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October 6 . 2006

NNEELLSSOONN BBAARRRREE

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Just how far does $50,000

toward bringing national acts to

Wabash?

Hootie and the Blowfish may

or may not be the selection of

the majority at Wabash College.

Saturday night’s concert will be

a statement made about who

really wanted that band. There

has been talk among all those

involved that Hootie is not what

the campus wants. Considering

the options, there is not much

else out there at that price.

“I’m not sure who they would

want,” assistant football coach

and advisor to the Senior Coun-

cil Activities Committee

(SCAC) Steve House said.

“Someone might suggest Jimmy

Buffett, but he’ll only come for

$165,000. Someone asks for the

Black Eyed Peas, but they cost

$200,000.”

Prices of most semi-popular

artists can be as outrageous as

that or even higher. The only

possible way of using that much

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

HOOTIE GUITARIST MARK

BRYAN TALKS TO

BACHELOR, PAGE 10

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SCAC Struggles to Pick National Acts

Chapel Sing

LEFT:All Chapel Sing participants sing “Old Wabash” one last time before the winner is

announced. RIGHT:A Sphinx Club member grills a Sigma Chi pledge during Chapel Sing.

Lambda Chi Alpha won this year’s Chapel Sing competition kicking off the weekend of

Homecoming traditions and celebrations.

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money, however, would be the

consolidation of funds into one

big spring National Act.

The problem, according to

SCAC co-chair Chris McNi-

cholas ’07, is not with deciding

on whom to bring, but rather

timing. Most artists that come to

Wabash are already in the area,

on tour, so the College does not

have to pay extra for travel

expenses, which it could proba-

bly not afford. Bands’ schedules

are set up long before planning

begins for National Acts, so the

Senior Council Activities Com-

mittee has to work with who is

available.

Some students complain that

they have no input in the selec-

tion process. The problem has

been addressed in the past by

Blackboard votes.

“We had the Blackboard vote,

and that brought rap and hip-hop

to the front,” House said. “So,

we brought Twista and the

Roots. Both concerts were poor-

ly attended.”

The budget is used each

semester to bring the best, most

affordable National Act. Unfor-

tunately, the pricing of stages

and lighting has gone up in

recent years.

“We pay about $12,000 for a

stage and lighting now versus

the $2,400 we spent in 2000,”

House said.

The selection is based pre-

cisely on the $63,000 budget.

This only allows for a small

amount of leeway for the SCAC

in selecting the National Act.

“We bend over backwards for

the National Act,” House said.

“The complaints should be

addressed, but what we’ve tried

hasn’t worked.”

Previous Wabash National

Acts have used the entirety of

the budget, such as last semes-

ter’s two shows (Pat Green and

O.A.R.), the Roots, Twista, and

Chevelle. None of those con-

certs were well attended. On the

other hand, Ben Folds was a

sell-out and used the entire

budget.

McNicholas pointed out that

since the Senate does not have

nearly as much money as some

of the other concert promoters

around, the SCAC tries to keep

ticket prices low. In some cases,

not all the money needs to be

spent for National Acts, which

seems a better solution to the

problem.

“In 2000, we brought Outkast

for $30,000,” House said.

“Lewis Black was $29,000, and

I thought he was worth it. We

could get Bill Cosby for two

shows for $50,000 but they did-

n’t like that idea.”

The options are out there for

all sorts of National Acts. The

timing simply needs to work and

students need to realize the

tremendous amount of work

necessary to make the concert

work. Everything has to be

planned and prepared long in

advance and that takes a lot of

time and money. The idea is to

provide a good social weekend

for students and all other coming

to campus.

Expectations are high for

Hootie and the Blowfish. Need-

less to say, the outcome of atten-

dance at the concert will be a big

“I told you so” for whichever

side is right.

Only preliminary planning

has begun for the next National

Act. House and McNicholas

hope to get this weekend out of

the way before thinking about

another one.

College Celebrates Homecoming Traditions

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WABASH ‘10

As the reverberation of “Dear

Old Wabash” has filled the cam-

pus, Homecoming week has

finally been observed at

Wabash.

As Ross Dillard, Secretary-

Treasurer of the Sphinx Club,

said, “Homecoming has been a

big part of our traditions and has

changed over time. What you

see today, though, mirrors in

many ways the same feeling and

purpose as Homecoming com-

petitions over 100 years ago.”

On Tuesday, college archivist

Beth Swift presented “Wabash

History 101,” a brief presenta-

tion about some of the figures

and traditions in Wabash history.

They included Byron K. Trippet,

the class fights, and Wabash’s

architecture a hundred years

ago.

As usual, the Sphinx Club has

taken the responsibility to add

another chapter to the Home-

coming week tradition. Home-

coming activities will picked up

their momentum on Thursday

morning with Chapel Sing at

11:10 am at the Chapel.

There will be a chant compe-

tition between the pledge classes

and independent teams around a

bonfire on Friday at 9 p.m. The

chant competition has developed

relatively recently as a newer

component of Homecoming. It

replaced a much older tradition

of all freshmen parading around

a large bonfire in their pajamas

the night before Homecoming.

The event would conclude with

a parade around the city of

Crawfordsville.

On Saturday morning, the

Sphinx Club Rhynies will start

grilling at the football game at

about 10 a.m. Wabash men are

expected to tailgate and walk

around the houses to see the

floats that will be done by then.

Saturday’s events will also fea-

ture judging of the living unit

floats during the day. There will

also be judging of the banners

and queens during halftime of

the football game.

Dillard said, “the homecom-

ing queen tradition is about as

old as Wabash itself, dating back

to the Glee Club’s honorary

queen in the early 1900s. The

tradition changed forms over the

years, featuring real women

from other colleges in the late

50s, early 60s, and returning to

the male queen model in the late

60s and forward. The banner

competition has been a part of

homecoming for at least the last

15 to 20 years.”

The Sphinx Club also

revealed that the float judging

has been going on since the

1920’s, when fraternities would

have their “decorations” out for

Homecoming. For a time, the

Student Council judged the

floats, then it was taken over by

the Sphinx Club in the early

30’s. Today, the Sphinx Club

elects a panel of faculty judges

to decide whose float is the best.

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Hootie

COURTESY OF HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH

Hootie & the Blowfish will play Chadwick Court Saturday night. An

opening act begins at 8, and Hootie takes the stage at 9.

“We bend over backwards for the National Act.

The complaints should be addressed, but what

we’ve tried hasn’t worked.”

Steve House, Student Activities Coordinator

News • PAGE 3

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Senior Joe Cooper felt left

out after hearing his Classics

major roommate talk about the

Classics department’s honor

society, Eta Sigma Phi. Cooper

decided that the English depart-

ment needed a forum for dis-

cussion and outreach. He and

other English majors

approached Professor Warren

Rosenberg, chairman of the

English department, in the

spring to sponsor a chapter of

the international English honors

society, Sigma Tau Delta, at

Wabash.

Rosenberg, who accepted the

role of sponsor, gives credit to

the students saying, “It is a stu-

dent run group.” Students such

as Cooper have big plans for

the encouragement of English

literature on campus and in the

community. The society hopes

to begin a book club for all stu-

dents to “promote greater inter-

est not just in reading literature,

but in thoughtful analysis and

discussion,” said Cooper. Cur-

rently happening is a tutoring

program with local high

schools in which one member

of the organization goes for two

periods to give students indi-

vidualized attention for their

English studies. The high

school students will receive

quality help because only

strong English scholars are in

Sigma Tau Delta.

The requirement for mem-

bership in a chapter can vary,

but for now the chapter here

will follow the basic interna-

tional guidelines. One must be

an English major or minor,

have taken two English cours-

es, have a 3.0 GPA in English,

rank in the top 35% of one’s

class, and complete 3 semes-

ters. This deterred few as

Rosenberg noted “It’s exciting

that a group of students this

large was interested.” Sigma

Tau Delta inducted ten students

for its inaugural year. There are

usually less than twenty Eng-

lish majors per class.

Benefits for society mem-

bers are numerous and beyond

the average mundane resume

booster. There are annual

national conventions and

chances to hear world-

renowned authors speak, not to

mention the scholarship money

awarded to members. Rosen-

berg hopes the excitement of

current members possess will

be “handed on to help build the

next generation.”

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at the Bachelor are looking for candid photographs taken by you

– the Wabash community! It’s our way of saying “This is

Wabash!” Of course, we don’t want a random photo of a ‘long

night’ or overly-partied weekend. Those should remain exclu-

sively on your Facebook profile. We want the real Wabash. We

are looking for photos that express the personalities that make up

this campus. And please remember, we want newspaper-worthy

photographs…Myspace is Myspace for a reason! Rise up to the

task, Wabash, send us your photos! How else will know who you

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Found your photo? Send your photos to Jesse James – no, it’s

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Disclaimer: Submissions must be in digital format. Submis-

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name and graduating class of those photographed, and a small

description detailing the picture. All photographs and comments

sent-in for submission will be selected and printed at the discre-

tion of the Bachelor staff and its editors. Photos must not contain

acts that degrade persons based on ethnicity, religion, sexual ori-

entation, or gender. The Bachelor staff has the right to refuse the

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Candidly Wabash

PAGE 4 • opinion

October 6, 2006

The voice of Wabash since 1908

The Bachelor

The B

achelor’s opinion

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Nelson Barre STUFF EDITOR

Rob Fenoglio MANAGING EDITOR

Adam Hawkins

NEWS EDITOR

Royce Gregerson OPINION EDITOR

Patrick Smith SPORTS EDITOR

Aaron Parrish

Kissinger’s Cut-and-Run

There are nights, under the

harvest moon, where a Christian

soul will not venture out of the

cozy security of their home. The

warmth of the hearth seems far

more appealing than the

windswept wasteland of the out-

side world, with blue-suited

highwaymen of sorts lurking in

the deeps of the night to waylay

any poor fool who crosses their

mustachioed glare.

That’s right, campers, it’s

election season. Despite Mark

Foley’s follies with those (appar-

ently) ever-so-irresistible juve-

nescent political wonks, the

major issue of this election will

likely be terrorism. I was sad,

too: moral hypocrisy is more

fun. I suppose I could stick to

less than two hundred words and

say that anyone who equates

anti-imperialism with pro-terror-

ism is either willfully dense or

worse than a fool. However, the

Patrick Smith you’ve come to

know would never do that.

So, your humble-enough

author decided to spend some

time with that great neo-conser-

vative, Henry Kissinger. Not

really. I assume that the august

Dr. Kissinger is far too busy

being Cardinal Richelieu to

Bush’s Dauphin, or is it Robe-

spierre to the National Assem-

bly, to spend much time with one

such as myself. In any event, in

his quest (like McNamara before

him) to gain some measure of

historical absolution, I doubt

that the good professor would

mind my interpretation.

I doubt he’s read much Son-

tag, if that’s the case.

You see, dear reader, on Sep-

tember 10, 1969, Dr. Kissinger

sent a memorandum to then-

President Richard Nixon detail-

ing his prospects for the Vietnam

conflict. The National Security

Council saw fit, nearly thirty

years after Saigon fell, to declas-

sify this document in 2002. The

online magazine, Slate, pub-

lished this damning document as

part of its “Hot Document”

series. In any event, never let it

be said that Alaskan glaciers

don’t move faster than the

“national security state.” Since,

for various reasons, Iraq is my

generation’s Vietnam, I thought

it apt to give you a sampling of

the memo.

With my commentary, of

course; after all, it is my article.

Kissinger began with an

alarmingly frank assessment of

U.S. strategy in the conflict,

“While time acts against both us

PATRICK SMITH

OPINION

EDITOR

“This pattern of action

seems clearly to indi-

cate a low-cost strate-

gy aimed at producing

a psychological, rather

than military, defeat

for the U.S.”

Henry Kissinger, 1969

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Bachelor

Deserves

Council Representation

The Bachelor has received

some criticism recently to the

effect that it is out-of-touch with

student life. Most of the criti-

cism shows a fundamental lack

of understanding about both

what is “newsworthy” and how

a newspaper is assembled. Of

course, the attacks also reference

“dynasties,” (long-term editors)

the very phenomenon towards

which they are directed, as

examples of an “in-touch” publi-

cation.

Too often, groups on campus

assume everyone else is fully

aware of their events and initia-

tives. That, simply, is not the

case. Furthermore, the prolifera-

tion of all-campus e-mails

makes it difficult for anyone

(including reporters and editors)

to decide what is important and

of broad-based interest.

This isn’t just a problem for

the Bachelor. There are many

meaningful, valuable, and fun

events on campus that do not

receive the publicity they

deserve. If the campus intends to

live up to the ideals of conversa-

tion set out at the beginning of

the term by President White and

Dean Phillips, then there needs

to be openness about both issues

and activities.

The Bachelor does not have a

seat on the Senior Council,

which was (ostensibly) created

to foster cooperation and discus-

sion between major groups on

campus. Alpha Phi Omega, for

example, does have a seat.

That’s not to say that the Bache-

lor deserves a seat, but it is to

suggest that the Council and

Student Senate should consider

such an addition.

However, it is our opinion

that the campus needs to include

the Bachelor at a more funda-

mental level than the one cur-

rently assigned to it.

To say the Bachelor is “out of

touch” without possible solu-

tions or volunteers at our door is

counterproductive. So, as an

attempt to enter “the know” the

Bachelor asks for a seat on the

Senior Council.

TThhee IIssssuuee::

The Bachelor is accused of

being out-of-touch.

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The Bachelor should have

a seat on the Senior

Council, which was created

to facilitate communication.

Share Your Voice!

Send your opinion columns and letters to the editor to the Bach-

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and our enemy, it runs more

quickly against our strategy than

against theirs.” Clearly, the aca-

demic foreign policy experts

knew as early as 1969 that an

insurgent campaign doesn’t con-

cern itself with time. It is diffi-

cult to defeat an enemy that does

not answer to a legislature or an

electorate.

More to the point, he recog-

nized that a guerrilla or insur-

gent campaign was a relatively

cheap way of achieving long-

term strategic victories. In fact,

referring to “‘high point’ flurries

activity,” he remarked, “This

pattern of action seems clearly

to indicate a low-cost strategy

aimed at producing a psycholog-

ical, rather than military, defeat

for the U.S.” So it goes. Terror-

ists could not defeat the United

States in a pitched battle, but

they could break the will of the

American people to continue

fighting a non-linear conflict.

The Nixon strategy of Viet-

namization, making a comeback

with Bush’s star chamber, also

met with Kissinger’s realistic

criticism. He noted, “I do not

believe that ‘Vietnamization’

can significantly reduce the

pressures for an end to the war,

and may, in fact, increase them

after a certain point.” Anyone

who can put aside his role as a

partisan hack for a moment can

see this is trivially obvious. If

the people of Iraq (or Vietnam

or, eventually, I suspect, Iran)

are being given more responsi-

bility, then the logical thing to

do is to withdraw.

Speaking of withdrawal, a

major issue thanks to one of the

last patriots in Congress, Rep.

John Murtha, Kissinger address-

es graduated “redeployment.”

Even a right-wing ideologue like

Kissinger recognized, “With-

drawal of U.S. troops will

become like salted peanuts to

the American public: The more

U.S. troops come home, the

more will be demanded.” The

American people are, if nothing

else, eminently sensible. Call it

Yankee economy. The Bush

administration will, if it cares

about keeping its lapdog Con-

gress firmly on the cushion,

begin limited withdrawals.

However, it doesn’t make much

sense to bring a few regiments

(or even a whole division) home

and leave the rest to find out

whom God really loved more.

Kissinger also saw problems

with the then-government of

South Vietnam under President

Thieu: “Thieu’s failure to

‘broaden’ his government is dis-

turbing […] because these

politicians clearly do not believe

that that Thieu and his govern-

ment represent much hope for

future power.” The Iraqi govern-

ment, by no means a broad-

based coalition, represents a

similar problem. The groups

most-needed in the various

councils, committees, and

assemblies will not join, as they

do not see the new republic last-

ing very long.

There, in alarming clarity, are

all the problems confronting the

United States in Iraq: non-tradi-

tional warfare, a nation increas-

ingly opposed to the war, and a

puppet regime whose strings are

ever closer to being snipped.

Kissinger’s conclusion was, in

essence, that the policy of “stay

the course” was untenable. Such

a direction requires real, con-

crete progress. Vietnam was not

producing such results for

Nixon, and Iraq is not producing

such results for Bush.

The Vietnam conflict dragged

on for six years after Kissinger’s

memo, finally ending with the

fall of Saigon in 1975. After

nearly forty years of seeing that

this situation does not work, and

over thirty since the most obvi-

ous failure, it’s time to realize

that “cut-and-run” is not a syn-

onymous phrase for “accepting

the inevitable.”

Vietnam was not pro-

ducing such results for

Nixon, and Iraq is not

producing such results

for Bush.

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Kissinger Keith Olbermann: The New

Edward R. Murrow?

I say the following as a het-

erosexual man in a happily

committed relationship: if it

were physically possible, I

would have Keith Olbermann’s

babies.

As those who follow poli-

tics most likely know, former

President Bill Clinton

appeared on Faux News (also

known as Fox News) on Sept.

22, supposedly to spend the

first fifteen minutes of the

half-hour interview talking

about the Clinton Global Ini-

tiative, his newest project.

Professional sleaze-ball Chris

Wallace, however, didn’t stick

to the agreement. (For those

of you wondering why I would

call Wallace a sleaze-ball, this

man said, in all seriousness,

that his father, journalist icon

Mike Wallace, had become

senile and should be commit-

ted because he criticized the

Bush administration.) Wal-

lace, after spending maybe

five minutes talking about the

CGI, then threw in this gem:

“When we announced that you

were going to be on Fox News

Sunday, I got a lot of e-mail

from viewers. And I’ve got to

say, I was surprised. Most of

them wanted me to ask you

this question: Why didn’t you

do more to put bin Laden and

Al-Qaeda out of business when

you were president?”

Now, Mr. Clinton responded

strongly to this question, and

he should have. This is a ques-

tion on par with “Have you

stopped beating your wife?”

There is no right answer. Clin-

ton answered angrily, but elo-

quently, and said, long-story

short, that he did what con-

gress and the military allowed

him to do. This led to many

headlines proclaiming that

Clinton “snapped” or “threw a

hissy fit.” That’s where Olber-

mann comes in.

Former Sportscenter anchor

Olbermann has had a show on

MSNBC for a few years now.

I will admit, I haven’t watched

much of it. But I will now.

When I saw his response to the

Fox News-Clinton run-in,

though, Olbermann became

one of my most respected

newscasters. For those inter-

ested, a complete transcript is

available at MSNBC’s website

as well as a video.

I would recommend the

video, if at all possible. You

will see that this is a man

speaking from his heart. This

is a man whose passionate rage

burns in all the right places.

This is a man with a point, and

a damn good one at that. He

opens, “Our tone should be

crazed. The nation’s freedoms

are under assault by an admin-

istration whose policies can do

us as much damage as al

Qaeda; the nation’s market-

place of ideas is being poi-

soned by a propaganda compa-

ny so blatant that Tokyo Rose

would’ve quit.” And who can

disagree? How much further

are we, as a people, going to

just roll over and take it?

Olbermann goes further,

though. Straight to the top.

“Moreover, for the last five

years one month and two

weeks, the current administra-

tion, and in particular the Pres-

ident, has been given the great-

est ‘pass’ for incompetence

and malfeasance in American

history!

“President Roosevelt was

rightly blamed for ignoring the

warning signs—some of them,

17 years old—before Pearl

Harbor.

“President Hoover was cor-

rectly blamed for—if not the

Great Depression itself—then

the disastrous economic steps

he took in the immediate after-

math of the Stock Market

Crash.

“Even President Lincoln

assumed some measure of

responsibility for the Civil

War—though talk of Southern

secession had begun as early

as 1832.

“But not this president.

“To hear him bleat and

whine and bully at nearly

every opportunity, one would

think someone else had been

president on September 11th,

2001 — or the nearly eight

months that preceded it.

“That hardly reflects the

honesty nor manliness we

expect of the executive,”

Olbermann said.

Harsh, but so true. “But if

his own fitness to serve is of

no true concern to him, per-

haps we should simply sigh

and keep our fingers crossed,

until a grown-up takes the job

three Januarys from now,”

Olbermann continues.

He then proclaims George

W. Bush a coward, saying that

he is not brave enough to make

such accusations on his own,

but rather has organizations

such as the Swift Boat Veter-

ans and Fox News do his dirty

work for him. Olbermann

goes on to attack Chris Wal-

lace himself, saying “And

don’t even be professional

enough to assume the respon-

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Now, Mr. Clinton responded strongly to this

question, and he should have. This is a ques-

tion on par with “Have you stopped beating

your wife?” There is no right answer.

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sibility for the slanders your-

self; blame your audience for

“e-mailing” you the ques-

tion,” and “Then again, Chris

Wallace might be braver still.

Had I in one moment surren-

dered all my credibility as a

journalist, and been irre-

deemably humiliated, as was

he, I would have gone home

and started a new career sell-

ing seeds by mail.”

As furious as he seems,

though, Olbermann finds yet

more rage. He speaks of the

ABC “mockumentary,” The

Path to 9/11. The show

claims that the Lewinsky

scandal distracted Clinton

from Osama bin Laden, and

thus allowed 9/11 to happen.

Olbermann says, with what

little restraint he has left,

“And of course, were it true

Clinton had been ‘distracted’

by the Lewinsky witch-hunt,

who on earth conducted the

Lewinsky witch-hunt?”

He goes on, but I see that I

have rambled for some time.

Suffice to say, though, Keith

Olbermann has it right. “You

[Bush] did not try. You

ignored the evidence gathered

by your predecessor. You

ignored the evidence gathered

by your own people.

Then, you blamed your

predecessor. That would be a

textbook definition, Mr.

Bush, of cowardice.” We

have seen, and Olbermann

cites, example after example

of cowardice out of this

administration. The only

member of the gang that had

any balls, Colin Powell, was

fired (his “resignation” was

merely semantics, I promise

you). I leave you with the

same question Olbermann left

his audience with, though I

broaden it to all who support

the current regime. “Are

yours the actions of a true

American?”

Regrettably, and obviously,

this question is more rhetori-

cal than anything else. In a

media environment full of

administration-pandering,

Olbermann asks. Even when

he knows the answer.

The Evolution of the Pop Song

On August 19th, 2006, the

musical artist Fergie lived the

dream of every pop star since the

days of young, pompadoured

Frank Sinatra, bobby-socks and

all: she had a number one single.

Her song, “London Bridge”

(quite different in every way

possible from the ancient chil-

dren’s nursery rhyme as you will

soon see) was the top song on all

the major music charts: Bill-

board, iTunes and the U.K.’s

“Top of the Pops” to name a few.

Looking on the “Top of the

Pops” website recently, I found a

link to their archives, and decid-

ed to see what the number one

song was on August 19th 1966,

exactly forty years prior to Fer-

gie’s triumph with “London

Bridge”. The top song that week

was the classic Beatles ballad

“Eleanor Rigby” from their

album Revolver [perhaps my

third favorite album of all-time

following London Calling by the

Clash and John Wesley Harding

by Bob Dylan. (Well, maybe

John Wesley isn’t THAT high on

my list, but hopefully it got Dr.

Webb’s attention at the least) ].

Anyway, I decided it’d be

intriguing to compare the lyrics

of the two songs to see how pop

songwriting has evolved over

forty years. The conclusions I

came to are to follow.

“Eleanor Rigby” is one of

Paul McCartney’s great song-

writing masterpieces. Though

attributed to both Lennon and

McCartney (as the two had

agreed years before), the song

was basically Paul’s work. It is

a beautiful and melancholy

musical tale, telling the story of

a lonely young woman who

spends her life picking up after

weddings:

“Eleanor Rigby picks up the

rice from the church where a

wedding has been. / Lives in a

dream… / Wearing a face that

she keeps in a jar by the

door.Who is it for?”

Her fortunes regrettably do

not better as she ages, and she

ends up dying without any com-

panion or friends:

“Eleanor Rigby died in the

church and was buried along

with her name. / Nobody came.

Father McKenzie, wiping the

dirt from his hands as he walks

from the grave. / No one was

saved.”

Add producer George Mar-

tin’s innovative eight-person

string orchestra, and it makes for

a composition that chills the soul

even today. Truly, it is the defi-

nition of a pop masterpiece.

Now, let’s examine “London

Bridge”. Indeed, when com-

pared to Eleanor Rigby, one will

find a fair share of differences.

Let’s delve deeper into some of

these lyrics for a more accurate

analysis. We’ll start with the

song’s popular chorus, which

must’ve taken an insane amount

of energy, brain power and natu-

ral poetic talent to come up with:

“How come everytime you

come around, / My London,

London bridge, wanna go down

like, / London, London, London,

wanna go down like, / London,

London, London, we goin’ down

like…”

What is Fergie attempting to

convey? Is this a social criti-

cism? Some sort of philosophi-

cal observation? Unfortunately,

I myself cannot decide, due to

the fact that I don’t even under-

stand what the hell the chorus

lyrics mean at surface level.

Now before we make any

rash and premature conclusions,

it’s only fair that we examine a

few verses from the song. Per-

haps one of these will be easier

to understand:

“All my girls get down on the

floor, / Back to back, drop it

down real low / I’m such a lady,

but I’m dancing like a ho /

‘Cause you know I don’t give a

f—-, so here we go!

“Grey Goose got your girl

feeling loose. / Now wishin’ that

I didn’t wear these shoes. / It’s

like everytime I get up on the

dew, / Paparazzi put my business

in the news.”

Here is the bridge:

“Aah, da, da, da, da, do, do,

do, do / Me like a bullet type,

you know they comin’ right /

Fergie love ‘em long time, my

girls support right?”

These lyrics are a little easier

to understand. I would write the

conclusions I’ve come to regard-

ing what Fergie is trying to con-

vey with these words, but my

insight would likely not be

appreciated in a respected col-

lege publication. Let’s just say

she won’t be getting an honorary

degree in Fine Arts from Bob

Jones University any time soon.

Yes, as a huge Beatles fan,

I’m very biased. Before this

article was even finished, I knew

I would side with McCartney’s

masterpiece. “London Bridge”

has its moments of lyrical bril-

liance though, and if I had to

watch someone dance provoca-

tively with a stoic Coldstream

Guard in the “London Bridge”

music video, I’d stick with Fer-

gie rather than replace her with

Sir Paul (even though he IS the

cute one of the Fab Four).

Mr. McCartney has defeated

Fergie in this first battle of the

lyricists. However, I advise him

not to let his guard down,

because I have no doubt that Ms.

Fergie has just begun her devel-

opment into one of the finest pop

lyricists and performers we’ve

ever seen. 40 years later? Hell,

we’ll be talking about Fergie and

the brilliance that is “London

Bridge” for centuries to come!

So chew on that and digest it,

Sir Paul! (and Eleanor).

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Is this a social criticism? Some sort of philo-

sophical observation? Unfortunately, I myself

cannot decide, due to the fact that I don’t even

understand what the hell the chorus lyrics

mean at surface level.

The 2006 Benjamin A. Rogge Memorial Lecture

Who: Dr. Douglass C. North, 1993 Nobel Laureate in Economics

When: Friday, October 6th, at 5 P.M.

Where: Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center

What: “The Natural State or Why Effective Economic Reform is

so Difficult to Achieve.”

stuff • PAGE 7

October 6, 2006

The Bachelor

Does anyone else remember

WarGames? It was a movie from the

eighties about hacking and artificial

intelligence. In it, a whiz kid hacker

dials into a military computer, thinking

he is playing a game. His “game” of

global thermonuclear war almost starts

World War III.

The final scene of the movie, an icon

of nuclear war in general, shows a com-

puter playing through every possible

offensive in a nuclear attack on a wire-

frame map; the lines arc across the map,

making little white explosions along all

coasts, until finally the computer decides

that “The only winning move is not to

play.”

Defcon, by Introversion Software, is

directly inspired by this scene. In it, you

play one a continental superpower in a

world slowly counting down to nuclear

war. You place silos, radar, airbases, and

fleets in such a way as to maximize your

destructive potential while protecting

your most important cities.

As the time counts down from Defcon

5 (peacetime) to Defcon 1 (full-scale

nuclear war) you have plenty of chances

to make alliances, strike up deals, and

ultimately kill millions of people in a

flash of fallout.

Many things about Defcon set it apart

from the usual real-time strategy fare.

For one, the game relies purely on your

strategic (and political) ability. At any

time you can slow the game down to a

crawl, which allows time for discussion,

threats, and assigning of targets when it

comes time for slinging the nukes

around.

This feels authentic because the game

design resembles a wireframe map itself;

beyond simply looking pretty, it gives

you the feeling of being in some control

room miles below the Earth’s crust,

deciding the fate of millions of lives.

The dynamic soundtrack adds haunting

touches of children coughing, computer

fans humming, and nuclear winds blow-

ing at just the right moments; it gives

you a feel for the gravity of your deci-

sions.

Playing Defcon requires more than

simply making good movements on the

map. To succeed, you must make

alliances, threats, and generally get

inside the heads of your opponents.

The chat interface allows you to pri-

vate-message other people in the game,

as well as a channel made especially for

alliance chats. Games are won and lost

on if and when you decide to betray an

ally; double-crosses can often put you in

the lead.

This game plays amazing in a LAN;

you can chat with each other both in-

game and out, which further heightens

the paranoia factor. You can call cease-

fires while chatting to another player

about organizing a mass attack. Then,

when the time is right, the world

explodes.

Perhaps the most interesting thing

about this game, though, is the company

itself. Introversion is a development

team of seven people. That’s it. No big-

budget games, no high-end graphics, no

big-name licenses; they just make great

games. They are living proof that video

games don’t have to cost an arm and a

leg to be great.

Defcon retails for $17.50, and can be

bought through both Steam

(www.steampowered.com) and the

Introversion website (www.introver-

sion.co.uk).

A demo has been available since Fri-

day, September 29th. If you play and

end up liking Defcon, I suggest you try

their titles Darwinia and Uplink, both of

which have earned much critical

acclaim.

In short, I cannot recommend this

game enough. If you enjoy any form of

political or military intrigue, this is the

game for you.

Defcon: A Game of Diplomacy and Nuclear Domination

AUSTIN CROWDER

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COLUMNIST

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BROCK’S EYE VIEW

BROCK JOHNSON:

Each week throughout the semester, Johnson ‘07 will

record what he sees around Wabash and elsewhere.

Contact him at johnsonb@Wabash.edu

October 5, 2006 The Bachelor

It’s an exciting thing to wander around campus late at night

with a camera in hand — especially just days before Home-

coming. A different side of Wabash is revealed under a full

moon.

Totally void of administrative supervision and encouraged

by group mentality, creativity takes on many forms. Some

activities can be photographed, and others are better off for

Public Affairs to be documented only in the minds of college

students. Whatever the case, Dr. Blix’s Chapel Talk must have

been well attended. Thymos runs rampant.

From float building to Chapel Sing rehearsals to pledgeship

rituals, no evening is uneventful. I encourage any and all with

an adventurous spirit to roam the brick pathways late at night—

that is when the voice of Wabash past echoes the loudest.

Work & Thymos

BROCK’S EYE VIEW

news • PAGE 9

October 8, 2006

The Bachelor

BROCK JOHNSON:

Each week throughout the semester, Johnson ‘07 will record what he sees around

Wabash and elsewhere. Contact him at JohnsonB@Wabash.edu

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October 6, 2006 The Bachelor

It’s widely believed that if an artist

wins the Best New Artist Award at the

Grammys, they will be cursed and dis-

appear into oblivion a year or two later.

It was true for many of the winners.

Remember Paula Cole (1998), Shelby

Lynne (2001), or Mark Cohn (1992)?.

But it doesn’t ring true for all winners.

For example, Mariah Carey won in

1991; Sheryl Crow in 1995; and Crosby,

Stills and Nash in 1970. All of those past

winners are still making music today

and selling millions of albums.

Hootie & the Blowfish, on the other

hand, have managed to stay somewhere

in between, in a sort of limbo. They won

the Best New Artist award in 1996 and

had huge success with their first studio

effort, Cracked Rear View, released in

1994. It was an instant hit, selling over

16 million copies in the United States

alone and becoming the best-selling

album of that year.

The band has not disappeared into

complete obscurity. They continue to

tour for their sixth studio album, Look-

ing for Lucky, and do gigs all around the

country. They are no one-hit-wonder,

though. After the massive success of the

four singles from Cracked Rear View

(“Hold Her Hand,” “Let Her Cry,” “I

Only Wanna Be With You,” and

“Time”), they continued their success in

1996 with their second album, Fair-

weather Johnson, which went 4-times

platinum (4 million copies). It was a far

cry from the 16-times platinum certified

Cracked Rear View, but 4 million copies

was by no means a failure.

The band then released Musical

Chairs in 1998, which went platinum.

Two other albums were released; one in

2000 (Scattered, Smothered, and Cov-

ered) and another in 2003 (Hootie & the

Blowfish). Although neither could reach

the success of the first three studio

albums, they produced modest singles.

All of those recordings reaching the top

25 in the Adult Top 40 and the Adult Top

40 Contemporary Billboard Charts.

Even though Hootie & the Blowfish

have never been able to reach the same

height of popularity that they achieved

in 1995, they still have many loyal fans

and continue to make music.

Bachelor: Are you guys on tour right

now supporting your newest album,

Looking for Lucky, or has that already

wrapped up?

Mark Bryan (lead guitarist): We are

still touring. Actually, we just put out

our first live DVD with a live CD called

Live in Charleston. It’s our first [live

CD] in ten years.

Bachelor: During this tour, what is

your performance list? Is it mainly

newer stuff or is it focused more on

Cracked Rear View and Fairweather

Johnson material?

Bryan: It’s a good combo. We pick

songs that represent each album. We

have fans from different age groups so

we try to mix it up with recordings from

all of our albums. We even play the song

“Hey Hey What Can I Do” that we did

on a tribute album to Led Zepplin.

Bachelor: Since Cracked Rear View,

how has Hootie & the Blowfish evolved

as a band?

Bryan: Everyone has gotten better at

their instruments and writing craft. As

you grow, you mature and friendships

grow. We have kids, so we have gotten

to the point where there is less partying

and more family. A lot is still the same,

though. We still have the drive to do

this.

Bachelor: Where does the band draw

inspiration from?

Bryan: Our inspiration comes from a

few bands, but our main ones are Pete

Townshend of The Who and Bruce

Springsteen; both for their songwriting.

Our two biggest inspirations are R.E.M.,

from the early days. They are the reason

we became a band. We aspire to be like

U2. They are the greatest rock band on

earth. Their sound is unbelievable. They

are what every rock band should aspire

to be.

Bachelor: Your music has sometimes

been compared to the likes of Train, but

who do you think your music is most

comparable to?

Bryan: I think our music is just

Hootie & the Blowfish. We have many

elements. We have such luxury with a

singer like Darius because we can do

any style and he can sing over it. He has

an amazing voice. We did a song for

Frank Sinatra on his 80th birthday. [Dar-

ius] sings all kinds of music and we

sound like Hootie at the end of the day,

particularly because of his voice.

Bachelor: Most people don’t know,

but you guys have still been releasing

CDs and have had some success on the

Adult Top 40 Chart and the Adult Con-

temporary Chart. Radio is now a monop-

oly because the same artists are getting

played over and over again. Do you

think that has contributed to lesser expo-

sure for Hootie & the Blowfish?

Bryan: We are dinosaurs with radio.

If we don’t get played we go somewhere

else. It’s all about touring right now.

Bachelor: You guys are big golf nuts.

Have you been able to play around with

any pros, and what is one player that you

wish you could have a game with?

Bryan: I really like Fred Couples. I

haven’t played with Jack Nicklaus, yet. I

am such a big fan. I never got the chance

to meet him and would love to. We love

all sports. We even have a fantasy foot-

ball team. It’s four band members and

six crew guys. I have Peyton Manning

[laughs].

Bachelor: Everyone always brings

up “Only Wanna Be With You,” mainly

because it was your biggest hit as a

band, but why do you think it and the

album, Cracked Rear View, were so

massively successful? And after that ini-

tial success, did the band have feelings

of “how do we top ourselves?”

Bryan: We had no idea how we had

that success. For that CD we had no for-

mula going in. It was just a phenome-

non. That album happened to hit at the

right time. From the get-go we knew we

couldn’t top ourselves … only 20

albums sold more than 16 million

copies. We didn’t fool ourselves. We just

strive for longevity.

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October 6, 2006

The Bachelor

Chapel Sing 2006

Top Left: Ben Tritle listens to the Delta Tau Delta

pledge class near the end of Chapel Sing.

Bottom Left: Josh Coons tests Miguel Aguilar’s mettle

while singing “Old Wabash.”

Bottom Center: Tony Caldwell hassles a freshman

with his cigar.

Bottom Right: A freshman shows his mark of shame

after failing to correctly sing “Old Wabash.”

Photos by Steve Abbott ‘09

“The Elephant Man” at Wabash

The story of a man marred by a deformity and shunned by society - Joseph Merrick,

played by Spencer Elliott ‘10, is taken under the wing of surgeon Frederick Treves, Matt

Goodrich ‘09. Treves takes Merrick into the hospital during his final years. It brings

questions of society and how to look past the surface to find the inner beauty as well as

looks at corruption and religion versus science. It is a story of isolation and the state of

humanity.

“The Elephant Man” will be performed in Ball Theater through Saturday evening

each evening at 8 p.m.

Spencer Elliott ‘10, as Joseph Merrick, shares a handshake with Jennifer Johansen as Mrs.

Kendal in “The Elephant Man.”

Photo by Steve Abbott ‘09.

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October 6, 2006 The Bachelor

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NEWS EDITOR

The fate of Kingery Hall

remains in limbo as college

administrators, contractors,

and insurance representatives

grapple with the costs of

restoring or replacing the

building.

“The major hold up is the

insurance settlement,” said

Larry Griffith, Wabash’s

Chief Financial Officer.

“There is a difference of opin-

ion between the insurance

company and the contractor

representing Wabash as to the

actual projected cost of what

it will take to restore the

building to its previous condi-

tion.”

Kingery Hall was the

biggest victim of a violent

thunderstorm in April of last

spring. The storm took down

several trees on campus,

including one very old and

large white oak. The storm

ripped the roof off Kingery,

and it has been closed since

April.

Before the storm, Kingery

housed a computer lab and the

offices of several emeritus

faculty members. That com-

puter lab is closed, with sev-

eral of the computers now in

other labs.

Kingery also enjoys a long

history with the College. It is

the oldest academic building

that remains in its original

location. Beginning in 1854,

it served as a preparatory

school for the College, a pro-

fessor’s home, a dormitory,

and a campus infirmary.

About two weeks ago, the

College administration was

close to making a final deci-

sion on the fate of the build-

ing. However, the failure of

the contractor and insurance

company to come to an agree-

ment has prevented any reso-

lution on the matter.

“It looked like we would be

moving toward demolition of

Kingery,” President Pat White

said Monday. “We may still

move in that way, but we are

looking at some other options.

The next few days will tell us

if not the final decision, the

timetable for such.”

Griffith explained the con-

fusing nature of the ordeal.

“We hope to know in the very

near future of its outcome.

However, we have been hop-

ing to know for some time. It

is still a confusing issue.”

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still move in that

direction, but we are

looking at some other

options.”

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Second Annual

WABASH Day

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

This year is the

second annual WABASH

Day, which is held across

the country. Alumni con-

struct ideas for community

service to be done in the

fall. Hundreds of

Wabash men are expected

to come out again across

the country this year to

support the cause. Last

year, a large number of

alumni across the country

helped to better their com-

munities through commu-

nity service.

From east to west

coast and everywhere in

between, there are commu-

nity service projects being

planned for WABASH

Day. Projects will take

place at Bloomington,

Indianapolis, Marion,

South Bend, and other

Indiana cities. Outside the

state, projects will take

place at Cleveland, Den-

ver, Chicago, Houston,

Minneapolis, and other

cities. Projects include

working with Habitat for

Humanity, local family

shelters, and other agen-

cies. Even here in Craw-

fordsville there’s an oppor-

tunity to participate in

WABASH Day.

If you are around

during fall break (Oct. 14

and 15) and would like to

help out, please contact

Larry Frye

(fryel@wabash.edu) or

Mike Warren (war-

renm@wabash.edu).

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Distinguished author and

Professor of Classics and Politi-

cal Science at Stanford Univer-

sity, Dr. Josiah Ober gave his

lecture, "Choice, Knowledge,

Commitment ... and Democra-

cy" to a packed crowd Monday

night.

The lecture was the 2006

Brigance Forum Lecture, jointly

sponsored by the Rhetoric and

Classics Departments. Dr. David

Timmerman, Professor of

Rhetoric began the evening by

briefly describing the man the

lecture was named after, the

esteemed professor William

Norwood Brigance. Professor of

Classics Joe Day then took the

podium to welcome the speaker

of whose work he said demon-

strates "acute observations about

the way things were." Ober was

described by Dr. Day as "walk-

ing historian and classicist" as

well as a "student of political

philosophy and political sci-

ence."

A tall man with a friendly

demeanor, Ober took the podi-

um to discuss a topic which

weaved together Classics and

Political Science. Or, as Day

joked during his introduction, it

demonstrated some practical

advice that can be gleaned from

the Classics.

Ober’s presentation centered

on the central question of

whether a democracy was the

best suited system to preserve

liberties, while competing with

other markets in other countries.

In his opinion, the answer is a

resounding yes. He listed asser-

tions made by many political

theorists regarding the nature of

democracy including claims that

democracies "further values of

freedom, equality and dignity,"

as well as that they "promote tol-

erance for political dissent"

among many others.

The key to really great

democracies Ober shared, was

that the "deliberative body is by

its very nature self-correcting."

As he stressed throughout his

presentation, democracies are

not simply "rule by the majority"

but rather allow full civic partic-

ipation for its members so that it

can accurately represent its con-

stituency.

One question Ober presented

early on was, "Can democracies,

by and for the people complete

militarily and economically?"

Not only did he again assert that

they could, he suggested that

one needed to only look at

Athens to find such proof.

The examination of the

ancient polis resulted in a dis-

cussion of network theory. The

idea, explained Ober, was

premised on the idea that "latent

knowledge dispersed across the

organization is hard to get at."

Therefore democracies, when

functioning at their optimum

need to members with both

strong network ties, close friend

and family, and weak network

ties, like acquaintances. It is

only with the combination of the

two that interconnected net-

works can grow and information

can freely flow between a peo-

ple.

Ober concluded his lecture

and explanation of network the-

ory by resolutely iterating that

democracies, "can compete,

when done right, with authori-

tarian regimes while preserving

values we hold dear." And

often, he admitted with a smile,

it does a better job.

The Brigance Forum lecture

is an annual public lecture or

debate is endowed by the Brig-

ance family, friends and former

Ober Discusses Democracy, Liberty

BROCK JOHNSON | WABASH ‘07

Dr. Josiah Ober speaks with students following his lecture Monday,

“Choice, Knowledge, Commitment ... and Democracy.”

The Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men

Says

Good Luck to Football against the Gators

Good Luck to Soccer against Hiram

Congratulations to Lambda Chi in Chapel Sing

Good luck to all Freshmen in

Homecoming Competition

Wabash Always Fights

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Cross Country Improves

AASSHHLLEEYY SSTTEEPPHHEENN

WABASH ‘07

Two weeks of training,

two weeks for improvement.

The performances from

this past weekend were evi-

dence that the Red Pack is

improving, living up to the

team’s mantra of “every day

in every way, we’re getting

better and better.”

On Friday, the top seven

runners for the Red Pack

traveled to South Bend to

compete in the Notre Dame

Invitational. Wabash finished

22nd in the Gold Division

race with a score of 581

points. Calvin, the nation’s

top-ranked Division III team,

won the Gold Division, scor-

ing only 31 points.

Sophomore Sam Comp-

ton-Craig led the Little

Giants at Notre Dame. He

finished the race in 97th

place in a time of 26:30.

Senior Dustin Beck was the

second man for the Red

Pack, finishing only four sec-

onds behind Compton-Craig

in 103rd position.

Junior Geoff Lambert

(130th), freshman Micah

Milliman (143rd), and junior

Matt Maher (160th) complet-

ed the team scoring for

Wabash at Notre Dame.

On Saturday, the rest of

the Red Pack traveled to

Earlham to compete in the

Earlham Invitational. The

reserve runners from Wabash

totaled a score of 299, which

gave them a 10th-place fin-

ish as they beat three teams.

The reserves from Butler

won the meet with a low

score of 31 points, while

Rose-Hulman was second

with 94 points.

Sophomore Hugh Jackson

led the Wabash contingent at

Earlham. He finished in 31st

place in a time of 28:45. The

Red Pack’s second man was

freshman Sam Prellwitz, who

crossed the finish line in

62nd place in a time of

30:27.

Senior Nathan Bates

(86th), junior Tim Rickard

(101st), and junior Josh

Vaughn (121st), all new to

the Wabash cross country

team this year, rounded out

the scoring members of the

team at Earlham.

Nearly all of the Wabash

athletes competing on the

Earlham course for the sec-

ond time this year ran better

times than they did during

the GLCA Invitational on

September 9, 2006.

“I think the team showed

improvement all around,

times don’t lie,” Hugh Jack-

son said. “We’ve been work-

ing harder than I have ever

experienced and I can’t wait

to see how much more we

can improve.”

Echoing Jackson’s

thoughts on improvement,

Nathan Bates said, “It was

my easiest 8k yet.”

“As a team we are improv-

ing, and it is good to see a

result for some of the hard

work,” Sam Compton-Craig

said. “I say some because

there is still much more work

to be done.”

The Red Pack next com-

petes at the Manchester Invi-

tational on October 14, 2006.

Two weeks later, on October

28, 2006, the cross country

team will travel back to Earl-

ham to compete in the NCAC

Conference Championships.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIETTA ULTIMATE

Wabash alumnus Nate Price rips down a disc over a Marietta defender at Wabash’s season opener.

Sports • PAGE 15

October 6, 2006

The Bachelor

AAAARROONN PPAARRRRIISSHH

SPORTS EDITOR

This past Saturday, the

Wabash Ultimate Disc club

hosted its season opener on the

practice football fields. The

Penultimate Showdown of

Ultimate Destiny was a four-

team, one-day round robin

which saw Wabash show great

promise for the weeks ahead.

Rose-Hulman sent two

teams to the tournament, and

took first and second place

with said teams. Wabash took

third place, and Marietta

rounded out the list at fourth.

Even though Wabash did not

win the tournament, the team

showed good things. The team

played well together as a unit,

and did a good job of moving

the disc until the “red zone,”

where impatience started to set

in. With some time and more

experience, though, that will

hopefully be remedied.

The other teams also

enjoyed their time at Wabash.

“The Wabash tourney was of

the most fun we have attended

in quite some time,” Claire

Reintgen, captain of the Mari-

etta squad, said. “We really

weren’t expecting much less

than a wonderful time, because

we’ve played with the Wabash

team before and they have

always been one of our

favorites.”

Wabash opened the day

playing Marietta, and won the

game 15-7. From there, they

played Rose-Hulman X, and

played a much better game

than the score showed, losing

15-8. Rose-Hulman X would

go on to be the champions of

the tournament. To end the

day, Wabash started off well

enough, going into halftime at

8-5 against Rose-Hulman Y,

but fatigue set in, and the team

could not muster a score in the

second half.

The disc team will take a

weekend off for homecoming,

and then be away for the next

three weekends. Over fall

break, the team will travel to

Columbus, OH, to compete in

Fall Brawl, a 32 team tourna-

ment that promises to be both

challenging and a blast. The

weekend after that, the team

will travel to Denison to play

in a tournament that Wabash

looks to place very high in.

After that, the team will make

their annual trek to Winona,

MN, to play in Hallowinona,

which is quite possibly the

most fun tournament in the

nation.

For anybody interested in

joining the disc team, there is

no experience requirement or

any other barrier to entry. The

team only asks that you come

to practice once in a while

(Tuesdays and Thursdays at

4:30 on the mall).

Disc Team

Starts Season

“The Wabash tourney

was of the most fun

we have attended in

quite some time. We

really weren’t

expecting much less

than a wonderful

time, because we’ve

played with the

Wabash team before

and they have always

been one of our

favorites.”

Clair Reintgen, Marietta

CCHHUUCCKK SSUUMMMMEERRSS

WABASH ‘10

The tough breaks and bouts

of inconsistency continue to

plague the Little Giant soccer

team, who dropped their

eighth loss to Allegheny this

weekend, 4-1. Sophomore for-

ward George Padgitt wasted

no time, scoring 1:31 into the

game. However, the goal

would be evened a mere 23

seconds later when Alleghe-

ny’s Mark Dobish settled the

score with a quick goal of his

own. “We got out of the gate

quick, and then we let them

score right after,” Padgitt said,

who has scored a goal in each

of the past three games.

“We’re not consistent enough.

Mistakes here and there just

kill our momentum.” The loss

brings the team’s season

record to 1-8-1 overall, 0-2-1

in conference.

The shining point of the

offense over this stretch has

certainly been Padgitt, who

has scored the only goals over

the three- game stretch. He has

five goals on the year. “I’m

just trying to do what I can,”

Padgitt said. “I’m just trying to

keep playing hard even though

things aren’t necessarily going

real well.”

Defensively, the team has

struggled, giving up seven

goals in the past three games.

Padgitt believes the problems

are not rooted in the team’s the

system or the defensive play-

ers. “We definitely have the

personnel to get it done,”

Padgitt said, who stressed that

the goals are not always due to

poor defense. “A lot of times,

the defense is just put in a

tough position. I could have

made a bad pass, then they’re

on a breakaway, and the

defense has no chance.”

Despite struggles, the team

looks to stay focused and fin-

ish strong in North Coast Ath-

letic Conference play. “Every

game is a new chance to turn

everything around,” said

Padgitt, who believes the team

needs to improve it’s connect-

edness from the defense to

middle to offense, as well as

capitalizing. “We’ve had too

many missed opportunities.

When you have six good

chances to score, one goal’s

just not going to cut it,” said

Padgitt.

The team continued its

NCAC conference play

Wednesday against nationally

ranked Ohio Wesylan. The Lit-

tle Giants will host Hiram Sat.

at 11:00 a.m.

Soccer Scoring

Woes Continue

COURTESY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Wabash’s George Padgitt makes a move on Kenyon’s George Perry, a

Crawfordsville native. Padgitt has scored the past 3 games.

Poor defense and lack of

scoring lead to another

disappointing outing for

the Little Giants.

“I’m just trying to do

what I can. I’m just

trying to keep playing

hard even though

things aren’t neces-

sarily going real

well.”

George Padgitt, Wabash ‘09

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WABASH ‘08

The Wabash College football

team will look to extend its win-

ning streak to four games this Sat-

urday for homecoming against the

Allegheny Gators.

The Little Giants are coming

off an impressive 48-15 win over

conference foe Earlham. One of

the keys was to shut down NFL-

scouted Justin Rummel, and they

did just that, holding Rummel to a

season-low in passing. Wabash

also had interceptions by Bell,

Peterman, and Lehman.

Wabash’s offense had a very

productive day, putting up 48

points against Earlham. The Little

Giants effectively spread the ball

around Saturday and got everyone

involved. Dustin Huff was 10 of

14 in passing on the day. Billy

King and Bobby Kimp were the

Giants leading rushers on the day

and combined for 168 yards of

rushing. Once again the offensive

line played a dominating game.

Allegheny comes into the game

at 3-1 after defeating Denison last

Saturday. Their only loss of the

season came in a 22-10 decision

against a very tough Washington

and Jefferson team. Since entering

the NCAC Wabash is 3-3 against

Allegheny. The two teams have

had some very close games.

Allegheny last won the conference

title in 1993 and is the only team in

the NCAC to have won a Division

III national title in recent history.

For Wabash the key this week

will be for the offense to continue

producing points the way it has.

Allegheny is ranked 1st in the con-

ference in total defense and pass

defense. Wabash must hang onto

the ball this Saturday. Allegheny

has taken the ball away from their

opponents 14 times in only 4

games this season, while only giv-

ing up 4.

The key for the defense will be

stopping quarterback Jimmy Sav-

age and returning running back

Mario Tarquinio. Savage threw

for almost 300 yards last Saturday

and Tarquinio rushed for almost

100. It is shaping up to be an excit-

ing and important game this week-

end.

The game is moved back an

hour because of the homecoming

festivities. Kickoff is set for 2:00

p.m. Come out and enjoy what is

sure to be an amazing atmosphere

and even better game. COURTESY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Thomas Bell intercepted Justin Rummel’s first pass of Saturday’s game.

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