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Kassam sisters will trek 350 mi. along Nile for charity

5 hired by local firm as college advising assistants

BY HANNAH BASCOM

BY AKSHAY KRISHNAN

Shereen and Zahara Kassam ’05 will participate this December in the “Bike For Aid” challenge in Egypt, trekking 350 miles along the Nile River to benefit international emergency aid.

The sisters will be two of 100 participants biking for Focus Humanitarian Assistance, an international agency that provides relief and support following natural and man-made disasters abroad.

They first heard about the trip from a family friend when they were in Canada for a wedding. “For two months, we thought about it. … Uh Egypt, 350 miles,” Zahara said.

“We’re not hardcore bikers, but this program isn’t for hardcore bikers — it’s for people that want to do something good for the world,” Shereen added.

The trip runs from Dec. 26 until Jan. 2 on a route from Luxor to Aswan. The route follows and criss-crosses the Nile River and includes a New Year’s Eve celebration near the Valley of the Kings. The bikers range in age from 18 to 65 and come from all across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

A college advising firm run by current and former Brown administrators recently hired five Brown undergraduates to join the company, which is located on College Hill.

ConnectEdu hired Ty-Reese Foreman ’04, Shana Gotlieb ’05, Annie Steele ’04, Isaac Young ’03 and Ted Zimmerman ’05 to serve as campus peers and help the company’s clients, who are high school students applying to college.

“At the heart of our company are the campus peers. I firmly believe no one knows college better than college kids.

Students provide a better perspective than the editors of Princeton Review,” said ConnectEdu CEO Craig Powell ’01. “I believe it’s a college kid business and I want the campus peers to run the show.”

Gotlieb told The Herald she joined ConnectEdu to help applicants tackle the “misconceptions” and “inequality” in the admission process.

“Here at ConnectEdu, the focus is not to help students get into one specific school by teaching them specific tricks. It is more about focusing on the individual student by identifying their strengths and passions,” Gotlieb said. “In my mind, this is every college kid’s dream job.”

Retiring Dean Joyce Reed ’61 founded ConnectEdu this year with former Director of the College Advising Program William Caskey ’85 and Powell. Reed, an associate dean of the college ran the Miekeljourn program for 30 years.

Powell said he first thought about advising high school students on the college admission process and on how to best represent their credentials when he was a first-year at Brown.

“I founded Ivy Tutors in March 1997.

The whole admission process was still fresh in my mind and I figured I could help high school kids by sharing my own personal experience at the time,” Powell said.

“In essence, ConnectEdu evolved from Ivy Tutors. We had our first meeting in the fall of 2001, became a legal entity in April 2002 and got our first client in June.”

ConnectEdu employs 60 students from 20 different colleges nationwide as campus peers for its student clients.

“We’re expanding nationwide and we use new technologies like interactive messaging and video conferencing to enable our campus peers to be in touch with the students they mentor,” Powell said.

Zimmerman said his background in the college admission advising process, like Powell’s, stems from involvement in Ivy Tutors.

“I enjoyed the process of helping kids with their SATs, essays and physics even,” he said.

At ConnectEdu, Zimmerman spends six

see NILE, page 6

U. staffer wins ‘Unsung Hero’ award for service to community

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Amrita Mallik ’03 co-starred Sunday night in Tennessee Williams’“Summer and Smoke,” performed in Leung Gallery in Faunce House.The play was produced by Dead White Men, a new performance group that hopes to bring more dramatic works of great literature to the attention of Brown students.

BY ZOE RIPPLE

Robert LaVigne, manager of facilities management, won an “Unsung Hero” award from the local chapter of Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April for his work repairing low income families’ homes. LaVigne received the award on June 7 for his dedication to the organization for the past nine years.

Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April repairs houses of low income families, disabled or single mothers and elderly people, LaVigne said. These people are “no less deserving” of a safe, well-maintained home than anyone else, he said.

Rebuilding Together also repairs buildings owned by nonprofit organizations, like the YMCA. For the past nine years, LaVigne served as a House Captain, working with homeowners and securing materials to work with a Volunteer Coordinator and to organize people who want to help rebuild

For magic, escape, New Englanders flock to local gaming arcade

BY JESSICA TOOKER

About 20 residents from throughout New England spend their Saturday afternoons in downtown Providence, casting spells, engaging in violent hand-to-hand combat and attacking each other’s fortresses.

But no one gets hurt. For these area “gamers,” a weekly trip to Providence’s Gamekeeper store provides hours of good clean gaming fun.

Located on the second floor of the downtown Arcade, the Gamekeeper provides customers with both a wide variety of merchandise and an adjoining room where “gamers” can challenge each other and put their skills to the test.

The store is stocked with every kind of game, ranging from La Citta, a Renaissance board game of city building, to Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying manuals. The Gamekeeper ships its products worldwide, and the store only stocks non-computer orient-

ed games that promote interaction between players.

“Deal with people, it’s a lot more fun,” said storeowner Larry Whalen.

Customers are encouraged to bring their own games from home or to test out their new purchases next door, where rows of tables await, complete with handmade game board tops. Best of all, say visitors, there’s no membership fee.

“All you’re required to do is show up — any game a person wants to bring down and play is fine,” Whalen said.

Competitions are held each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Loyal gamers hailing not only from Rhode Island, but also from neighboring states, and ranging in age from pre-adolescent to middle aged, arrive throughout the day and settle down to play with old friends and newcomers.

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I N S I D E M O N D AY, N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 2 Screening of ‘La Operación’ lends insight to medically induced sterilization page 3

MEZCLA dance show lives up to the hype with stirring weekend performance page 3

The Herald names new editorial, business leadership for 2003 page 5

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ARTS & CULTURE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2002 · PAGE 3

‘La Operación’ knocks wind out of viewers with gutsy take on infertility

BY JEN SOPCHOCKCHAI

If those who attended the screening of “La Operación” on Saturday felt sick to their stomachs, filmmaker Ana Maria Garcia had them right where she wanted them.

The documentary, shown as a part of Puerto Rican Culture Week, addresses the pervasiveness of medically induced infertility among Puerto Rican women. The film shares the compelling testimonies of women who were sterilized, presents daunting statistics and offers hisARTS & CULTURE torical context surrounding the issue of Puerto REVIEW Rican female sterilization.

Its most powerful aspect, however, is the fact that the camera periodically shows live scenes of the medical procedure, a disturbingly intimate look at doctors cutting fallopian tubes.

Garcia, who flew in from Puerto Rico to discuss her film after its screening, said she wanted to open the world’s eyes when she made the film in 1982.

“It’s a film that can generate different kinds of discussions,” she said.

The women interviewed in the film expressed their sadness and regret over sterilization, and many admitted to being pressured into the operation. Some see OPERACIÓN, page 6

Mezcla show lives up to the buzz

BY SUZ TOLWINSKI

By the time MEZCLA finally opened the doors of Salomon Hall on Friday, the line of people stretching past Manning Chapel buzzed about the bitter cold.

But Brown’s Latino performing arts group provided more than ample compensation once its members began their fall show, “All Things Latin.” With unlimited energy and enthusiasm for celebrating culture, the performers warmed the audience and made them forget about the drizzle outside.

“All Things Latin” showcased ARTS & CULTURE MEZCLA’s dedication to diverREVIEW sity and cultural enrichment.

Preceding each dance or musical performance, speakers provided historical background on the origins of the artistic modes used in the piece. By the end of the production, MEZCLA traced Latino influences through a broad array of art forms, including classical Spanish guitar, 1960s jazz, techno and hip-hop.

The first dance in Act I, called “MEZCLA,” was a true mix of Latino dance styles. Though the choreographic patterns and rhythms were quite simple, the celebratory style and energy of the dancers stirred the audience and provided a preview of the rest of the show.

“Cumbia,” a piece using movement originated from a slave dance, was set to the cool, collected music of La Sonora de Margarita.

The sustained eye contact and subtle inclinations of the heads of the dancing couples worked in conjunction with the nuances of the choreography to create an intense onstage intimacy.

The following piece, “Salsa,” matched this intensity, but in a more charged spunky style. The choreography jump-started with intricate but contained partnering between four couples. The fun, innovative moves expressed the thrilling vibrancy that salsa dancing can be.

A belly dance, choreographed by Laura Nave ‘06, ended Act I with a bang. The girls in this piece possessed an extraordinary level of skill in this art form. The dancers’ detailed articulation in arms, hands and bellies awed the cheering spectators, to whom the dancers projected themselves without reserve.

Dancers of MEZCLA pulled audience members onstage to dance a merengue as part of a skit that opened Act II. This interaction provided a segue into the next dance, a rehearsed merengue. An extremely physical partnering in which the control of the movement shifted flirtatiously between man and woman characterized the choreography of this piece. The tongue-in-cheek tension between genders manifested itself in loud stamps, seizing and pushing between partners, and culminated in an exciting back-dive lift.

The sultry onstage chemistry between the male and female vocalist in the next song, “Garota de Ipanema” by Antonio Carlos Jobim, matched the smooth blend of their voices. They sang the song in both Portuguese and English, and the saxophonist ended the song in a solid solo.

The flamenco dance that followed differed from the other dances in its elegant, unaffected style. The four poised women who performed it demonstrated the beautiful, sophisticated art form in rhythmically interesting choreography that drew from the rhythm of the music.

Next, men and women of MEZCLA dressed in cowboy attire danced a technobanda piece. Its style had Mexican and Mexican American origins, and was reminiscent of line-dance.

MEZCLA’s fall show ended with an electric yet somewhat misplaced hip-hop Michael Jackson medley. But both the pairswork and the unison choreography in this piece flaunted the dancers’ fabulous technical and stylistic abilities.

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Connect continued from page 1 hours a week with four high school juniors and seniors.

Steele said she joined ConnectEdu because she enjoyed helping her friends in the application process.

“Over summers, I have helped parents of friends who are younger than me decide as to what schools my friends should apply to and this is something I’m really passionate about,” she said.

Through ConnectEdu and the

Arcade continued from page 1 said Charlie Burke, as he focused on setting up a strategy game Saturday.

This family has some strict household codes, enforced by volunteer referees known as “Battle Masters” who are available during playing time to resolve disputes, interpret subtle and ambiguous game rules and ensure all games are played in an efficient and timely manner.

Sometimes arguments over points won or lost can become quite heated.

“Listen, guys, I’m going to play ‘mom’ and put you both in time out,” said Battle Master Cheryll Bisca to fighting gamers more than once during the course of the day.

On Saturday, the competition games, which typically last a little over an hour, were miniature strategy, a type of combat game that involves using one’s wit to move figurines and destroy one’s opponent.

Gamers can choose to play in any of four different “universes”: Dungeon, Campaign, Heroclix and MechWarrior. Each universe is complete with its own unique settings and cast of fantasy characters ranging from a minotaur’s

Rhode Island Sponsoring Education program, Steele works with seventh graders in impoverished Providence neighborhoods.

“ConnectEdu is a organization committed to social good,” Steele said “We work … to help kids in the seventh grade and the less fortunate kids in Providence.”

Young said he is excited about working for a new company.

“I liked the idea of working for a start-up company. I’m going to have a measure of lasting impact on the company and that’s really exciting,” he said.

Although ConnectEdu is new,

Powell said the company has potential for significant expansion.

“There is tremendous potential for us to grow in this business and we could be a $20 billion business in two and a half years,” Powell said. “We are thinking about going international but for now we’re just happy to be based at Brown because we obviously have strong connections to Brown.”

Powell said the company plans to hire an additional five Brown students by the end of the year.

lair to desert islands, and comic book heroes to mechanized robots, said Tim Bisca, Cheryll’s husband and fellow Battle Master.

In these games, each player builds his own army and battles with his opponent. Wins are determined by how well each player controls the battlefield by capturing his opponent’s figures, the amount of bloodshed each causes and the number of figures each manages to move across the board and into his opponent’s “deployment zone,” added Cheryll Bisca.

Based on the roll of the dice as well as on each player’s tactics, luck and strategy are required to win, Tim Bisca said.

Heroclix — a strategy game that includes comic book figures — is a popular option that lets “the inner comic book geek (in me) come out,” said Jay Richard.

“It’s like all the characters you knew when you were a kid,” added Cody Wims.

Collectable game pieces are awarded to winners at the end of four rounds of play. A Fellowship Award is also given out each week to the person who, by general consensus of all gamers, has displayed the best sportsmanship and conduct while playing, Cheryll Bisca said.

For those interested in competing at the next level,

Gamekeeper employees provide information about larger gaming conventions in the United States.

GenCon, annually held in Indianapolis, Ind., consists of four consecutive tournament days and has attracted around 30,000 people in past years, Whalen said.

Using games to promote time with family and friends is often the main reason for getting involved.

“I wanted to do something with my family. That’s why I started playing the Mage Knight with my husband and son,” Cheryll Bisca said.

Alan Smulling, of Cranston, R.I., is a member of Internet group Unity Games.

This organization is made up of people who enjoy playing board games.

The group’s Web site includes weekly announcements of competitions and a schedule of different times and places to meet gamers.

“I played (games) in high school a lot — but it was more like Dungeons and Dragons.

(Board games) are more fun because there is more of a social experience,” Smulling said.

“I’ve gamed since I was about six years old. But the bigger issue is that I like people — and games are a social event,” Whalen said.

Herald staff Akshay Krishnan ’04 can be reached at akrishnan@browndailyherald.com.

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CAMPUS NEWS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2002 · PAGE 5

Herald names 113th editorial, business board members

BY MORGAN CONNECTION

At The Herald’s annual banquet, held Saturday night at the Trinity Brewhouse, outgoing Editors-in-Chief Seth Kerschner ’03 and David Rivello ’03, Executive Editors Will Hurwitz ’03 and Sheryl Shapiro ’03 and Senior Editor Beth Farnstrom ’03 named next year’s 113th editorial board. Elena Lesley ’04 will take over as editor-in-chief, joined by Brian Baskin ’04, Zach Frechette ’04 and Kerry Miller ’04 as executive editors and Kavita Mishra ’04 as senior editor.

Lesley ’04 served as the Herald’s arts & culture editor before taking over as a news editor at the beginning of this semester.

She is a political science concentrator from Portland, Ore. Baskin ’04, a political science concentrator from Rockville, Md. and one of The Herald’s most prolific writers, served as campus watch editor this semester. Baskin proved his journalistic mettle covering the Undergraduate Council of Students during his first semester at Brown.

Boston native and urban studies concentrator Zach Frechette ’04 brings with him the impeccable design skills he honed as executive editor of Post- Magazine.

Prior to taking the helm of Post-, Frechette served as a Post- film editor.

Miller ’04, a public policy concentrator from Annandale, Va., returns to The Herald after a year as editor-in-chief of PostMagazine. Prior to that, she served as a Herald assistant news editor, and wrote a variety of news and feature stories for both Post- and The Herald.

Former Herald News Editor Kavita Mishra ’04, of Riverside, Calif., will rejoin The Herald from a semester abroad.

Mishra came to The Herald as a night editor and reporter, and covered the constructions and renovations beat in 2001.

Juliette Wallack ’05, a Carmel, Ind. native, will continue as The Herald’s metro editor. Wallack became extremely active at The Herald as soon as she arrived at Brown and was originally appointed metro editor at the beginning of this semester. She brought strong reporting skills and an extensive knowledge of Rhode Island politics to all of her stories for this section.

Assisting Wallack with metro will be Adam Stella ’05, a transfer student from the University of Maryland. Stella started working for The Herald this semester, lending his skills primarily to the metro section. His impressive writing and reporting have already made him a valuable asset to the paper.

Julia Zuckerman ’05, from New York City, will serve as The Herald’s campus watch editor. Zuckerman is one of the paper’s most thorough copy editors and was appointed copy desk chief at the beginning of this semester. She has also displayed strong writing skills and a comprehensive knowledge of the AP Style Guide.

Carla Blumenkranz ‘05, of Portola Valley, Calif., continues as The Herald’s arts & culture editor. Blumenkranz became a dedicated Herald staff writer as a first-year, covering a wide variety of news stories before taking over arts & culture this semester.

Assisting Blumenkranz will be Rachel Aviv ’04, of Birmingham, Mich., Aviv proved herself as one of The Herald’s most prolific and talented arts reviewers, and wrote several film reviews for Post- as well.

Stephanie Harris ‘04, of Alpine, N.J.,

Carla Blumenkranz / Herald

The Herald introduced its 113th editorial and business boards at a Friday night banquet in downtown Providence. From left are Editorin-Chief Elena Lesley ’04, Executive Editor Zachery Frechette ’04, Executive Editor Kerry Miller ’04, Executive Editor Brian Baskin ’04 and General Manager Jamie Wolosky ’05. continues as The Herald’s academic watch editor. Harris has contributed both her writing and copy editing skills to The Herald since her first year at Brown. After serving as copy desk chief, she became academic watch editor at the beginning of this semester and has consistently produced a high-quality section.

Identical twins John and Josh Skolnick ’04, of Roslyn, N.Y., will edit the opinions section next semester. Josh has long served as a Herald columnist and John is currently a copy desk chief as well as a frequent guest columnist. This combination of grammatical excellence and familiarity with opinions pieces should prove a perfect duo for the section.

Ilena Frangista ’06 from Athens, Greece took over her current post as listings editor after only a few weeks working on The Herald’s pagination staff. She will continue in the position next semester.

Marc Debush ’04 will graduate from his position as a copy editor to become the copy desk chief. Debush brings with him an attention to detail and passion for grammar only found in his home state of Illinios, and his arrival at The Herald’s office always ellicits loud cheers of delight.

Andrew Sheets ’04 and Grace Farris ’04 will team up to take on the responsibilities of the graphics editorship. For Sheets, a Portland, Ore., native, this is his second semester on the job. Farris is also returning to the job, although after a somewhat extended hiatus; she spent this past semester studying in Brazil — a far cry from her Austin, Texas home. Her world famous comic, “Coup de Grace,” will be returning with her.

Although a senior, Kim Insel ’03 of Tucson, Ariz., will stay on for one more semester as photography editor. Insel began taking photos at the start of the school year and has demonstrated her keen eye for the perfect shot. Jason White ’03.5, who was previously the assistant photography editor, will join her. White is also a relative newcomer to the photo staff, but his attitude and commitment toward the paper are unparalleled.

Brett Cohen ’03, opinions columnist

and tech counselor, will continue his role as systems manager for one last semester.

Cohen is from Huntingdon Valley, Pa., and his knowledge of The Herald’s intricate network and computers has proved invaluable.

Alex Carnevale ’05, a Connecticut native and the current features editor of Post-, will take over as editor-in-chief of Postnext semester. Executive Editor Dan Poulson ’04, who served as the calendar editor for the past semester, will assist him. As an Alaskan, Poulson is the only member of the Post- staff not from the lower 48 states. Morgan Clendaniel ’04 from Cambridge, Mass., and Theo SchellLambert ’04 of Ardmore, Pa., will join them as senior editors next semester, with Doug Fretty ’05 as the new film editor.

Joshua Troy ’04, from Stamford, Conn., will be returning as the senior sports editor. This will be his sixth semester working for The Herald, in which time he has served as a columnist, sports writer and assistant sports editor. His greatest feat is attending a game at all 30 Major League baseball stadiums in just 32 days.

Nick Gourevitch ’03 hails from San Diego, Calif., and continues for a second semester as a sports editor. He has covered the men’s soccer team for the past three seasons, while receiving acclaim for his column, “See Nick’s View.” His dream is seeing the Chargers win the Super Bowl.

Jermaine Matheson ’03 is from Bloomfield, Conn. and continues for a second semester as a sports editor. This past season, he covered the Brown football team. He hopes to one day to play center for the UConn Huskies.

Jonathan Meachin ’04, from New York, N.Y., returns to The Herald as a sports editor after spending last semester in Australia. He also previously served as a columnist. He is willing to go on a hunger strike until the Yankees sign another starting pitcher.

Hailing from Mansfield, Mass., Alicia Mullin ‘03 is continuing in her second semester as a sports editor. She plans to spend the rest of her life wooing Tom Brady.

On the business side, Jamie Wolosky ’05 will bring her North Jersey savvy to the role of General Manager. Joe Laganas ’04 from Summit, N.J., will take over her former post of executive manager. Other returning business staff members include Jack Carrere ’06, Tugba Erem ’04, Lawrence Hester ’06, Hyebin Joo ’05, Bill Louis ’06, Moon-Suk Oh ’04, Jungdo Yu ’06 and David Zehngut ’06.

Staff Writers Zach Barter ’06 from Englewood, Col., reported on a wide range of topics, including a particularly strong article about the Old Stone Bank in downtown Providence.

Hannah Bascom ’05, from Sunapee, N.H., is widely admired for her savvy coverage of the Brown campus and beyond.

Her stories include a mayoral debate and the missing winnings from “Win Paul Armstrong’s Money.”

Oliver Bowers ’06, of West Hartford, Conn., made a name for himself early on with his articles about International House and the mayoral race. The Herald can expect great things from this talented new writer.

Danielle Cerny’s ’06 most recent article, about raising admission standards for athletes, is but the latest example of the work of one of The Herald’s finest. A Morristown, N.J., native, Cerny has also covered the WBRU/FNX radio wars.

Jonathan Ellis ’06 of Ann Arbor, Mich., covers UCS for the Herald and shows significant breadth in his writing and quality in his news coverage. He also has his own website, www.jonje.com.

Dana Goldstein ’06, from Ossining, N.Y., may not have liked West Side Story, but she’s received nothing but glowing reviews from her editors and readers. In addition to writing reviews for Post- and Arts & Culture, Goldstein has written about potential housing programs and student pro-choice and pro-life groups on campus.

Alan Gordon ’06, of Short Hills, N.J., wasted no time in establishing himself as see HERALD, page 8

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Nile continued from page 1 They talked about the trip with their parents and decided to sign up. “It’s for a good cause, they’re really for it,” Shereen said. Zahara agreed.

“Their only worry is that it’s Egypt, the Middle East. That war might break out,” the Kassams said.

Once they decided to go on the trip, the sisters each had to raise $3,800 in a month and a half. “My room was turned into a fundraising headquarters for 10 days, the amount of time I was given to raise the initials. … I had to raise $1,800,” Zahara said. “Part of that was to convince my parents that I was really serious.”

Both sisters agreed that the Brown community was very helpful in their fundraising process.

“A lot of people knew what it was and were willing to help out,” Shereen said.

Zahara said she has received donations from professors and students. “People are really responsive here.”

Although they leave in a little

over a month, both sisters have a few hundred more dollars to raise. They hope to be finished by the end of Thanksgiving break.

Besides raising money, Shereen and Zahara had to begin training. They now work out for about two hours a day, weight train, ride the stationary bike and bike outside on weekends. Although the trip will cover 350 miles in five days, the physical portion of the trip should not be overly grueling.

The pace will be moderate due to the number and age range of participants and the physical strain lessened because they will not have to carry all their supplies.

“There’s a ferry going along with us. … We will just have to carry little sacks with water, med kits, cameras, granola bars,” Shereen said. “We’ll sleep on the ferry at night.”

All the money raised by the participants will go to FOCUS. FOCUS uses that money predominantly in Asia and Africa to provide medicine, food, clothing and shelter after natural disasters, to help establish new homes for displaced families and to prevent the spread of disease. FOCUS also incorporates

farming techniques training to build self-sufficiency among those it helps.

“An added incentive to this trip is that it is for an organization I’m really in favor of. It’s really exciting to think we’re doing this with 99 more people that are just as devoted to the cause,” Zahara said.

They are also excited to get to know the people on the trip and to sightsee. “We will not only be influenced by Egyptian culture, but also by Canadian and British culture,” Shereen said. As a member of the Brown Muslim Students Association, and because she is taking History of the Modern Middle East, Zahara is especially interested in the trip.

The charity aspect is the main factor that drew them to the program. “Part of the FOCUS mission statement is a proverb — ‘You can give a man a fish and feed him for a day, or you can teach him how to fish and feed him for life,’ and that’s what draws me to the organization,” Zahara said.

The Kassams are still looking for donations to their cause. “We would really appreciate the Brown community helping this worthy cause,” Zahara said.

LaVigne continued from page 1 local homes.

He also served as a member of the House Site Selection Committee, which selects homes for refinishing.

LaVigne is quick to credit the “Brown team” he works with for making his time at Rebuilding Together so successful and enjoyable.

The Brown team includes other members of facilities management, he said.

One year, LaVigne said he and his team installed an entire bathroom.

LaVigne and his team also work to make houses and buildings more accessible for the handicapped by installing handrails and wheelchair ramps, he said.

Despite his involvement, LaVigne describes himself as a “behind the scenes kind of guy.”

Jane Upper, executive director of the Providence chapter of Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April, said LaVigne “takes a lead with everything he does.”

The Brown team is “an accom-

Operación continued from page 3 even said they weren’t aware sterilization was irreversible.

One woman said her doctor recommended sterilization because it was fashionable, and one scene in the film follows a clinic representative door to door who pressures the women who haven’t been sterilized.

“Sterilization is a tradition in Puerto Rico,” Garcia said. A series of statistics that appear in the film support this, indicating that 20,000 women were sterilized between 1956 and 1976 in the city of Barceloneta alone.

The film implies that a government campaign influenced by the United States is responsible for Puerto Rico’s reproductive culture. The television commercials from the 1950s that were included in the documentary tell Puerto Ricans that a family with two children is ideal, and sterilization is

plished group with a really skilled leader,” she said.

This year, the site Brown rebuilt seemed “insurmountable,” Upper said. But LaVigne was unfazed when he saw the site and “started making a list immediately” of everything that needed to be repaired in the home, Upper said.

The transformation of the house under LaVigne’s leadership “was amazing,” Upper said. “He sees a need, and he will help step up to the challenge.”

Given his commitment to Rebuilding Together, LaVigne “was a natural for the Unsung Hero award,” Upper said.

This year, LaVigne also arranged for Brown to host the organization’s recognition event, which occurred Sept 26, in the Andrews dining hall.

This event was a chance “to say ‘thank you’ to everyone” who is involved with Rebuilding Together including homeowners, workers and sponsors, Upper said.

Brown absorbed much of the cost of this event.

LaVigne said his belief in helping people and the team at Brown keep him coming back to Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April.

presented as the only solution to a rapidly growing population.

But the film says that the “population excess” problem was an illusion, pointing to the fact that Puerto Rico’s population density is 654 people per square mile, while that of Manhattan — where many Puerto Ricans migrated — is over 90,000 people per square mile.

Garcia’s film is one-sided, but that is no failing on her part. The filmmaker said that only those who have something to say about an issue make documentaries.

“Don’t believe the myth of objectivity because that’s a big lie,” Garcia told students.

When Garcia was making the film, the University helped her raise $1,000, for which she was very grateful, she said.

Puerto Rican Culture Week and Federación de Estudiantes Puertorriqueños sponsored the event.

Herald staff writer Jen Sopchockchai can be reached at jsopchockchai@browndailyherald.com.

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IN BRIEF Old bombs, weapons pose health risks according to EPA document WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — Unexploded munitions

at 16,000 inactive military ranges, including chemical and biological weapons, pose “imminent and substantial” public health risks and could require the largest environmental cleanup program ever implemented by the U.S. government, according to newly released Environmental Protection Agency documents.

The documents, made available by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a Washington-based advocacy group that advises environmental whistleblowers, also state that EPA officials are concerned by the Pentagon’s refusal to abide by EPA regulations when cleaning up the sites.

One of the documents, a briefing paper written this summer for the EPA’s head enforcement officer, cites a “disturbing trend” by the military services and the Army Corps of Engineers to limit their cleanup activities or “take illadvised short-cuts to limit costs.”

The EPA documents released by PEER indicate the potential of far greater and costlier cleanup problems associated with unexploded ordnance than previously acknowledged by government officials.

Jeff Ruch, PEER’s executive director, said his organization obtained the documents confidentially from an EPA whistleblower who believes the EPA and the Defense Department are failing to adequately address groundwater and soil contamination caused by unexploded munitions on inactive ranges across 30 million to 40 million acres, an area roughly equivalent to the state of Florida.

Cleaning up the unexploded munitions, Ruch said Friday in an interview,“may be as large as the effort to clean up the military’s nuclear weapons programs.

GOP governors meet, ponder role DANA POINT, Calif. (Washington Post) — Republicans gathered at an oceanside resort this weekend to celebrate the biggest surprise of the midterm elections — the preservation of their majority among the nation’ s governors. But numbers alone won’ t ensure that the governors continue to play a dominant role in shaping the future of their party.

Over the past decade, Republican governors provided innovative ideas on welfare and education, and collectively they projected a more appealing model of conservative governance than the party’ s hard-charging congressional wing. It was their political muscle that made George W. Bush the consensus choice for GOP nominee and ultimately helped make him president.

Former party chairman Haley Barbour, who is likely to run for governor of Mississippi next year, calls the governors “ the most influential and popular people in the party except for the president himself.” But with many of their best and brightest either in the Bush administration or retiring, the new GOP governors will be challenged to match the influence of their predecessors.

“It depends on how innovative they are. It depends on how original they are,”said Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, whose work on welfare and education in Wisconsin earned him a reputation as one of the nation’ s most innovative governors.“ We were trying things that were new.That’ s what made our class distinctive.”

Michigan Gov. John Engler (R), among others, competed with Thompson as a policy innovator, but Engler faces a term limit after serving for 12 years. Bush accelerated the gubernatorial brain drain by tapping former colleagues to staff his administration, from Thompson to Pennsylvania’ s Tom Ridge, who is about to be nominated to head the new Department of Homeland Security, to New Jersey’ s Christine Todd Whitman, the director of the Environmental Protection Agency.

A few months ago, things looked far worse, when it appeared almost certain Republicans would lose their gubernatorial majority for the first time since the 1994 GOP landslide. Today, Republicans still hold a majority of the nation’ s 50 governorships. They have big-state leaders, such as New York Gov. George Pataki and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and smaller-state stalwarts, such as Connecticut Gov. John Rowland and Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, to give them power within the GOP. But of the 26 GOP governors, 12 are newly elected and still untested, and the conditions they face are far more daunting than the class of 1994 faced when its members were elected.

Stunning win for leftist in Equador QUITO, Ecuador (L.A. Times) — In a stunning turn of events, a

left-leaning former army colonel declared victory in Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday, just two years after he was jailed for leading a coup.

With 97 percent of the vote counted, ex-Col. Lucio Gutierrez had a commanding lead over billionaire banana magnate Alvaro Noboa, 54.4 percent to 45.6 percent.

Gutierrez, a political unknown who has never held elected office, ran a campaign short on details and long on promises. One of his main pledges was to fight corruption. Some voters feared that he might pattern his rule after another former coup leader, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose fiery rhetoric has deeply divided his nation.

As results rolled in Sunday showing him ahead, Gutierrez attempted to reassure his country and the world.

“Ecuadoreans, what you have here is a very centered man, a very calm man, a very tolerant man,” he said, asking for unity and promising to lead through consensus. “I want to signal my commitment to human rights, to private property, to the right to life, to the right to education and health.”

Gutierrez’s apparent victory is the latest sign of the discontent sweeping Latin America after a decade in which more open markets and conservative governments failed to deliver promised improvements in living standards.

Both Brazil and Venezuela have elected left-leaning governments recently, and Argentina remains in political turmoil after the collapse of its banking system.

The results in Ecuador are also a sign of increasing unhappiness with traditional political parties in Latin America, which have come to be seen as corrupt machines out of touch with ordinary people.

Gutierrez’s only previous participation in politics was his role in the ouster of former President Jamil Mahuad two years ago amid a banking and corruption crisis.

Gutierrez was the most senior military official involved.

His ad hoc political party, stitched together from the support of unions, mid-ranking military officers and a small Marxist party, has only 15 of the 100 seats in Congress, meaning that he will have to govern through alliances.

In the first round of voting, Gutierrez’s campaign had a distinctly leftist tone. But he veered sharply to the center as Sunday’s runoff approached, meeting with International Monetary Fund officials in Washington, D.C., and reaching out to businessmen and bankers.

He pledged to repay the oil-rich country’s international debts and continue the economy’s reliance on the dollar. Ecuador dropped its national currency in favor of the U.S. dollar in 2000 to maintain economic stability. The move prevented economic collapse that year but has made the country’s exports less competitive in the region.

Gutierrez also softened his opposition to allowing Washington to use a military base in the coastal town of Manta, saying he would abide by an existing agreement letting U.S. planes conduct anti-drug spying missions from there.

The moves were seen as a positive sign by U.S. foreign policy experts, who say Gutierrez is joining a block of recently elected Andean presidents — including Alvaro Uribe in Colombia, Alejandro Toledo in Peru and Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozado in Bolivia — who have expressed a desire to work with the United States.

Rather than being a second Chavez — who has been hostile to the United States — analysts said Gutierrez seems likely to become an ally in a region where Washington has long had troubled relationships.

“He’s more sophisticated, better educated and has the advantage of being able to see what happened to Chavez,” said Richard Feinberg, a University of California at San Diego professor and Latin America expert.

Gutierrez first came into the public eye on Jan. 21, 2000, when he joined a group of indigenous protesters to briefly overthrow Mahuad’s government.

White House plans conservative push WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — With Democrats no longer blocking their way in the Senate, President Bush and Republican congressional leaders plan a more vigorous push on their social policy agenda by trying to limit abortions, provide greater support to religious groups and increase funding for sexual abstinence and fatherhood programs, according to White House officials and key lawmakers.

When the Democrats’ 18-month rule of the Senate ends in January, Bush — backed by a new Senate majority, a larger House majority and what many GOP officials perceive as a new mandate from voters — will be in a stronger position to make broad social changes than he was during his first two years in office.

Republicans plan to use this power to help more religious groups administer government social programs; appoint more conservative judges and outlaw late-term abortions; and increase funding for pro-family initiatives and sexual abstinence teachings as part of a new welfare law.

Republican Conference Chairman Rick Santorum (Pa.), the Senate GOP’s third-ranking leader, said Bush and the Republican-led Congress will take the country in a “more conservative direction” in the next two years.

“There are a lot of conservative groups who would like to see things they care about considered,” he said.

Senate Majority Leader-elect Trent Lott, R-Miss., said most of the country is hungry for policies that discourage abortions and encourage churches and other groups to help families.

“The only places where these ideas are considered bad are on the two coasts,” Lott said in an interview last week.

“Where the meat is in the sandwich, the rest of America, these are pretty mainstream ideas.”

Lott said Republicans will focus most of their attention on terrorism and economic issues, but not shy away from fights over social policies that most Democrats oppose.

Bush, a born-again Christian, supports the party’s social agenda, though some advisers worry that high-profile fights over abortion or other divisive issues might turn off independent voters in 2004.

The president is eager to advance the cause where he can, aides said, although he has shown a willingness to soft-pedal some proposals when political opposition grows.

To be sure, Republicans risk a voter backlash if they are seen as overreaching on domestic policy. Exit polls from

the Nov. 5 elections suggest the GOP picked up seats as a result of Bush’s popularity and his handling of the war on terrorism, not the party’s social agenda.

In a news conference Wednesday, outgoing Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., predicted Republicans will try to “placate” conservatives, which “gives us an opportunity to showcase the difference” between the two parties heading into the 2004 elections.

Republicans are under pressure from many leading social conservatives to move aggressively in the months ahead. Kenneth Connor, president of the Family Research Council, is circulating an analysis of the 2002 elections that contends religious conservatives tipped the balance of power in key Senate races in Minnesota and Missouri and helped return Republicans to the majority.

In the clearest sign yet that compromise isn’t on their minds, the Christian Coalition, Family Research Council and other socially conservative groups helped sink a bankruptcy bill shortly after the elections because it contained a provision they felt would discourage abortion critics from protesting.

Abortion rights will be a major battleground next year, too. Lott has promised a vote next Congress to outlaw a procedure that critics call “partial birth” abortion. The House can easily pass the ban on late-term abortions, and it appears Republicans should have the 60 Senate votes they need to follow suit and send it to the president.

Douglas Johnson, top lobbyist for the National Right to Life Committee, said an early head count shows at least 62 incoming senators will support the ban, which if enacted is destined for a Supreme Court challenge. Bush’s plan to appoint many more conservative judges to the federal bench could pay dividends when abortion issues such as this reach the courts.

Republicans want to amend federal law to allow a person who violently harms or kills a pregnant woman to be charged for a separate offense of killing or harming the unborn child. This builds on the administration’s efforts this year to classify a fetus as a human being worthy of health care coverage and embryos as “human research projects.”

Many anti-abortion activists believe there are two key preliminary steps to overturning Roe vs. Wade: Solidly establish in law, government policy and the minds of voters that a fetus is a human being and, therefore, warrants equal protection; and get more conservative judges appointed, particularly to the Supreme Court.

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Herald continued from page 5 covered many lectures, including a discussion on ancient Israeli architecture.

Momoko Hirose ’06, a Boston native, has written both news stories and arts & culture reviews for The Herald, including an investigation into the controversial “Brown First” program.

One of the friendliest faces at The Herald, Akshay Krishnan ’04 is a strong writer and reporter.

His stories have ranged from lecture coverage to student life issues.

Few Herald staffers can claim to have held as many positions as new staff writer Allison Lombardo ’05, or to have performed every job so well. This Cranford, N.J., native has taken pictures of a protest against arming the Brown police and written about the new statue by Faunce and pontificated on a variety of topics as a guest columnist.

Lisa Mandle ’06, of Los Altos Hills, Calif., leapt from contributing writer to staff writer and Advisory Committee on University Planning beat reporter in a single bound. She also applied her considerable writing talents to stories about the proposed Life Sciences building and the divestment from Israel campaign.

Born in Houston, Texas, Monique Meneses ’05 has also lived in Korea, and more recently, the Phillipines. An intrepid notetaker, she has attended a number of lectures on The Herald’s behalf, and has also written about the renovated VDub. Joanne Park ’06, a conscientious reporter from Seoul, Korea, has written several stories for the campus watch section, including one about the growing number of “whiteness” studies courses at universities.

Sara Perkins ’06 from Milton, Mass., has proven to be one of the most versatile writers for The Herald. She earned the first of her stripes through her review of David Broza, which was picked up by other media organizations.

Cassie Ramirez ’06 is from

Wiseman continued from page 12 on the PGA tour, Woods is arguably the most recognizable figure in sports today.

In recent weeks, the discriminatory policies of Augusta National Golf Club, the annual April host of the prestigious Masters tournament, have come under heavy fire, especially from activist organizations such as the Rainbow/Push Coalition. Women are allowed to play on Augusta’s legendary golf course, but are not admitted as members to the club. Augusta Chairman Hootie Johnson has vehemently defended the practices of his organization, echoing the traditional sentiment of some of his members that women have no place as members and that the club has every right to maintain its admissions standards.

While Augusta National has the legal privilege to sustain its standards, members of the media across the country, including writers for The New York Times, in the last couple of weeks have

Kerman Calif. One of the first first-year writers to take a story, her writing and reporting are on par with some of the best The Herald has seen. Through her lecture coverage and her interview of Andries van Dam she has come into her own this past semester.

Norfolk, Va., native Amy Ruddle ’06 covers the student life beat, and has tackled a number of weighty issues in her time at Brown, including the arming campus police and University Disciplinary Council reform. She is also a Herald copy editor.

Stefan Talman ’05, of LaConner, Wash., is in his second semester of writing for The Herald. He has established himself as among the finest reviewers the arts & culture section has seen in recent memory with reviews of orchestra and new music concerts.

Jessica Weisberg ’06 has displayed a passion for the arts from the moment she arrived at The Herald. Hailing from New York City, she has written several reviews and features for Post-, also crossing over to provide impeccable coverage of Brown’s arts & culture.

Ellen Wernecke ’06, from Cedarburg, Wis., has covered a variety of news stories for The Herald, and her sharp wit also graces the pages of Post-. She wrote a Post- cover story about New York’s Museum of Sex. Lincolnshire, Ill., native Xiyun Yang ’06 has kept readers entertained with her coverage of lectures about celebrity-politics and urban renewal. She has also begun what will no doubt be a distinguished career in news with an article about Brown’s “talent quest” to recruit more students of color.

Yet another sports writer from New York state, Samantha Plesser ’06, of Greenlawn, covered the football team this semester. She is willing to fight Andy Rooney at any time or any place.

Lily Rayman-Read ’06, from Lexington, Mass., covered the volleyball team and also contributed several Athlete of the Week features. She hopes that the Red Sox will win a World Series in her lifetime.

Adam Stern ’06 is from Roslyn, N.Y., covered the women’s tennis team this semester. He hopes to follow the men’s basketball team to the NCAA tournament.

Reporter and columnist Benjamin Wiseman ’05 who hails from Washington, D.C., covered the men’s tennis team this semester. After his recent column, he may no longer have a job as a caddie for Tiger Woods.

Brett Zarda GS, from Gainesville, Fla., covered both water polo and women’s soccer, and written Athlete of the Week features as well. At this pace, including columns, he will be responsible for half of the Sports section by year’s end.

Sports Staff Writers Ian Cropp ’05, from Buffalo, N.Y., covered the men’s ice hockey team this semester. He also writes a weekly column with a rotating title that provides enjoyment to all.

Eric Perlmutter ’06 hails from Chappaqua, N.Y. and contributed strong work to his Fresh Faces and Athlete of the Week features. He has yet to accept a bribe for selecting an individual as a featured athlete.

Copy editors The Herald copy desk got an infusion of talent this semester, with its largest-ever staff of dedicated copy editors.

Tuesday is “Ladies Night” at the copy desk, when the lovely Anastasia Ali ’05, of Tarzana, Calif., Blair Nelsen ’06, of Houston, Texas, and Emily Flier ’04 show off their body of knowledge and eye for detail.

Yafang Deng ’06, of Westerville, Ohio, and Hanne Eisenfeld ’06, of Vancouver, Wash., bring their passion for AP style to The Herald on Wednesday nights. Eisenfeld, who just can’t get enough of The Herald, is also an opinions columnist.

Only the best will satisfy George Haws ’06, a Staunton, Va., native. Haws, who has also written for The Herald, possesses one of the copy editing staff’s only two Y chromosomes. He also draws editorial cartoons for The Herald.

Janis Sethness ’06, a Wilmette, Ill., native and a rising star in the copy editing firmament, graces the copy desk Monday nights.

urged Woods to skip the Masters to protest Augusta’s practices.

Woods, who won the Masters in both 2001 and 2002, has publicly declared his desire for women to be admitted as Augusta National members. At the same time he has rebutted his critics in refusing their request to sit out the Masters, explaining that winning an unprecedented three straight Masters titles holds more value to him than protesting a tournament held at a course where he’s nothing but an honorary member. “I think there should be women members, but it’s not up to me,” Woods said last week.

What Woods doesn’t realize is that without him, the Masters loses much of its legitimacy.

Without the participation of by far the best and most popular player in the world, the Masters will become relatively insignificant.

Augusta National will lose sponsorships, TV ratings and fan ticket sales. If Woods sits out the tournament, his protest will receive more media coverage than the tournament itself, and the winner will go into the record books with an asterisk beside his name, having

beaten everyone besides the twotime defending champion and best player in the world.

Tiger wants his legacy to be cemented on the golf course.

Indeed, three consecutive wins at the Masters will be one of the most impressive feats in golf history, and will add to his already absurd list of titles and records. However, what Tiger doesn’t seem to realize is that it’s those athletes who publicly adhere to their moral instincts who truly go down in history.

Everyone knows Ted Williams for sitting out some of the best years of his baseball career to fight in World War II. Everyone knows about Muhammad Ali’s imprisonment for refusing to go to war in Vietnam. Everyone knows that Branch Rickey was the first general manager to sign a black baseball player to a Major League contract. If Woods truly wants to cement his legacy, it must be not only through golf.

Through accomplishments over the course of his career, Tiger has become one of the most influential figures in sports. Now it’s time for him to use his sway to achieve social good.

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Football continued from page 12 a loss into a five yard gain.

After the game, Rackley received the ultimate praise, praise from a teammate.

“I think it shows how potent we could be with a healthy Joe Rackley,” Gessner said.

Brown had another unfortunate injury to a key player for Saturday’s game — place-kicker Paul Christian ’06 was hit by a car while riding his bike after practice on Friday. Though not severely hurt, Christian watched the game from the sideline on crutches. Kicker and defensive end Tynan Wyatt ‘05 stepped up to convert every point after attempt in his place.

“The way Tynan went out there and put all of them through — I just thought it was great to have him step in like that,” said head coach Phil Estes.

Both teams wanted to end disappointing seasons with something to build on. The Lions were poised to notch their first league victory of the season as they exploited Brown’s soft zone, finding open receivers in the middle of the field.

“This has been a typical game for us. We get it, we get out of it, we get back in it,” said Estes.

However, Brown’s undersized defense found ways to get to Columbia quarterback Steve Hunsberger all game, causing him to complete just one of seven pass attempts in the first quarter.

Linebacker Jeremiah Watts ’03 and Bobby Parisien ‘03 consistently chased him in the backfield, leading to two Brown sacks and four deflected passes.

Barone, the team’s leading tackler had two tackles for loss.

“Our defensive line has improved every single game, our guys are a little smaller than them, but definitely a lot faster and got the speed rushes on them. I couldn’t picture a better way to end my career at Brown,” Barone said, describing his late interception.

No player has progressed more this year than Slager. At times, he was pulled in the middle of games, but the first-year starter has shown poise and each week seemed more comfortable running Brown’s offense. Slager ended the day 29-46 for 323 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. At times Slager was criticized for his lack of mobility, but versus the Lions he ended up as the team’s second leading

Stern continued from page 12 After playing in New Jersey for so long, the Giants and Jets will literally stink so much that officially they will become New Jersey teams.

Rickey Henderson’s language, “Rickey Speak,” will be taught as an accepted form of communications in all public schools. (e.g.

Adam write. Adam study. Adam get good grade.)

Allen Iverson will be arrested

by Philadelphia police again.

When asked what the charges were, one officer replied, “Just look at him. You know he’s up to something.”

Joe Torre will admit that during his tenure as Yankees

rusher and ran in Brown’s first touchdown.

“We decided we were going to have something for everything.

They did something on both sides, whether it was a quick screen or a pass to the other side or if they emptied the box out like they did. He was going to call his own number on the quarterback draw. I thought he did a great job with that,” said Estes.

2001 All-American Gessner played his final game in a Brown uniform, leaving as one as one of the most decorated receivers in NCAA history.

Gessner ends his collegiate career with 292 catches for more than 3,408 yards and a total of 39 touchdown receptions. For the second year, Gessner leads the nation in receptions per game with 11.11. catches for 118 yards and a touchdown.

On the field, no receiver scraps for more yards. Saturday was no exception. Gessner had 14 catches for 118 yards and a touchdown. Just this season, Gessner has been named National 1-AA player of the Week by the Sports Network, the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week and the New England Football Writers Gold Helmet Award Winner.

Throughout the season he has made critical third-down receptions, fighting off defensive backs to give Brown needed first downs.

Estes knows that Gessner will be missed next year.

“I thought this was a great way for the seniors to leave here. They came in as winners as freshman and they left as winners this year.

I just thought it was very fitting for them to leave as winners.

They give us a two game winning streak going into next year,” Estes said. “It’s something that’s great to hand off to our underclassmen. I think we learned a lot this season. We learned how to win, how to play as a team and make plays at the end to win. I’m proud of the seniors and especially the way they finished up.”

“What gonna have to find ways to fill the holes that this great class of 28 seniors is going to leave. You don’t replace a Chas Gessner, a Joe Rackley, a Joel Barone,” Estes said.

Though they won’t be replaced, underclassman will have valuable experience to fill those roles.

“They got a taste of what its’ all about and they have something to build on,” Estes said.

Sports staff writer Jermaine Matheson ’03 is an assistant sports editor and covers the football team.

Manager, he was forced to take “Reverse Botox” injections in order to maintain his sad, but agreeable punim.

After over a decade of failure in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, a bitter gang rivalry will develop between the coasts.

Paralleling the coastal rap wars of the mid-nineties, the NBA feud will result in bloodshed.

But the most tragic aspect of the terror will be the rap albums Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady launch as a result of having the public spotlight.

Finally, when my editors realize only my mother and grandfather read my columns, I may be out of a job. Shhh! Don’t tell them, Mom. Adam Stern ’06 hails from Roslyn, N.Y.

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The women’s hockey team clobbered Colgate and Cornell at home this weekend.The two conference wins improved Brown’s overall record to 4-3-1 and its ECAC record to 3-1.

Icers continued from page 12 afterwards. However in the last few minutes of the period the Bears offense took control.

At 17:11, Courtney Johnson ’03 received the puck slightly to the left of the goal — after some nice stick-work she pulled back and scored. Jessica Link ’05 picked up the assist. A minute later Brown scored again when newcomer Keaton Zucker ’06 shot the puck up and right for the her first goal of the weekend.

“It’s nice to see other people on the score sheet this weekend. It’s nice to see the Keaton Zuckers and the Katie LaFleurs.

You know Courtney Johnson is finally finding the scoring touch. These are the kind of kids we need to come around,” Murphy said, “It’s nice to see a more balanced attack.”

In the second period, Brown started on power play because Cornell had taken a penalty for hooking with four seconds left in the first period. At 56 seconds, Link took advantage of this shooting up into the net assisted by Amy McLaughlin ’05 and Cassie Turner ’03.

At 8:27 Zucker again got open in front of the net — she scored gracefully making it look easy Brown took some penalties later in the period and had to fight off Cornell in a five on three situation for over a minute. Brown’s penalty kill kept the Big Red from scoring, but the Bears did-

n’t score again that period.

“You never want to get in a five on three situation; we teach our kids you don’t really want to drill people when you’re on the kill, but unfortunately it happens,” Murphy said.

In the third period, the Bears kept up their intensity not letting their 6-1 lead make them sloppy.

They added goals from Johnson, Karen Thatcher ’06 and Margaret Ramsay ’06 — the last of these coming with just eight seconds remaining in the third.

The next day Brown faced Colgate and was a little drained early on. Brown took the lead in the first period when Kim Insalaco ’03 fired from near the line and McLaughlin tipped it in — Link also assisted. Brown was unable to score again in the first letting the obviously inferior Raiders linger with a score of 1-0.

“I think today (Saturday), it’s hard to get up after you just beat some one 9-1,” Murphy said.

“We talked in the locker room a lot about trying to play the same way two games in a row and winning a period at a time, and you just sense that we had the low energy coming in.”

In the second, the Bears were able to pick it up somewhat, but the offense lacked the strength of the previous game. Johnson came through for Bruno sinking a quick shot right in front of the goal– Link got the assist.

Brown finally managed to put things together in the third period; Lafleur picked up the first goal at 10:16 when she tipped in a hard shot from Ashlee Drover ’06. McLaughlin

scored the next from the right side.

The last goal of the game came on a breakaway when Nugent and Link picked up the puck during a Colgate power play. Link sped down the ice passing to Nugent who made a quick shot that rebounded to the left. Link managed to get it and score from nearly behind the cage, and precariously balanced for an impressive shorthanded goal.

“That’s a highlight reel goal because she hustled and she stopped at the post and she got a rebound,” Murphy said.

Brown played well for the remaining minute and a half to shut out the Raiders 5-0. Pam Dreyer ’03 was in goal for the Bears both games but didn’t see much action picking up four saves against Cornell and five against Colgate. Brown faces Providence College on Tuesday in the Mayor’s Cup. “I’d like to see us even make smarter plays offensively. We made some smart plays, but not enough as far as I was concerned. I think we’re going to have to make smarter plays against Providence and Harvard,” Murphy said.

“Providence has a very good goaltender. They’re on a roll right now; they’re playing well, and they’ve got a few more games under their belt than we do. Historically it’s always been a really good match-up.”

Sports staff writer Kathy Babcock ’05 covers the women’s ice hockey team.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2002 · PAGE 10 S T A F F

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Viva LaVigne While students tend to assume that Facilities Management employees only maintain buildings on campus, many workers in this University department spend their free time repairing homes for low income Providence families. In fact, Robert LaVigne, manager of facilities management, leads a team of facilities management employees who volunteer at the Providence Chapter of Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April.

Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April repairs houses of low income families, disabled or single mothers and elderly people. We laud all volunteers who work with this organization. But it is particularly noteworthy that members of Facilities Management — who spend their work days repairing structures at Brown — engage in similar arduous work on a volunteer basis when they leave College Hill.

LaVigne recently won an “Unsung Hero” award for his work with the organization. But this honor hardly does him justice. This year, LaVigne led facilities management employees in installing windows, a new vinyl floor, roof, refrigerator and stove; fixing drain lines; repairing a roof and ceilings; and replacing windows on local homes. LaVigne and several others even took a vacation day to work on one of the houses.

The work LaVigne and other Facilities Management employees do in repairing the homes of local low income residents reminds us that many Providence residents are not lucky enough to live and work on College Hill and in Brown’s Ivory Tower. We encourage all members of the Brown community to follow LaVigne’s lead and give back to the community by contributing their unique skills to help those who are less fortunate. Not only would faculty and student contributions to this organization and others like it improve town-gown relationships, they would also better those between students and Facilities Management workers. Few students take the time to get to know the staff members who keep their living and working spaces functioning properly.

Volunteer work on behalf of the truly needy would help build bonds between members of the Brown community who otherwise interact very little, as well as enabling Brown students to give back to the community of which they are a part.

Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April gets 200 applications each year from people in need of help maintaining their homes. This year, the group selected 35 houses and non-profit organizations in Providence. Clearly, there is much more work that needs to be done, and many more volunteers are needed before the organization can meet every request filed. Hopefully students will recognize that they too can find time in their busy schedules to help low income Providence residents and will follow the lead of honorable Brown workers like LaVigne.

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LETTERS Activism and academic debate needed to oppose U.S.hypocrisy To the Editor: I applaud Jaideep Singh’s ’03 review of this nation’s woeful insincerity on matters of foreign aid and free trade in “The hypocrisy behind Bush’s free trade rhetoric: Both the press and the public are responsible for ensuring accuracy and objectivity of new coverage” (11/22). However, I am surprised by his wholesale dismissal of “the zealots who organize bus trips to protests in Washington” and “environmentalists who ask for signatures at the post office.”

Singh calls for the press and public to hold our government accountable, yet when individuals he refers to as “grungy folks” and “anti-globalization types” do exactly that, he complains.

As co-editor of the Brown Journal of World Affairs, Singh would do well to recognize that popular protest movements against the current state of “globalization” exhibit as wide a range of opinions and policy prescriptions as those heard in the academic seminars of the Watson Institute. What’s more, the majority of “anti-globalization types” are marshaling the very same facts that he does. And let’s be honest, more of the general public are get-

ting these facts from conversations with activists, petitions and mainstream news coverage of demonstrations than from reading Singh’s article in The Herald or the Brown Journal of World Affairs.

Anish Mahajan ‘96 ‘03 MD Nov. 22

Wal-Mart workers not forcibly employed To the Editor: I have two questions for those who believe that there are injustices at Wal-Mart and think that a union would be the answer (“Support Wal-Mart workers against labor injustices,” 11/21). Who leads the applicant to Wal-Mart and forces them to apply for these substandard jobs? How much in union dues would be collected from the Wal-Mart workers? I’m not sure what union dues are these days, but I’m assuming unions are looking at tens of millions of dollars. A pretty good payday for the union leaders!

Richard Callahan ‘75 Nov. 21

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OPINIONS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2002 · PAGE 11

Lapse in interaction key to post-break-up friendship After splitting up, couples should not have any contact with each other for a specified period of time To illustrate the practical flaws in the FOR DECADES, THE MOST POPULAR clichéd break-up line has been “Let’s immediate post-break-up friendship just be friends,” followed closely by “It’s attempt, let us analyze a hypothetical not you, it’s me,” and my personal relationship and break up between Jane favorite “Stop calling me, you spineless and John. Suppose these two college dirt bag.” The “let’s just be friends” line students are together for about a year.

They spend a good long separates itself from its while very happy with their peers, however, because it relationship. Jane and John makes the false promise that become very close, learning an immediate friendship the intricate details about can occur. each other as a result of As a connoisseur of the spending much of their free relational arts, I think that as time together. John learns a result of having access to that Jane snorts when she this forum it is my responsilaughs really hard, she has a bility to propose an idea that terrible singing voice but should have been made ADAM STERN sings anyway, and turns out common law centuries ago.

ADAM’S RIB to be the biggest drug dealAfter breaking up, any er on the eastern seaboard. immediate contact or comOn the other hand, Jane munication between the two parties involved should be strictly for- finds out that John snores in his sleep, bidden in order to better promote the has hairy knuckles and is the most flamboyant pimp in the area. impending friendship.

Many members of today’s dating cul- Meanwhile, none of these negative ture are fooled by pop TV shows (and attributes makes a lick of difference in denial) into thinking that very soon their minds because they are smitten after breaking up with their significant with each other. Heck, after several others, a friendship can conveniently months, maybe they even tell each ensue. Think back to Brandon and Kelly other that they are in love.

But, alas, soon after their one year on our generation’s favorite teenage soap “Beverly Hills, 90210.” They must anniversary, a variety of circumstances have broken up a dozen times. cause them to break up. It does not Immediately after most of the break matter if it is mutual or if one of them ups, they managed to cultivate a friend- breaks the other’s heart. Either way, ship, as if nothing had previously hap- both individuals are sad, lonely and pened. In reality, however, this sudden filled with anger toward the other. Any relationship renaissance simply cannot attempt at friendship at that point will occur so quickly. Time heals all wounds, clearly end in hostility. John suddenly and at least one party is usually pretty hates it when Jane sings, and Jane is repulsed by John’s hairy knuckles. They badly beaten up. have very little incentive to be kind and Adam Stern ’06 has seen the end of several to overlook the other’s imperfections.

Usually when John and Jane communirelationships, and his lawyer has asked cate, it ends with fighting. him not to comment further.

“It is my contention that the extent of post-relationship antagonism is directly proportional to how long the relationship lasted. A break-up from a year-long relationship is more painful than one of only a month.”

Then imagine that Jane ends up telling John that she hooked up with someone else soon after they broke up.

This will anger John very much, and, in truth, there is no reason for John to know about his ex’s social exploits. If anything, learning of Jane’s behavior will only incite further resentment on John’s part.

The extent of post-relationship antagonism is directly proportional to how long the relationship lasted. A break-up from a year-long relationship is more painful than one of only a month. Therefore, I propose that it become common law that, following a break up, there should exist a period of non-contact for the duration of 40 percent of the length of the actual relationship. For instance, a 10-month relationship would have to be followed by four months of no communication while five monthers would only have to avoid each other for two months.

In analyzing my past relationships, I have discovered that after the duration of 40 percent, both parties — the heart breaker and the heart broken — are ready to resume affable communication, often yielding a substantive friendship.

Although couples often reconcile their differences and get back together after breaking up, the main goal of any

person exiting a long-term relationship should be to “get over” the other person as smoothly as possible so that everyone involved can move on and continue with life. This praiseworthy objective is compromised if thorough communication is maintained throughout the break up process. It is nice to think that a friendship can be forged right after a break up, but, unfortunately, human nature does not allow for it to occur.

Time is the only panacea for the hurt we feel after leaving a long-term relationship. As memories of our former significant others become more distant, only positives remain. Negative recollections fade as long as there are no reminders within view. After several months without seeing or talking to Jane, John will not care about her terrible singing voice. Conversely, he might even miss it. But if he were never given the opportunity of non-contact, there would be no chance of an amiable relationship.

Common law starts to work where written law has no jurisdiction. Clearly, legally banning post-relationship communication is beyond the scope of the federal government. For this reason, it is absolutely necessary that we all acknowledge the benefits of temporary non-contact on our own and act accordingly.

Israel has no reason to return to 1967 borders Wendy Pearlman’s divestment column places a heavier burden on Israel to divest land WENDY PEARLMAN’S INACCURATE ‘all the territories’occupied in the course characterization of my words (“Israel has of the Six Day War were put forward never offered to withdraw to 1967 bor- many times with great linguistic ingenuders,” 11/18) deserves a response. She ity. They were all defeated both in the writes, “Contrary to Radar’s (sic) claims, General Assembly and in the Security Israel has never offered to withdraw to its Council.” Lord Caradon, chief architect of the resolution, commented 1967 borders.” I never made that “It would have been such a claim. I wrote that wrong to demand that Israel Israel has repeatedly offered MICHAEL RADER return to its positions of June to “withdraw from territories GUEST COLUMN 4, 1967, because those posiseized in the 1967 Six-Day tions were undesirable and War.” Note the deliberate artificial.” absence of the definite artiNevertheless, Pearlman is convinced cle “the” before the word “territories.”

I chose my words carefully. This is pre- that the “sooner Israel withdraws to its cisely how the U.N. Security Council 1967 borders, the more lives that can be worded Resolution 242 on Nov. 22, 1967. saved.” Yet Israel existed within its 1967 After some discussion, the Council borders in 1967, and this did not save it explicitly decided not to include the def- from war. Israel existed within even narinite article, instead calling on Israel to rower borders when it was established in withdraw only from “territories occupied 1948, and these narrower borders did not in the recent conflict,” as part of a com- save it from war either. In its Declaration prehensive settlement recognizing every of Independence, the leaders of tiny Middle Eastern state’s right to exist “in (then tinier) Israel “extend(ed) our hand peace within secure and recognized to all neighbouring states and their peoboundaries free from threats or acts of ples in an offer of peace and good neighforce.” The U.N. never expected or bourliness,” but the response was a masrequired Israel to withdraw fully to its sive military onslaught by the Arab obviously vulnerable 1967 borders. As states.

The “1967 border” is not a silver bullet.

Eugene Rostow, an American who participated in drafting the resolution, The parties to this conflict will eventualexplained: “Motions to require the with- ly come to an accommodation, but the drawal of Israel from ‘the’ territories or result may or (more likely) may not be identical to the way things stood in 1967.

The offer by Prime Minister Barak in 2000 Michael Rader ’95 lives in Boston, Mass. (to which Pearlman alludes) to dismantle

“Israel existed within its 1967 borders ... and this did not save it from war. Israel existed within even narrower borders when it was established in 1948, and these ... did not save it from war either.” most of the settlements and turn over 97 percent of the West Bank (plus a land swap in other areas to compensate for the three percent that would become part of Israel) may not have satisfied all of the Palestinians’ demands, but it was at least a reasonable starting point. The fact that the Palestinians perceived flaws in this offer hardly excuses the terrorist atrocities they launched in response (rather than negotiating, as they promised to do under the Oslo Accords).

On that note, it remains baffling that activists like Pearlman do not demand divestment from the Palestinian Authority, a sponsor of terror that has killed hundreds of Israelis over the past two years alone (many times the World Trade Center toll on a per capita basis).

The Authority is a corrupt regime whose leaders carry out summary executions without trial, torture political prisoners and deny freedom of the press. And what about Syria, which is (deservedly) designated by the United States as a state sponsor of terror and has ravaged Lebanon with military occupation since

1975? The Columbia University and other college “divestment” petitions don’t mention the P.A. or Syria; they single out Israel, the only state in the Middle East in which Arab citizens can vote in free and fair elections.

Like all nations, Israel is imperfect and has made mistakes. Yet, at the end of the day, Israel has always been true to her heritage as a Jewish State, pursuing peace and sacrificing for peace.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the other side. As Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen once observed ironically, although Yasser Arafat trumpets the notion of “land for peace,” he has never been willing to trade a single inch of land for peace. Recognizing Israel’s legitimate security needs (as U.N. Resolution 242 does) is a co-requisite — along with recognizing the Palestinians’ national aspirations — for achieving a just settlement of a terrible conflict. A “divestment” petition that punishes Israel for requiring a negotiated settlement, rather than a capitulation to terror, is unhelpful to say the least.

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SPORTS MONDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2002 · PAGE 12

Predictions for the year 2012

Woods needs to take a swing

REMEMBER THOSE ANNOYING ASSIGNments in grade school, where you had to write a paragraph about what your life would be like in ten years? Even though Ms. Murphy decided not to abandon her life to join me at college, I would still like to write this column in her honor. The following will be a collection of predictions on how professional athletics will change over the next ten years: After having bionic knees ADAM STERN installed, Michael STERN ADAM Jordan will decide it is time to return (for the third time) to the NBA at the ripe age of 49.

Jerry West will decide to gather together all of the members of the 2002 Memphis Grizzlies team, as they all will have matured into league stars. Sadly, Jason Williams will refuse to leave the state of Nevada, where marijuana will have been legalized.

Yao Ming and Shawn Bradley will become pop culture sensations in the transition from “reality” shows to “strangely shaped people in humorous situations.”

Their first roles will be on a remake of the classic eighties comedy, “Bosom Buddies.”

Acknowledging the aging bodies of 2002’s beautiful women’s tennis stars, the USTA will begin to rethink their rule that women’s tennis must be played in the nude (passed unanimously in 2006.)

Having a fan base of 14 people in the United States, NHL Commissioner Gordon Bombay initiates the plan to merge the NHL with professional golf, thereby giving birth to Golkey (golf played on ice, with sticks and fighting.) Still struggling to draw an audience, Bombay will relocate to Scandinavia, where Golkey will become a huge success as most Scandinavians will be mesmerized by Bombay’s implementation of “The Flying V” into all regulation games.

In an emotional Barbara Walters exclusive, Frank Thomas will admit that his nickname “The Big Hurt” actually refers to the pain he feels in his heart at the end of a hard day. Poor guy.

The plot from The Replacements will manifest itself in reality when NFL players go on strike, leading to the hiring of scabs.

Tragically, Keanu Reeves will become confused and eventually violent when security tries to explain to him that he was never really a college football star.

Barry Bonds’ head will actually burst.

Learning from Eminem’s success in the movie industry, Anna Kournikova will star in an autobiographical movie about her life. The movie will be poorly received, however, as critics will find it difficult to suspend disbelief during the climactic grand slam victory scene.

BEFORE HE WON THE MASTERS IN 1997, Tiger Woods was a child prodigy. Golf fans around the country knew him as the unstoppable kid who willed his way to three consecutive U.S. Amateur Championships. Everyone marveled at Woods’s explosion off the tee, his fiery BEN WISEMAN personality and his A WISE MAN’S seemingly inescWISDOM apable drive to crush all the competition he encountered below the PGA ranks. Moreover, Woods was heralded as a racial barrier-breaker, the first non-white golfer to have the skills and charisma to become a golfing legend in the mold of Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. From the moment he appeared on the national radar, Woods brought hordes of new people into golf’s sphere of influence, vastly increasing the popularity of the sport.

Indeed, Woods was a celebrity even before he achieved success as a golf professional. His landslide victory at the Masters in 1997 only confirmed his potential against the best in the world, and since then he has continued to impress as an absolute dominator on the PGA tour.

During his time on the tour, Woods has won more total titles, more major championships and more money than anyone else. He is the reason why people pay to see professional golf. Crowds at tournaments flock to Woods. Sponsors court him continually. Crowds pay attention to him at the exclusion of other top golfers. In short, no one else on the golfing scene has near Woods’ national presence. Not only are there are no other national celebrities

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SCOREBOARD Football

Men’s Basketball

BROWN 35, Columbia 28

Providence 83, BROWN 64

Women’s Ice Hockey

Women’s Swimming

BROWN 9, Cornell 1 BROWN 5, Colgate 0

Princeton 160, BROWN 125

Men’s Ice Hockey

BROWN 126, Dartmouth 117 Navy 153, BROWN 89 Princeton 210, BROWN 83

Colgate 3, BROWN 0

Women’s Basketball Fordham 78, BROWN 63

Men’s Swimming

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Graduating senior Chas Gessner ’03 (above) leaves Brown with several I-AA records.

Late TD gives football season-ending victory

BY JERMAINE MATHESON

With one minute, two seconds remaining, Joe Rackley ’03 burst through the endzone to give Brown the lead in its season finale versus Columbia, 35-28 on Saturday. And when Joel Barone ’03 intercepted a pass in the waning seconds to halt Columbia’s drive to tie the game, the last chapter of the 2002 Brown football season was complete, a climatic end to a tumultuous season.

After a final Brown knee, players stormed the field, cheering while holding their cream white helmets high in the air. No, they weren’t league champions, but anyone that has watched this team knows they did something just as worthwhile by not giving up on themselves and each other in a season full of injuries and setbacks.

“It’s the end of the season, and that’s when the grind comes and you have to

dig deep,” said Co-Captain Chas Gessner ’03. “We were all saying to each other, this is the last game that we are ever gonna play especially on this field.

We had to take advantage of those opportunities.”

No player embodied this more than running back Rackley. “It was a frustrating season — the beginning of it,” he said.

Rackley played with a wrap around his left hamstring most of the season but refused to let the injury prevent him from contributing to the team’s effort.

On Saturday, he had his third straight week of rushing for more than 100 yards. Many times he kept drives alive, one time making a one handed catch from a driving Kyle Slager ‘04 in the fourth quarter, turning what looked like see FOOTBALL, page 9

W. icers thump Colgate, Cornell with 14 goals

BY KATHY BABCOCK

This weekend, Meehan Auditorium was the site of two slaughters that rivaled Capone’s Valentine’s Day party as women’s ice hockey beat Cornell 9-1 and Colgate 50. These two conference wins improve Brown’s overall record to 4-3-1 and its ECAC record to 3-1.

“I think one of the things we did really well was we had a lot of continuity; we kept the lines the same — I haven’t been mixing it up as much. I could start to see the cohesiveness come together in the lines in the Duluth game. I wanted to keep them together,” said Coach Digit Murphy.

“It seems like having them together that week in practice paid off. Fourteen goals for the weekend was good, so the nine goals really told me a lot about my lines.

We’ll keep them and we’ll see where we go.”

On Friday night, Brown jumped on the Big Red early on dominating the first period. The first goal came at 5:10 when Kelly Sheridan ’04 passed it from behind the net to Katie Lafleur ’04 who sent the puck home.

Lafleur came up big again for Brown when three minutes later she got a breakaway, went one on one with the goalie and flipped it up into the top of the net to make the score 2-0. Sheridan and Mandy McCurdy ’03 assisted on the play.

Cornell prudently took a time-out at this point. This move paid off for the Big Red when they scored almost immediately see ICERS, page 9

see WISEMAN, page 8

W. BBall loses in season opener

BY SHARA HEGDE

The Brown women’s basketball (0-1) got off to a rocky start of its season this past Friday, losing a tough game to Fordham University. The Bears played the Rams close for much of the game, but lost the lead late and never recovered, losing 7863.

Brown started off the game strongly, capitalizing on 11 Fordham turnovers to end the half with a 37-32 lead. They were led by Colleen Kelly ’06, who in her Brown debut scored 20 points in 38 minutes.

Kelly, who also had four steals, was three for four from beyond the arc.

The Bears shot well in the first half, converting 15 out of 32 shots — good for 47% percent from the field.

In the second half, Fordham’s tough man-to-man defense proved to be too much for Brown to handle. Fordham tied the game at the 13:30 mark and never looked back. During a crucial stretch, they received a three point play from junior Beth Ann Dickenson and a lay-up by sophomore center Kyshawn Ruff that sparked a 15-4 run. During this run, Fordham senior forward Mobolaji Akiode scored six of her game high 22 points.

This run proved to be too much for the Bears as Fordham shot 57 percent from the field and held Brown to only 30 percent shooting in the second half.

The Bears received a strong game from forward Nyema Mitchell ’04 who finished with 13 points and seven rebounds. Tanara Golston ’04 also played well for Brown, recording 12 points, two assists and two steals.