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Author Appelfeld tells child’s tale of Holocaust survival

UCS discusses police arming, diversity at first town meeting

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BY ELENA LESLEY

Acclaimed author and retired professor Aharon Appelfeld explored the division between fact and fantasy in his lecture, “Testimonies of Child Holocaust Survivors,” Thursday night. Appelfeld, once a professor at BenGurion University in Beersheva, Israel and the author of over 30 books, drew a crowd of students and Providence locals to Lower Solomon. He said that as the adult survivors of the Holocaust die, the testimonies of children survivors must now also be considered. “As long as the survivors lived among us, the Holocaust had a palpable presence,” he said. “How will the story of the Holocaust be continued without them?” Appelfeld explored the differences in the memories and written works of children and adults, using the works he has written as references to his own experiences. Appelfeld was separated from his parents at the age of eight when he was sent to live in a concentration camp. He managed to escape and live in the forests of Ukraine, eventually working in the Soviet army as a kitchen boy. He immigrated to Israel in 1946 where he studied Hebrew. He first started to write in order to understand his life, he said. “To write was to reveal myself,” Appelfeld said. His works, which are primarily fiction pieces on the Holocaust, also deal with the experiences of Holocaust survivors after the war, and the history of European Jewry leading up to the war. Appelfeld said the experiences and memories of children Holocaust survivors are different from those of adult survivors. “To understand the testimony of the child survivor is to understand the nature of the adult survivor,” he said. He said that while adult survivors present chronology and factual testimonies, children’s accounts are almost fantastical and distorted. It is the difference between a factual testimony and a reconstructed testimony, he said. A child survivor’s testimony is more like “literature,” Appelfeld said. He said while adults can repress their memories and emotions, children cannot. The memories of the Holocaust are a part of their body, he said. “They knew no other life,” he said. “The children had no previous life, or if they had, it was erased. It was the black milk, as the poets say, that they sucked morning, noon and night.” Appelfeld said the emotions and sensations revealed by child survivors are important in understanding the Holocaust. He said that children only absorbed the horror that they could take in, and “their limited experience is a profound one.” “The power of their testimonies lie in their limited horizons,” Appelfeld said. “It’s something more than testimony. It’s something that is transmittable to other people.”

The Undergraduate Council of Students outlined its agenda for this semester and provided opportunities for student feedback during its first town meeting Thursday evening in Upper Salomon. “Our purpose is twofold,” UCS President Allen Feliz ’03 told a crowd of around 20. “We want to share our goals, but, more importantly, we want to hear from you.” Members overseeing various UCS committees made brief presentations, discussing both their long- and short-term goals. Rahim Kurji ’05, chair of the Admission and Student Services Committee, described different strategies for diversifying Brown’s student body and faculty. “To ensure that Brown gets the best possible students,” UCS has been developing a list of impoverished high schools that are often overlooked by the admission office for socioeconomic reasons, he said. Admission officers will spend the next few years making in-roads at these institutions, he added. UCS also wants a student voice to be heard in the selection of President Ruth Simmons’ announced cabinet-level position on diversity, he said. In terms of student services, Kurji said UCS supported holding a cookout with the Department of Public Safety to foster communication between students and officers. “A lot of us see the officers, but we never get to talk to them,” he said. “We never get to see the other side — they also have families, also have kids in college.” Class Representative Samuel Hodges ’04, who stood in for Chair of the Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee Kevin Bennett ’03, said UCS hopes to continue events such as “Win Paul Armstrong’s Money,” a competition that was first held last year. He said UCS also plans to sponsor a “President for a Day” raffle, where students could purchase tickets for the chance to shadow President Simmons. Justin Sanders ’04, chair of the Campus Life Committee, described other social events UCS plans to continue this semester. “Our focus is on tradition-building through campus-wide events,” he said. UCS Hopes to “bring back” events such as Live on Lincoln, Wellness Week and Fall Ball, he added. After their presentations, UCS members invited comment from the audience. For much of the question-and-answer session, students expressed concern about the arming of Brown police, along with other recommendations made by the Bratton Report. When asked for the UCS position on arming Brown police, Feliz responded that the organization had issued a statement last spring saying “we should arm as a last resort after taking on a list of measures so as to decrease crime.” But Feliz added that UCS members would want to facilitate communication between officers and students before any

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Ian Hutchinson Ph.D., director of one of five nuclear fusion projects worldwide, told a Smith-Buonanno crowd Thursday night that science and faith are compatible.

When science meets faith BY STEPHEN BEALE

Science and faith are complementary, said Ian Hutchinson Ph.D., director of one of five nuclear fusion energy projects worldwide, at a Thursday lecture. Hutchinson, who leads the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Fusion Research Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told a capacity crowd in Smith-Buonanno 106 that science and theology were historically “friends, not foes.” He argued that Christianity contributed to the development of modern science through its belief in an intelligent creator. This belief in God implied that the universe was contingent, an important scientific presupposition, he said. He added that 60 percent of the greatest heroes of science were devout Christians, examining Michael Faraday as a primary example. Hutchinson characterized the differences between science and theology as “differences in levels of description of reality.” Hutchinson illustrated the idea through a selection of J.S. Bach’s “Jesus, the Joy of Man’s Desiring,” first describing it as a series of bytes on an MP3 file, then as a graph on an oscilloscope, and finally as the music played at his wedding. He defined science as “a particular way of investigating and understanding

the world, that by its very methods rules out some questions from the start.” These methods include repeatability and “clarity” — the ability to understand the results of an experiment. Hutchinson presented history as an example of something that cannot be explained by the scientific method. “You can only cross the Rubicon once,” he said, stressing the impossibility of repeating history. He said that science is also incapable of answering questions such as “Do you love your wife?” He labeled the assumption that science is the only description of reality as “scientism.” “Descriptions at different levels can be true simultaneously,” he added, emphasizing that the scientific view of man as a biological machine and the biblical understanding of man as a person with a soul are not mutually exclusive. Hutchinson emphasized that he holds the biblical view, meaning that biblical miracles can be described as both natural and supernatural events. He cited the crossing of the Red Sea as an example. He evaluated the claims of Christianity, focusing on the question of what intellectual methods were see SCIENCE, page 4

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Brown won’t face any penalties for refusal to adhere to new national admission policy page 5

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Alex Schulman ’03 debunks the ‘wrong reasons’ for opposing a war in Iraq column,page 7

Football heads to URI, looking for revenge and first win of the young season sports,page 8

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CALENDAR INFORMATION SESSIONS — About various fellowship programs. Room B2, Pembroke Hall, noon. PANEL DISCUSSION — “Sad and Luminous Days: Cuba’s Struggles with the Superpowers After the Missile Crisis,” James Blight, Brown; Philip Brenner, American University; P. Terrence Hopmann, Brown; and Svetlana Savranskya, George Washington University. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 3 p.m. SPORTS — Women’s volleyball vs. Yale. Pizzitola Sports Center, 7 p.m. THEATER — “Hot Comb,” written by Associate Professor of Africana Studies Elmo Terry-Morgan. Rites and Reason Theatre, 7 p.m.

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CONCERT — Brown University Orchestra will present an all-French program with violinist Juliana Pereira ’04 and assistant conductor Jaemi Loeb ’03. Sayles Hall, 8 p.m.

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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 · PAGE 3

‘Hot Comb’ sizzles, styles at Rites and Reason Theatre MOMOKO HIROSE

Bass, drum and upright piano spice up the atmosphere with jazz riffs and soulful accents to open the musical drama “Hot Comb” at the Rites and Reason Theatre. From the hum of summer crickets to the bustle of New York, Hot Comb is an addictive sensory and emotional trek. The simple, clean set and lighting allow for a true focus on the characters and give the audience a sense of intimacy. Replete with questioning sexuality, negotiating family ties and finding success in the least likeliest of places, the charisma of the characters colors this musical drama. Using the story of Madame C.J. Walker as a backdrop, the heroine O’dessa strives to become a successful businesswoman through her skills with the hot comb and Madame Walker’s hair care products. The hot comb, a simple metal comb used to straighten hair, symbolizes her potential success, a new method and a new look for the “New Negro” in Harlem. Yet issues with her family, love life and business threaten her future path. Presented as a gallery, “Hot Comb” is still a work in progress, with actors sometimes on book, and some costume changes on stage. Yet the lack of blackouts or tech people moving props lent a fluidity and naturalness to the play. One of the first things the audience notices is the three incarnations of

O’dessa, with Dessie Lee, O’dessa, and Madam Dessaline. Madam Dessaline, with her brownstone Harlem apartment and fine clothes, looks back at her younger southern girl, Dessie Lee. Writer Elmo Terry-Morgan, associate professor of Africana Studies, said the hardest part was hitting on developing a story and a form to express it in. The script is an aggregation of song, rhyme, poetry and prose, adding dimension and interest. “(This work) is really a merging of different interests and different fascinations,” Terry-Morgan said. He said these include the history of gay blacks, investigating Madam Walker’s influence on the black women and understanding the “New Negro” development with the Great Black Migration. The clever inclusion of slides projected on the backdrop allowed the audience some historical context and background for the play. While adding an aesthetic plus, the slides also provide convenient information. With various platforms on the stage, the older Madam Dessaline could separate her time and space by sitting on a higher riser. Again, creative placement and stage construction add clarity to the play. The live three-man band also provides the jazzy blues feel of the roaring 1920’s. From decadence to good times, and sorrow to bad times, the songs ranged from swing jazz to gospel choir.

Writer Elmo Terry-Morgan, associate professor of Africana Studies, said the hardest part was hitting on developing a story and a form to express it in. The script is an aggregation of song, rhyme, poetry and prose, adding dimension and interest to the play. “(This work) is really a merging of different interests and different fascinations,” Terry-Morgan said. He said these include the history of gay blacks, investigating Madam Walker’s influence on the black women and understanding the “New Negro” development with the Great Black Migration. Costume changes are few, with most of the ensemble wearing mostly black and small accessories. Yet the highlight is definitely the Hamilton Lodge Ball, the grand drag queen beauty contest. Tiara (Andre Thompson), La Dona D’oro (Michael Chen-Illamos) and Alabaster (Matt Puntigam) appeared in decadent costumes of ruffles, pleats and beads, complete with four-inch platforms and towering hair.

In the hustle and bustle of O’dessa’s life, one can see the various tensions evident during the so-called tumultuous “nightmare years” of 1890 to 1920. The frank presentations of gays and lesbians and the complexities of “sophisticated urban blacks” versus “improper rural blacks” all add up to describe the difficulties of the times. Poetry slam rap, gospel, jazz and blues make “Hot Comb” a sizzling combination.

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action was taken, as well as gauge the current sentiments of students. “The issue has changed a lot since last spring,” he said. “It seems less contentious now and we want to figure out where students stand.” Feliz told The Herald he was pleased with the town meeting, although he wished turnout had been better. “We got good feedback and heard new things,” he said. He said UCS hopes to hold another town meeting in early November. Herald staff writer Elena Lesley ‘04 is news editor. She can be reached at elesley@browndailyherald.com.

appropriate for matters of religious faith. “Christianity is not about morals, the church, life after death … it is about the person of Jesus,” he said. “In the end, one can become assured of the truth of Jesus Christ by getting to know him,” he said. Hutchinson’s lecture did not address the conflicts between “creation science” and evolution. “It is not the most important question,” he told The Herald after his lecture, because it confuses science with theology. He said he accepted evolution as one valid explanation of human history, adding that he did object to the evolutionary depiction of man as “nothing

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PANTHERS (-3.5) over the Cardinals The shock of the week is that neither of these teams has a losing record and that the Cards are in second place in the NFC West.

Lewis could ever get the defense playing together, they might night need a former Florida QB to pass for a touchdown. As for the Titans, they are apparently still waiting for that Super Bowl rematch with the Rams. Buccaneers (-1.5) over the FALCONS The Bucs are an overtime loss away from being undefeated and maybe John Gruden has inspired the team to play better. However a loss to the Falcons could have his players wishing he go film The Bride of Chucky Part II- Keyshawn and Friends. Raiders (-3) over the BILLS Pulling out two OT wins has made me remember a poster in my room at home, “Ten Reason Why Drew Bledsoe Will Kick Your Butt.” Sure four of the reasons are just Drew lifting and one is of him being sacked, but they were still all very compelling. Still the Raiders, consisting only of men over age 35, put up over 50 points last week and Drew may be

Giants (Even) over the COWBOYS The Giants dropped the ball last week by losing to the Cards, so expect them to be eager to take out the “America’s Team”. When the ‘Boys were actually good, Emmitt used to love putting up big number against New York. But now that he is approaching qualifying for Medicare, look from him to be given some Campbell Soup and seat on the bench by Michael Strahan. COLTS (-13.5) over the Bengals For anyone who cares, Cincinnati changed quarterbacks again this week. Unless Kitna is planning on playing WR, DE, and LB, the Bengals should have no chance regardless. Chiefs (-3) over the JETS You heard it here first, Priest Holmes

but” the product of molecular processes. He said the First Amendment separation of church and state intensifies the question of origins in America because creation scientists want faith to be discussed rationally in classrooms. “Creation science is not science,” he said, because “at best their science is weak, at worst non-existent.” The view that God created the world “however he did it” is the Orthodox Christian view, and “in that latter sense I am a creationist,” he said. The lecture, which was sponsored by several campus Christian organizations including Brown Christian Fellowship, College Hill for Christ, Graduate Christian Fellowship and the Graduate International Fellowship, will be followed by discussion groups that begin today.

will top Stephen Alexander and score five touchdowns in each half. Vinny might not have been able to put together any offense, but he was not on defense when they gave up over 28 points in three straight games. BRONCOS (-4.5) over the Chargers Good news: The Broncos shut down the Rams and 49ers’ offenses. Bad news — They made the Ravens’ O look like the second coming of the “Greatest Shown on Turf”. The Bolts shocked everyone with their win over the Pats, but unless they get to a Super Bowl it will be tough to forget Steve Young sodomizing their defense in the Super Bowl. 49ERS (-7) over the Rams I cannot put faith in a team is in last place, lost to the Cowboys and is now without its starting quarterback. While he is recuperating, Warner is going back to work at the supermarket in Iowa. Eagles (-3) over the JAGUARS (LOCK OF THE WEEK) I apologize for last week, it is the Jets, not the Jaguars, who have no talent. Regardless, the Jags face the most talented player in the NFL in Donovan McNabb this week. Ravens (+7.5) over the BROWNS If Baltimore cannot build momentum after its MNF performance, nothing will help this team. There seems to be little difference between Todd Heap and Shannon Sharpe and Art Modell would love another chance to stick it to the City of Cleveland and Drew Carey. Packers (+1.5) over the BEARS There’s something about Brett Farve playing on Monday night and it has nothing to do with hair gel. The Packers are still more talented in my mind and I am still bitter about the Bears cutting “The Fridge” and not having a cameo in “The Super Bowl Shuffle Video”. Joshua Troy ’04 hails from Stamford, Conn. and is a political science concentrator.

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CAMPUS NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 · PAGE 5

IN BRIEF Brown won’t face penalty for refusal to abide by new admission rules The University faces no punishment for its refusal to abide by a new policy that allows students to apply early action to an unlimited number of schools and to one school with a binding early decision plan. Princeton University joined Brown in its refusal to comply with the National Association for College Admissions Counseling policy, and that college also faces no disciplinary action. “It never occurred to me that a policy could exist that you could do both,” said Michael Goldberger, director of admission. He said the rule undermines the idea of early decision admission, in which a student must declare a school as his first choice and, upon acceptance, must matriculate at that university. Last year, Brown began a policy of early decision after years of early action. Goldberger said he doesn’t expect the change in the rules — and Brown’s decision to not comply with the policy — to affect the University’s number of applicants. Critics of early admission argue that the policies heavily favor middle and upper-class students who have strong college counseling programs at their high schools and are thus more prepared for the early deadlines. Goldberger said he thinks this new variation of the rule will only exacerbate that problem.“This is really … advantaging the advantaged even more,” he said. Goldberger said he hopes the University can work out an agreement with NACAC, but the discrepancies in the new policy do bother him. “The analogy we used,” he said,“is that it’s like saying it’s OK to be engaged to one person but date others — in case it doesn’t work out.” — Juliette Wallack

Survey shows city govs making online progress BY AKSHAY KRISHNAN

The results of Brown’s second urban “e-government” analysis show city governments made substantial progress toward placing information and services online. The study, conducted by Professor of Political Science Darrell West, director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy, and a team of students, analyzed government Web sites for America’s 70 largest cities. About 1,567 Web sites were rated based on their quality of citizen access, privacy, security, disability access, foreign language translation, and availability of information and services. Minneapolis, Seattle, Denver, San Diego and Boston were the five top-rated cities. Providence ranked 53rd. “While there has been remarkable progress made by city governments, the improvements have not been as drastic in the case of federal and state governments,” West said. West said city governments have made great progress in dealing with issues of privacy and security, citizens’ two major concerns with Web governance. But he said he sees increases in revenue-generating user fees on government Web sites as a danger to the continued progress of e-governance. “More and more, governments are charging citizens for online services, and this represents a worsening trend. User fees limit affordability, and a lot of people are going to be put off by the charges,” West said. West said he conducted the study to chart the progress of online government over time. The Internet is transforming many aspects of life, including government, he said. “The major lesson learned from the study was the difficulty in incorporating new technologies in the public sector. The resistance to change makes it difficult to fulfill the potential of electronic resources,” West said. Dylan Brown ’03 worked with West on the study. “E-government has great potential to let more people have their say on what’s going on. It definitely promotes

About 1,567 Web sites were rated based on their quality of citizen access, privacy, security, disability access, foreign language translation, and availability of information and services. Minneapolis, Seattle, Denver, San Diego and Boston were the five toprated cities. Providence ranked 53rd. feedback from people. The fact that a person can pay his taxes and tickets online only makes life easier for him or her. Ultimately, it comes down to the government serving the people, and e-governance facilitates this,” he said. The public response to the e-government study was extraordinary, West said. He said 6,000 Web visitors downloaded the study results. West said he was motivated to conduct the study by his combined interest in technology and politics. “I’m interested in seeing how new technologies alter the way government does business. The Internet is the new technology of this era, and I’m curious to see how it affects the way a government functions,” he said. West will soon begin work on the third annual urban “e-government” analysis. “I plan to continue doing these studies and to monitor the growing threat of user fees in particular, to see how it affects the continued placement of information and services online,” he said.

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Diamonds and coal Coal to CIS for forgetting to tell people to back up their files, for not providing ant-virus software to people who live off campus and for generally having more problems than John Ritter’s redheaded child in Problem Child III. At that point, they were so desperate for ideas they were contemplating shooting Gilbert Godfrey out of a water cannon. With no net. A diamond to the good fairy who leaves the fourth-floor freezer of the CIT stocked with frozen coffee. Click your heels together three times and say, “There’s no drug like caffeine …” A diamond to Doug Gratzmacher ’04 and the men’s water polo team. Swimming and tossing balls at the same time — for most of us, such activity would be a recipe for drowning. After all, it requires more coordination than driving drunk, but don’t do that. A diamond to the Ethiopian-Israeli dance troupe for putting on an excellent show. Our shoulders feel limber as slippery eels from just watching their display of skeletal nimbleness. A diamond to the “frequent caffeination” cards at Ocean. We are eager for the “frequent lung carbonizer” cards from our pals at Phillip Morris. A cubic zirconium to the Career Fair. It’s a good idea. But for those of us not interested in consulting or I-banking, we’ll try the local want ads instead. A cubic zirconium to the new Beck CD. It’s a sad album, which is kind of comforting, and the guy who produced that Radiohead album was involved. However, sometimes he sounds a little like Fiona Apple — and if you really want music to cry by, get yourself a copy of Cat Power “Moon Pix.” You just can’t have a good sob to music written by the man who sang “I want to get with you, and your sister, I think her name is Debra” in a falsetto voice.

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Herald misinterprets tenured professor stats To the Editor: The Herald’s article “U. appoints 17 professors to tenured ranks” (10/3) accurately portrays who got tenure during the past 12 months and also what tenure means in the life of a faculty member. There are, however, a few items that could easily lead to misunderstanding. First, it is not true that actions during 2001-2002 led to an increase in “the portion of total Brown faculty members currently tenured to 73 percent.” The Herald may have extrapolated from information received from our office without fully understanding its significance. One has to take account of the fact that 26 new untenured assistant professors joined the faculty last year and that 15 tenured faculty members left, while only 10 untenured people left. Thus we had a net increase of only two tenured faculty members (10 of whom were newly appointed to Brown) while the total faculty increased by about 15 faculty members. Thus the percentage of faculty members who are tenured actually went down this year compared with the previous year; though rounded off to 73 percent, the number is unchanged. Second, there were not seven more faculty members tenured in the 2001-2002 school year than in the previous year. This number arose, I think, from comparing figures on lists compiled from different data sets. The number of newly tenured faculty members in 2000-2001 was the same as in 20012002 when one includes both people promoted to tenure and hired from outside with tenure. Third, the final misunderstanding is the statement that “most Brown professors are actually

tenured immediately after being hired, based on their previous accomplishments.” In fact, last year, 26 new faculty were hired as untenured assistant professors and only 10 as tenured faculty members. While a few of the assistant professors may be promoted relatively soon by their departments based on their previous accomplishments, that is by no means the norm. William Crossgrove Associate Dean of the Faculty Oct. 3

Front page photo shows bad journalism To the Editor: I would like to point out several errors made in The Herald’s front page photo (10/3). First and foremost, the name of the game played by those pictured is Crystal Mason, so named due to its creation by a kid whose nickname is Crystal and a kid whose last name is Mason. The game is not, as you claimed, called “hockey-baseball”; in fact, I doubt the existence of such a sport. Secondly, you neglected to include any account of the interview that was conducted with the players of this Crystal Mason game. Rest assured that if you had, many hilarious and enlightening things would have been said and your erroneous judgement of the game’s name would have been corrected. Please, in the future, seek to avoid such journalistic bumblings. Austin Campion ’06 Oct. 3

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 · PAGE 7

Ruminations on the perils of multilateralism Explicating and debunking the wrong reason for opposing war in Iraq IT IS A SAD REFLECTION ON OUR Bush hawks; at least they have a position. mainstream political culture that, aside The Democrats are playing into their own from the tedious “No Blood For Oil” plac- worst stereotypes by dithering about interards of the Seattle-Genoa gas mask national resolutions in lieu of actually brigades, the only real intellectual opposi- standing up and making a decision. Whatever happens in Iraq, it should not tion to potential war in Iraq is coming from hinge on the assent of a France the right. The Democratic or a Syria. Democrats point to Party, worried about its precarthe halcyon days of Bush I, ious electoral position and its who, we hear, patiently built political vulnerability vis-a-vis up an international coalition foreign policy after Sept. 11, to drive Iraq out of Kuwait – as 2001, seems content to if no one remembers how rearrange deck chairs on the Democrats opposed the first Titanic. Gulf War in droves. Well, did The most fiery example has Bush I’s vaunted coalition give been Al Gore, who on Sept. 23 the conflagration in 1991 any lamented that the coalition moral or strategic clarity? I’d built in the opening stages of ALEX SCHULMAN argue exactly the opposite. It the war on terrorism “has been BORN TO RUN was the constraints of internasquandered in a year’s time tional authorization that preand been replaced with great vented allied forces from going anxiety all around the world, not primarily about what the terrorist net- into Baghdad, which in turn left Saddam work is going to do, but about what we are Hussein in power to butcher his own popugoing to do.” (http://www.salon.com/poli- lace to the south and north. The Clinton tics/feature/2002/09/24/gore/index.html) administration’s fondness for internationGore lashed out at the Bush administra- alism produced the shameful Iraq policy of tion more forcefully than his castrated col- the past decade, which has punctuated leagues in Congress, but his rhetoric was murderous sanctions with diffuse bombing just a dressed-up version of the com- and blockading, leaving Hussein’s regime as plaints of Daschle and company. Iraq is internally powerful as ever. This is not meant to be an isolationist bad and everything, but what about our allies? What about our coalition? What degradation of the U.N. The U.N. remains an important organization and to the extent about the U.N. Security Council? Now, I voted for Gore, I am no particular that it provides humanitarian relief, educafan of the petroleum cartel currently in tion and limited police action in chaotic charge, and I write as someone who has Third World countries, the United States opposed war on Iraq on this page earlier should pay its dues and help out as best we this year. Say what you want about the can. But as painfully shown in the first decade after the end of the Cold War, the Alex Schulman ’03 likes to write about pol- U.N. is worthless when it comes to serious armed conflict and instability. What the U.N. itics. This is his fifth semester as a Herald elite worships is “peace,” meaning consencolumnist.

sus, which is a nice utopian idea, but perilous when applied to realistic, ground level conflict. More often than not their “peace” means that anything short of force will be done to preserve the status quo; that may ultimately be a much greater enabler of evil than occasional great power intervention. Democrats complain that Bush has alienated our European allies, save Tony Blair. But ask first, are these allies needed, and second, what kind of allies are these? Reading the reports from the continent’s intelligentsia, both media and governmental, it is clear most of them would sooner see Ariel Sharon in the stocks at the Hague than Hussein, even though by any sane measure Hussein has committed war crimes a million times as brutal as any the Israeli Prime Minister can be plausibly accused. The European Union was impotent to stop a recent genocide in its own backyard; only a firm U.S.-U.K. threat of force brought Milosevic to the table at Dayton and then brought him down during Kosovo. The Balkan conflict demonstrated the problems inherent in fighting a war by committee, and it is thankful for both them and us that Bush went into Afghanistan forcefully and more or less unilaterally (again, abetted by the U.K.); if we waited for China, Syria, France and Brazil to sign off on our every anti-terrorism measure, al Qaeda would be much more powerful today for it. Whether one opposes or supports invasion of Iraq, there is no sense in which U.N. consensus will help us to a positive end. As Robert Kaplan wisely points out (“The Coming Anarchy”), U.N. consensus merely reflects the current stance of a Third World elite, often non-meritocratic, corrupt and roundly hypocritical. They preach “democracy” when very few of their countries have any real experience with it (and

many are worse off from trying it, truth be told). They codify “Zionism is Racism” at their touted pageants while having done nothing to stop the genuine ethnic holocausts going on in their own lands. Brown students, of all political persuasions, also often cite “international law,” as if such a thing has ever existed. It is a clever euphemism for dressing up great power action against weak countries like Serbia — but worthless otherwise. U.S. generals will never be brought before the tribunal for our crimes in Nicaragua, nor will Chinese for Tibet, Russians for Chechnya or Indians for Kashmir. In that vein, the oft-repeated canard that a U.S. “preemptive strike” will undermine international order and lead other countries to do the same appears ludicrous. Russia did not need or want our permission to crush their Islamist uprising, and the India-Pakistan conflict will flare up or die out according to the realistic needs of those specific political actors at that specific point in time. International law will merely reflect shifting great power coalitions, as it should — a true global “peace,” enforced by a distant, uniform bureaucracy is a frightening thought and could entail coercion far more insidious than the “imperialism” of a Pax Americana and its “cowboy” president. Liberals are caught in a bind — we rightly denounce one distant bureaucracy run by a global elite (the IMF/World Bank) that imposes its vision on diverse societies, often to their great detriment. But we too often fail to apply this same principle to the U.N., trumpeting “Security Council Resolution X” as if that were the final word on the matter. There are arguments to be made for or against any war — and “international consensus” is not just the dumbest but perhaps the most dangerous of them.

A call to arms: Brown students must defend themselves When East Side locals sneer, Brown undergraduates must look them in the eye and assert their superiority OF THE MANY HUSHED FACTORS everyone who does make the cut can admissions officers look at, the most rep- afford to be here. For this reason there are resented reason for accepting a student no prerequisites to apply for financial aid, into Brown University is, quite noticeably, and financial aid is awarded based on a need for it: to all those who need it, in the money. This fact is regarded among the student amount they need. The Admission Office does not exist to select pretty body as taboo, for it is an acculittle flowers from the nation’s sation that rich kids do not youth that will all die at the deserve, nor are they intelliintroduction of a single weed gent enough to attend the into their garden world, nor University. And so the children to select weeds such as danof the wealthy live in denial delions that are blown bare in about the real reason they a breeze. The Admission were admitted here. It is an Office gathers the snails that outrage to students that anyslowly but ruthlessly slay all one’s pocketbook, knowingly the plants. Then it relocates or not, wields the power to them over Brown soil, a soil admit them to an Ivy League SHIRIN LUA OSKOOI SO MANY TRAILER plush with salt. For snails are school. For this is yet another PARKS, SO FEW determined creatures maskindulgence afforded them in TORNADOS ing a bubbling explosiveness their lives of luxury (though within them. Brown wants they probably feel indignant about having no control over what their students who will traverse any given issue at any given moment regardless of the parents’ finances have provided them). After all, at least athletes play their consequences and who, when finished respective sports with their own trained frothing, move on and leave a shell bodies! And minorities check off their behind. In other words, Brown accepts students respective minority status boxes with their own disadvantaged hands! And legacies who promise loud voices and/or loud are born with Brunonian blood coursing futures. Fulfillment of this promise is payment for a Brown education. Many stuthrough their own veins! A lot of circumstance and a little intelli- dents buy their education with money; gence buys admission into high-profile many students work hard at getting finanschools. No one just gets in, and not cial aid and barely pay their own way through, carrying out their promise in other ways. In the end, no matter what we Shirin Lua Oskooi ’05 is a computer science give of ourselves to Brown, we are here to and creative writing concentrator from develop our intelligence, notwithstanding Newport Beach, Calif.

how little some have to begin with. We’re all just snails crossing paths while trudging through manure over four (or five) years to get to the greenery and, as intended by Brown, we should take it all in with a grain of salt. Here is one such grain of salt. Naturally, as a high-profile university, Brown has complex inner-workings. Providence locals cannot possibly know or understand these inner-workings based on spotting a few mink coats in a Brown crowd. Nevertheless, they choose to criticize Brown students as one entity of pampered imbeciles. We are the scapegoats for their own chosen paths (with which they are clearly not happy. Perhaps they should look into therapy or higher education). Up and down Thayer Street, Providence Place Mall and downtown, the words “Brown Students” are strung together and verbalized in the most scathing of tones. A car almost hit a group of my friends and me in the crosswalk in front of Jo’s. The driver leaned out of his window, and, after several indiscernible grumbles, he shook his fist at us and yelled, “Brown Students!” as though this was supposed to be an affronting declaration. Day after day, even in Brown’s very own bookstore, I hear that unmistakable Rhode Island accent issuing from the old and young alike, denigrating the “rich-assed, spoiled rotten Brown students.” They do not realize that money is a factor only when it is had; wealth helps, but a lack of it is overlooked. Of the disgruntled locals who are bitter

because they are denied admission, they are simply not the slimy snails Brown seeks. (Some may be snails, in which case they simply must not have enough calcium in their shells, risking collapse. Or perhaps they are too slimy, not solid enough to demonstrate strong bubblepotential.) They need not sulk about it in their jealous fury but rather, go somewhere else. Of the inhabitants who bitch about unfairness, they should have applied here, could have gotten financial aid and would have been given preference for being Rhode Island residents (another admission factor, though not as heavily weighed as the aforementioned ones). Of the rest who complain, they are just threatened, weak pansies lacking even thorns of a rosebush with which to prick us. Subsequently, there are three categories of malcontents: the jealous, the lazy and the intimidated. Those locals who use the title of “Brown Students” as an insult do so because Brown students are an insult to them. For, it is we, not they, who possess the prideful title. Thus do I charge every Brown student, be you indignant about being looked down upon for your wealth, be you indignant for being wrongly identified as a rich prat or be you not at all indignant: stand up for yourself. Passively respond, “Yeah, I’m a Brown student. The learning is actually pretty good.” Or acerbically respond, “Clearly you hadn’t the means to get in.” Just do something rather than stand still like an idiot, proving them right. At the very least, laugh at their ignorance.

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SPORTS FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 2002 · PAGE 8

Week 5 and the grounded Jets AFTER LAST WEEKEND’S NFL GAMES, like Randy Moss, I have decided to check myself into a substance abuse program. After seeing nine favorites fail to cover, having only two road teams win, and going 2-12, I needed an intervention. Even with all of this, the worst part of the weekend was seeing the New York Jets get blown out of the water for the third straight week. This week it was a 28-3 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and it completed a JOSH TROY stretch in which SPREADING THE LOVE they have been outscored 102-13. Moreover, the loss dropped them to last place in the AFC East, behind the New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills. Losing is nothing new to Jets’ fans, but the team has not looked this bad since Rich Kotite “left” town. The only good news that came out of the whole debacle is that Vinny Testaverde was benched — an injury helped a little with that — and he was replaced by Chad Pennington. Pennington, a former Marshall stand-out and first round pick, will finally be given a chance and will lead the team this weekend against the Kansas City Chiefs. While many have been clamoring for the move for two years, or roughly 60 interceptions, this is the first time that Pennington will step into the huddle at the team’s true starter. If he can thrown to Santana Moss like he did to Randy at Marshall, the Jets might just have a chance of salvaging a season that opened with aspirations of a division title. As for this week’s picks, as usual they are against the spread as provided by the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Also, please remember they are for recreational purposes only and after last week, there is some talk that I will be replaced by a monkey. (Home team in CAPS) Last week — 2-12 Season — 26-34 Lock of the Week — 2-2 Patriots (+3) over the DOLPHINS So far this season, I am 0-for-New England and this is even more impressive considering they are 3-1. Just when both of these teams had you believing they could each be in the Super Bowl, they lost last weekend as favorites. So while “R-dub” will probably amass close to 200 yards, Tom Brady will lead the Pats to victory — just so I get angry when I order and egg and cheese from Dunkin’ Donuts. SAINTS (-3) over the Steelers I am still not sure how the Saints lost to the Lions last week, but apparently New Orleans thought the game was not getting started until 4 o’clock and that’s why they did not start trying until the fourth quarter. As for the Steelers, “the Bus” is running on two flat tires and Kordell Steward lost his job to a guy who was the XFL MVP. Apparently, Kordell beat out He Hate Me to keep the number two job. Redskins (+5.5) over the TITANS I am giving Mr. Visor one more chance to prove himself, before I suggest he go back to college and take on the task of once again rebuilding Duke football. If Marvin see TROY, page 4

Looking for redemption, Bears to face URI After tough loss to Harvard, Brown goes to URI looking to chalk up its first win of the season and avenge last year’s loss to the Rams BY SAMANTHA PLESSER

With hearts still heavy over the tragic loss last weekend against Harvard, the Brown football team (0-2, 0-1 Ivy League) travels to the University of Rhode Island on Saturday to try and redeem themselves from a winless start. Although this game perhaps has little meaning nationally as the Bears and the Rams (1-3) are not in playoff contention, it is definitely a game that both teams desperately want to win. Last year the Rams beat the Bears 42-38 in the last seven seconds of the game. URI’s David Jamison rushed for 17 yards giving the Rams a four point edge over Brown and clinching the win. The lead changed hands six times in the fourth quarter, making the loss even more devastating for Brown. Amazing offensive performances were turned in by all as Brown quarterback Kyle Rowley ’02 threw for 474 yards, a Brown and an Ivy League record. Chas Gessner ’03 caught 269 yards for a personal record. This game is being played for state bragging rights, the victor holding onto the Governor’s Cup. More importantly, both teams need this win if they are to

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The football team will be looking to recapture the Governor’s Cup against URI on Saturday. have any hope of jumpstarting their seasons. If Brown is to win on Saturday, it is going to be necessary to control the

Rams on the ground. Extra points cannot be missed as they were last week. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. in Kingston, R.I.

From all-state California to volleyball at Brown BY ERIC PERLMUTTER

Karalyn Kuchenbecker ’06 is a starting outside hitter for the volleyball team, originally from Los Angeles. She brings a distinguished list of awards and accomplishments to Brown. She was awarded first-team AllState her last two FRESH years in high FACES school, first-team FIRST IN A SERIES All-CIF — which is similar to regionals — her last three years of high school, and first-team All-League her last three years of high school. Q: How did you first pick volleyball up? A: Actually, my sister taught me when I was six. She played middle school volleyball and she needed someone to practice with, so of course as the little sister I had to do it. She taught me more and more, and eventually I really liked it. I played through middle school, and when I got to high school it was the first year they were letting freshmen on the varsity team. Another girl and I made the team, though I didn’t play much freshman year because going from eighth grade to varsity in high school was a big jump. It was more for the experience. I was starting by junior year, and became captain senior year. Q: Your high school team probably performed well, did it not? A: My high school team pretty much won everything we could have. We won an invitational tournament in Hawaii in the beginning of the year, and we won both the regional and state tournaments. We played from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1. Of course it was great, but also tough,

especially since I then picked up club volleyball the week directly after we won States. My season was 11 months, which is hard, but I loved it. Q: What has been your impression thus far of your volleyball experience here? How is the team atmosphere? A: I’ve played on school teams and club teams since I was ten. I’ve never been on a team with better chemistry. The girls are great, and everybody has such a solid work ethic. There are a lot of seniors who have been on the team for four years and have stuck it out, so they set a good example. On the court everyone has a good mental mindset to win. Everything we do in practice pertains to our next game as a team. It’s not just to better yourself or your game, it’s for the team, and that’s great. Of course, it’s definitely weird to go from being captain to being a freshman. There’s a different dynamic and less responsibility, but I’m not changing the way I am on the court. Q: Why Brown? Is it an issue to be so far from home? A: I was pretty heavily recruited my junior year. I really focused on academics. I never focused only on volleyball. I love art, I play the guitar and I do all these other things, so I didn’t want to go to a school primarily for a sport. Plus, injuries are always a factor, so were that to happen, I didn’t want to be at a school where I wasn’t going to be happy and where the academics were not going to be good. As a result, I ended up turning down a couple of scholarships from schools that weren’t right for me. I came here for ADOCH and fell in love with it. I could-

n’t be happier. In terms of being far from home, my family is not upset because they know I’m having fun. I mean, I’m a six-hour plane ride away, and my mom loves to come to my games and all, but she isn’t mad. After all, the way she got me to come here was by telling me that Brown is ‘the Berkeley of the east.’ Q: How do you deal with all of the distractions and pressures of playing? A: Focus is definitely a key aspect for me. It was rough in high school because at a lot of tournaments, there were people recruiting you with tags on their shirts that said Brown or Stanford or whatnot. So if you were at all focusing on the people on the sidelines, you’d have been nervous. During a game, I have no idea what’s going on off the court. I won’t be able to hear the crowd and I can only look at the coach. It’s just a matter of focus for me. I don’t get nervous before games, so it’s quite nice.

Q: Has volleyball limited you socially or academically? A: I’m still meeting my unit because I’m never in the dorm, but they’re so supportive, they came to a match last week and are coming this Friday, hopefully with some big posters. Academically, I definitely am learning to manage my time. I started to learn in high school, fortunately, but it is tough. You learn not to procrastinate so much. Q: What are your personal goals for playing here at Brown? A: Basically just to play my best, and to keep myself healthy and take care of my body. Of course, winning is always nice.