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By and for the students of Hobart and William Smith Colleges November 17, 2006

Issue 10

NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

Sports Editor

Campus Happenings

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Eliminating Early Decision

The New Trend Among Top Colleges

Mike Kaplun ‘08 This weekend, November 17 and 18, Hobart and William Smith Colleges are hosting the 2006 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship. Both the semifinals and championship will be played on McCooey Field. The field hockey action begins Saturday at 11 a.m. with Ursinus taking on Lebanon Valley. Ursinus earned its trip to championship weekend by beating number one-ranked Cortland 2-1 in the quarterfinals. The other semifinal features Bowdoin versus Messiah. Bowdoin comes in following a 3-1 quarterfinal victory over William Smith last weekend. Start time for the game is scheduled for 2 p.m.

The NCAA Division III Field Hockey National Championship will be decided on McCooey Field Sunday, November 18 at 1 p.m.

Prior to the championship game on Sunday, you can catch some of the best field hockey players in the nation face-off against each other in the NFHCA Division III Senior All-Star Classic. The all-star competition commences at 9:30 a.m. on McCooey Field. Among the senior

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Harvard. Princeton. The University of Delaware. UNC. These are just some of the big name schools that in recent months have decided to drop their early decision admissions option.

Early decision is a binding agreement between an individual and a school. If the student is accepted, he or she is obligated to attend that school.

There are many advantages to the early decision option. If a student is absolutely certain of their first choice, it makes sense to apply early to one school and not have to deal with the application process four or five different times. Early decision is also beneficial to the student because the deadline is much earlier, in November as opposed to February. This way, if a student isn’t accepted to his or her number one school through early decision, he or she still has time to apply to more schools through the regular admissions cycle. However, there have been many negative aspects associated with the early decision process. There has long been the

all-stars featured in the classic is William Smith’s Sophie Dennis. In her senior season, Dennis recorded a team-high 70 points while leading the Liberty League champion Herons to the NCAA Quarterfinals. Dennis finishes her career with an incredible 217 total points. Congratulations to Sophie and the entire William Smith field hockey team on another fantastic season.

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assumption that applying early to a school equates to a higher likelihood of being accepted, especially among top ranked schools. School administrators want to do away with those conceptions and create a somewhat more even playing field among applicants. Harvard President Derek Bok stressed that “early decision programs tend to advantage the advantaged,” noting that by eliminating this program, they hope to widen and diversify their applicant pool.

Hobart and William Smith Director of Admissions John Young agrees with their decision, saying, “I can absolutely see why they did it.” He says that Harvard, Princeton, and other colleges dropped early decision in part to discontinue the trend that seems to favor the wealthy. He mentioned that dropping early decision will heighten the chances for students who are economically or educationally disadvantaged to be admitted to these schools.

Young says his overall concern with early decision is the “pressure students feel” when

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applying to colleges, and that hopefully eliminating early decision in some of these elite schools will alleviate anxiety among applicants. He stresses that if students feel early decision is the right step for them, they should choose this option “because it’s [their] first choice, not because it’s competitively advantageous.”

In terms of the early decision process at HWS, in which the deadline passed just this week, Young says that we cannot compare ourselves to these large and elite schools.

Harvard and Princeton lag in diversity compared to us, and they also rely on their early decision process for sometimes half of their admitted applicants.

While HWS had a record number of early decision applicants last year, 231 applicants, it still averaged to about 25% of the class actually enrolled. Young believes this is a strong number, and says that he hopes “that number would stay the same or go up a little” but doesn’t foresee any major changes.

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Opinion-Editorial

The Soapbox “

Quote of the Week:

Political Activism at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Note: the Herald does not have any official political affiliation, and those opinions expressed below are not necessarily those held by the staff. The Herald agrees to publish as many submissions from as many different viewpoints as possible.

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Starting this issue, the Debate team will periodically introduce highly debatable topics on campus, and present an argument for both sides. So make sure you look out for these intellectual and amusing features!!!

Scenario: After willfully consuming an entire bottle of Vodka on the first floor of Durfee, Jack is awakened by a police officer stating that he is under arrest for some criminal action that he had committed. Assuming that Jack is in fact guilty of the crime, should he be punished considering he was inebriated?

Arguments presented by Brandon Carmack ‘07 a drain so he takes a cab. On his PUNISH Jack! Argument: able action has led to such cases way home, Bob hits and kills a Jack should be held responsible as these to be dismissed in legal pedestrian. John is pulled over because he willingly chose to hearings. Likewise, Jack was as and taken to jail for drinking and place himself in an intoxicated equally, unwillingly unconscious driving, and nothing happens state and therefore accepts all the as the sleepwalker and neither to Mark. Although these three responsibilities that accompany foresaw the consequences of gentlemen are seemingly guilty for different crimes, they are acthis. Furthermore, Jack is re- their actions. sponsible for all the foreseeable DON’T PUNISH Jack! Ar- tually all equally responsible for consequences that accompany gument: Jack should not be their immoral action. All three intoxication including doing punished because he was not experienced different amounts stupid things (who hasn’t woken in a proper state of mind when of luck that resulted in different up and asked yourself “what committing the crime. It is only scenarios. However, all three the hell was I thinking?”). The moral to punish individuals that should be punished equally as fact that most individuals are act as moral agents (those who their intent was the same. They conscious of stupid actions ac- are conscious of their actions). should all be punished for irrecompanying intoxication makes This is one reason a society may sponsible drinking, not the result them liable for these foreseeable choose not to punish a lion that of their actions. The same could and highly likely consequences. attacks a human in the wild (al- have happened to any three of An example of this would be the though many societies would). them and as a result of dumb liability of all drunk drivers.

Because the lion is unaware that luck, two of them faired better DON’T PUNISH Jack! Re- he is doing a morally wrong ac- than the third.

PUNISH Jack! Response: sponse: Although Jack will- tion, he should not be punished. ingly chose to place himself in Likewise, the mentally incapaci- There is an inherent difference an intoxicated state, he did not tated are not held accountable for between those who are temchoose to place himself in a the same rational. Although Jack porarily insane not as a result state of perceived unconscious- should not be held responsible of their actions and those who ness. Additionally Jack may for his actions while uncon- are temporarily insane as a rerationally perceive drunk driv- scious, he should be punished for sult of their actions. Jack was ing as a potential risk (maybe excessive drinking without tak- temporarily insane as the result he hid his keys from himself) ing the precautionary measures. of a willful act and is therefore but the crime he has committed The problem is not that Jack different than say Andrea Yates. was not seen as a foreseeable himself poses a threat to society, Furthermore, luck exists in all consequence and because this but that Jacks uncontrollable ac- facts of life and just because crime was unforeseeable he tions pose a threat. Therefore, some people are “luckier” than should not be punished. Picture he should be punished for the ir- others does not mean that the this example—an individual responsible voluntary action and unlucky may blame luck for their who is prone to sleep walking not the unforeseen consequence. misfortunes. Although the three unknowingly beat his college Take this example—Three men gentlemen experienced three difroommate while in a state of get equally trashed in a bar and ferent scenarios, we as a society unconscious sleep. The fact that all go to get into their cars. Bob view Bob as more of a threat than the individual was unconscious heads east, John west, and Mark John and he should be punished, and that this was an unforesee- accidentally drops his keys into even if it is dumb luck.

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“Notable Quotables” Rebecca Dennee ‘10 Herald Reporter

What did you think of the results of the midterm election?

“I was sort of disappointed when going to bed on the night of the election because I didn’t think we [the democrats] would win the senate. It was a cool little present sort of like the tooth fairy in the morning.”

~Adam Goldstein ‘08 “I think it was an excellent exercise of a middle school popularity contest: pointless and stupid, nothing is going to get accomplished at all.”

~Riley Carmody ‘10

“I wasn’t really surprised. Politics has lost its meaning and voting is more against as opposed to for.”

~Kiatie Hendricks ‘07

“I am happy, this is a good change that I have been waiting for.”

~Collette Reny ‘07 “I am very happy because the republicans and the Bush Administration need a check on their polities and a democratic senate and house will propose other domestic and foreign policies. “ ~Professor Alan Frishman, Economic Department

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Letter to the Editor: We are writing this in response to the recent ranking of apathy from the Princeton Review, as well as the editorials that were previously published in the Herald. It has been said in previous editorials that “it is ok for people to not vote because it’s personal choice,” and another editorial discussed our “quiet consciousness,” asserting that while we may not be protesting in the street, we are active.

Instead of justifying or rationalizing this claim, we would like to confront it and show you the basis for this claim.

Let’s start by defining apathy; apathy means that we do not care about what is going on around us. There is a real lack of student involvement in both local and national organizations

on campus.

For our women’s studies class we were required to engage in a public intervention. We chose initially to focus on motivating female town residents to vote in the election, but as the project progressed, we realized that the group that we decided to ignore turned out to be the group of people that actually needed at-

tention.

We are talking of course about William Smith students. When we went into the project, we assumed that our fellow students would be conscientious in requesting absentee ballots and sending them in to the proper voting authorities.

As we began talking to people while tabling at Saga, we were proven wrong. Most students didn’t know there was an election, others forgot to request an absentee ballot and another group thought it was funny that we asking if they were voting and walked away without answering. A smaller group said that they already voted, and an even smaller group said that they were voting and said good luck

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Apathy: An HWS Reality

or seemed enthusiastic about it.

Brandon Carmack a senior at Hobart, conducted a small-scale study of the HWS student body in which he found that of the 150 survey participants, only 15% percent of them voted. Carmack found these results to be alarming to say the least. We also learned that the president of the BOTH the College Democrats and the College Republicans didn’t vote in this election. If that doesn’t convince you that change is necessary, please transfer. Just kidding, sort of.

There is no such thing as a quiet conscious. Either you vote or you don’t. Looking at the number of political science and/or public policy majors has nothing to do with the level of student involvement. It is easy to go through the motions of getting a degree; what distinguishes an engaged student body from an unengaged one is the level of participation. Voting is most definitely included in that.

We absolutely agree with past editorials that we as students have great opportunities to get involved that come with having a great president and well-connected services in the Salisbury Center, but that doesn’t mean that the majority of students are actually using these services and connections. We have access to internships, study abroad programs, connections to politicians and diplomats but these services are not fully utilized.

So the right response to our problematic rating isn’t justifying it, trying to find flaws in the survey process or accepting it.

The correct response is to change it. We have to go out and show that we are a passionate student body and that we do care.

In 1970, Hobart and William Smith Colleges were quite a different place. The Herald from the time covered a story in which HWS students were actively involved. In response to the shootings at Kent State, there were major student protests here; not only were students

involved on campus, but they cared so much about the cause that they were willing to sacrifice small other parts of their lives to show that.

They went on strike in the spring of 1970, staying back from class and other school sponsored activities to protest (that’s right, picketing signs and all). In this article, students were pleading that the faculty support a “suspension of academics” until the national “crisis (in Vietnam) was resolved.”

In 1970, the voting age was 21; that means these college students were eager to make change, and they couldn’t even vote. We now have the right to participate in our democracy and we still don’t. We have something to learn from these students that came before us.

We aren’t saying that we should necessarily be protesting in the streets, but their passion is to be commended.

So let’s fix this apathy, HWS. Don’t blow it off or leave it for someone else to do. Everyone matters and every vote counts.

So whatever excuse you had this year for not voting, change it. Don’t think that you have to wait until next year; whatever you’re passionate about, Google it when you go home and find out what is being done. We have all the resources we could ask for here and so few people are using them.

If you took anything from the campaign dinner, it should be that there is greatness all around you, and that success here can be defined in so many ways. Your time here is all about what you do with it. So why not spend a couple minutes getting involved? ~Julianne Panagacos ‘10 & Meredith Larrabee ‘10

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Arts and Entertainment To Offend and Enlighten John Heavey ‘09 Sports Editor

standard of American culture, a Virginian rodeo, Borat gets the crowd to yell and scream for his statement, “I support your war of terror!” and only a little less for “Let George Bush drink the blood of every man, woman, and child in Iraq!”

On a lighter note, however, Cohen evokes a Texas gun shop looking to these true colors through “defend from a Jew.” Frightslapstick shenanigans that ened by these evil Jews who will leave you gasping. The shape-shift into cockroaches viewer gasps for air from and won’t go away until laughter when Borat succeeds in entrapping Pamela Anderson in an authentic Kazakh “wedding sack,” but gasps in an attempt to keep the idea of vomit turning to sensation when he and his extremely obese assistant wrestle, and wrestle, and wrestle each other in complete, filthy nudity.

“Borat” will leave a viewer in disbelief on two levels; one, that Cohen has the fortitude to pull these pranks, and two, that the general cultural enlightenment of the American people HERALD COMPUCOPYis utterly embarrassing. In GENEVA CINEMA AD any event, the film pleases in its offense and is, without FRIDAY 11/17 2 COL X 4” a doubt, worth seeing. http://www.borat.tv/ms_blog/cannes.jpg

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

An equal opportunity offender, “Borat” makes an effort to insult and offend every race, religion, and creed of people. In doing that, this film pleases everyone.

This “mockumentary” created

by British comic/actor Sacha Baron Cohen follows the character of Borat Sagdiyev, a Kazakh journalist who travels to New York to explore the culture of the “U, S and A” for a documentary for former Soviet bloc television.

A character created by Cohen whom has been blessed with the world’s best poker face, Borat pokes and prods people all over the country until they show their true colors; and the best part is that no one else is in on the joke.

Upon first glance, the film comes off as a lowbrow, slapstick comedy that is geared toward bro-happy frat boys. However, after a viewing and examination, one can easily see that Borat, despite his broken English and confused diction, actually has something to say.

Beyond the obvious visual gags and screwball antics, Borat is able to achieve a high level of parody and satire that shows the ignorance and cultural dearth of all types of Americans. A Jewish man and Cambridge graduate who wrote his thesis on the involvement of Jews in the American Civil rights movement, one must believe that Cohen had ulterior motives when entering

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they have dollar bills thrown at them, Cohen is able to prove his point with the simple response of the Texas gun proprietor: Borat is directly handed a gold-plated pistol.

In further episodes, Borat initially presents his own stupidity and incapacity for cultural

congeniality only to set up a situation in which those Americans whom are supposed to be superior reveal their own ignorance. At a formal dinner party in a southern mansion, Borat brings a bag of his own poop to the table, insults the wife of the host, and mistakenly takes one of the guests as a “retard,” but isn’t asked to leave until he invites an African-American woman to the table. At yet another

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What’s Coming to Theaters?

Carly Cummings ‘10

a Wolverine movie planned for release in 2008.

If you are looking for a holiday movie there is Deck the Halls starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick, which looks like a slightly desperate blockbuster attempt, but may still have some good laughs. Buddy, DeVito’s character, has just moved into town and gets into an informal and rather violent Christmas

worry, this isn’t going to be a boring history film, it looks at 22 Due to the utter lack of Chick people who where in the hotel at Flicks and the sad selection in the same time, and the cast is simthe one theater at the moment, ply amazing, including Anthony I’ve decided to preview movies Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon coming up so you don’t miss anyStone, Lindsay Lohan, Elijah thing you want to see. I recently Wood, William H. Macy, Helen saw The Prestige, and I highly Hunt, Christian Slater, Laurence suggest seeing it if it doesn’t go Fishburne, Joshua Jackson, out of theaters this weekend. I Martin Sheen, Heather Graham, wanted to bring this movie to Ashton your atKutcher, tention and more. because As for the three a comedy, m a i n t o d a y ’s costars, release, Hugh Let’s Go Jackto Prison m a n , looks like Chrisit has pot i a n tential.

Bale, The main a n d character, Scarlett played Johansby Dax son all Shepard, seem to wants to be on get rea roll venge on right Phot courtesy of www.cinemagazine.ch a judge now.

Besides being in The Pres- display fight with Broderick’s who sent him to prison, so he becomes cellmates with his tige, Hugh Jackman is currently character, Steve. This movie nd lending his voice to Flushed also comes out on the 22 and son who was wrongly accused Away, and will also be lending may be good to bring a younger of a crime and put in jail. He his voice to Happy Feet which sibling to, so you can get in tortures his cellmate while he is comes out on the 17th. You’ve the winter holiday mood—at trying to deal with the difficulty of prison life. probably seen previews for this Thanksgiving as usual.

Also out on the 22nd is Denzel There is a promising mix cute-looking penguin movie, which also features the voices Washington’s new movie, Déjà coming out, so hopefully you of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Vu. This movie apparently has find something you enjoy over Brittany Murphy, Nicole Kid- some thing for everyone, since the holiday! man, and Hugo Weaving among Yahoo describes the genre as others. Jackman will also star in “Action/Adventure, Romance, The Fountain along side Rachel Science Fiction/Fantasy and Weisz. This movie looks really Thriller”. It looks like another interesting and really different. promising movie from WashIt focuses on one man’s thou- ington about the feeling of déjà sand-year journey to find eternal vu actually being real warnings life for the one he loves who is which send Washington on a dying. Three different stories journey to investigate what it all are all taking place at once, means in time to save hundreds and weave together to focus on of people’s lives.

Being widely released on the common themes. This will be rerd 23 (and previously released nd leased on the 22 , so go see it on in NYC and LA) is Bobby, the break, but go for the late shows political drama about the assasto avoid crowds. Jackman seems sination of Robert F. Kennedy dito be branching out and is more rected by Emilio Estevez.

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Ben Folds at Geneseo

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to sing background harmonies that are present on his albums.

The Activities Commission Geneseo’s show included memBoard of the State University bers of the audience acting as the of New York at Geneseo fea- members of the brass section for tured Ben folds as part of their big time favorite “Army.” Folds, annual fall concert series. The known to take live requests, sung event took place on Saturday, happy birthday to a member of November 11 in their sold-out the audience, after slipping once again into a different rendition Kuhl Gymnasium.

Ben Folds, a pianist of “Coach Paul Simmons” with from North Carolina, started his the use of his synthesizer. At music career with the Ben Folds one point in the act, Ben Folds Five in 1995. In 2000, the band jokingly shared his ring tones inbroke up and Folds took on a cluding the likes of “Trapped in solo career. His latest full album, the Closet” by R Kelly and “The Final Count“Songs for down.” Ben Silverman,” Fold’s opening reached act CornMo Number 13 was received on the Billwith mix reboard 200, views. Playing making it songs that exhis best pressed angstperforming filled childhood album on memories and the chart. awkward life Fold’s emsituations, his barked on thirty minute the “” that set was considincluded ered both crude Geneseo and amusing by in order to audience mempromote bers, and was his new EP, “Supersunwww.ithaca.edu played with use of an accordinyspeedo n a n d C a sio keyboard. graphic,” released on October 24.

The decision to bring

Ben Folds is known Ben Folds to the campus was to be highly interactive with made by the concert chairs of the the audience and frequently Geneseo Activities Commission. improvisational with his music during shows. His opening song Every semester, the school takes included an improv tune to Ge- a survey on which act they would neeseo’s Coach Paul Simmons, like to bring to campus. Folds, who apparently denied Folds who last performed in 2002, access to the fitness center before was selected from the decision the start of the show. In between of over 1,000 votes. Students sets, he was constantly provid- on campus were quoted saying ing side notes to the action, and that “Ben Folds was the highest continually worked the reference quality and best concert in a long into favorites such as “Army” time.” In addition, the concert and “Zak and Sara.” Folds is attracted several students in suralso known for his talks with the rounding college areas. crowd, and most of his shows include asking the audience Herald Reporter

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Sports

Hobart Soccer Concludes Season John Heavey ‘09 Sports Editor

wins, Coach Griffin hopes to use active recruiting to add to the solid core that has been built here.

Looking forward to next season, Griffin said, “Next fall, we hope to at least maintain. It is important not to let this level drop.” For 2007, by approaching every game like a championship, the team’s goals include to be in the top four of the Liberty League, winning their league, and then making it to the tourna® ment and moving on a little 2006 NCAA DIVISION III further.

Coach Griffin would like to thank the all those involved in the HWS community that supported Hobart Soccer this fall. November 17-18 To the staff, McCooey Field students, Geneva, New York and athletes, Coach Grif- Hosted by William Smith College fin extends For tickets call 315/781-3500 thanks for taking the sport of soccer to where it is at this school today.

Last Saturday afternoon, the 14th ranked Hobart College soccer team saw their NCAA Tournament run come to an end. Dealt a loss by second-ranked York College, The Statesmen’s season reached its conclusion.

“We always give credit to good teams,” said Head Coach Shawn Griffin. And without allowing any excuses, he continued, “We battled hard, but lost to a better team that day.”

The Spartans of York College (PA), who were 20-0-2 this season, took an early lead, jumping out 1-0 on the first of what would be two goals by Mike Baker. By halftime, the Statesmen trailed 2-0 as a result of another Yo r k goal in the 36th minute.

In the http://www.hws.edu/athletics/hobart/soccer/schedule.asp 6 3 rd minute, the game was put out The Statesmen concluded their of reach by Baker’s second goal of the game and seventh of the season with a 12-4-2 record, the season. Coach Griffin noted, “Not best finish since the 2003 squad to take anything away from those whom had completed the season who did play well and battled, but with 14 victories. Furthermore, we limped into that game and lost the .722 winning percentage of this year’s team is the best for to a better team.”

The limping of which Griffin Statesmen Soccer since 1992. speaks refers to injuries faced by Coach Griffin, however, does some of Hobart’s key players in not plan on letting this success the previous weeks. Sophomores go to the heads of his players.

Dan Riso and Phillip Schoeniger By focusing on consistency and were both hurt in the October 21st not allowing complacency with game against Union and were this season’s success, the team unable to play in the NCAA first hopes to take the next step forround win against Elizabethtown; ward by putting in technical and even in the game against York, physical work this off-season. says Griffin, they were only Also, building off of this season’s

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70%. Another big injury for the Statesmen was the loss of first year starter Tom Moulton who tore his MCL in the win over Elizabethtown.

“It was bittersweet,” recalled Griffin. “We were happy about the progress of Hobart Soccer, but it was a tough loss.” The Statesmen, who were top 10 in the country and number one in the Northeast for the majority of the season were all visibly upset by the season ending loss last Saturday. Coach Griffin summed up the reaction of the team by saying, “If you don’t invest a lot, it doesn’t hurt a lot. So by seeing how much the boys hurt after the loss, you could tell how much had been invested.”

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