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Of 50 new courses this fall, most taught by visiting faculty

BY JULIETTE WALLACK

The University added more than 50 new courses and sections to its curriculum in the first step toward achieving President Ruth Simmons’ goal of adding 100 new faculty over the next five years. Reflecting the speed with which officials implemented Simmons’ plan, most of those new offerings are taught by visiting professors.

By the time the Corporation approved Simmons’ aggressive initiative in February, it was too late to approve and perform searches for regular faculty, said Associate Dean of the Faculty William Crossgrove. The solution to that problem, which Crossgrove said should only last the duration of this year, was to hire visiting faculty.

Searching for full, tenure-track professors is “a very long process,” Crossgrove said, partly because the University wants “to ensure that we get the best people.”

With each faculty search lasting approximately one year, Crossgrove said it wasn’t possible to perform full searches after the initiative’s approval in February.

“What was stated,” Crossgrove said, “was that for the first year of the plan, we were going to hire more visitors than usual.” He said the majority of new faculty members who are here because of Simmons’ proposal are visiting professors.

They are, Crossgrove said, “temporary faculty who’ve been hired to beef up our offerings for the first year while the searches begin.”

Those searches typically begin in the autumn of each academic year, which gives departments time to place advertisements in appropriate professional journals.

Applicants are interviewed between late fall and early spring, and offers are made through the end of the semester. Newly hired faculty members will usually start at the beginning of the next academic year, Crossgrove said.

In this case, there will be an influx of permanent new professors in the fall of 2003, Crossgrove said. For now, though, visiting professors are filling the void created by the expansion of the University’s course offerings and the see FACULTY, page 4

University will look to renovate Ratty, focus on campus life, Montero tells Undergrad Council

BY JONATHAN ELLIS

The Undergraduate Council of Students heard reports on campus safety and discussed the prospect of renovating the Ratty at its Monday meeting night.

Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter detailed the Bratton Report on campus safety and described actions already taken by the University to enhance security.

Representative Thilakshani Dias ’05 questioned the cutbacks of police patrols of residence halls, but Dean for Campus Life Margaret Jablonski assured her that the Department of Public Safety will patrol Brown’s “neighborhoods” and continue to respond to dorm incidents.

UCS members also provided suggestions for improving relations between DPS and the Providence Police Department.

Despite Jablonski’s urging that the council “focus in on the question of arming,” relatively little of the discussion see UCS, page 6

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MAZEL TOV Members of the Hope Street Chabad House took to Thayer Street Monday to celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish fall harvest festival.The Chabad House members offered Jewish passers-by the opportunity to say a traditional blessing.

With cluster plan dead, U. looks to other options

BY DANA GOLDSTEIN

Though last year’s cluster housing proposal for Pembroke campus dorms is now dead, President Ruth Simmons asked student life administrators to make housing and residential improvements a priority.

Residential clusters “are part of a larger planning process for Brown that’s going to look at life outside the classroom,” said Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Jablonski.

Jablonski said there are four major areas of student life her office is looking to improve upon: sense of community, social space, residential hall renovations and athletic facilities.

Dick Spies, executive vice president for planning, said improvements in student life were one part of a larger set of plans to move Brown forward over the next five to 10 years.

Student life improvement must play catch-up with Simmons’ academic enrichment initiative, which, in part, aims to hire 100 new faculty members, Spies said.

“We’ve got to end up with some priorities,” he said.

Changes to student life should take the form of major commitments in a few specialized areas, all with the goal of adding to the educational experience at Brown, he added.

Whether cluster housing becomes the focus of discussions that will take place this fall remains to be seen.

“It is appropriate for that idea to be included in the discussion,” Spies said, “but it’s only one idea that will emerge, and it may not be the strongest idea.”

Last year’s proposal for a pilot cluster housing project was pulled off the table in late January amid opposition from some student groups, including the Residential Council. The plan was slated to take place in the newly renovated Emery-Wooley and Morris-Champlin halls, and center around themes of “wellness” and “community service.”

If cluster housing does enter into conversations on student life this fall, both Jablonski and Spies indicated that last

I N S I D E T U E S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 2 4 , 2 0 0 2 Eastside Pockets follows Kabob N’ Curry in looking to acquire liquor license page 3

Project HEALTH’s Brown volunteers reach out to lowincome families page 3

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the Union — but how small is it really? page 5

year’s proposal would no longer be the basis of the discussion.

Evan Metcalfe ’03, a ResCouncil member and the housing lottery chair, said the council is open to talking about cluster housing again.

“The dominant opinion from the Residential Council is that it did not like the proposal that was on the table last year,” Metcalfe said. “Residential Council would be open to a new proposal this year, but we would want to be consulted in the planning process to get ideas from a wide crosssection of the student body into it.”

Metcalfe said ResCouncil’s opposition to last year’s pilot proposal was based on the plan’s breadth and lack of student input. He also said ResCouncil has previously disbanded program houses based on wellness and community service because they had not been active.

“We didn’t think this would be a very healthy thing because it had the potential to take some diversity away from freshman units,” Metcalfe said.

“The first-year unit system was designed to have each first-year live with as diverse a section of the freshman class as possible,” he said.

Last year’s cluster proposal “would take first-years who were interested in certain topics and separate them from other students,” Metcalfe said.

Despite these concerns, Metcalfe said there is an upside to cluster housing. “I feel it should be done in such a way that the clusters can actively integrate students around their themes,” he said.

Spies said the Office of Student Life is open to input from students and faculty regarding cluster housing and any other proposals that may emerge this fall.

“This is a great opportunity for Brown and a great time for students and faculty to be here and get involved,” he said. “Let those ideas out there and let them bump into each other.”

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T John Brougher ’06 and Christopher Hu ’06 defend the merits of TWTP column,page 11

Men’s soccer beats Vanderbilt, Alabama A&M, claims first in Yale Classic sports,page 12

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CALENDAR FORUM — President Simmons will provide an update on implementing the initiatives for academic enrichment, discuss longer-term planning and engage staff in a discussion of other campus issues. Sayles Hall, noon.

COLLOQUIUM — “Segregation,” Michael White, Cathy Bueker and Ann Kim, Brown. Zimmer Lounge, Maxcy Hall, noon.

LECTURE — “Negotiating the Non-Negotiable in South Africa and Israel/Palestine,” Heribert Adam, Simon Fraser University. Room 201, SmithBuonanno, 4:15 p.m.

SPORTS — Women’s volleyball vs. Northeastern. Pizzitola Sports Center, 7 p.m.

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READING — Jena Osman will read from her poetry. McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown St., 8 p.m.

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3-pronged Project HEALTH reaches out to Providence’s low income families

BY CASSIE RAMIREZ

Brown students are reaching out to low-income Providence families through Project HEALTH, a three-pronged student-run program focused on educating children who suffer from common medical ailments and helping adults that face non-medical problems.

Started at Harvard in 1995, Project HEALTH (Helping Empower Advocate and Lead Through Health) came to Brown in 1996. Students say they joined the organization to make a difference in the Providence community.

“We try to recognize social, economic and environmental factors which put low-income families at risk for poor health, in hopes of creating sustainable change in their lives,” said Rachael Bedard ’05, one of four Project HEALTH coordinators on campus.

The club sends Brown students into the community to run activities such as Asthma Swim at the South Side Boys and Girls Club.

Asthma Swim aids low-income children with asthma, many of whom are students at nearby Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School. Asthma Swim volunteers teach children how to manage their conditions and also give children swimming lessons that help improve their lung capacity.

Sessions are held twice a week for two hours.

The Boys and Girls Club does not charge Project HEALTH for use of the pool, said Matthew Dykhuizen ’03, another Project HEALTH campus coordinator.

“We have a great partnership with the South Side Boys and Girls Club,” he said. “The pool wasn’t in use otherwise, and so they let us use it.”

The Brown students who volunteer with Asthma Swim often work more than just four hours a week, Dykhuizen said. They also build one-on-one relationships with the children and get to know their families, he said. Volunteers call the children’s parents about once a week to see how things are doing.

Ember Keighley ’04 is an Asthma Swim coordinator who has been involved with Project HEALTH for two years. see HEALTH, page 6

In a bizarre custody dispute, parents of slain R.I. woman fight for her parrot Jade, an adult male parrot, is at the center of a controversial dispute that spans from Rhode Island to Florida. In 1994, Joan and Gordon Jacobs, Rhode Island residents, moved to a gated community in Florida. But, in April, police arrested Gordon and charged him with his wife’s murder.

Joan’s family members, who still live in Rhode Island, are fighting for custody of the parrot partly because “the bird was Joan’s,” a member of the family told the Providence Journal Monday. “It was a gift from her husband.”

But, more importantly, Joan’s sister, Lori Paolino, told the Journal that the parrot sounds like Joan.

Sometimes Joan would put the bird on the phone, Paolino said, and “I would think it was her; she would trick me. The bird says things she used to say.”

Jade is in a South Florida foster home with another bird. Gordon, a jewelry dealer, is now in jail, but his lawyer told the Journal that he will not give permission for the bird to leave the county to journey to Rhode Island.

Gordon is pleading not guilty to charges of second degree murder, despite a 911 call in which he twice told a dispatcher, “I shot my wife.”

A Palm Beach County judge denied bail, citing the taped phone call and calling Gordon a flight risk.

For now, Jade is in limbo, and he seems out of sorts, his caretaker told the Journal.

“His feathers are kind of messed up,” she said.

“Obviously, he has been plucking his feathers.”

— Juliette Wallack

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Workers have started preparing more than just tandoori murg at Kabab N’ Curry on Thayer Street, which two weeks ago was approved for a full liquor license by the Providence Board of Licenses. Eastside Pockets has also applied for a Class B license, a move that some local residents oppose.

Kabob, Pockets move to sell liquor Applications for liquor licenses by Thayer Street vendors have met with strong opposition from some local resident groups

BY ANIA KUBIN

Two weeks after Kabob N’ Curry received a full liquor license, local residents are cautiously awaiting the outcome of a Board of Licenses meeting, where the city may approve Eastside Pockets’ application for a partial liquor license.

On Friday, the city will hear Eastside Pockets’ application for a Class B Liquor License, which would allow the store to close at 2 a.m. and sell alcohol on Sundays.

Michel Boutros, manager of Eastside Pockets, said he believes the liquor license will improve business.

“Hopefully we will get it, but we will be so strict. We will serve beer only,” he said. “We will card everyone.

And we will sell a lot cheaper than everyone else.”

But the College Hill Neighborhood Association, an organization of East Side residents, believes that increasing the number of full liquor licenses on Thayer Street will cause deterioration of the area, said Ronald Dwight ’66, an association board member.

“These liquor licenses are going to destroy Providence and make Brown a slum,” Dwight said.

Many residents in the Thayer Street area are con-

cerned that the street will lose its appeal, said Democratic Ward 2 Councilwoman Rita Williams.

Boutros said he is aware of the residents’ complaints.

“A lot of people in the area don’t want us to succeed at all,” he said. “We’ve heard complaints from neighbors about our attempt to obtain a liquor license.”

Earlier this month, Kabob N’ Curry obtained a full liquor license, which may help boost the restaurant’s business, said Manager Sanjiv Dhar.

Boutros and Dhar said restaurants that don’t have partial or full liquor licenses are disadvantaged because many establishments such as Paragon, Andreas and Viva already have them.

Dhar said he does not think Kabob N’ Curry’s full liquor license will threaten the Thayer Street area, though he said he understands the opposition.

“I look at it this way: if a business doesn’t perform up to the desired standards, the College, the city or the College Hill Neighborhood Association has the right to oppose,” he said. “We have to renew the license every year.” He said the restaurant has served beer and wine for the past seven years.

Williams said she is working to maintain Thayer Street’s ambience and to support those living in the vicinity.

“Residents watch carefully about liquor licenses see LIQUOR, page 6

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Faculty continued from page 1 effort to shrink class sizes. And, Crossgrove said, he thinks the new arrivals are helping.

“We haven’t gotten as many complaints about not being able to get the courses you want as in previous years,” he said. “I’m sure there are still some bottlenecks. But, I’m hoping that’s true.”

At the same time that visiting faculty are creating more than 50 new course offerings, the University hired about 20 permanent faculty members. Those positions, Crossgrove said, were created by retiring faculty members, so they didn’t necessarily contribute to Simmons’ goal of expanding the faculty.

Crossgrove, who has been dean since 1999, said more professors retired this year than in any of the other years he has been part of the administration. Any increase in the number of faculty searches is due to the greater number of open spaces, he said.

The group of visiting professors is a varied bunch, Crossgrove said.

“Some of them are regular full-time visitors. Some of them are adjunct who are just teaching one or two courses.

“A lot of people who accept visiting appointments are recent Ph.D.s who have not yet gotten a tenuretrack job but who are on the market, looking. Others are more established,” he said.

Marilyn Booth, visiting associate professor of comparative literature, is one of two visiting professors in the comparative literature department.

Booth, a research scholar at the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, said she is here partly to compensate for another professor’s sabbatical. That professor, Elliott Cola, researches and lectures on literature of the Middle East and Arab cultures, and Booth’s area of expertise is similar, she said. Her temporary position allows the University to continue offering courses in that area.

“This is a year when perhaps more students than usual are seeking to deepen their knowledge of Middle Eastern and Muslim-majority societies,” Booth said. “As both a teacher and a literary translator, I believe it is important to offer a forum for historically detailed and culture-sensitive discussion in a way that our media cannot and do not provide.”

Booth, who is primarily a researcher at Illinois, said the small sizes of her classes pleases her. One of Booth’s classes has an enrollment of 15 students, and the other course has 5 students.

“Brown’s small courses are a perfect setting for studying literary texts that can help us explore troubling questions,” she said.

Like Crossgrove, Booth said she appreciates the benefits of visiting professorships.

“You get different people in, different expertise,” she said, and the visitors “get to meet a new community of colleagues and explore where we’re teaching and how we’re teaching.”

Despite the benefits, Crossgrove said he thinks many members of the University community are anxious about whether Brown is following a recently noted trend of hiring adjunct and temporary faculty.

“That’s not at all what we had in mind,” he said. “We’re assuming that next year there will be far fewer visitors than this year” as departments complete official searches.

Crossgrove said it’s always possible that a visiting professor can apply for a permanent position, and he said he could understand those without professorships or research positions considering that option.

Booth, whose husband and children still live in Illinois, said she understands the draw Brown has.

“I worry that come May,” she said, “I will not want to leave.”

Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 covers faculty and administration. She can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

Salt continued from page 12 the kid was thinking, “Should I follow my dad and attack the first base coach or should I be more like Mike by eating my Wheaties and losing money on golf bets?”

Adults exert a greater influence over kids than they can imagine, and people love to point to TV or athletes as the main cause of trouble with kids when in fact it’s people like William Ligue Jr. who should really be included in the blame.

So give athletes a break on the whole role model thing. While they may not be the best people to look up to, they’re a whole lot better than William Ligue Jr. The moral of the story is that next time you’re at a game and you really have the urge to beat up one of the people on the field, please pick someone better than the first base coach of the Kansas City Royals.

After all, kids are watching you and when they grow up, you don’t want them to run on the field and beat up just anyone, do you?

Jeffrey Saltman ’03 hails from outside Washington, D.C. and is a history and economics concentrator.

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IN BRIEF Brown senior to appear on television gameshow ‘Change of Heart’ A Brown senior caused a change of heart. And he did it on nationally syndicated television.

Mike Rothman ’03 will appear for five minutes today on the show “Change of Heart” on WLWC-28 at 2:30 p.m.

Rothman, a history concentrator who auditioned to be a blind date while working in New York City this summer, said the experience was entertaining and he’s excited for the show’s airing.

The show features a couple with at least one member who is unhappy with the relationship. Producers provide blind dates for both members of the couple, and after the date, they reveal independently whether they want to remain in the relationship.

Rothman said a recruiter for the show approached him while he was at lunch and encouraged him to audition.

Rothman told The Herald he was selected to audition for the show because “I was wearing the right amount of Acqua Di Gio.” Two weeks later, Rothman received a phone call at work to inform him a date was scheduled for that evening.

The date included rollerblading in Queens, dinner at a North African restaurant and a visit to a nightclub.

Rothman said the best part of the date was that “everything’s paid for,” and that the biggest drawback was having a camera follow the participants for the entire evening.

“Any kind of (pickup) line,” he wanted to use, he said, “you have to wait for some points they might not see.”

Rothman said his date was a Pennsylvania State University student who was unhappy in her relationship because her boyfriend was too focused on karate.

“He was actually a big dork,” Rothman said of his date’s boyfriend.

Despite her predicament, though, Rothman said “I definitely wasn’t attracted to her, which helped, because it took the tension away and put the focus on the fun.”

Rothman’s experience took about nine hours, but his appearance on the show lasts only about five minutes.

Rothman, who was paid $200 for his time, said he was successful in causing a change of heart — his date decided to end things with her boyfriend.

“The problem with her boyfriend was that he was … not much into her,” Rothman said.“She definitely wasn’t on good terms with the boyfriend to begin with. A very bizarre relationship.”

— Juliette Wallack

Little Rhody, the biggest small state

BY ZOE RIPPLE

Rhode Island might be the tiniest state in the nation, but don’t tell its residents, who often counter that the smallest state has the longest official name — the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Rhode Islanders say they are constantly reminded of the state’s diminutive size and population, but some say they are proud to live in such exclusive company.

Providence resident Michelle Levinson ’06 said Rhode Island’s size “certainly affects all Rhode Islanders. ... We are always aware of our size, that we are the smallest.”

There is “definitely the mentality that Rhode Island is small. If something is 15 or 20 minutes away, it’s a big deal — it’s a day trip,” said Rhode Island native Ryan Connors, a Boston College sophomore.

Connors said Rhode Island’s small size may cause residents to have “less state pride.”

But other residents said they felt differently.

“I have a lot of Rhode Island pride,” Rhode Island native Hollie Mendillo ’03 wrote in an e-mail. “When I was younger I went through an ‘I have to get out of here’ phase. But deep down, I have always loved (Rhode Island) and always will.”

Some cars with Rhode Island license plates bear bumper stickers that proclaim “Respect, Honor, Fidelity” and “University of Federal Hill.”

Levinson said that because Rhode Island is so small, people feel a personal investment in the state — a responsibility to its well being.

“It’s the tiniest state in the world,” said Elizabeth Roach ’03, a native of Barrington, R.I. “I think people like being from Rhode Island. It feels so safe and it’s easy to network.”

The state’s political and religious figures have been here “forever,” Connors said. Former Mayor Vincent Cianci, for example, occupied City Hall on and off since 1974.

“Everyone is connected,” Roach said. “I run in to someone every time I go out.”

Rhode Island sometimes confuses outsiders, Mendillo wrote.

“You want to scream at them, ‘It is a state you moron’ every time they say, ‘Oh, Long Island — do you get into the city often?’” she wrote. “I actually got a letter once addressed to Providence, L.I.” But despite its small size, most Rhode Islanders

RHODE ISLAND BY THE NUMBERS The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — its official name — is 1, 214 square miles. From north to south, it is 48 miles long, and from east to west and 37 miles wide.

Rhode Island’s width is a marathon plus 11 miles.Houston is more than one-half the size of Rhode Island.

In 1999 an iceberg the size of Rhode Island threatened ships in the Antarctic, CNN reported.

The asteroid Ida is the size of Rhode Island,said Professor of Geological Sciences James Head.

In one year, Dunkin’ Donuts brews enough coffee for every person in Rhode Island to have 577 cups, the company’s Web site reports.

Graphic by Marion Billings / Herald

maintain that Little Rhody has it all.

“We’ve got everything,” Mendillo wrote. “Cities, malls, parks, countryside, farms, beaches and quaint little towns all in one state.”

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Health continued from page 3 “I love the program,” Keighley said. “I’m able to teach kids lessons they will carry for the rest of their lives. They know how to swim, they know about asthma care. It’s really great.”

Project HEALTH also runs a Family Help Desk and Fitness and Nutrition Program.

The Help Desk, run from Hasbro Children’s Hospital, is a resource center for patients who have non-medical problems.

Student Help Desk volunteers provide information about housing, employment and child care and connect patients with community resources.

“It’s just been an amazing

Liquor continued from page 3 because Thayer Street is a small commercial area within a primarily residential section of the city.

Residents value living there,” she said. “They pay high taxes, and they want to make sure that the commercial area” does not deteriorate in quality.

Williams said she cannot attend Friday’s hearing for Eastside Pockets’ application.

But she said she will write a letter to the board discouraging it from granting the license. She said it does not make sense for Eastside Pockets to sell alcohol since it caters primarily to college and high school students.

Dwight said the neighborhood association hopes to garner support to fight against liquor licenses. He said he is confident the association’s 1,600 members will give it enough clout to prevent government officials who sup-

UCS continued from page 1 addressed the issue. Jablonski confirmed that the administration still had UCS’ resolution from last year, which supported the arming of Brown Police.

Hunter told Council President Allen Feliz ’03 that the Bratton Report’s recommendation to arm officers is not based on any recent crime wave, but on fundamental issues of police effectiveness.

Representative Rahim Kurji ’05 asked if Brown Police Officers, if armed, would receive further sensitivity training. Col. Paul Verrecchia, chief of Brown Police, said he plans on utilizing resources both within and without the University for diversity training. A computer-generated scenario program called Range 2000 would provide additional training in firearm use, he said.

Jablonski encouraged representatives and their constituents to attend open forums on the arming issue, to be held Oct. 1.

Following the safety discussion, Vice President for Student Life Janina Montero described four main areas of campus life improvement — residence halls; the Sharpe refectory; social and community spaces; and fitness, athletics and recreation.

experience,” said Shana Jalbert ’04, coordinator of the Help Desk, who became involved with the project last year.

“I’ve learned so much about Providence and about the world of non-profit organizations. I’d never been involved with something so hands-on, with meeting people and having an impact on them,” she said.

Another community-based initiative, Project HEALTH’s Fitness and Nutrition Program is aimed at helping adolescent girls who are clinically obese. They are referred to the program by doctors or nurses.

“It’s not a weight reduction program,” said Campus Coordinator Nisha Mehta ’03. “It’s about prevention and about boosting the self esteem of the girls” by encouraging and teaching them to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

port the liquor licenses from being elected.

Despite the opposition, not everyone is concerned about the new license applications. Not many people living on the East Side are involved in the controversy, Williams said.

The student body appears split over the issue. Some students said the liquor licenses will make Thayer Street less appealing.

Vanessa Sorgman ’06 said when an increasing number of restaurants in her hometown received liquor licenses, the atmosphere changed — there were more accidents and fights.

Other students said they don’t see cause for concern. Proponents of the licenses said there is a distinction between opening more bars on Thayer Street and allowing restaurants to serve a variety of alcoholic beverages.

“National statistics have shown that ethnic restaurants do not put drunks out on the street,” Dhar said.

“Clearly, we need a new residence hall,” Montero said. She also described the Ratty as “obsolete — something needs to be done.”

The University is essentially landlocked, “so we’re going to take advantage as much as we can of the space we do have and use it really well,” Montero said.

She entertained the idea of adding additional stories to the Ratty during its renovation.

The council named Ian Siu ’03 Parliamentary Pro-Tempore, but decided against rushing into appointing a member to a faculty committee on diversity.

Conversely, the council briefly suspended its rules of order to hasten an amendment to its code to allow two corporation liaisons, two coordinators of appointments and two coordinators of communications.

UCS committees reported on plans to create an electronic preregistration system, have a student voice in the admission process and begin an athletic task force.

The council also upgraded four student groups’ category status, including making the previously unclassified Key Society a Category III organization.

Jonathan Ellis ’06 covers the Undergraduate Council of Students. He can be reached at jellis@browndailyherald.com.

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WORLD & NATION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 · PAGE 7

IN BRIEF

Wiretap corners suspected terrorists MILAN, Italy (Washington Post) — They knew the police were

Parents look for dirt on child health WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — The e-mails swirled into

Jessica Davidson Miller’s in-box like dust bunnies caught in a draft. Five friends sent copies of a recent newspaper article on good dirt — the one about scientists reporting that infants exposed to microbes from farm animal waste were less likely to develop asthma, allergies and other immune disorders.

Miller, who has a 3 1/2-year-old daughter and is expecting twins, knows that her friends and relatives think she’s a tad zealous about cleanliness. Their e-mails seemed to suggest to her that accumulating medical research means she can relax her housekeeping vigilance. No way.

“We have a bottle of antibacterial soap on every sink in our house and will continue to do so,” said Miller, a Washington lawyer.“I refuse to believe that washing your hands with soap is bad for your health.”

Swiss and German researchers wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine last week that improved public health and hygiene, while perhaps eliminating and curbing many diseases, may have inadvertently increased the prevalence of asthma, allergies and other immune system disorders.

The study of 812 rural children follows other recent reports suggesting that some infants may benefit from oral supplements of lactobacillus cultures, the presence of multiple pets in the home and time spent in day care, where children trade viruses and bacteria.

Allergists and immunologists are trying to figure out what the results mean and trying to keep their patients from taking the data too literally.

“I don’t want to mislead my patients,” said Kathy Lampl, an allergist-immunologist in suburban Rockville, Md. “We just still need to sift it out before making a more radical recommendation, like introducing pets in the house when your child is in utero.”

G. Ken Adams, chief of the asthma and inflammation section of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in suburban Bethesda, Md., said parents of asthmatic or severely allergic children are desperate for help and willing to try anything — and these studies offer no help.

spying on them, but they needed to talk. So the members of the al-Qaeda cell often met in a car. They thought the police were unlikely to bug the car.

They were wrong.

The Citroen sedan rolled over trolley tracks and under viaducts in the graffiti-smeared outskirts of Milan. It cruised past old trattorias and new Islamic butcher shops, past wavy-haired Italians on motorcycles and hooded immigrant women lugging groceries.

At the wheel was the top al-Qaeda operative in Italy, Abdelkader Es Sayed, whose car served as a headquarters, a refuge, a kind of confessional for aspiring holy warriors.

“Sheik, if someone wants to go fight, why don’t you let him?” a tormented 31-year-old Tunisian named Adel Ben Soltane asked while riding in the Citroen on Dec. 7, 2000, according to transcripts of intercepts by Italian police.

“The important thing is that you dream about it,” Es Sayed answered. “When the moment comes, you never know if you’ll be a martyr in Algeria, Tunisia, America or in Central Asia. You won’t know.”

“I want to eliminate these pigs, these swine,” Ben Soltane responded. He told Es Sayed that he despised everything about Italy: “I hate the people, I hate the documents ... I want to go anywhere else.”

In countless hours of wiretaps over two years, members of the Milan cell schemed, threatened and told war stories, their voices full of hate and despair.

Many were extremists from North African countries who fled to Italy to escape prosecution. But they were alienated in their adopted land as well; they sound like men who feel permanently and dangerously adrift.

The law-enforcement slang for such intercepted conversations is “chatter.” The main significance of chatter has been in detecting future attacks, reconstructing past ones and mapping al-Qaeda’s far-flung networks.

There has been great scrutiny of scraps of dialogue intercepted around the world before the Sept. 11 attacks, comments that now seem portentous, possible missed signs.

Italian and U.S. agents, for instance, are investigating a fugitive Yemeni who visited the suspects in Italy in August 2000 and talked about plans for a big attack involving air-

planes and airports, indicating he may have had knowledge of the Sept. 11, 2001, plot.

But chatter also helps investigators understand the motives and personalities of Islamic extremists.

Although al-Qaeda has been hurt by an international crackdown, the events of the past year have left an angry new generation of extremists eager for action, according to law-enforcement experts in Italy, France and elsewhere.

“The young men are agitated,” an Italian investigator said. “They want to go out and do something. The imams have to calm them down.”

The reality of al-Qaeda is elusive because of the organization’s stealth and anarchic culture. More than court testimony or confessions, the chatter on wiretaps comes close to capturing the truth.

Of course, barriers of culture and language still interfere. Defendants in Milan have complained about the quality of official interpreters.

In an al-Qaeda case in Madrid, defense lawyers accused police of mistaking innocent references to buying fruits and vegetables as code words for terrorist activities.

The Milan transcripts contain a fly-on-the-wall account of the daily life of these men, building on wiretaps of the Citroen, phones, apartments and a mosque. The documents became public in court cases; some suspects have been convicted, others are on trial, and at least one is presumed dead.

The suspects spent much of their time discussing fraudulent documents. The intercepts also recorded strategy sessions, furtive trips, monologues praising Osama bin Laden and radical clerics.

The young men saw themselves as warrior-monks assailed by the temptations of a prosperous, fun-loving society.

They sat in a seedy apartment chortling at videos of mujahedeen slaughtering Russian soldiers in the snows of Chechnya.

“Look, look how they cut his throat,” a suspect named Khaled exclaimed, according to the transcript of an intercept March 22, 2001, in an apartment in suburban Gallarate.

“Why’s the other one alive?” said another man named Farid as gunfire from the television echoed in the background.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD PAGE 9

Israel, Palestinians fight paper battle RAMALLAH (Washington Post) —

With Israeli tanks and jackhammers silent, a quieter siege set in Monday at Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s ruined headquarters, now ringed by rubble and thick coils of barbed wire. An armed assault shifted into a paper war, with Israelis and Palestinians arguing over lists, or the lack of them, of alleged terror suspects.

The two sides held their first face-to-face meetings since Israel surrounded Arafat’s executive compound, known as the Muqata, and destroyed all but the one building that houses the Palestinian Authority president and about 250 aides, guards and other workers. No progress was reported in that meeting, nor in a series of meetings and phone calls involving Terje Roed-Larsen, the United Nations special envoy to the Middle East.

“There’s not much movement,” said a diplomatic source close to the talks. “We could be here for weeks.”

He added that the U.N. envoy is growing concerned about living conditions in the compound, whose occupants are crowded together in a few rooms, with

periodic water shortages, a lack of air conditioning and a severe shortage of toilet facilities. The Israeli military has sent in food and extra underwear, among other supplies.

The U.N. Security Council discussed the standoff Monday in a meeting to consider a Palestinian draft resolution blaming Israel for an upsurge in violence over the past two years. U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte countered with a proposal that called for the Palestinians to halt suicide bombings but also demanded that Israel stop its siege of Arafat’s headquarters.

Senior U.S. government officials called Sharon to express President Bush’s concern over Israel’s weekend actions in Ramallah, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said en route to Trenton, N.J., with Bush for a political fund-raiser.

“The president views what Israel is doing now as unhelpful to the cause of bringing about reform in Palestinian institutions,” Fleischer said. “The president’s priority is peace. Peace has been secured by new Palestinian institutions. And what Israel is doing is running contrary to that

cause. It is not helpful.”

Israel moved against the Muqata on Thursday, hours after a suicide bomber killed six civilians on a bus in Tel Aviv, the latest of many such attacks carried out

by Palestinian militants in the past two years.

The government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon initially said the attack was intended to isolate Arafat, but later began demanding that the Palestinians turn over 19 men, said to be among those trapped inside the compound, who are wanted for terror-related crimes.

Like so many aspects of the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians, that demand has turned out to be far more complicated than it might seem.

First, the Palestinians complained that they were given no list of names. Israeli officials said none was needed. “Everybody knows who these people are,” said Sharon spokesman Raanan Gissen.

Then the number of suspects ballooned to 50, according to a senior Israeli military officer who is commanding the operation at prisoners in the Palestinian jail that was part of the compound.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

A well rounded U. President Ruth Simmons’ proposal for enrichment promises to reinvigorate Brown’s academic experience. With plans for increased faculty, smaller classes and sections and a need blind admission, Simmons could usher Brown into a new era of academic rigor and excitement.

But as the University focuses on academics, it must not ignore other pressing concerns. At Monday’s Undergraduate Council of Students meeting, Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Janina Montero addressed the University’s extra-academic problems, and they are many.

Student life complements academic life: healthy and happy students are better students. As the University pushes to expand Brown’s academic foundation with new professors and classes, it must realize that students who are passionate about learning — not just a larger endowment and more esteemed professors — will make Brown great. An investment in student life is a pivotal investment in Brown’s future.

Montero said the University is acutely aware that the 52-year-old Ratty needs an upgrade. The building is in disrepair and has not kept up with Brown’s increasing student population. This is not a problem the University can ignore for another 52 years. At prime meal times, the Ratty is so full that some students leave hungry or wolf down food in an unhealthy manner to get to their next classes on time.

The University also needs a building for student events and gatherings. The OMAC and Meehan Auditorium are poor locations to host activity fairs and campus-wide parties, but there are currently no other options. The University must look to construct a large multi-purpose building where students can gather. The Bears’ Lair is too small for a school as large as Brown, and despite years of debate, the University still has no student center adequate for the student population.

The University’s residential halls also need extensive upgrades. Brown desperately needs in-dorm computer rooms, new kitchens and common spaces. Our athletic facilities are also outdated and too small. The University needs to invest in new fields, courts and buildings where students can exercise and compete.

The University should not immediately respond to these needs by physically expanding into College Hill and other historic Providence areas. Brown must make better use of its existing space to improve student life. Other universities have consistently maintained their cafeterias, dorms, athletic equipment and student centers, but Brown has lagged behind. These improvements are not luxuries Brown can continue to ignore. As it channels money and resources into revamping academics, the University must not ignore more tangible students’ needs.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PETA urges citizens to choose beer over milk To the Editor: Thank you for your article about the brewing controversy surrounding the revival of PETA’s “Got Beer?” campaign (“Animal rights group announces resurrection of ‘got beer?’” 9/19).

A recently released study suggests that moderate consumption of beer can help protect against heart attacks, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and dementia.

Cow’s milk, on the other hand, is loaded with fat and cholesterol and has been linked to prostate cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis — the very disease milk is supposed to help prevent. A Harvard University study found that women who consumed the most calcium from dairy foods actually broke more bones than those who rarely drank milk.

Unlike drinking beer, eating dairy foods also hurts animals. Male calves born on dairy farms are taken away from their mothers days after birth and chained inside cramped, dark crates to be killed for veal. Many of these babies wobble, rather than walk, to their deaths because their legs are so sore and swollen from balancing on slippery, waste-covered concrete or slatted floors.

PETA urges everyone, beer drinkers included, to drink responsibly. Where milk is concerned, there’s no such thing. For more information, please visit PETA’s Web site DumpDairy.com.

Paula Moore Staff writer, PETA Sept. 23

No terrorism is justified To the Editor: While I did not attend the “lecture” given last week

by Professor Honderich (“911+1‚ lecturer says Palestinian suicide bombings can be morally rationalized‚” 9/22), it is shameful that such a scholar should use a forum on a U.S. tragedy to justify the horrific deaths of innocent Israeli citizens.

What happened in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, is exactly the same as what happens in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. People with legitimate complaints use illegitimate means to voice them such as the targeting of civilians with the intent to cause as much carnage as possible.

Scholars and Brown students are all too often willing to condone such behavior. When scholars rationalize the depravity of the acts committed by suicide bombers, what can we say about ourselves and what we value?

If we want to address the inequity of the Palestinians, the best thing we can do is to condemn strongly the moral outrageousness of suicide bombing. Our acquiescence only ensures that they will continue to be deprived people.

Joshua Schulman-Marcus ’04 Sept. 23

All first-years should meet in small groups To the Editor: In his column, “A critical look at TWTP: a building with no foundation,” (9/23) Alex Schulman ’03 raises a good point about the distasteful nature of the assumption that all students of color can and should be brought together merely because they are students of color.

However, Schulman is in error when he explores the question, “what commonalities?” Though it is a poorly defined category, none of the students who attend TWTP have benefited from white privilege. If this is a new concept for readers, think about the fact that band aids are ostensibly skin-colored to be less conspicuous, but I have yet to see a variety of different skin-colored band aids marketed.

TWTP is a wonderful forum for getting students thinking and talking about race, class, gender, sexuality and other issues that act as barriers to communication and access for these students. This is a noble task. It would be a tragedy to do away with TWTP, but orientation does need to be adjusted.

An alternate proposal is to offer a variety of programs before the beginning of normal orientation that invite all students to come meet a small group of their classmates and have the important conversations that take place during TWTP. TWTP would be maintained for students of color who feel like they need to make the transition with other students of color before they can have these conversations with other classmates. This sort of expansion would do a great deal to improve the quality of thought and conversation on this campus.

Justin Haas ’03 Sept. 23

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OPINIONS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 · PAGE 11

Americans should reject a U.S. invasion of Iraq Weapons inspections should be top priority in dealing with Iraq, as invasion poses serious complications CAN AMERICANS TAKE PRESIDENT tion groups to the north and south.

Israel will be drawn into the conflict; George Bush’s speech to the United Nations seriously? In his address two this will increase the likelihood that weeks ago, Bush gave Iraq one last Hussein will get moral or military supchance. If Iraq allows U.N. weapons port from other Arab states, potentially inspectors to return and have unfettered sparking a larger Middle East war.

Invasion advocates say access to all sites, he said, weapons of mass destruction military action won’t be nec— chemical, biological and essary. After some fuss, Iraq JAIDEEP SINGH GUEST COLUMN nuclear — and Hussein’s invited inspectors to return appetite to use them necessiu n c o n d i t i o n a l l y. tate using ground troops to Undermining his own position, Bush then said that inspections remove him. According to some reports, were a mere ploy by Hussein and mili- Iraq has already deployed chemical tary action was still necessary. This weapons and, if they import material, made it obvious that the U.N. route was could obtain a nuclear weapon within an insincere effort made only to throw a the next year. However, will invasion bone to critics of Bush’s unilateral really solve that problem? Facing an attack on his life, Hussein would likely approach.

Inspections may soon move forward, scuttle weapons of mass destruction out but the situation still points to an inva- of Iraq and use some of his weapons sion of Iraq within the next six months. against U.S. soldiers. Invasion only In other words, the United States will makes it more likely that weapons will occupy Iraq with ground troops and not fall into the hands of terrorist groups.

Investigative reports confirm Hussein use local opposition like in Afghanistan.

Is the United States ready to occupy Iraq, is trying desperately to assemble a even though it is still dealing with war- nuclear missile, but few know how far he has really come. There is no agreelords in Afghanistan?

Occupation could be very ugly for ment on the extent of the actual threat. men in uniform. (It is interesting that the Some former U.N. inspectors like Scott biggest advocates for invasion— Cheney, Ritter say that Hussein has his hands Perle and Wolfowitz — have never served tied and can’t do much. Other former in the military). Iraqi troops will dig in inspectors and administration officials for urban warfare, having learned from would have us believe he is arming for the Gulf War that their other options are an imminent chemical or nuclear poor. Casualties could be high. Hussein attack.

And when Hussein falls — I don’t doubt would likely use chemical and biological weapons against U.S. troops and opposi- that he will — putting a government together will be a very difficult task requiring millions of dollars in aid and a longJaideep Singh ’03 hails from Ahmadi, term commitment of U.S. troops. There are Kuwait. This is his first guest column for many factions within the Iraqi opposition, The Herald.

and none comparable to the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. Will the United States make a difficult, enduring commitment? Our record is poor.

The United States is already falling short on its commitments in Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai faces an uphill battle against the anti-democracy forces in Afghanistan; he’s already lost two cabinet ministers to assassination. Any transition leader in Iraq would face a battle just as difficult.

Despite repeated appeals from Afghans, security forces cannot move out of Kabul, and warlords still hold on to power. Delivery of promised aid has also been shoddy.

Will American citizens tolerate soldiers being killed patrolling Iraqi cities?

Will the United States promote the growth of anything in Iraq other than the oil industry?

Bush insists eliminating Hussein will foster democracy in the Middle East.

This is odd because promoting democracy contradicts years of U.S. support for repressive and anti-democratic regimes in countries including Egypt and Saudi Arabia. And removing Hussein may free Iraqis from repression but is unlikely to inspire democratic forces in the region.

Why not change our friendly policies toward repressive states, starting with Saudi Arabia and Egypt?

The Iraqi people will welcome Hussein’s fall, but throughout the Islamic world, his demise would add fuel to the extremist fire. There is a deep sensitivity to foreign occupation of Muslim lands — one the United States should avoid. This is why Turkish and not U.S. troops, keep peace in Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s President Musharraf says he wants no part of an attack on Iraq; it would make him even more vulnerable to extremists in his country. Other Muslim leaders feel the same way.

Nevertheless, the risk of inaction is great. However, action doesn’t only mean invasion, assassination and occupation. Other options are available, and a containment policy has merits.

Meaningful inspections could go a long way in rolling back the weapons of mass destruction program: the U.N. team managed to destroy tons of weapons material before. Resuming it would be a step forward, even if the Iraqis start hiding and shifting some of their material.

Inspections are imperfect, and more tools of containment will have to be employed again: tough, smart sanctions along with preventing fissile material entering Iraq. Bush can solidify protection of decaying stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union to help make sure no material ends up in Iraq. Iraq’s borders can be scrutinized more thoroughly for material entering and leaving.

What if these tools prove too leaky?

Air strikes bombing the weapons sites that our intelligence sources know of can be effective. Pinpointing targets in air raids can severely debilitate Hussein’s capabilities. Even if Hussein lost only half of his facilities, his program would be set back many more years. The United States has done it before and it has wreaked havoc on Hussein’s designs, admittedly costing lives of innocent civilians used as human shields.

Of course, an air war is no humane alternative in dealing with Hussein. It’s just better than invasion.

TWTP’s benefits can extend to all Brown students New orientation schedule would retain TWTP in its present form but extend discussion of differences to all AS RECENT DEBATE IN THE PAGES OF race does still matter in U.S. society. Take The Herald suggests, the Third World television, for example. “Friends,” John’s Transition Program seems to be an issue of favorite show, is about six, white, middlegrowing concern to the Brown communi- class people who have wacky adventures ty. Despite the often sharp disagreement with other white, middle-class people. between columnists, we believe that there “Friends” is sadly not alone. The closest thing to a minority on is more common ground on “Frasier” is the English physithis issue than is presently cal therapist Daphne. She’s acknowledged, and a great JOHN BROUGHER white too. Let us move on to deal of hope exists for improvCHRISTOPHER HU GUEST COLUMN late night television. David ing the state of race relations Letterman, Jay Leno, Craig at Brown.

Kilborn and Conan O’Brien As participants in the Third World Transition Program and students are all white. Pop culture is one of the chief with unique personal backgrounds, we tools of the system of racial dominance in hope that we can bring a new and con- this country. Americans are taught that the structive perspective to the discussion. goal in life is to be rich, successful and We, like many at Brown, are not easily cat- white. Pop culture, unfortunately, is not egorized into the usual racial or ethnic the only way in which racism persists. The groupings. Chris is biracial; John is a shameful persistence of high poverty rates Korean American adoptee with white par- among racial minorities is but one examents. While we strongly believe that TWTP ple of this; there are too many other should be retained in its present form, we instances to list in this limited space.

As for dissatisfaction with the term recommend that changes be made to orientation to extend its benefits to all first- “Third World,” it is indicative of the level of constructive debate fostered at TWTP that years.

Opponents of TWTP are quick to raise some program participants also strongly the banner of “colorblindness,” hoping to disliked the connotations inherent in the improve race relations by ignoring racial name and openly suggested changing it. distinctions altogether. While this argu- What many fail to realize, however, is that ment is well intentioned, the doctrine of “Third World” is intended as a uniquely colorblindness leads to the dangerous idea powerful way of inverting a formerly pejothat we can disregard the uniqueness of rative or patronizing term and turning it the minority experience. It is easy for into a symbol of solidarity and strength whites to fail to notice the ways in which among students of color. One thinks of the manner in which some LGBT activists use the term “queer” as a statement of defiJohn Brougher ’06 hails from McLean, Va., ance and pride. We suggest reading Frantz and Christopher Hu ’06 hails from San Fanon’s “The Wretched of the Earth” to Diego, Calif.

understand better why Brown’s minority community has chosen to use this term.

Whenever arguments are posed against TWTP, the issue of self-segregation is raised. The critics argue, “Why can’t TWTP allow all Brown first-years to attend? Why must TWTP only benefit students of color?” The concept of “self-segregation” is just another part of the racialized system that exists today. When black people sit together, they are self-segregating. When Asian people sit together, they are self-segregating. When white people sit together, they are eating lunch. TWTP’s existence as a meaningful program relies on a community made up solely of students of color.

For centuries, minorities in the United States have been denied their identity, history and even basic humanity. TWTP allows us to discuss these injustices and their applications to our own lives as we struggle to define ourselves as society imposes racial preconceptions on us.

Banding together in a Third World community gives us a feeling of self-worth that has been traditionally discouraged by society.

Contrary to the belief of many students, Brown University is not a diverse campus.

African Americans and Latino Americans in particular are grossly underrepresented.

Although there is a decades-long history of Third World activism to promote diversity, constant resistance by Brown administrations has caused the efforts of Third World activists to bear little fruit.

In conversations with fellow students who did not attend the program, the two main concerns that we encountered were a lack of awareness about TWTP itself and

a feeling of exclusion because only students of color are invited to participate.

Both of these concerns are valid but can easily be addressed while retaining TWTP in its current form. Rather than spending hours during orientation on the rather ineffective Points of the Compass (the information presented therein could be disseminated to students in another manner), we can spend that time engaging in activities conducted during TWTP. All first-years would participate in small-group discussions, perhaps with their individual units, on the subjects of racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism. In these discussions, TWTP attendees would have the opportunity to apply and share their experience from the program by facilitating these dialogues. This restructuring of orientation would allow all first-years to gain the benefits of the TWTP experience and improve not only race relations but also social relations within the first-year class.

The best way to gain a greater understanding about the Third World Transition Program and the Third World Center is to engage in constructive discussion. We realize this is a controversial issue, but the best way to resolve the issue is through sharing of ideas. As Brown students, we must come to terms with the fact that we have not done enough to foster positive race relations on campus.

Brown is unique among the Ivy League, and we should not let our reputation of open-mindedness and civility die because we are unwilling to embrace each other’s differences.

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SPORTS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 · PAGE 12

Fans need to be role models too EVERY DAY IT SEEMS LIKE ANOTHER athlete is getting arrested or investigated.

People cry out about how these people are supposed to be role models for our kids and how their actions affect their youngest fans. Some players, like Charles Barkley, react angrily to notions of being role models, while other athletes embrace it. Regardless, people still complain about how athletes aren’t living up to their end of the bargain. The same could be said, however, for many of the fans.

If you didn’t JEFF SALTMAN watch Sports THE SALT’S TAKE Center at the end of last week, then you missed highlights of one of the oddest and grossest sights ever seen in professional sports. It occurred at Chicago’s Comiskey Park where the White Sox were playing the Kansas City Royals — a game just dripping with playoff implications. The game had gone on without incident until the ninth inning when a fan and his 15-year-old son jumped out of the stands and attacked Royals’ first base coach Tom Gamboa. Of all the people in a game to attack, William Ligue Jr. and his son go after the first base coach? I’ve wanted to strangle a few umps before, but never a first base coach.

Following the incident, when asked why he attacked Gamboa, Ligue eruditely responded, “He flicked us off, he got what he deserved.”

I remember the good old days when people could yell things at players or coaches and get a friendly gesture their way and that was the end of it. Even this summer, some of my compatriots and I got flicked off by Mark Kotsay, the San Diego Padres center fielder. Frankly, we deserved it and that was the end of it. This is the way it has always been. Fans heckle players and players may or may not give a reaction of some sort. In The Simpsons, Darryl Strawberry even starts to cry because Bart and Lisa are chanting his name. The kids didn’t, however, rush the field and attack Darryl for this. People yell things at players all of the time. Some of these comments are highly inappropriate and most likely induced by the $6 beer. It honestly probably takes about two weeks’ pay just to get buzzed at a professional game these days. Despite these comments, fans with one of their sons haven’t ever attacked a coach before.

This law of civility was broken last week by a man from Chicago and his son. Now, while athletes do in fact have a responsibility to be role models, because kids do watch them, the fans themselves have even more of a responsibility. A young boy who goes to a football game is more likely to emulate his father screaming obscenities at the other team than some football player who got arrested for drug possession. You can say all you want about athletes being role models for kids, but if the people that surround them act worse than the athletes, then it doesn’t make a difference what professional players do.

In the case of the 15-year-old son, do you think that Frank Thomas, Paul Konerko or his father exert a greater influence over him? OK, maybe it’s Konerko, but I’d definitely put the father ahead of Frank Thomas. I’m sure that see SALT, page 4

M’s soccer wins 2 games, Yale Classic

BY NICK GOUREVITCH

With five goals over two games, CoCaptain Adom Crew ’04 led the men’s soccer team (2-1-1) to a couple of convincing victories and the tournament title at the Yale Classic this weekend in New Haven, Conn. The Bears defeated Alabama A&M University 3-1 on Friday and trounced Vanderbilt University 5-1 on Sunday.

Crew, the tournament MVP and Ivy League Player of the Week, equaled his career goal total in one weekend to spark the team to its biggest offensive explosion in back-to-back games in three years.

“It was a good thing to have (been named MVP), but I was more concerned with how the team played and getting back on track,” Crew said. “Everyone played well and as a team we are getting better.”

While the eight goals may have headlined this weekend’s effort, the defense responded to last week’s disappointing performance with some very strong play.

In his first action of the season, Chris Gomez ’05 started both games in net, making eight total saves and earning a spot on the all-tournament team.

“We worked a lot on defense in practice over the past week,” said Jeff Larentowicz ’05, who was also named to the all-tournament squad.

“A lot of our focus in the scouting report this week was on defensive cover and pressure and we were very conscientious of it when we played.”

Against Alabama A&M, the Bears got on the board in the 18th minute when Crew volleyed home a 20-yarder on a through ball from Edward Thurston ’04.

Crew later added two more scores to complete his hat trick with assists from Matt Goldman ’04 and Seth QuidachaySwan ’04 to give the Bears an insurmountable 3-0 lead.

Alabama A&M would add a late goal, but the Bears came away with the decisive victory in part because they limited the Bulldogs’ ability to use individual skill in order to create chances.

“We wanted to pressure them a lot to take them out of their rhythm,” Larentowicz said. “We came out in the second half and smoked them, especially Adom, who had just an unbelievable weekend.”

In Vanderbilt, the Bears faced a different type of opponent but produced similar results. After an early Commodore score, the Bears responded with five unanswered goals.

“Vanderbilt was more of a direct team and tried to play longer balls,” Crew said.

“So we tried to keep more possession and did that much better this week.”

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With consecutive wins under its belt,the men’s soccer team is ready to open Ivy League play.

The onslaught of offense came from a variety of different sources for Bruno.

Eduardo Romaneiro ’03 scored first on a feed from Omar Macedo ’03.

Crew scored the next two with assists from Keith Caldwell ’06 and Ibrahim Diane ’06. Finally, Quidachay-Swan and Diane each picked up their second goals of the season with the fourth and fifth goals.

Diane, who also assisted on the fourth goal, was named to the All-Tournament team and the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll for the second week in a row.

He is second on the team with six points coming from two goals and two assists on the season. Crew is first with 11 total points over four games.

Next weekend, Brown will open its Ivy League schedule with a match against Harvard University.

With such a big game looming on the calendar, picking up these last two victories was crucial.

“It was really important for us to get these wins especially since we have Harvard coming next week,” Larentowicz said. “Going into the Ivy season with two wins has a big upside.”

The level of intensity of the upcoming game against the Crimson is sure to be tremendous.

Not only is it the Ivy League opener for both teams, but Harvard will surely recall how their chances at their first Ivy League title since 1996 were ruined by the Bears in last season’s final game.

With that impressive 3-0 victory, it was Brown that took home a share of the championship.

The two rivals will face off this Saturday at 4 p.m. at Stevenson Field.

Nick Gourevitch ’03 is an assistant sports editor and covers the men’s soccer team. He can be reached at ngourevitch@browndailyherald.com.

Women’s soccer earns hard-fought tie with Lions

BY SHARA HEGDE

The Brown women’s soccer team (3-1-2, 00-1 Ivy League) earned a hard fought tie this weekend against the Columbia Lady Lions (1-2-1, 0-1-1). After two sudden death overtimes, the game ended with the two teams even at 2-2.

Columbia got on the board first with Courtney Nasshorn ’06 scoring at the 12:31 mark. However, just 22 seconds later, Brown’s Laura Iden ’03 battled for the ball in the corner and sent a high cross into the box, and teammate Michaela Sewall ’04 headed the ball into the back of the net.

Sewall’s strong play this past week earned

her a spot on the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll.

The Lady Bears took the lead at the 40 minute mark with Meghan Schreck ’06 tallying her second goal of the season. Kim Hagner ’05 assisted on the score.

However, Columbia answered with Nasshorn scoring her second goal of the game at the 48 minute mark to tie up the game.

Schreck said the team performed well throughout the game.

“It was a tough game, but I feel like we played very well throughout. We had a goal taken away due to an offsides call which

was a tough break, but overall we played hard the whole game,” she said.

Brown received another strong effort in goal from Sarah Gervais ’04, who stopped seven shots.

The Bears’ next contest is Wednesday against Providence College at 2 p.m.

“I think we have a good chance against Providence,” Schreck said. “We’re taking it one game at a time right now and just trying to get better every time we go out there.”

Sports staff writer Shara Hegde ‘05 covers the women’s soccer team and can be reached at shegde@browndailyherald.com.