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One year after

BY ANNA STUBBLEFIELD

Tolerance, faith and understanding resounded across Brown’s campus Wednesday.

President Ruth Simmons’ speech outside Manning Chapel urged students to defy indifference. Delta Tau fraternity members gathered to remember their fallen brothers. And the Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, ONE YEAR AFTER SIXTH IN A SERIES University chaplain, encouraged students to huddle together and reflect during a few minutes of silence at an evening candlelight vigil.

“No matter how difficult it may become, let us never give in to complacency. Let us love one another,” Simmons said to the gathering on the quiet Green.

After short readings collected from the Talmud, the Koran and the Bible, Simmons asked each member of the burgeoning crowd to turn and greet someone they had not met before.

“That act is probably the most important thing you can do to prevent heinous acts of violence,” Simmons said.

Simmons congratulated Brown students, as well as many Americans, for striving to learn about unfamiliar cultures and religions in the wake of Sept.

11, 2001.

“We have the option to judge the difference between the people we were on that day and the people we are now,” Simmons said. “Marking the anniversary of Sept. 11 allows us to measure our own growths as human beings.

“We are now asking questions that we should’ve been asking all along about other cultures. We are now looking deeply at whether we are on the right course in how we educate our children about other cultures, without allowing bigotry and prejudice to gain a foothold.”

Americans feel less free now than they did in the years before 2001, Simmons said, and we must balance our safety with our regard for fundamental liberties. We must always maintain vigilance, she said.

About 300 students huddled together at a 10 p.m. candlelight vigil on the Main Green. As students struggled to keep their candles kindled, Cooper Nelson reminded the community that it too was windy last year at the candlelight vigil held days after Sept. 11, 2001.

She soothingly urged students to stand close together and to make a new friend.

Students said they attended the vigil to feel part of the Brown community.

“I climbed up the stairs onto the terrace of Faunce, and I looked out and people were extended pretty far passed the statue, and there were clumps of people huddled around candles. It was a really Photos by Ellen Bak and Seth Kerschner / Herald cool image,” said Anne Lewis ’05.

Students gathered on the Main Green Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil, above “I was looking for community, for a and below right, in memory of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Earlier Tuesday, President Ruth Simmons spoke at the dedication of a Sept. 11 Memorial at the see SEPT. 11, page 6 State House in downtown Providence.

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U. looks to move DPS officers off dorm beat President Ruth Simmons and others contend that the campus would be better served with officers on the street — not in dorms

BY AKSHAY KRISHNAN

The debate over whether Brown security officers should patrol dorms has become increasingly lively as administrators plan a broad restructuring of the Department of Public Safety.

The New York-based Bratton Group LLC, which the University commissioned to evaluate policing at Brown last semester, recommended removing security officers from dorms altogether, President Ruth Simmons told The Herald.

Simmons said she “was surprised to learn that public safety officers were patrolling student residences.”

She described the policy of having security officers patrol the dorms as “a local custom here at Brown.

“The notion that their time might be redeployed to cope with issues of crime on the campus is altogether logical,” Simmons said. “I rather welcome the idea that officers’ time will be used for this purpose.”

Having officers in the dorms is extremely complex issue, said DPS Captain Emil Fioravanti.

“I feel that it is more accurate to say see SECURITY, page 4

Foral ’99 strikes deal with feds over anthrax

BY BRIAN BASKIN

Only two men in the state of Conneticut were charged under the Patriot Act of 2001. One was a Brown graduate working on a masters degree at the University of Conneticut.

It started with a broken freezer late last summer. A UConn professor asked Tom Foral ’99 to clean out some samples, including vials containing 30-year-old tissue samples from a cow that died of anthrax. Thinking the samples might be valuable for future research, Foral placed them in another freezer and forgot about them for the next three months. see FORAL, page 6

I N S I D E T H U R S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 0 2 At U. of Maryland, controversy over assigned summer reading page 3

Yale hospital workers arrested for distributing unionization pamphlets page 3

Changes in Daily Jolt forum posting policies have reduced traffic so far this year page 5

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Nadiem Makarim ’06 says Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we communicate column,page 11

Women’s soccer prepares to head to Cape Cod for weekend tournament sports,page 12

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Across Ivies, union push spreads

BY EMIR SENTURK

Yale Hospital workers arrested for distributing unionization leaflets Four Yale-New Haven Hospital workers were arrested last week for distributing leaflets in support of unionization on hospital property, the latest incident in the conflict between Yale University and its workers’ unions.

The employees, charged with second-degree trespassing, are all members of Local 34, Yale’s technical and clerical workers union. The relationship between Yale and it’s workers has been tenuous in recent years.

Locals 34 and 35 have both been negotiating with the university for the last eight months and have deliberated unsuccessfully to reach settlements on wages and benefits.

The two unions are also working with the New Haven Service Employees International Union District 1199 to unionize nearly 1,800 Yale-New Haven Hospital workers.

Calling the arrests violations of the workers’ free speech rights, union leaders blamed Yale President Richard Levin for the recent collapse in what has historically been an adversarial relationship between Yale and its employees’ unions.

“Those workers are not going to have a criminal record for passing out leaflets in their workplace,” Local 34 President Laura Smith told the Yale Daily News after the incident.

Levin said he does not have the power to affect the organizing unionization drive.

Because the Yale president does not control the hospital, Levin said he does not have the power to recognize a union there.

Yale spokeswoman Helaine Klasky told reporters that the university and the hospital are two entities and “the hospital is completely separate from Yale.”

On Sept. 4, union workers voted to authorize their leaders to call strikes and other job-related actions.

Workers told reporters at the Yale Daily News that the vote was a way of staying prepared in the face of worsening relations with the university as a result of the unionization issue.

Still, some union members are hopeful.

Nearly 200 Yale workers, union leaders and area residents packed the university’s main campus as clergy members encouraged them to fast, pray and strive for a renewed relationship with the university Monday night.

The workers and residents called for a more peaceful process and better relations with the city’s service employees union as steps toward improving the long-standing dispute with Yale.

Workers said they have long been troubled by the poor relations between the union and the administration.

Union leaders told the Yale Daily News that they are tentatively planning a demonstration on Sept. 25 and are bracing for a three-day strike in October.

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Echoes of Brown’s extensive debate over graduate student unionization are now raging through other Ivy League campuses this fall as graduate students at Yale, Columbia, Cornell and Harvard universities fight to unionize.

Most recently, 2,200 graduate students at Cornell announced that they will decide whether to unionize by the end of October. Should they choose to unionize, they would do so in opposition to university administrators — much in the same way as graduate students at Brown did last year.

“Unionization will, in my view, inevitably introduce standardization and complicate the relationship between graduate students and their faculty mentors,” Cornell President Hunter Rawlings III told the Cornell Daily Sun on Sept. 4.

The same kind of tension exists at Columbia University, where graduate students’ ability to unionize is being threatened by the university.

Columbia’s Graduate Student Employees United filed with the National Labor Relations Board for union representation in March 2001.

The regional director of the NLRB ruled in February that graduate and undergraduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia are university employees and thus entitled to a union representation election.

Columbia appealed last spring to the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling that graduate teaching and research assistants are employees of the university and have the right to unionize.

In response, Columbia’s GSEU held a one-day strike and picketed in front of Columbia’s gates to get the uni-

versity to drop its appeal. The NLRB is still reviewing the appeal.

The NLRB is currently unable to review any new appeals or cases because two of the organization’s five board members recently resigned. President George Bush has yet to appoint any new members.

Brown and New York University took similar action and appealed to he NLRB after graduate students cast their votes in favor or unionization, but the NLRB overturned these appeals.

Despite the two current vacancies, President Bush’s appointment of two new Republican members following the resignation of two Democratic members last year has many political pundits speculating that the NLRB will rule against unionization.

The only current Democratic member of the board, Wilma Liebman, will resign on Dec. 16.

When NYU appealed to the NLRB in 1998, the university was in appeals for six months before the NLRB’s final ruling.

Similarly, graduate students at Harvard began talking about unionizing in April.

Organizers have yet to obtain the necessary signatures from 30 percent of potential union members before they can file for recognition as a union from the regional office of the NLRB. At Yale University, the Yale Daily News reported “rumblings” about the Graduate Employees and Students Organization, a group trying to organize a graduate student union, mounting a grade strike, as it did in 1996.

Herald staff writer Emir Senturk ’05 can be reached at esenturk@browndailyherald.com.

At Maryland, summer reading causes a stir

BY ADAM STELLA

Except for some grumbling from students, summer reading isn’t usually controversial — until this summer, as the University of Maryland at College Park found out.

Following the uproar and legal wrangling over the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s assignment of “Approaching the Qur’án: The Early Revelations,” Maryland experienced a similar controversy surrounding its distribution of “The Laramie Project,” a play about the 1998 killing of gay college student Matthew Shepard.

Conservative and liberal policy groups weighed in with criticism and praise for the university, as the threat of legal action against the university loomed from at least one conservative group. Some groups continue to actively protest the distribution of the play.

A group of 10 to 15 protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Ky., will descend on the campus Nov. 8 to protest outside performances of the play during its three day run. The WBC also plans to demonstrate at the Maryland-North Carolina State football game on Nov. 9.

The protests aim to present the “Bible-side” of the debate, not to advocate that homosexuals change their sexual orientation, said Shirley Phelps-Roper, attorney for WBC. The church group demands the university show “Fred,”

a documentary about Fred Phelps and his campaign against homosexuality to encourage debate on campus, said Phelps-Roper.

The WBC has earned a national reputation for its vehement demonstrations against homosexuality across the country, including outside Matthew Shepard’s funeral in 1998.

The United States will face dire consequences if it continues to permit homosexuals to engage in same-sex sexual acts, said Phelps-Roper.

“Sept. 11 is a small beginning to what is going to happen,” said Phelps-Roper.

Maryland’s summer reading selection committee did not expect the selection to be contentious, said Phyllis Peres, director of the Terrapin Reading Society. She denied that the book advocates a specific agenda.

“The book is not espousing sexual choice,” said Peres.

“The Laramie Project” was chosen as the first-year book this year by a panel of faculty, staff and students, Peres said. The committee chose the play to foster discussion about hate crimes following some hate-inspired incidents that occurred on campus in the last few years, Peres said.

Black students and groups at Maryland have been the see MARYLAND, page 4

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solid for things to improve.

“I am very optimistic about things this year because with lots of team players and team work, improvement is bound to happen,” said Captain Kristin Nabb ’03, adding, “We faced a lot of injuries last season which made things difficult, but everyone came back in shape and ready to play.”

Starting out slow with a loss to UNH and a tie to Holy Cross this past weekend, the women’s soccer team will travel to the Cape for the ECAC tourney beginning Friday, which includes a double header against both Fairfield and Colgate.

Still, even without an initial win, these Brown girls do not face their first Ivy competitor until Columbia on Sept. 21 at home, which is where the outcome of each game will really begin to count.

Until then, the Brown Women’s Soccer team will use these other games as practice and a means of improvement in coming together in order to take on the Ivy’s when the timing is right.

Maryland continued from page 3 target of racist comments in the last few years. Last year, a student returning from a gay pride rally was verbally and physically assaulted, Peres said.

Adriana Falco, president of Pride Alliance at Maryland, a campus lesbian-gay-bisexualtransgender group, lauded the university for promoting diverse perspectives.

“I’m glad to see the university take a step forward with regard to gay rights,” Falco said.

The Family Policy Network, a Virginia-based conservative organization, was considering a lawsuit against the university for distributing the play, the Baltimore Sun reported on Aug. 28. Joe Glover, president of FPN, denied that his group considered legal action, although he contended that the university was demonstrating pro-homosexual bias by distributing the play.

The FPN unsuccessfully attempted to block distribution of “Approaching the Qur’án: The Early Revelations” at UNC. The FPN argued that UNC’s requirement that first-year students read the book constituted religious indoctrination — an argument a federal appeals court

Security continued from page 1 that at some point we should consider patrols to focus upon safety and leaving the policing of the dorms for drinking etc. to counselors,” he said. “This would leave officers more time to focus upon safety issues.”

Some students said it might be a good idea to have an officer at the entrance to each dorm to make sure no intruders enter.

“I would want to have a security guard sitting at the front entrance to the building to protect it from outside. That’s where the danger is,” said David Beck ’05.

“Officers should be at the entrance, at least at night,” said Tina Salvato ’06. “It would make me feel safer. They could check if a person had ID before he or she enters the dorm, not if they can swipe in, of course.”

At Columbia University, police officers don’t patrol the dorms, but they are posted at the entrance to each dorm. When someone enters the dorm, security officers check for identification and all guests need to sign in, according to the Columbia Spectator.

Brown students who said they prefer to have security officers patrol dorms recalled the tale of a criminal who robbed unlocked rooms in Keeney Quad, and many said security officers could deter criminals.

Simmons said she understood the concerns of students who want security officers to patrol dorms.

“I do understand that there are some who don’t agree with (removing security officers from dorms) and believe that this is not the best direction, and so I know that there is some concern that it not be done too abruptly,”

rejected.

The American Family Association was also considering a legal challenge to Maryland’s use of “The Laramie Project,” the Sun reported on Aug. 23. Stephen Crampton, chief counsel for AFA, said in the article that a suit might be possible.

Crampton could not be reached for comment.

The national controversy over the selection of “The Laramie Project” did not ignite the University of Maryland’s College Park campus in debate, Falco said.

“It’s not really a big controversy,” she said. “On campus it’s not a big deal.”

The university distributed 10,000 copies of the play to firstyears when they moved in. The play will be discussed in many first-year courses and honors seminars, but is not required reading for the entire first-year class.

The university distributed “Blessing the Boats,” “Snow Falling on Cedars” and “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” as part of its first-year book program in past years. None of these books attracted controversy.

Moises Kaufman, author of “The Laramie Project,” will visit Maryland on Nov. 5 and 6 to conduct workshops with theater students and deliver a campus lecture.

she said.

“I still have difficulty understanding that myself, but I assume that there are some reasons why there shouldn’t be a sudden withdrawal. Perhaps it would be rash to do it overnight,” she said.

Col. Paul Verrecchia, chief of Brown Police, said DPS has no specific time frame to decide whether the officers should continue their patrols.

Security officers “can’t just walk into someone’s room if they think they smell pot,” said Hayato Urabe ’05. “If we have plenty of police … we could have some in the dorm. But that isn’t the case.

If the anti-underage drinking and underage smoking lobby wants officers in the dorm, maybe they should think about getting the vendors first.”

Simmons said Brown students should be responsible enough to monitor their own behavior in dorms.

“We argue that our students are mature enough to make independent decisions about a whole host of things, and to have a system in which we watch them in this way seems at odds with our educational philosophy,” she said. “I think it’s appropriate for us to withdraw from this kind of approach.”

David Merino ’05 said having security officers patrol the dorms “amounts to an invasion of civil liberties.”

With the possible arming of Brown Police creating a stir, some students said that if the police were armed, it would be even more important to keep security officers out of the dorms.

Noah Whitman ’04, a transfer student from Cornell University, said that “at Cornell, the police had arms, and they would occasionally get into fights with frats … . An armed officer walking down the hallway would make me nervous.”

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Jolt revises forum policy Mandatory user registration aims to prevent slander while maintaining confidentiality, Jolt coordinators say

BY PHILISSA CRAMER

The 2,500-plus users who visit the Brown Daily Jolt each day might have noticed changes to the online guide to University life in recent weeks.

The Jolt kicked off the new school year with several changes, including a new forum policy that allows only registered users to post on the site’s discussion forums.

Previously, anyone with Internet access could post to the forum, according to Jolt Co-Coordinator Evan Metcalfe ’03.

Metcalfe, who is beginning his fourth year with the Jolt, said Jolt organizers implemented the change to prevent possible abuses of the discussion boards.

“Our main concern was making sure to keep things legal,” said Co-Coordinator Sidra Durst ’03.

While the change in policy was not in response to any specific incident, Metcalfe said the forum faced problems in the past with slanderous comments and SPAMstyle posts, or mass advertising posts without Brownrelated content.

Although the Jolt’s registration policy has changed, Durst said the forum’s content policy remains the same as it was in previous years.

Users can still post anony-

mously after they have registered, and their user information will be retrieved only if the Jolt is subpoenaed or if a post is part of a criminal investigation.

“People are still allowed to be jerks on the forum, but they just have to be ruleabiding jerks,” she said.

In addition, Durst said only a small number of people at the Daily Jolt headquarters in Boston — and no Brown students — have access to user information.

Metcalfe said student reaction to the change has been mixed.

He said some students think the posts are of higher quality, while others are disappointed by the decrease in the number of posts.

“I’d rather be insulted than read boring stuff,” said Danielle Cruz ’03.

Durst said the number of posts is down significantly compared to normal, and there are fewer discussions and more individual posts than in the past.

“I’m just too lazy to post anymore,” said Susan Proctor ’03.

However, Durst said the site usually experiences diminished traffic at the beginning of the school year.

She said Jolt organizers are trying to gauge student sentiment about the change in forum policy and may try to streamline the registration process and publicize the new system’s features.

“If we feel the inactivity (on the forum) is due to a misunderstanding, we want to make sure we get that information out so people take full advantage of the forum the way it is,” Durst said.

In memory of Sept. 11, a wall of hope

BY SARA PERKINS

The Wall of Hope, a Sept. 11, 2001, commemorative monument covered with messages of peace, was unveiled Wednesday night in three downtown Providence locations.

More than 10,000 tiles are on display along Memorial Boulevard near Waterplace Park, the Providence Journal building and the Rhode Island Convention Center. The tiles will remain in their current locations for three years.

A product of months of painting sessions by children and adults across the state, the medium-sized white tiles include images by 200 Rhode Islanders who lost family members in last September’s attacks.

The tiles bear messages and symbols of hope. Butterflies, smiley faces, hearts, American flags and rainbows are mixed with sentimental messages.

One prominently displayed set of four tiles describes the process of recovery: “Anger, Analysis, Activism.” Others declare love for children and lost relatives.

The National Conference for Community and Justice, a national interfaith activist group, created the wall. It was unveiled following a windtossed ceremony in the Fleet Skating Center.

Gov. Lincoln Almond spoke, and an assembled group of faith leaders from Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Muslim and Baha’i communities conducted an interfaith prayer.

Almond quoted President George Bush’s address to Congress extensively, mulling the unprecedented nature of the attacks and referring to the fourth stanza of ‘America the Beautiful’: “Thine alabaster cities gleam/Undimmed by human tears.”

Almond said, “You have only to look at the thousands of

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The Wall of Hope, a Sept. 11, 2001, commemorative monument, was unveiled in three downtown locations Wednesday.

Rhode Islanders who painted tiles for the Wall of Hope to see our spirit.”

Bosung Kim, a senior at Providence’s Classical High School, provided cello accompaniment while siblings, spouses and children of victims of the attacks released doves into the air.

The ceremony’s prevailing theme was gratitude to the local businesses that donated labor, materials and funds to the Wall of Hope project.

The waterfire display was accompanied by a broadcast recording of Handel’s Messiah.

The thousands of people who

came to see the memorial wore red, white and blue ribbons handed out by volunteers.

Most of the wall’s tiles were drawn by children and had hopeful images. Most convey — in the words of organizer Jennifer Robinson, “hope . . . and comforting” — and only a few are reactions to the terrorist attacks themselves.

One child’s tile depicted a mirror image of two planes flying into two skyscrapers, and a few others showed smoky ghost images of the Trade Center towers, most accompanied by a promise to “never forget.”

Pundits urge U.S. to adopt multilateral approach to fighting terror

BY JEFFERSON MOORS

Scholars and authorities from around the world assembled via video teleconference at the Watson Institute for International Studies on Wednesday, demonstrating the power of technology to facilitate global discussion. The participants joined in urging the United States to adapt a more multilateral approach to combating the threat of terrorism.

Pundits from Brown, as well as American University in Cairo and Hebrew University in Israel, discussed the relationship between the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, and the Middle East before a group of about 40 students and other onlookers.

Hot topics included the Bush administration’s advocation of a ‘pre-emptive strike’ against Iraq. Professor Sarah Ross of the American University at Cairo said this strategy was a violation of the non-intervention princi-

ple of international law and could set a dangerous precedent.

Professor Avraham Sela of Hebrew University summed up this fear, asking, “Could it be an attack against Israel tomorrow?

Or against any other suspicious nation in the region?”

Overall, the participants seemed somewhat dismayed by current U.S. policy toward terrorism.

“The problem with your president is that he’s seen too many Western movies where the good guys kill the bad guys, and then you simply turn the TV off,” said Akiva Eldar, a leading columnist for the Israeli newspaper Ha’artez.

Professor Fateh Azzam of the American University at Cairo said, “the U.S. has reacted as a wounded tiger would.”

All participants agreed that a more multilateral approach was necessary. Brown Professor of

Political Science Terrence Hopmann said that citizens of over 60 countries were killed in the attack on the World Trade Center and that it was unfortunate for the issue to be framed as an attack directed only at the United States.

He said that the attack was really on “world civilization as we know it,” and required a more balanced struggle.

Sela echoed this sentiment and said that members of the “amorphous” Al-Qaeda organization come from diverse nations, therefore requiring a cooperative effort by all nations to combat terrorism effectively.

Speakers in Egypt and Israel were connected to the forum via Internet video technology that projected their countenances onto a large video screen, allowing them to be seen and heard by participants at Brown.

“The problem with your president is that he’s seen too many Western movies where the good guys kill the bad guys, and then you simply turn the T.V. off.”

Akiva Eldar Columnist for Ha’artez “We wanted to show how information technology can be put to peaceful uses in bridging cultural, political and geographical distances,” said moderator James Der Derian, a

Watson Institute research professor of international relations.

Despite occasional technical difficulties that slowed discussion, the atmosphere of the forum was warm and spirited.

“It was great to see a dialogue between your own professors and panelists in other countries and interesting that such a broad consensus was reached about a more multilateral approach,” said Mike Rozensher ’05. “Personally, I would like to see something like this between international students.”

The teleconference was part of a two-week multimedia exhibition sponsored by the Watson Institute titled “911 +1: Perplexities of Security.”

The exhibition continues on Friday with a research seminar led by Jenny Adkins of the University of Wales at Aberystwyth.

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Foral continued from page 1 “I thought: (the university) had it for 30 years, there was a reason to keep it for 30 years, so why wasn’t there a reason to keep it for 30 more years?”

The sample, in tissue form and kept at 70 degrees below zero, is completely harmless, Foral said.

But on Nov. 21, Ottilie Lundgren died of inhalation anthrax in Oxford, 70 miles from the campus in Storrs where Foral studies. An anonymous tipster alerted the FBI to the samples Foral had saved, and on Nov. 27, investigators arrived on the UConn campus. The lab where Foral worked was closed for a week while it was checked for contamination and searched by the FBI. “If we didn’t have that scare nobody would be interested at all,” Foral said. “Even with the new legislation they wouldn’t be interested.”

Among his friends, initial confusion as to how Foral could be a terrorist immediately gave way to understanding and sup-

port, said Tad Heuer ’99, who roomed with Foral for three years at Brown and is now studying in London as a Marshall Scholar.

“Everyone who knows (him) and who I’ve spoken to has voiced support for him,” Heuer said.

The FBI was not so easily convinced. Investigators not only wanted to know why he saved the samples, but whether he disobeyed orders in doing so.

After two interviews, Foral hired attorney Hubert Santos, now handling Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s appeal, to represent him. The FBI conducted several more interviews, searched his room and asked to review his bank account and email.

Foral gave them everything they asked, but the questions kept coming.

“At the time I was very nervous, and I wasn’t sure where the investigation was going,” Foral said. “But I decided it would be better to cooperate as much as possible, still hoping at the end of the day they would say it’s a misunderstanding, and they would close the case.”

Often, Foral wouldn’t hear from the FBI for months. But even during quieter times, there were occasional reminders that the government wasn’t through with him yet. Returning from a National Guard training camp in Trinidad, Foral said he was stopped for over an hour by customs in Puerto Rico. His name had appeared in a database in connection to the anthrax investigation.

Despite being charged under a law that aims to “deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world,” along with suspected and actual terrorists, Foral said his opinion of the U.S. legal system remains the same as it was before he was ever asked to tidy up the lab.

“I think a bit more philosophically,” Foral said. “I question the jurisprudence of the case and wonder about the necessity of going forward or prosecuting an overzealous investigation, but it doesn’t make sense to blame the FBI.” Though he was its target for nearly a year, Foral said he understood why the Patriot Act was passed, even if he didn’t agree with how it had been

implemented.

“I think it was kind of a sudden reaction that Congress had to the events and I think they … should have examined the need for it,” Foral said.

Foral was charged in July with possessing a biological agent with no “reasonably justified” purpose.

The government offered a rare pre-trial deferral.

In exchange for community service, Foral could avoid being indicted and have the charge expunged from his record in six months.

Still maintaining his innocence, Foral said he took the deal to avoid the one aspect of the legal system he does find hard to stomach — the grand jury.

“It’s the most un-American thing I’ve seen,” he said. “It’s very strange we have something like that. It’s very easy for the prosecution to get through a grand jury.”

Foral said he did see one positive aspect to the investigation. After the investigation began, UConn updated the security in its labs and invento-

ried its freezers. It also created a new administrative position — environmental manager — whose job will include ensuring the security of biological agents.

Foral said he expects to graduate and be commissioned into the National Guard sometime this year after both graduation and commission were postponed by the investigation. He also began applying to medical schools, though he isn’t sure how the events of the past year will affect his applications.

UConn administrators have yet to discuss whether the university will take disciplinary action of its own against Foral. It remains a possibility, said Karen Grava, director of media communications.

But whatever the lasting effects of the investigation, for Foral, the case is closed.

“I don’t want to waste any emotions on this,” he said.

Sept. 11

Cooper Nelson presided over a short memorial ceremony on Patriot’s Court for the six Brown alumni who died in last year’s terrorist attacks. Four were brothers in the Delta Tau fraternity.

Fraternity members appeared with patriotic ribbons and tended to a tree planted on Patriot’s Court in honor of their fallen brothers.

Charles Kimbs ’80, a Delta Tau alumnus, thanked the current members for their dedication to the memory of the four victims.

Ryan Gill ’03 expressed his gratitude toward the University.

“It means a lot that the University recognizes that our lost brothers were not just victims — they were heroes,” Gill said.

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gathering, for a group of people, to feel something to remember,” she said. “I’m glad that I went. It was brief but open-ended.”

Nicole Fischler ’03 said she attended the vigil to feel solidarity with the Brown community.

“Exhibits and lectures are great, but you are not necessarily connecting with the people around you,” she said. “When you are standing next to someone who is holding a candle, it’s reassuring and it really does give you a sense of that Brown community.

“We were all struggling to keep the candles going. It was a group effort, and it really brings you closer to people,” she said.

Earlier Wednesday evening,

Cropp continued from page 12 can act like idiots and look like circus folk without having to worry about being chastised for being unprofessional. I guess you can label me Dr. Jekyll if you really want to: I once was unable to hold my hockey stick for two days due to an unfortunate thumb injury resulting from a leisure activity better known as Nintendo.

To those who call sports a national pastime and part of history, would it be a bit pretentious to enter sports into the books with our War of Independence, the invention of the airplane and the moon landing? Lest anyone would like to call Americans whining about payrolls that could bring some nations out of debt a proud part of our heritage, I think we may want to reconsider letting the MLB label itself as our national pastime.

Every two years, or about the amount of time an athlete stays on the same team, the Olympics immediately transform sports from whatever they previously were to a fight for the red, white, and blue. In many foreign nations,

Herald staff writer Brian Baskin ’04 can be reached at bbaskin@browndailyherald.com.

Herald staff writer Anna Stubblefield ’03 can be reached at astubblefield@browndailyherald.com.

the national support/pressure often leaves Americans. When a soccer player from a Central American country scored on his own goal, he was murdered the following day. While I can’t say I support the murder of anyone (Well John Rocker would be the first player to go, if I supported murder), I would like to see the fans ride our athletes a little more when they act up. Do you think the Red Army Hockey team of the USSR would have entertained the thought of a strike? Maybe we should send a few baseball players to the gulag for 30 years of hard labor and then inquire as to weather or not they want to strike (Roger Clemens would incidentally become the Russian Rocket).

While I can’t provide a definition of sports that would satisfy Mr. Webster, I can provide a few suggestions and aspirations.

Right now sports are moving more towards a cut throat business with endless mergers and acquisitions. While I would like sports to regress back to the days when winning wasn’t the only thing and when “money ain’t a thang,” I’m not that powerful. You should decide for yourself what you want sports to be and enjoy those aspects.

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WORLD & NATION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 · PAGE 7

IN BRIEF

World joins US in mourning Sept.11 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (L.A. Times) — The world joined the

Critics call Iraq evidence vague WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — As President Bush takes his case against Iraq to the United Nations Thursday, some specialists say the administration’s evidence on Saddam Hussein’s nuclear capabilities is too vague to support preemptive military action.

The administration says Iraq has tried several times to buy aluminum tubes for use in centrifuge equipment to make bomb-grade uranium. While the attempts were thwarted, the specialists note that such materials have other uses.

The Bush administration also has cited commercially available satellite photos showing new construction at sites once associated with Iraq’s nuclear program and other weapons activities.

But the import of those photos, also of interest to U.N. agencies, remains unclear. “You can’t have any conclusion about the purpose of these sites until you get inspectors on the ground,” said Mark Gwozdecky, a spokesman for the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.

David Albright, a former consultant to U.N. nuclear weapons inspectors, said the evidence discussed publicly is ambiguous, at best.“This is not strong evidence if you are trying to make a case for pre-emptive military action,” he said.

The administration also has been trying to make its case in closed briefings for members of Congress, but some have emerged asking for more specifics. The debate spotlights the difficulty in trying to assess what is happening in Iraq based on incomplete evidence and a demonstrated history of deception by Iraqi officials.

In his speech to the U.N., Bush is expected to brand Hussein an outlaw who has repeatedly defied the world body, according to an administration official. However, he is not expected to offer new details on Iraq’s weapons program.

United States on Wednesday in remembering the horror and recognizing the repercussions of Sept. 11.

People in many nations mourned the loss of lives and of an image of the United States that had perhaps been an illusion.

“America for many was the place where dreams get fulfilled, a place where people thought nothing bad can happen,” said Katarzyna Lasocik, 39, a Polish marketing manager who paid her respects at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. “This feeling was crushed.”

But the grief was not unanimous.

The global mood Wednesday was edgy and ambivalent. It reflected a growing distance between the United States and the rest of the world. Even among some U.S. allies, solidarity and sympathy mixed with alarm about what is seen as a disastrous rush toward war with Iraq.

The emotions in Britain, which lost 67 citizens in the World Trade Center, came closest to the outpouring in the United States. Memorials filled churches, offices, fire stations and town squares. Television and radio stations had nonstop coverage of events in New York and London. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Cabinet ministers, Prince Charles and Prince Harry joined about 2,000 people at a service in London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral.

U.S. Ambassador William S. Farish thanked the British government and people, calling them “America’s truest friends.”

The tone was different in lands such as in Saudi Arabia, a nominal U.S. ally that has come under fire since Sept. 11. Fifteen of the hijackers were Saudi nationals, and Saudis are accused of funneling millions of dollars to al-Qaida and other terrorist networks in the guise of charitable contributions. Young men in cafes in downtown Riyadh, the capital, said they understood American anger toward their country—up to a point.

“I don’t blame America for the way it reacted, because

I understand the way America perceived what happened,” said Mishari Saud, 21, But he complained that Americans have “lumped us all into one boat.”

Tension hung over Riyadh and the region. U.S. embassies in neighboring Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates were closed for security reasons.

U.S. military bases were on their highest state of alert.

In a letter to President Bush, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, the de facto ruler of the country, said: “We in Saudi Arabia felt an especially great pain at the realization that a number of young Saudi citizens had been enticed and deluded. ... They allowed themselves to be used as a tool to do great damage to Islam, a religion they espoused, and to all Muslims.”

Other Muslims in the region disagreed. Asked about bin Laden, Naima Mohammed, a Palestinian shopper in East Jerusalem wearing a head covering and traditional embroidered dress, showed off two prominent gold teeth in a smile.

“He’s a good Muslim and a hero,” said Mohammed, 60.

A senior political leader of the radical Islamic Hamas organization in the Gaza Strip said he was happy about the long-term impact of the Sept. 11 attacks.

“Weak nations and oppressed people got the proof that they, too, can stand up against military might,” Abdulaziz Rantisi said. “This will increase Arab revolutionary thinking.”However, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, along with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, sent messages of condolence and support to the American people.

Elsewhere, there was a disconnect between the official line and public opinion. On a day when Russian President Vladimir V. Putin told Bush in a condolence phone call that "there are things we cannot forget, we must not forget," 53 percent of 2,803 respondents to an instant poll by the Echo of Moscow radio station said the United States "deserved" last year’s attacks.

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Solemnity settles over New York NEW YORK (Washington Post) — At dawn the kilted police and fire department bagpippers and drummers came marching across the Brooklyn Bridge towards Manhattan, in the company of a proud and rag-tag collection of 300 New Yorkers come to mourn their dead at Ground Zero.

Hours later, thousands ranging from doo-ragged construction workers to mothers with babies in their arms gathered in silence on the Brooklyn Heights promenade to stare at downtown Manhattan and the immense hole in its skyline. And in Foley Square and in Times Square, many simply came to a stop and remembered those who had died in the crashing towers.

After a year of mourning, New Yorkers Wednesday quietly reasserted a physical claim to their wounded city.

John Dockery, 58, a handsome former defensive back for the New York Jets and a hometowner all the way, stood on the Brooklyn Heights promenade and stared at the soaring horizon.

“There’s no right way to do this; it’s just ripping my heart out,” he said. “You come here to remember, to pray for the dead and for all the rest of us. To live in the moment.”

Bagpipes wailed, ferries sounded their horns as one, and officials read long lists of the dead as New Yorkers commemorated the anniversary of the worst terror attack in the nation’s history. But at Ground Zero, as elsewhere, the crowd had begun to gather hours earlier, well before the sun rose into a pale September sky.

The families and friends of victims came in pressed suits and lavender church dresses, and as the crowd swelled around the eight-story deep, the 16-acre World Trade Center pit, relatives held aloft photos of departed loved ones.

The service featured readings of the Gettysburg address and the Declaration of Independence, and the recitation of the names of 2,801 victims—a task that took nearly two and a half hours to complete.

Former mayor Rudolph

Giuliani commenced the reading of the victims’ names, and as he did the wind whipped and the dust swirled out of the pit behind him like a geyser. By the end, everyone had World Trade Center dust in their eyes and mouths.

His reading was punctuated with the peal of bells to mark the moment the second hijacked plane struck at 9:03 a.m. , the moment the first tower fell at 9:59 a.m. and the moment the second tower fell at 10:29 a.m.

As Giuliani finished, the relatives took over, reciting the names of their dead in accents that ranged from sharp Long Island consonants to the prim and proper precision of the British. After they read the names, the relatives made their way down into the pit.

Deborah Garcia, 39, had never been able to bring herself to visit the the site where her husband David died. He had worked on the 97th floor of Tower One. Wednesday, though, she relented, bringing her two sons to pay their respects.

She carried pairs of red roses and sunflowers, reminders of the flowers her husband often brought home with him.

“It feels,” she said, “like time has stopped.”

Her nine-year old son piped up. “It seems like (it’s been) a day.”

A few hours later, in the early afternoon, a large crowd gathered outside the State Supreme Court building to honor the many court officers who rushed downtown into the towers to save lives, and the three officers who by doing so perished. Black-robed judges read their names, and by the act of doing so reminded those listening that this is a city for whom immigration is a mighty wellspring.

The names of the dead — Thompson, Wallace and Jurgens — and those of the living — Moscella, Negron, Rosenfeld, Boykins, Bousakis and Scagnelli — were a brotherhood that girded the globe. The ceremony complete, a court officer Frank Bova, a massive bolt of a man with a waxed goatee and mustache out of the Roaring ‘90s, strode for-

ward to belt out God Bless America.

There was no escaping the import of this day, from the flags at half mast to the crepe-covered fire stations to the ferries bobbing in the white capped chop of New York Harbor, waiting to sound their horns.

And there were signs, too, of the extraordinary security thrown up after Attorney General John Ashcroft decided to raise the terror alert to Orange, the secondhighest threat level, reflecting a “high risk of terrorist attacks.”

Police snipers stood silouhetted on rooftops, army helicopters cartwheeled overhead, and massive police barriers blocked off key streets and avenues. National Guardsmen and police tromped through the city’s three airports, and the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard monitored the harbors.

But few New Yorkers evinced much jitteriness.

Regina Benford sat on the Brooklyn promenade, a 50ish African American woman who worked for the police department, handling fingerprints.

She’d nearly been hit by the falling towers last Sept. 11, and suffered a heart attack. Now she stops by here several times a week on the way to work, to gaze at her city and meditate on her good fortune.

“I just come her to reflect,” she said. “I can’t worry if the person next to me on the subway has some bio-chemical poison. That’s not why God gave us this life.”

The promenade Wednesday morning was in fact a fine cross section of New York. There was Dockery the former football player and Judy Davis the retired dancer who tends the memorial candles and finds on the promenade an extended family. There was too a finance worker whose company laid him off after Sept.

11; he’s found a new life caring for his child.

All came to stand in silent remembrance. A year ago, this promenade was covered in three inches of World Trade Center dust, like a ghostly September snow.

As the clock moved towards 8:45 a.m., a stirring was heard.

In Florida, election woes return anew MIAMI (Washington Post) — The

nightmare scenario that Florida spent nearly two years and millions of dollars trying to avert unspooled in surreal fashion here Wednesday as stacks of uncounted votes and tales of ballot box screwups left one of the nation’s most closely watched primary races unresolved.

Former Attorney General General Janet Reno trailed Tampa lawyer Bill McBride in the Democratic gubernatorial race, but with thousands of votes uncounted, no one was conceding defeat or declaring victory.

The race is so tight — Reno was only 11,000 votes behind late Wednesday with 99 percent of precincts counted — that it could trigger a recount.

If it doesn’t, Democratic operatives think a court challenge is possible because of the widespread problems with voting machines and polls opening late.

The uncertainty dampens a remarkable come-from-behind surge by McBride, a political

unknown, who seemed on the verge of an major upset.

The quagmire drew inevitable comparisons to the disputed presidential election of 2000 and left top officials here in a state of agonized frustration eight weeks before the general election in November.

Many of the problems with Tuesday’s voting were administrative.

Some voters were told they couldn’t cast ballots because logs listed them as dead.

Some said they were mailed voter identification cards that told them to go to the wrong polling place.

Dozens of polling places opened late because workers did not arrive early enough to warm up voting machines or did not know how to turn on the machines.

In other precincts, polling place workers simply did not report for work, at all, or left early.

Though an executive order to keep polls open two extra hours

was issued, many voters say their polling places were closed at the usual time, 7 p.m.

The worst problems took place in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in South Florida, though mistakes and confusion were reported in more than a dozen of the state’s 67 counties, including six of the seven sued after the 2000 election.

“People don’t trust our ability to run an election,” Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas said Wednesday.

“This must not happen again in November... We may think we know everything that went wrong (Tuesday), but I don’t think we do.”

Penelas called for an independent investigation by the state inspector general’s office and the appointment of a special committeee to probe the mess, perhaps featuring high profile, such as former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, now president of the University of Miami.

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Suspect’s leads sparked terror alert WASHINGTON (Washington Post) —

Omar al-Farouq, the detainee whose information prompted the United States to raise its terrorist threat indicator for the first time, is al-Qaeda’s facilitator for Southeast Asia and reported directly to Abu Zubaida, the terror group’s senior operations coordinator, government sources said Wednesday.

Al-Farouq, who has been in U.S. custody in Afghanistan since June, told interrogators on Monday that al-Qaeda was seeking to launch multiple same-day attacks on U.S. embassies in South Asia, was not committed to any particular date and would act when there is a letdown in security.

“Next week to them is just as good as today,” said one U.S. official, summarizing what alFarouq has told investigators.

Information provided by alFarouq helped prompt the shutdown of 13 U.S. embassies and consulates this week and led the government to elevate the terrorist threat status Tuesday to “Orange,” reflecting a “high” chance of attack on U.S. interests.

“He’s helping knit together a lot of things out there,” said a Jakarta source familiar with the al-Farouq investigation. A security official in the region said, “his information was the final straw that pushed Washington and Jakarta into that increased awareness mode. He was able to provide a lot of detail.”

Al-Farouq, an Arab in his mid30s, is a key al-Qaeda link to Jemaah Islamiah, a regional terror network in Southeast Asia suspected of organizing a foiled

plot earlier this year to blow up the U.S., British and Australian embassies in Singapore, according to U.S. and Indonesian officials. Al-Qaeda leaders put out word in advance, al-Farouq has told investigators, that if they were incommunicado, lower level operatives were free to conduct operations on their own.

Al-Farouq’s disclosures, along with information now being provided by several other detained al-Qaeda operatives, is described as specific and concrete, a welcome advance on the diffuse and often coded “chatter” that intelligence agencies have obtained during months of monitoring computer and telephone communications. His revelations appear to show increasing success by the government in securing vital information about terrorist plots from the hundreds of detainees in U.S. military custody and scores of others who have been arrested or held by other governments, officials said.

Al-Farouq and another detainee in Afghanistan — one with knowledge of al-Qaeda cells in Yemen and other Gulf states — have been supplying the names of al-Qaeda operatives planning attacks on U.S. interests, government sources said. Zubaida, the highest ranking al-Qaeda official in custody, has confirmed al-Farouq’s role in al-Qaeda’s operations and has verified some of the information he has provided, according to one U.S. official.

“People only hear about the tip of the iceberg, but there have been some real success stories lately,” one U.S. intelligence offi-

cial said. “It’s like a line of dominoes: One of them falls, and that tips another one over and so on.”

But authorities also conceded that progress in obtaining information is still slow and fractured, hampered by the small number of high-level al-Qaeda operatives in custody. Zubaida provided snippets of information and tips last spring that led to a flurry of mid-level terror alerts and were instrumental in the apprehension in Chicago of Jose Padilla, who allegedly was scouting targets for a dirty bomb. But many of Zubaida’s other claims have never been confirmed, and, according to some officials, may have represented attempts to fool his captors.

One official said U.S. military and intelligence agencies are improving their ability to detect misleading accounts, in part because the pool of evidence is always expanding. “Many of them are trained in anti-interrogation techniques, but that’s detectable and, over time, it can be overcome,” the official said.

“You just have to try different approaches and continually check every piece of information.”

One U.S. official said, however, that Zubaida has helped establish al-Farouq’s credibility. “Zubaida was coordinating tactics, techniques and procedures,” said the official. “When Farouq says they were going to do X, they run that

by Zubaida, who says `yes, that is what they were told to do.”’

Some of the information concerns building explosive devices or conducting reconnaissance, the official said.

Bush faces different test this September WASHINGTON (Washington Post) —

President Bush’s advisers described Wednesday’s events, in understated terms, as a time of solemn remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

But it was clear as Bush made his way from the Pentagon to Pennsylvania and finally to New York that this Sept. 11 marked another pivot point in his presidency.

The president never explicitly mentioned Iraq Wednesday, but it was inevitably part of the backdrop as he prepared for his speech Thursday to the United Nations.

There he will challenge the world community to confront Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and as he begins to make his public case against the Iraqi leader, he will face a series of questions that will once again test his capacity for leadership.

Administration officials clearly understand the challenge. “The president rallied the nation a year ago, but they were ready to be moved,” one administration official said. “They’re ready to listen to him (about Iraq) and they’re favorably disposed, but the deal hasn’t been closed yet. When he addressed the nation from the Oval Office a year ago, what doubts existed in the minds of shaken Americans had far more to do with an untested president than the necessity to retaliate against the terrorists responsible for the attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead. Bush’s perform-

ance in the wake of the attacks overcame many of those doubts, strengthening his hand for the next phases of the war on terrorism.

But if he enjoys stronger personal support, it was also evident as he spoke to the nation Wednesday from the Pentagon and later from Ellis Island that many Americans and many of America’s allies have questions and some doubts about the president’s newest mission.

They want to know more about the immediacy of the threat from Saddam, about why Bush has chosen this time to force a confrontation that could lead to military action and about the kind of commitment this may entail. Some also question whether the strengths exhibited in the weeks after Sept. 11 will be as effective as he tries to bring along reluctant allies.The answers may begin to come Thursday. Wednesday night, there were only indirect references amid restatements of the president’s and the country’s resolve. “We will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder,” Bush said.

Americans saw a different president Wednesday than the one who a year ago was confronted by the worst terrorist attacks in history. Physically, of course, he was much grayer, but he also projected a confidence that was not on display in those first horrific hours of the crisis.

He began that September day in Florida, and as he flew from

Air Force base to Air Force base for security reasons before finally returning to Washington, his absence was conspicuous.

But he quickly put those questions to rest as he rallied the country and delivered two memorable speeches, one from Washington National Cathedral and the other from the House chamber in the Capitol.

“He deserves a tremendous amount of credit for the way he’s handled the president’s job of communicator-in-chief,” said Larry Berman, director of the University of California’s Washington program and author of several books on presidential decision-making.

Now he must do it all over again and Sen. Evan Bayh, DInd., a hawk on the question of dealing with Iraq, argued that a more difficult job of salesmanship now faces the president.

“A year ago he was responding to a national tragedy,” Bayh said. “There was tremendous natural momentum to do something. Now he’s asking people to anticipate future threats and prevent them. Prevention is always going to be a harder sell than a response.”

Bush is a simplifier by nature, and he demonstrated the value of providing a clarity of purpose a year ago when he outlined the first phase of a war on terrorism. But a Democrat who gives Bush high marks for how he handled things last year said he worried that Iraq presents Bush with a challenge “that doesn’t play to all his strengths.”

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Patrolling smart As Brown students, we are told time and again that we are responsible enough to make our own decisions regarding our academic schedule, course load and social habits. One of the defining aspects of Brown’s New Curriculum is this focus on allowing students to make their own choices. The University holds true to these ideals in the academic sphere.

Ironically though, certain policies regarding campus life limit students’ freedoms to monitor their own behaviors. Current University policing procedures have Brown security officers patrolling inside dormitories — a policy that President Ruth Simmons herself described as “at odds with our educational philosophy.” In addition to clashing with Brown’s culture, this procedure takes security officers who could be patrolling the streets and placing them inside dormitories.

We agree with Simmons and cannot think of any valid reason for security officers to be traipsing through dorms on patrol. Criminals — whether they are thieves, muggers or vandals — do not have card access to Brown dormitories. It is unlikely that anyone who would commit a crime would do it in a dorm. In fact, a brief look at recent crime reports will indicate that very few crimes occur inside dormitories.

Although on weekends, alcohol, drugs and noise may enter dorms, Brown students are reasonable and mature enough to respect their neighbors and combat these issues on their own. We certainly hope that Brown students don’t call the police when their neighbors are drinking beer. Mature students should be able to approach their neighbors and rationally discuss any problems. As Simmons herself said, “our students are mature enough to make independent decisions.”

And if a situation involving noise, drugs or alcohol does get out of hand, students can call Brown’s Department of Public Safety. There certainly is no need for security officers to be on the prowl in dorm rooms looking for students violating the Tenets of Community Behavior.

It seems strange that the University hired extra security guards to patrol the streets while the security officers who have been trained by the Department of Public Safety are in the dorms. If Brown modified security officer patrol schedules to get the security officers out on the streets, there would be an increased police presence in the areas where crimes actually occur. Security officers could be stationed at the entrances of dormitories to keep students from letting potential criminals into their dorms. Brown students are — for the most part — mature, responsible adults. We are given the privilege of making our own decisions when it comes to academics. That privilege should be extended to the dorm.

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RYAN LEVESQUE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Representation of Palestine awkward, ignores peaceful nature of Israel To the Editor: The readers of your paper should note some awkwardness in Anthony Halperin’s ’06 letter regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (“Palestinian suffering — like Israeli — is equally gut-wrenching,” 9/11).

First, his characterization of the Palestinians as a “group of people fighting for independence from a foreign power” sorely misses the numerous times Israel has offered the Palestinians precisely this very thing.

The peaceful nature of Israel has always been evident: from the day it was created, it offered to fairly divide the land of its ancestors with its few present occupiers. In exchange, it was mercilessly attacked by the entire surrounding Arab community.

Several years ago at Camp David, Israel again offered the Palestinians a clear path to an independent, self-governed homeland, which they again rejected, with furious anger and merciless violence.

Second, the comparison of “body count” — that more Palestinians lives were lost than Israeli, in this conflict — is a silly attempt to hoodwink the reader into believing that the Israelis are evil giants.

However, we must note that the Israelis never intentionally kill civilians, but that Fatah members, for example, explicitly do. For these murders they are subsequently rewarded by the Iraqi government, for example, which gives several thousand dollars to families of suicide bombers.

Third, the most beguiling claim of all, that the only difference between Palestinians and Israelis is that the “latter are in uniform and have more sophisticated equipment.” While Israel only tries to defend its people against terror, the Palestinians deliberately instill hatred in the souls of their children.

To dramatize the point, in the Palestinian textbook, the “Reader and Literary Texts for Eighth Grade,” a vicious casus belli of a poem entitled

“Bayonets and Torches” is taught: “‘...In your left hand you carried the Koran,/ And in your right an Arab sword ... / Without blood not even one centimeter will be liberated/ Therefore, go forward crying: ‘Allah is great.’”

Andrew Moroz, ’03 Sept. 11

Course change deadline shows Yom Kippur no longer holy day at Brown To the Editor: In looking at the Brown academic calendar I was appalled to see that the last day to add courses without fees is Monday, September 16th. This day is Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Traditionally, Yom Kippur is a day of fasting and introspection. I was dismayed to see that the Brown administration could choose this most hallowed day as the deadline.

Immediately, I contacted the registrar’s office to have the add/drop deadline changed, but I was punted to the dean’s office.

From the dean’s office, I was tossed to the chaplain’s office, and landed, dizzy, at yet one more closed door. Clearly, Brown has decided to diversify even Yom Kippur, divesting the day of its purity.

Many at Brown observe the sacred day of Yom Kippur, as Brown boasts a student body that is at least 20 percent Jewish.

It should have been apparent that this year Sept. 16 is an awesome day to many in the Brown community.

Indeed, for me Yom Kippur will remain holy. A $15 late fee per course is a poll tax that I will have to pay.

I will be at the registrar’s office on Tuesday morning, Sept. 17 with my add/drop form. At least I won’t have to wait in line.

Eliezer S. Greer ’04 Sept. 11

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OPINIONS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 · PAGE 11

What have we learned since the events of Sept. 11?

Despite the difficulty of adapting to change, it is a necessary and positive force and opinions. Less than a year ago, I saw SOME PEOPLE COPE WITH CHANGE — others don’t. There is an inherent char- an American flag being burned in the midacteristic in people that does not allow for dle of a shopping district in Jakarta. Less change, as there is no comfort in it. than a year ago, I read in the New York Change requires effort and time, luxuries Times about Sikhs and Arabs being beaten that many people can not afford. A year in the streets of New York City. I had this notion that because of my has passed since the world background, I might stood still to watch the two encounter verbal or even towers of New York City fall, physical abuse. But there I and on that morning, change was, sitting in a group so became both imminent and diverse in both ethnicity and inevitable. perspective, listening to peoOn Monday, Sept. 9, the ple who have come to terms Third World Center held a with change. small discussion forum I was told before I left my regarding the yearlong aftercountry that I should watch math of Sept. 11, 2001. The what I say. I was told to withdiscussion was mediated by NADIEM MAKARIM hold any critical remarks that Dean Karen McLaurinIT’S ALL GOOD might go against the “mainChesson ’74, director of the stream” view (whatever that TWC and Professor Gail might be). In that room, I Cohee, the director of the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center. The small learned that the only “mainstream” perand intimate discussion group allowed spective was the universal acknowledgeshy voices to come forth strongly and ment that it never really existed.

There is something fundamentally without reservation. The participants openly expressed their feelings, and the wrong with being obstinate about one’s opinions. Any type of absolute certainty group listened attentively.

As a first-year from Indonesia, the is dangerous in its own way. It restrains largest Muslim country in the world, I was the mind from accepting new opinions. It shocked to hear so many different ideas restricts us from questioning our own beliefs. Many people across the world believe with certainty that Islam is a Nadiem Makarim ’06 is 5’6” tall, enjoys backward and violent religion. There are romantic, candle-lit dinners, sunsets and those who also believe with certainty that Jose Cuervo.

Less than a year ago, I saw an American flag being burned in the middle of a shopping district in Jakarta ... I read in the New York Times about Sikhs and Arabs being beaten in the streets of New York City. I had this notion that because of my background, I might encounter verbal or even physical abuse. the Western world is full of arrogant imperialists. In seeing both of these ridiculous misconceptions actually adopted by groups of individuals, it is difficult for anyone to realize what we have learned from this experience.

McLaurin-Chesson asked the group what we as a generation have learned

from Sept. 11, 2001. I think that one of the most valuable skills that we have gained is the ability to unlearn, the conviction and courage to step back and question our existing beliefs. It’s important to be able to say to oneself , “ Maybe I was wrong; maybe there’s more to the story than meets the eye.” Monday’s group was a microcosm of what our generation is currently going through. In coming to Brown, I discovered a community that is slowly but surely tearing down its own “walls,” which have been reinforced by the media, our communities and, most of all, by our own need for comfort and certainty.

Our generation is one that has dwelled in this “comfort” zone for too long. Sept.

11, 2001, has created a new sense of urgency among students. Young people who used to watch only MTV and HBO now regularly open newspapers and watch the news. There is an increased awareness among youth of the role their government plays. Even first-year units at Brown often resemble mini think-tanks, if you consider the level of discussion that occurs. Instead of being content with what has previously been generally accepted, we now challenge the opinions of even our peers. This transition is one that is sudden, and many people struggle with it, but at the very least there is an emerging sense of responsibility that can not be ignored.

Brown needs pluses and minuses in grading policy Dean Armstrong obstinate, ignores overwhelming support for change in how grades at Brown are given IT WAS WITH DISMAY THAT I READ THAT for hard work.

A simple illustration of the value of University administrators will not be adding plus and minus distinctions to accurate grading is that as the economy grades at Brown (“Grading System Won’t weakens, competition for job and acaChange, At Least for Now, Admins Report,” demic placements increases, less money 9/11). It is also disheartening to see Dean is spent on recruiting and employers’ screening mechanisms take a of the College Paul Armstrong more prominent role in continue to appear so obtuse ANDREI selecting candidates. The lack and out of touch with the spirMURESIANO of accurate grading leads to it and current state of Brown GUEST COLUMN less information being carried University. Calling a grade polby the Brown transcript. This icy change a “dead issue” (when there is 82 percent faculty support) results in inefficiencies in evaluating this fall after saying a policy change was Brown students, thus increasing the time “worth talking about” last spring is disin- and costs necessary to screen candidates. genuous and antithetical to a core value of This impacts the campus, as was evithe New Curriculum — that academic pol- denced last fall when companies such as icy should be molded by students and fac- Lehman Brothers, Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey and Co. did not ulty.

A lack of an accurate grading policy recruit at Brown while recruiting from goes hand in hand with grade inflation peer universities. The statement in The and the weakening of academic integrity Herald article that “members of national and curiosity within the University. When fellowship committees tell (Professor a transcript does not distinguish between Reginster) that Brown fellowship candiwork that merits a B+ (most often round- dates often have high grades, but don’t do ed up to an A) and work that deserves a well in interviews” supports this. When high A, all are frustrated. While some the best students are unable to distinwould argue that the intent is to reduce guish themselves by earning superior competition and encourage intellectual grades in the classroom, it is not surprisfreedom, one wonders how an accurate ing that some are overlooked in favor of reflection of the quality of student work less qualified students that look as good could be construed as a handicap to intel- on paper but cannot excel under scrutiny.

Armstrong’s assistant, Associate Dean lectual freedom. When professors are restricted in the grades they can assign to of the College Robert Ripley, said “Grade students and students in the grades that inflation is not nearly the issue that it is at they are able to earn, there is a disincen- other schools, we just have not had a big tive for anyone to believe in the grading problem with it. I know that an A in my system. The result is an unfair evaluation, last year of teaching, which was only a few and I have never heard of any inequitable years ago, was exactly the same as an A in circumstances cited as a motivating factor my first year.”

Quite the contrary, it is probable that Brown has the worst grade inflation of any Andrei Muresiano ’02 no longer attends university in the world. An article last year this University so he was unavailable to in the Boston Globe reported on the high write this snazzy little “about writer” percentage of A’s given at Harvard, 51 perblurb. Consequently, space is wasted.

A’s do not need to be explained, C’s do. Brown appears to oblige ... There is a widening chasm between the ideals of academics at Brown and the current nature of academics. Either way you look at it, giving A’s to nearly 60 percent of students taking a class for a grade is extreme. cent. At Brown the number is at first glance lower — 44 percent. However, this is the number of A’s as a function of total classes; because of classes taken S/NC, it is more important to note percentage of letter grades that are given as A’s — 59 percent. However, unlike Harvard where 51 percent A’s (mainly A-’s) made jaws drop, all A’s at Brown are straight A’s. I would be surprised if any other major university in the world gives the highest possible grade to nearly 60 percent of its students.

More troubling, in the past 10 years the number of A’s given at Brown has increased by 25 percent. Additionally, in 1999-2000, the average was GPA 3.51. At many other schools 3.51 is Summa Cum Laude; at Brown, it is, by definition, total-

ly average.

Armstrong said: “Here learning takes first priority, unlike other schools where learning takes a back seat to grade point average.” Wishful thinking, but this is not the case. I can attest that many students drop courses in order to avoid the dreaded B that would mess up their GPA. Students often abuse the New Curriculum, using it not to get through a difficult semester or branch out but rather to compete strategically rather than academically with peers. Brown students know that while we would love to live in an academic bubble, college work has consequences and for intents and purposes relating to job searches, happy parents and future plans, GPA is often more important than knowledge gained. A’s do not need to be explained, C’s do. Brown appears to oblige. This is not commensurate with the ideals of academics at Brown. However there is a widening chasm between the ideals of academics at Brown and the current nature of academics. Either way you look at it, giving A’s to nearly 60 percent of students taking a class for a grade is extreme.

It is sad that Armstrong appears so oblivious to the campus consensus in favor of adding plus and minus distinctions to grades, the grade inflation at Brown and the direct, tangible benefits that changing the policy could have for students leaving Brown and applying for jobs and graduate programs. Worse is that he refers to this subject as “dead.”

This type of obstinacy in dealing with a policy that affects all students and faculty does no good. It is my hope that in the future Brown students and professors will continue to advocate for grade policy change, and Armstrong will realize the value that could be added to this campus by listening.

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SPORTS THURSDAY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 · PAGE 12

How do we define sports in America?

WHAT EXACTLY ARE SPORTS? IN THE UNITED STATES, in the 21st century it can be argued that sports are harder to classify than the Blue Footed Booby of the Galapagos Islands. Capitalism has taken a strong hold of sports and made it one of the most profitable business ventures in our country. Sports such as baseball, however, pride themselves on culture and feel they IAN can be classified as a national CROPP pastime. Not everyone can ROBOCROPP play a sport at a professional level, and hence, sports are also leisure activities. International competition of sports can often be a source of pride (or embarrassment), and the spirit of an entire nation can ride on several athletes.

America has a bad case of schizophrenia when it comes to sports. At times athletes and fans treat sports under the auspices of a business. The recent baseball strike exemplifies the business aspect of sports, but fans neglected to realize exactly how business works. If the players and owners want sports to be a business, then we must realize that the customer is always right. Why anyone would buy a product if they didn’t think they were getting a fair value is beyond my comprehension.

Some argue that sports are a leisure activity. Such a decree is fine by me, as long as people adhere to the guidelines of leisure activities. People like David Wells see CROPP, page 6

W. Soccer heads to Cape Cod for tourney

BY ELIZABETH GAMER

The Brown women’s soccer team is not only loaded with experienced players this year, but it also has a large pool of underclassmen ready to join in the ranks and help out, in order for the whole team to find victory after a disappointing 2002 season. With four returning seniors and ten juniors on its roster, the team will look towards its veteran players to guide the younger ones towards a winning season in these upcoming fall months.

Captain Caitlin Carey ’03, a top scorer and standout for the Bears in years past, leads the team’s offense and is joined by several other strong offensive players coming back in starting positions.

Among those starters is Haley Sennott ’04, who recently netted the first goal of the season for the Bears against Holy Cross. Another big time offensive contender is Captain Laura Iden ’02.5, who performed solidly in both games as well as did Rachel Roberts ’04 and Meghan Schreck ’04.

Other players to watch on the offensive line, include Tory Manchester and Amanda Jones 06’, who as freshmen are already standing out among the players up front.

The Bear’s midfield also looks promising with several juniors taking charge. The center will be controlled by midfielder Kristin Ferrell ’04, a veteran player who has been a starter since her freshman year at Brown.

Ferrell is joined in the middle by other quick footed players such as Molly Cahan ’04 and Michaela Sewall ’04.

Julie Herrold ’04, another strong performer for the Bears, has been out this season due to injury but will be back in action soon, while Kim LaVere ’06 is doing a solid job holding her place Midfielder Michelle Sriwongtong ’05 will be someone to watch as well.

Herald

The women’s soccer team returns four seniors and ten juniors to this year’s roster.

Defensively, experience is necessary for success, and the Bears have several players on whom they look to count, in order to get the job done. Both Amy Albro ’03 and Captain Kristin Nabb 03’ will together lead the backfield and control most play. Sarah Gervais ’04 will start in the net for the Bears and with 11 saves in the last game against Holy Cross, she will need to remain see SOCCER, page 4