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The Men’s soccer team de-feated Carnegie Mellon 3-2 on Saturday on Francis Field. Sports, Page 5

Danforth is quickly becom-ing the best known name on campus. But who exactly are the Danforths? Check it out in today’s Scene. Scene, Page 3

Students line up to vote outside Wydown Middle School in the 2006 Con-gressional election. The Wash. U. College Democrats are currently leading a campaign to make Election Day a recognized holiday on which classes would be cancelled to encourage students to turn out and vote.

College Dems seek to create Election Day

More than 250 students have already signed on to an initiative led by the Washing-ton University College Demo-crats to make Election Day a recognized holiday on which classes would be cancelled in order to encourage students to vote.

In place of classes, the Democrats’ petition urges the University to hold events throughout the day to engage the campus in the electoral process. The day would be called “Democracy Day.”

“We want to increase awareness about Election Day and give students the time to vote,” said Meredith Sigler, president of College Demo-crats. “There are a lot of stu-

dents who have a test or pa-per due that day and that’s all they’re thinking about. This is really about increasing [student] awareness.”

According to Sigler, the Democracy Day initiative is an attempt to increase politi-cal involvement on campus, to encourage voter turnout among college students and to stimulate discussion about the issues.

Although the initiative is intended as a bipartisan solu-tion, the Washington Univer-sity College Republicans, the other major political student organization on campus, has not joined the movement.

“We think it’s really not needed because the polls are open for 12 hours in the day,” said Sam Gittle, president of

College Republicans. “People either want to get involved or they don’t. You can do as much pushing as you want, but [this day] won’t make someone who’s not going to vote go out to vote.”

Gittle also suggested that the Democrats’ attempts are unnecessary, pointing to ef-forts by the Gephardt Insti-tute to increase voter turnout and to move polling places onto the South 40 to simplify voting.

Both the efforts to create Democracy Day and the ef-forts of the Gephardt Insti-tute are partially a reaction to diffi culties that students encountered during the 2006 election due to overcrowded polling places and misunder-standings of the rules sur-

rounding voter registration in Missouri.

The name “Democracy Day” was inspired by a reso-lution currently stuck in com-mittee in both the House and Senate.

The College Democrats have been moving to consolidate support among students and professors before presenting their plan to the administra-tion. In addition to their pe-tition, the College Democrats are currently working with the Student Union Senate to write a resolution in support of the plan.

“This is something that’s going to have lots of positive impact for campus,” said Neil Patel, Student Union presi-dent. “We’re going to fi nd out

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BY SAM GUZIKSENIOR NEWS EDITOR

DAVID BRODY| STUDENT LIFE

Greek Week back after three years

The Greek community has been working in full force to bring Greek Week back to Wash-ington University’s campus. As of today, the week of friendly competition between the sorori-ties and fraternities has returned after a three-year hiatus.

“It’s really huge that’s hap-pening,” said Amanda Louise Henry, a senior and member of Delta Gamma. “I think it is a re-ally good way for Greek life to demonstrate that it’s moving to-ward a more unifi ed system.”

Greek Week intends to unify the fraternities and sororities through events involving all Greeks, including a toga deco-rating competition, a large-scale game of Twister, the Greek Olym-

pics and Greek Prom.One of the motivations for

bringing it back arose from the Greek community’s realization that Loop in Motion has experi-enced low turnout rates over the last few years.

“We thought that if we includ-ed fun events and philanthropy, there would be a larger turnout and more incentive for people to go,” said Henry.

Senior Andy Locke, president of Interfraternity Council and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said that he hopes Greek Week will serve as a fall version of Thurtene.

“We don’t do that much col-lectively,” he said. “There is Thurtene, but not much in the fall. I think it’s a really great way to unite the Greek community in the fall and get the same feel-

ings in the fall that people get during Thurtene Carnival in the spring.”

Although Greek Week experi-enced little success in the past, Ryan Henne, director of Greek Life, said that it is a premier event at other universities.

“At some schools, Greek Week is like Thurtene here,” said Henne. “Some people skip school and don’t sleep because they’re working on their fl oat or a presentation.”

The decision to bring back Greek Week was made collective-ly by the Women’s Panhellenic Council, the governing body of sororities on campus and the Interfraternity Council, the gov-erning body of fraternities. The Greek Week Steering Committee, composed of members from dif-ferent chapters, has been meet-

ing since last February.All the sororities and frater-

nities were randomly paired up into teams for the week. The winning team will receive a dec-orated paddle as a trophy.

The Greek Week Steering Committee has made a con-scious effort to involve adminis-trators outside of the Greek Life Offi ce.

Tonight in Bowles Plaza there will be a Toga Competition judged by Jill Carnaghi, the assis-tant vice chancellor of students and the director of campus life. On Wednesday, Mike Saxvik, the coordinator for student involve-ment and programming leader-ship will be the emcee for a trivia competition.

Other Greek Week events in-

Vendor change leaves students without chocolate

To many concerned stu-dents, it may feel like chocolate frozen yogurt has disappeared from Washington University completely, but Bon Appétit as-sures that its absence is only temporary.

According to Kathy Car-mody, general manager of Bon Appétit, the sudden lack of chocolate frozen yogurt on campus can be attributed to the food service’s decision to enter a contract with a new vendor this year.

“It’s not unusual,” said Car-mody. “We changed suppliers and now all [the fat-free] we can get is vanilla. We have re-quested with our vendor to get [chocolate] back.”

Sysco Corporation, which has replaced U.S. Foods as the primary supplier of food to the University community, is currently talking with Bon Ap-pétit about bringing a fat-free chocolate yogurt to campus.

Although frozen yogurt’s popularity amongst students is undeniable, Bon Appétit is also committed to keeping fro-zen yogurt on campus because

it’s a healthier dessert option.“Frozen yogurt is fat-free,

so from that standpoint it is a better option than ice cream,” said Director of University Nu-trition Connie Diekman. “But it certainly needs to be moni-tored in terms of portions.”

Diekman, who works in tangent with Bon Appétit, also reported that although things can become “trickier” with the introduction of a new vendor, she still believes that the fro-zen yogurt matter will be re-solved quickly.

“We are still working to get two fl avors in fat-free,” she said. “It’s a priority.”

Carmody is equally opti-mistic.

“[Chocolate is] not going away,” she said. “It’s just that most of the students prefer the non-fat yogurt, and I don’t want to put one in that’s fat, and one in that’s not fat.”

Although the absence of the chocolate fl avor has not gone unnoticed by students, many are appreciative of Bon Appé-tit’s efforts to bring exclusively fat-free yogurt to campus.

“I think it’s good that they

BY ELLEN JONES STAFF REPORTER

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soon if we will get the de-bates, and I think this is a great opportunity to ramp up political activism on campus.”

With a unifi ed base, sup-porters of the new holiday hope to encourage the Uni-versity to make a change to its academic calendar in time for the next presiden-tial election in 2008.

To implement this plan before the next national election will require over-coming substantial inertia on the part of the University because the academic cal-endar is set several years in advance.

According to Sigler, this effort has drawn attention from both the statewide and national College Democrats. And despite its challenges, it could set the University apart from other institu-tions.

“We want to show the administration that this is something the University could do to make us stand out as a leader in promoting civil action,” said Sigler.

ELECTION v FROM PAGE 1

clude a 36- by 24-foot game of Twister, philanthropy projects at the Nathaniel Hawthorne El-ementary School and the fi rst annual “Greek Prom” in Bowles Plaza.

Locke said the Greek Prom is most comparable to post-Thur-tene, except that it will be more collective.

“For the fi rst time all sorori-ties and fraternities are all in-vited to a social event. It’s really

cool that it’s on campus,” he said. “I’m hoping it will be really safe and successful.”

Non-Greeks cannot partici-pate in the events but are invited to come as spectators.

Part of the motivation for having Greek Week is so that the University community can get a better understand of Greek life.

“We want to show new mem-bers that being Greek is not just about chapter meetings and par-

ties but about something more. It’s a way of life,” said Henry.

Locke added, “We want to show the campus that we are a successful and positive force on campus, and that we are not afraid to work together collec-tively.”

Michelle Beasly, vice presi-dent of campus and community outreach, who has been strongly involved with the week along with Richard Wong, said that she

anticipates a successful turnout at all of the events.

“There are a lot of chapters that are very, very excited,” she said. “We have chapter captains in charge of getting everyone excited who have been going around to all the chapters. Peo-ple seem to be really excited.”

Greeks who were not involved in planning the event expressed enthusiasm for the week.

“As much as I love Loop in

Motion, I think it’s a good oppor-tunity for us all to get together as a Greek community,” said Ariella Kahn-Lang, a senior and member of Pi Beta Phi.

Natalie Jarecki, a senior and new member educator of Kappa Kappa Gamma showed equal en-thusiasm.

“I am really excited for Greek Week this year, and I think we are starting out a great tradi-tion,” she said.

GREEKS v FROM PAGE 1

aren’t sneaking a more fatten-ing chocolate yogurt in there,” said senior Annie England. “We’ve come to expect the fro-zen yogurt to be fat-free.”

In the meantime, fat-free vanilla frozen yogurt is cur-rently available at the Hilltop Bakery, the Village Café, Bear

Mart and Center Court. Carmody is confi dent that

students will not have to wait much longer for chocolate to return to those locations as well.

“I’m hoping it comes back as early as next week,” she said.

Science departments strive for excellence in TAs

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Ten years ago, higher edu-cation specialists published a study identifying “poor teach-ing,” in regard to not only pro-fessors but teaching assistants (TAs), as well.

Although the research used statistics from more than a de-cade ago, the results and con-clusions still hold tremendous relevance for college academics today.

Since 1992, Princeton Re-view’s annual “Best Colleges” re-port has ranked universities un-der approximately 60 different categories, one of which roughly states the complaint “TAs teach too many upper level courses.”

Administrative Offi cer for Washington University’s Chem-istry Department Ed Hiss and Organic Chemistry laboratory instructor Steve Kinsley both strictly declare that this is not the case with science courses here, at least not in the chemis-try and biology departments.

“The TAs are there to assist the students in learning,” he said. “They are not there to be a substitute for a professor.”

Even with the assurance that no graduate TAs will be found teaching courses the professors themselves should be teaching, students may still be concerned with the quality of TAs in gen-eral.

“The professors have their own work, so they don’t have as much time to help students,” said senior Kevin Kang, a former

TA in the Biology 2970 labora-tory. “TAs often play the role of clarifying after lectures, so stu-dents spend a lot of time inter-acting with their TAs.”

Kang believes that the compe-tence and effectiveness of TAs is still very important.

“We try very hard to put high-quality TAs in front of the labo-ratories, classrooms, recitations and help sessions,” said Hiss.

He considers the responsibil-ity of his own TAs as being com-pletely attentive to the lab when they are in the lab.

When selecting his TAs, Kins-ley looks for a top student.

“And what’s neat about Wash. U. is that when you say a top student, you’re talking about an unbelievable student,” he said. “You’re talking about somebody that is a top student at one of the best universities in the world, and these people are intellectu-ally extremely qualifi ed.”

Both Kinsley and Hiss noted the signifi cant role student eval-uations play in improving the training of and providing feed-back to the TAs.

“The system is good, but we constantly work to make it bet-ter,” said Kinsley. “We are work-ing very aggressively, obviously because we want the TAs to do the best work that they can.”

“I think our training is a lot better than when I fi rst got here,” Hiss said. “We have taken a lot more care in training.”

The efforts have been well di-rected. Sophomore Philip Boone expressed satisfaction with his TAs.

“I think they’re pretty knowl-edgeable for the most part,” he said of his previous and current biology and chemistry TAs. “I haven’t had any problems get-ting help.”

He appreciates the fact that they are so accessible for stu-dents with questions.

Junior Amar Patel, on the oth-er hand, did not choose to make use of his TAs.

“I just preferred to go to the actual professor,” he said.

But he does believe that they would have been competent enough to answer his questions, had he asked.

TAs are generally expected to learn the lecture material or understand exactly how to per-form the labs. Depending on the courses they assist, they may be expected to hand in reports on the material, take weekly tests to ensure their understanding or attend sessions to discuss the exercises and how to best cover them.

“They can really live like stu-dents during their instructional period,” said Hiss.

The commitment is generally 12 hours per week, which may vary slightly depending on the course and its specifi c obliga-tions, such as grading quizzes or extra attendance at walk-in help sessions. Kinsley, however, considers the task a mental com-mitment as well.

“The TAs should be kind of the way a coach describes his players when you’re on the fi eld. You’re playing for me,” he said.

BY KAT ZHAO CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

The Washington University Department of Earth and Plan-etary Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS) signed a collaborative research agreement Sept. 18 on campus.

The research agreement is part of a larger initiative by the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences to broaden the Univer-sity’s involvement in interna-tional efforts focused on space sciences.

The agreement will involve collaboration on a number of re-search thrusts, travel between the two institutions and even-tually new student exchange programs.

“The Chinese are becoming a space-faring nation, including launching a robotic lunar or-biter in October,” said Raymond Arvidson, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Pro-

fessor and chair of Earth and Planetary Sciences. “We want to work with them as they con-tinue to explore space.”

CAGS also expressed excite-ment about the upcoming col-laborative projects between the institutions.

“This agreement is symbolic of a new friendship and new discoveries that we will fi nd with each other’s help,” said Dong Shuwen in an interview with The Record.

Shuwen is vice president of CAGS and signed the agree-ment along with Arvidson, who believes that students at the University will benefi t greatly from the collaboration.

“Students are and will be in-volved in our research efforts, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels,” said Arvidson. “They can now become exposed to work done in China. That is an enrichment of their educa-tional experience, and it estab-lishes contacts for them for the

future.”There are fi ve major areas of

collaboration between the Uni-versity and CAGS.

The fi rst area includes dating lunar samples to gain a better understanding of the moon’s geologic history. Bradley Jol-liff, associate professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will work with Dunyi Liu and other CAGS scientists on the Apollo samples. Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Randy Ko-rotev and scientist Ryan Zeigler will work with Jolliff and the new Chinese collaborators on the lunar sample studies.

The second area of work will involve University plan-etary scientists assisting CAGS researchers in remote sensing data analysis from the Chinese lunar probe project, Chang’E-1, set to be launched next month.

The third area is the study of the evaporative deposits from high-altitude saline lakes and from the weathering belts

of sulfi de zones of the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, a cold and dry geological setting similar to Mars. Alian Wang, senior re-search scientist in Earth and Planetary Sciences, will work on the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau project in collaboration with academician Zheng Mianping from CAGS. David Fike will join the collaboration after the beginning of his Washington University appointment as an assistant professor in January 2009.

The fourth area involves col-laboration between An Meijian, a geologist from the CAGS, and Washington University Profes-sor of Earth and Planetary Sci-ences Douglas A. Wiens. In late November, Wiens and a team will go to remote regions of Ant-arctica to place seismographs in both east and west Antarctica. The group hopes to learn about the Earth’s crust and mantle be-neath the continent, determine whether the continent might be

thawing and to gather informa-tion about glaciers, mountains and ice streams.

The fi fth area of collabora-tion will be the isotopic analysis of meteorites. Washington Uni-versity participants are Frank Podosek, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Fred-eric Moynier, who will start as an assistant professor in Janu-ary 2008. The CAGS participant will be Zhu Xiangkun.

Arvidson is confi dent that the quality of the University’s Department of Earth and Plan-etary Sciences will aid the Chi-nese as well as other interna-tional programs.

“Goals are to help the Chi-nese become international part-ners in planetary exploration and share their data they way we share our data with other countries,” he said. “Our re-search efforts will help here in addition to better understand-ing our planet and other objects in the solar system.”

University, Chinese Academy sign agreement to collaborate on researchBY BRITTANY FARB STAFF REPORTER

Sophomore Michelle Bernard indulges in a treat of frozen yogurt at Bear Mart. Due to changes this year, only vanilla frozen yogurt is currently being served on campus.

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SCENESCENEWho’s who in the Danforth family

Washington University and the Danforth family name go together like peanut butter and jelly. You’ve probably seen the Danforth medallion out-side Brookings Hall that wel-comes visitors to campus; you may have lived in the Danforth House freshman dorm; and most of your classes are likely on the Danforth Campus. So who are these Danforths? Let’s take a look at some of the members of the ubiquitous Danforth clan.

William Danforth Sr. William H. Danforth Sr., the

original Danforth, graduated from Wash. U.’s School of En-gineering & Applied Science in 1892. He served as a trustee of the University for 25 years and also used his entrepreneurial spirit to found the interna-tionally renowned Ralston Purina Co. In 1927, along with his wife and two children, he established the Danforth Foundation. The mission of the Danforth Foundation is to help revitalize St. Louis and make it one of the top metropolitan areas in the nation. The foun-dation made its fi rst major contribution to the University, a $15 million fi ve-year grant, in 1970. Since then, the foun-dation has provided consistent contributions to the Univer-sity, including a 1997 gift of $100 million that infl uenced the success of the Campaign for Washington University, a $1.55 billion initiative.

Bill Danforth (Senior’s grandson)Dr. William (Bill) Danforth

Jr. is the grandson of William Danforth Sr. He received his bachelor’s degree from Prince-ton University and his medical degree from Harvard Univer-sity Medical School. In 1951, he came to St. Louis for an internship at Barnes Hospital. While working as a physician, he realized how important his educational background had been in his development and was therefore drawn to the fi eld of education. Remem-bered fondly by colleagues and students alike as “Chan Dan” or “Uncle Bill,” Dr. Danforth fi rst became involved with Washington University in 1957 when he took a position as a member of the medical school faculty. He later served as Vice Chancellor in the School of Medicine and eventually became the University’s thir-teenth chancellor.

When Chancellor Emeritus

Danforth was 12 years old, his grandfather instructed him to cut the word “impossible” out of his dictionary. If you take a look at the signifi cant changes Chancellor Danforth made to improve the University, it’s ap-parent that this advice really stuck. Under his leadership, the Alliance for Washington University raised $630.5 mil-lion, making it the most suc-cessful fundraising campaign in U.S. higher education at that time. Additionally, 70 new fac-ulty chairs were established, a $1.72 billion endowment was established (the seventh largest in the nation), and the number of scholarships for students tripled. Chancellor Emeritus Danforth also helped guide the campus through the social and political unrest of the 1970s and strengthened the University’s relationship with the greater St. Louis com-munity.

“I want to be remembered for being associated with a school that produces gradu-ates who are successful and well-accomplished in their respective fi elds,” said the younger Danforth. “I hope Washington University con-tinues to provide an excellent education for generations of students to come.”

Taking a look at the honors Chancellor Emeritus Danforth has already received, it is easy to see that community mem-bers do indeed appreciate his contributions to the University. He received numerous awards throughout his career as chan-cellor, including the Alexander Meiklejohn Award from the American Association of Uni-versity Professors for his fi rm support of academic freedom and the distinction of “Man of the Year” in 1977 from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In 1999, he became Chancellor Emeritus, Vice Chairman of the Board and a Life Trustee of the University. He also received an honorary doctorate degree.

“The student body, the faculty and the staff are Washington University’s great-est assets,” said the younger Danforth. “That’s what makes an institution great … I feel so lucky to have worked here and with the people with whom I worked…I believe in education and I believe in Washington University.”

Elizabeth Danforth (Chancellor Emeri-tus Danforth’s wife)

As First Lady of the Univer-sity, the late Elizabeth (Ibby) Danforth did more than sup-

port her husband in his tenure as Chancellor. Ibby is remem-bered for her compassion and warmth toward students as well as for her campus activ-ism. She made a concentrated effort to get to know students, and she frequently attended classes, campus performances and athletic events. In 1995, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities from Washington University.

Donald Danforth (Chancellor Bill’s brother)

Donald Danforth Jr. gradu-ated from Wash. U. with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1955. In 1967, he joined the Ralston Purina Company. Donald Danforth Jr. was a trustee of the Danforth Foundation and the founding president of Danforth Agri-Resources. He also served on the boards of numerous civic organizations, including the American Youth Foundation (founded by his grandfather) and the Brain Injury Association of Missouri.

John C. DanforthJohn C. Danforth graduated

with honors from Princeton University in 1958 and from Yale Divinity School and Yale Law School in 1963. He fi rst ran for public offi ce in 1968 and was elected attorney general of Missouri. He was re-elected to the position in 1972. His political career continued to soar, and he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976, then re-elected in 1982 and in 1988. During his 18 years as a U.S. senator he served on the Com-mittee on Finance, the Com-mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Select Committee on Intelli-gence. His major legislative ini-tiatives included international trade, telecommunications, health care, research and de-velopment, transportation and civil rights.

In 1999, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno appointed John C. Danforth to a special counsel to investigate the fed-eral raid on the Branch David-ian compound in Waco, Texas. He was also appointed as the President’s special envoy to Sudan in 2001. In 2004, he served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. John C. Danforth also chaired St. Louis 2004, which was a twelve county initiative to revitalize the area surrounding Wash. U. by means of economic growth, capital projects and health care. He currently chairs the Danforth Foundation.

BY JENNY JANOVITZ SCENE REPORTER

Easy steps to avoid common computer problems

We’ve all seen the cli-chéd image of a student freaking out as his term paper is somehow deleted from his hard drive the night before it is due, and all of us who deal with computers have had our fair share of troubles. With so much of college life depending on the use of computers, technology failures can be overwhelm-ing. Here are a few tips to help you avoid the basic problems that can affl ict your computer.

Update regularly:

Make sure that you have a fi rewall and anti-virus program installed on your computer and that you are using the newest versions of all your soft-ware. Update your software regularly; you can set your computer to automati-cally install updates on a daily basis. For anyone using Student Technology Services, a free version of Symantec Corporate Edition is available for download at sts.wustl.edu. Symantec monitors and protects against viruses and computer threats like spyware or adware.

Choose secure passwords:

Always choose a secure password by using a mix of letters and numbers. Do not share your passwords with anyone. If you need to write the passwords down, keep one sole copy in your wallet. If that copy gets stolen, you will know right away to change all your passwords. Do not keep a copy by your computer, since it would be easy for someone to fi nd and steal that information. For more tips on password safety, go to nso.wustl.edu.

Protect your information and avoid phishing scams:

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It has been a little more than six months since my last catastrophe of an ar-ticle about Iraq. However,

since more than half a year has elapsed since then, I think it is important to use my limited ability to reach people to remind them that the war festers on. Why? Because no one else will. This article will run in the later pages of the newspaper, where Iraq cover-age in newspapers around the country seems to fi nd itself, and it is this kind of complacency to which we cannot succumb.

The problem is our lack of outrage. Every now and again, something hor-rible happens, and we remember that there is a war out there. When we do remember, Iraq becomes a hot topic again. People strike up conversations and say things like, “We shouldn’t be there anyways,” or “We need to stay to make sure that everything will turn out alright,” but regardless of opinion, people will soon be back to their nor-mal lives, talking about how many steaks are too many steaks to buy for fi ve people at the grocery store. The war fades back into obscurity as though nothing ever hap-pened at all.

At the time I write this, the top stories on cnn.com are “Baseball’s Sexiest Fans,” “Sex Tape Girl Found,” “Powder Rooms are More Than Just Fluff” (I have no idea what this is about), a story about Jenny McCarthy’s autistic son and one article about a sniper in Iraq acquitted of the murder of Iraqi citizens. Within the article is an unrelated picture with a caption that says, “A boy lies injured Saturday in a Baghdad hospital after a U.S. air strike Friday in the Dora area of Baghdad.” This event occurred the previous day, but for some reason it was not the headlining story. We are still bombing Iraq just like we have been for four years, and the only result is that people are tired of hearing about it.

Another thing I keep hear-ing about the war in Iraq is that it pales in comparison to the Vietnam War, and until it reaches something of that magnitude people will con-tinue to ignore it. To which I respond: this is not a contest. How many lives does it take before people take notice again? According to Yahoo News, two more U.S. troops were killed on Friday, bringing the total U.S. military casu-alties past the 3,800 mark.

And we do not show any signs of slowing down before the 4,000 milestone.

How about civilian deaths? There is an organization called the Iraq Body Count Project (IBC) that, ac-cording to its wiki-pedia entry, attempts to “record civilian

deaths attributable to coali-tion and insurgent military action, sectarian violence and criminal violence in Iraq since the US-led 2003 inva-sion of Iraq” by averaging the number of deaths recorded by media sources. Accord-ing to IBC, from June 2006 to August 2007 civilian deaths almost doubled from 38,000 to 68,000 (minimum fi gures). We are just realizing the worst and most violent periods in this battle, but it would be nearly impossible to discern as such if you were reading a newspaper in America.

I do not have a solution for this military quagmire because I am not really sure what we should be doing. Although I do know that the worst thing we can do right now is to pretend that Iraq is too far away to care about and that everything will be okay in the end. I am not trying to sway people to one side or the other (at least not in this article); all I ask is that you pay attention, know what’s going on and have an opinion. Be aware of your country and your world and we will start from there.

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

How’s that war of ours going?

Christian Sherden

In his editorial “Superman that ho,” Nandan Prasad, while acknowledging the aesthetic genius of the

recent work “Crank That” by Chicago-based new-me-dia artist Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em (indeed, Prasad writes, “[e]ven I can’t resist trying to learn the dance so I can join my friends in ‘crankin’ that’”—a desire which, to be sure, we all share), critiques the work as politically conservative and as emblematic of hegemonic male discourse.

Prasad writes, “every time I dance to the song or snap my fi ngers to the beat, I feel a huge pang of guilt for what I feel is my tacit approval of the song’s offensive lyrics, more specifi -cally, the continued use of the word ‘ho’ to refer to a woman.” This embodies, for Prasad, the “degradation and objectifi cation of women in the mainstream hip-hop industry.”

This is a commonly heard complaint against the recent crop of young artists from

urban areas working in the hip-hop genre and it appears on the surface to have merit.

Doesn’t referring to women as “hos” and “bitches” consti-tute a reifi cation of the status quo, a reaffi rmation of insti-tutionalized violence against women? Before we make this easy critique, however, we would do well to look more closely at texts such as “Crank That” to see ways in which they might actually subvert patriar-chal discourse. Indeed, I believe that “Crank That” constitutes a profound challenge to male chauvinism and indeed to capi-talism in general. By revealing the performative element of masculinity and the essentially “simulated” nature of late-capi-talist consumerism, “Crank That” situates itself squarely in the tradition of such great works as Homer’s “Odyssey,” Jean-Michel Basquiat’s graffi ti art and Deleuze and Guattari’s “A Thousand Plateaus.”

While initially, lyrics such as “haterz get mad cuz, I got me some bathin apes” (a reference to the exclusive line of urban

clothing known as “A Bathing Ape”) seem to unquestioningly affi rm consumerism, their con-text in fact implies the opposite reading. Soulja Boy asserts that he is “all too clean up in this ho” (clean being a reference to an expensive style of dress); that is to say, his very consumerism reveals itself as excessive, as too clean. Thus, his reference to the frustration of the “haterz” in fact implies the general social inequality created by a hierar-chy of consumption; the haterz (proletariat) will be the bearers of revolutionary consciousness, and it is they who are able to notice that he is “all too clean” (i.e., a bourgeois reactionary).

Though the trope of con-sumption fi gures largely in “Crank That,” the work’s great-est concern is with the question of performance. Soulja Boy invites us to “Watch me lean, watch me roll/Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy, dat superman dat ho.” This is an incredibly rich and intertextual line, and it deserves much analysis; we might start off by noting the occurrence of what French theo-

rist Jacques Lacan calls “sliding signifi ers” (Lacan, “Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious”). “Soulja boy” slides into “super-man,” then into “ho”; his initial self-reference, a seemingly arro-gant self-promotion of his mu-sic, is intensifi ed to an equation of himself with superman—yet this fi nishes with an equiva-lence of superman and ho, and the most basic syllogism (A=B, B=C, therefore A=C) tells us that what initially seemed an affi r-mation of sexist machismo has become a leveling between the artist and the seemingly least privileged terms of this sexist discourse: the ho.

Secondly, we can note in this line the way in which Soulja Boy lays bare the insidious militari-zation of the post-9/11 surveil-lance state: the motif of the “soulja” (i.e., soldier), initially taken on proudly as the heart of the artist’s identity, is socially equated with “superman” (i.e., the Bush administration’s ideological assertion of limitless military power), yet this again slides into an equivalence with the ho.

Finally, while the offi cially published lyrics for “Crank That” imply that Soulja Boy’s activity is a form of aristocratic male ritual (“watch me crank, watch me roll,” etc.) a la Ni-etzsche’s ubermensch, wherein the male assumes the privi-leged position of power and his sexual identity seems assured, upon closer listening we can hear that Soulja Boy is actually saying, “Why me crank, why me roll?” Soulja Boy here lays bare the essential emptiness and performativity of masculinity: why is he cranking, why is he rolling?

Obviously, it is because of the entrenched ideology of masculinist discourse. As theorist Judith Butler writes, “acts, gestures, [and] enact-ments”—such as “leaning” and “rolling”—“...are performative in the sense that the essence of identity that they otherwise purport to express becomes a fabrication manufactured and sustained through corpo-real signs and other discursive means. [This]…suggests that it [the Soulja Boy dance] has no

ontological status apart from the various acts which consti-tute its reality” (Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, 336).

That is to say: in asking why he cranks and rolls, Soulja Boy shows that the assurances of male privilege are actually a “simulation” (in Baudrillard’s sense): they are nothing but ideological constructions with no tie to ontological reality. There is no reason why Soulja Boy crank, or even why he roll.

Thus, while it is tempting to read works such as “Crank That” as patently ideological and politically conservative, closer readings reveal that they often contain a subtle and pow-erful critique of the status quo. While on the level of apparent content Soulja Boy proclaims his desire to “supersoak dat ho,” in truth it is late-capitalism, and indeed all forms of privilege, that Soulja Boy is attempting to “supersoak.”

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

Supersoak that ho: A reconsiderationBY JAMES DUESTERBERGOP-ED SUBMISSION

Though Washington University’s emergency text-messaging system (WUText) has been

scarcely publicized outside of an e-mail that students received earlier in the year, students ought to sign up for it as soon as possible, especially in light of successful uses of similar systems in the past month.

At St. John’s University in New York just a week ago, students were alerted of the presence of a masked freshman with an allegedly loaded rifl e on campus. Within 18 minutes of the threat’s arrival on campus, a text message had been sent out to thousands of students warning them of the gunman.

At the University of Wiscon-sin, the school sent out mass e-mails and paid for a Facebook advertisement to warn students of a suicidal gunman on the loose on campus.

In both the St. John’s and University of Wisconsin inci-

dents, no students were hurt.And at Delaware State

University last week, after two students were shot and wounded, campus police and RAs knocked on doors to tell students to stay in their rooms, and warnings were posted in dormitories and on the school’s Web site.

Washington University has joined these and many other universities in implement-ing quick-response safety features in response to the 32 people killed in the shooting at Virginia Tech this April. The University’s text-messaging system is provided by clearTXT, a web-based program that has the ability to send text mes-sages and e-mails to students and will soon be able to send messages directly to PCs.

In August, students, faculty and staff received an e-mail inviting them to join the WU-Text network and their phone numbers and e-mail addresses

were compiled to be used in case of an emergency. Beyond this e-mail, the University has not greatly publicized the new text-messaging system.

Because students must actively register for the pro-gram, Washington University should make it more clear what is necessary for students to do in order to be in the WUText database. For an issue this serious, students must be made consciously aware that this emergency response system ex-ists. One e-mail is not enough.

We commend the University for their swiftness in establish-ing such an emergency infor-mation-distribution system and having it ready for this school year. That such systems re-sponded to the aforementioned incidents so well, especially in the St. John’s incident, is a testament to their real value. But that students know about this service is crucial for the successful use of WUText in

the case of an incident. That St. John’s, University of Wisconsin and Delaware State have all experienced similar incidents so soon after the Virginia Tech shooting shows that such inci-dents at Washington University would not be an impossibility.

Students should go to http://wustl.cleartxt.com to sign up for the emergency text-message and e-mail service. We encour-age them to do so and to keep in mind that it is better to be safe than sorry.

We also encourage the University to further publicize the system, so as to inform the maximum number of students about the service as well as to promote a general feeling of safety on campus.

In light of recent incidents, it is clear that being lackadaisi-cal about the service is disre-garding a very possible threat. Washington University and its students ought not take it too lightly.

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SPORTSSPORTS

Washington University football improved to 4-1 on the season with a 24-3 rout of Rhodes College. A 37 yard touchdown pass from quar-terback Buck Smith to WR Mi-chael Casper at the 5:11 mark in the second quarter gave the Bears a 10-3 lead that would never be relinquished.

Anchoring the win yet again was a dominating de-fense that held Rhodes to 122 yards of total offense in the second half. The Lynx only converted two out of fourteen third downs in the game and after holding the ball for 18 of 30 minutes in the fi rst half, Rhodes had the football for fewer than nine minutes in the second half.

Preparation has been key to the defense’s success.

“The defense has been get-ting its scout team look this past week by the offensive starters. Our level of com-petition in practice has been so high that it carries over to great defensive efforts in the game,” said wide receiver Joe

Lubelski. “We are doing a good job

stopping the run right now. We are also getting turnovers, while playing a lot of people and getting depth. When you do that, you have a chance to win,” added Head Coach Larry Kindbom.

On the offensive side of the ball, the Bears played a mis-take free game for the fi rst time this season. The rushing attack helped Wash. U. control the time of possession in the second half, despite running 46 plays for only 78 yards. Smith and the passing game provided most of the offense, with Smith completing 20-32 passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns. Eleven play-ers recorded a catch, includ-ing an 18 yard halfback pass from freshman Jim O’Brien to Smith.

Vital to the passing game’s success was the offensive line.

“[They] gave Buck a lot of time to throw the ball. They improve every week, and it makes it easy to complete passes when you have so much time,” stated captain

tight end Jeff Howenstein.Commenting about the

running game, Kindbom stated, “We have faced three of the better rush defenses in the country. I certainly be-lieve that we need to do bet-ter, but these are teams that stack the box and force you to pass. I thought we responded well.”

While Rhodes jammed the line and tried to take away the short passing game, Casper explained, “Once we got a feel for what they were trying to do, we were able to take ad-vantage of the single cover-age. Against those types of teams, we have to make plays on the outside and stretch their defenses.”

Casper added, “The defense has always been the rock that this program has prided itself on, and it’s nice that we [the offense] can give them some more help this year.”

The special teams unit has also shown continuous im-provement throughout the season.

“There are a lot of unsung heroes like Bryce Buchanan and Tim Olivos that are mak-

ing plays and changing fi eld position,” said Kindbom.

The Bears’ three game home stand continues next

Saturday at 1, when the Red and Green host Lagrange Col-lege, whom they defeated 31-21 last season. The Red and

Green will look to improve to 5-1 before beginning UAA play against the University of Chicago on October 13.

BY JOSHUA GOLDMANSPORTS REPORTER

Bears fl y past Rhodes in weekend routv Dominant passing and defense win game

This soccer game was wilder than W.I.L.D.

While the rest of campus was taking in the sounds of Lupe Fiasco and the Sugarhill Gang at the biannual all-cam-pus concert, the Washington University men’s soccer team was busy defeating Carne-gie Mellon in its conference opener just across campus on Francis Field.

And busy they were.All of the game’s five total

goals (Wash. U. won the con-test 3-2) were scored in the second half of play, as the bulk of the concert roared on mere minutes from the most-ly empty stands of Francis.

The 3-2 thriller marked the first time since 2001 that the Bears have won their Uni-versity Athletic Association (UAA) opener and served yet another stepping stone ac-complishment for the highly

ambitious 2007 club.After a scoreless first half

in which neither team could find the back of the net, the Tartans finally found pay dirt

Carnegie’s Daniel Brack-ley ripped an unassisted shot to the near side of the net from 20 yards out in the game’s 64th minute to give the guests a 1-0 lead.

But it was a lead that would last about as quickly as D.J. Unk’s performance on main stage in the Brookings quad.

Wash. U. promptly scored three goals over a six-min-ute stretch late in the second half to put away the feisty visitors.

Freshman Nick Wilbar took a shot on a tight angle and scored on an empty net in the contest’s 71st minute. It was his first-ever tally at the collegiate level.

Less than two minutes later, sophomore Nat Zenner

took a pass from older broth-er Elie and was fouled. He took his own penalty kick, which resulted in his first goal of the season.

The goal was even more satisfying as Zenner had been out in recent contests with an injury. Moments af-ter delivering the clutch pen-alty kick, Zenner scored his second goal of the year on a 55 yard chip shot which was misplayed by the Tartan goalie.

Carnegie added another goal with just over three minutes to go, but it was too little too late for the visitors, as Wash. U. eked out the all-important league win.

The Bears, now 7-2 overall, return to the Francis Field turf for the last of the team’s current three-game home stand, on Thursday night against Fontbonne.

Game time is set for 7 p.m.Freshman Nick Wilbar pushes the ball upfi eld last weekend against Illinois Wesleyan. The Bears beat Carnegie

Mellon this weekend in a close 3-2 game.

SCOTT BRESSLER | STUDENT LIFE

MEN’S SOCCER

WU 3 w CARNEGIE MELLON 2

FOOTBALL

WU 24 w RHODES 3

Freshman Jim O’Brien carries the ball Saturday afternoon against Rhodes College. The Bears won the game 24-3 and improved to 4-1 on the season.

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Washington University’s fi fth-ranked women’s soccer team opened its conference season primed to defend its title. After going 7-0 in University Athletic Association play last year, the Bears (10-0, 1-0 UAA) defeated Carnegie Mellon University (5-4, 0-1 UAA) 2-0 Sunday at Francis Field.

Wash. U. stayed true to form, failing to fi nd the net in the fi rst half. The Bears recorded four shots in the half. Junior Saman-tha Murphy gave the Red and Green their best attempt of the half, nearly heading in sopho-more Libby Held’s free kick in the 37th minute. However, the ball fell just wide of the net.

“We weren’t possessing the ball,” said Head Coach Wendy Dillinger of this particular game’s fi rst-half diffi culties.

The second half was also characteristic of this year’s team. The Bears began to dominate play. By the 25th minute, they equalled their entire fi rst half shot total. Sophomore Caryn Ro-soff got off to a solid shot in the 70th minute. Carnegie’s fresh-man keeper Anya Rosen made a diving save, knocking away the ball to the foot of freshman Julie Tembunkiart, who put the ball into the net. The eventual game winner was the fi rst goal of Tem-bunkiart’s collegiate career.

“It was awesome and was

great timing,” said Tembunkiart of her goal.

Three minutes later, Rosoff

scored an insurance goal with an assist by sophomore Elyse Hanley. With that goal, Rosoff

became the team’s points leader on the season. She nearly made the score 3-0 in the 88th minute,

going one-on-one with Rosen. Showing great anticipation skills, Rosen dove right on the

ball, preventing the score. “We stepped it up in the second half, which makes everyone play bet-ter,” said Rosoff. “Our fi rst touch was better and we were more aggressive [in the second half],” added Dillinger.

The defense put up another stellar performance, allow-ing only three shots the entire game. Senior Carrie Sear played the fi rst 78 minutes in goal with back-up Amanda Boe coming in for the fi nal 12. The victory marked the seventh shutout of the season and the 15th career game in which Sear has shut out the opposition while playing the majority of the game. Even more impressively, over halfway into the season the Bears have only allowed three goals.

Even with the slow start, the team was happy with their over-all performance.

“There is always pressure in the fi rst conference game be-cause you don’t know what to expect. This game showed us that we can play with anyone,” said Rosoff.

Wash. U. next travels to At-lanta to face fourth-ranked Em-ory University, who tied number 29 University of Chicago 0-0 Saturday, ruining their perfect season.

“This is a good start [to con-ference play], which is impor-tant,” said Dillinger. “The con-ference will be really tight this year and we need to take care of business.

Lady Bears stay perfect on weekendv Team wins conference opener against Carnegie Mellon

BY TRISHA WOLFSENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

WOMEN’S SOCCER

WU 2 w CARNEGIE MELLON 0

LIONEL SOBEHART | STUDENT LIFE

Sophmore forward Caryn Rosoff shoots the ball at the opposing goalie during the Sept. 30 game vs. Carnegie Mellon. Caryn Rosoff’s goal in the second half solidifi ed the Bears’ victory by bringing the score to 2-0.

CROSS COUNTRY

The third-ranked Wash-ington University women’s cross country team finished atop 42 teams at the Roy Gri-ak Cross Invitational at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minn. on Sat-urday Morning. The Wash. U. men placed sixth out of 34 squads.

Senior Kate Pentak led the Lady Bears with her seventh-place finish in a field of 567 runners. She completed the 6k-course in 22:56.9. Pentak was followed by senior Tricia Frisella, who finished 10th with her time of 23:05.1. Freshman Taryn Surtees fin-ished third for the Bears with her 13th-place time of 23:15.7. Senior Lisa Sudmeier and sophomore Molly Schlamb rounded out the scorers for the Red and Green.

The women tallied 89 points to secure the victory, and were followed by Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Platteville, which finished with 117 points. University of Wiscon-sin-Eau Claire finished third with 128 points.

“Our top three really set a good tone for us,” said head coach Jeff Stiles in a press

release following the meet. “It was a really good field and we looked very strong up front.”

The men’s squad totaled 216 points, which was good

for a sixth-place finish. University of Wisconsin-La Cross finished first with its 53-point total, while UW-Plat-teville took second with 105 points. Iowa Central Commu-nity College rounded out the top three with 108 points.

Senior Jesse McDaniel paced the Bears with his time of 26:20, which was good for a tenth-place finish out of 367 competitors. Sophomore Alden Black finished second for the Bears and 27th over-all with his time of 26:47. Sophomore Alex Bearden was close behind with his 50th-place finish, posting a time of 27:20. Sophomore Zach Griffen and senior Jeff Bayers also scored for Wash. U.

“It was great to see where we stack up against some good competition,” contin-ued Stiles in the release. “Overall, it isn’t where we want to be in November, but I was really encouraged by everything.”

The teams get back on their feet on Oct. 13 when they travel to Oshkosh, Wis. to compete in the UW-Osh-kosh Invitational.

BY UNAIZ KABANISPORTS EDITOR

Women’s cross country team shows muscle in Minneapolis

SCOTT BRESSLER | STUDENT LIFE

The Bears have been doing well this season. Their next meet is on Oct. 13 at the UW-Oshkosh Invitational in Oshkosh, Wis.

At an institution where aca-demics usually take precedent over sport, club softball offers competitive play without all of the time constraints of a varsity sport. Comprised of 15 active members and 15 perennial at-tendees, all of whom played fast pitch softball at some point in high school, the Cubbies prac-tice two to three times a week in a competitive yet laid-back envi-ronment.

While club sports require less practice time than their varsity counterparts, co-president and senior Liz Campbell explained, “Four years ago, practices were much more of a social event, but every year we have gotten more serious. We are at a point where we come to practice to work hard and get better. That being said, we are all good friends and know how to have a good time as well.”

Coach Aaron Tang, who ex-plains that part of his role is “to bring a positive and winning attitude while also keeping the entire season fun,” echoes this mentality of friendly competi-tion. Gaining a competitive edge has been a goal of the team.

“Since my freshman year, the Cubbies have taken a 180 degree turn. We have improved tremen-dously in our batting, fi elding and overall commitment to the team. The atmosphere at prac-tice and games is always a com-

petitive and supportive one,” said Co-president Betsy Rubin-stein, a senior.

“There are some talented players on the team, many who could play at the varsity level if they wanted to make the com-mitment,” added Tang.

In an effort to get more com-petitive, club softball, which was entirely student-run until last season, welcomed the addition of Tang as a coach. This year, re-cent Wash. U. alum Carrie Jarka, a former club softball member who also played on the varsity squad during part of her senior year, became a coach of the team; she now plans practices.

Jarka sees her role as “to re-fi ne skills that the girls already bring to the fi eld. Most of them

haven’t had any sort of instruc-tion in two years or more, so we are just an external set of eyes to correct mistakes.”

In addition, Jarka and Tang have assumed the duties of mak-ing lineups, base coaching and scoring the games, giving the team more time to focus on the game at hand.

Even with intensifi ed practic-es, Campbell emphasizes that, “While we encourage everyone to come to as much practice as they can, we do not require you to make everything.” In addi-tion, there are no cuts, so anyone committed to playing softball and improving their game can join WU club softball.

While varsity baseball and softball may by spring sports, club softball has a substantial fall schedule. The team battled the 2007 National Club Softball Association Champion Univer-sity of Illinois, and while Wash. U. lost all three games, pitchers Betsy Rubenstein and Kristin Re had impressive outings.

This Sunday, the team plays a doubleheader against Bradley University, and the next week, WU travels to Milwaukee to bat-tle Marquette.

To celebrate the new level of the team’s competitiveness, the Cubbies joined a league this year, allowing them to qualify for postseason play in the spring.

“We won’t make it to the end of season tournament this year,” said Campbell, “but it gives us something to work towards.”

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