Volume LXXXIV, Issue XIV May 1, 2009 Oglethorpe University

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Amanda SerfozoNews Editor

Marilyn Fowlé, OglethorpeUniversity’s Vice President of Businessand Finance, will be leaving the adminis-trative community, effective May 22,2009.

Fowlé, who joined the universityupon President Lawrence Schall’s initia-tion, has been active within the financialsphere here for over four years.

“I met [President Schall] when Iwas studying at the University ofPennsylvania,” Fowlé said. “When hecame to Atlanta and decided to take thePresident’s position here, he called me andI accepted the opportunity to overseeOglethorpe’s finances.”

Both Schall and Fowlé hail fromdifferent avenues of the country, howeverboth completed their higher education inPennsylvania--Schall at his undergraduatealma mater, Swarthmore College, near

Philadelphia, and later the University ofPennsylvania for his law degree, Fowlé atthe University of Houston-Clear Lake forher undergraduate degree, Rice Universityfor her M.B.A, and later the University ofPennsylvania for her Ph.D.

Fowlé has spent over fifteenyears working in higher education andfinance. After holding positions at publicinstitutions like the University of Houstonand Texas A&M University, she cites amarked difference between public and pri-vate accounting policies.

“At large, public colleges anduniversities, there is a rather large attentionto detail,” she said. “The processesinvolved with spending and acquiringmoney typically move very slowly, butthat’s because there is a huge amount ofoversight--committees are formed, moneyis appropriated for specific purposes everytwo years in the state legislature, justifica-tions must be approved for spendingmoney on a specific project. So all of these

things that are picked up as second natureat a public institution require a differentway of handling money or patterns ofspending at a private school.”

Fowlé’s job on campus here atOglethorpe is triple pronged: she isresponsible for overseeing that the fixedtuition for a particular academic yearmatches the number of full-time or part-time undergraduate students, and that billsare paid on time. She also manages the sur-plus and deficit of the university, that is,the trends involved with balancing OU’sincome against its expenditures.

Trends are something Fowlé isfamiliar with, as well. With the passing ofthe financial torch from previousOglethorpe University President, Larry D.Large to President Schall, she has beenpresent to manage the then deterioratedfinancial status of the school, and impera-tive to healing the Oglethorpe’s financialstatus.

“When I first arrived, there was

definitely a lack of knowledge or under-standing for how we report our accountingstatus, or why we need to take certain stepsto log spending. There was little sense ofdirection for how the finances of the uni-versity ran--no one knew for sure howmoney was being made, or where it wasgoing.”

However, after four years of man-agement, Fowlé is confident in leaving herduties to the incoming Vice President ofBusiness and Finance.

“I am really comfortable aboutwhere we are now financially versuswhere we once were,” she said. “If I werestill unsure of Oglethorpe’s economicstanding, I would be hesitant to leave. Idon’t feel that way--we’re in a good place,and I think OU is going to do some neatthings coming up.”

She also believes that the finan-cial health of the institution will remainpositive in terms of accreditation decisions

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Amanda SerfozoNews Editor

Dr. McFarland is choosing words fit for sen-tences today--turning them over in his mind and deliver-ing them in a growl that barely reaches a whisper. That is,until a perfectly molded curse word drops from his mouth.

This morning, he is perched in this oblong,stonewalled office, cross-legged at the knee with a limberfist curled beneath his chin and an unconsciously bobbingleather boot. Several students knock in waves of abrupt-ness--some to get signatures for classes, others for a zestyseed of wisdom. Whatever their purpose, they seek thecounsel of a man Oglethorpe University has called theirown for seventeen years, and every single one of themleave in higher sprits than their initial state.

“Good, well that’s done,” his mutter is heardfrom the hallway. “It’s just a party in here today, isn’t it?”

The oriental rug taking refuge beneath his wall-to-wall bookshelves is tattered at the edges, as are thethick stacks of dog-eared books lying in piles on the deskhe’s called his academic home for nearly two decades. Buttoday, his attention is neither focused on the Age ofReason, nor Renaissance literature. Rather, Dr. McFarlandtalks about his future endeavors, the next chapter of hisprofessorial life, and the imprint that’s been left in the cor-ridors of his mind.

“I don’t want to leave, and you can write thatword for word,” he says, sighing with a certain air ofresentment. “But, to be frank, my own understanding ofeducation no longer fits into the structure of this school.The administration has made decisions that I don’t agreewith, and I feel like it’s the right time to leave.”

By the fall, Dr. McFarland will be planted firmlyin St. Augustine, Florida, where he will take up residency

as the Director of General Education at Flagler College.McFarland, who has overseen the construction and dura-bility of Oglethorpe University’s Core program will leavethe syllabus here, having contributed to the program’supstart and nationally hailed, unique nature.

“The Provost [at Flagler College] and I decidedthat a process should begin, wherein we enrich the cur-riculum that the college has, in a way that contributes tothe student experience,” he said. “I’ll be working on aseries of courses, designed for second-semester freshmen---a type of interdisciplinary program similar to the one

here, that ties together the art and architecture in St.Augustine,” he said. “After that’s complete, I’ll startworking on a sophomore year course that’s more text-based.”

Dr. McFarland takes off his glasses, and looksdown at his desk. While working on Oglethorpe’s campus,within those grey-stone walls of Robinson, he has quietly,and diligently, changed the way our curriculum works. Bydispersing a traditional, liberally based structure to theCore, including Shakespeare, art history, and the classicliterature, he has contributed to one of the most nationallyapplauded academic pursuits in liberal education. TheNew York Times, The Washington Post, and a series ofother scholarly publications have recognized the Core’sability to shape a well-rounded student body, literate innarrative and contemporary texts, history and politics,human nature and biological influence. The Core bringsfluidity in both time and craft, thought and analytical writ-ing, giving students from all levels of the academic spec-trum a native language, no matter their major or seeming-ly foreign pursuits.

But Dr. McFarland hasn’t just given the studentsof this campus something to comprehend and discuss.Rather, he admits that he’s thoroughly learned from thewisdom that youth grants him on a daily basis.

“I suppose I’ve learned about responsibility morethan anything. I’ve learned about the accountability of ateacher, and the great undertaking this truly is,” he said.“I’ve seen students who are incredibly sincere about theireducation succeed in a broader sense than just a vocation.I’ve come to respect them, appreciate them, and becomeproud of them, above all.”

Dr. McFarland went on to discuss the nature ofprofessorship-the empathy that comes with scholarly life,and the learned perspective that may only be achieved in

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Matt ClaiborneStaff Writer

On Saturday, May 9 at 9:00 a.m.,family and friends will gather on theAcademic Quadrangle to witness the 2009Oglethorpe University CommencementCeremony, honoring and congratulating thegraduates of the Class of 2009.

The ceremony will open with aprelude and processional performed by thePeachtree Brass, and OglethorpeUniversity President, Dr. Lawrence M.Schall, will begin with a welcome.Following Dr. Schall, the traditionalCommencement Chorale will sing a call tocelebration, “I Will Praise Thee, O Lord.”

The long-anticipated winners ofthe Sally Hull Weltner Award forScholarship and the James EdwardOglethorpe Cups will be announced by Dr.Seema Shrikhande, Associate Professor ofCommunication and Rhetoric Studies, andDr. Douglas McFarland, Professor ofEnglish and the CORE CurriculumDirector.

It is a tradition for “America theBeautiful” to be sung by a senior or a sen-ior ensemble. This year’s senior ensemblesinging “America the Beautiful” comprisesAdam Bailey, Aaron Cross, Charlotte“Lottie” Kilbourn, and StephanieLaubscher, all senior members of theUniversity Singers. Following the seniorensemble will be the conferring of hon-orary degrees and remarks. United StatesSenator from Georgia, Johnny Isakson, willreceive a Doctor of Laws. Also receivingan honorary degree will be Warren Y. Jobe,a university trustee for twenty-two years,as Doctor of Humane Letters. Isakson andJobe will both offer comments and remarksafter they have received their degrees.

Immediately following theremarks of Warren Y. Jobe will be the con-ferring of student degrees, presented byPresident Schall, Provost Herschler, andJack Guynn, chair of the OglethorpeUniversity Board of Trustees.

Currently, there are 227 prospec-tive graduates. The number of degrees isas follows:

Bachelor of Arts: 102Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies: 24Bachelor of Business Administration: 16Bachelor of Science: 59Master of Arts in Teaching: 26

Following the conferring of stu-dent degrees will be the “Alma Mater” anda traditional benediction performed by theCommencement Chorale, “PartingBlessing.” The ceremony will close with arecessional and a postlude performed by

the Peachtree Brass.Commencement is a time to

reflect and reminisce about your time atOglethorpe, all of the bumps in the road,the good, the bad and the ugly. It is a timeto also look to the future, with all of its pos-sibilities and uncertainties. The StormyPetrel sought out seniors and asked them tocontribute their favorite moments andmemories at Oglethorpe as well as offersome wise parting advice for students whowill be walking across the commencementstage in a short time themselves.

What is your fondest memory of OU?I have had the pleasure of meeting some ofthe funniest, smartest, and most genuinelykind people here at ye olde Oglethorpe—students, staff, and professors alike. Mymost precious memories are made of mytime with these folks. ~ Cathryn McCrimmon

Anything and everything having to do withmy sorority, Alpha Sigma Tau. Thefriendships and memories I have made arepriceless.~ Megan Van Doran

Scoring my 1000th point on the basketballcourt on Senior Night. ~ Elizabeth “Biz” Richmann

What will you miss the most about OU?Having my meals, room, and miscella-neous paid for. I wish there was a PetrelPass for fine dining. On a deeper levelthough, the opportunity and privilege tolearn from brilliant professors and studentsdaily. ~ Lauretta Williams

I will miss the wide variety of personalitiesthat Oglethorpe has to offer. No where willyou find a more diversified population likethe one observed on this campus. ~ Stephanie Kerner

Tell a short, humorous story about some-thing that happened in one of your class-es.

Freshman year, on the first day of econom-ics class with Dr. Kower, I suggested usingthousands of hamsters on wheels as a moreeconomic source of electricity. He didn'tlike my idea, and I got my name written onthe board within the first 10-minutes ofclass. I felt bad until Ember (who becamemy best friend after that class) also got hername on the board for some smart-assremark. She went into economics (becausewhile it was a smart-ass remark, it was abetter idea than mine) and I went into poli-tics (where crazy ideas are nurtured). ~ Devon Simons

Senior Core, talking about Motorboats. Itwas one of those “you had to be there”moments, but my friends and I still laughabout it sometimes. Good Times! ~ “Biz” Richman

These punch lines will have to suffice:‘When you get bitch-slapped by EmberMelcher, you know you've been bitch-slapped,’ and ‘A wanker...you know, kindof a wristy fellow.’~ Lauretta Williams

In one of my classes a while back, lecturetook place in a room without desks, justlong tables. One day, a particularly not-nice (but rather short) kid decided to becool and try to jump the table instead ofjust walking around to the end. It didn'twork out for him, not even on the secondtime around. Golden. ~ Cathryn McCrimmon

Is there anything a faculty or staff mem-ber told you that will always stick withyou?Read your paper backwards before turningit in. ~ Tiffani Andrews

When I was a junior, Coach Sattele took usup into the bell tower and told us, ‘You allcan reach heights no one else can reach, butit takes hard work and you have to want it.’And then we went on to make it to the FinalFour. ~ “Biz” Richmann

‘Your homework for the weekend is:drink heavily!’ - Dr. Hetherington. ~ Megan Van Doran

Dr. Weiss once said, ‘Just do what makesyou happy, Cathryn, and you'll be fine.’ Ithink that I'm finally ready to take thatadvice. ~ Cathryn McCrimmon

What are your plans post-graduation?I will be attending graduate school,Georgia State's College of Education. ~ Tiffani Andrews

Attending graduate school at Georgia Statefor Mathematics Education. ~ “Biz” Richmann

I will be attending graduate school atKennesaw State University, pursuing aMasters of Arts in Teaching for SecondaryEnglish Education, and trying to have asmuch fun as possible. ~ Megan Van Doran

I hope to begin an MA program inPhilosophy and Literature in the fall of

2010 at a university in the UK. Until then,you can find me at Starbucks or hangingout with my best friends talking aboutand/or creating robot comics. ~ Lauretta Williams

I am off to a Masters program at theUniversity of Kent in Canterbury, Englandfor Politics. After that I plan to rule theworld. ~ Devon Simons

I plan to work in a variety of menial butcolorful jobs, take a class here and there,and use the time to decide what I want outof my life and what steps I'll have to take toget there. ~ Cathryn McCrimmon

I have many plans for after graduation.Sky-diving, maybe some work in StudentAffairs. The opportunities are endless.~ Stephanie Kerner

Give us underclassmen some partingwords of wisdom.

Your professors have office hours for a rea-son. Use them. Otherwise, they might playon Facebook all day. ~ Lauretta Williams

Study abroad, get an internship (or two),join a fraternity or sorority, make goodgrades (they really do matter), have a planfor after graduation and most importantly,work hard, play hard. ~ Megan Van Doran

If you still don't know what to major inbecome a math major. You will have toremember that 2+2 does not always equal4, but you will be able to calculate yourGPA in your head with no problems andworst case there aren't many of us so thereare less people to ruin the curve on tests. ~ “Biz” Richmann

Listen to the song “Everybody's Free (ToWear Sunscreen)” by Baz Luhrman. It hasthe potential to offer more advice than Iever could to you guys. If you are reallystuck though, I really recommend the fol-lowing quote by Herm Albright, ‘A posi-tive attitude may not solve all your prob-lems, but it will annoy enough people tomake it worth the effort.’~ Stephanie Kerner

You can be good to others and love gener-ously without being trampled on. You canbe honest and strong without being an ass.Find the balance between a pimp hand anda hug. ~ Cathryn McCrimmon

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Photo by Matt ClaiborneFreshman Jahni Delmonico and Alfred Rudzki participate in OU’s Day of Service.

Photo by Matt ClaiborneJunior Chong Park and volunteers help shovel mulch on OU’s Day of Service.

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and SACS oversight. “Enormous progress has been

made in terms of stability,” she said.“SACS has complimented us for the pastfew years on how we’ve conducted ourfinances, and all the flags are up. They arelooking for a continuation of positivetrends, and I really feel like we’ll be ableto provide them that in their review thisfall.”

As far as Fowlé’s leave is con-cerned, she is looking forward to migratingback to Texas--the majority of her familyand her husband’s family live there, aswell as friends and co-workers in the edu-cational setting. She also has two children,Andrea, 13, and Billy, 10, who are quicklygrowing up, and will be entering highschool and middle school soon.

Fowlé is also looking forward toretirement benefits for the future. In theTexas public educational system, there aretwo options that she is considering.

She explained the differencebetween the choices, including a “definedcontribution,” which divides a portion ofincome, which is then invested and stowedaway for retirement, similar to a 401K.There are also “defined benefits” which seta fixed amount of money aside, typically acertain percentage, which can be rolledover and transferred later, like an annuity.

In addition, Fowlé is consideringher options as far as another career is con-cerned.

“Typically, it’s very rare when ajob position opens up within the public set-ting,

For now, however, the interviewprocess begins. Fowlé will play a verylarge role in interviewing individuals toreplace her.

“President Schall and I are start-ing to review people who will take over,hopefully by the summer,” she said. “Sofar we’ve begun our search in the privateindustry with those that have managerialexperience, private school leadership, aknowledge for higher education, or thenonprofit sector.”

She also said that, while the deci-sion is ultimately President Schall’s, hercontributions will hopefully be taken intoaccount.

“I’m going to be doing my best interms of reviewing strengths and weak-nesses of candidates,” she said. “I hopethat my input helps the process along.”

Ultimately, as Fowlé reviews hertime spent at Oglethorpe, she forsees apositive outlook and a strong financialfuture.

“I’m confident that we’ll be ableto continue these positive strides,” shesaid. “The question that will remain for thenext person in charge is this: given themoney we’re taking in and creating a sur-plus with currently, how will that moneybe spent, and will it be done responsibly?”

time.“You’ve got to remember two

things when you’ve got a job like this,” hesaid. “Number one, that you rememberyouth in its simplest form--it may not bethe best for rigid teaching methods or aca-demia, but students are students. And num-ber two, we were all twenty at one point--every single one of us. So, our perspectivesweren’t much different than our students.But in time, you can change the dynamic,”he said. “For instance, I’ve read Miltonsince my twenties. I’ve got a long relation-ship with this work, so when I step into aroom of college students, I want them tolove it just as much as I love it--to offerthat same background, but with age.”

Youth is something to which Dr.McFarland gives credit. He hails from thewest coast, attending Pomona College inClaremont, California for his undergradu-ate years. He took awhile to decide whathe truly wanted in life, but after ten yearsof thoughtful consideration, he went on tograduate school at San Francisco State

University, and later, the University ofCalifornia-Berkley for his Ph.D.

“Of course I didn’t know what Iwanted when I was young,” he said, hiseyes closing in remembrance. “But Iremember that I wanted things I couldn’thave, I was afraid of what I couldn’t get, Iwas anxious about my grades, my tran-

scripts and what have you,” he said. “I wasangry at a system that graded me. It wasalso the 60s, in the heat of the civil rightsmovement and the Vietnam War, so ofcourse that was an influence. But, after Igraduated [from Pomona College], it wasas if I had dropped out of college. I didn’tgo to graduate school until ten years later,I found it hard to get a job. But, it was eas-ier to focus because after that length of

time, it became clear what I wanted, and Ibecame absolutely obsessed with it,” hesaid.

Dr. McFarland chuckles in hissignature fashion. “But obsession can befun, you know?” he muses rhetorically.

When all is said and done, thebusts of philosophers are packed, and the

final papers are graded, Dr. McFarlandwill leave Oglethorpe University’s cam-pus, and migrate south. While he won’t bein his office for quiet counsel or wisdomby autumn, his legacy will remain--in thetextbooks that students buy each fall, in the

classroom discussions about the nature ofman, and in the expectations of the profes-sors who remain.

When asked what his finalthought will be when he exits the gate-house of the university, Dr. McFarlandpauses, and begins choosing words fit forsentences--his dark humor taking a back-seat to a humbled sense of nostalgia, ifonly for a moment.

“When I leave here for the lasttime, I’ll be thinking about my students,”he said. “It’s a combination of pride andabandonment, because I don’t want toleave, but you know, I’ve done my besthere, and I want to share this level of edu-cation with another generation of studentswho could benefit.”

Blaik ParisStaff Writer

Oglethorpe’s own admissions counselor, SarahCarter, will be leaving this year to get her Master’s Degreein Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies. The decisionsthat led her to choose this career were not always easyones, and she found her passion by taking a break fromstudies and seeking advice from her professors. Sarah saysthat Dr. McFarland and her advisor Dr. Maher were instru-mental in helping her follow her passion for peace.

Currently she is trying to choose out of threeschools that offer programs in her intended field:American University in Washington, D.C. which offers anMFA program in International Peace and ConflictResolution, University of California San Diego that has anMFA program in Peace and Justice, and lastly TheUniversity for Peace in Costa Rica, a school with studentsfrom all over the globe mandated by the United Nationsthat studies different kinds of peace, from social and civilto economic.

During her tenure as an undergraduate student atOglethorpe, Sarah majored in History and minored inPsychology. Her passion for history came from herAdvanced Placement United States History and European

History courses in high school. The aspect of history thatshe finds most interesting is the social and cultural cus-toms of earlier civilizations and how their decisionsimpact us today. Sarah was an intern at the OlympicsExhibit Atlanta History Center in 2004. This experiencecaused her to use her interest in history and become amuseum curator because of the research and organizationthat was involved in the internship. Sarah also consideredbeing a history teacher for elementary school children toprove how interesting history actually is, but after takingeducation classes she found that she did not like the largeclass setting and the discipline involved. Sarah then decid-ed that she wanted a Master’s Degree in History orMuseum Studies in hopes of being a curator. She realizedthat she preferred to have a career in which she learns newthings daily and works with people, but she did not wantto focus on a specific time period in history and she foundthat museum work was not service-oriented enough.

While she was trying to decide what to become,she was offered a position in Admissions here atOglethorpe. This job in admissions gave Sarah time tofind out what she wanted to do for a living while helpingothers. Sarah views her job at Oglethorpe as a way to giveback, as she was awarded the James Edward OglethorpeScholarship while she was a student here.

Sarah hopes to use her Master’s Degree by work-ing for the Carter Center. She became enamored with theCarter Center upon her first visit in the eighth grade whenshe saw the charitable work they do all over the world.

“There are certain things you love that are alwayswith you. Being an admissions counselor was a great firstjob, but you don’t have to have the same job forever.Eventually, what you love will find you again.”

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“I suppose I’ve learned about responsibility more thananything. I’ve learned about the accountability of a

teacher, and the great undertaking this truly is.”

Life in the BubbleEditors: Blaik Paris & Amanda Rowell

4 Bubble The Stormy Petrel May 1, 2009

Kristina DevegaStaff Writer

The relationship between profes-sor and student is usually a simple one.The professor lectures about the signifi-cance of a tree, in a chapter, in a book, andthe student listens. Then the professorassigns an eight to ten page paper on thesignificance of plant life in a novel andhow it relates to today’s society, and thestudent writes. The professor then gradesand writes on the last page of the student’spaper, and depending on the grade, the stu-dent celebrates an A by going to a party oraccepts a C by going to a party.

The first annual Senior Roast washeld on April 21 on the Quad. Sponsoredby the ‘09 for OU campaign, the SeniorRoast was meant to create camaraderieamongst the senior class as well as with theprofessors. “We all love our professors,”said Ember Melcher. “We wanted to beable to hang out with them and have agood time.” The Roast also gave seniors anopportunity to donate $20.09 to theAlumni Fund.

The Roast gave new meaning toprofessor and student relationship. Theevent started off with a cookout; the grillwas manned by Ember Melcher, and hotdogs and chips were passed around. Mostimportantly, alcohol made an appearance.That seemed to excite seniors. As the sunwent down, the festivities began. JackStorz, comedian and senior, took the stageand excited the anxious seniors and under-classmen alike. He presented one of thefew professors who had the courage toattend this event: Dr. Brad Smith. Dr.Smith started the event with arms flyingand quickly attacked the senior class aboutgrades and other profanity-filled cheap

shots. Dr. Simon Sparks, dressed in asharp-looking blazer and trendy sneakers,dragged Dr. Douglas McFarland up to thefront of the senior class.

The Roast opened our eyes to themysterious worlds of our professors. It’shard to imagine them in different sur-roundings other than four walls and a dryerase board behind them. Dr. Sparksshared his get scheme for getting rich andleaving the teaching world behind. He isgoing to write a screenplay on the scan-dalous happenings of the university. “Thisis f***ing comedy gold,” he said.

If you one were to sit in the front,you were almost guaranteed a couple ofhumorous stabs from the professors, espe-cially from Dean of Students Tim Doyle.Dean Doyle arrived fashionably late andsaved the professors from resorting to a tenminute fireside chat. Dean Doyle happilytargeted everyone, every clichéd clique,from the geeks to the greeks and evenpoked fun at the jocks. There was no dis-crimination in Dean Doyle’s fierce eyes ofridicule: it seemed as if we was stockingup on Oglethorpe gossip for years for thisevent. From senior Daniel Brown’s love ofrice to our “Richard Gere-esque principal,”and even to Oglethorpe’s accreditation,nothing was above the entertainment forthe Roast.

It wasn’t all about drugs andscreenplays; senior Aaron Cross talkedabout the conundrum that is philosophy.The night before an exam, it took him a vatof various energy drinks to understand Dr.Sparks and proclaimed that, “when you seepatterns on the wall, then you can under-stand philosophy.”

Pete Martin nonchalantly walkedon stage, looked at Dr. Smith, and said, “Ithought you were Knippenberg,” which

might have to be the one-liner of the week. Throughout all the dirty jokes,

exclamations of profanity, and cheap shotsat overweight professors and broken eyeglasses, the night was about celebrating thefriendship between the student and profes-sor. It might be ironic that all this banter isa sign of true friendship, but that’s whatmakes these jokes a mere joke. “It’s recog-nizing a familiarity and intimacy in a rela-tionship,” said Sarah Bucey. The event isabout being able to laugh at the things thatmight have kept us apart or the secrets thatwe were too afraid to discuss.

The event was an entertainingone, yet there were a small number of pro-fessors who attended. For that simple fact,I tip my hat for the professors who had theballs to stand up in front of their students(and soon to be peers) and remember thelast four years. As senior Michael Mullerclosed the evening: “In these last fouryears, I’d like to think that the seniorslearned to ‘Make a Life. Make a Living.Make it Rain.’”

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Full Name: John “Big Pete” Timothy Martin III

Position at Oglethorpe: Senior a.k.a. Mr. What’sGoing On a.k.a. Campus Leader

How did you came to Oglethorpe? I fell in love withthe honesty…nothing was hidden from me. I respect-ed that a lot.

Where did you grow up? Newnan, Ga. That is about45 minutes south of here.

What is your favorite thing about yourself? Mysmile and my personality.

What was the first CD/tape/record you boughtwith your own money? Outkast: Stankonia

If you won $1,000,000, what would you do with it?Set my parents up where they are comfortable, pay offstudent loans (Lord knows there were plenty), andcontinue life the way it normally was.

What was the last movie you saw that made youcry? Pursuit of Happiness…the bathroom scenewas…damn…I’m tearing up now.

What’s the best thing you ever bought, stole, orborrowed? My apartment last semester wins. Ilearned so much about me and what I wanted out oflife.

If you could live during any historical event/era,which would you choose and why? I am living in theone I want to live in.

What would you like to be remembered for? Myhonesty, care and support for others, and my fear ofnothing but God.

What is one item that you couldn’t life without?Probably my cell phone…my schedule is crazy!!!

Name four things that you would take with you toa desserted island. Cell phone with service, laptopwith internet access, unlimited supply of HOTPOCKETS w/ a microwave, and finally that speciallady.

What is the best advice you ever received? Myfather told me when I was 9 years old that the mostfeared, powerful, and effective person is a black manthat is educated and believes in God. I didn’t know hewas a fortune teller...Obama!!!

What is your most prized possession? My liberalarts education…hands down.

What is your favorite thing to do in your sparetime? I love writing poetry and Gospel/R&B songs.

Whose face would you put on the $100 bill? My

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Friday, April 17, 2009 saw one of the mostmemorable events of my college career at Oglethorpe.I have been singing in choirs for the past twelve years,two of which I have spent in the University Singersand Chorale, and this past concert will remain withme forever.

I have always enjoyed the challenge of mak-ing music—struggling to find the right pitches andfighting to maintain correct rhythm. However, thathas never been what music is truly about for me.Music is about emotion, passion, and losing onselfcompletely in another time and place.

That expression is something that those of usin the Singers were having the most difficulty accom-plishing in the rehearsals leading up to our springconcert. Dr. Ray kept pushing us for more, providingus with detailed scenarios behind the creation of eachwork, urging us to understand the context of eachpiece and to illustrate that through our tone anddynamic contrast. It seemed that as an ensemble wewere so focused on singing correct pitches andrhythms that we could think of nothing else, andmany rehearsals ended with all of us still unsatisfiedwith our performance.

Fortunately, something clicked within us theweek right before our concert. Suddenly we weresinging with that uninhibited sensation for which wehad been searching, and that sentiment climaxed atthe performance. I felt like every single one of usforgot that there was even an audience watching usuntil the concert came to a close. We were complete-ly focused on following Dr. Ray’s direction and con-veying the attitude of each piece appropriately.

At the end of Bach’s Crucifixus, the firstpiece of the concert, I was nearly in tears because Ifelt like I could almost see Christ’s broken body hang-ing on a cross atop cold Golgotha. Throughout thefirst half of the concert, which included three worksby Haydn, commemorating the two-hundredthanniversary of his death, we bounced back and forthbetween serious and playful works, praising God andeternal love. The last work of the first half, A Red,Red Rose, left me breathless because I could hardlybelieve the intensity with which we expressed suchundying love. Upon returning for the second portionof the concert, we celebrated the two-hundredthanniversary of Mendelssohn’s birth and continued toemote exquisitely the love and sensual nature of eachpiece of music.

I believe that we took the audience com-pletely by surprise with our final selection.Jabberwocky, with all of its choreography and non-sense words and grandiose attitude, was by far one ofthe most fun pieces I have ever performed. We endedthe season with a bang as we leapt off the risersyelling “Ta dah!” Every single one of us knew evenbefore we left the stage that Friday was the best con-cert we had ever performed.

As we went galumphing back to see ourfriends and family, a bittersweet air swam over us.For many, that was their last Singers concert as theyprepare to embark on new, yet frightening, adven-tures. Although the show must go on, and we must allleave for bigger and better things, I will never forgetthe incredible group of people with whom I per-formed that night, simply for the effort that we all putforth in creating some of the most emotional anduplifting music I have ever had the privilege of wit-nessing.

grandfather. He is the most giving person that I have ever known andit would be great to see him given out as well.

What was the first part-time job you ever had? Working with mydad in concrete at the age of 13…if you need a new sidewalk or drive-way…holla at me…the recession has me down.

What’s your dream job? Marketing Manager of a company that real-ly needs my help. When I get the experience, I will make it even thoughsome people and professors have told me otherwise.

When you pick up the latest edition of The Stormy Petrel, whichsection do you turn to first? Probably Sports, I like to keep up withthe other athletes around campus since my schedule is so packed.

For your “one answer”, you can make a single statement aboutanything you wish. It can be as long or as short as you want it to beand can address anything you have something to say about advice,politics, Oglethorpe, students, etc.

I, John Timothy Martin III, would like to see Oglethorpe Universityfocus more on the current students rather than prospects. If you canmake most of the current student body proud and happy with theirschool, word-of-mouth will be advertising that you will not have to payfor. Also, to our faculty, thank you and if no one else says it, I appreci-ate you. Specifically, to Dr. Mario Chandler, Dr. Robert B. Hornback,Dr. Robert Palmer, and Dr. Tucker, thank you for always having thosewords of encouragement and not sugar-coating the truth when I need-ed to hear it. You are part of the reason why I stayed at OglethorpeUniversity and also one of the reasons I will be successful in life.Finally, I am delighted to say that I am proud to leave my university inthe HANDS of seven awesome young people: Chong Park, MiguelSantiago, Vinash Ramtahal, Lawrence Jones, Dustin Cumstock,Christopher Huff, Que’Nique Newbill, Chad Smith, and AmandaRowell. To the rest of the Oglethorpe student body, stand up tall, stateyour opinions, and I hope that you become as proud as I am to be analumnus of Oglethorpe University.

OpinionsEditor: Ramika Gourdine & Carly Stewart

6 Opinions The Stormy Petrel May 1, 2009

Que’Nique NewbillContributing Writer

Everyone has heard the saying“You are what you eat.” Well, if that's true,I certainly don't want to eat at Bon Appétit!

Last year, Bon Appétit received ascore of a 48 from the health department.In the January 2008 report, over 10 healthdepartment violations were cited. Theinspector “observed vegetables in a cratestored over-hanging the meat sink whileraw chicken was observed thawing andwater splashing out of sink. Vegetablepreparation and meat thawing wereobserved being conducted at the same timein the same area.” More importantly, ifthey had not received a passing score thenext inspection, they would be required bylaw to shut down.

For me, the single most disturb-ing fact on the report was “Evidence ofrodent activity found in dry food storagearea. Rodent glue boards found directly ontop of bulk cinnamon container. Freshrodent droppings on top of white bulkgood container.” The inspector also foundexpired orange juice that had separatedand different burgers not being kept at theproper temperatures.

Let's just call me a concerned stu-dent, an intellectually curious individualseeking some type of epicurious fulfill-ment.

Bon Appétit is Oglethorpe's sin-gle largest expenditure concerning stu-dents. I found this factoid out after attend-ing the only food interest meeting organ-ized by Student Life and Bon Appétit.Most, if not all, residential students aredependent on Bon Appétit for nourish-ment, and I am dumbfounded to find manyof their health department violations to bevery avoidable.

So what's the current score? Ifound our score of a 72 positioned on topof a steel rack where fruits are stored,slightly hidden behind a green ceramicplate for decor. By two points our studentdining hall, Emerson Hall, passed. Thescore of 72 dates from Spring 2008, whenthe health department performed a follow-up inspection after the failing score of 48.

The code requirements cited bythe health inspector as NOT in complianceranged from a lack of “managementawareness” and “proper eating, tasting,drinking, or tobacco use,” to more seriousthings such as food that was not “in goodcondition, safe, and unadulterated” and“[im]proper cold holding temperature.”These were the only 4 violations deemedas risk factors. There were 6 other health

code violations, including issues with“personal cleanness, washing fruits andvegetables, non-food surface contactsclean,” for a total of 10 health code viola-tions. This information was taken directlyfrom Dekalb County's Board of Healthwebsite, which publishes every restau-rant's health food service inspection score.

Wait, what?! The basic healthstandard of “Food in good condition, safe,and unadulterated” isn't being met? Whathave I been eating? Is there an extra spe-cial ingredient to my rice and peas? Howgenerous of Bon Appétit, but no thanks.Even though I have never experienced agastrointestinal nightmare, underclassmenstories of midnight runs and upset tummiesmight have some truth to them.

As a concerned student, I emailedthe manager of Bon Appétit. After a fewdays, I did receive a response from themanager. She stated, “Most of the 72 scorewas bringing the cafeteria up to code withall the new items the state of Georgia putinto law that year.” She also said, “Theinspection score must stay in place until anew inspection takes its place, which hasnot happened yet.”

On a positive note, she did addthat they received a mock inspection from

a third party on April 22 and had excellentresults. “Most items of interest [from therecent mock inspection] are maintenanceitems that need repair. All food tempera-tures for storing, cooking and holdingwere within proper temperatures. TheKitchen was scored very high in cleanli-ness as was the dining room. All associateswere observed using proper glove use andhand washing practices.”

Whatever the case, the simpletruth is that we as students should requirea certain standard of service from the din-ing hall. I admit I don't comprehend thefull complexities of running a food servicebusiness, but things such washing fruitsand vegetables and disposing of expiredfood products (both cited violations onreport) seem like pretty simple standardsto me. As one student notes, “It's ridicu-lous, they cater exclusively to us and weare a small school. There's no reason whythey should even have the issues that theydo.”

I'm not alone in my concern.After finding out about our dining hall'sinspection report, many students and staffwere surprised and even outraged. Othersfelt their feelings were simply confirmed.Sophomore Ariele Brown remarks, “Ialways find myself in the cafeteria taking along time to pick out a fork, or a bowl, ora cup, and then running it through hotwater just to eat! And it doesn't help thatthey took away the straws.” StaffAccountant Lakaya Britton adds, “If I hadknown, I would have never eaten there.”Fellow classmate Zach Hamilton simplysays that he is “pissed,” and MalikaWhitley states, “There's no excuse for thisscore.” I agree. As someone who worked

in the food service industry during myentire high school education, I was con-stantly grilled over and over again on theexpectations and regulations of food serv-ice. Health department inspections alsoweren't exactly surprises. On the contrary,health department inspections are per-formed on a consistent basis during theyear, and a restaurant tends to know whenit’s time for an inspection.

So maybe it's just the challenge ofoperating a college dining hall. For help, Ienlisted all-knowing Google and found theonline reports of local college dining hallson the DeKalb and Fulton County Boardof Heath websites. Out of EmoryUniversity's 13 cafés and eateries, the low-est score was an 87. Morehouse was simi-lar, five eateries ranging from 83 to 98.Both Agnes Scott's dining hall andSpelman College's dining hall received ascore of 98. SCAD Atlanta scored a 90,and Clark Atlanta University a perfect 100.No private college in Atlanta receivedlower than 80--except for Oglethorpe.

Though it is the end of the year,many students are crying out for change.Sophomore Erin Fowler feels that “themanager of Bon Appétit should be moreinvolved and know what is going in thedining hall, especially the kitchen area,which should be more clean and organ-ized.” Freshman Mon'et Fulgham says, “Iguess I can add this to the already long listof why I'm leaving Oglethorpe.” I want tomake it clear that all these violations werecited during their two health inspections inSpring 2008 and that Bon Appétit has yetto receive their inspection this year.Nevertheless, many students still feel that“cleanliness issues” linger.

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Photo By Ramika GourdineBon Appétit-managed Emerson Café leaves students wanting more, in light of recent DeKalb County health inspections.

For more information, or to view the DeKalb CountyHealth Department Reports, please visit

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I never realized until I got to Oglethorpe thatsmokers really do stick together. You can walk up tosomeone you've never met and strike up a conversation aslong as the two of you are stuck outside for seven to tenminutes puffing away. When I was attending the CampusProgress Southeastern Regional Conference at MorehouseCollege this past February, it was my need for nicotinethat allowed me to have several one-on-one discussionswith the presenters--editors and writers from publicationslike The Nation and The Republic.

As a student it wasn't unusual that I was immedi-ately asked what school I attended. It was the response ofthe rest of the group, however, that struck me as strange:'”Oh that conservative school in Buckhead?” Withoutthinking, I automatically answered: “No!” But was onceagain caught off guard by the follow-up comment: “Yeah,the one that looks like a castle on Peachtree.”

Even those who have never stepped foot on ourcampus know that Oglethorpe is indeed that castle onPeachtree, Atlanta's Hogwarts and that school where youhave to go on field trips to see Shakespeare productions.Lighthearted descriptions from those who are not mem-bers of the Oglethorpe community don't bother me, how-ever, and quite honestly, I didn't know what to make aboutmy new smoking buddies' comments.

There must have been some strange combinationof shock, disgust and confusion on my face, because theconversation continued with the suggestion that maybethere were simply a small group of outspoken conserva-tive professors sharing their opinions as if they were thegeneral opinion of the university. The group proceeded togo around the group listing names--Knippenberg, Stone,Smith. Not knowing just how to process that information,especially since I didn't know any of the professors theyhad mentioned, I ignored it for the most part. It was aninteresting story to tell later, but nothing more.

Two months later, this conservative image wasreintroduced to me, only this time by a fellow student. AsI sat in the dining hall of Emerson, senior CathrynMcCrimmon informed me that she had read this terriblyinaccurate article about Oglethorpe in a college guide thatpsychology professor Dr. John Carton had copied and dis-tributed to his senior capstone students. Hearing her tellme about how some author had published that Oglethorpewas a great school because it didn't involve itself in thecesspool of non-academic work such as studies of popularculture and the media, and how the student body wasbecoming increasingly less intelligent as each new classentered, I was no longer just shocked and appalled, I waspersonally offended. Not only am I a sophomore, andtherein one of the less intellectually capable from what Iwas hearing, but I am also a Communication & RhetoricStudies major, working to make a life in a so-called non-academic field that concerned itself with gender theory,media's ideological messages and the nontraditional fam-ily.

Within a few days, I was also given a copy of this

article, which was printed in the 2008-2009 edition ofChoosing the Right College: The Whole Truth About America'sTop Schools. The book is a publication of theIntercollegiate Studies Institute, which proclaims its selfto be a non-partisan, non-profit education organization“whose purpose is to further in successive generations ofcollege youth a better understanding of the values andinstitutions that sustain a free and humane society.” Theyclaim to maintain and educate youth about liberty andhumanity through objective research of colleges and uni-versities across the nation, where over 900 volunteerswork to survey more than 50,000 students and facultymembers each year, and that data is used to compile theirreports.

Although I may not agree with their views onvalue and liberty, I don't have a problem with their right tomake their opinions known. This becomes problematic,however, when the ISI claims to be the unbiased source oftruth. With their appendixes full of statistics, at no pointdoes the Institute offer any type of criteria they use to

determine good programs, professors, or insti-tutions from bad ones, only providing theirpublications as the be all and end all simplybecause they have statistics, although as thereader we really have no idea how they wereamassed, or where they came from. Onlythrough time-consuming, and tedious, researchdid I find that the 50,000 that they survey fromacross the nation are not from a random sam-ple, but instead, members of the organizationwho have gone to the website (isi.org) andsigned up.

More specifically, the article concern-ing Oglethorpe was written by WilliamBennett. For those who are not familiar withthis name, according to his website, Bennettserved as President Reagan's chairman of theNational Endowment for the Humanities, andSecretary of Education as President H. W.Bush's drug czar. Currently, he is a prominentvoice for the War on Terrorism, acting aschairman of Americans for Victory OverTerrorism. In a nutshell, he is about as far tothe right as one gets.

Although it may seem that I am sim-ply attacking Bennett's politics, that is not myobjection to his views on Oglethorpe. I have aproblem with one of the nation's most out-spo-ken and Conservative Republicans touting anunbiased, and purely statistical analysis of ouruniversity without any named sources, or pub-licized methodologies. If you have opinions,say you have opinions; claim them.

In his evaluation of Oglethorpe, how-ever, he claims to be completely unpolitical and objectivewhile praising comments from anonymous faculty mem-bers like, “Normally sociology is just a cesspool, but atthis university, the traditional family is affirmed andproven. The class on ‘The Family’ [is] where all the non-sense about the alternative family is rebutted.” How is itin any way logical that the unbiased truth is that we fightback against the nonsense of the nontraditional family?

More than that, he goes on to quote anotheranonymous professor as saying, “Students need exposureto germs to develop antibodies. In keeping with that idea,‘Human Nature’ students also read Marx and Nietzsche.”So am I to think that my agreement with Nietzsche andMarx's philosophies over those of Aquinas and Augustinemeans that I am simply one of the germs that the rest ofthe productive members of this institution put up with forthe sake of protecting themselves from similar threats?

According to ISI’s mission statement and enu-merated principle values, I am. They write, “TheIntercollegiate Studies Institute works to instill an under-standing and appreciation for America's founding princi-ples,” only one of which is moral norms, which theydescribe by writing: “The values, customs, conventions,and norms of the Judeo-Christian tradition inform andguide a free society. Without such ordinances, societyinduces its decay by embracing a relativism that rejects an

objective moral order.” Even some of the praises thatBennett sings are inaccurate, and not in themselves some-thing to be praised or criticized, only to be shared as infor-mation. For example, he states that the majority of the fac-ulty is moderate to conservative. Later, however, he offersa cautionary yellow light to students and parents about theapolitical nature of the campus noting that “OU is split50/50 or even 60/40 between conservative and liberal fac-ulty.”

Some may want to give Bennett the benefit of thedoubt, assuming that he somehow put aside his politicalleanings and was simply quoting what he was told. That isan easy enough story to believe until you start lookingmore into the publication itself and find his commentsabout the ISI and the 1998 edition of Choosing the RightCollege, which contained a similar article written byBennett: “ISI has helped to ensure that real intellectualdebates--rather than one-sided indoctrination--take placein academia.”

When faculty on campus tried to contact the ISI

and even Bennett himself in a number of ways--telephone,mail, e-mail--there was consistently no response. No onewill come forward and speak to the methodology for col-lecting and interpreting statistics, or have a real debate.The hypocrisy in calling for discussion and condemningindoctrination while at the same time stifling and ignoringany and all attempts for discourse is only another exampleof how much Bennett and the ISI only want to continuetheir agendas, not actually educate the public aboutAmerica's universities, especially Oglethorpe.

Beyond the article its self, however, I am leftwith a myriad of questions as to who these mysteriousinstructors and students are who refuse to show their facesor own up to their statements. If they are so concernedwith continuing liberty as members of ISI, why then dothey not fully take advantage of free speech by letting oth-ers know that it is their speech, ask them questions, andstart a legitimate conversation rather than veiled, secretiveattacks? If they wish to denigrate the university as a wholeor simply specific professors and departments, why dothey not also provide data to back up their statements? Dowe not learn as freshman not to write unwarranted claims,even if the audience may agree that they are true? In thatcase, it seems that those teaching us such lessons shouldalso know them for themselves.

How biased, hypocritical, and unprofessional isit to belittle entire majors, colleagues' teaching abilitiesand the intelligence of the student body in an interview fora college guide? How unfortunately ironic is it thatBennett quotes an anonymous student as being discontentwith political activism on campus because “in pre-admis-sions Q&A panels [he/she] was told that this was a veryconservative and political campus. [When] in actuality,the campus is extremely apolitical and apathetic, but moststudents who are interested in politics are overwhelming-ly liberal,” when it is this very publication that createsthese false ideas for perspective students and their fami-lies?

After distributing the article to other leaders inthe faculty and staff, President Schall commented: “Noone from the publication has ever asked our administra-tion for any data or facts...They have a right to publishwhatever they want. That does not make the opinion theyoffer worthy of serious consideration...their view onwhich of programs are our strongest or weakest is bothinaccurate and, at least to me, offensive. I don't knowwhere they collected this information. I suspect, giventheir stated political agenda, they are limiting their analy-sis to a single perspective which is clearly a horriblyflawed way to assess either a faculty member or a depart-ment.”

Choosing the Right Colleges is available at your localbookstore, and the new edition comes out in June. Formore Information regarding the Intercollegiate StudiesInstitute, visit their website, www.isi.org.

Photo Courtesy of ISI.orgISI urges students to attend conservative colleges rather thanthose where they would get the best educations.

The hypocrisy in calling for discussion and condemningindoctrination while at the same time stifling and ignoring anyand all attempts for discourse is only another example of how

much Bennett and the ISI only want to continue their agendas.

Editors: Adam Bailey & Daniel Suddes

Arts & Entertainment8 A&E The Stormy Petrel May 1, 2009

Gregory WallaceStaff Writer

Throughout his career, David C.Driskell has explored the intersectionbetween African sculpture, Modernist aes-thetics, and the tradition of Western Art.Drawing upon such a diverse range ofsources, Driskell has sought to channelthem into an artistic language of his own.Although his paintings have been exhibit-ed on numerous occasions, Evolution: FiveDecades of Printmaking by David C.Driskell is the first exhibition to highlightthe prints of the renowned artist and schol-ar.

Born in 1931 in Eatonton,Georgia, Driskell is distinguished profes-sor emeritus at the University of Maryland,College park. He received his Bachelor ofArts Degree from Howard University in1955 and his Master of Fine Arts degreefrom Catholic University in 1962. Driskellalso attended the Skowhegan School ofPainting and Sculpture in Maine in 1953,and he studied at The Hague in 1964. In1976, Driskell oversaw the groundbreak-

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Photo courtesy of the High MuseumOne of the lithographs of “Spirits Watching” produced by Driskell between 1986and 1995.

Photo courtesy of the High Museum“Dancing Angel,” one of Driskell’s mostelaborate silk screens, required 72 sepa-rate passes, one for each variation incolor.

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Graduation is a time for reflec-tion. Upon reflecting, I realized that thisyear, I have acted mostly behind the scenesin my capacity as Arts & EntertainmentEditor. Once I realized that, I resolved tomake it up to you, my readers, in the finalissue of my college career. I weighed allthe options in my head, and decided togive my audience a piece that combinesOpinions, A&E, and Hindsight into one.

Once my idea was in place, it wasleft only to hijack a portion of my sectionto write the piece in. I get away with thislargely because I am a senior, and what arethey going to do, fire me? (Future editors,I neither condone nor suggest this philoso-phy.) And now, after having droned on forlong enough, I unveil my gift to you: I willuse my years of movie-going experience toprovide you with a list of films of manygenres that you should make every effortto see at some point in your life, preferablyas soon as possible.

Enjoy!

Office SpaceEasily one of my favorite movies

of all time. If you’re unfamiliar, the filmfollows Peter Gibbons, a midlevel employ-ee who’s stuck in a cubicle all day. He andhis friends are dying a slow and painfuldeath in their jobs, and when lay-offsbegin, they hatch a plan to get even. Themovie is based on a series of animatedshorts entitled Milton, whose titular char-acter is singularly hilarious.

I have been told that this film iseven funnier when it is relatable, and onceI’ve sold my soul for a paycheck, I’ll letyou know.

SpaceballsMy sophomore year of high

school, a friend and I routinely recitedlarge scenes from the film to pass time.Yes, that does make us incredibly lame,but beyond that fact, I feel like it speaks toMel Brooks’ writing that it can hold up foran entire semester of rehashing by highschool students.

Not to say that it was just a highschool thing. Not as frequently as OfficeSpace, but often, I will pop this film in for

a good chuckle. The experience is evenbetter if you’ve seen a large number of sci-fi movies and can easily grasp all the refer-ences being thrown at you.

Requiem for a DreamRequiem is a story of four people

who are all intertwined through their rela-tionships and their tragedies stemmingfrom drug abuse. I don’t honestly have thewords for how this movie affected mewhen I first saw it. Go see it, but braceyourself for the ending.

True RomanceThis is probably my favorite

movie. Written by Quentin Tarantino, it ishis version of a love story, and to his cred-it, you can certainly tell.

Aside from my love of the mate-rial, as I love all of Tarantino’s work, thismovie is a grand showcase of the skills ofa wide array of actors, from Gary Oldmanto Dennis Hopper to James Gandolfini. Ofall the movies I am suggesting, this is themovie I recommend most strongly.

Star Wars (the original three)

If you haven’t seen these films bythis point, then you are in a decidedlysmall minority. And even if you haven’tseen them, you still know the story.

The originals are fun, exciting,and employ genius special effects maneu-vers; the new one’s take all the good andflush the series down to a mediocre sci-fichain. That said, you should definitelywatch the original trilogy if you’ve made itthis long without doing so.

Battle RoyaleLet me just give you a scenario.

The near future: Japanese school childrenare out of control. As a last ditch effort tosolve the problem, the government selectsa class every year to go to an island andcompete in a three day death match. Ifthere’s more than one left at that point,they all die. As friend is pitted againstfriend, a small group attempts to escapethis fate.

I’m not at all familiar with thesource material, but as far as movies go, aslong as you don’t mind reading subtitles,this is one for all the die-hard action fansout there.

ing exhibition Two Centuries of BlackAmerican Art: 1750-1950, which helpedlay the foundation for the field of AfricanAmerican art history. He has served as thecultural advisor to Camille O. and WilliamH. Cosby and as the curator of the CosbyCollection of Fine Arts since 1977. In aWhite House ceremony in 2000, Driskellreceived the National Humanities Medalfrom President Clinton. In 2007 he waselected as a National Academician by theNational Academy.

The High has enjoyed a long andfruitful relationship with Driskell. In 2005,the High established the David C. DriskellPrize, the first national award to honor andcelebrate contributions to the field ofAfrican American art and art history. Theaward offers a cash prize of $25,000, andproceeds from the museum’s annualDriskell Prize dinner go toward both theDavid C. Driskell African American ArtAcquisitions and the David C. DriskellAfrican American Art Endowment.

Evolution features 80 prints,spanning more than thirty years inDriskell’s career. They reflect his wide

range of stylistic approaches, from the tra-ditional pose of “Self Portrait” (1970) to“Pensive” (2004), in which Driskell trans-forms his own features into those of anAfrican Mask. Other works, such as thewoodcut series “Bakota Girl” (1972-1974)and “Benin Woman (1975), reveal theinfluence of Driskell’s travels and hisdesire to enrich his own connection toAfrican culture. In “Reclining Nude”(2000), Driskell references Matisse’s“Blue Nude” (1906), reclaiming theAfrican imagery which served as a keysource of inspiration for twentieth-centurymodernists.

In a discussion before the formalopening of the exhibit, Driskell spokeabout some the inspirations for his works,as well as how he approaches the creativeprocess. Driskell talked about the recurringthemes of his work, which include naturaland Biblical imagery, as well as his wife,Thelma, who appears frequently through-out the prints on exhibition. Driskell alsoadmitted that he has something of a pen-chant for circles. Asked why he chose anespecially hard wood for one particularwoodblock, Driskell confessed that hisdecision was based primarily on the round-ness of the object, the seat of a stool.

Driskell also provided insightsinto the creative process and challengesunique to printmaking. “You must envisionwhat the image looks like from the begin-ning because it always has to be reversed,”adding an additional degree of challenge tothe artist’s task of conceptualizing a fin-ished work. Imparting color to a wood-block print is a particularly labor and time-intensive process. Each variation in colormust be silkscreened separately, meaningthat Driskell’s more complex color prints,such as “Dancing Angel” (2002), made useof as many as 72 individual screens.Driskell also reflected on the relationshipbetween the print maker and the master inprinting, in this case Driskell’s long timecollaborator Curlee R. Holton. For “Eveand the Apple” (1968-2006), Driskellexplained that he basically had to askHolton to walk him through the processthat would provide the effect he was trying

to impart to the print: “I wanted to make itlook like a painting, so I asked Curlee,‘how do we do this?’”

Despite having been born in1931, Driskell shows no signs of slowingdown, demonstrating a remarkable enthu-siasm for his work as a whole and theprintmaking process in particular.Although the creative impulse sometimeslessens for Driskell, the core drive nevergoes away. With a smile on his face,Driskell likened returning to the studio inthe morning to a “kid coming back forsome candy” he had left behind earlier. ForDriskell, the creative drive is an ephemer-al, yet irresistible urge that is always withhim.

Evolution: Five Decades of PrintMaking by David C. Driskell will be ondisplay at the High until August 2, 2009.Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniorsand students, $11 for children ages 6-17,and free for children 5 and under.Admission is also free for members.

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Once upon a time, tucked away inthe corner of a vintage record store inLittle Five Points or perhaps an offbeatcoffeehouse in Seattle, there were whis-pers. Viral whispers, in fact, of a little-known band with a perplexing name--aband that would later become so quoted, sointernationally applauded, and so saturatedby saccharine teenage acclaim, that itwould become one of the first alternativegroups to hit quote-unquote mainstreamsuccess.

Death Cab for Cutie used to beone of those exclusive bands; a name todrop around alterna-cool, I-don’t-listen-to-FM-radio, LP-record-player junkies whostayed to themselves in their corner of themusical library. With their first album YouCan Play These Songs With Chords(1997), a garage style recording on war-bled cassette, Death Cab garnered the firstwave of diehard fanfare and bleeding heartloyalty. While none of the band members(Chris Walla, Nick Harmer, and JasonMcGerr) take credit for its successfulupstart, it is singlehandedly Ben Gibbardwho seems to be the founding father ofwhat some call an independentgroundswell.

The band worked rapidly for thenext three years, releasing SomethingAbout Airplanes (1998), We Have theFacts and We’re Voting Yes (2000), andThe Photo Album (2001) all of whichreceived enormous acclaim within thegenre, and subsequently, little negativefeedback.

Yet, there seems to be a voraciousdivide between two generations of DeathCab fans, and some maintain that a “pre-mainstream” and “post-mainstream”DCFC listener can be easily identified.Songs such as “Company Calls Epilogue”or “Styrofoam Plates” can easily be quotedby those who consider themselves long-time listeners, while newer members of theDeath Cab movement struggle with theprecise lyrics. Those who insist on theirtrue loyalty scoff at the novice familiaritywith the band’s two latest, and most popu-lar, albums.

So what actually sent Death Cabfor Cutie into the mainstream vortex? Itwas during the time of album number four,Transatlanticism--which was released inthe early-2000’s--that the independent

bubble burst. No longer was the terselyrenamed “Death Cab” simply known byunderground music critics or bookishEnglish majors. This time, the name recog-nition belonged to all who hungrily con-sumed pop culture.

The band, who agreed to performon FOX Network’s teen drama, “TheO.C.,” was met with astounding success.The show’s main character, Seth Cohen,continually gave subtle kudos to DeathCab, with Transatlanticism’s infamousblack-ravened album cover in every shotof the (what would now be considered thepinnacle of ‘hip’) room of then-adolescentCohen. This cameo in and of itself wasconsidered the turning point for DeathCab--those once viral coffeehouse whis-pers had now turned into a deafeningmainstream roar, and every high school,college, and grad student at the time want-ed a piece of the alternative-genre pie.

After all of this, Death Cab set-tled into a comfortable, armchair successof sorts. While some devout from-their-roots listeners griped about the callow,coming-of-age fans the show had lured,the band went into quiet hiding for a fewyears until the release of their next album,Plans, in 2005.

Plans itself was also a giant suc-cess--in 2006, it launched to Gold Statusby Billboard for continued sales for over47 weeks straight. The album also wentplatinum by May of 2008, and the bandwas now under Atlantic’s corporate label.None of these successes were ever reallywon by a seemingly independent, grass-roots oriented group--at this point, fanswere left scratching their heads. Was DeathCab still considered an under the radar,“independent” group, or instead, were theysimply a band supported by an instanta-neous, brilliant white light of rabid fan-fare? Were they destined to rapidly burninto a pile of glowing embers, or go up inflames?

The answer came most recentlyin May 2008, with the release of NarrowStairs. With fans lingering on iTunes atexactly midnight to download DCFC’s lat-est work, and media attention so heavilyfocused on the new record, the band hadalmost everything riding on their futuresuccesses. Would they satiate the changedpalate of those former teens, who werenow twentysomethings? Were these listen-ers, who had by this time outgrown theirfirst generation iPods, still hungry for

Death Cab’s trademark, pensive lyrics? Orwere the band’s brooding questions satu-rated, spilling from the lips of pseudo-intellectuals worldwide? These questions,all of them, were answered with a surge.

Narrow Stairs was loud. It madenoise. It shook the floorboards of the indie-painted house the band had previouslybuilt. And, from the screeches of thealbum’s opening song, “Bixby CanyonBridge,” a reflective piece about Gibbard’sunfulfilling visit to Jack Keroac’s refuge inBig Sur, California, the album producedjust what Death Cab had promised--a newand experimental avenue. The songs them-selves reveal the still-pink skin of a bandthat had sloughed off its musically deadskin: raw, but new in the most excitingsense.

No longer was DCFC consideredthe quiet librarian of its genre--it had foundits more aggressive, flexible side.Metronomic and sometimes pushy in “NoSunlight,” creepy and seductive in “I WillPossess Your Heart,” and brooding yetweak-in-the-knees gorgeous in “Cath” and“Grapevine Fires,” the album was metwith both support and confusion. It seemedas if those who had marked a significantchapter of growing up, that is, maturing inall those awkward, adult rites-of-passage,appreciated the album most. Perhaps thoseO.C. kids graduated high school, movedelsewhere, and just landed fresh off theplane in a new city. They might’ve left astandstill relationship, or maybe they justchanged every iota about their past selves.Likewise, those who had yet to experienceany serious soul searching were left in the

shuffle of what could be considered apatchwork quilt of new musical flavors.The acclaim was split down the middle,yet one thing was clear: this album was acelebration of all things lively.

This May, almost a year to date ofthe band’s one-year anniversary of theNarrow Stairs release, Death Cab for Cutiewill appear in Atlanta. The band will takethe stage at The Fox Theater in midtown,where the sold-out venue’s floorboards areexpected to rattle once again with the glo-rious screech of a newly fitted sound.Although Gibbard’s trademark voiceremains the same--a siren in a room of pas-sive hums--Death Cab’s fifth wave of suc-cess is at its peak.

Atlanta is expected to receive theband warmly as well, as they are nostrangers to the city whose music scene isconstantly buzzing with the nighttimeglow of neon acts. DCFC has played atalternative venues like Variety Playhousein the past, as well as the famous, andsecretive, Drunken Unicorn. But this show,co-headlined with rising acts Ra Ra Riotand Matt Costa, seems different already.

Maybe it’s the gathering of just-barely adults who once wrote Death Cablyrics in their diaries, or practiced “Titleand Registration” chords on a sibling’sguitar, that has everyone excited to foregothat tired identity and take the leap togeth-er. Whatever the new effect is, it seemsthat this early May evening will single-handedly branch the divide between oldand new, romanticized and taken for grant-ed, worn and alert. There is something cel-ebratory in Death Cab for Cutie’s revival.

photo courtesy of teamsugar.comWatch for Death Cab for Cutie coming to the Fox Theatre on May 6, 2009.

Daniel SuddesA&E Editor

Ali Larter has probably neverbeen allowed to really expand her range.Her career stretches back about ten years,with Varsity Blues as her first credit. Sincethat time, she has appeared in seventeenfilms, including Final Destination, Jayand Silent Bob Strike Back, and LegallyBlonde. Most of her output has her in sup-porting roles, but there has always been aninteresting nuance to her performances.Hopefully, with Heroes and ObessedLarter’s career will finally place her instarring roles and turn her into a sort of lat-ter day Sharon Stone.

I had the opportunity to askLarter about her new movie Obsessed.Featuring Idris Elba and BeyoncèKnowles, it follows a new office tempworker stalking a very successful assetmanager. It is the first film in which Larterplays a villain.

Stormy Petrel: How does this

role compare to some of the othersyou’ve taken? What was it like to actu-ally switch over and be the villain foronce? Larter: Well, I’m usually the onebeating people up, so this movie reallyhumbled me a little bit. I had to take onefor the team. You know, this movie differsin that she’s definitely in the vein of theclassic femme fatal, and that is what drewme to this movie. For me, it was really justkind of interesting to figure out the com-plexities of her and what makes her tick.Then it’s really a three-hander in this. Youget to see the three different points of viewof people in the same situation, so Ithought that that was an interesting, freshtake on this.

Stormy Petrel: You have a fightscene with Beyoncè. What kind of train-ing did you have to do in preparation forthat? Larter: We do a lot of physical stuffon Heroes, and it seems that I always endup getting in some kind of fight in whatev-er role I’m playing, so we start off withgetting the best stunt doubles that we can

find, and I have an amazing girl that I workwith. But the other side is that I also liketo do as much as I can. I think that you canreally tell when the actor is in there, so wespent about a week really breaking itdown, and we just had fun. And, for me,watching Beyoncè charge you is one of myfavorite moments, so I really hope thatcomes across on the screen that peoplereally see that we tried to make it so it’sbelievable and not fall into all the clichés,but, at the same time, deliver what themovie promises to deliver.

Stormy Petrel: What did youfind to be the most difficult aspect ofyour character, and what did you likebest about portraying her on screen?Larter: The most difficult thing was thatprobably I was shooting Heroes at thesame time, so for a couple months, I wasworking seven days a week, like 12 hoursa day, and that was by far the most tryingthing because I’d be going from one char-acter and kind of one tone and hoppinginto another one and sometimes I would be

driving from one set to the next. It was alsothat I was so excited to get to play this kindof a take on the classic femme fatal char-acter. I love being an audience in thesekinda of sexy thrillera, you know, Handthat Rocks the Cradle and FatalAttraction, and this movie is really kind ofan homage to those.

Stormy Petrel: Are you pleasedwith the outcome of the film, or arethere any scenes you might change?Larter: It’s one of the things that I learnedfrom the beginning that my part of themovie is to prepare the character and to goin and to give 150% every day. On thewhole, I think this movie really delivers. Ithink that when you see the trailer, peopleknow what they’re going to get, andthere’s a comfort in being able to knowthat I’m going to get my bucket of pop-corn, and I am going to go have fun watch-ing this movie, and I think it gives youexactly what you want.

Obsessed is currently in theaters.

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Editors: Stephanie JefcoatSports

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Congratulationsto all of

Oglethorpe’sgraduating athletes!

BASKETBALLCarisa MitchellKatie KulavicJamie OsmansonAnna FindleyHannah BrooksTina GraceBiz RichmannTaymah Jones

CROSSCOUNTRY

Donyale GreenwellBrittany NesmithBrandy Rich

TRACKLynette McKinney

VOLLEYBALLSharaya TuttleMallory Thomson

Congratulationsto all of

Oglethorpe’sgraduating athletes!

BASEBALLChris LucasSean Tuttle

GOLFDavid BeazerHap Kaufold

SOCCERScott DevaultBrett WootenDaniel BrownMichael MullerAmel KomicKira CarrJulie VaughnAmanda CarpenterJamie Dillon

TENNISCarlos CarthenLuka CerenkoGabe HendersonRicky Pomales

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"Make the best of your time here...you have more to gain than you haveto lose. And, get your GPA up in thebeginning of your Oglecareer,because by the time it rolls around toyour senior year, you'll truly find outwhat Senioritis is all about." -Jessica Daniel

"When in doubt, letFuture You takecare of it. He/She ismore experiencedand has more timeto do it." -Aaron Cross

“You have to live life to love it or hate it. So, don’t be afraid to try new things."-John “Pete” Martin

"The improvement that I haveseen take place within myselfduring my time here issomething which I treasureabove all else. I truly appreciatethose students, professors, andfaculty members which haveplayed a part in my time at thisuniversity, and I can only hopethat others will have a similarexperience to mine. Thank you." -Trevor Sheffield

"Make a life. Make a living. Make itrain." -Michael Muller

"Love Jesus. Love others."-Josh Means"Don't panic." -Marian James

"Life is full of stress, work, and difficult decisions. Temper it with good friends, strong drinks, and travel." -Sam Waters

"Now we leave the safety of theBubble, where people will not be asaccepting of our philosophizing ways.We leave Oglethorpe with insanewriting skills and the rare ability tofunction after 48 hours with no sleep.As the computer generation enters thework force there is one safe bet: wewill redefine multi-tasking. " -Devon Simons

"When you come to OU, you have essentially paid about $3,200 for an A in the3-4 classes you take. As long as you go to class, you can maintain a C average(normally). If you do your homework, even last minute, you can maintain B’s.If you study you'll probably get A-. If you suck up (because not everyone will beinclined to like you), work hard, have a genuine interest in learning and show itto peers and professors alike, you WILL get an A. And all this can beaccomplished by not skipping class." -Mike Willis

TThhiiss yyeeaarr,, tthhee sseenniioorr ccllaassss ggeettss tthhee llaasstt wwoorrddI, for one, am sick of the questions. “What are you doing after

graduation?” “Are you going to grad school?” “What are your plans for thefuture?” “Do you have a job?” The only question I want to hear these days is,“Can I get you another round?”

My goal with Hindisght this year was to get as many senior voices in thepaper as possible. I was pleased with the cross-section of students whosubmitted their work and I know the OU community benefited from theircontribution. Keeping with the same intention, I wanted to show a collectiveand diverse farewell from the class of 2009. So, for the final issue I gave into thedesire to inquire and decided to pester my fellow seniors with one morequestion—“Do you have any last words?”

Laura BraddickHindsight Editor

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Chelcie RowellEditor-in-Chief

I have a confession to make: Ididn’t want to come to Oglethorpe. Duringmy senior year of high school, I appliedalmost exclusively to women’s colleges inthe northeast. I was going to get out ofJackson and out of Georgia. But when Igot the scholarship letter from Oglethorpe,after a few agonizing days, I couldn’t bringmyself to turn it down. It was decided: Iwould go to school in Atlanta, and I wouldgraduate without loans. I sent in myacceptance to Oglethorpe more out of pru-dence than out of faith in the education Iwould receive.

And for the first three years,that’s how I approached my education:without faith in Oglethorpe and withoutfaith in my decision to come here. I wasconstantly on the defensive—to my highschool teachers, to my friends who attend-ed schools that are ranked higher in U.S.News & World Report, to everyone I metwho asked, “Where is Ogle-tharpe again?”

The worst of it is that I allowedthat defensive attitude to affect my aca-demic career. I felt like I had to over-per-form because I was here on scholarship,but oddly enough the weight of that expec-tation made me under-perform. I had antic-ipated going to Smith or Bryn Mawr orWellesley and being happily mediocre; Iwasn’t ready to be expected to be at thetop.

I would spend hours and hours onmy reading assignments, but I observed anodd phenomenon during those first fewyears: the harder I tried, the less I learned.I was spending more time desperatelylooking for something insightful to sayabout Adam Smith or Chaucer or theVenerable Bede than I was simply absorb-ing the texts. I utterly lacked the “brightalacrity” that C.S. Lewis says character-izes the best students. I was too concernedwith the appearance of good learning toactually be a good learner. I’m too embar-rassed to tell you how many professors’offices I’ve cried in over the years, and forno good reason—only the paralysis of aca-demic insecurity.

In his introductory essay to the“Education” volume of Lapham’s

Quarterly, Lewis Lapham, the crotchetyformer editor of Harper’s Magazine,seemed to be speaking directly to my aca-demic anxieties. I read the essay duringfall semester of my senior year of college,and the message couldn’t have come soonenough.

“In college commencementspeeches,” he wrote, “as with the handingout of prizes for trendsetting journalism, Ioften hear it said that the truth shall makemen free, but I notice that relatively fewpeople know what the phrase means. Thetruth isn’t about the receipt of the diplomaor acceptance into law school, not evenabout the thievery in Washington or thelate-breaking scandal in Hollywood. It’ssynonymous with the courage derivedfrom the habit of not running a con gameon the unique and specific temper of one’sown mind. What makes men and womenfree is learning to trust their own thought,possess their own history, speak in their

own voices.”I wish I could say that reading

those words immediately transformed theway I approached learning. In reality,transformations happen more slowly.

I have to go back earlier thanreading Lewis Lapham’s essay. It reallystarted with the Shakespeare at Oxfordcourse I took with Dr. Hornback, Dr.McCarthy, and Dr. McFarland over thesummer of 2008. They asked us to come atthe class as an academic improvisation. Inour papers as well as our scene work, theyasked us to try new things, to play with ourideas. You’re not capable of intellectualplay if you’re too worried about your intel-lectual dignity. I was tired of being digni-fied, I began to realize. More often thannot, trying to be dignified just made melook silly.

Over the past few years, I’ve real-ized that I have a love for librarianshipand, even more specifically, that my pas-

sion is for rare books and manuscripts.Accordingly, I spent hours upon hoursupon hours this semester applying for jobs,internships, and graduate schools in thefield, unsure whether I’d hear back fromanything. But three of the fish bit. I havebeen accepted to the University of Londonfor an M.A. in the History of the Book.Soon I’ll hear back from the FolgerShakespeare Library about a summerinternship in exhibition programming andtechnical services and from SwarthmoreCollege about a yearlong internship intheir Writing Associates Program.

I’m hopeful, but I won’t be dev-astated if I’m not offered the positions. Iam satisfied by my poise during the end-less rounds of interviews: that I was able tokeep my composure even when my nerveswere stretched to the breaking point—thatI was able to say I didn’t know when I did-n’t know—that I was able to ask questionswhen I didn’t understand something aboutthe program. I was a different person atthose interviews than I was as a collegefreshman. The thing is, though, I don’tthink I’ve changed into another person;rather, I think I’ve become truer to myself,more honest about my shortcomings andless awkward about expressing them.

So with graduation fast approach-ing, I’m thinking about the ways in whichI cheated myself of a fuller education.Pride and embarrassment kept my mouthsealed during too many class discussions.Sheer dread of trying to put words on apage kept me from working on too manypapers until the night before they weredue. Dating off-campus too often kept mefrom really immersing myself inOglethorpe culture. I will own up to myregrets.

But I refuse to be incapacitatedby them. The idea of graduation is in a cer-tain sense contrary to the idea of a liberalarts education because it implies that wehave arrived. In truth, we never do.Wherever I go after graduation, whetherit’s Philadelphia or D.C. or London, Iknow that I am carrying with me a morecurious and flexible mind than when Iarrived at Oglethorpe. Over the course ofmy life, I know I can look forward to thehonor of good learning.

Photo courtesy of Laura MillerChelcie considers her final year at Oglethorpe and speculates about her future.

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