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Inside: Board of managers advances strategic planning Controversial activists Yes Men on campus today Womens soccer first in centennial conference

Weighing Costs and Benefits

Controversial cuts to faculty and staff benefits are saving the college an estimated $400,000 a year. But the cuts have raised questions about the responsibility of the decision beyond finances, p. 5

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Brone Lobichusky picks up one of her six kills in the Garnet’s straight-set victory over McDaniel on Saturday.

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Sommelier alum explains culinary world

John Fischer ’81, in a talk on Monday, shared his thoughts on working in the culinary world, from bartending at Phi Psi to becoming associate professor of Table Service at the Culinary Institute of America. PAGE 3

Strategic planning recieves approval

Strategic planning, approved by the board of managers last weekend, will begin this month with the initial process of gathering suggestions about developing the future Swarthmore from the community. PAGE 4

Employee benefit cuts slash costs, raise concerns

Faculty and staff have expressed mixed responses to the changes in faculty and staff benefits, including healthcare, that the Ad Hoc Financial Planning Group and the Faculty/Staff Benefits Committee made last year. PAGE 5

missed section of the city

While Philadelphia’s Old City and Rittenhouse Square may be fun and exciting spots for students, Jen highlights the overlooked Clark Park near 49th Street Station and University City. PAGE 10

‘Social Network’ fails to meaningfully connect

Facebook may be a procrastination tool for many students or a way of connecting with friends, but who is behind this social networking site? “The Social Network” traces the website’s Harvard origins and the controversy surrounding co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. PAGE 12

Can the Yes Men truly fix the world?

The Yes Men, a controversial activist group will be holding a lecture and performance today as part of the Cooper Series. The Yes Men add a comical and satirical edge to issues like global warming, politics and corporate greed in their acts. PAGE 13

closer — or do they? PAGE 17

Consensus-building a smarter choice for worker power

Exploring the differences in worker representation between some Western European countries and the U.S., Peter believes the U.S. would greatly benefit from stronger unions. PAGE 18

Sports

All-undrafted defense: the best in football history

Tim looks at the best undrafted players in football history at each defensive and special teams position. London Fletcher or Bart Scott? Adam Vinatieri or Jan Stenerud? It’s hard to go wrong with a roster of these stars. PAGE 19

Field hockey picks up impressive victory vs. Arcadia

The Swarthmore field hockey team broke a two game losing streak Wednesday with a win at home against Arcadia in a nonconference matchup. PAGE 20

Unsigned artist releases new exploratory album Queer activist criticizes gay Unknown Component is the one-man band that features Keith Lynch will release his Giants in playoffs on back marriage campaign On Monday, queer activist Ryan Conrad eighth album “The Infinitive Drive” on Oct. of Huff’s rhinestone thong

gave a lecture defining his thoughts on the discourse of national gay marriage campaigns in the US and the equal stance the queer community deserves. PAGE 6

Living & Arts

Exploring the French countryside like a Parisian

Maki learns the Parisian art of partir en weekend (“to take the weekend off”) by exploring the idyllic French countryside.

But of course, no adventure vacation is without its mishaps. PAGE 9

12. John Oh reviews the new album. PAGE 13

Artist collective promotes student self-expression

The Zero Hour Artist Collective, spearheaded by Miyuki Baker ’12 and Anjali Cadambi ’13, aims to be a collective where students can use their artistic skills to communicate political and social messages. PAGE 15

Opinions

Hannah is thrilled that the San Francisco Giants are back in the postseason for the first time since 2003. What role did Aubrey Huff’s lucky underwear play in the playoff run and what role does the mental side of sports play in winning a championship?

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Despite tie, men’s soccer climbs in NSCAA poll

Though the Swarthmore men’s soccer team was held to a 1-1 draw by physical Gettysburg on Saturday, the team moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 in the national rankings. PAGE 22

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Gay teen suicides show we Garnet women tied for first have not made progress Battling the Swat plagues of Recently reported cases of gay teenagers in Centennial Conference committing suicide reflects a bigger issue After Saturday’s victory over McDaniel, colds, mice and sleep in our so-called progressive generation.

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Our hyper-technologized gadgets bring us

the Swarthmore women’s soccer team is now tied atop the Centennial Conference standings. In the 4-0 victory, Megan Colombo scored her 26th career goal, tying the program record set by Madeline Fraser ’94. PAGE 20

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EVENTS MENU Today Lecture by The Yes Men The William J. Cooper Foundation and the Department of Theater brings the prankster duo of Mike Bonnano and Andy Bichelbaum to the LPAC Cinema at 4:15 p.m. to talk about their activist hoaxes, which includes producing a fake New York Times heralding the end of the Iraq War. The group, which operates in Milwaukee, will explain how they use storytelling and multimedia in their entertaining exploits, in addition to bringing along props and unreleased footage.

Sommelier alum explains culinary world

Tomorrow The Yes Men activism workshop The Yes Men will be hosting a workshop in the LPAC Frear Ensemble Theater at 2 p.m. titled “Developing Performance Pranks for Social Activism,” in which the duo will discuss how to combine social activism and humor to bring awareness to serious issues not always discussed in the media.

Saturday, October 9th Woody Plant Seed Propagation De-Mystified!

The Scott Arboretum will host Shelley Dillard, the propagator for the Morris Arboretum, for a discussion of woody seed propagation and strategies for preventing their dormancy, at the Wister Center at 9 a.m.

Tuesday, October 19th Tap Your Passion: Values Dinner Sophomores are invited to attend a dinner on how to factor one’s personal values into career choice, in the Lang Center at 5:00 PM. Sign-up in Parrish 135.

Wednesday, October 20th KISS-Keys to Internship Success Come to SCI 101 at 12:30 p.m. for an information session on how to find and apply for a summer internship.

Khmer court dance and music Bryn Mawr College and the Swarthmore Dance Program will be hosting several events around campus over the next few days on art, dance, and culture in Cambodia.

The first will be “Master Classes in Classical Cambodian Technique with Khmer Arts Ensemble” at the LPAC Troy Dance Studio a 4:30 p.m.

How We Won Marriage Equality in Argentina Luciano Martinez, Assistance Professor of Spanish and Sexuality Studies Coordinator, will give a multi-media talk on the marriage equality victory in Argentina this summer. Come to SCI 104 at 4:30 p.m.

E-mail submissions for the events menu to news editor Linda Hou at rhou1@swarthmore.edu by Wednesday at noon.

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John Fischer explains to both students and staff how to get into the culinary world. For Fischer, it was first through experiences gained while bartending at Phi Psi.

BY JACQUELINE SMALL jsmall2@swarthmore.edu

It is not often that Swarthmore students envision a future in a busy restaurant kitchen, but John Fischer ’81 has spent his career in the culinary world as a chef and a sommelier.

Though he is now employed as an associate professor in Table Service at the Culinary Institute of America, the premier cooking school in the country, he has also written three books, “At Your Service: A Hands-On Guide to the Professional Dining Room,” “Bistros and Brasseries: Recipes and Reflections on Classic Cafe Cooking” and “Cheese."

On Monday, Oct. 4, in SCI 104, Fischer spoke to a group of about 15 students and members of the faculty about his experiences in the restaurant industry, and gave advice to several audience members who expressed interest in a career in the culinary world. He was invited by Career Services.

Fischer began the talk by giving a brief biography of himself. A psychology major at Swarthmore, he got his start serving people as a bartender at Phi Psi. He intended to enter the advertising field after graduation, but found that jobs were scarce. “No one was hiring in advertising in the early 80’s,” Fischer said.

Instead, he found a job bartending, then enrolled at the Culinary Insititue of America after a year on their wait list.

At the time, almost all applicants had to wait at least that long, because it was then the only culinary school in the country.

He specialized in beverage management and now teaches courses in his specialty at the Institute.

“Essentially, I’m a booze specialist,” he said.

During his education at the Institute, he said that his parents were skeptical about his choices, and thought he would be unable to make a good living. But since then, he said, it has become a much more respected career path.

“Cooking and food are part of our world and part of our culture now,” Fischer said.

Jennifer Barrington, assistant director of Career Services, said that she does not know the exact number of Swarthmore students who pursue culinary careers, but she is aware that several have.

“I think there’s something very ‘Swarthmore’ about it in that chefs need to have creativity and entrepreneurship.”

Fischer agreed and said that many stereotypical Swarthmore traits are important in the restaurant business. “It’s not all about the food and the flavors, or all about carrying 10 glasses in one hand, it’s about nurturing people. Everything else can be learned, but not nurturing.”

Fischer also talked about the kinds of personalities that work well as chefs. At first, he joked that “bipolar” personalities make successful chefs, but then said the opposite can also be true.

“It helps to be the calm in the storm. You should really know what you’re doing so you can be calm. A healthy form of OCD works well, too.

You need to have attention to detail, preparedness. You shouldn’t hate

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people, and you should want to enjoy taking care of people,” he said.

Several students asked questions about how to enter the field from the ground up. Fischer suggested watching quality cooking shows for fun. He advised the group to avoid Rachael Ray and Paula Dean, cringing at the memory of Dean’s hamburger with donuts as buns, and instead to opt for Alton Brown or PBS shows. He also recommended enrolling in a culinary school, though not one affiliated with Cordon Bleu, since those schools are now owned by a for-profit company and are unreliable.

Prospective chefs can also try to work at a real restaurant, preferably an eatery from their local city’s top 50 Zagat-rated restaurants, before continuing a formal education. He suggested that they should get an entry-level job at an eatery and offer to work for free.

“They’ll probably have to pay you for labor law reasons, but they’ll like you for offering to work for free,” he said.

Ben Schwartz ’12, who attended the talk and asked Fischer for advice starting his career in Berkeley, California, said in an e-mail that he loves to cook, and that the talk made him seriously consider it as a possible career path. “[He] was a delight to talk to and hear from. He was a thoroughly entertaining speaker, with a great sense of humor, and did a great job of tailoring his talk to the audience,” Schwartz said in an e-mail. “I'm not sure that I'll wind up pursuing a culinary career, but I find myself more and more drawn to the idea of culinary school after his talk.”

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Strategic planning receives approval

WEEK IN PICTURES

BY LAUREN KIM lkim1@swarthmore.edu

Allegra Pocinki Phoenix Staff

Devin Kkenny performs his experimental genius rap at Olde Club on Friday night with three other hip hop artists.

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Students enjoy an apple cider fountain and Reuben Canada’s Jin-Ja drinks at local foods night at Sharples on Tuesday.

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The Brazilian band, Minas, plays in the Midday Monday Concert Series in Lang Concert Hall on Monday.

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The college is now ready to launch its strategic planning process, aimed at enhancing the rigorous and supportive academic environment. Organizers are hopeful that there will be active participation by the community.

The Board of Managers approved the process in a meeting last weekend, in response to a series of recommendations about how to structure and implement developments. The procedure will start by gathering ideas and suggestions from the Swarthmore community for the next three to four months, and will continue with various committees discussing different areas of the planning process. Strategic planning will draw out Swarthmore’s future in 10 years, and set forth several major projects. Previously, those projects have included the construction of new instructional buldings, among other things.

“I hope students will participate and start thinking about what they think are the right questions to help develop Swarthmore,” President Rebecca Chopp said.

The task force’s recommendations, titled “Recommendations for Planning for the Future of Swarthmore,” and other materials are available for students to read on the strategic planning website, sp.swarthmore.edu. Also available is a space called “histories of the future,” which is open for students to share their visions of Swarthmore in 2020.

There are also lists of strategic planning committee members and details on the four working groups that each concentrate on one of four areas of focus: the mission, values and goals of the college; the future of knowledge and the ways in which knowledge is taught and learned; admissions, access and affordability; and alumni engagement and development.

The groups will start meeting immediately to gather information on student trends in the U.S. Examples of such information include what kinds of majors students want, what activities they are interested in and what kind of space they need. Other questions to consider are how students balance interdisciplinary knowledge and the effect of technology on education and development on campus.

There will be three main events as starting points for the strategic planning process. The first is a faculty meeting on Oct. 8 that will cover preliminary thoughts on the education.

Following this will be an all staff meeting on Oct. 20, which will cover the college’s key values, opportunities, challenges and the role of the staff in supporting Swarthmore’s educational mission.

More information about the two meetings is available on the strategic planning website.

The final event is a fireside chat with students to be held on Oct. 25.

Dean of Students Liz Braun expressed the greatest enthusiasm for this event, where Braun and Professor of Economics Stephen O’Connell will facilitate more discussion of

Swarthmore’s key values, opportunities and challenges.

“We’re looking to get as much involvement from community, especially from students, as possible,” Braun said. “It’s going to be a really exciting process and I feel very lucky to be here at Swarthmore during this time.”

But Chopp also highlighted the importance of looking beyond college boundaries.

“Every non-profit institution, including Swarthmore, has to pause and look at the big picture and ask itself what are the internal and external forces at work,” Chopp said. “We cannot ignore the broader world while focusing on the students and the effects of teaching.”

As such, the Strategic Planning Council will attempt to continue internal conversations concerning students and the college, but it has also asked the community to reflect on what they see as outer forces on education.

There has not yet been an official meeting to discuss the plans, but the council will undergo a process of planning new developments for the school, starting now and concluding on the tentative end date of December 2011.

Braun is part of the overseeing Strategic Planning Council. She is also co-convener, along with Maurice Eldridge, vice president for college and community relations and executive assistant to the president, of the working group focusing on the college’s mission, values and goals. Braun said that having “focal points” would be especially important to the group.

“The broadness of our working group’s topic is a challenge,” Braun said. “We’ll have to think about the big picture but also narrow in on key areas by looking through data-rich information.”

During February and March, the four working groups will form recommendations, which they will then submit to the steering committee over the summer. Once the steering committee reviews these recommendations, they will draft an initial plan to turn in to the overseeing Strategic Planning Council for its approval, after which it will go to the board of managers in a fall meeting in 2011. Assuming the board approves the plan, it will then be taken out to the community for further discussion.

Chopp was hopeful that the Ad Hoc Financial Planning Group, created in response to the “Great Recession,” would hold fundraisers and encourage donations from alumni, parents, and donors for funds to help fuel strategic planning.

Overall, one of the central goals that the Strategic Planning Council is working toward achieving is maintaining Swarthmore’s high-quality academics and supportive environment.

“I would hope that Swarthmore remains at the heart of things,” Reed Coke ’13, a student member of the overseeing committee, said. “I wish it would remain as vigorous, challenging and relevant to the contemporary world as it is now. It should continue being a place where students really get to pursue their passion.”

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care, although I worry about the unintended negative consequences it could have on folks. This is one we will have If Kae Kalwaic gets a gash on her to watch carefully,” Young said in an eleg, she doesn’t want to weigh the costs mail. of going to a clinic instead of the ER. The second change in health care But with recent changes to faculty and benefits for faculty and staff — the staff benefits, it’s a trade-off workers restructuring of health plans — saw a on this campus may have to consider. switch of base plans, which determines An increase in co-pays, the specified the financial contribution from the colrate paid to the medical provider at the lege, from the Keystone Point of time of service, Service (KPOS) including a new plan to the new co-pay of $150 per Keystone HMO emergency room 15 plan.

“I would like to see the visit, is just one While the college commit to their of several controKPOS plan versial changes offered coverage employees . . . and in faculty and outside of the provide the highest level staff benefits Keystone netmade last year work, the HMO of coverage.” by the Ad Hoc 15 plan will ultiKae Kalwaic F i n a n c i a l mately save the Planning Group College around Administrative Assistant $362,000 and the annualFaculty/Staff ly, according to B e n e f i t s the Ad Hoc Committee that will save the college Group’s December 2009 Budget approximately $400,000 a year.

Adjustment Plan.

“Last year, the whole campus partic“We had as our base plan last year a ipated in a big process to try to find plan that was relatively . . . better than some ways to cut the budget,” said average. . . . and we found that nobody Melanie Young, vice president for was using that; they were pretty much human resources. “The Faculty/Staff staying in the network,” Young said.

Benefits Committee . . . was asked to “And so we thought, ‘Why are we paylook at our benefits and try to figure ing extra for that if people aren’t using out, ‘could we save any money?’ And so it? Let’s switch to the mirror image of . . . we found that there were a couple it just without the network.’ And that areas where our benefits were very was an HMO plan.” much higher than the marketplace.”

Apart from the KPOS and the Emerging from the board of manag- Keystone HMO plans, employees can er’s approval of the $8 million budget also choose a third alternative, the adjustment last December, those areas Personal Choice plan (PPO), which include a change in co-pay rates of in- would give them more freedom in patient hospitalization, generic pre- selecting health care services in and scription drugs and ER visits, a out of the Keystone network. But those redesign of available health plans and a employees who decide to choose the new base plan in which the college more expensive KPOS and Personal decreased its financial contribution, a Choice plans will have to pay a signifiphasing out of the benefit bank, a struc- cantly higher monthly rate than that of ture unique to Swarthmore that, the HMO base plan. according to Young, costs the college an “All these things are eating into unnecessary amount of money; and a what I think would be an optimum tuition grant reduction in which less health care plan,” Kalwaic said. “I financial benefits are available for would like to see the college commit to employees to send their children to col- their employees, especially when it lege. comes to health care, and provide the The changes in health care benefits highest level of coverage.” have generated the most conversation Ted Fernald, professor of linguistics, in the community. For some staff mem- sees these changes in a different light. bers, these changes were seen as unrea- “Clearly people in the administration sonable. “One of the last things that want to do a good job; nobody wants to should be cut . . . are health care bene- give us bad health care,” he said. fits; that to me should be almost sacroThe remaining two changes in faculsanct,” said Kalwaic, administrative ty and staff benefits — the gradual terassistant in the education department. mination of the benefit bank and the However, for Diane Collings, associ- reduction of tuition grants — have also ate registrar, the changes in health generated a mixed response from faculcare benefits are just something to get ty and staff. used to. “I think we’re kind of stuck Adopted in 1985, the benefit bank with a certain plan and paying the co- offers cash benefits only to certain pay that they demand from us,” she employees who don’t need health said. insurance coverage from the College or Starting this academic year, faculty have single employee-only coverage. and staff must now pay $100 in co-pay “If you look at it from an equity perper day of inpatient hospitalization spective, then does it really make sense with a cap of five co-pays per admis- that I make $2,000 more than you a sion as well as a co-pay of $10 for gener- year, simply because I don’t need the ic prescription drugs. Emergency room college’s health care?” Young asked. co-pay rates have also increased $100 “We decided, and it was difficult and from last year for those employees on controversial, that . . . it was an extra the HMO plan. amount of money that the college was “The ER co-pay is intended to help spending that was really much more decrease non-emergency visits, which generous than what most employers are a factor in the high costs of health do,” she said. To cushion the effects of

BY MENGHAN JIN mjin1@swarthmore.edu

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the reduction, the phasing out of the benefit bank is expected to be complete in 2015.

Rick Valelly ’75, associate professor of political science, was not surprised by this change. “We are ... literally the only college to have a benefit bank,” he said. “The phase out of the benefit bank was bound to happen because we were just sticking out like a sore thumb.”

Last December, the board of managers also approved a reduction of tuition benefits for children of college employees who decided to go to college from 42% to 40%, potentially saving the college around $38,000 dollars a year.

“Tuition is out of hand in this country; basically I’m committed to paying for my children’s education,” Fernald said. Though Fernald will be experiencing these benefit changes first-hand in the next couple years, he understands their necessity.

“It’s true that with difficult financial times, there are difficult decisions to make. There were lots of discussion held over the last couple years . . . and there was a lot of thinking about where to make certain cuts. So it’s not like it was a huge surprise,” he said. “It’s America; you get what we’ve got. It’s better than some places; it’s clearly worse than other places.”

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parency about the change in faculty and staff benefits during several meetings held during in Spring 2010.

“It seems like the decisions were already made and that they had these meetings to kind of inform us rather than gather community input,” he said.

“I got the impression that some of it was smoke and mirrors rather than transparency and openness.”

Kalwaic also encountered smoke and mirrors at the meetings. “I’m not sure that they mentioned these copays,” she said. “I went to the meetings, but we were so focused on the benefit bank.”

When The Phoenix first talked to Young on Monday, she made no mention of the change in co-pays.

At the meetings this past spring, Bortner also noticed another discrepancy in Swarthmore values and the benefit changes. “A lot of times, the administration would give us the line ‘Our peer institutions are doing this; therefore we have to.’ And I’ve always thought of Swarthmore College as kind of a leader, as a school that’s different, that’s not like everyone else,” he said.

No matter the fervor of responses, however, these changes in employee benefits are already established. Open Enrollment for this academic year, in which faculty and staff are required to update their insurance coverage, ended October 1st.

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BY GAIL ENGMANN gengmann1@swarthmore.edu

On Monday afternoon, radical queer activist Ryan Conrad told roughly three dozen Swarthmore students and faculty that the gay marriage campaign in America is destroying the gay community. Editor of “Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage,” an anthology that evaluates the discourse of the national gay marriage campaigns in America, Conrad challenged the current views of equality during his lecture.

“We need to open up space to actually talk about and imagine ourselves in a world differently. Instead of seeking inclusion in the status quo, we should actually be seeking for more just and equitable ways of being in the world,” Conrad said. the self-published Promoting “Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage” at the lecture, Conrad expressed hope that this anthology of texts would spark conversation to revive the queer political imagination.

All texts were taken from Against Equality, an online archive founded by Conrad that aims to challenge the rhetoric of equality and to force its visitors to question to what they are seeking to be equal and whether that is a worthy goal.

“The people amongst the collective have decided that the framework of equality that exists is problematic and oppressive,” Conrad said. “Right now there’s a sort of monolithic voice from mainstream gay and lesbian organizations when there are actually these critical and contending voices.”

According to Conrad, they decided to put together a book not only because the work will be more credible and legitimate but also so that those LGBT in areas without access to the internet and Against Equality can read the work.

“The essays will be published along side striking visuals specially commissioned for the anthology and our hope is that releasing them as a published book allows our critiques to reach a greater audience. The cultural lives of books are very different from that of online texts and the credibility that comes with printed matter still far exceeds the weight of blogging,” the Against Equality collective said on their website.

Although Conrad has a full-time job working in the mental health field with young people, since last year, he has considered his role as an activist to be his unpaid labor.

In the aftermath of the botched gay marriage campaign in Maine last year, Conrad formed Against Equality to critique mainstream gay and lesbian politics.

“It came out of my response emotionally to that campaign which was run really poorly,” Conrad said during the lecture. “It began as a personal project to work through my grievances and I quickly realized that it wasn’t just about me … there were plenty of people before me critiquing marriage and the prison and industrial complex.”

After its inception, the website transformed quickly into a living archive and has been visited by more than 35,000 visitors.

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Ryan Conrad, queer activist, gives a lecture Monday afternoon in SCI 199 about the gay rights movement.

In his lecture, Conrad also highlighted the misleading nature of the current language in gay marriage campaigns that equates the right to love with the right to marry. He believes that marriage as it is defined in our society today is about social contracts to gain health benefits and property rights, not love.

Conrad and the rest of the Against Equality group also see the discourse around gay marriage as a distraction from core issues in the gay community today, including issues such as “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and hate crimes in school that are leading children and teenagers to commit suicide.

Also in the lecture, Conrad posed the question of whether there should be an equal stake in intrinsically oppressive matters, or if strategizing to come up with other ways to meet material needs will be more effective.

Conrad considers Against Equality to be a small project that attempts to address these questions.

Conrad also had comments on the political scene surrounding the queer community.

“I’m so tired of the working class being totally invisible and having their voice shut out,” Conrad said.

“And I’m tired of the gay marriage rhetoric of inclusion because it doesn’t work and it doesn’t add up for poor people.”

Erika Slaymaker ’11, co-chair of the Queer Symposium, which takes place in the spring, saw that inviting Conrad to lecture at Swarthmore would be beneficial for the entire community.

“I think it’s really important that we have fabulous queer events on campus that have lots of different ideas about what it means to be queer,” Slaymaker said. “I think the political aspect of the word queer is really important as is making sure those conversations are going on on campus.”

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BY MENGHAN JIN mjin2@swarthmore.edu

Elizabeth Hamilton ’12 and Dennis Fan ’11, captains of the women’s and men’s rugby teams, attended the Student Council meeting again this week to request that StuCo send out a survey to the entire student body for input on the possibility of bringing back Dash for Cash.

This biannual tradition in which members of the rugby teams streak through Parrish was discontinued last year due to the participation of the men’s team in an unrelated streaking incident.

“We would like to hold Dash for Cash again,” Hamilton said.

“It was a lot of fun; we’d like to make some money, but we realize that it can be a problematic event for many people.”

According to Hamilton, Myrt Westphal, Associate Dean for Student Life, advised the rugby teams to go through Student Council first before going to the administration.

“She seemed to think that if after we had this survey and possibly had some discussion ... if then Student Council was comfortable saying to the deans that

you would approve Dash for Cash, then we’d be in a stronger position talking to them ourselves,” Hamilton said.

However, because not all members were present at the meeting, StuCo was unable to vote on whether or not to send out a survey on rugby’s behalf.

Deivid Rojas ’11, StuCo vice president, suggested Hamilton and Fan come back with a written resolution on how they want StuCo to help at the next meeting.

Other members, though, found some shortcomings to the efficiency of the discussions with the Board. “I just didn’t see how it would shape up in the real world and what Swarthmore can actually do about it,” Student Events Advisor Luis Penate ’13 said.

“They were actually a bit cynical, I would say.”

StuCo will send out an e-mail to all students recapping their experience at the Board meeting.

Board of managers meeting All StuCo members who attended the Board of Managers meeting on Saturday found their discussions about a variety of issues related to Swarthmore productive and helpful.

“It went pretty well. The Board of Managers just generally seemed to want to hear a lot of our opinions. We talked and disagreed on some things and agreed on others. I thought it was pretty productive,” said Educational Policy Representative Sean Thakurdeen ’11.

This being his third Board of Managers meeting, Rojas found the meeting to be the best in student-board interaction.

Parrish board space Anna Stitt ’13, Student Groups Advisor, reported that all requests for board space in the Parrish East and West wings have been submitted.

Stitt and several other StuCo members will meet with Assistant Coordinator of Student Activities Paury Flowers and her assistants this week to map out a plan for the allocation of board space. An event will then be held sometime after fall break to allow student groups to revamp old or create new board space.

State of televisions on campus Rojas sent out an e-mail last week to all Resident Advisors

asking for an update on the condition of televisions in their halls. Most RAs have responded and currently, only one dorm has functioning cable, and the televisions and DVD players in some dorms are defective.

StuCo will contact Stu Hain, Vice President for Facilities and Services, about the next steps to take in repairing televisions on campus.

Bike share program Next weekend, Rojas will meet with Jeff Cao ’10, Chester Neighborhood Bike Works coordinator, to try to revive the Bike Share program that has been running with just two functional bikes for three weeks now.

He hopes that Cao and Bike Works will assist the program, but if not, StuCo must search for another solution.“Other solutions will probably be ... first, proposing to SBC to give us money again to buy more bikes, and second, trying to see if there are any students interested that we can employ to take care of repairing bikes,” Rojas said.

No concrete solution will be made until Rojas discusses the possibilities of the Bike Share program with Cao.

Aerobics Leila Bengali ’11 and Adriana Popa ’12 requested funding for a Fall II section of Aerobics. Due to recent budget cuts, the administration was forced to reduce the PE class to just once each semester.

“Aerobics is very, very heavily attended,” Bengali said. “It’s very popular; everyone I talked to really enjoys it.”

To add another section, though, Bengali and Popa would need to figure out logistics with the PE department and StuCo. But they were unsure of whether they could work that out before the Fall II section, which starts right after Fall break.

Ben Hattem ’12, Financial Policy Representative, suggested for the two to form an aerobics group and go through SBC to get funding. “The way to go about this in the long-term is to get a charter group and an instructor budget. Those are both pretty straightforward SBC [processes],” he said.

PE credit for the group will have to be worked out with the athletics department, but StuCo advised Bengali and Popa to work with SBC in the meantime to form an aerobics group.

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Challenges for business near PSU Bed bugs infest dorms

few skateboarders know anything about them.

Overall, it’s simply not profitable to stock bushFreeze Thaw Cycles ings despite the rare employees say it’s a daily instance when a customer occurrence. Skate Penn co- asks for one, Pfeifer said. owner Steve “Shaggy” But the primary way Pfeifer says it happens at Skate Penn turns a profit is his store, too, but there’s through the sale of apparel. nothing he can do about it. Pfeifer said 90 percent of They’re not referring to the people sporting a shirt shoplifting, but rather to with a skating logo only the shoppers who try out a buy the clothing from his product at a local store, shop, rather than the only to leave empty-handed equipment itself. and look for a lower price And though the store is online. only four years old, Skate “At least once a day Penn’s relocation last year someone makes it painfully left Pfeifer and his staff obvious that that’s what without the biggest draw they’re up to,” Freeze Thaw their old location offered — co-owner Jordyn Drayton a mini-ramp in the back of said. “Halfway through the the store. conversation, I know He said he’s still on the what’s going to happen.” lookout for a new space A n d where the unless they tiny skate start showpark can “[Customers] ing some again be a customers of borrow our tools, fixture preferenthe store. tial treatbut they bought a Pfeifer ment, store said he’s board we carry owners say happy with there’s how the [online].” nothing store is Steve Pfeifer they can do doing now, to prevent but he can’t Owner of Skate the pracignore the Penn tice of way some shopping c u stom e r s o n l i n e take advanaside from offering better tage of his business for customer service in-store. their own self-purpose.

Unfortunately, having “They want to come in customers use a store as a and borrow our tools,” he product testing ground is said, “but they bought a only one of the side effects board we carry from an a burgeoning online mar- online store instead.” ket is having on local Other businesses deal stores offering recreational with the same problem as products.

Pfeifer, but find different Online retailers have solutions. taken over both extremes Erik Scott, owner of of the market — specialty State College’s oldest bike goods used by a small num- store, The Bicycle Shop, ber of patrons, like a high- said his store has grown quality road-racing bike, every year since he took for example, as well as over in 2005. And while this mass-produced goods used growth may be attributed by a large portion of the to savvy business skills, he population, like helmets. said it is the bike indusThe middle ground try’s immunity from online where physical stores have competition that has protraditionally excelled is tected his establishment. quickly disappearing.

Bike manufacturers Pfeifer said he’s had to only supply their products carefully reconsider what to authorized dealers, he to stock in his skate, snow said. and longboard shop.

As a result, a frugal cusSome skateboard parts tomer might look for a are too varied to stock, he lower price online, but said. He used a little known probably won’t have much part, called “bushings” to luck on sites like explain the problem.

Amazon.com, or even bicyThe small rubber wash- cle superstore er can impact how a skate- Nashbar.com. board turns, even more so A quick glance over than wheels.

Nashbar.com proves Scott But they come in a vari- is right. ety of shapes and sizes, and The store’s offering of

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bicycles is devoid of popular brands like Trek, Giant and Cannondale.

But online bike stores do offer a complete supply of most other goods, including helmets and jerseys.

Local stores are forced to strategize in order to keep customers coming back.

Freeze Thaw Cycles has made its name by selling used bikes just as frequently as new bikes off the rack.

As a result, Drayton and co-owner Justin Wagner have devoted their time to enhancing service rather than lowering prices.

“We never do price matching,” Drayton said, meaning that he sticks to suggested retail prices that websites like Amazon.com usually undercut.

With stores doing what they can to steer customers away from the lower prices found on the Internet, community officials have also weighed in on the subject.

As executive director of the Downtown State College Improvement District, Jody Alessandrine attempts to recruit and retain downtown business.

One method of accomplishing this is by using what Penn State professor Tulay Girard calls “atmospherics” — taking advantage of the physical storefront that an online store lacks.

Alessandrine is involved in creating State College’s downtown image — one he said attracts a certain kind of customer.

“It should be like staying at a bed and breakfast instead of a national chain hotel,” he said.

But Alessandrine also said the best way for a local store to fight back against online retailers is to join them.

“We’re basically a tourist town on football weekends,” he said. “But if they don’t want to buy something that day, it’s really beneficial to have a viable website as a downtown store.”

Owners of Skate Penn and the two bike shops said they currently do not have extensive websites, and none indicated plans to further develop that aspect of their business.

Store owners may be hesitant to branch out into e-commerce, but the threat of the online retailer will continue to loom large.

“It’s something we deal with every day in here,” Drayton said.

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on Drexel U. campus

University Crossings staff enacted a quick response to the infestation.

“I hope Crossings is working University Crossings has to stop the spread of bed bugs in recently been faced with an out- the building,” John Falcone, a break of bed bugs in four units junior biology major and resion the sixth floor of the build- dent said. “I have been doing ing, the school confirmed to everything I can to prevent getlocal television station WPVI. ting them.”

The bed bugs were first Students that lived in reported Sept. 24 and extermina- Crossings said that they did not tors were called out to inspect learn of the infestation until and treat the infestation that they were told by other students very same day. All of the mat- or saw it mentioned on the tresses and boxsprings in the news. infected apartments have been Students also said that they replaced. did not, to their knowledge, While they don't carry dis- receive any communications eases, bed bugs can leave irri- from either Drexel or from tated skin when they bite and American Campus cause allergic reactions in some Communities, the private comcases. pany that owns and operates the They're more of an annoy- building. ance than anything, but they “They didn't send out anyhave become the de-facto slow thing, as far as I know; my mom news story of the summer with found it on a blog,” Bickle said. almost every “She was a case of bed little conbugs being cerned.” reported by Creamer “It's gross and now I national also said have to be careful media. that he had But are heard about about whom I students the incident snuggle with.” that live in from anoththe building er suitemate Ian Murphy really worw h o s e ried? mother had “I guess I seen the am a little bit, but I don't know,” story on the local news. architectural engineering sophA quick response is vital to omore Adam Creamer said. “I ensuring that any infestation mean, I'm worried, but what are stays in a confined area, the you going to do? We're already University told local here, as long as they're not Philadelphia ABC affiliate spreading I think we'll be okay.” WPVI Sept. 28.

“If I hear rumors about it Bed bugs have the ability to spreading to other floors I'll be move between rooms in a buildworried about the whole thing,” ing fairly quickly and spread to Creamer's suitemate Todd uninfected areas. In order to Bickle, a electrical engineering help stop the spread of bed bugs sophomore, added. in a building it is recommended It is common for bed bugs to that you seal off cracks and spend the daylight hours dor- crevices in the baseboards, mant, hiding in the cracks of a remove clutter, use specific matbox spring or burrowed into the tress covers and treat your soft exterior of a mattress. sheets and clothing with a high Predominately a nocturnal crea- temperature dry. Of course it is ture, bed bugs feed at night even more strongly recommendwhen they sense the heat of a ed that if you fear that you may host in or around the bed. have bed bugs in your home to “It's gross and now I have to call a professional and get an be careful about whom I snuggle inspection. with,” Ian Murphy, a pre-junior When dealing with bed bugs engineering student who was there is no immediate solution leasing a room and furniture that can be guaranteed to work. from University Crossings, said. Bed bugs can live without feedUniversity Crossings is a ing for up to a year, which oftensemi-privately owned apart- times makes it difficult to conment building located at 3175 firm that they have been elimiJFK Boulevard that has provid- nated. ed reasonably priced on-campus Although appearing to have apartments to many Drexel stu- solved the problem, the extermidents for years. nators will continue to inspect American Campus the infected and neighboring Communities, the company that units until they are confident owns the top floors of the build- that the infestation has been ing, along with the Drexel completely eradicated.

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Exploring the French countryside like a Parisian Vacationing during the weekend is a beloved — and often fiercely defended — right for the French. With its two-day-long promise of rest and relaxation, the weekend takes on almost mythic proportions in France. Indeed, a colloquial phrase has even been coined to capture this phenomenon: partir en weekend, which means to take Maki Somosot the weekend off, in general, Small But Classé for a short holiday.

For city dwellers, la France profonde, the “deep France” of the countryside, is often the preferred destination. La France profonde is mythic in its own right, evoking archetypal scenes of unspoiled beaches, sprawling green pastures, quaint traditional villages and simple, rural lifestyles in the collective French consciousness. It is a perfect respite for city-bred Parisians needing to escape from the daily grind of the metropolis.

My friend and I were more than ready ourselves to hightail it out of Paris after a month of intensive French sociopolitical courses. We decided to hit up the beaches of Normandy, a region only two hours west of Paris by train, for our vacation.

Globally known for its beaches’ involvement in the Normandy landings of World War II, Normandy also boasts an impressive culinary heritage of seafood, apple cider and camembert cheese, alongside a magnificent landscape of cliffs, coastal beaches and villages. Due to its proximity to Paris, Normandy is a favorite getaway spot for native Parisians. Luckily for us students with small pockets, it also happens to be a budget-friendly location. In the real, lazy spirit of vacances, we decided to skip the D-Day monuments and instead settled on the northern coastal village of Etretat, acclaimed for its stunning beachfront cliffs facing the English Channel.

No matter how charming la France profonde seemed to be, we were wary of the stereotype that the country could be more difficult to navigate than the city. We had heard about the notorious inconveniences that befall travelers in the French countryside, such as nonsensical regional transportation, inexplicable time delays and the absence of the Internet, pedestrian sidewalks and clean toilets. La France profonde has been stereotyped as much as a hellish

hassle as a dream holiday destination. our trip, but where was the damn bread? “It’s 20 minutes In terms of logistics, booking the train tickets from away by car,” the owner of the hotel informed us helpfully.

Paris to Trouville-Deauville in Normandy was straightforDinner was not served on Sunday nights either. Hungry ward enough. From there we had to catch two different and gloomy, we decided to take a stroll along the cliffs, regional buses to arrive at our final destination. which were impressive to behold even on an empty stomUpon arrival at Trouville-Deauville, we had no trouble ach. Passing farmland after farmland, I seriously pondered making our first bus connection to Le stealing corn husks and kidnapping a cow for Havre, a major city in northern dinner.

Normandy. The next bus connection to The possibility of shame aside, the Fecamp, a smaller town further north, other option available was to beg for food was just as uneventful as the previfrom the other hotel lodgers. Thanks to ous one. Contrary to our worst fears, the Samaritan kindness of two German it had been an efficient journey, tourists, we were able to eat leftover with no massive nuisances. It bread and cheese. was too good to be true for firstIt was a less-than-ideal start to our time travelers in the French long-idealized vacation. The village countryside. was beautiful, but a logistical imposAnd indeed, it was. We sibility without a car to move ourhad chosen a hotel located in selves around. We left the charming between Fecamp and Etretat, hotel in the middle of nowhere the thinking it would be possible to next day for the town of Etretat, our explore both towns on foot just original destination. like in Paris. In fact, without a Etretat was the idyllic bucolic car, we were forced to commune with escape that we had been seeking in la France profonde in the rain and the the first place. We hiked the renowned cold. cliffs, marveled at the breathtaking On an isolated dirt road off the main seascape, drank apple cider and highway, we trampled past endless watched too many American TV farmlands and grassy plains in search shows dubbed in French. Paris of our distant hotel. The only sign of civseemed too distant to register in our ilization present was the occasional runminds. The town had all the modern down trailer, a tent inhabited by campers conveniences of wi-fi, cable TV, and or the field of ogling cows with hostile most importantly, several boulanexpressions. geries. With the presence of bread “These are xenophobic cows,” restored, our wandering souls could Naia Poyer Phoenix Staff my friend remarked about their finally rest in peace. change of demeanor. “Don’t make any sudden movements.”

Despite having spent one stereotypical night in the midWe finally arrived at the charming little hotel in the dle of nowhere, our holiday did not otherwise fulfill the middle of nowhere, a kilometer and a half away from the common stereotypes about the French countryside. The highway. There was wi-fi access, functional heating, excel- basic infrastructure exists. The regional buses are cheap lent bathroom facilities and even cable TV. It was impecca- and reliable for the most part, albeit often populated by old bly suited to modern standards. Only the quintessential French mesdames and their pets. boulangerie (bakery) was nowhere to be found in the surHowever, it will do wonders to plan and research for a rounding village. trip well in advance before heading off into la France proIn France, the absence of a boulangerie that supplies fonde. A French or Francophone companion will be a lifebread indicates the most extreme countryside possible. We saver, as will a car. were at the heart of la France profonde, which apparently And stock up on bread just in case. gave us access to the Internet and broadcast TV, but no Maki is a junior. You can reach her at msomoso1@swarthbread. We expected to confront stereotypical hassles during more.edu.

Battling the Swat plagues of colds, mice and sleep

Midterm week is upon us, and the school has responded by developing a cold.

We all have colds, every single one of us, even those very Ariel Swyer few who are Let’s Be operating under the Serious delusion that they do not have colds. You have a cold, your roommate has a cold, the mouse that has moved into your roommate’s closet has a cold.

Everyone at Swarthmore has a cold.

Rather than an exceedingly large number of incarnations of the same cold, I believe it is in fact one cold that we have collectively caught. We did this because we don’t want to miss out on any of the

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potential misery associated with midterms. Some of us have gone as far as bronchitis, but that’s getting a bit pretentious.

Another thing you have is a mouse.

Everyone at Swarthmore has a mouse.

No one is allowed to feel as though his or her personal angst is something unique simply because it involves a cold or a mouse. My roommate and I quite like our mouse, actually — we call it Leslie and extend the basic hospitality of not trying to kill it. We have yet to achieve the same sort of affection for our colds, but we’ll work on it because everybody has a cold, and if yours is called Jenny, it’s got to be that much easier to deal with.

The point is, if you want your angst to be unique, it’s got to involve something really dramatic — a rhinoceros, for instance. If a rhinoceros just scurried out from under your bed and into your cereal box, you’ve got real trouble. That’s the sort of thing that’s objectively worth grumbling about.

Imagine it: “I just spent seventeen hours in the library basement,” someone complains, “and all the dust made my

bronchitis act up, but I couldn’t go back to my room because it’s full of mice. The mice have made themselves cups of tea and set up discussion groups on Descartes all over my bed.” And you say, “Oh yeah? Well, there’s a rhinoceros in my room.” That would be impressive. It might even be worth a call to Public Safety. I wonder whether or not Public Safety is equipped to deal with that kind of call. It’s something to consider; one can never be sure what will turn up under one’s bed around here.

I decided the other day that it would be a ridiculously good idea to sit in my hallway and ask passersby what they would do if they found a rhinoceros in their room. I strongly recommend trying this in your own hallways in the name, at the very least, of moving boldly beyond pleasantries. I received a variety of responses ranging from, “talk to it reasonably,” and “befriend it” to something vague about procuring a saw or calling the zoo as well as quite a few instances of people ignoring me and walking quickly past me.

I think all of this demonstrates three

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things: 1. Some of us at Swarthmore have a lot of faith in the good will of rhinoceroses 2. Public Safety should establish a protocol for this situation 3. Some others of us need to get more sleep before we are released back into our hallways or allowed to speak with anyone.

That leads me neatly to another statement I can make definitively about you, the Swarthmore student: along with having mice and a cold, you are profoundly lacking in sleep. You haven’t slept since last Thursday — none of us have, which may explain why everyone thinks there are all these rhinoceroses hanging around the place.

So over the next few days, when sneezing cordially at your classmates in passing, remember that they too are delirious, ill and going home to dorm rooms afflicted with a bizarrely wide range of bio-diversity. Be friendly, share a cough drop and be forgiving of sleep-deprived behavior. Now if you’ll excuse me, I promised I’d meet the mice upstairs to talk about Hume’s Enquiries.

Ariel is a first-year. You can reach her at aswyer1@swarthmore.edu.

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If you want to a v o i d C e n t e r City train fares, or if you like going into town, but miss the trees when you do, or if you want Jen Johnson m o r e In-town, Off-campus d i v e r s i t y in your weekend excursion, then get off the train at 49th Street. The last stop on the Media-Elwyn line before entering the Center City fare zone, 49th Street Station represents the southwest corner of the University City District, the area of West Philadelphia between 50th Street and the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.

Twenty years ago, visitors were illadvised to cross the street west of Penn’s campus edge; for better or worse, gentrification — which is in no small part the result of the universities’ purchase of many local apartment buildings for use as student residences — has now pushed this line out to 50th Street. While wandering late at night in this area is still not recommended, the Clark Park neighborhood is an excellent place to spend a weekend morning or afternoon, whether you want to study, explore or eat.

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Clark Park, at the edge of the University of the Sciences campus at 43rd and Baltimore/Chester, is a popular community park where both the people-watching and food receive high marks. Instead of exploring Penn or Drexel, why not explore the area where a mix of academics and locals live?

Clark Park is home to Philadelphia’s largest year-round market, a free Shakespeare festival in late August and monthly flea markets throughout the warmer weather months. The park itself is divided into north and south halves by Chester Avenue. The north half, known as Park A, fills the space between Baltimore and Chester, while Park B — home of the jungle gym — runs along Chester between 43rd and 45th Streets (Park A is closed for construction on August 9th and will remain closed until November, returning to full function next spring).

To get from 49th Street Station to Clark Park, exit the station via the west/right-hand stairs or ramp, turn right once you reach the road level and walk across the road bridge to the intersection of 49th & Chester Avenue.

Continue straight on Chester until you reach 45th Street, the west edge of the park. Most of the non-numbered streets in this area are avenues, indicating their non-cardinal (and often non-linear) arrangement. Center City is delightfully straightforward in its north-south east-west regularity; in this area, by contrast, it can be hard to find your bearings. North of Baltimore Avenue, the familiar grid of Market,

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Chestnut, Walnut and Spruce reappears. South of Baltimore, the avenues run northeast-southwest, and the numbered streets northwest-southeast.

Crossing numbered streets in descending order will eventually lead to the edge of Penn.

The area west of Penn is home to many immigrant communities which have blessed it with a wealth of relatively inexpensive dining choices.

While the area is not without pricey restaurants, it is overall more embracing of students’ budgets. Within a fiveblock radius of Clark Park, one can find Indian chaat (Desi Chaat House, 501 S. 42nd St.), vegan, vegetarian and raw delicacies (Atiya Ola’s Spirit First Foods, 4505 Baltimore Ave.), modern takes on comfort food (Rx, 4443 Spruce St.), molecular gastronomy (Marigold Kitchen, 501 S. 45th St.), and most of the city’s Ethiopian restaurants (try Ethio Café & Restaurant, 225 S. 45th St.; Abyssinia, 229 S. 45th St.; or Dahlak, 4708 Baltimore Ave. — there are several others in the area), in addition to restauramts serving West African, Vietnamese and Thai food.

The Green Line Café at 43rd and Baltimore serves Fair Trade coffee, and their location on 44th and Locust has live music on the weekends. On a nice day, Earth Cup Café’s patio on 45th between Osage & Pine is hard to beat — non-coffee drinkers will appreciate their honey steamer and hot tea drink of mixed teas, honey and citrus juices.

For people watching on Baltimore Avenue, fresh lemonade and a reliably good sandwich, stop in at Milk & Honey Market (4425 Baltimore Ave.), which strives to embody the corner store of a past time (though its execution of that concept hardly renders it a five-anddime).

Milk & Honey Market and the Mariposa Food Co-Op (4726 Baltimore Ave.) make this part of Baltimore Avenue good for foodies any day of the week, but for an event, don’t miss the Clark Park Farmers’ Market, Philadelphia’s largest year-round market. It is open 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturdays May through November and 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. December through

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April, as well as Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m. May through November. In addition to the produce, here you can find Amish baked goods, fresh cider, local cheeses and cut flowers. The Clark Park Farmers’ Market is significantly larger than the Swarthmore Farmers’ Market; the sheer number of varieties of heirloom apples and winter squash found here throughout the fall is seldom found elsewhere in Philadelphia. For a cheap, quality breakfast or lunch, stop by the psychedelic food truck with a consistently long line and get a taste of Honest Tom’s Tacos (specifically, the breakfast tacos) for $2.50 each.

April through October, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement hosts flea markets in the park. While these markets certainly have their fare share of old shoes and dusty lamps, they also function as a small-scale crafts festival, where local artisans sell paintings, pottery, soaps and other wares. Food vendors vary, but African food and fried chicken are consistently available. The next market will be on October 16th, and it will be the last of the 2010 season.

University City and West Philadelphia are peppered with beautiful churches and mosques; the most noticeable and proximate to Clark Park, along this route, is St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Parish on 47th and Springfield Avenue — it’s a significant visual landmark to the west of Chester Street. Its tiled domes and blue entry columns are also visible from Baltimore Avenue.

The Clark Park neighborhood is not a shopping mall. It is a place where people live, work, eat and relax. It is treelined streets and Super 7s, halal butcheries and old homes with covered porches. This is still an urban area, and still Philadelphia, but you truly get the sense that people live here. It is absolutely worth exploring — if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, walk all the way up to Chestnut or Market, and see how much more you’ll find. The 49th Street Station is only served by the Media-Elwyn Line, so take advantage of it.

Jen is a junior. You can reach her at jjohnso4@swarthmore.edu.

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Name: Rachel Buurma Title: Assistant Professor of English Literature From: Summit, NJ Current Residence: Philadelphia, PA

What She’s Wearing: “I am wearing a black sweater from Uniqlo,” Buurma said. Her grey and white shirt-dress is Sibel Saral, which she bought at the Philadelphia Barney’s CO-OP. Buurma gave birth to her new daughter towards the beginning of summer and is wearing Isabella Oliver leggings, which she bought during her pregnancy. “The boots are Loeffler Randall,” Buurma said. “I saw them in Vogue, like, three years ago and I … stalked them on the Internet for another year.” Her gold chain bracelet was the chain on her great-grandmother’s pocket watch and her black hemp bracelet is from Sugarcube in Philadelphia.

How She’s Describes Her Style: “I like to stick to [a] neutral color palette,” Buurma said. “I like interesting shapes, and despite what I’m wearing today, I really like tailored, structured pieces of clothing.” Buurma is a stickler for proportion and balancing baggy and loose with sleek and slim fits. “My favorite proportions are … the high boot with something on top,” Buurma said, adding that her favorite outfit is pairing a dress with boots.

Despite being pregnant for most of last year, Buurma tried to wear as many of her own non-maternity clothes.

“Most of the clothes I wore were clothes that I already had. They just came to fit me differently,” Buurma said.

Where She Shops: “I tend to do a lot of shopping online,” Buurma said.

She frequents the L.A.-based Creatures of Comfort’s online boutique and also enjoys the blog Laws of General Economy. “It’s a blog where … people post beloved but lightly worn items that they’re finished with and other people buy them.” Though she’s never purchased anything from the unique blog site, she finds it to be “entertaining reading.” In Philadelphia, Buurma likes Joan Schepp, Petunia’s Folly and Head Start Shoes. She mixes their high quality, investment items with more basic items from Uniqlo, Gap and Club Monaco.

Buurma loves designers like Comme des Garcons (especially Junya Watanabe’s designs), Rachel Comey and Jil Sander for Uniqlo.

Fashion Inspirations / Influences: Buurma loved her grandmother’s elegant style and tries to emulate some of that same elegance in her style. But she described her inspiration as a “high-low mixing of styles” that stems from her developing her own style during the 90s. “In the early and mid-90s — which is when I was in high school thinking really for the first time about personal style — clothes (for me at least) were all about music, grunge and gothic industrial,” Buurma said in an e-mail. I remember the part of that I liked the most was ‘deconstructed’ tailoring — a style that in its essence is very like the dress with combat boots.”

While developing her style, Buurma began teaching at age 23 and had to figure out how to distinguish herself from her similarly-aged students. “I would wear a suit partly because it felt like it gave me authority and partly so people could literally tell who the professor was,” she said.

Buurma explores the boundaries of a professor. “There are very few actual restrictions on what I can wear,” Buurma said. Buurma has found that her regular style is meshed with her professorial look, which has allowed for more continuity in her style.

Wardrobe Staples: “Boots,” Buurma said. “I have a pair of La Canadienne black boots that I wear really, really often, especially as it becomes winter.” She also cherishes her Chaiken tailored black dress because of its versatility with layering as well as a black suit that she owns from a Canadian design team How and Wen. Never Leaves the House Without: Buurma tends to always have her brown Kooba purse — though she admits it’s “on its last legs.” She also wears her wedding ring, engagement ring and her grandmother’s wedding ring. And she always wears her glasses.

Do you think you (or a professor) have great style? Then submit a photo of you in your best outfit to cryder1@swarthmore.edu. Please include your name and contact information.

TEXT AND PHOTO BY CAMILA RYDER

Social Network fails to meaningfully connect Narenda had asked Zuckerberg to work on. The Harvard Connection, later shortened to Connect U, would have provided a “The Social Network” is a biopic of unified and searchable “face book,” or picMark Zuckerberg and how the creation of ture directory, for Harvard students to use Facebook was ironically a product of the as a way to find and interact with friends. social woes he faced in real life. The film, Instead of working on this, Zuckerberg an adaptation of Ben Mezrick’s “The launched Facebook, which first expanded Accidental Billionaires,” frames the cre- to other colleges before exploding into the ation of Facebook between the depictions mainstream.

The other lawsuit, filed by his best of two important lawsuits filed against Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and his dis- friend, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), reveals how astrous relationship with jealousy and impatience led Erica Albright (Rooney Zuckerberg to ultimately Mara). Despite its unique Movie Review reject his only real social connarrative structure, the film nection for the sake of fails to bring any originality Critic rating: 7/10 Facebook. Zuckerberg, perto its storytelling. haps jealous of Saverin’s Writer Aaron Sorkin (creRotten Tomatoes acceptance into the exclusive ator of “The West Wing”) and Rating: 97% Phoenix S-K final club, leads director David Fincher Saverin into investing money (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) use the two lawsuits to in Facebook, cutting him off just before organize the narrative arc of the story that the company takes off and becomes a bilgradually reveals Zuckerberg’s character. lion-dollar corporation. Zuckerberg also The lawsuit filed by Cameron and Tyler comes into contact with Sean Parker Winklevoss (both played by Armie (Justin Timberlake), Napster co-founder.

The film is framed by Zuckerberg’s Hammer) and Divya Narenda (Max Minghella) claims that the idea behind interactions with Erica; these encounters Facebook was stolen from the Harvard demonstrate the woes of Zuckerberg’s Connection site that the twins and social life that influence his attempt to

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control society through a social networking site. His break-up with his girlfriend, the opening scene, leads him to create the “facemash” site, where he uses pictures amassed from the Harvard houses’ “face book” directories to make a “Hot or Not” game, which impresses the Winklevoss twins and Narenda enough to give Zuckerberg the opportunity to work on their Harvard Connection site. The ending scene, in which he awaits the result of a friend request to Erica, demonstrates that even with his success in innovating the social lives of many, he still fails to have any sort of meaningful social interaction.

These three narratives are blended into one coherent series of events that seem to chronologically record the events that led to the creation of Facebook; this innovative structure is the strongest feature of the film, showing how filmmakers can manipulate time to establish dramatic structures and give character insights.

By utilizing motifs of social acceptance and demonstrating Zuckerberg’s lack of social competence, the film creates a sinister and even condescending tone. The film suggests that Facebook’s creation is the result of a quest for revenge toward the Winklevoss twins, Narenda and Saverin, demonstrating a dark vindictiveness in

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Zuckerberg.

Despite an innovative narrative structure, “The Social Network” lacks originality. The film is nothing more than another biopic aimed to make problematic a genius’s claim to fame. In fact, the film is much like “Pirates of Silicon Valley,” wherein Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall) steals the idea for a graphics-based operating system for personal computers, “Windows,” from Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle).

In “Pirates of Silicon Valley,” much like in “The Social Network,” Gates, a Harvard undergraduate, takes an idea and launches his own version first to gain unreasonable fame and riches, estranging his best friend and business partner along the way.

This appalling similarity is possibly even alluded to in the film; in one scene, Bill Gates gives a talk at Harvard and looks at Zuckerberg when he says the next Bill Gates could be in this room.

More likely, the film is indicative of a troubling narrative formula most biopics follow: the genius innovator gains much success, the success gets to him, and as a result, the genius alienates friends and loved ones. This biopic formula has become repetitive and boring. For a movie like “The Social Network,” its merits are marred by a genre that refuses to update.

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Can the Yes Men change the world?

BY QUITTERIE GOUNOT qgounot1@swarthmore.edu

How do you get a common American citizen to sign a petition whose stated purpose is to increase global warming, leading to a new ice age? Just ask the Yes Men, which is comprised of activisits Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, who undertook this peculiar project and managed to convince a surprising number of people of the benefits of government policy favoring global warming. Bichlbaum and Bonanno sought to expose, through exaggeration, what they saw as major flaws in environmental policy under the Bush regime.

The Yes Men will be presenting this popular albeit controversial form of activism during their visit to Swarthmore today.

As their aliases Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos, Bichlbaum and Bonnano devise and enact a series of elaborate pranks with particular political messages.

According to their website, their mission is “identity correction,” that is, “impersonating big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them.” Those whom they believe to be most in need of this kind of correction are “leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else.” The name “Yes Men” comes from the concept of manipulating ideas one might seem to agree with on the surface in such a way as to make its negative, deeper implications apparent.

A number of the college’s departments and professors, such Associate Professor of Theater Erin Mee, joined forces to bring the Yes Men to campus as part of the Cooper Series. “I love their work. I think it's very power-

ful and interesting,” Mee said. Mee had used the Yes Men's work in several classes she taught in the past and this semester, she incorporated the Yes Men in two of her courses as the duo uses theatrics to promote social change.

The Yes Men's relevance to the Swarthmore academic scene ranges far beyond just theater. The Yes Men incorporate political and social issues into their acts, which include issues of corporate greed and abuses of power. Their acts also resound with professors in the Art History department.

“I have assigned the [Yes Men] lecture to all of my classes, but the students in my honors seminar on avant-garde practice in the 20th Century have been asked to consider how these events, and the Yes Men's practice in general, might be considered avant-garde” Art History professor Janine Mileaf said. “I'm asking them to put these ‘pranks’ into an historical context, and look for precedents for this kind of engagement with the social sphere.”

While the Yes Men's style of activism certainly has its fans, it is also controversial. The Yes Men claim to “tell little lies to get at bigger truths.” Whatever their ends, some would insist, they still use dishonesty and deception as some of their main tools. For the Yes Men and their supporters, however, their ends and the perceived lack of morality of the people they target clearly justify the means the Yes Men use to criticize such people's behavior.

“I think they push the edge of what is acceptable behavior.

And I think that art has done that for a long time. From my point of view, their practice stays

on this side of responsible because it targets institutions, rather than individuals,” Mileaf said. “But I am sympathetic to those who disagree. I think that one positive result of the Yes Men's presence on campus could be to ignite conversations about just where each one of us draws that line.”

Blaine O'Neill ’11 worked with the Yes Men in Copenhagen last year during the U.N. negotiations on climate change along with Zach Postone ’11. O’Neill hopes that the issues addressed in the lecture and workshop will resonate with students. “We're focusing on a specific project and I'm hoping this action will catalyze a longer term Yes Man-style collaboration at Swarthmore,” O’Neill said.

The Yes Men's visit to Swarthmore has two parts: a public lecture and performance at 4:15 p.m. today, in the LPAC cinema, and a workshop tomorrow from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Frear Ensemble Theatre. During the lecture and performance portion, the Yes Men will explain what they do and share some of their work, focusing on their most recent pieces. During the workshop, they will gather with a particular group of students to develop a concrete activist approach to an issue of concern, mountain top removal, which is the process through which the top of mountains are blown off by coal companies.

“In their actions, the Yes Men address some of the most pressing issues of our times—global warming and corporate culture to name a few. I don't think you need to be an artist to appreciate that they are trying to bring awareness to structures of power in our society,” Mileaf said.

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Unsigned artist releases new exploratory album

BY JOHN OH joh1@swarthmore.edu

Unknown Component is a one-man band created by Keith Lynch, a multi-talented musician from Iowa City, Iowa. He began this project in 2002 as a means to express himself through words and music.

He is currently an unsigned artist who has seven albums released and two more on their way. As an entirely self-taught musician, he plays the guitar, bass, drums and piano in the songs on the past seven albums.

“I never got into musical education or instruction, and I still can’t read music, but pure music isn’t based upon that,” Lynch said. “One day I found an acoustic guitar in the attic, and then after a year or two, I was writing original music. It was more enjoyable for me to write original music than play music written by others.”

Lynch artfully crafts each of the different instruments to produce a unique indie/pop/rock blend, which also holds true for his newest album “The Infinite Definitive.”

“The Infinite Definitive” as a whole is heavy with very personal experiences that are embedded in the lyrics of the songs. His opening track, “Moving Out of Frame,” and his final track, “Electric Dissolution,” are especially packed with emotion. In some ways, the album is so personal that

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much of the content is difficult for the audience to relate to. Part of this disconnect has to do with the enigmatic word choices he uses, making the interpretation of the songs broad.

For example, the lyrics of “Every Measure of Space” go: “In the remainder of a few/an illustration of the used/and if the actors take their cues/the conversations will ensue between the frozen forms of force and levitations of remorse/the complications from the source speak of mandatory wars.” It’s difficult to make any kind of interpretation of the lyrics to relate to oneself. However, the broadness keeps the audience curious and attentive to the songs.

“Writing music and lyrics are separate processes. When writing music, it’s not cognitive but purely emotion,” Lynch said of his writing process. “When writing lyrics, I have a stream of consciousness where nothing is completely concrete.”

One of the first things you notice about this album is the uniqueness of Lynch’s voice. He has a husky voice that sounds purposefully strained in the upper register.

The sound also projects through the nose, which really works for some of the songs.

Although the voice is similar in almost all of the songs, it gives the album character.

Almost the entire album has a great blend of instrumentation that is easy on the ears, showing how passionate and tal-

ented the artist is; however, it is difficult for the audience to be as engaged as the artist himself.

In most of the songs, the audience ends up being passive listeners, occasionally feeling the need to tap its feet to the more upbeat songs. This may have to do with the fact that the album has little variation. The intro to every song is well put together and refreshing, but after the introduction, the chorus and the verses of the songs seem very parallel to each other.

The components of great music are all within the album. There are definitely moments when the music comes to life, but there are also parts that ignore the crucial connection between the artist and the audience. For example, his fifth track, “The Experience of Understanding,” has a piano part that really solidifies the melody and brings the music together, while the guitars play an eerie counter melody.

However, the music sounds almost too rehearsed. Music, at its finest, should feel like it is being played for the first time, regardless of how many times it has been practiced. The feeling of spontaneity just isn’t here. A possible reason for the lack of spontaneity could be because the band consists of only one man. It could be that there is so much going on for one person that his mind is simply focused on playing versus reaching out to the audience. That being said, there is a great deal of credit to be

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Unknown Component’s new album is scheduled to be released on Oct. 12. given to the artist for being able to pull off such a great blend as a single person.

Overall, the album sounds raw, like a couple more steps of polishing could be used. But with time, improvements to his work are definitely foreseeable.

“My inspiration comes from trying to understand the bigger picture, to question things that are difficult to understand and can be looked at from different perspectives,” Lynch said of his source of inspiration for his music.

“The Infinite Definitive” is scheduled to be released on Oct. 12, 2010.

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Artist collective promotes student self-expression

own projects, our own class schedules, our own people to agree or be passionate about something visions for what we want to do,” Cadambi said. “The because of a powerful image then you will have a point of the collective is to have people you can col- strong, cohesive group of people that want to really see In the military, the term “zero hour” is the time at laborate with.” change,” Baker said. which a planned operation is scheduled to start. For In addition, Baker stressed Zero Hour’s emphasis For future projects, Baker and Cadambi hope to Zero Hour Artist Collective, the zero hour is the time on skill sharing and artists learning from one another. provide workshops for the collective, and also host colfor decisive action for radical environmental, political “We want to share our art with the community as well, lective art projects on campus for the entire commuand social change. Merging the transformative power but it’s also about helping each other as artists,” she nity. Zero Hour Artist Collective affords students a of self-expression with collaborative efforts, this new said. space to draw from their commitment to particular All collaborative projects that the collective global issues through the medium of art. collective of autonomous student artists hopes to creembarks on will be grounded in consensus decisionate artwork to bring about far-reaching change.

“From the micro, [art] is a very personal and Miyuki Baker ’12 and Anjali Cadambi ’13 initiated making. Since the collective remains unchartered, it empowering experience for the individual. On a slightthe collective and recently hosted the first meeting for will also be an artistic space without censorship. ly larger level, you can build community through art,” “We will not have to nec- Cadambi said. artists who, both individessarily respond to what’s ually and collaboratively, Member of Just Seeds, artist Favianna Rodriguez deemed appropriate or not are interested in broachvisited campus on September 15 for her lecture entiappropriate because we don’t ing vital issues. Joining “[Zero Hour] is not so much a tled "Art is a Hammer" and a workshop as part of want censorship — we want the collective does not group focused on an end to challenge the status quo,” Latino Heritage Month. Particularly through poster require a specific level of art, Rodriguez desires to provoke action and reflects Cadambi said. artistic skill. project, but rather, a network struggles of national and international grassroot For Baker, who is a Studio “If you consider yourmovements.

Arts major, art is heavily that you can plug into.” self an artist, you are wel"Our role as revolutionary artists is to define and integrated into her curricucome to join,” Cadambi Anjali Cadambi ’13 create a revolutionary culture. To make revolution lum. said.

“Art in itself is such a irresistible," said Rodriguez in her Artist Statement In the initial brainpowerful medium because online. Her passion for promoting radical change storming stages, Baker sometimes words cannot describe what the body is echoes the sentiments of artists like Anjali and and Cadambi considered various names for the collecfeeling or what all of us are embodying. If you can get Miyuki, and the values that Zero Hour will embody. tive and finally chose Cadambi’s suggestion of “zero hour.” With its militaristic roots, Cadambi explained that the term will reflect the students’ “dedication and discipline” in communicating ideas and visions.

“The point in calling it “Zero Hour” is that we need HAVE A GOOD ONE 8 Like Anthony Hopkins and 36 Ten, on the Periodic Table to make important decisions right now. The emphasis Catherine Zeta-Jones 37 Italian coffee brand is on doing it now,” Baker said.

ACROSS 9 American icon 38 Sheltered from the wind Both Baker and Cadambi expressed interest in 1 Ave. crossers 10 One past one’s prime, perhaps 40 Like Mr. Moviephone’s voice broaching issues such as environmental justice and 4 “One way” symbol 11 Broadway Musical in which 41 “The ______ of Madame de…,” gay rights. “There are so many issues, and they are all 9 Photographer Ansel Sarah Jessica Parker starred when 1953 Max Ophüls classic 14 Virginia Woof’s “A Room of One’s she was 12 42 Xbox game so interconnected. And hopefully, we can start getting ____” 12 Poser 47 Editor’s mark at that interconnectivity through pursuing radical 15 Hawkins with a dance 13 Growl 49 Just missed the mark change,” Cadambi said.

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18 “I Think We’re Alone Now” 51 Exasperated Two international artist collectives, Bee Hive 17 “Breathe” singer singer, familiarly 52 Playground retort Design Collective and Just Seeds Artists’ Cooperative, 19 One of the 2008 Olympics mascots 22 Ajar, poetically 53 Have an abject reaction serve as inspiration for Zero Hour’s mission statement 20 In a tizzy 24 Emulate a woman, in “I am 54 The 27th President and kin and collaborative structure. These two large-scale col21 Persevere, with “on” Woman” 55 Sea god of Irish myth lections are dedicated to creating powerful living 23 1816 Byron poem 25 Historic New York island 58 New Jersey hoopsters reminders about global environmental, political and 27 Type of wrestling 26 Like the Mutant Ninja Turtles 59 Times’ columnist Collins, e.g. social struggles.

30 Cindy Crawford trademark 27 Car driven Benjamin Braddock 60 Sounds good From a similar perspective, the initiators of Zero 31 It may be tax exempt: abbr. in “The Graduate,” for short 63 Co. offering a Buddy List Hour believe in the importance of recognizing how our 32 Michele of “Glee” 28 Jacques Lacan concept with “the” 64 Cause of some skin burns generation is challenged in troubled times.

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Wire” Zero Hour also embraces a collaborative process of 43 Big name in wrapping developing art, which is characteristic of both Bee 44 “Love Song” singer Bareilles Hive Design and Just Seeds. Under a decentralized and 45 Corrida cheer non-hierarchical structure, the Swarthmore collective 46 Some films in limited release: will not have a president or central leader. abbr.

Though Baker and Cadambi organized the initial 48 It may be black tie meeting, they consider themselves merely facilitators 50 “Science Guy” Bill of the collective’s first discussion. The group will also 51 Woody to Andy, e.g. not consist of ranked authoritative positions; Bayer 56 1992 Madonna album and Cadambi hope the collective will function more as 57 Jargon a group of friends and as a network.

61 Speed ______ 62 What begins tomorrow…or a hint “In a group, there are limiting roles where people to 17-Across, 23-Across, 39-Across, stop taking responsibility when they’ve finished one and 51-Across assignment and start taking responsibility again once 66 Manipulating they’ve entered a new realm of responsibility,” Baker 67 “It Could Happen _____,” 1994 said. “But, in [the collective’s] situation, we want Nicholas Cage film everyone to be themselves and cooperate with each 68 Madre’s hermana other.”

69 Buddies In order to preserve the collective’s autonomy, Zero 70 Was in the arms of Morpheus Hour is not chartered by the SBC and will most likely 71 Fox-like remain so. “We really like the idea that you don’t necessarily need funding to make art; you don’t always DOWN need money to collaborate with people,” Cadambi said.

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Gay teen suicides show we have not made progress While standing at the helm of the 21st century may make us feel progressive, we still have a great deal of work to do when it comes to equal rights and respect.

Take, for instance, Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student who killed himself last month after his roommate allegedly broadcast a sexual encounter Clementi had with another man in their dorm room on the Internet.

Clementi is one of several LGBTQ teenagers who have committed suicide in recent weeks after their peers purportedly harassed them.

While these stories have begun catching the public’s attention, antagonism toward and suicide among gay teenagers are not new issues.

About 85 percent of LGBTQ teenagers say they suffer harassment in high school, according to a 2009 Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network survey. Lesbian, gay and bisexual young adults are four times more likely to attempt suicide than peers who are heterosexual, according to the Massachusetts 2007 Youth Risk Survey. And of all American teenagers who commit suicide, 30 percent are LGBTQ. (That said, suicide is the second highest cause of death among college students.)

So if harassment and teenage suicide are not new issues, what do these recent incidents illuminate? For one, we can no longer buy into an oft-claimed myth that discrimination surfaces only in localized, “unenlightened,” or “expected” places — these instances of harassment and suicide were all across the country.

As Clementi’s suicide and the seeming harassment that prompted it happened at a university, we should also remind ourselves that college students are not immune to bigotry. And we cannot ignore the fact that these problems

may even arise at Swarthmore.

In 2008, for instance, there were claims that attendees at the Genderfuck party displayed homophobic attitudes, from verbal insults to physical aggression to derisive costumes. Clearly, this alleged environment was contrary to the party’s focus on safe, liberating gender-bending. But we can glean a much more sobering thought: discrimination and bigotry exists here, too.

Nevertheless, our generation has grown a bit complacent. Coming of age in a 21st century world where struggles such as the Civil Rights movement are supposed things of the past, we feel somewhat “above” discrimination.

But we also have grown up in a time where equality for and acceptance of gays has been repeatedly denied by the legal system. Recently, progress on “don’t ask, don’t tell” — the 17-year-old policy that allows gays to serve in the military but paradoxically prohibits them to be open about their sexual orientation — has been stalled yet again.

Gay marriage has become a hot-button issue over the last few years, with several states unabashedly not legally acknowledging homosexual unions. Even California, the seeming bastion of acceptance and progressive change, memorably voted in 2008 in support of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that restricted marriage to heterosexual couples. It was overturned by a judge in the Ninth Court Circuit of Appeals this August, but now is on hold

pending appeal.

Our legal system’s inaction and conservatism in regards to gay rights mirrors the country’s unwillingness to embrace equality; in turn, this inaction only encourages discrimination.

After all, how can children and teenagers, ever-impressionable, learn to accept LGBTQ members if they live in a society that shies away from teaching this very lesson? It’s no wonder that the phrase “that’s gay” has become a loaded insult in children and teenagers’ vernacular.

We need to move beyond simply reporting on teenagers committing suicide and past merely asserting that this is a problem. Instead, there needs to be some kind of action from both politicians and ourselves.

Repealing a policy such as “don’t ask, don’t tell” would be a large step in the right direction, for it would represent the informed kind of progress we need in other parts of our society. Legalizing gay marriage across a variety of states would have the same effect.

Importantly, we need to push young children away from discrimination. Maybe it’s a clichéd tactic, but it’s clearly one that isn’t working well enough. This discouragement should include everything from subtle semantics — “that’s gay” — to crueler, more explicit forms of harassment.

Only then can we start looking at our ourselves and begin seeing progress.

We need to move beyond simply reporting on gay teenagers committing suicide and past merely asserting that this is a problem.

Despite recession, U.S. technology craze persists

BY SINAN KAZAKLAR skazakl1@swarthmore.edu

It seems that the economic recession did not hit some industries as much as it hit others. On the hot end of a summer day on Walnut Street, I’m walking down the street, discovering the city. Men, women, kids, different people from different backgrounds are all passing by with the same motivation in their minds: shopping.

I enter the Apple store with the money that I have been saving for some time now, planning to buy a MacBook with the college student discount. I have been to many stores in my life, been through big discounts, but never seen such a demand. People were buying laptops, iPods — sometimes both of them at the same time. I was shocked, and a bit annoyed by the fact that it took me 20 minutes to get some kind of assistance, and one hour to buy the actual laptop.

This incident led me to think how electronics are so popular in the U.S. Because most of these goods are imported to Turkey, my home country, they are much more expensive there. But still it was quite interesting to see in a country where two of the three articles in the newspaper are about the recession, people are so eager to buy a laptop or a Magic Mouse.

It struck me how trends or tastes can overcome certain economical boundaries and motivate people to spend money that they may not even have. We as the consumers are sometimes driven to certain products by their popularity. I clearly saw what it meant to ‘jump on the bandwagon’ in that store. I guess what amazed me the most was the extent to which people could go along with the current trend.

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I feel it has to do with our modernized and electronic lifestyle too. We have iPhones, iPads, palm computers, Blackberries and many other derivatives, and we circle our lives around this technology. Our professors post assignments online, our friends post pictures online, we learn our application decisions through e-mail. That is how our lives turned out to be, addicted to the Internet and technology.

In the past it would be voluntary to do a task online or by hand. Day by day, we become more technology-dependent and feel the need to fill our free time with various electronic things. The day when a new cellphone arrives at the shelves, we camp in front of the stores, patiently wait for the stores to open. That is how addicted we, as the new generation, have become to the technology. Be it a PSP, iPhone, or any other new gadget that has just come out, we all have some kind of variation of a technological device and depend on it for our daily lives.

On another note, I must clarify that I am not an enemy of technology, and quite enjoy my own gadgets myself. All I’m trying to do is point out some of my observations that are much different in the US than where I come from. Be it the price of the imported products in Turkey, or peoples’ reservations against technology, there is less of a technology love where I’m coming than here in the States.

And it is a good thing in theory, having information at your fingertips, reaching someone in a second, getting the course material on the Internet, but is that how we want our life to be? Don’t we want to be unreachable sometimes?

Do you ever miss waiting for the letter to come?

Have you ever had a pen pal? Waiting for the letter to arrive, finally receiving

it, reading the hand-written letter, and writing a reply must have been one of the most enjoyable cycles for pen pals in the past. Today, we call, text, e-mail, send Facebook and Blackberry messages. It takes at most a second for what we have to say to arrive at the other party’s hands. How satisfactory is this really?

And what is next? Teleporting, travelling from one place to another in less than a

second? I will not be surprised when that happens.

The famous physicist Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” He said that over 50 years ago, and look at us now. Where is our technology relative to our humanity? And most importantly, where is it going to be in another 50 years?

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Consensus-building a smarter choice for worker power

L a s t Monday, while I was finishing this column, the London Tube underground system was l a r g e l y closed due to a 24-hour s t r i k e .

Peter Akkies Although it’s the first Social Thoughts time I’ve been inconvenienced by a Tube strike, the employees have been on strikes several times in the past months to protest against a plan to cut 800 public transport jobs in London in an attempt to repair government finances. (Although the Great Recession is officially over, according to an absurd definition based on figures of economic growth rather than unemployment figures, it clearly still affects millions of people even here in the city of London alone.)

Private jobs, however, are being cut too, and European workers in the private sector are no less keen to strike than those working for the government.

As you may have experienced yourself if you have flown to Europe recently, British Airways cabin personnel have been on strikes repeatedly for months now in a bid to avoid layoffs.

I applaud the efforts of workers who try to improve their working conditions or avoid unnecessary layoffs. In fact, I think workers in the United States should strike more often to make themselves heard. Yet there is an even better option than frequent striking, which is especially strong in Germany and in The

Netherlands. In these two countries workers — represented by unions — sit on a body together with government and environmental leaders and representatives of business interests to jointly address societal conflicts. For instance, while in France workers were on strike again to protest against an increase in the retirement age from 60 to 62, union and business representatives in The Netherlands cut a deal that will gradually increase the minimum retirement age from 65 to 67 over a period of ten years.

While the Dutch government was indecisive on the issue, employees and employers cut a deal that mitigates the pain for everyone involved, without the need to strike and inconvenience travelers.

On the whole, workers in the US are much more vulnerable than their Western European counterparts. When an American worker loses his job, he’s likely to also lose his health insurance with it. American workers get nowhere near the paid vacation days that European workers get and can get fired more easily. In addition, American workers find it much more difficult to unionize and have their say — either through strikes or by sitting at the table with business and government representatives. I’m not sure why it’s more difficult for American workers, but the prospect of getting fired and losing one’s job can’t help.

Of course I have painted an idyllic picture of the cooperation between various interest groups in The Netherlands and Germany and conflicts aren’t always resolved quite so easily, even in countries whose populations are much more homogeneous than the population of the United States. Many Western European societies are deeply divided over issues of immigration, justice and the question of how to progress with

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integration within the European Union.

And of course in Germany and The Netherlands, too, there are those who want the minimum retirement age untouched and will go on strike to emphasize their point. On most economic matters, however, the German and Dutch models encourage consensusbuilding rather than resolving conflicts through voting and thereby dividing the population.

Despite larger differences in culture and political views within the United States, American workers could be empowered by formalizing their place at discussion tables and not just through voting for representatives in government.

To start with, unions should be given more power — an unlikely change, I grant you, especially in the current

political climate. Still I think unions must be given a greater say in an institution such as the National Economic Council, which reports directly to the president.

It’s easy to dismiss the point that workers should have more rights as socialist for, after all, the theory of socialism is based in part on the distinction between workers and capitalists.

Socialism, obviously, is a dirty word in American politics because of its negative connotations.

But what is there to say against giving the vast majority of Americans, who are employees at a company they do not own, more power to negotiate better working conditions? In this respect, European workers must be envied.

Peter is a junior. He can be reached at pakkies1@swarthmore.edu

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Immigration crucial to advancement of U.S.economy

BY VIJAI NARAYANAN TECHNIQUE, SEPT. 23, 2010

Over the course of history, the United States has attracted the most brilliant and talented minds from across the globe, offering them the prospect of a better life and a chance to start over. The American Dream, a belief that through hard work and determination, any immigrant can earn a better life for his family and for posterity, has long been a part of American culture and tradition. A few weeks ago I, decided to become a naturalized citizen. As I filled out the application to begin the process, I felt fortunate to have been offered the extraordinary opportunity.

However, in the weeks that have passed since I completed my application, Arizona has implemented a controversial immigration law, a proposal to construct a mosque near Ground Zero faced fierce criticism, a Georgia representative submitted a bill to end birthright citi-

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zenship and a lunatic tried to hold a Quran burning. The U.S. is by far the most accepting nation of immigrants in the world, but I can’t help but wonder what the recent rise in nativism and xenophobia mean for America’s future in the 21st century.

Immigration is a complex issue and has had a tumultuous past in American history.

Without a doubt, the immigration system today is broken and in desperate need of repair. The current system does little to identify and recruit highly skilled labor, allows multinational companies to abuse the process of obtaining visas for their employees and does little to retain talented immigrants educated in the U.S. The issue of illegal immigration compounds the problem several fold.

The problems with legal immigration in the U.S. are arguably the most urgent to solve. They are also easily solvable. The process by which employment visas are distributed needs to be more flexible

and account for the economic realities of our nation. The current yearly cap for employment visas is set around 700,000 per year, a figure that hasn’t changed since 1990. The cap for skilled workers in the U.S. should be based on research and data about labor market trends and shortages that are prevalent in the U.S. economy.

Another prevalent issue regarding immigration includes the challenge of retaining immigrants who earn an education in the U.S., particularly those who earn advanced degrees. These students generally represent the best that their country has to offer, and they contribute significantly to American society.

According to the Wall Street Journal, over 50 percent of Silicon Valley start-ups in the past decade were created by immigrants.

Increasingly, however, students earning advanced degrees in the U.S. are choosing to return to their home countries, primarily because of the longevity and uncertainty of the immi-

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gration process. These individuals should be put on a fast track to gaining permanent residency.

Illegal immigration is a complex, multi-faceted problem that must be dealt with carefully.

There are currently approximately 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., who make up a vital part of the American economy by fulfilling roles that are either undesired or unwanted by other segments of the population.

The idea to round up and deport every illegal immigrant is impractical. The U.S. cannot afford the cost of carrying out such a procedure, especially in such economic times.

Furthermore, it would rip apart immigrant families who have staked their livelihoods and their children’s future in the U.S. Illegal immigrants must be provided a path to legalization, whereby they recognize the crime of having entered the U.S. illegally, pay back taxes and agree to enter the naturalization process, same as any legal immigrant.

The issue of protecting our borders and enforcing the law must also be tackled. The Border Patrol is seriously understaffed and lacks the resources to prevent illegal crossings. An increased presence along key areas on the border is necessary to deter crossings. In addition, employers who offer jobs to illegal immigrants must be punished.

It is my hope that the recent surge in nativism and xenophobia are nothing more than results of election year tactics employed by politicians to get reelected. One thing is certain, however—immigration must continue to play an important role in America’s progress.

Immigration reform is necessary if the U.S. hopes to remain a leader in the 21st century. In the meantime, I’ll be waiting anxiously for a call from USCIS about the status of my application.

Vijai Narayanan is a news editor for Georgia Institute of Technology’s newspaper, Technique.

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All-undrafted defense: the best in football history

Timothy Bernstein Bullet Points

Here is the second part of my Pro Bowl roster of undrafted players in football history. Now let’s take a look at the defense and special t e a m s starters:

Defensive Tackle: John Randle, Pat Williams Runner-Up: None Eerie parallels: Randle enjoyed his best years in Minnesota. Williams enjoyed his best years in Minnesota.

Randle has one career interception.

Williams has one career interception.

Randle starred in a commercial in which he chases a chicken wearing Brett Favre’s jersey around a yard.

Every Sunday Williams gets to watch someone wearing Favre’s jersey throw the ball around a field like a chicken with its head cut off.

a Pro Bowl alternate nine times. As it turned out, he has the new NFL playoff schedule and Brett Favre to thank for the broken streak; last year was the first in which the Pro Bowl was played the week before the Super Bowl, meaning that as soon as Brett Favre threw into coverage to gift-wrap the NFC Championship for New Orleans, Jonathan Vilma couldn’t go to the Pro Bowl. Enter Fletcher, making his first appearance at age 35 despite having made more tackles than any other player this decade. He’s also happened to never miss a game in his career. Mills was a dominant player for New Orleans in the late 80s/early 90s, but became lionized in the Panthers’ organization when he continued to coach the team’s linebackers during their 2003 Super Bowl run despite undergoing treatment for intestinal cancer. When he passed away in 2005, the team retired his number.

Outside Linebacker: James Harrison Runner-Up: None In honor of James Harrison’s signature play, the 100-yard interception return for a touchdown from Super Bowl 43, this entry is in run-on sentence form: It’s surprising how little competiDefensive End: Len Ford, Bill Willis tion there was at outside linebacker for Runner-Up: Rich ‘Tombstone’ Jackson this list, but Harrison would have been Had Jackson not injured his knee in tough to beat regardless, although as 1970, there’s no question he would have was the case with London Fletcher, gotten one of the starting spots. As it is, teams felt Harrison was too short play he is barely beaten out by two Hall of linebacker, yet he managed to pick up Famers, Ford and an invite to Willis. Ford is Steelers training another one of camp, spent two those players years on special whose undrafted teams, got status is more of a released three technicality; he times, played a actually got startyear for NFL ed in the shortEurope’s Rhein lived All-America Fire (at least he F o o t b a l l was starting), got Conference, which cut again, considfolded after four ered retiring to years, then got drive a truck or drafted out of a become a veterispecial pool to play narian, got signed for one of the three by the Steelers AAFC teams that again because of a merged with the training camp NFL. His new injury, played two team, the Browns, more years of speconverted him to cial teams, won full-time defensive the starting job in end to take advan2007, made the Pro tage of his passBowl three years rushing, and the in a row, became rest is NFL histothe first undrafted ry. A teammate of Defensive Player Photo courtesy of blog.redskins.com Ford’s in of the Year in NFL Cleveland, Willis Linebacker London Fletcher led the NFL in History, dropped was one of the tackles in the 2000s and made his first Pro back into coverage original players to Bowl appearance last year at age 35. on a Kurt Warner break the NFL pass, stepped in color barrier, front of Anquan signed by the Browns just days before Boldin … and is probably still out of they signed running back Marion breath.

Motley, who made my All-Undrafted Offensive team. All three of them helped Cornerback: Dick “Night Train” Lane Cleveland win the 1950 championship Runner-Up: Emmitt Thomas over the L.A. Rams, the one that Lou The story goes that in 1952, 24 years Groza, the offensive tackle, won with a old and fresh off a four-year stint in the last-second field goal. army, Lane walked into the offices of the L.A. Rams and asked for a tryout at Inside Linebacker: Sam Mills, London receiver. The Rams liked what they saw Fletcher but put him on the defense out of necesRunner-Up: Bart Scott sity. Lane, who got his nickname from a Until this year, Fletcher was the Buddy Morrow record, hadn’t played quintessential NFL bridesmaid, named football in four years. But, he

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intercepted 14 passes his rookie season.

That record has never been broken.

Undrafted, by the way. Nobody was interested.

Cornerback: Willie Brown Runner-Up: Cornell Green The best defensive player in Raiders history might be their most devoted.

Between 12 seasons as a player — in which he went to 7 Pro Bowls and won two championships — 10 as a secondary coach, and 16 as a front office guy, he is coming up on 40 years in the organization.

To put that in context, he’s been there since Al Davis was in his early seventies.

Stenerud, along with Pete Gogolak, revolutionized the kicking position by actually making it a position. Before him, it was just something they made the guy with the strongest leg do if he didn’t feel tired. However, you would be wrong to think that Vinatieri’s case for being better is based solely around a few clutch kicks. It turns out that Vinatieri was also a much, much better kicker than Stenerud in ANY situation. Vinatieri has made 82% of his career kicks.

Stenerud? 66.8%.

He has also missed twice as many extra points as “A u t o m a t i c Adam,” and has never kicked a Super Bowl-winning field goal, let alone two.

Punter: Darren Safety: Emlen Bennett Tunnell Runner-Up: Jeff Runner-Up: Deron Feagles Cherry Feagles holds If anything can his records — sum up the pervamost punts, most sive randomness games played, of an NFL draft, most punting this should do it; yards, most career seven players punts inside the 20 from this lineup, Photo courtesy of bleacherreport.com — not so much seven players who Former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri strikes through unparaldidn’t get drafted the winning kick in Super Bowl XXXIX. leled ability but by by any team to the equally play football, made the Sporting News’ list of the Top admirable skill of simply continuing to 100 Football Players of All Time that exist in the league long enough to set came out ten years ago. Tunnell, the them. For that alone, he deserves the first black player to ever be voted into reputation he has as an elite punter. the Hall of Fame, comes in 70th, having Still, Bennett, though he didn’t have half played most of his career with the as many attempts as Feagles, was conGiants of the 50s. His last year happened siderably better when he was able to to be 1958, which means that his last kick. He punted longer balls that were game with the team was the famous returned for less yardage, made the “Greatest Game Ever Played” against 1990s All-Decade Team, and even totaled the Baltimore Colts at Yankee Stadium. a per-punt average higher than that of Tunnell also remains second on the Ray Guy, who’s still the second-most career interceptions list, with 79. In case common answer to “Who is the best you were wondering, the other six play- punter ever?” right behind, “I don’t ers on that list are “Night Train” Lane care, what are you doing in my house?”

(19th), Marion Motley (32nd), Willie Brown (50th), Jim Otto (78th), Larry Kick Returner: Josh Cribbs Runner-Up: None Little (79th), and Lou Groza (99th).

In terms of sheer ability, Wes Welker would give Cribbs a run for this spot, Safety: Willie Wood but I’m reserving it for someone whose Runner-Up: Donnie Shell Shell actually has more interceptions primary job is to return kicks, and than Wood, but that’s where the compe- Cribbs is the easy choice, since his tition ends. Wood missed out on being accomplishments are endless. He has drafted because of a collarbone injury never not gone a season without returnhe suffered in his junior year at USC, ing a kickoff for a touchdown; he has but signed in 1960 for about six thousand returned an NFL-record eight for touchdollars to play a backup role for Vince downs in his career; he was selected for Lombardi and the Packers. The next the NFL’s 2000s All-Decade Team at this year, Lombardi decided to demote — of position; he was voted Browns Team all people — Emlen Tunnell, and make MVP in 2009 after playing mostly on speWood his replacement. Wood took over cial teams; he has a reality show called to guard the right side and didn’t give it “Josh’s Cribbs” which airs on Fox up for ten years, becoming a vital com- Sports Ohio; he owns an indoor playponent of the 1960s Packers, the greatest ground called “Bounce City”; he donatdynasty in NFL history with five cham- ed last year’s Pro Bowl bonus to relief pionships. Wood ended up in an assisted efforts in Haiti; his favorite color is living home, wheelchair-bound because “mauve”; his favorite month is August, of the multiple surgeries to his neck, since it’s not quite fall but still cooler back and shoulders. He’s since become than July; his likes: “people who aren’t the poster child for NFL legends left on afraid to be themselves, Michael Cera their own by the league to pay for the movies, and tapioca”; his dislikes: “people who wear their cell phones on their injuries that came on company time. belts, rudeness, and carrot cake.”

Timothy is a sophomore.

Placekicker: Adam Vinatieri You can reach him at tbernst1@swarthRunner-Up: Jan Stenerud You would be right to think that more.edu.

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Field hockey picks up impressive victory vs. Arcadia

BY VICTOR BRADY AND ANA APOSTOLERIS vbrady1, aaposto1@swarthmore.edu

The Swarthmore Garnet field hockey team broke a two game losing streak with a dominating performance on Wednesday, defeating the visiting Arcadia Knights 3-2.

A swarming and aggressive Garnet defense limited the Knights to only seven shots, four on goal, while the Swarthmore offense pounded a pair of Arcadia goaltenders with 17 shots, 12 of which were on goal.

Goals by forward Nia Jones ’14, the versatile Catie Meador ’13, who plays forward, back and midfield for Swarthmore, and midfielder Sophia Agathis ’13 highlighted the Garnet’s fourth win of the season, as the team improved to 4-6 overall.

Wednesday’s matchup marked a break in the Garnet’s Centennial Conference schedule. Having dropped two consecutive Centennial games, to Johns Hopkins and Washington, after a victory over Bryn Mawr, the Garnet came out firing against the Knights.

Arcadia came into Wednesday’s game with seven wins on the season, but Swarthmore earned a penalty corner just over two minutes into the game. Katie Teleky ’13 nearly put the Garnet out in front, firing a shot just wide of the Arcadia goal on a loose ball in the circle.

The Garnet continued to pressure before finally breaking through just after the 18 minute mark, when Sophia Ferguson ’11 crossed a deflected shot to Jones off the team’s sixth corner.

For Jones, it was the fifth goal of her impressive first-year campaign.

Just over four minutes later, the Garnet offense swarmed the Knights circle again, forcing the ball down low towards Arcadia keeper Marissa Perez. Perez fell on top of the ball, giving the Garnet a penalty stroke.

For the second consecutive game, Swarthmore called on Meador to score on the stroke, and for the second consecutive game, she found the back of the cage.

Meador’s goal gave the Garnet a 2-0 lead, but Arcadia cut the Swarthmore lead in half late in the first 35 minute

session.

After halftime, Swarthmore continued to control play, taking nine penalty corners after halftime to Arcadia’s two.

The Garnet finally broke through for its third goal of the game thanks to the fabulous individual effort from Agathis, who dribbled through the entire Arcadia defense and into the circle before ripping a low drive into the goal to make the score 3-1.

The goal was the eighth of Agathis’ collegiate career. The sophomore now has 30 career points.

Arcadia responded again late in the half to make it a one goal game with six minutes to play. But Swarthmore held tight for the victory.

Wednesday’s game was the first in over a week for the field hockey team.

The team had previously taken the field last Tuesday at Washington College and took advantage of the full week off to improve conditioning and communication.

That improvement showed as Swarthmore out-hustled Arcadia throughout Wednesday’s game, consistently pinning the Knights deep within their own half for extended periods of play.

The Swarthmore forwards also had one of their most efficient games of the season, creating opportunities through innovative runs, using the outside of the field to create crossing opportunities towards goal and blocking Arcadia clear attempts.

After Wednesday’s win, the 2010 Garnet are in great position to surpass the win totals recorded by the team in Lauren Fuch’s first two years as head coach. Swarthmore won five games in both 2008 and 2009.

The Garnet will look for its second Centennial Conference win of the year on Saturday as the team travels to Dickinson for the first of four fall break contests.

Swarthmore visits Gwynedd-Mercy on Sunday before returning home to host Muhlenberg in a critical Centennial match on Wednesday. The Garnet is also home a week from Saturday to take on the McDaniel Green Terror.

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Julia Tallarico ’13, trailed by Arcadia’s Hannah Cristensen, carries the ball up the field during the Garnet’s 3-2 victory over the Knights.

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Golf takes seventh at Swat Invitational The harsh rain and wind did not prevent the Swarthmore College golf team from putting up a seventh place finish this past Monday afternoon at the Swarthmore College Invitational held at the Rock Manor Golf Course in Wilmington, DE. The Garnet recorded a score of 340 on the course, finishing 24 shots behind LaSalle University, the winner of the tournament. The team rounded out the top half of the teams at the tournament, taking seventh place out of 14 teams.

First-year Jeff Wall and junior Paul Weston — who both led the Garnet with 77s two Saturdays ago at the Philadelphia University TriMatch — again carded the two low-

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est scores on the team. Wall was the Garnet’s top performer, finishing the course with a score of 80 (+9) and also tying for 10th place out of a field of 76 golfers, while Weston tied for 17th place with an 82 (+11). Kyle Knapp ’14 and Alex Leichter ’12 rounded out the Garnet’s top four finishers with scores of 86 (+15) and 92 (+21), respectively.

The Garnet will swing back into action on Oct. 12 at the Ace Club for the Philadelphia University Tournament before heading to Lehigh Country Club to play in the Muhlenberg Fall Tournament on Oct. 18.

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Forward Nia Jones ’14 faces off against Arcadia’s Melissa McNamee near the sideline in Wednesday’s home game.

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Finally.

The playoffs. I was starting to think they didn’t really exist, as it had been such a long time since the San Francisco Hannah Purkey Giants had The Purkey Perspective been invited to participate in them. And, in true Giants style, it took until the last game of the season to make it happen.

But as I bask in the glory of finally making it out of the regular season, the question lingers of how exactly we got here. What makes this season different from the past six? If you ask Aubrey Huff, it’s all because of a red, rhinestone-studded “Rally Thong.”

Yes, he does mean a pair of women’s underwear. Huff donned this particular pair of underwear on August 31, before the Giants’ last 30 games of the regular season, and claimed, “Here’s 20 wins right here.” Although most people at the time dismissed this as just another illustration of Huff’s eccentric personality, with this weekend’s win against the Padres, the Giants’ record since the thong-incident is 20-10. His prediction actually came true. Now he is predicting, “We’re going to sell more of these than Panda hats [head gear brought out last season in support of fan favorite Giant

Pablo Sandavol].” Who knew underwear could ever be so important in professional baseball?

While I don’t want to stop any baseball fans from investing in the thong industry to help their favorite team out Huff-style, I think there might be more to the Giants’ surge to the top of the NL West than underwear. The truth is that at the upper echelons of athletic competition, the difference between being in the playoffs and watching them from home can come down to the very last game of the season. So what is the final determining factor that, for example, puts the Giants into the playoffs and leaves the Padres picking up the shambles of their season?

Taking into account the number of World Series wins for the New York Yankees and the size of their payroll, many assume that the richer the team the more success they will have. In fact, the MLB set up a blue-ribbon panel in 1999 to look into payroll inequities, according to Jerry Harbour’s book The Performance Paradox. The panel’s reports found that there were payroll inequities in baseball, and these inequities were correlated with a team’s ability to win.

Yet the story is more complicated than that. When a few economics professors took on the panel’s findings in The Wages of Wins, the expanded sample size of their study showed that contrary to the panel’s report, there was no evidence for a link between payroll size and World Series titles. In fact, Harbour points out, in the 2007 playoffs, the Yankees ($216 million payroll)

lost to the Indians ($70.5 million), the Phillies ($100.6 million) lost to the Rockies ($60.6 million) and the Cubs ($113.5 million) lost to the Diamondbacks ($69.8 million).

So money cannot buy you a championship. However, investing in your brain might be able to. Yogi Berra’s saying, “Ninety percent of this game is half mental,” might be truer than even he knew. In a study of Canadian Olympic Athletes, researchers Terry Orlick and John Partington found that out of mental, physical and technical readiness factors, only mental readiness showed a statistically significant correlation with Olympic ranking. Of the over 200 Olympic athletes asked, only three percent categorized their focus as “very effective” during competition while 60 percent categorized it as “ineffective.” These results led the researchers to conclude that many Olympians were not performing up to potential due to lack of preparation in dealing with the distractions associated with high-level competitions.

These results have been supported by studies done on paradoxical performance effects, better known as choking under pressure. In a review of recent literature on these effects in the European Journal of Social Psychology, Roy Baumeister and Carolin Showers outline the possible models that explain why some athletes choke under pressure. All of these models approach the problem as arising from self-awareness and are essentially a not-to-do list for teams as they enter the postseason. So here is a bit of what the research has shown and

what it could mean for the Giants: 1. Performance-contingent awards can cause players to imagine they have already won the award and therefore choke. This may explain why, entering a three game series against the Padres at home, the Giants almost got swept and thus forced into a three-way tiebreaker to get into the playoffs at all. Take it one day at a time, guys; you haven’t won anything yet.

2. Players can get distracted by worry and fear of failing. Well, Bay Area teams at this point have been so good at failing in the playoffs that I have to imagine they have learned to deal with that fear by now.

3. Under pressure, players stop executing their performances automatically and instead begin to consciously control their actions, leading to a decrease in effectiveness. This suggests that the Giants need to stop thinking and just play. If only there were a catchy Nike slogan that could help them remember this …

If the mental side of sports is really what it takes to win a championship, then I feel pretty good about the Giants’ chances. While this team might have a great pitching staff or might have a deep bench, the one thing the players have proven for sure is that they will do anything to win. So ignore what everyone else says, Huff, and you go ahead and wear your red rhinestone Rally Thong. As long as you have the World Series ring to match, who really cares?

Hannah is a senior. You can reach her at hpurkey1@swarthmore.edu.

SPORTS IN BRIEF

XC women first at Paul Short Invite Behind a 7th place finish from Emma Saarel ’14, the Swarthmore Garnet women’s cross country team won the white race at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University last Friday.

Saarel finished the 6K course in 22:55 and was closely followed by Hannah Rose ’12 and Rebecca Woo ’11. Rose finished 18th overall out of the 280 runners with a time of 23:19 and Woo was 19th with a time of 23:25.

Rebecca Hammond ’13 and Melissa Frick ’12 rounded out the top five Swarthmore finishers with top-30 performances overall. Hammond ran 23:26 for a 21st place finish and Frick was 27th overall in 23:42.

Becky Painter ’13 and Frick finished with identical times with Painter taking 28th place.

As a team, the top five finishers had 92 points, outdistancing Trinity and Seton Hill. Trinity finished with 201 points and Seton Hill with 203.

The title is the first for the Swarthmore women since they won the Seven Sisters Championship two years ago.

The women return to action on October 16th with the 29th annual Seven Sisters Championship at Vassar.

The Garnet men’s cross country team placed second overall out of 33 teams in the white race at the Paul Short Run. Aidan DuMont-McCaffrey ’13 led the men with a seventh place finish out of 294 runners in the 8K event. DuMont-McCaffrey

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ran a 26:33.

DuMont-McCaffrey was closely follosed

by Robert Fain ’14, who ran the course in 26:48 for a 12th place finish. John McMinn ’13 and Bill King ’13 each finished in the top-25 with times of 26:58 and 26:59 respectively.

Jacob Phillips ’13 finished fifth for Swarthmore, in 39th place, with a time of 27:23.

The men’s team finished with 101 points, just two points behind first-place Rowan, and will return to action on October 16th with the DeSales Invitational in Center Valley, PA. The Seven Sisters Championship and DeSales Invitational are the final tune-ups for the men and women respectively before the Centennial Conference Championships on October 30 at Johns Hopkins.

Last year, the Garnet women finished fifth at the Centennial Conference Championship meet, behind Hopkins, Haverford, Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The Garnet men finished sixth at the Centennial Conference Championship meet last year held at Gettysburg.

After the victory Saturday, the Garnet women jumped four spots in the Mideast regional rankings from No. 8 to No. 4.

Centennial Conference schools hold each of the top four spots in the Mideast region’s women poll.

BY VICTOR BRADY

October 7, 2010

First-years lead Garnet at ITAs

Two Garnet first-years reached the finals of the B3 Singles Champion-ship to lead the Swarthmore men’s tennis team at the ITA Southeast Fall Regionals at the University of Mary Washington last weekend.

Daniel Park ’14 defeated teammate Robert Xie ’14 to win the B3 title while Sam Clark ’13 won the consolation of the B5 singles flight.

To reach the finals, Park defeated Zach Pack 6-1 6-3, Scott Yanak 60 6-2, and E. Rouff 6-3 6-0. In the final, Xie won the first set 6-3 before Park won the next two 6-2 61 to claim the three-set victory.

Clark lost the opener of the B5 draw but then won three consecutive matches to earn the consolation title. In the first round of the consolation draw, Clark shut out Stevenson’s Connor Shortell 6-0 60. He then dominated Arthur Jackson 6-1 6-1 before defeating Nick Levya in the final by a score of 6-1 6-4.

Three members of the Garnet also reached the semifinals of the top-level Championship Singles consolation bracket as the team wrapped up the fall season.

Max Bressman ’11, Zak Kelm ’12, and Max Kaye ’14 each dropped their first match in the Championship draw before win-

ning three straight to make the consolation semifinals.

Bressman defeated Alex Blakhim of Mary Washington 6-4 63, Ted Cooe of Stevenson 6-0 6-2 and teammate Preston Poon ’14 6-1 6-3.

Kelm won his three matches by scores of 6-1 6-4, 6-1 6-3, and 4-6 6-1 10-6. Kaye won all in straight sets, 6-3 6-2, 6-3 6-4 and 7-6 6-4.

Elsewhere in Championship Singles action, Mark Wee ’11 and Malik Mubeen ’13 each won their opening matches to reach the round of 32, by scores of 7-5 6-1 and 6-2 7-5 respectively.

In doubles play, Kelm and Stephen Youngblood ’12 and Kaye and Bressman faced each other in the Championship doubles consolation bracket semifinals after winning two matches apiece in the draw. Kaye and Bressman came away victorious by a score of 8-5 against their 2010 All-Centennial performer teammates.

Kaye and Bressman opened their play in the consolation bracket with an 8-0 victory and followed it with an 8-4 win to set up the match with their teammates.

Kelm and Youngblood faced a tougher road, winning 8-6 and 8-4 before falling in the semifinal.

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BY VICTOR BRADY vbrady1@swarthmore.edu

Ranked No. 2 in the D3soccer.com national poll, the Swarthmore men’s soccer team entered Saturday’s Centennial Conference match at Gettysburg with a target squarely on its back.

The Bullets came out firing on their homecoming weekend, knocking the Garnet on its heels and forcing a 1-1 draw, the first game this season in which Swarthmore did not come away victorious. With the tie, Swarthmore is now 9-0-1 on the season and 3-0-1 in Centennial Conference play. The Garnet is tied atop the Centennial standings with rival Haverford.

Despite the draw, the Garnet maintained its rank in the D3soccer.com poll and moved up one spot in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll from No. 3 to No. 2.

Swarthmore has struggled against Gettysburg since the formation of the Centennial Conference. Since the teams first met in conference play in 1993, Swarthmore is just 3-14-1 vs. the Bullets. The three wins are the fewest

by Swarthmore versus any Centennial opponent since the Conference’s inception.

As teams around the Centennial Conference struggle with the potent Swarthmore offense and strangling defense, Gettysburg attacked the Garnet for the second year in a row.

Last year, on an eerie October evening with fog blanketing Clothier Field, the Bullets battled back from a 3-0 deficit before an 89th bicycle-kick from Morgan Langley ’11 — his third score of the game — propelled Swarthmore to victory.

But on Saturday, Gettysburg came out with vicious physicality against the Garnet. Off the opening kick, the Bullets drove the ball deep to Swarthmore’s right back, Jake Weiner

’14. Pushing up the field, a Bullets for- But the Garnet defense was unable to ward lowered his shoulder and leveled clear the ball. Dan McNamara found the first-year defender, setting a tone the loose ball at the right post and for the entire match. The contest saw buried his first goal of the year.

After posting seven shutouts 39 fouls and five yellow cards, four through the first ten games of last against the Bullets.

Swarthmore faced difficulty year, Swarthmore has just three in responding. Having taken 35 shots in a 2010. “So many of our goals-against 1-0 win at Washington just three days [this year] have been [on silly] tripbefore, the Garnet managed just two ups: not clearing the ball, not following shots in the first half of play, neither our marks when they make runs, and so on. D’Annunzio and I take it peron goal.

Head coach Eric Wagner believes sonally whenever a goal gets scored, that the Garnet needs to do a better job and so our abysmal shutout record this at the start of the game. “We need to season speaks for my personal frustrarespond better to the opening whistle. tion better than I could,” said Gage It hasn’t been a pattern over the course Newman ’11, who was an Honorable Mention Allof the season, but Centennial I do think that defender last seawe need to be son. ready for every“Saturday was a thing.” wake-up call and it came leadGettysburg’s did not last The Bullets long. Just five succeeded in at a fortuitous time.” minutes after matching the Kieran Reichert ’13 McNamara’s Garnet shot for goal, Langley shot throughout scored his sevthe game. “For the majority of the match on Saturday, enth goal of the year to knot the game.

Gettysburg was able to compete with Reichert took a free kick that was us at every position,” Kieran Reichert headed by Newman to Langley, who ’13 said. “They came out of the gates finished from close range. Langley has ready to battle, and we took some time now recorded a point in nine of the to adjust to that — possibly even the Garnet’s 10 games this season and in six consecutive matches, but late in whole match.”

Noah Sterngold ’14, who has seen Saturday’s game, he had the opportusignificant time in the Swarthmore nity for another goal. “[Langley] had a breakaway,” midfield, added, “As a team, I don’t think we applied the same type of Wagner said, describing the play. “You defensive pressure against know when he is off to goal, no one is [Gettysburg] as we have teams in the going to catch him. But the last defendpast, and that allowed them to dictate er clipped him and took him down.” how the game was played for large Though by rule this should have resulted in a red card for that defender, parts of each half.”

The two teams were deadlocked at only a yellow was issued. “To me, that the half, but the Bullets struck first really set the tone allowing after halftime, sending the Garnet [Gettysburg] to do whatever they wantbehind for just the second time all sea- ed to do,” added Wagner.

Though the Garnet would threaten son.

Off a corner kick, David throughout the remainder of regulaD’Annunzio ’12 saved the initial shot. tion and the two overtime sessions —

GARNET ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

GARNET IN ACTION THURSDAY, OCT. 7 Volleyball vs. Bryn Mawr, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 9 Field hockey at Dickinson, 12 p.m.

Volleyball at Dickinson,1 p.m.

Women’s soccer vs. Bryn Mawr, 1 p.m.

Men’s soccer vs. Ursinus, 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 10 Field hockey at Gwynedd-Mercy, 2 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCT. 12 Men’s soccer vs. Moravian, 7 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Muhlenburg, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13 Field hockey vs. Muhlenburg, 4 p.m.

Women’s soccer vs. Muhlenburg, 7 p.m.

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Micah Rose ’12 and Pierre Dyer ’12 both nearly scored in overtime — the game ended 1-1.

The tie did not result in a drop in the national rankings, but the team was not satisfied with the result.

“Saturday was a wake-up call, and it came at a fortuitous time. We had just experienced a disappointing performance on Wednesday at Washington College [in our 1-0 win], and on Saturday we learned that we cannot put out something less than our best and expect to win every game,” Reichert said.

“We are going to have to get back to what got us to where we are: playing our patient, possession-style game and focusing on putting out 100% effort even when everything isn't going our way,” Reichert added.

Wagner believes that the team and coaching staff could have responded better to Gettysburg’s physicality. “We could have showed a little more fight, we could have showed a little more composure in dealing with the difficulties, and ultimately, we didn’t, unfortunately.”

Having entered Saturday’s game with a 2-6 record on the season, the Bullets again confirmed that the Centennial Conference is one of the toughest men’s soccer conferences in the country.

Three Centennial teams are ranked in the D3soccer.com poll — Swarthmore, Johns Hopkins at No. 16 and Muhlenberg at No. 19.

Swarthmore sits behind 10-0-0 Christopher Newport in both polls.

The Garnet returns to action on Saturday, hosting Ursinus at 7 p.m.

Swarthmore has won six straight against the Bears, including a 2-1 victory in Collegeville last year.

Swarthmore continues fall break play on Tuesday hosting Moravian on Tuesday before traveling to Lancaster to take on the Diplomats of Franklin and Marhshall next Saturday.

MEGAN COLOMBO

FRIDAY, OCT. 15 Volleyball at Cal-Lutheran Fall Classic: vs. Chapman, 12:30 p.m. vs. Occidental, 3 p.m.

SR., SOCCER, ARCADIA, CA.

WHAT SHE’S DONE: The senior scored two goals in Saturday’s victory over McDaniel. The two goals give her 26 in her collegiate career, tying her with Madeline Fraser ’94 for the most goals in a Swarthmore women’s soccer career.

With 64 career points, Colombo trails Fraser by just one for the most in a Swarthmore women’s soccer career.

SATURDAY, OCT. 16 Men’s cross country at DeSales Invitational, 10:30 a.m.

Volleyball at Cal-Lutheran Fall Classic: vs. Whittier, 10:30 a.m. vs. Cal-Lutheran, 1 p.m.

Women’s cross country at Seven Sisters (Vassar), 11 a.m.

Field hockey vs. McDaniel, 12 p.m.

Women’s soccer at Stevenson, 1 p.m.

Men’s soccer at Franklin and Marshall, 1 p.m.

FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: “Winning ECACs [in each of the last three years].”

SEASON GOALS: “To win the National Championship.”

FAVORITE SPOT TO STUDY ON CAMPUS:

GOGARNET!

Olivia Natan Phoenix Staff

October 7, 2010

“Kohlberg.”

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Volleyball victorious in “Digging for a Cure” match

BY RENEE FLORES rflores1@swarthmore.edu

The Swarthmore Garnet volleyball team defeated McDaniel College in straight sets on Saturday to improve to 12-4 on the season, 2-1 in the Centennial Conference. Play was fierce in this Centennial match with more at stake than just conference standings.

During October, five Centennial contests, featuring 10 of the conference’s 11 teams, are part of the Centennial’s fifth annual “Digging for a Cure” campaign to fight breast cancer, and Saturday’s game was the Garnet’s “Digging for a Cure” match.

Prior to designated “Digging for a Cure” matches, every Conference school collects donations and pledges for each dig that the team records in a match. A dig, according to the Centennial Conference website, is a defensive play where a player prevents an opponent from scoring by “digging” the ball before it hits the ground.

For the fourth consecutive year, the money raised will go to Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC), a local organization based in Haverford. The mission statement of LBBC is “[to] empower all women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of life.”

Just last year, the Centennial teams raised over $10,680, and over the four years of the initiative, the teams have raised over $36,000.

The Swarthmore defense was strong on Saturday, recording a total of 54 digs in the match, with libero Hillary Santana ’12 leading the team with 14.

Senior captain Sarah Lambert and Danielle Sullivan ’14 recorded seven digs each.

Maggie Duszyk ’13 led the team with five block assists.

Offense did not lack on Saturday either as the Garnet attack recorded 42 kills. Kat Montemurro ’13 led Swarthmore with 16 kills while Genny Pezzola ’12 added nine.

After dominating the first two sets 258, 25-11, McDaniel responded with fury in the third. The Green Terror led the third set 21-19 before Swarthmore closed on a 6-1 run to win the third set 25-22.

The loss dropped McDaniel to 1-2 in Centennial play.

The players were pleased to record the victory, their second consecutive in Centennial play after dropping the conference-opening match to Johns Hopkins. But they were also honored to have the opportunity to contribute to LBBC. “I think [LBBC] is special [in that] it’s a local organization. A lot of schools participate in national fundraisers, but national is more anonymous,” Lisa Shang ’12 said.

Duszyk agreed, stating that using sports to get donations for a cause leads to a lot of publicity for issues of great importance to many people.

Even with the added importance of the contest, the Garnet recognizes that there is still room for significant improvement in team play. “We don’t have a game yet in which we played our best. Our schedule only gets harder, [and we will be playing] very good teams,” Shang said.

Swarthmore has yet to play Franklin and Marshall, Haverford or Gettysburg, three of the top five teams in the Centennial standings and the three teams that joined Swarthmore in the conference semifinals last year.

“It’s a relief to know that we can win even though [we haven’t always played our best],” said Duszyk, who has seen the team mix strong performances with those she calls “less pretty.” But the Garnet has shown the ability to rebound, ready to play competitively and respond to opponents’ runs.

“We need to have the mindset of ending that first set early and not letting opponents back in the game,” Shang said, commenting on McDaniel’s third set performance. “I think the general attitude [of the team] is that there’s always room to improve.”

The Garnet looks to extend its winning streak tonight when it returns to action against Centennial Conference rival Bryn Mawr College. Action from Tarble Pavilion is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

The team begins fall break play at Dickinson Saturday and then takes on Muhlenberg in a home game on Tuesday before a trip to California for the CalLutheran Fall Classic next weekend.

RECORDS AND MILESTONES FIELD HOCKEY

Sophia Agathis ’13 earned her 30th career point in Wednesday’s win vs. Arcadia.

Nia Jones ’14 scored her fifth career goal in Wednesday’s win vs. Arcadia.

Catie Meador ’13 earned her 10th career point in Wednesday’s win vs. Arcadia.

MEN’S SOCCER

Morgan Langley ’11 is first in Division III in assists and assists per game through Sunday’s games.

Gage Newman ’11 earned his fifth career assist in Saturday’s tie at Gettysburg.

Kieran Reichert ’13 earned his fifth career assist in Saturday’s tie at Gettysburg.

VOLLEYBALL

Sarah Lambert ’11 recorded her 400th career dig in Saturday’s win vs. McDaniel.

Kat Montemurro ’13 recorded her 200th career dig in Saturday’s win vs. McDaniel.

Lisa Shang ’12 recorded her 750th career dig in Saturday’s win vs. McDaniel.

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Kat Montemurro and Jackie Morgan rise to block a McDaniel attack Saturday. Swarthmore recorded seven team blocks in the straight sets victory.

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Megan Colombo ’11 scored her 26th career goal in Saturday’s win vs.

McDaniel. The 26 goals tie her with Madeline Fraser ’94 for the most in program history.

Amber Famiglietti ’14 scored her first career goal in Saturday’s win vs. McDaniel.

Elizabeth Mills ’11 earned her fifth career assist in Saturday’s win vs. McDaniel.

Hannah Purkey ’11 earned her 25th career point in Saturday’s win vs. McDaniel.

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Garnet women tied for first in Centennial Conference

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Ariana Spiegel looks to play a ball over top of the McDaniel defense on Saturday as Amber Famiglietti watches. Famiglietti scored her first collegiate goal as the Garnet won 4-0.

BY VICTOR BRADY vbrady1@swarthmore.edu

The Swarthmore College women’s soccer team began the 2009 season on a five game winning streak.

It took nearly a month longer for the 2010 team to earn its first winning streak of the year. But the Garnet put on a show Saturday, defeating McDaniel by a score of 4-0 and earning back-to-back victories for the first time this year.

After struggling through injuries and a brutal stretch of schedule in the first month of 2010, the team improved to 4-4-2 on the season, 3-1 in Centennial Conference play with Saturday’s win.

The 3-1 record ties Swarthmore for first in the Centennial with Johns Hopkins, Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The Garnet has lost to Hopkins, defeated Dickinson and has not faced Gettysburg this year.

Saturday was a day of milestones for the women’s team as it equaled its highest goal-scoring output of the season.

Megan Colombo ’11 opened the scoring in the 20th minute, taking a through-ball from Hannah Purkey ’14 and burying it in the back of the net for her 25th career goal and her third of the season.

Less than two minutes later, Amber Famiglietti ’14 scored her first collegiate goal, lobbing a perfectly placed shot under the crossbar and over the head of McDaniel’s keeper Jan Woolley.

The teams entered halftime with the score 2-0, but the Garnet put the game away with two more goals in the middle of the second half. Aly Passanante ’14 scored her third goal of the season in the 64th minute off a header on an Elizabeth Mills ’11 cross.

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Just over five minutes later, it was Anckaitis said that he is remotely Colombo again, blasting a shot through concerned about how the difficult Woolley for her 26th collegiate goal. schedule has affected the team’s confiThe 26 goals tie her with Madeline dence, but after the two impressive vicFraser ’94 for the most goals in tories, the players believe that the team Swarthmore women’s soccer program is in prime position to contend for a history.

Centennial Conference title.

Colombo’s milestone comes just one “The team experienced a great game after Kirsten Peterson ’11 tied the morale boost with our win on program record for most assists in a Saturday,” said Laura Bolger ’11, an career last Wednesday in a 2-0 win at anchor in the Swarthmore back. “Not Washington. just because of the victory, but because Coach Todd Anckaitis believes that of the quality of the victory. We know the team is now ready to flourish in the this is the level of play we are capable second half of the of, and as a team, season after testI think we are ing itself through looking forward “The team experienced a to showing the the first month.

“Five of the rest of the congreat morale boost with teams we’ve ference what we faced this season out win on Saturday ... we have to offer.” have held a top 25 Colombo, who know this is the level of national ranking. is now just one Three of them point shy of play we are capable of.” have held a top 10 tying Fraser’s Laura Bolger ’11 national ranking. program record Show me a team of 65 points in a that has tested career, agrees. themselves like this already,” Anckaitis “Our level of play has improved said. tremendously in the past few weeks.

“No. 1 Messiah hasn’t, No. 2 TCNJ While we still have things to work on, hasn’t,” Anckaitis added. “Being .500 we are confident with our level of play with our schedule and knowing we lost going into the rest of our conference one game on a penalty and one in 2OT, games.”

I am excited to show how all of this has The entire Swarthmore offense has prepared us for the rest of the reason to be confident after the perConference.” formance on Tuesday. The Garnet took It is difficult if not impossible to 23 shots — putting 14 of them on goal — overstate the level of difficulty in the and saw passing lanes open from both Garnet’s schedule thus far this year. sides of the field thanks to the creative The team has already played the sec- runs of defenders Mills and Ariana ond, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth Spiegel ’13, who became involved in the ranked teams in the Mid-Atlantic offense to a greater degree than in any region and the top ranked team in the other game this year.

South Atlantic region.

That confidence has extended from October 7, 2010

the offense through the defense and goaltenders. The team has scored six goals combined in its last two games, equaling the scoring output from the previous six games combined. Both victories were also shutouts, with Katie Sipiora ’14 earning the win vs.

Washington and all three Swarthmore goaltenders — Sipiora, Marie Mutryn ’12 and Beth Martin ’13 — combining to hold the Green Terror without a goal Saturday.

“As a defensive unit, you have to get to a place where you instinctively know the movements and tendencies of your fellow defenders,” Bolger said.

Bolger added, “This rhythm can take time to find and with each game, we are improving the cohesiveness of our play.

I would attest our recent shutouts to better understanding the way in which [our teammates] play.”

Anckaitis believes that a change in defending-perspective will allow the defense to become more aggressive throughout the rest of the season. “Our perspective is hopefully shifting to understand that regularly shutting out the quality of competition that we’ve played shouldn’t be the expectation.

Because of this skewed perspective, when we’ve given up goals, our decision making becomes tentative and that hasn’t helped us ultimately do what we do best and that is possess the ball.”

The Garnet will look to extend its winning streak to three games on Saturday when it hosts Bryn Mawr.

Swarthmore has a fourteen game winning streak against the Owls.

Swarthmore continues its fall break schedule on Tuesday as the Garnet hosts Muhlenberg in a critical Centennial matchup. The Mules are currently 2-1 in Centennial play.

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