Herald t h e
By and for the students of Hobart and William Smith Colleges VOLUME CXXX
November 10, 2006
Issue 9
Koshare To Perform Two Hobart Students Expelled
Caitlyn Schrader ‘10 Herald Reporter
It’s that time of year again. The leaves have started to change and slowly fall from the trees and the weather is getting colder. The signs hinting that winter is just around the corner are everywhere. Well, there is something e l s e that is quickly a p proaching, and that is the ann u a l K o share Dance Concert! Koshare is a nonexclus i v e student r u n dance collective that has approximately 130 student participants of all years and varying dance experience. This year’s show will have 23 pieces from 20 student choreographers including a variety of dance styles – there is something for everyone’s enjoyment. This
Campus Happenings Koshare SPACE ROCK
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year’s show incorporates pieces in Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Reggae, Belly dancing, Salsa, and African dance. “Koshare is an amazing collaboration of student ideas which have turned into varying and creative pieces,” commented Linds e y Farrell, K o share Board A d vertising a n d Fundraisi n g Coordinat o r. Board President Jessica Zippin also notes that people should come see Koshare because “dancing is fun and it’s a great way to support the arts on campus, as well as the astounding number of fabulous dancers involved this year, while
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Graffiti Sparks School Controversy and Response from Deans Trippe Duke ‘08 OP-ED Editor
Two weekends ago, during the Colleges unofficial celebration of Halloween, one of the most unfortunate sights in recent school history appeared on the door of a William Smith student in JPR. This defacement of school property went deeper than that however, with the content of the messages containing a series of sexually derogative and extremely racist comments regarding the William Smith student. This could not have come at a worse time for HWS, considering the Colleges are currently in
the midst of launching the largest fundraiser in school history, the Capital Campaign. The timing of this tasteless incident, as well as the appalling personal nature and hatred contained in the graffiti prompted a swift and decisive response from the Office of the Deans; the two Hobart first-years responsible fot the deed were expelled. Surprisingly, however, the expulsion of the two students responsible for this gross action has a few students here at the Colleges questioning the level of punishment they received. While most students agree that the two first-years responsible for this got what they deserved in being expelled from
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Accident on Pulteney Injures HWS Professor John Heavey ‘09 Sports Editor
On November 4th, at around 6 p.m., Carol Oberbrunner, Professor of Philosophy, was struck by a car while crossing Pulteney Street. “It was awful!” recalled sophomore David Hernandez, who witnessed the incident. “I was walking over to the field house and I heard a noise. I turned around and I saw someone on the road and a minivan with a
shattered windshield.” Immediately after the accident, Professor Oberbrunner was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. She suffered several lacerations, a fractured vertebra, and fractures to her pelvis. Despite these injuries, she is fully alert, and projected to recover fully in the coming months. Expected to be released in another week or so, Professor Oberbrunner will recover at home, and plans on being back to teach in
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school, there are some students who feel that the punishment was too severe. In fact, there is even a Facebook group in support of the reinstatement of these two individuals with almost 50 people in it at the time of print. The group refers to this case as a “doo-doo incident.” Some students go as far as to post on the wall of this group that the two students who were expelled are the “true victims of hate.” The appearance of this graffiti, which can easily be defined as a Hate Crime, as well as the response of some student’s raises the question of racism at HWS.
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the Spring Term. Responding to the incident, Dean Capraro remarked “As a dean and city councilor, I will do all that I can to facilitate dialogue among City officials (including Ward I Councilor Jackie Augustine, City Manager Rich Rising, and Police Chief Frank Pane), Colleges leaders, and local residents.” Considering this is not the first pedestrian accident on Pulteney Street, there are plans to remedy the hazards. Some thoughts include lowering the speed limit, adding lights, and improving signage, but as Dean Capraro continued, “as it runs through campus, closing Pulteney Street, in my view, would not be an option.”