NEWSROOM PHONE314-935-5995

E-MAIL USeditor@studlife.com

ADVERTISING PHONE314-935-6713

INSIDE:

Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Forum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

C a d e n z a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Classifi eds . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Get’cha head in the game Best Year Ever: 2007

The Lady Bears have their mind on the ball and are showing their confi dence on the court. Their four game winning streak is paving the way for an exciting UAA season. Sports, Page 6

The year 2007 may be out of sight but certainly not out of mind. Turn to Cadenza to fi nd our picks of the best and worst music releases...crank dat anyone?Scene, Page 7

THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878VOLUME 129, NO. 43 WWW.STUDLIFE.COMWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008

NOUNS WE LIKE | LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD | SEE FORUM, PAGE 4

STUDENT LIFE

BY BEN SALESNEWS EDITOR

Despite a rise in Washington University’s endowment this year, the administration will not signifi cantly increase the amount of money allocated for need-based scholarships.

While the University’s endow-ment at the end of last fi scal year totaled $5.66 billion, only $500 million of that money was used for scholarships.

According to Bill Witbrodt, director of student fi nancial services, donors to the Univer-sity control how their money is spent. Thus, the University may only spend parts of the endow-ment on scholarships after fi nd-ing out how much money was allocated for that purpose.

Scholarships not paid for by the endowment come from the Washington University Opera-tions Fund.

“There is never enough en-dowment income to cover all of the scholarships we’ve award-ed,” said Witbrodt. “We spend as much of the endowment as we can.”

Barbara Feiner, vice chancel-lor for fi nance, added via e-mail that the University spends a large portion of the endowment on employee salaries and aca-demic departments.

“This keeps total costs down to all students as a result, sup-porting, in a sense, fi nancial aid to all enrollees,” said Feiner.

Scholarship funding issues are especially relevant now, as the University will announce the tuition for the coming academic year on Friday. Even if the tuition rises, Witbrodt says it will not af-fect how the University distrib-utes fi nancial aid.

“If the tuition goes up, the

scholarship will go up,” he said. “If the parents’ ability to pay stays the same and the cost in-creases, the fi nancial aid award will increase.”

Accountability to the donor’s wishes is one reason the Uni-versity still awards merit schol-arships. This trend comes in contrast to other private univer-sities, such as Harvard, which now only awards funds based on economic need.

According to Feiner, some of the University’s peer institu-tions take more than 50 percent of their scholarship money from the endowment. Only 19 percent of the University’s fi nancial aid funds come from its endow-ment.

Witbrodt says, however, that some of the money designated for merit-based scholarships ends up going toward need-based funding.

“If a student applies for merit and also applies for [fi nancial] aid, the [merit] tuition is cover-ing that student’s need,” he said. “Just because a student has re-ceived a merit scholarship does not mean that that are not get-ting need[-based aid].”

Feiner added that most ap-plicants for merit-based scholar-ships also apply for need-based aid.

“If a student receives a merit scholarship, chances are he or she also qualifi es for a need-based award, even if the schol-arship received is from a merit scholarship program,” she said.

Nanette Tarbouni, director of admissions, sees merit scholar-ships as an additional fi nancial value to merit scholars in that they help lower- to middle-class students.

“An academic scholarship sometimes allows us to recruit

outstanding students whose families are caught in the mid-dle,” said Tarbouni. “They just miss qualifying for need-based aid, but they still need a little help.”

Some students, however, see an inherent value to merit-based scholarships.

“The emphasis should be on need-based, but we can’t get rid of merit-based,” said freshman Evan Freedman. “Need-based [scholarships] are more impor-tant, though.”

He added that students who perform well might deserve rec-ognition.

“Certain people should be rewarded for being excellent students,” he said, “but we’re at a school where everyone is an ex-cellent student.”

Although only a small part of the endowment is used for scholarships, Witbrodt said that the University is encouraging donors to designate more funds for fi nancial aid, in an effort led by Chancellor Mark Wrighton and the development offi ce.

“It doesn’t happen overnight, but I know that there is a com-

BY JEREMY ROGOFFSTAFF REPORTER

As Iowa caucus-goers and New Hampshire primary voters cast their ballots in the year’s fi rst presidential contests, fi rst-time and college-age voters came out in force to express a desire for this year’s campaign buzzword: change.

In Iowa, among the Demo-cratic candidates, Illinois Sena-tor Barack Obama stunned the political world with a convinc-ing victory over then-frontrun-ner and current New York Sena-tor Hillary Clinton.

While he carried nearly ev-ery major demographic in the caucus, Obama benefi ted most from the support of young peo-ple. According to CNN entrance polls, voters between the ages of 17 and 29 comprised 22 per-

cent of the Democratic elector-ate, and 57 percent of this group voted for Obama.

Kevin Wolfe, a sophomore who heads the volunteer ef-fort for Obama at Washington University, attributes Obama’s youth support to his candor and straight talk on the campaign trail.

“A large part [of the support for Obama’s message] has to do with the Bush administration, and a large part has to do with the Iraq war,” said Wolfe. “[In ad-dition to the ongoing war] stu-dents are thinking about educa-tion and health care, and Obama, from the start, addressed those concerns directly.”

Young voters in Iowa ap-peared to value his call for change over the experience-

BY PERRY STEIN NEWS EDITOR

With the value of the dollar at its current low, it makes sense that senior Laura Ingwer spent about $7000 on food and ameni-ties alone during her junior year abroad in London.

Even so, Ingwer said that her experience was well worth the money.

“It was the most amazing year of my life. As long as you’re care-ful [with your money,] it’s still a great experience,” said Ingwer.

Although exchanges rates are at a record low, Associate Profes-sor of Economics Gaetano An-tinolfi said that economists an-ticipated the rapid decline of the dollar’s value.

“The United States imports a lot more goods from abroad than it exports,” said Antinolfi .

“[The lower value of the dol-lar] is a way to close the gap be-tween the mismatch of quantity imported and exported.”

Administration sees little increase in need-based scholarships

BY SAM GUZIKSENIOR NEWS EDITOR

Students in the Hurd and My-ers dormitories returned from winter break this week to fi nd their dorm rooms transformed into crime scenes.

As a result of more than 13 separate incidents in the two dorms, the Washington Univer-sity Police Department (WUPD) is actively investigating the chain of burglaries.

“I walked in a couple of days early and thought someone had just moved our TV,” said sophomore Chrystal Okonta, a Myers resident whose suite was robbed. “[The situation] was just bad.”

According to students whose suites were affected, burglars entered the suites by jimmying the external balcony

doors and, in at least one case, a ground fl oor window.

The police believe that bur-glars entered the suites between

December 21 and December 28 when the residence halls were largely empty.

“The glass was not broken

out of the balcony doors,” said Don Strom, chief of the Univer-sity Police. “In some cases, peo-ple self-reported that the doors were unlocked and in others it seems the doors were unlocked from the outside.”

As a preventative mea-sure, the facilities staff placed wooden and metal dowels in the tracks of sliding doors and windows to prevent them from being opened; the dowels were placed on January 11.

According to the depart-ment media log, as of Monday, more than $6,600 worth of per-sonal items were reported miss-ing, including several television sets, DVD players and two video game consoles.

In one case, residents in a Myers suite found their sto-

A rash of dorm burglaries prompts police investigation

Young voters weigh heavily in primary season

Low value of dollar increases study abroad costs

BY PUNEET KOLLIPARANEWS EDITOR

St. Louis businesswoman Edith Wolff recently donated $20 million to the Washington University School of Medicine to support biomedical research at the school; the donation will establish the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Institute and will fund research in the prevention, treat-ment and cure of diseases.

“The money is specifi cally earmarked to support promis-ing research opportunities that depend on interdepartmental collaboration that lack other ma-jor sources of funding,” said Don Clayton, associate vice chancel-lor and executive director for medical affairs. “The whole idea is to translate basic research fi ndings into advances in medi-cal treatment.”

The institute’s goals will re-fl ect those of BioMed 21, the

University’s multidisciplinary biomedical research initiative, whose goals are to fund multi-disciplinary research and rap-idly convert discoveries in medi-cal science into effective medical treatments.

“Mrs. Wolff’s commitment to the School of Medicine will en-hance research efforts within many of our departments and have a profound positive impact on the School of Medicine’s re-search mission,” said Larry Sha-piro, dean of the medical school. “I’m thankful for her generosity, which will enable interdisciplin-ary research that is so essential to progress in modern biomedi-cal science.”

Mrs. Wolff and her late hus-band Alan have been involved in real estate investment and devel-opment for more than 60 years.

In the 1940s, Mr. Wolff found-

Wolff donates $20 million for biomed research

See BIOMED, page 2

See BURGLARIES, page 2

See YOUNG VOTERS, page 2See SCHOLARSHIPS, page 2

Because of the falling cost of the dollar, students studying abroad are spending more on basic consumer goods. Student Life takes a look at some common prices.

$8.49 for 12 oz. of contact solution

£9.35 for 240 mL($28.40 for 12 oz.)

$7.99 for 8 batteries

£8.99($17.62)

$7.49 for 12 oz. of body wash

£7.99 for 400 mL($13.89 for 12 oz.)

In the US, these items might cost...

but in the UK, they might cost:

sources: chemistdirect.co.uk and cvs.com RACHEL NOCCIOLI | STUDENT LIFE

See ABROAD COSTS, page 2

SAM GUZIK | STUDENT LIFE

This common room in Myers bears the marks of a crime scene, with both its missing television and marks on the wall where police dusted for fi ngerprints. Over winter break, there were more than 13 separate incidents in the Hurd and Myers dormitories, resulting in over $6600 worth of personal items reported as missing.

ed a real estate management company, Wolff Construction Co., which built several shopping centers in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas in the 1950s and 1960s.

After her husband passed away in 1989, Mrs. Wolff took over the company, which contin-ues to prosper today.

Mrs. Wolff could not be reached for comment.

She also has a long history of philanthropy, and she is no stranger to helping the School of Medicine. She donated money to the school for the establishment of two endowed professorships, and she also established a non-interest-bearing scholarship fund for medical students, the Edith L. Wolff Scholarship-Loan Fund.

In 2004, Mrs. Wolff received an honorary doctorate from the University in recognition of her

support for research into life-saving medicine. With this $20 million donation, her storied relationship with the School of Medicine continues.

“Washington University has been very fortunate to have ben-efi ted from Mr. and Mrs. Wolff’s remarkable generosity over the years,” said Chancellor Mark Wrighton in a medical school press release. “Mrs. Wolff has always believed strongly in help-ing others, and she has demon-strated her belief in the promise of biomedical research to ease suffering and improve people’s lives. For that, we are immensely thankful.”

Her long relationship with the School of Medicine traces back to her friendship with I. Jerome Flance, professor emeritus of clinical medicine and the Wolffs’ personal physician.

“Edith is very knowledgeable about the need for and the poten-tial of basic medical research,” said Flance. “Both she and her husband wanted to create a leg-acy that would serve generations of individuals.”

BUY ONE/GET ONE* HALF-OFF SALE!*SAVE 50% ON LOWER-PRICE SORORITY ITEM IN MARCH

9740 CLAYTON ROAD • SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63124 314-994-0606 • 877-869-7356 (TOLL FREE)

www.signofthearrow.com

Sunday Worship Services for Everyone:Casual Worship in Chapel–8:30 a.m.Contemporary Worship–9:30 a.m.Classes for All Ages–9:30 a.m.Classic Worship in Sanctuary–11:00 a.m.

Roundtrip Van Service from Shepley Drive at the Clock Tower 10:40 a.m.

Grace United Methodist Church

6199 Waterman (at Skinker)2 Blocks North of the Skinker Metro Station(314) 863–1992 •www.graceumc-stl.org

Our Diverse Fellowship Welcomes You

The Army can help you get your career off to a great start. Medical and dental students are eligible for the Health Professions Scholarship

Program, which provides full-tuition scholarships and a monthly stipend of more than $1,600. Graduating nursing students can take advantage of $15,000 to $30,000 in sign-on bonuses. Most importantly, you’ll care for our Soldiers and their

Families as part of our collaborative health care team. For more information, please contact the St. Louis

Medical Recruiting Company at 314-739-3177, or visit us at healthcare.goarmy.com.

©2007. Paid for by the United States Army. All rights reserved.

WITH YOUR TUITION PAID ANDA JOB IN PLACE,YOUR CAREER POSSIBILITIESARE LIMITLESS.

1st Lt. Malgorzata Bujak, RN, BSNBrooke Army Medical Center, Texas

One Brookings Drive #1039#42 Women’s BuildingSaint Louis, MO 63130-4899

News: (314) 935-5995Advertising: (314) 935-6713Fax: (314) 935-5938e-mail: editor@studlife.comwww.studlife.com

Copyright 2007

Editor in Chief: Erin FultsExecutive Editor: David BrodyManaging Editors: Shweta Murthi, Mallory WilderSenior News Editor: Sam GuzikSenior Forum Editor: Nathan EverlySenior Cadenza Editor: Brian StittSenior Scene Editor: Meghan LueckeSenior Sports Editor: Trisha WolfSenior Photo Editor: David HartsteinSenior Graphics Editor: Rachel HarrisNews Editors: Perry Stein, Ben Sales, Puneet KolliparaNews Manager: Teddy WhiteForum Editors: Altin Sila, Jill Strominger, Christian Sherden, Dennis SweeneyCadenza Editors: Elizabeth Ochoa, David Kaminsky, Cecilia Razak, Michelle SteinScene Editors: Lana Goldsmith, Indu ChandrasekharSports Editors: Johann Qua Hiansen, Un-aiz Kabani, Josh GoldmanPhoto Editors: Lucy Moore, Lionel Sobe-hart, Jenny ShaoOnline Editor: Scott BresslerDesign Chief: Anna DinndorfDesign Editors: Dennis Sweeney, Zoe Scharf, Brittany MeyerCopy Chief: Brian KrigsherCopy Editors: Julia Jay, Elyse Kallen, Puneet Kollipara, Hannah Schwartz, Stephanie SperaDesigners: Jamie Reed, Kate Ehrlich, Kim Yeh, Susan Hall, Liz Klein, Niki Dankner, Alyssa Anzalone-Newman, Sophia Agapo-va, Evan Freedman, Chris Maury, Courtney LeGates, Mia Feitel

General Manager: Andrew O’DellAdvertising Manager: Sara Judd

Copyright 2007 Washington University Student Media, Inc. (WUSMI). Student Life is the fi nancially and editorially independent, student-run newspaper serving the Washington University community. First copy of each publication is free; all additional copies are 50 cents. Subscriptions may be purchased for $80.00 by calling (314) 935-6713.

Student Life is a publication of WUSMI and does not necessarily represent, in whole or in part, the views of the Washington University administration, faculty or students. All Student Life articles, photos and graphics are the property of WUSMI and may not be reproduced or published without the express written consent of the General Manager. Pictures and graphics printed in Student Life are available for purchase; e-mail editor@studlife.com for more information. Student Life reserves the right to edit all submissions for style, grammar, length and ac-curacy. The intent of submissions will not be altered. Student Life reserves the right not to publish all submissions.

If you’d like to place an ad, please contact the Adver-tising Department at (314) 935-6713.

If you wish to report an error or request a clarifi ca-tion, e-mail editor@studlife.com.

STUDENT LIFE

Senior News Editor / Sam Guzik / news@studlife.com WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 20082 STUDENT LIFE | NEWS

Edith Wolff, pictured with I. Jerome Flance, recently donated $20 million to fund research aimed at preven-tion, treatment and cure of diseases.

COURTESY OF WUSTL IMAGES

BIOMED v FROM PAGE 1

ABROAD COSTS v FROM PAGE 1Students living in England

must exchange 1.965 dollars for a pound and 1.483 dollars for a Euro.

Director of Financial Services Bill Witbrodt said the University works closely with the students to ensure that they will able to afford a study abroad program.

“We wouldn’t send a student oversees and not support them,” said Witbrodt. “We want them to be successful, and it’s our job to make sure they have the re-sources they need.”

Currently, tuition at the Lon-don School of Economics (LSE) is 12,360 pounds, or 24,288 dol-lars. According to the LSE Web site, the school’s estimate for minimum living expenses is 1000 pounds or 1964.75 dollars.

“If, because of the dollar, the

tuition of programs overseas is higher than the University tu-ition, then the University just has to eat the cost,” said Wit-brodt. “It’s the money that the students have paid, and if they have gone to a program where perhaps the tuition isn’t as much as Washington University’s, that money will be used to offset any increases.”

Despite the University’s as-sistance, Vicky Mueller, assistant director of external scholar-ships program, said that while the number of students study-ing abroad is the same, more students are choosing to study outside of Europe.

“We have seen a shift in where students are choosing to go,” she said. “We are seeing less students going to the United Kingdom

and more students choosing to study in the developing world. We are not sure if that is solely a refl ection of the dollar, because we have added a number of pro-grams in the developing world that are attracting students.”

Both Ingwer and Antinolfi said that London specifi cally of-fers student discounts on vari-ous expenses throughout the city. They added that since there is no sign of the dollar increas-ing in the near future, students should go to Europe if they want to.

“The tendency of the United States to export more than it imports is very persistent,” said Antinolfi . “Strategically delay-ing with the hopes of the dollar getting stronger, I would not do that.”

BURGLARIES v FROM PAGE 1len television cracked on the ground outside the dormitory, where the burglars had appar-ently dropped it.

There is no indication that any other dorms on the South 40 were affected and, notably, none of the suites in the neighboring Hitzeman were burglarized.

According to Associate Di-rector of Residential Life Josh Walehwa, the affected rooms appeared secure when Amy Ockenfuss, residential college director for the Hitzeman, Hurd, Myers and Thomas Eliot dormi-tories, inspected them.

WUPD detectives are inves-tigating the case; the detectives are pursuing several leads. It is not yet clear whether the perpe-trator was a member of the Uni-versity community or not.

“It does seem apparent that the person knew the building was empty, and it does seem that they knew the inner works [of the dorm],” said Strom. “But until we have a suspect, it’s hard to say.”

Police have issued a crime

alert to residents of the South 40 reminding them to take ba-sic security precautions like locking doors and not propping open exterior entrances.

“Police are following up sev-eral leads in the investigation and are also reviewing video recordings of the complex,” said a news advisory sent to Student Life. “Initial reports suggest that most of the items taken were pieces of electronic equipment.”

Student Union will address the issue of the burglaries and general campus security at an open Senate meeting on Wednes-day night.

“We want to hear students’ comments and get some decent concrete ideas about how to improve security,” said sopho-more Kayla Brinkley, a senator responsible for security issues and a victim of the burglaries.

The police department en-courages any persons with in-formation that may be of value to call 935-5555 or Crimestop-pers at 866-371-TIPS.

touting Clinton and the popu-list candidate, John Edwards, according to CNN entrance polls.

The turnout in the caucus may refl ect a more energized group of new voters, but one Iowa contest does not necessar-ily indicate a wave of national youth activism, said political science professor Steven Smith.

“Caucuses still involve only a small fraction of people and only a small turnout of young people,” said Smith. “Iowa is not a very good measure yet.”

Smith said he believes a bet-ter indicator may come on Feb-ruary 5, referred to as Super Tuesday, when 24 states will hold their primary elections.

While youth voter turnout in New Hampshire remained high, the youth demographic did not mobilize as much in New Hampshire as it did in Iowa, making up only 18 percent of the Democrats and 14 percent of the Republicans, according to CNN exit polls from the New Hampshire primary.

After several initial polls

gave Obama a double-digit lead over the New York senator, Clin-ton revived her candidacy with a narrow victory and now heads toward the next batch of prima-ries and caucuses with new mo-mentum.

The early primary season, while not yet revealing the out-come of the races, has had an impact on public opinion na-tionwide.

Since the Iowa caucus, the percentage of Democrats who believe Obama would be the strongest candidate against the Republican Party—the much-discussed “electability” catego-ry—has spiked from 14 percent

in December to 35 percent, ac-cording to the most recent New York Times/CBS News Poll.

Clinton maintains a lead among Democratic voters na-tionwide.

On the Republican side, the youth vote has factored into some campaigns, like that of Ron Paul, a current member of the House of Representatives from Texas’s 14th district, who garnered 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucus.

While young Republican vot-ers accounted for 14 percent of voter turnout in New Hamp-shire, any national increase in young voters will likely lean in

favor of the Democrats, said Charis Fischer, president of the College Republicans on cam-pus.

“It will probably be negative for the Republican party,” said Fischer. “It depends on how much you can sway the inde-pendent-minded voters.”

As far as which candidate youth voters will align them-selves with in the Republican primaries, Arizona Senator John McCain, the victor in New Hampshire, could dominate the demographic.

“He is a candidate who has championed causes that appear to be anti-system,” said Smith.

YOUNG VOTERS v FROM PAGE 1

SCHOLARSHIPS v FROM PAGE 1

mitment to raising more schol-arship money,” said Witbrodt. “We will see more money raised. It increases every year.”

The University’s efforts to help prospective students with scholarships include fi nancial aid nights at high schools across the country, one-on-one work with students looking for aid and publications informing par-ents of aid options.

After prospective students are accepted, the University keeps in contact with them to make sure all of their questions

are answered.Even so, Freedman does not

see economic equality at the University.

“It seems like most people [here] are economically well off,” he said.

Tarbouni, on the other hand, says that it is possible for any student to receive a Washington University education.

“These programs make it possible for students from all economic backgrounds to have access to all the resources of the University,” she said.

Wash.U.To To Dierbergsat Brentwood Pointe.

Metrolink

When it’s time for groceries, or a homemade meal, grab the train at the University stop and head south to the Brentwood

1-64 station. We’re just steps from the station.And you’re just steps from the Midwest’s largest selection of

made-from-scratch foods.

$1OFFFRESH SOUPS FROM DIERBERGS KITCHEN

Pre-Packaged and available in our produce department or deli. Enjoy the homemade flavor of our slow-simmeredsoups. All natural. No preservatives. Packaged in handy,on-the-go microwavable containers.

Limit one offer per coupon. Limit one coupon per visit. Not valid with anyother coupon offer. Coupon valid on 16 oz. packages regular $3.99 or $4.99.Good through Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Coupon valid at Dierbergs BrentwoodPointe only.

DELI PLU #5508

$1OFFFRESH MADE SALADS TO GOAvailable in our Produce Dept.Restaurant-Style Salads. Tossed Fresh. Kept Cool. Andpackaged with plenty of dressing on the side for the ultimate in convenience.

Limit one offer per coupon. Limit one coupon per visit. Not valid with anyother coupon offer. Good through Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.Coupon valid at Dierbergs Brentwood Pointe only.

SALAD BAR PLU #5518

Senior Scene Editor / Meghan Luecke / scene@studlife.comWEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 2008 STUDENT LIFE | SCENE 3

SCENESCENE

After carefully combing WebSTAC and perusing the course listings book, thou-sands of Wash. U. students have begun their fi rst day of classes in 2008. But how can you tell if the classes you start today will be enriching and fun or boring and aggra-vating?

To make sure you don’t wind up pulling your hair out before April, pay attention in the fi rst week of classes so you can make any last-minute schedule adjustments before it’s too late. Obviously, you’ll want to pick up the sylla-bus to fi nd out exactly what material will be read, what the professor will emphasize in class and what students are expected to already know. Hopefully, the syllabus will also give you advanced warning of tests and exams. Three independently awesome classes look a lot less appeal-ing when they all have the same exam schedule. While such a rough schedule can be managed, it might be wise to pick up one of those classes in a later semester so you can commit more time to it.

Think of your own learning style and look for things that work for you or that make you crazy. Do you like group work, or do you prefer to go solo?

Does it help you to have fewer, bigger assignments or more frequent, smaller ones? Find out how your current classes are structured by asking the TAs if the answers aren’t on the syllabus.

Of course, the best way to prepare your schedule is to listen to other students who’ve taken the classes you’re looking at, but be wary of sites like RateMyProfessors.com. You never know where the comments are coming from and what each writer’s perspective is. Did a student who gave a Biomedical Ethics professor straight 1’s on Rate-MyProfessors really have valid complaints, or would that student have been bored in the class no matter who was teaching it?

It’s much easier to get a feel for a class or a professor when you know who is giving you the scoop. Ideally, you should fi nd someone with similar interests or study hab-its who can accurately relate how you’ll feel about the same material. Advisors in your major might be able to con-nect you with older students who’ve taken your classes in past years.

Some advice that many students are likely tired of hearing from advisors and deans is that we shouldn’t worry about clusters and that they usually fall into

place by magic and by our innate desire to expand our horizons. While it would be fantastic if this were true, two and three-course clusters typically require some serious advanced planning. Under-classmen especially should look into fulfi lling clusters and other course require-ments early on. This way, you will be more prepared if you would like to take a semester or year to study abroad. You’ll also be able to take more in-depth courses in your fi eld as upperclassmen.

A note on waitlists: show up and keep showing up. The best thing to do (in most cas-es) is to prove that you’re in it for the long haul by coming to every class, participating when you can and speaking to the professor after the fi rst session. Depending on the class, some professors have the ability to lobby for an ex-panded class size if waitlisted students demonstrate enough interest and commitment.

Finally, smart students will realize that, barring some act by a supreme being, they won’t make it from the art school to Lopata House in seven minutes. These credit-hours are expensive! If back-to-back classes are across campus, consider how much class might be missed every week, or at least look into buying a bike.

Sizing up classes for the second semesterBY STEVE HARDY SCENE REPORTER

BY MEGHAN LUECKE SENIOR SCENE EDITOR

New Year’s Resolutions It’s that time of year

again: time to think over the mistakes of years past and

resolve to do things differ-ently. Everyone has some-thing they’d like to change—and plenty of us have ideas about what other people should change here at Wash.

U., especially if we believe in campus stereotypes. On that note, here are some possible 2008 resolutions for students and major Wash. U. figures.

Architecture students resolve to spend one night a month at the Olin Library so that they see their friends again before graduation.

Law students resolve to institute a silence contract for students to sign upon enter-ing the Law Library.

Art students resolve to lobby for full-time art studio residency options.

Business students resolve to do at least two hours of homework a week to justify their tuition.

Pre-meds resolve to seek post-traumatic stress treat-ment after major exams.

Chemistry students resolve to stop watching all the lectures online and go to class a few times.

Anthropology majors resolve to put off picking a career path for another year.

Engineering students resolve to play World of War-craft fewer than 40 hours a week.

Chancellor Mark Wrighton resolves to learn the Electric

Slide and the Macarena for next year’s Dance Marathon.

The Danforth family re-solves to conquer every build-ing on campus by 2009.

And of course: Student Life resolves to include anyone we forgot in this article for next year’s resolutions.

Senior Forum Editor / Nathan Everly / forum@studlife.com WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 20084 STUDENT LIFE | FORUM

YOUR VOICE: LETTERS AND GUEST COLUMNS

Student Life welcomes letters to the editor and op-ed submissions from readers.

Letters to the EditorOne Brookings Drive #1039St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

News: (314) 935-5995Fax: (314) 935-5938e-mail: letters@studlife.com

All submissions must include the writer’s name, class, address and phone number for verifi cation. Student Life reserves the right to edit all letters for style, length, libel considerations and grammar. Letters should be no longer than 350 words in length. Readers may also submit longer articles of up to 750 words as guest columns. Student Life reserves the right to print any submission as a letter or guest column.

OUR VOICE: EDITORIAL BOARD

Editorials are written by the Forum editors and refl ect the consen-sus of the editorial board. The editorial board operates indepen-dently of the newsroom.

Editor in Chief: Erin FultsExecutive Editor: David BrodyManaging Editors: Shweta Murthi, Mallory WilderSenior News Editor: Sam GuzikSenior Photo Editor: David Hartstein

Senior Sports Editor: Trisha WolfSenior Scene Editor: Meghan LueckeSenior Cadenza Editor: Brian StittSenior Forum Editor: Nathan EverlyForum Editors: Altin Sila, Jill Strominger, Dennis Sweeney, Chris-tian Sherden

OUR WEB POLICY

Once an article has been published on www.studlife.com, our Web site, it will remain there permanently. We do not remove articles from the site, nor do we remove authors’ names from articles already published on the Web, unless an agreement was reached prior to July 1, 2005.

Why do we do this? Because Google and other search engines cache our Web site on a regular basis. Our thought is this: once an article has been published online, it’s too late to take back. It is irrevocably part of the public sphere. As such, removing an article from our site would serve no purpose.

FORUMFORUMOur daily Forum editors:Monday: Jillian Strominger Wednesday: Christian Sherden Friday: Tess Cronerjlstromi@artsci.wustl.edu ctsherde@artsci.wustl.edu tacroner@wustl.edu

To ensure that we have time to fully evaluate your submissions, guest columns should be e-mailed to the next issue’s editor or forwarded to forum@studlife.com by no later than 5 p.m. two days before publication. Late pieces will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

We welcome your submissions and thank you for your consideration.

STAFF EDITORIAL

SAM WASHBURN | EDITORIAL CARTOON

Why I’m supporting

Barack Obama for president

BY BILL HOFFMANSTAFF COLUMNIST

In my home state of Nevada, Barack Obama recently received a key endorsement from the

Culinary Workers Union, one of the largest in the state. I can’t say that I’m surprised by what hap-pened next.

Only two days after the endorsement, supporters of Hillary Clinton fi led a lawsuit against the Nevada Democratic Party to prohib-its Democratic voters from caucusing in several hotels located on the Las Vegas Strip (guess what kind of workers are employed in large numbers by these hotels). The plaintiffs claim that they are only trying to ensure that no voters are given an unfair advantage. However, the timing of the lawsuit, just days after the endorsement and a week before the Nevada Demo-cratic caucus, leaves little doubt as to their motives. This sort of transparently cynical politicking is one reason why I’m praying that Obama will secure the Democratic nomination, and the sooner the better.

In the wake of the dis-sipation of Clinton’s aura of inevitability, it’s becoming harder and harder for me to understand why anyone would prefer her as the Democratic nominee. It might make sense if she were more electable, but poll after poll of hypo-thetical presidential races indicates that Obama has a better shot at the White House. A recent CBS/New York Times poll shows Obama beating all the Republican candidates by a wider margin than Clinton, save John McCain. This is despite Hillary’s greater name recognition, which will play a smaller role as the election moves forward and people become familiar with the candidates.

Many cite Clinton’s expe-rience as a reason for why she deserves the nomina-tion (though Clinton herself seems to have abandoned this justifi cation when she discovered that voters pre-ferred Obama’s message of change). Clinton did spend eight years in the White House as the fi rst lady, though it is unclear what exactly that experience entails. However, Obama has spent more years in elected offi ce, having been an Illinois state senator for several years before his election to the U.S. Senate.

Perhaps Clinton’s politi-cal positions might justify her nomination, even if she is less likely to be elected or if her greater experience is in doubt. On most sub-stantive issues, there is not much difference between Clinton and Obama. Both are consistently pro-choice, both are in favor of univer-sal health care and both oppose the use of torture. However, the similarities end when it comes to the war in Iraq. Clinton not only voted to authorize the war in Iraq in 2002,

but vigorously defended her vote on the fl oor of the Senate. Obama, on the other hand, has consistently and unambiguously opposed the Iraq war from the very beginning, saying in 2002, “I know that even a success-ful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequenc-es. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear ratio-nale and without strong international support will only fan the fl ames of the Middle East and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world and strengthen the recruit-ment arm of al-Qaeda. I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.” This is not the speech of a rabid, anti-war leftist, but

the remarkably prescient assessment of a pragmatic mind. For all her supposed experience, Clinton’s judg-ment was shown to be infe-rior to Obama’s at a crucial moment in history.

Some prominent Demo-crats, most notably Paul Krugman of the New York Times, have asserted that Obama is insuffi ciently partisan at a time when we need someone to really stick it to the Republicans. In particular, Krugman has criticized Obama for saying that fi nancing social security may be a problem in the future, because he believes that this legiti-mizes attempts by conser-vatives to cut benefi ts and privatize the system. What does Obama have to say about this? “I believe that cutting benefi ts is not the right answer; and that rais-ing the retirement age is not the best option...I think that the best way to ap-proach this is to adjust the cap on the payroll tax so that people like myself are paying a little bit more and the people who are in need are protected.” Obama’s willingness to acknowledge diffi cult trade-offs is not a left/right issue. We should not confuse partisan loyal-ty with liberal credentials, which Obama does not lack.

If you want a staunch partisan warrior to sling mud at the Republican nominee in the fall, then vote for Clinton. If you want to win, then vote for Obama.

Bill is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at william.how-ard.hoffman.iii@gmail.com.

“If you want a staunch partisan war-rior to sling mud at the Republican nomi-nee in the fall, then vote for Clinton. If

you want to win, then vote for Obama.”

Our lists of movers and shakers at Washington University

Recently, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch named Chancellor Wrighton the 2007 Citizen of

the Year. Citing his 13 years of service at Washington University, the Post-Dispatch based its decision on his work “steer[ing] the University on an upward trajectory, catapult-ing it into the company of the most elite universities in the nation.” This award is certain-ly prestigious and we would like to compliment Chancellor Mark Wrighton for earning such an honor. He has tremen-dously infl uenced Washington University during his tenure. We began thinking, however, about what other individuals and organizations have had signifi cant impacts. What fac-tors provided the most signifi -cant infl uence on Washington University in 2007? And just as important, what factors do we expect to play a large role at this university in 2008?

These considerations formed the foundation for two lists that we have compiled here. The fi rst list is composed of fi ve individuals and orga-nizations (besides Chancel-lor Wrighton) who exhibited tremendous infl uence over university events. The sec-ond list is composed of fi ve individuals, organizations and buildings (yes, buildings) that face very large expectations in 2008.

Most infl uential in-

dividuals and orga-

nizations in 2007

Mary SansaloneDean of the School of Engineer-ing and Applied Science

Few university fi gures were as controversial during this past year. Since she was hired in April 2006, Sansalone has begun implementing a number of far-reaching changes. Under her “Plan for Excellence,” the

School of Engineering will reduce its student-to-faculty ration by hiring new faculty members and reducing the freshmen engineering class size from 285 to 235. Other planned changes include the elimination of many adjunct faculty positions, the construc-tion of three new engineering buildings, the elimination of the undergraduate Aerospace Engineering major, and the merging of the Department of Civil Engineering with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Not all of Sansalone’s work has been well received, however, as evidenced by an engineering faculty petition calling for the removal of Sansalone. While opinion is split over her work, few can deny that she has had a tremendous infl uence on the School of Engineering and Ap-plied Science.

Student Technology Services/ Student Union President Neil Patel/ Student Union Senator Jeff Nelson

Student Technology Services brought on a student uproar at the beginning of this academic year by bundling new wireless Internet with cable and charg-ing students $240 for it. Stu-dent Union President Neil Patel and Senator Jeff Nelson were instrumental in working with STS to decrease the bundle charge last semester and to increase communication from the school about technology. We commend Patel and Nelson for their hard work on this and other issues in 2007 and we expect that STS will do all it can to become more transpar-ent in 2008.

College Republicans

On a campus with a large number of students who consider themselves po-litically liberal, the College Republicans have made quite an impact in the past year. In April they brought to campus

former Gov. of Arkansas Mike Huckabee, long before he was a front-runner for the Repub-lican nomination. In October, amidst controversy, they hosted Islamofascist Aware-ness Week. And again amidst controversy, in a few weeks they will be bringing in former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a man known for the opacity of his words and motives. Whether or not most students agree with their views, the College Republicans have certainly made a signifi -cant contribution to raising the level of political dialogue on campus. We hope that they will keep this up as the debate and election approach later this year.

Green Action

Taking on one of the most pressing social issues of our era, Green Action has worked tirelessly to activate both the Wash. U. student body and Wash. U. administration for the environmental cause. Green Action led students to visibly petition the Wash. U. adminis-tration to cut carbon emissions on its campus. Though Wash-ington University still has not signed a pledge of carbon neu-trality, it is not because Green Action has not been adequately pressuring the administration. We applaud Green Action for providing campus leadership on such a signifi cant and im-portant issue and look forward to the day when the University, too, will thank Green Action for its dedication with pledges to cut campus emissions and energy use.

Washington University Police Department

This year, the Washington University Police Department (WUPD) has stepped up to the challenge of investigating sexual assault and hate crimes and dealing with unruly students resisting arrest, all while acting professionally and

making a remarkable impact on the campus community. WUPD offi cers carefully strike a balance between enforc-ing the letter of the law and allowing students to enjoy their college experience, and WUPD’s continued education and prevention efforts have en-sured that bikes remain locked and laptops safe.

Individuals, organi-

zations and build-

ings that face large

expectations in

2008

Matthew MaltenAssistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Sustainability

This year, Matthew Malten is reviewing the University’s operations and developing plans for long-term sustain-ability. We hope that as these plans materialize, Malten aug-ments his professional experi-ence with the input of student groups and the successful policies enacted in other institutions. We further expect open communication about the proposals, and hope the administration seriously con-siders these important steps. Wash. U. has been waiting patiently for Malten’s review and we hope his proposals will fi nally bring about the long overdue green revolution at the University.

Team 31

We know that Team 31 has a tough task when pick-ing W.I.L.D. musicians who will please more than 6,000 students. That said, it has still managed to pick excellent acts, such as Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Ozom-atli, which are not necessarily widely known. In the future,

See STAFF EDITORIAL, page 5

Senior Forum Editor / Nathan Everly / forum@studlife.comWEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 2008 STUDENT LIFE | FORUM 5

The case for Richard Smith as commencement speaker

BY DAN MILSTEINOP-ED SUBMISSION

There is exactly zero doubt in my mind that this year’s com-mencement speaker

has already been chosen. I have even less doubt that I’ll be disappointed in the choice. Now, I’ve been wrong many times in my three and a half years here, and in this matter, I’d love to be wrong again. But if the powers that be are willing to listen, I have three words of advice: Dr. Richard Smith.

As we all know, Dr. Smith recently completed his stint as resident deity Intro to Human Evolution professor. After 30 years of teaching, he will become dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. His class was one of the most popular, with

more than 4,300 students enrolling in it since its inception in 1992. Accord-ing to Student Life, over 400 students attended the final lecture, a number especially notable given the lack of free food at the event.

Last year, after Tim Russert was chosen as the commencement speaker, Assistant to the Chancellor Rob Wild said that “it is im-portant to find someone who can speak to a broad audi-ence on a wide range of is-sues that our graduates will likely encounter as they en-ter their lives after Washing-ton University.” Dr. Smith’s final lecture certainly fit that bill. As the Student Life summary of the lecture explained, “Smith discussed the future of human life on earth, human impact on the environment and the moral

imperative to change the environmental status quo.” The future of human life on Earth certainly seems like an issue I’ll be facing after May 16. And as important as the ramifications of the 2008 election or whatever

else a politico would talk about are, I’d much prefer my commencement speaker

to impart the message of saving humans rather than saving health care.

Most importantly, howev-er, Dr. Smith has connected with so many students in his teaching career that it would be a fitting sendoff for both the Class of 2008 and Dr. Smith. I may not have taken the class, but it was in spite of wholehearted recom-mendations from pretty much everybody I know. His RateMyProfessors.com page is littered with phrases like “wonderful” and “best” and my personal favorite, “I want to be him.” His overall rating is a 4.5, even though many people liked the professor a hell of a lot more than the class (his 2.1 easiness score is precisely why I never took the class). Looking through his RateMyProfessors profile is a testament to how be-

loved Dr. Smith really was. Getting to hear him lecture one last time, without the added stress of a GPA-ruin-ing exam, would be nothing less than an opportunity for the Class of 2008, and a great way to mark the end of our undergraduate experi-ence at Washington Univer-sity.

Finally, speakers get a lot of money. Student Union is wasting $35,000 of student money on bringing Al-berto Gonzalez to campus, for example. It is hard to imagine Dr. Smith reason-ably demanding such an outrageous sum of money (for that matter, it is hard to imagine anyone actually being willing to give Al-berto Gonzalez that much money). Surely the Univer-sity would have some use for the extra money saved

(they are already hitting me up for money, after all). Not only would Dr. Smith likely require less money than a more national figure, but Dr. Smith deserves any extra accolades the University can give him. Obviously, he’s already being rewarded with his promotion, but he is far more worthy of the honor-ary degree than Tim Russert was. More students took his class than watched “Meet the Press.” Letting him be our commencement speaker and giving him one last round of applause would be our way of thanking him for enrich-ing our experience here. It would be a great way to end our time here.

Dan is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He can be reached via e-mail at daniel.milstein@gmail.com.

“According to Stu-dent Life, over 400

students attended the fi nal lecture, a number especially notable given the lack of free food at

the event.”

CORRECTION:

In Jen Swanson’s article, “Would you like some fries with your coal?,” which was published on 12/10/07, the author’s e-mail address was incorrectly listed. Swanson’s e-mail address is jmswan-so@wustl.edu. Student Life regrets the error.

The Writer’s Guild strike will crush our souls

Writing being my favorite form of expression, I feel a personal attach-

ment to the current writer’s strike. In this media raven-ous culture that we have cre-ated for ourselves, the strike seems to effect our lives on many different sides, from mov-ies to television dramas to reality TV (yes, it is very scripted) and even to politics and the economy.

As far as the economy goes, writers are throwing a wrench in the machine that is the entertainment business. Many people, for example lighting and film-ing crews, are angry that a few members of a large production on the set of every show and movie are refusing to work. This unfor-tunate strike consequently puts many more people, who are making much less money, out of their jobs. Cit-ies heavily reliant upon the entertainment industry, like Los Angeles and New York, are stagnated because of the dearth of trickle-down eco-nomics from the previously lucrative film and television businesses.

I say politics are affected because the most exciting thing on television right now is the presidential primaries, which is a sad statement indeed. From Clinton crying, to Huckabee surrounding himself with the likes of Chuck Norris, to Obama say-ing “Yes we can!” we are get-ting a healthy dose of drama that makes us almost forget

about our beloved “Desper-ate Housewives,” “24” and “Heroes” (although these events appear to be very contrived).

Now, maybe you have not noticed much in the way of a

change in our cul-ture, but you will. Since the strike started, we have had a month-long break where many of us have neglect-ed the television in exchange for family, friends and exotic vacations.

On top of this, there have been spectacular sports games and scandals mixed in with this break in case we feel the need for that glow-ing radiation box. There were the numerous college bowl games, the NFL play-offs, basketball and the Aus-tralian Open, not to mention the ensuing Clemens saga that is so brilliant, nefarious and regular that it might as well have its own time slot (I think I may have just crossed the picket line by coming up with a new show: Roger Clemens the Denial Artist. Please don’t blackball me, I didn’t mean to).

Maybe, you say, this strike is a good thing, as it is forc-ing us to focus on real life events, like friends, politics and sporting events. But remember that all of these interesting real world events are much like the break we just had. They are but a brief holiday and unfortunately they will not last.

You can only talk poli-tics for so long before you become a blowhard. What happens when football is

over? Oh, you still have bas-ketball?

Well that story was writ-ten a long time ago: the Celtics continue to dominate the NBA and will go unde-feated in the playoffs. Sorry, I didn’t provide a spoiler warning.

Honestly, do you actually want to focus on the real world? Here are just a few stories from CNN.com right now: “Woman Tried to Save Four Girls, No One Listened,” “‘Earthwide’ Search for Marine on the Run” about a Marine that killed another Marine because he did not want her to testify in the

rape case she was bring-ing against him, and “2 Tiny Corpses Found; Search Resumes for 2 More” about a father that threw two of his children off a bridge and the search for the other two siblings.

This is my point: we need fictional stories of interest to keep the weight of the world from crushing us like crack vials under the boot of an undercover cop in the ghetto (I have been watching too much of “The Wire,” not a good example of escape).

We have not yet felt the true effects of the strike because we have, in many ways, been on vacation. Soon we will realize (like when networks keep producing shows that were previously canceled due to total lack of interest such as “Termi-nator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) how much we miss our regularly sched-uled getaways that allow us to laugh at the horrors of the world like “The Daily Show” (I know it’s still on, but it’s just not the same) or forget our tribulations by watching others in what we perceive to be worse situations, like the cast of “Lost.”

Make no mistake, the coming months will be drea-ry, unfunny and all too real for me. Pay the writers what-ever they want so I can leave all of this reality behind. That is, unless I happen to be watching “Crowned.”

Christian is a senior in Arts & Sciences and a Forum editor. He can be reached via e-mail at forum@studlife.com.

Christian Sherden

“This is my point: we need fi ctional

stories of interest to keep the weight of the world from crushing us like crack vials under a boot of an un-

dercover cop in the ghetto (I have been watching too much of ‘The Wire,’ not a good example of

escape). ”

STAFF EDITORIAL v FROM

PAGE 4however, we would like to see more diverse choices for each concert so that the show is more representative of stu-dent taste. Last fall’s W.I.L.D. suffered because every musi-cal performer was from the rap genre. Nonetheless, the infl atable couches were an excellent addition. Let’s see more of them on the quad for next W.I.L.D.

Danforth University Center

While not a person or an organization, we nonethe-less expect the new Danforth University Center to have a major impact on campus in 2008. The center has been presented as a place for social congregation for students, with a “fun room” with enter-tainment and lounge facili-ties, and we certainly hope that it lives up to its title. The Student Center should be more than a showcase of state-of-the-art architecture; it should be a real center for students to spend their time, relax, and enjoy a product of all that tuition. We look forward to its opening in the fall and hope that it meets its high expectations.

Steve GivensAssociate Vice Chancellor for

Public Affairs

After providing the execu-tive direction of university communications and serving as committee chair for the last two presidential debates, Givens will play a critical role in making the 2008 Washing-ton University Vice Presiden-tial Debate both run smooth-ly and create opportunities for students to engage in the political process. We expect Dean Givens to tap into the potential this debate has to give students a meaningful political experience that will offer fi rsthand exposure to the United States political scene.

Henry BiggsAssociate Dean and Faculty Advisor for Thurtene Carnival

As the advisor for the larg-est student-run carnival in the country, Dean Biggs took on a closet full of skeletons. In the past, we have been concerned with Thurtene’s se-crecy and issues concerning its position as a charity. Last year we were pleased with Dean Biggs’s move to more transparency and we look forward to more communica-tion from Biggs and Thurtene.

ERIN FULTS | STUDENT LIFE OPPOSABLESBoth the Democratic National Com-mittee and the GOP warned Michigan not to hold its presidential primary on January 15. State offi cials disregarded the warnings and decided to do it anyway. Now the state has lost all of its Democratic national convention delegates and half of its Republican convention delegates. So much for having a meaningful say over who should be president.

MICHIGAN

APPLE’S NEW ULTRA-THIN LAPTOP

- Compiled by Nathan Everly

Before winter break, having a balcony in your dorm suite was one of the greatest perks of living on campus. Now we fi nd out that burglars can and will use them to gain entrance into your suite.

BALCONIES

It may be completely superfl uous, but it’s still awesome.

©2007 JIMMY JOHN’S FRANCHISE, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

F R E A K Y

FAST!F R E A K Y

Good! ™

J I M M Y J O H N S . C O M

TO FIND THE LOCATION NE AREST YOUVISIT JIMMYJOHNS.COM

AMERICA’S#1

SANDWICHDELIVERY ™

"Closest Campus Drugstore"

Corner of Forest Park Pkwy and Big Bend7010 Pershing Ave • (314) 727-4854

WILLIAMS PHARMACY

• Most National Insurance Accepted• Delivery Available• Student Discount on Prescriptions• 1-Day Film Developing• Soda, Snacks, Beer & Wine• Cosmetics• ATM

Serving Wash U Students, Faculty & Health Service for Over 45 Years

Open Mon-Fri: 9am-9pmSat: 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-4pm

Located at 1047 S. Big Bend Blvd. • www.claytoncomputer.com

Clayton Computer is the quickest way to get the computer help you need.

It’s cheap too! Students receive a 10% discount

Computer Troubles?

Call Clayton Computer at (314) 647–9999

“Your Home Away From Home”

7608 Wydown Blvd • (314) 721-4445call ahead for faster carryout

Tues-Fri 7:30am-5:30pm • Sat-Sun 7:30am-3:00pm

“The finest corned beef anywhere.”

Serving Washington University students and faculty since 1954.

~ from your friends at Protzel’s Deli

for WU students & faculty on all auto repairs

Can not be combined with other offers.

UNDER THE BIG SIGN

Foreign & Domestic Auto Repair

Mon-Fri 7:30a-6:00pCall Alan for Appointment

FREE SHUTTLE TO CAMPUS

15% DISCOUNT

981 S. Skinker at Clayton Rd.

STEVENSON'S HI-POINTESTEVENSON'S HI-POINTE“Serving our community honestly for over 60 years.”

314-647-5005

ˆ

Senior Sports Editor / Trisha Wolf / sports@studlife.com WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 20086 STUDENT LIFE | SPORTS

SPORTSSPORTSLady Bears continue winning streakWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Washington University’s women’s basketball team started 2008 in the same way that they fi nished 2007—with a win.

Since dropping two games in early December, the Bears have come back stronger than ever with wins against Font-bonne University, Maryville University, Webster Univer-

sity and the University of Chicago.

“We found more of our personality each game,” said Coach Nancy Fahey.

Wash. U. 88, Fontbonne 58

The Lady Bears snapped their two-game losing streak as they mauled the Fontbonne Griffi ns. “It was a big game as we had to make some adjust-ments,” said Fahey. “It was a

better collec-tive effort.”

The Bears were still ad-justing from the loss of ju-nior forward Jaimie McFar-lin to a sea-s o n - e n d i n g injury. Five of the Lady Bears scored in the double digits, with junior guard Halsey Ward leading the way with 17 points and forwards Kathryn Berg-er and Zoe Unruh scor-ing 14 a piece. S o p h o m o r e forward Jan-ice Evans add-ed 12, and ju-nior guard Jill Brandt scored 11.

Wash. U. 77, Maryville 48

The Bears played tough defense and

held a distinct advantage on boards, out rebounding the Saints 54-34. Unruh and Berger again led the way with 15 points each and recorded their fi rst ever double-dou-bles of their careers with 11 and 10 boards respectively.

The Bears began the game in the lead and just kept sprinting ahead, ending the fi rst period 39-25. The offen-sive machine never stopped, and the Red and Green ended 2007 with a victory.

Wash. U. 73, Webster 33

The team continued its winning ways as they domi-nated Webster in many offen-sive and defensive aspects. The Bears held the advantage in boards (55-28), points in the paint (30-2) and forced 16 turnovers, producing 15 points in the fi rst period. The Gorloks did not know what hit them as Evans drove the offense with a career high of 17 points as the Bears took the fi rst game of 2008.

Wash. U. 67, University of Chicago 56

The Red and Green clawed back from a 10 point defi cit to defeat the Maroons in the UAA opener. “It was a really big win, as it sets a precedent for the rest of the semester,” said Berger.

Wash. U. didn’t hold any advantage until the last sec-onds of the fi rst period, when junior guard Halsey Ward drilled a three-pointer to put the Bears up 32-31.

“I was glad we maintained our composure and was pleased with our resilience,”

said Fahey.Ward carried the team as

she scored a career best 26 points, including a career high four three-pointers.

“Ward defi nitely led the way today,” said junior guard Shanna-Lei Dacanay.

Ward nearly recorded her fi rst double-double as she pulled down nine rebounds.

“It was really about the team,” said Ward. “I wouldn’t have been able to score with-out them.”

The Bears were in the thick of it as the University of Chicago kept fi ghting back in this emotionally charged and electrifying game be-tween major rivals.

Chicago committed fi ve fouls in the fi rst fi ve minutes of the second period. On the day, the Red and Green took full advantage of these mis-takes and made 21 of 23 free throw shots. The 91.3 percent free throwing percentage was a far cry from their average of 66 percent from the line.

Throughout the game, Wash. U. followed its mantra of ‘Defense wins,’ by keeping the Maroons to two points for the fi rst nine and half min-utes of the second period.

The Bears will be putting their four game winning streak on the line as they continue UAA play by hosting Emory University on Friday at 6 p.m. in the Field House for what promises to be a tough game, followed by another home game against Case Western Reserve University on Sunday.

“The UAA is going to be a dogfi ght this year,” said Da-canay.

BY JOHANN QUA HIANSENSPORTS EDITOR

Swim and dive teams dominate

The Washington University swimming and diving teams kicked off the second half of their season with a bang, with a decisive win over Lin-denwood University on Friday night. The women came out on top with a 156-77 victory, and the men won 136-106. The men’s team followed up the next day with a win against Wabash College, defeating the Little Giants 172-126.

Fresh off their annual training trip to Florida, the Bear swimmers were relent-less. The women placed fi rst in all but two events. On the women’s side, diver Priya Srikanth had an outstand-ing performance, winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions and achieving season-high scores in both events.

Senior Meredith Nordbrock had a good meet as well, win-ning the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:11.36 and the 200-yard butterfl y with a time of 2:14.92. Junior Kelly Kono also posted two fi rst place fi nishes, in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle events, in 1:56.34 and 5:10.17, respectively.

The men had similar suc-cess, winning nine events overall. Junior Kevin Leckey

led the Bears with victories in the 200-yard individual med-ley and the 200-yard back-stroke. He fi nished the IM in 1:58.65 and the backstroke in 1:58.35. The men also domi-nated the distance freestyle events, putting up 1-2 fi nish-es in the 200-yard, 500-yard and 1650-yard races.

After their defeat of Lin-denwood, the men’s team traveled to Crawfordsville, Ind. to take on Wabash Col-lege. Junior Perry Bullock and freshman Michael Flanagan helped carry the Bears to a solid win, claiming fi rst and second place in the 100-yard butterfl y, 200-yard butterfl y and the 400-yard individual medley.

Bullock took fi rst in the 100 fl y with a time of 52.30 and the 400 IM with a time of 4:12.29, and Flanagan won the 200 fl y in 1:55.23. Leckey dominated the sprint free-style events, winning the 50-yard freestyle in 21.71, the 100-yard freestyle in 47.89 and the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.58.

The Bears are back in ac-tion this weekend at home for the Washington University Invitational. The fi rst ses-sion starts Friday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m., and the second session is Saturday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m., both at Millstone Pool in the Athletic Complex.

BY ANNA DINNDORF SPORTS REPORTER

SWIMMING AND DIVING

LIONEL SOBEHART | STUDENT LIFE

Junior Halsey Ward spots up for a shot in a recent game against Fontbonne University. The Bears will carry their four game winning streak into Friday’s game against Emory University.

Editor’s Note: A wrap-up of men’s basketball over winter break will appear in Friday’s edition of Student Life.

Trivia night happens every Thursday night starting at 9:30 in the upstairs loft at Fitz's.

Pull together your own brain trust and compete for the coveted title of "Loop Brainiacs"

Fitz’s American Grill &

Bottling Works

6605 Delmar Blvd. (314) 726-9555 www.fitzrootbeer.com

Match your wits at Fitz

prizes -- food and drink specials

LUMI_529_Classified_SL_AD_c1.ind1 1 1/11/08 9:55:08 AM

Senior Cadenza Editor / Brian Stitt / cadenza@studlife.comWEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 2008 STUDENT LIFE | CADENZA 7

CADEN CADEN entertainment

n. a technically brilliant, sometimes improvised solo passage toward the close of a concerto,

an exceptionally brilliant part of an artistic work

arts &ZAAZZBest and worst of 2007

BY ELIZABETH OCHOA AND DAVID KAMINSKY MUSIC EDITORS

While you were busy studying, fi nding a summer internship, making coffee and copies for said internship, and starting all over, an entire year of new music came and went. You probably missed most of the good stuff. Lucky for you we didn’t; we failed classes, sat at home being a burden on our families and lived in relative poverty. Why? So we could write up a year in review to make Pitchfork look like those kids at the party who just found out about the Shins. Send your thank you fruit baskets to Cadenza, Campus Box 1039.

1) Radiohead - In Rainbows2) Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam3) Arcade Fire – Neon Bible4) Stars – In Our Bedroom After the War5) Saves the Day – Under the Boards6) Justice - †7) Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

The year 2007 saw a boon in great music, the best of which was the highly anticipated and uniquely released “In Rainbows.” Radiohead has been a major player in the international rock scene for most of our conscious lifetimes and this year they showed us exactly why. Plus they had the balls to give it away for free: major points.

Animal Collective stepped out of the indie box with “Strawberry Jam,” their most accessible album. This in no way means they diluted the high energy freak folk we have all come to know and love.

Same goes for Arcade Fire, who pro-duced yet another album indie snobs and regular radio listeners could love. The catchy tunes off of “Neon Bible” made us wonder why everyone wasn’t using military choirs and Hungarian orchestras.

Stars took three years to complete and release “In Our Bedroom After the War” but the result was well worth it.

Songs like “Personal” remind us why we keep going back to the sweet melodies and cherubic voice of Amy Millan that make Stars so uniquely fantastic. Saves the Day proved yet again why they were famous in their late teens: damn catchy emo pop rock. “Under the Boards” was a return to the sounds of “Stay What You Are” which was more than fine with fans and critics alike.

Justice’s first LP “†” helped them jump from fame due to remixes alone to more mainstream dance pop. The big hit off the album “D.A.N.C.E.” earned them major play along with one of the more fascinating-to-watch videos of the year.

Of Montreal managed to keep up the high energy, oddly entrancing sound that is so distinct to them with “Hiss-ing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” No real surprise here, Of Montreal has been a solidly great band for the last three albums and look for their 2008 release to be more of the same.

The Almost is the super-Christian side-project of Aaron Gillespie, drum-mer/singer for the already super-Christian screamo band Underoath. While we at Cadenza tend to hate overtly religious mu-sic, we have been known to like it at times just because, well ... it’s good despite the religious crap. However, The Almost have gone too far by including a choir sing-ing “Amazing Grace” for a decently long stretch of one song on their debut, “South-ern Weather.” Although the album is bad in general, even if it was good otherwise, this would be offensive enough to make it one of the worst albums of the year.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah released another pile of crap they’d like to call an album in 2007. We continue to won-der how they are so popular in the indie scene. While Stars released one of the best albums of the year, “In Our Bedroom After the War”, prior to this they released the worst remix album we’ve ever heard, “Do You Trust Your Friends?” Sure, remix albums are almost always bad (although Bloc Party’s “Silent Alarm Remixed” does kick some serious ass), but there is not

one single redeeming part of this album. Sorry, Stars.

One of the many bands riding on the coat tails of Pete Wentz and the Fall Out Boy mafi a, The Academy Is... has achieved a decent amount of popularity. While we’ve never found them to be terribly good, their latest work, “Santi,” is infi nitely worse than any of their previous material. The same can defi nitely be said for their more famous predecessors. Fall Out Boy’s “Infi n-ity on High” is only slightly better than their debut album “Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out with Your Girlfriend.” While Fall Out Boy has put out some of the best pop-punk, emo-pop, whatever you want to call it, “Infi nity on High” can best be described as the trash that comes out of an artist with a big head. Pete, we’re not sorry.

Lastly, although we had expected it to be bad, it’s still sad and should be men-tioned that Say Anything’s “In Defense of the Genre” is a far cry from the incredible work that is “...Is a Real Boy.” We almost wish we didn’t see it coming.

7 Best of 2007 7 Worst of 20071) The Almost - Southern Weather2) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder3) Stars - Do You Trust Your Friends?4) The Academy Is - Santi5) Fall Out Boy - Infi nity on High6) Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre7) Crank That (Soulja Boy) - Souljaboytellem.com

See more BEST/WORST, page 8

Wednesday, Jan. 16

Billy Barnett Band 5:30–8:00 p.m.

Impala Deluxe 9:30 p.m.–1 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 17

Eric Lysaght 5:30–8: 0 p.m.

Madahoochi 9:30 p.m.–1 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 18

Chris Cahill 5:30–8:00 p.m.

Neo Soul 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 19

Margaret Bianchetta 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Exit 3 9:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 20

The Sygu Group Album Release 8:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 21

Ed Belling 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

DJ Trackstar 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 22

Aaron Kamm 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

C-Box Prophets 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.(314) 588–0505 Easy Access from 40 and 44

1200 South 7th Street Saint Louis, Missouri 63104

Saint Louis’ Hottest Club

Live Music

Live Acoustic Happy HourMon thru Fri 5-8 p.m.$1.50 Longneck Domestic BeersFree Appetizers

Fantastic Salads, Sandwiches & BBQ

Thursday Night College Night Specials$1 wells and $1 “Our Calls” shots

Free Admission Thurs, Fri, and Sat nights with Wash U ID

Senior Cadenza Editor / Brian Stitt / cadenza@studlife.com WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 20088 STUDENT LIFE | CADENZA

1) Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings2) Crystal Castles - Alice Practice EP3) Capgun Coup - Nebraskafi sh4) Jumbling Towers - Jumbling Towers5) The Aliens - Astronomy for Dogs6) Dntel - Dumb Luck7) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum

1) Guns and Roses - Chinese Democracy2) Blind Melon3) The Postal Service4) Stiletto Formal5) Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)6) Alkaline Trio7) So Many Dynamos8) Jack’s Mannequin - The Glass Passenger

1) Hilary Duff - Dignity2) Jimmy Eat World - Chase this Light3) Elliott Smith - New Moon4) Tegan and Sara - The Con5) They Might Be Giants - The Else6) Alkaline Trio - Remains7) The Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob

It’s a diffi cult thing to choose the most anticipated releases for a new year. It’s so early in the new year that most of what can be foreseen for the year is scheduled for only the fi rst few months. The music industry is not like the fi lm industry with studios lock-ing release dates years before fi lms are released. Nonetheless we have attempted to do the impossible and in the process have become very excited for 2008.

We’re holding on to the slimmest of hopes that Guns and Roses’ Chinese Democracy will fi nally be released in all of its glory this year. While many

might claim that its release will not grace the world until 2009 (a full fi fteen years after Guns and Roses’ fi rst recording sessions for the album), we at Cadenza are betting Axel and the gang (whoever that may comprise in the end) are kooky enough to do it at 14 years. Now apparently the fi rst of a three album trilogy, Chinese Democracy is our most antici-pated release for the coming year.

Blind Melon has reunited with new singer Travis Warren after disbanding in 1995 due to the death of original lead singer Shannon Hoon. The reformed band is now touring

and will be at Pop’s on March 24. They’ve also recorded an album, which although the band’s Myspace says they are still label-less, has leaked to the internet and we hear it’s fantastic.

Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello have been slowly working to get out a new Postal Service record. We’re hoping it sees the light of day this year even though Gibbard’s Death Cab for Cutie have already con-fi rmed a new release of their own. Phoenix, Arizona’s The Stiletto Formal are entering the studio ‘this year to fi nally record their fi rst full-length album with Darell Thorp’ (pro-ducer for Radiohead, Beck and Outkast amongst others). Given the band’s previous work and Thorp’s work with these other artists, we can’t wait to hear the results.

Six years after their last release, Ours has returned to release their third album. After touring with Circa Survive they are about to head out on tour with Marilyn Manson and will be with him at the Pageant on February 10. The Faint are also expected to be releasing their fi rst album since 2004, Alka-line Trio their fi rst since 2005, and local favorites So Many Dynamos will be releasing their latest which they recently fi nished recording with Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla, who managed to fi t recording their album while crafting his own which is to be released on January 29.

Jack’s Mannequin is the best thing that Something Corporate gave us. We can’t wait for another installment of the sweetly sad lyrics and upbeat piano tunes. Until April 22 ‘Everything in Transit’ will have to do.

A collaboration between Damon Albarn (Blur and Gorillaz), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Simon Tong (the Verve) and Tony Allen (Fela Kuti), The Good, the Bad, and the Queen’s self-titled release is a classic example of how incredibly un-derwhelming supergroups can be. This is, perhaps, the most boring album we have ever listened to all the way through.

Bright Eyes’ “Cassadaga” was a massive disappointment as well and was a reminder that amidst all of the incred-ible music Conor Oberst has been a part of, there is a fair

amount of crap. Motion City Soundtrack decided they were over synthesizers, which helped make “Even If it Kills Me” one of the most disap-pointing albums of the year. Paramore’s teeny tiny lead singer / songwriter Hayley Wil-liams actually aged between “All We Know is Falling” and “Riot!” but you wouldn’t know it from the lyrics on “Riot!” They seem like they were writ-ten by a more immature Wil-liams, a vast disappointment considering there’s no varia-tion in the simple pop-punk riffs that run through “Riot!”

Finally, while Rilo Kiley’s “Under the Blacklight” and Minus the Bear’s “Planet of Ice” are not bad albums per se, we at Cadenza believe them to be a disappointment when com-pared to the bands’ previous works. While they may make some rotation on our playl-ists, they will always be met with melancholy headshaking. Same goes for the Smashing Pumpkins reunion album. A major disappointment when, after Zwan, you got back to-gether (sort of) only to remind us why you likely broke up: no new ideas.

Hilary Duff’s “Dignity” re-ceived rave reviews all around but constantly faced one major problem: it’s a Hilary Duff album. Well, we at Cadenza know exactly how cool we are and are unafraid to say how Hilary Duff brings new dignity to pop. This album is catchy, damn catchy, and we are will-ing to say this no matter how many tweens love her and no matter how many bad movies she makes with her sister.

Jimmy Eat World is a good band. Before “Bleed American” they had been pumping out good music for years, but it was that album that made them a household name. “Futures” followed their breakthrough but it seemed a reaction to the

success of “Bleed American,” as if they were intentionally try-ing to move backwards. “Chase this Light” shows a more “over it” Jimmy Eat World and has brought them back into the gi-ant spotlight of immense fame, fame that is well deserved.

Elliott Smith and Alkaline Trio both released a whole lot of previously unreleased material this year; however, it’s amazing to believe they never planned on releasing it in the fi rst place as they contain some of the best material now ever released by the two respective artists.

Both Tegan and Sara and The Kaiser Chiefs released albums that were surprising in how infi nitely better these

releases were compared to their previous works. While both artists had put out solid music in the past, their new al-bums are vastly better, gaining them more critical acclaim and popularity than ever before.

They Might Be Giants are a particularly diffi cult band to judge. Sure, you can name seven amazing songs everyone loves by them, but when taking into account they’ve released well over 400 it seems less impressive. “The Else” proved that given enough time to per-fect an album, even they can manage to weed through their overtly bizarre material for the catchy, just-bizarre-enough songs we all love.

While obviously there are plenty of people listening to these artists’ albums (hence their existence), here are seven albums you might not have heard about.

Dan Deacon is weird—really weird. Need proof? He crafted the fi rst song on “Spiderman of the Rings” around samples of Woody Woodpecker ... yes, the cartoon character. Nonetheless, he is brilliant and this 9-track electronic album is proof. See why he is our pick for the number one best release to fl y under the radar for free at SLU’s Billiken Club on Saturday, April 12. Capgun Coup, the new-est addition to Conor Oberst’s record label, will be returning to The Gargoyle to open for Cur-sive this April. A folksy band that relies on a very Oberstian

singing style and a keyboard, they have enough energy to lend out to some other indie bands.

Crystal Castles thrashed around on several EPs, 7” singles, and more in 2007. With their debut LP due in March, they are a group to check out now.

St. Louis natives Jumbling Towers not only released an album in 2007, but are about to begin production on another. Look for them all over the city, and within walking distance at Cicero’s on February 7 with Wash. U.’s own Victoria.

Rising from the ashes of The Beta Band, the Aliens will sound familiar to any fan of the Beta Band. With some catchy tracks such as “Robot Man” and “The Happy Song,” this is an

album worth checking out.James Tamborello makes

us constantly wonder what counts as a side project. This year releasing an album under the name Dntel, you probably know him best from The Postal Service. Serving up the tons of electropop beats that pro-pelled The Postal Service, it’s a mystery this isn’t on everyone’s iPod.

Black Moth Super Rainbow is not only a mouthful but an earful. The aural masterpieces are reminiscent of the lovechild The Flaming Lips and Animal Collective would create if dur-ing conception they were listen-ing to the Polyphonic Spree. If that description doesn’t make you want to check them out then we’re out of ideas.

7 Most Disappointing of 20071) The Good, the Bad, and the Queen - The Good, the Bad and the Queen2) Bright Eyes - Cassadaga3) Motion City Soundtrack - Even If it Kills Me4) Paramore - Riot!5) Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight6) Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice7) Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist

7 Most Surprisingly Good of 2007

7 Best Releases

to Fly Under the Radar in

2007

8 Most Anticipated Releases for 2008

FREE ClassifiedsFREE Classifieds

Classifi ed ads are free to students, faculty and staff for personal use.

To place your FREE 25-word ad, simply email us from your

WU email account.

Line Ad RatesLine Ad Rates

Rates listed below are for businesses or individuals not

affi liated with WU.

1-5 issues: 50¢ per word, per issue6-9 issues: 40¢ per word, per issue10+ issues: 30¢ per word, per issue

Placing Your AdPlacing Your Ad DeadlinesDeadlinesIn order to be published, all ads must be placed and paid

for by:

Mon. edition: 2 pm Thurs.Wed. edition: 2 pm Mon.Fri. edition: 2 pm Tues.

http://www.studlife.comFor the fastest and easiest service, place and pay for

your ad online! Click on the “Classifi eds” link on our website to get

started!

Phone: 314.935.6713Prefer to speak with someone? Call us to place your ad

by credit card!• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Fax: 314.935.5938Don’t forget to include a contact number so we can con-

fi rm pricing & payment!

Email: classifi eds@studlife.comDon’t forget to include a contact number so we can con-

fi rm pricing & payment!• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • All classifi ed ads must be pre-

paid prior to fi rst insertion by credit card, cash or personal check. Checks should be made payable to

WU Student Media, Inc.

PaymentPayment

WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 2008 STUDENT LIFE | CLASSIFIEDS 9

Classifi cationsClassifi cationsHelp WantedFor RentRoommatesSubletReal EstateFor SaleAutomotive

WantedServicesTicketsTravelSpring BreakLost & FoundPersonals

There is a 15-word minimum charge on all classifi ed ads.

The fi rst three words (max. one line) are bold and capitalized. All ads will appear on

studlife.com at no additional charge.

Please check your ad carefully on the fi rst day of publication and notify Student Life of any

errors. We will only be responsible for the fi rst day’s incorrect insertion.

Terms & ConditionsTerms & Conditions

DRIVER WANTED TO drivemy children Tuesday andThursday afternoons, 3:15-4:15 pm. 20 miles round trip. Great pay! cadelstein@wustl.edu or 935-5014.

GRADUATE STUDENT WANTED to assist physically challenged undergraduate in exchange for free room & board near Danforth Cam-pus. Couple of hours req. to help in morning & evening. Some strength and fl exilbil-ity in time required. gabeas-sist@gmail.com

LOCAL REAL ESTATE Com-pany is looking for a Wash U student for part time work showing apartments, man-aging properties, etc. Most properties near the Univer-sity’s borders. Must be from St. Louis. 314.608.2692.

SITTERS WANTED. AVER-AGE $10 per hour. Registerfree for jobs near campus orhome. http://www.student-sitters.com.

TUTORING: $20 PER hour. Earn $20 per hour withVarsity Tutors, LLC, tutoringlocal high school students incalculus, chemistry, physics,etc. Please send resume andAP/SAT/ACT scores toinfo@VarsityTutors.com orcall Michael at 314-422-2007. www.varsitytutors.com.

WANTED: WOMAN TOdrive student from Laduehigh School to home inWebster Grove on Tuesdayand Thursday. Pick up timeis 2:30. Please call Lynda at680-8592.

1-3 BEDROOMS, 2Bathrooms beautiful apart-ments. Dishwasher, stainedglass, hardwood fl oors. Close to WashU, behindKayaks. Also available in theLoop. We are fi lling up NOWfor the 2008-2009 schoolyear! $1000-$1995. LondonProperties. Please call 314.608.2692.

2 & 3 BEDROOM apart-ments. 2 bath. Full kitchen/-appliances. Internet, seemore www.homeandapart-mentrentals.com 314-409-2733

6031 WESTMINSTER: 3BR, 1 BA. 2nd fl oor apart-ment in historic building. Completely rehabbed, cen-tral air, new kitchen, plumb-ing, and electric. Walk toDanforth Campus andMetrolink. Call 314.406.6682 if interested or for more in-formation.

BRENTWOOD FOREST,UPSTAIRS condo. 2 BR/1Bath. Premium upgrades tokitchen and bath, fi replace,decks in front and back. $900/ 2yr, $950/ 1yr. 458.3419.

CLAYTON, U. CITY Loop,CWE and Dogtown. Beautiful studios, 1, 2 bed-rooms. Quiet buildings. $410-$900. ByronCompany.com. 725-5757.

SOUTH CITY HOUSE forrent: 3 bedrooms/2 full bath-rooms, den, garage. Nearbus line and the Hill. ContactJennifer at 314-504-6390 or jrfi nney@gmail.com.

SUBLET AVAILABLE FORSpring 2008 semester onKinsbury Ave. One room ina two bedroom apartment. Cheap rent and extremelyclose to campus. Contactjrw8@cec.wustl.edu if in-terested.

WANTED: 1 FEMALE room- mate. 3 bedroom apart-ment, approximately $300/mo. On the loop, right by Redline and Skinker Metro-link. Please contact Cynthia S. at 630-995-0615 or Linda Y. at 630-335-1651 for more information.

BEAUTIFUL UCITY RANCH. 3 bedroom/1.5 bathroom, fenced yard, screened porch, AC/heated basement. $133,000. Faculty/staff eli- gible: WU $6000 Grant! $10,000 additional cash bo-nus includes WU students! PESI: 314-567-1234 for more information.

FOR SALE: TWIN mattress and box spring (2 sets), used 1 year, $40/set. Dining tale,leaf, 4 chairs, $25. Dining table, 2 chairs, $50. Please contact 314.726.1058 if in-terested.

PAY LESS FOR your meal plan: I am looking to sell around 1300 meal points for this semester. Contact rms@wustl.edu for moreinformation.

AUTOS2002 CHRYSLER PT Cruiser,Woodie, Limited Edition-Black. $8000. Power win-dows and locks, remotestart, heated seats, CD player, sunroof, great con-dition. 64,000 miles. Pleaseemail jkraus@wustl.edu.

FOR SALE: 2000 HondaCRV. Red. 80,000 miles. 5speed. $7500. Perfect con-dition. All maintenancerecords available. Call 477-7432 to inquire.

WANTED: PET LOVER. 2rabbits need a good home. One male, one female. 3-4months old. Provided: cage,water dispenser, food, bed-ding. Adopted together pre-ferred. Contact Linda at lw-yang@wustl.edu.

READ STUDENT LIFE on-line! Check out your favor-ite Student Life sections including News, Sports, Cadenza, Scene, and more online at www.studlife.com.

CLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDS

ANNOUNCING

Sudoku By The Mepham Group

Solution to 12/10/07 puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visitwww.sudoku.org.uk.

© 2008 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved. 1/16/08

Level: 1 2 3 4

Forget to graban edition of

Studlife

view it atwww.studlife.com

WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 16, 200810 STUDENT LIFE | ADVERTISEMENT