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Brown plays host to Latino leadership conference BY SARA PERKINS AND MOMOKO HIROSE

Saturday’s “Brown at Brown 2003: The New England Latino Leadership Conference” brought Latino college and high school students to Providence from across the country and emphasized building a common Latino identity and goal-setting and leadership skills. Keynote speakers outlined these conference themes, which the students also explored in workshop sessions including “Issues of Transnationalism and Identity,” “Latino Entrepreneurship” and “Brown Power: Engaging the Political Process,” among other topics. Throughout the day-long event flowed a sense of empowerment, bolstered by the recent revelation that Latinos have become the United States’ largest ethnic minority group, said Armando Bengochea, Brown’s dean of freshman studies, who gave opening remarks. “We as a Latino nation may not yet be ready to take advantage of this historic opportunity,” Bengochea said. “We are charged with developing an identity in action … as Latinos.” Many community leaders reacted to the announcement of the demographic shift with trepidation, choosing to emphasize the racial, national and cultural distinctions within the Latino community rather than the “common language and thus a whole universe of common cultural traits,” Bengochea said. Salvador Mena, assistant dean in the Office of Student Life and the conference coordinator, said one of the goals of the conference was “to see if diversity in the Latino community will be a source of pride, of strength or a source of division.” “No matter what color you think you are, learn to be brown at Brown,” Bengochea said. The conference’s keynote speaker, National Community for Latino Leadership President Alfred Ramirez, advised students to “play big now for all those dreams that you’ve been deferring. “I don’t like the phrase ‘our children are the future,’” Ramirez said. “Don’t be in future mode. … You think ‘when I get there.’ You are our leaders now.” Ramirez, who described himself as “Cal Tex-Mex,” emphasized “the importance of having a mission. … Do not end this year without developing a mission statement. What do you stand for?” he said. “And not just against, it’s important to stand for something.” Students and presenters struggled see LATINO, page 4

BY LISA MANDLE WEST WARWICK, R.I. — Although no one

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directly associated with the University was involved in Thursday night’s fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, its effects are being felt on College Hill. “So far, we have not had any word about Brown people involved in the fire in Warwick,” Director of the Brown News Service Mark Nickel told The Herald Friday evening. Because the show attracted a largely older clientele, the University was particularly worried about its staff and faculty, Nickel said. This does not mean that Brown is entirely removed from the incident. Lim Tang ’03, who attended Classical High School, has a friend who has been missing since the fire. “It was a big shock,” Tang said. “You know that Rhode Island is a small place, but it didn’t really hit me until I heard. “I don’t really think that people (at Brown) venture that far off the hill, but you can tell everyone here is affected,” Tang said.

A restaurant sign near The Station nightclub in West Warwick — the location of last Thursday’s fire — echoed the sentiments of people across the nation.

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Zucconi ’55 remembered for his character, and car BY JULIETTE WALLACK

At the Saturday afternoon memorial service for David Zucconi ’55, there were almost as many tributes to Zucconi’s car as to the man himself. The car in question was an obtrusively large, white Cadillac convertible that was synonymous with the owner. The car had character — particularly when it was parked in a no-parking zone or when it was blocking traffic, both of which happened quite often. But perhaps it was the always-smiling, blond Zucconi who gave the car character. After all, it was he who disobeyed the parking rules on a regular basis, his friends reminisced at the memorial service. Quite often, it seemed, the rules were just a minor inconvenience. It was Zucconi who made up his own special information cards for prospective students at information sessions that he hosted. He distributed them and had interested high school students fill them out — complete with SAT scores and extracurricular activities — so that he could have the fun of “advising” hopeful applicants on what they needed to improve. And it was Zucconi who was chronically late to every engagement. Unless, of course, that engagement was giving his introductory speech about Brown to potential applicants. It was also Zucconi who still managed to attend every Brown home football game, even after more than 40 years of service to the University as an admission officer, executive director and founding member of the Brown Sports Foundation and develop-

ment officer. And it was also Zucconi who emerged as a “hero” of the University, managing to bring alumni back to their Providence roots, said Eric Widmer, former director of admission and a friend of Zucconi’s since 1969. Zucconi “was probably more full of life than anybody I had known,” Widmer later told The Herald. “He had a dauntlessness about him in everything he undertook.” It was in 1959 that Zucconi first undertook the work of the University. He had graduated four years earlier, entered the Air Force and worked briefly at the Taft School in Connecticut. But he returned to Brown after one year at the Taft School to become an admission officer, a position he held for years, even as he went on to found the Brown Sports Foundation and serve as its executive director. Eventually, Zucconi made a move to the development office, but his commitment to Brown athletics never faltered. Zucconi finally succumbed to liver and colon cancer on Jan. 22, but even as his illness progressed, he still managed to attend his beloved home football games, sitting through the final game of the season in bitter cold to see the Bears beat Columbia. But athletics weren’t entirely what led Zucconi to devote so much of his life to Brown and to promote giving and support among alumni. “I think it was because he felt the way I hope all students would continue to feel: that it’s a great privilege to be a student at

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Celebration of Zucconi’s life at Saturday service BY JULIETTE WALLACK

Hundreds of members of the University community gathered in Upper Salomon Saturday afternoon to celebrate the life of David Zucconi ’55, one of Brown’s “champions” who had “the tenacity to achieve” the impossible, according to President Ruth Simmons. Zucconi was “a man who loved Brown with a great passion,” Simmons said during her memorial speech in Upper Salomon, a theme that continued throughout the entire service, which drew students, alumni and Zucconi’s friends and family. Simmons reminisced about the first time she met Zucconi, saying he approached her without hesitation and hugged her. Zucconi was the first person at Brown to give her a hug, Simmons said. “It was the most wonderful hug,” she said. “And then he started to tell me what I should be doing,” something that was fairly typical of Zucconi. Simmons, who was almost moved see MEMORIAL, page 4

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OWL teaches women basics of self defense BY JESSICA WEISBERG

“Women have many advantages over men,” said Renne Bolden, a brown belt and former member of the U.S. Navy as she effortlessly unleashed sophomore Kimberly Boortz’s hands from her neck. Bolden taught a group of undergraduate women basic self-defense moves in Salomon as a part of the first annual Organization of Women Leaders Conference that took place last Friday. The event, sponsored by the Organization of Women Leaders, presented different themes of female empowerment and provided a forum for undergraduate women interested in discussing gender-specific issues. Participants differed not only in their areas of interest and passion, but also in regard to their previous experiences with female-centric student groups and events. “There were only a few familiar faces,” said Kimberly Boortz ’05, who coordinated the event with Megan Maley ’05. Participants attended two different workshops; “Self-Defense” and “Blending your Career with your Passion,” in which Adriana Young ’01, director of English for Action, discussed her experiences forming a non-profit organization as a young woman. “I felt like I was more discriminated against because of my age than my gender,” Young said. “Women have certain advantages, for example, we appear to be less threatening than men, but we can still be assertive when we are required to be.” Young encouraged participants to adamantly pursue their passions regardless of others’ reactions. “People are going to hate you, it’s inevitable. My father once told me that if everyone likes you then you’re evil because you’re not expressing your true self,” Young said. Bolden demonstrated self-defense techniques on volunteers. By the end of the one-hour session, participants could easily escape choke holds and recite ideal tactics to distract an attacker in order to escape a potentially dangerous situation. The conference ended with a lunch buffet and discussions about possible methods of providing women with the tools necessary for leadership. “As children, women are not given the same messages that breed leaders that men are given day in and day out. I don’t feel like college is too late to start instilling the same values and feelings of self-worth in women,” Maley said. Maley and Boortz said, although OWL typically focuses on women’s leadership in the corporate world, Saturday’s events focused on general female empowerment. “We definitely wanted to look at women’s leadership in a broader context to attract a more diverse participant group,” Maley said. Herald staff writer Jessica Weisberg ’06 covers the Swearer Center and Sarah Doyle Women’s Center. She can be reached at jweisberg@browndailyherald.com.

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Brook Street’s new Smoky Waters Hookah Bar offers over 20 flavors of tobacco.

New hookah bar draws large crowds BY PRIA SINHA

For the last three nights many Brown students’ favorite brunch spot has transformed into a nighttime venue brimming with faces, voices, music and the sweet, mild smell of hookah smoke. Mike Hodor ’05 and Jonathan Purow ’03, the two entrepreneurs behind Smoky Waters Hookah Bar, celebrated Friday night’s opening at Louis Family Restaurant on Brook Street as another step in a yearlong process to bring dorm-room hookah culture to the public. Purow, who said his social life has revolved around a hookah, his dorm room and a group of similarly-inclined friends, came up with the idea last year of expanding into a public space. “It was a joke at first — everything starts out like that,” Purow said. “But I kept on getting positive feedback, so I went with it.” Hodor, who lived in Purow’s dorm last year, was a willing partner in the effort. Together they went about seeking a venue, securing provisions — including food and, most importantly, hookahs — and recruiting the help of friends and acquaintances. The duo decided to take advantage of Brown’s studentrun Entrepreneurship Program for guidance and resources. Their endeavor is one of several competing for a program grant of $15,000 at the end of the school year. Purow’s unique attachment to Louis led to its selection as a location for the bar. “I had met Louis himself when my brother went to Brown 10 years ago,” he said. “He was a mythical figure.” Deeply upset by the restaurant owner’s death in 1999, Purow has nonetheless continued to frequent Louis and maintains a close relationship with its current owner, John Gianfrancesco. Because the bar would only open when Louis was normally closed, Gianfrancesco was more than willing to

offer up the space for evening use by Smoky Waters. Despite practical qualms, Gianfranceso said he was willing to back any endeavor of Purow’s. “He was so enthusiastic, I wouldn’t stop him,” Gianfrancesco said. Would he trust the bar in someone else’s hands? “Probably not.” Hodor and Purow said they were pleased — and overwhelmed — with last weekend’s turnout. Hodor estimated a turnout of about 250 people at the bar each night. “We expected a lot of people,” he said, “but it got a little crazy given the short staff.” The first night proved a valuable lesson, as “things were much more efficient on Saturday,” Purow said. The business partners are continuing to seek out staff members, although Friday and Saturday’s staff — which included two wait staff members, two hookah and drink staff members, a cook and a DJ — was, according to Purow, already starting to feel like “a family.” The staff ran around busily while patrons choose their orders in steps, listed on the menu as “pick it out,” “fill it up” and “pack it in,” from four hookah sizes, several flavors of water and over 20 choices of tobacco. Sunday night crowds were mellower, boasting far fewer patrons. A few students expressed their preference for the slower nights. “I like the chill atmosphere,” said Josh Jackson ’04, who came to the bar based on positive reviews from a friend. Fellow student Tavet Jillfon ’04 agreed, grateful to be socializing over beer and mixedfruit tobacco rather than “sitting in some dark room, watching TV or doing homework.” Both students said they would return to the bar in the near future, most likely with friends. The road to the bar’s opening has been relatively smooth, Purow said. Setbacks have been minor and largely expected, and feedback has been continually positive, see HOOKAH, page 4

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Meachin continued from page 12 Holyfield, but instead he decided to continue to be a boxing sideshow and take the easy money. After the fight, Tyson admitted that he was no closer to being ready for Lewis than beforehand. Boxing-wise, he gained almost nothing in ring experience from this fight, but he did gain a chunk of cash. The rarely eloquent Tyson actually encapsulated the true motivations behind the fight better than anyone, saying, “I wasn’t afraid. He needed the money. I always need money.” The saying that much of sports is driven by money has

become cliché, but the staging of this fight to be nothing more than a knockout makes it truer for professional wrestling than professional sports. Tyson’s promoters tried to pick an opponent that would not only lose, but also lose in the most entertaining way, instantaneous knockout. To the best of their ability, Tyson’s promoters tried to stage a fight with a script calling for an immediate knockout. They got exactly what they wanted, and so did Tyson, who now has another $5 million toward paying off his divorce settlement. Jon Meachin ’04 hails from New York City, N.Y. He is a public and private sector organizations concentrator.

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with “latinidad,” the elusive quality which holds the diverse Latino community together in the United States. Diana Caba, a Tufts student and second-generation Dominican American, said she can be treated as a “second-class citizen” in the United States, but told by Dominicans, “You’re gringa, you’re white.” “There can be confusion as to whether (we) belong as Americans or Latinos,” said Juan Muñoz ’06. “(The conference) was a great opportunity to meet other people and realize that you are not alone as a Latino person.” “I love the whole conference. I’ve never been in such a large group of Latinos before,” said Lolita Muñoz, a high school junior from Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. “Everyone seems really interested in presenting our cultural background and heritage. … We’re striving to be successful and it’s really helpful, there’s all these people to look up to and a lot of incentive to work.” “(Ramirez) was amazing. He (told us) ‘these are the steps that I took and this might help you,’” Lolita Muñoz said. Fellow Phillips junior Edgar Perez said the Latino population at his high school, which brought nine students to the conference, is “maybe 40 in 1200 students.” “This conference provides us an outlet to speak about our identity and our culture,” said Adam King ’06, one of the conference’s student organizers. “Spaces like these are few and far between on largely white campuses.”

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Zucconi continued from page 1 Brown, to be an alumnus of Brown,” Widmer said. Brown was indeed a “transformational force” in Zucconi’s life, said his friend and Widmer’s wife Meera Viswanathan, associate professor of comparative literature and East Asian studies. Zucconi arrived at Brown and began “thriving in this wonderful area,” Viswanathan said. Zucconi, the third child of Italian immigrants, grew up in a cold-water, walk-up apartment in the Bronx. His father worked multiple jobs to support the family, and Zucconi’s older brother, Mario, eventually left high school to help contribute to the family. Mario’s contribution, a sacrifice Zucconi “cherished,” enabled Zucconi to finish high school and apply to college, Viswanathan said. “Someone had mentioned to him that Brown was a good school, so of course, he only applied to Brown,” Viswanathan said. He was accepted, and in the fall of 1951, he left New York City for the first time to journey to

Providence by train. Once at Brown, Zucconi played varsity football, took a job to help support himself and concentrated in history. The dean’s list student “really saw himself as a collegiate individual,” Viswanathan said. “He would not have been exposed to all of these great disciplines were it not for Brown.” A scholarship student himself, Zucconi’s experience during his four years in Providence “made him so anxious on behalf of students who were on financial aid,” eventually driving him to become one of the University’s most active fundraisers. “It all comes back to loyalty,” Widmer said. “Dave was the most loyal person,” whether regarding his friends or the University. For Steve Chan MD ’04, Zucconi took the role of both adviser and peer. Zucconi was “like any one of our friends,” who would ask about classes and activities, Chan said. Chan said he often wondered what attracted him to Brown. “I think that’s just the kind of person that he was. He saw how students enjoyed Brown. He

wanted that to continue.” And though Zucconi was known for a certain disregard of authority, every action he took to bend a rule was done with the University at heart, Chan said. “It wasn’t for the sake of breaking rules or callous disregard for the rules” that he tried to avoid red tape, Chan said. “There was a point in what he was doing.” Now, with Zucconi’s legacy still alive — parking violations, white Cadillac and all — Widmer said it is the Brown community’s responsibility to continue his friend’s work of spreading the University’s name and reputation and bringing alumni home. “That work belongs to everybody, because he’s no different. He was your absolutely average, typical Brown student 50 years ago who just never left,” Widmer said. “But in another sense, I think what Dave would say is whether you leave Brown or not, you should always carry it with you and be as loyal as you can possibly be.” Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

Muñoz ’06. “The environment is great. I feel like I’m at home,” said Jacey Arriaga, a New York City native studying at the University of New Hampshire, which has a Latino student population of about 1 percent. “We really wanted (other schools) to continue this every year. This is a huge thing to put on, and obviously we can’t do it all the time,” said Adianez Albelo ’03, a member of the conference committee. “We’re hoping someone takes it on, so that it becomes a regular space where people come together every year.” “There’s need for events like these,” said Christina Davis, Syracuse University’s Residential Director, who brought students with her from New York. “I’m impressed with the diversity of the presentations and the number of participants.” Providence City Mayor David Cicilline ’83 welcomed the students in the morning. “I am the beneficiary of some great Latino leadership in Providence,” he said. Latinos make up around one-third of the Providence population, he said, and he said he is committed to creating “a city government that looks like the city it serves.”

Memorial continued from page 1 to tears during her speech at the beginning of the service, said Zucconi was largely responsible for spreading Brown’s reputation and influence. “I trust that in his memory, we will all live up to his aspirations,” she said. It was aggressive supporters like Zucconi who helped spread the Brown name and reputation, Simmons said, and the University still needs dedicated allies like him. Zucconi’s overbearing personality, his knowledge of what was best for Brown and his willingness to bend rules and regulations — particularly parking laws — became the overriding theme of the service, which also included performances by the Brown University Chorus, tenor Fred Scheff and the Brown University Marching Band, who performed “We Are Ever True to Brown” as the recessional. Kenneth O’Keefe ’76, president of the Brown Sports Foundation, of which Zucconi was a founding member, said it was Zucconi who brought him back to Brown after a 15-year absence.

O’Keefe said Zucconi carried the Brown name with him with “loyalty, compassion and commitment,” characteristics that he also took to every home football game. Often, the superstitious Zucconi would make O’Keefe switch seats if the team wasn’t doing well, O’Keefe told those who had gathered. Even the somber occasion and the pouring rain outside couldn’t prevent the chuckles as O’Keefe went on to describe how Zucconi once made him leave the stadium area to get him food because he blamed the team’s poor performance on O’Keefe’s presence. Eric Widmer, former director of admission and a friend of Zucconi’s, also gave a touching tribute. Widmer detailed an evening in Newport with Zucconi and his wife, Nancy, that included attending a formal dance to which they had not been invited and parking in a noparking zone, something for which Zucconi was known. Widmer told the audience of the plans he had made with Zucconi for retirement, which included continuing to tell Phil Estes, head football coach, how to run the team and searching the restaurants of Providence for the best linguine with white clam

Hookah continued from page 3 Purow said. But for that success to continue, the bar’s staff will need to maintain a creative and persistent outlook, he said. The bar is currently set to open 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. every night except Mondays. The vision, however, is far from complete. “I’m always going to want to fix things,” Purow said. Included among Purow and Hodor’s future plans are visual displays — Purow said he likes to decorate with Christmas lights and alcohol bottles — and theme nights. Beginning with something as simple as a designated movie

sauce. The memorial service, which occurred exactly one month after Zucconi succumbed to cancer, drew representatives from the entire University — from student athletes to Zucconi’s classmates and fellow alums, including Providence Mayor David Cicilline ’83, to current administrators, including Simmons. Widmer said Zucconi’s final days were perfect examples of the “sheer heroism of his struggle” with cancer. It wasn’t until Jan. 17 that Zucconi and his wife consented to the use of morphine to ease the pain caused by the cancer, Widmer said, but even after doctors began to administer the extremely potent drug, Zucconi lived for several more days. It was “a party that he refused to leave” in his hospital room in Miriam Hospital, Widmer said, with a constant vigil held by visitors. Widmer said he must now “attempt to confront the numbing reality of a Zucconi-less world,” a sentiment echoed by each speaker during the oneand-a-half hour service. Herald staff writer Juliette Wallack ’05 can be reached at jwallack@browndailyherald.com.

night once a week, the two have ideas of open-mic sessions in the future. They also hope to eventually obtain their own space to house the bar, although Purow insists on the importance of keeping business alive and on maintaining what he calls an “insulated Brown center.” Short-term changes include the addition of a Web site and the ability to make reservations online. “We’re going to need to reserve tables and control flow,” Hodor said. “We’d like to make sure people who want to be there get a chance to be there.” Purow is already entertaining the hope of beginning a franchise to spread the hookah bar concept. “I think of it as a movement,” he said. “It’s about creating an atmosphere of openness.”

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IN BRIEF Carcieri Gets His Giuliani CRANSTON, R.I (L.A. Times) — In the space of a week, Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri ’65 has gone from being the butt of a Jay Leno joke to getting his Rudolph Giuliani moment — and seizing it. The 60-year-old political neophyte came advertised as a take-charge businessman, but what is drawing him wide praise in the aftermath of Thursday’s devastating nightclub fire is the humanity of his responses. Carcieri, in a brief interview Sunday at the National Guard armory here, said it takes no particular talent or imagination for a father of four and grandfather of 13 to empathize with the victims’ families. “I remember what it was like when it got late and the kids weren’t home,” he said.“You always worried something might happen, but you had to have faith they’d be OK.” On the “Tonight Show”Tuesday, Leno had poked fun at Carcieri for being on vacation in Florida when the President’s Day storm dumped two feet of snow on Rhode Island. Carcieri was still there Friday morning when news reached him of the blaze that had left 97 dead and 187 hospitalized, many in critical condition. The governor headed right back to Rhode Island. Since then, his solid frame and round face, his curly gray hair and rimless glasses, have become familiar to television viewers nationwide. Like Giuliani, who deftly handled the challenges of the 9/11 terror attack as New York mayor, Carcieri has “stepped up to the moment, showing the proper balance between leadership and compassion,” said Darrell M. West, a Brown University political science professor. In directing the state’s response, Carcieri has “kept on top of all the details, from reaching out to the families to tracking down the dentists” for assistance with records that could help identify victims, West said. “A year ago, nobody would have predicted this,”West added, recalling the long odds Carcieri faced as an unknown, first-time candidate not even endorsed by his own Republican Party. But people who’ve known Carcieri longer might have predicted it. Longtime friend Dave Duffy, a retired advertising agency head who spearheaded Carcieri’s run for governor, noted that Carcieri had interrupted his career as a business executive to move his family to Kingston, Jamaica, to run the West Indies anti-poverty operations of Catholic Relief Services. Carcieri put his children in the local schools, and his wife, Sue, continued her career as a science teacher. “It was tough,” Duffy said.“There were bars on the windows, and a priest friend of his was murdered after having dinner the night before at Don’s house.” After his humanitarian work in Jamaica, a former banking colleague recruited Carcieri to Cookson America, a Providence-based unit of the British-owned manufacturing conglomerate Cookson Group Worldwide. Again, Carcieri moved through the ranks quickly, finally becoming chief executive of Cookson America and a managing director of a $3 billion global operation with 12,000 employees. In 1997, reluctant to move to London and unhappy with the firm’s direction, Carcieri exercised his option and quit at age 55. A few years later, at breakfast with Duffy, Carcieri startled his friend by announcing he wanted to run for governor. “Any teacher remembers a student from their classroom who had the ability to get A’s but was getting C minuses and D’s,” Carcieri said Sunday. “I was always convinced that Rhode Island had `A’ potential but was getting C minuses because of poor fiscal policy, political corruption and other things,” he said. Carcieri breezed to victory in a primary over the endorsed Republican and then topped Democrat Myrth York in a nasty general election contest, in which York tried unconvincingly to link Carcieri to the deaths of workers at a Brazilian mine with which Cookson had done business. In barely six weeks in office, Carcieri has impressed legislators from both parties as straightforward, lacking in ego and far more communicative than his predecessor, Republican Lincoln Almond. “There’s been more interaction between the state House and the governor’s office in two months than there has been in the last eight years,” said Rhode Island House Speaker Robert Murphy, a Democrat whose district includes the nightclub where the fire took place.

Members of 2 bands say they used pyrotechnics at W. Warwick club WEST WARWICK, R.I. (Washington Post) — Musicians from two rock bands said Sunday that they, too, had fired off pyrotechnics inside the Station nightclub with the full knowledge of the owners, a practice that state officials have described as inherently dangerous. The musicians have talked with Rhode Island police investigators, and one band has handed over a videotape of a concert in April 2000 at the wood-frame nightclub. Last week the metal band Great White set off pyrotechnics in the Station, igniting a fire that killed 97 people, the fourth worst nightclub fire in the nation’s history. “I’ve got video of us blowing up stuff on stage that’s a lot bigger than anything (Great White lead singer) Jack Russell shot off,” said Rev Tyler of the heavy metal band Lovin’ Kry. Asked whether the owners, Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, said anything to him, Tyler replied: “Yeah, they said, ‘Great show. Do you want to do a bigger one next week?’ “ The lead guitarist for another band, KISStory, said his band fired off knee-high balls of flame at a concert at the Station in August. “Of course a KISS tribute band has pyros; otherwise it wouldn’t be a KISS tribute band,” said Joe Del Signore, 33. “No one said anything.” Friends say the Derderians bought the club in March 2000. Jeffrey Derderian’s attorney did not return five phone calls seeking comment Sunday. On Saturday, Jeffrey Derderian had called together several dozen reporters. Breaking into tears, he read a statement offering prayers for victims and saying he knew nothing of Great White’s plans to shoot off pyrotechnics. “At no time did my brother or I have any knowledge that pyrotechnics were going to be used by the band Great White,” he said. “No permission was ever

requested by the band or any of its agents.” Derderian, a reporter for a local television station, declined to take questions. The probe into the fire appeared to be picking up speed, as investigators interviewed bands, pressed the owners to be more cooperative and imposed a moratorium on pyrotechnics at small clubs and auditoriums holding fewer than 300 people. Gov. Donald Carcieri said Sunday that the soundproofing insulation that caught fire is “a major focus” of the investigation and that certain types of foam can act as a fire accelerant. “Experienced firefighters were just shocked at how fast that building went up,” Carcieri said. “It was engulfed in flames way too fast.” Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch offered pointed words for the nightclub owner at a news conference Sunday. “I would hope that Mr. Derderian is as cooperative with law enforcement agencies,” Lynch said, “as he has been with the press.” The attorney general said Derderian has met with investigators and “answered some questions.” Lynch emphasized the word “some” and noted the police would interview the owner again. Investigators interviewed Russell and other members of Great White before they flew back to Los Angeles on Saturday. One of the band’s guitarists, Ty Longley, is missing in the fire and presumed dead. “The band members have been cooperative,” Lynch said. The death toll in the fire rose to 97, as officials disclosed that another charred body was found in the sodden rubble of the nightclub. Forensic technicians have identified 42 victims. Laboring in state mortuaries, technicians compare teeth to dental records. Eighty people remain in a dozen hospitals, including 25 in critical condition.

Critics say abortion politics overtaking cancer fight WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — Advocates for women’s health

are usually delighted when the government spends time and money to explore the causes of breast cancer. But some of them are charging that abortion politics, not science, is behind a conference starting Monday at the National Cancer Institute that will consider whether women who terminate a pregnancy also face a higher risk of breast cancer. The critics say the conference is the latest case of the Bush administration’s skewing the nation’s medical research agenda to please its conservative allies. “There is hardly a breast cancer activist group around that can say that they’re happy this conference is happening, or that this is a high priority, or that they’ve called on the NCI to do more on this topic,” said Cynthia Pearson, executive director of the National Women’s Health Network, a Washington-based watchdog group. “The politics of abortion are driving the cancer agenda, and that’s why they’re having this conference,” said Barbara Brenner, executive director of Breast Cancer Action, an advocacy group in San Francisco. She said the institute should spend its time on more pressing issues, such as the search for better ways to diagnose cancer and the role environmental toxins play. A spokeswoman for the institute denied that the conference was sparked by anti-abortion groups. She said its purpose was to lay out a research plan to investigate important questions about the effect of reproductive factors on breast cancer. Researchers have published more than 30 studies since 1957 on whether abortion and miscarriage raise the risk of breast cancer. The conclusions have varied. Some scientists theorized that breast cells, which multiply during pregnancy, might become vulnerable to cancer if the hormones associated with late pregnancy do not arrive. But many experts say that fear was significantly diminished by a major Danish study, published in 1997, that found no elevated risk of breast cancer among women who had induced abortions. The study was considered highly reliable because it covered a large number of women — 1.5 million — and relied on medical records rather than women’s recollections of their

health history. Partly because of the study, the American Cancer Society says it sees no link between abortion and breast cancer. Its statement on the subject warns that “the public is not well-served by false alarms” about the causes of cancer. But anti-abortion groups have highlighted studies that found an association, using them to argue for state “informed consent” laws requiring women to receive information on fetal development, medical risks and other topics before receiving an abortion. In North Dakota last year, an anti-abortion activist asked a judge to force an abortion provider to warn patients about the potential cancer risk. After three days of clashing testimony, the judge rejected the lawsuit. Now, some breast cancer advocates say the National Cancer Institute is aiding the anti-abortion movement by holding its three-day conference, called Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer. The meeting will consider a range of issues, including the role that pregnancy, miscarriage and other reproductive factors play in breast cancer. “The bottom line is there has been some conflicting or inadequate evidence on this topic, and we really wanted to take appropriate steps to look at further research to enhance our knowledge in this area,” said Mary Anne Bright, a spokeswoman for the cancer institute. She said the impetus for the conference had nothing to do with the goals of the anti-abortion movement. But critics of the institute point out that until recently, the National Cancer Institute’s own Web site said current scientific evidence suggested no association between abortion and breast cancer. It also said early studies suggesting a link may have been flawed. In November, the institute posted a new statement saying that evidence was inconclusive. The change prompted some Democratic lawmakers and advocates for breast cancer patients to charge that the Bush administration had let political considerations influence the health information it was giving to women. “I don’t think anyone could say it was anything other than political pressure that brought that change,” Brenner said.

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Pentagon looks to recruit expatriates to remake Iraq DEARBORN, Mich. (L.A. Times) —

With America on the cusp of war, top Pentagon officials came to the large Arab community here Sunday in search of Iraqis willing to help the U.S. military topple Saddam Hussein and establish a new democracy in their homeland. They were recruiting volunteers to assist the U.S. military as civilians or as government contractors, to join the military as special Individual Ready Reservists or to enlist in what the Pentagon billed as a “Free Iraqi Force,” which would work alongside U.S. soldiers as guides, translators and experts in other areas if American troops invade Iraq and head for Baghdad in search of Saddam. “We need to work together,” Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told about 200 Iraqis at a town-hall meeting here. “We are on the same team. We have the same goal.” Throughout the two-hour meeting, many in the crowd — mostly men who told horror stories of escaping Saddam’s rule only to later learn that family members had been killed or tortured — repeatedly rose to their feet to applaud and shout their encouragement when Wolfowitz promised that if war comes, America would “seek to liberate Iraq,

not to occupy Iraq.” “Saddam must go! Saddam must go!” the crowd roared back, the meeting quickly becoming a cheerleading session for the Bush administration’s goal of regime change in Baghdad. “Saddam is a killer!” This community next to Detroit has seen its share of turmoil since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It is believed to house the largest Arab community in the nation, and untold thousands of Iraqi refugees settled here at the close of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. In all, between 200,000 and 400,000 Iraqi nationals now live in the United States. But since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many here have complained about retaliation by individuals, about harassment by the government and about other problems that have made life difficult. Indeed, for this town-hall meeting, the audience was required to pass through metal detectors. In addition, next month four Arab Americans go on trial in federal court in Detroit, accused of planning their own terrorist assaults, both here and in Southern California. But that aside, the group that turned out to hear

Wolfowitz and other Pentagon leaders Sunday was decidedly united on two fronts — that Saddam must be ousted and that America should then quickly bow out as Iraqis attempt to build their own new democracy. The Pentagon’s plan to engage Iraqis in any war against Saddam was presented as a unique opportunity: “We know you want to be part of this cause,” Wolfowitz said. “And there is an urgent need for your talents.” Iraqis were asked to help as temporary civilian employees or, in some cases, as individual contractors with the U.S. government. They would work as translators and in other positions once American troops move into Iraq. The second program would permit Iraqis to join the U.S. military as part of the Individual Ready Reserve. As officials described it, they would serve in an “integrated part of the U.S. military” and the Pentagon would “take advantage of your professional skills” in helping U.S. troops understand local languages and cultural differences. As reservists, they would mobilize to Iraq but then return to civilian status after any hostilities ended.

Critics say abortion politics overtaking cancer fight WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — Advocates for women’s health are usually delighted when the government spends time and money to explore the causes of breast cancer. But some of them are charging that abortion politics, not science, is behind a conference starting Monday at the National Cancer Institute that will consider whether women who terminate a pregnancy also face a higher risk of breast cancer. The critics say the conference is the latest case of the Bush administration’s skewing the nation’s medical research agenda to please its conservative allies. “There is hardly a breast cancer activist group around that can say that they’re happy this conference is happening, or that this is a high priority, or that they’ve called on the NCI to do more on this topic,” said Cynthia Pearson, executive director of the National Women’s Health Network, a Washington-based watchdog group. “The politics of abortion are driving the cancer agenda, and that’s why they’re having this conference,” said Barbara Brenner, executive director of Breast Cancer Action, an advocacy group in San Francisco. She said the institute should spend its time on more pressing issues, such as the search for better ways to diagnose cancer and the role

environmental toxins play. A spokeswoman for the institute denied that the conference was sparked by anti-abortion groups. She said its purpose was to lay out a research plan to investigate important questions about the effect of reproductive factors on breast cancer. Researchers have published more than 30 studies since 1957 on whether abortion and miscarriage raise the risk of breast cancer. The conclusions have varied. Some scientists theorized that breast cells, which multiply during pregnancy, might become vulnerable to cancer if the hormones associated with late pregnancy do not arrive. But many experts say that fear was significantly diminished by a major Danish study, published in 1997, that found no elevated risk of breast cancer among women who had induced abortions. The study was considered highly reliable because it covered a large number of women — 1.5 million — and relied on medical records rather than women’s recollections of their health history. Partly because of the study, the American Cancer Society says it sees no link between abortion and breast cancer. Its statement on the subject warns that “the public is not well-served by false alarms” about the causes of cancer.

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Israel storms area used to launch Hamas attacks JERUSALEM (L.A.Times) — In a pow-

erful daylong onslaught, Israeli tanks and troops stormed a Palestinian community in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday that has been used as a launch site for rocket attacks on Israel. At least six Palestinians were killed and nearly 30 reported hurt as young stone-throwers and masked gunmen mounted fierce resistance. Elsewhere in Gaza, a Palestinian sniper killed an Israeli soldier near the southern town of Khan Yunis. A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli tank fire not far from the spot soon afterward, and a gunman who opened fire on Israeli troops was shot to death near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim. In the West Bank, Israeli troops fatally shot a Palestinian man they said was trying to infiltrate near the town of Tulkarm. The army said the man disobeyed shouted orders to stop for an inspection of his documents; Palestinians said he was a laborer trying to get to his job who either did not hear the command to stop or simply panicked. The violence came as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continued efforts to form a coalition government. On Sunday, he was handed what could prove to be a definitive rebuff by the left-leaning Labor Party, which he has been trying to lure into an alliance with his hard-line Likud. Sharon has forged alliances with the centrist Shinui party, an

advocate for secular Jews that nearly tripled its strength in Jan. 28 elections, and with the National Religious Party, a strong proponent of maintaining Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Such a coalition would give Sharon a narrow 61-seat majority in the 120-member Knesset, or parliament. Labor was in coalition with Sharon in the previous government but quit as the vote approached. The participation of Labor in his new government — or even the presence of some leading Labor figure such as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres — would help boost Sharon’s international standing during the run-up to a prospective U.S.-led war in Iraq, and perhaps help alleviate tremendous Palestinian mistrust of the Israeli leader. Sharon has about three weeks to determine the final makeup of his coalition. In Gaza — which is the heartland of the militant group Hamas, and which Sharon’s government has hinted could be the scene of a full-scale Israeli takeover — violence has continued unabated for eight days. Backed by rumbling tanks, with assault helicopters thudding overhead, Israeli troops drove into the northern town of Beit Hanoun before dawn Sunday, seeking to neutralize the ability of Palestinian militants to launch missiles toward the Israeli town of Sderot, in the Negev desert.

Governors disagree over how much federal aid to seek (L.A. Times) — Struggling states will have to solve their fiscal difficulties without massive federal assistance, a Republican senator warned the nation’s governors Sunday, highlighting sharp political disagreements over Washington’s responsibilities to states facing historic budget shortfalls. The governors spent much of Sunday trying to resolve their own conflicts on the subject of federal aid prior to pressing their case with President Bush during a White House meeting scheduled for Monday morning. “We’re trying to reach a consensus on a resolution for fiscal relief and Medicaid reform,” California Gov. Gray Davis said shortly after he and most of the nation’s governors concluded an intense, closed-door discussion. “It’s not quite cooked yet. We are making progress.” Davis, who estimates that California must close a $34 billion budget gap over the next 16 months, described the disagreements as “civil but spirited.” The political discord among the governors — gathered here for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association — simmered to the surface during and after a session on the states’ fiscal crisis. Republican governors are embracing a limited federal response, while some Democratic governors are endorsing proposals from congressional Democrats that would WASHINGTON

provide states with as much as $75 billion in aid. Without federal intervention, states must cut spending and raise taxes by an estimated $112 billion over the next 18 months, the association projects. In the morning session’s keynote address, Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, chided the states for overspending during the 1990s and warned the governors against overreaching in their requests for federal aid. His comments came just moments after Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton, a Democrat who is chairman of the governors association, made a pointed plea for “urgent fiscal relief” from Washington. “This is not a partisan issue,” Patton said. Craig, however, accused congressional Democrats of exacerbating the plight of the states by delaying action on the 2002-03 federal budget and by opposing the president’s plan to stimulate the economy by cutting taxes. And he pointedly advised governors against pressing Congress to support Democratic proposals that would funnel tens of billions of additional aid to the states. Craig said the Republican majority in Congress “might be able” to provide some additional assistance for health care and Medicaid, the program for lowerincome Americans that receives joint federal-state funding and is administered by the states. Also, he predicted that Congress would

pass a prescription-drug bill that could ease state health-care costs. Democrats reacted coolly to Craig’s comments. “I certainly accept your call that the states should do their part in these difficult times, and I think we all are,” Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said. “But I hope there’s some consideration being given for the increased efforts that we are having to pick up right now to fulfill basic federal obligations in senior health care and special education.” But Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, a Republican, praised Craig for his honesty and expressed support for the opposition to a “massive bailout.” Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, younger brother of the president, remained silent during the public discussion. Afterward, he told reporters that the president’s taxreduction plan would be far more helpful to states than billions of dollars in federal aid. “A one-time bailout only makes the hole bigger when the bailout ends,” Bush said. “We have some responsibility in this. You can’t just spend everything you have during good times and when there’s a downturn say, ‘Well, it’s not our fault.’” Davis said there was a growing consensus on the issue of federal reimbursement to the states for the costs of homeland security — an idea that Craig said has Republican support in Congress.

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Market’s bounce shows worries are easing, but will it last? (L.A.Times) — The fear factor seems to be receding in financial markets, even as the U.S.-Iraq war threat remains high. But whether the turnabout will have staying power is far from clear. The U.S. stock market has rallied for two straight weeks, cutting the year-to-date losses in the bluechip Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and lifting the technologyheavy NASDAQ composite into positive territory. The NASDAQ is up 1 percent this year while the Dow and the S&P are down 3.9 percent and 3.6 percent, respectively. The Dow ended at 8,018.11 on Friday, up 103.15 points for the day. European markets also have rallied modestly for two weeks after five consecutive weeks of losses. Among other signs that worries have eased somewhat, gold — a traditional haven in troubled times — has lost its momentum, and at $351.80 an ounce in New York futures trading on Friday was down 7 percent from its six-year peak of $379 on Feb. 4. Also, the dollar’s value has stopped falling against the euro in the past two weeks, suggesting that investors worldwide may be less fearful of holding American assets. Stocks have found their footing despite some uninspiring economic reports and a continuing climb in oil prices that is causing consumer sticker-shock at the gas pump. Crude oil futures closed in New York on Friday at $35.58 a barrel, near recent two-and-a-half year highs. To be sure, the latest rally on

Wall Street has lacked punch. Trading volume has generally been light, indicating a lack of conviction among buyers. But some analysts say the market’s bounce shows that investors are willing to step up in search of bargains whenever key indexes approach the depths that they reached in July and October. “We’ve tested the lows three times now. What that says is that the market’s lows have taken place,” said Subodh Kumar, strategist at CIBC World Markets in New York. “But as far as a serious recovery goes, right now it’s still very much a trader’s market,” he said. Indeed, many investors remain wary of making substantial new long-term commitments to stocks with the war threat looming large. Individual investors who buy stocks via mutual funds appear to be among those unconvinced by the recent rebound. For five straight weeks, domestic equity funds have seen redemptions outweigh new money invested, according to AMG Data Services of Arcata, Calif., which tracks fund cash flows. Some of the market’s snap-back may be tied to the short-term trading phenomenon known as “short covering.” In a short-covering rally, investors who sold stocks short — betting on a decline by selling borrowed shares in hopes of buying them back later at a lower price and pocketing the difference — scramble to limit their losses by closing out their positions. Their purchases add fuel to a rising market. Market bulls are hoping that there’s more to the rebound than just short-covering. At the start of

the year, optimists expected any conflict with Iraq to be decided quickly in favor of the United States, leading to a surge in share prices and a jump-start for the economy. The market’s pickup in recent weeks could indicate that that sentiment remains widespread, meaning that many investors are reluctant to sell now and are more tempted to buy. But even if a war with Iraq is fast and successful, the U.S. economy and market wouldn’t necessarily get the same powerful boosts they got after the 1991 Persian Gulf War, said Gary Schlossberg, senior economist at Wells Capital Management in San Francisco. In 1991 the United States was in the midst of recovering from a deeper recession, he said, and there was more pent-up consumer demand. This time around, in part because the housing market has held up so strongly, consumers in 2001 and 2002 didn’t scale back their spending enough to create significant latent demand to drive a postwar boom, he said. What’s more, the key missing element in the economy over the past two years has been business capital spending, and the outlook there remains worrisome, Schlossberg said. “It’s critical that business confidence gets shored up, and I just don’t see it with all the uncertainty we’re facing,” he said. Even if the United States is victorious in Iraq, other geopolitical tensions could continue to dampen optimism — for example, the bad blood between the United States and France over the war issue, the nuclear face-off with North Korea, and the potential for anti-American terrorism worldwide if passions are inflamed by a war, Schlossberg said. “Companies are not going to open the throttle when it comes to building their inventories and investing in high tech until they can get a better read on the situation,” he said. And that has downbeat implications for corporate earnings in many industry sectors. While business profits overall have been rising in recent quarters, analysts note that the gains at many companies have come from unsustainable cost-cutting campaigns rather than from improved sales.

Bush seeks to exempt missile defense system from testing WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) — The Bush administration is proposing to exempt the Pentagon’s controversial missile defense system from the real-world operational testing legally required of every new weapons system in order to deploy it by 2004. Buried in President Bush’s 2004 budget, in dry, bureaucratic language, is a request to rewrite a law designed to prevent the production and fielding of weapons systems that don’t work. If the provision is enacted, it would be the first time a major weapons system was formally exempted from the testing requirement. The proposal follows administration moves to bypass congressional reporting and oversight requirements in order to accelerate development of a national missile defense system. One of Bush’s goals when he took office was to implement a missile defense system — an idea first proposed by President Ronald Reagan — and he almost immediately expanded both the scope and the funding of the controversial program, which had encountered scientific and budgetary difficulties in recent years. Last year, to help achieve that goal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gave the Missile Defense Agency unprecedented managerial autonomy and removed procurement procedures that were intended to ensure new weapon programs remain on track and within budget. Administration officials believe the unusual measures are necessary because of a growing missile threat from rogue countries such as North Korea, Iran and Iraq. But critics maintain the new independence and secrecy of what has become a vastly expanded missile defense program increases the chance that the Pentagon will spend tens of billions of dollars on an antimissile system that doesn’t work. Much is at stake. While the exemptions granted previously gave the missile defense program an unprecedented degree of autonomy from congressional oversight, they did not

exclude it from testing. Highlighting its technical weaknesses has been opponents’ best hope for slowing the long-debated program. In recent years, critics repeatedly have used Pentagon data from missile defense flight tests to challenge whether the experiments were as successful as claimed. The latest proposal from the Pentagon would exempt the missile defense deployment from a law that requires the Defense Department to certify that appropriate operational testing has been completed before putting weapon systems into production. The Bush administration announced in December a goal of having a limited groundbased system operational at Fort Greely in Alaska and at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California by Oct. 1, 2004. “The moves last year were just about reporting requirements. This is different,” said Philip Coyle, director of operational testing and evaluation for the Pentagon from 1994 to 2001. “This is about obeying the law. Without these tests, we may never know whether this system works or not, and if they are done after this system is deployed, we won’t know until we’ve spent $70 billion on a ground-based missile defense system.” The proposed waiver has raised concerns of Senate Democrats, including Dianne Feinstein of California, missile defense critic Carl Levin of Michigan, the ranking member of his party on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Rhode Island’s Jack Reed. In a letter to Rumsfeld dated Wednesday, Feinstein wrote: “I believe that any deployed missile defense system must meet the same requirements and standards that we set for all other fully operational weapons systems. Indeed, given the potential cost of a failure of missile defense, I believe that, if anything, it should be required to meet more stringent test standards than normally required.” Feinstein’s letter came one week after Rumsfeld had been grilled on the issue by Levin and Reed at an Armed Services Committee hearing.

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Fire continued from page 1 Tang said he hopes that the tragedy will spur change in clubs, and that inspections will be “more aggressive” and sprinkler systems installed. The fast-spreading fire that swept through The Station Thursday night left 97 people dead and dozens hospitalized, many in critical condition. Thursday’s fire claimed the most lives of any fire in Rhode Island history, and was the deadliest U.S. fire since 87 people died at the Happy Land Social Club in New York city in 1990. In the pouring rain Saturday afternoon, Rhode Island State Police and West Warwick Police were present at the site of the fire but refused to comment. Two men showed up looking for a car that had been left in the parking lot on the night of the fire. A woman added flowers to the bouquets, flags and stuffed animals on a cart under a tent that sat next to the site of the club. Cars from both directions moved slowly past the lot that once was The Station. “The traffic isn’t usually this heavy on a Saturday afternoon. It’s horrendous,” said an employee of Knight’s Garage Nissan, located next to The Station. “They’re all sightseers,” said a woman at the nearby Frank’s NY System Restaurant, who asked to be identified as a local business owner. “But what are you going to do? I went down to have a look myself,” she added. “Business has been a little slower since the fire. That’s what everyone around here has been talking about,” she said. Local businesses sent food down to the site for the rescue workers, she said. Despite the current media frenzy, “people will forget about it, but us locals won’t,” she said. Shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday, pyrotechnic effects

just say no.

used during the stage act of Great White, a heavy metal band, ignited first the ceiling and then soundproofing material on the walls of The Station. Within minutes, the club was engulfed in flames. By 1 a.m., little was left but a portion of a wall near the entrance. The club did not have a sprinkler system to put out the flames — the building was constructed before such regulations were enacted — or a special permit for the pyrotechnics, CNN reported. Governor Donald L. Carcieri said at a Feb. 21 press conference that around 350 people were in the club, which is designed to hold only 300. An employee of Max’s Upstairs said the number of patrons has “definitely dropped” since Thursday night. He attributed this both to the bar being stricter about the number of people admitted and to people staying away in response to the fire. He did not know whether Max’s had a sprinkler system installed, but said that fire exits make Max’s “safe to get in and out.” — With reports from the New York Times, CNN and the Providence Journal.

Zach Frechette / Herald

The sign at The Station nightclub in West Warwick still showed the musical acts scheduled the night of the fire and the rest of the weekend. It is one of few objects left standing at the original site.

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Too quick to blame Some are calling Thursday’s fire at The Station nightclub Rhode Island’s version of Sept. 11, 2001, and such comparisons are not far off. For a serene and relatively insulated state, known for its quirky politics and urban revitalization programs, a tragedy of this magnitude is unprecedented in recent history. In a sense, Rhode Islanders have lost their innocence. And those of us on College Hill, as members of the greater Rhode Island community, were not left unaffected. Whether students knew someone who was injured or killed at the club, or turned on the television Friday morning and caught the graphic footage being played on every local and national news station, everyone was both shocked by the loss of life, and touched by the stories of heroism. But even as bodies were being pulled from the rubble, the blame game had begun. News coverage shifted from a state’s horrific loss to who had filed what permit and which conspiracy theorist seemed most credible. Anchors on WPRI Channel 12, whose cameraman happened to be filming a story in the club at the time of the fire, even felt the need to reassure viewers that they had not set the fire intentionally to boost ratings. In a post-Sept. 11 world, response to tragedy seems especially vicious. Mourning quickly transforms into finger-pointing. People inundated newspapers with claims that the explosion of the Columbia was part of some larger conspiracy. States fought rabidly for jurisdiction over the trial of the D.C. sniper. The Chicago nightclub stampede was provoked by cries of “terrorist attack” when a security guard used pepper gas to break up a fight. In many ways, we’re a nation on edge. Wanting to hold the responsible parties accountable in any tragedy is a natural human reaction. But in our quest for “justice,” we should not let the hunt for the guilty overshadow the memories of those who were lost.

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD EDITORIAL Elena Lesley, Editor-in-Chief Brian Baskin, Executive Editor Zachary Frechette, Executive Editor Kerry Miller, Executive Editor Kavita Mishra, Senior Editor Stephanie Harris, Academic Watch Editor Carla Blumenkranz, Arts & Culture Editor Rachel Aviv, Asst. Arts & Culture Editor Julia Zuckerman, Campus Watch Editor Juliette Wallack, Metro Editor Adam Stella, Asst. Metro Editor

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LETTERS New Zealander friend fondly remembers ‘Sarah La’

Herald’s update on W. Warwick fire comforts Brown parents

To the Editor:

As a friend of Sarah Lamendola’s it was hard to hear the news of her death, but also harder to be on the other side of the world and know that the other two flatmates of Sarah’s and I couldn’t attend the memorial service. Because no one on this side of the world really knew her, it has been hard getting used to the idea that the experience I had with Sarah was even true. My other flatmates and I cannot believe that we only met her for the first time only several months ago. I remember that when we first received an email from Sarah, my other New Zealand flatmate thought, “What did we get ourselvs into?” because in the e-mail, she said that she was “super duper excited to come to NZ.” That line just about summed her up. In the flat, she was called our little baby, because she was by far the youngest person in the suite — which makes it that much harder to think that the little baby of the flat has passed away. Sarah was always the “random one” even for me, but as one of her friends in the memorial service stated, that was what made every day exciting. In my last going away message, she said, “laugh and smile yo, that’s the way to go.” I’ll never forget that “yo” that she always said. I remember when I talked with her, I didn’t think it was her until she said that. Thank you for the update on the memorial service. It has been hard coping with this, when people around you never really knew her. But after reading your coverage, I now truly realize that Sarah La, (as everyone refers to her) was the same here, and back home, and I truly appreciate that I had the opportunity to meet her.

Thank you for your quick, reassuring, and informative update on Friday, Feb. 21, regarding the West Warwick nightclub fire. The information you provided was greatly appreciated, particularly by Brown parents who, when first learning of the tragic fire, were unable to reach their students. Your online reporting is always interesting; in this case, it provided a very valuable service to the Brown community. Cynthia Rothstein P’06 Feb. 22

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OPINIONS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003 · PAGE 11

The drinking doctor is in A veteran in the field offers a very first-hand assessment of drinking at Brown COLUMNISTS TEND TO WRITE ABOUT requires U.N. inspectors to locate, we what they know well. Political science manage to keep things interesting for ourmajors write about politics. I.R. majors selves, and we do it with the range of write about I.R. Today, I’m going to write drinking styles that we encompass. Go to any social event at Brown, and you will see about drinking. Interpret as you will. Brown students have been cultured to a wide array of drunks, most of which fall into a few basic categories, excel at all things, and drinkwhich I will now humbly break ing is no different. We laugh down. at Columbia’s overpriced bars, where Lions spend their The Angry Drunk: Thursday nights dishing out The angry drunk is easy to enough money on wateredspot. The more he drinks, the down beer to fund the more he wants to fight; and national debt. We scoff at after a few hours he’ll be Princeton’s eating clubs, yelling fiercely at the DJ for where girls walk in during being too short. After the party freshman fall and walk out breaks up, the angry drunk will several years later with bad SETH MAGAZINER roam around the city cursing backs and inferiority comDON’T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH to himself and looking for lawn plexes. We belch at ornaments/pets/Wheeler stuDartmouth’s keg-hounding dents on which to urinate. The frat boys for thinking that excessive amounts of alcohol will make angry drunk will wake up the next morning being in the middle of nowhere more fun. with a black eye, and a conversation with No, at Brown we know what it’s about. him would go something like this: “Wow, man, where’d you get that black Like the drinking champions we are, we stumble royally along Thayer Street each eye?” “I got it in a fight. It was pretty brunight by the hundreds, with silly grins on tal.” “Oh yeah, he hit you pretty good?” “I our faces and not half a dozen healthy liv- guess. I gave it to him just as good though. ers among us. Ben Affleck could only look I kicked his ass. He was big, too — he must on with envy as we lap up Max’s frothy have been an athlete. And he knew how to brew like Aunt Edith hitting the fight. I think he may have been a ninja or Manischevitz at a bar mitzvah moments something. And so were his friends. There before asking a bunch of 12-year-old boys were like seven of them. They just started if they’d like to know where her special wailing on me, but I managed to fight them back. And they had knives.” “You fell piercings are. How do we do it? Three simple words, on some ice again, didn’t you?” “Yeah.” my friends: diversity. Despite our lack of bars and a frat scene that on most nights The Sloppy Drunk: Most of us don’t like to think that we’re sloppy drunks. But most of us are. I went through my sloppiest period when I was Seth Magaziner ’06 is definitely not a operating under the theory that light licensed physician.

beer is not actually alcoholic. (I had nothing against light beer mind you, it just occurred to me that light beer counts as alcohol in the same way that Belgium counts as a country: marginally at best). This especially sloppy phase is behind me now, but long story short, I don’t know what two of my classes were last semester and I am no longer allowed in Keeney. Basically, sloppy drunks are your runof-the-mill-red-faced-word-slurring-bedwetting-ass-groping goofballs. A conversation with a sloppy drunk is something like this: “I need to go. I need to go. Hey you — take me drunk, I’m home.” “Tim, this is your room.” “You are correct. I need to sleep. Or I need to water. This party rocks.” “Tim, it’s nine o’clock. We haven’t gone to the party yet.” “I love you. You wanna hook up with me?” The Depressed Drunk: We’ve all been the depressed drunk at one time or another. Most people are not chronic depressed drunks — just every once in a while when they’re having an offnight. The depressed drunk finds a corner to sit in where he won’t be noticed, and then feels sorry for himself, mostly for not being noticed. Then he starts thinking about all the girls he’s blown it with and about whether people like his writing and whether people think less of him because his father’s health care plan died in Congress. Anyhow, conversations with the depressed drunk do not happen often, because usually the depressed drunk is not fun to talk to. But when they do happen, they can go something like this: “Hey, whatcha doing over here?” “Not

much.” “You feel like dancing?” “Not tonight.” “Is something wrong?” “Do you think if I asked out Jessie Vinnick in the 5th grade she would have said yes? Wait don’t leave — alright, I’ll see you in class tomorrow.” The Mysterious Drunk: This one is rare, but does exist. The mysterious drunk is the one who will step out to go to the bathroom while you are pregaming with him. He returns two days later with a suntan, a tattoo and two girlfriends who each speak a different language. A conversation with the mysterious drunk may go something like this: “How did you get the money for the tattoo? And the plane tickets?” “I told a guy named Carl he could sleep on our floor this week if he pays rent. And I think I sold a kidney.” “Carl?” “Yeah, seems like a nice guy. He’ll be here tonight, assuming his parole hearing goes okay.” And there you have it. There are many other types of drunks as well, and something would be missing if not all of them were here on the Brown campus. Once again, diversity has taken what would have been a barren situation, and made it wholesome and entertaining. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, John Ashcroft. There is, of course, much more to college life than drinking to the point of partial retardation. Nothing in excess is good for you (except for Cheez-Its and reruns of “The A-Team”), so it is important to drink responsibly. Do what I do, and carefully limit yourself to Thursday and Friday nights. And then Saturday and the occasional Tuesday. And Wednesdays at Fish Co. Aw hell, at least I’m not writing about crack.

Happiness: seeing your ribs vs. baby back ribs Despite what some may think, it is possible to be both fat and fit At the OMAC at six o’clock every mornIN A RECENT UNOFFICIAL SURVEY conducted among Brown University ing when college students should be undergraduates, body image prevailed as catching up on sleep, each member of a students’ most pressing concern, far out- self-flagellating cardio cult toils away at ranking both the pending war against Iraq his/her body (mass index). These are the and the possibility of Meeting Street Café students who have given in to society’s notion that, to look ceasing production of massive respectable, to acquire a job, cookies. This University is to make friends, to get laid, obsessed with weight, but stuone must be thin or muscular, dents put a modern spin on because this is equated with the obsession: Students use being healthy. more than just the traditional The government considers spewing and starving techa body mass index (percent niques to alleviate their obsesbody fat) of 25 to be oversion. weight and 30 to be obese. A No, I’m not talking about 1996 study by scientists at the laxative abuse. I’m talking National Center for Health about exercise regimes and SHIRIN OSKOOI YOU’RE SO VAIN Statistics and Cornell trendy diets to improve one’s University (that I did not health. Students hide behind make up, unlike the Brown the excuse of living healthily to survey) concluded that, for mask their obsession with losing weight and/or gaining muscle. Yet, the non-smoking men, the lowest mortality benefits of cutting down on body fat in the rate was found among those with body name of health are not worth all the trouble mass indices between 23 and 29, and for through which individuals put themselves. nonsmoking women, about 18 to 32. This The University has been snowed over indicates that most of the healthiest indifor the past month, and the temperature viduals in the survey would be considered has scarcely risen above 20 degrees overweight, and the healthiest women fell Fahrenheit. Yet at all hours of the day, within a broad 80-pound range. Contrary Providence streets see blue-lipped, runny- to popular belief, a person’s weight serves nosed, teary-eyed students leaping slush as an unreliable indicator of health. Ever since the emergence of the Atkins puddles and snow heaps to complete their Diet as a trendy, effective way to lose 30 minutes of exercise every day. weight, carbohydrates have been inanely condemned by our society as the worst nutrient for the body. There are few foods Shirin Oskooi ‘05 does not snort coke.

that are low in carbohydrates, limiting the people who subject themselves to this diet to dairy, meat and vegetables for nourishment. Even fruits are shunned due to their high sugar content. This diet has driven people to consume excess amounts of protein, which can be poisonous (more so than other nutrients eaten in excess), can weaken bones and can result in high cholesterol. Since vegetables do not affect the latter two, one may argue that meat and dairy intake can also, then, be avoided. This is why people force themselves to exclusively eat vegetables. To do so is a form of anorexia nervosa. This is a common phenomenon on this campus, as evidenced by Psychological Services being visited most by students seeking help overcoming eating disorders. One student commented, when asked why she cares about the health of our nation, “When I don’t eat crap like McDonald’s, I lose weight and I feel so much better. I just know that if everyone ate healthier and lost weight, they’d feel much better, too. It also makes it easier to exercise.” “What about those individuals who eat whatever they want and are already happy?” I asked. “They just don’t know what they are missing out on. They would be even happier if they cared about their health. Plus, they’d live longer.” A few extra years of life are worth neither the time it takes to pick each kernel of

corn out of food to make it starch-free; nor the dissatisfaction of eating unseasoned food because today’s health critics deem salt worse than cigarettes; nor the constant worry over getting hit by a car while jogging (while I sit at home, eating bonbons, watching your tragedy on Fox News). It is much easier and less time consuming to lose weight snorting coke. The media pays too much attention to the fact that the United States is overweight. But so long as they are happy and exercising regularly (but not obsessively), overweight Americans should not be forced to feel guilty by society’s superficiality and desire for a thinner, more aesthetically pleasing nation. Those who are naturally overweight, due to slower metabolisms or what have you, can actually harm themselves by trying to alter their body shape to meet society’s standard of thinness in attempting to be “healthy-looking.” Even sedentary America will suffer the consequences for their own poor health, if their health declines. They may use up tax dollars due to clogged arteries, but the health-obsessed population use their health insurance for therapy that they would not need if they ate that Quarter Pounder with cheese once in a while. As for the emphasis on longevity to which the above student referred, the sooner people die, the sooner they create new job openings or stop using up undeserved Social Security benefits. But that’s a whole different column.

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Mocking boxing: Tonya and Tyson IN WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE strangest night in boxing history, infamous figure skater Tonya Harding made her professional debut on the same card as newly-tattooed Mike Tyson, who spent less than a minute decimating his pathetic opponent. After beating up the less-thanimposing Paula Jones on “Celebrity Boxing”, the washed-up and banned Olympic skater Tonya Harding decided that she JON MEACHIN has what it takes SUICIDE SQUEEZE to become a professional boxer. While Harding proved herself capable of getting other people to beat up her opponents in the Nancy Kerrigan fiasco, Harding showed this weekend that she couldn’t defeat the opposition on her own. Fighting on the same card as Tyson, in what was one of the most embarrassing displays of boxing; Harding lost her debut to self-proclaimed brawler Samantha Browning from Mississippi. For the main draw on the card, Iron Mike made a mockery of boxing by purposefully staging a nearly instantaneous knockout in an effort to pay off some of his debts. Saturday night, Tyson took on little known, little talented Clifford Etienne and demolished him with a right hand in 49 seconds. Fine, you say, Tyson has destroyed opponents in the past in an even quicker fashion; but it is not the brevity of the fight that is disgusting, it’s the purposeful brevity of it. According to an AP article coming out of Memphis, “Etienne has a tendency to go down — seven times in one fight alone — and was selected as an opponent because of his weak chin and lack of elusiveness.” This guy was nothing more than a big punching bag and a made-for-TV knockout. Tyson should be looking for fights that will prepare him for stronger fighters, a rematch with Lennox Lewis or Evander see MEACHIN, page 4

SCOREBOARD Men’s basketball BROWN 83, Columbia 70 BROWN 70, Cornell 62 Women’s basketball BROWN 71, Columbia 67 Cornell 78, BROWN 59 Men’s hockey BROWN 3, Vermont 0 Dartmouth 3, BROWN 2 Women’s hockey

BROWN 5, Yale 0 Princeton 5, BROWN 2 Men’s tennis BROWN 4, #17 Wake Forest 3 Women’s tennis BROWN 7, UMass 0 Temple 4, BROWN 3 Women’s water polo BROWN 8, Harvard 2 BROWN 12, Bucknell 4

THE HUNT IS ON

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With a total of 41 points against Columbia and Cornell, Earl Hunt ’03 remained in fifth place on the Ivy League’s all-time points scored list with 1,946 points. Hunt needs 19 points to move past Tony Lavelli (Yale, 1945-49) for fourth place.

Bring on the Quakers: M. basketball takes out Columbia, Cornell at home BY ADAM STERN

As the seconds ticked away in the men’s basketball team’s victory over the Big Red on Saturday, the chant of “Bring on Penn!” emanated from the student sections. Arguably one of the most important showdowns in the school’s history has been set: Brown vs. Penn at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Friday. To set up that marquee match-up, the Bears continued their dominance over the Ivy League last weekend by defeating Columbia on Friday and Cornell on Saturday. Though both teams provided stiff competition early on, Bruno pulled away in both games to make its Ivy League record an impressive 9-1. The Bears remain half a game behind Penn, who sits at 9-0 in Ivy play. Alai Nuualiitia ’03 led Brown to its 8370 victory over Columbia on Friday night with 22 points. The Lions, who only averaged 49 points a game going into the weekend, scored a surprising 41 in the first half. Bruno was able to keep up with the sweet shooting and fast paced action, putting up 45 points. Both teams sunk their shots in that half as Columbia shot an impressive 60.7 percent from the field and Brown went 14 of 25, good for a 56 percent field goal percentage. In the second half, Columbia went into a funk on the offensive end that, combined with strong defense from the Bears, allowed Brown to go on a 25-11 run over a 12-minute time span. Earl Hunt ’03 scored 12 of his 21 points during that period, and Jason Forte ’05 capped off the victory with some clutch shooting with 2:21 left to play. Forte finished with 12 points. The loss means that Columbia will continue its 13-game losing streak, its longest since the 1958-1959 season. Hunt and Forte orchestrated the game against Cornell the following night, scoring 20 and 18 points, respectively. But the victory was far from certain in the early minutes of the game, when the Big Red took advantage of five Brown turnovers in the first 4:07 minutes of the game to take a 10-2 lead. Solid play from Forte, Hunt and Jaime Kilburn ’04 brought the Bears back into the game. With the contest tied at 22, Brown scored nine straight points to gain the lead going into the halftime. The Bears never looked back. Nuualiitia, who was five of five from

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The men’s basketball team hosts Penn and Princeton this weekend at the Pizzitola Sports Center, with first place in the Ivy League and an NCAA tournament berth on the line. the field, recorded a double-double for Bruno, scoring 12 points and bringing down 11 rebounds. Kilburn contributed 10 points on five of six shooting. In addition to welcoming the Quakers this Friday, the Bears will take on Princeton on Saturday to complete their most important weekend of the season. Both games start at 7 p.m. Lay-ups: Saturday’s game vs. Cornell featured the only two schools in the last 33 years to win the Ivy League title outright … ESPN’s Chris “Boomer” Berman ’77 was in attendance on Saturday … Brown’s

win over Princeton was featured in the most recent Sports Illustrated … Mike Martin ’04 went down with an injury midway through the second half. His status is unknown for Friday’s game … Both Nuualiitia and Patrick Powers ’04 brought the crowd to its feet with rim-shaking dunks on Saturday … Students will receive rally towels at Friday’s game vs. Penn. Sports staff writer Adam Stern ’06 covers men’s basketball. He can be reached at astern@browndailyherald.com.

Women’s hoops tops Columbia, falls to Cornell, still remain in second place in the Ivy League BY SHARA HEGDE

The Brown women’s basketball team hit the road last weekend for key games against Ivy rivals Columbia and Cornell. The Bears defeated Columbia 71-67, but fell to Cornell 78-59. Against the Lions, Brown received another strong game from Nyema Mitchell ’04, who led the team with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Sarah Hayes ’06, who contributed 16 points and five steals, and Tanara Golston ’04, who had 15 points, five rebounds and three assists, also played well for the team. “Against Columbia, we played hard throughout the game, from the opening tip-off to the very end,” Hayes said. “It was a combination of teamwork and enthusiasm that got us the victory.” The following night, Brown faced a

Cornell team looking to avenge an early season loss at the hands of the Bears. The Big Red came out strong in the first half and went into the break with a 12point lead. Cornell owned the second half as the Big Red dominated Brown on both ends of the court. Cornell grabbed 10 offensive rebounds in the half and never allowed the Bears to make a serious run. Midway through the second half, Cornell went on a 17-2 run, putting Brown away for good. “We just didn’t come out with the same intensity against Cornell that we did against Columbia,” Hayes said. “We were a totally different team.” Mitchell and Golston both had strong games for Brown, contributing 12 and 11 points, respectively. Golston also dished

out six assists. Miranda Craigwell ’04, who scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds, also played well. The Bears (7-3) remain in second place in the Ivy League behind Harvard and will need to win the rest of the games in the season, as well as get help from Harvard’s opponents, to have a chance at the league title. They hit the road again this weekend for games against the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton. “Both of those games will be very tough, but if we play the way we are capable of playing, we should come out on top,” Hayes said. Sports staff writer Shara Hegde ’05 covers the women’s basketball team. She can be reached at shegde@browndailyherald.com.