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OCTOBER
2006
Freshman
Entrepreneur Showcased on Montel Williams Show
ByAlexPappas
When Julia La Roche (CIO) the showcase, but also took home the for her two day trip. The show was footage was taped; however, La Roche
applied to college, she was probably $20,000 prize money. taped on a Thursday morning in New says the Montel Williams Show will
the only prospect who put herself La Roche plans to use the money to York City at CBS studios. La Roche cut itdown to around one minute long.
down as theCEOofherown company. upstartthecompany. "Theprizemoney was accompanied by her little sister The producers also gave her sample
She definitely was the only entering iscurrentlyinvestedinamoney market and hermom. questions so she could have an idea of
freshman whocould claim tohave won the type of questions Montel would
$20,000 for inventing a new product. ask on the show. Even further, she was
Now La Roche is in New York being given some television fashion advice.
featured on the Montel Williams Show "I still amdebating whatto wearon the
to talk about her entrepreneurship. show. The producers told me not to
The product La Roche invented wear white orblack on top."
with her younger sister is called Flea La Roche expects the show (which
Tea which, in the words of La Roche, willairinabouttwoweeks)tocontribute
"safely and effectively kills fleas on to a large boost in Flea Tea's business.
cats and dogs without harmful side "I believe that there is a large market
effects.'* ofpetowners who are concerned about
The idea for Flea Tea originated usingharshchemicalsontheiranimals.
when LaRoche's cat Priscilla had fleas Since FleaTeaisall-natural,gentle,and
and the two sisters could not find a effective, that group of people would
harmless treatment to get thejob done. love to use this product. Being on the
"After using a topical commercial flea show should help increase awareness
treatment, Priscilla became sick. My ofthe product."
sisterand I then tried ashampoo which While the Montel Williams Show
caused Priscilla to lose a lot offur. By is going to focus on Flea Tea, it is not
that time, it was necessary that my the La Roche sisters' only invention.
sisterand I find anotheralternative that The duo also created a product (which
was safe," said La Roche. FreshmanJuliaLaRocheaccepting the $20,000prizeforherinvention "Flea Tea. received fifth place in the same
After researching, the La Roche Not surprisingly, there are perks for competition) named the Doggy Den/
My
sisters created the product. La Roche account. sisterandIplanto usethe going on a nationally televised show. KittyCave. "The product is a pethouse
describes the product as an "herbal money to bring Flea Tea to the market "The show is paying for my travel that looks like a boulder hollowed out
and mineral remedy bath tea made ofa soon," she said. expenses, room, food, and they are with a door. It blends naturally into
dozen ingredients from three different Ever since winning the competition, doing my hair and make-up before the landscaping and has a heated floor for
continents that is uniquely packaged in Flea Tea has continued to garner show," La Roche said prior to leaving the winter," said the freshman.
a large tea bag." attention. On September 18, La Roche forNewYork. The La Roches have patented both
As State President of the Virginia received a call from her dad who told La Roche had to prepare in several inventions and. according to Julia,
Future Business Leaders of America, herthatMontelWilliams wanted herto ways for the show. On the Saturday plan on inventing more products in the
La Roche learned about an invention appear on his show. "At first I was in before she flew to New York, a future. Their company, Flea-Tea Ltd,
showcase competition at the National disbelief, andI'mstillinshockthatthis videographer from Chattanooga shot has a website under construction at
PressClubinWashington D.C. TheLa is really happening," said La Roche. footage of La Roche in the Tuckaway www.fleatea.com.
Roche sisters not only placed first in La Roche flew out of Chattanooga common room. About forty minutesof
New International and Global Studies Harvard Ends Early Admission;
Program Debuts This Year Is Sewanee Next?
ByJoseph Leray ByJacobMoore
The start of the 2006 Advent students greater programmatic choice For must students on the Mountain, school. This means Harvard basically
semester brought a new department andflexibilityyetwithinanewstructure the college admissions process is had Early Decision in practice ifnot in
with it: International and Global that should provide greater coherence something seldom thought about. name.
Studies. This department will offer 8 and a strongeridentity on campus." At best, the nerve-racking decisions Critics have accused this system of
new majors divided intotwo sets: Area The result of the new IGS major is made by students and colleges across hurting diversity and catering to the
and Global Studies. Area Studies will that a few ofthe old majors have been the nation, alternately fulfilling and white and affluent, given that they are
focus,asthenameimplies,onaspecific because obsolete and will no longer be crushing dreams are part of a process more likely to take advantage of the
region and it's position in largerglobal offered, namely the Social Sciences we'd just as soon forget. But the option. Dean David Lesesne explained
interactions. Africa, Latin American, and Foreign Language studies, admissions process at some of the top the phenomenon. The fear is that at
Francophone World, Hispanic World, according to Dr. Scott Wilson, chairof schools mightbechanging, andwith it, many Universities the students who go
Germany, and Russia comprise the the Political Science department. He the face ofcolleges across the country. for Early Decision are less concerned
Area Studies setofmajors, and the last also remarks that the "transition hasn't On September 1 th, HarvardUniversity about financial aid, since they are
fourarelanguageintensive.TheGlobal been completely smooth." announcedthatitwouldbecuttingEarly committing to one school and not
Studies set, on the other hand, will However, the general consensus Action from their admissions process. shoppingaroundforthebetterpackage.
emphasize interconnected economic, seems to be positive, as Wilson Early Action and Early Decision are Furthermore, admissions counselors
political, and cultural systems vis-a- mentions that he has a large number applicationsystemsthatlethigh school at the more elite prep schools tend to
vis Global Relations or International of students come into his office to ask seniorsgettheapplicationprocessover encourage the Early Decision process
Development. about the new major. and done with by the first semester, so with the thinking that students have
Dr. Charles Brockett, department The IGS department has been "a that they know where they're going a better chance at getting in. While
chair, provides this insight: "Sewanee long time coming," says Brockett. by spring. Early Decision requires it is true that the acceptance rate at
has long had strong course offerings "Therehavebeendiscussionsformany that a student enter into a contractual most universities is higher for Early
in the international area but they years, and there was the beginning of agreement to attend that school should Decision,the reasonscan bedeceptive.
were packaged into a series of small a concerted effort in this direction at he or she be accepted, while there's For one, the students that apply early
independent majors that were often least 10 years ago." no such obligation with Early Action. tendtocomefrombetterschoolsandbe
missed by prospective students, The new IGS program will be more However, Harvard and a few other betterprepared forcollege. Inaddition,
confused prospective employers, attractive to prospective students and top schools use a system called "Early many admissions departments feeljust
and sometimes isolated the majors employers because it "makes more Action Single Choice." Under this, as relieved by the early application
themselves. In addition to overcoming visible what we are doing," says there is no obligation to attend the process as the students do. This is true
these problems, the new International Brockett. "Programs in International school, but the student is asked not to especially of small universities that
and Global Studies major offers our (Continuedonpage2) applythroughEarlyActiontoanyother (Continuedonpage 2)
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SewaneeAdmissions
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have to work to get their freshman to diversity," Lesesne explained,
class and could be more eager to especiallysinceonly 18%ofthis year's
applicants used the Early Decision
accept an early applicant. Colleges
get the advantage when they accept process. Sewanee doesn't encourage
students to use Early Decision as much
someone that's contractually obligated
as other Universities do. Furthermore,
not to attend another school, a slightly
more attractive option than the regular in a recent report Lesesne sent to the
process, which for Sewanee means a Vice Chancellor regarding the subject,
yield of about one new freshman for "...our acceptance rate was 51% for
ED [Early Decision] compared to
every three students accepted.
Anotherreason for the advantage of 70% for all applicants. Both of these
Early Decision, and a main problem statistics are counter to most other
institutions and national trends."
with it, is the self-perpetuating cycle
thatitcreates.SayaUniversitymanages Furthermore, financial aid is kept
to fill half of its freshman class by separate from admissions to prevent
December through Early Decision. At the kind of tactical shortchanging that
might happen withotherschools'Early
tthhiesrpeogiunlta,ritapbpelcicoamnetss ttowigceetaassphoatr,dafnodr Decision programs. He went on to
the bar becomes raised to get in. If the point out that the class of 2010 has a
higher than usual proportion of multi-
admissions department miscalculates
the curve of applicants, they may end cultural students, reaching twelve
percent. At Sewanee, a student isn't
up with two different standards to get
in. This makes it harder for the lower more likely to get in through the Early
income students who don't have the Decision process than elsewhere, and
benefits of shrewd college counselors once again, we stand as an exception
or the luxury to make a commitment to the rule. When asked if he thought
Sewaneewould follow the Ivy Leagues
without considering the financial
aid. Furthermore, the knowledge that in any admissions changes, he pointed
students have to enroll at a school may out, "[While] the top ten percent gets
tempt Universitiestoofferlessfinancial all themediaattention, [theirdecisions]
aid, since they don't have to compete might not be relevant to the rest of
with the packages other schools might the country." Student populations
may change at other institutions, but
be offering the student.
So is this a problem at Sewanee? Sewanee seems to be moving at its
According to Dean Lesesne, it is not. own pace.
"I don't think it has been detrimental
New Majors
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Studies and Global Studies are found Trade Organization as an example:
at the the best schools in the country." "It's hard to talk about state power
Another consideration was that without multinational companies.
Sewanee's previous programs — Social There's a natural linkage between
Sciences and Foreign Languages — interdisciplinary elements." He
"seemed out-dated and outofstep with concludes that the IGS major "makes
the way people talk about the world," a lot ofsense."
according to Wilson. Continuing along Whilehe notedthatthe International
thislineofreasoning,Brockettexplains and Global Studies major will provide
that"a full setofchoices was available students with aperceptionoftheglobal
in different departments, but the world relations that is in step with present
and many of its issues and problems political and economic realities,
don't fall niceley into categories." Brockett also emphasized that the
The interdisciplinary nature program is "creating more options, not
of the IGS major is indicative of shutting them down, in an area that
"the shrinking world" and an ever- will be of increasing importance in the
globalizing economy and political years ahead."
landscape. Wilson uses the World
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LOCAL NEWS
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Moonshine Maggie's Saloon is Songwriter's Heaven
ByAshleyLogdson
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thatwanttoplay theiroriginal songsor survived the crash."
justhangoutanddrinkbeer. Moonshine So, what do Sewanee students think
Maggie's has 21 imported beers and a aboutMoonshineMaggie's?Well, Will
ton ofdomestic choices—but sorry, no Giese doesn't know where it is. Others
moonshine. "On occasion", Hawkins haven't been inside. But one of the
explains, "friends from the industry seniors whohavetaken the opportunity
drop by, like John Anderson and Trick togodown thereonThursdays andjam
Pony". Tim McGraw and Kenny out says that "they've got an awesome
Chesney are also personal friends of sound system and a great space. The
Hawkins', but their appearances on audience is receptive, respectful and
stage will be unadvertised, a lot of fun." Maggie has made a
Hawkins has recently added a big effort to draw a reputable crowd,
recording studio, which will allow the including the Mayor and the bank
bar to make live recordings, mix songs president. Anna Ransler had lunch at
and press CDs. Maggie's and rave about the food. "It's
Does the name Hawkshaw Hawkins the best food on the mountain". Anna
ring any bells? You may know him as a had chicken fingers and fries and her
songwriter. He has written 400 songs; friend had a hamburger. The menu also
a few of which have been recorded by features RibeyeSteak and PorkChops.
HankWilliams, Jr., Ronnie McDowell, I've alsofoundout that ifyou're polite,
and other independent artists. the chef will make you whatever you
Moonshine Maggie'sSaloon attracts bothknown andunknown musicalacts. Or perhaps you are familiar with want, as was my case with the tropical
Hawkins, Jr. through his mother. salad concoction. He loves to cook
for a place to unwind. I suggested Phi Songwriters' Club, Flora-bama Legendary Grand Ole Opry singer and has an impressive resume. He told
Society—they were having a band that Lounge, where she got to know all the Jean Shepard, who is performing this me the night after the rehearsal dinner
night, but the bride and groom and great songwriters of her era, including Saturday at Maggie's. that he considers his food "comparable
theirmid-to-latertwenties friends were Sunny Throckmorton and Rock However, you may be thinking of to Pearls and High Point, without the
a little reluctant to crash the Frats. So, Killough. Thesewritersareresponsible his father, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Sr. ritzy prices." Anna agrees.
we headed to Moonshine Maggie's for the hits of Johnny Cash, Sammy Also a songwriter, Hawkins Sr. wrote So that's the update on Moonshine
Saloon, which is where the Assembly Curshaw and Randy Travis, to name a the numberonehit"Lonesome77203". Maggie's Saloon. Maggie is delightful
kids hang out when they come to visit. few. Throckmorton and Killough are Hawkins, Sr. died in aplane crash with and sharp. Hawkshaw Hawkins has
I sat at the bar listening to live scheduled to perform in October. Patsy Cline when Shepard was eight a passion for songwriting and a lot
music and chatting with the chef who She also met the songwriter months pregnant. Hawkins, Jr. never of connections. The atmosphere is
offered to make me a fresh papaya Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jr. while in got to meet his father, and explains, friendly; the food is good. Sounds like
mango salad with grilled chicken. The Alabama. At the time he was married, "My father was scheduled to ride on a the right combination for a successful
next morning I also met Maggie, the and they were only friends. But after commercial flight,butgavehisticketto barto me.
owner, who had found my wallet and his separation, and with the notion that
held onto it for me. I later spoke with Maggie could use some help getting
Maggie and her new partner about the things rolling in Monteagle, Hawkins
business' premise and philosophy, and moved to be with her here on the
we even got a little personal: mountain. They're living together
Moonshine Maggie's is located now, happy as can be, and between the
in Monteagle, right before you get two of them keep the bar running 14
to the Assembly, in the space where hours a day, everyday.
Tubby's used to be. Perhaps only the When Maggie leased the old
upperclassmen remember Tubby's Tubby's space and Hawkins arrived
Music Club: but at one time, Tubby's on the mountain, they gutted what
was the site of KA Convivium along used to be Tubby's to make the
with other Sewanee parties. ultimate songwriter's saloon. In
But Moonshine Maggie's has no fact, one MySpace user posted on
correlation whatsoever to Tubby's. In Moonshine Maggie's comment board:
fact, the bar has been struggling since it's "Nashville's greatest getaway, feel
opening day to kick the reputation that good, sound awesome Saloon East of
Tubby's acquired in its short time of the Mississippi". There's a 20 inch
operation. subwoofer under the stage that you
Moonshine Maggie's gets its name can't hear but you can feel, so people
from the owner, Maggie, a sweet can still talk and hang out while they The Saloon isbothfortheyoungandtheyoung in heart.
The Q's Void to Be Filled After Winter Break
ByZach Gerth
Every day at Sewanee, we are faced When we come back from Winter food, and an upscale deli, replete with remains the possibility for expansion.
with decisions that we don't want to Break, however, the taste buds of Boar's Head meats and cheeses, and The restaurant will not deliver because
make: pizza or hotdog; sandwich or Sewanee students everywhere will students will be able to build their students, on average, ordered delivery
cereal; salad or. .pasta?The longer we have an alternative to McClurg, own sandwiches. The restaurant will only twice a month, generally when it
stay at Sewanee,. the more monotonous Monteagle, and the Pub. Sewanee also feature items such as pre-made was raining.
thechoicesatMcClurgbecome,leaving Dining is installing a new restaurant grilled chicken and artichoke salads, Students should feel free to check
uswithonlytwootherdiningoptions.A in the unoccupied space where the "Q" parfaits, and up-scale pizzas. In other outSewanee Dining's website formore
studentcanmakethedriveintotownfor used to be. The restaurant, nameless words, students will be able to buy information, at www.campusdish.com/
fast food or down the Mountain where as of yet, will take flex dollars and food that they can't get anywhere else en US/CSS/Sewanee. Studentscanalso
the Bell always strikes satisfaction, or will be a drastic departure from the on campus. add to their flex dollaraccounts online,
we can exercise our God and school greasy drunk-food ofthe Pub, the only The restaurant will be open from or at the Sewanee Dining offices in the
given flex dollars at the Pub. While other flex-dollar taking institution on 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. Monday through upstairs of McClurg. Students receive
both options are mentally stimulating campus. Saturday and will feature an ethnic an additional 10% of whatever they
and physically delicious, the typical The new restaurant will feature a entree such as a curry dish or sushi deposit on their flex accounts forfree.
Sewanee student will exhaust both of California kitchen, a more healthier on a weekly basis. The initial plans
these options quickly. kitchen that specializes in organic call for seating for about 35, but there
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Police Blotter: Parent's Weekend Cartoon Strip Launches from Sewanee
ByAlexPappas ByDavis Mauldin
Fueled by their deep love of the Their comments range from good
was a shouting match that occurred South and having grown weary of the natured humor to country wisdom to
between several students and some
stereotypeportrayingmostSoutherners politically incorrect commentary.
alums. It appears the alums stole two as ignorant, gap-toothed rednecks, Frequently listening in, Henry's
cases of beer out of a fraternity house
Davis Mauldin (St. Andrew's 1964 hound dog Wallace interrupts his
and put it in a student's dorm room. and soon-to-be Sewanee resident) and perpetual snooze to offer pithy doggie
However, Parrott said the situation
Joe Ruisi are launching a cartoon strip commentary in thought balloons.
was quickly diffused and the beer was
called"ilovedixie.com."DeeandHenry, The inherent goodness of Southern
returned.
the strip's main characters, seek to culture and values has been ridiculed
On a more positive note, Parrott said
"put-a-whuppin'on" themean-spirited, too long in favor of race baiting and
that this was the first weekend of the inaccurate image that has been sold to attacks on family, heritage, and history.
year where the Police Department did
large sections of the nation regarding Ike and Henry - with Wallace's help
not cite any trash or noise violations.
the good folks from the South. - are on a mission to revive Southern
"It looks like everyone did a good job Ike,ablack,middleaged,pharmacist, pride and to preserve and celebrate
and we appreciate it." andHenry,awhite,50ish,entrepreneur, all that is good and positive about the
The chiefalso said that Upper Class
are close friends and proud, lifelong South.
Shake Day wentwithout any problems.
Southerners. They love Dixie and To receive a free weekly cartoon log
Other than several alcohol related
wax eloquent about the blessings of on to www.ilovedixie.com and signup.
offenses, the day did not seem out of
living south of the Mason-Dixon line.
the ordinary. "Upper Class Shake is
Frequently, they poke fun at Yankees
Little Jimmy wants to bejust likehisdad usually low-key," he said. and their perceptions that are offbase.
In other news, the Police Chief said
Since the fiasco of the Sewanee the police department is continuing to
Creeper hasended, the Sewanee Police
write citations for unregistered cars.
Department has seen a sharp decrease "It's been over 30 days of school, and
in action, according to Chief Parrott. there's no excuse for not having a car ilovedixie.com
"Since Creeper, it's been quiet," the registered. I caution everyone to get Southern by the Grace of God
chiefsaid. a decal for their car," Parrott said. He r\&r*\
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two weekends to have kept the Police are expired and cars with those decals \
Department busy, but Parrott said that Cartoon Creator
will be cited.
was not the case. He said that both With Fall Party Weekend
Upper Class Shake Day weekend and approaching, this recent decrease "i P.O. Box 14
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A Bright Future: A Review of the Freshman Showcase
By Tim Cobb
The Freshmen Showcase is an one friend asking another to cover for andas itturnsout, theyhave fallen into comedic ending.
annual exhibition of both the acting him by lying to his girlfriend, to which the trap of regurgitating other peoples The final part of the Freshmen
and technical abilities of the newest the other friend begrudgingly agrees. work as their own, just the crime they Showcase was a show entitled "Apres
students at Sewanee and the directing What ensues is some bad lying andthe condemned all the other artists for. All Opera." This show took place in an
abilities of the upperclassmen. The truth almost being uncovered several this leads to the final revelation that opera themed restaurant and began
show consists of several short one- times, but surprisingly in the end, not. leaves the audience in stitches; the with a laugh as Peter, played by Andy
act productions, each of them about The liars get away with it, at least in characters are not successful artists Parker, tested his endurance by fire
ten minutes in length. Each 'scene' is the scene the audience witnesses. This at all, they work as waiters in the (it is funnier than it sounds). Peter
directed by a different upperclassmen, sceneisasurprisinglyfreshbreathofair nightclub. The performances in this and Laurel, the waitress, played by
and each stars only freshmen. This foranoldsituation. Hinkle inparticular show were very entertaining and the Genie Leslie, exchange some comedic
year's showcase was September 22nd gave a great performance as a smooth actors seemed to grasp their characters dialogue, and then they are joined by
and 23rd and despite a misprint on the ladies' man with a silver tongue, but well. his ex-lover Karen and her new fiance
,
program entitling the performance the also a fear of being discovered by his The third show, "Intermission," Duncan. Karen (Natalie Wilson), it is
'Freshman Showcase,' as opposed the significant other. was written by Daniel Meltzer and soon discovered, wants one last fling
proper spelling 'freshmen,' the show Next came a brilliantly written and directed by Kate Leslie. This show with Peter because her soon to be
was very good. envisioned show called "Downtown," follows a young writer, played by Ben husband Duncan (Nelson Berry) is a
The night started off with the written by Jeffrey Hatcheranddirected Derbes, through the intermission of narcoleptic and thus cannot meet all of
production entitled "Cover," written by Amanda Meador. This show was his first show to hit Broadway. Derbes her needs. Nelson stole this show with
by Jeffrey Sweet, and directed byTony spectacular on many levels, and was performanceissubtle;heplaysaskilled his physical comedy. In the middle of
Castelli. In this show Bryan Hinkle particularly well acted. The three writer that's nervous about his show. a line he would simply fall asleep and
plays Frank, a rather submissive but characters Brett, J, and Saskia (played Daniel McKelvey portrays a typical they audience would erupt in laughter.
good hearted young businessman by Richard Jennings, Jessica Wyrick, in-your-face showbiz director with The interaction between the characters,
whom recently received hisown office, and Zoe Stein, respectively) were pizzazz,andSarahWalkerandWhitney especially between Karen and sleeping
and his morecharismaticold pal Marty, animated and entertaining as they Johnson wonderfully play gossiping Duncan, were masterfully done.
playedby BuckHinkle. Bothactorshad showedusthehypocritical andarrogant audience members. Amelia Maxham Overall, the Freshmen Showcase
an interesting discourse that showed sidesofthe artistic world.The three are is a non-abrasive, self-sufficient young was a success. From the acting to the
off their abilities to portray opposing writers with slightly varying levels of woman who eventually strikes up a directing to the lights, sound and set
personalities. They are soon joined by success. The scene opens with them conversation with the writer. In the changes, it was a good show. If there
Marty's girlfriend Diana, played by sitting and smoking in a nightclub. end they have planted the seeds of a had been some more time to polish up
Rebecca Fowler, a strong woman wary They make snide comments about the relationship, when the star actress of a few rough areas, it would have been
ofherboyfriend's fidelity.This show is visitors to the club and banterabout the the writer's show enters briefly. She aspectacularshow. Ifthere isone thing
a comedy of errors waiting to happen, current pop scene in New York. They exacts her retribution on the writer for the audience brought away from this
but they never actually happen. The eventually try to one up each other by theirloveaffairgonesourintheformof show, itwas that there is a bright future
show starts with the client situation of talking about their published works, a glass ofwater, in what is an excellent for Sewanee's theatre department.
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Tips to Escape the Inevitable Depression the Behind the Lens:
Sewanee Rain and Fog will Impose Upon An Exclusive Interview With
Your Countenance
Lynn Hutchinson
By Sam Currin
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to call "depression weather." Although MojoBurritos,Wal-martinWinchester, Hutchinson's camera lens maintains a Q: Sodoyou agree with the changes
the depression weather (fog, rain, and historic civil war battlefield tours steady focus on life at The University they've made to the name ofthe school
plagues of locusts, etc.) at Sewanee is in Chickamauga (can be skewed as an of the South. For several decades, and the development?
so bad during these times, it is offset extra credit opportunity ifportrayed in she has photographed athletics. A: You mean the University of
by the usually amazing and uplifting the correct light). social life, and Convocations. She the South? Well, they haven't really
weather during the first two months at 3. Get out of your dorm, has witnessed wins and losses. She changed the name. I always thought
school, and the last two, culminating accumulate your depression with has seen academic achievement. If that it wasn't really a University, and
in the Sewanee spring, perhaps my others: A very intelligent man once anyone understands student life it certainly wasn't the University of
favorite time/season ever. wrote in a book that "The worst thing at Sewanee, it is undoubtedly this the South. So that was sort of a name
When I was a senior in high school, in the world is having to endure a photographer. Being able to purchase attached to the idea that you're going
and I knew I wanted to go to Sewanee, hangover alone." It's a miracle, but her photographs adds a unique element to bring students from the North here,
I realized that I had never visited. So, being depressed with a few people is to life atthis University. Weare able to Anybody who was worried about The
I decided to come up one weekend not nearly as bad as being depressed save moments from our youth that we University of the South being some
and stay with a friend that I knew. alone. I suggest that you have sessions would otherwise not remember. kind of Southern institution wouldn't
Somehow, a mother (my house was at least once a week in which you meet send their kids to school in rural
always flocking with various mothers, in a room with four or five people, and Ned Clinard (Q): Where are you Tennessee anyhow,
take turns talking about how depressed from originally? Q. So, if you could tell the students
"LeaveSewaneeonce youare, howbadtheweatheris, thelast Lynn Hutchinson (A): Philadelphia, one thing about you that they don't
time you saw a girl in a skirt, and how Q: So how did you end up in know, what would it be?
a month... many more months the fog is going Sewanee? A: Don't call me "Katie Kodak."
to descend upon us. The same can be A: My parents retired here. They Q. [laughning] Where did that
It's always good to applied to a hangover. were friends ofDr. McCrady who was nickname originate from?
get offthe Domain>» 4. Cry: Perhaps the best solution the Vice Chancellor. They just liked it A: Well, that was invented by a man
to all of this is a good old cry. The here; it was a lot warmer in the winter, named Bill Brumby, whowas astudent
most beneficial people to cry to are Q: When did you move here? here about twenty years ago. And I'm
sympathetic girls and your parents. I A: When I graduated from college. surehe'dbeproudtoknowthat it'sstill
find that a simple whimper in a phone Q: What year was that? around.
and I attribute much ofmy behavior as conversation with parents will almost A: 1970. Q: Yeah, I've been around when
a response to growing up with 10 or always result in a care package within Q: So you've been here ever since? peoplehavemadethemistakeofcalling
15 mother figures) warned me of the the next two weeks. I've heard it said A: Basically. you that. I guess it really bothers you.
dreaded "Sewanee fog." I shrugged it thatgrown men nevercry, andalthough Q: Do you enjoy living up here for A: Yeah, I just think it's kind of
off, and, having been driving alone for I am under strict orders to neverreveal the most part? rude.
nearly two years at this point, I headed theidentitiesofsaidsobbers,Ihaveseen A: Oh yeah, it's very nice. Q: I agree. Well, I always see you
up Friday afternoon with a sleeping the majority of men on this campus, Q: How did you get into riding your bike around town. Do you
bag and high hopes. By the time I took myselfincluded, cry on a Sunday night photography? have a vehicle or do you just use your
exit 134, I could see only four or five in February because of the darkness. A: There was a professional bike to get around?
feet in front of me. Needless to say, it Gerrit Lansing is a particularly heavy photographer in my class in college. A: I don't have a car. I can't drive.
took me 30 minutes to find the campus crier. He was only twenty-four but he was Q: Really? Well, ifyou could drive
(which does have a certain degree of 5. Read recreationaUy: It's already professional, and he trained all would you still ride a bike. Do you
'beauty' to it when it looks like God important to remember that there the rest ofus in my class. prefer that?
has tossed a can of white paint on it). is MUCH more to Sewanee than Q: So do you enjoy what you do; A: Probably, yeah,
The weekend was a blast (as most are), academics, and especially during the you like taking pictures? Q: Aside from taking photos of
and I was hooked. winter months when it seems that all A: Oh yes. students, do you shoot pictures of any
Exactly one year later, I was thrust we are doing is schoolwork, drinking, Q: When you go out for games on more interesting things or more artistic
into a five month period (broken up by andcrying.I'vefoundthatagoodbook, Saturdays, what sort of thing do you photography?
an almost one month Christmas break) especiallyahappyone,canmomentarily look for? A: No, I really don't. Well, every
of total and utter depression brought transport you out of your depression A: I just try to get everything. As once in a while, if I happen to see
on by the seemingly unconquerable and into the happy, sunny times of the much as possible. something good.
Sewanee fog. However, memories of characters (this is also a much better Q: I know a lot of your pictures Q: Have you made the transition
spring brought me through it, and I've alternative to drinking usually). are in the yearbook, are you actually into digital photography at all?
developed some tips for all students For men, a dirty romance novel. For employed byThe University? A: Nope. I can't afford it.
(mostly new freshman and bipolar women, Sports Illustrated or a science A: No, no. I'm an independent Q: So you have a
women) to help combat the state of fiction thriller. Winter is the time to photographer. darkroom at your house?
mind that a winter in Sewanee will figure out the other sex, so that when Q: How do you think Sewanee has A: Yep.
impose upon a student. Spring rolls around, and the hormones changed since you've been here? Q: Have you ever thought about
begintosurgelikethedarkeningsmoke A: They're not as poor as they used trying to teach photography?
RESIST THE URGE TO of Mount Aetna over the peninsula of to be. I mean, financially, they used to A: No, I tried it here once, as an
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DRINK MORE: This is absolutely Pelorus,1 you will be properly ready be in dire straights when I first moved activity but it takes more patience than
imperative! Because you are stuck in to present yourself as a potential mate, here. They've improved a lot in that I've got.
your room for days and even weeks at having survived the terrors of the way. And it's much bigger. Q: Do you still have all of the old
Q: Wouldyousaythe typeofstudent photos?
Tathetimispmteiwnwigilltthooodunrtloyswenemiyanogkuretsheeltfshuiinnn,gtshiteiwbsootrvtselere,y. SewTahunse,e Faogq.uick guide to surviving thatA:coAbmseosluhteerley.isEtxhaecstalymet?he same. butAp:roIohfasvheeeatlsl,mity'sjnuesgta,twihveerseivnerortdheery,
and when students emerge from their the winter at Sewanee. I wish you all Q: So if you took the stance that happen to land. I can find old pictures
dens in the spring like Punxsutawney the best of luck, and in the event of there's been some change, would you if I know what year it was.
Phil, your friends will probably not utter despair and discontent, find a
recognize you (common symptoms psychology major, and impose your
include: 'Byrne neck,' 'Craig-belly,' laments onto them. Interested in writingfor the Sewanee Purple?
and 'Morrell grease hair').
Leave Sewanee once a Footnote: Email: [email protected]
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month: It's always good to get off 1 Milton. Paradise Lost. Footnote
of the Domain, and if not for the sole about Book I, lines 231-237. Satan is
purpose of remembering that there are chained on the burning lake of fire.
other people out there, then simply to Ouch.
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Bob Dylan's Modern Christopher 'Riley Echoes of Coleridge
Times Reviewed Comes to Sewanee in Whaling's Poem
By RichardHowell By RichardHowell By RedBaker
OnSeptember 13,pianist,radioshow because they revealed what O'Riley
host,andmusicalinnovatorChristopher was prepared to do. He arranged nine
O'Riley enlightened Sewanee's modern songs, condensing them to 10 \uiv*\litt Kjv JvV^I
audience in Guerry Auditorium. He solely piano, as though they had been
played Prelude & Fugue. Op. 87, written well before their time. Going
No.18 - 24 by Dmitri Shostakovich into the concert, I was expecting
while weaving in songsby Elliot Smith O'Riley to cover the Radiohead songs,
and Radiohead. Over the recent years, but he transformed them and put on
critics have praised O'Riley's three an enthralling show. His powerful,
albums which stylistically transcribe hand-slamming version of "Paranoid
Radiohead and Elliot Smith songs. Android" at the end of the first set had
While it is clear that he is mainly a some of the audience screaming while
Bob Dylan's first album in five classical pianist, he is also in touch others had their mouths hanging below
years, Modern Times, was released
to the masses on August 29. Since its wadidtrhescsurhreenstpomkuesiacb.outInhishiasdmoipreantiinogn tRhaediirojhaewadl'isne.PaHbilsoenHcoonreey,,"Yleoftu"allfrtohme "My reality has become tedious!"
release, some people have said it is and respect for Radiohead and Elliot classicists in the auditorium wondering declares a voice at the beginning of
nothing more than a follow-up to his Smith and how avid followers of his where they were when this band came John Whaling's Poetic Tribute to
past two albums. Some people have classical music radio show called and around. Abbo's Alley" as he stands at the gates
been outspoken about its dryness and of Sewanee's equivalent to the "stately
poor vocals and some have said it was pleasure-dome" that Samuel Taylor
his best album in thirty years. Modern Coleridge creates in his poem Kubla
Times is a concise ten song LP that Khan. Coleridge describes Xanadu as
assemblesallofDylan'sstylessincethe having "gardens bright with sinuous
late 1950s. It has big band songs, blues rills,whereblossomedmanyanincense-
riffs, and old country western chord bearing tree; and here were forests
progressions. So you might be asking, ancient as the hills, enfolding sunny
why is it called Modern Times? spots of greenery." This diction could
The answer lies in the magic of be used to describe the dense foliage
Dylan. The title is clearly meant to and the meandering paths in the ravine
be ironic, because the music does not dedicated toAbbot Cotten Martin. The
resemble anything that has come out in creek that splits the garden in two is
the last quartercentury. When you hear easily compared with "Alph the sacred
an aged Dylan talking about Alicia river." The caves in Abbo's Alley are
Keys or levees breaking, you become strikingly similar with Coleridge's
confused, like when you hear a new image of the "caverns measureless to
Tupac song. The obvious difference man." One would likely have to evoke
is that Dylan is very much alive, and the muses to describe the atmosphere
in his 44,h album, he brings all of his in the alley, which is exactly why the
existing energy to his work speaker chooses the gulch as the place
Furthermore,thecorrelationbetween Christopher O'Rileyplays thesongs ofRadiohead to "stumble upon revelations."
Dylan's music and lyrics has always The speaker possesses a Virgilian
expressed their interest in the modern Having only taken one class in
been in the grey area. With music. quality. He hears the perturbed man's
Dylan has done his own thing. He does sound. At this event, presented by the Music History. I have yet to discover frustrated declaration and arrives
Performing Arts Series, Mr. O'Riley the magic behind classical music, so
not stray from his musical roots, which spent a couple of hours at Sewanee myconcertexperiencemayhavebeena immediately to guide him through
will always be credited to the likes of the gates and into the gorge of self-
Woody Guthrie. Merle Haggard, and dashing from classical to modern and little different than yours. I went to this discovery. The speaker's dilemma is
teaching the audience about music's event to hear Radiohead songs played
cmhoaren.gesThies hoinselytrhiicns.g Tthhartoucgohnosuttanthliys infinite nature. onpiano,andI cameawaythinkingthat umnodneortstoannydaobflet.he mHoedeirsncawuogrhltd iwnhetrhee
The concert went back and forth he hasalotmoretoofferthandominant
career, he has always been mindful the continuous pressure drives one into
between Shostakovich and Radiohead piano skills and a strange resemblance
omfescsuargreesn.t AafmfaoinrsgwhiitshilnyrihcissilnyrMiocsdaenmd with a couple of Elliot Smith songs to Conan O'Brien. In this classical aansdtawteheorfemeixnidstwehnecreeberecaolmiteysis"iterdkisooumse,
in the mix. The first four songs set a versus modern scene, he demonstrated
oTinmetsh,e Dwyolralnd haansdahnisevoewr-nprleisfee.ntInvitehwe great tone for the evening. I was glad howmusic isnotalways whatyouhear, andSismtiallea.r" to Coleridge's division of
first and last lines ofhis soft and sweet tOoKheCaormptuwtoer,son"gNsoofSfurpRraidsieosh"eaadn'ds athnadt hheaspgrorvoewdntfhreorem itsramdoitdieornanl mruoostisc. Kubla Khan into fourstanzas. Whaling
ballad. "Beyond the Horizon," Dylan divides his poem into four couplets,
"Subterranean Homesick Alien. " The Today,musiciseverywhere, butpeople
is clearly looking ahead. "Beyond the each serving to show the advancement
vitalitybehindthesecondShostakovich likeChristopherO'Riley aregiving life
horizon, behind the sun, at the end of & towards the resolution the speaker
the rainbow life has already begun... piece.Prelude Fugue inE-FlatMajor to it and making it everything it should provides by the end of the poem. In
Beyond the horizon, the sky is so blue, Op. 87, No.19, was incredible. These be. the context of Coleridge's poem, the
firstfoursongswereagreatintroduction
I've got more than a lifetime to live "keeper ofthe gates" can be compared
loving you." with Kubla Khan himself coming to
When you hear this fresh Dylan wreak havoc and inflict "holy dread"
album, you will hear some songs that on all those who stand in his way.
you love and some that make you tired However, it is questionable whether
oflistening to it. Quite possibly, that is Whaling intends the speaker's urgency
what he is feeling right now, love and 41 -A Liquors thatthey "must notdelay" as awarning
fatigue.At65,he may notsound likehe that his arrival will result in hellish
once did, but he is doing exactly what destruction comparable to Achilles'
he has been doing for forty years. In Chris and Cari Fann rage in Book 20 ofHomer's The Iliad.
the last song, "Ain't Talkin," the dark There is an intrinsic irony in
side ofDylan emerges. Owners considering Poetic Tribute to Abbo's
He describes the world as flattened AlleyandKublaKhan asparallel works
andfilledwithpessimists,andhecloses ofliterature. Coleridgewrote his poem
one verse with, "Someday you'll be in a state ofopium-induced revelation.
glad to have me 'round." Even though 504 West Cumberland Street Conversely, the speaker in Whaling's
Dylan will not be around forever, he Cowan, TN 37318 work does not need a substance to
will leave a legacy to American music E-mail Phone (931) 967-7824 provide his discovery, he simply needs
that will certainly make us wish hewas 4 [email protected] Fax (931) 967-2102 theinspirationofthe"romanticchasm"
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still around. that isAbbo's Alley.
