ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE LIBRA.RY

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Rhonda Franklin

Rho-nda Franklin SNOW!!!

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Founded in 1980, the is student distributed free to over 600 stu­

staff of the Aillila1pol1s campus as well as tutors emeriti, members of the Board of Visitors and Governors, and the offices at the St.

sulosc:ni:>tlCms are available for

$30.00. Tax-deductible contributions are

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strument for the governance of its mem­

bers. We further that the tra-

are heir bids us to take upon ourselves,

so far as we are the re:sp<)n:s1bl111-:y

for the institution and maintenance of

such an instrument. We do therefore

UARY 25, 2000

in Article IV, section

3 of the Charter of the ~~ .. ~·~--

1985 pul:>hcatl<)fl),

itself.

The .1Jc:1c:i::.aL.c Council is the manifestation

of this constitution, and in co:n1i.:mcno,n

its the Student Committee

on Instruction, it has the means and power

to and to

D.C. Notes, continued on page 3

a ceasefire agreement

the Zambian

However, the ceasefire appears to

V1c>.lat:10r1s of the ceasefire and

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suffer from this type

which on1gm1ates

the heart.

fessional auJ1..11:::t.c:;:,,

late that .,_._...,,_.,-

career

of this condition.

heart condition.

notrun2 serious," Gore

"It's a routine matter. He's out cam-

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West Sussex.

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t2 >< 0 .,: a: ~ stc1rn:iec1tt1e aba:naonned ,,_,,,,.,,.!',A'-'"'" butld.Jn,g ::::; z <(

~ Ecuador has suffered Cl

~ tm>toric:aU economy,

of its 12 million inhabitants out of work and

inflation over percent. In what critics

a last-ditch effort

because he

Hulburt had grown up with and

a1tnou2n many of us say the same~

he grew up with more books than we did:

his mother owned an book­

he had lots of connections

in In he had visited a friend

of his mother's over of his se­

nior year, who was the head of Fireside

a division of Simon and Schuster.

The friend gave him ideas and

when he headed to New

he

a division of Random House,

were at the top of some other company

before of So

Hulburt about his alterna-

for in reps, and

'""''"'"'. """'" called-we have a

hadn't even consid­

because he wanted to

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necticut. But he ended up

and in 1991 became their east coast sales rep,

based in New Haven, a terri­

tory from DC to Boston.

He loved the He loved into

books accessible to a

he the tr<:tve11111g--tte was on the

road six or seven months of the year, but

his unlike some of the

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MacLean, '03

boast two ••h•<>rt-,, ....... ".,."' five demo-

crats, two and a communist.

There are five romantics and six

three a ae1c01J.strmctic)nilst.

a moral relativist. Four describe themselves

as poets and four as "u'u.'-'"'"· four as tree

climbers, one as a six call them-

selves ve:12:et:ari.ans. There is a lone ...... ,J .... ,Ju­

reer. "You can

read the mod­

ern and

stuff else-

Febbie Class of 2003 has

where, to have a good founda-

tion." And how does one hear of our pecu­

liar way of offering that foundation while

in counselor in

school suggested it to me." Mr.

tended Robert College, an American

school in Istanbul.

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Alabama crossed the stage. A freshman who

"Febbie Nation"

around a black with the

Greek letters <!>EB on either

side of the to Andrew

any of the

standard's dark emblem was sub-

"but for me it represents the black

of Febbie Summer."

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liberal education as she whiled away the

Not all Febbies allowed for such ease of

cat:e_gorizat:io11. Trent while techni-

oa:rtic:ivatin2: in convocation ceremonies accelerated aG1de:rru[c tJace

with the bulk of the class of '03. His the Febbie freshman year may account for

rus:appeanmc:e last summer, after the e:e:ne1ra!Jlv

of presence on campus, was '.lr1·n'.l 11u

because of a need for back surgery-not

foul at the hands of his roommate, as

was

was cause for much discussion and there has been an average difference of 11

freshman class, who considered

Tutor

assembled Febbies

Instruction Committee, he commented that

"There's a marvelous de corps.

The becomes yours."

If any remarkable exists among

the summer it is ternp1ered

with a great deal of stress. Mrs. K.r1on:sbf~r2

comments "it's hard for all Febbies.

There's a lot of work into a short

of time. are very intense and

times, and sometimes around here

the weather's horrible." Yet the Febbies

seem to persevere. "Ms. class in

poorer end

the differences between !011T-'iTf'~Lr El cl.l.f.U•:I.-

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in(:reasinll size of the classes.

Febbies are a group when

When we had Febbie classes of

twenty students or so, there seemed to be

more of a morale pr40bJlena.

There seems to be little concern about

gra1du:at1on rates and the like among the

most recent addition to the Febbie Nation.

of the and of course those UIJllic•rnJ.lv

awkward first few seminars. Said Febbie

Tom Devine of his first week's worth of

seminar, the there was a kind of

nervous tension in the room-like

UARY 25, 2000

defensive ... The sec­

could feel the love."

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GUARDIANS FAIL TO BREAK 100,

WAVES CLAIM 'MORAL VICTORY'

Scads of players turned out for the

Gn~enwa·ve--Guar·ruan clash against hope that make

some contribution that would show up in

the scorebook and earn them eternal fame.

to

time, like a Tro­

leaving barely the the he-

Guardians didn't score a field for seven

minutes, their frustration was dear.

Gold run, the Waves

the refs: lJc>wJlm:t!: You know,

best to make the Guardians lose, but it

doesn't seem to

Pickens: Me too!

The went on in the

to their credit, the Waves did not

Jerry finished with 22 on the

wasn't to counter 21 from Hunter and 20 from sh;un1sh,001ter

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not reach the century and reinserted

their starters in a frenzied attempt. When

the final horn the avid

SEARS HOT, THEN COLD; DRUIDS LUKEWARM;

Goo SPEWS OUT OF His MOUTH

more. The teams

he;:acbl11g 1:0 the fourth. The

back and for a

the destruction. Others up the pro­

duction, the 'hot of

Fletcher ...., .... u..u.•u,

away with 15 from

Ma.e:u:1re. The final

and 14 from Mike

was 93-81 Sp2trtatns,

both teams at 1-1 on the year.

HUSTLERS MOMENTARILY BOTHER GUARDIANS

The Red and

Gold was the second Sa1cur·dav P-:arnte--o=:>rnta

Guardians break 200? Would the Hus-t-h '"u .,,.,,,.""" allowed

add to time.

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some mean de­fense. Her all around game is a reason

for the Maenad's undefeated record date.

For her solid

Brilliante is u<U1ucu r.ll.u.1.u::t.c

the women.

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over on one of the few fast breaks

game. For the Strickland

realized taller almost every-

and Vermaak understood that blonds

have more fun. Ms. Cox defense for the l'\.h,~ • ..,h ..

intimi-

know which basket was

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struction or contact

tives or co-chairs.

is

ca1na.1a.~tcy for Freshman

Cle.s1nng to

person, to a co-

chair. There are po:~atl<)ns available. The

classmates; this petmlon

nation.

30 freshman

Nominated candidates are to

attend the Council on

cil will elect can­

didate has made a brief statement about his

posltllon and has answered a

essary.

We

Annual Tim Pomerole Seminar on Liberal

Education. have contact

Because of the

year, we must move the Rabelais .. .,.,,..11,.,,.,.

scheduled for 28.This

will entail a

as follows:

For t'ebnJaI'V

ard II.

For March 2, instead of ;::,naKf~speat:e,

chard :read ;)U;aK.e:sp~eare,

on Seminar Discussion for Freshmen

J:iresh1ne1tl, allth<)Ull~h other stu­

dents are welcome to attend. This forum is

an for students to consider the

methods that use to different

books in seminar. The aim is to an

nn.nnrh·1ni!l""\1 for freshman students to learn

upperd:assm~~n find to be most con­

discussion and great semi-

will be as the Forum

nears.

As a reminder to all our meet-

are open, and we welcome your con-

tributions. We meet in the Private

Ttmrsd<tvs. Our

agern::tas are on the SCI board and

If you have a par­

academic issue that you would like

see discussed, contact your class repre­

sentative or a co-chair. A list of the mem­

bers of Student Committee on Instruc­

on the SCI board.

1.< .. h,_,,..,.,..,., 7, 2000 is the last for

van

from the Carroll Barrister House

at 4:00 pm and up at the New

Carrollton Metro at 11: 00 pm. For the newer

members of the let me fur­

ther. The Carroll Barrister House is where

the Admissions Offices are located and is the

spot from where all Student Activities

The to the clos-

est metro stop and from there free

to do as you like. If you want maps of the

or information about restaurants, book-

etc., mea

call or a note in campus mail.

unattended free throws. Both were missed

and the Amazons were another

chance to try and steal the ball from

midcourt.

little too

Jnior1tur1ate1y the Furies were a

this time, and ended

the game victors. Overall was very excit­

and suppose that one "intentional"

foul at the end of the game made up for an

the rest, sorry

On a final note, Febbie

come, up. It's time to

get letters from

but check out your allocation in the

coltte~~shoponthe all

are especially those with no ex­

penencie. Seniors: where are you? It's not

THAT If Claudine can take some

time so can the rest of you dammit! And

to vote in the Ms. Ziza, who will be WC)rK:ln2 at the gym l\11<u·"1<1,.,,r1 vnnn<>•-u Elections. Out-of-state

residents should check the bul-

voter rei2:is·tra.t1cm

dates in your state.

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those hours for the rest of her natural life. Next

week we see the means vs. the extremes ... in

some sense. The first and fourth teams

will and the second and

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THE GADFLY St. John's College P.O. Box 2800

Annapolis, MD 21404-2800

Women,s rugby: an open invitation by Jessica Reitz, '01

There was fun going on last Saturday,

outside on the small playing field. Four

hardy souls joined me to learn their first

rugby skills, ball handling and tackling. The

snow was ankle deep, enough to discour­

age too much running and to soften our

intentional and increasingly skilled tum­

bling. Kudos to Junior Laura Lewis and

Freshmen Natasha Vermaak, Samantha

Warburton, and Whitney Welsh for their

spirit and effort on Saturday.

If you want to start this Saturday, you

haven't missed the show, only an opportu­

nity for practice. We will practice ball han­

dling and tackling pretty exclusively for the

next few weeks, because they are the foun­

dation of the whole game. I explain linle

pieces of the game along with the skills so

their purpose might become more clear. If you haven't guessed it so far, NO PRIOR

KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE IS NEC­

ESSARY OR EXPECTED. All we need are

bodies looking for a different sort of out­

door activity.

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Weather changes. We play rugby any­

way. Anyone who convinced herself other­

wise should layer-up in long underwear and

sweatpants and join the fun this Saturday

from 2-3 pm. New and shiny mouthguards

will be provided. Wear cleats if you have

them, borrow if you can, or just wear your

feet if you must.

I'm more than happy to answer ques­

tions, allay fears, and ramble incessantly

about my old games. If you want to get me

started, call me at x5522, or stop by on sec­

ond Campbell. Just no questions about the

icky men's we-want-to-do-what-the­

women-are-doing rugby team; send those

questions to Jason Emery The signs I posted

are hot pink!

Interested in the idea, but not the all­

weather toughness? Contact Jessica Reitz or

one of the intrepid individuals mentioned

above, so we know that you're considering

spring rugby, and we'll welcome you with

the fairer weather.

Keeping luggage wheels well-lubricated

can help. insure that they'll keep rolling

while they're in use.

High as a kite? The official altitude

record for kite-flying is 12,471 ft.-more

than two miles high!

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