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Latino History Month began with a convocation in Salomon 101 Tuesday night.This month’s theme is “Nuestra Identidad: Reaffirming Our Place in the Americas.”

Latino history month kicks off, calling all to arms against racism BY JULIA ZUCKERMAN

Latino History Month kicked off last night with a series of speeches urging Latinos of all backgrounds to join concerned people of other ethnicities in combating racism. Carmen Espinal ’04 and Tatiana Pulido ’05, co-programmers of Latino History Month, introduced the month’s theme: “Nuestra Identidad: Reaffirming Our Place in the Americas.” “Often, when people refer to the Americas, they mean the United States,” Pulido said. Latinos have long been overlooked, but “we are here and have always been here,” she said. The convocation, held in Salomon 101, featured keynote speaker Elizabeth “Betina” Martinez, a Chicana writer and activist. Born in segregated Washington, D.C., Martinez said she first became aware of racism at the age of five, when she and her dark-skinned father were told to move to the back of a city bus. Martinez warned that early exposure to a biased culture can lead to a harmful internalization of racism that blocks the realization of identity. As a child, she said she wished for blond hair and blue eyes but didn’t question the reasons behind her dissatisfaction with her true appearance. “We are buying into the culture of white supremacy when we do that,” she said. Although Latinos have different cultures, they are “united by (a) common memory” and by their obligation to expose the whitewashed “false history” of European imperialism in Latin America, she said. Beginning with Columbus “discovering” the Americas, the role of Latinos is unacceptably absent from mainstream accounts of history, Martinez said. Latinos need to assert their identity by “remembering that our history is what made us,” she said. Martinez described her experience in anti-racism and anti-war activism, which began in childhood when she heard her father’s stories of Mexican revolutionary movements. “I was already a little anti-imperialist by the age of eight,” she said.

During World War II, Martinez saved every day’s newspaper because, she said, “I knew there was something terribly important going on.” That war was a defining force in her life, she said. Martinez said she was inspired by the struggle against fascism but horrified by America’s dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. In essence, she said, the victims of the American government’s actions had been killed in her name, she said. Her horror at the violence committed on behalf of Americans first led her to her anti-war views, she said. In 1970, Martinez traveled to North Vietnam and saw the destruction American bombing had caused there. “That was done by my country,” she said. “In my name? No, thank you.” Martinez was active in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s, when young activists demonstrated “unforgettable” courage and commitment to justice, she said. Her travels in revolutionary Cuba and her experience with African American and Chicano activists in America made her realize the need for fundamental changes in society, she said. It also made her aware of the challenge in devising a strategy for achieving the goal of a better society. “We have to have a vision of what we want, not just what we want to get rid of,” she said. Martinez said the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks made her see clearly “the connection between racism and war.” The war on terror is “an imperialist war,” she said, and she called the killing of Afghans on the victims’ behalf an “opportunistic use of their memory.” Latinos understand the imperialist nature of the war on terror because Latin American countries have been the victims of imperialist U.S. policy for centuries, she said. Martinez told the audience to be active in fighting for what they believe in. The biggest problem in America “is

In the largest show of support for financial aid in Brown’s history, the Starr Foundation donated $15 million in support of need-blind admission last week, according to a University press release. The gift is “a significant first step” toward supporting the $5 to $8 million needed each year to fund a need-blind policy, wrote Laura Freid, executive vice president of public affairs and University relations, in an e-mail. But to remain need blind, the University must establish a separate endowment of more than $100 million, she wrote. President Ruth Simmons, who received permission in February from the Corporation to pursue her Proposal for Academic Enrichment and the included need-blind policy, said in a statement to The Herald that the University is “absolutely delighted” with the foundation’s gift. The donation helps make possible the long-awaited initiative, she said. “I have met with thousands of alumni over the last several months, and the importance of making a Brown education accessible to outstanding students regardless of their financial circumstances is often one of the first issues they raise with me,” Simmons said. The Starr Foundation, with assets of over $5 billion, is one of the largest private charitable organizations in the country, according to the organization’s Web site. It was established in 1955 by Cornelius Vander Starr, an insurance executive, and received his estate after his death in 1968. The Starr Foundation has contributed financially to Brown since 1980 when it funded the University’s first C.V. Starr scholarship, said Gladys Thomas, vice president of the Starr Foundation. Thomas would not say whether or not the University solicited the foundation for the gift. The large donation comes as the Starr Foundation is “increasing our grant-making to education and higher education in general,” Thomas said, and the foundation expects a need-blind policy will allow Brown to attract the most see STARR, page 4

Reform needed to level electoral playing field, voting rights expert says BY MATHU SUBRAMANIAN

John Bonifaz ’87, founder and executive director of the National Voting Rights Institute, spoke to students in Petteruti Lounge about his commitment to campaign finance reform Tuesday night. Unlike organizations that tend to focus on eliminating corruption from the fundraising process, NRVI strives to end what Bonifaz called “wealth discrimination.” The electoral process allows only wealthy candidates to run for office, Bonifaz said, adding that undertaking a political campaign, especially at the federal level, is too costly for the average citizen. A campaign for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives might cost more than $500,000, while a campaign for the U.S. Senate often costs $5 million, he said. The vast majority of people who finance campaigns are affluent Caucasian males, a segment of the population Bonifaz said “is not reflective” of America. Consequently, the majority of constituents feel alienated

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I N S I D E W E D N E S D AY, A P R I L 3 , 2 0 0 2 College Board considers changing, adding writing sample to SAT I test page 3

Study shows binge drinking on college campuses remains steady page 3

Employees at Josiah’s suggest recycling is not always executed correctly page 5

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TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Peter Asen ’04 says we must demand living wages in memory of M.L. King’s legacy column,page11

Women’s icers reach NCAA championship game, fall short of victory by a goal page 12

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IN BRIEF Binge drinking on college campuses remains stable nationwide, but doubles at women’s schools A Harvard University report released last week found that levels of binge drinking on American campuses have remained steady during the past eight years. Researchers defined binge drinking as five or more drinks in a row for men and four or greater for women. Over 10,000 students at 119 four-year colleges responded to the survey last year, with 44 percent replying they had engaged in binge drinking within the prior two weeks. Though the total number is consistent with results since 1993, the study also found that 32 percent of students at all-woman’s colleges reported binge drinking, up from 24 percent eight years ago. The percent of those at women’s colleges who abstained from drinking fell from 26 percent in 1993 to 21 percent last year, the New York Times reported. Critics argue the Harvard study sensationalizes the issue by reducing a large body of students to a single category without describing the effects of drinking on those surveyed, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. “This is an important marker that has been used in a variety of ways by the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the surgeon general,” Henry Wechsler, director of the study at Harvard’s School of Public Health, told the Chronicle of Higher Education. “This is a legitimate amount, and I think we need to pay attention to it,” he said. — Jonathan Noble

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College Board considers changing SAT I BY JONATHAN NOBLE

The College Board announced last week it will consider revising the SAT I to emphasize writing and problem solving skills. The new changes would apply to high school classes of 2006, if implemented. The proposed changes include the addition of a written essay and more advanced math topics such as trigonometry and second-year algebra, in an attempt to de-emphasize traditional, aptitude-oriented questions, the New York Times reported. The board will also consider eliminating or reducing the analogy portion of the exam. The College Board has not enacted any changes yet, but it hopes to vote on final proposals in June, the Times reported. College Board officials did not return calls for this story. Gasper Caperton, President of the College Board, told the New York Times the changes don’t represent a complete about-face for the standardized test — officials had considered adding a writing portion to the SAT I when they last revised the exam in 1993. “You can only change so much if you want to have longitudinal data, comparing results over the years, which is very important,” Caperton said. “We’re not creating a whole new test, we’re making some improvements. I would be very surprised if more than half the test changed.” In February, faculty at the University of California approved plans to develop an alternative college entrance exam for California high school students. UC president Richard Atkinson called for the school to stop using the SAT I last year. Caperton told the New York Times that the timing of the SAT I proposals is due in part to UC’s decision. Though some small colleges — including Bates, Mount Holyoke and Bowdoin — stopped requiring students to submit SAT I scores, the UC system is the College Board’s

largest single client, with nearly 180,000 students. The College Board is currently working with the publishers of the ACT, a college entrance exam, to create a new test for the UC system. “We’re looking to help (the University of California),” College Board spokesperson Chiara Colletti told The Herald in February. “We don’t believe that developing a special test will help them ... (though) we’re very well equipped to develop any sort of test.” Some Brown students said they welcomed the inclusion of an essay question on the SAT I. “It would help to have a writing sample because people who are really creative ... they get left behind,” said Meredith Sadin ’03. “The test is really cold.” Heather Velez ’05 is in favor of changes to the math section. “The math questions — they’re so elementary,” she said. “I was in AP Calculus, and I couldn’t remember simple functions.” “I think in general, standardized tests are not an accurate way to develop a student’s mind and their soul in college,” said Jess Fisher ’03. “It would be great if we were improving the standards in the classroom,” she added. Though Brown students may not have to worry anymore about the SAT I, those applying to graduate schools will soon face similar writing samples, according to the GRE Web site. Beginning in October, the GRE will include two essays to test applicants’ abilities to analyze and support arguments. Herald staff writer Jonathan Noble ’04 edits the campus watch section. He can be reached at jnoble@browndailyherald.com.

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Starr continued from page 1 qualified applicants. The organization supports many different areas such as public policy, science and cultural endeavors, but education is its main priority, according to its Web site. In addition to the scholarships provided over the past 20 years, the foundation provided funding for the plaza in the Watson Institute and an auditorium in MacMillian Hall, Freid wrote. But this large donation to financial aid is the first of its kind by the Starr Foundation, Thomas said. Maurice Greenberg, chairman of the Starr Foundation, is the father of two Brown graduates, and Simmons met with him in December “to discuss her vision for Brown,” Freid wrote. “He was very impressed with the University’s commitment to support the best and brightest students without regard to financial need and wanted to help the president reach her goal,” Freid wrote. That goal is now closer, said Michael Bartini, director of financial aid, because Simmons’ initiatives, which include need-blind admission, require the support of alumni and friends of the University, and this gift is “a great beginning.” Bartini said, “when you start out with such enthusiasm from one foundation, the anticipation is that over time it will move into other arenas.” This donation is not the begin-

Identidad continued from page 1 our own inaction,” she said, calling on Latinos to “speak out against the racist war and our own oppression.” “Break down the walls of silence and be revolutionary,” she said. Martinez was preceded by First-year Speaker Jose Lora ’05 and Alumnae Speaker Rev. Wendy Calderon-Payne ’89. The three speakers stressed the importance of Latinos’ allying with African Americans and other minority communities to achieve common goals. Martinez said growing up in a segregated city first led her to identify with the African American community. The alliance among minority groups is important in the context of the current war, she said. Citing attacks on Arab Americans following the Sept. 11 attacks, she urged Latinos to unite with other groups to “support anyone who’s under attack.” Lora said his experience growing up in Harlem created a bond between Latinos and African Americans, who are both harassed by police and wrongfully categorized as criminals, he said. In high school, he was a founding member of the Brotherhood, an organization to support young African American and Latino men. Both Lora and Martinez said Latinos often don’t recognize their historical relationship to Africans. Mexicans often ignore the African presence in Mexico, which equaled the European presence in numbers, Martinez said.

ning of a capital campaign, said Richard Spies, executive vice president for planning. At this point, he said, University officials have not yet decided when the campaign will start. But, he said, the goals behind the Starr Foundation gift are the ideas that “are going to drive the campaign.” Spies called the foundation’s donation “a leadership gift,” because the University is continuing implementation of Simmons’ plan “in anticipation that people would step up in this way.” Donations in support of needblind admission are not common, Bartini said, because most schools pursued that policy after a “great expansion in financial aid” after the 1960s. Spies said foundations do make gifts to universities that “(push) them forward,” though they are not often in the financial aid arena. But, he said, the University “had already committed (itself) to going forward.” The gift “enables us to do that,” he said, “but it wasn’t a factor in the initial decision” to pursue need blind admission. Simmons said the Starr Foundation has been “unusually generous to Brown. “I am confident,” she said, “that the Starr gift will be the first of many to ensure that Brown’s financial aid program is robust in the years ahead.” Representatives from the Development Office were unavailable for comment. Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

Lora, who is Dominican, said his parents did not understand his identifying with elements of African American culture. “We need to embrace this (bond) so that we can show the entire world our colorful and diverse selves,” he said. Calderon-Payne stressed the need for unity among minority communities at Brown. That unity, exemplified by the inclusive nature of the Third World Center, was one of the aspects she most loved about Brown while a student here, she said. She expressed concern that students, losing sight of common ground, were becoming too focused on smaller, more specific groups. “Unity does not mean that we agree on everything, but it means we agree on something,” she said. Calderon-Payne, who works with high school students in the South Bronx, said she was saddened when many of her classmates seemed to abandon their concern for issues of racism after graduating. Even though racist incidents galvanized the campus during her senior year, few students went on to help minorities and urban communities in their careers, she said. “Don’t forget your history — don’t forget what you have learned,’ she said. Espinal said in planning Latino History Month and the convocation, she and Pulido tried to bring a more political focus to the theme. Previous Latino History Month events focused primarily on culture, to the exclusion of the underlying political issues, she said. Herald Staff writer Julia Zuckerman ’05 can be reached at jzuckerman@browndailyherald.com.

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ACUP considers barriers to increased aid BY VINAY GANTI

The Advisory Committee on University Planning discussed undergraduate financial aid reforms at their Monday afternoon meeting. The committee heard presentations on economic barriers to undergraduate research projects, international student aid and loan requirement reductions for future classes. Need-blind admission does not apply to foreign students, said Director of Admission Michael Goldberger. Foreign students are included in international student aid, Goldberger said, and they receive aid from funds that are separate from those that support aid to domestic students. Goldberger said that the University needs to raise $2 million annually in order to be need-blind for the current number of foreign students at Brown. He said need-blind admission for international students is not an immediate goal. John Eng-Wong, director of foreign students, faculty and staff services, said the University should consider creating an emergency fund for foreign students who experience massive financial crises that prevent them from continuing to study at Brown. He said restrictions placed on who can receive certain scholarships because of the

dependency on private donors with specific desires for funds cause problems for the financial aid office. Seven percent of the Brown population is international students. This is lower than the Ivy League average of 7.8 percent, Goldberger said. Out of 486 foreign students, Goldberger said, 101 receive financial aid at Brown. He said the total amount of funds for international students is $2.5 million, and the average amount of aid per foreign student is $24, 709. Goldberger said Canadian students have always been grouped with domestic students with respect to financial aid, even though their aid comes from the funds allocated for international student aid. Reviewing loan requirements is one topic that the University has set as a high priority, said Director of Financial Aid Michael Bartini. Four packaging groups are used to determine the loan requirements of students on financial aid, he said. For a student’s four-year stay at Brown, loans range anywhere from $7,000 to $19,000. Although some of Brown’s peer institutions eliminated loan requirements completely, Bartini said “that wasn’t the best thing for Brown.” see ACUP, page 6

UCS weighs proposals for disciplinary reform BY JONATHAN NOBLE

Undergraduate Council of Students representatives heard proposals to reform the University Disciplinary Committee and discussed upcoming elections at UCS’ Monday night meeting. The council’s discussion centered on the February report of the Committee to Review Non-Academic Discipline, which called for revision of the Student Handbook, creation of student judicial boards and regular procedural review among its recommendations to improve disciplinary procedures. Dean for Campus Life Margaret Jablonski said some of the recommendations made by the Committee to Review Non-Academic Discipline will require a Corporation vote, which will likely take place next February. The administration could enact “eight or 10” of the changes by as early as next fall, she said. She cited revisions to the Tenets of Community Behavior as a change that requires Corporation approval. Jablonski said she is working to implement a student judicial board for next fall and expects the recommendation to allow UCS to appoint representatives on the University Disciplinary Committee to be implemented next semester. Jablonski said she hopes to create teams of student, faculty and staff mediators for a wide range of disciplinary situations. She added that training for these positions will be offered this summer. Carl Takei ’02, a member of the Committee to Review

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Non-Academic Discipline and a Herald columnist, said the committee ruled against holding open hearings or allowing lawyers at hearings. He said the committee’s recommendations call for a regular review of discipline every two years, at which time future committees could re-open discussion of open meetings and lawyers. In other developments, UCS Vice President Tali Wenger ’02 said elections for UCS will take place on April 29-30. The council will hold a mandatory meeting for candidates on April 16 at 8 p.m. in the Blue Room. Representatives also passed an amendment to ensure online listings of student groups on the student activities office Web site are updated each year. UCS President Rodrick Echols ’03 said UCS members are scheduled to meet with members of the Bratton Group LLC on Wednesday. Bratton and his team were contracted last month by the University to study campus safety issues. Echols told The Herald he plans to discuss UCS’ recent resolution on guns and concerns over racial profiling with Bratton Group LLC representatives. “I just hope they take into serious consideration the issues of sensitivity and frequent participation with police officers in the community as vital to an increased sense of safety,” Echols said.

Employees question efficiency, methods of recycling at Josiah’s BY MEREDITH HEMPHILL

Conflicting reports from employees at Josiah’s raise doubts about the efficiency of Brown’s recycling policy. The bags used for recycled materials and regular trash are identical and heaped together at the end of the night, so that it is impossible to tell one from another, said one Jo’s employee. Only a small proportion of the recyclables binned in the course of the night are taken to the storage area at Jo’s to be picked up and sent to recycling banks, he said. The rest are mixed with regular garbage and put in dumpsters behind the snack bar, said the employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. One of the floor managers at Jo’s confirmed this report, saying that, to his knowledge, the glass put in separate bins is never recycled. He also spoke on the condition of anonymity. But Adam Jenkins, the general manager of Jo’s, denied the claim, saying that the food service recycles everything put in its recycling bins. “We recycle glass, cardboard and everything else and put it in blue containers at the back (of Jo’s). The containsee RECYCLING, page 6

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Recycling continued from page 5 ers are picked up regularly, every Monday and Wednesday,” he said. These reports add to the problems identified in Brown’s recycling strategy. A 1996 recycling project report written for the environmental studies department showed that accessibility to recycling bins and banks was a determinative factor in recycling. In dormitories, the findings showed, long distances to trash rooms meant that garbage was often dumped in public areas such as kitchens, which were closer. The same study showed that food service areas were the second most popular recycling centers on campus. Of the 283 students surveyed, over 250 recycled when they were close to recycling bins, specifically, when they were in one of Brown’s food service areas. When students do recycle, they tend to recycle plastic and glass beverage containers, the same items some members of Jo’s management admitted not to recycle, the study found.

Reform continued from page 1 from their politicians, and the democratic process is compromised, he said. “The right to vote is more than simply pulling a lever on Election Day,” said Bonifaz. NRVI uses litigation to challenge the existing fundraising system, Bonifaz said. He and his colleagues are currently working on legal cases in New Mexico and Vermont. Both suits are aimed at preserving existing ceilings on campaign spending, he said. Narrowing the field of candidates who can run for office inevitably lessens the possibility of productive debate, he said. Bonifaz urged students to get involved. “I’m in this issue as someone

ACUP continued from page 5 Next year is the final year of a four-year plan to reduce loans and increase scholarships, Bartini said. “Should we lower loans for the lowest income bracket or for all students?” Bartini asked the committee about how to proceed after the conclusion of the four-year plan. He said the University should discuss the appropriate debt level for students. Two possibilities include eliminating loans for the lower two brackets or for all brackets. This can cost anywhere from $150,000 to $10 million, he said. The University should examine whether the proportion of students who participate in research projects and honors programs and are also on financial aid is significantly lower than the proportion of students who do not need financial aid, said Bill Patterson, chair of the Committee on Admission and Financial Aid and professor of engineering. “We haven’t really come to any

A former Jo’s employee and Johnson and Wales student, who wished to be identified only as Brianna, said students, and not Jo’s management, are to blame for the recycling inefficiency. She said students often deposit recyclables in the garbage instead of the recycling bins, and added that Jo’s does recycle anything left in the recycling bins. The 1996 report indicated that 22 percent of recyclable materials in University snack bars were deposited in the trash, while 78 percent were placed in recycling bins. The report urged that “correct labeling of mixed container bins in the snacks bars and on campus must be consistent and continued” if recycling is to be improved. Jo’s managers also indicated that University policies are not well known by employees at Jo’s, including whether or not containers should be recycled. Brianna said the recent installment of cameras that face cashiers revealed that Jo’s does not trust its employees. The cameras indicate that the management’s attitude towards employees is not informative or helpful, she said.

who cares about a whole lot of other issues,” Bonifaz said, naming health care, environmental protection and poverty as some of his foremost concerns. Bonifaz said the only way to see these issues resolved is to compel candidates to address the concerns of their constituents. The only way to do that is to allow members of the constituency themselves to run for office, he said. Bonifaz said he first conceived of NRVI in a paper he wrote during his third year at Harvard Law School. The organization is headquartered in Boston and works with a number of organizations, including the NAACP, SNCC and various public policy institutes. The Undergraduate Council of Students, College Democrats, College Republicans, Green Party and Young Communist League co-sponsored the event.

conclusions,” he said. “But if this was the case then it would clearly be our highest priority.” Using the Registrar’s financial aid records for the classes of 2000 and 2001, CAFA conducted a study and found a significant difference between students on financial aid who pursue research projects and students who are not on aid and pursue projects, Patterson said. CAFA wants to conduct more advanced surveys, he said. Patterson said some solutions could be an expansion of the expense fund for theses, conversion of work-study into scholarship support and increased funds for the new faculty so that they can provide more opportunities. The committee also introduced its first staff representative, Assistant Controller Gail Goodness. Although Goodness sits on the committee, she cannot vote. Herald staff writer Vinay Ganti ’05 covers the Advisory Committee on University Planning. He can be reached at vganti@browndailyherald.com.

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Softball struggles once again on Spring Break trip BY SEAN PEDEN

The annual spring break trip south for the softball team was another nightmare. The Bears went 0-for-7 in the area around the nation’s capital last week, extending their losing streak to nine games in the early season. For the second year in a row, Brown comes back from spring break without a win. In the past two seasons, the softball team has now gone 0-19 during the week off from school. While the teams down south tend to be a lot stronger and more talented, no one wants to see last season’s poor trends return to haunt Bruno again this year. “We seemed to get out of tough situations well,” said Head Coach Pam McCreesh, referring to the numerous bases-loaded situations the Bears escaped. “But then we also had plenty of lapses in other situations that cost us games.” If the softball team is looking to get back on the right track this year, it will have to take a big step up in the upcoming weeks. Now that Brown has its early season warm-ups out of the way, the squad will settle down to plenty of home games under improving spring weather against its ever-crucial Ivy League opponents. If the Bears are looking to take a step in the right direction, they will have to improve on their conference performance from last year by knocking off some the perennial league powerhouses. No one doubts that this team has the potential, evident in the loads of young talent and returning first team Ivy Leaguer Erin Durlesser ’03. The break started and ended in a rainy way, as both games scheduled for the weekend of the March 23 were rained out, and the final day of the George Mason Spring Clash tournament was cancelled due to rain last Sunday. But in between, Brown fit in seven tough losses. On Wednesday, Bruno started its trip with a doubleheader loss to University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Despite staking early leads in both games, UMBC pulled out a pair of wins, 7-3 and 4-2. Cara Howe ’03 had four hits in the two losing efforts. Game one remained tight until the final two innings, when the Retrievers scored six times in a come from behind effort for the win. On Friday the Bears dropped another pair, this time to the University of Maryland-College Park. The Terrapins’ pitching proved to be too strong, giving up three runs in a close 5-3 outing in game one, which was followed up with a 4-0 shutout. Brown then would finish off the road trip by participating in the George Mason Spring Clash in Fairfax, VA. A Saturday tripleheader did not turn out any better, as they dropped all three games, having to face the same tough Maryland squad once more, along with Siena College and host George Mason University. The Bears opened the day with a tight 3-2 loss to George Mason. After see SOFTBALL, page 8

Men’s tennis goes 2-3 against nation’s elite BY JESSE WARREN

The 2001-2002 season for the Brown men’s tennis team has been nothing but record setting. With a win last Saturday over No. 22 Tulane University, the squad set another mark by defeating the highest ranked team in school history. The men’s tennis team played four other matches over the break, topping No. 75 University of Virginia (UVA), while losing tight matches to No. 39 Virginia Tech, No. 19 Wake Forrest University and an even closer match to No. 40 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC). Brown opened its break on the road against UNC. The team came out strong, winning the doubles point with victories from the two teams Chris Drake ’03 and Justin Natale ’03 and Jamie Cerretani ’04 and Nick Goldberg ’05. Cerretani came down with a singles victory in three sets while Adil Shamasdin ’05 crushed UNC’s Andy Metzler 6-0, 6-0. However, the two singles victories were not enough to propel Brown to a win. Goldberg lost a hard-fought three-set battle, while Natale, at second singles, lost in another tight match. “Going into the UNC match, we thought we could and should get a win,” said head coach Jon Choboy. “We were in control early on with a doubles point win, but we did not pull it off.” The team then headed to Wake Forrest, a team that has only lost once in its last 15 matches. Getting off to an unlucky start, Brown barely lost the doubles point as the second doubles team of Natale and Drake lost 9-8 (3) in a tiebreaker. A win would have given the Bears a 1-0 overall lead heading into singles. Co-Captain Nick Malone ’02 opened up the singles play at the number one spot with a match against No. 46 David Loewenthal. Malone took the first set 6-3, but dropped the next two 3-6, 1-6. Natale had the game in his hands, easily winning

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Over spring break the men’s tennis team tallied impressive victories over No. 22 Tulane and No. 75 University of Virginia the first set 6-2, but could not seal the victory as he lost the second and closest set of the day in a tiebreaker, 6-7 (7). Natale also lost a tight third set 4-6. At third singles, Cerretani lost another thriller. After a 3-6 first set loss, he roared back with a 6-4 second set, but could not hold on in the third, losing 3-6. Brown went on to lose the overall match 0-7. “The overall score of the match is very deceiving,” Choboy said. “The doubles point went down to a tiebreaker and for a period of time, we were winning one, two, three singles with a close match being played at number four.” In usual fashion, Brown quickly responded, defeating UVA by a score of 5-2 two days later. The Bears got off to a good

start dominating second and third doubles, putting the first point on the scoreboard. Natale, playing number one singles for the first time this season, defeated Michael Duquette in three sets. UVA responded with wins in the second and third singles positions, but Drake, Shamasdin, and Goldberg, playing fourth through sixth singles respectively, won their matches. Goldberg played particularly well, dominating his opponent 6-1, 6-1. On Saturday, the Bears took on the Tulane Green Wave. Brown lost the doubles point and went into singles play in the unenviable position of being down 0-1 on the road to the 22nd best team in the nation. However, the Bears rebounded and played quality tennis as they have done so many times before. Natale, again at first singles, defeated No. 59 Victor Romero in a three set battle, while fourth through sixth singles, for the second time in a row, all won their matches. Drake dropped his first set 16, but fought back and won his next two 61, 6-2. Shamasdin defeated his opponent, while Goldberg again dominated his match 6-0, 6-1. “Everyone played tough tennis,” Malone said. “Even losing the doubles point, we were able to win four matches in singles.” Trying to steal another win from a top ranked opponent, Brown took on Virginia Tech on Sunday. The Bears eventually lost the match 1-6, but any of the singles matches could have gone either way. Natale, playing first singles for the third time in row, took No. 78 Saber Kadiri to three sets. Natale won a close second set 75 but dropped the third 3-6. Malone and Cerretani took their opponents into a close third set, but lost them 5-7, 4-6 respectively in two thrillers. At sixth singles, Goldberg came down with another victory putting the only points on the board for Brown. see TENNIS, page 8

Women’s track excels at Point Loma, Raleigh, UF BY MELISSA PERLMAN

California, Florida and North Carolina played host to the Brown women’s track and field team during spring break. The combination of warm weather and stellar competition brought out the best in many of the Bears. The sprinting squad competed at the Point Loma Invitational in San Diego, California. The women trained, competed and most importantly, bonded, as a sprint squad, according to Basia Dabrowski ’04. “Despite the weather not being what we expected, we worked with what we had,” Dabrowski said. “We pushed each other on the track and got to know each other off of the track.” Brown took home multiple first place finishes in both individual and relay races. The 4x100-meter relay team of Jaylon White ’05, Ayanna Andrew ’02, Alexis Hall ’05 and Julia Stevenson ’04 won with a 48.96. Andrew also ran a leg of the winning 4x400 team, which included Melissa Tremblay ’04, Keely Tharp ’03, and Laura Hughes ’02. Tremblay won the 400-meter race in a 58.77, while Tharp won the 400-hurdles in a 62.16. Fara Kitton ’05 also turned in a first place with her 100-hurdles victory in a time of 15.28. The jumpers, throwers, and two middle-middle distance runners were meanwhile basking in the perfect Florida weather at the Florida Relays, which were held at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Over the four-day meet, Brown tallied three top 10 finishes and seven top 20 places against some of the best competi-

tion in the country. Lauren Contursi ’03 led the Bears with a fourth place finish in the pole vault, while vaulting 12-00.00 feet. Julie Penner ’04 followed Contursi with an 11-00.75 vault of her own and finished 13th. Katie Rowinski ’04 jumped 5-6.00 feet in the high jump to earn an impressive fifth place. Ashley Wall ’05, competing in her first outdoor meet as a collegiate athlete, finished 13th in the high jump by soaring over the 5-2.50 foot bar. Fellow classmate, Jill Lynch ’05, led the throwing squad with a 20th place finish and 40-08.25 foot throw in the shot put. Mary Hale ’02 and Angie Morey ’02 represented the Brown distance squad in the 800-meter and 1500-meter races, respectively. Competing against many of the best college half-milers in the nation as well as professionals, including Jearl Miles-Clark, Hale ran a 2:11.88 to finish eighth out of 34 competitors. Morey raced to a 4:35.45 in the 1500-meter event and finished 11th out of 39 athletes. The rest of the distance squad competed at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina, the other premiere national meet of the weekend. Competing against perennial powerhouse schools in such a large and intense meet created an atmosphere perfect for running well, according to Caci Cambruzzi ’04. “It opens their eyes to what is out there,” said Coach Rick Wemple. Jenna Richardson ’02, a veteran of the North Carolina squad, finished 26th out of 111 athletes in a competitive 5000-meter race. Her time of 17:34.27 was four seconds better than her prior personal record,

but Richardson knows she can run much faster. She also ran a 4:47.04 1500-meter race, which earned her 36th place out of 127 athletes. Katherine Kosub ’04 put on her sprinting spikes and raced to a 58.84 in the 400meters. She was third in her heat, but finished 53rd overall in the large field. She later joined teammates Cambruzzi, Bridget Gagne ’05, and Kate Cushing ’04 in the 4x800-meter relay. The women finished eighth out of 25 schools with a time of 9:11.05. Cushing anchored both the 4x800meter and 4x1500-meter relays. Her times were fast for this early in the season, but even more impressively, according to Wemple, is that she ran competitively. The 4x1500-meter relay included Cushing, Cambruzzi, Gagne, and Meredith Crocker ’05. All four women ran blistering legs to combine for an overall time of 19:07.81. They finished eighth out of 20 schools. Crocker ran the 3000-meter Steeplechase for the first time in her career and finished in an impressive 15th place with a time of 11:32.80, which is a school record in the new event. The team is together for a week of training in Providence before traveling to Boston on April 6. The Brown women are looking forward to showing the Ivy League how hard they have been working over the past few weeks by destroying the Harvard and Dartmouth teams this weekend. Sports staff writer Melissa Perlman ’04 covers women’s track. She can be reached at mperlman@browndailyherald.com.

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Salt continued from page 12 out about Juan Dixon was that he led the Terps to a 15-1 record in the ACC. Now everyone knows his name and his story. A thing that most people don’t know is that when Maryland was playing at Virginia on January 31, UVA fans started chanting “crack-head parents” at Dixon. Dixon then led Maryland on an amazing comeback to beat the Cavaliers 91-87 and set in motion the downfall of the then fifth ranked team in the country. UVA fans aren’t the only fans who have recently displayed a lack of judgment and a lack of class. What is it about fans today that

M. Tennis continued from page 7 “We had a long and intense week of tennis,” Malone said. “Not only did we compete in more matches than most teams normally do, but the teams we played

W. Icers continued from page 12 with 8:44 left in the second period. Minnesota did not skate away quietly and dominated much of the third period outshooting the Bears 17-5. Were it not for the stand-out performance of Dreyer, who blocked all 17 shots, the Bears would not have come within one goal of the national championship. Entering the championship game Bruno once again was an underdog. Though they had tied the University of MinnesotaDuluth in December 2-2, the Bears, unlike their opponents, had no Olympians or first team All-Americans. What Bruno did have the heart and fire necessary to capture the national crown. Once again for the Bears, the game was marked by the all-out passionate play of Zamora. Zamora got Bruno on the board at the 11:26 mark in the first as

Softball continued from page 7 the Patriots went up 3-0 in the fifth inning, Brown battled back in the final two innings but fell a run short. Down 3-1, Lizzie Buza ’04 singled to load the bases in the seventh. An illegal pitch call caused Melissa Brown ’04 to come in with the second run to make it 3-2. Then Laura Leonetti ’04 stepped up with a shot down the third base line that the third

they feel that they have to break things in order to celebrate? Since when did setting fire to buildings and tipping over cars get added to the usual going out for beers after a great game? On Saturday and Monday nights, Maryland students rioted in College Park following Terrapin victories. They had a bonfire, which shockingly got out of hand. They tipped over cars and beat up a few people. Sounds like tons of fun. They also were dispersed with tear gas. Nothing better than celebrating a victory by not being able to see. Good times. In fact on Monday night, one Maryland state trooper was even beaten up with a wood board resulting in the loss of two teeth. This same fiasco is repeated all too often in modern sports. It’s

great to have passion about your team, but when that passion gets out of hand, then you’re no longer a fan, but just a thug. So while Maryland showed a lot of class on the floor on Saturday and Monday nights, the students showed little to no class. Regardless, Maryland still gets the trophy and the recognition. Once again a one seed won the tournament, but that belies the amount of upsets that occurred throughout. So now, I think I may just go celebrate the Maryland victory myself the old fashioned way. So if you find your car turned over tomorrow morning, I didn’t do it.

are a lot tougher than what we will be playing from now on.” Still, with matches against Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania this upcoming weekend, Malone and Choboy are keeping a careful eye on every Ivy League match-up. “Every team we will play, we have to expect that they will give

us their best game,” Choboy said. “Our non-conference schedule has put us in tough situations all season long, but we must win every Ivy League match we play.”

she slipped behind UMD skaters and beat goalie Patricia Sautter to give Brown the 1-0 lead. However, this lead would not stand for long as the Bulldogs raced down the ice and after recovering a lose puck, they scored a goal of their own. The second period witnessed much of the same back and forth aggressive hockey of the first with both teams seeing numerous chances on goal. Midway through the period, the Bulldogs Laurie Alexander found Erika Hoist in a four-on-four situation and drilled home the go-ahead goal. Brown answered right back, as the freshman duo of Nugent and Link teamed up once more with Zamora to tie up the game. Up until the fateful bounce, the third period was all Brown but they were unable to put away the Bulldogs, leaving the door open for a UMD opportunity. With 4:56 left, that opportunity came in the form of a referee’s skate and gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead. The goal proved to be the game winner.

“In the third period we were on fire,” said Brown Coach Digit Murphy. “We had the opportunity to win. You can’t let a dangerous team like Duluth hang around. They’re big, they’re strong, they’re Olympians and they’re seasoned, so they’ve been there.” Though the Bears came up short, not enough can be said about the effort of the team or their leader Zamora. Zamora, along with classmate Meredith Ostrander ’02, was named to the All-Tournament team. She will finish her career ninth on Brown’s all-time scoring list. Zamora was also named Ivy Co-Player of the Year, as well as First Team AllECAC. “I just wish we could have gone out with a championship ring for her senior year,” Murphy said. “But we’ll have a lot of great memories.”

baseman struggled to glove. Leonetti was barely beaten to first to dramatically end the game in favor of the host Patriots. Things got much worse, as Siena pounded Brown 11-3 in their second game. Brown then rounded up the week facing the Terrapins again. The hits did not come any easier, as they were shutout for the second time in three games, 8-0. The softball team now has a doubleheader at Holy Cross this Thursday before kicking off its Ivy League schedule with

Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend at home. From here on out Brown will have a pair of conference doubleheaders each weekend. “These game experiences alone will help going into Ivies,” McCreesh said. “We got a lot of good hitting this week. But we just didn’t seem to get the timely hits.”

Jeff Saltman ’04 hails from just outside Washington D.C. and is a history and economics concentrator.

Assistant sports editor Jesse Warren ’04 covers men’s tennis. He can be reached at jwarren@browndailyherald.com.

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

Sports staff writer Sean Peden ’04 covers softball and can be reached at speden@browndailyherald.com.

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WORLD & NATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002 · PAGE 9

IN BRIEF Brooking Institute study finds black men, women face very different job hunts WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — A dwindling proportion of young, less educated black men are employed today compared with 20 years ago. At the same time, employment among similarly educated black women has soared and job rates among comparable whites and Latinos have not changed, according to a major study released by the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. Paul Offner and Harry Holzer, of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, found that employment and labor force participation rates of young black men with no more than a high school diploma currently lag 10 to 25 percentage points behind similarly educated white and Hispanic men. Holzer and Offner examined government data collected between 1979 and 2000 from black, white and Hispanic men and women ages 16 to 24 who were out of school and had a high school education or less. Barely half — 52 percent — of the black men were employed in 2000, compared with 62 percent two decades earlier, they found. Employment levels of young white and Hispanic men have held steady over the past two decades, with nearly eight in 10 working. At the same time, the employment rate for young, similarly educated black women has increased from 37 percent to 52 percent. Demographic and labor market trends do not explain the employment drop among young black men. Perhaps fear of crime is rising among potential employers, these researchers suggest. Or maybe increased enforcement of child support orders is acting as a disincentive to finding a job or reporting earnings. The focus of welfare reform in the 1990s has been on black women, Offner said. That must change.“Men have been going into the tank at the same time women are doing much better. We’re in danger of losing track of the other side of the equation — the male side.”

New York priest to face extradition to Massachusetts in sex case BOSTON (L.A. Times) — The scandal over clerical sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church took on new momentum here Tuesday as an ordained priest was arraigned Tuesday in New York, charged with raping a boy in Massachusetts more than two decades ago. After his arrest Monday on a fugitive warrant, the Rev. Romano Ferraro of New York City became the first priest to face extradition to Massachusetts since the January trial here of defrocked priest John J. Geoghan unleashed worldwide controversy over pedophilia in the Catholic Church. The furor prompted public apologies from officials as high as Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, the highest-ranking prelate in the United States. Church officials also have engaged in unprecedented collaboration with local authorities, handing over the names of hundreds of clergy members suspected of abuse. Ferraro, 67, is being held without bail in New York. Massachusetts officials were uncertain Tuesday when he would be brought here. The district attorney’s office here said Ferraro is accused of raping and sexually assaulting a boy while visiting in Billerica, north of Boston, between 1973 and 1980, when the victim was between 7 and 13 years old. A former Navy chaplain who also worked as a priest in New Jersey, Ferraro has served at five parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn. He was suspended of all duties about 12 years ago after a separate allegation of sexual misconduct in Queens, diocese spokesman Frank DeRosa said. DeRosa said Ferraro received counseling after the 1988 incident. He was uncertain what function within the church Ferraro had been playing since then. Emily LaGrassa, a spokeswoman for Middlesex County District Attorney Martha Coakley, said the victim — now 35 years old — reported the alleged abuse by Ferraro to the district attorney’s child-abuse unit last fall, before the Geoghan case unfolded. In Massachusetts, the statute of limitations for alleged abuse normally is 10 years from the time of the alleged assault or 10 years since the alleged victim turned 16. Prosecutors said the Ferraro case is exempt from such constrictions because Ferraro left the state.

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An Israeli tank points its cannon at the burnt out headquarters of Yasser Arafat’s security chief Colonel Jibril Rajoub in Ramallah.

Israel blasts Palestinian security complex, approves mass surrender RAMALLAH,West Bank (L.A. Times) — Laying waste to one of the last remaining symbols of Palestinian autonomy, Israel bombarded the West Bank’s central security headquarters Tuesday and then — through direct U.S. mediation — agreed to a mass surrender by the enemy. U.S. diplomats, in marathon negotiations, secured a break in the Israeli army’s destruction of the sprawling Preventive Security Service complex commanded by Col. Jibril Rajoub after a relentless, eight-hour air and ground assault left it a shambles. An estimated 250 men and women, exhausted and shaken, emerged from the ruins Tuesday afternoon. The women were freed, but the men were taken off in buses to a nearby military base for questioning, according to people involved. Unlike in some other surrenders during Israel’s massive military campaign across the West Bank, no one was reported killed. The 5-day-old offensive reached one of Christianity’s holiest shrines Tuesday as Israeli soldiers rolled into Bethlehem in tanks and surrounded Manger Square, meeting daylong resistance and prompting some Palestinian gunmen to take sanctuary in the adjacent Church of the Nativity on the site revered as Jesus’ birthplace. At least 13 Palestinians were reported killed Tuesday across the West Bank. Seven died in Bethlehem in the day’s heaviest fighting. There and in Ramallah, Kalkilya and Tulkarm, Israelis have since Friday detained about 700 Palestinian men suspected of being terrorists. Early Wednesday, Israeli tanks occupied a fifth Palestinian city, Jenin. A Palestinian man blew himself up Tuesday evening when security forces stopped him at a checkpoint in the West Bank village of Baqa al Sharqiya — the seventh suicide bombing in as many days. Israeli leaders say their offensive, Operation Protective Wall, is targeting a Palestinian terrorist infrastructure they blame for the recent wave of suicide blasts, which has killed more than 40 Israelis. The last week of combat has been the heaviest since the start of an armed Palestinian uprising in September 2000. Rajoub, the most powerful security chief in the West Bank, has close ties to American officials and the CIA and has stayed largely out of the 18-month-old conflict. He also has been widely seen as a successor to beleaguered Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. With Rajoub’s command under attack, the only prominent symbol of Palestinian legitimacy left is Arafat. Israeli troops have confined him since Friday to his Ramallah compound, now ringed by barbed wire. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to send him into exile. Until Tuesday, U.S. diplomats had not intervened to slow Israel’s escalating assault on the Palestinian territories. They

chose to do so for a favored son, Rajoub. Israel declared that Rajoub was hiding suspected terrorists in his headquarters, an opulent complex built by the CIA in Beitunia, just west of Ramallah. Since Friday, diplomats had been attempting to persuade Israel to refrain from attacking the compound. But Israel insisted that the senior militants had to be removed. The negotiations dragged on. The Palestinians were especially anxious that any surrender be dignified. When Palestinian police have given up in Ramallah, they have been forced to strip and submit to blindfolds or handcuffs. As the negotiations continued late Monday, Israel opted to launch its assault. Helicopter gunships and tanks pounded the headquarters for hours, setting buildings afire and punching holes in their red-tiled roofs. Because of Rajoub’s status, Israeli officials were reported to be divided over how far the attack should reach. “If you destroy the only effective security agency in the West Bank and make sure that you have no partner in the future, then what do you have?” asked one diplomat. Rajoub is seen as a protege of the CIA, favored by Americans and many Israelis. That status does not serve him well at home, however. He is generally reviled among Palestinians, who see him as a traitor. Rajoub, who conveniently was not inside the compound when Tuesday’s assault began, said later that about 30 members of radical Islamic groups were in his prison. But he had to free them when Israel’s army arrived, he said, and they were fighting alongside the other men caught in the security compound. But Israeli radio insisted late Tuesday that dozens of militants remained inside the compound. The Islamic militant Hamas group said seven prisoners — six of its own men and one member of the Islamic Jihad group — had not been heard from. In a harshly worded statement, Hamas said it was holding Rajoub responsible for their safety. A cold rain fell on much of the West Bank on Tuesday, adding gloom to hardships inflicted by the fighting. In Ramallah, Palestinians buried 15 of their dead in a hospital parking lot because their families had been unable to claim the bodies, which were decomposing in a hospital morgue due to power outages. The Israeli offensive also provoked new international opposition Tuesday, especially after fighting reached the Church of the Nativity and other Christian churches in Bethlehem where militants sought refuge. In an appeal to President Bush, leaders of Christian denominations in the region asked him to restrain the Israelis and help “stop this inhuman tragedy immediately.” Spain, in the name of the European Union, demanded that Israel withdraw from Palestinian cities, in line with a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted Saturday, and restore Arafat’s freedom of movement.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Changing the SAT The College Board’s recently announced decision to review the SAT I college entrance exam is an encouraging move that can add much needed depth and perspective to the way universities measure the abilities of their prospective students. The Board’s proposed changes include the addition of a written essay and increased emphasis on advanced math topics, including trigonometry and second-year algebra. The increased importance placed on writing and problem solving skills would de-emphasize more traditional, aptitudeoriented questions. These changes are an excellent opportunity for universities to gain a fuller picture of the students applying for entrance. Though standardized tests of any kind will always be limited in what they can measure about a given individual, the Board’s attempt to move away from the stale status quo and incorporate the measurement of creative ability is an important first step. When the Board votes on these changes in June, we urge them to adopt changes that will allow universities to gain more complete knowledge of interested students. Institutions should take an active role in encouraging the Board to enact changes toward that end. But at the same time, we insist that universities continue to examine the ways in which they evaluate students. With so many applicants from myriad educational and social backgrounds, it remains very important that colleges and universities continue to seek information about students in active ways that go beyond standardized testing. Many universities, including Brown, have arrived at the point where the SAT is far down on the list of criteria used to evaluate applicants. Others, including Mount Holyoke and Bowdoin, have done away with the SAT altogether. Still, the SAT and its standardized testing equivalents remain very important to many schools, including larger state universities and the University of California system. As long as SATs remain an important factor in determining the educational fate of so many college applicants, the College Board and universities must work to make the test as accurate and complete a barometer of student performance as possible.

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LETTERS Simmons: Release, publishing of security report a setback to student empowerment To the Editor: There has been considerable discussion over the last few weeks about a confidential memorandum from Donald Reaves to me about campus safety and the possibility of arming campus police officers. The Brown Daily Herald published stories on this memorandum, ran an editorial calling for a public release of the document and then published segments of the confidential document. A student group has now placed the document in its entirety on its Web site. The discussion and activities around this memorandum provide a useful opportunity to explore whether shared governance at Brown can function effectively in a climate where the ethical handling of documents is treated in such a cavalier fashion. This instance, in which I chose to share a confidential memorandum with student, faculty and staff groups participating in deliberations about campus safety, is similar to many that we can anticipate. My practice has been to share sensitive information, when appropriate and germane to a discussion, with deliberative bodies. In a system of shared governance, deliberative bodies are asked to review confidential information, Yet the handling of this document raises questions about the viability of releasing such documents. I am especially concerned that the unwillingness of some members of our community to respect confidential material has the potential to undermine our practice of shared governance. Shared governance is built on a number of principles, three of which I discuss here: Transparency: In a system of shared governance, the principle of transparency means that processes

and procedures are made explicit and deliberative bodies have the necessary information available to them to make informed judgements. It does not mean that all information is available to members of the community. There are many discussions that would be best informed by data that, by legal or outside consortial agreement, must be limited in distribution. There are other instances when these formal restrictions do not apply, but where the sensitivity of the information limits its dissemination. Representation: Shared governance relies on deliberative bodies to represent the views of broader constituencies. It is a system that recognizes the complexity of decision making by entrusting committees and representative groups with the authority to make informed judgements on behalf of their cohorts. In a representative system, where not every person has a seat at the decision-making table, we entrust to others the duty to review sensitive information and to act on that information taking into account the concerns of the consistencies represented. Trust: Any system of governance that depends on representation and access to confidential materials also relies on trust. There must be trust in the community and in representatives of the community; there must be trust that confidentiality will be honored; and there must be trust that broad input will be sought when appropriate. We are currently reviewing our governance system, so this is an ideal time to determine whether the principles that normally under-grid a shared governance system are working effectively at Brown. Some have questioned whether groups that are typically afforded a role in governance will honor those principles and in good faith carry out the work of governing this University. The improper release and publishing of this confidential memorandum sets back the empowerment of students in the governance process. For that we shall feel a loss. President Ruth J. Simmons March 13

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OPINIONS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002 · PAGE 11

Thursday’s PC rally carries King’s fight to present day An action demanding living wages and dignity for janitors honors King by continuing his work EVERY JANUARY, ON THE MONDAY King’s “increased concern with the poor of closest to his birthday, we celebrate the life all races” at the end of his life (178). While of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the issues of economic inequality affect peogreat heroes of the 20th century. Though ple of all races, they do, and did in King’s his birthday is an important time to honor day, disproportionately affect people of the civil rights leader’s legacy, the anniver- color. King’s life work, especially from the March on Washington sary of King’s death is another onward, recognized the intidate that demands recognimate connections between tion of his life’s work. After all, racism, poverty, and economlike so many prominent fightic inequality. Most know that ers for change, King was killed the 1963 March was when because of who he was, and King made his famous “I Have for what he did. a Dream” speech, but many Thursday, on the 34th may not realize that its theme anniversary of Dr. King’s was “Jobs & Freedom,” recogdeath, students from all over nizing the connection the United States will honor between issues of labor and the great civil rights leader. PETER ASEN BUZZ, BUZZ issues of race. April 4, 2002 is the 3rd annual King believed the right to Student Labor Day of Action, a job that pays a livable wage and will see over 100 actions by students nationwide on issues related and treats a worker with dignity is simply another basic civil right. The Memphis to worker’s rights. Why is a national Student Labor Day of sanitation worker’s struggle of 1968 was a Action a meaningful way to recognize fight for this very right. Sanitation workKing’s work? Dr. King was killed while in ers went on strike after a garbage truck Memphis, TN supporting a group of 1300 malfunctioned and crushed two of their public sanitation workers (most of whom coworkers to death. Aims of the strike were African American men) who were on included safer working conditions, strike. King’s death also interrupted his recognition for the workers’ union and Poor People’s Campaign of 1968, which he higher wages (the workers were paid so had hoped to culminate in Washington little that most of them, though working for the city full-time, still qualified for with a tent city of the nation’s poor. In her “Civil Rights: the 1960’s Freedom welfare). King’s speeches on the strike in Struggle,” Rhoda Blumberg suggests that the Poor People’s Campaign showed Dr. Memphis remain inspirational to students and others who carry on the fights for Meet Peter Asen ’04 at Faunce Arch at 3:30 worker’s rights and economic justice tomorrow for a ride to Providence College. today. King’s thoughts on undervalued,

low-wage labor are as relevant now as they were 34 years ago. “So often,” he noted, “we overlook the work and the significance of those who are not in professional jobs, of those who are not in the so-called big jobs. But let me say to you that whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.” When hundreds of student and community activists from all over Rhode Island rally on Thusday at 4 p.m. for janitors at Providence College, they will carry on King’s message by affirming the dignity and worth of the work these janitors do. The rally, planned as part of the April 4 National Student Labor Day of Action, will support the demands of janitors for a livable wage and affordable health care. Providence College janitors, who have been working without a contract for over three months, make $8.06 an hour. To add insult to injury, the janitors’ health plan has been significantly downgraded since their contract ran out. After paying their weekly health care contribution but before taxes, PC janitors make less than $300 a week, but somehow are expected to afford a co-pay of $250 for a single overnight hospital stay. As anyone who has to support a family in Providence knows, $8.06 an hour (less than $17,000 a year) is not enough to pay the bills and put food on the table in this city, even for a small family. Janitors at Brown, Bryant College, and URI who do similar work to PC cleaners all make over $11 an hour. All that the workers at PC

want is reasonable health benefits and a wage similar to their counterparts — they are requesting a $1 per hour raise each year for the three years of their contract, which means that by the end of three years they would be making $11.06 an hour. UNICCO, the contractor that hires them, is offering the janitors a raise of 25 cents per hour for each year, which would keep the janitors’ hourly wage at below $9.00 through the end of 2005. The PC janitors are also asking that UNICCO rehire nine of their colleagues who were recently fired. The workforce was downsized recently from 50 workers to 41, which means that each remaining worker is expected do almost 25 percent more work in the same amount of time. Imagine waking up tomorrow to find that Brown was forcing you to take a fifth class, but that you had only the same amount of time to get your reading done. In fighting for a living wage and affordable health care for their families, the PC janitors need all the support they can get. Please do your part tomorrow afternoon and honor Dr. King’s legacy by standing in support of these 41 men and women, and their 9 laid off coworkers. As King himself said the night before he died, “We’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point, in Memphis. We’ve got to see it through. And when we have our march, you need to be there. Be concerned about your brother. You may not be on strike. But either we go up together, or we go down together.”

Brown students must arm themselves against crime We cannot depend on BUPS alone to protect us from College Hill crime THIS YEAR’S DRAMATIC UPSURGE in through which wrongdoers can slip, in crime is tearing us apart, when it should spite of how much extra money Brown be bringing us closer together. Given the spends on security or how well-armed intense ongoing debate over arming our police are. We must optimize our perBUPS and racial profiling, I worry that we sonal safety by taking responsibility for are deviating from what should be our the things that we can control. We must arm ourselves. primary concern, protecting While sitting in the station ourselves against the vermin after being attacked, an offithat have no business setting DOUGLAS cer told me that local crimifoot on our campus. Despite KECHIJIAN GUEST COLUMN nals refer to the Brown camour philosophical differences, pus as “the mall” because it is everybody here really wants such an easy target. Every the same thing: to walk the campus safely without fear of assault, member of the Brown community should robbery or personal harm. While an abhor this sentiment. That society’s examination of BUPS is beyond the excrement continues to exploit us so easscope of this column, assuming that our ily is the greatest travesty I’ve seen in my police, if armed, will abuse their authori- nearly four years here. Although these ty through racial profiling is as narrow- lowlifes underestimate us, we should not underestimate them. Brown students, minded and intolerant as racism itself. Although the concerns of many Brown faculty, employees and administrators students are legitimate (regardless of should possess some type of small, contheir racial/ethnic status) and should be cealed weapon at all times (mace, pepper addressed, I can personally attest that spray or whatever else one is comfortable the chief role of BUPS is to protect us and with, and that the law permits). Before dismissing me as somebody enforce the law — not to bust anyone’s has seen too many chops. My perspective on BUPS is unique who because on Feb. 10 at 1:15 a.m., they pre- Schwarzenegger or Stallone movies, vented three gutless thugs from kicking hear me out. Such measures will not my head open like a piñata. For those of only place us in the best possible posiyou who don’t remember, I was The tion to defend ourselves if the situation Herald’s cover boy on Feb. 11 (“Two demands it, they will also deter crime. arrests made in two separate Sunday People commit crimes because they are lazy, lack character, or both. Unlike us, assaults”). In all seriousness, BUPS acted in a they loathe challenges. Like all pathetic rapid, professional manner. I am forever people, they follow the path of least indebted to the officers who came to my resistance. And yes, even people with aid. Nevertheless, the police are not beer muscles who unnecessarily instiomnipresent. There will always be cracks gate fights with others are criminals. If criminals were to encounter resistance in the form of a weapon, I’d venture to Douglas Kechijian ’02 hails from say that they would back down to purManhasset, NY.

sue more vulnerable targets. From what I hear, getting maced is no picnic. Moreover, the basic safety principles would continue to apply: walk in groups, avoid places you suspect to be dangerous, don’t allow your ego to impede prudent behavior and sound judgment, use the shuttle, etc. Clearly, the weapon would only be employed if the situation could not be diffused by less confrontational means. The failure to maximize one’s personal safety using all legal means is analogous to taking an exam without having studied. In the former case, however, one never knows when the exam will come. Trust me, it can happen to you. I don’t want other people here to make the same mistake I did. Nobody should feel sorry for me because I was a victim of crime. I torment myself every day for fitting this label — for underrating my opponent, for not being completely equipped, for letting those guys get the best of me. If I had been prepared for such an incident as I am now, I could have increased the odds in my favor. One should have no moral qualms about utilizing protection when the situation necessitates it. Criminals do not deserve our sympathy. Nobody reading this article should have an ounce of respect for people who assault, harass, and terrorize other human beings. Criminals have no respect for us, nor should we have any for them. We have the right to walk the streets safely. Anybody who violates this right deserves to be punished. For the most part, Brown students are civilized, reasonable people. If the Brown community mirrored society as a whole, we would have little to worry about in the way of crime.

Unfortunately, this is not the case; reality is not pleasant and criminals are not reasonable. People who fail to recognize the evil in the world are as naive as those who believe that the race problem in our country has been resolved. If the police aren’t there to protect us or if they arrive at the scene of a crime too late, we must take matters into our own hands. No group of Brown students should ever witness an assault or violent crime against another Brown student. Yes, by coming to the aid of a fellow student, one places him/herself in harm’s way. Nevertheless, any able group of people that witnesses an act of violence or harassment should seek to serve justice. We have to stand up to these people; we can’t allow bullies to roam our schoolyard. This is our campus, not a “mall” for criminals, especially high school kids who should be in bed sleeping instead of meandering down Thayer Street at two in the morning. Every time I read a crime report from BUPS, it eats me up inside because these things don’t have to happen. I learned from my incident and want everybody else here to as well. As legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said, “People who fail to prepare, prepare to fail.” Let’s not allow ourselves to lose focus or to diverge along racial lines. It is “morally correct” that we come together and look out for one another. Remember, criminals are our enemiesnot BUPS, not students who disagree with you about certain issues. Criminals aren’t influenced by politics but they have no choice but to heed 6000+ Brown students. Only if we are united can we close down “the mall.”

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SPORTS WEDNESDAY APRIL 3, 2002 · PAGE 12

Sloppy game; even sloppier postgame celebrations SO MAYBE THAT WASN’T THE MOST poetic and inspirational 40 minutes of basketball we saw on Monday night. In fact, it was downright ugly. Neither team could hit a shot or seem to hold onto the ball. For example, at halftime, Indiana had m o r e turnovers than field goals. As a huge college basketball fan and an even b i g g e r Maryland fan, it was difficult for even me to watch. In the JEFF SALTMAN end, however, THE SALT’S TAKE the Terps made more shots and held onto the ball better than Indiana did and so essentially, by default, won the National Championship. I’m not saying that Maryland didn’t deserve the championship. They had played two exceptional games against UConn and Kansas. The 30-minute span in the Kansas game was one of the most dominating stretches of basketball this season, this side of Duke. Maryland outscored Kansas in that stretch by over 30 points. Against UConn, they went up against one of the hottest teams and hottest players in the country, Caron Butler, who will no doubt be starring somewhere in a NBA town near you next year. The Terps won both of these games by at least eight and played pretty, poetic basketball; this was very much unlike the way they played against Indiana, who thrives on playing ugly. The Terrapins ended up outlasting and outplaying all of their opponents in this tournament and so deserved the championship. Their play was fueled by senior guard Juan Dixon, a favorite for the title. Everyone knows about Juan’s parents dying of AIDS when he was a teenager, but most people don’t know what he had to overcome to be the Final Four’s MVP. No one thought he could actually play in the ACC and no big program, aside from Maryland, recruited him. He came in as a scrawny 6’3’’ 150 lbs. kid and left Maryland a 6’3’’ 165 lbs. man. Dixon played much of the season without national recognition. Those honors went mainly to Duke’s Jason Williams. The only thing that stood see SALT, page 8

SCOREBOARD Weekend Results Friday: Baseball: BROWN 10 Duke 9; Duke 17, BROWN 16 Softball: Maryland 5, BROWN 3; Maryland 4, BROWN 0 Women’s Tennis: BROWN 5, UAB 2 Women’s Water Polo: UC Davis 5. BROWN 1; UC Irvine 10, BROWN 5

Saturday: Baseball: Duke 7, BROWN 3; Duke 10, BROWN 8 Softball: George Mason 3, BROWN 2; Siena 11, BROWN 3; Maryland 8, BROWN 0 Women’s Crew tops Princeton and Michigan State Men’s Lacrosse: Syracuse 14, BROWN 13, ot Women’s Lacrosse: Dartmouth 7, BROWN 6 Men’s Tennis: BROWN 4, Tulane 3 Women’s Water Polo: Hawaii 6, BROWN 2

Sunday: Men’s Tennis: Virginia Tech 6, BROWN 1

Women’s hockey falls just short of title Tough luck goal gives U. of Minnesota-Duluth 3-2 victory BY MAGGIE HASKINS

Last weekend, a storybook turnaround season came to a heartbreaking end for the Brown women’s ice hockey team (25-8-2) with a 3-2 loss in the national championship to defending champion University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD). While the loss itself was a disappointment for Brown, who captured its third second place finish in five years, the way the winning goal literally fell into a UMD player’s stick proved all the more heart-wrenching. With less than five minutes to play and the score knotted at 2-2, the Bears dominated the final period and appeared to zero in on the team’s first-ever National Championship. Yet a bad bounce changed all of that for the Bears and gave the UMD Bulldogs a shot at the title. In an attempt to clear action from Brown’s goal, the puck accidentally hit a referee’s skate and bounced right in front of University of Minnesota-Duluth’s Tricia Guest, who capitalized on the beneficial rebound. The goal came with just 4:56 left in the game and broke a 2-2 tie. While the Bears battled furiously in the last five minutes to once again tie the score, a last ditch attempt by the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, Kristy Zamora ’02, was not enough, as the Bulldogs captured their second consecutive national title. Entering the championship game, women’s hockey supporters could not have asked for a better match-up. With both teams using the “Torpedo” system, which involves one or two offensive players jumping up on a breakaway whenever possible, the game was destined to exhibit the speed and aggressiveness that any hockey enthusiast loves, and these teams did not

disappoint. The breakaways and odd-man rushes proved exciting not only for the 5,000 plus spectators last weekend in Durham, NH, but for the players themselves. “That was one of the best games I’ve ever played in. It was physical. It was fast. … You can’t ask for anything more,” Zamora said. “Everyone was leaving it all on the ice.” In early January though, one would not have expected Brown to come this close to a national title. The team was experiencing growing pains with its new offensive system, had a 6-6-1 record and had yet to record a victory against a major opponent. Yet, in the last 22 games of the year Bruno turned it all around going 19-2-1, winning the ECAC-North Tournament in a thrilling 3-2 victory over Dartmouth and upsetting No. 1 University of Minnesota 2-1 in the national semifinals. The Bears entered the final stretch for the national title by qualifying for the Frozen Four tournament with the ECAC tourney win, therefore setting the stage for the March 22 semifinal match-up against No. 1 University of Minnesota. The two teams faced one another in early December but much had changed since their last match-up. The teams traded opportunities in the scoreless first period, but Brown broke the tie 1:40 into the second period, when Kerry Nugent ’05 and Jessica Link ’05 teamed up to find captain Zamora, who sent the puck into the back of the Golden Gophers net. The Gophers, though, were not to be subdued; they capitalized on a Brown penalty. Following her own blocked shot, Kelly Stephens sent the puck past goalie Pam

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M. Lax drops OT thriller to no. 1 Syracuse BY JERMAINE MATHESON

In two spring break games, the Brown men’s lacrosse team (2-4) continued to find themselves leading against some of the toughest competition in the nation, but were unable to come away with victories. On Saturday, a packed and raucous Stevenson Field watched the Bears take the number one ranked team in the country, the Syracuse University Orangemen (7-1) to overtime. In the extra period, after a near Brown score that rolled across the goalmouth, a Syracuse score ended Brown’s upset hopes with a 14-13 loss. Saturday’s disappointment followed an 86 loss to No. 3 Loyola University (6-1) the previous weekend. The two losses bring the difference in score in the team’s four losses to a mere five goals. Though little consolation, taking Syracuse to the brink in overtime earned Brown a 20th place ranking in the most recent coaches’ poll. In a season that can only be described as frustrating, the results of the last two games are no indication of the team’s effort and ability. Although disappointed with the games’ outcomes, Head Coach Scott Nelson is proud of the way the team has handled this difficult stretch of the season. “It’s been great seeing the team stick together and continue to work hard. They really are an extraordinary group of young men,” Nelson said. Last Saturday, lacrosse fans were treated to an utterly superb game that never saw either team pull away by more than two goals. The Bears were poised to compete against the team that was runner-up in last year’s national championship game. Many made the long trip from upstate New York to watch a game Syracuse barely survived. Brown took a 7-6 lead to the half and went ahead 8-6 in the third period on a goal by captain Jimmy Mormile ’02.

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The 20th-ranked men’s lacrosse team has lost four games by a total of five goals and must now win the Ivy League title to qualify for the national tournament

Mormile scored four goals in the game, leading the team in scoring. All the top scorers on the team found the back of the net at some point. Chas Gessner ’03 had three goals, while Jon Thompson ’03, Ryan Culligan ‘05 and Mike Albarelli ’02 had two goals each. Goalie Mike Levin ’04 continued to prove that he is one of the best goalies in the country by stopping 18 Syracuse shots. After Saturday, Levin was among the top 10 in Division I in goalie rating. In the waning minutes of the game, it appeared Brown would be able to pull off the upset as they had a one-goal lead late in the fourth quarter. Syracuse scored with only 36 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime. In the end, it was Brown’s inability to win key face-offs that was the difference. Syracuse had a 22-9 face-off advantage resulting in 29 more shots for the Orangemen. A week earlier verses Loyola, Brown would remain scoreless for most of the second half, turning a 6-6 tie into an 8-6 loss. AllAmerican Gessner had three goals with Mormile adding two and a goal by Mike Hughes ’03. Levin, as usual was solid in net with 14 saves. In a low scoring game by lacrosse standards, the Brown offense was not quite in sync as no one on the team registered an assist. At this stage of the season, the Bears begin a grueling Ivy-League schedule. Currently five teams in the Ivy League are ranked in the top 20. If the Bears have any plans of a postseason birth it will have to win the league outright, something Coach Nelson believes is definitely within the grasp of this team. The Bears get their first test Wednesday night in New Haven against the No. 13 Yale Bulldogs. Sports staff writer Jermaine Matheson ’03 covers men’s lacrosse. He can be reached at jmatheson@browndailyherald.com.