Wooster Fund for the Class of 2010.This fund encourages students fromthe class of 2010 to help further sup-

port for theCollege throughdonations col-lected through-out the finalsemester. Thefund is in its sec-ond year and lastyear receiveddonations from25 percent of theClass of 2009.This year, thecommittee ishoping to notonly meet butexceed last year’s

quota. For all those who contribute,there will be a picnic held at the endof the year hosted by PresidentGrant Cornwell and his wife Peg.

Montgomery added, “Our SeniorCommittee members, along with thealumni office, are doing a good job ofraising awareness,” she said.

“I think it’s now up to our seniorclass to participate in one of our lastevents as a cohesive group. Everyonewants to be remembered for some-thing — why not this?” saidMontgomery.

events for seniors after graduation.Upon arrival, students are placed at

tables, eachled by an eti-quette host.Each hostoffers adviceand instruc-tion on prop-er diningb e h a v i o r .The mealconsists ofthree coursesand studentsdo their bestto learn andr e m e m b e rthe specificbehavior.

Sarah Palaygi ’10 said, “Some ofthe helpful dining hints were to fol-low the lead of the host as a signal forwhen to begin each course. Also, ifyou’re unsure of which bread platebelongs to which setting you’retaught that the bread plate is alwaysto the left and the water glass is to theright.”

During the dinner on Jan. 25,Senior Committee members JeanneSimons ’10 and Alex Jue ’10 dis-cussed the importance of theWooster Fund and in particular, the

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Editor in Chief JonahComstock evaluates thestate of American govern-ment in light of the SupremeCourt’s recent decision oncampaign finance.

Tamari Farquharson writesabout senior KimberlyKrall’s I.S which analyzesthe paint on the coffin of themummy located in Ebert.See page 4 for more.

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Moot Court successful at nationals

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Members of the Moot Court team take a moment to pause for a photo while in Miami,Florida for the National Tournament. The team’s hard work throughout the year certain-ly paid off, as this year marks the third time in four years that the team has made it tothe ACMA Final Four (Photo courtesy Natalie Noyes).

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“I think it’s now up to ourSenior class to participatein one of our last events asa cohesive group. Everyonewants to be rememberedfor something — why notthis?”

BRITTANY MONTGOMERY

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Most Wooster students werebusy readjusting to the idea of sec-ond semester college life the firstweekend back after winter break.However, the College’s Moot Courtteam members were busy fighting

tooth and nail in Miami, Florida atthe 2009-2010 American CollegiateMoot Court Association (ACMA)National Tournament, where theyonce again distinguished them-selves with an impressive showing,further illustrating and emphasiz-ing the strength of the program.

Shane Legg ’10 and Claire

Burgess ’10, who captured theregional championship inNovember, were equally strong atnationals, finishing among the finalfour in Oral Argument. Thismarked the third time in four yearsthat a Wooster team has made it tothe ACMA Final Four. “It was agoal that we had made since we

started with Moot Court that wewanted to place within the FinalFour before we graduated, and wedid now — this, our last year,” saidBurgess. She went on to acknowl-edge the support from the rest ofthe team during nationals “It wasreally important to me that theywere all there and the confidencethat they gave us was unbelievable.It helped us to get as far as we did.”

In addition, Willem Daniel ’11and Thomas Loughead ’10 made itto the Sweet 16, while the pairs ofAlan Van Runkle ’11 and AlexaRoggenkamp ’10, and RachelShonebarger ’13 and Jacob Sklar’12 advanced to the Round of 32.

Individually, three Wooster par-ticipants finished among the TopOrators: Legg, was seventh;Shonebarger was ninth; and Sklarwas 17th. Seven other Wooster stu-dents also took part in the nationaltournament: Mark Burgin ’11 andNatalie Noyes ’11, John Carter ’12and Cassandra Zavis ’12, KevinWhalen ‘10 and Michael Walton’11; and Ramsey Kincannon ’12,who was part of a hybrid teamwith Geoff Byrne of Denison.

The Moot Court team is a groupof students who are interested inboth law and debate . They aregiven the opportunity to improveupon such skills. Competitions aimto simulate appellate argumentbefore the U.S. Supreme Court, giv-ing competitors the opportunity toconvince the court and attorneyjudges to rule in their favor asopposed to that of their opponents.Both argumentative and organiza-tional skills are taught and essen-tial in order to succeed when put

under the pressure of competition.The pace of the competition is fastand unforgiving to those who can’tthink quickly on their feet, yet thestress and pressure leave the par-ticipants with the confidence andability to articulate and argue theiropinions and points, which trulybecomes an interdisciplinary andinvaluable skill.

Regardless of major, students ofany age at the College are encour-aged to join the group, and whilethe program provides strong pre-law experience, definitive plans toattend law school are not necessary.However, many of the studentsinvolved in the group either had orcontinue to have intentions of fur-ther implementing their MootCourt experience later on afterWooster. Shonebarger pointed outthat, “Law school teaches you thelaw but it doesn’t teach you how toadvocate the law,” which is exactlywhat Moot Court’s intends.

While Nationals marks the endof Moot Court for this academicschool year, many of the membersare excited for the potential thatthe team holds going into next fall.Sklar noted that while Moot Courtdemands a lot time during the firstsemester it is well worth joining.“We all have a lot of fun with it.We get to travel together. We gotto go to Miami this year. It wasawesome!”

Daniel, is hopeful that next yearthe team can be even bigger than itwas this year. Though the team hadabout 16 pairs this year, he hopes tosee it closer to 25 pairs, and again,he encourages anyone and everyoneto join.

Lindsay Brainard ’10, Scott Smith ’10 and Alexander Lans’10 pose with Chef Ken Bogucki at the dinner which tookplace at The Wooster Inn (Photo courtesy Sarah Palagyi).

As seniors prepare to leave theWooster bubble and embark on theirjourney in the real world, the lastthing on their mind is the appropriateway to eat a bowl of soup. Althoughthat may seem trivial, the value oflearning proper etiquette could be thedeciding factor for countless opportu-nities in their future.

Every year it is a time-honored tra-dition for the senior class to partici-pate in the etiquette dinner hosted bythe Wooster Inn. Supported by dona-tions from alumni, this event kicks offevery senior’s final semester and pro-vides four different dates for studentsto potentially attend. Not only do stu-dents receive a delicious meal but,they will leave with the knowledge ofproper etiquette.

“The etiquette dinner was morevaluable to me than I expected.Besides the food and the etiquette, Iwas able to foresee myself properlydining with a potential employer,”said Brittany Montgomery ’10. Eventhough graduation is still fourmonths away, the skills reinforced atthe dinner can be used in the jobinterviews, weddings and formal

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Study shows lowercancer rates for Amish

Researchers at The Ohio StateUniversity have discovered that can-cer rates amongst Holmes CountyAmish families are lower than expect-ed. They were surprised to discoversuch low rates of cancer given the factthat the ancestral pool is made up ofaround 100 people.

Ninety-two Amish families wereinterviewed for this study. During thistime, they were asked their familycancer history in order to obtain med-ical information on family membersspanning three generations back.

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President Barack Obama'sTransportation Secretary RayLaHood banned truckers and com-mercial bus drivers from sending andreceiving text messages on Tuesday.

“Today we're sending a strongmessage,” LaHood told The DallasMorning News. “We don't merelyexpect you to share the road respon-sibly with other travelers — werequire you to do so.”

Texas trucker Jeff Barker told thenews that the ban was long overdue,but that he saw no reason to exclu-sively ban commercial drivers.

Bin-Laden tapeexamined by CIA

On Tuesday, Haitian lootersuncovered a man named RicoDibrivell, who had been buried undera ruined building in Port-au-Princesince the Jan. 12 earthquake.

U.S. soldiers came immediately andpulled him from the ruins, treatinghim for a broken leg and severe dehy-dration. The military could not pro-vide an explanation for how he man-aged to survive 14 days withoutwater, but did verify that Dibrivell'sfamily said he had been missing formore than two weeks.

Authorities said he was sent to anearby hospital and should survive.

Al Qaeada leader Osama bin Ladenclaims responsibility for a new audiotape which discusses the ChristmasDay attempt to blow up a plane on itsway to Michigan. The tape alsowarns the United States that moreattacks are imminent.

The CIA has previously confirmedAl-Jazeera’s authenticity of othertapes potentially recorded by Bin-Laden, meaning it is likely that thisvideo is legitimate. With Bin-Ladenstill considered at large, this tapecomes as a potential threat to theUnited States’ safety and has the CIAworking around the clock.

New ban placed ontexting while driving

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Wellness series continues through February

Man found aliveunder rubble in Haiti

Since its creation three years ago,the Wellness Series has broughtprominent speakers to the Woostercampus with the goal of informingthe students and faculty andWooster community about diverseaspects of health and wellness. Allof the speakers this year havenational credibility and recognitionas researchers, authors or spokes-people.

The series began this year with atalk on Jan. 20 by Michael Roizen,a best selling author and respectedCleveland Clinic Doctor who hasmade numerous appearances in themedia, including The OprahWinfrey Show and 20/20. He alsoserves as the chief medical consult-ant for “The Dr. Oz Show.”Roizen’s talk focused on the scienceof controlling your genes, and theways in which you can control yourown health by making positivechoices.

On Thursday, Jan. 28, StephenPost gave a lecture entitled “It’sGood to be Good: Happiness,Health, and Giving.” Post is a pro-fessor of Preventive Medicine andDirector of the Center for MedicalHumanities, Compassionate Care,and Bioethics at Stony BrookUniversity, as well as the co-authorof “Why Good Things Happen toGood People.” His lecture focusedon the attitudes that can help peo-ple to feel healthier both physicallyand mentally. By having healthierattitudes, Post believes that onewill be at peace and feel more con-nected with others. His ideas are allresearch based.

Deborah Madison, accomplishedchef, founder of Green’sRestaurant in San Francisco andauthor of 10 cookbooks including“Vegetarian Cooking forEveryone,” will be speaking onTuesday, Feb. 2. Madison is also aproponent of sustainable agricul-ture and she will be discussing herexperiences in this area as well as

her culinary background. The final speaker, Heidi Adams,

will be appearing on campus onWednesday, Feb. 17. Adams is thefounder of Planet Cancer, a non-profit organization that exists tosupport young adults battling can-cer, as well as the Director ofGrassroots Engagement for theLance Armstrong Foundation.Adams’ lecture will focus on theunique needs of young adults whohave cancer. In opposition to theyoung children or older adults thatoncologists most typically treat,young adults with cancer have dif-ferent needs and questions, such asconcerns about fertility and sexand worries about insurance. Shewill speak to the lack of supportfor young adult patients as well asattempt to address some of theirown distinctive concerns.

“I’m really excited about Heidi,”said Dan Dean, substance abuseand prevention coordinator of thewellness center as well as organiz-er of the series. “I’ve heard her

speak twice already. She’s really anengaging speaker and I hope thatstudents will take advantage of herin particular.”

Though there is usually a goodturn-out for the events (last year’sseries averaged 350-400 people perevent), Dean would like to see morestudents take advantage of theopportunity the series offers, espe-cially as the series tries to addressstudents’ needs and concerns. Forexample, Madison was brought into address student environmentalconcerns, and Adams’ talk focusesspecifically on young adults. Deanalso welcomes student input.

“I’m open to suggestions, if stu-dents want to try to get anyoneparticular to come or to addressany particular topics that fit withinthe series,” said Dean.

For a further preview of upcom-ing lectures, works by all of thespeakers are currently available inthe bookstore. All of the lecturesare held in McGaw Chapel at 7 p.m.and are free and open to the public.

Alexandra DeGrandchampSenior Staff Writer

Ohio Five schools awarded generous grant

The Five Colleges of Ohio receiveda two-year, $600,000 grant from theAndrew W. Mellon Foundation todigitize curricular resources.

Wooster, along with DenisonUniversity, Kenyon College, OberlinCollege and Ohio WesleyanUniversity, was graciously awardedthe “Next Steps in the Next-Generation Library: IntegratingDigital Collections into the LiberalArts Curriculum" from the Mellonfoundation.

Director of Libraries MarkChristel, the director of the grant,expressed his excitement over thefoundation’s contribution. “Thelibrary sees this as a chance to pushour digital collections to the nextlevel,” he said.

Christel noted digital collectionsare already in use by other major lib-eral arts institutions, such as CarletonCollege (Minnesota), ClaremontCollege (California) and VassarCollege (New York). “Some other col-lege libraries have built digital collec-tions that include faculty publications,student research projects or digitalvideos.”

The five institutions will utilizesome of the funding to hire a digitalspecialist to help build databases andprovide advanced training to librarystaff. Faculty at the institutions willhave the opportunity to apply forstipends through the program to cre-ate a digital project. The most prom-ising proposals will partner with thelibraries to receive funding and tech-nical support for the projects.

Christel indicated a range of possi-bilities to incorporate digitalresources into Wooster’s curriculum,but emphasized the projects fundedultimately depended on “faculty inter-ests” and materials available to be dig-itized.

Christel emphasized the MellonFoundation grant supports Wooster’scurriculum and holds an array oflearning opportunities for students.For example, digitized collections canbe viewed in any location withInternet access, which makesresources accessible to students out-side of the classroom. Furthermore,students may be involved in the facul-ty digitization projects. Christelhopes students will have the opportu-

The $600,000 grant will help Wooster integrate more digital resources into the academ-ic curriculum, hopefully accessible to students by fall 2010 (Photo by Andrew Collins).

nity to be involved with “writingcontent and selecting materials to beadded to online collections” as partof their curriculum.

Student research and classroomprojects, such as exemplaryIndependent Study projects and stu-dent-produced media, could be per-manently housed in the digital col-lection, effectively creating a perma-nent record. Christel also notedother institutions used digital mediato archive publications, such ascopies of student newspapers, pho-tos and magazines. The grantmoney may also possibly fund thedigitization of some SpecialCollections materials.

Christel is currently forming a

committee to read faculty proposalsand decide which projects meritgrant money this summer. He statesthat the campus community couldbegin utilizing the digital databaseas soon as fall of 2010 as facultyprojects begin. “We will be workingaround faculty and class schedules,but we hope to begin production forsome of the collections as early asthis summer,” states Christel.

The Mellon Foundation, a NewYork-based non-profit organization,offers grants to higher educationand other public service institutions,such as museums and performingarts ventures, to “build, strengthenand sustain institutions and theircore capacities.”

Obama gives first State of the Union addressThis past Wednesday,

President Barack Obamagave his State of the Unionaddress. This speechcame at a time whenAmerica is uncertain aboutthe future and with thedecisions being made inWashington.

After his demanding andcontroversial first year, thepresident was sure toaddress the many strug-gles our nation has faced inthe past year and the chal-lenges that are to come inthe future. Obama wasn’tshy about describing thepresent state of the econo-my, especially with therecession, but he did saythat “the worst of the stormhas passed.”

Obama encouragedCongress to place legisla-

tive focus on health carereform, which has beenone of the biggest issuesfacing our president dur-ing his first year of office.He also placed emphasison the growing deficit aswell as making jobs “ournumber one focus” for theAmerican people. “I wanta jobs bill on my deskwithout delay,” he said.

Regardless of all theissues facing our country,Obama continuallystressed the strength ofour nation and how wemust all work together toovercome today’s difficul-ties. “It is because of thisspirit — this great decencyand strength — that I havenever been more hopefulfor America’s future thantonight” (Photo by AP).

Air France airlinemakes big change

On Wednesday, Air-Franceannounced plans to change its pol-icy regarding their overweightcustomers.

Next month, the airline willbegin to refund heavier passengerswho have purchased a second seatas long as the economy cabin doesnot check in full.

The FAA does not mandate seatwidth but does require passengersto be able to buckle their seatbeltand sit within the confines of theirarm rests.

In future generations it might beseen as a great irony that the break-down of American Democracy thatled to the complete takeover ofright-wing corporate interests

occured dur-ing a timewhen the mostsocially-mind-ed Democraticpresident inyears was inoffice, with anerstwhile fili-

buster-proof Democratic majorityin the Senate. By my “SchoolhouseRock” understanding of our govern-ment and its systems of checks andbalances, I would have expected thathaving all the power would enableus to get something, somehow, to goour way. It hasn’t.

Why hasn’t it? Because the rightwing and the corporate intereststhey’re in bed with have been veryshrewd during their eight-year reignof terror, and have managed to man-gle our government to the pointwhere the majority party in the leg-islature is no longer the party inpower. As we’ve seen these pastmonths in the Senate, the minorityparty can now deadlock the legisla-ture by abusing the filibuster.

When the filibuster was firstintroduced it was used very seldom(in fact, the first filibuster didn’toccur until nearly 50 years after themeasure was voted into the Senate’srules). Part of the reason is that thefilibuster, as initially conceived,required actually holding the flooruntil either cloture (a 3/5 vote) wasachieved or the majority party can-celled the motion.

Senators would have to speak con-tinuously for that time, trading offin order to sleep or use the bath-room. At some point the Senaterevised these rules to create a fili-buster that can be conducted with nowork at all on the part of the minor-ity party.

When the spirit of fair play andcompromise disappears from ourlegislature, it yields what has hap-pened with the health care bill —the minority party has unlimitedveto power (a power formerly

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Our republic is brokenreserved for the president) whichthey can use continuously for, say,four years — at which point a disen-franchised public will conclude thatthe majority party just “isn’t gettingthings done” and decide to “give theother guys a chance.”

However, in terms of breakingour democracy, the filibuster is noth-ing compared to the Jan. 21 decisionhanded down by John Roberts’ssupreme court, another legacy ofthe past eight years. The 5-4 deci-sion struck down as unconstitution-al any attempt to ban or limit corpo-rate spending in federal elections, upto and including spending by for-eign corporations. This bill has thepower to do nothing short ofdestroying American democracy aswe know it.

To put it briefly, no one inAmerica can compete with corpo-rations when it comes to raisingmoney. Not unions, not independ-ently wealthy individuals and cer-tainly not common people andgrassroots movements. With thisprecedent in place, officials won’tget elected or re-elected by work-ing for the people — they’ll do itsimply by working for the peoplewho can buy the people’s votes.And I’m not talking about the rela-tively few scrupulous corporationswith a sense of fair play and corpo-rate responsibility — for whateverreason, those never seem to be therich ones.

We’re living in a country wherethe once functional system ofchecks and balances has brokendown. The legislative branch ispowerless. The judicial branch isoverpowered. The executivebranch is all we have left and it iscurrently home to the president weonce saw as the last and best hopefor democracy. He is our lastchance to keep our government outof the hands of the corporations, agroup that the founding fathersnever expected to become as pow-erful and politically invested asthey are.

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After hearing a variety of nega-tive experiences about JudicialBoard I think that as a college wemust work to improve the system. I

ask those whowill opposethis article tothink aboutthe argumentbefore theyseek to makeharsh andi r r a t i o n a l

responses. I have made those kindsof responses in the past and I havelearned from my mistakes. I havetaken my time to do my homeworkand I ask that anyone who choosesto respond to this article mightalso do his or her homework.

We must maintain a judicialboard that is transparent and fair toall parties concerned. First andforemost that means becomingcompliant with the by-lawsof Judicial Board. Threeprovisions in the documentspublished in the Scot’s Keyrecommend that JudicialBoard submit materials tothis newspaper for publica-tion. To my knowledge cur-rent practices are not incompliance with these poli-cies. You can find theseguidelines on page 75 of theScot’s Key.

The first provision I direct yourattention to is in the pre amble #8.It specifically states that CampusCouncil will send to the Voice gen-eral information about the boarditself and any changes. Telling stu-dents about the make-up of theboard and explaining changes andregulations is the first step to beingtransparent.

I then turn to section XV.A.2.Eof the Scot’s Key. Once againJudicial Board and Campus Councilfail to meet the reporting require-ment to anonymously publish caseinformation. It is the right of stu-dents to know the kind of activitiesthat are going on amongst theirpeers. The College’s choice not toforward or publish this informationmight be self-consciousness.

What is your opinion on Obama’s performance in office?

“People had bigger expec-tations than what has been

accomplished so far. But, youcan’t change the world in a

year. He has done good workwith the time has has had.”

“I agree with a lot of his inia-tives and what he wants to do.But, it’s been a controversialyear at best. I think he needsto get health care passed. I’mdefinitely looking forward to

the State of the Union.”

“I think he’s done a prettygood job so far. He’ll have tomove back to central politics

now that Massachusetts has lostits seat to a Republican.”

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Jonah Comstock is an editor in chief forthe Voice. He can be reached for commentat JComstock10@wooster.edu.

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Are they afraid that students maythink that penalties are harsh andirrational? Are they afraid to openup dialogue and transparency todiscuss whether the system is justi-fied?

Finally, I look to SectionXV.B.3.D. This section makes amore stringent request thatJudicial Board forward the informa-tion within a 30-day period includ-ing appeals. The reality is that stu-dents have a right to know what ishappening on the Judicial Boardand if they followed these simplesteps they might be closer to asolution.

That will not fix the inherentflaws in the Judicial Board system.Students who want to open theirhearings to the public should beallowed to do so. At DukeUniversity students are allowed torequest an open hearing at the dis-

cretion of the board. (http://con-duct.studentaffairs.duke.edu/resources/univ_jud_bd/univ_jud_bd_more.html). Wooster does not allowfor open hearings citing privacyconcerns under Federal EducationRights and Privacy Act (FERPA).While I do not purport to be anexpert on this or any legal statute,it seems that these hearings stillwork to maintain the provisionscontained within these laws.

I am concerned with the fairnessof these hearings. It seems that aselect group of students are chosento arbitrate cases. Students by nomeans are impartial, they have con-nections to the campus and areprone to favor some persons overothers.

Emulating the legal system’s use

of jury selection might eliminatethese sources of bias. I understandthat all students do not have thetime to serve on the Judicial Board,however giving allowance for per-sonal circumstances is a reasonableexception. This jury will insurethat jurors are impartial and holdthe least amount of favor.

More importantly, student repre-sentatives should be able to speakon behalf of the persons theyadvise. The current system onlycontains provisions for studentsbeing advised as to how theyshould plead. I have read the Scot’sKey provisions that pertain to theJudicial Board and found it to becryptic and requiring time and pre-requisite knowledge to piecetogether coherently.

In our legal system we do notexpect laypersons to representthemselves because they are not

versed in the legal provi-sions. As the saying goes,“only a fool has himself fora client.” Another possiblesolution is to assign stu-dents both a faculty adviserand a student adviser tohelp them make their casewith the student adviseractually representing themin the hearing. It is difficultto go up against your peersand faculty whom for

speaking in front of people is afull-time job.

I envision these suggestions as astarting point. I request that wehave an open conversation to beginto understand how we can makediscipline more transparent. To theoutside world in the status quo, theboard’s decisions seem dichoto-mous — either removing peoplefrom the College or allowing themto stay.

I know that there is a much moreintricate system than this, but itslack of transparency makes it diffi-cult for others to be satisfied withits decisions.

I am concerned with thefairness of these hearings ...Students by no means areimpartial, they have connec-tions to the campus and areprone to favor some personsover others.

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Krall incorporates Ebert coffin into her I.S. projectTamari FarquharsonFeatures Editor

When people think about possibleIndependent Study topics, studyingmummies generally doesn’t makethe cut. For biochemistry andmolecular biology major and arthistory minor Kimberly Krall ’10,however, this opportunity was onlya building away.

In Ebert Art Museum, there is amummy’s coffin that was donatedyears ago to the College. The coffinis originally from Akhmim, Egypt— a town situated along the bank ofthe river Nile. So how did themummy come into the picture?

In 2005, the College had a clean-ing attempt on the coffin, which hadbeen in a fire in 1905. “I had talkedto Dr. Edmiston, my advisor, aboutit my sophomore year when I wasthinking of topics. He mentionedit,” said Krall. “Ever since, it hadalways been in the back of my mind,so I explored it for my Junior I.S.”

The title of her Junior I.S. wascalled “The chemical analysis ofEgyptian pigments found on aWooster coffin.” This year, Krallincorporated her Junior I.S. into herSenior I.S. and expanded herresearch. A title for her Senior I.S.is a work-in-progress at themoment, but the main idea of herproject is to explore the chemicalanalysis of the paint on anEgyptian coffin.

So far Krall has undergone analy-

sis of the “make-up” of the coffinwith Dr. Paul Edmiston, associateprofessor of chemistry. Krall hasalso been working with Directorand Curator of The College ofWooster Art Museum Kitty Zurko.

Krall and Zurko have taken frag-ments from both the exterior coffinsurface and interior cartonnagewrappings. “I got my samples thefirst Friday of school in fall of2009. I started the analysis the fol-lowing week,” said Krall. “I onlywork with small fragments that Iget to use as samples. I’ve only seenthe coffin once before.”

The samples are used for Krall’sanalysis. Two techniques were used— infrared spectroscopy and atom-ic absorption spectroscopy, whichdetermines the organic and inor-ganic substances within the paint.The preference was to take samplesof red and green paints due to thefact that these paints are mostabundant within the decorations.Now Krall is testing a yellow andwhite sample.

“I’m looking at this coffin becausethey used water with cotton swabs intheir attempt to clean it. The wholereason they wanted to know whatthese paints were made of is becausepieces of the cotton swabs weresticking and the paints were absorb-ing the water,” said Krall. “If theyhad kept going, then the water wouldpossibly have ruined the coffin.”

The purpose of the analysis is tofind out what is in the paint, not

what is best to clean itwith. “The next thingthat I could figure outis the cleaning process.I might seek a plan togo about cleaning it,or I might leave it foranother student to dofor their I.S.,” saidKrall. “It takes a lot oftime and research.”

So far Krall, withthe help of Edmistonand Zurko, has beenable to tell that whenthe Egyptians madethe coffin, they usedthree layers — a pri-mary layer they usedto paint, equivalent tohow some may use awhite layer of paint asa primer; and the sec-ond and third layersmixed together as abinding adhesive and apigment.

Krall will only beusing a Powerpointslideshow and postersto aid her I.S. presenta-tion. The coffin will bekept in its current loca-tion. Students interest-ed in the final outcomeof Krall’s research canattend her presentationon Feb. 23 in Severance,at a time and location tobe announced.

Above, displays the head of the coffin, one of Krall’s sample sites.Below, Costume Designer and Manager for the Theater and Dancedepartment Charlene Gross take samples uses her background inpaints to help Krall and Zurko (Photos courtesy Kimberly Krall).

Wooster’s cricket history boasts appreciation for the sportUsman GulVoice Staff

Over the past decade, the prima-rily Eastern sport of cricket hasfound its place in a country that issaturated with other popularsports such as baseball, basketball,soccer and American football.

The surprising popularity ofcricket in America stems from theethnic diversity that Americaneducational institutions foster andencourage.

The Wooster Cricket Club(WCC) was first inaugurated in theearly 1990s as a result of growinginterest in cricket among the col-lege’s international student body.

Since then, the WCC has

arranged matches against collegesin the Mid-West and the EastCoast regions.

The club primarily consists ofinternational students from South-Asian countries where cricket is anextremely popular sport.Recently,local American students haveshowed a staggering interest in thesport and make up a large portionof the club.

The WCC membership repre-sents students from Pakistan,India, Bangladesh, Jamaica, UnitedKingdom, Nepal, Zimbabwe,Jamaica and America.

In the past, the WCC’s cricketershave experienced both the delightof decisive victories and the disap-pointment of unprecedented

defeats. In the spring semester of2009, the WCC lost two consecu-tive matches to Ohio WesleyanUniversity and Carnegie MellonUniversity. However, a phenome-nal comeback was made when theteam defeated Carnegie MellonUniversity towards the end of thesemester.

This year, the WCC’s prospectsseem to be brighter than ever ascricketers look forward to travel-ing to Florida to participate in anational level cricket tournamentduring Spring Break.

The administration of the WCCintends to take the WoosterCricket Team on a college-spon-sored cricket tour in Florida fromMarch 17-21. The team has been

practicing for the AmericanColleges Spring Break CricketChampionship 2010 that is beingarranged and funded by renownedWest Indian cricketer ShivnarineChanderpaul.

Last year, the tournament wascovered by mainstream media suchas The New York Times, ESPN,NBC and NY Daily News.

This year, international mediaorganizations from Pakistan andIndia have shown interest in pro-viding coverage to the tourna-ment. Twenty-four colleges fromacross the country are expected toparticipate in the tournament.

The Wooster cricket team isdetermined to return to campusafter Spring Break with a shining

cricket trophy.Wooster is amongst the pio-

neers of promoting cricket teamsat American colleges.The apprecia-tion of unique Eastern sports inthe Wooster community is trulycommendable, as it speaks volumesabout the recognition that foreigncultures and traditions receive atWooster.

“President Cornwell’s supportfor cricket activities on campus hasbeen most encouraging for theclub’s administration and member-ship,” WCC President Maaz Khan’11 said.

Study abroad sent Hough across three continents

For more information about joiningthe Cricket team, contact Mazz Khan‘11 at MKhan11@wooster.edu.

While abroad during thefall of 2009, Houghenjoyed all she couldsee of Greece. Houghenjoyed the festivities inthe streets and marketsof Greece. At right is anolive vendor’s table atthe farmer’s market.There were festivitiesheld often. The farmer’smarket happened everyFriday in the Pagrati cityquarter, which is aneighborhood locatedsoutheast of Athens(Photo courtesy MeghanHough).

Philosophy majorMeghan Hough ’11enjoyed not only theclasses while studyingabroad, but the foodmade available to herand the outdoor adven-tures from her travel. Atleft, Hough and her flat-mate Natalia rentedhorses to ride throughthe dessert to see theGreat Pyramids andSphinx during her Fallbreak trip to Turkey andEgypt (Photo courtesyMeghan Hough).

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At left, local butcherAdam Nussbaum carvesa large beef loin into var-ious steaks. A meat tast-ing session, which tookplace on Tues., Jan 26.in the Babcock dininghall, gave students theopportunity to partici-pate in meat tasting, aswell as educate themabout the economic andecological differencesbetween conventionalgrain-fed and grass-fedbeef. Below, participantswitnessed local chefMike Mariola sear thesteaks and taste the dif-ference between bothtypes of beef for them-selves (Photos by SarahHarbottle).

Going Green @Wooster 1. Feeling tired already this semester? Open the blinds and turn off the lights. Sunlight has been known to giveyou more energy and regulate sleep patterns, which will in turn brighten your mood.

2. When you send packages back home, skip the bubble wrap and instead use yesterday’s newspaper. Itworked for grandma, and it’ll work for you.

3. Going into town anytime soon? Plan your errands in advance! Strategically coordinating trips will both save ongas and contribute less pollution into the air.

4. Buy your groceries in bulk. It saves on packaging and saves you trips to the store.

— Compiled by Charles Horenstein

On Feb. 6, Wooster ActivitiesCrew and the Underground will beworking together to produce a battleof the bands style fundraiser forHaiti relief, known as Hype ForHaiti, with the winner getting a spotin April’s Springfest performance.

WAC Music Committee DirectorDavid Small ’11, however, empha-sized that it is not to be called a bat-tle of the bands. “I want it to bemore focused on the charity aspect.We’re getting together for that pur-pose,” said Small. “The battle of thebands is second to its charitynature.”

The event will be hosted byRamsey Kincannon ’12, who origi-nally came to WAC with the idea.

“In my high school [GeorgeMason High School in Falls Church,Virginia], we designed a battle ofthe bands to coordinate with Katrinarelief,” said Kincannon. “It was kindof inspired by shows like Live 8. Andthat fundraiser went really well, so Iwanted to bring the idea to WAC.

“As it turned out, WAC wasalready planning a battle of thebands to look for an opener forSpringfest.” continued Kincannon.“From there, it became a symbioticrelationship. I got to help out in away I was comfortable, and WACfound an extra purpose for theirevent.”

WAC has confirmed two ways inwhich they are selecting bands toopen for Springfest. In true battle ofthe bands tradition, there will be anaudience pick, in which bands donatemoney to enter and then audiencemembers also donate money to votefor their favorite band. The bandwith the greatest amount of moneydonated will be guaranteed a spot.

The WAC Music Committee, how-ever, will be sending Small, Dan

Casto ’12 and Ben Gartin ’11 to indi-vidually watch performances.

“Casto, Gartin and I will be delib-erating based on the performancesand scout bands that fit the vibewe’re looking for in Springfest. Ifwe like them, we’ll take them too,”said Small. “It’s not necessarily ajudgement of the performances,though. It’s moreso evaluating andlooking for what we want for thedirection the show is going.”

This year, Springfest will takeplace on April 10. The main act thatthe Hype for Haiti winners will beopening for has yet to be disclosed;all Small said was that “Final con-tractual details are still beingworked out.”

Students have already begun toshow support for the event. Inresponse to the confirmed date,Covers: Duets coordinators MarnieZoldessy ’11 and Linda Kuster ’11moved their event a week later toprevent detracting from Hype forHaiti’s attendance.

The Underground, in support ofgetting people to come, is waivingtheir usual cover charge for theevening, but patrons are stronglyencouraged to make donations. Allproceeds from this event, in combi-nation with the College’s otherefforts, will be sent by the College’sHaiti Relief Committee to the RedCross.

Currently, Hype For Haiti is call-ing this an open invitation and thereis no set limit on the bands compet-ing during their 9 p.m. to midnighttime slot. Those interested in enter-ing or learning more about it can doso by contacting David Small atwac@wooster.edu, or by visiting theFacebook WAC page.

“I can only imagine the capabilitiesof a dedicated school like Wooster inproviding relief,” said Kincannon.“Especially in a college setting, we’rewise enough to know that a disasterlike this affects all of us.”

Want to writefor Features?

For more informationcontact Madelyn

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Charles HorensteinManaging Editor

Hype to bring hope Mariola raises student awareness about steak

Sapere Aude satisfies inquiries for those who dare to knowMadelyn HalsteadFeatures Editor

Sapere Aude or “dare to know”seems a fitting title for a journalencompassing a wide array ofphilosophical areas. “Sapere Aude:The Wooster Journal of PhilosophicalInquiry” is a peer-reviewed under-graduate journal that works,according to its co-editor-in-chiefLindsay Brainard ’10, “to facilitateintellectual discovery by encourag-ing students to reason independent-ly and to explore unfamiliar philo-sophical territory.”

One of the characteristics thatdistinguish the journal as its ownpublication amongst the others thatcirculate the Wooster campus isthat it accepts entries for reviewfrom any undergraduate that wish-es to submit one. Previous volumeshave included students fromGeorge Washington University,The Ohio State University, BrownUniversity, Denison University andTrinity University as well as TheCollege of Wooster

The idea for the journal was initi-ated by philosophy majors MikeDoerr ’08 and Deborah Coffman ’08in the spring of 2007. Doerr andCoffman worked to contact active

students within the department anda group of five students began to getthe ball rolling. After encounteringsome initial start-up troubles involv-ing campus support and funding, thejournal was able to publish their firstedition in the spring of 2008.

The journal, which goes to pressonce a year in the spring, distrib-utes a call for submissions in the

fall. Once submissions have beenreceived, the staff reconvenes in thespring to review the submissionsfor publication, and then the journalgoes to press.

The journal is currently underthe leadership of Brainard and herco-editor in chief, Jen Barnes ’11.Brainard commented that, “thejournal has two editors-in-chief

every year in order to balance thework involved and to promote con-tinuation of the journal.” Brainardexemplifies the purpose behind this,as this is her second year as editorin chief; last year she served along-side Matthew Gorski ’09. Herexperience has proved useful in hersecond term. “I already had an in-depth understanding of the journal

this year when I resumed the postwith Jen,” said Brainard.

As for her co-editor in chief,Brainard comments that, “Jen and Ifunction as a pretty solid team —it’s sort of uncanny how well ourstrengths and shortcomings bal-ance out. I’m sure I’d find it verydifficult to do I.S. and manage thejournal if I didn’t have Jen as a co-editor in chief.”

In addition to the editors in chief,the journal has about a dozen otherdevoted students on staff, spanningall four class years and encompass-ing a variety of majors and minorsincluding publicity chair ScottSmith ’10 and treasurer TomLoughead ’10. The staff meets fortwo hours every week during thespring semester to discuss the sub-missions. Brainard has indicatedthat they have an elaborate votingand ranking procedure. “Our staffis a really dynamic mix of stu-dents,” she commented, “and wetend to have a lot of fun discussingboth the papers and the philosophi-cal issues they address.”

Last year’s Sapere Aude staff was made up of a students from a variety of different majorsand interests (Photo courtesy Sapere Aude: The Wooster Journal of Philosophical Inquiry).

For more information about the pub-lication of the journal contact LindsayBrainard ’10 at LBrainard10@woost-er.edu

Two weeks ago, a musician died.He was notsomeone whohad ever bro-ken the Top40, nor hadhe been nom-inated for aGrammy atany point

since he first picked up a guitar inTennessee. His name was Jimmy LeeLindsey, Jr., better known as JayReatard, the prodigal son of theMemphis punk scene. With unruly,curly hair and a magnetic and manicstage presence, he was known in theunderground music scene as a both aprolific songwriter and a chaoticallyenergetic performer. By the time hedied on Jan. 13, he had a number ofmusical successes under his beltdespite his lack of mainstream atten-tion. He laid down a 7” before he was16. He had toured Europe by the timehe was 18. He was a member of sixbands. By the time he died, he hadrecorded over 20 full length LPs andhundreds of singles. A number ofthose albums had ended up on “Year’sBest” lists, including his final release,2009’s “Watch Me Fall.” What willprobably be most remembered aboutthe whirlwind that was Jay, however,is that he died before he was 30, on anapartment floor in Memphis, finallysilent and still.

Focusing on this terrible end,though, is not my intention. That iswhere the error of eulogies begins.Ultimately, most premature deathsare traced out in obituary columnswith an undercurrent of “whatcould have been” riding throughthem, a wistful grief of imaginingdreams left unrealized. As a culture,we always dream this way, wonder-ing what these people could havedone, instead of marveling at whatthey did.

In the days after Jay Reatard’sdeath, I read a lot of the obituariesfeatured on music blogs and in rockmagazines. Here, even among anindustry that for years has lauded thephilosophy of living fast and leavinga mark while you still can, of it beingbetter to burn out than to fade away-here too, the writers’ sense of shockat when he had died hindered many oftheir abilities to look at what Jay haddone. What he had done was what heloved, passionately and without apol-ogy, which is more than most of uscan say by the time we die. He did itfast, with a fused pop and punk sensi-bility that few musicians three timeshis age could master. He did it hard,attacking his pieces with the physical-ity of a man possessed. But, like weall must, he died, and though it isdeeply sad that he died so young, thatfact should not overshadow what heaccomplished in life.

I am not saying it is not a tragedywhen someone’s life is cut short bydisease, drugs or unforseeable circum-stance. It is. But in the aftermath,there is only time to think. And at thatpoint of reflection, there is no usewasting fantasies on Jay Reatard. Hisreality is better. If even half the peo-ple in America were to devote them-selves to their individual passions theway that Jay Reatard did, with time,fervor and no pauses for apologies, theends of life would be coupled withremembrances of fulfilled dreams,accomplished goals and maintainedpromises. Jay himself once candidlysaid “I know I won’t be able to makerecords when I’m dead. And I’m notdead now, so I want to make records.”We should all try to live so fast andhard. We should all try to outrace thatsame clock.

There is an expectation that wewill always receive those 75-80years of life allotted to us by thefaceless gods of statistics. Jay did-n’t. But he filled his 29 with hisown brand of genuine and beauti-ful art, and in that way he lives.And when I listen to those records,I will not imagine those final apart-ment moments in Memphis. I willsmile, thankful for what he gave tome, to us all, by living.

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Marten Dollinger

chicken, one of the greatest bache-lor party scenes known to film cul-minating in a 17-hour marriage, aman who barely says two words,including when he broadcasts on

live radio, anincredibly dimwit-ted man who does-n’t know the differ-ence betweenEaster andChristmas, an earlymorning DJ who

has been on the boat for sevenmonths and, until Carl boards theboat, has never been seen by any ofthe other members on board and avery inappropriately named gov-

ernment official (Kenneth Branagh)and his legal goon (JackDavenport) trying to bring the sta-tion down, or Carl’s search for hisfather. However, the majority ofthe film revolvesaround the strangeand highly comedicantics of the RadioRock DJs.

During themovie, I foundmyself laughingalmost nonstop, pausing at somepoints only to breathe. The film’scomedic high points include, butare not limited to, a rivalry thatleads to a very involved game of

Pirate Radio makes a comedy that rocksFilm pairs classic soundtrack with many laughs

leemckinstry

When I sat down to watch PirateRadio, I wasn’t sure what to expect.It had been marketed as a PhilipSeymour Hoffman film, and fromexperience those were dark,depressing and heavy. However, thesecond the movie began, I realizedhow wrong I was. Any movie thatopens with The Kinks and gradu-ates to a bunch of awkward menand one lesbian on a boat broad-casting radio is bound to be a com-edy. With a cast including NickFrost, Bill Nighy, Tom Sturridgeand Jack Davenport, how could Ihave been expecting anything else?It should be known that this movieis no great cinematic endeavor; infact, it barely has a plot, so forthose looking for a deep film with acohesive plot, “Pirate Radio” is notfor you. But if you’re looking forsome great comedy and an extraor-dinary soundtrack, this movie justmight be up your alley.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman stepsout of his typical roles and takes ona very Jack Black-esque role as TheCount of Cool, the only AmericanDJ on the boat. While his perform-ance is memorable, he is not, as thetrailer for this film would have usbelieve, the main character.Instead, the film follows Carl (TomSturridge) who, after beingexpelled from boarding school, issent by his mother to live with hisGodfather, Quinten (Bill Nighy) ona boat where a group of menbroadcast rock and roll radio overBritish Airwaves in a time whererock and roll was all but bannedfrom the mainstream radio. Thereare a few plot points, namely a gov-

ernment official. I have never been in a theater

with so few people and so muchlaughter, but even better than thefilm’s comedy was the soundtrack.With songs from The Kinks, TheSeekers, Jimi Hendrix, The Turtles,The Who and many more, howcould you really go wrong?Though this film had very littlepositive press when released, I feelthat it is the perfect movie for any-one wanting to let go, have a goodtime, enjoy some great music andhave several good laughs. I thor-oughly enjoyed watching PirateRadio and would recommend it toanyone looking for a good time.

Wooster Street Style

Actor’s Lab provides performance outlet

lllustration by Gillian Daniels.

Emily RegenstreifVoice Staff

Nathan ComstockSenior Arts Writer

Last semester Visiting Professorof Theatre Season Ellison saw aneed in the acting program atWooster, and jumped to fill it. TheActor’s Lab, which meetsWednesdays at noon in the JamesWise Acting Studio, is a venuewhere students from all majors cango to work on monologues andscenes, get help with presentations,or even learn about different actingtechniques.

“I always feel like as theatremajors at a small liberal arts collegewe’re missing out on something,”said Nina Takacs ’11. “We focus alot on theory and scholarship anddon’t get a lot of practical experi-

ence. So it’s nice to have somethinglike this.”

Rather than establishing a setcurriculum, Ellison asks the actorswho participate in the Actor’s Labwhat they want to work on, thenforms a schedule based on that.Last semester, students wantedhelp preparing to audition for thespring production of “Mary Queenof Scots Got Her Head ChoppedOff,” so the Actor’s Lab held a fourweek audition workshop. Ellisonhelped students learn how tochoose appropriate monologues fortheir own acting types, and thenhelped them to polish those mono-logues for the audition.

“This semester there’s been arequest to work on scene work,” saidEllison, “So we’re going to do some

partner stuff. We’ve also had a requestto do some song work as well.”

Ellison hopes people from themusic department will considercoming to the actor’s lab in order towork on some of the acting aspectsof their singing. In general, shewould like to extent participation tostudents in other disciplines. “Iwould love to see it expand so thatwe can hit more of the studentbody and offer the great work thatwe’ve been doing to a larger group,”she said.

The Actor’s Lab will also be bring-ing in several presenters this semesterto do workshops on different actingtechniques. Visiting Professor PennyCole will be leading two workshopson the Viewpoints method andKatherine Burke, who is currently

serving as the dialect coach for “MaryQueen of Scots,” will be leading aworkshop on Linkwater.

“I’m really hoping that peoplewill come in next week whenKatherine is here,” said Ellison.“This is something that we wouldhave to pay hundreds of dollars forif she weren’t already coming in todo things for us.”

Bronwyn Schlaefer ’12, a regularattendee, appreciates the chance towork on her skills.

“It lets you stay in shape,” she says.“With so few auditions every year, itcan be hard to get back into it.”

“It’s nice because it’s sort of runby us,” said Allison Wadleigh ’10.“We have power to say let’s do this,let’s do that. Which is sort of whatliberal arts is.”

Arts&EntertainmentTHE SCENE

Venue gives theatre majors time to practice craft

Lee is an Arts & Entertainment editorfor the Voice. She can be reached for com-ment at LMckinstry13@wooster.edu

Wooster Street Style caught up with Abbas Sabur ’11 outside of Kenarden,sporting a color-coordinated, casual winter look. He provided a very thorough

explanation of his fashion influences.

What are you wearing?Glasses from Ray Ban; Coat fromRalph Lauren; Shirt from Flame(some random store in Brazil);Jeans from Bullhead; Shoes fromNike; Socks from Hanes; Boxersfrom Target; Hat from DrugMart; Fragrance from Old Spice;Sun from Space; Clouds fromWater; Location from Kenarden ...wait, is that too much?

What inspires your style?I’m really into being comfort-

able. New Age Alternative, inboth rock and hip-hop have reallybeen my work and play thesepassed few years, so a mesh of thethree could probably be the cul-prit.

What’s your number onerule on looking good?

Don’t rely on stand outclothes to make you stand out.

Abbas Sabur ’11 keeps hisaccessories classic, topping ablack and purple ensemblewith Ray Bans (Photo byLinda Kuster).

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Chris Weston

Matthew Yannie

WOO SPORT STYLE

Whatever you call it, the mullet exudes classThere are important questions in

today’s ever-changing world: Whyare we here?When willLeBron leaveC l e v e l a n d ?What will hap-pen whenJustin Bieber’sangelic voicehits puberty?

Of course, there are topics that wecan dissect much more easily. Anarea that brings no respect is themullet. Inhonor of JaredAllen’s greatseason withthe Vikings,it’s only natu-ral we cele-brate his mon-strous flow.This little treasure of Americanheritage has been shouting“NASCAR” for over 50 years.However, it is time that the mulletreceived its 15 minutes of fame forits contributions to other sports.Few have successfully pulled off“business in the front, party in theback.” Here are our winners:

6. JJoohhnn KKrruukk1B/OF, MLB 1986 - 1995

“Baseball Tonight’s” big man mayhave made the decision to chop hisluscious locks once he became aprominent figure on ESPN, but hismany years in the league have helpedto secure him a spot on our list. Hishair reminded many of MacGyver,with the business blending into theparty in the back. Beneath his bat-ting helmet his hair poured out likeTroy Polamulu’s, flopping about ashe waddled around the bases. Hissignature flow may not have been aslong or as distinct as many on ourlist, but, just like Geraldo Rivera, italways seems to find its way into sto-

ries it has no business being in, givingKruk the unorthodox sixth spot onour list. Solidifying all stereotypes, hewas once quoted as saying “I’m not anathlete — I’m a baseball player.” Rockon, Kruk.

5. JJaarreedd AAlllleennDE, NFL 2004 - present

Allen should win the award forbest active mullet, as he is the onlyplayer on our list who is still current-ly playing. His mullet, which hekeeps short during the football sea-son by only letting it cover his neck,is “modernized” by shaving lines intothe sides of his head. We view this

as classy, but then again Lady Gagathinks it is too. In a day and age whenthe ape-drape has lost all of its glam-our, the NFL’s best tackler still findsa way to bring the mullet into themainstream.

4. JJaarroommiirr JJaaggrrRW, NHL 1990 - 2008

Jagr is ranked lower on this listthan you might expect because ifyou were to look at him today withhis clean-cropped hair you would notbe able to tell that he previouslyrocked the Mississippi-mudslide likea pro. With the longest mullet onour list, Jagr’s lettuce curled andwaved as he raced up and down theice. While only sporting this curlymonstrosity for half of his NHLcareer, this did account for nineyears. Also another aspect of hisCamaro-cut was that the front, orbusiness end was too long to make itdistinguishable as the mullet mostpeople — well, really just us —dream about.

3. RRaannddyy JJoohhnnssoonnP, MLB, 1988 - 2009

The Big Unit rocked this signatureTennessee-tophat for all but twoyears of his career, or else he wouldhave competed for the No. 2 spot onour list (another thing we can blameon the New York Yankees). His hair

perfectly matched his demeanor onthe mound, making him look like theone man in the trailer park who youdon’t want to disturb, even thoughyou just knocked over his keg ofBudweiser. Arguably the most deco-rated athlete on the list, and one ofthe top left-handed pitchers of alltime, his oily locks tossed and turnedin the summer breeze as he won over300 games and punched out one cam-eraman in his career

2. BBaarrrryy MMeellrroosseeD, NHL 1974 - 1987

Melrose still proudly sports hisCanadian passport on national tele-

vision, proving to the world thatmullets and style can live harmo-niously together. As both a playerand later an analyst, Melrose haskept his silky-smooth streamlinedhair constant for over 30 years. It isas much of a statement now as DickVitale’s loud voice, Simon Cowell’sextra small t-shirts and Paris

Hilton’s surprisingly overwhelm-ing stupidity.

1. DDwwaayynnee SScchhiinnttzziiuussC, NBA 1990 - 1999

Schintzius, whose last name rivalshis hair as his most ridiculous andjaw-dropping aspect, had by far thegreatest Alabama-avalanche insports, and arguably one of thegreatest mullets ever constructed.Seriously, Google this guy. The bestway to describe it would be 100 per-cent business in the front and 200percent party in the back. His careerwas about as successful as the movie“Gigli,” which allowed more atten-tion to be drawn to his Florida-mud-flap. Perfectly crafted, his shoulderlength party end was complimentednicely by an army-style businessend. He might have spent more timeon his hair than the guys in “JerseyShore,” that would have been betterspent on his basketball career, but,luckily for him, this list does notjudge based on that players talent.

Honorable mentions:

AAnnddrree AAggaassssiiTennis, 1986 - 2006

We love his hair, yet couldn’t addhim to our list after he admitted itwas a weave instead of his real hair.The dedication to wear a mullet wigdeserves some credit, however.

NNaattee GGeemmbbeerrlliinngg--JJoohhnnssoonn ’’1100P, Fighting Scots, 2006 - present

For those of you who missed it,Gemberling-Johnson, a pitcher forthe Scots’ Baseball team, went fromthe Bro-Flo to cornrows to a mulletall in one week. Sadly, he cut itdown to a bowl cut before we had achance to talk to him, so he couldn’tmake our list.

chrisweston

Nationally-ranked swim teams earn victories on senior day

jasonweingardt

Matthew YannieSports Editor

The Wooster swimming and div-ing teams sent the seniors out withconvincing wins in last Saturday’sfinal home dual-meet of the season.Logan LaBerge ’10, a four-year con-tributor said that it was an “emo-tional” day in the pool, and that “itwas great to send our class out witha bang.”

LaBerge and the other six seniorsanchored the men’s team in a 127-86victory over Wheeling JesuitUniversity. Senior swimmers con-tributed five of the team’s eightindividual first-place finishes. JonQuiery ’10 led the way with individ-ual wins in the 100 and 200 freestylewhile Michael Saltzman ’10 tookhome top honors in the 50 freestyle.LaBerge earned a first-place finish inthe 100 backstroke and fellow seniorcaptain Eric Babbitt ’10 won the 100butterfly.

On a day that the swimmers of theclass of 2010 will not soon forget,LaBerge, Babbitt, Saltzman andTyler Hartley-Shepherd ’10accounted for the four legs of the200 medley relay in the victory.After starting the dual-meet season2-3 the men have strung togetherfive consecutive wins, including afirst place finish at the Wooster

Invitational in early December, toimprove to 6-3 on the season in dual-meets.

LaBerge pointed to theInvitational win as the turning pointfor the team saying that the team“gained a lot of confidence from ourinvite performance” adding that the

win “propelled us into winter train-ing and our remaining dual-meet”season.

The women continued their streakof dominance in dual-meets by dis-mantling Wheeling Jesuit en routeto an impressive 148-60 victory.With the win the team improved to

10-0 on the season with just onedual-meet remaining before NCACChampionships Feb. 11-13.

First-year swimmers again led thewomen’s winning effort, showingthat they have become well acclimat-ed to life in the Timken Natatorium.Mary Nappi ’13, Kate Hunt ’13,

Samira El-Adawy ’13 and ClareWalsh ’13 all contributed individualwins in the 1650, 50, 100 and 200freestyles respectively.

The teams will travel to GroveCity College tomorrow for the finaldual-meet of the season beginningat 1 p.m.

Swimmers pause after a long set in practice. Both squads finish their dual meet season tomorrow (Photo by Maureen Sill).

Men’s Basketball1.) Wooster 8-0 (13-4)2.) Wabash 6-2 (11-5)3.) Wittenberg 5-3 (13-4)4.) Allegheny 5-3 (8-8)5.) Ohio Wesleyan 5-3 (8-9)6.) Hiram 5-3 (8-9)7.) Denison 3-5 (3-14)8.) Kenyon 2-6 (5-11)9.) Earlham 1-7 (3-14)10.) Oberlin 0-8 (4-13)

Women’s Basketball1.) Wittenberg 8-0 (10-6)2.) Ohio Wesleyan 8-1 (13-5)3.) Denison 5-3 (13-4)4.) Kenyon 4-4 (11-6)5.) Wooster 4-4 (7-10)6.) Allegheny 3-4 (6-10)7.) Oberlin 2-6 (3-14)8.) Earlham 1-7 (2-15)8.) Hiram 1-7 (2-15)

Scot StandingsScot Standings BY THE NUMBERS

1,369Total career points scored by shootingguard Kym Wenz ’10. Wenz moved intosecond place on Wooster’s all-time scor-ing list against Earlham College twoweeks ago. Wenz passed Carly Loehrke’07, who now stands in third with 1,338career points.

17.4Points per game averaged by men’s bas-ketball player Ian Franks ’11. Franks isthe team’s leading scorer for the Scotswho improved to 9-0 in the NCAC andlook poised to make a run at their sixthstraight conference title.

3Total number of individual races inwhich Logan LaBerge ’10 participatedin and did not win. LaBerge is one ofseven senior swimmers who have ledthe Scots scorers in the pool.

Randy Johnson’s hair perfectly matched his demeanor on the mound, making him look likethe one man in the trailer park who you don’t want to disturb (Photo courtesy AP).

8 WoosterFriday, January 29, 2010The

Voice

Andrew VogelEditor in Chief

FRIDAY CONVERSATION

Sports EditorMatthew Yannierecently talked towomen’s freestyleswimmer KateHunt ’13. Shehas been one ofa handful oftalented first-years who have beenmajor contributors in the team’sundefeated dual-meet season.

MY: Did you know coming intothe year that you would be a sig-nificant contributor?

KH: I had talked to some of theother first-years and swimmers, butI didn’t really know what to expect.I’m really happy with how this sea-son has gone, but I didn’t expect todo as well as I have.

MY: What do you think hascontributed most to your individ-ual success?

KH: The coaching staff has defi-nitely been the most helpful. Inever had coaches that paid as muchattention to the little things as Ihave this year. My technique hasreally improved and working on myform with them has really improvedmy swimming.

MY: How has the experience ofthe team helped you through theseason and in preparing for theNCAC Championship meet?

KH: It’s really nice having a teamthat wants to be there all the time.Back home I used to dread going topractice even though I reallyenjoyed swimming. I haven’t hit thepoint where I don’t want to be atpractice in my time here. I want tobe there all the time and having ateam that is always working hardhas been really helpful. It’s greathaving teammates around that arededicated and will make me better— it makes a big difference.

MY: Looking forward to thelast dual-meet of the season,what are the team’s expectations?

KH: It’s going to be a reallytough meet. It’s a really big one forus going forward and I think it willbe really close. I feel like everyonehas been working really hard forthis last meet. After a little bit of alet down in practice I think we arestarting to pick it up again.

MY: At the beginning of theseason would you have predictedthat this team could be undefeat-ed in dual-meet action this late inthe season?

KH: Honestly, probably not. Ididn’t realize how much depth ourteam really had on the women’s sidecoming into the year. We lookedstrong at the beginning of the sea-son, but after we beat Wittenberg[University] in a really close meetI realized how strong the team real-ly was. It has all sort of built fromthat point on.

MY: With the NCACChampionship meet right aroundthe corner, what are your individ-ual goals for what will be thebiggest meet of your young col-lege career?

KH: I haven’t really thoughtabout it. With the assurance of thecoaching staff I’m confident that Iwill do well. We’ve all been workingreally hard this season and I amexpecting to see it all come togeth-er at that meet. I’m hoping to havefun and enjoy it and not get toobogged down or preoccupied withthe intensity of it. My main goal isto have strong relays and help theteam succeed.

MY: With 15 underclassmencontributing greatly in the unde-feated run, is this season’s successonly the beginning? What do yousee as the ceiling for this teamlooking forward at your time atWooster?

KH: We have a really strongfirst-year class that has contributedto the strength of the other classes.Across the board the girl’s side isreally improving. We’ve all gottenbetter this year and I think that theconference championship will reallyshow people just how much they’veimproved this season. Looking for-ward, we will be confident and pre-pared. Hopefully with another goodrecruiting class we will continue tobuild and get better.

katehunt

Men continue dominance, defeat Tigers

The ability of Ian Franks ’11 to drive to the hole and drawfouls has made him the top scorer (Photo by Sam VanFleet).

Prior to last week, while the men’sbasketball team had started the sea-son 12-4 and climbed back into thenational top 25 rankings, the teamstill lacked a signature win. When theteam traveled to archrivalWittenberg University last Saturday,it finally made a statement.

Traveling to Springfield, Ohio isnever an easy trip. Wooster (9-0NCAC, 14-4 overall) and Wittenberg(5-3, 13-4) is arguably one of the bestrivalries in Div. III, and the Tigerswere off to their best start in threeyears. Wittenberg’s fans were ampedup for this contest — the announcedattendance was 2,275, far and awaythe Tigers’ biggest home crowd thisseason.

In the game’s first eight minutes,the Tigers quickly jumped out to a16-5 lead, putting the Scots in anearly hole. With about eight minutesleft in the first half, the Tigers hadbuilt a comfortable 21-11 lead. Fromthere, however, the Scots snapped outof their long-range shooting droughtand lived up to their preseason hype,upending the Tigers 66-56.

The Scots had struggled through afairly pronounced shooting slump inthe three games leading up to theWittenberg game — knocking downjust 19 percent of their three-pointattempts. Against Wittenberg, theScots’ long range struggles persisted,starting 0-for-8 from downtown.When it mattered, though, the Scotswere finally able to knock down thebig shots.

Matt Fegan ’12 helped break theice, knocking down the Scots’ firstthree of the game and brought theScots within a seven-point deficit of21-14. After a layup by Ian Franks’11, Nathan Balch ’11 knocked downanother three to bring the Scots with-in a bucket, 21-19. On the other end,Wittenberg knocked down one freethrow shot before Justin Hallowell’12 drained another long-range shotto tie the ball game at 22. From there,the Scots never looked back and wentinto the half with a 30-25 lead. In thelast eight minutes of the first half,the Scots went on a 19-4 run and thiseventually proved to be the differencein the game.

The Tigers did mount a rally earlyin the second half, and tied the gameat 44 with 10 minutes left in the sec-ond half. Fegan and Franks, however,immediately knocked a pair of threesto give the Scots a 50-44 lead andtake momentum back from theTigers. The closest the Tigers evencame from that point was a four-pointdifferential.

Though Franks led all scorers with20 points, Hallowell provided thebiggest performance of the night.Hallowell recorded the first double-double of his career with 13 pointsand 12 rebounds. In the previousthree games against AlleghenyCollege, Earlham College and

Oberlin College, Hallowell struggledthrough the worst shooting slump ofhis career, hitting just one of 20three-point attempts. Saturday nightHallowell bounced back to hit 3-for-8from behind the arc, and grabbed 12defensive rebounds. As a team, theScots were nine of 27 from three-point range. Off the bench, Feganwas the third Scot scorer in doublefigures with 10 points.

The team carried this momentuminto Wednesday’s game againstHiram (5-4, 8-10). While the Scotsstarted slowly and led by just two atthe half against the Terriers, theScots caught fire in the second halfeventually coasted to a 67-43 win.

According to head coach SteveMoore, the team was able to pullaway late in the game because ofimproved play and better looks on theperimeter. “We were getting goodshots,” said Moore.

For the second game in a row, theScots were able to know shots fromlong range, shooting 10-for-26 on thenight. Hallowell was 4-for-7 frombehind the three-point line, with all ofhis points coming from downtown.

One of the game’s most encourag-ing signs came from Nathan Balch’11. Balch has had a quiet first half ofthe season, averaging just under 10points per game and shooting 36 per-cent from the field. On Wednesday,though, Balch posted a season-high16 points and grabbed five rebounds.

The wins give the Scots a signifi-cant cushion in the standings.Wooster is now two games in front ofsecond-place Wabash College (6-2,11-5). The loss likely puts any chanceof a regular season conference titleout of reach for Wittenberg, which isnow deadlocked in a four-way tie forthird place.

The race for the regular seasontitle now looks like a two-team racebetween Wooster and Wabash. Intheir first meeting this season, theScots beat the Little Giants 78-60 onDec. 20 in the Timken Gymnasium.In order for Wabash to have any shotat a share of the conference title,Wabash will have to beat Wooster onFeb. 7 in Crawfordsville, Ind. If theScots are able to beat Wabash nextSunday, they will have an inside trackto their sixth straight NCAC regularseason title.

Great teams are able to manufac-ture wins, even when they aren’tplaying their best games and theirshots aren’t falling. That’s exactlywhat the Scots had done for threestraight games. In the last two games,however, all phases came together forthe Scots. The team has played withmore focus. “We are starting to gel.I’ve liked our mental approach. We’rehaving fun, but we’ve been intense,”said Moore.

Moore hopes wins over the Tigersand Terriers can propel themthrough the rest of the regular sea-son. After a slew of close calls, Moorecan hope his team has finally hit itsstride.

A FRESH TAKE ON SPORTS

Pro Bowl revision makes game more watchableThis Sunday, which historically

has been the saddest weekend inthe National Football League’s

season, we willbe treated to aPro Bowl gamethat actuallyhas a chance ofbeing watched.

Since 1938the NFL ProBowl has taken

place the weekend following theSuper Bowl making the gameirrelevant and sparsely watchedby even the most dedicated foot-ball fans. This game, which is aglorified walk through for the

leagues best players for almost noother purpose besides an extendedvacation and a contract bonus, hasbeen played in Hawaii for the past30 years.

This year the game has not onlybeen moved to the week before theSuper Bowl, but the location haschanged as well. The 2010 Pro Bowlwill be the kick off event to SuperBowl week in South Florida and willtransform the game into a more rel-evant public spectacle. This move isnot only great for the game, which Ihave only ever watched about 20minutes of each year, but for theleague as a whole, which will benefitfrom additional publicity and will

draw far more fans, reporters andviewers.

While these changes make thegame more appealing overall, thereare still issues that cannot beresolved. The fact that this year’sPro Bowl will not feature the NFLMost Valuable Player PeytonManning and offensive juggernautDrew Brees, who will be squaring offin the Super Bowl, makes the selec-tion process less authentic. In addi-tion to the absences of the league’stop quarterbacks, five other NewOrleans Saints and six additionalIndianapolis Colts will be missingthe Pro Bowl making room on therosters for players such as David

Garrard, Matt Schaub, VinceYoung and Tony Romo. In no wayshould any of these quarterbacksbe attending let alone playing inthe Pro Bowl.

The NFL has begun to take thenecessary steps toward earning sig-nificance. Many improvements canand should still be made, yet movingthe Pro Bowl to the week before theSuper Bowl and having it be playedin the host city of the league’schampionship will definitely benefitthe game’s success. While I cannotpromise that I will be watching thegame Sunday as diligently as theSuper Bowl, I will at least be watch-ing it. Why? Because it’s football.

matthewyannie

Scots top Oberlin in OT, bitten by Terriers 64-63Margaret DonnellySports Editor

After a thrilling win againstNorth Coast Athletic Conferencerival Oberlin College in overtimelast Wednesday at Oberlin, Ohio,the women’s basketball team lookedpoised to match its longest winningstreak of the season with a win overHiram on Wednesday. Despite put-ting together its best run of the sea-son, the Scots’ were tripped up bythe Terriers last Wednesday.

Against Oberlin, the Scots andYeowomen passed the lead back andforth throughout the game, withWooster leading by 19 early in thegame, then trailing by 14 later. Anovertime effort by the Scots, whichincluded seven baskets by KymWenz ’10, ended the game in a 78-74 victory.

The Fighting Scots (4-5 NCAC,7-11 overall) dominated the earlyminutes of the game, with points byKaitlin Krister ’10 and Wenz for an

11-5 lead. Wooster then tacked on12 unanswered points as SamanthaJustice ’12 recorded assists toTaylor Keegan ’11 and KristenSchwartz ’12 to increase the lead to26-7 in the first nine minutes of thehalf.

In a reversal of fortune, Oberlin(3-14, 2-6 NCAC) controlled playfor the rest of the half, and a 27-9run tied the game 32-32 with twominutes left on the clock.

Wooster responded with basketsby Krister and Wenz, and JessicaWingen ’13 blocked a shot byOberlin’s Priscilla Staples to regaina lead of six (38-32), but theYeowomen added three more pointsbefore the end of the half, cuttingWooster’s lead to 38-35.

Oberlin continued its dominanceinto the second half, with KellyWalrich’s consecutive three-pointbaskets in a 12-point run which putOberlin ahead 47-38. Oberlin gainedits greatest lead of the game of 14points (55-41) when Syra Thomas

completed a shot from behind thepaint.

Wooster changed the pace of thegame yet again with two baskets byWingen, which put the Scots withinfive (59-54), followed by comple-tions by Keegan that drew the Scotswithin two (64-62) with eight min-utes remaining in the game.Schwartz’s lay up tied the game 66-66 with just under four minutesremaining, and the match stayedtied at 68-68 for the last minute,sending the game into overtime.

Wenz led Wooster’s scoring inovertime, starting with a three-pointer to give the Scots a 71-68lead and then went 4-for-4 at thefree throw line to win the game 78-74.

Wooster’s players had an impres-sive night with Wenz leading theteam with 25 points and 10rebounds. Schwartz had a career-high of 13 points and 10 rebounds,and Krister tallied 12 points and 16boards. Wingen went 6-for-8 on

shooting and added 14 points andColleen Goodwillie ’10 recordednine, two of them on three-pointers.

With the thrilling win overOberlin, the team had a chance toreach above .500 in the conferencestandings and move into fourth-place in the NCAC standings with avictory over Hiram (2-7, 3-15). Thegame looked promising at halftime,with the Scots ahead by a bucket 33-31. The Scots built up a 47-41 leadearly in the second half, but Hiramused a 16-7 run in a nine-minutespan to go ahead by three. Thisproved to be the difference in thegame, as Hiram eventually held on64-63 despite a three by ColleenGoodwillie ’11 in the game’s closingseconds.

From here, the Scots’ scheduleonly gets tougher. The team takeson Denison University (5-3, 13-4).In the first meeting between the twoschools this year, Wooster upset theBig Red on their home floor inGranville, Ohio.