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President Ruth Simmons and the Undergraduate Council of Students celebrated the 100th birthday of the Van Wickle gates Thursday afternoon.

Simmons blows out candles at Van Wickle centennial birthday party

BY KATIE ROUSH

The 100th birthday of the Van Wickle gates provided Brown students with an added incentive to enjoy the warm weather Thursday afternoon.

The centennial celebration consisted of games on the Main Green and a huge birthday cake cut by President Ruth Simmons.

Undergraduate Council of Students Representative Roophy Roy ’05 stood in front of the gates at 4 p.m. to welcome students and describe some of the gate’s history.

Augustus Stout Van Wickle donated the gates to Brown University in June 1901, Roy said. Van Wickle was later killed in a skeet shooting accident.

The Latin inscription outside the gates reads: “These studies fortify one’s youth, delight one’s old age, amid success they are an ornament and amid failure they are a refuge and a comfort.”

The celebration was planned and carried out by UCS’ Campus Life Committee. The actual 100th anniversary of

the gates was last June, but passed unnoticed in the summer, said Committee Chair Anna Stern ’04.

“We want to have more on-campus events that are free and open to the community,” Stern said.

Committee Member Justin Sanders ’04 said a lot of people invested time in planning the birthday party.

“I’m just glad to get so many people out here to celebrate one of Brown’s greatest traditions,” Sanders said.

In a brief speech, Simmons echoed Sanders’ thoughts.

“While we find ways to come together in moments of distress, we rarely find moments to celebrate the normal ways we progress as a community,” she said.

Students expressed their appreciation of the event as they ate cake and sang “Happy Birthday.”

Ilana Ruff ’04 said the best part of the festivities was the “moon bounce,” a giant air filled castle on the Main Green.

Brian Singer ’04 disagreed, citing the free cake as the best aspect of the celebration.

Brown is using two outside consultants to investigate an incident last Friday on the Main Green in which two students were arrested.

The University also announced Thursday that two official complaints have been filed against Brown Police. One complaint alleges racial profiling and the other says that police used excessive force, said Vice President for Finance and Administration Donald Reaves.

Brown University Police and Security officers arrested the two students, Michael Smith ’05 and David Williams ’05, after they declined to show their identification and engaged in an altercation with police.

Paul Johnson, a former Boston Police superintendent and Harvard police chief, and William Morrissette, a forensic investigator of the firm Intuition were asked to investigate the way that Brown handled the incident on Friday, Reaves said.

In a letter sent to all members of the Brown community on Wednesday, President Ruth Simmons wrote, “University procedures for reviewing the actions and decisions taken by both the students and officers involved in this incident have already been activated.”

Reaves said the review of Friday’s incident “has nothing to do with the non-academic disciplinary process” for the two students, which will still be conducted by the Office of Student Life.

Reaves also emphasized the investigation is “totally separate and independent” of the review that the Bratton Group LLC is conducting on campus safety as a whole.

The University announced Monday the hiring of the Bratton Group to study University police operations.

Bratton and a team of associates will analyze safety and security issues and deliver recommendations to the president in May. Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations Laura Freid told the Providence Journal Wednesday, “The University is not going to pursue criminal charges” against Williams and Smith.

Johnson was hired by the University prior to last Friday to “provide a university perspective on campus crime issues” to the Bratton Group but has subsequently been asked to work on the review of Friday’s incident, Reaves said.

Simmons wrote, “It is most important that we await the completion of the reviews that are underway before we draw any conclusions.”

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U. hires private consultant to improve, clean up Thayer Street area

BY DAVID B. COHEN

The University hired a private consultant to help reduce crime and make aesthetic improvements to the Thayer Street retail district, said Laura Freid, executive vice president for public affairs and University relations.

Dan Biederman, President of the Biederman Redevelopment Ventures Corporation in Chappaqua, NY, will begin work at Brown Friday, March 22. He will work closely with Bill Bratton, the former New York City police commissioner hired by the University as a public safety consultant.

Biederman and Freid said they believe making aesthetic improvements to the streetscape will create a more inviting atmosphere and consequently deter crime on Thayer Street.

“At night — as soon as the sun goes down, in fact — most people never think of going on Thayer Street alone because of the high crime rate,” said Eddie Ahn ’05.

“If you’ve got dim lighting, graffiti and litter, people feel much more free to commit crimes or vandalism, and there’s a negative cycle that occurs,” said

Biederman. “Part of the battle on Thayer will be to upgrade absolutely everything on the street. Crime does not flourish where you have clean streets, well-lit streets, beautiful plantings and where graffiti has been removed.”

Freid agreed. “Right now, we’re not happy with the appearance (of Thayer Street),” she said. “It’s dirtier than it needs to be — plantings are tired looking. We want Thayer Street to be inviting and also successful economically.”

The University will work with the city to implement any changes and the two parties plan to share the responsibility for the project, Freid said.

Biederman and Freid said they hope Thayer Street merchants and property owners will join them in the effort.

“I just think (Thayer Street) could be cleaner and there could be more of a police presence,” said Donna Andreozzi, manager of Beadworks. “There are bums here every day. They work in shifts, right across from the store.”

“There’s a lot of loitering on the street,” said Jason Lamoureux, store manager at Urban Outfitters.

Lamoureux also cited safety as a concern, but said, “I have noticed more police presence on the street, which is a good thing.”

But not all students are thrilled at the idea of making changes.

“I think Thayer Street is the personality of Providence,” said Zeynep Saygin ’05. “Sometimes graffiti is a piece of art, and people need to respect that.”

Saygin said she worries improvements could rob the street of its unique character.

“We are not interested in changing the eclectic nature of the street,” said Freid. “We are concerned about the overall cleanliness and safety. Thayer Street is a unique part of the East Side and there is no reason to change that — in fact, there is every reason to encourage that reality,” she said.

Freid said institutions like the Avon Theatre, restau-

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Class of 2003 elects team of Senior Class officers for next academic year page 5

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TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Joshua Skolnick ’04 says a passive response to terror will endanger the United States column,page 11

Charles Williamson ’03 says we must examine actual facts surrounding Friday’s arrests guest column,page 11

U.S. News names Brown the 20th best sports program in the nation page 12

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CALENDAR LECTURE — “Hume Variations: Three Lectures Sort of About Hume’s Theory of Mind,” Jerry Fodor, Rutgers University, Gerard House 119, 4 p.m.

DEDICATION — Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories for the Division of Engineering, Keynote Address by Donald Stanford ’72, ’77 Sc.M., Barus & Holley, 4 p.m.

PANEL DISCUSSION — “Pow Wows and ‘Pan-Indianism,’ A Discussion about Pow Wow Culture and Mainstream Perceptions,” Sharon and Tabnee Harjo, Nitana Hicks, Liz Hoover, Jonathan Perry, Smith-Buonanno 106, 6 p.m.

THEATER — “Candide,” Stuart Theatre, 8 p.m.

CONCERT — Brown University Wind Symphony will perform works by Hindemith, Milhaud, & Surina, Salomon Center, 8 p.m.

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PERFORMANCE — “The Vagina Monologues,” Lower Manning, 8 p.m.

PERFORMANCE — Fusion Dance Company, Ashamu Dance Studio, 8 p.m.

CONFERENCE — “Religion Confronts Public Policy: Abortion in Jewish Medical Ethics,” Rabbi David Teutsch, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; followed by Marc Sternfeld, Jewish Theological Seminary “What the Talmud says about Enron,” MacMillan 117, 8:30 p.m.

PERFORMANCE — “Work in Progress,” Production Workshop, 8 p.m.

PERFORMANCE — “The Book of Job,” Production Workshop, 10 p.m.

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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002 · PAGE 3

Monologues established Returning to Brown once more, ‘Vagina as yearly Brown tradition Monologues’ examine female sexuality ARTS & CULTURE REVIEW

BY JAMIE WOLOSKY

BY BRENT LANG

In steering Eve Ensler’s bawdy yet moving “The Vagina Monologues,” director Alexis Scott ’04 decided to focus on the theme of the voice. This is a wise, if unsurprising, choice on Scott’s part because the voices Ensler engages in her erotic and absorbing tribute to the memorable portion of the female anatomy are so varied and unique.

Scott’s production is presented in an informal and inviting manner, as members of the cast share memories of sexual awakening and gender realization while perched on kitchen stools or overstuffed coaches. One by one, under the supervision of three sassy narrators (Sara FolitWeinberg ’05, Erika Canales ’03 and Katherine Burdick ’04), the cast members share stories about their nether regions that range from hilariously irreverent tales of sexual discovery to deeply personal accounts of sexual abuse.

At times the play resembles a feminist convention or support session, as the cast members float on and off stage shouting

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‘The Vagina Monologues,‘ written by Eve Ensler, are running March 15 and 16 in Manning Hall. words of encouragement or nodding in understanding.

The first two monologues, “Hair” and “The Flood,” are intermittently amusing, but their humor seems a touch sophomoric. Lori Leibowitz ’03 performs

well as a stereotypically Jewish grandmother whose sexual peak has passed her by, but her fine performance cannot save a monologue that veers uneasily see MONOLOGUES, page 4

“The Vagina Monologues” candidly increases awareness about domestic violence and female sexuality in a performance that is quickly becoming a Brown tradition.

“The monologues are a ride.

You laugh and you cry and there are orgasms and more orgasms,” said Lori Leibowitz ’03, an actress in this year’s performance.

“Once you get people talking about vaginas they never want to stop,” said Robin Hopkins ’03, program coordinator.

Playwright Eve Ensler wrote “The Vagina Monologues” after she interviewed over 200 women about their vaginas. The interview included questions such as “What would your vagina wear?”

“What would it say?” and “What would it smell like?” Leibowitz said.

Ensler quickly noticed the prevalence of violence against women, which became the focus of her play, Hopkins said. “The Vagina Monologues” was first performed in small venues across the country before spreading to college campuses and eventually Broadway.

“The Vagina Monologues” is

popular because of the “very positive method Ensler uses to confront people about domestic violence,” Hopkins said.

“The Vagina Monologues” emphasizes the reclaiming of sexuality and ownership of one’s vagina, she said. The play stresses that women are not alone in their experiences and sexuality must be individually defined, she added.

The play “definitely slaps people in the face with some of the issues that people tend to ignore,” Hopkins said.

“One of the goals for the performance was to get many different voices from different Brown communities,” Leibowitz said.

“The Vagina Monologues” can be performed with only one person, but the Brown production sought to include many more women than are usually seen in the show, she said.

Also unique to Brown’s production are many ensemble pieces as opposed to the usual series of distinct monologues.

The ensemble pieces and monologues provide a contrast between individual voices and see HISTORY, page 4

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Thayer continued from page 1 rants, bookstores and other services on Thayer Street are what the consulting group will encourage while they will look to rid the area of “crime, petty vandalism and intimidation.”

Biederman comes to Brown with considerable experience in improving business districts. He received praise for revitalizing the Bryant Park area behind the New York Public Library, formerly known as “Needle Park” by residents of midtown Manhattan because of its reputation as a haven for drug deals.

In 1979, the year before Biederman improved the area, 500 crimes were committed in the park.

In the past three years there have been three crimes, Biederman said. His firm also worked on improving the Grand Central Station and Penn Station areas in Manhattan, N.Y. Because he previously worked with Bratton in New York City, Biederman said he is confident the two can bring their big-city successes to Thayer Street.

“The talent that worked in New York is being put to work by the University,” he said. “I think the two of us can make a big difference.”

The Thayer Street business district comprises 180,000 square feet of retail space in 35 buildings.

The buildings are owned by 25 different entities, including the University, which owns 13 percent of the retail space.

Monologues continued from page 3 between broad humor and pathos.

After a slow start the production quickly gathers momentum with the electric delivery of the monologue “My Angry Vagina” by Adriana Kertzer ’02. Candidly telling the audience, “My vagina is angry and wants to talk,” Kertzer commands the stage with an authoritative swagger. Tossing off demands in a clipped manner, she struts across the stage like a cross between Joan Collins and a

History continued from page 3 the voice of all women, Leibowitz said.

“The Vagina Monologues” is part of a bigger program intended to raise issues of awareness about domestic violence at the college, national and international level, Hopkins said. Related programs at Brown have focused on orgasms, inter-sexuality and reproductive rights.

Hopkins said the message of

Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy” that provides the evening’s most unforgettable moment. Her face contorting into comic expressions of pleasure and her voice reaching for the heavens in registers higher than seems mortally possible, Goldstein gamely relays a dizzying series of sexual reactions. It is a hilarious tour de force, and a perfect end to a thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking evening of theatre.

drill sergeant and leaves an indelible mark on the proceedings.

The faultless delivery of “My Vagina Was My Village” by Maythinee Washington ’03 provides the tragic highpoint of the evening. Losing herself in soporific conceits, Washington gamely holds back tears as she relays a harrowing tale of rape at the hands of Bosnian soldiers. It is a truly heartbreaking moment of theatre, and Washington conveys it with an astonishing intensity.

Yet it is the unforgettable portrayal of a sexual dominatrix by Sarah Goldstein ’05 in “The

Herald staff writer Brent Lang ’04 can be reached at blang@browndailyherald.com.

“The Vagina Monologues” is just as important at Brown as anywhere else. One in four women will be sexually abused in their lifetime, and Brown students continue to fall into those statistics, she said.

“The problem is that it’s very silent on this campus,” she added. At Brown we’re “pressured to be silent because (the University) has a reputation,” she said.

Even so, “people here do think it’s okay to be strong women,” Leibowitz said.

“The Vagina Monologues” has

been performed in 200 cities around the world and over 550 colleges and universities across the country, including Harvard University, Smith College and RISD. All the ticket sales money from performances will be donated to local organizations that help prevent violence against women, Hopkins said.

The goal for each college is to raise $6,000, and Brown will most likely reach that goal, Hopkins said.

“The Vagina Monologues” is playing at 8 p.m. on March 15 and 16 in Manning Hall.

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CAMPUS NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002 · PAGE 5

Senior Class elects officers for 2002-03

The Roots to headline April Spring Weekend concert lineup

BY JULIETTE WALLACK

As the first track of their premiere album says, the “Roots Is Comin.” The selfdescribed “organic hip-hop jazz” group, The Roots, will headline the Spring Weekend concert on the Main Green April 20.

The Philadelphia-based alternative hiphop band has played on college campuses from Dartmouth to Oberlin since emerging from the underground hip-hop scene in the early 90s.

The Roots’ first album, “Organix,” was released in 1993 and introduced fans to the group’s unique live band, no-DJ sound.

Although Organix didn’t enjoy as much popularity as later albums, staples of their live performances like “Essaywhuman?!!!??!” were first introduced on this album.

For their 1995 major label debut, “Do You Want More?!!!??!,” The Roots’ fusion of jazz, hip-hop and long instrumental jams took on a character similar to old school hip-hop.

With the 1996 release of “Illadelph Halflife,” guests Q-Tip, Common, Rahzel, Steve Coleman and others joined the lyrically precise Emcee Black Thought and drummer ?uestlove.

Their fourth album, titled “Things Fall Apart” after the Chinua Achebe book, was released in 1999 and included “Adrenaline!,” “Step Into the Realm,” “You Got Me” with Erykah Badu and other songs.

The Roots most noteworthy album, however, is their live compilation “The Roots Come Alive.” This collection of live performances from Zurich, New York and Paris features the band at their prime playing songs from all four previous albums.

The Roots, renowned for their live performances, play alternate versions of “You Got Me” and other songs.

On April 18, The Get Up Kids, Hot Rod Circus and Lost For Words will perform at Lupos Heartbreak Hotel. Students will be shuttled to and from Lupos by bus.

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and Repatriation Act, Darren Modzelewski ’02, co-programmer of Native Americans at Brown, told The Herald.

The act mandates that if a tribe proves a connection to Native American remains currently in a museum, the remains must be returned to the tribe.

But, Flute said, “there are still museums around the country that resist returning human remains to tribes.” One of the laws weaknesses, he said, is if a tribe can’t prove ownership of the remains, the museum

Thursday’s Senior Class officer elections drew almost 500 voters who propelled five pairs and two individual candidates to victory.

Mumi Hemrajani ‘03 and Ben Dalley ’03 were elected co-presidents of the Senior Class.

“We’re really excited about working together,” Hemrajani said. “We have a good dynamic.”

Hemrajani told The Herald she and Dalley plan to orchestrate a September “career week” for the senior class. By the end of this academic year, they plan to use a survey to solicit input from seniors on what areas they would like the career information sessions to focus on.

She also said improving “spirit” among the senior class will be her primary goal as co-president.

Voters also elected Izetta Mobley ‘03 and Hentyle Yapp ’03 as multicultural affairs officers and named Jessica Jones ’03 and Vanessa Saal ’03 as public service officers. Liz Roach ’03 and Julie Feldmeier ’03 will be next year’s publicity officers. Darryl Sneag ’03 won the position of secretary.

Bryan Ramm ’03 will be treasurer. Anthony Orlandi ’03 and Adianez Albelo ’03 will be next year’s social programmers.

The number of juniors who went to the polls was “a really good turnout,” said Greg Moffit ’02, co-president of the Class of 2002.

“I’m really excited for what they’re going to be able to do,” he said. “I think they’re going to be a really strong officer team.”

Jones, who will run the class’ public service initiatives, said she’s excited and she and Saal already have ideas about what direction they’re going to take next year.

“Public service in the past has been one-shot community service deals” like a

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Students and children gathered around a tipi on the Main Green Thursday.

‘Bridging Nations’ convocation kicks off Native American history week

BY JULIETTE WALLACK

The keynote speaker at Thursday night’s “Bridging Nations” lecture explained a 1991 law that deals with the repatriation of Indian remains and artifacts and discussed why he believes President George Bush smokes marijuana.

Jerry Flute, a member of the Dakota Sioux tribe who worked for the Association on American Indian Affairs for 17 years, delivered his address to a crowd of about 75 in Salomon 101. Flute was part of the driving force that resulted in the passage of the Native American Graves Protection

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Native continued from page 5 does not have to return them.

Minnesota is the only state that requires museums to give tribes remains whether or not there is a proven affiliation, Flute said.

Flute compared the Native American community’s ability to adapt to change with the United States’ capacity to deal with the Sept. 11 attacks. Flute commended Bush’s leadership after the attacks but said some of the president’s initiatives and actions have suggested he is “a paradox.”

Flute reminded the audience that media outlets reported how Bush cut himself when he fell while choking on a pretzel, but Flute jokingly said he thinks Bush didn’t simply choke on a little pretzel.

Flute joked he thinks Bush “got a hold of some Colombian gold that was so powerful, that when he got the munchies, he thought he was floating,” and fell down.

Several introductory speakers of Native American heritage preceded the keynote speech.

Hiawatha Brown, tribal counselor of the Narragansetts, spoke about Native Americans’ changing role in U.S. society.

“For the past 20 years, there’s been a tremendous change in the direction the Indian people are going,” he said. Now, with many tribes finding success in the gaming industry, there is a division between those booming tribes and the smaller ones not involved in the gambling business, he said.

April Laktonen ‘02, of the Alutiiq tribe, mixed the tale of her life with the history of her tribe.

“My story is not limited to my life, but to the many lives of many people who call themselves Alutiiq,” she said. “Keep it in your memory, because you will hear of us in the future.”

Thursday night’s lecture was one part of Native American History Week. Other events included a film screening and a panel on multiracial identity in the Native American World, Modzelewski said.

Members of NAB also raised a tipi on the Main Green Thursday afternoon.

Modzelewski stressed NAB wasn’t trying to fit a stereotype by raising the 20-foot-tall tipi, and the group realizes many tribes are not represented by the structure. However, the lack of “insurance and availability of either a longhouse or a wigwam” was a barrier to representing every tribe, he said.

All of these events lead to a pow wow, which will take place Saturday afternoon at 11 a.m.

Modzelewski said the pow wow will be held in Sayles Hall if the weather is bad, but he hopes to hold it on the Main Green.

Though November is considered Native American History Month, Modzelewski and the rest of NAB chose to designate a week in the spring to celebrate their heritage, he said.

“We made a conscious decision to push the event back to March so that we could have more time to plan events that would benefit the campus and have wider recognition on campus,” he said.

Past years’ celebrations have not been as big, he said, but despite NAB’s small group of only 15 active members, the entire campus should still be able to appreciate Native American heritage.

“We had a keen interest in doing something really big,” he said. “We were aware that even though we are a very small group of minority students on campus, we can bring a lot to this campus to help improve the diversity that Brown so celebrates.”

Election continued from page 5 food drive, Jones said. “(Saal) and I want to do something that’s a lot more meaningful.”

Their ultimate goal, she said, is to “heighten social awareness in the senior class,” and the pair hopes to do that by picking one issue or agency and addressing it from a variety of angles. Those angles of attack could include lectures by professors, fundraising and community service, Jones said.

“We just really want people who graduate to have a heightened social awareness,” she said, though the pair doesn’t know yet what issue they’ll choose to address.

Orlandi said he and his co-officer, who will be in charge of senior class social events, do not have any specific events planned yet.

“Basically, what we’re up to is

we’re really going to work on representing as many seniors as possible,” he said.

Orlandi said he thinks he and Albelo will make a strong team because both of them have experience organizing events.

“We know the system, and we know how to plan events that bring in a lot of people,” he said.

Moffit said he thinks the leadership team has interesting ideas, and “they also have the leadership skills to put those ideas into action.”

Each position involves different responsibilities, but the group must work together in the coming months to plan for its final year at Brown, he said.

“Every senior class is a little bit different,” Moffit said, “and I’m sure they’ll figure out how they want to work best together as they get to know each other.”

Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

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Simmons’ new ‘no work’ for first-years rule sparks debate The elimination of workstudy jobs for first years, hailed by many as a positive improvement, may actually cut into important ‘extra living’ earnings for some first-years, students report

BY ANNA STUBBLEFIELD

The recent decision to cut work-study requirements for first-year students on financial aid, beginning with the class of 2006, has sparked debate, with some students and administrators praising the policy and other student groups expressing skepticism.

Although Michael Bartini, director of financial aid, said the Financial Aid Office is “optimistic and enthusiastic about Brown’s new ‘no work’ policy,” students expressed uncertainty about the program’s success.

Several University Food Services workers said they are critical of the “no work” policy, which may hurt students more than help them.

Lisa Moran ’05 said she works for the minimum eight hours per week cashiering at Josiah’s in order to buy plane tickets to travel home to California and to cover her extra expenses. Moran said she is typical of some UFS employees who work not out of necessity, but to pay for extra living and

travel expenses.

Moran said she feels work-study does not interfere with a first-year’s academic success or personal adjustment at Brown.

“A lot of student jobs on campus allow you to work while you study,” she said.

“Work-study during your freshman year helps to relieve the stress of paying for things on your own,” she said. “This first year isn’t stressful enough academically for working to really become a big burden on top of adjusting to Brown.”

But not all students work simply to pay for extra expenses.

Some student workers depend on their paychecks to help pay for books, living costs and tuition.

Bartini said there are still employment options available to first-years who want to work.

“If a student at Brown wants to work, there are more than enough jobs available, both on and off-campus,” Bartini said.

Income from these jobs, however, would be taxed by federal and state governments, Bartini said.

Although the Financial Aid Office awards money to the families of students on financial aid, this money often does not trickle down to the students, said Elizabeth Hoover ’02, vice president of Students On Financial Aid. “Financial aid is considered a partnership between us and families,” Bartini said. “It isn’t Brown’s position to tell families what to do with the aid we give them.

We measure a family’s ability to pay, not their willingness to pay.”

Financial aid packages, Hoover said, aren’t always adequate to pay for things students need during the school year.

Many UFS workers sign up for a maximum number of shift hours just to pay their bills each semester, she said.

Students from organizations like SOFA said they are also wary of the new no workstudy policy.

“The financial aid department is notorious for underestimating how much it costs to come here,” Hoover said She said SOFA’s ideals were not met by Brown’s new work-study policy. SOFA, she said, works in part to raise all student wages to that of all other Ivy League schools.

“At Harvard,” Hoover said, “students start out at $9 an hour. Why can’t we have this at Brown?”

The minimum wage Brown student workers can earn is $6.40 an hour.

“Why didn’t the financial aid department choose to raise workers’ wages instead?” she asked. “We’re excited about the new need-blind policy, but when Princeton and Harvard can offer much better financial aid packages, will Brown’s ‘no work’ changes really make a difference?”

Last year, Brown made the decision to increase student wages by a percentage proportionate to budget increases, Bartini said.

“If the budget increases 3 percent, min-

imum wage will increase 3 percent,” he said.

Higher wages and more grant money going to students would allow Brown to compete with the aid other Ivies offer freshman, Hoover said.

With 43.6 percent of Brown students receiving financial aid, Hoover said, “workers still make $2.50 less than Princeton workers, and $3 less than those at Harvard.”

“No one at Brown says student workers should be paid minimum wage,” Bartini said.

“Employers are given guidelines to decide the wage each worker should receive according to the value and amount of work that they do. … Wages are thus not stagnant amounts. Students can move up the ladder,” he said.

Administrators are optimistic in the face of criticism. Bartini said students must recognize the “no work” policy is part of a bigger package for Brown and for financial aid, giving first-year students a more relaxed transition into college life.

“This is not a stand-alone piece,” he said.

Along with a new need-blind admission policy, Bartini said, cutting workstudy requirements for the class of 2006 “is an extraordinary opportunity for freshman to be introduced to Brown without having to rush to find jobs, and for them to find time to spend navigating their academic pathways. I think it will be terrific,” he said.

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U.S. News continued from page 12 ing sanctions, showing the 20 best schools and the 20 worst schools.

Once again Brown was recognized, along with Ohio State University, for offering the third most intercollegiate varsity sports with 37.

The only schools to offer more then Brown were Harvard, with 41, and Princeton, with 38.

In addition to the rankings, the special issue examines indepth the connection between athletic and academic success, the effects on schools after being sanctioned by the NCAA, and the way in which schools

W. Lax continued from page 12 notched her first score of the season with under a minute remaining in the half to give Brown the commanding 11-2 lead.

The Bears opened the second half with four unanswered goals to put the game out of reach.

Caggiano, an honorable mention All-American last year, took a well-deserved rest with 11 minutes left in the game.

Her replacement, Randi MacDonald ’03, recorded three saves of her own for a team total of 20.

have dealt with Title IX of the Amendments to the Higher Education Act. Among other things, this requires schools to match the percentage of female students with the percentage of female athletes.

Title IX compliance has received much attention in recent years as some schools have been fined by non-compliance with Title IX and others have actually resorted to cutting successful team sports, including Providence College, which eliminated its long-running baseball team.

Brown became the focus of the controversy surrounding Title IX, when after demoting women’s gymnastics and volleyball and men’s golf and water polo teams to club-varsity status, the school was sued, Amy

This was the first regular season game for the Bears after a preseason tournament in Maryland and two weeks of hard work to prepare for the upcoming season.

“We came away from the tournament with a good feeling but also with some things to work on,” Ingram said. “The past two weeks have been a huge team effort.”

“This is the strongest performance we’ve put together this early in the season in the three years that I’ve been here…” Ingram said. “We’re starting to feel more confident and more experienced.

It’s really been the entire team working together.”

Cohen et. al. v. Brown University et. al, for noncompliance.

The appeals of the ruling, which found Brown to be in violation of Title IX, made it all the way to the Supreme Court before being dismissed without comment.

“There is none,” said Roach about the current effect of Title IX on Brown athletics.

“As Arthur Bryant, a member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice said in 1993, ‘Brown is a model for the rest of the county for providing intercollegiate athletic opportunities for men and women,’” he said.

The “U.S. News and World Report” magazine featuring their first-ever rankings of the best athletics programs in Division I is currently on sale.

The Bears next face the University of Maryland, the seven-time defending national champions, and the game will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. here at Brown University.

“Maryland lost some of their powerhouses after last year,” Ingram said. “They’re vulnerable but extremely athletic. It’s a great opportunity to play them. A win would be nice but we’re just looking to put together a solid 60minute performance and see what happens.”

Sports staff writer Miranda Turner ’02 covers women’s lacrosse. She can be reached at mturner@browndailyherald.com.

W. Hockey continued from page 12 the composure that has made them key elements of Bruno’s success this season? Coach Murphy thinks not.

“I have actually been surprised at the freshman all year. They have brought such a high level of play to the ice all season,” Murphy said.

The Bears though can not forget the high level at which St. Lawrence plays, especially St. Lawrence’s star Gina Kingsbury.

“We have to think about what is Gina Kingsbury, the big gun of the team, going to bring to the game,” Murphy said. “Right now there is no game plan. I really don’t care what other teams do, I am more focused on how we motivate ourselves, and how she will affect the game.”

If the Bears manage to skate past St. Lawrence in the semi-

Softball continued from page 12 looking to continue to reshape the program.

“We’ve been focusing on instilling pride into the program and getting back to the basics, instilling fundamentals, making them believe in themselves,” McCreesh said.

This weekend the squad hits the road again, as they will face

final, their work will be far from over. On Sunday they will be tested once again either against No. 9 Harvard (No. 4 ECAC) or No. 4 Dartmouth (No. 1 ECAC). Brown has split with both teams this season. Against either opponent Murphy once again has the same attitude.

“We need to focus on team play,” Murphy said. “If we don’t play as a team, we cannot win.

That is just how Brown hockey is.”

If the Bears fail to win the ECAC crown, an at-large bid to the national tournament does not appear to be in the cards for team.

“At this point we need to win in order to go,” Murphy said.

Bruno hopes to do just that and extend what has already been another successful year to the national championship.

Assistant sports editor Maggie Haskins ’04 covers women’s ice hockey. She can be reached at mhaskins@browndailyherald.com.

Drexel on Saturday and Villanova on Sunday. The 2-0 start to the season is especially sweet since Brown will need the momentum for the slew of games they play on the road in the first part of the season.

“They were the easiest games we had and Saturday will be the hardest.

“Those are the next games and that’s what we have to look forward to,” McCreesh said, “I’m really proud of them, to come out and get two wins.”

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WORLD & NATION FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002 · PAGE 9

IN BRIEF United States to regain seat on UN Human Rights Comission,diplomats say UNITED NATIONS (Washimgton Post) — The United States will regain a seat on the U.N.Human Rights Commission next year, according to U.S.and European diplomats.A U.S.seat on the Geneva-based body was assured this week after Spain and Italy withdrew their candidacies,averting risk of another humiliating defeat for the Bush administration.

The United States was voted off the commission last May for the first time since it was founded in 1947.The ouster reflected international irritation over the administration’s disdain for international conventions on such issues as global warming and missile defenses.

Although some of those concerns remain,U.N.diplomats said they didn’t want to isolate the United States again this year, especially when the Bush administration is mounting a global battle against terrorism.In addition,many of Washington’s European allies say that a U.S.presence on the commission is essential to its long-term credibility.

“I think everybody wanted the United States back on the human rights commission because without the United States it is diminished,”said one European diplomat.

Having persuaded Italy and Spain to pull out of the race,the Bush administration formally declared its intention on Wednesday to take one of four seats open to members of the 29-member Western European and Others Group.Germany, Australia and Ireland will get the remaining vacant slots.

The voting on the four seats,a formality,will be held next month.The election won’t be in time for the United States to have a vote in this year’s session of the commission,which opens March 18 for six weeks.

The commission recommends measures to protect human rights around the world,keeps track of violations and censures countries that trample basic freedoms.

Serbia-Montenegro agreement means no more Yugoslavia ROME (Washington Post) — Averting a potentially nasty divorce, Serbia and Montenegro agreed Thursday to remain part of a single federation and in the process dropped the name of their union,Yugoslavia.In a stroke,they ended a tumultuous history that dated from the end of World War I. The two Balkan republics agreed to form a new political entity that will be called Serbia and Montenegro.Its creation would be possibly the last act in the decade-long disintegration of Yugoslavia into five separate states plus U.N.-administered Kosovo province.

For all Serbia’s fight in the 1990s to preserve Yugoslavia,the name went out with a whimper.Thursday’s accord was signed in federation capital Belgrade and settles,for now,a festering dispute between Serbia,with 10 million people,the most populous republic of Yugoslavia,and Montenegro,a mountainous region on the Adriatic Sea coast with only 650,000 inhabitants.

IThe European Union and United States have also opposed full independence,worrying it could destabilize the Balkans,now enjoying a period of comparatively calm after the constant ethnic warfare of the 1990s.Montenegro striking out on its own,the logic went,would lead disaffected people elsewhere in the region to conclude that borders can be changed and to push ahead with secessionist movements of their own,possibly with force.

The new agreement,brokered by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana,puts aside the referendum proposal.But after three years,each side can reconsider the agreement.

Under the accord,which will take effect if approved by the parliaments of Serbia and Montenegro,the two will have separate currencies and customs services.A common presidency, defense establishment,foreign ministry,human rights ministry and supreme court will join the two republics.New elections are scheduled for autumn to choose a parliament,which will in turn elect a president of the federation.

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United States peace envoy arrives in Israel amid continued turmoil and violence BETHLEHEM,West Bank(L.A. Times) — Balanced on a church

rooftop, the statue of the Virgin Mary, arms outstretched, has served for more than 100 years as a graceful symbol of divine protection over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

But as U.S. envoy Anthony C. Zinni arrived here Thursday, it stood as a poignant reminder of the devastating violence he is trying to stop: The statue had been maimed in a predawn gun battle between Palestinian militias and Israeli troops.

The Virgin’s nose was lopped off, as was her left hand and all but one finger of her right hand, when an Israeli tank shell slammed into the church’s stone rooftop.

Shrapnel from the shell punched holes in the statue’s robes and exploded the floodlights that had illuminated it.

It was an inauspicious start to a day that saw at least nine Palestinians and three Israelis die before Zinni, the retired Marine Corps general turned would-be peacemaker, arrived here on his third attempt to quell what is now nearly 18 months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.

In a particularly nasty day of bloodletting, Palestinian gunmen in Bethlehem shot dead two men they said had helped Israeli security forces kill militia leader Atef Abeiyat. They dragged their bloodied bodies behind a car and then tried to string them up across from the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square.

Palestinian policemen stopped them.

In other violence, Palestinians blew up their second Merkava tank in a month, on a road leading to a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, killing three Israeli soldiers. A coalition of militias claimed responsibility for the attack.

In the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli snipers shot dead four Palestinian militants. Another Palestinian died of wounds he sustained in earlier fighting with troops.

An Israeli helicopter gunship fired into a car near the West Bank town of Tulkarm, killing two Palestinian militants, one of them an explosives expert the army accused of assisting in a string of attacks on Israelis.

When Israel two weeks ago launched its largest military campaign in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the 1967 Middle East War, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said his goal was to hit the Palestinians so hard they would have to agree to a cease-fire. Commentators here have speculated that he ordered the army to seize Palestinian-controlled areas as bargaining chips in negotiations after Zinni’s arrival.

Troops and tanks have blockaded all the major cities

and towns of the West Bank. Tanks are still in Bethlehem and Ramallah, the most important Palestinian city, although they began withdrawing from the latter Thursday.

The Israeli government has said it is eager to achieve a cease-fire but has warned that it will do “whatever necessary” to defend its citizens in the coming days from numerous warnings of planned attacks.

“Let there be no misunderstanding,” Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit said on Israel Radio. “Zinni or no Zinni, if there is no cessation of terror, not only will we not decrease our activity, but we will increase it.”

But Nabil abu Rudaineh, a senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, vowed Thursday that Palestinians won’t participate in talks if Israel’s campaign continues.

“There won’t be ... any meetings with any Israelis until they stop their aggression and withdraw from all the cities, including Bethlehem and Ramallah and cities in Gaza,” he said.

Thursday’s bloodshed virtually ensured a fresh round of retaliation and revenge will begin soon, new violence that could sabotage Zinni’s mission, just as upsurges in violence wrecked his previous two missions.

Palestinian security chief Mohammad Dahlan, who was scheduled to hold talks with Zinni and the Israelis on restoring security cooperation, told Israel Radio that suicide attacks are acts of self-defense and warned Israelis that whoever harms civilians should expect a similar response.

Thousands of Palestinians turned out Thursday for the funeral of Mutasen Hammad, a leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade militia that is linked to Arafat’s Fatah movement. He was killed earlier in the day when Israeli gunships fired on his car near Tulkarm. In a statement, the army said Hammad was targeted because he had manufactured bombs and explosives belts in laboratories that suicide bombers used in attacks.

Israel’s killing in January of Raed Karmi, another Al Aqsa leader from Tulkarm, touched off a firestorm of Palestinian revenge attacks that buried efforts to achieve a cease-fire.

In Washington, the State Department called on Israel to pull out completely from Palestinian-controlled areas as Zinni’s effort began. And Sharon did order the army to begin the phased withdrawal from Ramallah, three days after more than 100 tanks drove into the city in what the army said was an effort to crush the “infrastructure of terrorism” there.

Cheney meets with President Salih in Yemen SANAA, Yemen (Washington Post) — Vice President Cheney

on Thursday took his Middle East tour to Yemen, one of the countries that administration officials say has taken the greatest strides since Sept. 11 in cooperating with the United States in tackling the al-Qaida network.

American concerns about continuing presence of militant groups in Yemen were underscored by the exceptional security measures taken for Cheney’s trip here to the capital.

He arrived in a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane, leaving his regular airliner behind in Egypt along with much of his staff and most of the traveling press corps and never leaving the airport before flying on to neighboring Oman only two hours later.

But his visit to Sanaa to meet President Ali Abdullah Salih was an important endorsement for the Yemeni leader, who weeks ago asked President Bush to have Cheney include the country in his tour. Cheney is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Yemen since the previous President Bush did in 1987.

“This is an important stop in my swing through the region. I had an opportunity to solicit the views of President Salih,” Cheney said after the meeting. “We have increasingly developed in more recent months very close bilateral relations between the United States and Yemen.”

The Pentagon has been completing plans to send several hundred special forces soldiers to assist Yemen’s military in fighting armed groups linked to alQaida, according to administration officials. High-level American delegations, including FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of

U.S. Central Command, have already visited in a bid to improve intelligence, law enforcement and military cooperation.

An adviser to Salih said the United States would soon send three teams of 20 to 30 military trainers for a duration of a month each.

A top priority of Cheney’s 12-country trip is to seek help ensuring that al-Qaida members are unable to find sanctuary and regroup once they are ousted from Afghanistan.

Yemen has long been a haven for Islamic militants, in part because its rough terrain and weak government make it difficult for security forces to maintain order.

U.S. officials have also praised Salih’s government for stepping up its cooperation in investigating the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden. Nineteen American sailors were killed in the attack, blamed on al-Qaida militants.

“Yemeni cooperation over recent months on the Cole has been quite positive,” a senior administration official said.

During the meeting, Cheney and Salih discussed American concerns about Iraq’s pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and the continuing violence between Israelis and Palestinians, according to officials from both sides.

Yemen opposes any American military operations against Iraq. Salih was also outspoken Thursday in his criticism of Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s offensive against Palestinian cities and refugee camps.

The issue of U.S. economic assistance for this impoverished Arab country also arose during the talks, an administration official said.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Diamonds and coal A diamond to “owning” your vagina. Although we hear it’s cheaper to rent.

Coal to fire, the tempestuous bitch-queen of all the elements.

We ask you this: would earth, for example, so cavalierly destroy someone’s home? Maybe, if it was really evil earth.

Coal to BCA for scheduling Thursday’s spring weekend concert at Lupo’s. The cool thing about Spring Weekend is that it happens … on the Brown campus.

A diamond to ?uestlove, Black Thought and the rest of the legendary Roots crew. Proceed — and continue — to rock the mic.

A diamond to President Simmons’ calm and nonjudgmental e-mail dealing with the incidents of last Friday. Waiting for all the facts should be common sense, but it still bears repeating from time to time.

A cubic zirconium to the external review of the SAO. While it did highlight the obvious need for a legitimate student center at Brown, closing the Underground is no solution. Besides, anywhere that serves 80 cent beer is a kind of “center of student life” in itself.

A cubic zirconium to CIS for creating and then fixing its own strange little problems, which we are sure we would never ever be able to understand in all their technical intricacies.

We hate computers.

A diamond to Tupac’s “I Get Around.” At least somebody does.

A cubic zirconium to “product,” as in “hair product,” which would include your sundry waxes, gels and fixatives. Too little and you’re flyaway, too much and you’re ready to do the luge with no sled. Sometimes we think we’re just going to do the Yul Brynner and to hell with it all.

A diamond to the first time.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD EDITORIAL Beth Farnstrom, Editor-in-Chief Seth Kerschner, Editor-in-Chief David Rivello, Editor-in-Chief Will Hurwitz, Executive Editor Sheryl Shapiro, Executive Editor Brian Baskin, News Editor Kavita Mishra, News Editor Andy Golodny, Campus News Editor Bethany Rallis, Campus News Editor Elena Lesley, Arts & Culture Editor Juan Nunez, Asst. Arts & Culture Editor Jonathan Noble, Campus Watch Editor Chris Byrnes, Metro Editor Victoria Harris, Opinions Editor Sanders Kleinfeld, Opinions Editor Shana Jalbert, Listings Editor Maria DiMento, Listings Editor Marion Billings, Design Editor Stephen Lazar, Design Editor Stephanie Harris, Copy Desk Chief Jonathan Skolnick, Copy Desk Chief Josh Apte, Photography Editor Makini Chisolm-Straker,Asst.Photography Editor Allie Silverman, Asst.Photography Editor Grace Farris, Graphics Editor Nathan Pollard, Graphics Editor Brett Cohen, Systems Manager

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ANDREW SHEETS

LETTERS CAIC deserves praise, not inaccurate coverage To the Editor: I was disappointed by the fact that The Herald published such a poorly researched, factually incorrect article regarding the Chinese American Intercollegiate Conference hosted last weekend at Brown (“Chinese American Conference Opens with a Call for Student Activism,” 3/11).

The conference, organized by chairs Vince Chong ’03 and Stephanie Wang ’02, was a incredibly well organized, enlightening event that brought together some truly top-class speakers and people.

I was continually amazed by the passionate, committed Asian Americans I met throughout the course of the conference, and would like to applaud Vince, Stephanie, and the rest of the CAIC committee, for all their hard work. I hope The Herald agrees that the inaccurate reporting of facts such as location and key speakers is unacceptable, and that in the future more effort will be made to credit remarkable people who work hard to make a difference.

Melissa Koh ’02 Mar. 14

Friday’s arrests must impact Brown Police armament debate To the Editor: Talk about naiveté. I won’t guess the race of Dan Avstreih ’02, the author of the ridiculous letter to the editor “Students react naively to Friday’s Main Green arrests,” (3/13). But I would guess that Avstreih has never been the target of racism or known anyone who has been, overtly or covertly.

Because if so, he’d be a little more understanding of the demoralizing nature of this practice.

The point of the situation is not that David Williams ’05 and Michael Smith ’05 were not cooperating with Brown Police officers. In fact, by the letter of the law, Smith and Williams were wrong.

However, that doesn’t make the police or their sub-

sequent actions necessarily right and Smith and Williams wrong. There are bad laws and practices that are universally accepted, and without outrage they will never be corrected. The question to be asked is why these students were suspected in the first place. The fact of the matter is that the majority of students at Hope High School are Latino and Cape Verdean. And neither Smith nor Williams are of those ethnicities. Additionally, Smith was wearing a Brown headband at the time of the incident.

Also, numerous students walked up to the police officer and said Smith and Williams were Brown students, but the Brown Police either found this information unimportant or unbelievable. Also, according to The Herald, one of the police officers reportedly said, "Yo Mama!" to the students during the altercation. That doesn’t seem very professional Of course, Smith and Williams verbally abused the officer. Imagine if you were suspected of something that you were innocent of on a public stage as if you were common criminal. As a black male, my parents had to teach me things as a child that no child should be expected to know. I knew about police procedures, and about repercussions of not following them, by middle school. To this day, my mother is hesitant to let me drive on the New Jersey Turnpike because of the racial profiling the Turnpike is notorious for. I was under the impression that I could leave my mistrust of police in New Jersey, but obviously I’m wrong.

If anything, this situation should affect the University’s discussion of arming the Brown Police.

What if the officer in this situation had been armed?

He threatened to pepper spray an already handcuffed Williams. I am not too enthusiastic about the prospects of arming Brown Police. Do I have to walk around with my Brown ID plastered to my forehead to avoid being suspected of not belonging here? As ridiculous as this sounds to some students, that is the sentiment of some students of color on the campus.

It comes down to this: police are supposed to be there for our protection. Now, I’m not saying that all police are evil or that they don’t serve a purpose on this campus; in fact, they provide a very valuable service. However, the Brown police are not making the best impression on students of color on this campus. If anything, they are making me think twice about walking across this campus at a certain time — day or night.

Joel Payne ’05 Mar. 13

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002 · PAGE 11

The luck of the Americans Passivity in the face of terror is a dangerous gamble THIS WEEKEND, YOU’LL HEAR A LOT when to fold ’em, know when to walk about the luck of the Irish. In fact, I’m away, know when to run.” Put simply, if willing to bet that beer-soaked festivi- we do not take action against potential ties this St. Patrick’s Day will result in a threats, we are, again, relying on a lucky lot of luck for Irish people this weekend. roll of the dice to keep us protected.

Sure, we had a good streak going. But But despite their potential sexual foras President Bush and few tunes, the Irish simply don’t others recognize, it’s time to compare to the Americans. stop gambling with our Despite everything that has future. It’s time to stop trusthappened to this country in ing that this mysterious the past six months, we con“luck of the Americans” is tinue to enjoy a string of luck going to protect us from that is virtually unpreceSaddam Hussein. It may be dented in history. the case that only bombs For a while during the 90s, and sacrifice can accomwe gambled on the fact that plish this. luck, rather than sacrifice, JOSHUA SKOLNICK Today in Iraq, we have a would keep the peace. On UNDECIDED vicious murderer of thouSept. 11, we lost big. But we sands of his own people rulstill refused to leave the ing the country. Hussein’s table. We continued to rely on luck, rather than targeted military regime has been in contact with terroraction, to ensure our safety. By fearing ists in the past. And he is fast building a the necessary expansion of the war on program that will produce weapons of terror, we forgot what Kenny Rogers so mass destruction. But who cares? We’re wisely told us in “The Gambler”: “You America — nothing so terrible as Sept. gotta know when to hold ’em, know 11 can happen again. The fact that we’ve never had a nuclear device exploded in a major city of ours isn’t simply luck — Joshua Skolnick ’04 is not Irish, but he we’re above the cruel dice rolling that does use Irish Spring soap, and his Jewish has ruled the fate of every previous civigrandmother thinks Irish people are lization. We’ve had so many good hands, “really tough.”

that we’ve forgotten that we’re gambling. Our fortune has become almost matter of who we are; it’s inherent in our citizenship.

I guarantee that if we do indeed use physical force to dismantle Iraq’s nuclear arsenal there will be an immediate and unthinking outcry against this action by the majority of students at Brown. Why is this? Because much of the left-wing politics in this country assumes that we need not take proactive action against terrorism. We need not worry if a cruel dictator whose stated enemy is the United States gains access to nuclear weapons.

They fail to realize that without action, it’s luck, and nothing more, that protects us. And as we all realized six months ago, that luck can run out all too easily.

I do not necessarily advocate immediate military action against Iraq. The politics surrounding the issue are complex, and the inherent dangers of such actions are great. But while the country falls back into its reassuring sleep in the coming months, we continue to dance dangerously on the thin line of luck.

We will never completely take away the threat of terrorism. In the end, life comes down to chances. But what we

can do is put the odds in our favor.

Sure, the horse with the gimpy leg and the crazy look in his eyes might win, but would you put your week’s check on him? Throughout the late 20th century, we couldn’t lose. We kept rolling the dice, and kept sneaking past Park Place and Broadway, landing in the safe, warm bosom of “Go.” When Sept.

11 came along, we should have been smart enough to get out of the betting game and actually start to earn our money. Instead, I fear we are beginning to scoff at this momentary lapse. The fact that we’ve avoided a further major terrorist incidence in the subsequent months only emboldened our gambler’s heart.

We’ve failed to notice that in the corner there’s a husky, mustachioed pit boss with a penchant for biological warfare. Saddam Hussein is watching us gamble, knowing that eventually, we’re going to start pulling some bad hands.

We can either take our money off the table and stop relying on luck to pay the rent, or keep going this way. In the end, the house always wins. The luck of the Americans will not continue. Every few generations, we are forced to earn our fortune. Let us not instinctively fear the prospect of working for a living.

Accurately representing the events of the past The record of last Friday’s arrests should not be molded to serve individual agendas IT IS FUNNY HOW WORDS YOU HEAR with? I can’t. But reasons or no reasons, in one context can be eerily relevant in a simple labels and invectives will not only completely different one. I was attending make the situation worse, it will show a Professor Gordon Wood’s book signing on woeful lack of understanding of the curSaturday, and one of the members in the rent situation that affects us, and will lead audience asked him a question about all students at Brown toward a divided, segregated campus. where he saw the relevance of Simply put, the amount of the American Revolution conCHARLES crime at this school has grown tinuing into the future. He WILLIAMSON considerably since my freshresponded that the Civil War GUEST COLUMN man year. Whereas I once felt may eclipse the American safe to walk all around the East Revolution as the most important event in our nation’s history because Side at night, I am sorry to say that I no of its relevance to racial issues and its last- longer feel that way. Especially with the ing effects on the Constitution and our occurrence of the first murder in a long national government. However, he time last semester so close to Brown’s warned, while the Civil War furthered campus, security is an increasingly importhose values of freedom and equality that tant focus of this University. Regardless of we all know and cherish, its legacy runs your stance on arming the Brown Police, the risk of being co-opted for modern the prospect of anyone simply arriving on times by people with their own agenda. campus with a gun or knife and being “People don’t necessarily want an accurate effectively able to menace the Brown cops representation of the past; they want a until backup arrives is not a pleasant thought. With this rise in serious crime, useful one.”

Even when taking Wood’s comment out there has also been a rise in vandalism. of context as I am doing now, it is amaz- The comment made in Monday’s Herald, ingly relevant to the events of March 8 “I don’t see why we have to be such an involving the arrest of Michael Smith ’05 exclusive university that we can’t let peoand David Williams ’05 and the current ple onto the Main Green who aren’t a part racial climate on campus. People don’t of Brown (2 Brown students arrested on want an accurate representation of the Main Green Friday afternoon, 3/11),” was events of that Friday afternoon; they want entirely ignorant of the job that Police and a useful one. Is it any wonder that the level Security try to do. They are not out to of meaningful dialogue on our campus is enforce some sort of closed campus, but rather to protect against loiterers and vanso low?

What makes the matter worse is that dals who have irrefutably been high school everyone has good reasons for wanting to aged kids.

That being said, the decision to stop mold those events to fit their purpose.

Who can begin to describe the feelings of people and ask to see identification is racism that Smith and Williams must have highly arbitrary, and is always subject to felt in order to have reacted as violently as some bias. Asking to see a student’s ID they did? I can’t. Who can begin to has the effect of saying, “You are suspidescribe the fear of the Brown Police that cious,” regardless of whether or not the at any moment they will be faced with a person is a Brown student. Age was most situation that they are unequipped to deal likely not the only determining factor in stopping Williams and Smith, nor was the Charles Williamson ’03 is a history and com- route they took into the post office. If an affluent white student had been walking puter science concentrator from Darien, CT. the same route and been the same age, This is his first column for The Herald.

“People don’t want an accurate representation of the events of that Friday afternoon; they want a useful one. Is it any wonder that the level of meaningful dialogue on our campus is so low?” they most definitely would not have been stopped, which gives some level of justification to the indignation felt by the two first-years.

Let’s continue this line of reasoning a little bit further. What if an affluent white student had been stopped to present identification and had then been quoted as saying, “I don’t need to show you shit,” and had followed it up by saying, “I pay money to go here, you can’t fucking do this to me,” and then proceeded, according to conflicting accounts, to engage in a minor scuffle with police? The level of anger on this campus would be incredible. The double standard at this school of what is justifiable action and what is reckless bravado is dumbfounding. Did the police make some errors in judgment in dealing with Smith and Williams? Most likely. Were Smith and Williams justifiably angry at being singled out, and should they have pursued this matter with the administration to make sure that this kind of thing never happens again? Absolutely. Were they justified in hurling an insult-laden tirade at the officers while refusing to cooperate? Most definitely not. It is a sad state of affairs when people do not have the focus to reason these things out, instead twisting words and thoughts to fit their own fancy, and

allowing the root of the problem to remain unsolved.

What needs to be done? The relationship of the Brown Police with the student body and the East Side community needs to be much clearer than it is right now.

More specifically, every student should know what the police are allowed to demand of students, and what rights students have in protecting themselves. Also, the police should publish trends of crime to the student body so that students will understand why police are focusing on a particular area. The police should be treated with more respect by Brown students, but should be held more accountable for their actions. Finally and most importantly, the administration of this school needs to address the fundamental issues regarding race on this campus on a structural level. If students of different races are to build a meaningful dialogue, then they cannot be sequestered into their own individual programs and groups. There must be a University-wide process for encouraging students to meet and know students outside their racial and ethnic background. This is one of the underlying problems, and I think the University currently does an atrocious job of fostering a multicultural network on a social program and residential basis.

If this column can make one point, it is that these types of incidents don’t have to occur in the future. While it is more comforting to adopt the “I’m right and you’re wrong” opinion, no one is free from some level of culpability. More specifically, I hope this reaches you before the doubtless calls to action, demonstrations, paid advertisements, opinion columns and other propaganda try to turn this incident into something it wasn’t and obscure the fundamental problems that face us.

Incidents such as this can help us solve some of these problems, but not if they are so twisted and distorted that we fail to understand why we care about them in the first place.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

SPORTS FRIDAY MARCH 15, 2002 · PAGE 12

Softball starts season with two wins over CCSU

U.S. News ranks Brown's athletic program among nation's top 20

BY KATHY BABCOCK AND SEAN PEDEN

BY JOSHUA TROY

It was cold and wet in New Britain, Conn. when Brown softball team opened its season yesterday with a double-header. The Bears beat Central Connecticut State University in both games 7-1 and 2-0. The Bears have made a lot of changes mainly to the coaching staff since 2001, and this is the start of a new era.

“We feel great about it, but it’s just the first two games of the season and they know that,” said Coach Pam McCreesh. “It’s great to get two wins, but it’s nothing we can rest on. It’s back to work today, and the games are only going to get harder.”

In the first game, Erin Durlesser ’03 pitched for the Bears and got her first win of the season, raking in seven strikeouts along the way.

Durlesser is Brown’s veteran pitcher and was named first team All-Ivy after last season.

“Erin (Durlesser) will be our number one, and we have two freshman who are going to get a lot of playing time as well,” McCreesh said.

“Uchenna Omokaro ’05, who pitched yesterday, pitched a complete game and we’re going to look for a lot of innings out of her.”

After a rocky start, in which the CCSU Blue Devils jumped on top 1-0 thanks to some sloppy defense and probably a little early season nerves, the Bears finally got on the board in the fourth inning. They scored four times in the fourth and never looked back in the 7-1 season opening win.

First baseman Cara Howe ’03 and rookie catcher Candice Toth ’05, who started both games, led the way for Bruno with two runs driven in a piece. Lizzie Buza ’04, who walked on the team this spring, had a triple in her first game.

Bruno’s offense didn’t have as strong a showing in the second game, partly because they didn’t adjust to the second pitcher. In a shorter five inning game, they didn’t have time to get their offense working. However, pitcher Uchenna Omaharo ’05 dominated the Blue Devils batters with her speed – pitching a shutout and finishing the day with four strikeouts. Laura Leonettti ’04 drove a run in and Howe tallied another RBI for the day. Julia Iudicello ’02 hit a triple and a single, on which she scored, batting 5-for-7 in the two games combined.

Brown has a rookie coach this year in Pam McCreesh who was formerly at Utah State for four years and assisted at Rutgers, Utah State and Trenton State. She also hired Providence College graduate Kerri Jacklets, who will work primarily with the outfield. The new coaching staff, which arrived in August, is

When most people hear about “U.S. News and World Report” rankings, they think of the annual, somewhat controversial, issues detailing the best graduate and undergraduate schools in the country. However, this week the magazine released their inaugural ranking of the top NCAA Division I athletic programs, and Brown was recognized with a spot in the issues’ Top 20 Honor Roll. “[The ranking] is a credit to our coaches, staff and students athletes for the fine job they do,” said Brown Athletic Director David Roach. “It shows that you can reach your fullest potential athletically and academically.”

Joining Brown on the Honor Roll were fellow Ivy League schools Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University and Princeton University. As a result, Yale University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania were the only Ivy League schools that were not recognized.

The list also features several schools currently competing in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, including Boston College, Duke University, Stanford University, University of Connecticut, University of Hawaii, University of Illinois, University of Maryland and University of Utah.

The honor roll, which listed schools alphabetically, was determined by how schools performed based on gender equity, win/loss record, the number of intercollegiate varsity sports offered and graduation rate. In addition, schools were excluded from the list if they had faced NCAA sanctions in the past 10

see SOFTBALL, page 8

SCOREBOARD Saturday’s Games

Sunday’s Games

Women’s Lacrosse vs. Maryland.

Stevenson Field, 1 p.m.

Baseball at High Point, 12 p.m.

Men’s Lacrosse at Massachusetts, 1 p.m.

Softball at Drexel, 1 p.m.

Women’s Ice Hocey vs. St. Lawrence. Hanover, NH, 4 p.m.

Equestrian, Teikyo Post.

Skiing, USCSA.

Gymnastics vs. Bridgeport, Pizzatola Center, 1 p.m.

Softball at Villanova, 12 p.m.

Women’s Tennis at Boston College, 12 p.m.

Baseball at High Point, 1 p.m.

Women’s Tennis at Boston college, 2 p.m.

Josh Honeyman / Herald

The Brown Athletic program was recognized in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings with a spot in the issue’s Top 20 Honor Roll.The rankings were determined by gender equity, win/loss record, number of sports offered, and graduation rate. years or were currently on probation.

The only caveat was that graduation rates were not specifically incorporated for Ivy League institutions, since the schools are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships and thus do not have to report graduation rates. Those schools for which graduation rate was a factor had their success measured by their student-athlete graduation over six years and the difference between athletes and the general student body for those students beginning classes in 1994.

As for the other factors, gender equity,

Women’s icers set to take on St. Lawrence in semis

BY MAGGIE HASKINS

The Brown women’s ice hockey team (227-3) goes to the ice this weekend with the ECAC North Championship at stake. Held at Dartmouth’s Thompson arena, the weekend will feature the four semifinal teams of the ECAC, each of which is ranked in the top 10 nationally.

Brown enters the game ranked No. 5 in the nation and No. 2 in the ECAC North, but more importantly playing its best hockey of the year. The Bears have lost once in their last 16 games and have played dominant hockey throughout the streak.

“We have hit our stride,” said Head Coach Digit Murphy who has coached Bruno to two ECAC tournament titles, first in the 1997-1998 season, and again just two years ago. “I have great confidence in the kids and we are ready to play.”

Bruno’s opponent, No. 7 St. Lawrence University (No. 3 in ECAC North), will test every bit of Bruno’s confidence and ability.

The two teams split their weekend series in early December with St. Lawrence winning 3-2 in the first game and Bruno winning 4-2 in the second. Yet, so much has changed for the Bears since that point in the season.

“I think one of the strengths of the program right now is our comfort level with the new system,” Murphy said. “When we split we weren’t in our groove.”

It is just for this reason that Murphy feels no need to augment the Bears game plan.

“I’m a big believer in not changing anything down the stretch,” Murphy said. “I’m

measured in terms data of collected through the Equity in Athletics Disclosure act, was aimed a judging a school’s success in offering opportunities to female athletes. In terms of win/loss record, schools’ performances were complied from their records in both head-to-head sports, i.e. football, and tournament sports, i.e. cross-country.

The issue also ranked schools separately in each of the categories, includsee U.S. NEWS, page 8

Women’s laxers trounce Colgate 16-3 in opener

BY MIRANDA TURNER

Emily Hunt / Herald

Brown women’s hockey will take on St. Lawrence this weekend at Dartmouth’s Thompson arena.The winner will have the right to play for the ECAC championship against the winner of the Harvard vs.

Dartmouth. not about secret plays. We have prepared the same way the whole way through and now it is time to let the cards fall. I just open the door and let them play.”

For the team’s four freshmen, this will be the first time Murphy is opening the door to the ice when playing for the ECAC North crown. With such a big weekend coming up, will the freshman lose some of

The women’s lacrosse team opened its regular season yesterday with a dominant 16-3 win over Colgate University in Springfield, Massachusetts. Brown was led by goalie Niki Caggiano ’02 with 17 saves and midfielder Christine Anneberg ’04, who totaled four goals and two assists.

The Bears started strong and were in control throughout the game. Anneberg scored the first two goals for Brown in a span of just 43 seconds.

“Christine (Anneberg) was great,” said Head Coach Teresa Ingram.

“This is her first year here after transferring, and she really made a big statement early on.”

Colgate got on the board midway through the first half, but Brown answered with five straight goals after which the game was never in question. Scoring during this stretch were Anneberg again, Jocelyn Moore ’03 twice, Katie Russell ’04 and Laurel Pierpoint ’04.

Bekah Rottenberg ’03 answered Colgate’s second goal with a score of her own a mere 12 seconds later.

Sarah Passano ’05 scored twice in the first half, the first goals of her collegiate career. Katie Zabel ’04 see W. LAX, page 8

see W. HOCKEY, page 8