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U. looks for new director to helm Career Services

Faculty pass 3 more motions in governance reform push

BY DANIELLE WAINER

BY JONATHAN SKOLNICK

With the University aiming to complete its national search for a new Career Services director by 2003, outgoing director Sheila Curran said this week the University may not be sufficiently invested in its program during a crucial time of economic downturn.

“These are difficult times for all career offices because the economy is so lousy,” she said. “This is the time that career offices have to help students, yet this is also the time when they tend to have their budgets cut.”

With the focus on President Ruth Simmons’ new academic initiatives and the dismal economy, the University took on several ambitious projects that made it harder to find room in the budget or schedule to continue to improve Career Services, Curran told The Herald this summer.

Curran, who announced her move to Duke University last year after six years as director of Career Services and 20 years at Brown, said Career Services was left out of the planning that went into Simmons’ enrichment initiatives — leaving her office to wonder if the University was committed to improvement.

Curran said she “got the impression that at Brown, in areas that are not part of the academic initiative, it will be status quo for many years to come.” Her desire to be able to change and improve the program she heads was part of her decision to move to Duke, she said.

“At Duke, they’re giving me the opportunity to make some changes and to have an influence on moving forward to the future,” Curran said. “It was really a wonderful opportunity to do something new and work on different things that have to be done in career offices.”

Despite the strain of difficult economic times and questions over how to improve Career Services, Curran and Interim Director Barbara Peoples agreed that Career Services will continue to run smoothly during the transition period.

“I anticipate that things will go along very smoothly. What students need to know is that we have a very strong team here,” Peoples said. Career Services is “going forward and making plans.

“We are not hearing that there are any areas right now where students feel that their goals are not being met.”

The search for a new director is now in the hands of a committee that includes students, faculty and administration. The committee reports to Dean of the College Paul Armstrong, who will make a final decision.

“We have representation from many different places on campus serving on the search committee,” said Karen Sibley, associate dean for summer studies and chair of the search committee in charge of interviewing and selecting potential candidates.

The University announced it was seeking a

The faculty took several steps to overhaul governance at Brown at its meeting Tuesday, passing three measures that give the faculty more say in several key areas of the University.

The first measure changed the name and charge of the Advisory Committee on University Planning to the University Resources Committee. The major change is that from now on, meetings will be closed to the public.

“The hope is that by closing it, we can have much franker discussions with the senior vice presidents, and that maybe the outcome will be different,” said John Savage, past chair of the Faculty Executive Committee.

In the past, information administrators might have discussed with faculty was withheld due to the open nature of the meetings, inhibiting the faculty’s ability to effect change, Savage said.

With the new system, he said, “we’re developing a partnership with the administration.”

Provost Robert Zimmer told The Herald early this semester that the public’s voice would not be lost by the private meetings and discussions. To maintain the Brown community’s participation, all topics of discussion and the results of the debates will be revealed. Members of the community will be able to voice their opinions at public forums, as well.

“All that’s being closed is the conversation,” he said, “so that it can, in its way, be an open conversation.”

The faculty also passed a measure that would revise and rename the Committee on Faculty, Reappointment and Tenure to the Tenure, Promotions and Appointments Committee. A faculty member, not a dean, will now head the committee, whose membership will increase from eight to 12.

Also, TPA will now be responsible for approval of individual departmental criteria for contract renewal, promotion and tenure.

“The point is to ensure that uniformly high standards are applied in matters of promotion and tenure,” Savage said.

An amendment was later approved that would allow a limited number of associate professors to serve on the committee.

These professors would have to recuse themselves in cases involving faculty at their rank or higher so as to avoid any conflicts of interest.

The third motion passed created the University Curriculum Committee, which will focus on academic matters related to the University as a whole. There was previously no committee that dealt with both issues of graduate and undergraduate education, Savage said.

The College Curriculum Council and the Graduate Council will still tackle issues exclusive to undergraduate and graduate academics, respectively.

“We’re hoping that the new UCC will

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Catholic Chaplain Henry Bodah led students in prayer Thursday night at a vigil outside the Sciences Library organized for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

Holding vigil for hunger

BY EMIR SENTURK

About 25 Students gathered outside the Sciences Library Thursday night for an hour-long vigil for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Standing in a circle that increased in diameter with the passage of time, students of different backgrounds shared prayers, parables, readings and chants.

With candles burning in the face of rain and cold air, the words of the Old and New Testaments, medieval saints and Sanskrit

writings reverberated within the group.

Though the vigil took on a largely religious nature that spoke of the importance of faith, personal duty and sacrifice in an effort to help those suffering through hunger and homelessness, personal ideas and momentary ruminations broke the silence several times.

“We’re here tonight because we feel empathy toward our fellow man struggling see VIGIL, page 4

Union demonstrators in Seekonk join national day of action against Wal-Mart

BY ADAM STELLA Seekonk, Mass. — One hundred and fifty

pro-union demonstrators, acting in solidarity with demonstrators in 43 other states, rallied at a Wal-Mart along Route 6 Thursday afternoon in support of WalMart workers.

The demonstration was part as part of a nationwide “Day of Action” orchestrated by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. The day included more than 100 demonstrations across the country, involving over 10,000 workers, said Jim Riley, secretary treasurer of UFCW. Ian DeZalia, spokesperson for WalMart, said the stores were aware of the planned “Day of Action,” but were conducting “business as usual.”

Ten Brown students attended the

demonstration, which was publicized on campus by the Brown Student Labor Alliance.

Riley gave an impassioned speech in a parking lot near Wal-Mart at the start of the rally.

“The largest corporation has waged war on its own workers, and when the largest corporation in America wages war on its own workers it wages war on all workers,” Riley told a crowd of enthusiastic supporters.

Wal-Mart should learn from General Motors, which, as the largest U.S. corporation in the 1930s, allowed automobile workers to unionize, Riley said.

Wal-Mart pays its employees $2 to $3 less per hour than unionized employees see SEEKONK, page 4

see CAREERS, page 9

see FACULTY, page 8

I N S I D E F R I D AY, N O V E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 0 2 Fusion, breakdancers headline a blockbuster dance show at Ashamu through Sunday page 3

NPR documentarians discuss the art of radio storytelling with students page 3

Cuban playwright Gloria Maite Hernandez reads from her work page 3

TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Jaideep Singh ’03 says President Bush should act to help poor countries out of poverty column, page 11

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WORKSHOP — featuring applied music piano students. Grant Recital Hall, 4 p.m.

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ARTS & CULTURE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002 · PAGE 3

Documentarians share secrets of successful radio storytelling

BY ELLEN WERNECKE

“All of my life is dedicated to sharing experiences and the power of a story shared.” So said Joe Richman, a reporter for National Public Radio, in Smith-Buonanno 201 Thursday in a lecture titled “Radio Documentary.”

Richman and fellow radio documentarian Jay Allison spoke to a group of about forty, most of who were students in EL 116, “Radio Nonfiction,” about radio production and the craft of radio. Richman said the lecture was intended to “pull back the curtain, to go behind the scenes” of some of his and Allison’s recent projects.

Richman is the founder of Radio Diaries Inc., a nonprofit company dedicated to helping people document their own lives in sound. An adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, he lends his subjects a handheld tape recorder for three weeks to two years and teaches them to record themselves and others.

He said he often ends up with 30 or 40 hours of raw tape, and the editing process can be “pretty daunting.” see RADIO, page 6

Courtesy of Tracy Shultz / Brown University Theatre

The second annual Fall Dance Concert goes up this weekend in Ashamu, featuring the dance company Fusion and the Breakdancing Club.The show, which runs through Sunday, also features a number of individual performers and showcases a wide variety of dance forms, ranging from tap and ballet to breakdancing.

Fusion, breakdancers headline dance show

BY LINDA EVARTS

The second annual Fall Dance Concert, choreographed and performed entirely by students, premiered to a packed crowd Friday night at Ashamu. Running until Sunday, it showcases the talents of members of Fusion and the Breakdancing Club, as well as other students involved in dance.

The concert features a wide variety of interests and specialties, ranging from the traditional tap and ballet forms to less conventional dancing with props and breakdancing. One of the most original acts is “The Stick Dance,” choreographed and performed by Kyle Shepard ’04. In the dance, Shepard engages in an unpredictable relationship with a stick, initially being kicked and choked by it, and eventually sleeping beside the stick and asking, “How do you have sex, you mean with a penis and a vagina?”

“Nervous Breakdown,” performed by the Breakdancing Club, was an audience favorite. The

troupe, which includes seven dancers, flipped, spun and did one-handed handstands to the amazement of the crowd.

Some other crowd pleasers included “Lineage,” choreographed by Jessica Shepardson ’03. Developing a theme centered on violence, the dance first shows the transference of violent behavior from a devil to the people around him, and later the end of that violence through the caring influence of a fairy-godmother-type figure.

Another emotionally charged piece was Benjamin Asriel’s ’03 “Triptych,” which explored the seemingly simple act of the handshake. Asriel expanded the daily ritual into a complex piece consisting of intricate motions and groupings, which required much understanding and cooperation on the part of the dancers. “(He) had very clear visions. … We had long meetings where we discussed exactly what was going on,” Blanche Case ’06 said of Asriel.

Cuban playwright Hernandez reads from her work

BY JESSICA WEISBERG

Cuban playwright Gloria Maite Hernandez, who is slated to be a writer-in-residence at Brown over the next few weeks, shared excerpts from her work on Thursday at the McCormick Family Theater. Hernandez recited portions of her original play, written in Spanish, while Robert Arellano, from the creative writing program, delivered an English translation.

Hernandez’s play portrays the relationship between classical authors Saint John and Saint Teresa, evidenced to have shared a deep emotional connection, although direct documentation substantiating their relationship is unavailable. The two authors are believed to have communicated through letters, none of which have survived.

Myths explicating their disappearance vary, though a particularly popular notion maintains that John destroyed all indications of their correspondence after an intense fight see READING, page 4

‘Black Orpheus’ takes two on a classic myth with a scene switch to Carnival in Rio

BY ADAM HUNDT

The Center for Latin America Studies and the Watson Institute screened the film “Black Orpheus” on Thursday, a retelling of the Orpheus myth set during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hailed as a modern classic upon its release in 1959, Black Orpheus won the Golden Palm at the Cannes ARTS & CULTURE Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign REVIEW Language Film. It was directed

by Frenchman Marcel Camus, who based his story on Vinicius de Moraes’ play Orfeu da Conceicao.

In the film, the beautiful, desperate Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) comes to Rio de Janeiro during Carnival Week. She is being chased by a frightening man who wears a skeleton costume symbolizing death. In Rio, Eurydice falls in love with the streetcar conductor and samba performer Orpheus (Breno Mello), who happily leaves his demanding fiancé to be with her. The film ends tragically with Eurydice’s death and Orpheus’ subsequent attempt to find her body and communicate with her through spiritual means.

Audiences were enticed by the film’s portrayal of blacks from impoverished communities engaging in

jazzy, carnal and lavishly staged dance festivals in the streets of Rio. The film offers an exotic look at a foreign culture — it might be thought of as the “Y Tu Mama “Black Orpheus” Tambien” of its day.

“Black Orpheus” porgarners raves not trays its subjects as joyous and seemingonly for its magnifily unaware of their poverty. The film suggests that the cent musicality, but largely ignored and long oppressed comfor the sly, creative munity of the Brazilian blacks posways in which it sesses dignity and a unique, vibrant culupdates the traditure.

“Black Orpheus” is tional Orpheus tale. also the film that introduced the Western world to the lively local music of Brazil known as Bossa Nova (“new wave” or “new groove”).

The film’s soundtrack, notable for its multiple percussionists playing bongos, is the invention of Antonio

Carlos Jobim and Luis Bonfa. A huge hit in the United States, the soundtrack inspired covers by jazz musicians such as Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. Getz’s later collaboration with João Gilberto and his wife, Astrud, on “The Girl from Ipanema” in 1963 helped awaken world culture to the powerful, entrancing rhythms of Bossa Nova.

“Black Orpheus” garners raves not only for its magnificent musicality, but for the sly, creative ways in which it updates the traditional Orpheus tale. For example, whereas the mythical Orpheus traveled to the Underworld to search for his lost love, the protagonist now scours the enormous yet useless Missing Persons Bureau and attends a bizarre religious meeting where participants attempt to make contact with Eurydice’s spirit.

The final scenes are undeniably moving: As Orpheus carries Eurydice’s body back to his home on a hill above the city, a stone thrown by his wrathful fiancé causes Orpheus to fall off a cliff to his death. Simultaneously, the child Benedito (Jorge Dos Santos) finds Orpheus’ guitar and begins to play it “in order to make the sun rise,” as his two friends dance and sing around him.

Despite such mournful tragedy, the community and culture depicted in “Black Orpheus” stubbornly carries on.

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Honors

ry over the University of Rhode Island, and played uncommonly strong defense for a freshman.

continued from page 12 game-winning goal against Cornell gave the Bears their only Ivy League win of the season, and he helped keep the team competitive despite the injury to star forward Adom Crew ’04. A past Ivy League Rookie of the Week, Diane’s impact on the team should only grow in the next few years.

LaVere finished the season as the women’s team’s starting sweeper after beginning as a midfielder. Her play was rewarded with a spot as an Honorable Mention on the 2002 Women’s Soccer All-Ivy Team. She scored the team’s only goal in a 1-0 victo-

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Fall Sports Honorees Women’s Soccer: Kristin Ferrell ’04 (First Team), Sarah Gervais ’04 (First Team), Michaela Sewall ’04 (Honorable Mention), Kim LaVere ’06 (Honorable Mention) Men’s Soccer: Dustin Branan ’03 (First Team), Adom Crew ’04 (Second Team), Jeff Larentowicz ’05 (Second Team), Ibrahim Diane ’06 (Honorable Mention) Field Hockey: Lizzie Buza ’04 (First Team), Laurel Pierpont ’04 (Second Team), Meaghan Harwood ’04 (Honorable Mention) Water Polo: Doug Grutzmacher ’04 (Second Team All East Tournament)

in the same fields, Riley told the crowd. Riley accused Wal-Mart of rampant anti-union tactics and widespread discrimination against women and minorities.

According to its Web site, WalMart believes third-party representation, such as unions, disrupts open communication between the company and its employees.

Wal-Mart is currently fighting a class-action lawsuit that claims the company discriminates against women by not offering birth control in its health insurance coverage. The case is the biggest sex discrimination case in U.S. history.

After Riley spoke, Dave Moody, a former Wal-Mart employee, told the crowd he experienced Wal-Mart’s unfair business practices firsthand. He said he was forced out of work for expressing a pro-union opinion and that his wife, a Wal-Mart employee of 23 years, was the victim of sex-based discrimination.

He ended the rally portion of the demonstration by telling the

Vigil continued from page 1 with hunger and poverty,” said Niki Papadopoulos ’04.

Papadopoulos emphasized the importance of realizing that the state of those suffering persists “because of the conditions that man has created.” She also told the group of the necessity to act as a group to better those conditions.

Where words did not suffice, some students turned to song.

Srigowri Vijayakumar ’06 recited

Reading continued from page 3 with Teresa.

In her work, Hernandez captured this relationship without strictly portraying the contents of the letters because that would not be adaptable to a theatric performance, she said. The play does not adhere to the norms of classical theater, as the characters speak in lyrical, poetic monologues delineating their limited comprehension of morality and the afterlife.

In one section, Teresa directly addresses God, questioning the agency of her continuous suffer-

crowd, “Let’s go over there and cause a little hell at the store.”

But the “shop-in” portion of the rally was an orderly affair, as planned by UFCW. UFCW representatives passed out $20 bills to demonstrators to shop at WalMart for the Rhode Island Women’s Center, an organization that supports victims of domestic violence.

The demonstrators, donning red-shirts reading “Justice at WalMart,” walked through the store searching for items from “ethnic hair products” to coffee makers, trying to engage employees in casual conversations about unionization, according to a UFCW pamphlet.

The UFCW’s chief obstacle to unionizing Wal-Mart workers is the union’s lack of access to WalMart employees, said Gina Rourke, a graduate student writing her dissertation on organized labor’s response to Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart uses intimidation and legal obstacles to prevent workers from organizing, and the UFCW has been called slow to act, she said.

But this may represent a significant moment in the unionization movement for Wal-Mart, Rourke said.

“This is an opening shot in an

attempt to unionize Wal-Mart,” she said.

Wal-Mart is expanding into the retail food industry, and UFCW wants Wal-Mart and its workers to know the retail food industries in the region are organized, Riley said. Wal-Mart’s one million U.S. workers represent the largest group of nonunionized commercial food workers in the United States, he said.

The shop-in is a somewhat unorthodox organizing tactic, but Wal-Mart is so large that UFCW traditional tactics are unlikely to effect change within the company, Riley said.

“The time for boycotting WalMart is over,” he said.

President of UFCW Local 328 Lee DiIorio called the demonstration an “overwhelming success” and said the UFCW plans to continue speaking with WalMart employees about the possibility of unionization. But she acknowledged the task will be a difficult one.

“No one should be afraid of their employer, and those workers are,” DiIorio said.

a song in Sanskrit on friendship.

Benjamin Kamm ’06 chanted a melody and was soon joined by the many that picked it up.

“God will take care of us, but we have to start the process,” said Matthew Hamilton ’05, one of the several students who helped organize the event. Hamilton told the group of the need to take an active role in solving the problems of homelessness and hunger.

“As people are fighting hunger and oppression, God will fight alongside them,” Hamilton said.

Toward midnight, as the montage of song, prayer and dialogue

came to close, some students said they felt the prolonged exposure to the cold gave them something of a connection to those who must endure it as part of their lives. But those people are not able to return to their heated homes, students said.

At the end of the vigil, Hamilton thanked the group for participating.

“Hopefully we will be able to work in the future as a group,” he said.

ing and consequently pondering her own morality and self worth.

She indirectly communicates her affection for John through her disinterest in living after his death. In attempt to integrate their experiences, Teresa asks her daughter Anna to neglect her corpse so she will encounter the same treatment John endured when he died in prison.

A short section dedicated to Amorado and Amorada, lovers who declare their unyielding attachment, intending to continue their relationship past death, acts as metaphor for the unexpressed ardor between Teresa and John.

In the aftermath of John’s death, Teresa feels completely

isolated, and anticipates her oncoming death.

“Why did you put in my heart a love for all that dies?” Teresa rhetorically asks, reflecting on her complete absorption with John.

Arellano and several of his students are currently collaborating to complete an English translation of Hernandez’s work, he said.

In addition to being a playwright, Hernandez has taught American Theater at the University of Havana. She will be a resident writer at the University over the next several weeks and will be readily available to meet with students.

Herald staff writer Adam Stella ’05 can be reached at astella@browndailyherald.com.

Herald staff writer Emir Senturk ’04 can be reached at esenturk@browndailyherald.com.

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CAMPUS NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002 · PAGE 5

Photojournalist Lehman chronicles seven years in Tibet

BY MONIQUE MENESES

A slideshow titled “The Tibetans: A Struggle to Survive” portrayed seven years of Tibet in images to audience members Thursday evening.

Award-winning photojournalist Steve Lehman used personal anecdotes and citations from his photography book, from which photos in his slideshow were included, to speak to audience members about his experience in Tibet in the 1990s as well as in the field of journalism.

The main point of the photography book, he said, is to make Tibet more accessible to a U.S. audience. Lehman said it is difficult for any audience to identify with a distant situation if there is no personal story linked to it. This missing link, he said, can be found in the voices and pictures of Tibetan people who don’t otherwise have a chance to be heard.

“My book gives a voice to people who are not allowed to speak for themselves,” he said.

“I suffered tremendously,” Lehman said about his experience in journalism. “I would never want anyone to go into this line of work,” he said. He attributed his initial attraction to journalism to a Dutch photographer whose multimedia presentation he saw during his college years.

This inspiration continued throughout and after college, motivating him to travel to the “untouched remote places of the world” and see things for himself, he said.

His travels led him to Asia, where he learned both Tibetan and Chinese languages. He hitchhiked and gained access to different Asian countries by applying for their residence permits, he said.

Lehman told audience members about a short stay with a Tibetan man who lived in the People’s Republic of China in the 1980s and was imprisoned for 13 years with only a bowl of gruel and a cup of tea for his daily sustenance. But the story he heard from this man of his experiences in Tibet, he said, was different from his own per-

ception of the country.

“No one talked about what was going on in their daily lives,” he said.

Lehman stressed the importance of respecting both Tibetan and Chinese viewpoints on the issue of Tibet’s self-determination. Having spent time abroad in both China and Tibet, he said his work reflects his experience in both countries.

“This body of work not only happens to be about China and Tibet, but I feel that it’s about deeper issues. I don’t want it to be seen as pointing fingers, but as a type of self-reflection,” Lehman said.

“What do you think about the possibility of reconciliation?” one student asked.

Lehman said what Tibetans and Chinese have in common is their resilience. “Both have suffered tremendously,” he said, “and I’m optimistic that the possibility of reconciliation exists.”

He quoted a famous photographer, who once commented on the quality of a picture: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”

Lehman’s desire to take quality pictures once took him too close to his subjects and led to his imprisonment in a jail in Western Tibet, he said. Tibetan monks were marching to the Chinese government office in the area to stand up for their beliefs, he said.

Lehman said his presence at the Chinese government building seemed to the police officers on duty more of a concern than the presence of the Tibetan monks.

Photographs from his Tibet collection, excluding those from 1987 to 1989 and pictures of prisoners, were shown to audience members. He recently decided not to show some of the pictures took, he said.

“I feel that for there to be a resolution of the Tibetan conflict, forgiveness is necessary. My decision was made because much of my work was born out of anger,”

“This body of work not only happens to be about China and Tibet, but I feel that it’s about deeper issues. I don’t want it to be seen as pointing fingers, but as a type of self-reflection.”

Steve Lehman Photographer Lehman said.

The slideshow included various aspects of Tibetan life and what it meant to be a Tibetan during the late 1980s to mid-1990s. From images of children at school to a child pointing a gun at the camera with a smile on his face, from the opinions of a nationalistic shopkeeper to a pacifistic farmer, the photographs and quotes that accompanied them aimed to define a Tibet of the past.

“This type of presentation can appeal to a larger type of audience through its media, journalism, cultural and spiritual contexts,” said Patty Aguilo ’05, a member of Amnesty International, which co-sponsored the event with Students for a Free Tibet.

Audience members slowly trickled out of the room throughout the lecture, but those who stayed told The Herald the experience was worthwhile.

“I didn’t know much going into it, but it exceeded my expectations in terms of power,” said Joe Griffith ’05.

Herald staff writer Monique Meneses ’05 can be reached at mmeneses@browndailyherald.com.

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Radio continued from page 3 “I try to get them to imagine they’re writing a diary,” Richman said of his subjects, who have included teenage mothers, inmates and senior citizens.

“Radio’s a one-to-one medium, unlike TV,” he said. “If the diarist imagines it (as) a one-on-one, the audience feels that.”

Out of respect for the diary format, Richman gives his subjects final editorial control over what goes into the finished piece.

One of Richman’s subjects was Laura Rothenberg ’04, who worked with him for nearly two years on a piece entitled “My So-Called Lungs.” Rothenberg was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was three days old and, during the project, made the difficult decision to get a double lung transplant.

Rothenberg was “a very reluctant diarist — not easily won over to the project,” Richman said. But, he added, such diarists often turn out to be the strongest subjects.

“There are talk-outers, the ones who entertain, who can picture the audience,” he said. “And there are talk-inners, who can be even more powerful.”

“Our role in a sense is to get people to trespass into their own lives,” Allison said.

Allison is co-producer of NPR’s “Lost and Found Sound,” a collaborative effort between artists, journalists, sound collectors and film sound designers that creates sonic histories and retrospectives. His pieces have appeared on various NPR programs, most notably “This American Life,” a show produced by Ira Glass ’82.

Allison’s current project, “Quest for Sound,” invites people to phone in recordings that have special meaning to them.

The best of the recordings are broadcast on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” The clips he played included a sound collage two homesick parents made to remind a college student of home and a survivor of throat cancer singing “Happy Birthday” to her 14-year-old son.

Richman played a clip from his series “New York Works,” profiles of New Yorkers with vanishing jobs, about a “seltzer man” named Walter who delivers seltzer on the Lower East Side. Richman decided to include the piece in the series after one lively customer, a Mrs. Blitz, took over the microphone.

“You’re trying to put yourself in the position where you can get lucky,” Richman said. “With Mrs. Blitz, we got lucky.” Richman admitted he edited and cut some of Walter’s story to craft the finished piece.

“Manipulation — we’re probably going to use that word a few times today,” he

said. Radio, according to Richman, is all about “manipulating” subjects “in a way so it can happen more naturally.”

“Yes, (Walter’s story) is manipulation, but it’s lovely, it’s elegant,” Allison said.

“The boundary is always how to make it feel real and not boring.

“You have to ask yourself,” Allison said, “‘Is it for entertainment? For edification?

For accuracy? For truth?’”

Both journalists fielded questions from the audience about the relationship between themselves and their subjects.

“Photojournalists say they don’t take pictures, they make pictures,” he said.

“There’s always that essence of taking.”

“There are standards of journalistic ethics,” Allison said, “but finally it comes down to you. You have to be able to play back your piece not only looking in the eyes of your subject, but also in the eyes of your audience.”

“I’m insanely worried about keeping my audience interested and engaged,” Richman said. “I’m lucky in that (the NPR audience) is reasonably curious about life.”

“Radio documentary is like dawn,” Allison said. “You see a little more clearly a place, a person. Then it’s gone.”

Herald staff writer Ellen Wernecke ’06 can be reached at ewernecke@browndailyherald.com.

Football continued from page 12 standings than they would like, Brown knows it is a better team than its record indicates. Brown has led in all but one league game they have played, losing by a combined 11 points in all five league losses.

This is the last collegiate game for the team’s 28 seniors, all of whom want to give momentum for next year’s team.

When: Brown vs. Columbia, Saturday 12:30 pm. Brown Stadium Last Week: Brown 21, Dartmouth 18; Cornell 17, Columbia 14.

Last Year: Brown 45, Columbia 21.

Saturday’s Players to watch: Columbia: RB Rashad Biggers (4.3 yards per carry), QB Steve Hunsberger (197.2 passing yards per game), WR Travis Chmelka (122.2 allpurpose yards per game). Brown: QB Kyle Slager ’04 (32-of-42 passes for 270 yards and a TD last week), RB Joe Rackley ’03 (148 rushing yards last week), WR Chas Gessner ’03 (10.5 catches per game, 116.4 yards per game) Staff writer Jermaine Matheson ’03 is an assistant sports editor and covers the football team.

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WORLD & NATION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002 · PAGE 7

IN BRIEF

Musharraf ally named Pakistani PM KARACHI, Pakistan (L. A. Times) — A staunch ally of President

U.S. identifies captive al-Qaeda leader WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, an alleged key planner of the attack on the USS Cole and one of the most wanted al-Qaeda fugitives, has been captured and is undergoing interrogation by the United States at a secret location abroad, government officials said Thursday.

Al Nashiri, also known as Abu Asim al Makki, is described by U.S. government officials as a 15-year associate of Osama bin Laden and a mastermind of attacks at sea. In addition to the October 2000 Cole bombing, which killed 17 U.S. sailors, he is suspected of plotting attacks on the USS Sullivans the same year and on U.S. and British warships in the Strait of Gibraltar earlier this year. Both operations were thwarted.

Al Nashiri was apprehended three weeks ago and is under CIA control, senior administration officials said. They would not disclose where al Nashiri had been captured, but one knowledgeable source said he was taken into custody outside Yemen, where U.S. and Yemeni counter-terrorism forced had mounted a determined hunt for him.

News of al Nashiri’s capture comes less than three weeks after a dramatic precision missile attack from an unmanned CIA drone that killed another Yemeni-based al-Qaeda leader. Abu Ali al-Harithi and five associates were killed Nov. 3 as their vehicle sped along a remote highway in Yemen.

Government sources disclosed last week that a highlevel al-Qaeda operative had been captured. But sources said that al-Nashiri’s identity and details of his apprehension were not disclosed then because he had information about recently planned terrorist strikes and the whereabouts of other key operatives whom the government wanted to quietly pursue.

Al Nashiri’s apprehension and Harithi’s death mark important successes in the U.S. war on al-Qaeda’s leadership, terror experts said, at a time when Democrats and others have questioned the effectiveness of the administration’s war on terror. While a recent audiotape appears to confirm that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is still alive, other leaders may be forced to keep moving.

Pervez Musharraf and the military was named prime minister by a narrow margin Thursday, but more tough political battles lie ahead in Pakistan’s deeply divided national assembly.

The National Assembly elected Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, 68, a former chief minister of Baluchistan province, ending almost six weeks of bitter negotiations and three years of military rule. He immediately made it clear he will follow Musharraf’s path.

“My government will continue the policies of the last three years in which Pakistan has emerged as a front-line state in the war against terror,” he told legislators.

In a veiled warning to India, Jamali said he will maintain Musharraf’s hard line on security issues.

“We want good relations with our neighbors,” the new prime minister said. “Some of our neighbors want good relations, some don’t. But we are able to respond to any aggression. We have responded in the past and we will continue to respond.”

Opposition parties have accused Musharraf and the military’s powerful Inter-Service Intelligence agency of threatening and buying off politicians to ensure that the new civilian government is led by allies.

Jamali’s party is a breakaway faction of the Pakistan Muslim League. Its leader, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was overthrown in Musharraf’s bloodless coup three years ago. Sharif and his family were exiled to Saudi Arabia.

Jamali’s pro-military faction, called the PML(Q), have a total of 117 seats in the 342-seat National Assembly, far short of an outright victory.

He won the prime minister’s post Thursday with the support of smaller parties, and maverick members of exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party.

Jamali polled 172 votes in the National Assembly, giving him a slight majority that will be hard to maintain as the new government confronts a long list of problems, including widespread resentment toward the U.S. search for suspected terrorists in Pakistan.

The country’s new prime minister is an avid sportsman, built like a barrel, who helped from the front office to lead the country’s field hockey team to a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics. He’ll need a lot more than deft stick work to survive the rough and tumble of Pakistani politics.

In a speech to the nation Wednesday night, Musharraf promised to hand over power to the new prime minister within two days.

Congressional impasse may mean jobless benefits for many will expire at Christmas WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — With congressional negotiations at an impasse and time running out, nearly 1 million jobless workers will almost certainly lose their federal unemployment benefits during the Christmas season.

The House of Representatives has one last chance to extend the expiring unemployment compensation program Friday, when a handful of lawmakers convene to approve technical changes to the homeland security bill.

But House GOP leaders say they don’t plan to bring up the Senate’s version of an unemployment extension, and the White House is resisting Democratic entreaties to force the House to act.

That means about 830,000 people receiving federal benefits will be cut off on Dec. 28. Beginning the next day, another 95,000 jobless workers each week will exhaust their state unemployment benefits, with no temporary federal assistance to back them up, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priority, a liberal think tank.

“I don’t even want to truly think about it. I have a 12-yearold (daughter) to support,” said Jo-Anne Hurlston, a Northeast Washington resident who lost her job as dean of career and student services at Washington’s Marriott Hospitality Public Charter High School on June 11 and faces a benefits cutoff at year end.

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Faculty continued from page 1 identify which issues need to be discussed in a common committee. We hope there will be a more comprehensive view taken of the combined curriculum,” Savage said.

A final measure, to revise the Standing Committee on the Academic Code, was also considered. The measure would have changed how committee members are chosen and would ensure that its chair is a member of the faculty. The measure was not passed because a quorum was not present. It will be reconsidered at the faculty’s next meeting on Dec. 3.

The measures passed this week are part of a broader group of 12 faculty governance reforms that were arrived at by the Task Force on Faculty Governance Motions to create, rename and revise faculty committees.

The task force was created to deal with the overwhelming number of faculty committees and the feeling among faculty that they had too small a role in

University decision-making, Savage said.

“We had 44 committees and 247 positions on those committees for faculty members, and it was creating a crisis every year” because it was nearly impossible to fill all these spots, Savage said.

When Richard Spies, executive vice president for planning and senior advisor to the president, came to Brown, he asked Savage whether the faculty knew the names of all the members of any committee. When Savage realized the answer was no, he said he further realized the need for reform.

The other main impetus for the reforms, Savage said, was the faculty’s sense that it had relatively little sway in University decisionmaking, especially compared to faculty governing bodies at other leading institutions.

The reforms have been largely attributed to the support of President Ruth Simmons and the increased influence of Provost Robert Zimmer, both of whom realize that “a strong responsible faculty leads to a higher caliber institution, with better quality of teaching, with more reputable, more visible research,” Savage

said.

The move to reform the faculty governance system is historic.

The University established parts of the conglomeration of committees and advisory boards, such as ACUP, in the early 1970s, Savage told The Herald in an earlier interview.

The University created ACUP, one of the major components of University planning and a powerful force in faculty governance, using as a model the Princeton Priorities Committee, which was also growing into its own role at that point.

“This was a time when students (and) faculty wanted to have a voice, wanted to participate in the governing of the universities,” Savage said.

In a time when administrations of all kinds — political and educational — faced public mistrust, educators devised committees like PPC at Princeton and ACUP at Brown to “bring everyone to the table,” Savage said.

Now, he said, even though these committees exist, “it’s very rare that these committees function to the satisfaction of everybody who participates in them.”

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Careers continued from page 1 Career Services director at the end of August, and the committee began reviewing applications in September, Sibley said.

To ensure that the University chooses a director who best understands the needs of Brown students, potential candidates meet with a variety of people on campus.

“They’ve done presentations that have been open to many different people — faculty, student groups and both undergraduates and graduates,” Sibley said. “We also ask those people to let the committee know what they think of the candidates.”

Sibley emphasized the importance of assessing the reactions of people on campus to potential candidates.

“I collect the information and take it back to the committee so that

Troy continued from page 12 his back or surgically taped to the back of an offensive lineman.

I for one eagerly await his return and hope that the city that once booed Santa Claus can soon celebrate the return of a great NFL player and a great athlete.

This week’s picks, as usual, are against the spread as provided by the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This week’s picks were not dangled out of a window by Michael Jackson. (Home team in CAPS) Last week: 8-8 Season with the Patriots: 82-75-3 Season without the Patriots: 81-663 Barely a Lock of the Week: 7-4 (five straight) Vikings (+7.5) over the PATRIOTS Finally, after 11 weeks, I picked a Patriots game correctly. The only streak that lasted longer and was more painful was A.C. Green’s virginity. New England needs a home win to keep pace in the tightly bunched AFC East, and they should pick it up. Still, last week I vowed not to pick them the rest of the reason, and I am not changing now.

Falcons (-3) over the PANTHERS (LOCK OF THE WEEK) Michael Vick has done everything but block a punt for Atlanta this season. The only drawback is that things may be a little awkward at Thanksgiving dinner with his cousin Aaron Brooks. As for Carolina, Julius Peppers’ positive test and subsequent four-game suspension for Flintstones vitamins should help them continue their losing streak.

DOLPHINS (-3) over the Chargers Twice last week I was ridiculed for selections — the first, believing that the Chargers would upset the 49ers, and the second, criticizing the ability of the Dolphins. To balance my karma, I will put my faith in Ray Lucas and Ricky “I still probably wasn’t worth an entire draft” Williams.

RAVENS (+2) over the Titans Wanna talk parity? Baltimore is one of only three teams in the AFC with a losing record, and they were without their best player, Ray Lewis, for over four weeks. Meanwhile, Tennessee has won five straight games to move into a first-place tie

they know how other people on campus are responding to the candidates,” Sibley said.

In their search for a new director, Sibley and the rest of the search committee said they set their standards high.

“We’re looking for somebody who has a deep understanding of the liberal arts, expertise in the work of career offices, someone who is very responsive to students as well as to staff members and who has strong leadership and creative ideas,” Sibley said.

“I think the core thing is finding the person who will resonate in the culture of Brown, so that they’re going to be happy to be here and our students, faculty and staff will benefit from the leadership and expertise that they bring to us,” she said.

As to the challenges facing the new director, Curran said whoever is chosen will play a critical role in determining the direction of Career Services and what types of services are available to students.

“During economic times like this, there needs to be a proactive policy.

Career centers should not wait for employers to come to them,” Curran said. “It is incumbent on career offices to go out and build relationships with employers so that Brown students will know how to play the game.”

While the search continues for a new director, Career Services continues to work closely with students, especially seniors.

“We’ve had a great fall semester.

We’ve seen very high numbers of students in the office, and the senior meetings have been well attended,” Peoples said.

“These are tough times for career centers. … It’s a difficult market for seniors, but the work of Career Services has been going on very smoothly, and I am sure that a director will come in to a smoothly running operation,” Curran said.

with Indianapolis. The Ravens should pick up a win after Brian Billick inspires his team with some of Boog Powell’s BBQ.

slow down his TD pace, he is fortunate enough to play the Seahawks.

Kansas City is playing for the playoffs, while Seattle is playing for Mike Holmgren’s job. Here’s to joining Harvey Pitt on the unemployment line.

BEARS (-5.5) over the Lions With only two wins, Chicago is somehow only a game out of second place in the NFC North. Even more shocking is that with three wins, Detroit occupies second place. The Bears should pick up the win if they can convince Marty Booker to throw the ball to himself.

Jaguars (-2.5) over the COWBOYS With Darren Woodson, Larry Allen and “The Rocket” out for the season, Emmitt complaining about playing time and a baseball player for a QB, Dallas is really learning the meaning of hard knocks. My suggestion: bring back Nate Newton. At least when they lose to Jacksonville, the mood around the locker room will be a lot more mellow.

SAINTS (-6) over the Browns Aside from their struggles against the Falcons, the Saints have looked like one of the best teams in the NFL, and Joe Horn scores as regularly as the guy on “The Bachelor.” Even if Cleveland loses here, winning half their remaining games could earn them the AFC North Division Title.

JETS (-3) over the Bills Good news: New York is now back at .500 and tied for second place in the AFC East. Bad news: The only person who comes up shorter in big games then the Jets is Chris Webber.

Expect a shoot-out between a surprising Chad Pennington and a rejuvenated Drew Bledsoe, and another OT kickoff return for a TD. STEELERS (-10.5) over the Bengals It is always scary when a player is injured like Tommy Maddox was last week, but the Steelers are fortunate enough to have a Pro Bowl backup to put in at QB. Stewart knows he is playing for his future.

Against the Bengals, he will need to win and win big if he does not want to become just another statistic.

Packers (+3) over the BUCCANEERS Once they are retired, Warren Sapp and Brett Favre need to star in a sitcom together. It would be like “The Last Boy Scout,” without the assassination attempts. Now that Brett is out of Minnesota, he should lead the Packers to a win in one of the most hard-fought games of the season.

Chiefs (-3) over the SEAHAWKS Just when Priest Holmes starts to

Rams (-4.5) over the REDSKINS Marc Bulger is 5-0 and Kurt Warner is 0-5 — guess who is starting this week? If you said the former grocery store worker, Kurt, you would be correct. Even with the pressure of the entire team on his shoulders, Warner can take solace in the fact that if he played for Washington, he would be at the bottom of the depth chart just because he did not go to the University of Florida.

CARDINALS (+8) over the Raiders The Cardinals are home. The Cardinals have lost four straight games. The Raiders are more talented and just got revenge against the Patriots. Let’s just test to see if the apocalypse is approaching, and take the points and Arizona.

Giants (-5.5) over the Texans Jeremy Shockey picked up over 100 yards last week and refrained from insulting any minority groups. If the NFL thing does not pan out, he can always try out for Tough Enough and a job with the WWE. He should have no problem leading the GMen to a win over the Texans and David Carr, who is beginning to forget a memory every time he’s sacked (think “The Never Ending Story 2”).

BRONCOS (-6.5) over the Colts Denver is 7-0 during the day and 03 at night. I think it may be tough to come up with a more meaningless statistic. After tripping over his dog and being benched for poor play, Brian Griese has finally gone down with a knee injury, and this could be a good thing for the Broncos. Steve Beurelein should take advantage of his opportunity by knocking off a talented Colts team.

49ERS (-7) over the Eagles Last week this would have been a great game. Now, it is just a chance for Terrell Owens to sign some footballs and taunt some opponents.

Philly needs to try to squeak out a few wins, so that when Donovan finally returns it will be for the playoffs and not the Pro Bowls.

Joshua Troy ’04 hails from Stamford, Conn., the home of the WWE(F), and is a political science concentrator.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

E D I T O R I A L

Diamonds and coal A diamond to Apple’s Ellen Feiss for coming out in The Herald with her first-ever interview, and to Apple’s line of superior products, from the iMac to the iPod. Eat your heart out, Bill Gates — Feiss is a sweetheart, and she’s mega iHot. Fifteen years old? Not a problem where we’re concerned.

Coal to former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt. First, he contributed to the collapse of the U.S. economy with his fellatio-esque treatment of the accounting oversight industry. Then he treated us to an hour’s worth of ramblings about Bob Greene’s “Once Upon a Town” and the Battle of Bull Run. It was like watching Patrick Swayze attempt sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live — stick to what you know, Mr. Chairman.

A diamond to the Brown football team for its win last weekend over the Big Green. Not only did the team pick up its first victory of the season, but team members managed to escape little Hanover without acquiring togas, bar caps, beer bellies or legacies.

ANDREW SHEETS

A diamond to Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. But coal to hunger and homelessness.

Coal to Meeting Street Café. We patronize your store between three and five days a week, but you refuse to let us use coupons more than once. We ask you to make a cake for our friend “Danielle,” but instead you write “Michelle” on the cake and laugh about it. We order two broccoli tuna melts, and you give us broccoli, lettuce and tomato — but no sign of tuna or cheese — between two pieces of bread. We gave you the Top RI award for best sandwich. But we were wrong.

A diamond to the little Spanish-speaking boy who preaches, sings and dances on local cable Sunday afternoons. Granted, football is more fun to watch, but the kid is great during the commercial breaks. And he goes for hours. Boy, the little guy’s got stamina. But coal to Escort drivers who blast preacher tapes in the vans. It’s cute when the little boy does it, but it’s just scary when old white men are screaming fire and brimstone while you’re heading home at night.

A cubic zirconium to the Ratty’s new hours. It’s great that the place stays open until 7:30 p.m., but why does the Ratty stop serving food at 7 p.m? Ketchup and soft-serve ice cream don’t count as dinner.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD EDITORIAL Seth Kerschner, Editor-in-Chief David Rivello, Editor-in-Chief Will Hurwitz, Executive Editor Sheryl Shapiro, Executive Editor Beth Farnstrom, Senior Editor Elena Lesley, News Editor Brian Baskin, Campus Watch Editor Carla Blumenkranz, Arts & Culture Editor Stephanie Harris, Academic Watch Editor Juliette Wallack, Metro Editor Victoria Harris, Opinions Editor

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Sanders Kleinfeld, Opinions Editor PRODUCTION Marion Billings, Design Editor Bronwyn Bryant, Asst. Design Editor Ilena Frangista, Listings Editor Julia Zuckerman, Copy Desk Chief

P O S T- M A G A Z I N E Kerry Miller, Editor-in-Chief Zach Frechette, Executive Editor Morgan Clendaniel, Film Editor Dan Poulson, Calendar Editor Alex Carnevale, Features Editor Theo Schell-Lambert, Music Editor

Jonathan Skolnick, Copy Desk Chief Andrew Sheets, Graphics Editor Kimberly Insel, Photography Editor Jason White, Asst.Photography Editor Brett Cohen, Systems Manager

SPORTS Joshua Troy, Sports Editor Nick Gourevitch, Asst. Sports Editor Jermaine Matheson, Asst. Sports Editor Alicia Mullin, Asst. Sports Editor

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

University standards same for all applicants To the Editor: The Herald’s article “University may raise admission standards for student athletes,” 11/21) implies that admission standards are lowered for athletes when the reality is that the University's admission standards are the same for all applicants. Admitted students should be qualified to withstand the academic rigors of a Brown education, should gain from their Brown experience the intangibles not available at other institutions and should contribute to the campus by exercising their intellectual curiosity and diversity of experience and talents.

Different students bring different contributions to our school. We need an array of actors, French horn players, singers, activists and writers. We need students who will eventually work for non-profits and contribute $5 a year to the Annual Fund and those who will earn MBAs and decide to donate $5,000. We need volunteers and leaders who will work for NGOs, enter politics, seek commissions in our military or protest these groups' policies.

And, of course, we need athletes, most of whom embody all of the above in addition to their athletic endeavors.

Ultimately, a matriculating Brown student should be a match for the school, and student-athletes are never, and have never been, the exception. We should be proud of our friends, classmates and alums who have added to Brown's diversity with their athletic talents. I am confident that whatever changes are made will have little impact on our competitiveness, given that athletes "within one standard deviation of the average student" are as likely to be in the above-average standard as not.

Melisa Lai ’94 ’99 MD Nov. 21

Progress on substancefree dorm takes time To the Editor: As a member of the working group on the substancefree housing policy at the University, I was encouraged

by The Herald's coverage of the issue in the article “Students, Univ. look to iron out substance-free housing policy” (11/21) and the editorial (“... on drugs,”

11/21). However, I must take issue with the conclusions of the editorial. First, I agree that substance-free housing, currently, is “an ineffectual joke inpractice.”

That was precisely the impetus for the formation of a working group on substance-free housing this past spring. But, as The Herald may or may not know, administrative movement is very slow at Brown, as in other large bureaucracies. We are very slowly making progress toward an effective substance-free housing policy. For this, I must commend Associate Dean Donald Desrochers. Desrochers has frequently been the object of students’ exasperation (mine included), but students must remember that Desrochers is part of this large bureaucracy; he has superiors and is not free to act autonomously. The progress we are making toward a new substance-free housing contract and enforcement procedure should address the valid questions raised in yesterday's editorial.

My objection is to the editorial's conclusion: “Substance-free housing should remain in New Pembroke No. 2 only, so that the University can best concentrate its resources in one place. The housing in Hegeman E is too desirable to ensure that students (who) opt to live there will do so for pure motives and adhere to its rules and regulations.” Fortunately, substance-free housing policy will never attempt to legislate students' motives, especially considering this is impossible. Instead, the policy will legislate behavior, which is observable. Regardless of motive, students in substance-free housing are — and will continue to be — asked not to consume alcohol or other drugs in their residences. Violations are just that: violations.

Unfortunately, the current enforcement process is, as the editorial noted, “unacceptable and ludicrous.”

Violations have no consequences, when and if they are reported. We hope to remedy this.

Yes, the current policy, if it can be called that, is awful. But the answer is not to remove substance-free housing from Hegeman-E to ensure these “pure motives.” Under that logic, we would move substancefree housing to the worst housing on campus to make sure that those who live there are of “pure motive.” Why should someone who desires simply to live in a “vomitfree zone” be asked to accept less desirable housing?

Is their request unreasonable? No. Instead, students should expect to have the University produce and enforce a policy that ensures that substance-free housing is actually substance free. This is the goal of the working group on substance-free housing.

Joshua S. Edwards ’03 Nov. 21

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OPINIONS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002 · PAGE 11

The hypocrisy behind Bush’s free trade rhetoric Both the press and the public are responsible for ensuring the accuracy and objectivity of news coverage YOU KNOW THE ANTI-GLOBALIZATION Wolfowitz, one of Bush’s top foreign policy types. They’re the socialists selling prop- advisors, said economic development was aganda on the Main Green, the environ- the key to reducing instability. He told me, mentalists who ask for signatures at the “There’s no question extremism thrives on post office and the zealots who organize misery.”

So what exactly are we doing about bus trips to protests in Washington. But rampant human misery? Not the most harmful anti-globalmuch. The United States izers are not these grungy spends just 0.1 percent of its folks we have in mind, but GNP on foreign development rather policymakers in our assistance, a smaller proporgovernment who champion tion than most European free trade and economic countries. In fact, the United development but don’t back it States is in last place among up with policy. the 22 donor countries in aid In his speech to the U.N., as a share of income.

President George Bush said, The Bush administration is “Our commitment to human unfazed by cost estimates of dignity is challenged by perJAIDEEP SINGH $100 billion for invasion of sistent poverty and raging disJ-DEEP THOUGHTS Iraq, but decided to give a palease. The suffering is great, try $200 million to the global and our responsibilities are fight against AIDS. From this clear. The United States is joining with the world to supply aid where it we must conclude that Bush doesn’t conreaches people and lifts up lives, to extend sider AIDS a national security threat wortrade and the prosperity it brings, and to thy of U.S. resources.

Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University bring medical care where it is desperately argued recently in the Economist, “The needed.”

Talking to the Brown Journal of World evidence shows that $25 billion a year Affairs about Indonesia earlier this year, from the donors could avert around 8m Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul deaths each year. The expected $100 billion cost of war against Iraq would thereJaideep Singh ’03 is co-editor of the Brown fore be enough to avert around 30m premature deaths from disease, if channeled Journal of World Affairs. He hails from into a sustained and organized partnerSugarland, Texas.

ship with the poor countries.”

Even crueler than low foreign aid is U.S. trade policy. What the United States gives to poor countries in the form of aid, it takes away in the form of trade barriers.

The United States doesn’t buy food from poor countries that produce crops at lower cost. Instead, it pays billions of dollars in subsidies to rich U.S. farmers, shutting poor-country farmers out of our markets. Oxfam estimates that rich-country protection costs developing countries $100 billion a year — twice what they receive in aid. Peanut farmers in Uganda, for example, face a tariff of 164 percent if they want to export to the United States.

Subsidies aren’t helping many Americans either. Most farm support goes to a small group of large farms (with wealthy owners), rather than small farms. Forty-one percent of all U.S. farm support goes to a mere nine percent of farms. According to one estimate, the $180 billion farm bill passed by Congress this summer will cost the average U.S. household $4,377 over the next decade.

That means you and I actually pay higher taxes so that we can pay more for our groceries. Low-income households suffer the most because they spend a higher share of income on food.

Add Bush’s rhetoric on U.S. leadership in a challenging world to platitudes on the virtues of free trade, and we should get a

serious effort to reduce farm subsidies by rich countries.

But after signing the atrocious farm bill, it would be hard for Bush to lecture the Europeans and the Japanese on scaling back their barriers, which are actually higher than ours. Uganda — the same hapless country that can’t sell us peanuts — can’t sell Japan rice because 93 percent of Japan’s market is reserved for Japanese producers.

Tariff policy also falls short of living up to Bush’s endorsement of development and trade. The overall U.S. tariff on imports is a commendable 1.6 percent, but the higher rates on cheap imports punish poor countries. Imports from Nepal to the United States amounts to $0.2 billion, and it pays $25 million in tariffs. Ireland pays a comparable $29 million, but on imports worth $18.6 billion. Do the math, and you’ll realize the United States is taxing underdeveloped Nepal at 12.3 percent and relatively wealthy Ireland at 0.2 percent. We call that a regressive tax.

It’s probably unfair to blame the Bush administration for all this. After all, the Democrats supported the farm bill and we had the same tariff policy under President Bill Clinton. Nevertheless, it’s time the United States actually backed up its promises to help poor countries out of poverty, especially because by helping we benefit as well.

The hidden morals of contemporary box office draws “Harry Potter” and “Bowling for Columbine” have much to say about current political climate I WAS STRUCK BY THE HIDDEN Spoiler coming: In “Chamber of Secrets,” imperatives behind last weekend’s films. Harry confronts a resurrected memory of Regardless of whether you go to the movies Voldemort, who leaves his diary and writseeking “pure entertainment” and run ings to corrupt future generations — à la screaming from any hint of a moral or “Mein Kampf” for neo-Nazis — and analysis, there are lessons to be gleaned attempts to rise again in the service of an outdated, elitist Sorcerocracy between the lines. After all, after subverting the minds of when infants play peek-a-boo those who read his book. for entertainment, even they BARRON YOUNGSMITH Potter defeats Voldemort learn something. For those GUEST COLUMN because, as Voldemort himself who didn’t realize this in infansays, he’s “just a memory.” The cy, people do not cease to exist lesson is that he should be when you cover your eyes — unless you’re a postmodernist, which you treated as such.

I’m not likening Al Gore to the Prince of may or may not be. We owe it to the filmmakers and the unresolved, relative Darkness or the Nazis, but I am saying that process of art itself to dig deeper into this his sole purpose is to tarnish, bumble and week’s offering of chic artistic master- encumber the electoral prospects of the pieces: “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Democratic Party. The plastic-preserved corpse of Al Gore’s 2000 campaign is spoSecrets” and “Bowling for Columbine.”

This time, Harry Potter’s lesson is a cau- radically hung up on stage and paraded tionary tale against resurrecting old around as if lost hopes are any substitute images and causes, lest they destroy that for new ideas; his power is only that inherwhich is vibrant and new with a blast of ited from his senator family and Bill stale air from the grave. Clearly, “Chamber Clinton’s legacy. Like Voldemort’s sorcerof Secrets” is referring to Al Gore’s candi- ers-only club, his distinction comes from dacy on the Democratic Party ticket in the blood in his veins, but it never reaches 2004. Remember when Al Gore left the futher into the skin, the heart or the soul of White House in a fit of Supreme Court- a true candidate.

In “Potter,” the monster Voldemort conenforced failure, vandalizing White House keyboards by removing the “W”s? And he trols has its eyes pecked out by the left “Al Gore is not in right now; he will be Phoenix, that symbol of a noble bird that back in 2004” answering machine mes- bursts into flames and is reborn anew sages emitting incoherent robotic groans from the ashes. The DNC would do well to and writing the opening lines of his 2004 pay a few dollars and borrow a page from candidacy speech (“Danger, Will Harry Potter: peck out the eyes of Al Gore’s Robinson! The Economy is in Danger!”)? In decaying campaign machine. Shove it the wake of new threats and a changing back into the darkness of the closet and world, we have all but forgotten about Al lock the door for 50,000 years. The Gore. And yet he has been lurking in the Democratic Party must learn that its curforest, growing his beard in preparation rent tactics, strategy and incarnation are for his return, just as Harry Potter’s age-old not working; it must not be afraid to burst enemy Voldemort hides in the forests and into flames and be reborn from the ashes. underground passages of Hogwarts Castle. John Edwards’, D-N.C., next campaign manager? J.K. Rowling.

“Bowling for Columbine”’s message is This is Barron Youngsmith’s ’06 third guest just as hopeful: we’re screwed. Ostensibly, column for The Herald.

the documentary is an attempt to beat some sense into the audience with a strong jab, a hit from the left wing and a handful of indignation.

Unfortunately, director Michael Moore seems to have exposed a deeper truth about the modern United States, namely that U.S. violence stems from a culture of fear that has been inculcated into us as a tool of the media and advertising. What he doesn’t say explicitly is that nobody, not even Michael Moore himself in his unwashed, Minnesotan glory, can resist the infinite power and allure of emotional appeal and scare tactics. Moore has moments of incredible lucidity: he exposes the difference between Canadians and Americans. Canada, he says, has as many guns, but nobody kills each other.

Interviews of Canadians show that they don’t lock their doors, and people who were asleep in their homes while intruders vandalized their living rooms aren’t worried, because they know nobody meant any harm.

Moore’s interviews showed that the culture of fear begins at a very young age. If you don’t do well on this test, you won’t do well on the next, and then you’re gonna be a loser for the rest of your life. If you don’t buy this cream, the girls won’t sleep with you. If you don’t check your Halloween candy, there will be razor blades inside (this has never happened). If you don’t lock your door, you will be murdered in your sleep. He also makes a number of points, such as, “Other nations have as many guns as we do, yet they don’t kill each other in the way we do,” which seem to be statistically accurate. Fear, he says, is the motivator. People are irrationally afraid. Fear is a weapon. Emotional appeals are a pathology.

Marilyn Manson seems to be the voice of reason in this movie. He says in an interview, “Everyone was looking for who to blame, and nobody was listening to the kids (at Columbine High School) them-

selves.” Yet Moore succumbs to the seductive target of his own criticism. As the “COPS” producer (who describes himself as “the definition of Liberal”) says, “If there’s nobody yelling and screaming and tearing their shirt off, the show won’t sell.”

In trying to get his message across, Moore constantly uses the most provoking and violent images available. He tries to make you incoherently angry. He tries to make you guiltily afraid. He shows as many people being murdered before your eyes as possible in order to get his point across. He goes into Charlton Heston’s home and pours out his grief and anger on Heston. Heston may be mad, but Moore doesn’t spare him for it. Manson was right: everyone wants to find someone to blame.

Moore implies that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot up Columbine because “it’s possible that some kids in Littleton see their parents working there and making weapons of death and destruction.” He does it in the strongest terms he can find.

He lingers on the murders. He lingers on an exploding World Trade Center. He lingers on the racism. He lingers on the pollution in Los Angeles. He constantly asks, “Why do we have more gun violence than Nazi Germany?” It’s certainly very thought provoking, and he asks sweeping, grand questions — never explicitly giving an answer to them. It is a smart movie.

Yet the answer to his questions is imbedded in his style of moviemaking itself. Be afraid of the crazies with guns.

They’re gonna kill you. Be afraid of the companies. They’re gonna kill you. Be afraid of your fellow citizens. They’re irrational, and they only make their decisions based on fear. Be afraid for your life. The only way to safeguard your life is to realize how scary the “Culture of Fear” is and fear the “Culture of Fear.” Michael Moore has a better point than we realize: nobody is safe. Especially not the casual moviegoer.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

SPORTS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2002 · PAGE 12

Only kryptonite keeps McNabb from Week 12 DONOVAN MCNABB IS ONE STEP away from being a superhero. If he somehow managed to heal his own broken ankle, Superman would need to start watching his back. McNabb threw for four touchdowns and played over three quarters on what he thought was a sprained ankle to lead the Eagles to a win over the Cardinals.

In actuality, “Run D-Mc” had broken his JOSHUA TROY ankle on the SPREADIN’ THE third play of the LOVE game, and he will now miss six to eight weeks because of the injury.

Apparently, chunky soup now has the power to numb pain.

Along with Marshall’s Byron Leftwich, who had to be carried into the huddle while playing three weeks ago, McNabb is redefining what it means to be tough. Once he returns, expect him to try playing with a hand tied behind see TROY, page 9

One game, one last chance to win at home for football

BY JERMAINE MATHESON

Saturday’s game is more about pride than actual football. Brown has an opportunity to send its seniors off with a winning streak against a team that is perennially the doormat of the Ivy League.

Last week everything came together as Brown won in the snow at Hanover.

Brown’s running game finally came through as Rackley ran for 148 yards. If healthy, Rackley could end his collegiate career with a monster game as the Lions have the second worst run defense in the league.

Though this year the Bears are closer to Columbia at the bottom of the league see FOOTBALL, page 6

SCOREBOARD Friday

Men’s Swimming

Women’s Ice Hockey

Women’s Ice Hockey

BROWN versus Cornell, Meehan Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball BROWN versus Fordham, Pizzitola Center, 7 p.m.

Women’s Swimming BROWN versus Harvard, Smith Swim Center, 5 p.m.

Men’s Squash BROWN at Harvard, 5 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey BROWN at Colgate, 7 p.m.

BROWN at Navy, noon.

BROWN versus Colgate, Meehan Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey BROWN versus Cornell, 7 p.m.

Sunday Wrestling BROWN at Keystone Classic

Fencing BROWN at Brandeis Invitational

Men’s Swimming BROWN at Princeton, noon.

Saturday Football BROWN versus Columbia, Brown Stadium, 12:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball BROWN at Providence College, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s Swimming BROWN at Princeton, noon.

ATHLETES OF THE FALL SEASON Cooper, Gessner earn top honors this fall; LaVere, Diane excel as first-year soccer starters Gessner ’03 leaves his mark on Brown’s record books Chas Gessner’s ‘03 list of accomplishments is both lengthy and impressive. In his first three years as a Brown wide-out, he placed his name near the top of every school receiving record.

He was the Ivy League Freshman of the Year and holds the Brown record for receiving yards in a single game. As a junior, he was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given to the nation’s top Division IAA player. That honor was due, in part, to him leading Division I-AA in receiving yards. His past success raised the bar of expectations for his senior campaign.

It needed to be raised a little higher.

Gessner’s senior season clearly cements him as one of the greatest receivers in I-AA history. His 24-reception performance against the University of Rhode Island tied the I-AA mark held by Jerry Rice. He joined Rice on another prestigious list just last week. With his 100th reception of the season, Gessner is one of only four players in I-AA history to achieve such a feat.

Gessner’s last game, this Saturday against Columbia University, offers a final opportunity to add to his legacy. With 21 catches he would rewrite the I-AA record for receptions in a season. That record is currently held by former Bear Stephen Campbell ’00.

The senior has provided the majority of highlights in an otherwise dismal football season. He is the clear focal point of a potent passing attack and leads the team in all receiving statistics. His 10 receiving touchdowns are more than the rest of the receiving corps’ combined effort.

Gessner’s physical presence and athletic aptitude create nightmares for defensive coordinators on a weekly basis.

“It’s just his physical attributes. He’s a guy who’s 6’5”, 230 (pounds) with great speed and athletic ability going up against guys who are 5’9” or 5’10”,” said Head Coach Phil Estes.

As a senior captain, Gessner’s leadership through a tough season has also been invaluable.

“He’s probably the most competitive person I’ve ever coached. He’s a team player, but he wants the ball in his hands in the big situations,” Estes said. “He’s been a great leader, loyal and unselfish.

Those are the things that make him a great player.”

That greatness may be enough to continue his career on Sundays. And, perhaps, future comparisons with Rice will follow.

Chas Gessner ’03 Male Athlete of the Season

By Brett Zarda

Volleyball captian anchors a team that finished 6-5 Jessie Cooper ’03 is the kind of athlete who seldom comes around. As a captain of the volleyball team, she anchored a Bears squad that set a 6-5 Ivy League record, finishing as the team leader in kills and blocks.

“I remember when Jessie played her first match as a freshman she was very nervous and a little scared,” said Head Coach Diane Short. “Fast forward three years and I see a self-assured young Jessie Cooper ’03 Female Athlete of the Season

By Lily RaymanRead

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Chas Gessner ’03, above, ends his career as the Brown football record holder in many receiving categories. Other athletes that earned top honors this fall included (clockwise inset, starting bottom right: Kim LaVere ’06, Jessie Cooper ’03 and Ibrahim Diane ’06. woman.”

A young woman who, through steadfast dedication and hard work, will leave Brown holding second place in career kills, blocks and hitting percentages in the school’s record book.

“She is one of the most feared hitters in the Ivy League,” Short said.

In addition to her accomplishments on the court, Cooper participates in a number of extracurricular activities, including being a Meiklejohn advisor, serving as president of the Student Athletic Council and writing for The Herald in her spare time.

Cooper is a sociology major, and has been dedicated to working on and off the court throughout her four years at Brown.

She is truly an impressive athlete who has continuously improved her playing through her four seasons.

For these reasons, as well as so very many more, Jessie Cooper is truly an amazing character, person, student and, of course, athlete.

Diance, LaVere make an immediate impact for soccer The Ivy League soccer season has come and gone, but not without two of Brown’s freshmen soccer players making a substantial mark on the Ivy League scene. Ibrahim Diane ’06 and Kim LaVere ’06, playing for the men and women’s soccer teams respectively, are this fall’s Freshmen Athletes of the Season.

Despite his inexperience, Diane, known simply as “Ib” to his teammates, certainly did not shy from the spotlight. He recently netted an Honorable Mention in the AllIvy selections, finishing second on the team in points, with four goals and two assists. He was the only freshman to play in all 17 games, including 16 starts. His Ibrahim Diane ’06 Kim LaVere ’06 First-Year Athletes of the Season

By Eric Perlmutter

see HONORS, page 4