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- J.-J.-W. _ - J-4II. THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY - FOUNDED IN 1911 Vol. CXI No. 3 Friday, September 23, 2005 www.thehillnews.com Canton, New York Photo courtesy of www.stlawu.edu Courtney Teser (above) claimed second place in the Dr. Larry Martin Memorial Golf Tournament with a 80-81, final score of 161. The tournament was held by SUNY Cortland this past Monday. The St. Lawrence Women's Golf Team won the, tournament with a two-day final score of 675. This weekend they play, in an away tournament at Mt, Holyoke. Hundreds Support Katrina Benefit Peter Culkin Contributing Writer Friday night, over two-hun- dred people packed the Winston\ Room to become a part of Op- eration Enduring Kindness and score some killer Cajun cuisine! Five musical acts and a bevy of New Orleans style cooking were served up to the audience, who came to hear a night of jazz and support victims Of Hurricane Katrina. Dinner, as part of the $10 admission/donation, in- cluded Cajun grilled chicken sandwiches, sausages with pep- pers and onions, red cabbage coleslaw, and a host of other southern delicacies sure to de- light the palate and induce heart, failure. Despite the obvious somber overtones of the event, it started . off in festive style with the Tim Savage Jazz Quartet. Mike Farrely, the front-man of TSJQ, recounted road stories of soul- ful New Orleans crooners he'd worked with over the years, in- cluding a story of a woman who he said was 6'6\ and 2401bs! De- : spite being the size of some Di- vision I defensive lineman, Farrely remembered her for her beautiful voice and dedicated his final number of the night to her memory. Next in.order was Hollywood Farm, a homegrown. St. Lawrence band with a slightly more rock 'n roll style to its jazz. The band was fronted by St. Lawrence's own Zack DuPont. He and his band-mates waxed poetic on several Hollywood Farm originals, as wellas a cover of Bob Marley's \Could You Be Loved?\ The Laurentian Singers were next in line and, directed by Barry Torres, sang the Elvis Presley classic \Can't Help Fallin' In Love With You\ and \Sing Me To Heaven\ by Daniel Gothera. Torres added how these songs had an extra special meaning to the choir, as they had been part of their repertoire when the group had actually visited parts of New Orleans earlier this past March. The arrival .of the Saint Lawrence Gospel choir, directed by Shaun Whitehead, heralded some of the most inspirational moments of the evening. Their message was one of reflection, hope, and prayer and' really made the audience consider the common bond between those of us in Canton, New York and the citizens of New Orleans. Their love and sympathy for the \victims of this tragedy was more than evident on numbers- like the classic \This Little Light Of Mine\ and a particularly powerful version of \I Need You • To Survive\ It was as moving as it was 'beautiful, and capti- vated the audiences with the singing talents of St. Lawrence students-and community mem- bers. • The evening ended on a lively note as a jazz parade of \Saint Lawrence students and faculty made its way down from'the second floor of the student cen- ter to the center of the Winston Room, playing \Down By The Riverside\ all the way. Mike Farrely took the stage again, this time.with the Radio Bob Band, and performed duties on vocals as well as on the saxo- phone. The dance floor was soon full of the Canton community,\ dancing like fools for a good cause to the sounds of Chuck Berry, The Band, and a bunch of Radio Bob originals. It was a night pf great music and a lot of fun, but no one lost sight of why they had gathered there. All the performers asked the audience to remember those down in New Orleans. Hope- fully the money St. .Lawrence managed to raise through this fund raiser will make a small dent in the efforts to recon- struct a city in the wake of a • tragedy. Former History Professor Speaks At Annual Siegel Lecture Brigette C. Smith Contributing Writer. On Thursday, September 15, Dr Laurie Baron gave the Seymour Seagle Lecture, en- titled \Projecting the Holocaust into: the Present.\ In his pre- sentation, Baron, a former SLU professor in the History Depart- ment, presented the argument of whether or not film can or should represent the Holocaust. Baron has categorized over 900 films from the last fifty years into genres. Using these genres, hie shows how the perception and presentation of the Holo- caust has changed since the 1940s. During the lecture, Baron showed five films from five dif- ferent genres. Europa Europa depicted a teenage Jewish Pole passing himself as an Arian to avoid capture. The modern clasr sic' Schindler's List was used to demonstrate the common theme nf unlikely heroes in Holocaust film. Homosexual and cross-cul- ture couples were the theme of Amy and Jaguar, which was based on a true story of a Jew- ish spy and her German actress lover. Life is Beautiful was an example of Holocaust films that were advertised as comedies. Children's films and their treat- ment of the Holocaust were shown through the film. The Devil's Arithmetic ; Baron' gave a strong argu^ ment supporting the use of film as a medium for showing and learning about the Holocaust. Although he pointed out that many of the films are anachro- nistic to some extent, he used the movie clips to argue against critics' claims that films mini- mize the suffering and devasta- tion of the Holocaust. He ar- gued that the public memory of the Holocaust is constantly changing, and this can be Shown through the wide vari- ety of films dealing with the Holocaust and how they are re- ceived. The lecture was well re- ceived by a large crowd of fac- ulty, staff, and students. The following day, Dr Baron gave another lecture to. a smaller crowd in Piskor 101, entitled \The Jewish Subtext of XMen.\ Dr Baron used this film to show how the Holocaust is used in. films with a standard 'set of symbols that.are easily rec- ognizable to the modern audi- ence. Dr Baron argued that there was a Jewish subtext to many of the most popular com- ics that were invented in the 194t)s. The XMeri writer Stan Lee, who happens to be Jewish, pur- posefully put many of the smaller subplots into his comic which contain direct references to the Holocaust and the later found- ing of Israel. Baron also showed clips from the film Apt Pupil, which has been recommended for us in teaching teens about the Holocaust and its effect upon modern culture. Dr Baron's lecture was very thought-provoking. ,His catego- rization of Holocaust' films, though questioned by members of the audience, showed the dis- tinct trends in cinemax depic- tions of the Holocaust. The films ranged in quality, from Oscar winners like Schindler's List to B movies, such as Surf Nazis Must Die, All considered, he made >a very strong case for the use of films as a positive ' method of depiction of the Ho- locaust and as an educational tool in general. Professor Erlichman Recieves Grant University Communications The National Science Foun- dation (NSF) has awarded St. Lawrence University Associate Professor Of Biology Joseph S. Erlichman a $315,000 grant to conduct research, assisted by undergraduate students-, on studying glial cells in the brain. The grant has been made through the NSF's program for research at undergraduate in- stitutions. Specifically, Erlichman and two undergraduate students will study the role of medullary glial cells in the regulation of pH levels, beginning in June of 2006 and continuing for four years. The central nervous sys-. tern consists of neurons and glial cells. Glial cells, which in the past have been little studied, provide metaholic support to neurons and modulate their ac- tivity. According to Erlichman, \Un- dergraduate students, partici- pating in the research will be fully immersed in all aspects of experimental design, data col- See Page 4 In This Week's Edition SLU's Miner Problems , Hurricane Katrina E^cuasion Panel \Red Eye\ M. Women's Socce: Page 5 Pag;e \6 Page 7 Page 8
