who havenot endured the torture of the gamesalmost-won and the nights discussingif-only scenarios.

Don’t: While rooting for the team play-ing against Philadelphia, insult theFlyers when flanked by two 6’5’’ ex-hockey players on their fifth beer. I had to learn this particular lesson

the hard-way. Okay, maybe theyweren’t 6’5’’, but after watching theSharks embarrass the Flyers inPhiladelphia, a friend and I werewarned by some concerned Flyers fansthat if we wanted to escape Wachoviacenter without incident we shouldremove our Sharks jerseys and try toslip out of the game early. Always beaware of your surroundings whentrash-talking other teams; there arehockey fans out there who don’tbelieve in using their words as muchas you might.

Do: Learn proper booing etiquette.The blog Down Goes Brown recently

featured “An NHL fan’s guide to boo-ing” that, if you can overlook the factthat the writer is a Leafs fan, is quiteinformative and amusing. He points out need to know distinc-

tions between appropriate and inap-propriate times to boo (a hockey fan’sfavorite pastime). For example, anappropriate time to boo a player ispretty much anytime they have thepuck. An inappropriate time, according to

the post, would be, say, when they’re

dropping their kids off at daycare. It’sjust so hard to tell in those borderlinecases, which is what makes this guidea must-read.

Don’t: Taunt players when they are inthe penalty box if you are within armsreach.This just does not end well for either

player or fan. Or so Rick Rypien of theVancouver Canucks recently foundout. After being sent to the locker room

in a game againstthe MinnesotaWild, Rypiengrabbed a fan inthe stands as hewalked down thetunnel before ateammate pulledhim away. Rypien has

been suspendedpending a hear-

ing. While this was not necessarily thefans fault, it’s best just to avoid thesesituations all together and rememberto stay out of reach when hurlinginsults at players. There is really noshame in running from this type ofconfrontation considering that theaverage height of a hockey player isover six feet.

Do: Learn the rules of the game.Like in all sports, some hockey rules

are just not worth knowing unless youare actually going to be held account-able for them. But the least you coulddo as a fan is learn the basics. Knowing the difference between

icing and offside is a necessity if youwant to be able to use the correct pro-fanities when yelling at referees forblowing the call.

Don’t: Go into 30-minute diatribesabout how Joe Thornton’s suspensionfor a blindside hit was unwarrantedsince the wording of Rule 48 clearlystates that the head must be targetedor the principle point of contact, whenat dinner with a group of friends whohave never even seen a full gamebefore.This would probably be a good place

for me to just add blanket apologies toall of my friends who have had toendure my struggle with this particu-lar don’t. Yes, I recognize the glazed over look

in your eyes whenever I talk abouthockey and I understand that you are

in all likelihood making a mentalchecklist of your homework for theweek and not actually listening, butsometimes I just can’t help it.

Do: Show your support by wearing yourfavorite team’s jersey.Not only does it show of your team

loyalty, but also hockey jerseys are justcomfortable. They are so big they’llcompletely cover the three hotdogs,nachos and 5 beers you consumed dur-ing the first intermission.

Don’t: Get too creative with the nameson the back.There is a running series of posts on

the Yahoo sports blog PuckDaddy thatdocuments the worst “jersey fouls,” orfashion faux paus such as putting“Givemebrewski” or “Candy Ass” onthe back of a jersey. Some say all publicity is good pub-

licity, but getting your picture immor-talized on one of these posts will cer-tainly direct some laughs in your direc-tion from the hockey community. Andno, no matter what your mother says,they are not laughing with you.

Do: Enjoy the irony of a sport that pun-ishes fighting while allowing, if notencouraging, it to continue.Shockingly, the five-minute penalty

for fighting just does not seem to curbits prevalence in the NHL. Perhaps it’sbecause it doesn’t cause your team tobe shorthanded and referees onlybreak up the fights when they are prac-tically over. Just a guess. But the irony really only makes a

good thing better.

Don’t: Try this at home.It may look like fun, but I would

highly discourage you from droppingthe gloves with the next person whoaccidentally bumps into you whilewaiting in line at the grocery store. I’mpretty sure the police have better dis-incentives for pummeling people youdon’t like than referees do.Now that you know the basic Dos

and Don’ts, you really have no excusefor not tuning into the next game. Evenif you have never seen a game before,being a hockey fan is too much fun tomiss out on.So grab your face paint and your

favorite team’s colors; there is no don’tfor being too big of a fan.

Hannah is a senior. You can reachher at [email protected].

The Purkey Perspective

Hannah Purkey

Saturday, November 13Swimming vs. Franklin & Marshall, 2 p.m.Volleyball vs. Bethany at St. Vincent, 2 p.m. — ECAC SemifinalECAC Championship at St. Vincent, 5 p.m.Men’s soccer vs. DeSales, 5 p.m. — NCAA 1st RoundMen’s soccer Medaille vs. Rochester 7:30 p.m. — NCAA 1st Round

SuNday, November 14Winner of Swarthmore/DeSales vs. winner of Medaille/Rochester 6 p.m.

moNday, November 15Men’s basketball vs. Widener, 7:30 p.m.

WedNeSday, November 17Women’s basketball vs. Widener, 6 p.m.Men’s basketball vs. Arcadia, 8 p.m.

garnet in action

An inappropriate time [toboo a player] ... would be, say, when they’re dropping their kids off

at daycare.

Sports

the PhoenIX November 11, 2010 19


BY RENEE FLORES AND VICTOR BRADYrflores1, [email protected]

Coming off a 12-13 record which result-ed in a tie for sixth place in the CentennialConference last year, the Swarthmorewomen’s basketball team is ready to con-tend for a Centennial playoff berth with astrong balance of youth and experience.Looking for its first playoff berth since

2005, the Garnet returns four seniors in2010-11 led by Kathryn Stockbower ’11 whohas been a key contributor for the Garnetsince her first year at Swarthmore.Stockbower is already fifth in program

history in points scored with 1307 and sec-ond in program history in rebounds with1013. Last season, she was a D3hoops.comfourth team All-American after averaging17.7 points per game and 13.5 rebounds pergame last year, sec-ond and first in theC e n t e n n i a lConference respec-tively.S t o c k b o w e r

enters the seasonwith 64 career dou-ble-doubles, only 15shy of the DivisionIII record.Senior Ceylan

Bodur ’11 added12.2 points per game last season and ledthe team with 57 assists last year. With 808career points, she is only 33 shy of 10thplace in program history.Summer Miller-Walfish ’11, who last

season became the first player to lead theconference in blocked shots in back-to-back years since 2000-01, already holds theprogram record for career blocks with 154.Sarah Brajtbord ’11, one of the team’s

emotional leaders, returns for the entire2010-11 season after missing the first halfof last year while abroad. “I think [our strong core of returning

players] gives us a competitive edge overother teams,” Stockbower said. “I thinkthe first-years are at the level of collegeplay we compete at. They’re getting thehang of things.”The returning Garnet players also

have the experience of playing in close

game after close game last season. Theteam had 12 games that were decided byfour points or less, winning half and los-ing half.Leading the first-year class is Katie

Lytle ’14, a three-sport star in high school,who excels in tennis and softball in addi-tion to basketball. Several stellar three-point shooters also return forSwarthmore, including Genny Pezzola ’12,who shot .435 from behind the arc lastyear, Eliza Polli ’13, who shot .320 fromthree as a first-year, and Bodur, who hashit 67 threes in her career.“We have great depth this year, with a

lot of people who can fight for lots of play-ing time,” said sixth-year women’s bas-ketball coach Renee DeVarney. “I’m hop-ing with the depth in guard position,turnovers won’t be a factor this season,”

D e v a r n e yadded.The team

averaged justover 20turnovers pergame last year.For the new

season, theteam motto is“one percentbetter everyday,” looking to

improve in all aspects of the game inevery practice. DeVarney hopes that thismotto will push everyone on the team tocontinuously compete and bring in wins.“Every season, how [we] handle adver-

sity will really tell what a team is made of.We don’t know what our adversity [thisyear] will be … but we [will] handle thatadversity together. That’s the key to [our]season,” DeVarney said.The Swarthmore women’s basketball

team opens the 2010-11 season onWednesday, November 17 in TarblePavilion vs. Widener with action sched-uled to begin at 6 p.m.Other highlights on the schedule

include the Centennial Conference openerat Dickinson on November 23 and a NewYears trip to New York City for the NYUNew Year’s Classic, in which the Garnetwill take on NYU and NYC Tech.

wBB looks to star seniors

garnet athlete of the week

What She’S Done:

the first-year recorded a double-doublewith 12 kills and 10 digs in the Garnet’supset of top-seeded haverford in theCentennial Conference tournamentSaturday. Sullivan also added three serviceaces in the match. She led the team witheight kills in the championship game loss tofranklin & Marshall.

favorite Career MoMent:

“Making the varsity volleyball team junioryear of high school after being cut from Jvthe previous season.”

beSt SeaSon MoMent:

“Winning the Garnet Classic.”

favorite televiSion ShoW:

“30 rock.”Olivia Natan Phoenix Staff

Danielle Sullivanfy., volleyball, orefielD, pa.

“I think [our strong core ofreturning players] gives usa competitive edge over

other teams.”Kathryn Stockbower ’11

BY ANA [email protected]

The Swarthmore Garnet men’s andwomen’s swim teams have kicked off their2010-11 seasons with success, giving themplenty of reason for optimism. The mencurrently sit at 2-0, with a 1-0 CentennialConference record after easily defeatingboth Widener in last Wednesday’s seasonopener and McDaniel in Saturday’sCentennial opener. The women struggledagainst Widener, despite several strongindividual performances, but put on ashow against the Green Terror, defeatingthe Centennial rival by a score of 131-73.On both sides, performances by dis-

tance freestyle swimmers and first-yearsseem to be of early note, with veteranstaking strides and newcomers making theconference aware of their presence. Forthe men, the distance races thus far havebeen dominated by Josh Satre ’13. Satre,who specializes in the 500, 1000, and mile,has notched wins in the 1000 against bothWidener and McDaniel and also pulled offa 500 victory in the Widener meet.When asked of his approach to these

events, Satre said, “The key to success forme is negative splitting my race — goingout hard but coming back even faster inthe second half. I enjoy holding a solidinterval for a long period of time, and thusdistance was a good fit for me. It's notabout how fast you can swim, it's abouthow long you can swim and still hold acertain pace.” He also notes the strength of the Garnet

distance program. “[I’d like to] seeSwarthmore dominate the distance events… which is perfectly feasible betweenJake Benveniste, Tyler Hanson, BrianNadel and myself.”Indeed, even beyond Satre’s perform-

ances the Garnet men have been domi-nant in distance events in the early goingthis year, with Hanson, Benveniste,Nadel, John Flaherty ’14 and Peter Ballen’14 all putting up points in the 500 or 1000.Hanson finished second to Satre in bothraces against Widener and won the 500 onSaturday.For the women, senior Sasa Bedolfe

has put up some surprising numbers inlong distance events so far. She took sec-ond in the 1000 on Wednesday with a timeof 11:24.18, more than twenty secondsfaster than her personal best from the2009-10 season. She finished second in the500, and followed up that performancewith wins in both distances on Saturday.“I am definitely much faster right nowthan I usually would be at this time ofyear,” she said. “My times have been avery pleasant surprise.” Bedolfe doesn’t know where this early

success is coming from, but she isn’t com-plaining. “I haven't been able to attributemy improvement to any particular cause,but it is definitely motivating me to sethigher goals for myself than in years pastand to work harder to achieve those,which is a really exciting prospect for mein my senior season,” Bedolfe added.Senior captain Allison Bishop also

scored points for the Garnet in both dis-tance events at both meets. She andBedolfe will be expected to anchor theseraces for the Garnet this year, and, if earlyresults are any indication, both swimmerswill be dangerous in conference matchupsthroughout the year.As for the class of 2014, both the men

and the women performed extremely welllast week and are beginning to prove thatthey can provide more than depth for thisyear’s team. Flaherty, in addition to hissecond place finish in the 500 on Saturday,won the 200 IM, which he says is more of

a comfort-zone event for him. “In high school my best events were

the IM, butterfly and backstroke,”Flaherty said. “[Hopefully] the distancefree was more of a one-time thing. It wasreally hard,” he added with a laugh. Hardor not, his performance in the distanceevent only further proves his versatility,which could become a powerful weaponfor the Garnet as the season progresses.Fellow first-year Cyrus Nasseri also

posted a win in the McDaniel meet. Heswam the 100 backstroke in 1:00.45, touch-ing out his opponent by a mere 2/100ths ofa second. However, he does not claim theevent as his, saying, “My butterfly is sig-nificantly faster [than my backstroke]. Mybest event is the 100 fly, followed by the 200fly and then the 100 back.” Nasseri did notcompete in butterfly events in eithermeet, but he should eventually join sopho-mores Charlie Hepper and DanielDuncan, both of whom won butterflyraces last week, to form a strong core inthe stroke.Erin Lowe and Becky Teng highlighted

the first-years on the womens’ side, withLowe winning the 200 fly on Wednesdayand the 100 and 200 free on Saturday andTeng taking first in the 200 IM againstWidener and the 50 free against McDaniel.Both women also contributed to winningrelay teams and placed well in severalother events. “It’s definitely encouraging that I’ve

been doing well this season, and I’m gladI’ve been able to help out with the teamscore,” Lowe said. “I’m coming off a peri-od during which I haven’t dropped muchif any time in any of my individual events,[but] swimming for Swarthmore hasrenewed my motivation, mainly becauseI’m enjoying it a lot more than I have inthe past.”The transition from high school to col-

lege competition hasn’t appeared to fazemany of the new swimmers. “The transi-tion … hasn’t been too hard,” Nasserisaid. He says that a rigorous practiceschedule in high school prepared him forthe workload, but that “the practices [atSwarthmore] are actually much harderthan I expected they would be.”Flaherty says that he, too, was well-pre-

pared by his high school training, assess-ing himself as “somewhat prepared for thehigher-level collegiate practices.” He addsthat there are some differences, but theseare mostly adjustments of attitude.“[Here], it’s up to the swimmer toimprove,” he commented. “My highschool coach would yell and scream to getus to work — but here you have to want itor it won’t happen.”Another theme among the swimming

class of 2014 is how much they enjoy theteam cohesion and camaraderie that theyhave found in their new environment.“The team aspect … makes meets, andeverything else, a lot more fun,” Lowesaid. “I love everyone on the team and get-ting to hang out with them is awesome.”Flaherty echoes her glowing report, say-ing of his new teammates, “They’re thebest.”Swarthmore takes to the water again

on Saturday, this time in a face-off againstFranklin & Marshall at Ware Pool. This isa marquee matchup on the men’s side asthe Diplomats were all that stood betweenthe Garnet and a Conference champi-onship last year. Franklin & Marshall alsoclaimed victory in the women’s meet, andthe Garnet women are excited for achance to take on the champions. “We’ve been looking forward to this

rivalry meet for weeks,” Bedolfe said.“We are physically and mentally ready totake them on.” Action will begin at 2 p.m.

Swim teams off to fast start

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Defense the key to championships in the past decadeB e f o r e

Moneyball,b e f o r esabermet -rics, beforeapp r e c i a -tion, beforehis jobwith theRed Sox,b e f o r eB a s e b a l lAb s t r a c t ,b e f o r eT i m eMagazine’s100 Most

Influential People, before lending hisvoice to The Simpsons, Bill James wasanother baseball fan asking questions.What made his story so remarkable isthat these weren’t questions that no onehad ever answered. No, these were ques-tions no one had ever asked, questionsabout things that had become too widelyaccepted for anyone to wonder whetherthey were actually true. Things like theold saying that “baseball is 90 percentpitching,” which sounds completelyridiculous when we hear it today, sincewhat it really means is that when yousubtract the importance of things likedefense and baserunning, the skill ofhitting a baseball is supposed to accountfor about 6 to 7 percent of a team’s suc-cess.Well, believe it or not, Bill was the

first person to laugh at the absurdity ofthat idea, and so he set about proving,one piece at a time, that he was right tolaugh. Then he began looking at otherassumptions people never questioned,then he began publishing those BaseballAbstract factbooks once a year, andfrom there it was pretty much a straightline to him proclaiming, “I made base-ball as much fun as doing your taxes!”last month on The Simpsons.It was this whole idea that made me

start thinking about the oldest assump-tion there is: that defense beats offense.Is it true? Sure, it might be, but howcould the argument just stop there? Dothe teams with the best pitching alwaysdo better than the ones who can hit? Arethe great defensive football teams guar-anteed to win more games than the oneswho score at will?What I ended up doing was looking at

the four major American sports leagues:The MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL, measur-ing the combined winning percentage ofthe elite offensive teams (the top 10 inscoring) against that of the elite defen-sive teams (the top 10 in preventingscoring). To chart the progress over the past

decade, I looked at the results for each ofthe past 10 years (nine for the NHL,because of the strike) and then added upthe totals for the entire decade. I alsolooked at each league’s champions of thepast decade and saw how their rank inoffense compared to the rest of leaguematched up against their defensiverank.Here is how the last ten years have

gone in the NBA, with the offensesranked according to Points Scored pergame, and defenses by Points Allowed:

NBA

Year / Top 10 Offenses / Top 10 Defenses2009-10 .557 .6302008-09 .561 .6322007-08 .571 .622

2006-07 .527 .6002005-06 .538 .5902004-05 .585 .5652003-04 .557 .5762002-03 .561 .5062001-02 .571 .5872000-01 .527 .6072000s .538 .591*The figures in the second and third col-

umn represent winning percentanges.

Not even close. The defensive elitenot only finished with a better recordfor the whole decade, they also posted ahigher percentage in eight of the tenindividual years. The head-to-headmatchups weren’t that close, either,after the first couple years. The trendcontinues when we look at the last tenNBA Finals winners.

NBA Champion/ Offense / Defense2009-10: Lakers 12th 9th2008-09: Lakers 3rd 13th2007-08: Celtics 11th 2nd2006-07: Spurs 14th 1st2005-06: Heat 6th 14th2004-05: Spurs 18th 1st2003-04: Pistons 24th 1st2002-03: Spurs 19th 3rd2001-02: Lakers 3rd 10th2000-01: Lakers 3rd 23rdAverage: 11th 8th*The figures in the second and third col-umn represent rankings.It’s only this close because the 2000-1

L.A. team apparently didn’t bother toplay defense. Finally, a reason to dislikethe Lakers.

MLB

Looking at baseball was a little morecomplicated, as I ended up creating sep-arate lists for the best 5 AmericanLeague teams and the best 5 NationalLeague teams, switching in pitching fordefense. With apologies to the SanFrancisco Giants, my list looked at the2000 to 2009 seasons. Offense was meas-ured by Runs Scored, pitching byEarned Runs Allowed.

Year / Top 5 AL Offenses / Top 5 ALPitching 2009 .575 .5262008 .523 .5602007 .552 .5542006 .543 .5682005 .546 .5652004 .557 .5702003 .538 .5592002 .554 .6072001 .590 .5822000 .549 .5562000s .553 .591*The figures in the second and third col-


Pitching ends up winning the decadeby a fairly healthy margin, having woneight of the ten individual years. 2009 issurprisingly lopsided in favor offense,which might be interesting in 10 yearswhen I write this column again.

Year / Top 5 NL Offenses / Top 5 NLPitching 2009 .552 .5482008 .554 .5502007 .535 .5302006 .525 .5352005 .516 .5362004 .551 .5802003 .535 .5492002 .553 .5712001 .544 .547

2000 .532 .5772000s .540 .552*The figures in the second and third col-


Exactly the same margin betweenoffense and defense in the NationalLeague, with the teams who had the bestpitching coming out on top again. Evenin the first half of the decade, whensteroid influence would have figured tobe at its highest point, it appears as ifthe syringes were able to make theirway through the entire clubhouse andout to the bullpen.

World Series Champion / Offense /Defense2009: Yankees 1st 5th2008: Phillies 3rd 4th2007: Red Sox 3rd 1st2006: Cardinals 6th 7th2005: White Sox 9th 2nd2004: Red Sox 1st 2nd2003: Marlins 8th 8th2002: Angels 4th 2nd2001: Diamondbacks 3rd 3rd2000: Yankees 6th 5thAverage: 4.4 3.9*The figures in the second and third col-umn represent rankings.

The World Series winners ended upaveraging roughly fourth in bothoffense and pitching, although no teamfinished outside the top 10 for either cat-egory. As always, it’s fun to see howmediocre some of these teams were, likethe 2003 Florida Marlins right up untilthe Yankees blew Game 4 of that WorldSeries when they had runners on firstand third with the score tied and AaronBoone struck out and…lost my train ofthought. Moving on.

NHL

Year / Top 10 Offenses / Top 10 Defenses2009-10 .639 .6292008-09 .631 .6302007-08 .595 .6142006-07 .655 .6662005-06 .654 .6582003-04 .626 .6272002-03 .629 .6472001-02 .614 .5882000-01 .639 .6532000s .631 .635*The figures in the second and third col-


Using the Goals Per Game stat, thisone proved a little closer, but once againthe best defensive teams performed bet-ter, not only over the course of thedecade but also in seven of the nine sea-sons measured. Most of the years are soclose, though, that the case for defenseover offense isn’t overly convincing.Then you take a look at the Stanley Cupwinners …

NHL Champion / Offense / Defense2009-10: Blackhawks 3rd 6th2008-09: Penguins 6th 17th2007-08: Red Wings 3rd 1st2006-07: Mighty Ducks 9th 7th2005-06: Hurricances 3rd 20th2003-04: Lightning 3rd 11th2002-03: Devils 14th 1st2001-02: Red Wings 2nd 3rd2000-01: Avalanche 4th 3rdAverage: 5th 8th*The figures in the second and third col-umn represent rankings.

… and it gets even more confusing,

especially that a team that ranked 20thin something as basic as defense wouldend up winning a championship. Still,the best offense never won, while thetop-ranked defensive team won twice.While the NHL data proved to be

extremely close, it ended up not evencomparing to what I found for the NFL.

NFL

Year / Top 10 Offenses / Top 10 Defenses2009 .688 .6382008 .597 .6792007 .719 .6942006 .650 .6252005 .706 .7002004 .644 .6252003 .656 .6002002 .601 .5972001 .675 .6942000 .588 .6882000s .652 .653*The figures in the second and third col-


Unbelievable, right? Let me addanother level to this: After compilingthe decade win-loss totals for each side,the record for the top ten offensesturned out to be 1042-555. The record forthe top 10 defenses? 1043-555. Over tenyears, that’s the difference of a field goalclanking off the uprights, a droppedpass in the end zone, a stop on fourth-and-inches, or about three thousandother difference-makers that are practi-cally negligible in a single game, letalone a decade.Then I thought of something else: The

2008 Eagles ranked in the top ten inpoints per game. Remember the gameagainst the Bengals that year when itended in a tie because Donovan McNabbdidn’t know the rules? There’s your dif-ference from the past ten years.Unbelievable.

Super Bowl Champion/Offense/Defense2009: Saints 1st 20th2008: Penguins 20th 1st2007: Red Wings 14th 17th2006: Mighty Ducks 2nd 23rd2005: Hurricances 9th 3rd2004: Lightning 4th 2nd2003: Devils 12th 1st2002: Red Wings 18th 1st2001: Avalanche 6th 6th2000: Ravens 14th 1stAverage: 10th 8th*The figures in the second and third col-umn represent rankings.

Defense once again holds a slightadvantage (not that slight) over offense.While, on the surface, it looks like somedefensively brutal teams ended up win-ning Super Bowls, clubs like the ’07Giants and ’09 Saints proved that it waspossible to succeed with defenses that,while not holistically great, were giftedin specific areas, as the Giants werewith rushing the passer and the Saintswere with creating turnovers.Inspired by Bill James, I dared to

challenge the notion that defense wonmore games than offense. What did Ifind? That defense wins more gamesthan offense. For the past decade, any-way. In baseball. And basketball. Andhockey. And (barely) football. All thesame, I’m glad I asked the questioninstead of simply assuming it to be true.Even though it did turn out to be true.For all four sports.

Timothy is a sophomore. You canreach him at [email protected].

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Volleyball upsets Haverford to reach CC finalsBY VICTOR [email protected]

Passion has a funny way of trumpinglogic.It was match point. Haverford, up two

sets to one, was just one point from defeat-ing the Swarthmore Garnet volleyballteam again and moving on to theCentennial Conference finals in search oftheir fifth consecutive Centennial champi-onship.No. 4 Swarthmore entered the confer-

ence semifinal coming off of a first-roundvictory over the Gettysburg Bullets, thesecond time that the Garnet defeated theBullets this season. Swarthmore haddropped a four set match to the Fords only10 days before.

Haverford had won 21 of 22 matchesagainst Swarthmore since 1996 beforeSaturday when the two teams met for thesecond consecutive year in the CentennialConference semifinals. In 2009, the Fordswon in four sets with the Garnet taking aset for the first time since 2005.“Coming off the loss to Haverford the

week before, we had the right fuel to getthe fire going for this match,” SarahLambert ’11 said. “The match had more onthe line that just another win or making itto the finals. It was redemption. It was therivalry. It was the chance to let our con-ference know who we are.”Match point. Dig Hillary Santana ’12,

set Allie Coleman ’13, kill KatMontemurro ’13. Even at 24 in the fourthset.Four points later, thanks to two more

Montemurro kills, Swarthmore had tiedthe match at two sets a piece with a 27-25set-win, forcing a tiebreaking fifth set.

After going down 6-4 in the fifth set, itwas all Swarthmore as the Garnet went ona 11-2 run to dethrone the Fords on theirhome floor and completing the upset of thefall in the Centennial Conference.“When playing Haverford, there's

always the added intensity due to ourrivalry so it made the victory that muchsweeter knowing we knocked the defend-ing champs out of the tournament in thesemis, in their gym and in front of theircrowd. It felt unbelievable and was defi-nitely the biggest win of my career thusfar,” said Montemurro.The win against Haverford was several

years in the making and part of the devel-opment of the volleyball program whichhas improved from six wins in 2008 to 19wins in 2009 and 20 in 2010. With the devel-opment of the team in the past two years,the players could feel the momentum inthe rivalry starting to swing in their favor.

In the regular season matchupbetween the two teams last year, whichHaverford took in three sets, the teamfound itself sitting on its heels, waiting forplays to happen rather than attacking theFords. When the team took a set in thesemifinals last year, “it set the standardthat Haverford was not invincible,” saidSarah Lambert ’11, who was knocked outof last year’s regular season match by avicious ankle sprain.

And so, on Saturday, the Garnet cameout and attacked with fire, taking the firstset 25-20. But the Fords responded, win-ning the next two sets 25-17 and 25-20before Swarthmore won the final two totake the match. The Garnet became justthe second team in the history of theCentennial Conference playoffs to comefrom behind two sets to one to win amatch.

“To finally beat Haverford, in theirgym, in the playoffs, it's very hard to putinto words what that meant to myself andmy team,” said Lambert, Swarthmore’s

lone senior, who dropped two aces andadded nine digs for the Garnet in the semi-final win.“There hasn't been a single thing that

we've done so far that was better thanSaturday. The gym felt like it was ours.The fact that it was during conferencesemifinals was a large added bonus,”Lambert added.Danielle Sullivan ’14 and Montemurro

led the Garnet against the Fords with 12kills apiece while Genny Pezzola ’12 added11. Pezzolla was also one of three Garnetplayers with double-digit digs as she post-ed 12 with Santana coming up with 20 andSullivan adding 10.“We weren't just playing with them

this time. We made them keep up with us,”Montemurro said.In the Centennial Conference champi-

onship game on Sunday against theFranklin & Marshall Diplomats, theGarnet dropped three close sets 25-18, 25-22, 25-22 to finish second in the confer-ence. Down 22-16 in the third set, theGarnet rallied to tie the set at 22 behindLambert’s serve before the Diplomats ranoff three points for the championship.Coach Harleigh Chwastyk, the defend-

ing Centennial Conference Coach of theYear, doesn’t believe that there was anyletdown in play in Sunday’s championshipmatch. “Saturday was physically taxingand emotionally charged, and I think thatFranklin & Marshall has a little bit moredepth than we do and they are the bestserving team in the conference and theyshowed that too.”Entering the 2010 season, the team had

set goals for the year — to play as a team,to play with heart, to beat Haverford andto win the Centennial championship.Though the team fell just short on the lastone, the composure, passion and positiveenthusiasm displayed by the team all yearindicates that this year’s success is just aharbinger of a bright future for the pro-gram.It was that composure and class that

shocked the Fords, who were able to bendthe Garnet will in the middle sets butnever break it as Swarthmore succeededin roaring back. “Fundamentals,Haverford may have that on us. Size, theymay have that on us too. Heart and pas-sion, they don't even come close,” Lambertsaid.Chwastyk urges her players to outwork

their opponents in every match.“Outworking means that you have to beextremely disciplined and you just need tokeep pushing, and being a good sport andholding yourself to a higher standard cantake a lot out of you, so the focus and com-posure are key and we did that so well onSaturday. We play a lot older than we real-ly are.”Despite the defeat, the Garnet earned

the No. 2 seed in the Eastern CollegeAthletic Conference South tournamentand began tournament play on Wednesdayagainst DeSales. The Garnet dropped the first set 25-21

before dominating the next three 25-22, 25-17 and 25-16 to take the match.Swarthmore recorded 104 digs in the

match with Santana and Sullivan eachposting 20 and Pezzola and Colemanadding 19 each.On offense, Pezzola and Montemurro

paced the attack with 18 kills a piece.Pezzola and Montemurro also contributedtwo service aces each and Coleman regis-tered 49 The 2010 season will conclude this

weekend as the Garnet travels to St.Vincent College in Latrobefor the semifi-nals and finals of the ECAC tournament.The Garnet takes on Bethany in the semis.

Photo courtesy of Ray Scott

The Garnet celebrates during Saturday’s five set upset of Haverford on Saturday.

sports in brief

Morgan Langley ’11 was named theCentennial Conference men’s soccerPlayer of the Year and Megan Colombo’11 was named the CentennialConference women’s soccer Player ofthe Year for the 2010 seasonLangley and Colombo are the first

Swarthmore players in their respec-tive sports to win Player of the Yearhonors.Joining Langley on the All-

Centennial first team are juniorsFabian Castro and Micah Rose. Gage Newman ’11 and Pierre Dyer

’12 were second-team All-Centennialperformers.For the women, Hannah Purkey ’11

was named to All-Centennial secondteam and defenders Alexa Ross ’13 andLiz Mills ’11 were Honoable Mentionperformers.Langley has established himself as

one of the top players in all of DivisionIII men’s soccer.The senior currently leads the

nation in assists per game, is second intotal assists, and is fourth in the coun-

try in points and points per game.Langley has 14 goals and 13 assists

on the season and was dominant inCentennial Conference play.In conference matches, Langley led

the Centennial with seven goals, 19points, and five assists.Colombo has earned All-Centennial

honors in each of her four years atSwarthmore and is the 17th player inCentennial history to be named to thefirst team in three seasons.She finished the year with nine

goals and twenty points to lead theSwarthmore offense. Swarthmore also had one selection

to the All-Centennial field hockeyteams with senior Sophia Fergusonearning second team honors. Ferguson posted a career high nine

goals and 24 points this year and ledthe Garnet to it’s best season since 2007.

Hannah Purkey is a sports columnistfor The Phoenix. She had no role in theproduction of this article.

BY VICTOR BRADY

Langley, Colombo earn Centennial honors

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BY SAM LACY AND VICTOR BRADYslacy1, [email protected]

On Sunday, surrounded by boister-ous Garnet fans, the Swarthmore men'ssoccer team announced its return to theNCAA tournament with a classic chorusof "Ole" after sophomore KieranReichart's golden goal. Reichart’s one-timer in the 106th minute capped theGarnet's second straight comeback vic-tory and clinched Swarthmore's secondCentennial Conference championship inthree years.The Centennial Conference tourna-

ment was held at Swarthmore, as it wasin 2008, when Swarthmore won its firstCentennial soccer championship.During Saturday’s two semifinal match-es and Sunday’s Championship,Clothier Field witnessed 306 minutes ofsuspenseful soccer, with 1544 fans, fourovertimes, a round of penalty kicks, andeven a couple tears. “In my lifetime, I had never cried

with joy until [Sunday] night” admittedhead coach Eric Wagner. The win wasextra special for Wagner because hisparents Richard and Lois were in atten-dance for the first time sinceSwarthmore’s game against Amherst inthe third round of the 2008 NCAA tour-nament. The Garnet lost that game inheart-breaking fashion but have not lostat home since–a streak of 25 games.The home unbeaten streak was in

jeopardy Saturday night in the semifi-nal match against Johns Hopkins, butthe Garnet advanced thanks to a lategoal by senior Philippe Celestin and aspectacular penalty kick win. InSunday’s championship againstMuhlenberg, Swarthmore fell behindonce again in the first half. This time,Micah Rose ’12 came to the rescue with agoal on a penalty kick setting the stagefor Reichart’s overtime heroics.

The Garnet has gone down 1-0 onlyto tie the match at one in five straightplayoff contests. Swarthmore has wonfour of those five, the only defeat comingin the Sweet 16 of last year’s NCAATournament in penalties toTransylvania.On Saturday, Swarthmore’s senior

captain Gage Newman, battling kneeand ankle injuries, was ruled out duringwarmups before the Hopkins game.Next man up: Toby Heavenrich ’12. Inhis first career start, Heavenrich filledin admirably, anchoring theSwarthmore defense for 87 minutes onan injured ankle of his own. Accordingto Newman, Ayman Abunimer ’12 chris-tened Toby, ‘Ludwig Van Heavenrich,’because he is so composed in the back." Despite the efforts of Heavenrich and

the rest of the Garnet defense, Hopkinsstruck first. In the 37th minute, the BlueJays’ Scott Bukoski found the far postoff a Kevin Hueber cross to take the half-time lead. The Garnet burst out of the gates,

outshooting the Blue Jays 9-2 in the sec-ond half. In the 74th minute, Garnetsenior Philippe Celestin ’11 deliveredsome of his trademarked Novembermagic. After a Hopkins foul near midfield,

Fabian Castro ’12 drove the free kickdeep into the Hopkins box. Rose elevat-ed above the crowd to win possession forthe Garnet. After a few bounces,Celestin found the ball under pressureand at hip-height drilled a rocket overthe head of Hopkins’ goalkeeper RaviGill.

It was Celestin’s third career goaland first since sending the Garnet intothe Sweet 16 of last year’s 2009 NCAATournament with an overtime goalagainst Hobart. "We have a lot of peoplewho can get the ball in the back of thenet, so I tend to focus on other things,but it's nice to know that when the teamneeds me, I can still score,” Celestinsaid.After two scoreless overtimes in

which Hopkins outshot Swarthmore 5-2,the teams went into penalty kicks. TheGarnet was convinced that the resultwould be different than in the gameagainst Transylvania.“Shootouts are nerve-racking, but we

train for them almost every practice andwe were pretty confident. D’Annunziois a beast [at defending penalty kicks].There’s no way any team can score fiveagainst him,” Newman said. Rose took the first Garnet kick and

was stopped by the Hopkins keeper, tothe shock of Rose’s father who had neverseen the junior miss a penalty. Hopkinsquickly responded to go up 1-0.After successful kicks from Reichert

and David Sterngold ’12, Hopkins seniorScott Bukoski, who has the most goals inCentennial Conference Tournament his-tory, blasted a shot over the cross bar.With the kicks level at two, Roberto

Contreras IV ’12 found the back of thenet and D’Annunzio made a sprawlingsave to his right on Hopkins’ DannyReategui. Up stepped Castro, who, hav-ing been stopped on a penalty againstFranklin & Marshall earlier this season,calmly drilled the netting as the Garnetadvanced past Hopkins.When Muhlenberg and Swarthmore

met in Sunday’s championship, theMules sought their sixth Centennialtitle, the Garnet their second. Once again, Swarthmore fell behind

early. In the 29th minute, the Mules’Mike Williams drilled a ball over thehead of D’Annunzio, stunning theGarnet and the home crowd.Repeating their second half surge

from the Hopkins victory, the Garnetfired 18 shots to Muhlenberg’s 7 after thebreak. Said Wagner, “That second half

was all heart and character to be able todominate [like that]. We never panickedand that’s the mark of a mentally toughteam.”The gutsy work of the Garnet defense

was integral to the second half domi-nance. Led by the return of Newman,the Garnet limited Muhlenberg’s starmidfielder Cody Antonini to shots fromdistance and from poor angles.Another key was the determined sup-

port of the home crowd. Said Celestin,“I don't know if we could have foughtback without the crowd. The adrenalineand motivation our fans provide is irre-placeable.”Late in the second half, the relentless

Garnet attack finally broke through.Henry Ainley ’12 came off the bench andpestered the Muhlenberg defense, drib-bling and controlling the ball deep in theMules’ zone. In the 75th minute, Ainleydrew a hard tackle in the box, winning apenalty for the Garnet.The Garnet went back to Rose.

Despite the miss the night before,Wagner never questioned the decision topick the junior. “There’s a reason he’s acaptain, there’s a reason his teammatesvoted him team MVP as a sophomore,there’s a reason he didn’t come out ofthe game all weekend. Micah Rose is anabsolute force of nature.” The captaincalmly tucked the penalty inside the leftpost, knotting the score at 1-1. The Garnet kept the pressure on in

the first overtime, nearly ending thegame as Morgan Langley’ 11 buried aball off a corner one second after thehorn. “I knew the game was ours after[Langley’s near-goal]. I could see it inone [Muhlenberg] defender’s face. Hishands were on his head and his face waswhite,” said Celestin.Six minutes into the second over-

time, the Garnet found the game-winner.A Muhlenberg foul gave the Garnet afree kick in a position similar to the onethat set up the Celestin goal. Another beautiful Castro service

found a skying Newman just outside the6-yard box. Captain Newman headed itout of the pack to a streaking Reichert,who etched his name in the Centennial

history books with just the second gold-en goal in a final in CentennialConference history.With the win, the Garnet automati-

cally qualified for the NCAA tourna-ment. Once again, Swarthmore willhost the first two rounds, earning theever-important home-field advantage.“We’re home in November, I love it,”remarked an elated Wagner.Swarthmore was able to win its two

matches this weekend without a singlepoint from Langley, who is first inDivision III in assists and fourth in totalpoints.On Tuesday, Langley was named the

Centennial Conference Player of theYear. “I could never have imagined being

Player of the Year when I came in as afreshman,” Langley said. It is an honorto be Swarthmore's first of many and tobe voted Player of the Year by my [oppo-nents].“To have our leading scorer, a senior

who has helped lead this team to theCentennial Conference Championshipand into the NCAA Tournament for thethird straight year, recognized by theConference like this is a testament to thequality of this program,” Wagner said. “Morgan is a top-level college soccer

player, a stellar performer, and has beenthe most dangerous player in the confer-ence all season. He deserves this awardand we are all extremely proud andexcited for him,” Wagner added.Castro and Rose were also named

first team All-Centennial while defend-ers Newman and Pierre Dyer ’12 werenamed to the second team.The Garnet returns to action in the

first round of the NCAA Tournament,hosting DeSales Saturday at 5 p.m.

The matchup of Rochester andMedaille will follow at 7:30. The win-ners will square off Sunday at 6 p.mfrom Clothier Field.When asked what he knew about

Swarthmore’s opponent, Celestin calmlyanswered, “What we know aboutDesales is what we know about any teamwe face at this point. If we lose to them,its over, and that’s all we need to know.”

Men’s soccer wins 2010 Centennial Championship

Jakob Mrozewski Phoenix Staff

The Swarthmore men’s soccer team celebrates after winning the 2010 Centennial Conference Championship over Muhlenberg. The Garnetadvances to the 2010 NCAA Division III Tournament and will open play at 5 p.m. Saturday vs. DeSales on Clothier Field.

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