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Soccer players badly injured Playwrighting festival begins

Ethan Silver breaks his jaw and remains hospitalized in Texas. Marshall Plow suf-fers concussion and is out temporarily. Find out more. Sports, Page 8

Three Wash. U. students workshop their original plays with dramaturge Michael Dixon in preparation for unveiling of their plays on Sept. 25. Cadenza, Page 6

Tech fee could be added to housing costs

A plan to incorporate the cost of residential technology servic-

es into general room and board rates is currently in development with Network & Technology Ser-vices (NTS). Pending approval, the plan could go into effect as early as Fall 2008.

“The general direction is to incorporate costs of providing technology to residential stu-dents into the housing agree-ment,” said Jan Weller, assistant vice chancellor for Information Services & Technology at NTS.

“We are currently working with the [University’s Financial Af-fairs Department] to review all the cost components and to de-velop a detailed implementation plan. ”

The proposal comes as a re-sult of ongoing efforts by Stu-dent Union (SU) to reduce the amount of additional expenses encountered by students.

“When you pay for room and board, a lot of things that you

think are going to be included are not,” said SU President Neil Patel. “You’re spending about $40,000 already, so being asked to spend another $240 isn’t re-ally fair. Access to the Internet is essential if you’re going to be a successful student here.”

According to current policy, all students with Residential Life contracts seeking Internet and cable access in their residence halls must pay an additional fee

to Student Technology Services (STS) at the start of each semes-ter.

The fee is currently set at $135 per semester, but it is expected to increase to $240 in January 2008. NTS estimates that 96 per-cent of students living in Univer-sity-owned residences register to have Internet service in their room.

Although the proposed plan will not eliminate these fees, it

will allow students with Resi-dential Life contracts to more ac-curately predict the cost of living on campus. The proposed plan would also be especially advan-tageous to students who qualify for fi nancial assistance.

“If students can pay these fees up front, there’s a huge psycho-logical benefi t. They won’t feel nickel and dimed all the time,”

BY ELLEN JONESSTAFF REPORTER

Congress gives $20 billion to college students

Every year, millions of American families face the decision of how to pay for col-lege. Thanks to a bill passed by Congress, that decision may have become a little easier. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act passed with strong bipartisan support, making it the largest bill of its kind since the GI Bill in 1944. The bill provides an additional $20 bil-lion to expand the Federal Pell Grant program and to reduce interest rates for subsidized loans.

Among those who benefi t are the 6.8 million students who use federal loans to fund their education as well as the 5.5 million students who count on Pell Grants to make college affordable. The bill increases the maximum value of Pell Grants from $4,050 to $5,400 and reduces the interest rate on subsidized loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. Chang-es will be phased in over the next fi ve years.

Even with the large increase in Pell Grant funding, the bill does not place an additional burden on tax payers. The additions to the Pell Grants are funded by reducing the amount the government pays to lenders.

Pell Grants are awarded based on fi nancial need. Subsi-dized loans are also based on need and have a low interest rate. In many cases, students are not required to pay inter-est on these loans until several months after graduation.

Advocates of the bill include the Federation of State Public Interest Research Groups (U.S. PIRG). Luke Swarthout, a U.S. PIRG Higher Education Advo-cate, believes that the bill had such strong bipartisan sup-port because it benefi ted so many students.

“It demonstrates the broad support for making college affordable,” said Swarthout. “You’re talking about millions and millions of college stu-dents that will benefi t from this.”

Student Financial Services (SFS) has also paid close atten-tion to the development of the bill. Much attention is being paid to the legislation, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, explained Bill Witbrodt, director of SFS at the University.

“The University has been in contact with legislators via the various organizations the University belongs to like the

American Council on Educa-tion,” noted Witbrodt. “The University has defi nitely shown its interest.”

According to Witbrodt, about half of University stu-dents receive some form of federal fi nancial aid and over 400 students are eligible for Pell Grants. Another federal loan program is the Perkins loan program, which was of-ten used to fund Pell Grant increases and rate cuts to the Stafford program.

“Congress has left the Per-kins program intact,” Witbrodt continued. There were threats that the Perkins Loan program would be done away with, and that was scary because the Perkins Loan program is very important to the students receiving need-based aid be-cause it is a very low cost loan program.”

Overall, Witbrodt is satis-fi ed with the fi nal form of the bill.

“I think that our legislators pay very close attention to try-ing to make college more ac-cessible and more affordable to those who are having prob-lems affording the best educa-tion. I’m happy with it.”

The bill is not without oppo-nents, however. Kevin Burns, executive director of America’s Student Loan Providers (ASLP) believes that such a drastic cut to interest rates will hurt the student loan business. A sug-gested alternative was the Nel-son-Burr Amendment, which would have reduced the cuts to lenders.

Burns believes that it will take time to interpret what ef-fect the cuts will have on lend-ers.

“[Lenders] will have to evaluate if they are going to re-duce borrower benefi ts,” said Burns. “The Congress sets a maximum of 6.8 percent, and a lot of lenders offer breaks on the interest rates because they are competing. I think those interest rate breaks are in jeopardy.”

Burns added that, currently, lenders pay many of the fees associated with the loans and that some lenders may begin passing those fees on to the borrowers.

“[Lenders] are going to be-come very cost-conscious, and some may just stop offering student loans,” said Burns.

A fl ux of leaders going out of the business may lead to greater concentration between fewer lenders.

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BY JOHN SCOTTCONTRIBUTING REPORTER

Q&A with Cory Booker

Newark Mayor Cory Booker came to campus as a part of the Assembly Series this past Fri-day to talk about commitment to community. Student Life had the opportunity to catch up with this politician with a pas-sion for social change.

Booker shared stories—rang-ing from comical to passion-ate—of his youth, college years, and political career, and re-turned to the underlying theme of his talk: how to build strong communities with the help of individual leaders. Follow-ing his speech, Booker fi elded questions from the audience that addressed a range of top-ics, including his view on the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and his opinion of Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Jeremy Rogoff: In a col-lege environment, issues like murder, crime and poverty can seem very distant, and usually are overshadowed by reading,

classes, and grad school appli-cations. How should a college student escape from the college bubble and make a difference in the community?

Cory Booker: It’s about fi nd-ing what issues you’re passion-ate about. This is a community, and people can have different impacts. You can have a global impact environmentally, and you can have a community impact if you’re interested in kids and getting out and work-ing with them. I think it’s more about not forcing yourself into areas you don’t like.

JR: What about in the campus community?

CB: I think [following your passions] applies to both [the outside world and in a college community]. If you’re passion-ate about chemistry research, follow your passion. I really do believe that your passions are there for a reason. Your life is going to change rapidly. Most people are in college for four to

Newark Mayor Cory Booker spoke to a full crowd Fri. Sept. 14 in the Lab Science lecture hall.

BY JEREMY ROGOFFCONTRIBUTING REPORTER

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added SU Senator Jeff Nelson, “Also, [for eligible students] it allows fi nancial aid to factor into it.”

According to Weller, NTS is also confi dent the proposal will be welcomed by the Uni-versity community.

“We have had considerable input from students and par-ents that they would prefer to have all housing related costs combined into one statement so that they can have a com-plete fi nancial picture and make their fi nancial arrange-ments accordingly,” she said.

According to Patel, SU hopes to eventually streamline the cost of other on-campus expenses, such as fi tness cen-ter memberships, into general room rates as well. Member-ships at the South 40 Fitness Center or the McWilliams Fit-ness Center in the Athletic Complex can cost students an additional $45 each year.

“Although these are small fees in comparison to tuition, asking students to pay addi-tional fi tness fees doesn’t suc-cessfully promote healthy hab-its,” he said.

According to Weller, NTS will continue working with SU and other interested stu-dent groups in the upcom-ing months. Both parties are committed to keeping student expenses manageable and im-proving residential technology services.

SU is especially optimistic about the proposal and the open dialogue between NTS and student groups.

“It’s a great thing,” added Nelson, “It’s something we’ve really been working hard for, and it’s been great to see it start to pay off so early in the year.”

thought the bill will have a positive effect on the campus.

“I think it’s a good thing because a lot of people depend on [fi nancial aid] to come to Wash. U. and it increases the socioeconomic diversity of the campus.”

Freshman Josh Tan agreed. “It is benefi cial because it

gives an opportunity for more kids to get an education and be better qualifi ed for jobs.”

eight years, but college is re-ally a preparatory ground. For me, college is the best place to nurture your passions and nurture your dreams.

JR: After the gruesome murders in your town, it may be hard to maintain optimism about your city. But what is Newark’s greatest strength?

CB: The greatest strength is the people. Our nickname is the brick city, and that’s re-ally a refl ection of the people. They’re tough, and they’re en-during. I believe in my com-munity that they will rebound from this challenge and the other great challenges that we face.

JR: When you’re not trying to save Newark, what do you do in your spare time?

CB: I’m a movie addict. I love Sci-Fi. I love to read, and I love to hang out with my friends. I’ll be spending the end of my [9-day] vacation with my friends from high school. But my vacation’s al-most over!

Conception rate may increase for Type II diabetics

Women with obesity or Type II diabetes face many challeng-es including trying to conceive, but hope may be on the hori-zon. A recent study at Washing-ton University’s School of Medi-cine found that women who are obese, have Type II diabetes, or have a family history of Type II diabetes, could potentially im-prove their rates of successful pregnancies with drug treat-ments.

Dr. Kelle Moley, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, wanted to discover the reason why insulin-resistant women faced higher rates of pregnancy loss, either due to obesity or Type II diabetes. Type II diabe-tes is also known as adult onset diabetes and is commonly ob-served in obese individuals.

“We found that with insulin-resistant embryos (the same as in pregnant women with obesi-ty), the embryos didn’t take up glucose. As a result, [the embry-os] had problems implanting [in the uterus], and if they did

implant, the women underwent miscarriages,” said Moley.

By performing a study on mice, she determined that these women may be able to take Met-formin, an anti-diabetes drug, to ensure more successful preg-nancies.

“If we gave the embryos Met-formin, we were able to rescue embryos from implantation failures,” said Moley. “We think that correlates with the fact that if we treat women with Metfor-min, the drug will have a direct effect on embryos, and will im-prove insulin sensitivity and re-sult in a better outcome.”

Moley decided to study the effects of Metformin because it is often given to women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is an endocrine disorder that increases the rate of miscarriage due to the in-creased levels of insulin in the body.

“If women [with PCOS] come to my offi ce because they’re trying to get pregnant, the fi rst thing we fi nd out is if they’re ovulating. Usually these wom-

en won’t ovulate unless they’re on Metformin because it low-ers blood glucose levels,” said Moley.

The study suggests that women with PCOS should stay on Metformin even after they get pregnant, and Moley sup-ports keeping them on it for up to ten weeks of the gestation period. In fact, Kristin Bibee, a second year M.D. Ph.D at the School of Medicine who assist-ed Moley with the study, feels that this is the most important fi nding.

“We’ve shown that if you keep women with PCOS on Met-formin, it probably would help embryos survive the fi rst few days and be more normal,” said Bibee.

Metformin, however, often causes side effects such as nausea and diarrhea, so Moley hopes her study will lead to the development of milder drugs.

“At least in my population of patients, about 10 percent of people give up because there are too many side effects,” said Moley.

The study has important im-plications for college women, even if they are not thinking about pregnancy in the near future.

“Women who are borderline insulin resistant are probably not picked up as readily, and these women are at risk for hav-ing a miscarriage and even pos-sible birth defects,” said Moley.

If students do have a fam-ily history of Type II diabetes, Moley said it is important for them to get their glucose levels checked and start early with diabetes testing. Moley added that they could even start a drug like Metformin in order to prevent insulin resistance from worsening because it could af-fect future reproduction.

“If you’re on the verge of insulin resistance, a healthy lifestyle really would mean a lot in terms of the long run,” said Bibee. “Being healthy in your late teens and early twen-ties can really impact your life down the road, which a lot of times people don’t really want to hear.”

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BY MARLA FRIEDMANSTAFF REPORTER

Muslim, Jewish students break fast together

For the fi rst time in years, the religious holidays of two faiths coincided, leading to the convening of both Jewish and Muslim students on cam-pus. Rosh Hashanah, the fi rst of the Jewish High Holidays, began last Wednesday at sun-set and ended last Friday at sunset. Ramadan, the month-long period of religious obser-vance for Muslims, began on Thursday during Rosh Hasha-nah.

Because the Islamic calen-dar operates according to the lunar year, Ramadan migrates throughout the months of the Gregorian calendar, making the coincidence between the fi rst date of Ramadan and Rosh Hashanah uncommon.

During Yom Kippur, the Jewish High Holiday that fol-

lows Rosh Hashanah, Jews will fast from this Friday at sunset to this Saturday at sunset. Muslims also practice fasting, abstaining from food during the daytime through-out Ramadan.

Accordingly, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Jewish Student Union (JSU) of Washington University have plans to hold a joint break fast at the end of Yom Kippur. The break fast will take place at sunset, when Jews and Mus-lims may resume eating.

Senior Tasmeem Ahmad, president of MSA, expressed optimism about the event.

“I know that the MSA is very excited to be participating in the joint break fast,” said Ah-mad. “It’s something we want-ed to do last year but weren’t able to. I think it’s going to be a very good experience. Instead of just meeting with

the entire Jewish population, we’ll be breaking fast with 15 of them, so it’s not going to be such a skewed proportion of Jewish and Muslim students. I think the intimacy is going work out really well.”

The 15 Jewish students, from different backgrounds, chose to participate in the event due to their interest in the break fast. Ahmad also noted the fortuity of the event, especially because Ramadan migrates throughout the sea-sons.

“It’s lucky that, since Ra-madan changes every year, that we get to have joint break fast this year,” she said.

Senior Joanna Freuden-heim, co-president of the JSU holiday committee, said that the joint break fast would serve to bring together stu-dents of both religions.

“Tasmeem and I were chat-

ting about that the fact that Yom Kippur and Ramadan overlap this year, and how it might be a good opportunity to emphasize what the two traditions have in common,” said Freudenheim regard-ing the planning for the joint break fast.

“It really is an opportunity where Muslim students and Jewish students can sit down to a meal together, just be-cause the interactions between the two groups aren’t normal-ly quite so pleasant. You really only hear about it the context of not getting along.”

Rabbi Hershey Novack, di-rector of Chabad, seemed to see potential unity in the Jew-ish and Muslim holidays.

“I think that religion has great potential to bring people together, that it can be a true force for good in the world,” said Novack.

BY DAVID SONGNEWS EDITOR

Bob Barker joins Hall of

Famous Missourians

“The Price Is Right” legend Bob Barker was recently inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. Barker, 83, who re-cently retired from the show after a 35-year run as its host, joins 29 other Mis-sourians, including Mark Twain, Walter Cronkite and Walt Disney. Though he was actually born in 1923 in Barrington, Wash., he moved to Springfi eld, Mo. in the 1940s and then attended Central High School. He then went to college at what is now Drury University, temporarily leaving to serve in World War II as a fi ghter pilot in the Navy before graduating in 1947 with a

deg ree in eco-nomics.

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lenge

The search engine Google will offer up to $25 million to the fi rst company that lands a robotic rover on the moon and sends images back to earth. The winner would be the fi rst private entity to send out a lunar probe, and the contest is open to companies worldwide. The X Prize Foundation, the same group that pro-duced the fi rst ever private spacefl ight in 2004, is running the competition, and is hoping to boost the non-governmental spacefl ight industry. Governmental lu-nar missions can cost hundreds of mil-lions of dollars, but X Prize Foundation is confi dent that private missions will cost considerably less.

NATIONAL

CORRECTION:

In Friday’s article titled “Record number of students ‘licensed to dance,’” the photo caption incorrectly stated that Dance Marathon raised around $23,000 during last year’s program. In fact, Dance Marathon raised $123,000 for the Children Miracle’s Network. Student Life regrets this error.

Eighty-seven killed in Thai

plane crash

A passenger jet carrying 130 people from Bangkok to Phuket crashed in south-ern Thailand Sunday, killing 87 people on board. The plane, operated by a Thai bud-get airline, was carrying 7 crewmembers and 123 passengers. According to eye-witnesses, the aircraft burst into fl ames shortly after attempting to land, amid heavy rain and strong crosswinds. Forty-three survivors were treated, according to the two hospitals in the area. Witnesses said that passengers and crew attempted to escape through the plane’s emergency exits as fl ames spread through the air-craft. Investigators are still trying to de-termine the cause of the crash.

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In the studio, his fl ow is cer-tainly reminiscent of the laid-back insightfulness of Jay-Z or Common, but on the stage Nite Owl stakes out territory that is all his own. Much of this credit is due to Team N.I.T.R.O., the full band that backs Nite Owl at his live shows; their injection of funky energy makes for an exciting show by itself.

But “N.I.T.R.O. with the nice fl ow,” as Nite Owl tends to refer to himself, is responsible for the majority of the good times had at one of their concerts. He admits that his style may not be appropriate for clubs, but “more for hanging out with your friends, just chilling.” But wit-nessing his thoughtful rhymes and expert showmanship on stage only proves that any party would do well to have some Nite Owl on the back burner in case things slow down.

His presence is a slow intense burn and this comes across just as clearly on his records.

Nite Owl’s newest release, “Now You Can Boo Me,” was the Riverfront Times best indepen-dently released local album of the year. Available for all to purchase at Vintage Vinyl, the

record is a good showcase for his many talents. Mixing blues, funk and hip-hop, the album offers bountiful lyrical content for those interested in explor-ing and slippery sweet beats for anyone who wants to just keep things simple.

What separates Nite Owl from other wordsmiths trying to make their way from the lo-cal scene to a larger audience is his dedication to the craft.

When asked what music he was listening to, he responds, “Well, me, actually,” without a hint of irony or pretension. “This is my job, this is what I do. I have to make it the best I can.”

He keeps busy, booking dozens of shows a year around town, headlining in such venues as the Pageant and Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room.

His use of Team N.I.T.R.O. at shows also opens him up to a wider variety of opportunities. Most rappers are ineligible to compete in a battle of the bands or band showcases. Nite Owl faces no such restriction with the added benefi t that his is the only act on the bill not offering rock.

“I freshen things up a bit. Of-fer something a little different. People like that.”

But he certainly doesn’t hog

the spotlight. He constantly refers to the talents of his DJs, members of his band and even other local artists. At a recent concert at the Schlafl y Tap Room, he invited two other artists on stage to perform, and the band played a song by the Upright Animals, another local group whose singer was on hand to perform.

What Nite Owl represents is the ultimate hip-hop dream: working to the top with tal-ent and sweat. Be thankful N.I.T.R.O. works as hard as he does, because not only does he have several shows coming up, but an album of collaborations is also on the horizon.

An Oct. 19 show at the Duck Room will feature many of the other artists featured on the up-coming album “Collabo Kingz” as well as the man himself. He has a more Nite Owl-focused concert at the same venue in November, and don’t be surprised if you see him on the stage with the Upright Animals at their show this weekend dur-ing the Play: STL festival in the Loop (more on that event from Cadenza this Wednesday).

More than anything, Nite Owl wants you to hear him or see him any way you can. because he knows if you do, you will never forget him.

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“Just a Couple of Days” is a 2001 self-published novel and the winner of the Indepen-dent Publishers Book Award for “Best Visionary Fiction.” It has just been reissued in a vaguely ascribed “newly updated” edition. Written by Tony Vigorito, “Days” imitates the witty folk style of Tom Robbins. While Robbins’ prose

is crisply professional and savvy, Vigorito’s effort is ama-teurish, making “Days” little more than derivative cant.

The story is related by Dr. Flake Fountain, a molecular biologist who is friends with the eccentric hippie Dr. Blip Korterly, an unemployed pro-fessor of sociology. Blip lands himself in jail after a tussle with hellfi re preacher Brother Zebediah, and becomes convinced that The Man is doing some sort of weird ex-

periment on prisoners in the jail. In the meantime, Flake is recruited by one General Kiljoy for a top secret biowar-fare program. Flake learns the

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Writers dream of sharing their work with the world. The aspiring playwrights participat-ing in Washington University’s A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival have two weeks to do just that.

The A. E. Hotchner Playwrit-ing Festival is a two week long workshop hosted annually by the Performing Arts Depart-ment. This year, the festival started on Sept. 15, and it ends with a staged reading of the selected plays on Sept. 25 and 26 accompanied by an informal talk with dramaturge Michael Bigelow Dixon on Sept. 20.

Students of all majors who submit a play in the spring are eligible for the fall festival. This year, playwrights Lee Osorio, senior, Lauren Dusek, class of 2007 alumna, and Noga Landau, senior, were chosen by blind jury selection last spring to have their prospective plays, “Yell-ing Man,” “Intelligent Life” and “Chosen” workshopped during this year’s festival. “Intelligent Life” and “Chosen” are both full-length plays, while “Yelling Man” is a short play.

Every year, the University invites a guest to help with the workshop process. Sometimes the guest is a playwright; some-times, like this year, the guest is a dramaturge. A dramaturge is an independent theater jack-of-all-trades who helps conduct research, make stylistic suggestions and give unbiased suggestions to the playwrights. Assistant dramaturge for the Festival, Sari Abraham, said of her job, “It’s management as much as it is artistic.”

This year, Dixon, named “America’s dramaturge” by playwright Lee Blessing and considered America’s best, will work with the student directors on their drafts.

According to Abraham, Dixon has worked with almost every living professional Ameri-can playwright. His informal chat on Sept. 20, “Writing Out-side of the Box: Taking the Pro-cess to the Streets” is described as focusing on “interactive writ-ing through travel, interviews, community participation and collaboration.” The talk is open to all students, and will be held at the Hotchner Studio Theatre at 4 p.m.

The student playwrights are

given a chance to hear their plays come to life with the staged readings. Actors read from the scripts to give the play-wrights in training the opportu-nity to hear their plays aloud.

“Basically, the actors are tools,” said Abraham. There are no costumes and no sets. This gives the student writer ample room for revision.

One student will have the chance to have his or her play performed during part of the 2008-2009 season at Edison Theatre. Every other year, one student from the past two festi-vals has their work performed in full with Performing Arts De-partment faculty directing. The last A. E. Hotchner Festival play selected for full performance was “Highness” by Carolyn Kras, which opened as part of last year’s theater season.

Students who would like to view the world premieres of these new works are encouraged to check it out, as they might be viewing America’s next big playwright.

“It’s a really great opportu-nity, and I don’t think people realize it. It’s nice to see work by Wash. U. playwrights,” said Abraham.

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Playwright Noga Landau discusses her new work “Chosen” with actor Sathya Sridharan as part of the 2007 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival.

government has engineered a virus that disrupts the higher communication abilities of humans: a ‘peaceful’ bioweap-on that is neither lethal nor detrimental to the victim’s health. Flake is brought in to develop a cure for this virus, and is shocked to discover his paranoid friend Blip was correct all along—along with Blip, a handful of prisoners were infected with the virus to provide Flake incentive to fi nd a cure. After the virus is “accidentally” leaked into the public, Flake begins to wonder if the loss of communication could be a benefi cial step toward a new humanity.

The plot, coupled with the Dr. Strangelovian character names gives you a fair idea of the novel’s absurdity. That is by no means its problem. Vigorito adds some provoking ideas on spirituality and exis-tence to this loony narrative. Indeed, the novel may compel you to think “deeply” about humanity.

The problem arises in Vigorito’s literary execution and the intellectual depth of his philosophical rants. The

ideas are no more developed than what one could fi nd in an introductory course on linguistics or sociology. The characters are fl at stereotypes of varying sociopolitical thoughts. They are peda-gogical each, and realistic none. As a scientist and a Christian, it was particularly galling to read characters like Flake (who never seems to do any actual research or even to think scientifi cally) and Brother Zebediah (whose entire cartoon role serves to mock religion). The military is treated with a similar disdain, leaving Blip and his wife as the only characters with the veneer of clear ar-ticulation or credibility. Their (and presumably Vigorito’s) left-wing, humanist, New Age views crescendo visually at the climax of the novel as people infected with the virus evolve into peaceful naked folk that frolic down hillsides in rainbow-colored capes.

Most heinous of all, like most self-published works, the quality of writing is atrocious. Vigorito appears to have written “Days” using

a thesaurus to construct “nimble” alliterative pas-sages bloated with modifi ers. Nary a precious page passes without a series of pitiable platitudes plastered preten-tiously through the text. The metaphors and similes are as ill-suited and poor as an unemployed caveman at a vegan millionaire’s gala. Get the idea?

Designed to be insightful, entertaining and amusing, Vigorito’s fi rst novel fails in all three regards. One hopes that an author’s writing would improve with time and experience, but judging by the excerpt from Vigorito’s next novel (included at the back of this edition), his pro-pensity for deluging the text with modifi ers, and other sins of writing, has not altered.

If you are a big fan of Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Von-negut or Tom Robbins, you may still enjoy the style of this book and bypass its fl aws. Otherwise I would rec-ommend it as a fi ne example of how not to write, and why editors and publishers are a vital part of the writing world.

VIGORITO v FROM PAGE 4

The Washington Univer-sity men’s and women’s cross country teams continued their success with fi rst place fi n-ishes at the Maryville Cross Invitational, held in St. Louis, on Saturday morning. Senior Tyler Mulkin fi nished fi rst in the women’s competition with her time of 19:46.60.

Senior Corey Kubatzky led the men’s squad with his time of 16:39.24 in the 5k race, which was good for second out of 56 competitors. Blake Austin (un-attached) edged Kubatzky to take the victory in 16:35.21.

Kubatzky was followed by

three Red and Green freshmen to score points for the Bears. Dave Spandorfer (16:43.58), Skyler Moots (16:46.27) and Erik Hinrichsen (16:57.57) fi n-ished third, fourth and fi fth, respectively.

The Bears, with 15 points, easily fi nished ahead of sec-ond-place Fontbonne Universi-ty, which tallied 56 points, and Hannibal-LaGrange University, which fi nished with 73 points.

Senior Tyler Mulkin paced a Wash. U. women’s team that captured the top fi ve fi nishes in the 5k course. Freshman Sangeeta Hardy (19:47.87) and Kelli Blake (19:58.53) followed Mulkin for second and third place fi nishes, respectively.

Sophomores Angela Hartman (20:10.23) and Allison Bickel (20:22.56) rounded out the top fi ve for the Bears. Overall, no Bear fi nished lower than 12th on the day.

The women’s total of 15 points dominated the fi eld, well ahead of Lincoln Univer-sity’s second-place total of 79 points and St. Louis College of Pharmacy’s third-place count of 100 points. Fontbonne Uni-versity fi nished fourth while Hannibal-LaGrange took fi fth in the team competition.

The Red and Green are next scheduled to travel to Min-neapolis, Minn. on Sept. 29 to compete in the Roy Griak Invi-tiational.

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I used to be one of the big-gest amateur purveyors of technology. I thought that machinery could and would

solve all of the world’s inef-fi ciencies by streamlining that which we do every day. I tried to digitize everything I had, like pictures, movies, music, draw-ings, writings, recipes, friends, my happiness and all of my hopes and dreams. It was working wonder-fully, and my life was moving faster than a cheetah in a Lambo-rghini, but then my tower of technology came tumbling down when my hard drive died and then my back-up hard drive died and then my iPod died.

There is a theory of the mind that says that technologi-cal devices become part of our person because they can hold information for us that we no longer keep in our brains, for ex-ample, stored numbers in a cell phone. If this is true, then when a hard drive with 40 gigabytes of memory ceases to work, it has to be the equivalent of a lobotomy. I lost the last four years of my life (7000 songs, hundreds of pictures, articles, papers, short stories) because of my faith in technology.

This little tragedy got me thinking about the usefulness of technology. When technology works, it is the greatest feeling ever. If you told someone from the 80s that you were carrying around ten thousand songs in a piece of plastic smaller than a Walkman, that person’s head might well explode. We are capable of doing things never thought possible because of our easy access to computers and other devices. Technology allows us to go further and faster in almost any fi eld of life, but it makes us vulnerable. We can go from controlling our interests all over the world via the Inter-net straight to having contact with no one due to a small and regular technical diffi culty.

I was so heavily invested in the digital world because I believed in the infallibility of technology. It felt like I had set myself up to fail, but I was not doing anything differently than most people.

Here is a common experi-ence: you need more than anything for technology to work in order to meet some sort of deadline and, of course, it fails when you need it most. What is that? I have no way of explain-

ing this digital Murphy’s Law but I am sure you would agree that it exists. Our society relies so heavily on technology that it stands ready to fall at the worst possible moment.

The worst part is that the more we lean on technology, the more it will fail. The constant

demand for the newer, better, faster and smaller causes companies to build devices that are ever more complex. The more complex something is, the more likely that one small part of it will fail, and if that one part is integrated, then the failure of one small part

means the failure of the whole machine. Furthermore, there is no incentive for companies to build machines that will last and last because no one would buy an update if they had a working appliance. When my iPod stopped working on its own accord, it was like one of my best friends died, but I could buy him back (in a different color!) for three hundred dollars. Buying from the Apple Store makes you feel like making a deal with the devil; they give you that look as they ring up your purchase that says, “You will be back very soon.” I could swear that on one occasion I heard maniacal laugh-ter from the back room.

Pieces of paper do not erase themselves. They sit nicely in piles on the fl oor where I have left them, but in theory they could be organized and eas-ily accessible in fi ling cabinets where they would stay intact until time eventually turns them to dust, by which time I hope to be dead anyway. I complain, yet here I am writing this on my iBook, about to send it in by e-mail (if this article does not make it to Monday’s paper, I will not be surprised) with no recourse for change because the disease of technology is entirely ubiquitous.

I want a typewriter. Then again, there is nothing more tiresome and clichéd than a disgruntled scribbler going on about true writing and how it can only come from a Stetson. I would rather have my whole life delete itself than be one of those people, and so technology continues to rule my life with a twitchy fi nger resting on the failure button.

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

Technology is a cruel master

Christian Sherden

Many years ago I saw a Man Show commer-cial for the “Don’t Eat So Much Diet.”

At that young age, I thought to myself—“someday, somebody is going to make a lot of money off that.” Which brings me to: gastric bypass surgery. For those of you fortunate enough to have never heard of it before, gastric bypass surgery (GBS) is a medical procedure in which half of a person’s stom-ach is sewn shut so they liter-ally can’t eat as much food as they usually do. Not only does this procedure fail to address the biological and psychologi-cal factors that cause over-eat-ing and food-dependency, it requires ridiculous amounts of money and could kill you.

The other day, I had the misfortune of running across this commercial for GBS. Ap-proximately fi ve seconds into it, my BS detector fl ashed red. It began with a woman in a fi eld:

“I saw my mother on the hospital bed. The doctor said she had too much cholesterol and that’s when I decided that I didn’t want to end up like that.”

Oh really? This was the mo-ment you decided you didn’t want to be grossly overweight? Or was this the moment you decided you didn’t want to die prematurely? And she was for-merly in limbo about this? “So I had GBS. After the procedure, I lost 80 pounds!” she joyfully screams.

If someone has an eating disorder, not having food is going to make them angry (something most doctors fail to mention when recommending GBS)—so wipe that smile off your face—you’re starving.

“The best part is, now I’m the conditioning coach for my kids’ football team.”

I’ve seen the Matrix, but I’m pretty sure you can’t feed someone information on sports-specifi c strength and conditioning techniques during surgery. I’ve also had plenty of coaches who were fat. Just because some moron gave you a job doesn’t mean that you know anything about sports and it certainly doesn’t mean that you’re in shape.

What amazes me most is that there are people without physiologically determined eating disorders who have this procedure. This means there are people out there who have the skills and the responsibil-ity necessary to purchase more food then they could ever eat

and pay for this surgery, yet they do not possess the ability to portion their own meals.

I can just see some respon-sible parent explaining this surgery to their child:“Jimmy, Mommy’s going to have to go to the doctor tomor-row.”

“Why mommy?” “Because mommy eats so

much that she needs someone to staple her stomach shut so she literally cannot eat any-more food.”

“But couldn’t you just por-tion out your meals, and eat the same amount that you would after this surgery with the exact same results?”

“Jimmy, you’re young and I know this is hard to under-stand...”

“No, I understand perfectly. You’re going to cost this family thousands of dollars and risk injury and death by partaking in this dangerous, expensive medical procedure when you could just put a big cage over your mouth.”

Jimmy brings up a good point: the result of this surgery is no different than the result of strapping a cage on some-one’s mouth, yet the procedure appears infi nitely more legiti-mate because it’s carried out by a doctor. What if these kinds of medical procedures were the solution to all of humanity’s

problems?“Are you a smoker? Looking

to cut back? We’ll surgically re-move your left lung so that you can’t inhale as much. Sure run-ning will be harder; you might die during the surgery, and it will cost you everything you own, but hey...this is America!”

“Addicted to pain medi-cation? Why not surgically remove your thumb and index fi ngers? Opening your bottle of medication will be twice as hard so you’ll take half the medication you normally do!”

So what should you do if gastric bypass is not the answer? Worry not for I have the solution for you: if you, or someone you know, is consid-ering blowing thousands of dollars on gastric bypass sur-gery, let them know about my special offer: for a mere $20/hr I will tease endlessly any person who is overweight. You must pay me up front and re-imburse me for any expenses I may incur along the way (e.g. a loudspeaker to let everyone know). This cheap alternative is guaranteed to solve your eating disorder; you are better off with me than with gastric bypass.

Eric is a junior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at ersundhe@artsci.wustl.edu.

Pass on bypassBY ERIC SUNDHEIMSTAFF COLUMNIST

STAFF EDITORIAL

In a year when Student Union made major cuts in many prominent student groups’ budgets, Dance

Marathon’s initial allocation rose from $9,198.30 in fall 2006 to $13,102.36 this fall—a 42 percent increase prior to the application of the fundraising percentages for each year. After the 87.424 percent fundrais-ing percentage is applied, their allocation is $11,454.61. We commend Dance Marathon on the event’s excellent results last year, but something compels us to ask: what necessitates increasing the organization’s budget by 42 percent?

This fall, Student Union ex-ecuted signifi cant budget cuts for student groups including: WUTV, from $42,500 dollars last year to $26,440 this year; the Gargoyle, from $54,250 last year to $31,000 this year; and the Arts & Sciences Council, from $17,425.50 last year to $14,800 this year. While these

cuts are certainly substantial, the affected groups, amazingly enough, continue to function strongly despite the reduced fi -nances. WUTV will continue to broadcast, even with a $16,060 cut in funding. The Gargoyle has secured in-demand bands such as Animal Collective, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Nada Surf, VHS or Beta, and Girl Talk, even with $12,500 less. The Arts & Sciences Council will continue its programming as usual even after a $2,625.50 cut.

It is for these reasons that we question Student Union’s choice to invest an extra $3,904.06 in a charitable stu-dent group. While we praise the event’s purpose—to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis—the purpose of Student Union, and government in general, is not solely to support charitable organizations. At the risk of sounding miserly and heartless, we assert that the

funding for the actual event should be made up in large part by the donations that amount-ed to over $123,000 dollars in 2006.

Charity is not the ultimate outlet for the $328 student activity fee, which every full-time student is required to pay. The fee is for the promotion of student groups and student activities on campus. Though Dance Marathon is a student activity, its ultimate purpose is not to entertain students but to raise money for charity.

We propose that the $25 registration fee, which every dancer pays to register for the event, should instead be used to fund the operation of the actual 12-hour Dance Mara-thon event. Then, money from donors would still go towards the Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis. While this would lead to a decrease in the total amount of money going to charity, this reduction would be

relatively minor. And by insti-tuting this plan, there would no longer be an excessive Student Union subsidy for a charity event.

Relay for Life, a similar char-itable event on campus, and one that is organized by students, received a Student Union alloca-tion of only $5,123.49 last year. It is also well-attended and well-organized, and it raises a large amount of money for cancer but instead uses sources outside of Student Union to help fund the costs associated with running the actual event. This is a more desirable fund-ing scheme for a charitable stu-dent group. Because it affects students, it is appropriate for SU to put some money toward the event, but because it is essentially for charity, it is not appropriate for the entire event to be funded with SU money.

Therefore, we simply must question why Dance Marathon has requested that students

foot the bill for their $3,904.06 budget increase. We understand that certain expenses are sim-ply unavoidable. Indeed, last year Dance Marathon explained that it was increasing its 2007-2008 budget to deal with a number of additional expenses, including more T-shirts for volunteers and rate increases implemented by Aramark and the Athletic Complex for the use of their facilities. But hav-ing the entire student body foot the bill for running the event is, in our opinion, inappropriate.

Figuring out how to pay for a charity event is something that all charity organizers must deal with. Dance Marathon is no dif-ferent. Though Dance Marathon grows each year, it has reached a point of renown among the student body such that a large increase in funding will not lead to a similar increase in the number of participants at the event.

If the increase in funding,

then, does not provide a similar increase in the level of student involvement, then it can only provide an improvement in the quality of the actual 12-hour marathon. Considering the suc-cess of Dance Marathon, as well as the stringent budget cuts affecting other major student groups, this cannot be consid-ered an effi cient use of money. Last year the party was a fantastic event, with many visi-tors, lasting marathon dancers, well-organized dance-contests, morale boosters and a presenta-tion of the fi nal money count at the end. Improvement in the actual Dance Marathon event is not necessary and it is not a good expenditure of Student Union money.

For next year, Student Union should consider scaling back its funding of Dance Marathon, as it has for KWUR, the Gargoyle and the Arts & Sciences Coun-cil, in favor of student groups that are not charity-based.

Dance Marathon allocation increase inappropriate

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Senior Sports Editor / Trisha Wolf / sports@studlife.com MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 8 STUDENT LIFE | SPORTS

34 digs,” said Brazeal. “All I was thinking about was getting the ball up so our offense had the chance to score.”

Senior Ellen Bruegge set a ca-reer best with 16 kills against Ju-niata on Friday.

“It’s always a great feeling,” said Bruegge, who was also un-aware of her accomplishment when she was interviewed.

Bruegge was also selected to be part of the Teri Clemens In-vitational all tournament team. Teri Clemens, former Wash. U. head coach who led the Bears to seven national championships and holds the best collegiate vol-leyball winning percentage of .873, presented the awards at the end of the tournament.

“We need to be more aggres-sive attacking, yet know when to use smart shots,” said Luen-emann.

With this in mind, the Bears (7-4) this season will be crossing Wydown Boulevard to compete against Fontbonne University on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Bears con-tinue working on improving their weaknesses and coming together as a single unit.

“When we see these teams again, they better be ready,” said Brazeal.

a great sign if he’s going to keep playing like that,” said Zenner.

Freshman Harry Beddo concluded the scoring when he added his third goal of the season in the 84th minute on a pass from fellow rookie John Duncan.

“We played pretty well throughout and defi nitely signifi cantly outplayed them. Pierre had a really good game, as did Harry,” said fellow cap-tain and senior, Onyi Okoro-afor.

Trinity 1, Wash. U. 0In what was certainly the

team’s most anticipated non-conference match of the sea-son, Wash. U. played valiantly against a bigger and tenacious Trinity club, despite the loss.

The game was played in front of what Zenner called the “toughest environment” he has ever experienced at the collegiate level, with the hosts tallying the game’s loan score just over a min-ute into the second half. A hostile crowd numbering up-wards of 1,000 witnessed the Bears give Trinity perhaps its toughest test of the year.

Unfortunately for Wash.U. fans, the team sustained two injuries, including a season-ending one to senior stalwart Ethan Silver who suffered a brutal jaw-break and remains hospitalized in Texas. Silver’s injury ends his illustrious soccer career at Washington University and comes as a huge blow to the team.

Team scoring leader and fellow senior, Marshall Plow, also sustained a concussion and was sent to a San Antonio hospital for a CAT scan, but is expected to return to action with a game or two.

Despite the injuries and the defeat, the team returned to St. Louis Sunday morning surprisingly confi dent and optimistic, believing that their goal of a national title is no longer just a pipe dream.

Zenner believes the team’s performance at Trinity is an indicator of just how resilient this Wash. U. team is and he is confi dent that the squad will be able to come together around the absence of Silver.

“Losing Ethan is just huge. It’s basically horrible. We all feel terrible for him. But even though he was a great play-

er, I think we’ll be fi ne as a team,” said Zenner, who re-ported that Silver appeared in good spirits when he spoke with him Sunday morning from the center back’s hospi-tal bed.

Okoroafor played remark-ably well in place of Silver, moving from his normal role as a center midfi elder to Sil-ver’s position of center back. He is expected to remain there for the duration of the season.

In addition to Okoroafor’s solid play, sophomore goalie John Smelcer provided solid relief in net for the Bears and Beddo nearly tied the game with around fi ve minutes to go, but the Red and Green ultimately left Texas with an encouraging defeat.

“We showed a lot of char-acter. It was the hardest we’ve worked all season,” said Okoroafor of the trip. “It was good to see that we can play with the best of the best and a good rebound from a loss to a team like Truman State. We didn’t use the ball as well as we would have liked, but we defi nitely made up for that with our effort.”

Forward Eric Hill intercepts a pass during the Tues. Sept. 6 game against Westminster.

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Two points. In basketball, that’s just a basket. In football, it’s less than a fi eld goal. But in volleyball, it is the minimum number of points needed be-tween teams for the win. Of Washington University’s 14 sets this weekend, fi ve were decided by only two points.

The Bears lost their games this weekend to nationally ranked Juniata College (#2), Uni-versity of La Verne (#14) and Uni-versity of Wisconsin Whitewater (#3) in point for point fi ghts to the fi nish. Washington Univer-sity began the weekend with 3-2 losses to Juniata and La Verne and ended it with a 3-1 loss to Whitewater.

The Red and Green began ev-ery game strong with a win in the fi rst set. The Bears clobbered Juniata with their largest mar-gin of victory of the tournament (21-30). In the fi rst set against La Verne (31-29), junior Nikki Morrison express delivered a kill through two blockers who defl ected it out for the set point. Junior Ali Crouch also smashed

through a defender for the fi rst set win against Whitewater.

“Although we stayed in all the matches with elite opponents, we didn’t show the ability to score critical points at critical moments,” said Head Coach Rich Luenemann.

The Bears were unable to con-vert these victories into game wins. This was most disappoint-ing in the Juniata match where the Bears held a 2-0 lead before the Eagles went on a 8-0 run to open the third game.

“Wash. U. played fl awlessly in the fi rst two games, but that run changed everything. We really didn’t do anything different,” said Juniata Head Coach Larry Boch.

Fans were greatly appreciated by the entire team as the fans helped keep up momentum. Clad in red with many sport-ing paint and supported by the pep band, one could hear their roar before entering the Athletic Complex. Red Alert was able to gather fans from every academic division and many teams includ-ing the track, football and both basketball teams.

“We want to support our fel-low varsity athletes,” said senior Corey Kubatzky of the track team. “We also came to watch beautiful women playing a beau-tiful game.”

The atmosphere made a big difference all around.

“It’s neat to come into a gym with enthusiasm outside of the lines,” said Boch. “It makes both teams better.”

Players were spiking with such force that a bounce off the head of a defender would send the ball fl ying into the ceiling or into the stands. Fans felt the ground shudder as a Bear, de-spite the risk of fl oor burn or bruising, dove for the ground with a resounding thud for many a dig. Sophomore Laura Brazeal seemed to hug the fl oor as she amassed a career high 34 digs in the game against Whitewater. “I actually had no idea that I had

VOLLEYBALL

JUNIATA 3 w WU 2

UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE 3 w WU 2

WISCONSIN–WHITEWATER 3 w WU 1

BY JOHANN QUA HIANSENSPORTS REPORTER

Fight to the fi nish

If there ever were such a thing as a moral victory, this one was it.

The Washington Univer-sity men’s soccer team nearly staged a monumental upset Saturday night, but eventu-ally fell to Trinity College of Texas, the number one team in Division III’s current na-tional poll.

The loss came just a day af-ter the Bears soundly defeated Southwestern College 3-0. Af-ter splitting its two matches in the Lone Star State, the Red and Green return to campus with a 5-2 record and reason to believe that 2007 could end up being as memorable a campaign as team members predicted it would be at the outset of the season.

Nonetheless, the team came home with a couple of key injuries and is quite pleased that it will not see the fi eld again until Sunday. Players reported that the rest is much deserved considering the physicality of Trinity’s play.

Wash. U. 3, Southwestern 0On Friday, the Bears took

a half to adjust to the brutal Texas heat, before running away with a relative easy 3-0 win. Wash. U. controlled the tempo throughout the con-test, but failed to convert on scoring chances in the open-ing stanza.

The second frame was a different story, however, as three Bears tallied goals in sending the guests to the win. Kellen Hayes, a junior, took a pass from classmate Pierre Hoppenot and blasted home his third score of the season in the game’s 47th minute.

Hoppenot added a goal of his own just over 30 minutes later on an assist from Ben Ryugo, also a junior. The tally was also Hoppenot’s third of the year and captain Elie Zenner singled out the third year’s play as a highlight of the trip.

“Pierre played really well. He had a break-out game, got a lot of confi dence and it’s

WU 3 w SOUTHWESTERN 0

TRINITY 1 w WU 0

Team limping but optimisticv Bears return with a loss and two key

injuries, but an added dose of confi dence

MEN’S SOCCER

BY ANDREI BERMANSPORTS EDITOR

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Wheaton College (Ill.), ranked tenth in NCAA Divi-sion III Football, overpowered Washington University on Sat-urday en route to a 55-14 win. The Thunder punted on its fi rst drive, but a quick interception of Wash. U. quarterback Buck Smith gave Wheaton the ball in Bear territory, culminating in a Wheaton touchdown.

The Thunder dominated all aspects of the game, as they rushed for 141 yards, threw for 352 yards and held the Bears to 149 total yards on 70 plays. Wash. U. ran for a net loss of three yards and only achieved 10 fi rst downs to the Thunder’s 27.

Wheaton also exhibited its effi ciency on third down, con-verting 12 of 17 chances on offenses and holding the Red and Green 15 of 20 times on defense.

Wash. U. did win the turn-over battle, with its three fumble recoveries outmatch-ing Wheaton’s two intercep-tions of Smith. Junior Tommy Bawden continued his strong play on defense, recording fi ve tackles and returning a fumble 29 yards. Additionally, Wash. U. sacked Wheaton’s starting quarterback Zach Ullrich fi ve times, but he threw to a clip of 16-23 for 240 yards and three TD’s.

“[They had] more speed in their play than we have been seeing. They executed extreme-ly well, which is why they are a top 10 team. Our defense did a good job in pressuring their quarterback, but they contin-ued to make plays,” said Head Coach Larry Kindbom of Whea-ton’s dominating presence.

The Thunder team speed was especially evident in its run defense, holding Wash. U. to negative yardage.

“They had good people and used a lot of pressure early to make us make quicker deci-sions. We played hard but still had trouble matching their strength. Our improvement will come with just playing more crisply off the snap of the ball,” said Kindbom.

Wash. U. quarterback Buck Smith echoed his coach’s com-ments, emphasizing that, “We had the game plan down but didn’t execute.”

However, Smith is confi dent in the offense’s ability and strategy, stating that, “We do not have to make that many adjustments. We just have to play crisper.”

Kindbom is confi dent his team will get back on track next Saturday against the #13 ranked North Central College Cardinals, which has won both of its games by a margin of 75-7. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. kickoff in Naperville, Ill.

FOOTBALL

WHEATON 55 w WU 14

BY JOSHUA GOLDMANSPORTS REPORTER

Bears can’t take the Thunder

Wide reciever Michael Casper catches the ball for a touchdown during the Sat. Sept. 15th game vs. Wheaton.

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Sophomore Ellen Bruegge spikes the ball during the Fri. Sept. 14 game vs. Juniata. The volleyball team put up a tough match against the #1 seated Juniata team.

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Caitlin Malone continued to lead her team offensively this weekend. The junior, who had a hat trick on Tuesday, scored the game-winner in both of Washington University’s soccer teams’ (7-0) wins this weekend. The Bears defeated the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1-5) 4-0 Saturday before beating Loras College (3-4) Sunday 2-1 in overtime Sunday at the Lo-ras College Classic in Dubuque, Iowa.

“Caitlin has been fantas-tic and has really stepped it up,” said sophomore defender Cassie Scaman. “She works hard and can fi nish, which is something we struggle with.”

Saturday’s game against the University of Wisconsin-Osh-kosh was all Wash. U. Playing without Oshkosh’s starting keeper, Malone began the Bear’s scoring drive early, fi nding the net in the 16th minute when she headed in sophomore Lib-by Held’s free kick. Sophomore Becca Heymann completed the fi rst half scoring drive three minutes later with an assist credited to Lauren Mehner.

Senior Marin McCarthy started the second half with a goal in the 48th minute. Class-mate Abbey Hartmann and Malone both assisted. Sopho-more Caryn Rosoff completed the Bears’ scoring drive in the last minute of the game, beat-ing out Oshkosh’s goalie in a one-on-one situation.

Senior Carrie Sear and ju-nior Amanda Boe split time in goal to record the Red and Green’s fourth shut-out of the season. Sear recorded three saves while Boe recorded four. The defense played another stifl ing game, allowing just 12 shots.

“The backs have been phe-nomenal at converting good

opportunities and beginning lots of drives,” said head coach Wendy Dillinger

Sunday’s game proved to be much more exciting against home team Loras College. De-spite a scoreless fi rst half, the Bears played well.

“We came out strong in the fi rst half, which has not always been the case. We just could not get anything in the net,” said Malone.

The scoring began early in the second half when Loras’s Katie Ryan scored after a scramble in the box on Allison Sanyi’s free kick. Despite domi-nating the game offensively, it looked like the Bears were on the verge of their fi rst defeat when Scaman sent a long cross down the fi eld in the 87th min-ute. Heymann jumped up for a header and sent the ball into the net, forcing overtime.

“We had so many opportu-nities to score but the ball just kept hitting the post or going over the net or getting stopped until Becca scored,” said Malo-ne of the Bears’ 23 shots in the game. “Loras had been re-ally excited until we scored and then the bench just got silent. The momentum switched.”

Seven minutes into over-time, Malone came through for the team yet again. She took a pass from sophomore Elyse Hanly and scored her team-leading sixth goal of the year, as well as her eighth career game winner.

“The way we came back was incredible,” said Scaman. “Our intensity, determination, pas-sion and mental toughness re-ally came through.”

Despite the near loss, the team remained positive.

“We played really hard the entire game and were just un-lucky fi nishing,” said Dillinger. “It showed a lot of character to come back in the last two min-utes and win the game.”

WU 4 w WISCONSIN–OSHKOSH 0

WU 2 w LORAS 1

BY TRISHA WOLFSENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

Bears come from behind to remain undefeatedv Win two over the weekend

See MEN’S SOCCER, page 8