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Despite fi re hazard notices sent to the University last year that recommended the installation of sprinkler sys-tems in several buildings on the South 40, such action has not been taken.

According to the Wash-ington University Police De-partment’s Web site, all of the new residential buildings built since 1995 and four ren-ovated buildings have auto-mated sprinkler systems. Old dorms including Rubelmann, Umrath, Beaumont, Lee, Hitzeman, Hurd, Shanedling, Dauten, Rutledge, Liggett, and Myers, however, are currently

without sprinkler systems.“One by one, [the old

dorms] are going away,” said Dean of Students Justin Car-roll. “I don’t believe sprinkler systems have been added because the older buildings do not have to change. The newer ones do have sprinkler systems.”

Koenig Hall, formerly on the fi re hazard list, was torn down and replaced with the new Koenig House.

Carroll added that there are other fi re safety initia-tives that decrease the chance of injury.

“A requirement for fresh-man fl oor meetings is to go over basic fi re safety, and fi re drills are also part of the fi re

safety education,” he said.Carroll also noted the fi re

safety postings in dorm hall-ways and on bulletin boards. Additionally, students can contact Paul Landgraf, a Uni-versity health and safety pro-fessional, if they have ques-tions about fi re safety.

“There are improvements made in fi re safety programs on a continual basis at Wash-ington University,” Landgraf wrote in an email to Student Life. “This year Residen-tial Life and Environmental Health and Safety implement-ed an interactive fi re training presentation for the 118 resi-dential advisors. Residential Life, Washington University Police Department and Envi-

ronmental Health and Safety established in August 2005 a new poster program unique to public safety.”

Landgraf noted that the posters are being placed in lounges and other common areas on the South 40, and will address different issues throughout the year.

Ed Comeau, a nationally recognized fi re safety expert and activist, explained that fi re safety remains a critical issue on many campuses.

“Sprinklers are not a com-mon feature [on college cam-puses], but it is getting bet-ter. The majority do not have sprinklers,” said Comeau.

The Clayton Fire Depart-ment (CFD) has jurisdiction

over all of the buildings on the South 40, and they often conduct fi re safety inspec-tions of the buildings on the South 40 and Hilltop campus. They have sent the University several notices since last De-cember that include a recom-mendation to install sprin-klers in the older dorms, but cannot force the University to install sprinklers in these buildings because they were erected under a different code.

In addition, some of the older University-owned apartments do not have fi re alarms.

“While the older apart-ment buildings do not have fi re alarm systems, because

they were not required when built, these buildings are all in compliance with the Uni-versity City fi re codes,” wrote Landgraf.

Jim LaVenture, assistant fi re chief and CFD fi re mar-shal, affi rmed that whether or not the buildings comply with fi re codes depends on when they were erected.

“It depends on when they were built,” said LaVenture. “All of the new buildings have sprinklers. If you changed the occupancy, then building sprinklers might apply. For example, if a building goes from business to mercan-tile—if the use [of the build-

WU skirts fi re safety suggestionsBy Elizabeth LewisStaff Reporter

CANDLES BURNING BRIGHT

Students participate in a candlelight vigil Wednesday night in Bowles Plaza to honor the 2,000 American troops that have died during the war in Iraq. The vigil, organized by Amnesty International, was part of a national movement to honor both U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians that have died during the war.

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Tombstones honor the fallen in Iraq

As students walked to class yesterday, they passed an immense display of ap-proximately 2,000 white cardboard tombstones, each bearing the name of a fallen U.S. soldier and an Iraqi civil-ian. The tombstones, which covered the grassy expanse between Graham Chapel and the Women’s Building (west of Olin Library), were on dis-play from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. yesterday not only to honor fallen soldiers and innocent civilians but also to remind people of the enormous im-pact of war on human lives.

Graduate student Adam Shriver conceived of the idea for the display and or-ganized the event. Junior Samantha White, Professor of Philosophy Marilyn Fried-man, and several other stu-dents worked the informa-tion tables surrounding the display throughout the day.

“Myself and some other students recognized that many on campus have been opposed to the war, but there haven’t really been any huge displays of activism, so we decided [to do this],” said Shriver. “There are also lots of people who don’t think the war is a huge deal. Two thousand sounds like a very abstract number, but when you see a visual display, it

hits home more. We want to honor the fallen soldiers and raise awareness about what a huge impact the war has re-ally had.”

Shriver has also advocat-ed for the formation of a new Peace and Justice Group on the Washington University campus. He envisions the group as a forum to educate people about what war is like and stated that the group would probably “invite vet-erans to campus to speak about experiences or have people who have been in war zones describe what goes on there.”

The ultimate goal of such a group would be to raise awareness about accurate descriptions of war.

“Students need to get out there and be active,” said Shriver. “To get a seri-ous movement going, people have to be willing to join groups or vigils or public displays of their dissatisfac-tion. People must make their opinions known to put pres-sure on others to change.”

He recommended that in-terested students become involved with the “Instead of War Coalition” (www.in-steadofwar.org), a very ac-tive group that hosts numer-ous events in the St. Louis community, including a vigil each Sunday night.

One on one with David AderThe responsibilities of a

student government presi-dent are numerous. As Da-vid Ader continues through his second term as Student Union president, Student Life examines how well he has met his own expecta-tions, as well as those of the University community at large.

Ader has incorporated “his own values, personal-ity, expertise and leadership style to guide and lead the student government,” said Jill Carnaghi, assistant vice chancellor for students, who advises the Student Union (SU) Executive Council week-ly.

Ader, who was elected by a margin of 42 votes in the spring of 2004, previously served as an SU senator and as the Senate Chair of Aca-demic Affairs. He ran unop-posed for SU president his second term.

“I think I’ve done a good job,” said Ader. He added that he needs improvement on “day-to-day things,” but said, “I’ve got tons of great people around me. Our team has done a great job.”

Ader is the seventh SU president Carnaghi has worked with.

“David’s second term is re-ally different from his first,” she said. “From spring two years before up until fall of last year, Student Union was really consumed in planning the presidential debate. They

did way more than just be in-volved in the debate—they ac-tually provided a variety of po-litical forums to educate student voters on the various issues. They did an ex-ceptional job from the start of the school year through the election.”

Ader also sees the 2004 debate as an inspiring event.

“It was amazing to see the campus get so energized,” said Ader. “Everyone was ral-lying around the debates.” Ader saw the coordination of the events surrounding the debates as one of that week’s highlights. “A lot of student groups were getting together” to plan events, he said, adding that most of the students participated in the programs “whether interest-ed in politics or not.”

Ader feels that the retool-ing of SU has been one of his greatest accomplishments while in office.

“We want [a Student Union] that students feel represents them, that they feel comfortable going to share concerns,” said Ader.

He continued that effi-ciency is “always a tough is-sue.” In order to make SU and the student groups it repre-sents more effective, Ader placed a moratorium on new groups in 2004, which has

since ended. He also oversaw the renova-tion of SU’s Internet activity, redesign-ing the Web site—which Ader called “a resource for stu-dents and student groups to get things done”—and sending out a weekly email to students.

“We wanted to…get things settled in-house and make

sure we could handle them in an efficient manner. We’re poised to do that,” he said.

Pamela Bookbinder, who ran against Ader during his 2004 campaign and who now serves as SU’s vice president, agreed that SU has been try-ing to stay more connected with the student groups it represents.

“We’ve been working to make SU more personable,” said Bookbinder, who chairs the Outreach, Retention and Improvement committee. “We’ve kept in touch with students as to how to get in-volved.”

Ader attributes much of SU’s streamlining to the separation of the Senate and the Treasury. Enacted three years ago, the split allowed them to “focus on student groups and their needs,” he said.

Although the reorgani-zation made the Senate a more “political” body, as most financial concerns are brought before the Treasury, Ader said he tries to keep things out of the scope of

politics.“SU is not a governing

body, but a service organi-zation,” he said. “We’re not here to tell people what to do. I think of SU more as a business. When politics are a huge part [of the process], nothing ever gets done.”

Yet some see the empha-sis on organization as a deterrent from SU’s other functions. Junior Aaron Keyak, a former senator who currently serves as the trea-surer of the College Demo-crats, would like to see SU function more as a represen-tative of the student body’s views and concerns than as a service organization.

“Our student government should go out there more ac-tively,” said Keyak. “Student government should be an aggressive advocate for the student voice. [Right now] the government is more of a bureaucracy than a rep-resentative of the student voice.”

He added, however, that SU has run more efficiently since Ader’s election.

“People appreciate the changes. And a treasurer and a senator, it has improved by leaps and bounds,” said Keyak. “Ader and the rest of the board are very accessible to talk about things.”

Nonetheless, Keyak be-lieves SU is not doing the best job of reaching out to its constituency.

“They should find out what the student interest is,”

By Mackenzie LeonardContributing Reporter

This display of tombstones on Hilltop Campus was put on yesterday by members of the University community to raise awareness about the loss of life that has occurred in Iraq. Each tombstone bears the name of a de-ceased United States soldier and an Iraqi civilian. The tombstones were also used in a similar protest Wednesday night at Saint Louis University downtown.

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THE PULSEYour guide to this weekend’s Halloween events in St. Louis!

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“Movin’ Out,” the spectacular new musical by Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel, returns to the Fox Theatre through Sunday, Oct. 30. The show brings 24 Billy Joel classics to the stage as it tells the story of fi ve life-long friends over two turbulent decades.

8 p.m. (some 2 p.m. matinees over theweekend)Tickets $25-$73 each, depending on dateand seating locationFox Theatre527 N. Grand Blvd(314) 534-1111

Once upon a time, a couple of guys in a small Illinois town just outside of St. Louis decided to start a band. That band became the highly infl uential alt-country outfi t Uncle Tupelo. One of these members was Jeff Tweedy, who went on to form a band called Wilco. The other was Jay Farrar, who will be bringin’ the twang to The Pageant this weekend with his recently re-formed Son Volt, along with special guests Fruit Bats.

8 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.)$20, $2 surcharge for minors at doorThe Pageant6161 Delmar Blvd.(314) 726-6161

You saw him at on campus at fall W.I.L.D. in 2003—or maybe you didn’t. Either way, Busta Rhymes brings his beats back to The Pageant with special guests Miri Ben-Ari and the All Mighty Senators. And sorry, under-agers: this show is limited to the 21 and older crowd only.

8 p.m.$17 in advance, $19 the day of showThe Pageant6161 Delmar Blvd.(314) 726-6161

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Tortured Films presents “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn” (in which a cabin of strangers is attacked by fl esh-possessing demons) and “Shaun of the Dead” (a romantic comedy with zombies). A great slasher/chick-fl ick combo. Just don’t blame us if your date turns out to be somewhat gruesome.

7:30 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.)$3 donationPotluck concessions, B.Y.O.B.Grand Oak Hill Community Center4168 JuanitaDriving directions: groups.myspace.com/torturedfi lms

Boo In the Lou

This Saturday, hundreds of students will gather for Bauhaus, the very memorable party that people tend not to remember the next day. But if you’re still haunted by the ghosts of Bauhaus past or just look-ing for something new to do this weekend, St. Louis offers plenty of haunts more scandalous than your classmates’ body-paint-and-cling-wrap ensembles and more macabre than what lies beneath their drunken hook-ups’ masks.

Throwing stuff and belligerently yelling “SLUT” and “ASSHOLE” might be things you’ll end up doing at some point during Halloween weekend anyway. So why not make an appearance at the historic Tivoli Theatre where you such things are allowed and even encouraged? The showing of this cult classic will be supplemented by performances from the Samurai Electricians. Prop bags available at the door

Tivoli: Midnight Showing of “The Rocky HorrorPicture Show”Location: 6350 Delmar (314) 995-6270Time: Fri., Oct. 28 and Sat., Oct. 29 at midnightPrice: $6.50

Too lazy to drive to Madison this weekend? Hit up THE Halloween party in St. Louis, stretching across several blocks of the Central West End, with a costume contest boasting the most spectacular entries (not to mention some of the most over-the-top drag found in St. Louis) and over $5000 in cash and prizes.

Adult Party & Costume ContestTime: 8 p.m. to midnight, registration 6-9:30 p.m.First Round Contest—9-11 p.m.Final 10 Round—11 p.m.Location: Maryland and Euclid AvenuesDriving directions: www.thecwe.com/subpages/halloween.htm

Inspired by 1950s mass murderer Ed Gein (who also inspired Hitchcock’s Psycho), “The Texas Chain-saw Massacre” is famous for it’s gruesome gore, meat hooks and power tools. The only thing missing from its bloodcurdling atmosphere was music. Now that’s changed—sort of—thanks to Puerto Muerto, i.e. for-mer St. Louisans Tim Kelley (guitarist/vocalist) and Christa Meyer (drummer/vocalist), a quasi-folk, quasi-cabaret husband-and-wife team who’ve created a “lost” soundtrack to the classic fi lm. Come hear what you’ve been missing all along, as Puerto Muerto (and guests) perform their grisly tunes along with the fi lm.

“The Texas Chainsaw Mssacre” plus Puerto MuertoTime: 8 p.m.Price: $5 with student IDLocation: Webster University’s Moore Auditorium, (314) 968-7487Note: Last-minute changes may occur. Please callfor updated information.

For some under-age (really under-age) fun, check out the City Museum’s Halloween party. Although you’ve probably outgrown your He-Man or She-Ra cos-

tume, you’re never too old for trick-or-treating, carv-ing pumpkins, arts-and-crafts, costume contests, and climbing around on colossal play-ground equipment.

St. Louis City Museum: “Get Out Of the Suburbsand Into the City III”Location: 701 North 15th Street St. (314) 231-2489Time: Sat., Oct. 29, 6-9 p.m.Price: $10

Imagine Bauhaus, but on the Landing—and with the opportunity to hook up with people from foreign locales like Kirkwood, Chesterfi eld, Creve Coeur, and Ladue. Also, your “sexy witch/devil/angel” costume you bought at Rag-O-Rama could earn you as much as $4,000 at one of Buca’s costume contests.

Club Buca: Rave from the Grave PartyLocation: 710 N. 2nd St. (314) 231-2822Time: Sat., Oct. 29, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.Price: $5 cover

This haunted mansion is the site of four suicides and the murder of the family dog, so be on the lookout for any “special guests” at the party. Even if you don’t believe in the supernatural, you might have an out-of-body experience after a few cocktails. The St. Louis Spirit Search Team (a local group of paranormal inves-tigators) provides ghost-hunting tours at the mansion as well as “Dark Room Sessions” in the mansion’s at-tic. Call (314) 776-4667 for reservations.

Lemp Mansion: Halloween Costume PartyLocation: 3322 Demenil Pl.Time: Sat., Oct. 29, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m.Price: $40 in advance, $45 at the door

Although East St. Louis (“Quick! Make a U-turn!”), Ill. is unknown territory to many Wash. U. students, aspects of Faces’ Halloween Fetish Ball might be quite familiar to anyone who has already attended Bauhaus. Does free admission for wearing body paint, under-wear, or chaps ring a bell?

Faces: Bare As You Dare Fantasy and Fetish BallLocation: 130 Collinsville Ave., East St. Louis, Ill.(618) 271-7410Time: Sun., Oct. 30, 12-3 a.m.Price: $5 cover, free admission with scandalouscostume

If the guy who answered the phone was barely au-dible over the loud music and drunken revelry on an ordinary Monday night, imagine what the atmosphere will be like on Halloween. He did manage to say that the Creepy Crawl’s “Helloween” party (which will in-clude performances from The Independents, The Lurking Corpses, and AberZombie-n-Bitch as well as a costume party at midnight) would be “a sight fun to behold.”

Creepy Crawl: “Helloween” ConcertLocation: 412 N. Tucker Blvd. (314) 621-9333Time: Mon., Oct 31, 7 p.m.-3 a.m.Price: $12 (under 21) or $10 (21+)

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Assistant Dean

of Arts and Sciences

Tell us about your back-ground—where you were born, where you grew up, your family, and your edu-cation. Did you attend col-lege and/or job training? Where?

I was born and raised in Durham, a small town in the North of England best known for its magnifi cent Norman cathedral. I attended public schools (in the American sense of that term) before studying philosophy, poli-tics, and economics at New College, Oxford University. After a three-month tour of the US with the British National Debate Team and a brief stint as a manage-ment consultant in London, I entered graduate school at Harvard, where I completed a Ph.D. in Political Science. While at Harvard I worked as an assistant senior tutor in Lowell House and as an as-sistant dean in the Summer School, which set me on the path to my current position at Washington University.

What brought you to Wash. U.?

My wife, Lola, is a medi-cal student at Wash. U.

What is your favorite memo-ry of working as a dean?

Finding out that my stu-dents have earned national recognition (and a lot of mon-ey!) through success in schol-arship competitions.

What was your most memo-rable project while attending college?

Playing the cello in a ter-rifi c chamber orchestra, es-pecially the term when we performed “Metamorphosen” by Richard Strauss.

Is there a guiding principle in your life?

I take moral philosophy se-riously; it’s important to me to be able to provide consis-tent and compelling justifi ca-tions, to myself and others, for my choices and actions.

Can you name some of your past works and achieve-ments?

I was a Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard, which is similar to being a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. My Ph.D. dissertation explores the goals of educa-tion policy in liberal states

and their implications for re-ligious schools.

I won various debate com-petitions in high school and college. I was a semi-fi nal-ist at the World Universities Debating Championships in 1998, and I subsequently judged at the World Schools Debating Championships for six years (on fi ve different continents).

What is the best thing about being a dean?

Working with individual students on all aspects of their undergraduate educa-tion. Given my broad inter-ests in education policy and philosophy of education, I’m glad to have a roving brief.

Something interesting that many people don’t know about you is...?

I’m fascinated by North Korea, televangelism, and the MTV-culture.

What do you hope to accom-plish in the coming year?

Many things. But above all I hope to help every one of my advisees to fi nd and pur-sue an intellectual passion.

Dean of the Weeking is changed]—the building is treated like new.”

According to LaVenture, buildings with sprinklers provide signifi cantly more protection to their inhabit-ants.

“There is a great track record in fully sprinklered buildings,” he said, noting that there are rarely instanc-es of a large number of people losing their lives in buildings that are equipped with sprin-klers.

Older buildings, however, are under a different fi re code that does not require them to have sprinklers.

“The codes changed some-time in the ‘80s, and the codes [continue to] change on a three-year cycle,” said LaVenture. Local jurisdictions

do not have to apply the new codes to the older buildings.

Despite skirting the CFD’s recommendations to install sprinkler systems in the old dorms, the University has re-sponded well to other issues concerning fi re safety that are included in the notices that the CFD distributes.

“[The University] responds well to maintenance requests and to things that need to be done without capital expens-es,” said LaVenture. “They are good about correcting main-tenance violations. Under contract, we inform them of what needs to be corrected.”

If the University should decide not to follow local au-thorities’ recommendations, it would have to release an indemnifi cation notice to the

city—in other words, the city would not be liable for dam-ages caused by the Universi-ty’s failure to meet those rec-ommendations.

The University’s Princeton Review Fire Safety Rating, which measures how well a school is prepared to prevent or to respond to campus fi res, improved to 87 from last year’s 80.

“The scores have improved because some new residen-tial buildings were built with sprinkler systems that were not reported last year,” wrote Landgraf. “Also, it was recog-nized that fi re safety training being done by the University was not previously reported to the Princeton Review and it is now included in their as-sessment.”

he said. “The current student government doesn’t believe in that. They are more about being on the back burner. When the students are talk-ing about issues, there is no reason why the student gov-ernment can’t deal with them seriously. If you don’t do that, you are not really doing your job as well as you could be.”

Despite Ader’s efforts to minimize them, politics came into play in one of his more controversial moments. When his vice president, Ka-tie Leikhim, went on medical leave for the entire fall semes-ter of 2004, Ader urged her to resign. Controversy arose within SU when, after com-

plying with Ader’s request, Leikhim later said, “It wasn’t my idea.” Shortly thereafter, in the middle of elections for a replacement vice president, Student Life reporters were forbidden to keep notes of the proceedings.

Ader points to the newspa-per’s handling of Leikhim’s resignation as a basis for the decision to bar note-taking, saying that the discussions had shifted to the personal details of the nominees and that “Student Life couldn’t handle personnel issues.” He also said that anyone who wanted could observe the proceedings without taking notes.

As for the current hot is-sue on campus—the rivalry with Emory—Ader said that while the Emory students’ “intentions are good,” he didn’t understand “how you can artificially create a ri-valry.”

Ader said that his goals for the rest of the year include preparing for the new Uni-versity Center and providing a legal music download ser-vice for students on campus. Additionally, he hopes to find more ways to get students in-volved in SU.

“More effort can always be put into outreach,” said Ader.

Ader added that after two years on the job, people are always approaching him with new ideas.

“It’s become my identity,” he said.

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Senior Cadenza Editor / Laura Vilines / cadenza@studlife.com FRIDAY | OCTOBER 28, 20054 STUDENT LIFE | CADENZA

CADEN CADENADEN entertainment

n. a technically brilliant, sometimes improvised solo passage toward the close of a concerto,

an exceptionally brilliant part of an artistic work

arts &ZAZA

Halloween has tradition-ally been a holiday per-petuated out of fear: fear of the dead, the demonic, the “other.” The Celts wore masks and carved pump-kins to ward off unwelcome spirits, while the Norsemen made ritual sacrifices to pro-tect against evil forces.

But in the last half-cen-tury, things have changed. Halloween has become less about fear and more about ridiculous costumes, public intoxication and weeklong sugar highs. The music has followed suit: tradi-tional Halloween songs like Bach’s “Tocatto & Fugue in D minor”—considered to be the first truly disturbing Halloween tune—have been forgotten in favor of fluff like “The Monster Mash.”

It’s about time for that to change. Cadenza has a few suggestions for creating a Halloween playlist true to the holiday’s grotesque roots.

Aphex Twin—“Radiator”

Anyone who’s seen the music video for “Window-licker” knows that Richard D. James is a pretty creepy dude. But long before “Win-dowlicker” and “Milkman,” he was making equally bizarre and unsettling ambi-ent music. This track, the second off of his “Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2,” has always managed to get under my skin more than any of his amphetamine-fueled dance numbers. It starts out with a circular electronic bell sound that gradually swells and distorts as the track progress. Squeals of static punctuate the song at random intervals, remi-niscent of the dying gasps of some prehistoric lizard

creature. This is the ideal soundtrack for a cock-tail party where everyone suspects everyone else of poisoning their drink.

Mu—“I Hate U”

I’ll be honest: I really have no idea why this CD is in my collection. Filled with tribal chanting, 300 BPM drum & bass, lounge-piano figures and, indisputably, the most grating vocals ever set to tape, it is nothing less than a calculated attempt at coercing the listener to set fire to his/her CD player. In other words, it’s the perfect album for a house party! This track finds vocalist Mutsumi Kanamori replaced by electronically ma-nipulated samples of Jerry Springer guests screaming obscenities at each other. Interspersed between these shouting matches are strings of double-kick-drum six-teenth notes straight out of a thrash-metal band’s reper-toire. If this song went any longer than its 2:05 runtime, it would probably be respon-sible for numerous riots and murder-suicides (assuming people actually listened to it).

Boards of Canada—“The Color of the Fire”

A quick Google search of “Boards of Canada” will

yield a number of sites that reference the Scottish duo’s well-documented interest in subliminal messages, math-ematical patterns and the occult. I had trouble hearing it until I picked up this track off of their album “Music Has The Rights To Children.” The song basically consists of a bunch of modulated samples of a child’s voice offering various inflections of the phrase “I love you” over a sparse electric piano part. While not nearly as jarring as some of the previ-ously mentioned tracks—in fact, the song is downright melodic—there’s something undeniably creepy going on here.

Nurse With Wound—“Homotopy to Marie”

This, dear reader, is the piece de resistance. Nurse With Wound pretty much wrote the book on making disturbing, soul-rending sound collages back in the early ‘80s (which, thank-fully, no one seems to have read since), and this track, off the album of the same name, stands as one of their best examples. Most of the “song” is nothing but dead air space, peppered by the startling crash of some reso-nant metal object. Creaking door hinges and footsteps off in the distance further the gothic atmosphere. Thrown in for good measure is the disembodied voice of an eerily calm British child spewing out such gems as “When I woke up, I didn’t know where I was… I didn’t know anybody, and there was a funny smell,” and “When they want to see what your blood’s like….” At 13:37, the track seems to stretch on to infinity, leaving nothing but you and the music sus-pended in a void of gloom and despair. Enjoy!

‘Terror Twilight’: Spookifying yourHalloween playlistBy Jordan DeamMusic Editor

1 Do NOT think that just because you look like a pimp in your

big fluffy purple hat with a martini in your hand that you ARE a pimp and can therefore reach up a girl’s miniskirt or touch any other part not previously available to you when you looked like plain old Joe Schmoe.

2 Do NOT use vampire teeth as an excuse to deliver hickeys.

3 Do NOT ask your drunken hookup to keep on his/her mask.

4 It doesn’t matter if it matches your ‘30’s gangster outfit or

your modern mafia outfit or your criminal-of-the-day outfit; especially if you have attended a little Halloween Happy Hour, do NOT bring a gun with you.

5 Do give little kids candy. Just candy. When they say trick or

treat, they just mean treat. Let’s look at the trade-offs: delicious mouthwatering candy… or sad attempts at humor by weird people with unwashed clothes and red plastic cups in their hands? (Hint: Just hand over the goods, mister.)

6 Do NOT give little kids anything that is not edible or fun.

(Shot glasses are not fun for them, stupid.)

7Do wear a costume. A t-shirt that says, “This is my costume”

is lame. When did it be-come cool to lack creativ-ity?

8 Do NOT do one of those really tall ghost costumes—you know,

involving one short person with a really long sheet sitting on a tall person’s shoulders. For one thing, I hate to inform you, short person, but the tall per-son is a) being suffocated b) can’t see anything. For another, as a unit, you will be hot, you will be sweaty, you will be a fire hazard and you will be totally un-original once short person falls off. Short person is also in danger of suffering a concussion from being walked into tree branches obscured by the darkness.

9Do NOT buy one of those annoy-ing sound-making,

touch-sensitive spider things and hang it above your doorway. While it may be amusing to watch friends unsuspectingly walk head-first into a huge fuzzy monster and hear it go “NEEEEEEEEeeeeerrrrr, neeeeeEEERRRR,” after it works its noisy magic a few times you want to rip it down and tear it to piecees until all it can do is squeak pitifully at the bottom of your trash can.

10Do NOT use real frog spawn, snakes, spi-

ders, brain tissue or any

other creepy thing to play Halloween pranks. If it can actually move, your friends might not forgive you for sticking it under their sheets. Or in their laundry bags. Or especially down their shirts. (On that note, here’s a dating hint: dropping something gross down someone’s shirt is not an excusable flirting technique for someone over the age of six.)

11 Do NOT con-tinue your diet on Halloween.

If anything, it is a holiday celebrating candy and be-ing someone other than yourself, so at least eat one thing that is sweet and sticky and incredibly bad for you.

12Do NOT bring a broomstick to Bauhaus.

Your mother’s warning of “You’re going to poke someone’s eye (or some-thing more important) out with that thing!” could never be truer than when you are hopping up and down to techno music. And you thought regular mosh pits were dangerous.

13Do NOT get your outfit ideas from eBaum’s World.

Genitalia do not make good costumes.

14I don’t care if you look like Michael Jackson—leave

the children alone.

By Sarah KleinScene Regular Features Editor

Bauhaus/Halloween— Dos and Don’ts —

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Student Union, have we got a project for you. Many newbies to the off-cam-pus living situation are

confused and in need of guid-ance. University-owned housing is expensive, and it seems like it might be a good idea to explore other options. So here’s our thought: perhaps Student Union should create a Web page dedi-cated to educating young minds about off-campus living.

This Web site would include a frequently updated, comprehen-sive database of available apart-ments in the areas surrounding campus, complete with phone numbers and names of land-lords. The University’s housing Web page already does a decent job of helping students fi nd an apartment referral, but doesn’t go much beyond that. We can see why this might be—why would the University want to suggest al-ternate housing that it stands to gain no profi t from? But we also see a need for a campus resource that would help students fi nd the best off-campus housing.

This is where you come in, Student Union. As an organiza-tion concerned primarily with supporting the interests of students, it would make perfect sense to create an indepen-

dent database that would help students fi nd the highest quality housing in the best locations at the lowest prices.

The proposed apartment-seeking tutorial could also include notes about the various payments that students will face as they move to their new apart-ment. What the heck are utilities? How often do they have to be paid? The Web site could provide information that explains these new and frightening prospects. Additionally, Student Union could offer a list of Internet and cable service providers in the nearby St. Louis area.

Students here have the un-fortunate disadvantage of being kept in a bubble for several years before release. So while it’s true that part of living on your own is fi guring things out for yourself and making mistakes along the way, and while we all like to feel like we’ve learned to live on our own, this project still seems worthy of SU’s attention.

Seasoned real world veterans, don’t worry; this Web site won’t diminish your credibility as independent adults. It will just help ease the transition for those students who are looking for a bit more in the way of resources.

Dear Editor:

Kudos to Rachel Gearhart and her article “Put Plan B over the counter.” In an age of fun-damentalist Supreme Court nominees and governmental agencies like the FDA who are tightening their belts over innovative birth control drugs, women should be perturbed: our reproductive rights are in serious jeopardy. Two FDA of-fi cials, including Susan Wood, who spoke here on Monday, have resigned in protest against the agency’s refusal to place Plan B over the counter, and yet I have heard no outcry from my female peers about the FDA’s infringement upon women’s reproductive rights. Perhaps the ease of accessibil-ity of Plan B on this campus, through the Student Health Center, has made students believe that its access is just as easy everywhere else. Until we all step out of this bubble and see the realities of non-in-sured women with unwanted pregnancies, pharmacists who refuse fi lling Plan B prescrip-tions and doctors who are ignorant about the workings of birth control drugs, will we join the insurgency that Susan Wood has begun and fi ght gov-ernment rulings that endanger our reproductive rights.

-Adrienna HuffmanClass of 2007

Staff ed unfairly

attacked Junior

Class Council

Dear Editor:

Don’t masquerade an ar-ticle or editorial as something that it’s not. Your editorial entitled “Kudos to Senior Class

Council” seems to be about the Senior Class Council when in reality its purpose is to rudely attack the Junior Class Coun-cil. What tipped me off was this sentence regarding the Senior Class Council: “Things were well-organized; dead-lines for turning information and money in were clear and announced well beforehand.” No college student thinks to himself, “Man, I’m glad they did a good job of announcing those deadlines and making them clear.” We rarely appreci-ate things unless we have felt a need for them. Clearly you are unhappy with the Junior Class Council.

Most of the editorials I’ve read desire to bring about positive change. For example, a quick glance at the New York Times Web site’s editorial sec-tion shows an article outlin-ing how to help 140 million people out of poverty. Most of the time you take this idea to heart in your writing, but if you truly wish for the Junior Class Council to do a better job with publicity, I think the best way to encourage them to do so would be by simply talk-ing to them and perhaps en-couraging them to buy an ad in Student Life, not by publicly humiliating them. Your article makes it seem like they have done nothing to serve their class. I believe it was this class council that brought us the “I heart WU” t-shirts, bags and bumper stickers, which helped instill pride and a sense of community throughout cam-pus. In contrast, your editorial section seems to occasionally desire to anger, outrage and polarize the campus. In writ-ing for a paper that is read by so many, you have great power. Please don’t abuse it.

-Ray ThomasClass of 2007

Being fair to fair

trade coffee

Dear Editor:

While John Ablan raises an interesting issue in his piece on fair trade, I think he’s missing a couple of key points. 1) He states that farmers are normally paid “market price” and that fair trade intermedi-aries pay more than “market price.” Unfortunately, it’s not that simple, since the majority of the coffee that we drink is imported by large conglomer-ates. A small farmer can be forced to sell below the equi-librium supply and demand price since he has a limited number of corporations to which to sell. In fact, there is a huge markup on coffee, which is why fair trade coffee doesn’t cost that much more than regular coffee, even though the producers are paid more. In that sense, the fair trade price may be closer to the true “market price.” 2) Assuming that the demand for coffee hasn’t changed, there should be no effect on the larger coffee growers unless fair trade takes over the overall coffee market, at which point they would presumably be integrated into the fair trade system. It’s also important to keep in mind that it is the small farmers that are more susceptible to price-gouging; banding together into coopera-tives and selling to fair trade intermediaries is a way of avoiding that and the extreme poverty that goes along with it. In the case of large producers, I would worry more about how much the workers are paid rather than whether they will lose their market share.

-Surdas MohitGraduate Student

Earth and Planetary Sciences

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STAFF EDITORIAL

An endorsement for Plan B

A Student Union apartment guide?

I have never experienced the old Olin Library; I can only assume that its current form is an

improvement. The admin-istration seems to think it has been improved; $45 million must be capable of accomplishing something. Regardless, Olin Library is highly inadequate as an academic library from both a user’s standpoint and a comparative standpoint with other college libraries. I will outline what I think are the library’s three greatest problems.

First, Whispers, the rather large café that graces the southeast corner of the ground floor, has trans-formed the library into a facility that is more adept at looking pretty for potential students and feeding the social appetites of current ones than it is at facilitating scholarship. I will freely ad-mit that it is nice to be able to take a study break with a cup of coffee in that giant glass atrium, but the school has overdone it.

Noise in the library has increased exponentially due to café users, and those who need a relatively distraction-free environment are not properly insulated from the noise. Conversation radiates upward and penetrates the floors above quite easily, distracting those who need a certain degree of silence. In addition, the glass atrium has created a giant ant farm where those above are easily tempted to stop what they are doing and watch those below.

Second, the library has done a poor job of placing

its study spaces. Many are located next to the doors that open to the stairwell. At any given time, students are naturally entering and exiting the floors, as well as darting in and out to answer their phones. Some students even talk on their phones within areas where others are studying—but this is a separate issue that I will not

address in this brief editori-al. When students enter and exit, they obviously open the doors, allowing noise from those talking and traveling in the stairwell to enter and saturate a good portion of the library’s prime study space. The school has done nothing whatsoever to sepa-rate traffic lanes from study spaces.

Third, reading rooms and group study rooms are not only a viable solution to the above problems, but they are absolutely mandatory in an academic library. Unfortu-nately, the library also fails in this respect. There are a measly six or so group study rooms on the second floor that are always full. Techni-cally, Whispers is a group study space, but it is far too

noisy for group study when in full swing. In addition, it is often full; it is not re-stricted to group study.

As for reading rooms, one can either descend into the dungeon, which no one should have to do, or one can set up shop in the Ginkgo Room, which too of-ten plays host to exhibitions and those who want to view and talk about the exhibits while students study. There cannot be a mixed use of space here.

I should mention that a handful of other rooms ex-ist on the second floor, but they are subject to being commandeered by groups who think that they can use them however they see fit. There needs to be silent and group study spaces for all that want them; this is not something that can be sacrificed. Even more trou-bling is the fact that there is room for a rather large café, but not enough for desper-ately needed quiet and group study spaces.

If you have ever decided not to go to Olin because it is too distracting or you feared that you would not get any work done, I urge you to do something about it; after all, this is our li-brary. Contact Shirley Baker, dean of libraries, and let her know how the library can be more accommodating to your academic needs.

Considering how great this school’s resources are, how lofty its educational as-pirations are and how highly it is ranked, the state of the library is aggravating.

David is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at dlweintr@wustl.edu.

Olin Library: $45 million later, it’s still inadequate

By David WeintraubOp-ed Submission

“Even more troubling is the fact there is room for a rather large café, but not

enough fordesperately needed

quiet and groupstudy spaces.”

Senior Forum Editor / Molly Antos / forum@studlife.com FRIDAY | OCTOBER 28, 20056 STUDENT LIFE | FORUM

It could be said that I am a creature of habit. Most of my Fridays unfold in about the same way: I

wake up red-eyed and weary at 7:27; I shower for the better part of eight minutes; I’m at work—sporting a tasteful tie and matching shirt—by three minutes to nine. Once at work, after enjoying the New York Times and the Washing-ton Post, I turn to our nation’s third-most authoritative news source: Student Life.

But three Fridays ago, my faith in Student Life was called into question. The story goes like this: As Fri-day’s editor, I’m responsible for soliciting and grammar-checking three articles each week. That week, John Hewitt, a frequent and much-loved contributor, had submitted an article. Grammatically speaking, the piece was fl aw-less and I placed it in the pile to be published without a second thought.

Now, fast-forward to Friday morning. I was feeling dis-gruntled, groggy and genu-inely uninterested in being at work. To stave off productiv-ity, I turned to Student Life online. I read and reread my own editorial a few hundred times and then began John’s. My fi rst thought was, what the fuck?

You see, originally his work read like this:

“Americans have a serious problem with their percep-tion of war. They like it when they think it’s for pure reasons. But everyone starts fl ipping out when the big se-cret gets out that war is really all about killing the enemy, taking pictures of his corpse, taking all his stuff, fucking his wife, fucking his children and blowing up his house. Oh no, Americans are supposed to be ‘above’ that. We’re just too nice! We don’t torture, we

don’t rape, we don’t slaugh-ter—’not in my Army!’ says the old guard.”

But that wasn’t what Student Life chose to publish. After some very aggressive neutering, John’s most em-phatic sentence was reduced to, “war is really about sleep-ing with his wife and messing with his children.” Somehow, “messing with his children” didn’t have the quite the same zest.

Needless to say, I was disappointed.

Now, before I launch into what will surely be a tired and uninspired defense of free speech, a few things should be made clear. First, as writers for a privately funded newspaper, Student Life’s authors and contributors don’t enjoy any constitutional protections. The Constitution only applies to government’s purview and, sadly, Student Life doesn’t fall under it. Student Life and its editors are free to set their own stan-dards for decency and apply them as they see fi t.

That said, I would argue that the paper’s relation-ship with the University and the University’s purported respect for academic freedom and open debate complicate the question. As such, inves-tigating our constitutional rights can be both relevant and informative—though, ultimately, not binding.

So what does the Constitu-tion say about our right to free speech? To be sure, the Supreme Court has repeated-ly held that free speech is not absolute. They have consis-tently argued that “obscene” speech falls outside of con-stitutional protection. Still, the bar for obscenity is a high one. In order for speech to be classifi ed as obscene it has to be, among other things, sex-ual. As Chief Justice Burger wrote in Miller v. California (1973), obscene material has to “depict or describe patently offensive ‘hard core’ sexual conduct.” Clearly, John’s com-ments don’t qualify—even by the most restrictive reading of the obscenity clause.

Another important con-sideration when evaluating John’s use of explicit lan-guage is his purpose. Having read more than a handful of his editorials, I can tell you that the boy has a large vo-cabulary and a genuine com-

mand of language. Therefore, John’s phrasing, I’m quite sure, was neither the result of laziness nor bad taste. Instead, this was a conscious choice to be incendiary, to jar. In fact, there is an emotional intensity in his wording that might not have been effected with more Victorian lan-guage. On this, Justice Harlan has written, “…words are of-ten chosen as much for their emotive as cognitive force. ... Emotive [speech], practically

speaking, may often be the more important element of the overall message sought to be communicated.” In other words, John’s colorful language stands safely within precedent.

Moreover, John’s edito-rial falls squarely within the bounds of the Constitution’s most hallowed speech: name-ly, political dissent. That John was not using profanity casu-ally—as I have throughout my article—is important. Instead, he was cursing in order to add emotional weight to a substantive political critique.

In my opinion, however, the best argument for the publication of limited and thoughtful profanity is not a constitutional one. Most simply, we are all adults. Our paper is written, distributed and read by those of, at least, college age—with minimal opportunity for accidental exposure to children. Given our age, collective maturity and the premium placed on intellectual freedom in this environment, I can’t imag-

ine a cogent argument for censoring legitimate political speech that makes use of the profane. (It should also be noted that, to me, the casual and fl agrant use of profan-ity in this article would be inappropriate under normal circumstances. My attempt to make a point, in my opinion, qualifi es it as acceptable here.)

So, let us breathe deep, stand tall and strike up a rousing chorus of “God Bless America!” For our country is strong enough to make room for even the words we don’t like and the opinions we don’t hold. We’ve founded a special place where brave men like Mr. Hewitt are free to rile and rankle—and we’re a better nation for it. In fact, every time I see the stars and stripes, I can’t help but think that pissing people off is a pastime that’s been sewn into its very fabric. It’s patently American.

And thus, to close, I’ll leave you with the wise words of the Supreme Court: “Surely the State has no right to cleanse public debate to the point where it is grammati-cally palatable to the most squeamish among us...For, while the particular four-let-ter word being litigated here is perhaps more distasteful than most others of its genre, it is nevertheless often true that one man’s vulgarity is another’s lyric.”

Zach is a senior in Arts & Sci-ences and a Forum editor. He can be reached via e-mail at forum@studlife.com.

Editor’s Note: It should be noted, for the record, that Hewitt’s column was the victim of an unfortunate copy editing snafu, rather than “neutered” according to any deliberate policy decision on the part of the Student Life staff. We fully support the use of “fuck” and other expletives in Forum pieces when the subject mat-ter merits it—but only when the subject matter merits it. Additionally, expletives may appear in quotations in other sections—we do not censor our interviews. And person-ally, the editor enjoys using the word “fuck” just as much as the next college student, and is certainly in favor of seeing it in print—when merited.

Fuck censorship

ZachGoodwin

“Given our age,collective maturity and the premium

placed on intellectualfreedom in this

environment, I can’t imagine a cogent

argument forcensoring legitimate

political speechthat makes useof the profane.”

Free speech and the big bad word

In a move described by Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), as a victory for “the radical right

wing” of the Republi-can party, Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court Wednesday night. The move comes at a trying time for the Bush admin-istration, as it confronts the possibility of indict-ments of senior adminis-tration officials, tumbling approval ratings, high oil prices and continued problems in Iraq.

Miers’ nomination, a point of bipartisan criti-cism and outright opposi-tion by many conserva-tive activist groups, was said to withdraw due to concerns regarding a Sen-ate Judiciary Committee questionnaire, which dealt with her personal ideology as well as her work with the president. Miers had filled out the question-naire last week, but the effort was deemed inad-equate by members of the committee in both parties. Rather than resend in the questionnaire in a man-ner more acceptable to the committee, Miers simply withdrew her nomination,

noting that the Commit-tee would have demanded access to records of legal advice given to the presi-dent which would under-mine a president’s ability to receive candid counsel. The White House says the documents are protected by executive privilege and have refused their release.

Many call the issue of the questionnaire nothing but a face-saving manner of withdrawal. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) described how “the White House offered a nominee who had no re-cord except for the docu-ments, and then said, ‘We won’t give you the docu-ments.’ ... The president kept saying, ‘the more you learn about Harriet Miers, the more you’ll like her,’ and then said, ‘I’m not going to let you learn about her.’”

The greatest cries of relief about the with-drawal came from Bush’s conservative base, as pro-ponents of the so-called “conservative movement” decried Miers’ lack of credentials and defined consertive judicial policy. This conservative opposi-tion seems a more valid reason for withdrawal.

Possible replacements for O’Connor’s seat will

almost certainly be more conservative than Miers. This is sure to appease much of Bush’s base and incite opposition by Democratic senators who seemed open to the pos-

sibility of a Miers nomina-tion.

Noteworthy possi-bilities for nomination include:

Alberto Gonzales—Our current attorney general who many contend wrote memos on the treatment of terrorist detainees that helped lead to the abuse

scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Priscilla Owen—A cur-rent Fifth Circuit judge that Democrats would attack on her abortion re-cord and possibly political judicial decisions.

Janice Rogers Brown—An outspoken black Chris-tian conservative who was confirmed to the D.C. Circuit court after a pro-longed Senate battle and filibuster. Brown supports limits on abortion rights and corporate liability.

Although Miers’ with-drawal will almost surely bring the court to the right, barring tremen-dous liberal activism, this columnist still finds surprise that Falwell or Coulter haven’t yet found their way into the nomina-tion process. Bush seems to be rationally picking nominees he feels can survive the process with the backing of his low approval rating. After this embarrassing withdrawal, Bush’s nominees will face further scrutiny and ques-tioning.

Nathan is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at npva-faie@wustl.edu.

Mission not accomplishedSomebody messed with Texas

By Nathan VafaieOp-ed Submission

“The greatest cries of relief about the

withdrawal came from Bush’s conservative base, as proponents

of the so-called‘conservative

movement’ decried Miers’ lack ofcredentials and

defi ned conservative judicial policy.”

With Halloween fast approaching, it seems normal that “haunt-ing” decor would start

to subsume the campus. But alas, Wash. U. students don’t seem very spirited about the matter—or at least the non-alcohol related portions of the matter. In fact, I have yet to see a single decorated door on my fl oor for my dorm’s decoration contest. Nevertheless, while the South 40 may lack spir-it and conviction, certain political and social groups certainly do not, as I discovered when I hap-pened upon the Hilltop campus Thursday morning. As everyone who actually goes to class is now well aware, the Hilltop campus is currently home to an anti-war demonstration, one featuring what is apparently thousands of graves, each labeled with the name of a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi civilian killed during Amer-ica’s ongoing campaign to secure democracy for Iraqi citizens.

While this display is certainly grandiose, I feel it is missing something. It seems to me that to get the fullest view of the Iraqi fi ght for democracy and the rule of law, there should also be graves included for those Iraqi civilians killed under Saddam Hussein’s regime. What better way to honor those who fought for freedom than to display the names of those who were killed because of a tyrannical hatred of it, right? Noting this, I went to talk to the people under the “Honor the Dead” banner, and asked one of them why these graves were missing. It was then that I was reminded that if we were to write the names of all Iraqi civilians killed during the current military action that we would need a lot more head-stones than currently in place. Moreover, it would be hard to get a list of these names, as it was hard enough to get a list of the displayed names.

While I certainly respect this individual’s anti-war sentiment, I see some problems with his line of reasoning on this particular account. First, to limit the num-ber of headstones to the number of U.S. soldiers killed frames the situation in an American-centric

way, which is what many people criticize this “war for oil” for in the fi rst place. If we forget the millions of people who died un-der the arbitrary will of Saddam’s undemocratic government, we are forgetting one of the prime reasons for current U.S. action: the creation of a sustainable democracy in Iraq.

Second, of course it would be harder to get the names of those people killed under Saddam’s re-gime; that’s what made Saddam’s regime so detestable. If you test biological and chemical weapons on your own people, you’re prob-ably not going to keep a nice list of the people you’ve killed. This thought should give us all the more reason to place the names of the Iraqis killed under Sad-dam’s reign and thus showcase the horrors of tyranny.

The individual’s fi nal justifi -cation for not putting up graves for those killed under Saddam’s regime was the explanation that I found most surprising: showing these names may cloud the meaning of this particular display as an anti-war display. Instead, as he noted, the display would be more of an overall cri-tique of U.S. foreign policy which supported Saddam’s regime.

Here, I will revert back to my theme: U.S. military action in Iraq, as an impetus for de-mocratization, most certainly is related to those who died under Saddam’s control. Before one says that they are anti-war, they should ask themselves if they are comfortable with the millions of deaths that occurred under Sad-dam Hussein’s regime. I certainly think it is wrong for the U.S. government to support tyran-nical governments, but at some point we have to fi x the problems we created and break the chains of oppression. For each American name I see on those graves, I see a person willing to fi ght and die for their country and for free-dom. Even if not all Americans, civilian or soldier, share this same sentiment that military action in Iraq was justifi ed, we all can certainly agree that tyranny is never a thing to be revered.

Todd is a freshman in the School of Engineering and Applied Scienc-es. He can be reached via e-mail at tws2@cec.wustl.edu.

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All you need to know about this NBA seasonBaseball season is offi cially

over. Too bad, right? Wrong! The fi rst NBA game is on Nov. 1, and, personally, I couldn’t be more ex-cited. If this year is anything like last year, we’re in for quite a sea-son. It’s been a long layoff since last June, when the San Antonio Spurs beat the Detroit Pistons in game seven of the fi nals, so let me kick off this upcoming year with my 100% accurate division-by-division NBA preview. Giddy up.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division: (BOS, NJ, NYK, PHI, TOR)

This division is about as bad as Green Day’s new album, so I won’t waste too much time actu-ally analyzing it, just cracking wise. The Northeast is typically the pride of the sports world, what with the Patriots, Yankees, and New Jersey Devils. However this doesn’t really transfer over to basketball, nor has it since the

days of the Nets losing in the fi -nals several years in a row. New York has a new coach in Larry Brown, but his winning ways should be more than offset by the masterful losing abilities of Stephon Marbury. Marbury is a born loser. He’s about as good at winning as FEMA is at…well, you get where I’m going with this. Hopefully new Knick Eddy Curry won’t be too “heartbroken” when the Knicks miss the playoffs again. New Jersey gets my vote as the division winner, with the three-headed beast of Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jeffer-son. The Nets should be able to get the job done in this piece of crap conference. But, Boston and Philly fans should look for poten-tial playoff berths as they have only slightly bad teams, which can go a long way in the East.

Central Division: (CHI, CLE, DET, IND, MIL)

While the Atlantic is pathetic, the Central might be the tough-est division in the NBA. With the Bulls and Bucks on the rise, and the Pistons, Pacers, and Cavaliers

already contenders, the Central is going to provide some damn good games to watch. As long as Ron Artest remembers the mantra “Serenity now (insanity later)” and can keep his antics to a minimum, the Pacers will win this division by a very close mar-gin over the Pistons and Cavs. The Pistons have the same team as last year while the Cavaliers added Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall, and Damon Jones to play with “God’s Gift to Cleve-land.” Look for the Bulls to have a slight drop-off after last year’s miracle season and for the Bucks to improve after their awful 30-win season last year.

Southeast Division: (ATL, CHA, MIA, ORL, WAS)

OK, I feel it’s safe to say that Miami is going to run away with this division. Anyone who dis-agrees probably murders pup-pies. Charlotte and Orlando just don’t have the pieces yet to com-pete, and Washington, while good last year, will drop off some after losing Larry Hughes to Cleve-land. In my opinion, the Hawks

are about as qualifi ed to be con-sidered a pro team as Harriet Miers is a Supreme Court Justice. Zing! Anyway, with the additions of Jayson Williams and the brick-laying Antoine Walker, Miami has improved on paper, but look for a lot of inconsistency from night to night. Nevertheless, they still have Shaquille O’Neal and Dwy-ane Wade, so this inconsistency won’t hinder them too much. As a side note, let’s hope 2005-06 is the year that Pat Riley’s well-oiled hair fi nally catches fi re. What? I can dream, can’t I?

Western Conference

Northwest: (DEN, MIN, POR, SEA, UTA)

This division really intrigues me. Has Seattle lost too much to contend? Can Denver keep pace with head coach “Furious” George Karl? Will Kevin Garnett carry the ‘Wolves to the playoffs? Can Carlos Boozer ever get over his negative Karma from double crossing a blind man? Can Port-land players put down that pur-ple haze and play basketball? I’m

sure we’ll all eventually know the answers to these questions, but I’m going to give the division to the Denver Nuggets (or as they’re more affectionately called, the Nugs). Why the Nugs? Mostly because Earl Boykins is the cut-est li’l Beano I ever done seen on the basketball court since Spud Webb. Nullus.

Pacific: (GS, LAC, LAL, PHO, SAC)

Well, the Zen Master, other-wise known as Phil Jackson is back coaching the Lakers, but I would have to be crazy to pick the Lakers to take this divi-sion. It’ll be Phoenix again, but there’s no way they’ll win over 60 games. They are defi nitely going to miss the backcourt fi repower from Quentin Rich-ardson and Joe Johnson. Plus, Amare Stoudamire is out for a little while with a bum knee. Oh, and they play crappy defense. All this aside, though, there isn’t re-ally anyone who can challenge a healthy Suns team. Sure Golden State will be fun to watch with Baron Davis and Jason Richard-

son, and Sacto will put up bucket after bucket like every other year, but Phoenix still takes this one. The Los Angeles Clippers have been intentionally omitted from this discussion, in case you were wondering.

Southwest: (DAL, HOU, MEM, NOK, SA)

Four out of the fi ve teams in this division made the playoffs last year. Can you guess who didn’t? Well, it wasn’t the Spurs, that’s for sure. Look for the De-fenders of the Alamo to win this one with ease, again. Adding Mi-chael Finley and Nick Van Exel all but insures them not only the division, but probably a repeat. Dallas and Houston will have good seasons again, as neither team has really lost any integral pieces, and attempt to challenge the Spurs for Texan dominance. Memphis might be decent and the Hornets will be atrocious, but you already knew that.

Well, that’s it. Shout out to my boy Cam’ron Giles. Get well soon. Dipset all day, every day.

The potential of sports Halloween costumes

By Jordan KatzSports Columnist

Every year the act of fi nding just the right Halloween cos-tume is an important one. Last year, I remember the chaotic nature of everyone on my fl oor trying to scrimp together a costume right before Bauhaus. For the girls, that entailed running around, in and out of each other’s rooms trying to fi nd the most perfectly trashy and overly revealing Halloween costume possible.

For the boys, however, it was a different scene. Many of them threw on a jersey of some sort at the last second. Some of them went as far as putting on a matching hat. A few of them completed their costumes with the appropriate bottoms (i.e. baseball pants to complement a baseball jersey, basketball

shorts to complement a basket-ball jersey, etc.) And the really ambitious ones even planted some war paint under their eyes.

What I’m wondering is why Vick, Jordan, Urlacher, Beltran, and Manning jerseys were among the most popular cos-tumes. Halloween costumes are supposed to be creative and can either be really funny, really scary, or just really cool. And if you’re really set on a sports-related costume, you can be a little bit more creative than Michael Vick or Michael Jordan, unless of course you choose to be Michael Jordan in his Chi-cago White Sox jersey or his Air Jordan motorcycling attire.

Sophomore Scott Kaufman-Ross said he believes the

scariest sports-related costume would have to be Dennis Rodman. Scary—maybe—but original? Absolutely not. I was Dennis Rod-man for Halloween one year. Long story short, not only did I look like an absolute fool (although at that age, it didn’t matter much to me), but I also felt like one the second I walked into my

classroom. There must have been at least three other Rodmans in room. So my one and only sports-relat-ed costume basically turned out to be the biggest Halloween disaster of my life.

During my senior year of high school,

someone had the brilliant idea of dressing up as Steve Bart-man, the Cubs fan who blew the

post-season for the Cubs when he leaned over and grabbed the ball that Moises Alou would have most defi nitely caught. The problem with this bril-liant costume idea was that the ‘someone’ who had the idea was actually some fi fty percent of our high school.

Of course no one took the liberty of making it different, original, or creative. Someone should’ve worn a dartboard with a dart right smack on the

bull’s-eye. Or even a “Wanted” sign or a paper bag over his head. But no one thought of any of that.

There are so many fascinat-ing creatures in sports today that it seems they were put on Earth for the soul purpose of giving sports fans more cre-ative Halloween costume ideas. Take Sean May, for example. Great athlete. Happens to be one of the most beastly, hideous creatures to be given the gift

of life. Now that would be a terrifying costume. You could even walk around carrying a half-eaten child that you nibble at every once in a while.

Why didn’t anyone dress up as Jay Williams after his little accident? Can’t you picture it? A Bulls #22 jersey (or for that matter a Duke jersey that said “Retired” on it somewhere), crutches, and a Dunce cap. I couldn’t have done it, but I would’ve laughed if someone else did—and then gone home to weep about it.

Think about all you could do with a Ron Artest, O.J. Simpson, Kobe Bry-ant, Jose Canseco, or any Minnesota Vikings player costume. I would person-ally love to see someone dress up as Pat Reilly—that hair’s just too good to pass up.

If this all sounds far too creative and like it would require more time and effort than you ever dreamed you’d put into a Halloween costume, there is one solution. And this is an exception to the Rod-man/Bartman argument because it will still be hilarious regardless of how many people do it. All you need is $49.95, not includ-ing shipping and handling and the Offi cial Randy Moss Collectors Mask can be yours. If you think it isn’t worth fi fty dollars, you must have been to the website that will tell you that this mask “comes complete with a deluxe afro wig” and that it comes in “a beautiful, re-sealable collectors package.” The package is of course for those who want to wear it out and then “place it back in its protective package for display when not in use.” I swear I’m not making this up. Go to www.mossmask.com and see for yourself. And if you feel like being a kind soul and happen to have $60 to blow, I’ll have you know that when you buy one, you can get a sec-ond for only $10 and there happens to be a Student Life sports columnist in desperate need of one.

The bottom line is that sports athlete costumes have enormous potential. For the witty and creative, you can take a simple ath-lete and turn them into a hilarious portrayal of what could be a running joke with you and your friends for years. “Hey, remember that time you dressed up as Danica Patrick as a strip-per for Halloween?” The potential is out there; all you need to do it take it to make the best Halloween costume out there.

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This week’s standout performers

Kara Liefer, Senior, Volleyball

Featured in the Oct. 24 issue of Sports Illustrated in “Faces in the Crowd,” captain Liefer helped her squad improve to a perfect 25-0 regu-lar season record with a 3-0 shutout of Webster University. Liefer had sev-en kills, 10 digs, and 34 assists in the match, extending her team-leading assist total to 932 on the season. She is averaging 11.95 assists per game.

Brad Duesing, Senior, Football

Captain Brad Duesing tallied a ca-reer-high 190 receiving yards in the Bears’ 28-7 victory over Carnegie Mel-lon University on Sat., Oct. 22. Duesing contributed a career-high three touch-downs for the 4-4 Bears off 12 total catches on the day. Duesing needs just 120 receiving yards in the final two games to become only the second play-er in NCAA history (Division I, II or III) to record four-consecutive 1,000 yard receiving seasons.

Marin McCarthySophomoreWomen’s Soccer

McCarthy helped her squad upend Fontbonne University 5-0 on Wednes-day, Oct. 19, with two goals in the effort. McCarthy had a team-high six shots on goal, while contribut-ing another three shots in Monday’s 1-0 victory against Webster Univer-sity. McCarthy has three goals on the season and is second on the team in shots with 51.

Marshall PlowSophomoreMen’s Soccer

Plow scored the game-winning goal in a hard- fought 1-0 battle with University of Wisconsin-Plattsville on Fri., Oct. 21. Plow had a team-high four goals on the game. Follow-ing up, Plow contributed a goal and an assist on Monday’s 7-0 shellacking of Webster University in the Bears’ last home game of the season. Plow leads the team with fi ve goals, three assists, 13 points, and fi ve game-winners on the season.

“Developing a good farm system is still important. You can allow an expensive player to leave during free agency if you have a good prospect to replace them,” added Abel. “Look at the Atlanta Braves. Though they have lost Gary Sheffield and big pitchers, they have won 14 straight di-vision titles due to a strong farm system.”

The system in baseball is far from perfect, and only the NFL can even begin to make that claim. Perhaps true com-petitive balance cannot be achieved without a salary cap, something that does not seem to be in baseball’s near fu-ture. You will probably never see another Tampa Bay, Kan-sas City, or Pittsburgh World Championship unless a cap is instituted, or a big spend-ing owner with deep pockets buys one of the teams. But it can be said that things are getting better. No longer are the Yankees a lock to play in the Fall Classic. No longer are teams like the Brewers and Nationals destined to be year-ly cellar dwellers. No longer is the playoff hunt just a five-team race. Baseball has taken a step toward the right direc-tion, even if it is a baby step.

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The battle of the gridiron will be fought between two of the worst teams in the NFL this week. The Houston Texans’ David Carr has enjoyed quality time on the grass, being sacked more times this season than can be counted. The Browns’ Trent Dilfer has shown an emergence this season, reminding fans of the glory days of Tampa Bay. He’s playing quicker, more lively football and that should pay dividends against a lackluster Texan defense. Look for a putrid game of pee-wee-esque football, highlighted by turnovers and fi eld goals.

Cleveland 10 Houston 6

Senior Sports Editor / Justin Davidson / sports@studlife.com FRIDAY | OCTOBER 28, 200510 STUDENT LIFE | SPORTS

SPORTSSPORTSNFL Week 7: WU do you pick?Student Life Sports Staff

Arizona @ DallasChicago @ DetroitCleveland @ HoustonGreen Bay @ CincinnatiJacksonville @ St. LouisMinnesota @ CarolinaOakland @ TennesseeWashington @ NY GiantsKansas CIty @ San DIegoMiami @ New OrleansPhiladelphia @ DenverTampa Bay @ San FranciscoBuffalo @ New EnglandBaltimore @ Pittsburgh

Last Week

Season Record

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

9-5

59-43

DallasDetroitClevelandCincinnatiJacksonvilleCarolinaTennesseeNY GiantsSan DiegoNew OrleansPhiladelphiaTampa BayNew EnglandPittsburgh

10-4

55-47

DallasDetroitHoustonGreen BaySt. LouisCarolinaTennesseeNY GiantsKansas CityMiamiDenverTampa BayNew EnglandPittsburgh

6-8

57-45

DallasDetroitHoustonCincinnatiJacksonvilleCarolinaOaklandNY GiantsSan DiegoMiamiDenverTampa BayNew EnglandPittsburgh

10-4

61-41

DallasDetroitClevelandCincinnatiJacksonvilleCarolinaOaklandNY GiantsSan DiegoNew OrleansDenverTampa BayNew EnglandPittsburgh

10-4

52-50

DallasDetroitClevelandCincinnatiSt. LouisCarolinaOaklandNY GiantsSan DiegoNew OrleansPhiladelphiaTampa BayNew EnglandPittsburgh

11-3

64-38

DallasDetroitHoustonCincinnatiJacksonvilleCarolinaTennesseeNY GiantsSan DiegoNew OrleansPhiladelphiaTampa BayNew EnglandPittsburgh

7-7

58-44

Joe Ciolli

LauraVilines

Andrew Nackman

Justin Davidson

Alex Schwartz

Scott Kaufman-Ross

Derek Winters

Jordan Katz

VS.

DallasDetroitHoustonCincinnatiJacksonvilleCarolinaTennesseeNY GiantsSan DiegoNew OrleansPhiladelphiaTampa BayNew EnglandPittsburgh

9-5 (last week’s opponent)58-44 (combined)

vs. Laura VilinesEach week the Student Life Sports Staff takes on a new member of the University com-munity to see who is the best Swami out there. Laura Vilines is the senior Cadenza editor of Student Life. Bred on the Kentucky blue and white, she LOVES college basketball, but also enjoys the occasional NFL showdown. She is a political sci-ence/English literature double major, minoring in dance, and claims that ballet is as tough as football.

Baseball: coming to a small market near youAs the Chicago White Sox

celebrated their fi rst World Championship in 88 years, it’s impossible to overlook the changes in baseball in just the past ten years. For the second time in three years, a team won the World Series with-out a top-10 payroll, a feat that seemed impossible just a few years ago. Consequent-ly, maybe Bud Selig actually does know what he is doing, against popular opinion, and maybe the implementation of the luxury tax was effective.

In 2002, as the league seemed to be on the brink of a strike—due to the competi-tive imbalance of the league, the players refused to give into the idea of a salary cap. The owners countered with the proposal of a luxury tax, a tax on the amount of money

spent on salaries in excess of a pre-determined amount. This avoided the strike, al-though many criticized that the luxury tax would do noth-ing, teams would still spend a lot more than others. To some extent, this is true, as the Yankees became the fi rst team in sports history to spend in excess of $200 million on salaries this season, approxi-mately $80 million over the pre-determined amount, caus-ing a $25 million tax hit for George Steinbrenner.

Although the Yankees con-tinue to spend recklessly, only two other teams had to pay luxury tax last season, the An-gels and the Red Sox. Boston was required to shell out $3.5 million, and Anaheim just un-der $1 million in luxury tax. This season, only the Red Sox and Yankees crossed $120 million in payroll, and only one more team, the Mets, even

topped $100 million. It seems that the imposi-

tion of the luxury tax is work-ing as a deterrent for most teams, and as a result, the two teams in the World Series are ranked 12 and 13 in payroll, showing it’s not just the big spenders winning anymore. It has also been observed that more teams with low payrolls are competing, even if they don’t make the playoffs. This season fi ve teams with payroll rankings between 20-30 fi n-ished with at least a .500 re-cord, and two of those teams (Cleveland and Oakland) were in the playoff hunt until the fi nal week of the season.

Competitive balance is not just an issue in baseball; in fact, the sport with the most competitive imbalance is probably basketball. Since 1991 there have been only fi ve different champions in bas-ketball, with three of those

teams winning at least three championships each.

Basketball has a “soft sal-ary cap,” meaning there is a limit on how much a team can spend. However, there are also ways around it. The New York Knicks began this offseason with a $115 million payroll, and the Atlanta Hawks had theirs at just over $20 mil-lion. Clearly a problem exists in disparity of payrolls, but in basketball this does not seem to translate into winning. Of the four teams playing the conference fi nals last season, no team had a payroll ranking higher than 12th, and no team spent over $60 million. Never-theless, it is still diffi cult for teams like Atlanta, Charlotte, and New Orleans (all with payrolls under $40 million) to compete.

The best model to follow clearly exists in the NFL. The NFL has a hard salary cap,

meaning teams cannot spend more than a certain amount on salaries, preventing the bigger market teams from overspending. As a result, teams like Carolina, Kansas City, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and even Cincinnati all cur-rently have winning records, even in their smaller markets.

Before last year’s repeat championship by the Patriots, there had been eight differ-ent champions in the previous ten years. Every team has an equal chance for success, and, as a result, NFL teams sell out almost every game, and foot-ball has the highest television ratings of any sport. Although the nature of football and its media contract play a big role, the presence of a salary cap is the key reason why competi-tive balance, and subsequent-ly popularity, is so strong in football.

Washington University

sports fans are a bit torn on the state of competition in baseball. Sophomore Alex Groden thinks the luxury tax is not enough, and that base-ball needs a salary cap.

“A salary cap in baseball would not only prevent exces-sively high player salaries, but would also allow more teams to be competitive enough to make the playoffs,” Groden commented. “The salary cap in football makes what the Patriots have done that much more impressive than the Yankees or Red Sox outspend-ing everyone.”

Sophomore Martin Abel dis-agrees, however, stating there is no signifi cant problem with competition in baseball.

“Even though the Yankees and Red Sox continue to spend, teams are still able to compete with them,” said Abel.

By Scott Kaufman-RossSports Reporter

See BASEBALL, page 8

Jordan:

Isn’t this just an epic battle of hurricane victims? Katrina vs. Wilma, displaced Saints vs. Dolphins. Obviously both of these teams are crappy, so who can say who will actually win this? Well, I am going with Los Santos to pull a victory out this week. Miami just doesn’t do it for me until Ricky Williams can work the piff out of his system and learn how to run again. Aaron Brooks is ca-pable enough to win a game by himself, which he’ll have to without Deuce McCallister. Both of these cities need relief from incompe-tence (FEMA, Jeb Bush, etc.); unfortunately, their football teams won’t provide it. But, one team’s gotta win.

New Orleans 20, Miami 12

Derek:

In what could be one of the most boring games of the season features two second-place teams. The Rams (3-4), com-ing off a bush-league win against the Saints, are expected to miss starters Marc Bulger, Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce, and maybe even Leonard Little. These are the four best players on the Rams. The Jaguars (4-2), who could be without RB Fred Taylor, are going to fi nd themselves throwing the ball most of the time. This could be good for the Jags, considering the Rams have a defensive unit that is ranked 28th in the NFL. However, home-fi eld advantage and the overall lack of talent will make this game a sleeper. Look for Rams’ running back Stephen Jackson to control the game and the clock.

St. Louis 20 Jacksonville 17

Scott:

A key matchup in the AFC West pits two of the more tal-ented but inconsistent teams against each other. San Diego is com-ing off a tough loss against the Eagles, which saw them lose due to a blocked fi eld goal turned touchdown. Kansas City looks to build on last week’s solid all-around effort against Miami. LaDa-nian Tomlinson was shut down last week, not scoring a touchdown for the fi rst time in 19 games, but don’t expect the Chiefs defense to hold LT scoreless for a second straight week. Both teams can put points up on the board, but the Chiefs have been known to have defensive lapses, such as the second half meltdown against Philly a few weeks ago. The-two headed monster of Larry Johnson and Priest Holmes always poses a threat, but San Diego bounces back with a big home divisional victory.

San Diego 27, Kansas City 21